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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД D01

Коды ЭШД

C98 C99 D00

D01

D02 D03 D04

D01

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Дебют ферзевых пешек
EN: Veresov Opening

Ходы

1. d4 d5 2. Кc3 Кf6 3. Сg5

Дебюты

Дебют ферзевых пешек , Лондонская система , Система Вересова

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht. Finkel,A} d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd2 (4. e3 Qb6 $5 (4... Nd7
5. Bd3 (5. Nge2 Ngf6 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11.
Qxd3 c5 $132 {Vitor,A-Carvalho,A/POR-chJ U20 1995 (41)}) 5... Bxd3 6. cxd3 Ngf6
(6... h6 7. Bh4 Ngf6 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Ne8 12. Bg3 Bd6 $11
{Sagalchik,G-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo1 1995 (28)}) 7. e4 e6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10.
Bg3 Nh7 $13 {Hoi,C-Lauvsnes,A/Troll Masters 1986/1-0 (41)}) 5. Rb1 e6 6. Bd3
Bxd3 7. cxd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qa4 $6 Qb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 $15 {
Hoi,C-Bareev,E/Naestved op 1988}) 4... Nd7 5. f3 Ngf6 6. O-O-O (6. e4 $5 dxe4
7. Qf4 Qa5 8. O-O-O e6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. fxe4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 $14 {
Drill,F-Haus,V/Hessen qual 1990 (42)}) 6... Qa5 $6 {Permitting white to
transfer e4 immideatly.} 7. e4 $1 Bg6 (7... dxe4 8. fxe4 Bg6 (8... Nxe4 $2 9.
Nxe4 Qxa2 10. Nc3 Qa1+ 11. Nb1 $18) 9. Kb1 O-O-O 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 $14) 8. e5
Ng8 9. Nh3 {An arising position is typical for Karo-Kan defense(variation with
3.e5) and doesn't seem to have to many problems.} (9. e6 $6 fxe6 10. Re1 Bf7
11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 $13) 9... h6 10. Bh4 (10. Be3 $5 e6 11. a3 Ne7
12. Nf4 Bh7 13. g4 Ng6 14. Nh5 $1 $14) 10... e6 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. Be1 $5 c5 $6 ({
Better was} 12... O-O-O 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bh7 17.
Be1 $5 $14 {[%cal Ge1f2] with very solid position for black.}) 13. Qf2 cxd4 14.
Nb5 Bxe1 ({Doesn't solve all opening problems} 14... d3 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Nd6+
Kf8 (16... Ke7 17. Qh4+ {[%cal Gh4b4,Gh4e7]} g5 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 $16 {
[%cal Gb4e7]}) 17. Rxd3 Nxe5 18. Rb3 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 $36 {and white's initiative
is very dangerous.}) 15. Rxe1 Qb6 16. Nf4 ({Much more dangerous for black was} 
16. f4 $1 Ne7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. g4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 16... Bh7 17. Nd6+ Kf8
18. Qg3 Ne7 ({Doesn't work} 18... Nxe5 $2 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe5 Rd8 21. Qf4+
Nf6 22. Rxe6 $16 {and white is nearly winning.}) 19. Bd3 Nc5 (19... g5 $6 20.
Nh5 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Ng6 22. f4 $1 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Ngxe5 24. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 25. Rxe5
{[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh1f1,Gg3g7]} Ke7 (25... Qxd6 26. Rf5+ Ke7 27. Rf7+ $1 $18)
26. Nf5+ Kd8 27. Qh4+ Kc7 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf4b8]}) 20. Bxh7
Rxh7 21. Nd3 Nxd3 (21... Nd7 $5) 22. cxd3 Nc8 23. Rc1 $1 $36 {The exchange of
all light pieces didn't make black's life any easier.} Nxd6 24. exd6 Rd8 25.
Rc7 Qxd6 (25... Rxd6 $2 26. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 27. Qxd6+ Ke8 28. Rc1 $18) 26. Qxd6+
Rxd6 27. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} g5 $6 {Losing move.It was nessasary to keep the
pawn:} (27... a6 $1 28. Rc1 g5 29. Rcc7 h5 30. b4 e5 31. a4 g4 32. b5 axb5 33.
axb5 Rf6 $132 {with significient counterchanses.}) 28. Rxa7 $16 {Hecht: '[#]
Die "Verbundenen" gewinnen. '} Kg7 29. Rc1 Rh8 $8 (29... Rb6 30. Rcc7 Kf6 31.
a4 e5 32. a5 Rb8 33. Ka2 $18 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4]}) 30. Rcc7 Rf8 31. b4 Rb6 32.
a3 Kg6 33. Kb2 h5 34. Kb3 f6 35. a4 $18 {Black is helpless against the advance
of white pawns on the queenside.} Rfb8 (35... Kf5 36. a5 Rb5 37. Rab7 Rxb7 38.
Rxb7 Rc8 39. a6 Rc3+ 40. Kb2 $18 {[%cal Ga6a8,Gb4b7]}) 36. b5 Kf5 {[%cal Gf5f4,
Gf4e3,Ge3d3]} 37. g3 $5 {[%csl Rf4] Not permitting black king to penitrate to
e3.} h4 $6 (37... e5 $5) 38. Kb4 hxg3 39. hxg3 e5 40. Rc5 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gb5b6]}
Rd6 41. a5 g4 42. fxg4+ Kxg4 43. b6 e4 44. Rc1 Kf3 (44... e3 45. Re7 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gb4c5]}) 45. Re7 $1 e3 46. Kc5 Rdd8 47. Kxd4 Re8 48. Rxe8 Rxe8 49. b7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Evelev, Vladimir M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 c5 $5 (4... e6 5. e3 (5. e4
$5 dxe4 6. f3 e3 $5 7. Bxe3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nh3 $14 {
Loboda,E-Suetin,A/URS-chT 1975 (22)}) 5... Be7 (5... c5 6. f4 a6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
Bd3 c4 9. Be2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vincent,S-Simic,R/Montpellier 1988}) 6. h4 (6. Nf3
c5 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7
$132 {Rewitz,P-Hartvig,O/Ringsted op 1995}) 6... c5 7. Be2 a6 8. g4 b5 9. Bxf6
gxf6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nf3 Qb6 $15 {Tumakov-Alavkin,A/RUS-sf 1995 
(54)}) 5. dxc5 e6 6. e4 $5 {The only chanse to fight for the advantage.} dxe4
7. O-O-O ({Very serious attention deserved} 7. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5e8,Gd2d7,Ga1d1,
Ge1c1]} Bxc5 $5 (7... a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O-O Bxc5 10. Bxf6 e3 (10... gxf6
11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Qh6 $36) 11. Qxd7+ (11. fxe3 gxf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6
14. Qxd6 Qe7 $132 {[%cal Gd7c6,Ge8g8]}) 11... Qxd7 12. Rxd7 exf2 13. Nh3 Kxd7
14. Bh4 $14) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 (8... gxf6 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. O-O-O $40) 9. O-O-O Qh6
10. Qxh6 gxh6 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Rxd6 $14 {in both cases with
advantage for white.}) 7... Bxc5 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxe4 (10. Bxd7 $6
Rd8 11. Nxe4 Qe5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nf3 Bxd7 $11) 10... Qe5 $1 11. Qe2 {[%cal
Gg1f3]} Nf6 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Qe5 Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After this
mistake black finds himself in serious troubles while after correct} (14...
Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. Bc6 Rab8 (16... Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Rfe8 18. Rd4 Kf8 19. Rhd1
$14) 17. Rd4 Rfc8 18. Rhd1 Kf8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Ne8 $11 {
black manages to equalize.}) 15. Bd3 Qxf2 $6 16. Rhe1 Qc5 (16... Qxg2 $4 17.
Rg1 f6 18. Qh5 $18) 17. Be4 $1 {Black is fully tied up and he is helpless
against threat Ng5.} Bb7 (17... f6 $2 18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Qxd5+ $18 {[%cal
Gd5g8,Gd5a8]}) (17... Rd8 $2 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 $3 {[%csl Rg8]} Rxd5 20.
Qxd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd5a8,Gd5d8]} Qxd5 21. Re8#) 18. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]
[%cal Gg5h7,Gg5e6]} Kh8 ({Nothing changes} 18... g6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $18 {and white is winning.}) 19. Nxh7 Rfb8 20. Bxd5 Kxh7
(20... Bxd5 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Ng5 Qf2 23. Rf1 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 $18) 21. Qe4+ $1 f5
22. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kachar, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O {Possible
continuation,nevertheless promising white some attacking chanses.More logical
seems to be} (5... Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c5 (6... Qd6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 Bf5 9. O-O-O
O-O-O 10. h3 e5 11. Bb5 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 $11 {Muratov,V-Reprintsev,A/Moscow6
1991}) 7. e3 Nc6 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. Be2
a6 $11 {in both cases with equal position;Prins,L-Petrosian,T/Leipzig olm 1960
(17)}) 6. O-O-O (6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. e3 (7. O-O-O c6 8. f3 b5 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3
11. exf6+ exf6 12. Qxc3 Be6 $11 {Begun,S-Smirnov,V/BLR-ch Minsk 1996 (17)}) (7.
Nf3 Nbd7 8. h4 h5 9. Qf4 c6 10. e3 Ng4 11. Ng5 e5 12. dxe5 Ngxe5 13. O-O-O Qf6
$11 {De Castro,E-Ogaard,L/Skopje olm 1972 (30)}) 7... Nbd7 8. f4 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7
10. Be2 a6 $6 11. Ne5 b5 12. a3 $14 {Spal,M-Prandstetter,E/Ceske Budejovice op
1992 (41)}) (6. h4 $5 Nc6 7. h5 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Nxd4 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxf2 11.
Qxd4 Nxh1 12. Qh4 e5 $1 $132 {Mestrovic,Z-Grosar,K/Portoroz 1996}) 6... c6 7.
f3 b5 8. h4 Nh5 $1 ({An attempt to create some thing on the queenside fails:} 
8... b4 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. h5 $1 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gh6g7,Gd2h6]} Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qxa2 12.
e4 b3 13. c3 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxh5 15. Be2 $18 {with winning position.}) 9. g4 Ng3
10. Rh3 Nxf1 11. Rxf1 f5 $2 {Self-distruction!After correct} (11... f6 $1 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h5 g5 14. e3 e5 15. Nge2 Be6 16. Ng3 Nd7 $13 {the position
remains unclear.}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 128]} fxg4 ({Nothing
changes} 13... f4 14. hxg6 $1 hxg6 15. e3 Qd6 16. Nge2 $18 {[%cal Gf1h1] and
white has decisive attack.}) 14. Rh1 Qd6 (14... g5 15. Qxg5+ Kh8 16. h6 Rf7 17.
Qe5+ Kg8 (17... Rf6 18. fxg4 $18) 18. Rh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh5g5,Ge5h8]}) 15. hxg6
Qxg6 16. Nh3 $1 {[%mdl 64]} gxh3 {It's hard to propose something better.} (
16... b4 17. Na4 g3 18. Rfg1 {[%csl Rg3]} Kh8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Rxh6+ $1 Qxh6 21.
Nf7+ $18) 17. Rfg1 $18 Be6 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Nf2 Rf6 20. Qc3 (20. Nxh3 $2 Bxh3
21. Rxg6+ Rxg6 {[%csl Rc1]} 22. Qb4 c5 23. dxc5 Bf5 24. e4 $36) 20... Qg2 $5
21. Rxg2+ hxg2 22. Rg1 Rg6 23. Qxc6 {The pawn on g2 is blocked and white queen
does all the job!} Rg8 24. e4 Kf7 25. Qxb5 Rg5 26. f4 1-0

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 c6 (4... g6 $5 5. Nf3 (5. Be2
Bg7 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Re8 9. a5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 $13 {
Brusel,P-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Mislata op 1992 (32)}) 5... c6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2
Qa5+ 8. c3 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O e5 $11 {Weerakoon,I-Al Khater,H/WchJ U18
1987 (41)}) 5. Bd3 h6 ({Deserved attention} 5... e5 $5 6. Bxf6 $2 (6. f3 h6 7.
Bh4 Bb4 8. Nge2 Qe7 9. Bf5 exd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 $11 {Buhvostov,
A-Ivanov,D/Bankia op 1990 (32)}) (6. Bf5 $6 Bd6 (6... exd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. Bxc8 Rxc8 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 c5 $11 {Leonowicz,L-Szpakowska,A/POL-chW}
) 7. Nf3 e4 8. Bxd7+ $6 Qxd7 9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 11. O-O Qh6 $17 {
Clementsson,J-Fridh,A/Helsingborg-A 1991 (27)}) 6... Qxf6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qd2
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Qg6 10. f3 Bb4 $15 {Balko,D-Doucha,L/SVK-chT2 1995 (37)}) 6. Bf4
g6 (6... g5 7. Bg3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 $132) 7.
Nf3 Bg7 8. Ne5 O-O ({Doesn't work} 8... Nh5 $2 9. Nxg6 $1 $16 {and white is a
pawn up.}) 9. h3 $5 {Now 9...Nh5 was threatened.} Ne8 (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7
11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 Nf6 13. O-O b6 $11) 10. Qd2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd6 (11... Bxe5
$6 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. f4 (13. e4 $2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxe5 15. Qxh6 f5 16. Qxg6+ Ng7
17. f4 Qxf4 18. Bd3 Rf6 $19) 13... Kg7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 $14) 12. O-O Be6 ({
Not so bad was also immideate} 12... Bf5 $5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Ne2
e6 16. Rac1 b5 $132 {with mutual chanses.}) 13. Rad1 Qd7 $5 14. Qe2 (14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfd8 18. a3 Bf5 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5
Qxf5 16. Bxd6 $6 {After this move black has symbolical advantage.} (16. Bxg7
$11) 16... exd6 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 f5 $15 19. Ne2 Rfe8 (19... Rae8 $5 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Gf5f4]}) 20. b3 {[%cal Gc2c4]} b5 $1 {Otherwise white would
transfer c4 with advantage} 21. Rc1 Reb8 (21... a5 $5 22. c4 $5 dxc4 23. bxc4
b4 24. c5 $1 d5 (24... Red8 $6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. a3 bxa3 27. Rxa3 Bf6 28. Ra4
$14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6][%cal Gg2g4,Ge2f4,Gf4d3]}) 25. a3 Reb8 (25... bxa3 $5 26.
Rxa3 Reb8 27. Rca1 Rb2 $1 $132 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gf5f4,Gg7f6,Gf6d8,Gg6g5]}) 26.
axb4 Rxb4 27. Ra3 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gf6d8]} 28. Rca1 Rb2 29. Nf4 g5 30.
Nd3 Rb5 31. g3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 $132) 22. Nc3 {White has very solid poition and
he is not interested in complications arising after} (22. c4 $5) 22... Bf6 23.
a4 a6 (23... b4 $6 24. Ne2 a5 25. c4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Ke2
g5 26. Rdd1 Ke6 (26... h5 $5) 27. Kd3 Rc8 28. g4 h5 ({The only chanse to open
up the game was} 28... b4 $1 29. Ne2 c5 30. dxc5 (30. Ng3 $6 fxg4 31. hxg4 cxd4
32. exd4 Rc3+ 33. Ke2 Rac8 $17) (30. f4 $5 c4+ 31. Kd2 $13) 30... dxc5 31. c4
bxc3 32. Nxc3 c4+ 33. bxc4 dxc4+ 34. Kc2 $132) 29. gxf5+ Kxf5 30. f3 b4 31. Ne2
Ke6 32. Ng3 $5 h4 $6 33. Ne2 c5 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Rg4 (35. c3 $6 bxc3 36. Rxc3
Rab8 $15) 35... Rae8 36. Rcg1 Rg7 37. f4 (37. Nf4+ $2 gxf4 38. Rxg7 Bxg7 39.
Rxg7 Kf6 $17 {[%cal Gf6g7,Ge8e3]}) 37... Rge7 $8 38. fxg5 Kf7 39. gxf6 {
Showing his peacefull intentions!White could continue} (39. R1g2 $5 Rxe3+ 40.
Kd2 Bg7 $1 (40... Bxd4 41. Nxd4 cxd4 42. Rxh4 R3e4 43. Rh6 $16) 41. Rxh4 c4 42.
g6+ Kg8 43. Rh5 cxb3 44. cxb3 Rxb3 45. Rxd5 Rb2+ $44 {,but despite the lack of
pawn black seems to have extremly good counterchanses.}) 39... Rxe3+ 40. Kd2
Rxe2+ 41. Kd1 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Menachem, Itzhak"]
[Black "Boric, Muhamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qd3 h6 6. Bd2 (6. Bh4
$5 Qa5 7. Nd2 $5 (7. e3 Ne4 8. Be2 $2 (8. Nd2 $142) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ndf6 10. a3
$2 (10. Nd2) 10... Bf5 11. b4 Qd8 {0-1 Kampmann,H-Bogdanovich,G/Leipzig VfB op
1996/EXT 96op2}) 7... e5 $6 8. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 (8... gxf6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. e4 $1) 9.
dxe5 Ng4 10. h3 (10. f4 $2 Bc5 $17) 10... Nxe5 11. Qe3 d4 (11... f6 $2 12. f4
$16) 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Nb3 Bxb3 14. cxb3 $16 {Karayannis,A-Pavlovic,M/Open,
Agios Nikolaos GRE 1997/0-1(28)}) 6... b5 $146 (6... Qb6 $5 7. O-O-O e6 8. e4
$13 {Schumacher,H-Staller,P/Bad Ragaz op 1991/TD 91\08/0-1(34)}) 7. a3 Bb7 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 e6 $10 10. Ne5 (10. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 (10... Nxf6 11. c4 bxc4 (
11... a6 12. Be2 $14) 12. Qxc4 Qb6 13. b4 $14 {<->c}) 11. c4 c5 $1 (11... bxc4
12. Qe4 $5 (12. Qxc4 c5) 12... Rb8 13. Bxc4 c5 14. d5 $132) 12. cxb5 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Bd3 {It is very defficult to evaluate this ending,
but looks like black is better}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 $6 (11... Nxe4 $142
12. Qxe4 Qb6 $10) 12. Bxd3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $14 {This ending is better for white:
more space and vulnerable queenside pawns give white some advantage.} O-O-O 14.
Be3 c5 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Ke2 Be7 17. c4 $1 a6 $6 $14 {/+/- I suppose black
saticfied that draw was agreed in this position.} (17... a6 $6 18. Rhc1 (18.
Rac1 $5 Kc6 (18... Rc8 19. Rhd1) 19. b4) 18... Rc8 $8 (18... Kc6 19. b4 bxc4 (
19... cxb4 20. axb4 $16) 20. Bxc5 Bg5 21. Rxc4 $16) 19. a4 $14 {/+/-} b4 (19...
bxc4 20. Rxc4) 20. Rd1 {After change all rooks there will be a big question if
black can save the bishop ending.Also white has a choice if to change a couple
of rooks or to change at all.}) (17... bxc4 $142 18. Rhc1 Rd5 19. f4 g5 $1 (
19... f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rxc4 $16)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Black "Sergienko, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7.
O-O c5 8. Re1 b6 9. Ne5 (9. e4 $5 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 (10... Bb7 11. Nxf6+ exf6
12. Bh4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Ba6 (15. b4 $5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ne5 17.
Ba6 Rcd8 18. f4 Nc6 19. Qc4 Qd6 20. c3 Qd5 $13 {Kuijf,N-Blitterswijk,S/
NLD-chT9495 1994}) 15... Rxc2 $5 16. Rxd4 Ne5 17. Qd1 Qc7 18. f4 Ng4 $1 $11 {
Miles,A-Speelman,J/Phillips&Drew 1982}) 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. c3 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13.
Qe2 Ne5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nb5 $36 {Miles,A-Andersson,U/
Phillips&Drew 1982}) (12... Ne5 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Bf4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd5 16.
Qf3 Qd7 17. Qg3 $14 {Hoi,C-King,D/Jurmala 1985}) (12... h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
Bh4 Qd5 15. Bf1 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qd5 19. Nb5 Qc5 $11 {
Berg,K-Gschnitzer,O/BL8889}) 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nf3 e6
17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 b5 $11 {Miles,A-Olafsson,H/Luzern olm 1982}) 9... Bb7 10.
f4 (10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Qf3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 $6 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 dxe4 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 $17 {Mohd,K-Ahmad,N/Asia-chT 1993}) 11... a6 $5 12. Bf1 Ne4 {1/2-1/2
Augustin,J-Hazai,L/Toth mem 1977}) 10... Ne8 $5 (10... Rc8 $5 11. Qf3 Ne8 12.
Rad1 a6 13. a3 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bh4 Nd6 16. g4 b5 17. Kh1 $5 $13 {Tihonov,
J-Neverov,V/Minsk op 1996}) 11. Bh4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 (12. dxe5 f6 $5 13. exf6 (13.
e4 fxe5 $6 (13... d4 $5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nd5 Nc7 (15... e6 $2 16. Nxf6 Nxf6 17.
Bxe6 Qc7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg3 $16) 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Qd2 Rae8
$132) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Rxf4 16. Bg3 Rf8 17. Bxe5 $14) 13... Nxf6 (13...
exf6 $5) 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Rad1 a6 $13) 12... Nc7 13. Be2 {[%cal Ge2g4]} Qd7 14.
Bg4 Ne6 15. Ne2 $6 (15. e4 $1 cxd4 16. Nxd5 Rfe8 (16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18.
Bf3 Qc5 19. Bxa8 $14) (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe7 $36) 17. Qxd4 $5 Nxd4 18. Bxd7 Red8
19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. e6 $5 $36) 15... f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nf4 f5 $15 {[%csl Re3]
[%mdl 16]} 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf3 c4 (19... Rf7 $5) 20. a4 Rae8 21. Qd2 Bh6 $1 (
21... h6 22. b3 cxb3 23. cxb3 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 $11) 22.
Bf2 Re7 23. a5 b5 24. a6 $6 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 16]} Bc6 25. b3 g5 (25... Rd8 $5
26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Bh4 g5 28. Bxc6 gxh4 (28... Qxc6 29. Bg3 Bg7 $15) 29. Bxb5
Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Bxc4+ Kg7 $17) 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. g3 {
[%cal Gf3g2]} Rb8 28. Ra5 $6 (28. Rab1 $1 Ree8 (28... Rxb1 29. Rxb1 g4 30. Bg2
Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rc8 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]})
29. Bg2 g4 $15) 28... Rd7 29. c3 Rb6 30. Qa2 Rd8 31. Bd1 Rdb8 $17 32. Qe2 (32.
Re2 Rb1 33. Qd2 Be8 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 32... g4 33. Bc2 Rb2 34. Qd1 Bb5 35.
Qc1 $17 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Freisler, Pavel"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. dxc5 (6. e4 cxd4 7. Bxf6
Nxf6 8. Qxd4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O-O Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Qxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Rc4
Rd8 14. fxe4 a6 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Nd5+ Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Ke6
20. Rd1 Rc8 {and black is better. Lauritsen,N-Atlas,V/Erevan olm 1996/EXT
96ch2/0-1 (60)}) 6... e6 $1 (6... Qa5 $6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Qd4 e6 9. b4 Qd8 {
[%cal Ga7a5]} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. fxe4 (12. Rd1+ $1 Bd7 13. Nxe4 $16
) 12... a5 13. Rd1+ Bd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Kc7 17. a3 axb4 18.
axb4 Bc6 19. Rd4 Ra1+ 20. Kf2 Be7 21. Nf3 Rha8 22. Rg1 Rb1 23. Bd3 {1/2-1/2
Hachian Melik-Manolache Marius/It, Bucharest (Romania) 1995} Rxb4 24. Rxb4
Bxc5+ 25. Rd4 Bxf3 $11) 7. b4 (7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 (8. Nxe4 $142 Qa5+ 9. Qd2
Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bxc5 $11) 8... Qa5 9. Qd2 Bxc5 10. Bb5 O-O $17 11. e5 Nd5 12.
Nxd5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Ne4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 b6 18.
Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Be7 Ne4+ 20. Kd3 Nf2+ 21. Ke3 Nxh1 $19 {Dadikina,A-Khurtsidze,N/
WchJW-U18 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06/0-1 (57)}) 7... b6 8. c6 $2 (8. e4 bxc5 9.
exd5 cxb4 10. Ne4 Qa5 (10... exd5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qxd5+ Bd6 $13) (10... g5 $6 11. dxe6 gxh4 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Qd4
Be7 14. O-O-O $36) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Ne2 Bxd3 15. cxd3
g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. d4 O-O 18. O-O N7b6 19. Nc5 Qa3 20. Nb3 a5 $132 {0-1 Heyken
Enno-Chernikov Oleg L/It (open), Ceske Budejovice (Czech Repu 1995 (46)}) 8...
Ne5 $32 9. b5 (9. a3 Nxc6 $17) 9... d4 $17 {[%csl Ge1]} (9... Bb4 10. Qd4 Nc4 {
also deserve attention.}) 10. Bxf6 (10. Ne4 $4 Nxe4 11. Bxd8 Bb4+ 12. Qd2 Nxd2
$19) 10... gxf6 11. Ne4 f5 (11... Bb4+ $2 12. c3 dxc3 (12... Ba5 13. Kf2) 13.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. a3 Ba5 $13) 12. Nd2 Bb4 {[%csl Gd2,Ge1][%cal Ge5c4]} 13. Rb1 Bc3
14. f4 (14. Kf2 Qg5 $19) 14... Nc4 15. Ngf3 e5 (15... a6 {was also possible.}
16. a4 $140 Ne3 17. Qc1 axb5 18. axb5 Ra2 $19) 16. fxe5 Be6 17. Rb3 (17. g3 Bd5
$19) (17. Kf2 $142 Ne3 18. Qc1 Bxa2 19. Ra1 Qd5 20. g3 a6 $1 $19) 17... Nxd2
18. Nxd2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qe4 21. Rg1 Qxe5 22. Qc2 d3 23. Qc1 {
white hopeless against 23...de and 24...0-0-0} 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 11th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Melik usually opens with 1.e4. This game was played in round five, and
we both were on fifty percent, trying desperately to improve our situation.}
Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 {A rare line, which seemed to have been
prepared by my opponent for this game.} g6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7 7. O-O-O {
White has more space, and might like to avoid the trades, but it is too time
consuming:} (7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O-O b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 7... Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Nf6 9.
Bxf6 {Played instantly.} (9. Qh4 $6 {is worse:} Qd5 10. c4 (10. Kb1 Be6) 10...
Qa5 11. Kb1 Bf5+ 12. Ka1 Ne4 $17) 9... Bxf6 10. Nf3 c6 ({I did not want to
allow the direct attack:} 10... O-O 11. h4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5,Gf1c4]}) ({
There is the interesting pawn sacrifice} 10... Bf5 $5 11. Qxb7 O-O {[%cal
Gc7c5,Ga8b8]} 12. Bd3 (12. Bc4 {[%cal Gc4b3]}) 12... Rb8 $44) 11. Bc4 ({
Here White cannot easily advance the pawns:} 11. g4 $6 Qd5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal
Gd5a2]} 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. g5 Bg4 14. Bg2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxg5+) 11... Bf5 12. Qf4
Qd6 13. Ne5 (13. Qxd6 exd6 14. d5 c5 $15) 13... Be6 {The bishop on c4 is too
strong to be tolarated. I should also add prior to this moment my opponent was
practically blitzing his moves.} (13... O-O 14. g4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Kb1 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5] might in fact transpose; the move in the game though gives
some extra options for Black.}) 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 {The critical moment of the game.
Khachiyan went into deep thought, and as it somethimes happens after such a
change of the mode, one tend to make a mistake:} 15. Rhe1 $6 {Over-optimistic
and wrong.} ({The natural} 15. Kb1 {was best, when I was choosing between: and}
O-O-O (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 (16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 $11 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Gd8d5,Ye8d7,Yd7e6,Rh7h5,Rh5h4,Yh8h5,Gh8f8,Gf7f6]}) 16... O-O 17. h4 Rad8 $5 (
17... Rfd8 18. h5 Qf5 19. Qxf5 (19. Qh6 $140 g5 $1) 19... gxf5 $11)) 16. Rhe1
Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf6 18. Qxf6 exf6 19. Re7 Rhe8 $6 {It was only at home I found
that this is ill-calculated; it is safer to play:} (19... Rd7 $11) 20. Rxf7
Rxd4 21. Kc1 $1 $14) 15... Qxa2 16. Nxc6 {After the game Melik suggested the
brave:} (16. Nxg6 Qa1+ $140 {But this is refuted after:} (16... hxg6 $142 17.
Qxf6 O-O-O 18. Rxe7 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 $17) 17. Kd2 Qa5+ 18. Kd3 $1 (18. Kc1 Bg5
{traps the queen.}) 18... Qb5+ 19. Kc3 $1 {and the king is perfectly safe in
the open air.} (19. c4 $2 Qb3+)) 16... O-O ({Also interesting is} 16... Kf8 $5
17. Ne5 (17. Qh6+ Bg7) (17. Nb4 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxb2 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]}) 17... Qa1+
18. Kd2 Qxb2 19. Nd7+ Kg7 20. Nxf6 exf6 21. Rb1 Qa2 22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rhe8
$19) ({However} 16... bxc6 17. Qxf6 O-O 18. Qxe7 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Ra8c8,Rc8c6]} 20. Qc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd2e2,Ge2f1] is unclear.}) 17.
Rxe7 {This is why White went for the line. He thought that he can force a
perpetual check at least. However...} ({In the line:} 17. Nxe7+ Kg7 $1 {
the knight is in danger:} 18. Qd6 (18. Qc7 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 20. d5 Rfe8 21. d6
Rac8 $1 22. Nxc8 Qb4+ 23. c3 (23. Kc1 Bb2+ 24. Kb1 Bc3+ 25. Ka2 Qb2#) 23...
Qf4+ 24. Kc2 Qf5+ 25. Kb2 Rxc8 {wins for Black.}) (18. Re3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5+
$17 {[%csl Rd2,Re3,Rf4][%cal Rf6g5]}) (18. Rd3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5+ 20. Ke2 Bxe7
$19) 18... Rfd8 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rd4,Rd6][%cal Ra2a1,Rd8d4]}) 17... Rac8 $1 {
A difficult but logical move. I need the c-file for the rook.} (17... Bxe7 18.
Nxe7+ Kg7 19. Nf5+ gxf5 (19... Kh8 $5) 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ $11) (17... bxc6
18. Qxf6 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 20. Rd7 {is less clear.}) 18. Qxf6 (18. Nb4 Qa1+ 19.
Kd2 Qxb2 20. Qxf6 Qxb4+ 21. Ke2 Rxc2+ 22. Kf1 a5 $17) 18... Rxc6 {The
difference in the kings' positions clarifies the situation. Black has a
decisive attack.} 19. Qe5 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Rc1 {The only way to save the
c-pawn, as:} (21. Qe4 {would be met with} Rxc2+ $1 ({And not} 21... Rd8 $2 22.
Re8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Kg7 24. Qe5+ f6 25. Qe7+ Kh6 26. Qe3+ g5 27. Qd3 $11) ({Or:
} 21... Qc3+ $6 22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kf1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7][%cal
Gd4d5,Gd5d6,Gd6d7,Gd7d8]}) 22. Qxc2 Qb4+ 23. Ke2 Qxe7+ {with a technical win.})
21... Rc4 $1 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Re8+ $11) 22. d5 (22. Rd7 Rfc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 23.
Qe4 a5) 22... Rd4+ 23. Ke2 (23. Ke3 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 Qd2+ 25. Kf3 Rxd5) 23... Qb5+
{The d5-pawn is won in the attacking process, and this leads to an immediate
collapse of White's position.} 24. Ke1 (24. c4 Qb2+ 25. Kf3 (25. Ke3 Qd2+ 26.
Kf3 Rd3+) 25... Rd3+ 26. Ke4 Qe2+ 27. Kf4 Qxf2+ 28. Kg4 Qxg2+ 29. Kf4 Rf3+ 30.
Ke4 Qg4+ 31. Qf4 Qxf4#) 24... Rxd5 25. Qe3 Rfd8 26. f3 (26. c4 Qb4+ 27. Kf1 (
27. Ke2 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 R8d3) 27... Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Ke2 Re1+) 26... Qb4+ {
White resigned due to the lines:} (26... Qb4+ 27. Kf2 (27. c3 Qh4+ (27... Qb2
28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rxd8) 28. Ke2 Rd2+ 29. Qxd2 (29. Kf1 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.
Ke2 Qe1#) 29... Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Qxe7) (27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+
30. g3 Qxh2#) 27... Qh4+ 28. Ke2 Rd2+ 29. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Qxe7) 0-1

[Event "Elenite op"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Zlatilov, Ivailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 g6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O-O b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bxf6 exf6 (11... Bxf6 12. h5 Qd5 13. hxg6
hxg6 14. Qe3 Bg7 15. Bd3 Qxa2 16. c3 Qa1+ 17. Bb1 a5 18. Ng5) 12. h5 Qd6 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 a5 15. Bc4 a4 16. Qd3 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Be4 18. Qa3 Qd6 19. Qxd6
cxd6 20. Rhe1 f5 21. Ng5 Bc6 22. Re6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rh1+ Bh6 25. Rxh6+
Kg7 26. Rh7+ Kf6 27. f4 Rae8 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Kc1 Bxg2 30. d5 Re7 31. Nh7+ $2 (
31. Rc6 $1) 31... Rxh7 32. Rxh7 g5 33. Rh6+ Kg7 34. Rh5 g4 35. Rg5+ Kh6 36. c4
Be4 37. b4 $2 (37. Kd2 $1) 37... axb3 38. axb3 Rf6 39. b4 Bd3 40. Kd2 Bxc4 41.
Bxf5 g3 42. Ke3 Bxd5 43. Bh3 Bc6 44. Rxg3 Rg6 45. Bg4 Rg8 46. Rh3+ Kg6 47. Be6
Ra8 48. f5+ Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kf6 50. Kf4 Ra1 51. Rg6+ Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rf7+ Ke8
54. Rc7 Bb5 55. f6 Kf8 56. Rc8+ Be8 57. f7 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Rxf7 59. Bxf7 Kxf7 60.
Kd5 Ke7 61. Rc7+ Bd7 62. Ra7 b5 63. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Match Tartakower-Reti +3-2=5"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1919.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1919.01.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Kagan:Turnierpartien des Jahres 1919. S.4} d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7
4. f3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 Be7 7. e5 Nh5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. g3 O-O 10. f4 g6 11. Qd2
Ng7 12. Nf3 c5 13. Bh3 Kh7 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Rae1 b5 17. g4 Bb7 18.
f5 $14 Qg5 (18... Qh4) 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. f6 Ne8 21. Re3 (21. Rf3) (21. Nb1 b4
22. Nd2 $16 {z.B.} Nc7 23. N2f3 Kh6 24. Re3 Nb5 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Ra4 27.
b3 Ra3 28. Bg2 Rfa8 29. Nd4 $16) 21... Rh8 (21... b4) 22. Rd1 Kg8 23. a3 $2 (
23. Bg2) 23... Rc8 $2 (23... Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxh3 $17) 24. Bf1 $16 Nexf6 25. exf6
e5 26. Nf3 d4 27. Nxd4 (27. Nxe5 $142 Nxe5 (27... dxe3 28. Rxd7 $18) 28. Rxe5
dxc3 29. bxc3 Bf3 30. Rd4 Rc6 (30... Rxc3 31. Re7 Rc8 32. c4 $18) 31. c4 $16)
27... exd4 28. Rxd4 Nxf6 $11 29. h3 Kg7 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 h6 5. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. e4 (6. Qd3 e6 (6... c6
7. e4 e6 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 c5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. f5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 $13 {Vogler,
T-Merle,W/Wiesbaden 1992/GER}) 7. e4 Be7 8. O-O-O c6 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 b5 11. g4
b4 12. Nce2 a5 13. f5 $14 {Vogler,T-Saltaev,M/Wiesbaden 1991}) 6... dxe4 (6...
e6 7. Bd3 (7. Qd2 $2 dxe4 8. fxe4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Nxe4 $1 10. Bxe4 Bxc3 11. Bc6+
bxc6 $17 {Chiricuta,M-Tseshkovsky,V/Dresden 1969}) (7. e5 Nd7 8. f4 c5 9. Qg4 (
9. Nf3 a6 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Nb3 g5 $15 {Rossetto,
H-Poch,C/Buenos Aires 1973}) 9... cxd4 10. Nb5 Qa5+ 11. Kf2 d3 12. Bxd3 Nc5 13.
Nc3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Qb6+ $13 {Rossetto,H-Rodriguez Vargas,O/La Serena 1972}) (7.
Nge2 Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. e5 Nd7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bh3 a5 13. f4 $13 {
Rieck,H-Franck,R/Weilburg 1998/EXT 2000}) (7. Qd3 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 c5 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Kb1 Ng4 12. Nh3 Ne3 $132 {Sasu Ducsoara,A-Petronic,S/Banja
Dvorovi 2000}) 7... c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nge2 Rc8 12.
O-O Ne7 13. dxc5 Nf5 $15 {Alekhine,A-Jesty,E/London 1926}) 7. fxe4 e6 $5 (7...
Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 e5 10. d5 Bc5 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Nf5 Qd7
14. Qc4 Bb6 $13 {Vogler,T-Gerencer,J/Goetzis 1995}) 8. Nf3 (8. e5 Nd5 9. Nf3 c5
10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. c3 O-O
$15) 8... c5 (8... Bb4 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 cxb4 12. Ne2 bxa3+ 13. c3
O-O 14. O-O e5 $17 {Nilsson,N-Vang,F/Copenhagen 2002}) 9. d5 a6 10. a4 $6 {
Automatic reaction on ...a6 by black, and probably very serious mistake.After
the move in the game white finds himself on defensive with no real chance to
score more than a half of point.} (10. Qe2 $5 b5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. dxe6 $1 {
[%cal Gc3d5]} Bxe6 (12... fxe6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 $1 $16) 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Kb1
Rd8 15. Nh4 Bd6 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Nfe7 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 $13) 10... exd5 $1 11. exd5
Bd6 12. Qe2+ ({Doesn't work} 12. Bd3 $6 O-O 13. O-O Ng4 $1 14. Qd2 c4 15. Bxc4
Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne3 $17) 12... Qe7 13. O-O-O Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16.
Nc4 Kc7 $1 {Blak doesn't mind to trade the bishop for the knight because
weakness of white pawn on d5 promises his advantage in any kind of an endgame.}
17. Bf3 Rhe8 (17... b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxd6 Kxd6 20. Ne4+ Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rhe8
22. Bf3 Ra8 $17) 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Rhe1 (19. a5 $5) 19... h5 {With idea to
bring the bishop to g4.} (19... b5 $5) 20. a5 Bg4 21. Rf1 ({An only chance to
hold on was} 21. Na4 $5 Nd7 22. Nc3 {and it's no perfectly clear how black
manages to improve his position.}) 21... Re3 $17 22. Bxg4 (22. Rde1 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Re8 25. Rf1 g6 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) (22. Na4 $1) 22... hxg4 {
[%csl Rh2]} 23. Rf5 Rde8 24. Rdf1 Re1+ 25. Kd2 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Rh8 $1 27. Rh1 $6
(27. Ke3 Rxh2 28. Kf2 Rh5 (28... Rh8 $5) 29. Kg3 Re5 30. Kh4 {[%csl Rf7]} Ke7
31. Rd1 Rf5 $17) 27... Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Kxd5 29. Ke3 g5 30. g3 f5 (30... f5 31.
Rd1+ Ke5 32. Rd2 f4+ 33. Kd3 Rd8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "SCG-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 a6 (7...
O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. h3 b5 14.
Nb1 e5 $15 {Farrand,J-Tseitlin,M/Port Erin 2004}) 8. O-O b5 (8... O-O 9. Re1 b5
10. e4 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16.
Nxd7 Bxd7 $11 {Sidorov,A-Eliseev,A/St Petersburg 1999}) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b4
Ncd7 $1 (10... Nxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Rc1 (12. d4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Ne2 a5 16. Nd3 axb4 17. axb4 Nd6 $11) 12... Bd7 13. Qb3 $14) 11. e4 Qc7 {
[%csl Ge5]} 12. Qe1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Rc1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Bd5 $132 15. Bh4
$6 {I guess White should've played} (15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc4 Bxc4
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Nxc4 Rfd8 $11 {with equality.}) 15... Qb7 16.
Nfd2 Rc8 $1 {Black keeps an eye on c4.} 17. Bg3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 Qc6 $15
{[%csl Gd6]}) 18... O-O 19. Qe2 Nb6 $15 20. f4 Nc4 ({More ambitious was} 20...
Bf6 $1 21. Bf2 Bb2 22. Rcd1 Rfe8 $15 {with excellent chances.}) 21. Nxc4 Bxe4
$6 (21... Bxc4 $2 22. Bxb7 Bxe2 23. Bxc8 Bxf1 24. Bxa6 Bc4 25. a4 $16) (21...
Rxc4 $1 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rfd1 Bf6 24. Rd3 Qc6 $15) 22. Na5 Qa7+ $6 {Helping
White to bring the bishop to the more active position on d4.} (22... Qa8 $142)
23. Bf2 Qa8 24. Bd4 Rfd8 (24... Rfe8) 25. c3 Bd5 26. f5 Bf8 $6 {Black
shouldn't allow f6 under any circumstances.} (26... Bg5 $1 27. Qg4 Bh6 28. Rce1
(28. f6 $2 Bxg2 $1 29. Rf2 (29. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxd4 $19)
29... Bh3 30. Qxh3 Bxc1) 28... exf5 29. Rxf5 Rd6 30. Rfe5 Rf8 $15) 27. f6 $36
g6 28. Rce1 {Now White can concentrate on the kingside.} Re8 $6 (28... Bc4 29.
Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rf3 Rd5) 29. Qg4 Qb8 30. Re5 $1 Rcd8 31. h4 Bd6 32. Rg5 e5 33. h5
Qc8 (33... Be6 $142 34. Qh4 exd4 35. hxg6 fxg6 (35... hxg6 36. Rh5 $1 $18) 36.
f7+ Bxf7 37. Rxf7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Kxf7 39. Qxh7+ Ke8 40. Kxe1 Bg3+ 41. Ke2 d3+ 42.
Kd1 $18) 34. Qh4 Bf8 $2 (34... exd4 $2 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh5 $18) (34... Rd7 $1
$13 {[%csl Gf7,Gg7]}) 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Bc5 $1 $18 Bxc5+ 37. bxc5 Qxc5+ 38. Kh2
Qf8 39. Rff5 $1 Be4 40. Rh5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e4 $5 {Giving black an opportunity to choose
which pawn to take!} Nxe4 (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Rd1+ Bd7 9. Nge2 Kc8 $11 {Huhn,U-Oberhofer,M/Bad Woerishofen 2000}) (4... dxe4
5. d5 Bf5 6. Nge2 Qa5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Bxd7+
Kxd7 12. Qg4+ Ke8 13. h5 Bh7 14. O-O $36 {Bletz,H-Hovde,F/Gausdal 1982/MCD}) 5.
Nxe4 dxe4 6. d5 (6. dxc5 Qxd1+ (6... Nd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb5
O-O 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Qe5 $13 {Wade,R-Palliser,R/Hampstead 1998/
EXT 99}) (6... Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxc5 (7... Qxd2+ 8. Bxd2 e5 9. Be3 Be7 10. h4 Be6
11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne2 Bg4 $132 {Boeven,M-Bu Xiangzhi/Budapest 1999
}) 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Ne2 e6 13. Rd4 f5 14.
Rhd1 $44 {Einarsson,E-Van der Weide,K/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64}) 7. Rxd1 g6 8. Bc4
Bg7 9. c3 h6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Ne2 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 $14 {Trescher,
M-Ankerst,M/Bad Wiessee 1997}) 6... Qb6 (6... g6 7. f3 Qb6 8. fxe4 Qb4+ 9. Qd2
Qxb2 10. Rd1 h6 11. Be3 Bg7 $15 {Benjamin,N-Bellin,R/Brighton 1977/EXT 99}) (
6... Nd7 7. Qd2 g6 8. O-O-O Bg7 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc3+ Nf6 12. Qxc5
Bg4 $15 {Ernst,W-Unzicker,W/Essen 1948/EXT 2000}) 7. Ne2 {Sacrificing another
pawn.} (7. b3 g6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13.
c4 e6 $13 {Rocha,S-Yakovich,Y/Santo Antonio 1999/CBM 70}) 7... g6 ({I don't
see any reason why black shouldn't take the pawn on b2!} 7... Qxb2 $5) 8. Rb1
Bg7 9. Nc3 f5 10. Be2 h6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f3 {Hoping to
take advantage of the fact that black still didn't manage to complete
development of his queenside.} exf3 15. Bxf3 Qa5 (15... Nf6 16. b4 $16 {
[%cal Ge3b6]}) 16. Qe2 Bxc3 $5 {This bishop plays too important role in the
position to give it up just to win a pawn! However pawn is a pawn...} (16...
Nf6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Nb5 $44 {[%cal Gb5c7]}) 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bc1 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Gc1b2]} Qe5 19. Qf2 Qd6 {Bringing a queen back to defense.} 20. Qh4 f4 $8
(20... h5 $2 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Qxh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb3g3]} Ne5
24. Rg3+ Ng4 25. Rxg4+ fxg4 26. Qg5+ $18) 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Qxf4 Qd4+ 23. Qe3
Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 b6 $17 {Black has managed to exchange queens and
now the lack of dark-squared bishop is not so important, however white still
has some counterplay even though he is a pawn down.} 26. Re1 (26. d6 Ba6+ 27.
Ke1 Re8 28. Bc6 exd6 $1 $19) 26... Nf6 27. Bf3 Ba6+ 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Bc1 Rd7 30.
Bb2 Ng8 $6 ({After} 30... Bc4 $1 31. d6 Ng8 $1 $17 {white is in troubles.}) 31.
a4 Bc4 32. Rd1 h5 $6 (32... Nf6 33. Bxf6 exf6 34. d6 Kg7 35. Bc6 Rd8 36. d7 Kf7
37. Re1 Be6 $17) 33. h3 Nh6 34. g4 $44 {Now the position is not perfectly
clear.} h4 {[%csl Rh4]} 35. Re1 Nf7 36. Bg2 Nd8 (36... Kg8 37. Re6 Bxd5 38.
Rxg6+ Kf8 $15) 37. Re5 Nf7 38. Re1 Nd6 $6 39. Re6 Ba2 40. Bc1 {Bishop is
heading to g5 from where it attacks both e7 and h4.} Bb1 41. Bg5 Bxc2 42. Bxe7
Nc8 (42... Nc4 43. Bxh4 Kg7 $13) 43. Bxh4 Bxa4 {Three passed pawns is a huge
force, but white also has it's trumps and now back has to be carefull not to
find himself in troubles.} 44. Be4 {[%csl Rg6]} Rg7 45. Bg3 Bd7 46. Rf6 a5 47.
Kf3 a4 48. Be5 {[%csl Ge5]} a3 (48... Be8 49. Kf4 b5 50. Kg5 b4 51. Rf8 $16)
49. Rf8 a2 50. Rd8 b5 51. h4 $1 $18 {White is a few steps ahead of his opponent
} (51. Bxg7 Kxg7 52. Rxd7+ Kf6 $19 {[%cal Ga2a1]}) 51... Nb6 52. h5 Kh6 53.
hxg6 Rxg6 54. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Qd3 $6 {Chernyshov is famous for
his original style, but in the following game his opponent was great Beliavsky
himself, so this opening experiment was quiet dangerous one, but...} (5. e4
dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 $6 f5 8. Nc3 Qxd4 9. Qe2+ Qe5 10. O-O-O O-O 11.
Qxe5 Bxe5 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. a3 Kg7 14. f4 Bd6 $17 {Zoltek,T-Ziembinski,M/Rzeszow
1966/EXT 2001}) (7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 f5 9. Nc5 b6 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. c3
Nf6 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 Nd5 16. Bf1 $14 {Alburt,L-Marjanovic,S/
Bucharest 1978/MCD}) 7... O-O 8. c3 f5 9. Ng3 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. N1e2 Nxc5 12.
Bc2 Qh4 13. Qd5 Qe7 $15 {Kasparian,G-Zagoriansky,E/Moscow 1947/EXT 99}) 5... f5
$5 (5... Bg7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Qxe4+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O-O Rd8 10. Bc4 c6 11.
d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5+ Kf8 13. Ne2 Nc6 $11 {Zoeller,K-Baeumer,L/Germany 1992/TD}) 6.
Qg3 Bg7 (6... Bd6 $6 7. Qe3+ Be7 8. Qe5 {[%cal Ge5d5,Ge5h8]} O-O 9. Nxd5 Bd6
10. Qe3 $14) 7. Nb5 $5 Na6 8. Qa3 c5 $6 {Of course black could easily equalize
after} (8... Qe7 $5 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. e3 c6 11. Na3 Nc7 12. c4 $11 {, but
Beliavsky is looking for more and as it oftenly happens finds himself in
troubles.}) 9. dxc5 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nd6 Nxc5 (11... d4 $6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13.
O-O-O dxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15. Nf3 Rab8 16. Nd4 $16) 12. Qxc5 Rd8 13. O-O-O (13.
Nxb7 $2 Qxb7 {[%csl Rb2]} 14. Rb1 Bxb2 15. Bb5 Bg7 $17) 13... Qxd6 (13... Rxd6
$2 14. Rxd5 Bf8 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Nf3 $16) 14. Qxd6 Rxd6 15. Nf3
b5 $5 16. Nd4 (16. Bxb5 Rb8 $36 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2]}) 16... b4 17. Be2 Be6
18. Rd3 a5 19. Rhd1 a4 20. Bf3 $14 Ra5 $6 {It was necesary to play} (20... a3
21. bxa3 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 bxa3 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. Kd2 $14 {[%csl Ra3,Rd5] although
white keeps better chanses}) 21. a3 $1 $16 bxa3 22. Rxa3 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5][%cal
Gb2b4] Threatening to play b4} Rb6 23. c3 Bf8 (23... Raa6 24. Nc2 $16 {[%cal
Gc2b4]}) 24. b4 $1 {Now black won't be able to defend on a4 and d5.} Ra8 25.
Kd2 (25. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 26. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf8b4]}) 25... f4 26. Rda1
fxe3+ 27. fxe3 Bd7 28. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Gd5]} Re8 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Kd3 Bg7 31. e4
Be8 32. Ra2 Rc7 33. Rb1 {[%cal Gb4b5] Preparing the advance of the pawns} Bf8
34. b5 a3 35. c4 Bc5 36. Nc2 Ra7 37. Rba1 Kg7 38. Rxa3 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gb5b6]}
Bxa3 39. Rxa3 Rc7 40. Nd4 Rb8 41. Ra6 Kf8 42. b6 Rc5 43. Kc3 {[%cal Gc3b4,
Gc4c5]} 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 e6 5. O-O-O Be7 (5... Bb4 6. f3 c6 7. a3
Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Bxd8 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Kxd8 11. e4 b6 $15 {Fischer,M-Grafe,W/
Marktredwitz 1984}) (5... c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. h4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. f3 h6 10. Bxf6
Nxf6 $13 {Norri,J-Kopsa,P/FIN 1987}) 6. f3 c5 (6... b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 a6 9.
e5 Ng8 10. Be3 c5 11. g4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 $11 {Kiefer,D-Schramenko,A/
Sargenroth 1998}) 7. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 {The most accurate continuation forcing
white to initiate multiple changes.} (7... O-O 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Nxd2 10. Bxd8
Nxf1 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Nge2 gxf4 14. Rhxf1 Nxc5 15. Nxf4 $13) 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bb5+ (9. Qxd8+ $2 Bxd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 (11. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 12. Bxd8
exf3 $17) 11... exf3 $1 $17) 9... Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+
Nxd7 13. Nxe4 Be5 14. g3 {The position is about equal, but black keeps
symbolic advantage due to the strong bishop.} (14. Nd6+ $6 Ke7 15. Nxb7 Rab8
$17 {[%csl Rb2]}) 14... Nf6 15. Nxf6+ (15. c3 Ke7 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne2 $11)
15... Bxf6 16. f4 Ke7 17. Nf3 Rhd8 18. c3 Rac8 19. Kc2 (19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rc8 21. Kc2 Rc5) 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc5 21. a4 h6 22. h4 {White's plan is to
trade as many pawns as he can.} g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. b4 (25. g4
$5) 25... Rf5 26. Rd3 (26. Rf1 Bf6 27. a5 Bg7 28. c4 Rf6 29. Kd3 Rg6 30. Rg1 f5
$15) (26. Nxg5 Rxg5 27. Rd3 Rg4 28. Kb3 f5 29. c4 $11 e5 30. c5 Rg8 31. Kc4 Rd8
32. Rxd8 $1 Kxd8 33. Kd5 e4 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. g4 fxg4 36. Kxe4 Ke6 37. b5 g3 38.
Kf3 Kd5 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Kxc6 41. Kxg3 Kc5 42. Kf3 Kb4 43. Ke3 Kxa4 44. Kd2
Kb3 45. Kc1 $11) 26... Bf6 27. a5 Rh5 28. g4 Rh3 29. g5 Bg7 30. Kd2 (30. c4 e5
31. Nd2 Rh2 32. Kb3 Re2 33. Nf1 $13) 30... Rg3 31. Re3 a6 32. Kd3 Rg4 33. Ke2
Rc4 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Rd3+ Ke7 36. Re3 Rg4 37. Kc2 Kd6 38. Rd3+ Kc6 39. Kb3 Rg2
40. Rd8 Rg3 41. Rd3 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Kc7 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 42. Kc4 Rg4+ 43. Kb3
e5 44. Re3 $4 (44. Rd5 e4 45. Nd4 e3 46. Kc2 Bxd4 47. cxd4 Re4 48. Kd1 $11)
44... Rg3 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qd3 Bg7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 $5 {This temporary pawn sacrifice promises black good counterchanses.}
(8... c6 9. Kb1 (9. Ng3 Qa5 10. Kb1 e5 11. h4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qd2 Qxd2
14. Bxd2 Rd8 $15 {Juglard,E-Kogan,A/Corsica 1997/EXT 99}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7
11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Qg3 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Be6 $11 {Kapengut,A-Vooremaa,A/
Leningrad 1962/MCD}) (8... Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Kb1 c6 12. h3 Qa5
13. a3 Nd5 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rfe8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be3 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Madl,
I-Veroci,Z/Balatonfured 1987/EXT 97 (17)}) 9. Nxf6+ (9. d5 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb6
11. c3 Qa5 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. d6 Nb6 $13 {Hoi,C-Geller,E/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18
ext}) (9. h4 Qa5 10. Kb1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Be2 e5 14. Nb3 Qc7
$11 {Heberla,B-Maiorov,N/Artek 2000/CBM 78 ext}) 9... Nxf6 10. dxc5 Qa5 {
Winning back a pawn.} 11. Qb5 Qxa2 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Bxa2 Bxb5 14. Rhe1 e6 15.
Nd4 $5 {Only this move turns to be a new one and it's definitly better than} (
15. Bf4 $6 Bc6 16. Bd6 Rfe8 17. Rd3 Ne4 18. Re2 b6 $17 {Welling,G-Carlier,B/
Wijk aan Zee 1987/TD}) 15... Bd7 16. f3 $6 {White doesn't feel the danger. He
had to play} (16. Nf5 $5 gxf5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... Bc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 Kf6
20. Rd6 Rg8 21. Re2 $14) 18. Rxd7 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Rxc5 20. b4 Rc3 $11 {with
equal chanses.}) 16... Rfc8 17. Be3 (17. b4 $2 a5 $17 {[%csl Ra2]}) 17... Bf8
18. Bg5 Be7 (18... Kg7 19. Nf5+ gxf5 20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. Rxd7 Rxc5) 19. Nf5 $8 {
[%csl Rd7]} (19. Nb3 Ba4 $17 {[%csl Rc5]}) 19... gxf5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd7
Rab8 $15 22. g4 $1 {The best way to fight for a draw.} (22. g3 Rxc5 23. Red1 a5
24. f4 a4 $15) 22... Rxc5 (22... f4 23. b4 a5 24. Re4 $11) (22... fxg4 23. fxg4
Rxc5 24. Rf1 $132 {[%csl Rf7]}) 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxe6 $1 Bxb2+ $1 25. Kd1 $4 {
Only this uncautious move leads to disaster;after correct} (25. Kb1 $1 Rxf3 (
25... Rb5 26. Re4) 26. Ree7 Bf6 (26... Ba3 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Bd5
$11) 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Re1 Bc3 (28... Bh4 29. Bd5) 29. Bd5 $1 $11 {draw seems
to be the most likely result.}) 25... Ra5 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sokolac"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd3 Qa5 5. Bxf6 (5. Bd2 Na6 (5... Qa6 $5 6. e4
Qxd3 7. Bxd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. Nf3 g6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O-O $11
{1/2-1/2 Vokac,M-Vesselovsky,S/CZE 1999/EXT 2001 (12)}) (5... g6 6. f3 Qa6 7.
e4 Qxd3 8. Bxd3 b6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Nge2 e6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 $13 {Hector,
J-Gdanski,J/Gothenborg 1997}) 6. Nd1 Qb6 7. f3 (7. Nf3 Ne4 8. e3 Nb4 9. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 10. c3 Qb6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nd2 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5
16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O $11 {Aronian,L-Cherevatenko,R/Decin 1996
}) 7... c5 8. c3 e6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. f4 Ne4 $15 {Pimenov,S-Moisieev,O/
Yerevan 1955}) (5. f3 b5 6. Bd2 b4 7. Nd1 Qb6 8. e4 Ba6 9. Qe3 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 e6
11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 Nc6 $132 {Sobolevsky,L-Kosikov,A/Kiev 1998}) 5... exf6 6. e4
Bb4 7. exd5 O-O (7... Qxd5 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Be6 11. b3 Qd6 12.
Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Rhe1 Rfe8 15. g3 a5 $11 {Leonidov,V-Sanakoev,G/
Voronezh 1997}) 8. Nge2 cxd5 {After this move white gets steady advantage due
to th weakness of the pawn on d5.} (8... Na6 $5 9. O-O-O Rd8 10. Rg1 Bf8 11. g4
Rb8 12. Nf4 Nb4 13. Qc4 b5 14. Qb3 Qc7 $44 {Mestrovic,Z-Bronstein,D/Sarajevo
1971}) 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Qb5 (10. a3 Bd6 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 Rac8 13. Qb5 Qxb5
14. Nxb5 Bb8 $13) 10... Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Rd8 12. Nf4 Ba5 13. c3 a6 14. Na3 Bc7 (
14... b5 15. Nc2 b4 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Nd3 $14) 15. Nd3 Re8 16.
Nc2 Bg4 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Ne3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] White has very
comfortable positional advantage, but it's very difficult forhim to break
through.} Bf4 20. Re2 g6 21. g4 $6 {Very dubious move after which white is
hardly better anymore.} (21. Rhe1 Kf8 22. g3 Bh6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Kc2 f5 25. Ng2
Rxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Bg7 $14) 21... Re6 22. Kd1 Rd8 23. h3 b5 24. Rhe1 Bc7 25. Nc2
Rdd6 26. Re3 (26. f4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Kf8 28. f5 Ne7 29. Ne3 $14) 26... Kf8 27.
Bf1 Na5 $5 28. b3 Nc6 29. b4 Ne7 30. Na1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 f5 $132 {Getting rid of
double pawn.} 32. Nb3 fxg4 33. hxg4 Rf6 34. Ke1 Bf4 35. Re2 (35. Rh3 Kg7 36.
Nc5) 35... Bd6 36. Re3 Bf4 37. Rh3 Kg7 38. Nc5 h6 39. Bd3 Nc8 40. Kf1 Bd2 41.
Be2 Ne7 $6 {Too passive. The right idea was} (41... Nd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6e4,Gd6c4]}
42. Rd3 Nc4 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. Bxf3 Bxc3 45. Bxd5 Na3 $11 {with a draw.}) 42. Rd3
Bf4 43. Bd1 g5 44. a4 bxa4 45. Bxa4 Rd6 46. Rd1 Ng6 47. Bc2 Nh4 48. Bd3 Rf6 49.
Ke2 $6 {Missing good winning chances after} (49. Bxa6 Be3 50. Ke2 Bxf2 51. Bb7
Ng6 52. Nd3 $16) 49... Bd6 50. Nxa6 Ng2 51. Nc5 Nf4+ 52. Kf1 h5 53. gxh5 g4 54.
Bc2 (54. Be2 $5 Nh3 55. Nd3 Nxf2 56. Nxf2 g3 57. Rd3 Rxf2+ 58. Ke1 Rh2 59. Bf3
$14) 54... Rh6 55. Nd3 Rxh5 56. Nxf4 Bxf4 57. b5 Bc7 58. Kg1 Rh3 59. Bf5 Rxc3
$11 60. Bxg4 Bb6 61. Be2 Rb3 62. Kg2 Kf6 63. Rh1 Bxd4 64. Rh4 Ke5 65. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leerdams"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qh5 (6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2
e6 8. O-O Rc8 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Ncxe2 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 $13 {
Mensch,E-Zagrebelny,S/Metz 2002}) 6... e6 7. O-O-O Bd7 (7... f5 8. f4 c4 $6 9.
g4 fxg4 10. e4 Ne7 11. f5 exf5 12. exd5 Qd6 13. Re1 $14 {Knaak,R-Georgiev,V/
Germany 1999}) (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. f5
Kd8 13. g3 a6 14. Nbc3 Na5 15. Rd3 Nc4 $15 {Berkes,F-Timofeev,A/Oropesa del
Mar 1999}) 8. Nge2 f5 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 f5 10. Rg1 Qf6 11. f4 Qg6 12. Qf3 h5
13. g3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 $15 {Sebestyen,B-Varadi,V/Paks 2004}) 9. g4 cxd4 10.
exd4 fxg4 11. Qxg4 h5 12. Qg2 Qe7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Rg1 $6 (14. f5 Rg8 15. Qf3
Qf6 16. Bh3 Bd6) 14... Qf6 $15 15. Kb1 Bd6 16. Qf3 Rdg8 17. Rxg8+ (17. Bh3 $2
Rxg1 18. Rxg1 Nxd4 $19) 17... Rxg8 18. Bh3 Ne7 19. Qxh5 Rh8 20. Qf3 Qh6 21. Bg2
Ng6 22. a3 (22. Rf1 Nh4 23. Qf2 Nxg2 24. Qxg2 Qxh2 25. Qxh2 Rxh2 $15) 22...
Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. h3 Rg8 26. Bf1 (26. Ne2 Bd6 27. Bf3 Rh8
28. Rh1 Rh4 29. c3 $15) 26... f5 $1 {[%cal Gf4e3,Gf5f4]} 27. Ne2 Be3 28. Nc1
Rg1 29. Ne2 (29. Be2 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Bxd4 $19) 29... Rh1 30. Ng3 Rh2 $19 31. Nh5
{[%csl Rh5]} Be8 32. Ng7 Bf7 {[%csl Rg7]} 33. Re1 Bd2 34. Re2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Padron, Jose"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qf3 {
This line is harmless for black since white knight is a bit misplaced on c3.} (
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Ne2 (8. O-O c6 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4
13. Rxc4 Nb6 14. Rc1 Qe7 $11 {Small,S-Arkell,K/Edinburgh 1985}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Rc1 c6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Re8 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. g3 $14 {
Maljutin,E-Tiviakov,S/Forli 1992}) 7... g6 8. Nge2 c6 9. h3 $6 {It makes more
sense to put a pawn on h4 since white can't rtransfer g4 anyway.} (9. Nf4 Nd7
10. h4 Nf6 11. Nce2 Bd7 12. c4 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Qb4 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 $13 {
Tiberkov,I-Spassov,L/Sofia 1988}) 9... h5 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 Nf6 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Qg3 (13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Nf4 Qf6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qg3 g5 $15) 13... Rg8
14. f3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 $6 {After the trade of queens white finds himslef in the
inferior position o it was better to play} (15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4
fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd5 $11 {with equality.}) 15... Bxd6 16. e4 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 h4 $1 {
[%csl Rg2] Making sure that white won't be able to get rid of the weakness on
g2.} 18. e5 (18. Rhe1 Bg3 19. Re2 Kf7 $15) 18... Nd7 19. Ne2 Bh6 20. c3 (20.
Rhf1 $5 {[%cal Gf3f4,Ge2g1,Gg1f3]}) 20... Ke7 21. b4 b6 22. Kb2 (22. Ba6 Rad8
23. Kc2 Nb8 24. Bd3 c5 $15) 22... Rgc8 23. a3 c5 24. Ba6 (24. Rhe1 Be3 25. Ba6
Rc7 26. Nc1 cxd4 (26... f4) 27. cxd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxd4+ 29. Kb3 Bxe5 $15)
24... Rc7 25. Rhg1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Nb8 27. Bd3 Be3 28. Rgf1 Nc6 29. Ba6 f4 $17 {
[%csl Rd4,Rg2][%cal Ga8h8,Gh8h5,Gh5g5] Preparing Ra8-h8-h5-g5.} 30. Kb3 (30.
Rc1 Kd7 31. Bb5 (31. Rcd1) 31... Bxc1+ 32. Rxc1 g5 33. Rc3 a6 34. Bxc6+ Rxc6
35. Rxc6 Kxc6 36. a4 a5 37. b5+ Kd7 $19) 30... Rh8 31. Kb2 Rh5 32. Rc1 $2 (32.
Rh1 Rg5 33. Rh2 $17) 32... Kd8 $1 33. Rcd1 Rg5 $19 34. Rg1 Ne7 $5 (34... Bxg1
35. Rxg1 Rf7 36. Kc3 Rh5 37. Bd3 Rh6 38. Kd2 g5 39. Rc1 Rc7 40. Rc2 Rh8 $17)
35. Bd3 Nf5 36. Bb1 Rf7 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge3g1,Gf5e3]} 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Kc2
Rfg7 39. Rh1 Rxg2 40. Kd3 Ke8 41. b5 Rf2 42. Rhf1 Rxf1 43. Rxf1 Rg3 $1 44. a4
Rxh3 45. a5 bxa5 46. Ra1 Rxf3 47. Rxa5 Rf1 48. Rxa7 Rd1+ 49. Kc2 Rd2+ 50. Kc3
f3 51. Nf4 Rxd4 (51... f2 52. Ra1 Bxd4+ 53. Kxd2 Bxa1 54. Ke2 Kf7 55. Nd3 Bd4
$19) 52. b6 Rxf4 53. Ra8+ Kd7 54. b7 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 h6 5. Bxf6 $6 (5. Bh4) 5... Nxf6 6. e4 e6
7. e5 {Transposing into french defense formation without the dark-squared
bishop. An absence of the bishop proves to be crucial under the circumstances.}
(7. Bd3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nge2 Rc8 12. O-O Ne7 13.
dxc5 Nf5 $13 {Alekhine,A-Jesty,E/London 1926}) (7. Qd2 dxe4 (7... a6 8. a3 c5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nge2 Re8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nxd5 Bb7
15. Nec3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rc8 $44 {Gelazonia,P-Kacheishvili,G/Batumi 2003}) 8.
fxe4 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Ng4 11. Nf3 g5 12. h3 Nf2 13. Rh2 g4 14. hxg4
Nxg4 15. Rh5 $14 {Kashashvili,A-Khurtsidze,N/Batumi 2003}) (7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Ne2 Qg5 $11 {Herz,T-Dubeck,M/Badenweiler
1995}) (7. Nge2 Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. e5 Nd7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bh3 a5 13. f4
Qe7 $13 {Rieck,H-Franck,R/Weilburg 1998}) (7. Qd3 $6 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 c5
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Kb1 Ng4 12. Nh3 Ne3 $17 {Sasu Ducsoara,A-Petronic,S/Banja
Dvorovi 2000}) 7... Ng8 {Intending to transfer the knight to c6.} (7... Nd7 8.
f4 c5 9. Nf3 (9. Qg4 cxd4 10. Nb5 Qa5+ 11. Kf2 d3 12. Bxd3 Nc5 13. Nc3 Nxd3+
14. cxd3 Qb6+ 15. Kg3 Bd7 $17 {Rossetto,H-Rodriguez Vargas,O/La Serena 1972})
9... a6 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Nb3 g5 $1 $15 {Rossetto,
H-Poch,C/Buenos Aires 1973}) 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Na4 $2 {
Very bad decision. After 11.Na4 white is in serious troubles.} Qa5+ 12. c3 Bd7
{[%csl Ra4]} 13. b3 (13. b4 $2 Nxb4 14. cxb4 Qxb4+ $19) 13... Bxc5 {I guess
white have just overlooked that this move is possible.} (13... Nd8 $5 14. Qd4
Bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Qxa4 16. bxa4 Bxc5 $15) 14. a3 (14. Nxc5 $2 Qxc3+ $17) 14... Be3
15. b4 Qc7 16. g3 g5 $1 $19 17. Nc5 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 $6 ({
Far more convincing was} 19... Kxd7 $1 $19 {[%csl Re5] with completely winning
position.}) 20. Bb5 Rg8 21. Kf2 a6 (21... O-O-O) 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qd4 Rg4 $2 (
23... Bg5 24. Rhg1 O-O-O 25. Rg3 Rg6 26. Rag1 Rdg8 27. h4 Bd8 $17) 24. Rag1 $1
$13 Rxg1 (24... Bg3+ 25. Rxg3 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qc7 27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. Rxa8 Qxc3 29.
Rd1 $13) 25. Rxg1 Bg5 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Rxg5 Rc8 $4 (27... O-O-O 28. Rg7 (28.
Qc5 $2 Qxc5+ 29. bxc5 Kc7 30. Rg7 Rf8 31. Ke3 Kc6 32. Kd4 f6 33. h4 fxe5+ 34.
Kxe5 Rf3 $15) 28... Rf8 29. h4 $14) 28. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8]} Qb6+ 29. Kg2 f5
30. exf6 Kd7 31. Rg7+ Kc6 32. a4 Qd8 33. Qd4 Qd6 34. c4 b6 35. b5+ 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c5 7. dxc5 {
The whole line is quite harmless for black, so this move is not an exception.}
(7. e3 Nc6 (7... Qb6 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4
Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Kb8 $11 {Davie,A-Corden,M/Coventry 1970}) (7... cxd4
8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qe3 e6 13. a4 $14 {
Sulava,N-Duda,R/Metz 2000}) 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Nd4
O-O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. h3 $14 {Prins,L-Petrosian,T/Leipzig 1960}) 7... Qa5 8.
O-O-O (8. e3 Bf5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Nge2 Qxc5 12. O-O O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Cech,P-Klima,L/Czechia 1999/EXT 2000 (12)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. e3
Bg4 11. Be2 (11. Qf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. h4 Nh5 14. Qg5 e6 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. f4
Qe7 $13 {Boguszlavszkij,J-Gyorkos,L/Hungary 2002}) 11... O-O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 d4 {Black is trying to simplify the position initiating multiple trades.}
14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qe3 Ne6 (15... Rd7 16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 h5 18. g3 Ne6 19.
Qxc5+ Nxc5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Re1 $11) 16. Qxc5+ Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Re1 e6
19. b4 Na6 20. a3 $14 Nc7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 b6 (22... Nb5 23. a4 Nd4 24.
Bd1 h5 25. c3 Nf5 26. Kc2 Nd6 27. Re1 Kc7 $11) 23. c3 Rd6 24. Kc2 Kd7 25. c4 f5
26. Re3 Ke7 27. Kc3 Kf6 28. c5 Rd8 29. cxb6 (29. Rd3 Nb5+ 30. Kc4 Rxd3 31. Kxd3
Nxa3 32. Bc6 bxc5 33. bxc5 e5 34. Kc3 Ke6 $11) 29... axb6 30. a4 e5 31. Bb7 e4
32. Kb3 $1 (32. a5 Nb5+ 33. Kb3 bxa5 34. bxa5 Rb8 35. a6 Nd6 36. Kb2 Nxb7 37.
Rb3 Ke5 38. a7 Ra8 39. Rxb7 h6 $11) 32... Ne6 33. f3 Rd7 34. Bc8 Rd2 35. fxe4 (
35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. fxe4 f4 37. Rc3 Rxg2 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Rg1 40. Kb2 Rg2+
41. Kb3 Rg1 $11) 35... f4 36. e5+ Kf5 $6 (36... Ke7) 37. Rc3 $6 {Missing the
chance to get some winning prospects after} (37. g4+ $1 fxg3 (37... Kg5 $2 38.
Re4 Nd4+ 39. Kc3 f3 40. Kxd2 f2 41. h4+ $18) 38. Rxg3 Re2 39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5
Kxe5 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. a6 Kd5 43. Rc3 Re8 44. Kb4 $16) 37... Kxe5 38. Bxe6 Kxe6
39. Rc2 Rd6 40. a5 bxa5 41. bxa5 g5 42. Ra2 Ra6 43. Kc4 h5 44. Kb5 Ra8 45. a6
g4 46. Kb6 gxh3 47. gxh3 Kf5 48. Ra5+ (48. Kb7 Rg8 49. a7 f3 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51.
Rxa8 Kf4 52. Kc6 f2 53. Kd5 Kg3 54. Rf8 Kg2 55. Ke4 f1=Q 56. Rxf1 Kxf1 57. Kf4
Ke2 58. Kg5 Ke3 59. Kxh5 Kf4 $11) 48... Ke4 49. Rxh5 f3 50. Rh7 Rb8+ 51. Ka5 (
51. Kc7 Rf8 $11) 51... Rb1 52. a7 Ra1+ 53. Kb6 f2 54. Rf7 Ke3 55. h4 Ke2 56. h5
Rb1+ 57. Kc7 Rc1+ 58. Kb8 Rb1+ 59. Kc8 Rc1+ 60. Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Black "Muse, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 g6 (4... e6 5. Nf3 c5) 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nf3
c6 (6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 $14) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxe4 Qb6 10. Rb1 $14) 8... Qb6 9. Rb1 e5 $1 10. Bf1 (10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6
fxe6 $10) (10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4 $2 Nxe3 13. Na4 Nxd1+ 14. Nxb6
axb6 15. Rexd1 Rxa2 $17) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. b4 Ne4 $1 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Nd2 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 $10) 14... f5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Nd6 $6 (17. Bg3 Be6 $10) 17... Re6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bg3 Rd6 20. Qc1 Rcd8 21.
Be2 (21. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) 21... Qf7 22. Qa3 a6 23. Qa5 Rd5 24. Qb6 Rd2 25. a4 g5
26. b5 (26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. b5 $22 axb5 28. axb5 Rxc2 29. Bd1 $1 Rc3 30. bxc6
Rxc6 31. Bb3 $1) 26... axb5 27. axb5 $2 (27. Bxe5 $1) 27... f4 $1 28. exf4 gxf4
29. Bh4 R8d6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. cxb3 Ng6 33. Bc4+ Kh7 34. g3 $8
Nxh4 35. gxh4 e3 $1 36. fxe3 f3 37. Rf1 Rg6+ 38. Kh1 Be5 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 h6 6. Bxf6 $5 (6. Bh4 g5 (6...
dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 $13) 7. Bg3 dxe4 (7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 $13) 8. Nd2)
6... Nxf6 $1 7. Qe2 $1 (7. Bd3 Bb4) 7... Be7 (7... Bb4 $2 8. Qb5+ $18) (7...
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. Bd3 $14) (7... a6 8. exd5 (8. O-O-O $6 dxe4
9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qd5) 8... Nxd5 9. Ne4) 8. e5 Nd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. h4 c5
11. g4 $6 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 12. Nd4 $1 b5 13. f4 Qc7 $13) 11... b5 $6 (11... c4
$1 {/\ b5->}) 12. Bg2 $2 (12. dxc5 Bxc5) 12... b4 13. Nxd5 (13. Nb1 Qa5 14. a3
bxa3 $40) (13. Na4 c4 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. f4 Qa5 16. b3 c3 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. Nxb6
Qxa2 $19) 13... exd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. f4 (16. Nf5 g6 (16... O-O
17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 $17) 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 $17) 16... Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Qb6 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Qf7 Qe3+ (22... Qe3+ 23.
Kb1 Rf8 24. Qxg7 Qxf4 25. Rh7 $2 Qf1+ $1) 0-1

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 $5 d5 (2... c5 $5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 $10) 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg5
Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 (6... Be7 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Qd3 g6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qb5+
Kf8 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Rxb2 13. O-O Kg7 14. Rab1 $14) (6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Be7
$10) 7. e4 Be7 $6 (7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. c3 $10) 8. exd5 exd5 {Nd5=} (8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxg6 Bxg5 $1
$10) 9. O-O Bh5 $6 (9... O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 c6 13. Re2 Bd6
$10) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf5 $1 $14 Re8 12. Qd3 c6 13. Re2 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 $2 (14...
Bg4 15. Rae1 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qd3 Kg7 18. h3 Ng8 $14) 15. Rae1 Kf8 $2 (
15... Bb4 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. g4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6
21. Qxg6 Nef6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 $14) 16. g4 $1 $16 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18.
Bg3 (18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 $18) 18... Bd6 19. Qxg6 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Qd6 $6 (21... Re8 22. g5 $1 Rxe2 23. gxf6 $18) 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24.
Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf8 26. gxh6 Qxh6 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. c3 Rd5 29. Qe8 Rf5 30. Re5
Rf6 31. Re3 a5 32. a4 Qh7 $138 1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 {I'm not surewhite even has equality in
htis line} gxf6 {there are two main options for white in this position.While
keeping the position closed (5.e3) sounds like a more reasonable one to me ,
neither one of them seems to yield white any advantage} 5. e4 $6 (5. e3 e6 (
5... Nc6 6. Qh5 e6 7. O-O-O f5 8. f4 c4 (8... cxd4 $5 9. exd4 Bb4) 9. g4 $6 {
too adventurous} fxg4 10. e4 Ne7 11. f5 exf5 12. exd5 Qd6 13. Re1 a6 $17 {
0-1 Knaak,R-Georgiev,V/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (46)}) (5... cxd4 6. exd4 h5 7.
Be2 h4 8. Bf3 e6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bxd5 Nxd4 11. Qe4 e5 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7 Rb8
14. Qe4 Rxb2 $17 {0-1 Navinsek,T-Avrukh,B/Ljubljana 1998/EXT 99 (25)}) 6. Nge2
Nc6 7. g3 Qb6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg2 Qxb2 10. O-O Qa3 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13.
Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 f5 16. Ng5 Qc5 17. Bd5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qxd5 19. Rad1
Qa5 20. Rd6 Qc7 (20... Rf8 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Qf6 Qc7 23. Qxe5 $44) 21. Rfd1 Be6
22. Qg7 Rc8 $4 (22... Ke7 23. Qxe5 Qc8 24. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6 25. Qc3 $13 {[%cal
Gc3c7,Gd1e1]}) 23. Qxh8+ Ke7 24. Qxe5 Qc3 25. Rd7+ {1-0 Mensch,E-Gofshtein,L/
Paris FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 298 (25)}) 5... dxe4 6. dxc5 (6. d5 $6 {
I don't think white has sufficient compensation for the pawn} f5 7. Bb5+ (7.
Qh5 Bg7 8. Bb5+ (8. Nge2 Qb6 9. O-O-O Qh6+ 10. Qxh6 Bxh6+ 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Ng3
Nf6 13. f3 e3 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Rhe1 Rg8 16. Nf1 f4 17. g3 Bh3 18. Ne2 Nh5 $17 {
0-1 Hebden,M-Milov,V/Isle of Man 1995/EXT 97 (40)}) 8... Kf8 9. Nh3 Qd6 10. Be2
Qh6 11. Ng5 Qxh5 12. Bxh5 Nd7 13. Rd1 (13. Nxf7 Nf6 $19) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Nf6 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Nh3 Rxg2 $19 {0-1 Mestrovic,Z-Sermek,D/Tucepi 1996/EXT 98 
(44)}) 7... Nd7 8. Qh5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nh3 Qb6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rad1 O-O
13. d6 e6 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. Re3 Qf6 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Qh4 Bf6 $19 {
0-1 Gombac,J-Jelen,I/Kranj 1999/EXT 2000 (41)}) 6... f5 {The easiest way to
prove black is OK, even more than OK. Black will wither have a pair of strong
B's in an open position or an extra pawn (if white changes the B's on d7 the
'c5' pawn will fall)} (6... Qa5 7. Qd5 a6 8. Qxe4 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. Qe3 Be6
11. a3 Bg7 12. Nge2 Ne5 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. Qe2 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qxc5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17.
f4 Nf6 18. Be2 O-O 19. h3 $36 {0-1 Goldin,A-Aseev,K/Podolsk 1990/TD (47)}) 7.
Bb5+ $146 (7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O-O+ Nd7 9. g4 Bg7 10. Nge2 fxg4 11. Nxe4 f5 12.
Ng5 Bh6 13. h4 gxh3 14. f4 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Kc7 16. Nf4 e5 17. Ne6+ Kb8 18. Bxh3
f4 19. Bg2 $16 {[%cal Gg5g6] 1-0 Lipski,T-Lorenc,M/Wisla 1998/EXT 2000 (38)})
7... Bd7 8. Nge2 (8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qd5 e6 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Bxc5 12. Qa4
Rg8 {the black pieces are too active}) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O Rg8 $1 (10...
Bxc5 $2 11. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 12. Qc3 $36 {[%cal Yc3c5,Yc3h8]}) 11. Rad1 Bxc5 {
white has almost no compensation for the pawn} 12. Na4 (12. Ng3 Rg6 $17) (12.
Qh6 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Rxg5 $19) (12. a3 $142 Bf8 $1 {[%cal Gd8e7,Ya8d8]} (12... Qe7
13. Na4) (12... Ne5 $140 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qh6 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Ge5f3]} 15. Ng3
$44)) 12... Bb4 13. c3 Bf8 14. b4 Ne5 {Now black comfortably changes all
white's active pieces, turning this game into a matter of technique on move 14.
} 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. f3 Nf6 (17... exf3 18. Rxf3 Nf6 $17 {
[%cal Gf6e4]}) 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Rfe1 exf3 20. Nxf3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Nd4 a6
$1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb7b5] It's not a pawn sacrifice. Black recaptures the
pawn (c3).} 23. Nxf5 b5 24. Nc5 Rg5 $1 {Go away!} 25. Nd4 Nxc3 26. Rd3 Bxc5 27.
bxc5 Rxc5 {The rest needs no comment} 28. Nb3 Rc7 29. Rd6 Ra7 30. a3 Nb1 31.
Nc5 Nxa3 32. Nxa6 Nc4 33. Rc6 Ne5 34. Rb6 Nd7 35. Rc6 Ne5 36. Rb6 Nd7 37. Rc6
Rb7 38. Rc7 Rxc7 (38... Rb6 $19) 39. Nxc7+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dmitriev, Igor"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. a4 c5 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Bxd7 Bxd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb8
15. Re1 Qf6 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Nd1 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qe7 20. c3 f6 21. Re1
Bg6 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. Nc2 Rfe8 24. Nb4 Qb5 25. Re3 Rcd8 26. Nd3 e5 27. Nc5 Re7
28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Qd1 Qc7 30. Ra3 Be8 31. Qf3 Bc6 32. Ra1 Rde8 33. b4 e4 34. Qg3
g5 35. Rae1 Rg7 36. f3 f5 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Rf1 Rf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7
41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Re1 Re7 43. Ke3 Rf7 44. Rd1 Rf5 45. Rc1 h5 46. c4 dxc4 47. Rxc4
Rf1 48. Rc3 Re1+ 49. Kf2 Rb1 50. Nxa6 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Rxg2 52. Nb8 Bb5 53. d5 Rxh2
54. d6 Re2+ 55. Kd1 e3 56. d7 Rd2+ 57. Ke1 Bxd7 58. Rxe3 Rd6 59. Nxd7 Rxd7 {
[#] WeiЯ erreicht die Bildung eines Freibauern mit Turmunterstьtzung von
hinten, was den eigenen Turm in einer aktiven, den gegenerischen Turm in einer
passiven Position hinterlдsst. Damit kцnnen die verbundenen Freibauern des
Schwarzen leicht kontrolliert werden.} 60. b5 {[%cal Ge3a3,Ga5a6]} Rd5 (60...
g4 61. a6 bxa6 62. bxa6 Kg5 63. Ra3 Ra7 64. Kf2 $11) 61. Re6+ Kf5 62. Rb6 Rd7
63. a6 bxa6 64. bxa6 h4 {Schwarz kann die Hinterstellung des weiЯen Turms
nicht vermeiden.} ({denn} 64... Rd5 65. a7 Ra5 66. Rb5+ {scheitert aus
taktischen Grьnden}) 65. Rb5+ Kf4 66. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 g6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Rab1 Be8 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qd4 18. c3 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. f4 f6 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Ke3 Ke7 27.
Nd4 Kd6 28. Nxc6 Kxc6 {[#] Schwarz richtet sich in der Folge auf totale
Passivitдt ein, in der Hoffnung, daЯ sein Bauernblock e6-h6 den weiЯen Kцnig
dauerhaft aussperrt.} 29. c4 Kc5 (29... Kd6 30. Ke4 e5 31. fxe5+ fxe5 32. b4 b6
33. g4 $18 {mit groЯem Raumvorteil und Gewinn infolge Zugzwang mit der
Mцglichkeit c5, falls Ke6 folgt. Andererseits darf Schwarz nicht Kf5 zulassen.
Ihm gehen aber rasch die Bauernzьge aus.}) 30. Kd3 h6 31. b4+ Kc6 32. Kd4 {[#]}
Kd6 $2 (32... b6 $1 {verhindert das weitere Vorgehen der weiЯen Bauern nach c5
und b5 und hдlt m.E. remis. Auf g4 oder h4 folgt g5 bzw. h5. Ein Beispiel:} 33.
b5+ Kd6 34. h4 e5+ 35. fxe5+ fxe5+ 36. Ke4 h5 37. a4 Kc5 $2 (37... Ke6 $1 38.
Kd3 (38. c5 $2 bxc5 39. a5 Kd6 40. a6 Kc7 $19) 38... Kd6 39. Ke4 $11) 38. Kxe5
Kxc4 39. Kf6 Kb4 40. Kxg6 Kxa4 41. Kxh5 Kxb5 42. Kg5 $1 $18) 33. c5+ Kc6 34. a4
Kc7 35. b5 Kd7 36. Ke4 Kc7 37. Kf3 {Der Textzug a6 erlaubt dem WeiЯen den
Einbruch ьber das schwach gewordene Feld b6. Ohne a6 muЯ WeiЯ einen Durchbruch
am Kцnigsflьgel suchen.} a6 {[%mdl 20480] Es folgt ein kleiner Exkurs in die
Theorie der elementaren Bauernendspiele.} (37... h5 38. g4 h4 39. g5 f5 40. Ke3
$18 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Ye3d4,Yd4e5]}) (37... Kd7 38. g4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} (38.
h4 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rg4g5]} h5 39. g4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Kc7 41. h5
gxh5+ 42. Kxh5 Kd7 43. Kg6 Ke7 (43... f5 44. Kf6 a6 45. c6+ $18) (43... e5 44.
fxe5 fxe5 45. Kf5 a6 46. Kxe5 axb5 47. axb5 Ke7 {[#]} 48. c6 bxc6 (48... Kd8
49. Kd6 Kc8 50. c7 b6 51. Ke6 Kxc7 52. Ke7 Kc8 53. Kd6 Kb7 54. Kd7 Kb8 55. Kc6
Ka7 56. Kc7 Ka8 57. Kxb6 Kb8 58. Ka6 $18 (58. Kc6 $6 Ka7 59. Kc7 Ka8 60. Kb6
Kb8 61. Ka6 $1)) (48... b6 49. c7 Kd7 50. c8=Q+ $18) 49. bxc6 Ke8 50. Ke6 Kd8
51. Kd6 $18) 44. a5 f5 45. c6 bxc6 46. b6 axb6 47. a6 $18 {An dieser Stelle
kann man erkennen, daЯ das Auflцsen der a-Bauern diesen Durchbruch jedenfalls
vereitelt.}) 38... g5 39. Kg3 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 e5+ 41. Kf5 Ke7 42. h4 Kd7 43. g5
hxg5 44. hxg5 fxg5 {[#]} 45. Kxe5 $2 (45. Kxg5 $1 Ke6 46. a5 Kd7 (46... Kd5 47.
c6 bxc6 48. b6 axb6 49. a6 $18) 47. Kf5 a6 (47... Kc7 48. Kxe5 Kd7 49. Kd5 Kc7
50. b6+ axb6 51. axb6+ Kd7 52. Ke5 Kc6 53. Kd4 Kd7 54. Kd5 Kc8 55. Ke6 $1 (55.
c6 $2 Kb8 $1 56. c7+ Kc8 $11) 55... Kd8 56. Kd6 Kc8 57. Ke7 Kb8 58. Kd7 Ka8 59.
c6 bxc6 60. Kc7 $18) 48. bxa6 bxa6 49. Kxe5 Kc6 50. Kd4 Kc7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. c6+
Kc8 53. Kc4 {Mit dem Dreiecksmanцver...} Kd8 54. Kd4 Kc8 55. Kd5 {...wird die
Zugpflicht auf Schwarz abgewдlzt.}) 45... a6 46. Kf5 axb5 47. axb5 g4 48. Kxg4
Ke6 $11 {Es sieht also so aus, als wьrde WeiЯ auch ohne den Zug a7-a6 gewinnen.
}) 38. Ke4 axb5 39. axb5 Kd7 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. h4 h5 42. Ke4 Kd7 43. Kd4 Kc7 44.
Kc4 Kd7 45. Kb4 Kc7 46. Ka5 Kc8 47. Kb6 e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Ka5 $1 (49. Ka7 $5
e4 50. b6 (50. c6 $4 b6 $19) 50... e3 51. c6 e2 52. cxb7+ Kd7 53. b8=Q e1=Q 54.
Qc7+ Ke6 55. Qc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Qb6 (6... e5 7.
dxe5 Qa5 $10) 7. Nf3 e5 (7... Qxb2 $13) 8. dxe5 Ng4 $2 (8... Qxb2 $13) 9. Qd2
Ndxe5 10. h3 $1 $16 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Be3 Qa5 $2 (13... Qc7
14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qd4 Ba6 17. f5 $16) 14. f4 Nf3 15. Qf2 $18 Bb4 16.
Nb1 Qxa2 17. Qxf3 Qa1 18. c3 Ba5 19. Bd3 Ba2 20. Qh5 O-O-O 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22.
Bxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ewgeni"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 $6 (6. Bd3 $142)
6... O-O 7. O-O c6 $5 (7... b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. f4 $5) 8. h3 {/\ Bf4, Ne5} b6 {
[%cal Gc8b7,Gc6c5] /\ Bb7, c5} (8... b5 9. Bf4 {/\ Ne5} (9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5
11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 {/\ c4} (12. Nxc3 Ba6 $15 {[%csl Rb2] >< b2}) 12... c5 $15
)) 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. Ne5 a6 $1 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb6b5] /\ b5} (11... e6
$6 12. Nb5 $132 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]}) 12. a4 {[%csl Rb5]} Rc8 (12... e6 $5 13. Nxd7
Nxd7 (13... Qxd7 $6 14. Be5) 14. a5 $140 $6 b5 15. Bd6 Re8 16. dxc5 Rc8 $15)
13. Bf3 e6 14. Qe2 Qe7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf8d8,Gf6e8] /\ Rfd8, Ne8} 15. Na2 $1
Rfd8 (15... h6 16. c3 $132 (16. c4 $2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxc4
cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 $17)) 16. Bg5 (16. c3 Ne8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 $15 (17... Rxd7 $15)
) 16... h6 (16... Qd6 17. Bf4 (17. Nxd7 Qxd7 $15) 17... Qf8 18. c3 (18. Bg5 Re8
$5) 18... Ne8 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Nc1 $132) 17. Bh4 Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8h7,Gh7g5] /
\ N8h7-g5} (17... g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 (18... Ne8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. c3 Qxa4 21. Nb4
Qb5 (21... Qd7 22. Nxa6 $11) 22. Nxa6 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 $11) 19. Bxe4 Nxe5 20. dxe5
dxe4 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Rd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qd7 24. Nc3 $13) 18. c3 N8h7 19. a5 $1
b5 (19... bxa5 $6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nc1 $13) 20. Nd3 (20. b4 $142 c4 $15 (20...
cxb4 21. cxb4 Ng5 22. Nd3 $11)) 20... c4 21. Nc5 $6 (21. Ne5 $142 Ng5 22. Nb4)
21... Rxc5 $1 22. dxc5 Qxc5 $6 (22... e5 $142 {/\ e4} 23. Qd2 Qxc5 $17) 23. Bg3
$1 {[%cal Gg3e5] /\ Be5} Nd7 24. Nb4 Ng5 25. h4 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qe7 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Gd7c5,Re7h4] >< h4, /\ Nc5} 27. h5 g5 {[%csl Rh5] >< h5} 28. Bc7 Rc8 29.
Qg3 e5 30. Bb6 Qe6 31. Red1 Nf6 (31... Ra8 {/\ Nb6, a5, Qb6} 32. Qf3 (32. Bc7
$2 Nc5 $17) 32... Nxb6 $140 $2 33. axb6 a5 $2 34. Nxd5 $1 e4 35. Qf5 $1 $18)
32. f4 $4 $138 (32. Qh3 g4 33. Qh4 Qf5 $17 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gc8g8,Gg7f8] /\ Kh7,
Rg8, Bf8->}) 32... gxf4 $19 33. Qh4 (33. exf4 Nxh5 $19) 33... fxe3 34. Bxe3 Ng4
35. Bb6 f5 36. Rd2 Bf6 37. Qh3 Bg5 (37... d4 $5 38. cxd4 exd4 39. Bxd4 Rd8 40.
Nc2 Be4 41. Qc3 Qd6 $19) 38. Re2 Rf8 39. Rae1 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd5d4] /
\ d4} 40. Nc2 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4,Rc8h3] /^c8-h3} 41. Rd1 f4 42. Qf3 e4 43.
Qxe4 (43. Rxe4 dxe4 44. Qxg4 Qxb6+ $19) 43... Qxb6+ 44. axb6 dxe4 45. Rxe4 Bf5
46. Rdd4 (46. Re2 Bxc2 47. Rxc2 Ne3 $19) 46... Bxe4 47. Rxe4 Rb8 48. Re6 Kf7
49. Nd4 f3 $1 (49... f3 50. Kf1 Be3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3d4,Rg4h2] /\ Bd4, /\ Nh2})
0-1

[Event "Lippstadt 12th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Brenke, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Bxd8 Nxd2 8.
Bxc7 Nxf1 9. Kxf1 b6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. f3 Bb4 13. Kf2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Ke7 15. c3 Bd6 16. a4 a6 17. h4 h5 18. Rhe1 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Kd6 20. Nd3 g6 21.
Ke3 Rcg8 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Rc2 f6 24. Rd1 a5 25. Nf4 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Nd3
Rhe8 28. Kf2 e5 29. dxe5+ Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd4 Rc4 32. b3 Rxd4 33. cxd4
Re8 34. Rc3 Kd7 35. Rc1 Re6 36. Rh1 Rh6 37. Kg3 Kd6 38. Rc1 Kd7 39. Rh1 Ke6 40.
Kf2 Kd7 41. g3 Kd6 {The force of an outside passed pawn matched by the enemy
king's activity. In the long run, Black's outside passed h-pawn could become
dangerous. Therefore White decides to force the events on this side of the
board before it becomes too late. Die Kraft eines Randfreibauern, aufgewogen
durch die Aktivitдt des feindlichen Kцnigs. Langfristig kцnnte der freie
h-Bauer des Schwarzen gefдhrlich werden. Daher beschlieЯt WeiЯ, die Ereignisse
auf dieser Brettseite zu forcierten, bevor es zu spдt ist.} 42. f4 (42. g4 h4
43. f4 {is another way of reaching the game position. fьhrt ebenfalls zur
Partiestellung.}) 42... gxf4 (42... g4 {is bad because it blocks the position
in a favorable way for White. At least two ways lead to Rome here: ist
schlecht, da die Stellung auf gьnstige Weise fьr WeiЯ blockiert wird.
Mindestens zwei Wege fьhren hier nach Rom:} 43. f5 (43. Re1 h4 44. gxh4 Rxh4
45. Kg3 Rh3+ 46. Kxg4 Rxb3 47. f5 Rb4 48. f6 Rxd4+ 49. Kf5 Rd2 (49... Re4 50.
Rxe4 dxe4 51. Kg6 $18) 50. f7 Rf2+ 51. Kg6 Rg2+ 52. Kh7 Rh2+ 53. Kg8 Rg2+ 54.
Kf8 Kd7 (54... d4 55. Ke8 Rf2 56. f8=Q+ Rxf8+ 57. Kxf8 Kc5 58. Rb1 d3 59. Rb5+
Kd4 60. Rxb6 d2 61. Rd6+ Kc3 62. Ke7 $18) (54... Rc2 55. Rg1 Rf2 56. Kg7 Kc5
57. Rg6 b5 58. axb5 Kxb5 59. Rf6 Rg2+ 60. Kh6 Rh2+ 61. Kg5 Rh8 62. f8=Q Rxf8
63. Rxf8 $18) 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. Re5 Rd2 (56... d4 57. Rd5+ $18) 57. Kg7 (57. Rf5
$5) 57... Rg2+ 58. Kf6 Rf2+ 59. Ke6 d4 60. Rd5+ Kc7 61. Rf5 $18) 43... Rh8 (
43... Ke7 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kf4 Rh8 46. Rc1 h4 47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. gxh4 Rxh4 49. Kg5
) 44. Ke3 Re8+ 45. Kf4 (45. Kd3 Rh8) 45... Re4+ 46. Kg5 Rxd4 47. f6 Rd3 48. f7
Ke7 49. Kg6 $18) 43. g4 $1 {An interesting way of changing the character of
the position. Ein interessanter Weg, den Charakter der Stellung zu verдndern.}
({Nach} 43. gxf4 h4 {leaves White with serious problems, because the h-pawn is
more dangerous than the f-pawn. hat WeiЯ ernste Probleme, da der h-Bauer
gefдhrlicher ist als der f-Bauer.} 44. Kf3 (44. f5 Ke7 45. Re1+ Kf6 46. Re6+ (
46. Re5 Rh5 {is similar ist дhnlich}) 46... Kg5 47. Re5 Rf6 {and White is in
trouble because the pawn ending arising after und WeiЯ ist in Schwierigkeiten,
denn das Bauernendspiel nach} 48. Rxd5 Rxf5+ 49. Rxf5+ Kxf5 {is hopeless for
him. ist hoffnungslos fьr ihn.}) (44. Rh3 Ke6 45. Kf3 Kf5) 44... Ke6 45. Kg4
Rg6+ $1 {followed by Kf5 nebst}) 43... h4 44. Kf3 {Black's material advantage
is only temporary. White's main achievement compared with the previous line is
that his passed pawn is one file further from the center and from the opposite
wing. Der schwarze Materialvorteil ist nur vorьbergehend. Die wichtigste
Errungenschaft des WeiЯen im Vergleich zum Abspiel oben besteht darin, dass
sein Freibauer ein Feld weiter vom Zentrum und vom anderen Flьgel entfernt ist.
} h3 $2 {A fatal mistake, exposing too much Black's pride, the h-pawn. Correct
would have been Ein fataler Fehler, der den ganzen Stolz des Schwarzen, den
h-Bauern, zu sehr exponiert. Korrekt gewesen wдre} (44... Ke6 45. Kxf4 Rh8 (
45... Kf6 $4 46. g5+) 46. g5 (46. Re1+ $2 Kf6 47. g5+ Kg6 48. Re6+ Kh5 $17) (
46. Rh3 $2 Kf6 47. g5+ Kg6 48. Kg4 Re8 $1 49. Rxh4 Re4+ 50. Kg3 Kxg5 $1 $17) (
46. Kg5 Rg8+ 47. Kf4 $11) (46. Rh2 Kf6 47. Rc2 h3 48. Kg3 Kg5 49. Rh2 Rh4 $17)
46... h3 47. Kg3 Kf5 (47... h2 48. Rxh2 Rxh2 49. Kxh2 Kf5 50. Kg2 Kxg5 51. Kg3)
48. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Kxg5 50. Kg3 $11 {with a draw mit Remis.}) 45. Kxf4 h2
46. Kg3 Re6 47. Rxh2 Re4 48. Rh6+ Kc7 49. g5 Rxd4 50. g6 {Although Black has
re-established material equality, parts are completely reversed now. It is
White who has an outside passed pawn. Obwohl Schwarz das materielle
Gleichgewicht wiederhergestellt hat, sind die Rollen jetzt vollkommen
vertauscht. Es ist WeiЯ, der einen entfernten Freibauern besitzt.} Rd3+ 51. Kf4
Rd1 52. Rh3 Rf1+ 53. Rf3 Re1 54. g7 Re8 55. Rg3 {Once the rook has taken its
place behind the pawn, things are easy. Nachdem der Turm erstmal seinen Platz
hinter dem Bauern eingenommen hat, ist der Rest einfach.} Rg8 56. Ke5 Kc6 57.
Kd4 Kd6 58. Rg6+ Ke7 59. Kxd5 Kf7 60. Rg3 Rd8+ 61. Kc6 Kg8 62. Kxb6 Rd5 63. Rc3
Kxg7 64. Rc5 Rd3 65. Rb5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 15th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2014.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Black "Videnova, Iva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 $5 {This is a very aggressive
way to avoid the Grьnfeld. Such an attacking player as Kurt Richter even used
it against the father of the opening!} O-O ({In my opinion not castling is
even worse:} 5... Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c5 7. e3 (7. dxc5 {Finkel,A: 'The whole line is
quite harmless for Black, so this move is not an exception.'} Qa5 8. e3 (8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. e3 Bg4 11. Be2 (11. Qf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. h4 Nh5
14. Qg5 e6 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. f4 Qe7 $13 {Boguszlavszkij,J-Gyorkos,L/Hungary 2002}
) 11... O-O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d4 {Black is trying to simplify the
position by initiating multiple trades.} 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qe3 Ne6 (15... Rd7
16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 h5 18. g3 Ne6 19. Qxc5+ Nxc5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Re1 $11)
16. Qxc5+ Nxc5 {White is better at the end of this line after b2-b4. Stocek,J 
(2552)-Jansa,V (2477)/Karlovy Vary 2004}) 8... Qxc5 (8... Bf5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Nge2 Qxc5 12. O-O O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Cech,P-Klima,L/Czechia 1999/
EXT 2000 (12)}) 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bb5 Ne4 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 e5 {Black has obtained very good counterplay, Koneru,H 
(2618)-Lei,T (2232)/China 2013}) 7... Nc6 (7... Qb6 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10.
Be2 O-O-O 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Kb8 $11 {Davie,
A-Corden,M/Coventry 1970}) (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Qb6 11.
O-O O-O-O 12. Qe3 e6 13. a4 $14 {Sulava,N-Duda,R/Metz 2000}) 8. O-O-O Qa5 (8...
cxd4 9. exd4 Qd6 10. f3 a6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nc1 Na5 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. axb3 b5 16. Bd3 {Black is suffering without castling, Jobava,B (2713)-Van
Wely,L (2654)/Dubai 2014}) 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. Be2 a6
13. h3 {with a slight advantage, Prins,L-Petrosian,T/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999}) 6.
Bxg7 (6. f3 c5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. e3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. g4 Rc8 11. Nge2 b5 12.
Nxb5 Qb6 13. Nf4 c4 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. b3 cxb3 16. cxb3 Rfc8 17. Kb1 {The
compensation for the pawn is not sufficient, Fridman,D (2616)-Miton,K (2603)/
Poznan 2014}) 6... Kxg7 7. O-O-O (7. Nf3 Nbd7 (7... b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. h4 h5
10. Ne5 c5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 Rh8 13. f4 e6 14. Kb1 Ne7 15. g4 hxg4 16. Nxg4
Nf5 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. h5 {with the initiative, Ponomariov,R (2744)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)/Moscow 2010}) 8. g4 $6 (8. Qf4 $142 Nb6 9. e3) 8...
Nb6 9. Ne5 (9. g5 Ne4 10. Qf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd6) 9... Nxg4 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. f3
Be6 12. e3 c6 13. h4 Qd6 14. O-O-O h5 15. Bd3 Rh8 {White's attack can not be a
problem for Black. Richter,K-Gruenfeld,E/Berlin 1928/EXT 1999 (32)}) 7... c6 {
Диаграмма [#]} ({Very sharp attack is more in place here} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Qa5
9. Nxd5 Qxa2 10. Qc3 Qa1+ 11. Kd2 Qa4 12. f3 Be6 13. e4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 15.
Nh3 Rac8 16. b3 Qh4 {This position is absolutely crazy, Cabrera,A (2523)
-Dvirnyy,D (2574)/Barbera del Valles ESP 2014}) ({Another try was} 7... Nc6 8.
e3 a6 9. Nge2 b5) 8. h4 ({A very logical line was} 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. h4 Ne4 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Qd5 14. b3) 8... Qd6 9. f3 ({
There was an interesting pawn sac here} 9. e4 dxe4 10. h5 Bf5 11. hxg6 Bxg6 12.
Nge2) 9... Nh5 (9... b5 {was wrong:} 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qe6 13.
exf6+ Qxf6 14. h5) 10. e4 dxe4 (10... Qf4 {was better:} 11. exd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2
Ng3 13. Rh2 Rd8 14. Bd3 cxd5 15. Nge2 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 Nc6) 11. g4 $6 ({It was
possible to keep a slight advantage in the endgame:} 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Ne2 Qxd2+
13. Rxd2) 11... Ng3 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 h5 {
After forced exchanges the position offers White a clear attacking plan.} 16.
e5 Qd5 ({The position was very dangerous after} 16... Qe6 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Nf4
Qf5 19. Rdf1) 17. Kb1 c5 {Black tries to obtain counterplay, but her
development is not sufficient.} 18. Nf4 $1 Qxd4 ({White had a very strong
initiative after} 18... Qc4 19. b3 Qb5 20. d5) 19. Nxh5+ $1 Kh7 20. Qg5 f6 21.
exf6 exf6 22. Qg2 Nc6 {Black decided to sacrifice the queen.} ({There was a
terrifying attack after} 22... Qb4 23. Rhe1 Nc6 24. Re4 Qb6 25. Rd7+) 23. Rxd4
cxd4 24. Rg1 Ne5 25. Qxb7+ Kh6 26. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 $6 {Weird stuff in my opinion, but
Nakamura has already played it before, and not without success.} ({If White is
looking for some creative play, then} 4. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4] is more promising.})
4... c5 (4... h6 5. Bh4 e6 (5... c5 {is more challenging.}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4
Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4
13. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 (52) Nakamura,H (2784)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rg1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.
Re1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49) Nakamura,H (2775)-Ponomariov,R (2742) Thessaloniki
2013}) 5. O-O-O {Castling to the queenside on move five, that's really rare!} (
5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Qxd4 dxe4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. O-O-O Bxb5 10.
Nxb5 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. Nxa7 e5 $1 13. Nxc8 exd4 $15) 6... e5 7. Qa4 d4 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qa3 Be7 11. Qxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 $15 {0-1 (47)
Karagiannis,A (2387)-Banikas,H (2548) Ermioni Argolidas 2005}) 5... c4 $1 {
To close the centre is a committal decision, but Karjakin knows what he is
doing.} 6. Qg3 Qa5 7. e4 b5 $1 {Boldly continuing the offensive on the
queenside. The threat of b5-b4 is very unpleasant.} 8. Kb1 (8. e5 b4 $1 9. exf6
gxf6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nb6 $15) 8... dxe4 {Now Black can take, as the Pc4
is now protected.} (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. f3 Bb7 11. d5 e3 12. d6 Qb6 13.
Qe1 e6 14. Bxe3 Qa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Bg3 Qc6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Zoll,D (2218)-Eilmes,D (2247) ICCF email 2011}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 (9...
Nxf6 $6 10. Qe5 a6 11. Bxc4 {is a trick Black shouldn't overlook.}) 10. Nxe4
Bb7 11. Nc5 $5 (11. d5 f5 $15) (11. Qe3 {was more solid, but Nakamura went for
the more adventurous idea.}) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5 Rc8 {Now White must develop
some initiative, as it's clear that he is going to lose the Pc5.} 13. Be2 Qc7 (
13... Rxc5 14. Bf3 (14. Qb8+ $2 {is not frightening.} Bc8 15. Bg4 e6 $17) 14...
Qc7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh3 $44 {It's not easy for Black to complete his
development, the king is stuck in the centre.}) 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 $2 (16. gxf3 $1 {was the only way to justify White's previous play. He is
in no position to worry about the structure, but must open the g-file.} O-O 17.
Ne2 Qxc5 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. Rg4 Rfd8 20. Qg3 Bh6 21. Qh3 $11) 16... e6 17. Rhe1
O-O $17 18. Rd4 {Now it takes more time to bring the rook to the g-file.} Qxc5
19. Rg4 Rfd8 $6 (19... f5 $6 {would allow a nice practical chance:} 20. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 21. Ng5 Qxf2 (21... h6 $2 22. Qg3 $1 Kf6 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6 25.
Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxh6 $44) (21... Rh8 $2 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qf6 Qc7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6
25. Re3 $16) 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Rd6+ Kc7 {The king
escapes, but to calculate all this is quite a task!}) (19... h5 $1 {was the
most precise.} 20. Rd4 (20. Rh4 c3 21. Rxh5 Qb4 $19) 20... Rfd8 $19) 20. Qh6
Qf8 21. Qxf6 Kh8 22. Qf4 {White has got back the pawn, but is still in serious
trouble. The powerful bishop both protects the black king and attacks its
counterpart. The same can't be said about White's knight.} Rd5 (22... c3 23.
Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 cxb2 25. Rxb5 {with chances to survive.}) 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Qe3
Rd8 (24... c3 {was called for, but Sergey is handling it very positionally.})
25. Rh4 Kg8 26. Rg4 (26. Nxh7 Qd6 {The knight can't cause any damage, while
Black's threats prevail.}) (26. Nf3 {would be the lesser evil, but still not
much of a hope for White.}) 26... h5 27. Re4 Qb4 28. c3 Bxc3 $1 {Winning a
pawn and forcing simplifications.} 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rxg5 31. g3 Kg7 32.
Kc2 Rd3 33. f4 Rgd5 {Black has a pawn and domination.} 34. R1e2 Kf6 35. a4 a6
36. Rf2 Kf5 $6 (36... h4 {was a quicker way, ruining White's structure.}) 37.
Re5+ $1 {That's the best chance, though insufficient.} Rxe5 ({Why not} 37...
Kg4 {?}) 38. fxe5+ {Now Black has to go back with the king, which will make
the winning process way longer.} Kg6 39. a5 {This pawn will be White's last
hope.} Rd5 40. Re2 Kf5 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re4 $6 (43. Rf2 $1 {
would repeat the position after move 39 and force Karjakin to show some
technique.} Re3 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. Rd6 (45. Rf2+ Kxe5 46. Rxf7 Re2+ 47. Kb1 Ke4 {
[%cal Ge4d3]} 48. Rd7 Rxh2 49. Rd6 e5 50. Rxa6 Kd3 $19) 45... Ke4 ({I don't
see a clear win for Black after} 45... Re2+ $6 46. Kb1 Kxe5 47. Rxa6) 46. Rxa6
Re2+ 47. Kb1 Kd3 48. Rb6 b4 $1 49. Rxb4 Rxe5 50. Ra4 Kxc3 51. Ka2 $1 Kd3 52. a6
c3 53. a7 c2 54. a8=Q c1=Q 55. Qa6+ Ke3 $19) 43... Rf3 $19 44. Rd4 (44. Re2 Kf5
{Now White doesn't have the check from f2 anymore.} 45. Kb2 Rf1 46. Kc2 Kg4 47.
Re4+ Kf3 48. Rf4+ Kg2 49. Rh4 Rf5 50. g4 hxg4 51. Rxg4+ Kf3 $19) 44... Rf2+ 45.
Kb1 Rxh2 46. Rd6 Rg2 {Black is in time to capture most of White's remaining
pawns.} 47. Rxa6 Rxg3 48. Kb2 b4 $1 49. cxb4 Rb3+ 50. Ka2 Rxb4 51. Ka3 Rb5 52.
Ka4 (52. Ra8 c3 53. a6 c2 54. Rc8 Ra5+ $19) 52... Rc5 $1 53. Rb6 c3 54. Rb1 c2
55. Rc1 h4 56. a6 {The race is in full swing, but Black is two pawns up!} h3
57. a7 Rc8 58. Kb5 (58. Rxc2 Rxc2 59. a8=Q Ra2+ $19) 58... h2 59. Kb6 (59. Rxc2
h1=Q 60. Rxc8 Qb7+ $19) 59... Rh8 60. Rh1 Kf5 (60... Kf5 61. Kb7 Kxe5 62. a8=Q
Rxa8 63. Kxa8 Kd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 {L'attaque Veressov йgalement connue en France sous
le nom d'attaque Betbeder, du nom de l'ancien joueur du Championnat de France}
Bf5 (3... Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxe4) (3... e6 4. e4 dxe4 5.
Nxe4 {Retombe sur les lignes de la Franзaise}) 4. Bxf6 (4. f3) 4... exf6 5. e4
$5 (5. e3 $142 {plus courant et e4 doit retomber dans les lignes du douteux
gambit DIEMER}) 5... dxe4 6. Qe2 (6. f3) (6. g4) 6... c6 7. O-O-O Bb4 8. g4 (8.
Nxe4 O-O $132 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 8... Bc8 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Qb5+
Nc6 11. Qxb7 Rc8 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxc8+ Ke7 15. Qc7+ Qd7 16.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Ne2 e3 19. fxe3 Rxe3 20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Nf4 Ne7 22. h3
g6 23. Bf1 {Gashimov,V (2579)-Mamedov,R (2330)/Nakhchivan 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 
(52)}) 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. f4 f5 $1 {Le dйbut d'une sйrie d'йchange qui vont
favoriser les noirs car l'indien va garder une mauvaise structure.} 11. gxf5
Bxf5 12. Bh3 Qh4 $1 (12... Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8) 13. Qf2 (13. Bxf5 Qxf4+ {[%cal
Gf4c1,Gf4f5]}) 13... Qxf2 14. Nxf2 Bxh3 15. Ngxh3 {[%csl Rf4]} Nd7 16. c3 Be7 (
16... Bd6 17. d5) 17. Rhe1 (17. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 17... Rfe8 18. Re2 Bf8 19.
Rde1 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 f5 21. Kd2 Nf6 (21... Kf7 22. Ng5+) 22. Ke3 (22. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd3e5]} Ne4+) 22... Re8+ 23. Kf3 Rxe2 24. Kxe2 Bd6 $15 {La finale est un
peu meilleure pour les noirs qui un meilleur B pour attaquer la faiblesse "f4"}
25. Kf3 h6 26. Nd3 Ng4 27. Kg2 Kf7 28. Nhf2 Ke6 29. h3 (29. Nxg4 $2 fxg4 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge6f5]} 30. Kg3 Kf5 $17) 29... Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Kd5 {[%cal Gd5e4]}
31. Ke3 g5 $1 32. b3 b5 33. fxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Gf5]} 34. Nb2 Bf8 35. c4+ Kd6 36.
Nd3 Bg7 37. Nf2 bxc4 38. bxc4 Kc7 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4][%cal Gc7a5,Ga5a3,Ga5b4]} 39.
Kd3 Kd6 40. Nd1 Ke6 41. Ne3 Bf8 42. Nc2 Be7 43. Ke3 Bd6 44. Ne1 Kf6 45. Nd3 a5
46. Kf3 Bb8 47. a4 Bd6 48. Ke3 g4 {Une derniиre tentative pour essayer de
forcer le gain mais les blancs tiennent la nulle et restent en course pour une
norme.} 49. hxg4 fxg4 50. Ke4 Kg5 51. Ne1 Kh4 52. Ng2+ Kh3 53. Ne3 Bf8 54. c5
g3 55. d5 Bxc5 56. dxc6 Bb6 57. Kf3 Bd8 58. Ng2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 {L'attaque Veresov} Nbd7 4. Qd2 (4. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]
} c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 $1 {[%cal Gd8a5,Ga5g5];Berges,D (2292)-Primel,D
Rohde op Sautron 2001 (5) 1/2}) (4. Qd3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} h6 5. Bh4 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5
$132) (4. Nf3) 4... h6 $5 ({RR} 4... e6 5. f3 h6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. e4
dxe4 9. fxe4 O-O 10. Nf3 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qb6
15. O-O-O Bd7 16. g4 Bc6 17. Rdf1 Rac8 18. g5 Ne4 19. Qe3 {Sagalchik,G (2487)
-Macieja,B (2633)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1 (46)}) 5. Bf4 {
Temps de reflexion (+ l'incrйment de 30s)1h30} (5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 (6. e3) 6...
Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Ge4d2]} 7. Bxd8 Nxd2 8. Bxc7 Nxf1 9. Kxf1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6+ 11.
Nce2 Be7 12. f3 {[%cal Gf1f2]} O-O (12... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 13. Kf2 Rfc8 14.
c3 Bd3 15. Bd2 b5 16. a4 a6 17. a5 b4 18. Ke3 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bh7 {Pruess,D 
(2394)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2425)/Berkley 2005/CBM 107/0-1 (72)}) 5... c6 {1h32}
(5... a6 $1 {Les blancs sont actuellement en crise aprиs cette suite} 6. O-O-O
{Peut-кtre trop ambitieux et le plan f3e4 semble plus solide} (6. f3 e6 7. e4
dxe4 8. fxe4 Bb4 $1 9. Bd3) 6... e6 7. f3 b5 $1 8. g4 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4]} 9. e3
Bb7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bd3 c5 $132 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nge2 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gd1h1]} Nfd7
$17 {Un trйs fort coup positionnel: les noirs anticipent la poussйe g4g5 tout
en ramenant une piиce supplйmentaire en soutien а l'attaque des noirs а
l'aile-dame}) 6. O-O-O $5 $146 ({RR} 6. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Nh5 $1 7. Be5 (7. Be3
e5 8. g4 Nhf6 9. O-O-O $11) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 g5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. e3 Qc7 11. g4
Ng7 12. h4 Qxe5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Be2 Qe5 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. f5 Bd7
18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Ne8 20. Nfg5 hxg5 {Boidman,Y (2420)-Hanko,P (2175)/
Prievidza 1997/EXT 1999/1-0 (58)}) 6... b5 $1 {Les noirs lancent en premier
l'attaque de marйe de P sur les ailes opposйes.} 7. Nf3 b4 8. Nb1 Ne4 9. Qe1 g5
10. Be3 {1h28} a5 {L'attaque noire semble plus rapide} 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5
13. Nbd2 f6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 {1h13} Nb6 {le russe semblait кtre surpris
par la nouveautй car il a dйpensй pas mal de temps dans l'ouverture.} 16. f3
Qd5 17. b3 (17. Kb1 Be6 $36 {[%csl Ra2]}) 17... a4 $1 {Le sacrifice donne
beaucoup de jeu а l'aile-dame} (17... exf3) 18. fxe4 {1h13} Qa5 $36 {[%csl Rc1]
32mns} 19. Nb1 axb3 20. cxb3 f5 21. Rd2 {44mns} fxe4 {29mns} 22. Rc2 Nd5 23.
Qf2 Bg7 24. Bxg5 {35mns} e3 $1 {14mns} (24... Rf8 $143 25. Qh4 {[%cal Gh4h5]})
25. Bxe3 Rf8 $1 26. Qg3 Bf5 $40 27. Rb2 Rd8 $2 {Ratant le gain en fort zeinot}
(27... Rf7 {[%cal Gf7g7]} 28. Bf2 (28. Nd2 $2 Nc3 {[%csl Ra2]}) 28... Bxb1 29.
Rxb1 Qxa2 $19) 28. Bf2 {22mns} Nc3 {01 minute!!} 29. Qxg7 Bxb1 30. Rh8 {12mns}
Rxh8 {environ 30s pour jouer 10 coups!} 31. Qxh8+ {10mns} Kf7 32. Qh6 Qf5 $1 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf5b1] Un superbe coup de dйfense jouй avec une poignйe de
secondes. La Q defend le B tout en controlant des cases de dйfenses de son K}
33. e3 {05 mns} Nxa2+ $1 34. Rxa2 {02mns} Bxa2 35. Bc4+ e6 36. Qf4 Bb1 37. Qc7+
{01mn} Kg6 38. Qg3+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. Qg3+ Kf7 {[%mdl 8] les noirs ont
rйussi а jouer les 40 coups!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 Qd7 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Ng3 Bg6 8.
h4 h6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Qg4 12. Qe2 Rg8 13. Qxg4+ Rxg4 14.
Rh2 e6 15. Nh5 Bd6 16. g3 f5 17. Ne2 Ne7 18. Nhf4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rhh1 Nc6
21. Kb1 d4 22. Nd3 Bb6 23. f3 Rgg8 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rg4 26. Nf2 Rg7 27. Nd3
Bc7 28. Rdf1 Ne5 29. Rf6 Ng4 30. Rf3 Ne3 31. a3 f5 32. exf5 Nxf5 33. Nc5 Re8
34. Rd1 Nxg3 35. Nxd4 Rge7 36. Ndxe6 Be5 37. Re3 Bf4 38. Rf3 Be5 39. Rd5 Bb8
40. Rc3 Ne2 41. Rc4 {[#]} b6 (41... Bc7) 42. Na6+ Kb7 43. Nd8+ Ka8 44. Rc8 (44.
Rc8 Rb7 (44... Rxd8 45. Rcxd8 Rb7 46. Rh8 {/\ Rd4-d8xb8}) 45. Rxb8+ Rxb8 46.
Nc7#) 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:15"]
[BlackClock "0:28:06"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (3... Nbd7) (3...
Bf5) 4. e4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} (4... dxe4 $143 5. d5 {
Un gambit Albin avec couleurs inversées}) 5. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} dxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (6. d5 Qb6 7. Ne2 Qxb2 $13) 6... Qa5+
{[%emt 0:03:15]} (6... Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Bd7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f3 Bf5 10. c3 e6 11. Bb5
Be7 12. f4 Rd8 13. Ne2 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Kd7 15. Kc1 Kc7 16. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 (16)
Hauser,J (2377)-Mut Company,G (2290) ICCF email 2012}) 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:35][%csl Rd8]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
9. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:00] Le plus simple pour freiner
l'initiative des Blancs} 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Rd4 $146 {[%emt 0:
01:11]} (11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Ne2 e6 13. Rd4 f5 14. Rhd1 Be7 15. Rc4 Bd7 16. Nd4
Rc8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxa7 Kf7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rd7 Rhd8 21. Rcd4 Ke8 22.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bc5 Bc7 24. h3 g5 25. Kd1 h5 26. Ke2 g4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Einarsson,
E (2085)-Van der Weide,K (2450) Reykjavik 1998}) (11. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3,Gc3e4]}
Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Bxe2 $44 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3][%cal Ge2b5]}) 11... f5 {[%emt 0:
02:05]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:00:12] Joué à tempo mais c'est un peu trop lent} (12.
Bb5+ Nc6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Rd2 (14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ng3 e6 $15) 14... e6 (14... a6)
15. Rhd1) 12... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd7 $132 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 15. fxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Rc8 $1 $132 {[%emt 0:00:33][%csl Ra4,Rb5]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:02]} b5
$1 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 17. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:09][%csl Rc1]
[%cal Gb4a6,Gb4c2,Gc8c2]} 18. Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Nxc2 $40 {[%emt 0:00:51]
[%cal Gc8c1,Gc2e3]} 19. Bf2 {[%emt 0:44:22]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 20. Rxd7 {
[%emt 0:07:46] L'ouverture a mal tourné pour le MI qui est contraint de
pêcher en eaux troubles mais à part la paire de B, il n'a pas beaucoup de
compensations} (20. Kb1 Bf5 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 20... Kxd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 21.
Bxb5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 22. Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} (22... Ra8 23. Bc4+) 23. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (23. Kb1) 23...
Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 24. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:35]} g6 {[%emt 0:13:20][%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gf8g7]} 25. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:21][%csl Gc1]} (25...
Bg7 26. Rc1) 26. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 27. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:08:03]} 28. Bg4+ {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29.
Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. Na4 $6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} (30.
Nxe4 $142 Rc4 31. Bf3 Kd7 {[%cal Gh8c8]} (31... Rf8) 32. Rd1+ Rd4 33. Nc5+)
30... Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 31. Rd1 $44 {[%emt 0:02:37][%csl Gg4,Rh8][%cal
Gg4d7] Tant que les Noirs n'ont pas le temps de développer la Rh8, les Blancs
ont des petites compensations et le B de cases Blanches est très fort} Nd3 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rf8 $1 $17 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 34. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} exd3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 35. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. b3 {[%emt 0:00:44]
[%csl Ga3,Gb3]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 37. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 38. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Re3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 39. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rd5
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 40. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00][%cal Gb3b4]} e5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]
[%cal Ge5e4,Gd5d1]} 41. Nc1 {[%emt 0:07:11]} Rc5+ $1 {[%emt 0:08:57] Bloque le
K Blanc à l'aile-dame et la poussée de la majorité va être difficile à
réaliser} (41... Rxd1 $143 42. Kxd1 $13 {[%csl Ga3,Gb3]}) 42. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Rec3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 43. Be1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Rc2 $40 {[%emt 0:00:37]
[%csl Rb1,Rg2]} 44. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:23][%cal Ge1b4]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:23][%cal
Gc2g2]} 45. Rd2 {[%emt 0:05:11]} R2c3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 46. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:29]}
(46. Kb2 $2 e4 {[%cal Gg7b2,Ge4d3]}) 46... Rxb3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 47. Ka2 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb7 $19 {[%emt 0:00:25][%csl Ra2][%cal Gc8c2,Ge5e4]} 48. Nb4 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 49. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} e3 {[%emt 0:04:43]
} 50. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} 52. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 53. Bb4 {[%emt 0:
01:50]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} (53... Kd8 54. Bxc5 Rxc5 55. Nb4) (53... Bxb4 {
Plus rapide}) 54. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Nxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 56. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
36]} 57. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 58. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc3
{[%emt 0:00:13]} 59. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 60. Nc2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 61. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 62. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 63. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rf1
{[%emt 0:01:07]} 64. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 65. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 66. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rb5+ {[%emt 0:02:37]} 67.
Ka2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 68. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 69. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 70. Kb3 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 72.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 73. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Re4 {
[%emt 0:02:09]} 74. Nh2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Ree3 $19 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 75. Rb5+ {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 76. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re4 {[%emt 0:03:
05]} 77. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 78. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:51]}
Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 79. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 80. Kb3 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 81. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest Electrica"]
[BlackTeam "Victoria Techirghiol"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 (4. f3 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Bxf6
exf6 (7... Nxf6 8. Qxd4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O-O Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Qxd4 12. Rxd4
e5 13. Rc4 Rd8 14. fxe4 a6 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Rd1 Ke7 $15 {0-1
Lauritsen,N-Atlas,V/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (60)}) 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 dxe4 10. Nxe4
O-O 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Qe3
Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Vargas,O-Lautier,J/
Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 (18)}) (4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 a6 6. a3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. e3 e6
9. f4 Rg8 $6 (9... Be7 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 gxf4 12. exf4 c5 13.
O-O cxd4 14. Ne2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Nxd4 h5 (16... Ne3 17. Qh5 Nxf1 18. Rxf1
Qd7 19. Bh4 $40 {[%cal Gf1f6,Gf6e6]} Bg7 $4 20. Rxf7 Qxf7 21. Bg6) 17. Qf3 Qe7
18. h3 Bh6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 $18 {1-0 Drazic,S-Nevednichy,V/Ulcinj 1998/
EXT 99 (38)}) 4... c6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {Good profylactic
move.Sometimes white B has to escape to h2.} Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. Qd2 (9. a4 {
Preventing b5 or b6.} b6 $6 10. a5 $14) 9... b5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4,Gf6e4]} (9...
e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 (12. e4 $2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 $19) 12...
Re8 13. Rad1 $11) 10. a3 Bb7 $11 {The position is equal.White has a slightly
better chances,because of unworking B on b7.} 11. Bf4 {[%csl Re5] Taking care
of important e5 square and removing the B to more active place.} a6 {[%cal
Gc6c5]} 12. b4 $1 {Now B on b7 is out of the game for a while and white can
use some weaknesses on black's queenside.} a5 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gd7b6]} 13. Ne5 (13.
Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2c1,Gc1b3,Gb3c5,Gb3a5]} axb4 (13... Nb6 $6 14. bxa5 Nc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Ge5c4,Ga3a4]}) 14. axb4 Nb6 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16.
Qc1 Nc4 17. Ra1 Qc8 18. Ra7 $36) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf8 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gd7b6]}
15. e4 Qb6 (15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f6 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Nc5
Bc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8f5,Ge7e5]}) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Bf4 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5
20. Be3 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7,Rc6]}) 16. Rab1 (16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. a4 $5 axb4 20. axb5 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf7f6]})
16... axb4 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 axb4 19. axb4 f6 20. Bf4 Red8 {
[%cal Ge7e5]} 21. Be3 e5 {[%cal Gf6f5,Gf5f4]} 22. dxe5 $8 Rxd2 23. Bxb6 fxe5
24. Be3 Rdd8 25. c3 Ra3 26. Rbd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8,Ge3c5]}) 17.
axb4 Ra3 18. Rfe1 {White is still slightly better,but black plays correct and
doesn't let white to larger his advantage.} Rd8 {[%cal Gf6d7] Now white is
forced to releaze the pressure in the center.} 19. exd5 Nxd5 $11 20. Ne2 (20.
Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qe2 {[%csl Rb5]} Bc6 $11) 20... Bc8 $6 {[%cal Gc8e6] Black
removes finally his B to more active place,but might have been better first to
play 20...Rda8 to take control over a-file.} (20... Rda8 $142) 21. c3 (21. Ra1
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 $14) 21... Be6 22. Rec1 {[%cal Gc3c4]} f6 23. Bg3 Bf7 24. c4 {
White is looking for any chances to complicate the game.} bxc4 25. Bxc4 Ra4 26.
Nc3 (26. b5 cxb5 27. Rxb5 Qa7 $11) 26... Nxc3 $6 {Move which gives white
winning chances in the ending.} (26... Ra3 $142 27. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Ge4c5]}) 27.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxc3 Kg7 (28... e6 29. b5 c5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Rd1+ 32.
Rxd1 Qxc5 33. b6 $18) 29. b5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf8] Finally white finds some
winning resources,he is winning an exchange,but still it is not to break the
black defence.} cxb5 (29... Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rdxd4 31. bxc6 $18) 30. Bc7 Qxd4 31.
Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Rxb5 {White has exchange for pawn.It gives him good chances,but
he must be carefull of unneeded exchanges.He should leave all the pieces in
the game,every piece which will be exchanged larges black's hopes for draw.
Let see what white's plan should be: 1.To activate the rooks, putting one of
them on e6 and the second on e1 so black's B won't be in the game. 2.Always to
threat the sacrafise on e7,so black Q or R or both will have to defend it.3.
Bring the Q also attack e7 square 4. After all black pieces will be busy with
defending, push one pawn h or f to weaken the black K castle.Another plan is
to defend from exchanging the rooks and then to try to bring both rooks or R+Q
to eight rank.} Rd4 {With "hidden" idea to change the rooks.} 33. Rc5 $2 (33.
Rbb1 $1 {Was the best try.}) (33. Qf3 Rd3 34. Qg4 Rd4 {And white can't prevent
exchanging one R.}) 33... Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. g3 Qb6 {Now
white is not capble of winning the ending with queens on the board,because
black Q will always attack the white pawns on kingside.} 37. Kg2 Qb7+ 38. Qf3
Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 {Now black is out of danger.White can't break the black castle.}
Kf7 {[%cal Gf8h6,Gh6c1,Gc1a3]} 40. Ke4 h5 41. Rc8 (41. f4 {Not letting black
to activate the B.} Bh6 $6 (41... f5+ $1 42. Kd5 Bh6 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 43. h4 Bg7
44. Kc6 Bb2 45. Kd7 Ba3 46. Re5 Bb4 $11) 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 {Giving white
small chances.}) 41... Bh6 42. h4 (42. Rc2 $142 {Was better.White is not
letting black B to take good position and now white can push the K to d7.} Ke6
43. Re2 Bg7 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 42... Bd2 {Now black defending easily his only
weakness on e7.} 43. Kd5 Be1 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3,Rh4] Unluckily for white his
pawns placed on dark squares,what gives black more defending resources.} 44.
Rc2 Bb4 {Important to keep white K not to enter e6 square.} (44... Ke8 $2 45.
Ke6) 45. Kc6 Ke8 46. Ra2 Be1 47. Kc7 Bc3 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Kd7 {White has
reached the best setup for his pieces,more than that he can't get It finds out
as not enough for victory.} Bd4 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3,Rh4]} 50. Ra2 Bc5 51. Rc2 Bb4
52. Re2 Bd6 53. Re6 {White is trying something or waiting for black's mistake,
but the position is already drawn.} Bc5 54. f3 f5 55. Re2 Bd6 56. Rg2 Bc5 57.
Re2 Bd6 58. f4 Bc5 59. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Ragozin-Ilyin Zhenevsky +6-4=4"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "Ragozin,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1929.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Beilin: Izbrannyie partii Ragozina [Ragozin]. p.24} d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Bg5 c5 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 e5 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. e3 Be6 10.
Bb5 Bd6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f4 e4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Ba4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7 Nxc2
17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qxf5 Nxe3 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Qf7 (20. f5 Bc5 (20... Bxh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Ng4 23. Qd6 $1 $18) (20... Nxf1) 21. f6 Nxf1+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ $1
23. hxg3 d4 24. fxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Qd7+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ $11) 20... Qf8 21.
Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qd7 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Kf2 Kg8 27.
Ke3 Kf7 28. Bd4 g5 29. Bxa7 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Ke6 31. Bd4 Rg8 32. g4 Bd6+ 33. Ke3
Rxg4 34. a4 Bxh2 35. a5 Bg1+ 36. Rxg1 Rxg1 37. a6 h5 38. a7 Rg8 39. b4 h4 40.
b5 h3 41. Be5 Kxe5 42. b6 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg HSK Elo op 4th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lindinger, Markus"]
[Black "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Reddmann,H"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Bg6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O h6 8.
Bh4 e6 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Qe1 Ng5 {Um e6 zusдtzlich zu schьtzen, das war
vielleicht etwas zu hyperfein.} 11. Nh3 Bd6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Qe3 Be7 14. Nf4 Bh7
15. d5 e5 16. Ne6 {Mit diesem kleinen Schwindel kommt WeiЯ doch noch zu etwas
Kompensation fьr den Bauern.} Nxe6 17. dxe6 Bxh4 18. Kb1 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20.
Rxd7 Qf6 21. Bb3 Qc6 {Im folgenden stellt Schwarz den Mehrbauern wieder ein,
fьr Aktivitдt.} 22. Rhd1 Qxg2 23. Qxe5 Bf6 24. Qxc7 Rab8 25. R7d2 Qg5 26. Nd5
Be5 27. Qc4 Rbc8 28. Qe2 Bg6 {Na klasse. Einmal nicht aufgepaЯt, Partie kaputt.
} 29. h4 Qg3 30. Ne7 Rc5 (30... Bf4 {hielt vielleicht noch. Falls 30...Re8, 31.
Qxe5.}) 31. Rd8 Be8 32. h5 Kh7 33. Qe4+ g6 34. Nxg6 Bxg6 35. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Agzamov Memorial 09th"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2015.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmirzaev, Bakhodir"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 (3... c5 $5 4. Bxf6 (4. Nf3 Ne4 $1 $36) (4. e4
$5 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qxe4
Bf5 $146 11. Qc4 e5 $132) (4. e3 Nc6) 4... gxf6 5. e4 (5. e3) 5... dxe4 6. dxc5
Qa5 7. Qd5 a6 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bc4 Bh6+ (9... e6 $146) (9... Be6 10. Qxe4 f5 11.
Qe2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qb3 Nd4 15. Qxb5+ axb5 $11 {...1/2,
Goldin,A - Khalifman,A (Kiev, 1984)}) 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Qxe4 Qxc5 12. Nf3 Bf5 13.
Qh4 Rad8 {...0-1, Rapport,R - Bachmann,A (Zalakaros, 2014)}) 4. Nf3 e6 (4... h6
$5 {the idea of 4...-h6 is obviously not to allow e4 in future, however now
White can step the Bishop on f4} 5. Bf4 (5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 $2 g5 $15) 5... e6 6.
Nb5 (6. e3 Bb4 7. a3 $146 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. c4 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qa4) 6... Bb4+ 7.
c3 Ba5) 5. e4 h6 6. Bxf6 ({CTR7} 6. Bh4) 6... Nxf6 7. e5 Ne4 $5 (7... Nd7 8.
Ne2 c5 9. c3 Be7 10. a3 {...1/2, Vallejo Pons,F - Sargissian,G (Ohrid, 2009)})
8. Nxe4 $2 (8. Qd3 $8 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 $36) 8... dxe4
$17 {[%emt 0:00:08] Black's got fantastically big advantage already on move} 9.
Ng1 c5 $6 {not prepared. White's life gets a bit easier after it} (9... Bd7 $1
$146 {not giving a chance to develop the Bishop with tempo} 10. Qe2 c5 11. Qxe4
Qa5+ 12. c3 Bc6 $17) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c3 $2 Rd8 $6 {why to slow
down?!} ({After normal} 12... cxd4 {Black's very big chances to win a game in
10 moves} 13. Qxd4 (13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. Ne2 f6 $17) 13... Qc6 $17)
13. Ne2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Qxd4 Qc6) 14... Bc5 15. Nb3 Qxd1+ $6 {
simplification, is what White was aiming for} (15... Qc6 $5 16. Qe2 Rd5 17. O-O
Rxe5 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Nc4 Rd5 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 $15 {
Black has a lasting advantage, thanks to activity of pieces} (22... exd5 {
is not winning a piece due to} 23. Qe5 $11)) 16. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Bxf2 18.
Rf1 e3 {Black has won a pawn, however it costed them the loss of conjunction
between pieces} 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Nc5 {from now on, it was impossible to convert
the minimal material advantage into something special} Rd8 21. Nd3 Rd5 22. a4
Ra5 23. Ra1 Ra6 24. a5 Rc6 25. Nb4 Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc4 27. Ra3 Kd7 28. Ra1 h5 29.
h3 g5 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. b3 Rc8 32. c4 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Rh1 g3 35. Rh4 b6 36.
a6 b5 37. Rd4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Kd7 40. Nc5+ Kc6 41. Ne4 Kb6 42. Nd6
Kxa6 43. Nxf7 Kb6 44. Nd8 Kc5 45. Nxe6+ Kxc4 46. Nd4 Kd5 47. e6 Kd6 48. Nb5+
Kxe6 49. Nxa7 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{This game is highly unusual and shows perfectly how Richard Rapport likes to
play.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompowsky!} d5 3. e3 $5 {He doesn't really want
to take on f6 and play the Trompowsky, maybe he would like to play the Torre?!}
c5 4. Nc3 $5 {Veresov?!!} e6 5. Nf3 {This my dear friends is no opening system.
It's just a cocktail of all the respectable opening lines to create an unusual
variation.} Nc6 6. a3 $5 {For normal people like me this move would mean
playing dxc5 followed by b4. But on Planet Rapport it means creating a square
on a2 for your c3-knight!} Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Be7 {Black has a
very comfortable position out of the opening, but then Richie never really
tried for an opening advantage, did he?} 10. e4 d4 11. Na2 $5 {See how the
move a2-a3 was useful!} (11. Ne2 e5 $11 {is a perfectly fine position for
Black.}) 11... e5 (11... a5 {trying to stop Nb4 is met with} 12. e5 $1 Nd5 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc1 $14 {and White is clearly better as the d4-square is quite
weak.}) 12. Nb4 Nd7 (12... Nxb4 13. axb4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Be6 $11 {was a much
better way to play.}) 13. Bd2 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd6 $11 {Black has no
real problems in this position.}) 13... a5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4
Bb7 17. Qe2 Qb6 (17... c5 18. b5 Qc7 $11 {and Black cannot be really worse
here.}) 18. c3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxb4 21. Rb1 c5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23.
Bxe5 $11 {The last few moves have been pretty normal, nothing unusual. The
position is round about equal. The pawn on c5 is pretty much the imbalancing
feature in the position. It could either be a weakness or a strength. But
overall if the pawn doesn't exist the the 4 vs 3 on the kingside will be
nearly impossible to win. Hence, this position should surely not be anything
much for White.} Re8 {.} 24. Ba1 Qe6 $6 {The start of a wrong plan. Look how
White slowly strengthens his position move by move as Black struggles to find
a plan.} (24... Bc8 $1 {Re-routing the bishop to e6 looks quite good.} 25. Bc4
Be6 26. f3 Qd6 27. Qb2 f6 $11) (24... c4 $2 25. Qb2 $18) 25. f3 Ra8 26. Bc4 Ba6
{Getting into a tactical melee against Rapport is not such a great idea.} (
26... Qe7 27. Qb2 Qf8 28. Rd1 $14 {Just shows how White has improved his
position and Black has not been able to do much.}) 27. Qb2 $1 {Threatening a
mate on g7.} Qg6 28. Qa2 $1 {The bishop on a6 is pinned and there's pressure
on the f7-pawn. Meanwhile the bishop on b4 is currently completely out of the
game.} Bb7 29. Rd1 $1 {Back rank weakness reminder.} h6 30. Qb2 {Rd7 is quite
a deadly threat now.} Bc6 {.} 31. Qe5 $1 {Basically there is no real threat in
this position, but the black pieces are just so badly tied down. The queen has
to defend g7, the bishop on c6 has taken care of a rook invasion on d7 and the
bishop on b4 is practically out of the game. The rook on a8 looks free to move,
but what can a lone man do!} Kh7 32. h4 $1 {With the deadly threat of h5 Qg5
Bxf7.} f6 33. Qc7 $1 Be8 34. Be6 {Bf5 is a monsterous threat.} Kh8 35. Qb7 Ra3
36. Qe7 $1 {The check on f8 cannot be prevented. What a game by Rapport!
Unusual opening, creative middlegame play and then razor sharp calculation to
finish off the game! He is truly a great player.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 (4... exf6 {-mainline}) 5. e3 e6 6.
Bd3 Bg6 (6... Bxd3 $11) 7. f4 ({Also in some games played} 7. Nge2 $11 {
-nothing interesting...}) 7... c5 $6 $146 (7... Bxd3 $142 $5 8. cxd3 c6 (8...
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. d4 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh4 f5 14. Qh5 Kh8 15.
Rf3 Rg8 16. Rh3 Rg7 $132 {0-1 Marjasin-Cherepkov,A/Minsk 1981/ (38)}) 9. Nf3
Nd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rb1 Qe7 $11 {1-0 Marjasin-Klowan,J/Minsk 1976/ (35)}) (7...
c6 $6 8. f5 $5 exf5 9. Qf3 Bh6 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. h4
$14 {1-0 Spal,M-Hostinsky Jiri/Czech League 1995 (25)}) (7... Nc6 8. a3 Qd7 9.
Qf3 O-O-O 10. Nge2 f5 11. b4 f6 12. O-O Bd6 $132 {1-0 Shtyrenkov,V-Walek,M/
Pardubice ,EXT 1995/(34)}) (7... f5 $142 $5 8. Nf3 Bh5 {See comments to the
game 0-1 Maryasin,B-Tyomkin,D/Tel-Aviv 1999/CBM 71/[Tyomkin,D] (52)} (8... c5
9. O-O (9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 {[%cal Gf7f6] /\f6}) 9... Nc6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11.
Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd4 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 13. Ne2 Qxb2 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bg7
16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Ng3 O-O $17 {0-1 Buhmann-Komljenovic,D/St.Ingbert 1987/EXT 97 
(22)})) 8. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Good standard in this variation P sacrifice} exf5
9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Qd7 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 (11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Kd1 Bh6 13.
Nxf6+ Kf8 $15) 11... Bb4 12. Bxf5 (12. O-O Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxd4 (13... O-O 14.
Qxd5 Nxd4 15. Qxb7 $14) 14. Rae1+ Kf8 15. Qxd5 (15. Qf2 Nc6 16. Qc5+ Ne7 17.
Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxe7+ Kg7 $44) 15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Rd8 17. Ne3 Rg8 18. c3 Nf3+
19. Rxf3 Rxd3 20. Rf2 $14) 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 $14) 11. O-O (11. Nxd5 $5 Bg7 (
11... O-O-O 12. Nxf6 Qe6 13. d5 Qxf6 14. dxc6 $14) 12. c4 $14) 11... O-O-O $2
$16 (11... Rd8 $142 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Bh6 $14) 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Nb4
(13... Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Rxf6 Bg7 16. Rf7 Bh6 17. Rf3 $16) 14. Qf2 (14.
Qxf6 Be7 15. Qf2 Nxc2 16. Rac1 $16) 14... Nxc2 (14... Bh6 15. Nf4 (15. Nd1 Rhe8
16. Ng3 $16 {[%csl Rf5,Rf6,Rf7]}) 15... cxd4 16. exd4 $16) 15. Rac1 Nb4 16. Nf4
$5 (16. Qxf6 $144 Rg8 17. dxc5 Qe6 18. Qxe6+ fxe6 19. Nf4 Kd7 20. a3 Nc6 21. b4
$16) 16... cxd4 17. exd4 Kb8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nfxd5 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7] White have
returned a material and have advantage.} Qg4 {[%csl Rd4]} (19... Qd6 $16) 20.
Rcd1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd1d4]} Bh6 $2 $18 (20... Bg7 21. b4 $16) 21. Rfe1 $2 $16
({Why not} 21. Nxf6 $1 Qg6 22. d5 $18) 21... f5 22. b4 f4 $1 (22... Rd6 $2 23.
h3 Qg5 24. b5 Nd8 25. Re5 Re6 (25... Rg8 26. Ne7 $18) 26. Rxf5 Qg6 27. g4 $1
$18 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gf2g3,Gf2h2,Gh2b8]}) 23. b5 Na5 24. Rd3 Qf5 (24... Nc4 $5
$16) 25. Rh3 Bg7 26. Rh5 $1 Qg6 (26... Qxh5 $2 27. Qxf4+ $18) 27. Qxf4+ Qd6 28.
Qf2 Nb3 $2 $18 (28... Nc4 $142 29. b6 a6 (29... axb6 30. Nb5 Qg6 31. Rf5 $16)
30. Rf5 $16) 29. Rh4 Rc8 (29... Qg6 30. h3 h5 31. Rhe4 $18) 30. Qxf7 $4 $132 {
[%mdl 8192]} (30. Rd1 $18) 30... Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32. Re7 {1-0 ??} ({After} 
32. Re7 Ka8 $8 {the position is equal:} 33. Nc7+ Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rf8 35. Qd7 {
[%tqu "En","?","","","f8f1","",10]} Rf1+ $3 36. Kxf1 Qf4+ 37. Ke1 Qe3+ 38. Kf1
(38. Kd1 $4 Qd3+ 39. Ke1 Nc2+ 40. Kf2 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qe1#) 38... Qf4+ 39. Kg1
Qe3+ $11) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. f4 f5 $5 {
Bg6 is not worse than his opponent.On the other hand Bg6 has h5-d1 diagonal
after development of Ng1.} (7... Bxd3 8. cxd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. d4 Bb4 11.
Nf3 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Maryasin,B-Cherepkov,A/Minsk 1981/MCD (38)}) (7... Nc6 $6 8.
a3 Qd7 9. Qf3 O-O-O 10. Nge2 f5 11. b4 f6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Na4 Ne7 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. bxc5 $16 {[%csl Rc8] 1-0 Shtyrenkov,V-Walek,M/Pardubice ,EXT 1995 (34)}) 8.
Nf3 Bh5 $146 (8... c5 9. O-O (9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 {[%cal Gf7f6] /\f6}) 9...
Nc6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd4 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 13. Ne2 Qxb2 14.
c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bg7 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Ng3 O-O $17 {0-1 Buhmann-Komljenovic,D/St.
Ingbert 1987/EXT 97 (22)}) 9. Be2 {White looks for exchange for this bishop.}
Nd7 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 $11) 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxe5
12. dxe5 (12. fxe5 {[%cal Re2b5] /\Qb5} a6 (12... c6 13. Qh5 $1 {Otherwise
black would play Qg5.} (13. O-O-O Qg5 $1) 13... Rg8 $1 {and black looks
perfect in this position.}) (12... Bh6 13. O-O-O Qg5 14. Rhe1 Rg8 15. g3 Qg4
16. Qf2 $14 {[%cal Gc3e2] /\Ne2 Black doesn't have active moves anymore.}) 13.
O-O-O Qg5 $11 {The importence of this move you can see from next variation:} (
13... Bb4 14. g4 $1 {By such way white would undermine blacks better structure.
} (14. Nb1 $11) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 fxg4 16. Qxg4 f5 (16... Qe7 17. Rdf1 O-O-O
18. Qh5 $16 {[%csl Rf7] xf7}) 17. exf6 (17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Qxh7 Qe7 $11) (17. Qh5+
Kd7 $15) 17... Qxf6 18. Rdf1 Qg6 19. Qh4 $16 Rg8 (19... Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.
Rf1+ $16) 20. Rf6 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. Rxe6+ $16)) 12... a6 {I wanted to keep
to myself an opportunity to move pawn-c7 to c5(and then probably c5-c4).} (
12... c6 13. O-O-O Bb4 $15) 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. e4 $6 {[%mdl 576] This
move-beginning of sharp complications. White is going to sacrifice a piece(Nc3)
for 2pawns,recieving in addition the attack on blacks king.} ({The other ways
for white to play in this position are quiter:} 14. Qd3 c5 15. Ne2 c4 16. Qd4
Qa5 17. a3 Bc5 18. Qd2 Qc7 (18... c3 $2 19. Nxc3 Bxa3 20. Nxd5 $1) 19. Nd4 b5
20. c3 Qb6 21. Qc2 a5 22. Kd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Ra1 Kd7 $17 25. Nxf5 $140 (
25. Rhb1 $140 b3 {[%cal Ga8a2] /\Ra2}) 25... b3) ({or:} 14. Nb1 $15 {[%cal
Gc2c3] /\c3}) 14... Bxc3 15. exd5 {[%mdl 576]} Bb4 16. dxe6 (16. a3 Bc5 {
just improves bishop's placement.}) 16... Qe7 17. exf7+ Qxf7 18. e6 Qf6 {
During the game I supposed that black can hold on the defence in this position
and I was right about it.} 19. Rd7 Bd6 20. g3 O-O 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Rf7 Qg6 23.
Qc4 b5 (23... Rd8 $5 24. Rxc7 b5 $1 (24... Bxc7 25. e7+ Qf7 26. Qxc7 $18)) (
23... Rc8 24. Rd7 Kh8 $140 25. Qc3+ Qf6 $140 $2 26. Qxf6+ Rxf6 27. e7 $18 {
[%cal Rd7d8]}) 24. Qd5 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Qc6 Rd8 (26... Bd6 $17) 27. Qxc7 (
27. Qxa6 Qf6 28. Qxb5 Qd4 $17) 27... Qf6 28. c3 b4 29. Kc2 (29. Re5 Qf8 $1 (
29... Bd6 $2 30. Rxf5 $1 {[%csl Rd8]}) 30. Qa5 bxc3 31. bxc3 Ba3+ 32. Kc2 Qd6
33. Kb3 Rb8+ 34. Kc4 (34. Ka4 Qd1+ $1) 34... Rc8+ 35. Kb3 Qd2 $1 $19) 29...
bxc3 30. bxc3 Rd6 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Re5 Qh6 33. h4 Qh5 $19 34. Re1 Qf3 35. Qc4
Qf2+ {Too softly .I could capture pawn-g3 without any danger,but in
time-pressure I didn't want to open lines opposite to my king.Text move forces
an ending which is easily winning for black.} (35... Qxg3 $142 {[%cal Gg3f2]})
36. Qe2 Qxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Kf6 (37... h5 $5) 38. h5 Rxe6 39. Rg2 Kf7 {[%cal Ge6h6]
/\Rh6 Increasing power of the rook.} 40. Kd3 Rh6 41. Rh2 Rd6+ 42. Ke3 Re6+ 43.
Kd3 Re1 44. Rb2 {There are too many weak pawns of white,and with the following
move white brings out the rook hoping to get some counterplay.} Rg1 45. Rb6
Rxg3+ 46. Kc4 Rg4 47. Rxa6 Rxf4+ 48. Kd5 Rf1 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4,Yf1e1] Black
moves the rook to the right direction-there is no way for white to stop passed
f-pawn now.} 49. c4 f4 50. Ke4 f3 51. Ra5 f2 52. Kf3 Bh4 0-1