breaks through} 41. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1
$6 {Black finally succumbs to the relentless pressure.} (42... Re1 $142 $1 43.
Kf3 (43. Rb8 f6 (43... g6 $2 44. Re8) 44. Kf3 h5 {is similar.}) 43... h5 $16 {
wins an important tempo.}) 43. Rb8 {/\Ne7+-} g6 (43... f6 $142 {or}) (43... Ra7
$142 $16 {/+- at least doesn't lose material, although the _|_ is very
unpleasant, most probably even objectively lost. White plays} 44. h5 {[%cal
Yg2f3,Yf3g4,Yg4f5,Yf2f4] and penetrates with his K via the light squares, this
in combination with f4 should win in the long run.}) 44. Re8 h5 45. Rxe5 $18 {
White has a an extra P and a huge centralized N - the rest is a matter of
technique.} Ra8 46. Re8 $1 Ra7 (46... Rxe8 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nxe8+ Kh6 49. f4
$18) 47. e5 Kg7 48. Kf3 c4 49. Rc8 Ra5 50. Rd8 (50. Ke4 Bc5 51. Ne3 $1 Bxe3 52.
fxe3 $18) 50... Bc5 51. Nf6 Be7 (51... Ra3 52. g4 hxg4+ (52... Rxc3+ 53. Kf4
hxg4 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Nxg4+ Kh7 56. Nf6+ Kh6 57. Rh8+ Kg7 58. Rh7+ Kf8 59. Kg5
$1 Ke7 $8 60. Nd5+ $18) 53. Kxg4 Bf8 54. h5 gxh5+ 55. Nxh5+ Kg8 56. Nf6+ Kg7
57. Nd7 Rxc3 (57... Be7 58. Re8 $18) 58. Nxf8 Rd3 59. Rxd3 $5 cxd3 60. Kf3 Kxf8
61. Ke3 $18) 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Ke4 Bxf6 (53... Ra2 54. Ne8 $1 {[%cal Rg8h8] /
\Rh8#} g5 (54... Kh7 55. Rg7+ $18) 55. hxg5+ Bxg5 56. f4 Be7 57. Kf5 $18) 54.
exf6 Kh7 (54... g5 55. hxg5+ Rxg5 56. Rxg5 Kxg5 57. Ke5 Kg4 (57... Kg6 58. f4
$18) 58. Kd6 Kf3 59. Ke7 $18) 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rxf7 Ra2 57. f4 1-0
[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 712]} {A great game. No matter how many improvements for Black we'll
find afterwards, facing Anand's surprising novelty in a practical game was
very tough and 23.Qd2! creates a lasting impression. Especially in a
psychological sense, as up to move 27 Anand hardly spent any time at all!} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 {The Zaitsev was
thoroughly tested already in the K-K matches, White chooses the most
principled continuation, which is just as sharp, as the most complex Sicilians.
} ({A less committal strategic alternative is} 13. d5 {, blockading the [+].
Even here White can fight for an edge:} Nb8 (13... Ne7 $143 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Nxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 $36 (17. a5 $5 $36)) 14. c4 ({Jansa's move} 14.
Qe2 {is well met by the P-sacrifice} Nbd7 $1 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17.
Qxb5 Nc5 $44 {/\} 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Qa5 Bd3 $11) {More critical and consistent is
} 14... c6 (14... bxc4 15. Nxc4 $1 (15. Bxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. b3 Nbd7 {
[%cal Yd8b6,Yb6b7,Yd6d5] /\Qb6-b7,d5<=>}) 15... c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc2 Qc7
18. Bd2 Nbd7 19. Na5 Rab8 $5 (19... Nc5 20. b4 $1 $14 {/+/-,/\} Ncxe4 $6 21.
Rc1 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Rac8 23. Bf5 $16) 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc3 (21. b4 $6 d5 $13 {
<=>}) 21... Nc5 $14 {<=> gives Black counterplay, but nevertheless White's
position is more appealing.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxb5 $5 cxd5 18.
exd5 Bxd5 $5 (18... Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nf6 ({Safer than} 19... Nb4 $6 20. Bg5 $1 Qd7
21. Bxh6 $1 d5 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Nfg5 Qf5 {Svidler,P-Grischuk,A/Panormo/2001/}
24. Qh5 $1 Nxe1 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxe8 fxg5 28. Bxe1 $18 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rf8]}) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nh2 (21. Bd5 $14 {Svidler}) 21... Nd7
22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 h5 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. Qc6 Rb8 27. Nc4 d5 28. Qc7
Re8 29. Nxe5 $16 {Haznedaroglu,K-Dervishi,E/Calvia olm/2004/}) 19. Bxd5 Nxd5
20. Nc4 (20. Ne4 Nb4 $5 21. Nc3 Nd7 $13 {Svidler}) 20... Nf6 $142 $5 {<=>[+]} (
20... Nb6 21. Nxb6 (21. Nfxe5 Qc7 $1 $11) 21... Qxb6 22. Qd5 Nd7 23. Be3 Qb8 {
Svidler evaluates this position as unclear, but a later game didn't confirm
this:} 24. Rc1 $1 Nf6 25. Qb3 Qb7 (25... d5 $5 26. Rc6 $36 {[%csl Gb5] and the
o^ seems far more dangerous, than Black's [+]P.}) 26. b6 Nd5 27. Qb5 $1 Rb8 28.
Rc6 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qd7 30. e4 $1 $16 {Sudakova,I-Pisakov,I/Russia/2002/}) 21.
Be3 $13) 13... exd4 {Black also chooses the most complex continuation.} ({
Manoeuvring in the Breyer spirit is solid, but rather passive:} 13... Nb8 14.
Bd3 c6 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 $14 {()}) 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17.
Ra3 c4 $5 {The position resembles a Benoni rather than a Ruy Lopez, as both
sides are playing on opposite flanks, the tension will rise very fast. The
text-move was played by Karpov already in 1986, 4 years later he started to
prefer the even more double-edged} (17... f5 {Black wants to break up White's
[+] even at the cost of weakening his >>, this position is topical even
nowadays. White's best is the flexible} 18. Nh2 $1 {[%cal Ya3e3,Ye3f3,Yf3g3] /
\Re3,Rf3,Rg3} Nf6 19. Rf3 (19. Rg3 Qd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7f7] Beliavsky,/\Qf7~~})
19... Re5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Ng4 Ra7 $5 {Another idea by
Beliavsky, but it hasn't been tested too extensively yet.} (22... Bf7 23. Ne4
Nxg4 24. Qxg4 d5 {allows the extremely dangerous piece sacrifice} 25. f6 $1 h5
26. Qf5 (26. Qf4 $5) 26... Qc8 27. Qg5 $5 dxe4 28. fxg7 Bxg7 29. Bxe4 $44 {
[%csl Rg8] ע} Nc6 30. Bf4 bxa4 $2 (30... Nd4 $1 31. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14) 31. Re3 Nd4
32. Be5 Ne6 33. Qf5 Nf8 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Qxg6 Ra7 37. Bd5+ {
1-0,Nijboer,F-Solleveld,M/Amsterdam/2002/}) 23. Ne4 (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Ne4
Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Re7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd5+ Nxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh7 29. Re6 Rxe6 30.
fxe6 Qe5 $11 {P,Haba-Dervishi,E/AUT-chT2M 3004/2004/}) 23... Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxg4
25. Qxg4 d5 26. Bb1 (26. Bf3 $5 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 $14 {[%csl Gf3,Rf8]
->^-}) 26... Re7 {Morozevich,A-Beliavsky,A/Hyderabad/2002/} (26... Qf6 27. Re6
Qd4 $132 {Beliavsky}) 27. Re6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 Qf6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bd2 Nc6 $13 {
Wedberg}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qb6 $5 {Adams has never played the Zaitsev
with Black before, so he has obviously prepared this rare and risky move at
home. However, Anand knew more and was still moving fast...} (19... Ne5 $6 {
is inferior due to} 20. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Qa5 (21... Rc8 22. Nf3 $1 Ned3
23. Rf1 Qa1 24. Bd2 $1 Qxb2 25. Bc3 Qb3 26. Qd2 Qa4 27. Nfd4 $16 {Shirov,
A-Lekic,D/Neum/2002/}) 22. Na3 Ba6 23. Re3 Qc5 24. Rc3 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26.
Qf3 Ne5 27. Qe2 $14 {Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Las Palmas (7)/1995/ Black is tied down
to the defence of the Pc4 and he doesn't have sufficient compensation for the
P.}) ({Karpov's choice from 1986 was} 19... Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 {
and this still seems playable:} {Later White started to prefer} 22. Re3 {
Black's best is the energetic} (22. Bb2 Qa5 23. Nf5 (23. Re3 Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4]
/\Nc4}) 23... g6 $5 (23... Ne5 $6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Qxd3 Ra8 27.
Rc1 $1 $36 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/WCh London/Leningrad (14)/1986/}) 24. Nb3 Qa4
25. Qxd3 Ne5 $1 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. f4 Re8 28. Ng3 Bg7 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] ^^})
22... Ne5 23. N4f3 f5 $5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb2 Re7 $1 (25... Re8 $6 26. Qb3
fxe4 27. Nxe4 Qa8 28. Qxb5 $16 {[%csl Re8][%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6,צe8}) 26. exf5 (
26. Qb3 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Qa8 29. Qxd3 Bxd5 30. Ng3 Bxg2 31. Qg6 Bf3
32. Nf5 Qe4 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ {1/2,Glek,I-Kuzmin,A/Blagoveshensk/1988/})
26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Bxd5 28. Qg4 Qg5 $5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Bc3 Be7
32. Bb4 g6 33. fxg6 Kg7 34. e4 g4 $1 {[%cal Re7g5] /\Bg5<=>} 35. Ke3 gxh3 36.
gxh3 Bg5+ 37. Kxd3 Kxg6 $14 {[%csl Gc6,Gg5] /<=> ^^,Kristensen,S-Alvarez
Villar,H/corr. 2000/ Black managed to hold this _|_ thanks to his ^^ and the
greatly reduced material. However, a line, in which the maximum is a draw
after accurate defence throughout the whole game, is understandably rather
unattractive.}) 20. Nf5 Ne5 ({Black must allow the R to the >>:} 20... Rxa3 $2
21. bxa3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Qg4+ $16 {On the other hand,
once the Ra3 leaves its post, Ra1 becomes an important resource.}) ({A
possible alternative is} 20... g6 {and now:} 21. Nf1 $5 {[%csl Rb4,Rh6][%cal
Rd1d2] /\Qd2,>> (started already with 19...Qb6!?) is fraught with danger.} ({Interesting is
} 22... Nbd3 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Nxe5 $5 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nxe1 26. Nd7 $44 {~~->})
23. Qd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anand prepared this blow for Kamsky already 10 years
ago and it hit the innocent Adams by ricochet. White's concentration of forces
on the >> will be even more dangerous, if his Q manages to join in.} ({Until
now mostly correspondence players tried 19...Qb6!? and the text-move never
entered anyone's mind (or computer screen!). Previous practice saw} 23. Be3 Qd8
$1 (23... Qc7 $2 24. N3h4 $1 Kh7 25. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 26. Nxh6 Nxe1 27. N6f5 $40 {
[%cal Rd1d2] /\Qd2}) 24. Nxh6+ (24. N3h4 Kh7 $17 {and White has no obvious
follow-up.}) (24. Bd4 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Ra1 $17) (24. Bxh6 Nxe1 {[%cal Ra8a1] /
\Ra1-/+}) 24... Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Qf6 $13 ({The greedy} 25... Nxe1 $5 {is possibly
even stronger.})) 23... Bxd5 $2 {Adams realized he was trapped in his
opponent's analysis, so after long thought he tries disconcert White with an
unexpected counterblow. However, his luck fails him - although it's very
difficult to foresee, the text-move loses more or less by force.} ({It was
necessary to enter the wild tactical labyrinth with the consistent and
materialistic} 23... Nxe1 $5 {[%mdl 64]} {More complex and dangerous is the
quiet} 24. Nxe1 $5 ({Black holds in the long line} 24. N3h4 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 (25.
Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Ne5 $1 $19 {/\} 28. Nxg6 N5f3+ 29. Rxf3
Qxg2#) 25... Nxd3 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 (26... Kh7 $6 27. Nxf7 $44 {->}) 27. Qxh6
Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Nxc1 29. Nf5 $5 (29. Nxg6 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 fxg6 $11) 29... Qxg3+
30. Kxg3 gxf5 31. exf5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nd4 33. f6 Nf5 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Kh6
36. Qd7 (36. h4 Re5 37. Qg4 Bxd5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Kh3 Re3+ 40. g3 Be6+ 41. Kg2
Re5 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Kg2 Re5 $11 {with repetition.}) 36... Bxd5 37. Qxd6 Kg6 (
37... Rad8 $2 38. Qf4+ Kg6 39. h4 $18) (37... Be4 38. Qg3 Rg8 39. Qe3+ Kg6 $11
{is similar to 37...Kg6.}) 38. Qxd5 Kxf6 $11 {_|_ After the exchange of the
<
breaks through via g6.}) 26. Bc2 (26. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxe1+
28. Kh2 Rxc1 $1 29. Qxc1 (29. Bxg6 $4 Rh1#) 29... Qxf2 $17) 26... Qa5 $13 {/=/+
}) 25... Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Ra1 $142 {-24...Ra1} (26... Re7 $6 27. Bd2 $1 Ra1 (27...
Rae8 28. e5 $1 $40) 28. exd5 (28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 $11) 28... Rxb1 29.
Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 (30... Kh8 $2 31. Bc3+ $18) 31. Qxb1 Bxd5 32. Bh6 $14
{/+/-} ({or} 32. Bc3 {wins back the exchange and gives White very good winning
chances.}))) 25. Nxh6+ Bxh6 (25... Kg7 $2 26. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Rf7] ->>עf8
}) (26... Nxc1 27. exd5 Ncd3 (27... Rxe1 28. Bxg6 $18) 28. Re6 $1 $18) 27. Nh4
$1 {[%mdl 128] Here Anand for the first time spent a few minutes, probably
just to check his old homework. White spurns a draw and continues his -> even
a R down.} Ned3 {This loses quickly.} ({Somewhat more stubborn, but still
insufficient was} 27... Ra7 28. Nf5 $1 (28. Nxg6 $2 Qxg3+ $1 29. Kxg3 fxg6 $13
{/\} 30. Qxg6+ $4 Rg7) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 gxf5 30. Qf6 $1 Re6 (30... f4+ 31.
Bxf4 Kh7 32. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6h6,Rg5f6] /\Qh6,Bf6}) 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. exf5
$1 $18 {/\} Ree7 33. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 34. Qh8+ Kg5 35. h4#) (27... Re6 28. exd5 Rf6
29. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Rg6] > and scored a full point after White overpressed
later on.}) 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 {This logical developing move is the most
usual alternative. in Amsterdam Karjakin was twice successful with} (11. a4 {
, but he didn't have to show, what he had prepared against the most principled
reaction (with the best reputation as well)} h6 $1 {For more details see
Karjakin-Beliavsky.}) 11... Bf8 12. a4 {This is the main position of the
Zaitsev. Although White's last move occurrs very often, it's not the only way
to fight for an advantage.} (12. d5 {leads to a tough strategic fight, here
Black also has his problems:} Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 {Now White has basically two
main moves:} 14. N3h2 $5 {is cleverer (White doesn't commit his Nf1 yet) and
somewhat more dangerous, here on the contrary Black's best bet seems to be
immediate [+] action:} (14. Ng3 g6 $5 {The most elastic move, Black limits the
Ng3 and postpones the c6 break for a more suitable moment.} ({Slightly
premature is} 14... Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb3 Nb6 (18...
h6 $5 19. Nh2 Nb6 20. Ng4 $14) 19. Nh2 (19. Bg5 $5 $36) 19... a5 $6 (19... h6
$142 {-18...h6}) 20. bxa5 Nc4 21. Bg5 $1 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Ne3
Nxa5 25. Bd5 Rc8 26. Rb1 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 $16 {Negi,P (2529)-Beliavsky,A (2653)/
Amsterdam/2007/}) 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Bc2 Nb6
20. b3 Nfd7 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Bd3 c6 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nc5 25. Rb1 Nbd7 26.
Bf1 Rc7 $11 {Leko,P (2605)-Piket,J (2625)/Dortmund/1995/}) 14... Nc5 (14... h6
15. Ng4 (15. Ng3 $5 {is also possible, now} Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 {leads to positions
from the previous note.}) 15... Nxg4 16. hxg4 Be7 {Naiditsch recommends} 17. a4
$5 $14 {, after} Bg5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Be3 $1 Nf6 21. Bxg5 hxg5
22. f3 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rg5] Milos,G (2580)-Vescovi,G (2592)/Sao Paulo/2003/
White is on top, the Pb5 and Pg5 are vulnerable.}) 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17.
dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23.
Bb3 Be6 24. Rec1 Be7 25. Rc2 a5 $5 {Black must energetically fight for the
critical d5-square. The pressure on the <->c together with this motif help.}
26. Qd3 axb4 ({Black can contemplate the exchange of B only e.g. if he manages
to arrest White's N on f1. Therefore} 26... Bxb3 $6 27. axb3 axb4 {runs into}
28. Ne3 $1 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bg5 31. Nd5 $16 {Anand,V (2792)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)/Mainz rpd/2007/ White's tremendous N outweighs the poor
extra P.}) 27. cxb4 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qb6 29. Ne3 $5 {A logical P sacrifice,
otherwise Black plays Bg5.} Qd4 30. Rd1 Qxb4 31. Qc6 Rf8 (31... Kf8 $5) 32. Nd5
Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Qc5 34. Rc1 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rb8 36. Rc7 Kf8 $44 {=,Akopian,V (2693)
-Zhang Zhong (2639)/Wijk aan Zee/2004/ Even the B is strong on d5, but it's
less terrifying, than the N. Black's position remains solid and White can't
make any tangible progress.}) ({Another playable try is the restrained} 12. a3
g6 (12... h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 {is the most popular reaction.}) 13. Ba2 Nb8 $6 $146 (
{This Breyer-like manoeuvre comes into consideration only after} 13... Bg7 {
, Black's novelty seems misguided.}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 $1 Re7 16. Nxe5 Qe8
17. Ndf3 c5 18. c4 $6 (18. Bg5 $142 $1 Bg7 (18... c4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qb6 $16)
19. c4 $36) 18... Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. cxb5 Bd5 $1 21. Qd3 (21. Bf4 $5) 21...
Bxa2 22. Rxa2 axb5 23. Qxb5 Qe6 $11 {/~~,Smeets,J (2538)-Beliavsky,A (2653)/
Amsterdam/2007/ Although Beliavsky wasn't in good form, it's suprising how
quickly he got into serious (predominantly strategic) problems in his
favourite Ruy Lopez in the transition from opening to middle-game (also
against Negi and Karjakin).}) 12... Qd7 {This was once played by Karpov with
success, nowadays Nikolic and Zhang Zhong are the only strong players, who
occasionally give it a go. However, it's more a question of fashion, as the
text has really never been refuted.} ({An interesting continuation is the
Chigorin-like} 12... Na5 $5 13. Bc2 ({After} 13. Ba2 c5 14. b4 ({More modest is
} 14. d5 c4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Bc8 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Bb3 Qc7 20.
c4 Reb8 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a5 b4 $11 {Stellwagen,D (2631)-Beliavsky,A (2653)/
Amsterdam/2007/}) 14... cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Qb3 {the strong novelty} d5 $1
$146 {solved Black's opening problems:} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bb2 $6
(19. axb5 $142 axb5 20. Bb2 Re6 21. e5 Nh5 $132 {, but even here Black is
doing OK.}) 19... Re6 20. e5 bxa4 $1 21. Qxa4 Nh5 22. Nf3 Nf4 23. Bb1 Rc6 24.
Qb3 Rc4 25. Bc3 Qc8 $1 26. Bd2 Nxh3+ $17 {Stellwagen,D (2575)-Beliavsky,A
(2625)/Amsterdam/2006/}) 13... b4 {However, Black must find some way to cope
with the new idea} 14. Bd3 $5 $146 (14. d5 bxc3 15. bxc3 c6 $11 {<=>}) 14...
bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 $6 (15... Rb8 16. Rb1 $14) 16. Qc2 (16. Nxe5 $5 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 (18... f6 19. Rh4 $40) 19. Bxe4 $44 {|^}) 16... dxe4 17.
Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 $1 g6 19. Bg5 Qd6 $6 20. dxe5 Qe6 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Bf6 c5 23.
c4 Nxc4 24. Nf3 Na5 25. Rh4 Bg7 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Bxg7 Bxe4 28. Qc1 $1 $18 {
Sutovsky,E (2656)-Miton,K (2648)/Montreal/2007/}) ({In the main, predominantly
tactical Zaitsev labyrinth after} 12... h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 {nothing very significant has happened lately, although
there have been some interesting developments. Black now prefers} c4 (17... f5
{is more committal and appears rarely nowadays.}) 18. Nd4 {White is currently
paying more attention to this move} ({The immediate} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qb6
20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Rg3 g6 22. Nf3 Ned3 {is now considered OK for Black, as
Anand's shocking novelty against Adams has been analysed to a forced draw. A
fascinating atttempt to revive this branch is} 23. Be3 (23. Qd2 Nxe1 $1 (23...
Bxd5 $2 24. Nxh6+ Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Nxe1 27. Nh4 Ned3 28. Nxg6 Qxg3+
29. Kxg3 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Bh6 {1-0,Anand,V (2788)-Adams,M
(2719)/FIDE WCh San Luis/2005/}) 24. Nxe1 Ra1 25. Nxh6+ Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Re5 (
26... Nxd5 $5 27. e5 Rxb1 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ $11) 27. Bd2
Rxb1 28. Bxb4 Rxb2 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ $11 {Relic,R (2596)-Valori,N (2413)
/Freestyle/2006/}) 23... Qd8 24. Bxh6 Qf6 25. Qd2 (25. Re2 Rxe4 $1 26. Rxe4
Qxf5 27. Rf4 Qxd5 $44 {with excellent piece coordination for a minimal
investment.}) 25... Nxe1 26. Nh2 $6 {, after} Rxe4 $6 ({Black uses the motif
from the above note, but the merciless engines deem White's try to be just a
bluff due to} 26... Ned3 27. Ng4 Qxb2 28. Qg5 Nxd5 $17 ({or} 28... Qc1+ $17))
27. Bxe4 Ra1 28. Nf1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxf5 30. Bxf7+ $1 (30. Bxf8 Qxd5 31. Qh6 $2
Qxg2+ $3 $19) 30... Kxf7 31. Bxf8 Nbd3 32. Qh6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 {Kotronias,V
(2572)-Bologan,V (2658)/Moscow/2007/} 34. Nd2 $1 $13) 18... Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5
20. Ree3 $5 {An interesting try, previously tested only by correspondence
players and computers.} ({After} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 {already
the exciting K-K game from 1986 showed Black doesn't have to jump to d3
immediately and can pile up the pressure with} Ba6 $1 23. Re3 Rb8 $5 $44) 20...
Nbd3 (20... Nxa4 21. b3 Nc5 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rac3 $14) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5
Rxa3 23. Nxa3 Rxe4 24. Nxc4 Nxf2 (24... Rxc4 $5 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Qf5 $44
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc4c5,Yc4b4,Yb4b5] >a.} (14... Rxa8
$143 $2 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Ndf3 $1 c5 (16... h6 $2 17. Nxf7 Nxf7 18. dxe5 $18) (
16... exd4 17. e5 $40) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 {costs Black a P after the
pretty} 19. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 20. Be6 $1 $16) 15. d5 Nb8 {Introduced into practice
by Smejkal, Karpov himself tested all the other alternatives apart from the
text-move.} (15... Ne7 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nh2 $1 d5 20.
Nh5 Nxe4 21. Ng4 Qf5 22. Rxe4 $1 (22. f3 $2 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qxh5 24. Rxe5 Qh4 25.
Be3 Ng6 26. Bf2 Qd8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Bxd5 $11 {Timman,J (2680)-Karpov,A (2730)
/Kuala Lumpur Candidates m/1990/}) 22... dxe4 23. Ng3 Qc8 24. Nxe5 $40) ({
Nikolic used to play} 15... Na5 {which until recently had the best reputation.
However, he possibly changed his mind due to} 16. Bc2 $5 (16. Ba2 c6 17. b4 Nb7
18. Nf1 (18. c4 Rc8 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. c5 Nd8 21. Bb2 dxc5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23.
Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bb2 Qb4 25. Nb3 $6 Nc5 $36 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow WCh2/1985/}
) 18... cxd5 19. exd5 Rc8 20. Bg5 Ne8 21. Qd3 f6 22. Bd2 Nd8 23. Ne3 Nf7 24. c4
g6 $1 25. g4 Ng7 26. cxb5 f5 27. Qe2 e4 28. Nh2 Ne5 29. Bb1 Qf7 $13 {1/2,Leko,
P (2743)-Nikolic,P (2661)/Bled olm/2002/}) 16... c6 17. b4 Nb7 18. dxc6 Qxc6
19. c4 Rc8 20. Bd3 $5 {After 16.Ba2 White doesn't have this consolidating move.
} Nd8 21. Qb3 (21. cxb5 $5 Qc3 22. Nb1 Qxb4 23. Bd2 $14) 21... bxc4 22. Nxc4
Ne6 23. Bg5 Nh5 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Ncd2 Nhf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Bc4 d5 28. Nxe5 Qh6
$6 (28... Qc7 $142 29. exd5 Bxb4 $132) 29. exd5 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Qxd2 31. Re2 Qg5+
32. Qg3 Qh5 $2 33. Nd7 $1 Bxd5+ 34. Kh2 Rb6 35. Re8 {1-0,Sasikiran,K (2569)
-Vijayalakshmi,S (2399)/Nagpur/2002/}) (15... Nd8 16. Nf1 h6 17. N3h2 Nb7 18.
Bc2 Nc5 19. b4 Na6 20. Ng4 Nh7 21. Ng3 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Bb3 Nc7 24. Qf3 Ne6
25. h4 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qa8 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Nc7 29. Ne4 Qc8 30. Ne3 Qd7 31.
Nf5 $36 {Kasparov,G (2715)-Karpov,A (2705)/WCh1 Moscow/1985/}) 16. Nf1 Qc8 $5 {
Invented in all probability by Piccardo.} (16... h6 17. N3h2 Qc8 18. Qf3 Nbd7
19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Bc2 c6 21. Nf5 $1 {is risky, after} cxd5 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23.
Qxf6 dxe4 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Bxh6 Bxh6 26. Nxh6+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Ng8+ Kd8 29.
Qh4+ Kc7 30. Nf6 $16 {Svidler,P (2750)-Nikolic,P (2626)/Bundesliga/2006/
White's attack netted him a healthy P with good winning chances.}) ({The older
} 16... Na6 {is perhaps also playable:} 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ng3 h6 $5 (18... g6 19.
Qd2 Bb7 20. Ra1 (20. Ba2 $5 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. Bb3 Ra8
25. Rc1 Ne8 26. Bh6 $36 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7] >>,Svidler,P (2695)-Zhang Zhong
(2667)/Shanghai/2001/}) 20... Ra8 21. Bc2 (21. Be3 $5) 21... c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6
23. Rd1 Rd8 (23... Qe6 $142 $1 $14) 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Bh6 Nc7 26. Nf5 Ne6 27.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Rg8] ->>>,Kasparov,G (2595)-Smejkal,J (2565)/
Dubai olm/1986/}) 19. Be3 c6 $14 {/<=>}) (16... c6 17. Bg5 $36) 17. Qd3 $146 {
[%mdl 8] White doesn't want to wait while his opponent consolidates his
position (Nbd7,h6, followed by a timely c6 etc.) and goes for complications.
Stellwagen said he already at home anticipated the position, which arose in
the game, but overestimated his chances.} (17. Ng3 Nbd7 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nh4 Nc5
20. Bc2 c6 21. b4 Ncd7 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd3 Nb6 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. Qxh5 Nc4 26.
Bc1 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Qg4 Nd6 30. Bxh6 Qxc3 31. Bf1 Qc8 $11 {
Tinture,L (2405)-Piccardo,V (2574)/corr/2002/}) (17. Bg5 Nbd7 18. Bh4 h6 19.
N3h2 c6 (19... Be7 $5 {/\} 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Nc5 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxe7
Nxb3 $132) 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ng3 Qd7 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25.
Qf3 Kg7 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Nf1 Qb7 28. Ng3 Ra7 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Bd5 Bd7 31. Kg1 Qf6
32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. f3 Be7 34. Kf2 Bd8 35. Ke2 Bb6 $11 {Fleetwood,D (2546)
-Piccardo,V (2574)/corr/2003/}) 17... Nbd7 $1 18. Qxb5 {Consequent, otherwise
White's previous move loses sense.} (18. Be3 h6 $5 $11) 18... Nc5 19. Qc4 (19.
Bc2 c6 $11) ({or} 19. Ba4 c6 $1 20. dxc6 Nfxe4 $36 {regains the P with
comfortable play.}) 19... Ncxe4 {[%mdl 5120] The material balance will
dramatically change within the next few moves, leading to an ~~_|_.} 20. Rxe4
Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 c6 {Nikolic wants to fight for the light squares
and sacrifices his Q back, but} (22... Qa6 $5 23. Rc4 Qa5 $13 {/=/+ seems more
testing.}) 23. Rc4 cxd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. b4 f6 27. Ne3 Rb5 28. Ne1
{[%cal Re1c2,Rc2a3] /\N1c3-a3} Kf7 $13 {Black just in time protects his [+]Pd5.
} 29. f4 {Stellwagen tries to break up Black's [+]. Although he succeeds, it
brings him into trouble, as his remaining pieces will be too pasive.} (29. Kf1
{seems more logical- later White won't have time for centralizing his K.})
29... g6 30. g4 Bh6 31. g5 {Consistent with the previous moves.} fxg5 32. fxe5
dxe5 33. Nf3 Ke6 34. Nxe5 $6 {This is already dangerous, but even after the
better} (34. Ng4 Bg7 35. Nxg5+ Kf5 36. Nxh7 Rb8 $44 {Black probably doesn't
have to worry about losing, as hid pieces are too active.}) 34... Kxe5 35. Ng4+
Ke4 36. Nxh6 Kd3 $1 37. Be1 Rb7 38. Ng4 $2 ({Helps Black, now his P get moving.
} 38. Kf2 $142 $5 Re7 39. Kf1 $15 {/\} Re3 40. Ng4 $1) 38... Re7 39. Kf1 h5 40.
Nf2+ Ke3 {Black's K can support his o^g5 and White is in serious trouble.} 41.
Nd1+ Kf3 42. Bf2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Ne3 g3 45. Bg1 Rc7 $1 (45... Ra7 46. Ng2
Ra2 47. Ne1+ Kg4 48. b5 Kh3 49. b6 {/\ still holds due to the idea} g2+ $2 50.
Nxg2 Rxg2 51. Bf2 $1 $18) 46. Nxd5 g2+ $2 ({Nikolic errs as well. After} 46...
Rh7 47. Ne3 Rh2 $1 $19 {Black not only wins a piece, but keeps White's K cut
off on the basic rank - this seems enough to win.}) 47. Ke1 Rh7 48. Kd2 Rh1 49.
Bd4 Ke4 ({White's positions still hangs on a thin thread:} 49... g1=Q 50. Bxg1
Rxg1 51. b5 Ke4 52. c4 Kd4 53. b6 Kxc4 54. b7 Rb1 55. Ne7 Rxb7 (55... g5 56.
Nc6 $11) 56. Nxg6 Kd4 57. Nf4 $11) 50. Nf6+ Kf5 51. Nd5 g1=Q 52. Bxg1 Rxg1 53.
b5 Ke5 54. c4 Kd6 55. b6 Kc6 (55... Rb1 56. Kc2 Rf1 57. b7 Rf8 58. Nf4 g5 59.
c5+ Kd7 60. c6+ Kxc6 61. Ne6 $11) 56. Ke3 {White's o^ are under control, but
the same goes for the Pg6.} g5 57. Kf3 Kb7 58. c5 Rc1 59. Kg4 Rc4+ 60. Kh5 $1
$11 {The only move, but it suffices - now Black's last P falls.} Rxc5 61. Nf6
Re5 62. Kg4 Kc6 63. Nh7 Kxb6 64. Nxg5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Poikovsky-2017 was one of my best events ever, whereas the 2018 edition
didn't go well at all. Still I managed to play a couple of decent games, one
of which I'd like to share with you.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 {
has almost entirely replaced the Classical Ruy Lopez in the top-level events,
and 3...a6 already has some romantic flavour nowadays. Especially if it is not
an attempt to show one's memory in one of the Marshall forcing lines.}) 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 {As classical as it can be.} 8. c3 O-O 9. h3
({For years I have entertained myself and spectators with} 9. d4 {being the
only 2650+ player to play it constantly. But when most of the top guys joined
me, borrowing some of the most important ideas there, I started to vary,
choosing the more solid 9.h3 on most occasions.}) 9... Bb7 {The Zaitsev
Variation. It is named after the renowned Russian theoretician, GM Igor
Zaitsev, who has just celebrated his 80th birthday (Happy birthday, Igor
Arkadjevich!). It was the main weapon of Anatoly Karpov for an entire decade,
and many of us remember these exciting Kasparov-Karpov battles. Garry scored
well here, as the dynamic positions arising were much more suitable for him,
but theoretically speaking Black is OK in all the main lines.} 10. d4 Re8 11.
Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a4 {One of the poisonous sidelines. The main line is
13.Nbd2, but the move in the text does have a point as well.} Bf8 (13... h6 {
is another important move, when the most logical white response 14.Nbd2 brings
us again to the main theoretical line. However White has other options on move
14 as well.}) 14. Bg5 {That's the whole point of the 13.a4 move order. White
is ready to part with the dark-squared bishop in order to install a massive
elephant on d5.} h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bd5 Rab8 {An unpleasant move to play,
but the only one allowing Black to avoid getting into trouble.} 17. Na3 (17.
Re3 {is a typical computer-move, but in the good sense :) White understands
that the opponent has nothing better than to release the pressure, and
prepares accordingly.} exd4 (17... Ne7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nbd2 $14) 18. cxd4 Nb4
19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc3 c5 {it looks like White should have some pull, but I
didn't manage to prove it to my pet animal that barks out 0.00 evaluation
loudly.}) 17... exd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 {And here comes
the move I had prepared while choosing my 17th move.} 21. d5 $1 {Simple, but
efficient. At least, that what I thought. He can't take on b2 (we will see why
in a minute), he can't be happy with the position after 21...c5 22.dxc6, and
that means White is better! Well, almost. Let's say White is on the better
side of an equal position. Or Black has to play precisely to hold the balance.
You know, it all depends on the angle from which you want to look at it.} Na6 {
A mistake.} ({As mentioned} 21... Qxb2 22. Nd4 $1 {is just bad for Black. His
queen is stuck and can possibly be trapped, the pawn on b5 is falling, the
knight on b4 is hanging in the air. This is simply bad.}) (21... c5 $1 22. dxc6
Nxc6 {looks very pleasant for White after} 23. Qd5 {but I didn't manage to
prove anything to the beast after the calm} Rb6 {I can twist its arms to
whisper 0.12 unwillingly, but that's about it. Notwithstanding, I do consider
the position to be easier to play and more pleasant for White. At least Its
Majesty the computer can't steal my feelings. Yet.}) 22. Nc2 Nc5 23. b4 {
A very important moment, missed by Black. Now the pawn on e4 is poisoned, and
if the knight retreats, it starts going from bad to worse for Black.} (23. Ncd4
b4 24. Re3 $1 {was a good alternative, as White has a clear edge here in spite
of the well-placed knight on c5. But I had a different, more ambitious idea.})
23... Nd7 {That is almost losing. The pawn was indeed poisoned, but Black
would have an antidote healing him, even if not making him entirely happy. I
actually saw all the important lines during the game, if only evaluating it a
bit too optimistically.} (23... Nxe4 24. Qd3 Qg6 25. Nh4 $1 Qh7 26. Nd4 $1 (26.
f3 {was my original intention} g5 $1 (26... Nf6 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe8 Nxe8
29. Ra8 {and White wins a piece. Quite a remarkable line - and it made
Vladislav play 23...Nd7, but that's even a bigger evil.}) 27. Rxe4 gxh4 28. Nd4
{threatening Nf5 looked like a huge advantage for White, but the engine
disagrees and claims} Rxe4 29. fxe4 Rb8 30. Nf5 Qg6 {to be about equal. Well,
maybe.}) 26... Rbb8 27. Nhf5 Nf6 28. Nc6 Rbc8 {and now White gets an advantage
after ban-the-cheater move} 29. g3 $3 {and Black is in a sort of zugzwang.
Don't ask me why. Just check it with the computer to understand. No, not to
understand - to try to understand.} (29. Nce7+ Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ Bxe7 31. Qxh7+
Kxh7 32. Rxe7 Nxd5 33. Rxf7 Nxb4 {is unclear})) 24. Ncd4 {Now it is really bad
for him. The pawn on b5 is weak, and the rook on b7 quickly gets stuck.} g6 25.
Qc1 {A subtle way to aim at c6, and also to control the f4-square after the
continuation in the game. The engines claim there was no need to be so subtle,
but I still like it.} Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Nc6 {And now he does not have the
important 27...Qf4 resource, that he would have after 25.Qc2... "Rubbish",
says my impolite silicon friend.} Qf6 28. Ra5 {Here I calculated a long
forcing line and went for it - although there were another good options.} Qh4
29. Qa3 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Ra8 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rb6 (32... Qxf2 33. Qa1 $1 {
was the key move I planned in advance, and White wins thanks to some nice
geometry.}) 33. Qb2 Rxc6 34. dxc6 {White is totally winning. I tried to keep
it simple, and made myself work for another three hours. There is no general
advice on it, but I paid attention on Ivanchuk's way to convert the winning
position - he looks for the shortest and strongest win, rather than the
seemingly simple but long one. Something to ponder about.} Qe7 35. Qd4 d5 36.
Qc5 (36. Qxd5 Qxb4 37. g3 $1 {would have ended the game quickly, but I thought
it will not take long to convert the endgame, which must be winning with a lot
of room to spare. And winning it was. But not as easy as I expected.}) 36...
Qxc5 37. bxc5 Kg7 38. Rc8 Bxc5 39. g3 Bd6 40. Rd8 $1 {That's the whole point.}
Bc5 41. Rc8 Bd6 42. Rd8 Bc5 43. f4 Kf6 (43... d4 44. Rd5 Bb6 45. Rxb5 d3 46.
Rd5 $1 {is totally hopeless for Black.}) 44. Rxd5 Bb6 45. Rxb5 Ke6 46. Re5+ Kd6
47. Kg2 Bc5 48. Re8 Kxc6 49. Rh8 Kd5 50. Rh7 Ke6 51. Rxh6 Bd4 52. h4 {There
are some subtleties still, but White is not required to show a study-like path
to victory at any moment, except for the very final phase of the game, where
it was also fairly simple.} Bg7 53. Rh7 Bc3 54. g4 c5 55. h5 c4 56. hxg6 fxg6
57. Rc7 Kd5 58. Kf3 Bb2 59. f5 gxf5 60. g5 Kd4 61. g6 Kd3 62. Rd7+ Kc2 63. Ke2
f4 64. Rd2+ Kc1 65. Rd1+ Kc2 66. Rd2+ Kc1 67. Rxb2 f3+ 68. Kf1 $1 {Elegant,
but not too difficult indeed.} Kxb2 69. g7 c3 70. g8=Q c2 71. Qb8+ Ka1 72. Qa7+
Kb2 73. Qb6+ Kc3 74. Qa5+ Kb2 75. Qb4+ Ka1 76. Qa3+ Kb1 77. Qb3+ Kc1 78. Ke1
f2+ 79. Kxf2 Kd1 80. Ke3 1-0
[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 (12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qd2
$5 Re7 $5) 12... Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 (14... Bxa8 15. Na3 Qb8 16.
Nxb5 Nc5 (16... c6)) 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Be3 (16. Nh2 Ng6 (16... g6) 17. g3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Svidler,P/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57 (28)}) 16... Nc5 (16... c6 $2 17.
dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2) (16... g6) (16... Rb8) 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 $5 bxc4
20. Ba4 (20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. b5 (21. Ba4 Qc7 $15) 21... Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23.
Ba4 Qb7 24. Qxd6 Rd8) 20... Bb7 $6 (20... cxd5 $1 21. Bxd7 d4 $1 (21... dxe4
22. Nh2 d5 23. Ng4) (21... Bc8 22. Ba4 d4 23. Nxc4 (23. Bc1 c3 $13) 23... dxe3
24. Rxe3 $14) 22. Nxd4 $5 (22. Bc1 c3 23. b5 Bb7) 22... exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24.
Qxd4 Bc8 $1 25. Bxc8 Qxa3 26. Bg4 Qxb4 27. Rc1 $11) 21. Nxc4 $36 cxd5 22. Nxd6
dxe4 23. Nh2 $5 (23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 exf3 26. gxf3 $16) 23...
Bc6 (23... Rd8 $2 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxd7 Kf8 26. Bb6) 24. b5 (24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25.
b5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nxe4 $14) 24... Bd5 25. b6 (25. Ng4 h5 $1) 25... Rd8 (
25... Bc6 26. Bb3 {>< f7}) 26. Bxd7 (26. Ng4 Qb8 $1 27. Ne8 $5 Rxe8 28. Bxd7
Rd8 $13) 26... Rxd7 27. Nxe4 Kh8 $6 (27... Qc6 28. Nc5 $1 Rd8 29. b7 Ng6 (29...
Nf5 $2 30. Qb1 $18) 30. Re2 $1 Rb8 (30... Be7 31. Rd2 $18) 31. Rd2 Bc4 32. Rd6
Qb5 33. Nd7 Rxb7 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Ng4 $40) 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Qh5 $1 Ng6 (
29... Bxg2 30. f3 Qg8 31. Kf2 $8 (31. Qg4 $2 Bxh3) 31... Nd5 (31... Rd3 32. Ng4
Nd5 33. b7 Rb3 34. Nxf6 $1 $18) 32. Ng4 Nxe3 33. Nxf6 $1 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 (34.
Qxe5 $5 Nc4 35. Qe8 Rd2+ 36. Kxf3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Qxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 39. b7 Rb3
40. Nh5+ Kh6 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8 Kxh5 $16) 34... Rd2+ 35. Re2 Qd8 36. b7 $18
) 30. Ng4 Rd6 31. Rd1 $1 f5 32. Bc5 (32. Qxf5 Be4 33. b7 $3 Rxd1+ (33... Qxb7
34. Rxd6 Bxf5 35. Rd8+ Nf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Bh6+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh5 39. Rg5+ Kh4
40. Nf6 $18) 34. Kh2 Qd8 (34... Qxb7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bh6 $18) 35. Qxe4 $18)
32... Nf4 (32... Re6 33. Qxf5 Bxg2 34. Qxf7 Nf4 35. Be7 $18) 33. Qxf5 Bb3 34.
Qxe5+ f6 35. Qxf4 1-0
[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Wedberg: A very nice attacking game by Peter Svidler. He fully exploits the
chances given to him.} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Rc8 $146 (16... Nc5) (16... g6
{Wedberg} 17. Bg5 (17. Nh2 Nc5 18. Bc2 a5 (18... c6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Ng4 Qg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Cela,A/Ikarios 1995/EXT 95op (42)}) 19.
Qf3 h5 20. Be3 Nfd7 21. b3 Qe7 22. Ngf1 c6 $13 {0-1 Arnason,J-Sturua,Z/
Katerini 1993/TD 93\09 (48)}) 17... h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bc2 c6 20. b4 $14 {
1-0 Renet,O-Guyard,B/Paris 1995/EXT 95op (49)}) (16... h6 {Wedberg} 17. Nf5 Kh7
18. g4 g6 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Bc2 c6 21. b4 Na4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. c4 cxd5 24. cxd5
Qd7 25. Nh2 Rac8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Almasi,Z/Biel 1996/CBM 55 (47)}) 17.
Nh2 (17. a3 $5 {/\/^a2-g8}) (17. a4 Nc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bc2 (19. Ba2 Ra8)
19... c6 20. b4 Ncd7 (20... Na4 21. Bxa4 bxa4 22. c4 $16) 21. dxc6 Rxc6) 17...
Nc5 18. Bc2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 (20. Ng4) 20... g6 $2 (20... h6 $142 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ng4 Qd8 23. Ne3 $14 (23. Nf5 $6 h5 $1)) 21. Ng4 Be7 (21... Bg7 {
Wedberg} 22. Qf3 $36) 22. Nh6+ Kf8 (22... Kg7 23. Qf3 Ne6 (23... Nfxe4 {Wedberg
} 24. Nhf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Bxe7 $18) 24. Nhf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kg6 (
25... Kf8 26. Nxe7 Nxg5 27. Qxf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qg3+ Bg5 28. Rad1 $1 (
28. h4 Rc7 29. Rad1 Rd7 30. Rd2 $1 $16) 28... Kf6 29. Rxd6 Qc7 30. h4 Bh6 31.
f4 $3) 23. Qf3 (23. Bb3 Ne6 (23... d5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxd5 $16) 24. h4 Ng8
25. Qf3 (25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qf3+ Kg7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 $13) 25... Nxh6 (25... Nxg5
26. hxg5 Nxh6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 d5 30. exd5 $18) 26. Bxh6+ (26.
Bxe6 $6 Bxg5 27. Bxc8 Bxh4 $14) 26... Kg8 27. Nf5 Bxh4 (27... Bf6 28. Nxd6) 28.
Ng7 $1 Re7 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 (29... fxe6 30. g3 $18) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 $16) 23... Bd7
$8 {/\Kg8-g7;Re8-f8;Nf6-g8} (23... d5 {Wedberg} 24. Rad1 (24. Nhf5 gxf5 25.
Nxf5 Ng8 $15) 24... d4 25. h4 $16) (23... Ne6 24. h4 Kg7 25. Nhf5+) 24. Red1 $1
Rc6 $8 (24... Be6 $2 25. Ngf5 $1 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd7 (26... Bc4 27. b3 Bd5 28.
Rxd5 e4 29. Qd1 $16) 27. Qg3 $1 Ng8 (27... Nce4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7
30. Qh4+ Kf8 (30... Nf6 31. Ng4 $18) 31. Qxe4 Qf6 32. Ng4 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5
34. Ne3 Be6 35. Rxd6 $16) 28. Bxe7+ Nxe7 29. Rxd6 Rc6 (29... Qc7 30. Rf6) 30.
Rad1 (30. Qxe5 Ng8 31. Qd5 Nxh6 32. Rxc6 $18) 30... Qc7 31. Qxe5 Ng8 32. Qh8
Rxd6 33. Qxg8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ $18) 25. b4 $1 Na4 26. Bb3 {Svidler was ready to
make a serious concesion in exposing his c3 pawn. As a compensation the bishop
controls a2-g8 diagonal and multiplies the pressure against black king.} Be6 (
26... Rxc3 27. Nxf7 Rxf3 28. Nxd8 (28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nxd8+ Rxb3 30. axb3 Rxd8
31. bxa4 bxa4 $16) 28... Rxb3 (28... Rxd8 29. gxf3 Bxh3 30. Rac1) 29. axb3 Rxd8
30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd6 Be7 33. Rd5 $16) 27. c4 $1 (27. Bxa4 bxa4
28. Ngf5 gxf5 29. exf5 e4 30. Qg3 Bc4) 27... Bxc4 (27... Nb2 28. cxb5 axb5 29.
Rdc1 $16 (29. Rac1 {Wedberg} Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kg7 $14)) 28. Bxa4 bxa4 29. Rac1 d5
(29... Bb5 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 32. Nxf5 Ng8 (32... Nxe4 33. Bh6+ Kg8
34. Rxd6 $3 Bxd6 35. Qg4+ Ng5 36. Bxg5 $18) 33. Bxe7+ Rxe7 (33... Nxe7 34. Nxd6
$18) 34. Rxd6 Bd7 (34... Qc7 35. Qg3 f6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxg8+ $18) 35. Qg4 f6
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxd7+ Qxd7 38. Qg7+ Kd6 39. Qxg8 $16) (29... Rc7 {Wedberg:
might be better.}) 30. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 $2 (30... d4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Nxe7 Qxe7
33. Bxf6 Qe6 34. Bg5 $16 Rxb4 $2 35. Qa3 Qd6 36. Bd2 Rb6 37. Qxd6+ Rxd6 38. Bb4
$18) (30... Bxb4 {Wedberg} 31. Ne3 $18) 31. Nxf5 $4 Nxe4 $1 (31... Ng8 32. exd5
(32. Nxe7 $2 Nxe7 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $1 $19) 32... Bxg5 (32... Rc8
33. Nxe7 Nxe7 34. d6 $18) (32... Bxd5 {Wedberg} 33. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Qc8 35.
Be3 $18) (32... Bxg5 33. dxc6 Bxc1 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qg4 $18)) (31... d4 {
Wedberg} 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ Ng4 34. Rxc4 $18) 32. Bh6+ (32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33.
Qxe4 dxe4 $4 (33... Re8 $3 $17) 34. Rxd8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rxc4 $18)
32... Kg8 $4 (32... Rxh6 33. Nxh6 Ng5 $19) 33. Rxc4 $1 (33. Rxc4 Rxc4 {Wedberg:
White still has to make some good moves to win this.} 34. Rxd5 $3 $18 (34.
Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 35. Qg4+ Ng5 36. Bxg5 Rxg4 37. Bxe7 Rc4 $19) 34... Qc7 (34... Ng5
35. Bxg5 (35. Qg3 $18) 35... Bxg5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2
Rdd1 40. Qg4 h5 41. Qxh5 $18) (34... Qc8 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qg4+ $18) (34...
Qxd5 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qg4+ $18 (36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qg7#)) (34... Bg5 {Wedberg}
35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bxg5 Nxg5 37. Qe3 $1 (37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rdd1 40.
Qg4 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rh3+ 42. gxh3 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Ne4 $15) 37... f6 38.
Qa7 Nf7 39. Qe7 $18) 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Qg4+ Ng5 37. Qxc4 Qf6 38. Bxg5 Qxg5 39.
Qxa6 Qc1+ 40. Qf1 Qb2 41. Qc4 $18) 1-0
[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Niksic Radonja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Qd3 (19. Nh2) 19... Qc8 $5 $146
(19... Qc7) 20. Nh4 (20. Nh2 Nb6) 20... Qb7 21. Ng6 d5 22. Nxf8 dxe4 $2 (22...
Nxf8 23. Nf5 Re6 $1 (23... Nxe4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qg3 $18) (23... Rad8 24. Bxh6
$1 gxh6 25. Qe3 $1 N6h7 (25... Nxe4 26. Qxh6 Ne6 27. Rad1 Qa7 28. Rxe4 $1 dxe4
29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ $18) 26. Qxh6 Ne6 27. Rad1 $16) 24. Qg3
Ng6 25. f3 Nh5 (25... Rd8 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Rad1 Bb7 28. Bc5 $13) 26. Qg4 Nf6 $11
) 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxf8 25. Re1 $14) 23... Nxf8 (23... Rxf8
24. Nf5 Nh5 25. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Qxh6 $18) 24. Nf5 Nd5 $8 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. Nd6
Qc7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. c4 $1 (28. Rxe4 Ndf4 $13 29. Re1 $140 $2 Bxg2 $1 (29...
Nxg2 30. Qxg6 Kf8 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Bxf7 $14) 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 exf4 32.
Rxe8+ Kh7 $17) 28... bxc4 29. Bxc4 $14 Qb7 30. Bd2 Ndf4 31. Rac1 Bd5 $1 (31...
Nd3 $2 32. Qxg6 $18) 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 $6 $138 (32... exf4 $142 33. Qb3 Bxc4 34.
Rxc4 Nh4) 33. Qe3 f5 34. Red1 Bxc4 35. Rxc4 Kh7 (35... Nd3 36. Rd2 $14) 36. f3
$1 Qf7 (36... exf3 37. Qxf3 $14) 37. Rc2 Nd5 38. Qb3 Qa7+ 39. Rc5 Nf6 40. Kh2
$6 (40. Rd6 $5 a5 $1 (40... Nd7 41. Qf7 $18) (40... Rc8 41. Qe6 Rxc5 42. bxc5
Qxc5+ 43. Kh2 Kg6 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Rxa6 $16) 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Rc8 43. Qe6
Rxc5 44. bxc5 Qxc5+ 45. Kh2 $14) (40. Kh1 $5) 40... Qb8 $1 41. Rc6 $6 (41. fxe4
Nxe4 42. Rc6 Ng5 $1 43. h4 $5 e4+ 44. Kh1 Nf3 $3 45. gxf3 Qg3 $13) 41... exf3
$1 42. Rxf6 e4+ 43. Rdd6 $8 (43. g3 Qa7 $1 $19) (43. Rfd6 Rd8 44. Qe6 Rxd6 45.
Rxd6 f2 46. Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Qxf2 Qxd6+ $17) 43... Re7 $1 (43... Qc7 44. Qd5 gxf6
45. Qxf5+ Kh8 46. Qxf6+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. gxf3 e3 49. Rd1 $14) (43... Rf8
44. Rxh6+ (44. Rg6 f2 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Qg3+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8) 44... gxh6 45.
Qe6 f2 46. Qxh6+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. g3 Qxd6 49. Qxd6 f1=Q 50. Qxf8+ Kh7 $14)
44. Qd5 (44. Rg6 f2) 44... gxf6 45. Qxf5+ Kg8 46. Qxf6 f2 47. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Douven,Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14.
cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Rae3 {/\ 19.b3, 20.Bb2} a4
19. Nh4 (19. Nf1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. N1d2 c5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4
c4 $44 {Balashov-Karpov/USSR-ch/1983/}) 19... c5 20. dxc5 dxc5 (20... d5 $5)
21. Nf5 {+/=/+/-} Bc8 22. e5 (22. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 23. e5 Nh7 24. Qh5 Bg7 25. Rg3
Qe7 26. Nc4 Kh8 27. Bd2 {/\ 28.Nd6}) 22... Nfd5 23. Rg3 {/\ 24.Nc4} Nf4 $1 24.
Qf3 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Ne6 26. Bb1 (26. Bxe6 Raxe6 27. Nc4 $14 {Douven}) 26... Nd4
27. Qg4 (27. Qe4 $142 {Ernst} f5 (27... g6 {Ernst})) 27... Nbc2 {/\ 28... Rg6
Douven} 28. Qe4 f5 29. Qd3 Nxe1 30. Qxa6 Rxe5 $17 31. Re3 (31. Qxh6 Qd5 $1 {
/\ 32... Qg2! 33... Nef3 34... Re1#} (31... Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nxg3 33. Ba2+)) 31...
Qg5 32. Kf1 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qxe3 34. Qc4+ Kh7 $6 (34... Kh8 $142) 35. Ba2 Nd3 $2
(35... Qd3+ {! Ernst} 36. Kf2 (36. Kxe1 Nc2+ 37. Kf2 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qe1#) (36.
Qxd3 $2 Nxd3 $19 {Ernst}) 36... Qxc4 37. Bxc4 Nec2 {Mit dem Kцnig auf h8 wдre
die Stellungsbeurteilung: -/+/-+} (37... Nec2 38. Nb1 {/\ Na4} Bd6 39. Nc3 Nb3
40. Be3 (40. Ke2 {! Dies ist der richtige Zug, wenn der Kцnig auf h8 steht.}
Nxc1+ 41. Kd2 $10) 40... f4 41. Bd3+ {Douven})) 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Qf7+ Kh7 (
37... Kg5 $4 38. Nf3+ $18) 38. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 (11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 $10) 11...
Bf8 12. a4 (12. a3) 12... h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 (15... c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 $36 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An (16)/Wch-Leningrad/
1986/41/1-0/ 40/1-0/; game14: 18.ab5 ab5 19.Nd4}) 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18.
Nh4 $2 (18. Nh2 g6 19. Ng4 (19. f4 $5 d5 $1 20. e5 Ne4 21. Ng4 c5 22. Nxe4 dxe4
23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. exf6 Nd3 28. Rd1
Bxa3 29. bxa3 Bd5 $10 {Ivanchuk-Karpov/Linares/1989/1/2}) 19... Nxg4 20. Qxg4
c5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. e5 $5 Qd4 $1 23. Qg3 Rae6 24. Rae3 c4 $132 {
Hjartarson-Karpov (5)/Seattle cq/1989/1/2,32/}) 18... Nxe4 $1 19. Nxe4 (19.
Bxe4 d5) 19... Bxe4 (19... Qxh4 $4 20. Nf6+) 20. Bxe4 d5 $15 {Die Zьge 18.-20.
wurden in einer Analyse der erwдhnten Partie Hjartason-Karpov von Karpov als
schlechte Variante fьr WeiЯ angegeben.(NiC Yb13,p76)} (20... Qxh4 $4 21. Bh7+)
21. Rae3 (21. Bb1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxh4) 21... Rae6 22. Bg6 $2 (22. Bxd5 Qxd5 (
22... Rxe3 $2 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+) 23. Nf3 {+/=/= (Feld d5)}) 22... Qxh4 (
22... Rxe3 $2 23. Bxf7+) 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 {-/+/-+} 25. Be3 Qf6 26.
Qg4 (26. Bb1 {/\ Qa4} e5 $1 {-/+/-+} (26... c5 $2 27. dxc5 Qxb2 28. Bd4 Qa3 29.
Qe1 Kf7 30. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ $10)) 26... Bd6
27. h4 Nc6 28. Be8 (28. Bxh6 $2 Ne7 $1 $19) 28... Ne7 29. Bd7 Nf5 30. h5 Kf7
31. Bc8 Ke7 32. b3 $2 (32. g3 $2 Bxg3) (32. Ba6 Qh4 (32... e5 $6 33. Bc8 exd4
$2 34. Bd2) 33. Qxh4+ Nxh4 $19) 32... c5 $19 33. Qe2 (33. dxc5 $4 Qa1+) 33...
cxd4 34. Bd2 d3 35. Qd1 (35. Qxd3 $2 Qa1+ 36. Qf1 Bh2+) 35... Qh4 36. g3 Nxg3 (
36... Nxg3 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kf1 Bc5 {/\ Qg1#, Qf2#}) 0-1
[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Razuvaev,Riemersma} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4
14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 {Razuvaev} 18. Rae3 (18. exf5) (
18. exf5 Nf6 19. Nh2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qe7 21. Qf1 Re8 22. axb5 Qe1 23. Ng4 Nxg4
24. hxg4 axb5 25. Nf3 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bxd5 $15 {Vasjukov-Razuvaev/Moskau/1987/})
18... f4 (18... fxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Nxe4 Nxd5 20. R3e2 N7f6 21. Qc2 $146 {
Riemersma}) 19... Rxe4 20. Nxe4 $16) 19. R3e2 (19. Ra3 Qf6 $6 {>= Ne5, Qd8(><
a5)= Riemersma} 20. Nb3 Nb6 $6 21. Na5 Rab8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bd2
Nc4 25. Bc3 Ne5 26. Qe2 $16 {De Firmian-Ivanov/Chicago/1988/}) 19... Ne5 20.
Nf1 Nxf3+ (20... c4 $5) (20... g5 $5) 21. gxf3 Qh4 22. Nh2 Re5 23. Qd2 $1 Qxh3
(23... Rg5+ 24. Ng4 h5 25. Qxf4 Be7 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. fxg3 hxg4 28. Bxg5 Bxg5
29. f4 $16) (23... g5 24. Kg2 (24. Ng4 $2 Qxh3 25. Nxe5 dxe5 {/\ 26... g4 -+})
24... Bc8 25. Ng4 h5 26. Rh1 $1 $16) 24. Qxf4 bxa4 25. Qg4 Qxg4+ 26. Nxg4 Ree8
27. f4 a5 28. f3 Ba6 29. Rg2 $10 Kf7 30. Rd1 Bc4 31. Ne3 Bb3 32. Re1 c4 33. e5
dxe5 34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Ng4 (35. Bxe8 Rxe8 $10 (35... Rxe8 36. Ng4 Nxd5 37. fxe5
$14 {Riemersma})) 35... Nd3 (35... Red8 36. fxe5 Nxd5 37. e6 $40 {Riemersma})
36. Nxh6+ (36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 $15) 36... gxh6 37. Bxd3+
Kh8 38. Bg6 Red8 {+- Riemersma} 39. Bd2 $2 (39. Bf7 {>=}) (39. fxe5 {>=} Rxd5 (
39... Rxd5 $18 40. e6 $1 $40 Bb4 (40... Bc5+ 41. Kh2 Bd6+ 42. Kh3 $18) 41. Be4
$1 $18 {Riemersma})) (39. Rxe5 {>=}) 39... Bb4 40. Bc3 $6 (40. Bxb4 axb4 41.
fxe5 Rxd5 42. e6 a3 43. bxa3 bxa3 44. e7 Ba4 45. f4 Rd6 $1 46. f5 c3 {=/+/-/+
Riemersma}) 40... Bxc3 41. bxc3 a3 42. fxe5 Rxd5 43. e6 (43. f4 $5) (43. f4 Rd1
44. Rxd1 Bxd1 45. f5 Bb3 46. f6 (46. Kh2 $2 a2 47. Rg1 Rd8) 46... a2 47. Rxa2
Bxa2 48. e6 Rg8 49. e7 Rxg6+ 50. Kh2 Rxf6 51. e8=Q+ $14 {Riemersma}) 43... Rd1
$1 (43... a2 {/\ 44.e7 Re5!} 44. f4 $1) 44. Rxd1 Bxd1 45. e7 (45. f4 Bb3 46.
Bb1 Rg8 $1 47. f5 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Kg7 49. e7 Kf7 50. f6 Ba4 $19 (50... a4 51.
Bg6+ $1)) 45... Ba4 46. Bf7 {?? Riemersma} (46. f4 Be8 (46... Rb8 $2 47. f5 Rb2
48. f6 a2 49. Rxb2 a1=Q+ 50. Rb1 $18) 47. Bxe8 Rxe8 48. Re2 Kg7 49. Kf2 Kf6 50.
Re5 a4 51. Ra5 $10 {Riemersma}) 46... Rb8 $1 $19 (46... Ra7 47. Re2 (47. e8=Q+
Bxe8 48. Bxe8 Rg7 49. Bg6 Rxg6 50. Rxg6 a2) 47... a2 48. Rxa2 Rxe7 49. Bxc4 Bc6
$10) 47. Re2 Rb1+ 48. Kf2 Rb2 49. Bxc4 Kg7 50. Ke1 Rxe2+ 51. Kxe2 h5 52. Bb3
Bd7 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Bc6 55. c4 Kxe7 56. c5 Be8 0-1
[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 (
14... Rxa8 $2 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Ndf3 c5 (16... h6 17. Nxf7 Nxf7 18. dxe5) 17.
dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxf7 c4 (19... Nxf7 20. Be6) 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Bc2
$18 {_|_ Ivanchuk-Portisch/Linares/1990/}) 15. d5 Ne7 (15... Nd8 {
Kasparov-Karpov(46)/wm Moskau/1984-85/1/2,41/}) (15... Na5 {Kasparov-Karpov(5)/
wm Moskau/1985/0-1,41/}) 16. Nf1 (16. c4 Rb8 $1 (16... bxc4 17. Nxc4 $14 (17.
Ba4 $14)) 17. Re3 (17. c5 c6 $1 $10) 17... c6 $10 {Popovic-Smejkal/Zagreb/1986/
}) 16... h6 17. Ng3 (17. N3h2 c5 (17... c6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 cxd5 20. exd5
g6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bg7 23. Qd3 $14 {Gutman}) 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Ng4 (19.
Ng3 $5) 19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 b4 $10 {Sokolov-Karpov/Linares/1989/}) 17... c6 18.
dxc6 $14 Bxc6 (18... Nxc6 $14) 19. Nh2 {! van der Wiel /\ 20.Qf3, 21.Bh6, 21.
Ng4} (19. Nh4 d5 (19... g6 $2 20. Qf3) 20. Nf3 Ng6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bc2 Qb7 $1
$10 {van der Wiel}) 19... d5 $6 {[] van der Wiel} 20. Nh5 $1 {-> >>} Nxe4 {
[] van der Wiel} (20... dxe4 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qh5 Bd5 23. Ng4 $18 Bg7 24.
Bxh6 {van der Wiel}) (20... Nxh5 21. Qxh5 g6 22. Qf3 (22. Qh4 h5 (22... dxe4 $5
23. Ng4 Nf5 $1 24. Nf6+ Kh8 (24... Kg7 $6 25. Bxh6+ $1) 25. Qg4 (25. Nxd7 Nxh4
26. Nxf8 Kg7 $14) 25... Qe7 26. Nxe8 Qxe8 $16 {van der Wiel}) 23. g4 $16 {+/-/}
) (22. Qf3 {/\ 23.Ng4} f5 23. Rd1 $1 $18 Rd8 24. Qg3 $1 fxe4 (24... f4 25. Qd3)
25. Qxe5 {van der Wiel}) (22. Qxe5 $2 Nf5) 22... f5 $5 {+/-/}) 21. Ng4 {
! van der Wiel /\ 22.Ne5, /\ 22.Re4, 23.Nf6} (21. Bxh6 $6 Qf5 $1 22. Be3 g6 $5
23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 $13 {van der Wiel}) 21... Qf5 {![] van der Wiel} (21...
Qc7 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 (24... Kg7 25. Qh5 Ng6 (25...
Kxf6 $4 26. Qxf7# {van der Wiel}) (25... Ng8 $8 {vgl. 24... Kh8}) 26. Qxh6+
Kxf6 27. Bg5+ Kf5 28. g4#) 25. Qh5 $18 Ng8 26. Nxg8 Kxg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Bxf7
Bg7 29. Bxh6 Rg8 (29... Qxf7 30. Qxf7 Bxh6 31. Qf6+ {van der Wiel}) 30. Bxg7+
Rxg7 31. Qh6+ Rh7 32. Qf8#) 22. f3 (22. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 23. Ng3 {!! Douven} Qc8 {
[] van der Wiel} (23... Qd7 24. Bxf7+) (23... Qh7 24. Nxe5 {van der Wiel}) 24.
Nxe5 Rd8 (24... Bd5 {Piket} 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qc7 27. Nc6 (27. Ng4 Rd8 28.
Bf4 {+/-/+- van der Wiel}) 27... e3 28. Ne2 {+/-/+- van der Wiel}) (24... Kh7
25. Nxf7 $1 {/\ 26.Nd6, 26.Qh5} Nf5 26. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 (26... Kh8 27. Qh5 Nxg3
28. Qg6 hxg5 29. fxg3 $18 {/\ 30.Qh5#}) 27. Nxf5 g6 28. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 {
/\ 30.Bf7} Qd7 30. Qc5 $1 {+/-/+- van der Wiel}) 25. Qh5 {/\ 26.Nf7} Bd5 26.
Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf7+ Kh7 (27... Kh8 28. Ng6+) 28. Bf4 $16 (28. Bf4 Kh8 29. Nh5
$1 Qf5 30. Qe8 Kh7 31. g4 $1 Qc8 32. Qf7 Rd6 $16 {van der Wiel})) 22... Nxc3 $1
(22... Qxh5 {? van der Wiel} 23. fxe4 $18 (23. fxe4 Kh8 (23... Qh4 24. Nxe5)
24. exd5 {+/-/+- van der Wiel})) 23. bxc3 Qxh5 24. Rxe5 (24. Nxe5 $142 Rc8 25.
Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd3 $146 {van der Wiel}) 24... Qh4 {! van der Wiel /\ Nf5} 25.
Be3 (25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Rh5 Qg3 27. Nf6+ Kg7 $13 {=/+}) (25. Qe2 Ra8 $13 {=/+})
25... Ng6 26. Bf2 Qd8 $10 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Bxd5 h5 {?! van der Wiel} (28...
Nf4 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qd2 $1 Bd6 $15 {van der Wiel}) 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Bxc6 Qxc6
31. Bg3 $8 (31. Qd2 $2 Qxc3 $19) 31... Ne6 32. Nd5 Qc4 33. Qd2 Qb3 34. Kh2 Qb1
35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Bxe1 Bd6+ 37. Bg3 (37. Kg1 $142) 37... Bc5 38. Be1 Kf8 39. g4
hxg4 40. fxg4 Ke8 41. Kg2 Kd7 42. Bg3 Kc6 43. Nb4+ Bxb4 (43... Bxb4 44. cxb4
Kd5 45. h4 (45. Kf3 Ng5+ {van der Wiel}) 45... Kc4 (45... Ke4 $1 $10 {van der
Wiel}) 46. Bd6 {/\ h5, g5, h6}) 1/2-1/2
[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gullaksen, Eirik Tvedt"]
[Black "Fyllingen, Roy Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{CBM 43} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. d5 (11. a4 {is considered the most
testing move.}) 11... Ne7 (11... Na5 12. Bc2 Nb6 {is considered equal by
"theory".}) 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Nc5 $6 {The N is exposed here.} 14. Bc2 c6 $6
15. b4 $1 Na4 (15... Nd7 16. dxc6 {and d6 falls.}) 16. Bxa4 bxa4 17. c4 $1 {
White concentrates on securing his grip on the center and keeping the Bb7
passive.} cxd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 (18... g6 $5 {To play ...Bg7 and ...f5 at any cost
was probably better.}) 19. Ne3 g6 20. Nc4 Rae8 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Rc1 $1 h6 24. Qc2 $1 {Planning Sb6 and Dc7.} Rc8 25. Qb2 (25. Nb6 Rxc2 26. Nxd7
Rfc8 $1 {allows black to turn the tables.}) 25... Qd8 (25... Rc7 $2 26. Ncxe5
$1 dxe5 27. Qxe5+ {and c7 falls.}) 26. Na5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ba8 28. Qc3 Kg8 $6 {
Black wishes to avoid tactical threats based on Ne5, but in such a difficult
position, the best chance could be to play more provocatively. After} (28... f5
$5 29. Nxe5 $5 {Most critical. The simple alternative is also not completely
convincing:} (29. Nc6 Nxc6 $5 (29... Bxc6 $6 30. dxc6 fxe4 31. Nd2 {and white
is a bit better.}) 30. dxc6 fxe4 31. Nd2 Qh4 $1 {with complications.}) 29...
dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 (30... Rf6 31. Rc7 Kf7 32. Nc4 {and the threat of d6
appears to win, but black can fight even here:} fxe4 33. d6 Re6 $1 34. Rxe7+
Qxe7 $1 (34... Rxe7 35. dxe7 Qxe7 36. Nd6+ {wins.}) 35. dxe7 Rxe5 36. Nxe5+
Kxe7 37. Nxg6+ Kf6 {and black can create some counterplay on the queenside.})
31. Rc7 Rf7 32. d6 Nc8 33. Qe6 Nxd6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 {is not
completely clear.}) 29. Qe3 $1 Kg7 30. Nd2 $1 {Now white can play f3, which
means the Ba8 is permanently buried.} f5 31. f3 Rf7 32. Ndc4 Nc8 33. Nc6 $1 {
A decisive invasion. Black is cramped and exchanges only give white powerful
passed pawns.} Qe8 34. Nb6 Bb7 35. Na5 Nxb6 36. Qxb6 Bc8 37. Qxd6 fxe4 38. fxe4
Kh7 39. Rc7 Bd7 40. Nc6 Bxc6 41. dxc6 h5 42. Rxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qd7 1-0
[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{This game was played in the 4th round of the very strong Isle of Man Chess
Open. Benjamin and I are good friends and it was a little uncomfortable to
prepare against him as we knew many of each other's openings! So I decided to
surprise him by playing a line which I had never played before.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {Already at this point, he started
thinking. In last few games I had played the Open Spanish so I was pretty sure
he wouldn't expect me to play the Classical Ruy Lopez.} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 {I once played this in a
crucial game against GM Sevian in Lake Sevan tournament.}) 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 {
I was a bit surprised by this move. Is he really going to repeat this way and
make a draw?} Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 {I was glad in a way that he didn't
repeat and we would have a big fight. On the other hand, I was worried as I
couldn't remember all my lines in this variation. A problem shared by many of
my colleagues :)} Bf8 14. a3 g6 15. d5 {I was surprised by this move. Although
over the board it seemed quite sensible. Usually, in such lines white tries to
play with more flexibility.} Nb8 (15... Na5 16. Bc2 $1 (16. Ba2 c6 17. b4 cxd5
18. bxa5 dxe4 {I was seduced by this line, but couldn't find an antidote for
Bc2}) 16... c6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 {with a dream
Spanish}) (15... Ne7 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne3 {What is the
knight doing on e7?}) 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Ba2 (17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 c6 19. Ne3 Be7
$132) 17... Nc5 {Not the best. In hindsight, I feel that ...Rc8 is the most
harmonious.} (17... c6 $2 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng5 {is a nasty trick}) (17... Rc8
$5 {An interesting move which didn't occur to me during the game. Black plans
to play c6 in few lines and take with the rook! In fact this was played back
in 2003 by Sulskis.} 18. Ng3 (18. N3h2 Nh5 19. Ng4 Nf4 20. Qf3 h5 $15 {1-0 (46)
Short,N (2690)-Sulskis,S (2567) Catalan Bay 2003}) 18... c6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20.
Ng5 Re7 {and now d6 is protected.}) (17... a5 18. Ng3) 18. Ng3 {Inaccurate as
the ideal place for the knight would be on e3 after Black eventually plays ...
c6.} (18. Bg5 $1 {This move concerned me during the game. White gives up his
bishop but delays Black's active counterplay with ...c6.} Be7 (18... c6 19. b4
Ncd7 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. N3d2 {followed by Ne3 looks very pleasant for White.})
19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b4 Na4 21. c4 {The bishop on b7 makes a sad impression!})
18... c6 $1 {After this, I realized that Black is completely fine as, after
the opening up of the centre, his pieces will be ideally placed.} 19. Bg5 (19.
b4 Na4) 19... cxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 {It looks like White
has the d5-square and the position is reminiscent of a Najdorf variation.
White would be better if he could get his knight to e3 but as the game shows
Black has active counterplay} Na4 (22... Qe6 {challenging the d5-square
immediately is probably wiser} 23. Rad1 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 f6 $15 {followed by
Kf7-e6.}) 23. Qd2 (23. Re2 Nb6 24. Qb3 Qe6 25. Qc2 Bh6 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Ree1 f6
{is also very comfortable for Black.}) 23... Rad8 24. Nf1 {Obvious but slow!
Benjamin underestimated Black's initiative after the opening of the center. I
felt a rush of excitement after this move as my hands were itching to push the
d-pawn!!} (24. Rad1 {was necessary} Qe6 (24... Nb6 25. Qe3 Nc4 26. Qe2 Qe6 27.
Rd3) 25. Qc2 Bg7 26. Rd3 Nb6 27. Red1 Rd7 {Black is better but completely
tenable.}) 24... d5 $1 {Thematic! This reminded me of a Najdorf game
Caruana-MVL.} 25. exd5 e4 $1 (25... Nb6 26. Ne3 h5 27. Rad1 Bc5 28. Qc2 Bxe3
29. Rxe3 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Re1) 26. N3h2 (26. Nd4 {is probably more
tenacious:} Rxd5 27. Ne3 Rd6 $17 {followed by Qd8-f5.}) 26... Qd6 27. Rad1 f5
$1 (27... Nc5 {I was confused between this and the text move. White has more
defensive chances here and my judgment turned out to be right :)} 28. b4 Nd3
29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxd3 f5 31. Ne3 $15) 28. g4 Nc5 {Now it becomes clear that
once the knight comes to d3 the white pieces will start to suffocate.} (28...
f4 29. Qc2 (29. g5 Qe5 $1 30. h4 Qf5) 29... Nc5 30. b4 Nd3 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32.
Rxd3 Re5 33. c4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxd5 35. Nf3 Kg7 36. Rxd5 Qxd5 37. Qxf4) 29. gxf5
gxf5 30. Ng3 (30. Qg5+ Qg6 31. Qxg6+ hxg6 $19) 30... Nd3 $1 (30... e3 {was
also possible but less clean:} 31. Qd4 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 (32. Qxf2 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1
Qg6 34. Kh1 f4 $1 $19) 32... Re4 $1) 31. Nxf5 (31. Rf1 Qg6 32. Kh1 Bc5 (32...
f4 $19 33. Rg1 Kh8)) 31... Qg6+ 32. Ng3 Bc5 (32... Nxe1 {of course I can't
give up the pride of my position!}) 33. Re3 Bxe3 (33... Rxd5 34. Ng4 Bxe3 35.
Nxe3 Rd7 36. Kh2 Rf8) 34. Qxe3 Rxd5 35. Ng4 {Tricky, but not good enough! I
had seen this try when I played ...Bc5.} (35. h4 Rf5) 35... h5 36. Nxe4 hxg4
37. Nf6+ Qxf6 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qe3 gxh3 $1 40. Kh2 (40. Kf1 Nxf2 (40... Qg6
41. Qe7+ Kg8) 41. Qa7+ Kg6 42. Rxd5 h2 $19) (40. Rxd3 Qg6+ {is the point.})
40... Qd6+ (40... Nxf2 41. Qa7+ Kh6 42. Rxd5 Qf4+ {was the quickest :)}) (40...
Qd6+ 41. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 42. fxg3 Nf4 43. Rxd5 Nxd5 44. Kxh3 Ne3 45. b3 a5 $19) 0-1
[Event "Prague Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{The first time when COVID-19 affected chess life, was in Prague. Wei Yi
wasn't able to come, and the organizers got a great chance to invite Alireza
Firouzja. As they say, the last invited player has high chances to win a
tournament (tell me about it - I was invited to Wijk last moment) - and he did
it eventually!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 {A side line, but there were several top games here recently,
three of them even being Carlsen - Ding, so it definitely deserves attention.}
O-O 9. h3 h6 $6 {Black has a wide choice of options here - that's always
puzzling.} ({The day before Alireza won a nice game after} 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 c4 15. axb5 axb5 $2 (15... cxb3) 16.
Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Ba3 $16 {1-0 (40) Firouzja,A (2726)-Harikrishna,P
(2713) Prague CZE 2020}) 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 (11. Nh4 $1 {was very tempting and
probably gave White hope for advantage:} Na5 12. Ba2 d5 (12... c5 13. Nf5) 13.
b4 Nc6 14. exd5 (14. Qf3 $1 {is even stronger}) 14... Nxd5 15. Nf5 $36) 11...
Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 {Now Black has equalized with natural
moves.} 15. Ne3 (15. Ng3 d5 16. axb5 axb5 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxd2
20. Nxd2 exd4 21. e5 Ne4 22. Ndxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 d3 $11 {1/2-1/2
(36) Yu,Y (2747)-Sethuraman,S (2639) Caleta 2016}) 15... Qd7 ({I didn't like}
15... c4 {because of} 16. Ng4) ({But} 15... b4 $5 {was quite possible.}) 16.
Nh2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qf3 {Harmless.} ({I considered} 18. exd5 {as the main
line, and it is very complicated after} Nxd5 19. Neg4 f6 (19... Qc7 20. Nf3) (
19... Nf4 20. Nf3 $5 (20. Bxf4 exf4 $11) 20... Bd6) 20. Nf3 {(playing slowly)}
(20. c4 $2 Nb4) (20. d4 exd4 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Qd3 g6 {and Black holds.}) 20...
b4 21. Bd2 $13) 18... c4 19. Nhg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 dxe4 (20... cxd3 $2 {is bad of
course due to} 21. Qxd3 $16) ({But} 20... h5 {was possible:} 21. Ne3 cxd3 22.
Bxd3 dxe4 (22... Nb3 $5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. exd5 Ra1 25. Qxh5 g6 {Alireza said
after the game that he wasn't sure about this position and it is unclear
indeed.}) 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc6 $11) 21. dxe4 Qe6 22. Qg3 Kh8 {Black
shouldn't be so modest.} (22... h5 $5 23. Nh6+ Kh7 24. Nf5 g6 {and White has
to prove it is equal.}) 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nb3 25. Rad1 Rad8 {Again, the
most solid} ({After} 25... Ra2 26. Bd6 {black has to find the only move -} Be7
$1) 26. e5 Nc5 {I thought here I was fine, so the next operation came as a
surprise:} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nf6 $2 {I am not sure was it bluff or not, but it
paid off quickly.} gxf6 $6 ({The answer wasn't complicated -} 28... Qb6 $1 {
and the point is that after} 29. Kh1 (29. Bxh6 Ne4+ 30. Be3 Nxg3 31. Bxb6 Rd2
32. Be4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxb2 {and White is suffering, but of course, this wasn't
his intention.}) 29... gxf6 30. Qh4 fxe5 $19 {the rook on d8 is protected!}) (
28... Nd3 29. Bxh6) 29. Qh4 Rd3 $2 {I hope I've spent my limit of blunders in
Prague for several years. Black humor - for this year it might be literally
true due to COVID-19:)} ({The way wasn't easy, but there was one, only.} 29...
Kg8 $1 30. Re3 (30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 Rd3 {transposes.}) (30. exf6 $2 Qc6) (
30. Qg3+ Kh8 $11) 30... Rd3 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 32. exf6 Be4 $1 33. Bxh6 (33. Qg3+
Kh7 $19) 33... Bc5 34. Qg3+ Bg6 $19) 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. exf6 $1 {This
intermediate move decides the game.} (31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bxd3 Nxd3 33. Re3 Nxe5
34. Rg3+ Ng6 {and White doesn't have a draw here:} 35. h4 Qd6 36. Kh2 f5 37. h5
f4 $19) 31... Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Ne4 ({Unfortunately} 32... Be4 {doesn't work:} 33.
b4 $1 ({Black escapes nicely after} 33. Qh4 Kh7 34. Qh5 Bg6 35. Bxd3 cxd3 36.
Qxc5 d2 37. Qd5 Bc2 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 $11 {and White can't make progress.}) 33...
Re3 34. Qh4 Kh7 35. bxc5 Bxc2 36. c6 $18) 33. Qh4 Kh7 34. Qh5 {Of course,
White never takes the rook.} Nd6 35. g4 Bf3 {I didn't see how White is winning,
neither did Alireza. We were both down to seconds, so none of us realized that
the position is zugzwang for Black!} 36. Qe5 (36. Kf1 Bd1 37. Bb1 Bf3 38. Ke1
$18) 36... Bf8 37. Kf2 $2 {Desperately played with 2 seconds left. Now Black
survives.} Ne4+ 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. Qxb5 Rd5 40. Qb8 ({The last chance to play for
a win was} 40. Qe8 Nxf6 41. Qe3 Bd1 42. Bf5 {but it is double-edged.}) 40...
Rd2 41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. h4 Bd3+ 43. Kg1 Be4 44. Kf1 Bd3+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 Bg7 (15... h6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 (18... cxd5 19. bxc5 dxe4
20. Nh2 d5 $16) 19. dxc6 Bxc6) 16. Qd2 (16. Nh2 h6 17. Be3 h5) 16... Qe7 17.
Nh2 h5 18. Rad1 (18. a4 Nc5 19. Bc2 bxa4 20. Bxa4 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 c6 $10) 18...
Qf8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. b3 Nfd7 (20... Rec8 21. Be3 Nfd7 22. Bd3 c6) (20... Rac8)
21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Bd3 {Entgegen seinen Ankьndigungen in der Pressekonferenz,
agiert Leko sehr zurьckhaltend. Der stellungsgemдЯe Plan verlangt eine Attacke
am Kцnigsflьgel:} (22. Nh4 c6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Re3 f6 (24... Re6 25. Ngf5 gxf5
26. exf5 Rf6) 25. Rf3 (25. Nxg6 Qf7)) 22... c6 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nc5 25. Rb1
Nbd7 26. Bf1 Rc7 27. Be3 (27. Nh4 Kh7 28. Qd1 Bh6 (28... Qh8 29. Bd2 Bf6 30.
Ba5 Rcc8 31. Nhf5) 29. Bxh6 Qxh6 30. dxc6 Rxc6 (30... Bxc6 $1 31. Qxd6 Rcc8 {
/\ Re8-e6, Nd7-f6 und Angriff - Karpov}) 31. Qd5) 27... Qe7 28. Bg5 Qf8 (28...
Bf6 {Karpov: I like this N on c5. Piket : I don t like the B on b7.} 29. h4 (
29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qh6 $2 Qf4 31. Ng5 Nf8 $17) 29... Rec8 30. Qa5 (30. Rec1 Qd8
31. Qe3) 30... Bxg5 31. hxg5) 29. Be3 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 {The positional approach.} ({
The sharper} 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3
{and now either} c4 {(positional) or} (17... f5 {(tactical) is heavily
analysed. No clear verdict has been reached. The results are mixed with a
slight plus for White.})) 12... Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4
Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 {A deviation from 18.Ng4 played by Adams against
Beliavsky in Leon last year. Exchanging the black-squared B for a N is logical
given the weakness of d5.} (18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nb6 20. Qd3 (20. Ne3 d5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/
Linares 1998/CBM 64/[ChessBase] (54)}) 20... g6 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Qf3 Bd7 23. Bb3
Be6 24. Bg5 a5 25. Ne3 Bxb3 26. axb3 axb4 27. cxb4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 d5 $1 $132 {
0-1 Adams,M-Beliavsky,A/Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Wedberg] (60)}) 18... h6 (18... Qc8
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bd7 22. Ne3 Ra7 (22... Qxc3 23. Nd5 Qc6 24.
Bb3 Qb7 25. g5 Be6 26. Re3 $40 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Bacrot,E/Szeged 2000/CBM 78 (34)})
23. Bb3 Qxc3 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Bd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (37)}) (18... Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4
Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qb7 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Bd7 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Nd5 $14 {1-0
Delchev,A-Levar,N/Belisce 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) 19. Bxf6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (19.
Bh4 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Be7 23. Bb3 Bg5 24. Qf3 Rf8 25.
Rad1 Bd7 26. Rd3 Be6 27. Red1 Rfd8 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 {Blackґs play in this
game is a model for the handling of this line. 1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Beliavsky,A/
AUT 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) 19... Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 {[%cal Yc2b3,Yf1e3,
Ye3d5,Yb3d5,Ya1d1,Yd1d5][%mdl 2048] For good reasons Adams spurns the more or
less standard recapture with the h-P. The main idea remains the same though -
to capitalize on the d5-square.} (21. hxg4 d5 $1 $13) 21... d5 $6 {Ponomariov
tries to break free immediately. But freedom comes with a cost in this case,
because White is better mobilized.} (21... Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3][%cal
Yd8c7,Yd7e6,Yf8e7,Ye7g5] would have been more prudent. There are weaknesses on
both sides. See the comment to move 19.}) 22. exd5 (22. Rad1 $6 d4 $132) 22...
Qxd5 23. Bb3 {[%cal Yf1e3,Ya1d1,Ye3f5,Yb3f7,Yd1d7] Whiteґs B is the dominant
minor piece and itґs sway can be enhanced by all the other pieces. Itґs
already tricky for Black.} Qd8 (23... Qd3 24. Re3 $36) (23... Qd7 24. Qh5 $36)
24. Qh5 $1 $16 Ra7 (24... Qf6 25. Ne3 {[%cal Ye3g4] is difficult for Black.} g6
26. Ng4 Qg7 27. Qh4 g5 28. Qh5 Ra7 29. Rad1 $16) (24... Qc7 25. Ne3 Rad8 26.
Ng4 Bd5 (26... Bd6 $2 27. Qg6 $18) 27. Re3 $40 {[%cal Ye3g3,Ya1e1]}) 25. Rxe5 (
25. Ne3 Qg5 {relieves some pressure.}) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 {
White is a P up, but Black has some compensation in the pair of B:s. Whiteґs
plus is clear though. In percentage terms I would give White 75% here.} 28. Ne3
g6 (28... a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd1 $14) 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Be7 32.
Bd5 $1 {White centralizes effectively.} Bd7 33. Rd3 Bf6 (33... f5) 34. c4 bxc4
35. Bxc4 Bc8 36. a3 Bb2 37. Kd2 f5 38. Kc2 Bxa3 (38... Bf6 39. Kb3 $16 {
[%cal Ye3d5]}) 39. Rxa3 f4 40. Kb3 fxe3 41. fxe3 Re7 42. Ka4 $18 {The weak a-P
will fall and then the b-P wins.} Re5 43. Rd3 Bf5 44. Rd2 Rxe3 45. Bxa6 Be4 46.
Rf2 Kh6 47. Bf1 g4 48. hxg4 Re1 49. Be2 Ra1+ 50. Kb3 Rb1+ 51. Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kd4
Bb7 53. Bf3 Ba6 54. Rb2 Bb5 55. Be2 Bc6 56. Bf3 Bb5 57. Be2 Bc6 58. Ba6 Rg1 59.
b5 Bxg2 60. b6 Kg5 61. Bc8 Kf4 62. Kc5 Be4 63. Rb4 Ke5 64. b7 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bxb7
66. Bxb7 Kf6 67. Rc4 Rb1+ 68. Kc6 Kg5 69. Bc8 Rd1 70. Bd7 Kh4 71. Kc7 Rd2 72.
Kd8 Re2 73. Rc6 g5 74. Bf5 Re3 75. Re6 Rg3 76. Rh6# 1-0
[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 a5 $5 {This odd move has some points to it.} 10. d3 (10. d4) 10... a4
{Putting a P on a4 has the advantage of preventing a white a4 at a later stage.
} 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 (13... Bf8 14. Bg5 (14. Ng3 g6 15. d4 Bg7
16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Rad1 Red8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Raaste,
E-Lehtivaara,P/FIN 1996/EXT 98 (44)}) 14... h6 15. Bd2 d5 $1 $10 {1/2-1/2
Kruppa,Y-Zaitsev,I/Minsk 1993/CBM 36/[Wedberg] (29)}) 14. Ng3 (14. a3 Na5 15.
Ng3 Bf8 16. Nh2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 (19. Qxg4 Ra6 20. Bd2
Nf6 21. Qf3 Rae6 22. Rad1 Qa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Kf1 $14 {1-0 Smagin,S-Hebden,M/
Hastings 1990/TD (41)}) 19... c6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bd2 Nb7 23. Re2
Bf8 24. Rae1 Re6 25. g5 $36 {1-0 Galkin,A-Gorin,L/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (57)})
14... Bf8 15. Nh2 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15. d4 g6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rad1
Na5 19. b3 Qb8 20. Nh2 axb3 21. axb3 Nc6 22. f4 b4 23. Nf3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 exd4
25. Nxd4 Nb4 26. Bb1 c5 $132 {0-1 Arakhamia,K-Griffiths,P/Stockholm 1994/EXT
2000 (41)}) 15... Na5 16. f4 {Given Blackґs operations on the Q-side itґs
logical to attack on the other side.} c5 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rf1 Ra6 20.
Be3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Na5 22. Bb1 Rc6 23. Rc2 b4 24. Rcf2 $132 {A tense situation.
Both players have mobilized but on opposite wings. White needs to break the
position open in front of Blackґs K. If he can do that White should be fine,
else Blackґs Q-side play will soon get annoying.} bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb3 26. Nd2 $6
{This retreat in a way levels the game. White exchanges one of his attackers
for the stray N on the Q-side.} (26. Nh4 $5 {Slightly risky perhaps, but White
has a lot going for him on the K-side.} d5 (26... exf4 27. Rxf4 d5 28. Nh5 $40)
27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Qf3 Qxc3 29. exd5 Rd6 30. Ne4 $40) 26... d5 $1 {Black should
be fine now.} 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Ne2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Bd6 $2 (29... dxe4 $142) 30.
Bf4 Qe7 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxf7 $16 Qe3+ (33... Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7
35. Ba2 $16) 34. Qxe3 Nxe3 35. Ba2 c4 36. R1f3 (36. Bxc4 $5 Nxc4 37. dxc4 Be6
38. c5 $1 Rd2 (38... Rxc5 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Nd4 $16) 39. R7f2 Bc4 40. Nd4 Rxf2
41. Rxf2 $16) 36... Bc6 $1 37. Rxe3 Kxf7 38. Bxc4+ Bd5 39. Bxd5+ Rxd5 40. c4
Rd6 41. Nc3 Rb8 42. Nb5 Rf6 43. d4 Re8 44. Rxe8 Kxe8 45. c5 Kd8 46. Nc3 Rf4 47.
Nb5 Rf6 48. Nc3 Rf4 49. Nb5 Rf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{This game is a nice model for play against a weak d6-P. Its a Spanish line,
but the thematic position culd as well have come from some sicilian variation.
} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. d5
Ne7 15. Be3 c6 16. Qe2 $146 {Dolamtov declines the gambit and tries a new move
against Varavin, who is a devoted expert in this line. Dolmatovs approach is
less tactical and more strategic. Rather than taking d6 immediately, White
plans to take it at some later point. The immediate point though is to stall
Blacks attack on the white center.} (16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxd6 Rfd8
19. Qb4 Qb7 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Nc4 $1 Qc7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Qxb5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kruppa,Y-Ginsburg,G/Kherson 1990 (41)}) 20. Re3 (20. Bc2 Ng6 21. Qc5 Be7 22.
Qe3 h6 23. g3 Qc8 24. Kh2 Bd7 25. b4 Bc6 26. Bb3 Qb7 27. h4 Bd6 28. Nc2 Rxa1
29. Nxa1 Bb8 $44 {0-1 Degerman,L-Varavin,V/Gausdal PG 1993 (43)}) (20. Nh2 Ng6
21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rab8 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Nxc4 Rxd5 26. Ng4 h5
$10 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Sepp,O/Parnu-B 1996 (40)}) 20... Ng6 21. c4 Bxe4 22.
cxb5 Bxf3 (22... Bf5 23. Rae1 e4 24. Bc2 $1 $16 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Varavin,V/
Alushta2 1994 (33)}) 23. Rxf3 Nh4 24. Rg3 Rd3 25. Qg4 (25. Qxh4 $5 Rxb3 $1 26.
Qh5 Rxb5 27. Qf5 Rb3 $15 {Enders,P-Varavin,V/Budapest/1995/0,5/44/}) 25... h5
26. Qxh4 Rxb3 27. Qxh5 Rxb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Varavin,V/Budapest FS05 GM
1995 (43)}) 16... Rb8 (16... cxd5 $4 17. Qxb5 $18) 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rad1 {
If White can control d5 - preferably with Nc2-b4 - Black will have a difficult
game.} Na4 $6 {This clearly fails to solve Blacks problems, but its not
obvious how to improve on it.} (18... Bxe4 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxe4
$16) (18... b4 19. cxb4 (19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. Nxd6 bxc3 $13) 19...
Bxe4 20. Bxb6 (20. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxe4 Qxb4 $15) 20... Bxf3 21.
Bxd8 Bxe2 22. Rxd6 (22. Bxe7 Bxd1 23. Bxf8 Bxb3 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. b5 $16) 22...
Rxb4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe2 Nf5 25. Rb6 Nd4 26. Re1 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 Rb8 28. Nc4
$16) (18... Nbc8 {Yes, its ugly, but something must be done. The retreat takes
away tactics against b5, b6 and d6.} 19. Bc5 (19. Nc2 $2 Bxe4 $1 $15) 19... Qc7
20. Bb4 Rd8 $14 {Black is still in the game.}) 19. Bxa4 $1 bxa4 20. Bc5 Nc8 21.
Bb4 $16 {The position has become static with weak black P:s on d6 and a4. A
promising situation for the white cavallery.} Qd7 22. Nd2 Be7 23. Ndc4 Qe6 24.
Qg4 $1 Qf6 (24... Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rd8 26. f3 {White has free hands to do what he
wants in this position.} f6 27. Ne3 Rd7 28. Rd2 Kf7 29. Red1 Rbb7 30. Nac4 $16)
25. Ne3 Bd8 26. Nac4 Bc7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rd8 29. Rd2 g6 30. Red1 Ra8 31.
Qe2 h5 32. Ne3 Ne7 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Rab8 35. Qc2 Ra8 36. Qd2 Rab8 37. Ra1
Ra8 38. Rd1 Rab8 39. Qe2 Qf4 40. R5d3 Qf6 41. Qc2 Ra8 42. Rd5 Qf4 43. Bxd6 {
Finally White cashes in on d6. The culmination of a plan that started already
with the 12:th move.} Bxd6 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Rb8 46. c4 Rb4 47. Rd5 Kg7
48. Rb5 Rb3 49. Rxb3 axb3 {[#]_|_ Hecht weiЯe o^o^ gegen Dauerschachdrohung}
50. Qxb3 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Qg3 Qxe4 53. Qc3 $18 Qe2 54. f4 f6 55. fxe5 f5
56. c5 f4 57. c6 h4 58. Qf3 (58. c7 $6 {Hecht} f3 59. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 60. Kg1 Qc5+
$1 (60... Qxc7 61. Qc3+ $18) 61. Qf2 Qc1+ 62. Qf1 Qxc7 63. b4 $16) 58... Qc4
59. b3 Qc1 60. b4 g5 61. Qg4 Kg6 62. Qe6+ Kh5 63. Qf7+ Kh6 64. Qf6+ Kh5 65. Qg7
Qc2 66. c7 Qd3 67. Qf7+ Kh6 68. Qe6+ 1-0
[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 Nb6 (12... exd4 {is the most
popular choice.}) 13. d5 Ne7 14. Be3 c6 15. axb5 axb5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxb6
Qxb6 18. Qxd6 Rfd8 19. Qb4 Qb7 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Nc4 $1 Qc7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22.
Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qa6 $16 {Kruppa,Y-Ginsburg,G/Kherson/1990/0,5/41/ (27)}) 20. Rad1
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This looks like a strong improvement over
previous games.} (21. Bxd1 Ng6 22. Bc2 Be7 {Hennigan,M-Rausis,I/Gausdal/1995/0,
5/22/} 23. Qb3 Bc5 $44 {Timoshenko/}) 21... Bxe4 (21... Ng6 22. Bd5 $16) 22.
Nxb5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. Nd6 $1 {The point of Whiteґs play. Whiteґs attack
is more real than Blackґs. One important factor is that White covers the
fourth rank with his Q. So Black has no Qg4+.} Qxh3 25. Nxf7 Kf8 26. Nd8 $1 (
26. Nd8 Rc8 27. Ne6+ Ke8 28. Qa4+ Nc6 29. Bd5 Ke7 30. Qa3+ $18) 1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Bd7 {Black can live with the backward d-P. This is basically a sicilian
position. The P on c3 gives Black enough counterplay.} (21... d5 $6 22. exd5
Qxd5 23. Bb3 Qd8 (23... Qd7 24. Qh5 $40 {1-0 McShane,L-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik
2003/CBM 94/[McShane] (28)}) 24. Qh5 $16 {Adams-Ponomariov, Linares 2002}) 22.
Qf3 (22. Qd1 Rc8 23. Re3 Be6 24. Bb3 Re7 25. Rg3 Rec7 {1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,
A-Bacrot,E/Lausanne 2003/CBM 98 (72)}) (22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rad1 Re7
25. Rd3 Rec7 26. Ng3 Qg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vouldis,A-Cela,A/Athens 1997/EXT 2004
(44)}) 22... Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rec1 (24. Rad1 Re7 25. Rd3 Rec7 26. Ng3 Qg5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Vouldis,A-Cela,A/Athens 1997/EXT 2004 (44)}) 24... Be7 25. Rc2 a5
26. Qd3 axb4 27. cxb4 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qb6 29. Ne3 $5 {White gives a P to get
command over d5, but the position remains in balance.} Qd4 30. Rd1 Qxb4 31. Qc6
Rf8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5] The B is excellent on d5. It completely
compensates for the minus P.} Qc5 34. Rc1 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rb8 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. h4
g6 38. g3 b4 39. Kg2 Rb5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc7 Kf8 42. Bb3 h5 43. Ra7 Rb6 44.
Kf1 Rb8 45. Ke2 f5 $1 46. Kd3 Rc8 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Rb7 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 e4 50.
Rxb4 Rf3 51. Ke1 Bf6 52. Kf1 Kg7 53. Bd1 Ra3 54. Bb3 Be5 55. Ra4 Rxa4 56. Bxa4
d5 57. Bd7 Kg6 58. Be8+ Kh6 59. Bd7 Kg6 60. Be8+ Kh6 61. a4 Bc7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Virovlansky, Semen"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Bf4 Na5 15.
Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Nf8 17. Nbd2 Ne6 18. Be3 c5 19. d5 Nf8 20. Rb1 c4 21. b3 (21.
Qe2 Rc8 22. Nh2 b3 (22... Nd7 23. Ng4 Bg5 24. f4 Bh4 25. Rf1 b3 26. Bd1 f5 27.
exf5 Nb6 $132 {0-1 Jonczyk,W-Murdzia,P/Polanica Zdroj 1993/EXT 93op2 (41)}) 23.
Bd1 Nd7 24. Ng4 $13 {1-0 Svidler,P-Smagin,S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Wedberg]
(35)}) 21... cxb3 22. Nxb3 (22. Bxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 a5 24. Nd4 Ng6 25. Rbc1 Bxd4
26. Bxd4 Ba6 27. Qg3 f6 28. f4 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Onischuk,A/Germany
1999/GER-chT (63)}) 22... Nc4 $5 {An interesting idea - the N is heading for
a3!} (22... Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Bc3 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 a5 26. Nd4 $14 {1-0
Wedberg,T-Larsson,A/Stockholm 1999}) 23. Bd4 a5 24. Bd3 Na3 $5 {The N is oddly
placed on a3, but it prevents Bb5 and can help aid the b-P is White isn't
careful.} 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Rc7 Bc8 28. Qc1 Nf8 29. Ng5 $5 {
A bold attack, but White had to do something, since Black threatened to
strengthen his position with Bd7.} (29. Qc6 $2 Bd7 $1 (29... Bxh3 $2 30. e5 $1
$18) 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 Qc3 32. Nc1 b3 $17) (29. Nbd4 Bd7 $132) 29... h6 $1
(29... Bd7 $2 30. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 (30... Kxh7 31. e5+ $18) 31. Rxd7 $16) 30. Nxf7
Bd7 31. e5 dxe5 (31... Qxf7 32. e6 $13) 32. Nc5 Qxf7 33. Nxd7 Nxd7 34. Qc6 e4 (
34... Red8 35. Bg6 Qe7 36. Bf5 $16) 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Rd8 37. d6 Ne5 38.
Qc5 Qf6 39. Re7 Qxd6 (39... Ng6 $2 40. Bxg6 Qxg6 41. d7 $18) 40. Rxe5 Qxc5 41.
Rxc5 Rb8 42. Rxa5 b3 43. Ra8 Rxa8 44. Bxa8 b2 45. Be4 b1=Q+ 46. Bxb1 Nxb1 {
This ending is drawn. The N cannot act on both flanks.} 47. a5 Nc3 48. a6 Nb5
49. Kh2 Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kf4 Na7 52. Ke4 Nc6 53. Kf4 Kd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nd3 20. Bxd3 b4 21. Rb3 $5 (
21. Bxc4 bxa3 22. b3 Nc5 {~/= Kasparov} 23. Qc2 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qf6 25. Nhf3 Qg6
26. Nh4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kamsky,G (05)/PCA-WchQual Las Palmas/ 1995}) (21.
Ra1 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Nc5 $132) 21... cxb3 22. Nxb3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bc8
25. Na5 Bd7 26. Nc4 Rac8 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. a5 Bxh3 $5 29. gxh3 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qxf3
31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Nc4 Qh4 33. Qf3 g6 34. Re3 h5 35. b3 Qd8 36. Qf4 Qc7 37. Kg2
Rd8 38. Re2 Bg7 $10 39. Qe3 Qe7 40. f4 Qh4 41. Qb6 Bf8 42. Qc7 Re8 43. Nxd6
Bxd6 44. Qxd6 Rc8 45. Qxb4 Qxf4 46. Qd2 Qe5 47. Re3 Qg5+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Qxc2
Qxe3 50. Kg2 h4 51. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. d5 Na5 $6 {N} (13... Ne7)
14. axb5 axb5 15. Be3 Nbc4 (15... Nxb3 16. Qxb3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxb5 Rxa1
19. Rxa1 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxb6 $16) 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 c6
18. Naxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nxc4 cxd5 21. exd5 $16 Be7 22. Qd2 f5 23. f4
Qc7 24. b3 Bf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. d6 f4 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Bc7 Qb5 30.
Nb6 Bb7 31. b4 f3 32. c4 Qe8 33. Nd5 Bh4 34. d7 Qg6 35. b5 (35. d8=Q Bxd8 36.
Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxg6 Rxd2 39. Nxe5+ Ke6 40. Nxf3 Rb2 41. b5 Kd6 $16)
35... Kh8 36. Ne3 Bg5 37. Rf2 Qe4 38. Rxf3 Qb1+ 39. Nf1 $1 Bxf3 40. Qxg5 Be2
1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 {This is a more positional move
than the old favourite 12.a4. It is also less played. The games with 12.a4
outnumbers the 12.a3 ones by more than 6 to 1. Both moves score well for White:
12.a4 gives White 59%, 12.a3 yields 58% (Mega 2002).} g6 13. Ba2 {This is one
of the main ideas behind 12.a3, the B stays on the b3- f7-diagonal.} Bg7 14. b4
a5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bb2 (16. Nb3 axb4 17. axb4 Rb8 (17... Nxe4 $5) 18. Na5 Ba8
19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Yc3c4] 1-0 Kveinys,A-Ibragimov,I/
Warsaw 1991/EXT 97 (42)}) (16. bxa5 {is another interesting approach} Rxa5 (
16... c6) 17. c4 c6 (17... bxc4) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb2 Qb8 20. c5 $36 {1-0
Borchers,H-May,F/GER 1999/EXT 2002 (39)}) 16... Nh5 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 $146
{[%mdl 8] Adams heeds the classical advise and exchanges towards the centre.
The c7-P will be weak anyway.} (18. cxb4 Bc8 19. Na5 Nf4 20. Bc1 Bh6 21. Rb1
Kh8 22. Rb3 f5 23. Bb1 Rf8 24. Kh2 Ng8 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Bb2 Bg7 27. Bc1 Bh6 {
1/2-1/2 Kuporosov,V-Ibragimov,I/Gorky 1989/CBM 16 (29)}) 18... Bc8 19. Na5 Nf4
20. c4 $1 g5 $5 {Black starts actions on the K-side and hopes to get some
concrete threats before White invades on the other side of the board.} (20...
bxc4 21. Bxc4 {[%cal Yc4b5,Ya5c6] White has a nice initiative on the Q-side.})
(20... Bd7 $5) 21. cxb5 g4 22. Nh2 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Nc6 Nxc6
24. bxc6 Qf6 {gives Black play for the P.}) 22... gxh3 23. g3 Neg6 $6 {This
turns out to be too optimistic.} (23... Ng2 $142 24. Re2 f5 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. Bc4
Rxa1 27. Qxa1 fxe4 (27... f4 28. Bxe5 $1) 28. Qa7 (28. Rxe4 Qf5) 28... e3 29.
fxe3 Ng6 $13) 24. Bb1 $1 (24. gxf4 $2 exf4 25. Bxg7 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Qg2+ 27. Ke2
Kxg7 $40 {[%csl Re4,Rh2]}) 24... Qg5 25. Bc1 $1 (25. Kh1 Ng2 $13) 25... Bd7 $2
{This just loses the N on f4.} (25... Nf8 26. Kh1 Qg6 {and the N can slip away
from f4 - White is better though since he can restart his Q-side play.}) 26.
Kh1 f5 27. Rg1 Qf6 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. gxf4 exf4 $18 {Black has no
real compensation for the piece. It just takes a few moves for White to get
organized.} 31. Ra3 Qe4+ 32. Qf3 Qxb4 33. Nc6 Qxb5 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Qe4 Qc5
36. Ng4 Rf8 37. Bd2 Kh8 38. Bb4 Qb5 39. Kh2 f3 40. Bd2 Qe2 41. Be3 Rf4 42. Qb1
Rf7 43. Nd8 1-0
[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 {This line all but forgotten
today. It used to be a weapon in the arsenal of Karpov and he used it a couple
of times against Kasparov in their matches.} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 (14...
Rxa8 $6 15. Ng5 $16) 15. d5 Nb8 {Black has tried every possible N-move at this
point. Black needs to challenge White's P-wedge in the centre or he will have
to suffer from lack of space. So ideally Black plays c6 and frees his game.
The question where to put the N to achieve this aim is still not settled.} (
15... Ne7 16. c4 (16. Nf1) 16... Rd8 17. cxb5 (17. c5 c6 $132) 17... Qxb5 18.
Nb1 (18. Ba4 $5) 18... h6 19. Nc3 Qb8 20. Nh2 c6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,
Y-Podgaets,M/Kiev 1986/EXT 97 (27)}) (15... Nd8 16. Nf1 (16. c4 c6 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Passoni,C-Almada,E/Mendrisio 1988/EXT 97
(61)}) 16... h6 17. N3h2 Nb7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. b4 Na6 20. Ng4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985/MainBase/[ChessBase] (41)}) (15... Na5 16. Ba2
c6 17. b4 Nb7 $1 18. c4 Rc8 19. dxc6 (19. c5 $13) 19... Qxc6 $10 {0-1 Kasparov,
G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985/MainBase/[ChessBase] (41)}) 16. Nf1 Na6 (16... c6 17.
Bg5 Be7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf5 $36) 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ng3
g6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ba2 $146 {[%mdl 8] Improving on Kasparov.} (20. Ra1 Ra8 21.
Bc2 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Bh6 Nc7 26. Nf5 $36 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Smejkal,J/Dubai 1986/TD (41)}) 20... Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. c4 $1 {
An interesting decision. The b4-P will be a weakness, but can Black touch it?
More important is the fact that Black loses ground on the Q-side when the b5-P
is exchanged. White opens the c-file for attack against the backward c7-P and
there is also an interesting outpost on c6 to play for.} bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24.
Bb3 Ra8 (24... c6 25. Qe3 $1 Qc7 26. Rc1 $16) 25. Rc1 Ne8 (25... c6 26. Qe3 Nc8
27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. Bh6 Qb7 29. Ng5 $36) 26. Bh6 $14 {White has more space and
more possibilities. Black's position is fairly solid, but without prospects.
The freeing move c6 is risky since it opens up the b3-f7 diagonal.} Qb5 27. Nh2
Ba6 (27... Ra3 $5 {was more testing.}) 28. Bc2 Bc8 29. Bb3 Ba6 30. Rd1 Rb8 31.
Ra1 Qd3 (31... Nc4 32. Qc3 $1 Qxb4 $4 33. Qxb4 Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rxb3 35. Ra8 $18)
(31... Ra8 $5) 32. Qb2 Bc8 (32... Nc4 33. Qa2 Rxb4 (33... Nb6 $142) 34. Bc2 Qc3
35. Qxa6 Qxc2 36. Qc8 Rb1+ 37. Nhf1 $18) 33. Bc2 $1 Nc4 $2 {Now the Black game
caves.} (33... Qb5 34. Ra5 Qd7 35. Qc3 $16) 34. Qa2 Qc3 (34... Qd4 35. Rd1 Qc3
36. Ba4 $18) 35. Ba4 $18 Nf6 36. Rc1 Qa3 37. Qxc4 Qxa4 38. Qxc7 1-0
[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2
Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4
21. Qxg4 Bd7 $1 {Black has a hole on d5, but this is compensated by the weak
c3-P.} (21... d5 $6 {has been proven to be premature} 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bb3 Qd8
(23... Qd7 24. Qh5 $40 {1-0 McShane,L-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94/
[McShane] (28)}) 24. Qh5 $16 {Adams-Ponomariov, Linares 2002}) 22. Qd1 (22. Qf3
Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rad1 Re7 25. Rd3 Rec7 26. Ng3 Qg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vouldis,
A-Cela,A/Athens 1997/EXT 2004 (44)}) 22... Rc8 (22... Qc7 23. Ne3 $5 Qxc3 24.
Nd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Qin Kanying-Li Ruofan/Tianjing 2003/EXT 2004 (42)}) 23. Re3
Be6 24. Bb3 Re7 25. Rg3 Rec7 {[%mdl 4] This looks fairly equal. White's
options are limited by the weakness of c3.} 26. Rc1 Qh4 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5
Rc4 29. Rf3 R8c7 30. Ng3 Qe7 31. Qd2 Qe6 32. Rc2 a5 33. a3 (33. bxa5 Ra7 $11)
33... axb4 34. axb4 g6 35. Qd3 h5 36. Nf1 Bh6 37. Nd2 Bxd2 {Now the draw seems
almost certain.} 38. Rxd2 R7c6 39. Rd1 Ra6 40. Qe2 Qe7 41. Rd5 Rac6 42. Qd2 (
42. Rxb5 Rxc3 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 {maybe something for White.}) 42... Rxe4 43. Rxb5
Kg7 44. Ra5 Rec4 45. b5 R6c5 46. Qa2 e4 $1 47. Ra7 Rc7 48. Rxc7 Rxc7 49. Re3
Qe5 50. b6 Rb7 51. Qa6 Qd5 52. Re1 Rb8 53. Rb1 Qd3 54. Qxd3 exd3 55. Kf1 Kf6
56. Ke1 Ke6 57. Kd2 Kd5 58. Rb4 Kc5 59. Rf4 f5 60. Rb4 Rxb6 $11 61. Rxb6 Kxb6
62. h4 Kc5 63. Kxd3 Kd5 64. c4+ Ke5 65. Kc3 {Hecht: '[#] Bis hierher ist
nichts passiert und die Remisbreite nicht ьberschritten.'} d5 {'?' Hecht.} (
65... Ke4 {Hecht} 66. Kb4 Kd4 67. Kb5 f4 68. Kc6 Kxc4 69. Kxd6 Kd3 70. Ke5 Ke2
71. Kxf4 Kxf2 72. Kg5 Kg3 $11) 66. cxd5 {'?' Hecht.} ({Naheliegend und stark
war} 66. c5 {(Hecht) mit Bildung eines entfernten Freibauern.} f4 (66... d4+
67. Kc4 d3 68. Kxd3 Kd5 69. Ke3 Kxc5 70. Kf4 Kd4 71. Kg5 Kd3 72. Kxg6 Ke2 73.
Kxf5 Kxf2 74. g4 $18) 67. f3 Kf6 68. Kd4 Ke6 69. c6 Kd6 70. c7 Kxc7 71. Kxd5
Kd7 72. Ke5 Ke7 73. Kxf4 Kf6 74. g3 Ke6 (74... g5+ 75. hxg5+ Kg6 76. Ke5 Kxg5
77. f4+ Kg4 78. f5 Kxg3 79. f6 h4 80. f7 h3 81. f8=Q h2 82. Qf1 $18) 75. Kg5
Kf7 76. f4 Kg7 77. f5 $18) 66... Kxd5 67. Kd3 Ke5 68. Ke3 f4+ {Hecht: 'Beruht
auf einer bekannten Pattidee!'} 69. Kd3 Kd5 70. f3 Ke5 71. Kc4 g5 72. hxg5 (72.
Kc5 {Hecht} Kf5 73. Kd5 gxh4 74. Kd4 Kg5 75. Ke5 h3 76. gxh3 Kh4 77. Kxf4 Kxh3
78. Kg5 h4 79. f4 Kg3 80. f5 $11) 72... Kf5 {Hecht} 73. Kd5 Kxg5 74. Ke5 Kh4 {
mit Pattrettung} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Baburin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3
g6 15. Bg5 $5 (15. Be3 Nc5 (15... c6 $2 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Qxd6 $16)
16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Rad1 Rb7 22.
Nh2 Bd7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Ngf1 Bh6 $10 {Short,N-Ivanchuk,V/Amsterdam/1994})
15... h6 {>
Ehlvest-Nikolic,Pr., Reykjavik 1988}) 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 (14. d4 $14) 14... h6
15. Bd2 d5 $1 $10 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. a3 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Nh4 Ne7 20. Qf3 Bc6
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Ng6 23. Nf5 Nh4 24. Qg4 Nxf5 25. exf5 Qf6 26. Be4 Bc5 27.
Re2 Rad8 28. Rae1 Bd5 29. Bxd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. a4 Bb7 11. d4 Bf6 12. axb5 (12. d5 {This was Svidlers choice
against Grischuk in the same event. It makes a5 a slightly less attractive
square for the N.}) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Na5 (14... Ne7 15. Na3 Ba6
{is the other main line.}) 15. Bc2 Nc4 (15... Be7 16. Na3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18.
Qe2 Qa6 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. b4 Nb7 21. Nb3 Nf6 22. Bd3 Nd8 23. Na5 Be8 24. Bd2 Ne6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Polovodin,I/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (58)}) 16. b3
Ncb6 17. Ba3 $146 {[%mdl 8] I guess Nick wants to halt the c6 break, but itґs
just a temporary measure. The B later ends up on b4 but itґs not a very
comfortable place since Black can threaten to exchange it for a N.} (17. Na3
Ba6 18. Nh2 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Ng4 Ra8 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Nf5 Bf8
24. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 21/
[Schussler] (41)}) 17... Be7 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bd3 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bb4 {
Superficially this looks quite good, but the B is doing nothing on b4.} Nc5 22.
Bc2 Nbd7 23. Na3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Bb1 Bd8 $1 {[%csl Ya5,Rb4][%mdl 2048]} 26.
Qf3 Bc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yc5a6] Svidler has played all the right moves.
Now the threat is simply to play Na6. All Whiteґs minor pieces are in bad
squares.} 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Naxc4 Be6 30. Rd1 Qb4 31. Bd3 Ra8 32.
Bf1 Ra2 33. Qd3 Bc7 34. Rb1 g6 {Setting a trap.} 35. g3 $2 (35. Rb2 $142) 35...
d5 $1 $17 36. exd5 Bf5 37. Qf3 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Qxd2 39. Rd1 Qb4 40. Qe2 Qxb3 41.
g4 Bd7 42. d6 Bb6 43. Bg2 Bd4 44. Kh1 Bb5 45. Qf3 Qxf3 46. Bxf3 Ne8 0-1
[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. a4 c6 $6 (
14... h6 $5 {Preparing c6 by preventing Bg5 must be better.}) 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16.
Bg5 $1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne3 Nf4 (18... Bxe4 19. Ng4 Qf4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21.
Bd5 $16) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rab8 (20... Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $16) 21. axb5 $146 {
Up to this point everything was known from a previous game Milos shows another
way for White to get a comfortable advantage.} (21. b4 Qg6 22. g3 Nxh3+ 23. Kf1
Re7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 $36 {1-0 Asrian,K-Virovlansky,S/St Petersburg 1999/
CBM 74/[Wedberg] (37)}) (21. Kh2 bxa4 $132 {[%cal Yb8b2]}) 21... axb5 22. Kh2
b4 23. c4 $14 {Whites grip on d5 gives him a clear advantage.} Be7 24. Ra6 Rec8
25. Qd2 Rc5 26. b3 Nxd5 (26... Qg6 $5 {trying to use the well placed N looks
more interesting.}) 27. exd5 Qf5 $6 28. Nd4 $1 $16 exd4 29. Rxe7 Qf6 30. Re4 d3
31. Re3 Rcc8 32. Rxd3 Rxc4 $2 33. bxc4 b3 34. Rxb3 (34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Ra8+ Kh7
36. Qc2+ $18) 1-0
[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 {The B moves back to let the P:s
forward in the centre. The aim is to put P:s on d5, c4 and b3 creating a
strong central wedge.} (12. a4 {leads to the sharpest lines of the Zaitzev
variation.} h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 {
and so on.}) 12... g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Bd2 {
White has tried several moves at this point. But its not a critical choice.
Since this is a fairly closed position manouvering will be the order of the
day for quite some time. With the B on d2 White can sometimes play Ba5 or if
Black plays a5 the P has to be defended. Another point of the move is to keep
e3 free for the N which can sometimes hop to d5 after an exchange on c6.} (17.
Be3) (17. Ng3) (17. Bg5) 17... Rec8 18. Rc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc5 (19... a5 20. Bb1
Ba6 21. Ne3 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Nfd2 h6 26. Be3 Nfd7
27. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Ermenkov,E-Shvidler,E/Biel 1989/EXT 97 (47)}) 20. N3h2 h5 21.
Qf3 Be7 22. Qa3 {[%cal Yd2a5]} a5 23. Bb1 cxd5 (23... Nfd7) 24. exd5 $5 ({
The automatic response is} 24. cxd5 {but taking with the e-P opens new vistas
for the white-squared B - White is going for an attack from now on.}) 24... Re8
(24... Rf8 $5 {adding support to a later f5.}) 25. Nf3 Nh7 $6 {Too passive I
believe. Black must not let the placement of his minor pieces deteriorate.
Especially since he already has a problem piece on b7.} (25... Nfd7) 26. Be3
Nd7 27. Ng3 f5 $2 {Inviting disaster.} 28. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 640] Natural and in
practise impossible to refute.} gxf5 29. Nxf5 {For a very slight investment
White has gained access to Blacks royal court.} Bf8 30. N3h4 Bc8 31. Bb6 $1 {
A touch of brilliancy.} ({But the simple} 31. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Ya3g3] won just as
easily.}) 31... Nxb6 32. Qg3+ Qg7 (32... Ng5 33. Qxg5+ Bg7 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35.
Qxh5 $18) (32... Bg7 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Ng6#) 33. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 34. Ng6+ Qxg6 35.
Qxg6 Bxh6 36. Qxe8+ Bf8 37. Qc6 (37. Qc6 Rb8 38. Rb1 $18) 1-0
[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 37th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf1 h6 14. N3h2 c6 15. Ng4
Nxg4 16. hxg4 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. Ng3 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Ba2 Rac8 21. Ne4 Rc4
$1 {A great tribute to the importance of the centre. An exchange sacrifice to
release mobile centre pawns is by no means unheard of, but it is striking that
black's coompensation suffices here. Note too that the exchange of the bishop
on a2 rather weakens white's light squares on the queenside.} 22. Bxc4 bxc4 {
It is a great step forward in the coomputer's understanding of chess that my
Fritz 7 is quite sympathetic to the black cause here!} 23. Bxh6 Nxd5 24. Bd2
Nc7 25. Ng3 Qc6 26. f3 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6c5,Gc5d3,Gc5b3]} 27. Qe2 Nc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Ernst Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 (12...
Nb4 {Ernst} 13. Nc3 $14) 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 (14... Bb4 $2 15. Nxe4 $1 Bxe1
16. Neg5 h6 17. Qc2 hxg5 18. Nxg5 g6 19. Qxc6 Bb4 20. e6 $1 $40 {Cifuentes
Parada}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 (15... Bxf6 {This is the sharpest try Black has, but
these days it is thought that White can just win the pawn safely.} 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rg4 Ne7 (18... Nb4 {Ernst} 19. Bg5 Rad8 20. Qd2 c5 21.
Qc3 $16 {Howell,J-Bjornsson,T/Reykjavik op/1990/}) 19. Bh6 $1 Nf5 (19... Kh8
20. Bg5 h5 21. Rh4) 20. Bg5 Bxg5 (20... h5 21. Rf4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxd4 23. Rxf8+
Rxf8 $8 24. Qxh5 Qf5 25. Rd1 $1 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 $1 $16 {van der Wiel}) 21. Rxg5 h6
22. Rg4 $16 {van der Wiel-Beliavsky, Amsterdam 1989}) 16. Bg5 $1 {The most
accurate move. For the analysis which follows of Black's 16th move, I have
copied the work of O.Efimov, whom I think has done an excellent job.} (16. Ng5
{Kortschnoj} Qd7 17. Ne6 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Bd6 $10) 16... Nb4 $2 (16... b4 17. Bxf6
Rxf6 18. Na4 $16) (16... Qd6 17. Qe2 $1 $16 {/\ Qe6}) (16... h6 17. Bh4 $1 (17.
Ne5 $2 Nxe5 18. Bxf6 Nf3+ $1 19. Qxf3 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bh4 $1 (20... Bxd4 $2 21.
Ne7+ $18) 21. Qe4 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Qxf8
26. Rxe1 Kh8 $10) 17... Nh5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. g3) (16... Qd7 $2 {Kortschnoj}
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $18) (16... Re8 {Kortschnoj} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8
19. Nxd5) (16... Qd6 $5 {Kortschnoj}) (16... Kh8 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 17. Nxb5 $1
$16 h6 $146 (17... Qd7 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. Re3 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ra5 $16 {
Ivanchuk,V-Serper,G Irkutsk 1986}) (17... axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Rxe7 $16) 18.
Bh4 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc3 $16) 18... Qd7 19. Nc3 Bd6 20. Qb1 (20. Ne5 {
Kortschnoj} Qf5 $132) (20. Na2 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 20... Nh5 21. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 22.
Rxe5 Nf4 (22... g5 23. Qg6+ Ng7 24. Bg3 $18) 23. Bg3 Nc6 (23... Nfd3 24. Re3
Qf5 25. Ra5 c6 26. Na2 $1 $16) 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Rxd5 Qf7 26. Qf1 Nb4 (26...
Rf8 {Kortschnoj} 27. Qc4 $1 (27. f3 Nxd4 {/\ Nd4-/+}) 27... Rxf2 28. Rc5 $14)
27. Rc5 Rxd4 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Re8 30. Rc4 a5 31. Rc5 (31. Re4 $16 {
Kortschnoj}) (31. Re4 $1 $14 {Ernst}) 31... c6 32. Rxa5 Nd3 33. Qxd3 $2 (33.
Ne4 $1 $16 {Fritz, of course.} Qc7 $140 34. Qh5 $1 {And again, Fritz!} Rxe4 (
34... Rb8 35. Rf5 $40) 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ $18) 33... Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qc7+ 35.
g3 Qxa5 36. Qc4+ Kh7 37. Qxc6 Qf5 38. Qg2 Qd3 39. h4 Re5 40. b4 Qc4 41. b5 Qc5
1/2-1/2
[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Zueger,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 $5 (10... Re8) 11. Be3 (11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 $14 {
Ehlvest-Karpov, URS (ch) 1988}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Ncb6
15. Be3 Re8 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 Bf6 17. Nbd2 Re8 $10) 16. Nbd2 Bf8 (16... exd4
$142 17. cxd4 Bf6 $10) 17. a4 $1 {P 18.a5 c8 19.d5, 20.b4 []R} exd4 18. cxd4
cxd4 19. Bxd4 $1 (19. Nxd4 $10) 19... Nc5 (19... bxa4 20. bxa4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 (
21. Qb1 $5 {P 22. c5 dc5 23.a5}) 21... dxc5 22. a5 {P c4}) 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 (21... Qxa8 22. Qb1 $14 {P 23.b4, 24. d3}) 22. Qb1 $1 Ne6 (22... d5
$2 23. exd5 {<->h7}) 23. Ba1 Nf4 (23... Nd7 $142) 24. Nf1 Nd7 25. Qc1 $1 Ng6
26. Nd4 {P f5} Qb6 $2 (26... Nc5 27. Ng3 d5 $14) 27. Ng3 Qb7 $6 (27... d5 $142)
28. Ndf5 {P 29. h5 de5 30.f4} d5 $2 {[#]} 29. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 (29... dxe4 30. Bxf8
e3 31. f3 $18) 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Nf5+ Kh8 (31... Kf6 32. Nd6 Qb8 33. Nxe8+ Qxe8
34. Qa1+ (34. exd5 $5 {P a1}) 34... Nde5 35. exd5 {P 36. g6, 37.f4}) 32. Qh6 {
P 32... g8 33. d6} 1-0