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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД D41

Коды ЭШД

D38 D39 D40

D41

D42 D43 D44

D41

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Ферзевый гамбит. Улучшенная защита Тарраша: с 5 cxd5
EN: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5

Ходы

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Кc3 Кf6 4. Кf3 c5 5. c:d5

Дебюты

Ферзевый гамбит , Отказанный ферзевый гамбит

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bb6 (12... Qe7 13. Bc3 Rd8
14. e3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Be4 16. Re1 Bb6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Nd2 Bg6 20. Qg4
Re8 21. Bg2 Rd7 22. h4 Qf7 23. Nf3 Rde7 24. Rcd1 {1/2-1/2 Agdestein,S-Alburt,L/
Taxco izt 1985/IZT (38)}) (12... Be6 13. e3 Qb6 14. Rc1 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. b4
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bd6 18. a3 Rf7 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qa5 Rd7
23. Bf4 Qd3 24. Bc7 {1-0 Chernin,A-Dlugy,M/Tunis izt 1985/IZT (43)}) 13. b4 {
A fashionable continuation, but I am sure, it doesn't produce any real
troubles for black.} (13. a4 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. e3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Be4 17. Rfd1 Kh8
18. Bc3 Qc8 19. a5 Ba7 20. b5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Bb8 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Bb6 Bf8 24.
Rdc1 Qd7 25. Nd4 {1-0 Adorjan,A-Utasi,T/Szirak 1985/MCD-r8 (33)}) (13. Bc3 Bg4
14. h3 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. e3 Qd7 18. Bc3 Rad8 19. Qh5 Bg6 20.
Qg4 Bf5 21. Qh5 Bg6 22. Qg4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Lombardy,W-Weinstein,N/USA-ch
Pasadena 1978/MCD-ch}) (13. Qb3 Re8 14. e3 Be6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Qh4
Bf5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Be4 20. Bh3 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qa4 22. Rfd1 Qb4 23. Qf4
Qxb2 24. Qc7 Qe2 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 {Beckhuis,G-Farago,I/
Muenster op 1996/EXP 55/0-1 (51)}) (13. e3 Bf5 14. Bc3 Be4 15. Bh3 Qe7 16. Bd4
Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bxb6 Bf3 19. Qb3 axb6 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Kh8 23. Rfd1 {Bern,I-Butnorius,A/Oslo-B 1992/EXP 28/0-1 (54)}) 13... Be6 {
[%mdl 2052]} 14. b5 Ne5 15. Bc3 {Another way} (15. Bb4 Re8 16. Nd4 Bf7 {
[%csl Gc4] And black has a good counterplay.}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. a4
Rfc8 {Black has good position, and maybe he can start to think about more than
draw.} (17... Rac8 $5 18. Qd2 d4 19. Bb2 Rfd8 {But the position is still equal.
}) 18. Qd2 Rc4 (18... d4 $5 19. Bb2 Bd5) 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Bb2 {This move
forced the draw. Maybe stronger was} (20. e3 $5) 20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.
Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wu, Shaobin"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nf6 (7...
Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 $14) 11. O-O
O-O (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 (13... Qxd2 14. Nxc6 Bd7 15. Rad1 {
and 16.Rxd7}) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5) 12. Rb1 $5 (12. e3 $1) (12. Bc3 $1) 12...
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Qc5 15. Qxc5 (15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qxd7 Rad8 $10) (15.
Qe4 Qa3 16. Qc2 Qc5 $10) 15... Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Spassky,B/Moscow 1966/
MainBase/[Bulletin] (15)}) (7... Nb6 8. e3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11.
Kxd1 O-O 12. Ke2 Nc4 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 Na5 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. Bxc6
Nxc6 18. Ne4 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Chandler,M/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26 (35)}) 8. e3 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. a3 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Ng5 g6 14. b4 Bb6
15. Nge4 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rac8 19. Qe4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 {
1-0 Flohr,S-Lengyel,L/Balatonfured 1960/EXT 98 (38)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 $6 {
Only help for black to finish development .Much better seems} (11. exd4 $1 Qb6
12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. b4 a6 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qa7 17. Kh1 h6 18. Ne4
Bd7 19. g4 e5 20. g5 exd4 21. exd4 Bf5 22. gxh6 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Lalic,B/
Sarajevo 1985/MCD (33)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Qb3 $16) 12.
Qe2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qa5 $132 {[%csl Gf3,Gg2,Gh3,Yh5][%cal
Ra5h5,Gf8d8]}) 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Bc6 $15 {[%csl Rd4] Now white should think
about quality,because they has no real compensation for the isoliated pawn on
"d4"} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be3 Rd6 19.
Rac1 Rad8 20. Qc2 h6 {[%mdl 16]} (20... h5 21. Qc5) 21. Rd2 (21. b4 Qb5 (21...
Qxa3 $2 22. Ra1)) 21... e5 (21... Qh5 $5 $15 {[%cal Gh5f3]}) 22. Qc3 $1 {
[%mdl 256] Only by tactics white achive exchanging of many pieces and drawing
prospects.} Qxc3 (22... Qb5 $5 23. dxe5 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxe5 25. Qa5 $8) 23. bxc3
a5 24. Rb2 a4 25. Rb4 exd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rcc4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6]
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O e5 (12... Qf6 13. Rfd1
Rd8 14. Qe3 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Na5 18. Rc7 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6
20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Rc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxc8+ Rd8 23. Qf5 {0-1 Rotunno,E-Alekhine,A/
Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (55)}) (12... a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. Bxe6 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7
16. Qxd4 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Rff8 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Ng4 Bc8 21. Ne3 Be6 22.
Nd5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Trifunovic,P-Gilg,K/Prague 1937/HCL (83)}) (12... Na5 13. Bd3
b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qf4 Qa3 17. Rc7 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ng5 Rf8
20. Qg3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Corral,H-Bernstein,O/Montevideo 1954/MCL (29)}) 13. d5 Na5
14. Rac1 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} (14. Qb4 f6 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Nd2 Bd7 {'!?' Gurevich,
M.} (16... Rf7 $5 17. Bb5 (17. Rc3 Nb7 18. Bb5 Nc5 19. Bc6 Bb7 $13) (17. d6
Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Be6 19. Ne3 Rc8 $13) 17... Qf8 $6 (17... Bd7 $142 18. Ba6 Bc8 $13
) 18. a3 $6 (18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. Ba6 Ke7 21. Rac1 Kd6 22. f3 $14)
18... Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Kveinys,A/Bonn 1995/EXT 97/[Gurevich,M] (23)})
17. Ba6 Bc8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 f5 22. Qd3 Qd7 23.
f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rac8 25. h3 a5 26. Qa6 Rb8 27. Rc6 Qf7 28. Rf1 Qxf1+ 29. Qxf1
{1/2-1/2 Zagorskis,D-Kveinys,A/Bonn 1996/CBM 56 (35)}) (14. Be2 f6 15. Qb4 b6
16. Nd2 Nb7 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. a3 Nc5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. a4
Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Huzman,A-Kveinys,A/Vilnius 1995/CBM 50 ext (39)}) (14. Nxe5 Re8
15. Qd4 Rxe5 (15... Qb6 16. Qc3 Qc5 17. Rfc1 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 $16
Rxe4 20. Nd6 $18) 16. Qxe5 Nxc4 17. Qd4 b5 $5 (17... Nd6 18. e5 Nf5 19. Qe4 $14
) 18. a4 Nd6 $13 (18... Bd7 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Rxa7 $16)) 14... f6 15. Qb4 b6
16. d6+ {Not so easy to find any advantage and after normal,but} (16. Be2 Nb7
17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qc4 Ba6 20. Qc2 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rc8 22. Qd2 Bxe2 23.
Qxe2 $14 {White still has some advantage.}) 16... Nxc4 17. Qxc4+ Rf7 18. Rfd1
Qe8 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (18... Bd7) 19. Qb4 Be6 20. a4 Rd7 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Nf1 Qd8
23. Rxc8 (23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. a5 $11 (24. Ne3 Qc6 25. f3 Rd8 $15)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qf4 Qf6 (13...
Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ne7 (14... Qf6 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Na5 18. Ne5 Rc7
19. f4 Qe7 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Qc5 22. Kf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 f6 24. Nf3 {1-0
Quinteros,M-Pachman,L/Netanya 1983/MCL (58)}) 15. Rac1 Ng6 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. h4
Rfc8 18. h5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Qd8 20. h6 Ng6 21. Ng4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8
24. hxg7 {1-0 Lilienthal,A-Tylor,T/Hastings 1933/HCL (41)}) 14. Qe3 (14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. e5 (15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Ne7 19. Re3 Rc4
20. a3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rcxd4 23. Re1 Rd1 24. Kf1 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 exf5
26. Rxf5 {1/2-1/2 Wehmeier,S-Luther,T/Lippstadt 1997/CBM 59 ext (26)}) 15...
fxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Bd5 22. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-De Greiff,B/Munich 1958/MCD (22)}) 14... Nc6
15. Rad1 (15. Bb5 Rfd8 (15... Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19.
d5 exd5 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Be2 Kf8 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Ng3 {
1/2-1/2 Pomar Salamanca,A-Pachman,L/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (52)}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17.
Ne5 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Pomar Salamanca,A-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Leipzig 1960/EXT 99 (17)
}) 15... Rfd8 16. Rd2 Rdc8 17. Rfd1 {Looks dubious.White has clear advantage
in the centre,but they should play more active ,after} (17. d5 $1 exd5 18. exd5
Ne7 (18... Re8 19. dxc6 Rxe3 20. cxb7 $18) 19. d6 Nd5 20. Qe5 Rc5 (20... Qxe5
21. Nxe5) 21. d7 Qd8 $1 22. Qd6 Nf6 23. Rd4 Bd5 24. Rfd1 $1 $13 {White has a
very unpleasant pressure.}) 17... Nb4 {[%mdl 2048]} 18. Ne1 h6 19. f4 Rc7 20.
a3 Nc6 21. Nf3 Rac8 $15 {[%cal Gc6a5,Yc7c3]} 22. e5 Qe7 23. f5 Na5 24. f6 Qf8 {
[%mdl 256]} 25. h4 (25. fxg7 Qxg7 26. Ne1 Nc4 (26... Qg5) 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Qf2
$15) 25... Rc3 26. Qf4 Nb3 27. Rb2 Bd5 28. fxg7 Qxg7 $17 29. Rf1 Nc1 $1 {
Easy to see than black improve position and white has no attack.Clear position
advantage help for black  finish this game without problem.} 30. Ba6 Nd3 31.
Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Rbf2 Rxa3 33. Kh2 Rcc3 34. g4 Re3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64]} (34... Rxf3
35. Rxf3 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 $17) 35. Ng1 Re4 36. Qxf7+ Qxf7 37. Rxf7
Rxg4 {[%cal Gg4g2,Rg4h4]} 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. R1f7+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh5 41. Rxg4 Kxg4
42. Rf2 b5 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 {Jan plays a different opening against me everytime. He has
played the Alekhine ,Rauser,French,Pirc. I don't bother preparing for him
anymore!} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {I had lost against him with 3.e5 in the Immopar
trophy. He seemed comfortable with the resulting positions so I chose the
Panov.} cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6
(9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 {Is also playable but Jan wanted to enter the main line
}) 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... a6 11. Bb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bc2 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. h4 Qd5 {Matveeva-Anand Frunxe 1987! So though Jan's
planned idea is new I wasn't  completely taken aback}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7
13. h4 Qd5 $1 {Jan told me he had prepared this idea more than 10 years back
but couldn't remember his preparation!} (13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 $40 (
15. Re4 $1 $40 {Razuvaev}) (15. Re4 $1 $40 {Ftacnik})) (13... Bf6 14. Ng5 g6
15. Qg4 $40) 14. Rb1 {To be honest I hadn't worked out the complications after
14...Qa2 but I felt that White was not short of compensation.} (14. Ng5 {
Ftacnik} Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne7 $1) (14. c4 {Ftacnik} Qd6 15. d5 Nb4) 14... Rac8 (
14... Qxa2 {Show me!} 15. Rb5 Ba6 (15... Bf6 16. Ng5 $40) 16. Rb2 (16. Bb1 Qc4
$1 (16... Qa1 17. Rb2 {/\Qc2} (17. Bb2 Qxb1 18. Qxb1 Bxb5 19. Ba3 $1 $14) 17...
Qa5 18. Ra2 Qb5 19. Be4 $16) 17. Bd3 Qa2 $10 (17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3
$18)) 16... Qa5 (16... Qa1 17. Bb1 $16) 17. c4 $1 $44 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 b5
$13)) 15. Rb5 Qd6 16. d5 $2 {Completely unnecessary complications} (16. Ng5 {
More sensible} Bxg5 $8 (16... h6 17. Nh7 $40) (16... g6 $2 {and now it's
appropriate to quote Fine after 17.Nh7 - `combinations are as a baby's smile'})
17. Rxg5 f5 (17... Ne7 $4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bh6+
Kg8 22. Qg5+ Ng6 23. Qf6 $18) 18. Qa4 (18. Qb3 {Doesn't have the intented
effect because Black has a nice exchange `sac'} Na5 19. Ba3 Qd5 $1 20. Qxd5
Bxd5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 18... Rf6 $140 (18... Rfe8 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. d5 Qxd5 21.
Bc4 $36) 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. d5 $1 Qxd5 (20... exd5 21. Re7 Qxe7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23.
Qd7 $18) 21. Bc4 Qd7 22. Rxf5 $1 {This variation is not forced of course but
White seems to be better}) (16. Rh5 {I don't believe this move but it's worth
a laugh} g6 17. Rh6 Bf6 18. h5 Kg7 (18... Bg7 19. Rxh7 (19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh3)
19... Kxh7 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Bxg6 $40) 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 $13)
16... Ba6 $2 (16... exd5 $2 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. Rd7 $1 $18) (16... Rfd8 17. Ng5 $1
(17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bxb5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Bh6
Bf6 $10) 17... Bxg5 (17... h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxe6 $18) (17... g6 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. h5 $1 $40) 18. Bxg5 Ne7 (18... f6 19. Rxe6 $18) 19. dxe6
fxe6 (19... Qxd3 $2 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxb7 $18) (
19... f6 $2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qf7+ Kh7 23. Bxf6 $18) 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxe7 Rd5 $1 $14 {Black has good chances to hold}) (16...
Nd8 $1 17. c4 (17. dxe6 Nxe6 $15) (17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxc3 $1 $15 (18...
Bxd5 19. c4) (18... exd5 19. Be7)) 17... exd5 $1 (17... a6 $2 18. Rb3 exd5 19.
Ba3 $16) 18. cxd5 (18. Nd4 g6 19. Qg4 $140 h5 $1) 18... a6 19. Rb1 (19. Nd4 g6
20. Qg4 h5) (19. Nd4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bf4 $1 Qxf4
22. Qxd5 Rxa6 23. Rxe7 $10) 17. dxc6 Rfd8 (17... Rxc6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qc2 Bxb5
19. Bxb5 $16) 18. Qa4 $18 Qxd3 19. Qxa6 Rxc6 20. Be3 $1 $18 {In my match
against Karpov I would have had no difficulty in drawing this position but
this time I was more accurate!} (20. Bg5 f6 $16) (20. Ne5 Qxc3) (20. Ra5 Qxc3
21. Rae5) 20... Bf6 (20... Rxc3 {Leads to a curious echo of the game
continuation} 21. Ne5 Ra3 22. Qb7 Qxb5 23. Qxe7 $18) 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Rc3
23. a4 Ra3 24. Qxa7 $1 Qxb5 25. Qe7 {An odd occurence-forking two rooks.} (25.
Qe7 $1 {Ftacnik} Qd7 26. Qxa3) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {This game was played in the second round. In the first, I lost a
textbook game to Ding Liren and was extremely determined to bounce back.} Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {Kramnik is a great lover of solid systems as
Black. In recent times, he has started to play the Semi-Tarrasch Defence.} 5.
cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 {At the London Candidates, I tried 6.e3 against Vladimir.
After a poor experience, I decided not to repeat it.} Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {From the viewpoint of all we are taught as
youngsters, Black's play looks wrong - he has exchanged off his developed
pieces and conceded the centre. The idea of the line is that, despite his
relative passivity, Black has decent play, because White is not yet ready to
create a passed pawn with d5 since Black always obtains the c5-square for his
pieces.} 11. Rc1 {With this decision, White tries to delay the development of
his bishop and give Black the right to choose a plan.} b6 {The most natural.} (
{In the event of} 11... Nc6 12. Be2 {Black has to lose time to develop the
bishop to its "rightful" square on b7.}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 {In my
preparation, I thought the main move was 13...h6, so as not to commit the
knight yet. 13...Nc6 is also possible, and leads after 14.d5 to an interesting
position, the assessment of which will have to be decided after future games.}
14. Qe3 Rc8 ({After} 14... Nf6 15. Ne5 {followed by f3, White's advantage may
not be great, but is stable. After long thought, Vladimir allows me to advance
the typical e5.}) 15. e5 {Now White threatens to transfer his knight to d6.}
Bxf3 {My opponent used a lot of time on this important and interesting
decision.} 16. Qxf3 Qh4 {Black tries to develop harmoniously by tempo-gaining
play.} 17. Qe3 {After thinking for 30 minutes, I decided to follow an active
plan.} ({Of course, I wanted to drive the knight back to b8 with} 17. Bb5 {
, but I still do not know how then to continue to play for an advantage.})
17... Rfd8 {Now Black wants to quickly play Nf8-Ng6. It is interesting that
many computer programs want to play ...g6 as Black at various points,
completely depriving Black's previous play of any momentum.} 18. f4 {White's
main idea is to exchange his f-pawn for the e-pawn and obtain a passed d-pawn.
This is a very concrete idea, asociated with the temporarily bad position of
the enemy knight.} Nf8 {As my opponent correctly pointed out after the game,
the correct line was first to exchange on c1 and only then play Nf8. Now Black
falls into problems which are hard to resolve over the board.} 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. f5 exf5 {I thought Black's correct move was 20...Rd8, but I suspected my
opponent would seek a clearer way of playing.} ({After} 20... Rd8 {the cold}
21. Rf4 {is less effective, because with the subtle} Qg5 {with the idea} 22. h4
Qh6 {Black prevents the advance g4. I was prepared to fight for the advantage
with 21.Be4 although I realised that my task would be more complicated then.})
21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1 {As Vladimir admitted afterwards, he had underestimated
this move. Now White has a lasting advantage.} Ng6 23. Bxg6 {This decision may
not be strongest, but it is easy to understand from the practical viewpoint.
Because is there anything nicer in the world than to play a position, in which
the opponent has absolutely no counterplay?} hxg6 24. d5 Qc4 25. d6 Qe6 ({
Taking on a2 -} 25... Qxa2 {leads to a dangerous position after} 26. Qg5 f6 (
26... Rd7 {is bad because of} 27. Rc1) 27. exf6 Qf7 28. fxg7 {With such a king,
defending will be virtually impossible.}) 26. Qg3 {The position should be
winning for White, with best play. The main motif is the threat to exchange
queens.} b5 27. h3 {With this move, I set a small trap.} a6 ({Of course,
taking on a2 is bad for the same reason as before, but it is tempting to play} 
27... b4 {Then White has the strong idea} 28. Qg5 f6 29. exf6 Rxd6 30. f7+ $1 {
After} Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qxb4 {I thought it would be impossible to defend
such a position, with an exposed king on e7.}) 28. Qe3 {An impatient move.} ({
After} 28. Kh1 {or any other waiting move, Black is in zugzwang, since after}
Rd7 {there is} 29. Rc1 {and any other move so weakens Black's position, that
the realisation of White's advantage becomes easier.}) 28... Rd7 {Black
prepares to play f6. It cannot be played at once, because after 29.Qb6 the
a6-b5 pawns are attacked.} 29. Qc5 Kh7 $2 {A mistake.} ({The only chance to
continue the fight was} 29... f6 {But to play this, one must see what we both
missed! It turns out that after} 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Qc8+ {Black loses the
a6-pawn and after} Kg7 32. Qxa6 Qe2 ({But he has the amazing resource} 32...
Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qc5 {drawing, since the white queen is absolutely helpless and
the pawn on d6 is not going anywhere.}) 33. Rb1 {has a difficult ending.}) ({
After} 29... f6 {I would have had to play} 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Qc6 {with an
advantage which, with correct play, should not be enough to win.}) 30. Qd5 Qe8
{Of course, Black cannot exchange queens. Now only a miracle can save Black.}
31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rc6 {Defending against ...f6.} Qg5 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Rc5 {
Remarkable carelessness!} Qg3 {Thanks to my lapse, Black again has chances to
save the game!} ({After} 34... f6 35. e6 ({Probably he has to play} 35. Kh2
fxe5 36. Rxe5 Qf6 37. Rd5 {obtaining a position where it is hard to win.})
35... Qg3 {White cannot simultaneously defend the e6-pawn and d6 pawn.}) 35.
Qf2 {After the exchange of queens, the activity of the white king decides the
game.} Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f6 37. Rc6 {The attractive 37.Rc8 was also possible, but
as Tal once sadly pointed out, you only get one point for each victory.} fxe5
38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd5 {White also wins easily after 40.Ke5. The text
move seems more natural to me.} a5 41. Rc5 {White's position is so winning
that even such an expert at turning winning positions into draws as myself
cannot fail to win it.} b4 {The advance e5-e4 always fails to the rook
transfer to e7.} 42. Rxa5 Kf6 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Kc6 b3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Ra8 Rc3+
47. Kd7 e4 48. Rf8+ Kg5 49. Ke7 e3 50. d7 e2 51. d8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Kd6+ Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {Enough with the Slave Defence, let us try something
different.} 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {I had the feeling that it was time to
resurrect Semi-Tarrasch, an opening with which I was familiar from mid 80's.}
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 {Dashzheveg goes for the main line.} Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 $1 {
Dashzeveg who is an hard worker puts the right rook on d1.} Na5 $1 {d5 thrust
should not be allowed that easily.} 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. d5 $2 {Sharavdorj could
not hold his horses and flied at me at once. In the post-mortem he was trying
to explain that he new about Polugaevsky's game with Tal and could not
understand why things went wrong for him in our current encounter.} exd5 16. e5
Nc4 {I wanted to rush with this move} ({since after} 16... Qe7 17. Rfe1 Nc4 {
now he can go to the other square.} 18. Qe2 $44) (16... d4 $2 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18.
Qg5 f6 (18... Rae8 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Qg4 $18) 19. Qg4 Qxe5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Rfe1
$18) 17. Qf4 Qe7 $5 {I could say that there ain't no checkmate with the
immediate jump.} (17... Nb2 $1 {is possible in this position but looked risky
to me during the game.} 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg6 (19... Kh6 $4 20. Qh4+ Kg6
21. Qh7+ Kxg5 22. f4+ Kg4 23. Qh3#) (19... Kg8 $2 20. Qh4 Re8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22.
Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Rf8 24. Rd4 Nc4 25. e6 Qc7 26. Re1 $40) 20. h4 Qe7 $1 21.
Rde1 (21. Rd4 f5 (21... Nc4 22. h5+ Kh6 23. Ne6+ Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qf5 g6
26. hxg6 f6 (26... fxg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 30. Rg4+
Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Rg7 $18) 27. Nf7 Nxe5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Qh5 f5 30. Nxf5+
Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Qf6 $19) (21... Rh8 22. g4 Raf8 23. Rc1 f5 24. h5+ Kh6 25. Nf7+
Kh7 26. Nxh8 Kxh8 27. gxf5 Nc4 $17) (21... Rae8 22. h5+ Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24.
e6 Rxf7 25. exf7 Rf8 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. Rf4 Nc4 28. h6 gxh6 $19) 22. h5+ Kh6 23.
Ne6+ Kh7 24. Nxf8+ Rxf8 $19) (21. Rd2 $2 Nc4) (21. g4 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qc1
Rae8 24. f4 (24. Qb1+ Re4 $19) 24... Kh6 $1 25. f5 Rc8 26. Qf4 Qe7 $19) (21.
h5+ Kh6 22. Nxf7+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. e6 Rxf7 (24... Nxd1 $2 25. h6 Rxf7 26.
exf7+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Qf6 28. hxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qh5+ Qh7 30. Qe5+ Qg7 $11) 25. exf7+
Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 21... Nc4 $1 (21... f5 $2 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qg4 Bc8
24. Ne6+ Kh6 25. Qg5+ Qxg5 26. hxg5+ Kg6 27. Nxf8+ Kf7 28. Re2 Nc4 29. Rfe1
Kxf8 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rd8 b5 32. Rxd5 $40) (21... Ba6 $2 22. Re3 Bxf1 23. Rg3
Rg8 24. h5+ Kh6 25. Nxf7+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ g6 27. Qf4 $18) (21... Rac8 $2 22. Re3 (
22. g4 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. h5+ Kh6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 $19) 22... Rc4 23. h5+ Kh6 24.
Ne4+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kh8 26. Ng5 $18) (21... Rh8 $2 22. Re3 $1 (22. g4 $2 Raf8 23.
Qf5+ Kh6 24. e6 g6 25. Nxf7+ Kh7 26. Qf4 Kg8 27. h5 Nc4 $132) 22... Rh5 23. Rg3
Rxg5 24. Rxg5+ (24. hxg5 Nc4 $19) 24... Kh7 25. Qg4 Qf8 26. e6 Re8 27. Re1 (27.
exf7 Qxf7 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qh5+ Qh6 30. Qxe8 Bc6 31. Qe7+ $13) 27... g6) 22.
h5+ Kh6 23. Ne6+ (23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. e6 Qf6 $19) 23... Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Ng5
g6 26. hxg6 f6 27. g7 fxg5 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Qg6+ Qg7 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qh6
Qf5 32. e6 Re8 33. e7 Kf7 $19) 18. Ng5 $2 {A very bad jump.} (18. Rfe1 $2 Nb2
$1 {Now this move is very strong with the rook hit as well.} 19. Rd2 (19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Re3 (21. h4 Nxd1 22. h5+ (22. g4 f5 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Ne6+
Kh7 25. Nxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 22... Kh6 23. Ne6+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ g6 25. Ng5+ Kh6 $19)
21... Qxg5 22. Rg3 Qxg3 23. Qxg3+ Kh7 24. Rd4 Rac8 25. h3 Rc4 $19) 19... Nxd3
20. Rxd3 Rac8 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. Rg3 Bc8 $1 $17 {Doettling-Jussupow,French League
2004.}) 18... h6 $1 {When he played his move I have immediately calculated
till the rook ending, but I was not so sure if it was winning, so I had to go
back and analyse the other defence.} ({But} 18... g6 {would have given him
some play.} 19. Rde1 (19. Qh4 h5) 19... f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Nxh7
Kxh7 23. Re7+ Kh6 24. Rxb7 $13) 19. Nh7 Qxe5 $1 {Only move to keep the game
going but I have calculated this.} (19... Rfe8 $2 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxh6 f5 22.
Bxf5 f6 23. exf6 Qf7 24. Rd3 $18 {just simply wins.}) (19... Rfc8 $6 20. Nf6+
Kf8 21. Nh7+ Kg8 $11 (21... Ke8 $2 22. Qg4 $40)) 20. Qf3 $2 {And now
frustrated with the outcome of the opening the Mongolian GM simply gives the
fight up!} ({He had to go to the endgame with} 20. Qxe5 $8 Nxe5 21. Nxf8 Nxd3 (
21... Kxf8 22. Rfe1 Nd7 $15) 22. Rxd3 $8 (22. Ng6 $6 fxg6 23. Rxd3 Ba6 24. Rxd5
Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rc8 $17) (22. Nd7 $2 Ba6 $19) 22... Ba6 23. Rxd5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1
Kxf8 25. Rd7 $8 b5 (25... a6 $6 26. a4 $1 {Otherwise it is a transposition to
the main line.} Re8 27. Ra7 a5 28. Rb7 Re6 29. f3 g5 30. g4 $15) 26. Rb7 a6 27.
g4 $1 (27. Rb6 Ke7 $1 (27... Ra7 $2 28. Ke2 Ke7 (28... Re7+ $2 29. Kd3 Re6 30.
Rxe6 fxe6 31. Kd4 $11 {Black can not win the resulting pawn endgame.}) 29. Ke3
$1 Kd8 (29... Kd7 $2 30. Kd4 Kc7 31. Kc5 $11) 30. Kd4 Rd7+ 31. Kc3 Rd1 (31...
Re7 32. Rxa6 Re2 33. Rd6+ Kc7 34. Rd2 $11) 32. Rxa6 Rg1 33. Ra7 Ke8 34. g3 Rg2
35. Kb4 Rxh2 36. Kxb5 Rxf2 37. a4 Rg2 38. a5 Rxg3 39. a6 $11) 28. Ke2 Kd7 29.
Rb7+ Ke6 30. Rb6+ Kd5 31. Rb7 Kc4 32. Rxf7 Kc3 $19) 27... Re8 28. Ra7 Re6 29.
Kg2 Rc6 $3 {making him to push a3 which may be very important.} 30. h4 g5 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. a3 Kg7 33. f3 Kf6 34. Kg3 Ke6 $19) 20... Rfe8 $1 {trying to nip
white's counterplay from its bud.} (20... Rfc8 $6 21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Qf5 g6 23.
Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kf8 25. Qg4 d4 26. Ng3 $132) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxb7 {Now
black can capture Nh7 the way he wants to.} Qe4 {I did not mind about double
pawns and I wanted to push my c pawn as quick as possible.} (22... f5 23. Qa6
$1 $132) (22... Qe6 $142 $1 23. Rd7 a6 24. h3 Rac8 $19) (22... Kxh7 23. Qxf7
Qe6 24. Qb7 $132) 23. Nf6+ $1 {At least by this white also gives black a
weakness.} (23. Qc7 Kxh7 24. Qxf7 Re7 $19) 23... gxf6 24. Qc7 b5 $5 (24... Re5
25. Rd7 Rg5 26. g3 Rc5 27. Qd6 Kg7 $19) 25. Rd7 Qe6 $1 (25... Qe5 $6 26. Qb7 $1
{really annoyed me.} (26. Rxf7 $2 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rac8 $19)) 26. h3 Rec8 27. Qg3+
Kh8 $1 (27... Kh7 $2 28. Rfd1 c3 29. R1d6 {and my king is pinned.}) 28. Rfd1 (
28. Rd4 Qe5 $19) (28. Rb7 Qd5 $1 $19 {is an even better square.} (28... Qc6 $6
29. Rxf7 Rg8 30. Qh2)) 28... c3 29. R1d6 Qe5 $1 (29... Qe1+ $2 30. Kh2 Rg8 (
30... c2 $2 31. Qh4) 31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Rxf6 Qxf4+ 33. Rxf4 $132) (29... Qxd7 $2
30. Rxd7 c2 31. Rc7) 30. f4 (30. Qh4 Qg5 $1 $19 (30... c2 $2 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32.
Qc1)) 30... Qxd6 $1 {Everything got processed with a Swiss clock's precision.}
31. Rxd6 c2 32. Rxf6 $2 {This loses easily.} ({The only thing which bothered
me while he was still thinking for his move was} 32. Qh4 $142 c1=Q+ 33. Kh2 Kg8
$1 {I have to force him to take on f6 with the queen.} (33... Rc2 $4 34. Qxh6+
Kg8 35. Qxf6 Rc5 36. Rd3 $18) 34. Qxf6 Qe3 $1 (34... Rc5 $2 35. Rd3 $40) 35.
Qxh6 (35. Qh4 Rc1 36. Rxh6 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 Rc3+ 38. Kg4 Qxg2+ $19) 35... Rc5 $1 (
35... Rc4 $2 36. Qg5+ $11) 36. Qh4 Rac8 37. Rh6 {Now it is enough to set the
queen on the diagonal.} Qd4 $1 $19 ({or} 37... Qc3 $1 $19)) 32... c1=Q+ 33. Kh2
Rc6 34. Rxf7 {After this I was in between two moves.} Qc3 {looked simpler than
the other alternative.} (34... Rg8 35. Qd3 Rxg2+ (35... Rcg6 36. Qd4+ R8g7 37.
Rxg7 Rxg7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+) 36. Kxg2 Rc2+ (36... Qb2+ 37. Kf3 Rc3 $19) 37.
Kf3 Rc3 $19) 35. Qh4 Rg8 $19 36. Rc7 $5 Rxc7 (36... Qb2 $142 $1 $19 {would
have been cooler than what I have chosen.}) (36... Rxc7 37. Qxh6+ Rh7 $19 {
and since the a1-h8 diagonal is controlled my queen there is no draw!}) 0-1

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 (3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 (4... d5 5. d4) 5. d4 d5 {
is a more common way to reach the game continuation.}) 3... Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. Bg2
d5 5. cxd5 (5. d4 dxc4) 5... Nxd5 6. O-O (6. Nc3 e6) 6... e5 7. Nc3 Be6 {
brings a Reversed Maroczy Bind.}) 4... d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {Semi-Tarrasch.
} 7. Bg2 cxd4 $1 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. cxd4 $5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1
O-O 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. h4 Rb8) 10... Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 $1 {Much better} ({than} 
11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14) 12. e4 (12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Rb8 14.
Kd2 b6 15. Rhc1 Kd8 {Rubinstein-Tartakower, Karlsbad 1929 is the earliest
example of this very tabiya.}) (12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Bd7 14. Be3 a6 $132) 12...
Rb8 {Preparing to push b5.} (12... b6 13. e5 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rb8
16. Rhc1 Kd8 17. Rc3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rac1 Kd7 $14) (12... e5 $5) 13. e5
Be7 14. Bf4 $146 (14. Be3 b5 (14... b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rc8+ Bd8
18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rhc1 Re8 20. Kd3 Bc7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Ke4 f5+ $140 23. exf6
gxf6 24. d5 f5+ 25. Kd3 exd5 26. Kd4 $16) 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rc8+
Bd8 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Rhc1 Bb6 $132) (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 O-O $5) 14... b5 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. O-O Bxg2 (16... Kd7 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. e6+ fxe6 20. Rc7+
$1 (20. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8) 20... Ke8 {may still be OK but looks annoying over the
board.}) 17. Kxg2 Rb7 (17... Kd7 $5 18. d5 Rhc8 $1 19. d6 Bd8 20. Be3 f6 21. f4
Rc4 {looks unnecessarily risky.}) 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Rxd5 $11 {
Both sides have to be careful. White has the space, Black has the queenside
majority.} Ra8 (20... a5 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. Be3 a4 23. Bc5 $11) 21. Rb1 (21. Bd2
$142) 21... a6 $1 (21... b4 22. Ra5) 22. Be3 b4 23. Ra5 Rb5 (23... Bd8 {
may be more critical.} 24. Rd5 a5 25. Bc5 Rb5 26. Rbd1 Bc7 27. Be7 {and Black
can not push his pawns further.}) 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. Rb2 f6 $1 26. e6 (26. exf6
gxf6 {a2 is a liability for White}) 26... Ra6 27. Bd2 Rxe6 28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29.
Rxb4 Re5 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 $11 h5 32. h4 Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Rb7 Re4 35.
Kf3 Ra4 36. Rc7 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Ra7 f5 39. Ra6+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 {Bu hamle
Novosibirskli GM Vadim Ruban a ait.Nedense daha dogal olan 11...Vb6 ya bu
hamleyi tercih ediyorum.} 12. Ne1 {Bu hamleden sonra IM Kalinin beraberlik
teklif etti.Beyazlarla bir oyuncunun 12 hamle sonrasi bu teklifi yapmasi
oldukca ilginc.} (12. Qd3 {Tsesarsky} Re8 13. Rfd1 Bb6 14. Bf4 h6 15. Qb5 (15.
Rac1 $14) 15... Qe7 16. Qxd5 Qxe2 17. Rd2 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,
A/ISR-chT (Herzliya-Beer1) 1996 (22)}) (12. a3 {Tsesarsky} h6 13. b4 $5 {N} (
13. Bf4 {- 47/(513)}) 13... Bb6 $1 (13... Bxf2+ $2 14. Rxf2 hxg5 15. Nxg5) (
13... Bxb4 $6 14. Bxh6 $1 Bc3 15. Rc1 Bb2 16. Rc2 Bxa3 17. Bxg7 $16) 14. Bc1 $5
d4 (14... Rd8 $5 {/\ Qe7, Bf5}) 15. Ra2 Qd5 $1 (15... a5 $6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Rd2
$1 $16) 16. Rd2 Qc4 $1 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Qa1 (18. Qc1 Be6 $1 $10) 18... a5 $1 $8
{= Budnikov,A-Ruban,V/St.Petersburg (zt) 1993} (18... Bg4 $6 19. Rc1 Qb5 20.
Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe2 22. Qb2 $16) (18... a5 $1 $8 19. Rc1 Qa6 $1 20. b5 $1
Qxb5 21. Nxd4 $10)) 12... d4 (12... h6 {Tsesarsky} 13. Bd2 Bb6 14. Nd3 Qd6 15.
Bf4 Qf6 $1 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Kh1 (17. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 (17... Qxc6 18. Ne5 $16) 18.
Re1 $2 (18. Be5 Qf5 19. Rc1 (19. Re1 Rad8 20. Bf4 Qe4 $1 {[%cal Gg4h3]} 21. Bd2
Rxd3 22. exd3 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qd4+ 24. Be3 Qf6+ 25. Kg1 Bxd1 $19) 19... Rfe8 20.
Rc4 Rad8 21. Rf4 Qh5 22. Re4 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxe5 $19) (18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Be3 Bxe3
(19... Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Nf2 (21. Kf2 Re8 22. Ke1 Bxe3 23. Qc2 Bxe2 $19)
21... Rd8 22. Qc2 Qxe3 $17) 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. Rf4 Rad8 $11) 18... Rfe8 19. Rc1
Rad8 20. Qc2 g5 21. Be3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kg2 Bf5 24. h3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1
Qe6 $19) 17... Rad8 18. Bg2 (18. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 19. f3 Bh3 20. Re1 Bf2 21. Nxf2
Rxd1 22. Rexd1 Be6 $15) 18... Nb4 19. Qb3 Nxd3 20. exd3 Be2 21. Rfe1 Bxd3 22.
Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Ba6 24. Rf3 Qg6 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Rf4 Re2 27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Qc3
$2 (28. Qxe6 $2 fxe6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17) (28. Bf1 $1 Qxb3 29. axb3 Rxb2 30.
Bxa6 bxa6 31. Ra1 $11) 28... Qxa2 29. Rg4 Qxb2 {0-1 Schmidt,W-Greenfeld,A/
Moscow olm POL-ISR 1994}) 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bf3 (14. Bd2 {Tsesarsky} Qe7 15. Nf4
Be6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. a3 (19. b4 $14) 19... Qd7 20.
Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc4 $14 {Kramnik Vladimir-Anand Viswanathan/It 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}
) 14... Qf5 15. Bd2 (15. Bf4 {Tsesarsky}) 15... Rd8 16. a4 $1 {Bu beyazlarin
tek sansi.16.a5 tehdidi siyahlarin alan avantajini kaybetmesine yol aciyor.} (
16. Rc1 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 16... Be6 17. Nf4 a5 $1 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Bxb7 Rab8
19. Bf3 (19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bf3 d3 (20... Nc4 21. Bf4)) 19... Nc4 20. Nd3 {
ve beyazlar her seyi korurlar.}) 18. Nxe6 (18. Rc1 {Tsesarsky} Rac8) 18... Qxe6
19. Bf4 h6 20. h4 Rac8 21. Rc1 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {Bu hamle oynanmazsa siyahlar 2
filden dolayi zorlanirlar.} 22. Bxe5 (22. Bxb7 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 d3 24. Ba6 (24.
exd3 Nxd3 $17) 24... d2 $3 (24... Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxa6 26. Qc7 (26. Bxe5 dxe2))
25. Bxd2 (25. Qd1 Nc4 (25... Qf6 $44 {[%cal Ge5g4,Gg7g5] Tsesarsky}) 26. Qc2
Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxa6 28. b3 Qb6+) (25. Qc2 Ng4 26. Bd3 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qb6 28. e3
Nxe3 29. Qxd2 Ng4 30. Bc7 Qxc7 $17) 25... Qh3 $19) 22... Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qxe5 24.
Kg2 (24. Rd1 {Tsesarsky} d3 {[%csl Rg3]} 25. e3 $11) 24... Qe7 $1 $11 25. Qc4 (
25. Qd2 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 $11) 25... Bc5 26. Rd1 b6 {Why not draw here?} 27. Rd3
Rd6 28. Qa6 g5 {Siyahlardan son bir amacsiz caba.} 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qg4 Re6 31.
Rd1 Re5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Qxg5+ hxg5 34. g4 f5 35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. Rd3 Rf4 37.
Bc6 Kf6 38. Rf3 Ke5 39. Rxf4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 (5... g6 {/\Bg7,0-0
->Pd5[+]}) 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 $5 Be7 (7... Nxc3 $5 8. bxc3 Qc7 $5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10.
O-O Bd6 11. d4 O-O 12. Re1 Ne7 13. h4 Nd5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 $13 {0-1
Morozevich,A- Volkov,S/Moscow-chJ 1993/(35)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3
Qc7 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Qe2 Nd7 (11... b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Re8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. Re3 f5 19. Qe2 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf7 21. Re1
Rd5 22. Bxf5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Bd5 24. Bh3 g6 25. Qe2 Bxa2 26. c4 e5 27. d5 Qc7 28.
Be6+ Kh8 29. Bc3 {1-0 Schmittdiel,E-Kurr,G/NRW-ch Neuss 1986}) 12. Bd2 (12. Bb2
b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Qe3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nc5
19. Bc2 Nb7 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Ba3 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Ba6 Rd7 25.
Bxb7 Qxb7 26. d5 Rfd8 27. h4 h6 28. Rd4 Rd6 29. h5 Qd7 30. Qg3 exd5 31. Red1
Qf5 32. Qh4 R6d7 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. R8d5 Qc2 {
Alterman,B-Khlian,E/Rostov op 1993/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 12... Nf6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14.
Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Rab1 Be8 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qh3 Be4 18. Bxe6 Bxb1 19. Nxf7 Kf8 20.
Rxb1 Re8 21. Ng5 Bd6 22. Bb3 h6 23. Ne6+ Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Re8 26.
Qf5 Re4 27. Bxh6 Rh4 28. Qxf6+ {1-0 Bilek,M-Holfelder,J/BL8081 1981}) 11...
Qxc3 12. Bg5 Nc6 (12... f6 13. Rc1 Qa3 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Bc4 Qd6 17.
Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Qe4 $13) (12... Bxg5 13. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 14. Nxg5+ Kg8
(14... Kg6 15. Qg4 (15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Qg4+ Kh7 $17) 15... f5 (15... Qa3 16. Ne4+
Kh7 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Re3 Qe7 19. Ng5+ $18) 16. Qh4 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Qh7+
Kf6 19. Nf3 $13 Kf7 $6 20. Rc1 Qa3 $6 21. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Qxg7+
$18) 15. Rc1 (15. Qh5 $2 Qd3) 15... Qa3 $8 16. Qh5 Qd3 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxf7+
Kh8 19. Nxe6 (19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qf7+ $11) (19. Qxe6 Rf8 20. Nf7+ Kh7 21. Ng5+
$11) 19... Rg8 (19... Qh7 20. Nc7 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 (21. Qe8+ Qg8 22. Qh5+ $11)
21... Qe4 22. Qc8+ Kh7 23. Rc1 $13) 20. Nc5 Qd2 21. Qxb7) 13. Rc1 Qa3 14. Re1
g6 15. Bb5 $1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qa5 17. Qd3 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxg5 (18... bxc6 19. Qg3
$36) 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rc7 Qa5 21. Rec1 Qxa2 22. Qe3 Qb2 23. h4 Qb5 24. R1c5 Qb1+
25. Kh2 e5 $6 (25... b6 26. Rg5 (26. Be4 Qb4) (26. Rc1 Qf5) (26. Rc2 $5 $36)
26... f6 27. Be4 Qb4 28. Bxg6 Qd6+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Rxg3 hxg6 31. Rxg6+ Kh8
32. Rgg7 Rd8 33. Rh7+ Kg8 $11) 26. Qxe5 Qf5 27. Qd6 Qe6 28. Qf4 b6 29. Bd5 bxc5
(29... Qe8 30. R5c6 Bd7 31. Rf6 a5 32. h5 $40) 30. Bxe6 Bxe6 31. dxc5 $18 Rbc8
32. h5 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 Rc8 34. Qe5 gxh5 35. f4 Bc4 36. f5 Bb5 37. f6 Bc4 38. Qg3+
Kf8 39. c6 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 $5 $146 (6...
Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 $1 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Rb1
Rb8 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. Rb3 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 $10 {Groszpeter,A-Karoly,
T Magyarorszag 1986 Inf 41/481/}) (6... cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Qxd4 Qb5 $1 9. e4
Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13. Kc3 Ke7 14. Rc1 Bd7 $10 {
Benko,P-Korchnoi,V Gurasao 1962/}) 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Qxd2 b6 $5 (10... O-O 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. e4
$16) 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 $6 (13. Rfe1 $5 Nd7 14. e4 Nf6 15. Ne5
$14) (13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Qf4 f5 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 17. e4 $14) 13... Nd7
14. Rc2 (14. a4 $5 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. f3 Rfc8 $10) 14... Be4 $1
15. Ng5 Bxc2 (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6 17. f3 h6 18. Nh3 $14) 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17.
Qxc2 Nf6 18. Rc1 h6 19. Nf3 Qd5 20. Qc4 $6 (20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 a5 $10) 20...
b5 $1 21. Qc2 (21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne5 b4 23. Kf1 a5 24. Ke1 $15) 21... Ne4 22.
a3 $6 a5 23. Qb2 Rd8 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Qc2 f5 27. Rb8 (27. Qb2 Nd6
28. Rb8 Rb7 29. Rd8 Nc4 30. Rxd5 Nxb2) 27... Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qc6 (29. Qb2
Qd5 30. Ne1 Qc4 31. Nd3 Nc3 32. Kf1 Na4 $17) 29... Qd5 30. Qe8 $6 (30. Qxd5
exd5 31. Kf1 Kg6 (31... b4 $6 32. axb4 a4 33. Ne1 Nd2+ 34. Kg2 a3 35. Nc2 a2
36. b5 $13) (31... a4 32. Ne1 $13)) 30... b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Ne5 Nd6 33. Qb8
b3 34. Nd7 Qb5 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Qxd6 (36. Qd8 b2 37. Nd7+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Qxe5 $19
) 36... b2 37. Nxe6 b1=Q+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh3 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 $5 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+ Bd7 7.
Qxd4 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bc5 $5 10. Qd1 Ne4 11. e3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 $10 {Vyzmanavin,A-Goldin,A/
Novosibirsk/1993/}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bg5 $5 (7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10.
O-O Qb6 11. a4 Qc5 12. Be3 (12. Qd3 Qd6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rd1 (14. e5 $5) 14...
Qc7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Bd6 $10 {Gurevich,M-Epishin,V/Biel(izt)/
1993/0,5 (27) Inf 58/452/}) 12... Qxc3 13. bxc3 a6 14. Be2 Bd6 $1 15. Rfb1
O-O-O 16. Rb2 Bc7 $10 {Rohde,M-Ruban,V/Tilburg/1992/0,5 (39)/}) 7... f6 $8 8.
Nxd5 exd5 (8... Qxd5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 $14) 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Qe3+ $5 $8 (10.
Qa4 Qb6 (10... d4 $5 11. e3 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Bb4+ $10 {Ruban/}) 11. Bc3 Bd7 12. e3
Ne5 13. Qh4 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Bd3 O-O-O $13 {Goldin,A-Ruban,V/Novosibirsk/
1993/ Inf 58/452/}) 10... Kf7 (10... Be7 11. g3 (11. Qb3 Qb6) 11... O-O 12. Qb3
Kh8 13. Bg2 $14) 11. g3 (11. Qb3 Qb6 12. e3 Be6 $10) 11... Qb6 12. Bg2 $5 (12.
Qxb6 axb6 13. Bg2 d4 14. O-O Be6 15. a3 Bb3 $10) 12... Bc5 13. Ng5+ $1 $8 Kf8 (
13... fxg5 $2 14. Bxd5+ Kf8 15. Qf3+ Ke8 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Bxc6 Bxf2+ $5 $16) (
13... Kg6 14. Qd3+ Bf5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rhe8 17. O-O Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Ne5 19.
Qc2 $16) 14. Qf4 Nd4 (14... h6 $5 15. Nh3 Nd4) 15. Rc1 Qb5 $6 (15... h6 $5) 16.
Bf1 $8 h6 17. Qc7 $1 hxg5 (17... Bb6 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Nf3 $16) 18. Rxc5 $5 (18.
Qxc5+ Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Be6 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Rc7 $16) 18... Qe8 $8 19. Qd6+ Kg8 20.
Qxd5+ Ne6 21. Bg2 Bd7 $5 22. Qxb7 $6 (22. Qb3 Ba4 23. Qc4 b5 $6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6
25. Bd5 $16) (22. Qc4 $5 Kh7 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Rc1 $16) 22... Rb8 (22... Nxc5
23. Qxa8 Qxa8 24. Bxa8 $18) 23. Qd5 Rxb2 $13 24. Rc1 (24. O-O $2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2
Nxc5 $19) 24... g4 $3 25. h4 (25. O-O Qh5 26. Qxh5 Rxh5 27. Be3 Rxa2 $10) 25...
Rh5 26. Qa8 (26. Qc4 Rc5 27. Qxg4 Ng5 $1 $19) 26... Qxa8 27. Bxa8 Rxa2 $10 28.
Be3 Bb5 29. O-O $1 Bxe2 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rb1 Bb5 32. Rd1 Ba4 33. Rd6 Ke7 34.
Ra6 Bb3 35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. Bxa7 Bd5 37. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 $5 (11... Qb6 12. Rc1 d4 (12...
Be6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qc7 Nc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 d4 $14 {
Lagunov-Vaganian,R/Porz/1991/}) 13. Nd2 (13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4
16. Qxc4 $14 {Andersson,U-Lautier,J/Biel/1991/}) 13... Re8 14. Nb3 Bf8 15. Re1
h6 16. Bf4 $10 {Polgar,Zs-Lautier,J/Polanica Zdroj/1991/}) (11... f6 12. Bd2
Bf5 (12... Re8 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. e3 Bf5 15. Bc3 Be4 16. Qb3 $14 {Larsen,
B-Agdestein,S/Gausdal/1985/}) 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Rad1 Be4 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8
17. Bd4 $14 {Larsen,B-Bareev,E/Naestved/1988/}) 12. a3 (12. Qc2 $5 Bb6 13. Rad1
h6 14. Bc1 {/\ e3,b3,Bb2; Ruban}) 12... h6 13. b4 $146 (13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rc1 Bb6
{Sirotanovic-Ruban/Bela Crkva/1989/} 15. Ne5 Qe6 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. b4 $10 {Ruban}
) 13... Bb6 (13... Bxb4 14. axb4 hxg5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nxg5 $16) 14. Bc1 d4 (
14... Rd8 15. Ra2 $5) 15. Ra2 (15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Rc1 Qf5 17. Qd2 Qh5 $10) 15...
Qd5 (15... Qf5 16. Rd2 a5 (16... Rd8 17. Bb2) 17. Bb2 axb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19.
Nxd4 $14) 16. Rd2 {/\ Nd4} Qc4 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Qa1 (18. Qb1 Be6 19. Rc1 Qb5)
18... a5 $1 (18... Be6 19. Rfd1 (19. Rc1 Qb5 20. Rcd1 Bb3) 19... a5 20. Nxd4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxe2 24. Bxb7 $16) 19. bxa5 (19. Rc1
Qb3 $1 (19... Qb5 20. bxa5 Bxa5 21. Nxd4 $1 $16) 20. bxa5 Rxa5 $10) 19... Bxa5
(19... Rxa5 20. Rfd1 $16) 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Rdd1 Bb6 $10 22. Qb1 Be6 {/\ Bb3} 23.
Nd2 Qa6 24. Qd3 (24. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Bd5 26. Rc2 Qxe2 $17) 24... Qxd3 25.
exd3 Ne5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Ba5 28. Rc5 (28. Bxb7 Rab8 $19) 28... b6 29.
Rc7 Rac8 30. Rdc1 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Bf5 32. Rc4 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 {Die Idee
von Petrosian, deren Sinn im weiteren a4-a5 mit dem nachfolgenden Bauerntausch
auf b6 besteht, wonach Schwarz am Damenflügel einen vereinzelten anfälligen
Bauern bekommt, auch wenn dieser gleichzeitig ein Freibauer ist (manchmal kann
übrigens anstatt des Tausches auf b6 der Vorstoß a5-a6 geschehen). Tauscht
Schwarz auf a5 selbst, wird sein a-Bauer schwach. Stoppt der Nachziehende den
weißen Bauer mit a7-a5, schwächt er das Feld b5 und bekommt einen schwachen
Bauern auf b6. Spielt er nicht a7-a5, sondern a7-a6, bleibt das Feld b5 unter
seiner Kontrolle, dafür aber wird nicht nur sein Bauer b6, sondern auch der
Bauer a6 schutzbedürftig.} ({Als Hauptvariante gilt} 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 ({
stattdessen kann man hier mit} 14. a4 {immer noch zu Petrosians Plan greifen,
was dann nur eine kleine Zugumstellung bedeuten wird.})) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nf6
{Eine sehr seltene Fortsetzung. Schwarz greift den Bauern e4 ein weiteres Mal
an und erhöht wesentlich seine Kontrolle über das Feld d5, andererseits aber
wirkt er am Damenflügel nicht mehr mit; außerdem sollte sich Weiß für
e4-e5 entscheiden, würde es jetzt mit Tempo passieren.} ({"Normal" ist} 14...
Rc8 15. Bd3 {und nun sind die verbreitetsten Optionen} Qc7 (15... a5 $5) ({und
} 15... e5 $5)) 15. Bd3 h6 {Eine sehr wichtige Prophylaxe gegen den Plan e4-e5,
Nf3-g5-e4. Was passieren kann, wenn Schwarz darauf verzichtet, zeigt folgendes
klassisches Beispiel:} (15... Rc8 $6 16. a5 (16. e5 $6 Bxf3 17. exf6 Bh5 {
scheint für Schwarz durchaus akzeptabel zu sein}) 16... Qc7 17. axb6 axb6 18.
Rac1 Qb8 19. Rb1 Qa8 20. Ra1 Qb8 21. e5 $1 Nd5 (21... Bxf3 22. exf6 Bh5 23.
fxg7 Kxg7 24. d5 $5 exd5 25. Qg5+ Bg6 26. h4 Rc3 27. Rad1 Qd8 28. Re7 $16) 22.
Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Nd6 Ra8 25. Rab1 $16 {Jussupow,A (2575) - Eslon,J (2440)
/Can Picafort 1981.}) 16. a5 a6 $146 {Eine Neuerung, die aber am Charakter der
Stellung und ihrer Bewertung nicht viel ändert.} (16... b5 $6 {ist
zweifelhaft wegen} 17. a6 $1 Bc6 18. Ne5 {, z.B.} Qb6 (18... Be8 19. Qb4 $16)
19. Qb4 {mit klarem weißem Vorteil.}) (16... bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 $14 {Rotstein,
A (2540) - Remling,C(2345)/BL-2 2004}) 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Rab1 {Eine
natürliche, aber nicht die einzige gute Fortsetzung. In Frage kam auch die
Idee, diesen Turm auf der a-Linie zu belassen, um den Druck auf den schwarzen
a-Bauern aufrechtzuerhalten - aus dieser Sicht waren z.B. die Optionen} (18.
Reb1 $5 Qa7 19. Qe3) ({und} 18. Ra4 {beachtenswert.}) 18... Qc7 ({Eine
Alternative zum Textzug war die Fortsetzung} 18... Qa7 {[%cal Ga7d4] , um den
Bauern d4 nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren. Dabei aber entfernt sich die
schwarze Dame zu weit weg vom Königsflügel, was den Anziehenden berechtigt,
dort einen Angriff zu starten -} 19. g4 $5 (19. e5 Nd5 20. Re4 Rfc8 $13 {
[%cal Yg8f8]}) (19. Qa5 $5 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19... Nxg4 (19... Rfc8 20. g5 hxg5
21. Qxg5 Bc6 22. Kh1 $40 {[%cal Re1g1]}) (19... Rab8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 $40)
20. Qf4 Nf6 21. Kh1 {[%cal Re1g1] mit brandgefährlicher Kompensation für den
geopferten Bauern.}) 19. Rbc1 $6 {Schwer zu sagen, mit welchem Plan Topalov
diesen Zug verband. In jedem Fall wirkt sein Spiel auf mich ab diesem Moment
recht kraftlos.} ({Viel stärker war} 19. Ne5 $1 {- Weiß aktiviert seinen
Springer , ermöglicht f2-f3, lässt seinen Damenturm bei dem Bb7 weiterhin
bleiben und lässt sich die Option Re1-c1 offen. Folgende Varianten wären
dann möglich:} Rfb8 $5 (19... Rfd8 20. Rec1 Qe7 21. f3 Ne8 (21... Rxd4 $4 22.
Qb2 $18) (21... a5 22. Qb2 Qd6 23. Nxf7 $1 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Ne5 Bc8 26.
Bb5 $16) 22. Bf1 Nd6 23. Qa5 {mit starker Initiative am Damenflügel}) (19...
a5 $6 {(hier wird der Bauer noch anfälliger)} 20. Rec1 Qe7 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Nc4
a4 23. Rb4 a3 24. Ra1 $16 {[%csl Ra3]}) 20. Qf4 $5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg2g5,
Rh2h4]} (20. f3 $14 {/\Rec1}) 20... a5 21. g4 {mit sehr gefährlicher
Initiative am Königsflügel.}) ({Das aggressive} 19. g4 $6 {führt zu einem
spannenden Kampf, ist aber an dieser Stelle bestimmt nicht die stärkste
Fortsetzung, z. B.} Nxg4 (19... a5 $5) 20. Rec1 Qe7 21. Qf4 f5 22. exf5 (22.
Rc7 fxe4 23. Rxe7 Rxf4 24. Rbxb7 exd3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Nh4 Ne5 $1 27. dxe5
Rxh4 28. Rh7+ Kg8 $11) 22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg5 24. Qg3 exf5 25. h3 Nf6 26. Qxg5
hxg5 27. Bxf5 Rad8 {- nach Komplikationen entstand ein remisliches Endspiel.})
19... Qe7 20. Qa5 Rfc8 $1 $11 {Hat Topalov früher übersehen, dass dieser Zug
mit keinem Bauernverlust verbunden ist? Wie dem auch sei, hat ihm die Aktion
19.Rfc1, 20.Qa5 gar nichts gebracht, während der ganze schwarze Aufbau jetzt
ganz harmonisch aussieht.} 21. Rxc8+ ({Auch nach} 21. Rb1 Qc7 {hat Schwarz
keine Schwierigkeiten, z.B.} 22. Qa1 a5 23. Ne5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11) 21...
Rxc8 22. Nd2 $6 ({Den Vorzug verdiente das viel aktivere} 22. Ne5 $1 {, z. B.}
Qd6 23. Qa1 a5 (23... Rd8 24. d5 $1 exd5 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. e5 Qe7 27. exf6 Qxf6
28. Qb1 Bc8 (28... Rd7 $4 29. Re3 d4 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Re6 Qg5 32. Qb4+ Re7 33.
Bf1 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Bxg2 34. f4 $1 $18) (28... Ba8 29. Qa2 Kg8 30. Bxa6 $11) (
28... Bc6 29. Bxa6 Kg8 $11) 29. Bh7 $1 $44 {/\30.Re3} (29. Re3 Kg8)) 24. d5 (
24. f3 Rd8 25. Bf1 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Ra1 $11) 24... exd5 25. Nxf7 Qe6 26.
e5 Ne8 (26... Qxf7 27. exf6 Qxf6 28. Qxa5 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 $11) 27. Nd6 Nxd6
28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Qxa5 $11) 22... Qd7 {Ab jetzt und bis zum Schluss wird
Initiative voll und ganz dem Schwarzen gehören.} 23. Qb6 (23. Qa1 a5 $1 {
[%cal Ra5a4]}) 23... Rc3 24. Bxa6 {Topalov lässt sich auf eine Stellung mit
allen Bauern am gleichen Flügel ein, in der aber der Gegner dank Aktivität
seiner Figuren am Drücker sein wird.} ({Als Alternative gab es z.B. die
Variante} 24. Bb1 Qb5 25. Qd8+ Ne8 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. Qe7 Rc7 28. Qd8 Qd7 29. Qxd7
Rxd7 30. Bd3 Nf6 31. Kf1 a5 $15) 24... Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Qxd4 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. e5 (
27. h3 Rc1 28. Qf1 Rc2 $36) 27... Nd5 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qb7 Rc1 30. Qb2 $6 ({
Stärker ist} 30. h4 $1 {, um Raum zu gewinnen und später eventuell auch
h4-h5 folgen zu lassen, z.B.} Rxe1+ (30... Rc2 31. Rf1 Qc7 32. Rb1 Rc1+ 33. Kh2
Rc4 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. g3 Kg6 36. Kg2 {, und dieses Endspiel kann man leicht
halten} {(} Kf5 37. Rb8 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rg8) 31. Nxe1 Qc1 32. Kf1 Qf4 33.
Qb1+ g6 34. h5 $5 (34. Nf3 {soll auch reichen}) 34... Qxe5 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36.
Nf3 {, und wegen der offenen Lage seines Königs hat Schwarz hier kaum Chancen,
seinen Mehrbauern zu verwerten.}) 30... Rc2 31. Qd4 g5 $1 {Carlsen beginnt,
den Gegner am Königsflügel einzuengen - gerade dieses Spielmuster hätte
Topalov früher mit 30.h4! verhindern können.} 32. g3 Kg7 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34.
Re4 Kg6 35. h3 Ne7 {Schwarz fängt an zu manövrieren. Er plant, seinen
Springer nach c6 und den König nach f5 zu bringen, um den Bauern e5 mit allen
Kräften anzugreifen und den das Feld f4 schwächenden Zug g3-g4 zu
provozieren.} 36. h4 Kf5 37. Ra4 ({Das Turmendspiel mit einem weißen
Minusbauern, welches nach} 37. Re1 Nc6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kg2 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rxe5
41. Ra1 (41. g4+ $2 Kf4) 41... g4 {entstehen könnte, ist trotz des weit
vorgerückten und den Gegner hemmenden Bauern g4 objektiv gesehen Remis, aber
es ist nicht ganz einfach, dieses Ergebnis in einer praktischen Partie zu
erreichen - besonders gegen Carlsen!}) 37... Nc6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. g4+ {
Topalov trifft die Entscheidung, sich an den Bauern e5 weiterhin zu halten,
und ist bereit, die Schwäche des Feldes f4, die dabei entsteht, in Kauf zu
nehmen.} ({Eine würdige Alternative dazu war die Möglichkeit, diesen Bauern
zu opfern, und zwar unter günstigeren Umständen, als in der vorherigen
Anmerkung, z.B,.} 39. Kg2 {, und wenn} Nxe5 (39... g4 $2 40. Rf4+) 40. Nxe5
Rxe5 {, dann} 41. g4+ $1 Kf6 42. Kg3 {- bei dieser Bauernstruktur erreicht
Weiß Remis ziemlich leicht.}) 39... Kg6 40. Re4 Ne7 41. Kg2 Nd5 {Ein schönes
Feld für den Springer - hier ist er sowohl gedeckt und zentralisiert, als
auch bereit, sofort auf f4 zu erscheinen, falls es sich dafür eine passende
Möglichkeit ergibt. Objektiv gesehen ist die weiße Stellung zweifellos
haltbar, aber am Brett ist es für den Anziehenden alles andere als leicht,
das gewünschte Ergebnis zu erreichen, weil der Gegner immer wieder neue
Drohungen aufstellt.} 42. Kg3 Rc3 (42... Nf4 $2 43. Nxg5 $1) 43. Re1 Ra3 (43...
Nf4 {hätte hier noch nichts gebracht -} 44. Re3 (44. Re4)) 44. Re4 Ra8 45. Rc4
Rh8 {Mit dem Turm auf der h-Linie entsteht in einigen Varianten die
Mattkonstruktion Kg3/Nf4+Rh3.} 46. Re4 Nc3 (46... Nf4 $2 47. Nxg5) 47. Re3 ({
Nach} 47. Rc4 Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Nf4+ 49. Kg1 (49. Kg3 $4 Rh3#) 49... Ra8 {würde
sich der weiße König sehr unwohl fühlen.}) 47... Rc8 48. Re1 Rc4 49. Re3
Ne4+ {Schwarz hat die Kontrolle über die vierte Reihe übernommen und beginnt
jetzt mit der Überführung seines Springers nach d3 - von dort aus wird er
nicht nur das Feld f4 im Auge behalten, sondern auch die Bauren e5 und f2
attackieren.} 50. Kg2 Ra4 51. Re1 Nc5 52. Kg3 Rf4 53. Nd2 Nd3 54. Re2 Ra4 55.
Nf3 Ra8 56. Re3 Rd8 57. Re4 ({Es gab auch andere spielbare Möglichkeiten, z.
B.} 57. Ne1 Nf4 58. Kf3 Rd2 59. Kg3) ({oder} 57. Ng1 Nf4 58. Nh3 Rd4 59. f3 {
, aber natürlich hätte Carlsen auch dann seine Gewinnversuche nicht
aufgegeben.}) 57... Rh8 58. Rc4 Ra8 (58... Nf4 $2 59. Nxg5) 59. Rc3 (59. Rd4 $2
Ra3 $1 60. Re4 (60. Kg2 $4 Nf4+ $19) 60... Ra2) (59. Re4 $2 Ra2 {- diese
Varianten zeigen uns die Vorteile der Position des schwarzen Springers auf d3.}
) 59... Nf4 60. Rc4 Ne2+ 61. Kg2 Rh8 62. Re4 $6 {Früher hat sich Topalov gut
verteidigt, aber mit seinem letzten Zug erlaubt er dem Gegner, den weißen
König in eine gefärdete Lage zu bringen.} ({Stärker ist} 62. Ne1 {(der
Springer räumt das Feld f3 für seinen König), z.B.} Nf4+ 63. Kf3 Rh1 64. Rc1
Rh3+ 65. Ke4 Rb3 (65... Ra3 66. Rc4 Ra2 67. Nc2) 66. Rc4 Rb2 67. Nc2 Nh3 68. f3
Rb3 69. Ne1 {, und Schwarz hat nichts greifbares erreicht.}) 62... Nf4+ 63. Kg1
Ra8 64. Nh4+ Kh6 65. Ng2 (65. Nf3 $2 Ra2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rf4h3] kostet den
Bauern f2.}) 65... Nd3 66. Ne1 Ra1 67. Kf1 {Passiver geht gar nicht - dem
Weißen stehen nur die Züge mit dem Turm nach e3 und zurück nach e4 zur
Verfügung. Verloren ist seine Stellung aber immer noch nicht!} Kg6 68. Re3 Nf4
69. Re4 Kg7 70. Kg1 Nd3 71. Kf1 Kf8 72. Re3 Nf4 73. Kg1 Ra4 $1 {Mit diesem Zug
nimmt Carlsen den Bauern g4 ins Visier und verbietet gleichzeitig dem
gegnerischen Turm den Zugang zur vierten Reihe.} 74. Kh2 (74. f3 Ra1 75. Kf1
Rd1 {(Carlsen)} 76. Kf2 Rd2+ 77. Kf1 {sieht natürlich unschön aus, aber kann
Schwarz in dieser Stellung wirklich etwas erreichen? Z.B. die Idee, hier den
König zu aktivieren, erweist sich als nicht ausreichend:} Ke7 78. Rb3 Kd7 79.
Rc3 Rd1 80. Re3 Kc6 81. Rc3+ Kd5 82. Rc7 Kxe5 83. Rxf7 Rd2 84. Rf8 Kd4 85. Rc8
$1 {mit Remis} {(} Ke3 86. Rc3+ Nd3 $140 87. f4 $1 {)}) 74... Nd5 75. Rg3 Kg7
76. Nd3 Rd4 77. Kg1 Nb6 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rb6c4] Jetzt wendet Schwarz seine
Aufmerksamkeit wieder dem Bauern e5.} 78. Kf1 Re4 79. Kg2 Nc4 80. Kh3 Rd4 ({
Leider kann Weiß im Turmendspeil nach} 80... Nxe5 81. Nxe5 Rxe5 {leicht Remis
halten. Deshalb entscheidet sich Carlsen dafür, erst seinen König zu
aktivieren - in der Hoffnung, sich später in einem günstigeren Moment des
Bauern e5 zu bedienen. Übrigens musste er gleichzeitig auch weiteres, extrem
unangenehmes Problem beachten: nach dem 39. Zug von Weiß gab es in dieser
Partie weder Schläge noch weitere Bauernzüge - das hieß, er wurde gezwungen,
wohl oder übel demnächst auf e5 zu schlagen, um der 50-Züge-Regel aus dem
Weg zu gehen. Wozu er zuerst seinen Turm nach d4 brachte, kann wahrscheinlich
nur er selbst erklären.}) (80... Kf8) 81. Kg2 Kf8 82. Kf1 Ke7 (82... Re4 83.
Nc5 Nd2+ 84. Kg2 Rd4 {(so weit Carlsen)} 85. Nb3 $1 $11) 83. Ke2 Re4+ 84. Kd1 (
{Auf} 84. Kf1 {plante Carlsen} Nd2+ ({wie es bereits erwähnt wurde, kann der
Anziehende das Endspiel nach} 84... Nxe5 85. Nxe5 Rxe5 {trotz des schwarzen
Mehrbauern ziemlich problemlos halten}) 85. Kg2 Re2 {, aber nach} 86. Rh3 {
kommt Schwarz nicht weiter.}) 84... Nxe5 {Schwarz hatte bis zum Eintritt der
besagten Regel nur fünf Züge, deshalb sah Carlsen keinen Sinn mehr, mit
diesem Schalg zu warten - vielleicht hoffte er auch, die abgeschnittene Lage
des weißen Königs doch irgendwie auszunützen.} ({Die Idee, vor dem Nehmen
auf e5 seinen König wieder auf g6 zu bringen, um später nach f7-f5, g4xf5
mit dem Bauern zurückschzuschlagen, konnte leider nicht ausreichen:} 84... Kf8
85. Kc2 Kg7 86. Kc3 Nxe5 87. Nxe5 Rxe5 88. Kd3 Kg6 89. Rg1 f5 90. gxf5+ exf5 (
90... Kxf5 91. Rg3 {mit Remis}) 91. f4 $1 {(Notkin)}) 85. Nxe5 Rxe5 86. Kd2 Kf6
87. Ra3 Kg6 88. Ra6 $1 {(damit Schwarz nach f7-f5, g4xf5 nicht mit dem Bauern
zurücknehmen kann)} f5 89. gxf5+ Kxf5 90. Ra3 Kf4 91. Rb3 g4 92. Ra3 Re4 93.
Rb3 e5 94. Ra3 Rb4 95. Ke2 Rb1 96. Ra4+ e4 97. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 (10. Be3 c4 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 a5 14.
b3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Rfb1 $14 {Portisch-Matanovic, Biel 1976}) 10... Bxc5 11.
a3 Bf5 (11... a5 12. Ne1 Be6 (12... d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16.
Re1 $14 {Petrosian-Peters, Lone Pine 1976}) 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Bf4 Be7 $10) 12. b4
Bb6 13. Ra2 Be4 14. Rd2 Qe7 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Qa1 f6 $10 17. Rfd1 (17. Ne1 Rad8
18. Nd3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne5 $10) (17. Nd4 Ne5) 17... Qe6 18. Qa2 Rad8 19. Qb3 a5
$5 20. Ne1 (20. bxa5 Nxa5) (20. b5 a4 $1 21. Qxa4 (21. Qa2 Na5) 21... Ra8 {
/\Na5,Nc4}) 20... axb4 21. axb4 d4 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nd3 Rd5 (
24... Ra8 {/\..Ra4}) 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Ra4 Kf7 27. Kf1 Ne5 28. Rc2 Nxd3 29. exd3
g5 30. Ra1 h5 31. Rc4 Rdd8 32. Ra4 Re5 33. h3 h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. b5 Red5 36.
Rab4 Kg6 37. Kg2 Rg5+ 38. Kf1 Rgd5 39. Kg2 Rg5+ 40. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "235"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 {Bulletin:
'Kortschnojs Neuerung aus Piket,J-Kortschnoj,V/Amsterdam OHRA/'} 13. a4 (13.
Rfd1 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nb5 Qf6 $10 {
Piket,J-Kortschnoj,V/Amsterdam OHRA/1/2-1/2/34/ -> CBM14}) 13... b6 14. a5 Bb7
15. Bd3 bxa5 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18. Rab5 Ba8 19. d5 Rxb5 20. Rxb5 a6 21.
Rb1 exd5 22. exd5 Ne7 23. d6 Nd5 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne4 a5 26. Rd1 Kh8 27. Bb1 f5
28. Nc3 Nb4 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. d7 Rd8 31. Ng3 Qc6 32. f3 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Bc6 34. Bxf5
a4 35. Rc1 Qf8 36. Rc3 Ra8 37. h3 Rd8 38. Kh2 Qe7 39. Re3 Qf8 40. Rc3 Qe7 41.
Re3 Qf8 42. Qd4 Bxd7 {'=/+' Bulletin.} 43. Qh4 Nd5 44. Rd3 Bxf5 45. Nxf5 Rd7
46. Ne3 a3 47. Nxd5 a2 48. Nf4 Rxd3 49. Ng6+ Kg8 50. Nxf8 a1=Q 51. Qc4+ Kxf8
52. Qxd3 Qe5+ 53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Qf1 Qe5 55. Qd1 Qc5+ 56. Kf1 h5 57. Qd3 Kf7 58.
Qe4 g6 59. Ke2 Qg1 60. f4 Qb6 61. Qd5+ Kf6 62. Qe5+ Kf7 63. Qd5+ Kf6 64. Kf3
Qb1 65. Qd4+ Kf7 66. Qc4+ Kf6 67. Qc3+ Kf7 68. Qd2 Qb3+ 69. Kf2 Qe6 70. Kg3 Qe4
71. Kf2 Kf6 72. Qc3+ Kf7 73. Qe3 Qd5 74. g4 hxg4 75. hxg4 Qd7 76. Kg3 Qd6 77.
Qa7+ Kg8 78. Qa8+ Kf7 79. Qb7+ Kg8 80. Qc8+ Kf7 81. Qc4+ Kf8 82. Qc3 Kf7 83.
Qc4+ Kf8 84. Qe4 Kf7 85. Kh3 Qd8 86. Qc4+ Kf8 87. Qe6 Qd3+ 88. Kh4 Qd8+ 89. Kg3
Qd3+ 90. Kf2 Qd2+ 91. Kf3 Qd3+ 92. Qe3 Qd1+ 93. Kg3 Qd6 94. Qe5 Qb6 95. Kh4 Kf7
96. Qd5+ Ke7 97. Qe5+ Kf7 98. Qh8 Qd6 99. Qh7+ Kf6 100. Qh8+ Kf7 101. Qh7+ Kf6
102. g5+ Kf5 103. Qf7+ Ke4 104. Qc4+ Ke3 105. Kg3 Kd2 106. Qe4 Kc1 107. Kf3
Qd1+ 108. Qe2 Qd5+ 109. Kf2 Qd6 110. Qe5 Qd2+ 111. Kf3 Qd7 112. Ke4 Kb1 113.
Qd5 Qc7 114. Ke3 Qc1+ 115. Qd2 Qc6 116. Qd4 Kc1 117. Qf6 Qd5 118. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 (11... Bxd2+ $2 12. Qxd2 a6 13. d5
exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d6 Nf5 16. Rd1) 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. O-O (14.
d6 Nf5 15. O-O) 14... Bxd2 15. Nxd2 O-O 16. d6 Nf5 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ne4 $18 Qb6
(18... Rd8 19. Qd3) 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rbd8 21. a4 $1 a6 (21... b4 $6 22. a5)
(21... bxa4 $2 22. Rxa4 $1 Bb3 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf5 Rxd6 (24... Bxa4 25. Be4)
25. Rg4+ Kh8 26. Rh4) 22. a5 Qb8 23. Rac1 Nh4 24. Rc6 $1 Qa8 25. Rc5 $1 Bc4 26.
Qd4 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Kh8 28. Re1 Qb8 29. Rh5 f6 30. f4 Qc8 31. f3 $1 Qd7 32. f5
Rde8 33. Kf2 Re5 $1 34. Nc5 $6 (34. Ng5 $1 Rxf5 $2 (34... Qxf5 35. Nf7+) (34...
Kg8 35. Rxh7 $1 Qxf5 (35... fxg5 36. Rxe5 Kxh7 37. Re7) 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Qh4
Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxf3+ 39. Nxf3 Qg6+ 40. Qg5) (34... h6 $5 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Qxe5
Rxf5 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. dxe7 Re5 40. Rxa6 g6 41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Re6
$1) 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. Qh4+) 34... Qe8 $1 35. Rxe5 Qxh5 36. Re3
Qxf5 (36... Qxh2+ $2) 37. d7 $4 (37. Re4 $1) 37... Bd5 $4 (37... Qc2+ $1 38.
Kg3 Bf1 $3 39. d8=Q (39. Re8 Qg2+ 40. Kf4 Qg5+ 41. Ke4 Qg6+ 42. Ke3 Rxe8+)
39... Qg2+ 40. Kf4 Qg5+ 41. Ke4 f5+) 38. Qd3 $6 (38. Rd3) 38... Qh5 39. Re8
Qxh2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qg1+ 43. Kd2 Qh2+ 44. Qe2 Qf4+ 45. Kc2
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 $1 (8... Qxd4 9. Nxd4 $16) 9. e3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12.
Bg2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O (11. h4 $5 O-O $2 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.
Ng5+ Bxg5 14. hxg5+ Kg8 15. Qh5 f5 16. g6 $18) 11... O-O (11... Bb7) 12. Qc2 g6
13. Bh6 (13. h4 $5) 13... Re8 14. h4 Bf8 15. Qd2 (15. Bxf8 $5 Rxf8 16. h5 Qf6
$1 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Rac8 $5 {/\} 19. Nd7 Qh4 20. g3 Qg5) 15... Bb7 16. Rfe1
Rc8 (16... Na5 17. Ne5 Qxh4 $2 18. Bg5) 17. h5 Bxh6 (17... Ne7 18. Ne5 $16) 18.
Qxh6 Qf6 19. Ng5 (19. Be4) 19... Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. h6+ Kg8 22. Ne4 Red8
23. Nf6+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Be4 $18) 24. d5 (24. g4 Ke7 25. g5 Nb8 {Alterman})
(24. Nxh7+ Ke7 25. Ng5 Na5 (25... Rh8 26. h7) 26. Rac1 $18 (26. Be4 $5)) 24...
Ke7 (24... exd5 $2 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. g4 $18) 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Ba6
Kxf6 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. c4 Kg5 29. a4 Kxh6 30. a5 Be8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rec1 Rc5
33. Rab1 b5 34. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haarlem BDO-A 9th"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:24"]
[BlackClock "0:00:59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 {Ohne Sf3 und Sf6 wäre
dies das Schara-Hennings-Gambit der Tarrasch-Variante.} ({Zu den üblichen
Abspielen der Verbesserten Tarrasch-Variante führt} 5... Nxd5) 6. Qxd4 ({Oder:
} 6. Qa4+ Bd7 ({Oder im Gambitstil:} 6... b5 7. Nxb5 Bd7 8. d6 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+
Nbd7 10. Qa4 Bxd6 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. e3 Rb8 14. Bb5 Nb6 15. Qd1 Nbd5
16. Bd3 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Nc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Ba3 Bxa1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. h3 Bc3
22. g4 Rb2 23. Kg2 Nd5 24. Qc1 Qb6 25. Kg3 Qd6+ 26. Kg2 Qc5 27. Kg3 Rxa2 28.
Rd1 a5 29. Bb1 Rb2 30. Ng5 a4 31. Ne4 Be5+ 32. f4 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Nxe3 34. Rd7
Bb8 {0-1 (34) Jakovenko,D (2731)-Sokolov,I (2642) Haguenau 2013}) 7. Qxd4 exd5
8. e3 Nc6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Be2 g6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bg7 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bd2
Kg8 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. O-O Nb6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Qb1 Nc4 21.
Bc1 Nxb2 22. Bxb2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qb2 Rc5 25. Bd3 Kh7 26. f4 Qd7 27. f5
Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Qb1 d4 30. Rxd4 Qe6 31. Kh1 Rhc8 32. Rdf4 Kg8 33. Qxb7
Rc1 34. h3 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rc2 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxa5 Rxa2 38. Qxf5+ Qxf5 39.
Rxf5 Kg6 40. Rf3 h5 41. Kg1 f6 42. Kf1 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Re2 45. h4 Kg7
46. Kh3 Re1 47. g3 Kg6 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Rf2 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Re1 52.
Kf3 Kf5 53. Rd2 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Rd4 Re1 56. Kf2 Rh1 57. Rf4+ Kg6 58. Ra4
Kf5 59. e4+ Kg6 60. Ra6 Kg7 61. Rb6 Ra1 62. Rb3 Kg6 63. Ke3 Re1+ 64. Kf4 Rf1+
65. Rf3 Re1 66. Rf2 Rg1 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Re2 {1/2-1/2 (68) Jakovenko,D (2741)
-Lysyj,I (2617) Khanty-Mansiysk 2012}) (6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bc5 {bereitet
Schwarz keine Probleme.}) 6... exd5 7. e4 (7. e3 Nc6 8. Qd3 Bc5 9. Be2 d4 10.
exd4 Nxd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bf3 Qb4 16.
Bf4 Be6 17. a3 Qb3 18. Rac1 Bd4 19. Rc7 Qxb2 20. Rxb7 Qxa3 21. Bd6 Qa5 22. Bb4
Qf5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rd1 Bb6 25. Rb8 g6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qd6+ Kg8 28. Qd2 h5
29. Qc3 Kh7 30. h3 Qf4 31. Re1 Bxh3 32. Re4 Qd6 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Be6 35.
Bd5 Bd4 36. Bxe6 Bxe5 37. Bxf7 h4 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Be8 g5 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Ke3 g4
42. Bd7 Kg5 43. Ke2 Kf4 44. Kf1 a5 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. Kf1 Bc5 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. Kf1
Bc5 49. Ke2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 (49) Aronian,L (2802)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2011})
7... Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 ({Gespielt wurde auch schon} 8... Nxe4 9. O-O {usw.}) 9.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 (10... Ke8) 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ke2 {
Die Abweichung von L'Amis Vorgängerpartie gegen Sokolov.} (13. Bg5 Bb4 14.
O-O-O+ Kc7 15. Rhe1 Nd5 16. Kc2 Rhf8 17. Bh4 e3 18. Bg3+ Kb7 19. fxe3 Rad8 20.
Rd3 Ba5 21. a3 c5 22. e4 c4 23. Rdd1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Kc6 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1
Be7 27. a4 Bc5 28. Rd2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Be5 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Bd4 Rf4 33.
Bxc5 Kxc5 34. Rd7 Rxe4 35. Kd2 a6 36. g3 Re5 37. Rg7 Rd5+ 38. Kc2 Rh5 39. Kd2
Rd5+ 40. Kc2 Rf5 41. Rxg4 Rf2+ 42. Kc1 e5 43. Rg6 Kd5 44. Rxa6 Ke4 45. Rd6 Ra2
46. g4 Rxa4 47. g5 Ra2 48. g6 Rg2 49. Re6 Kf4 50. Kd1 e4 51. Rf6+ Ke3 52. Rd6
Rg1+ 53. Kc2 Kf3 54. Rf6+ Ke2 55. Re6 e3 56. Rf6 Ke1 57. Re6 Kf2 58. Rf6+ Ke2
59. Rd6 Kf3 60. Rf6+ Ke4 61. Re6+ Kf4 62. Kb2 Kf3 63. Rf6+ Ke4 64. Re6+ Kd3 65.
Rd6+ Ke2 66. Kc2 Kf2 67. Rf6+ Ke1 68. Re6 e2 69. Rf6 Rg2 70. Kc1 Rf2 71. Re6
Rg2 72. Rf6 Rg1 73. Kc2 Rg3 74. Re6 Kf2 75. Rf6+ Rf3 76. Rxf3+ Kxf3 77. g7 e1=Q
78. g8=Q Qe2+ 79. Kc1 Qe3+ 80. Kc2 Qd3+ 81. Kc1 Qxc3+ 82. Kd1 Qd3+ 83. Kc1 Qf1+
84. Kc2 Qg2+ {1/2-1/2 (84) L'Ami,E (2627)-Sokolov,I (2663) Wijk aan Zee 2013})
13... Bb4 {Kleine Bilanz: Weiß hat im Moment einen Bauern weniger, vermutlich
nur vorübergehend. Die schwarze Bauernstruktur mit vier Einzelbauern ist
deutlich schlechter.} 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Be3 Kc7 16. Rac1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 ({
Naheliegender war} 17. Kxe3 {Vielleicht gefiel Weiß} Rhd8 18. Kxe4 Rd5 {nicht.
}) 17... Rhd8 18. Rc2 Rac8 (18... Rd5 $5 {mit der Idee} 19. Rhc1 Rad8 20. Rxc6+
Kb8 21. R1c2 Rd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kf1 Rd1+ (23... Bd6 $5) 24. Ke2 Rd2+ {
und Remis.}) 19. Rhc1 Kb7 20. a3 Bd6 21. h3 Rc7 22. Rc4 Rf8 23. Nc3 Rf5 24.
Nxe4 Be7 25. a4 a5 26. Nd2 Bb4 27. Nf3 c5 (27... Rd5 $5) 28. Re4 Re7 29. Rd1
Kc7 30. Ne5 {Die schwarzen Figuren harmonieren nicht miteinander.} Rf6 31. h4
h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 Rf5 34. Rg5 Rxg5 35. hxg5 c4 36. Rd4 (36. g6 $5) (36.
Nxc4 Rf7 37. Rg1 $16) 36... Kb6 ({Ein interessanter Versuch war} 36... c3 $5
37. bxc3 Bxc3 38. Rc4+ Kd6 39. Nd3 Rc7 40. Rxc7 Kxc7 41. Nc5 Kc6 ({Natürlich
nicht} 41... Kd6 $2 42. Ne4+ $18) 42. Nxe6 Kd6 43. Nf4 Ke5 44. Kd3 Bb4 45. g6
Kf5 {mit guten Remischancen.}) 37. Nxc4+ Kc5 38. Ne5 Kb6 39. Nd3 Bc5 40. Rd8
Rb7 41. Rg8 Bd6 42. g6 Kc6 43. e4 Bb8 44. Re8 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern
weniger und wird nun nach und nach in eine passive Position gedrängt.} Kd6 45.
Rf8 e5 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47. Rd5 Bc7 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Rd7 Kxg6 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Nc5
Ra7 52. Kh5 (52. Nb3 g6 (52... Rb7 $2 53. Nxa5 Ra7 54. b4 $18) 53. Rh7 Ke6 54.
Nd2 $14) 52... Bb8 53. Rd5 Bc7 54. Nd7+ Ke6 55. Kg6 Bd6 56. Nc5+ Bxc5 (56...
Ke7 $5 {mit der Idee} 57. Kxg7 $2 Bxc5 58. Rxc5 Kd6+) 57. Rxc5 Ra6 58. Rb5 (58.
Kxg7 Rd6 59. Rxa5 Rd4 60. Ra6+ Kd7 {reicht wohl nicht zum Gewinn für Weiß.})
58... Kd6 59. Kf5 (59. Kxg7 Rc6 60. Kf6 $18) 59... g6+ ({Zäher war} 59... Ra7
60. Rd5+ Kc6 61. Rxe5 Kd6 62. Rd5+ Ke7 63. Rb5) 60. Kxg6 Ra8 {Mit der Idee Tf8.
} 61. Kf7 Rh8 (61... Ra7+ 62. Kf6 Ra8 63. Rd5+ Kc6 64. Kxe5 $18) 62. Rd5+ Kc6
63. Rxa5 Rh2 64. b4 Rb2 65. Rc5+ Kd6 66. Rd5+ Kc7 67. Ke7 Rxb4 68. Rc5+ Kb6 69.
Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Die ehrwürdige
Semi-Tarraschvariante ist in jüngster Zeit wieder recht populär geworden,
auch weil man mit Sxd5 die Abtauschvariante vermeiden kann.} 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O Rd8
14. Rc4 Bd7 (14... e5 15. d5 f6 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Qc3 Qd6 18. Rc7 a6 19. Ne1 f5
20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. R1xc5 Kf7 22. f3 f4 23. g3 g5 24. Nd3 Kf6 25. Nxe5 Nxd5 26.
Rxh7 Kxe5 27. gxf4+ Kxf4 28. exd5 b5 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32.
Re7 Re5 33. Rf7+ Rf5 34. Rxf5+ Kxf5 35. d6+ Kf6 36. Kg3 b4 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd5
Ke6 39. Rxg5 Rxd7 40. h4 Kf6 41. Ra5 Rd6 42. f4 Rb6 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. h5+ Kh6 45.
Rc5 Re6 46. Rc8 Rb6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Ra8 Kh6 49. Ra7 Rd6 50. Rb7 a5 51. Ra7 Rd5
52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. f5 Rd1 54. Rxa5 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Ra1 56. Ra6 Rf1+ 57. Ke5 Re1+ 58.
Kd5 Rf1 59. h6+ Kh7 60. Ke5 Re1+ 61. Kf6 Kxh6 62. Rb6 Re4 63. Kf7+ Kh7 64. f6
Kh6 65. Kf8 {1-0 (65) Pereira,A (2135)-Buchaillot,L (2218) ICCF email 2005})
15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Bf1 Nc6 19. Rc5 Qb4 20. Qa1 (20. Qxb4
Nxb4 21. Rb1 $14) 20... Na5 (20... Ne7 $5) 21. a3 Qb6 22. Rb1 Nb3 23. Qa2 Ba4
24. Rc4 Qa5 (24... Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Rc8 26. Nd2 Rxc4 27. Nxc4 Qxd4 28. Qe2 $16)
25. Rxb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 b5 $2 ({Besser war} 26... Rxc4 27. Bxc4 b5 28. Qxb5 (28.
Bxb5 $4 Rb8 $17) 28... Qxa3 $16 {Im Unterschied zur Partiefolge hat Schwarz
hier ein Tempo mehr.}) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. d5 (28. Bxb5 $2 Rb8 $17) 28... Qa4 (
28... exd5 29. exd5 $18 {Der Freibauer entscheidet.}) 29. Qe3 exd5 30. exd5 Qd1
31. Nd4 Kf8 32. d6 Re8 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qe5 Rxd7 {Danach folgt ein hübsches
Matt in 10 Zügen:} 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ Kf6 37. Qf4+ Ke6 (37... Kg6 38. Ne5+
Kh5 39. h4 h6 40. Qf5+ g5 41. Nxd7 Qa1 42. Nf6+ Qxf6 43. Be2+ Kxh4 44. Qh3#)
38. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 (4... exd5 {mit diesem Zug erlitt
Kramnik beim Norway Chess vergangenen Monat einen bцsen Schiffsbruch gegen
Carlsen.} 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7
11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. Ng3 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Na4 15. Ngf5 Kd7 16. Rb1 Ke6 17.
Bd3 Rhc8 18. Ke2 Bf8 19. g4 c5 20. Ng2 cxd4 21. exd4 Bd6 22. h4 h5 23. Ng7+ Ke7
24. gxh5 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Kd7 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Ng4 Rh8 28. Rhe1 Be7 29. Nf5 Bd8
30. h6 Rc8 31. b3 Rc6 32. Nge3 Bc7 33. Rbc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Bf4 35. Rc5 Ke6 36.
Ng7+ Kd6 37. Ng4 Nd7 38. Rc2 f5 39. Nxf5+ Ke6 40. Ng7+ Kd6 41. Re2 Kc6 42. Re8
Rxe8 43. Nxe8 Nf8 44. Ne5+ Bxe5 45. dxe5 Kd7 46. Nf6+ Ke6 47. h5 Kxe5 48. Nd7+
Nxd7 49. h7 Nc5+ 50. Ke2 {1-0 (50) Carlsen,M (2851)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger
NOR 2016}) 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 (6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O {ist die Hauptvariante}) 6... Nxc3 (6... Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4) 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 {Kramnik wandelt auf den Spuren Rubinsteins, modernere
Interpretationen des schwarzen Aufbaus verzichteten auf b6 um WeiЯ den Hebel
a4-a5 nicht anzubieten.} (10... Bd7 11. Bg2 Bc6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14.
Qf4 Be4 15. Rac1 O-O 16. g4 Qb8 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rbc8 20.
Kf3 Rfd8 21. e4 Kf8 22. Ke3 g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh1 Ke7 26. Kd3 Nd7
27. Nxd7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Kxd7 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Rh1 Ke7 32. Rc1 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Grandelius,N (2581)-Roiz,M (2592) Stockholm 2015}) 11. Bg2 Bb7 12.
O-O {Diagramm [#]} O-O (12... Nd7 {wurde bereits 1937 von Rubinstein gespielt.
Dies erlaubt allerdings das sofortige a4 - ob Tfc1 sofort benцtigt wird, ist
nдmlich nicht klar. Deswegen erscheint mit Kramniks Zugfolge erst einmal
flexibler.} 13. a4 $1 (13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. a5 b5 17. Rc1
Qb8 18. Qb4 a6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Nd3 Nb8 23. f3 Qc7
24. Kf2 f6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. e3 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Qb1 f5 29. Qb3 Qd5 30. Qxd5
exd5 31. Kd2 Ke7 32. Kc3 Kd6 33. Nb7+ Kc7 34. Nc5 Kd6 35. Nb7+ Kc7 36. Nc5 Kd6
37. Nb7+ Kc7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Weinstock,K-Rubinstein,S Vienna 1937}) 13... O-O 14.
a5) 13. a4 (13. Rfc1 Nd7) 13... Nc6 $5 {Vorgдnger platzierten den Springer
immer bescheidener auf d7, von wo aus er weniger Einfluss auf das Zentrum
nimmt, jedoch den Lдufer nicht versperrt und weniger anfдllig steht} 14. Ne5 $1
{ansonsten wir Schwarz mit ...Sa5 fortfahren und der Bauernzug a4 wдre
lediglich eine Schwдchung gewesen.} Rc8 15. a5 $1 (15. Rfc1 $2 Qxd4 16. Qxd4
Nxd4 17. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1 Nxc1 $19) (15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Na5
$11 {Schwarz kontrolliert alle Einbruchsfelder auf der c-Linie und kann bequem
mit der Dame auf b7 wiedernehmen. Langfristig hat Schwarz den entfernten
Freibauern, a4 kann zudem zur Schwдche neigen. WeiЯ muss hier vermutlich im
Ausgleichssinne den konkreten Durchbruch d5 anpeilen}) 15... b5 16. Qb2 $6 (16.
a6 $5 Ba8 17. Rfd1 (17. Nxc6 {ist zu wenig} Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Ra5 Qd5 $11)
17... Qd6 (17... Ne7 $5 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rac1 {Schwarz steht noch etwas
unkoordiniert, hat jedoch langfristige Trьmpfe. Entscheidend wird sein, ob der
weiЯe Bauer auf a6 oder der schwarze auf b5 schwдcher wird.}) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
d5 $5 {schlдgt Houdini vor} exd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qb6 22. Qb7 Rb8 23.
Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Rd7 Ra8 25. Rb7 $14 {wird vermutlich in einem 4-3 am
Kцnigsflьgel enden.}) 16... a6 {Kramnik hat seine Stellung nun gefestigt. Der
Bauer auf a5 ist mehr Schwдche denn Stдrke, die weiЯfeldrige Konstellation Lb7,
Bauern a6,b5 ist konkret nicht auszunutzen.} 17. Nd3 $6 (17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. e3
Nxa5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qa2 Nb7 21. Rac1 $44 {und WeiЯ hat Kompensation, doch
keinesfalls mehr}) 17... Ba8 18. Bxc6 (18. Nc5 Nxd4 19. Bxa8 Rxc5 $17) (18. e3
Nxa5 {und WeiЯ hat nicht genug Kompensation} 19. Qb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc6 21. Qb1
Nb8 $15) 18... Rxc6 19. Nb4 Rc4 {konkret gespielt} (19... Rd6 $1 {behдlt den
a6 - Schwarz kann nun mittels h5-h4 den geschwдchten weiЯen Kцnig aufs Korn
nehmen}) 20. Nxa6 Qd5 21. f3 Rxd4 22. Nc7 Qc5 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Rfc1 Rc4 25. Na6
$2 {diesen Zeitverlust hдlt die weiЯe Stellung nicht mehr aus} (25. a6 $1 Rc8 (
25... Bxf3+ 26. exf3 Qxc7 27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. a7 Qd5 29. Kg2 {und WeiЯ hдlt dank
des starken Freibauern das Gleichgewicht}) 26. a7 Rxc7 27. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 28.
a8=Q+ Bxa8 29. Rxa8+ Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxb5 $11) 25... Qf2 $1 26. Qe5 Bd5
{Es droht f6 nebst Dxe2.} 27. Nc7 f6 28. Qd6 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 Qxe2 30. Ra3 {
und offensichtlich wollte sich Svidler ...b4 nicht mehr zeigen lassen} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. a5 Qg6 18. axb6 Bxe4 $2 {#} 19. Ng5 $1 {
This wins material by force.} Bc2 (19... Bf5 20. b7 {The reason for this
instead of bxa7 is that it forces} Rb8 {gaining time to play} 21. d5 $1 e5 (
21... Rxb7 $2 22. dxe6) 22. d6 Rf8 23. Bd5) (19... Bb7 $2 20. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 22. Qb4+) 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd8+) 20. b7 Bxb3 21. bxc8=Q
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Nh3 a5 24. Rc7 Nf8 25. Nf4 Qg5 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qf3 Re8 {#}
28. g3 $2 ({There can be no doubt, Jobava saw} 28. Rxf7 {. Unfortunately, if
he didn't play it, it can only be because after} Kxf7 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 {he missed}
30. Qf7+ $3 ({and only saw} 30. Qxf8+ $2 Rxf8 31. Nxg5 a3 32. Ra1 {where Black
is much better.}) 30... Kxf7 31. Nxg5+ Kg6 32. Rxe8) 28... Qf6 29. Qb7 Ng6 30.
Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Nf8 32. Re5 h6 33. h4 Bd1 34. h5 Qe7 35. Rb5 Bf3 36. Qc3 Qe8
37. Rc5 Bb7 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Rc7 Qb5 40. Qc5 Qb2 41. d5 a3 {#} 42. Re7 ({Missing
} 42. Nd3 $1 {which would win the piece by force since e.g.} Qb1 43. Qe7 $1 {
leads to mate.}) 42... Bxd5 43. Nxd5 a2 44. Re8 Kh7 45. Kg2 a1=Q 46. Qxf8 Qxf2+
47. Kxf2 Qa2+ 48. Ke1 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qd4+ 50. Kc2 Qe4+ 51. Kb2 Qe2+ 52. Kb3 Qd1+
53. Kb4 Qd4+ 54. Kb5 Qxd5+ 55. Qc5 Qb3+ 56. Ka5 Qa2+ 57. Kb6 Qb3+ 58. Kc7 Qxg3+
59. Kd7 Qg2 60. Rb8 Qe2 61. Ke7 Qf3 62. Qc2+ f5 63. Qc8 Qxh5 64. Qg8+ Kg6 65.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. dxe6 dxc3 7.
exf7+ Ke7 {is tempting, but known not to be good for White. Black has plenty
of time to consolidate.}) 6... exd5 7. e4 Nc6 (7... dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5
$14) 8. Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 {Despite how suspicious this line
looks for Black, it seems to hold quite well. Most top-level games in this
variation have ended in a draw in the recent past. Aronian's try does not seem
to be the most testing.} 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Nxe4 Rb8
15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Rhe1 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 {White's structural edge
gives him an advantage in the endgame, but from that to converting a win is a
long, long road.} Rhd8 19. Rc2 Rb6 20. Rec4 Rd6 21. R2c3 e5 22. Rc5 Rg6 $1 {
Good counterplay from the Spaniard. This forces g3, leaving f2 more vulnerable.
} 23. g3 (23. Rxe5+ Kd6 24. Re2 Rxg2 $11) 23... Kd6 24. Ra5 Rf6 25. f3 Rf7 26.
Rca3 Rfb7 27. Rd3+ Ke6 28. b3 Rb5 29. Ra6 R5b6 30. Ra3 Rb5 {White's rooks are
rather ugly. Despite the permanent advantage of the pawn structure, it is
clear he has been unable to make any progress. Aronian keeps trying, but
Vallejo has no problems holding.} 31. Rc3 Kd6 32. Kd2 Rd5+ 33. Ke3 a5 34. Rc4
Rbb5 35. Raa4 Rbc5 36. h4 h5 37. g4 g6 38. Ke4 Rxc4+ 39. Rxc4 Rd1 40. f4 Re1+
41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kd3 Rd1+ 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. fxe5+ Kxe5
47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rxa5 hxg4 49. Ke3 Rh1 50. Rg5 Rxh4 51. Rxg6+ Kc5 52. Rg5+ Kb6
53. Kd4 g3+ 54. Kc3 Rh2 55. a4 Rg2 56. a5+ Ka6 57. Kb4 Rc2 58. Rxg3 c5+ 59. Ka3
Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 {This is the first unusual move. White usually
plays 10.Qxd4 since recapturing with the pawn more or less forces white to
move his king.} (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 {
was seen twice last year at the Super level; Gelfand-Leko and Fridman-Meier,
and both games ended in draws.}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 (11. Bd2 Qxd4 {and 12.Qa4+
does not win the Bb4, since white's rook is hanging on a1.}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1
Bd6 13. h4 Rb8 14. h5 h6 15. e4 $6 {Levon thought quite a long time about this
advance in the center, but white cannot claim any advantage due to the Kf1 and
Rh1 being misplaced.} b6 16. Be3 e5 17. dxe5 (17. d5 Bd7 {looks pretty good
for black. The d5 pawn is blocked and black can decide whether he wants to
advance his queenside majority or play for an attack with f7-f5.}) 17... Bxe5
18. f4 Qxd1+ (18... Qf6 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bd4 {is more aggressive, but I
think Fabiano felt the slightly better ending offered by a queen trade suited
the situation more.}) 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. Rd5 Bb2 21. Rb5 Ba3 22. Bh3 Bxh3+ ({
The last chance to increase black's advantage was} 22... Bd1 23. Kf2 Ba4 24.
Rd5 Bc6 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rc4 f5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb2+ 29. Ke3 Bxe4 30. Ra1
{and black has some winning chances.}) 23. Rxh3 Rbc8 24. Rh2 Rfd8 (24... Rfe8
25. e5 f6 26. Re2 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 {was a better winning try,
although a draw is the most likely result.}) 25. Rb3 Bc1 26. Re2 Bxe3 27. Rbxe3
{Now it is completely equal. An easy game for Fabiano, who was a little better
with black the whole way through.} Kf8 28. e5 Rc5 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Rb2 Rdc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 7.
Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 (8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O-O $44) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2
Be6 10. e3 Be7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O $14 {Najdorf,
M-Gligoric,S/Helsinki(ol)/1952/}) 6... Nxd5 (6... exd5 7. e4 $1 Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4
9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 $14) 7. Nxd5 (7. e4 $5 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. Be2 Na6 10.
O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nc5 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. b3 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Keres,P/
Tallin/1973/}) 7... exd5 8. e4 dxe4 (8... Nc6 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11.
Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O $14) 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Bd3 Qxe4+ 11. Bxe4 Bb4+
12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bf3 O-O $10 17. Nb3 (17.
Rc7 Be6 18. a3 (18. Bxb7 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Ne8) (18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8) 18...
Rfd8 19. Ne4 Nd5) (17. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. a3) 17... Be6 18. Nc5 Bxa2
19. Ra1 (19. Nxb7 $6 Bd5 $1) (19. Bxb7 Rfd8 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Rxa7 Bxb7 22. Rxb7
Rxb7 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Rc1 Ne8 $1 25. Na5 Rxb2 $10) 19... Rfc8 $5 (19... Bd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nd7) (19... Bc4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Nxa6 bxa6 22. Rxa6 Rxb2 23. Rxa7
$10) 20. Rxa2 (20. Nxb7 Bd5 21. Nd6 Rc7) 20... Rxc5 21. Rxa7 Rb5 22. Rc1 $1 g5
(22... Rxb2 23. Rxb7) 23. h3 Ne8 $6 (23... Rxb2 24. Rc7 Ne8 25. Rcxb7 R8xb7 26.
Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 $10) 24. Rc2 Nd6 25. Rd2 Nc4 26. Rc2 Nd6 (26... Nxb2 27. Rc7
{/\ Bb7/}) 27. Ra4 (27. Rd2 $10) 27... Re8 28. Rd4 Re6 29. Rcd2 Rb6 $8 30. Bg4
$6 (30. b4 $5) 30... Rf6 (30... f5 31. Bf3 Kg7) 31. Rd5 h6 32. R5d4 Kg7 33. Kh2
Nf5 34. Rd5 (34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. b4 Rfb5 36. Rb2 $10) 34... Ne7 35. Rd7 Ng6 36.
Rc7 Rfc6 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. b4 Ne5 (38... Rc4 39. Rb2) 39. Be2 Kf6 40. b5 Re6
41. Kg3 (41. Kg3 Ng6 42. Bf3 Rb6 43. Rd7 Rxb5 44. Rxb7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qd2 Nd4 $6 (13... d4
14. Qf4 (14. b4 a6 15. a3 Bf5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qd7 $132 {Uhlamann,
W-Rodriguez,Am/Thessaloniki/1988/0,5 (31) Inf 46/553/}) 14... Qe7 15. Bd5 Bf5
16. e4 dxe3 17. Bxe3 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxh6 Qf6 $15 {Bagirov}
) 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Be6 $6 (15... d4 $5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Rfd1
Bf5) 16. b3 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 $16 b6 20. e3 (20. Rfd1 $5)
20... Rd7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 (21... Rc8 $5 22. Rac1 (22. Rd2 $5) 22... Rc5 {/\ Rdc7}
) 22. Rd2 f6 23. Rad1 Kg7 24. Bg2 (24. h4 $5) 24... Qf8 25. h3 Qe7 26. Kh2 Kg8
27. Qa4 f5 (27... Qf8 28. e4) 28. Qd4 Kf7 29. Qa4 Qc5 30. Rd4 Kg8 31. R1d2 Kg7
32. b4 Qe7 33. Qb5 Qf7 34. a4 Rd6 35. Qd3 R6d7 36. Qb5 (36. Bf3 {/\ Bd1-b3,
Qe2-d1,f3,e4}) 36... Rd6 37. Qd3 R6d7 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Qe7 40. Rb2 Kg8 41.
Rb5 Qf7 42. Rc5 Rd6 43. Qc3 R6d7 44. Rc6 Qe7 (44... Rd6 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. Rb4
Rd8 47. Qe5 {/\ a6,Rb7}) 45. Qb3 $6 (45. Rb4 Rd6 $140 46. Rc7 R8d7 47. Rbb7)
45... Bf7 46. Qd3 Qe5 47. Qc3 Qe7 48. Bf3 (48. Rb4 $5) 48... Rd6 49. Rc7 R6d7
50. Rc5 Qe5 51. Kg2 Be6 52. Qc1 Bf7 53. Rb4 Qf6 54. Rc6 Qe7 $6 (54... Qe5 $5)
55. Qc3 Be8 (55... Rd6 56. Rc7 R6d7 57. Rbb7) 56. Rc5 (56. a6 $5 Bf7 57. Rc8 {
/\ Rd8,Rb7}) 56... Qg7 57. Rd4 (57. Qxg7+ Kxg7 58. a6 Kf6 59. Rb7 Ke6 60. Rcc7
Rxc7 61. Rxc7 Rd7) 57... Bf7 58. Rc6 Qe5 59. h4 Kf8 60. Be2 Rd6 61. Rc5 R6d7
62. a6 Re7 63. Bb5 Qf6 $1 64. Rc6 (64. Bc6 {/\ Bb7,Rb5,Qc5} Re4 $1) 64... Qe5
65. Qa5 Rd6 66. Qb4 Rd8 67. Rc5 Rb8 68. Qc3 Rb6 69. Be2 Kg7 70. Rc8 Be6 71. Rc5
(71. Rc6 Rxc6 72. Qxc6 Rc7 {/\ Rc2}) 71... Bf7 72. Qa1 Qf6 73. Qc3 Qe5 74. h5
$6 (74. Rc8 Be6 75. Ra8 $5 (75. Rd8 Rc7 76. Qa3 Qf6) 75... Rc7 76. Qa3 Qd6 77.
Qxd6 Rxd6 78. Rb8 Bc8 79. Ra4 Kf6) 74... g5 75. Rc6 Rxc6 (75... Re6 76. Rc7)
76. Qxc6 h6 77. Bf3 Rc7 78. Qb5 Rc2 79. Qb3 Rc4 $1 80. Rd1 f4 (80... g4 81. Be2
Rc3 82. Qb7 Rc7) 81. exf4 gxf4 82. Qb7 (82. g4 d4 $13) 82... Rc7 83. Qb4 fxg3 (
83... Rc4 $5) 84. Qg4+ (84. fxg3 Rc2+ 85. Rd2 Rxd2+ 86. Qxd2 d4) 84... Kf8 (
84... Kh7 85. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 86. Kxg3 Rc6 87. Be2 Be6 88. Kf4 Bc8 89. Ra1 Kg7 90.
Ke5 $140 $4 Re6+) 85. Qb4+ Kg7 86. Re1 $1 Qf6 87. Qg4+ Kf8 88. Qxg3 Rc3 89. Rb1
(89. Qg4 d4) 89... Bxh5 90. Qb8+ Be8 91. Qb4+ Kg7 (91... Kg8 92. Bxd5+) 92.
Qg4+ Qg6 93. Rb7+ Kf6 94. Qxg6+ (94. Rxa7 Qxg4+ 95. Bxg4 d4 96. Bf3 Ra3) 94...
Bxg6 95. Bxd5 (95. Rxa7 Be4 $1 96. Bxe4 dxe4 $10 {/\ Ra3}) 95... Rc5 $1 96. Bf3
Rg5+ 97. Kh2 (97. Kf1 Ra5 $1 98. Rxa7 (98. Be2 Ra1+ 99. Kg2 Be4+) 98... Bd3+
99. Be2 $140 $4 Ra1+) 97... Bh5 98. Bg2 (98. Bxh5 Rxh5+ 99. Kg2 Rg5+ 100. Kf1
Rg7 {/\ h5-h4}) 98... Rg7 $1 $10 99. Rb8 Be2 100. Bb7 Kg5 101. Ra8 h5 102. Re8
(102. Rxa7 Bxa6 $10) 102... Bf1 (102... Bd3 $5 103. Re5+ Kf4 104. Rxh5 Rh7 $10)
103. f4+ Kh4 104. Re5 Bh3 105. Re3 (105. Re3 Bf5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 (15... Na5 16. Bd3 exd5 17. e5 Rc7 $5 18. Qf4 Bc8 19. h4
h6 20. Nd4 Qe7 21. Qg3 Nc4 22. Bb1 $146 {Loginov,V-Vaulin,A/URS/1985/1|0/37/})
16. exd5 $5 (16. Bxd5 $5 Qc7 (16... Na5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qf5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc2
20. Qf4 Qxa2 21. d6 $16 {Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow(Wm)/1969/1|0/30/}) 17.
Qg5 h6 18. Qg4 Rfd8 19. h3 Nb4 20. Nd4 $1 $36 {Kolev,A-Delchev,A/Elenite/1994/
1|0/26/}) 16... Na5 17. Bf1 Qd6 18. Ng5 Rcd8 (18... h6 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Qf4 $36)
19. Qd3 Qh6 (19... Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. d6 $16) 20. Qf5 Bc8 21. Qf4 Nb7 $1 (
21... f6 22. Ne6 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 $36) 22. Re7 f6 23. Ne6 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 Rf7 25.
Re3 (25. d6 Kf8 $1 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bc4+ Kf8) 25... Rc7 $132 (25... Nd6 $5) (
25... g5 $5 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Kg7 $132) 26. h4 Kf7 27. h5 g5 (27... Re7 28.
Ne6 (28. Rc3 $5) 28... Bxe6 29. dxe6+ Kf8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Bc4 Rc7 32. Bb3
Ke7 $132) 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Rde1 Rh8 (29... g5 $6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. dxe6+ Ke7
32. Rh3 $16) 30. d6 $1 Nxd6 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. Re7+ Kf8 (32... Rxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kf8
34. Rxa7 $18) 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Nxf6 Bf5 $6 (34... Bc8 35. Rd1 Nf5 (35... Ke7
36. Nd5+ $36) 36. Rc1 $14) 35. g4 Kf7 $4 (35... Bc8) 36. gxf5 Kxf6 (36... Kxf6
37. Re6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+ Bd7 7.
Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 (8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O-O $44) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2
Be6 10. e3 Be7 $132) 6... Nxd5 (6... exd5 $6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6
10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O $36) 7. Bg5 $1 $146 (7. Nxd5 exd5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7
$10 {Uhlmann,W-Keres,P Moscow 1956/}) (7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. Be2 Na6 10.
O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nc5 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Ne5 O-O $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Keres,P Tallinn
1973; 9...Nc6!?/}) 7... f6 (7... Be7 8. Qxg7) (7... Nc6 8. Qxd5 $5 Qxd5 9. Nxd5
exd5 10. O-O-O $14) (7... Qa5 8. Bd2) 8. Nxd5 exd5 (8... fxg5 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10.
Nxd4 $14) 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Bc3 Bd7 12. e3 Ne5 13. Qh4 (13. Qc2 $5)
13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Bd3 $14 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. Qa4 Bd7
19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. Bxa5 Rde8 (20... Rc8 $5) 21. Bc3 Be5 {/\d4/} 22. Kd2 Bc6 23.
Rhg1 d4 $5 (23... Re7 $5) 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Re7 26. Be4 (26. Rg3 Rd8 $36)
26... Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxg7 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 Rb4 30. b3 h5 31. Rf7 $14 Rc8
$1 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33. f4 (33. Rxf6 Rh4 $132) 33... Rb6 34. Ke4 Ra6 35. Rh7 Rxa2
36. Rxh5 Kd7 37. Rh7+ Ke6 $1 38. f5+ (38. Rxb7 Re2+ 39. Kd4 (39. Kf3 Rxh2 40.
Rxa7 Rh3+ $10) 39... Rxh2 40. Rxa7 Rh4 41. Ra6+ Kf5 $10) 38... Kd6 39. h4 Re2+
40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Kg4 b5 42. Rxa7 Rg2+ 43. Kh5 (43. Kf3 Rb2 $10) 43... Ke5 $1
$10 44. Ra5 Kxf5 45. Rxb5+ Ke6 46. Rb8 f5 47. b4 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. Rb6+ Kg7
50. Rc6 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 (11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nd2 h6 (13...
Re8 $5) 14. Nc4 $6 (14. Ne4 $1) 14... Qa6 15. Bf4 Qxa2 16. Ne5 Bb6 $1 $15 {
Van der Sterren,P-Vaganian,R/Ter Apel/1992/0:1 (38) Inf 54/416/}) 11... Qf6 12.
Rb1 Bf5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rab8 $1 (14... Be4 15. Qd2 Bb6 (15... d4 $2 16. Qg5
$1 $16 {Huebner,R-Ivkov,B/BRD/1975/}) 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. e3 Rfe8 $10 {O"kelly,
A-Palatnik,S/BRD/1976/}) 15. e3 $2 (15. Qxd5 $1 $18) 15... Be4 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17.
Bxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe4+ 19. f3 Qe6 20. Rf2 Rfd8 21. Rc3 Qf5 (21... h5 $5) 22.
Rd2 Rd7 23. Rcd3 Nb4 (23... Nb4 24. Rc3 Nc6 25. Rcd3 Nb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 $6 (
13... b6 $5) 14. e5 $5 (14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 $14) 14... Nd5 (14... Ne8 15. d5
$16) 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 b6 17. h3 $1 Rc8 18. Nh2 Ba4 19. Rbc1 Bb5 20. Ng4
Bc4 21. Rc3 b5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. f4 $16 a5 (23... Qh4 24. Kh2 h5 25. Ne3 Qxf4 26.
Nxc4) 24. f5 b4 25. f6 Rg8 26. Qf4 $1 Bxa2 (26... Rc7 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 $40)
27. e6 fxe6 28. Ne5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Ne5 h6
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rae1 b6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. Qxh6 {1-0 Shamkovich,
L-Gudmundsson,E/Reykjavik op 1982/MCD-op (32)}) 12... Re8 13. c4 g6 14. c5 Nf6
15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Rf8 19. Rfc1 Bf6 20. Nc4 Bxd4 21.
Nd6 Qd8 22. Nxb7 Qf6 23. c6 Bc8 24. Rb3 e5 25. Be4 Be6 26. Rf3 $2 Qg5 27. Qe1
Qe7 $4 (27... f5 $17 28. h4 (28. Nc5 {Anands Partieidee} Bxc5 29. Rxc5 fxe4 30.
Qxe4 $17) 28... Qg4 29. Bb1 f4 30. Bh2 Qxh4 $17) 28. Qa5 Bb6 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30.
Rxa3 f6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nc7 33. f3 a6 34. h4 Rad8 35. Rc1 Rd2 36. Be1
Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Bxa2 38. Ba5 Rf7 39. Rd1 Nb5 40. Rc1 Nc7 41. Rd1 Nb5 42. Rd8+ Kg7
43. Ra8 Bc4 44. Rb8 (44. c7 $1 Nxc7 45. Rc8 $18) 44... f5 45. Bc2 Bd5 46. Rb6
Nd6 (46... Nd4 47. Ba4 Ra7 48. Bb4 {/\ Bd6+-}) 47. c7 Nc8 48. Rb8 Rf8 49. Ba4
Be6 50. Bc3 $18 Kf6 51. f4 Kf7 52. Bxe5 Ne7 53. Rd8 Nc8 54. Kf2 Ke7 55. Bc6 a5
56. Bb7 Kf7 57. Bc6 Ke7 58. Bc3 Kf7 59. Bxa5 Rg8 60. Bb4 Na7 61. Ba4 Nc8 62.
Bc5 h6 63. Bb5 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. h5 1-0

[Event "World-ch16 Alekhine-Euwe +10-4=11"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.11.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Qf4
Rc8 (14... Qf6 $5 15. Qe3 Qh6) 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Qe7 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. Bxb7 $2
(18. h4) 18... Ng6 19. Qf5 Qxb7 20. Rd7 Qa6 $1 21. h4 (21. Rxf7 Qxa2 $1 $17 22.
Rxf8+ (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qd7+ Rf7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nxf7 Qxf7) 22... Nxf8)
21... Rc5 22. Rd5 Rxd5 $2 (22... Qc8 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 Rc8
$10) 23. exd5 Qc8 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Qa4 Re7 26. d6 Rd7 27. Rd1 Nf8 28. Qf4 Qc6
29. Ne4 Qc2 30. Rc1 Qxa2 31. h5 $2 (31. Rc8 Qe6 {[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5} 32. Ra8 {
? Kotov} (32. Rb8 f5 33. Ng5 Qxd6 34. Qc4+ Qd5 35. Qxd5+ (35. Ne6 Qd1+ 36. Kh2
Qd6+ 37. g3 Qxb8 $13 {Botvinnik}) 35... Rxd5 36. Ne6 Kf7 37. Nxf8 h6 38. h5 f4
39. Ng6 $18 {_|_ with great technical problems Kotov}) 32... f5 33. Ng5 (33. f3
fxe4 34. Rxf8#) 33... Qxd6 (33... Qd5 $1 34. Rb8 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd6 $19 {
Botvinnik}) 34. Qc4+ Qd5 35. Ne6 $18 {Alekhine}) 31... h6 32. Ng3 Ne6 33. Qe5
Qa6 34. Nf5 Qd3 35. Kh2 (35. Nxh6+ gxh6 36. Rc8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. Qe8+
Kg7 39. Qxd8 $10 {Alekhine/Botvinnik}) (35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Nxh6 $1 Nd8 $1 37. Nf5
Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxh5+ 39. Kg1 $44 {Kotov}) 35... Kh7 36. Rc3 Qd1 37. f3 Qd2 38.
Rc4 Qg5 39. Rh4 $2 (39. Rg4 Qxh5+ 40. Rh4 Qg6 41. Rg4 Qh5+ (41... Qf6 42. Rxg7+
$16) (41... Ng5 42. f4 f6 43. Qb5 $16) 42. Rh4 $10) 39... Qf6 40. Qe4 Nc5 41.
Qc2 a5 {the sealed move} (41... Kh8 42. g3 Rd8 43. Rg4 Rg8 {[%cal Ya7a5] /\a5})
42. g3 $1 a4 (42... Kh8 $142 43. Rg4 a4 44. Rxg7 a3 45. Rg4 Rd8 (45... Qb2 46.
Qxb2+ axb2 47. Rb4) 46. Rf4 Nd3 (46... a2 47. Qxa2 Nd3 48. Qc4 Nxf4 49. Qxf4
$10 {[%csl Gf5] Sf5,/\g4}) 47. Qxd3 a2 48. Ra4 $10 (48. Nxh6 $1 a1=Q 49. Rxf6
Qxf6 50. Nf5 $13)) 43. Rg4 (43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Rxa4 $2 Qxf3 $19) 43... g6 (43...
a3 44. Nxg7+ Kh8 45. Nf5 $44) 44. Nh4 $1 (44. hxg6+ $2 fxg6 45. Nh4 Rg7) 44...
Qxd6 (44... a3 45. hxg6+ fxg6 46. Nxg6 Qb2 47. Nf8+ Kh8 48. Ng6+ Kg7 49. Ne5+)
45. hxg6+ fxg6 46. Rd4 $3 Qe6 (46... Qxd4 47. Qxg6+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ $10) 47. Rxd7+
Nxd7 48. Qxa4 h5 49. Qc2 Ne5 50. Kg2 $1 Nc4 (50... Qc4 51. Qd2 Qc5 52. f4 Qc6+
53. Kg1 Nf3+ 54. Nxf3 Qxf3 55. Qe1 $15 {Alekhine}) 51. Nxg6 $1 (51. Nxg6 $1
Ne3+ 52. Kf2 Nxc2 53. Nf8+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch16 Alekhine-Euwe +10-4=11"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.12.02"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Ke7 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. Ke3 Na6 (
13... e5 $142 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Nd5+) 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. a3 Bd7 16. f4
f6 17. Be4 $1 Be8 (17... e5 $2 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Nf3) 18. b4 {[%cal Rb4b5] /
\b5+-} Rd7 19. f5 Nc7 (19... e5 20. Ne6) 20. fxe6 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. Bxh7
f5 23. Rc5 g6 24. Bg8+ Kf6 25. Rhc1 Re7+ 26. Kf2 Bc6 27. Bd5 Rbe8 28. Re1 Bxd5
29. Rxd5 g5 30. Rd6+ Ke5 $2 31. Red1 g4 (31... Re6 32. Rd7 R8e7 33. h4) 32.
R1d5+ Ke4 33. Rd4+ Ke5 34. Ke3 Re6 35. R4d5+ Kf6+ 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. Rxe6+ Rxe6
38. Re5 Ra6 (38... Rf6 39. e4 fxe4+ 40. Kxg4 Rf2 41. h4 $18) 39. Rxf5 Rxa3 40.
Rb5 $1 b6 41. Kxg4 (41. Kxg4 Re3 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. b5 Rxe2 44. h4) 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 {Fischer} (8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {main line} 11. Bc4 Nc6
12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. d5 Na5 $6 16. Bd3 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18.
Qf4 Nb2 19. Bxh7+ $18 {Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M/URS-ch/1969/}) 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 (
10. Bb3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 a6 13. a4 O-O $10 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R (09)
/Wch Reykjavik/1972/1/2-1/2/}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 (11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 a6
13. a4 $14) 12. Rb1 (12. d5 $142 $1 exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 O-O
16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bf3 $14 {Yusupov,A-Ribli,Z/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 12... Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 a6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Kd2 (15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Kd2 {Petrosian,
T-Kortschnojm,V (2)/Il Ciocco cm/1977/1/2-1/2/}) 15... Ke7 16. Rhc1 Bd7 17. Ke3
Rhc8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. f4 f6 20. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch39"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1984.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1984.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 {Fischer} 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2
Bb7 $5 (13... Qxd2+ $6 14. Kxd2 a6 15. Rac1 $14) 14. a3 (14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15.
Bxb5+ Ke7 16. O-O Bxe4 $10) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 a6 16. a4 $1 b4 17. a5 $6 (17.
Rac1 $14) 17... Rd8 18. Ke3 f5 $1 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bc4 $1 Ke7 $1 21. d5 Kf6 $1
(21... Nb8 22. Kd4 $16) 22. dxc6 (22. Rhe1 Ne7 $17) 22... Rhe8+ 23. Kf4 Re4+ $1
(23... g5+ $2 24. Kg3 $1 (24. Nxg5 $2 Rd4+ 25. Kg3 Rg4+ 26. Kh3 Bxc6 $17) 24...
f4+ 25. Kh3 $16) 24. Kg3 Bc8 (24... Rg4+ 25. Kh3 Bxc6 26. Bxa6 $16) 25. Rac1 (
25. Bxa6 $5 Bxa6 26. Rhd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rg4+ 28. Kh3 Rc4 29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. Rd7+
Kf6 31. Rb7 g5 $13) 25... Rg4+ 26. Kh3 f4 27. Ne5 $2 (27. Bxa6 $1 $10 Rg3+ 28.
Kh4 Rg4+ (28... g5+ $2 29. Kh5 $18) 29. Kh3 (29. Kh5 $2 Rd5+ 30. Ne5 Rxe5#)
29... Rg3+ $10) (27. c7 Re8 $1 (27... Rg6+ 28. g4 $1 Bxg4+ 29. Kh4 $16) (27...
Rd6 28. Rhd1 Rg6+ 29. g4 (29. Kh4 Rh6#) 29... fxg3+ (29... Bxg4+ 30. Kh4 $18)
30. Kg2 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rc6 32. Bd3 $18) 28. Bxa6 $1 $10 (28. Rhe1 g5 $19) 28...
Rg3+ 29. Kh4 Rg4+ 30. Kh3 $10 (30. Kh5 $2 Re5+ 31. Nxe5 g6+ 32. Nxg6 hxg6+ 33.
Kh6 Rh4#)) 27... Kg5 $1 $19 (27... Kxe5 28. Rhe1+ Kf6 29. Be6 $1 $16) 28. Nf7+
(28. Nf3+ Kh6 29. Rhd1 Rg3+ 30. Kh4 Rxf3 31. gxf3 g5#) 28... Kh5 29. Be2 Rd3+
$1 30. g3 (30. Bf3 Rxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rg3#) 30... f3 31. Rc5+ Rg5+ 32. g4+ Bxg4+
33. Kg3 fxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 (9. e4 $5) 9... exd5 10. Be3 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 (11... f6
12. Rc1 (12. Bd2)) 12. Qxd5 Be6 $10) 10... c4 (10... cxd4 $6 11. Nxd4 $14) (
10... Bf6 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. Ne1 d4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Nd3 $13 {
Portisch,L-Keres,P/Petropolis izt/1973/}) 11. b3 (11. Ne5 f6 (11... Be6 $6 12.
Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5 $14) (11... Na5 $5) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Ba6 $10) 11... cxb3 (
11... Bf6 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. a4 a6 15. Nd2 $14) 12. Qxb3 (12. axb3
Be6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nd3 Bf6 $13 {Gurevich,D-Gruenfeld,Y/Las Vegas/1985/}) 12...
Na5 13. Qb1 Bg4 14. a4 Rc8 15. Qa2 (15. Ra2 {/\Ne5}) 15... Nc4 16. Bf4 Qd7 17.
Rfb1 f6 18. Qb3 b6 19. h4 Bf5 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Na5 (22... g5
$6 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Be3 Nxe3+ (24... Qe6 $5) 25. Qxe3 $14) 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24.
axb5 Bb4 25. Nf1 Kf7 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Ke6 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Ke3 Rxc1 30.
Rxc1 Ra8 $1 31. Kd3 a6 32. bxa6 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 O-O (9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bb1
Rc8 14. a3 g6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Ba2 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Bf3 Red8
20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Na5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nb5 a6 24. Na7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd6 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Rogers,I/World Cities 1997/EXP 58 (39)}) 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. a3
b6 12. Qd3 g6 13. h4 $5 a5 14. h5 Ba6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bb3 Nd8 18.
Qe3 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne5 Qa6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. Bf4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5
Nd7 25. Qh4 Nf8 26. Qf6 {1-0 Vadasz,L-Sapi,L/HUN-ch 1977/MCD-ch}) 9... O-O 10.
Re1 (10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 (11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bc4 Nbd5 13. Ne5 {1-0 Werner,I-Deml,
T/Regensburg op 1996/EXT 96op2 (34)})) (10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Rad1 Nbd5
13. Ne5 a6 14. Bg5 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19.
Rfe1 Kg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Re4 Bd7 22. Rh4 Bc6 23. Qg3 Bd6 24. Bg5 Rf8 25. Qh3
Be7 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Nxg6+ Kg7 29. Nxe7 {1-0 Rosa,F-Correa,J/
CHI-ch 1997/EXP 58}) 10... a6 11. Bg5 (11. Bc2 $5) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. a3
Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nfd5 (16... Ned5 17. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Yc5,
Yc6]}) 17. Qd2 b6 (17... Bd7) (17... Nf5 $5) 18. Ng3 Bb7 (18... Nf6 $142 19.
Rac1 Bb7) 19. Ng4 Ng6 (19... Rc8 $2 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qxh6 f5 22. Rxe6 Rf7 23.
Nxf5 $18) 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne5 Nf4 22. f3 $14 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 h5
25. Rd1 g5 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Nc3 Nf4 28. Ne2 Nd5 29. Nc3 Nf4 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. h3
b5 32. Rc1 Re8 $2 (32... Nf4 $5 33. Nxf4 Rxf4 $11) 33. Rc5 Qe7 34. Qc2 Qf6 35.
Qg6 (35. Ng3 Qf4 36. Qf2 h4 37. Ne4 Rd8 $14) 35... Qxg6 36. Nxg6 Rd8 37. Nc3
Kh7 38. Ne5 Nf4 $2 (38... Nxc3 39. bxc3 Bd5 40. Kf2 $14) 39. Rc7 $16 Ba8 (39...
Bd5 40. Nf7 Rf8 41. Nxg5+ Kg6 42. h4 $16) 40. Ra7 Bd5 (40... Rxd4 41. Rxa8 Rd2
42. Ne4 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 $18) 41. Nf7 $18 Rb8 42. Rxa6 g4 43. Ng5+ Kg8 (43... Kg6
44. Nxd5 Kxg5 45. h4+ Kf5 46. Nxf4 Kxf4 47. fxg4 Kxg4 48. Rxe6 $18) 44. hxg4
Bc4 45. Ra7 hxg4 46. fxg4 Bb3 $6 (46... Nd5 47. Nxd5 Bxd5 48. Re7 Rd8 49. Kf2
$18) 47. Nxb5 $18 Bd5 (47... Rxb5 $4 48. Ra8+ Rb8 49. Rxb8#) 48. Nc3 Bxg2 49.
Rf7 Nh3+ 50. Kxg2 Nxg5 51. Rf2 Nh7 52. Re2 Ng5 53. Rf2 Rb3 54. Re2 Kf7 55. Kg3
Nh7 56. Kf4 g5+ 57. Ke5 Ke7 58. d5 exd5 59. Nxd5+ Kf7 60. a4 Rg3 61. Re4 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3
cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 $6 11. Be4 {Botvinnik,M-Flohr,S/
Groningen (12)/1946/1/2-1/2/41/} (11. Bb1 {Kotov,A-Steiner,H/Groningen (13)/
1946/0-1/72/})) 7... Nxc3 $1 (7... Nf6 {Botvinnik}) (7... cxd4 $1 {main line}
8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 $6 (10... Bf6 $1 11. Ne4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13.
Qd3 Rc8 $13) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bf4 $14 {
Neikirch-Skiva/Sofia/1957/}) 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 Bd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A/AVRO/1938/1-0/51/}) 8. bxc3
cxd4 9. exd4 (9. cxd4 Bb4+ $10) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qc2 $5 (12.
Qe2 $1 Bb7 13. Qe4 $1 (13. h4 $1)) (12. Re1 Bb7 13. h4 $1 Bxh4 (13... Na5 14.
Ng5 $40 h6 15. Qh5 $1 {Razuvaev-Farago,I/Dubna/1979/1-0/}) 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15.
Re3 $40) 12... g6 (12... h6 $2 13. Qe2 {/\ 14.Qe4}) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bb5 $2 (14.
Be4 Bb7 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Rad1 $14 {/\c4; Kan,I}) (14. Rfe1 $1 Bb7 15. Qd2 (15.
h4 $5 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 $1 (16. d5 $2 {Tal} Qxd5 (16... exd5 $2 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.
Nxh4) 17. Nxh4 Qh5) 16... Qxh4 17. Qd2 $40) 15... Rc8 16. h4 $1 Bxh4 (16... Na5
17. Ng5 {Tal,M-Najdorf,M/Belgrade URS-World/1970/1-0/50/} (17. h5)) 17. Nxh4
Qxh4 18. Bg5 $40 {Tal}) 14... Bb7 15. c4 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qb2
Ba8 {/\19...f6 20.Nd3 Rc4} 19. Rac1 b5 20. c5 (20. cxb5 $6 Qd5 $15) 20... Qd5
21. f3 f6 $6 (21... Bf6 $142) 22. Ng4 Red8 23. Rfd1 (23. Be3) 23... g5 $6 24.
Ne3 Qc6 25. h4 $1 Qe8 (25... gxh4 $2 26. d5 exd5 27. Qd4 {Kan} (27. Rd4 $40 {
Kmoch}) 27... Bxc5 (27... Qe6 28. Qxh4 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 30. Qg3+ Kf7 31.
Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Qxc5 $18) 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxh7 $18) 26.
hxg5 fxg5 27. Ng4 $1 (27. d5 $2 Qg6 28. d6 Bf6 29. Qb3 Qxh6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31.
Ng4 $4 Bd4+ $19) 27... Qg6 (27... Rd5 {/\ Rd5-f5-f4,Rxg4,Qg6}) 28. Re1 Bf6 29.
Rcd1 Rd5 $4 (29... Bd5 $132 {Kmoch}) (29... Bh8 $1 {Kan}) 30. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 31.
Qxd4 $1 $18 (31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Rxd4 $18) (31. Rxd4 $2 Qxe6 32.
Rxd5 Qe1+ $10) 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07] This line of
the Queen's Gambit has become a little more popular in the last year. Black's
idea is to accept a slightly worse position but with the goal of quickly
exchanging pieces and hoping to salvage a draw in an endgame that is not so
dangerous. This is precisely what happened today; after the queenside was
annihilated and many pieces were traded off there simply wasn't enough
material to play on.} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:19]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nb8 {
[%emt 0:05:29]} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:14:58]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 17. d5 $146 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} (17. Qxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Nc6 19. Ra4 a5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Bb1 Rfd8
22. Nb3 Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bc4 24. Ra4 Rb8 25. Na5 Rxd4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Nc6 Bb5 28.
Nxb4 Rxb4 29. e5 Bc6 30. Bd3 g5 31. f3 Kg7 32. Kf2 h5 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4
Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Kg6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Rxh4 Re2 38. f4 Ra2 39. Kh2 Kf5 40. Kh3 Ra1
41. Kh2 Ke4 42. g3 Kf3 43. f5 Ra5 44. fxe6 fxe6 45. Rxh5 Kg4 {1/2-1/2 (45)
Sargissian,G (2693)-Berkes,F (2685) Istanbul 2012}) 17... Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:33]}
18. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:18:54]} exd5 {[%emt 0:17:22]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:12:47]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 21. Ra3 {
[%emt 0:10:29]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:08:46]} 22. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} 23. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 24. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:16:27]}
Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:
58]} 28. Rc6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 29. Rc7 {[%emt 0:09:33]} Kg6
{[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "Dubna"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Kramnik"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 {[#]} 13. h4 $1 {
Kramnik: Pamjati Shakhmatnogo Akademia. In Postovski: Akademik shakhmat Yuri
Razuvaev. p.4.} Na5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Bd5 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6
f5 19. Re3 Bxh4 20. Rg3+ Bxg3 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Nf6 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Qxf6 24. Qxf6+
Kg8 25. Kxh2 Rac8 26. Rh1 Rc7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Kg1 Rf7 29. Qg5 Rg7 30. Rh8+ Kf7
31. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 $2 (9... exd5 {see D41}) 10. Be3 $1 Qh5 (10...
c4 11. Qc2 $1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Qb5 13. a4 Qa6 14. Ne5 $16) (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7
(11... Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc1 $1 $16 {Panno,O-Medina,A/ Gotemburg (izt) 1955
}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 a5 15. Bxc6 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Raddatz,M/
Berlin op ;EXT 90op2 1990}) 11. dxc5 e5 (11... Bxc5 $4 12. g4 $18) 12. Qa4 (12.
Nd2 {Tsesarsky} f5 (12... Rd8 13. a3 $14) 13. f4 $16 e4 14. Qb3+ (14. b4 $16)
14... Kh8 15. Rfe1 Nd8 (15... Bf6) 16. Qc2 Be6 17. b4 Nc6 18. a3 {1-0
Capablanca,J-Menchik,V/Hastings 1929 (63)} (18. b5 Nb4 19. Qb2 Nd5 20. Bd4 Qg4
21. Nc4 $18)) 12... f5 (12... Bg4 $5) 13. b4 $1 $146 (13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. b4 Qg4
$1 $132 (14... e4 $2 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qc3 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg5 19. f4
exf3 20. Qxf3 Qh6 21. Rad1 $18 {Bukal,V-Bozinovic,B/CRO-Cup Pula (01) ;EXT 95
1995})) 13... f4 14. Bd2 (14. gxf4 {Tsesarsky} exf4 15. Bd2 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3
17. b5 Nd8 (17... Rf6 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Kh1 Nd8 20. Bc3 {[%csl Rg7]} Rg6 21. Rg1
$18) 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. c6 bxc6 20. bxc6 Bc5 21. Bc3 Rac8 22. Be5 $16) 14... e4
15. b5 $3 exf3 (15... fxg3 16. Qxe4 Rxf3 (16... Bxc5 {Tsesarsky} 17. bxc6 (17.
Qc4+ Kh8 18. bxc6 Rxf3 19. hxg3 Rxg3 $17) 17... Bxf2+ (17... Rxf3 18. hxg3 $18)
18. Rxf2 gxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qc5+ 20. e3 (20. Ke1 Qxc6 (20... bxc6 21. Bb4 Qf5 22.
Qxc6 Bd7 23. Qc3 Rac8 24. Qd4 Rfe8 25. Bc3 Qg6 26. Bh1 $16)) 20... Qxc6 21.
Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rc1 $16) (16... gxh2+ 17. Nxh2 Ne5 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20.
Bc3 $16) (16... Bf6 17. bxc6 gxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxa1 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Qxc5
21. Bb4 $18) 17. hxg3 $1 $18) 16. Bxf3 Bg4 (16... Qh3 {Tsesarsky} 17. bxc6 fxg3
18. hxg3 $18) 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. bxc6 $18 Qxe2 (18... bxc6 {Tsesarsky} 19. Bxf4
$18) 19. cxb7 Rab8 20. Rae1 Qxd2 21. Rxe7 f3 22. c6 Qd6 23. Qe4 1-0

[Event "El Vendrell"]
[Site "El Vendrell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gonzalez Garcia, Jose"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 7.
Qxd4 Bc5 8. Qd1 exd5 $14) 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... Bc5 $5 10.
Qd1 Ne4 11. e3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Nc6 $10) 10. Qd1 O-O-O 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. e3 Bb4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Rd6 16. Qc2 Rhd8 17. Rd1 $2 (17. O-O-O $1 Qa3+ $1 (17... Ne5 18. c4
Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Nd3 20. Bc3 $1 (20. Ba5 Qxa5 21. Rxd3 Rb6+ 22. Ka1 Qe5+ 23. Rc3
Rbd6 $13) 20... Nxf2 (20... Nb4 21. Qb3 Qxb3+ 22. axb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.
Bxd1 Nd3 25. Bc2 Nxf2 26. Be1 Nh1 27. Bf5+ Kd8 28. Bh3 $18) 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22.
Rg1 Qb6+ 23. Ka1 Qxe3 24. Rxg7 $16) 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Bc1 $1 Rb6+ 20. Ka1 Nb3+
21. Qxb3 Rxb3 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bxa3 Rxa3 24. Kb2 $14) 17... Ne5 18. O-O Nd3
19. e4 (19. Be1 Qg5+ $1 (19... Qf5 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qa4 Kb8 23.
Kg2) 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Rd5 $19) 19... Qh5 20.
Be3 Nxe4 $3 21. Kh1 $2 (21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Rxd3 24. Qa4 (24.
Qxd3 Nxf2+ $19) (24. fxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Kg1 Rxe3 $19) 24... Nd6 25. Qxa7 Qf5 26.
Qc5+ Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Nf5 $15) 21... Rh6 $1 $19 22. Bxh6 Nexf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24.
Kg1 Nxd1 25. Bf4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 9697"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 (8... Bb4 9. Qd3 Na5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O (11. Ne5 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nc6
13. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Qxc6 16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Kd2 O-O-O 18. Kc2
Nb6 19. Be3 Rd5 20. Rb4 Ra5 $10 {Lein-Olafsson, Palma de Mallorca 1989}) 11...
Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. c4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. c5 Nd5
18. Bg3 Nc6 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rfc1 $14 {Arkhipov-Schlosser, Nettetal 1992}) 9.
O-O O-O (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h4 (14.
Rfe1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Ng5 Na5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. d5 e5 20. Ne4 f5
$10 {Christiansen-Fedorowicz, Berkeley 1985}) 14... Bf6 (14... Bf8 15. Qd2 Bb7
16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. h5 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Ng5 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $16 {
Eingorn-Alterman, Debrecen 1992}) (14... Bxh4 $2 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Qe4 $16) 15.
h5 $14) 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 (11... Bd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bg5
Ne7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Rc1 (15. Ng4 Nfd5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19.
Qh3 Rfe8 20. Bb3 Rac8 $10 {Tal-Cserna, Albena 1984}) 15... Rc8 16. Bb3 Nf5 17.
Bc2 h6 18. Bxf5 hxg5 19. Bc2 Qd5 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 $15 {Pachman-Cserna, Bad
Worishofen 1985}) (11... Be7 12. a3 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Nfg5 h6 15. Nh7 f5 16.
Nxf8 fxe4 {Ghinda-Skembris, Nikea 1984} 17. Qxe4 Kxf8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxe6
$16) 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 (13... Be7 14. Nfg5 h6 15. Nh7 f5 16. Nxf8 fxe4 17.
Rxe4 Kxf8 18. Rxe6 Bf6 19. Be3 Nce7 20. Qh7 $10 {Ghinda-Skembris, Athens 1984})
(13... Re8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Ba2 Nd6 17. Ng3 $6 (17. Neg5 g6 18. h4
$14 {Serper}) 17... g6 18. Ne5 Bg7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 $15 {
Serper-Kaidanov, Groningen 1993}) (13... Nce7 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Neg5 Nde7 $1 16.
Rxe6 $6 Bxf3 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Nxf3 Qd7 19. Bb5 Qf5 20. Qb3 Rfc8 $15 {
Korchnoi-Oll, Groningen 1993}) 14. Nfg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1
Nce7 18. Ba2 Rfe8 19. h4 Kh8 $1 20. Bb1 g6 21. Qh3 Nf5 $13 {Nikolic,P-Ribli,
Portoroz 1985}) (10... a6 11. a3 (11. Bb3 b5 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qd3
Bb7 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. h4 Qd5 18. Bb3 Qh5 19. Qe3 Na5 20.
Bg5 Nxb3 $15 {Matveeva-Anand, Frunze 1987}) (11... Re8 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bf6 14. Qe4 Bd7 15. h4 Ne7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Re3 Rae8
20. h5 $16 {Sokolov A-Burger, Reykjavik 1990}) 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. a3
Rc8 15. Qd3 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. h4 {Arkhipov-Lendwai,
Miskolc 1990 1/2:1/2}) (11. Bd3 Bf6 12. Be4 Nce7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. b3 Rd8 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rh3 Be8 $14 {
Rogers-Landerbergue, Prague 1990}) 11... b5 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Ba2 (
13. Bd3 Bb7 14. h4 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 f5 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19.
f4 Rae8 20. Qh5 $10 {Glek-Gutop, corr 1989}) 13... Bb7 14. Qd3 Na5 15. a4 Bd5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb1 f5 18. Qxb5 Nc4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bf4 $16 {Nikolic
P-Djuric, Yugoslavia 1983}) 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe5
16. dxe5 d4 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rac1 Na5 19. e6 $14 {Tal-Psakhis, Sochi 1982}) (
10... b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bf4 (13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rac1
$16 {Petursson-Hiartarson, Reykjavik 1984}) 13... a6 14. Ba4 Bf6 15. Rc1 b5 16.
Bb3 Rc8 17. h3 Ne7 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. Bxf6 $14 {Arkhipov-Tolnai,
Kecskemet 1990}) (10... Nf6 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nbxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. Red1 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxd5 Ra7 20. a3 Bd6 $14 {
Anand-Adianto, Manila 1992}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 $5 (13. Qc2 g6 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Ng5 Na5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. d5 e5 $1 20. Ne4
f5 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Bg5 Qc7 $13 {Christiansen-Fedorowicz, USA 1984}) 13... Bf6
$6 (13... Na5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 (14... h6 15. Qh5 Bd5 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18.
Qxh6 f5 19. Re3 Bxh4 20. Rg3+ $18 {Razuvaev-Farago, Dubna 1979}) 15. Bxg5 (15.
hxg5 $5) 15... Qd5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qg3 Rac8 18. Bf1 Qd7 19. h5 {
Hernandez-Minguell, Vulca 1984} Bd5 $13 {with Bc4}) (13... Qd5 $5 14. Rb1 $1
Rac8 15. Rb5 $36 {Anand,V-Timman,J/ Moscъ 1992}) (13... Rc8 14. Ng5 h6 (14...
g6 $2 15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Re4 Bf6 20.
Qh6+ Kg8 21. Rg4+ Kf7 22. Ba3 $18) 15. Qh5 Qe8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Nxe6 $3 fxe6 (
17... Kxh7 18. Nxg7 $1 $18) 18. Bg6 Qd7 19. Bxh6 Kg8 20. Bg5 $18) (13... Bxh4
$1 $8 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 (15. Re4 $1 $36 {Ftacnik} Qd8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6
Qd7) 15... f5 (15... Qd8 16. Rh3 (16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rh3 f5 (18...
f6 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Bh6 Qf8 22. d5 exd5 23. Re1 Ne5 24. f4 Qc5+ 25.
Kh2 Qf2 26. fxe5 Qxe1 27. Rxg7+ Rxg7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Qd6+ Kc8
$10) 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 $10) 16... g6 17. Bh6 (17. Rxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh5+
Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ $10) 17... Re8 18. Qd2 $13) (15... g6 16. Rg3 (16.
Rh3 Qf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. Bg5 Qg7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Re1 Na5 22. Rhe3
Qf7 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. c4 Qd7 26. Bf6 Qf7 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8
29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. cxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Ne5 32. d6 Nd7 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Qe8
35. Be7+ Kf7 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. Qe6 g5 38. Bf6+ {1-0 Kasparov,G-Gonda,G/Cannes
sim (10) ;CBM 06 1988}) 16... Qf6 (16... Qe7 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh3
Qf7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rge3 Re8 22. Bb5 Na5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qg3 Bd5 25. Qd6 Nc4
26. Qxd5 Nxe3 27. Qc6 Nd5 28. Bg5 b5 29. a4 $1 bxa4 30. c4 Nb6 31. c5 Qd7 32.
Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Bf4 Kf7 34. Bd6 Rc8 35. Rb1 Ke8 36. Rb7 a6 37. Rb4 $44 {
Grebennikov,S-Tolnai,T/Kecskemet 1991}) 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bh6 Qf6 20.
Bg5 Qf7 21. Re1 Na5 22. c4 Be4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Rxe4 Rfe8 26. Rf3
Qd7 27. Ref4 Rf8 28. Bh6 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qe7 30. c5 $16 {Anand,V-Morrison,G/
BCF-ch 1988}) (15... h6 $2 16. Rh3 Qe7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20.
Qxh6+ Qh7 21. Qxe6 Rae8 22. Qd6 Rd8 (22... Rg8 23. Qf6+ Rg7 24. Bxf5) 23. Qf4
Rg8 24. Bxf5 $18) 16. Rxe6 Nxd4 (16... Na5 17. Qe2 f4 18. f3 Bd5 19. Re5 Bf7
20. Ba3 {+/- Mikhalchishin,A-Stopkin,V/USSR 38/(542) 1984}) 17. Re3 $5 $44 (17.
cxd4 Qxd4 18. Re7 Qxa1 19. Qb3+ Bd5 $1 $8 (19... Kh8 $2 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Bxb2
Bd5 22. Rxg7 $18) 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rc7 Rac8 22. Qd6 $13)) (13... g6 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. h5 Ne7 $13 {Agdestein,S-Orr,M/
Thessaloniki ol 1984}) 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qg4 h5 (15... Ne7 16. Ba3 $13) 16. Qh3 $5
$146 (16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Ba3 Qd7 $1 (17... Rc8 $2 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Rc7 20.
Rae1 Rf7 21. Bxg6 Rd7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxf6+ Kxf6 24. Qe5+ Kf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8
26. Qf6+ {1-0 Hansen,Cu-Georgiev,Kir/Kiljava 38/542 1984}) 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19.
Bxe4 Rac8 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Qf4 Bg7 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Banas,
J-Ostenstad,B/Trnava-B 1989}) 16... e5 $8 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ne4 $6 (18. Nxf7 $3
Kxf7 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 (20... Bxh4 $2 21. e6+ $18) 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22.
Qxe5 Bd5 23. Bb5 $3 a6 24. Rd1 axb5 25. Rxd5 Rxa3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qc7+ Ke8
28. Qxb6 $18) 18... exd4 19. Qd7 $5 Ne5 $4 (19... Rxe4 $1 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Bxe4 dxc3 22. Rad1 $1 Bxh4 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Bb4 Bf6 26. Re8+
Kg7 27. Rc8 $14) 20. Qxe8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+) (6. Nxd4
Nxd5 7. Ndb5 (7. Bd2 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Rd1
Qc7 13. Qg3 e5 $11 {Arencibia,W-Morovic,I /Cienfuegos 1996}) 7... Nc6 $5 (7...
a6 $5 8. e4 Nb4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Na3 b5 11. Be3 Nd7 $13) 8. e4 (8. Nxd5 $6
exd5 9. Qxd5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 $1 $44 11. a3 (11. O-O-O $2 Be6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13.
Nd6+ Kf8 14. Qxb7 Rc8+ $1 15. Nxc8 Qc5+ 16. Kd2 Bxc8 17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Qa8+ Ke7
19. Qb7+ Kf6 20. e4 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Qc2+ 22. Ke3 Nd5+ $1 $19) (11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5
Qc7 13. e3 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nb4
$1 19. Qe4 Nxa2 20. Qb4 Rd1+ {0-1, Suba,M-Portisch,L /Grecia (ol) 1984}) 11...
Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Qd6 Qg5 $44) 8... Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxc3 Bc5 $11 {
Estremera,S-Cifuentes,R /El Vendrell 1996}) 6... exd5 (6... Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 $14) 7. e4 Nc6 (7... dxe4 $6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+
fxe6 11. Bc4 $14 Nbd7) 8. Bb5 Nxe4 $1 (8... Bd7 $6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. exd5 Bxd5 (
10... Nxd5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Qe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Kf8 15. Bf4 $16 Nd7
16. Qd5 Nb6 17. Qxb7 Bb4 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 h6 21. a4 {1-0
Polugaevsky,L-Mascarinas,R/Manila 1982/MCD-r8}) 11. O-O $1 Be7 (11... Bxf3 12.
Qe3+ Be7 13. Qxf3 $16) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Re1 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O-O 15. Rxe7 Rxd4
16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Rc1+ Kb8 (18... Kd8 19. Bxa7 b6 20. Kf1 Re8
21. b4 $16) 19. Bf4+ Ka8 20. Rc7 Rd8 21. h3 $16 a6 22. b4 f6 23. g4 g5 24. Bd6
Nb6 25. Bc5 Nd5 26. Rxh7 b6 27. Bd4 Rd6 28. Rf7 Nf4 29. Bxf6 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+
31. Kf3 $18 Nh3 32. Kg3 Rd3+ 33. f3 Ng1 34. Bxg5 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nc3 36. Bf6 {
1-0 Kramnik,V-Cifuentes Parada,R/Villarrobledo 1998}) 9. Nxe4 $6 (9. O-O $1 Nf6
$8 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bxc6+ $1 (11. Qe5 $2 O-O $1 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14.
Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Rxd5 Rc8 21. Rd3 Nb4 22. Re3 Nxa2 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxc3 25. Bd7 Rd8 26. Bf5
g6 27. Bd3 Nd1 {0-1 Geller,E-Keres,P/Zuerich ct 1953/CAND}) 11... bxc6 12. Qc5
Bb7 13. Bg5 Kf8 14. Qe3 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 c5 $13) (9. Nxd5 Be6 $1 10. Nc3
Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Nxc6 Nxc3 13. Nxb4+ Nxb5 $11) (9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. Nxd5 Bd6
11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 $11) (9. Nxd5 Be6 $1 10. Nc3 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Nxc6
Nxc3 13. Nxb4+ Nxb5 $15) 9... dxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Bxc6+ $6 (
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 $11) 15... c5 16. Nf3
Rfc8 17. b3 a5 18. Rfc1 $4 Bf6 $19 19. h3 (19. Rab1 Bf5) 19... h6 20. Kh2 a4
21. bxa4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa4 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Nd3 Ra3 25. Nxc5 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rxc5
27. Kg1 h5 28. a3 Rc2 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Rb5 g6 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. e4 h4 33. e5 g5
34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Ra4 Kf5 36. Ra5 Kf4 {0-1 Mohamed,M-Antunes,A/Novi Sad olm 1990/
TD 90\06}) (12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Nickoloff,
B-Antunes,A/Dubai olm 1986}) 12... bxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Kf7 $15 15. O-O c5
16. Bc3 Bg4 17. Nd2 Rhd8 18. Rfe1 Rd3 19. h3 Bf5 20. Re2 Rad8 21. Rae1 Bf8 22.
Nc4 h5 23. Na5 Rc8 $2 (23... g5 $1 $15) 24. Nc4 h4 25. Rd2 g5 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27.
Ne3 Rd8 28. Ng4 $1 $11 Bg7 29. f3 Bc4 30. a3 Rd6 31. Kf2 a6 32. f4 Re6 33. fxg5
fxg5 34. Ne5+ Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rc1 (12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd2 h6 14.
Be3 (14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 $36) 14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxb2 16. Rfb1 Qf6 17.
Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rad8 $10 {Barbero,G-Dlugy,M Mendoza 1985}) 12...
d4 (12... h6 $2 13. Qxd5 $16) (12... Be6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Bxe7 (14. Rfd1 $5)
14... Nxe7 15. Qc7 Nc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Ra4 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Ng5 $14 {
Van der Sterren-Brunner,L Munich 1990}) 13. Qc2 (13. Nd2 h6 14. Nc4 (14. Ne4 $1
{Lautier}) 14... Qa6 15. Bf4 Qxa2 16. Ne5 Bb6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Bh3 19.
Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rxa8 $10 {Van derSterren,P-Vaganian,R Tel Apel 1992}) (13.
Nd2 Re8 14. Nb3 Bf8 15. Re1 h6 16. Bf4 Bg4 $132 {Polgar,Zsu-Lautier,J Polaniza
Zdroj 1991}) 13... Bd6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 h6 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18.
Rfd1 {N} (18. Bxc6 Rac8 $1 19. Rb1 Qxd2 20. Rxb7 Rc7 21. Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Be4 Bb6
$10 {Andersson,U-Lautier,J Biel 1991}) 18... Qb6 19. Qa4 (19. Bxc6 Rac8 20. Qd5
Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxd4 Bc5 23. Qc3 $10) (19. Rb1 $5 Qc7 20. Rdc1 Rfc8 (
20... Rac8 21. Qb5 Rb8 22. a4 $44) 21. Qb5 Rab8 22. Be4 $44) 19... Rac8 20.
Bxc6 Rxc6 (20... bxc6 21. Rb1 Qc5 22. Bb4 Qc4 23. Rdc1 Qd5 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 $10)
21. Ba5 Qa6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd4 Bc5 24. Rc4 (24. Rc4 Bb6 25. Bxb6 Qxa4 26.
Rxa4 axb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ding Liren"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played at the 12th round of the Candidates tournament. I had
just spoiled a winning position against Alexander Grischuk in the previous
round and scored my 11th continuous draw. So I didn't have much in the way of
expectations this time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {I deviated
from 4...c6 which was played in the 4th round and went for a line which became
popular thanks to the influence of Vladimir Kramnik.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13.
Rad1 (13. a4 {is considered as the main line, but hard to get any advantage
also.}) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 {The idea behind this quiet rook
move is simple, to control the e-file in case of d4-d5.} (15... Nf6 $2 16. d5
exd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Nd4) 16. h3 (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bxf3 19.
Rxe8+ (19. gxf3 Qd7) 19... Qxe8 20. gxf3 Qd7 (20... Qc6 $5) 21. Re1 Ne6 22. f4
Rc5 $13) 16... Nf6 {Now ...Nf6 is possible.} 17. Qf4 (17. d5 exd5 18. exd5
Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qd6 (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Qe5 Rc5 21. Ng5) 20. Nd4 g6 (20... Re8)
21. Nb5 Qc5 22. Nxa7 Re8 23. Qd2 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Rxd1
27. Qxd1 Qc7+ 28. g3 Qxa7 $11) 17... Nh5 {It's important to prevent the idea
d4-d5 followed by e4-e5.} (17... h6 $6 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 $1 Nd7 20. Nd4 Nc5
21. Nf5 Rc7 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Qe3 $36) 18. Qh2 (18. Qe5 Nf6) 18... h6 {Until now
I'm still following in the footsteps of Kramnik. Here my opponent came up with
a new move over the board.} 19. Ne5 {White is threatening d4-d5 or Nc4 now.} (
19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Qf6 22. Nd3 Ba6 $1 23. Qe5 Bxd3 24. Qxh5
$11 {So,W-Kramnik,V}) 19... Nf6 {The knight can do little at the edge of the
board, so after some thought I decide to bring it back.} 20. Qf4 b5 $1 {
Depriving his knight of the c4-square and at the same time threatening ...a5...
a4.} 21. Re3 (21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. e5 a5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Qd6 Rc6 25. Qd7+ Qe7
26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 21... Rc7 {To prevent Rg3.} (21... a5 $5 22. Rg3 Kf8 $13)
22. Nd3 (22. Rg3 $2 Nh5) 22... Rc3 {I want to exchange a pair of rooks to
release the pressure on the kingside.} (22... a5 23. Nc5 a4 24. Bc2) 23. Nc5 ({
I was a bit worried about} 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rg3 {but after} Kf8 $1
{Black stands well.}) 23... Rxe3 24. Qxe3 (24. Nxb7 $2 Rxe4) (24. fxe3 Qe7 $11)
24... Bc6 $11 {Now with the knight on c5, I have to beware of the potential
e4-e5 followed by Ne4.} 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. f3 {With the text it's clear that
White will no longer play e5.} (26. e5 $5 Nd5 27. Qg3 Ne7 $1 {clears the way
for the bishop} 28. Qg4 Kh8 $13) 26... Rd8 {Improving my position slowly.} 27.
Kf2 a5 28. g4 (28. Nxe6 $5 {leads to a drawish ending} fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30.
d5 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Bd7 (31... Bxd5 32. Rd1 $14) 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Rc7 Ke8 34.
Kd4 a4 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. Rxb5 Rc2 37. e5 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxa2 39. e6 Rxg2 40. exd7+
Kxd7 $11) 28... a4 29. Bc2 $6 {A step in the wrong direction. e2 is the better
square for the bishop.} (29. Bd1 Nd7 30. Nd3 Bb7 (30... Nb8 31. Be2 Be8 32. d5)
31. Be2 Qd6 32. Kg2 $13) 29... Nd7 $1 30. Bd3 (30. Nd3 Bb7 31. Bb1 Rc8 $15)
30... Nxc5 31. Rxc5 b4 {After the exchange of knights, the pawns start pushing.
Also my opponent was in time trouble, he had around 15 minutes at that point,
while I had 40.} 32. Bc4 {It's understandable that my opponent doesn't want to
stay passive, but after the text I have many decisive plans to support the
pawns, for example ...Rb8, ...b3 or ...b3 followed by ...a3.} (32. h4 $142 Be8
33. Bb1 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Qc3 b2 36. e5 Rb8 37. h5 Kf8 $1 38. Rc7 Ba4 39.
Ke2 Ke8 40. Kd2 Bd7 $17) 32... Bd7 (32... Be8 {is also possible:} 33. d5 b3 34.
axb3 a3 35. dxe6 a2 36. exf7+ Bxf7 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 $1 38. Qc3 a1=Q 39. Qxa1 Qxc5+
40. Kg3 Qc7+ $19) 33. g5 (33. h4 {is also hopeless:} Rb8 34. g5 hxg5 35. Qxg5
b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. h5 Qd6 $1) 33... hxg5 34. Qxg5 Be8 $1 (34... Rb8 {is less
clear:} 35. Qe7 Be8 36. Qc7 b3 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. axb3 axb3 39. Bd3 b2 40. Bb1)
35. Qe7 b3 36. axb3 a3 {That's the point behind my 34th move. Maybe this idea
was missed by my opponent.} 37. b4 Ra8 38. d5 {A nice try, unluckily loses to
the most straight forward way.} (38. Ra5 Qxd4+ 39. Kg2 Rxa5 40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41.
bxa5 Qxc4 42. Qxf7 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qxa5 $19) (38. Ba2 Qxb4 $19) 38...
a2 39. dxe6 a1=Q 40. exf7+ Bxf7 41. Bxf7+ Kh7 {It's important that the c5-rook
gets pinned.} 42. Qh4+ Qh6 43. Rh5 Qa7+ {The only winning move, but it's
simple enough，so White resigned. Finally I scored a win after the long
drawing streak in classical time control (20 games...), I was relieved.} (43...
Qd4+ $4 44. Kg2 Qdd2+ 45. Qf2 $11) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 $5 {A forcing line in
which White has problems finding a real advantage.} 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {
The only critical line.} Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O (11.
Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Bb4 14. O-O-O+ Kc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 Rhg8
17. a3 Be7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 e5 21. Kc2 h5 22. Nd2 Bc5 23.
Ne4 Be7 24. Nd2 Bc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (26) Bu Xiangzhi,- (2662)-Wei,
Y (2530) Xinghua CHN 2013}) 11... Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8
15. Ba4 $5 $146 (15. a3 $146 {is met by} Nd4 $1 $11) (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 Bd6
{1/2-1/2 (16) Fier Takeda,A (2573)-Edouard,R (2686) SUI 2013}) 15... Kf8 16. a3
Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 (17... Bc8 $5 $146 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne5 $1 {might be
the clearest way to equalise.}) 18. Bxc5+ Kg8 19. Rfd1 Na5 $1 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 {The best try.} ({After} 21. Bxa7 Nc4 {Black will be able to simplify
the position even more, with an easy draw.}) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc4 23. Bd4
Bd5 {An important square for the bishop.} 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 a6 ({I was
considering playing} 25... Kf7 {but after} 26. Bc2 {I thought I would have to
move a pawn on the queenside anyway since after} h6 27. Bxa7 $1 Nxb2 28. Ke3 $1
{I thought Black has big problems. For example after} Nc4+ 29. Kd4 Nxa3 30. Bd3
Bc6 $8 31. Kc5 Ba4 $8 32. Kb4 Bc2 $8 33. Be2 Nb1 $8 {I cannot find a forced
win for White but the position is highly suspicious.}) 26. Ke2 (26. h4 {
first is also possible but after} Kf7 27. h5 Ke6 28. Bc2 h6 {I don't think it
changes the position much.}) 26... Kf7 27. Bc2 h6 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. Bc3 Nd6 30.
Kd4 b6 (30... Nb5+ $2 31. Kc5 Nxc3 32. bxc3 {should be totally losing for
Black.}) 31. a4 Bc6 32. Ke3 (32. Bb3+ Kd7 {does not help White very much: ...
Nf5+ is coming, and White should be careful about ...Nh4.}) 32... Nf5+ 33. Kf2
Ne7 34. b3 Nd5 {Now the position is very stable for Black and there is nothing
more to really worry about.} 35. Bd2 Ke5 36. Be4 Bd7 $5 37. h4 Bf5 38. Bxd5 (
38. Bxf5 Kxf5 39. h5 Ke5 {should be a draw but White is definitely not playing
for a win.}) 38... Kxd5 39. b4 Bd7 40. a5 bxa5 41. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 $5 {A solid variation
popularized by Kramnik, which I have played like 15 times since then!} 6. Qxd4
(6. Qa4+ Bd7 (6... b5 $5 {was some crazy try by Ivan Sokolov, who beat GM
Jakovenko impressively easily. After either capture on b5 Black answers ...Bd7,
with heavy complications I've never looked into!}) 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 (8. Nxd5
Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 $44) 8... Nc6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. e3 Qa5 $5 (10... O-O $13) 11. Be2
Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 O-O $11 {1-0 (48) Edouard,
R (2646)-Horvath,J (2531) France 2012 - yes, I've even played it as White once!
}) (6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bb4 $5 8. g3 $5 (8. Qc2 O-O 9. e3 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 $132)
(8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 O-O 11. e3 e5 12. Nf3 Qe7 $11) (8. Nxd5
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O $11) 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2
Nc6 12. Nf4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bd7 14. Rhc1 Ke7 $11 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V-Edouard,R
Cap d'Agde 2012}) 6... exd5 7. e4 (7. Bg5 Be7 {is pretty similar to 6.Qa4+,
except Black's bishop is on c8, and isn't very dangerous.}) (7. e3 Nc6 8. Qd1 {
even allows} g6 $1 {which is great for Black:} 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2
Re8 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Bc3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Qa5 15. Be2 Be6 16. Qd2 d4 $1 17. Nxd4
Nxd4 18. exd4 Rad8 19. Qc2 Rxd4 20. Bf3 Red8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 b5 23. Nc3
b4 {0-1 (23) Lalith,B (2579)-Edouard,R (2648) Porticcio 2016}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5
dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Nxe6+ (11. O-O {is the other critical move:}
Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 $1 15. Ba4 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3
Bd6 {is a draw, which I've played three times in the database, against Fier,
Istratescu and Gozzoli!}) (15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 $11) (15. a3 Nd4 $1 16.
Ba6 $5 {Some little try for White, that GM Dlugy played against me.} (16. Ba4
Ba5 17. Rad1 Bb6 $11) 16... Bxa3 (16... bxa6 17. axb4 Kf8 {isn't much either})
17. Bxb7 (17. Rxa3 bxa6 18. Ra4 Nb3 $11) 17... Rab8 18. Rxa3 Rxb7 19. Nc5 (19.
Ra4 Nb3 20. Re1 a5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5+ Ke8 23. Bd4 g6 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. f3 Rb5
26. Rea1 Kd7 27. Kf2 Kc6 {gave White no more than small pressure in: ½-½ (49)
Buhmann,R (2597)-Cornette,M (2548) Germany 2015}) 19... Rxb2 20. Rxa7+ Kf8 (
20... Kf6 $5 {might have been easier.}) 21. h3 {and here I went unprecise with}
Nf5 $6 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Bc5+ Kg8 24. g4 {but still managed to draw after} Rb5
$132 {½-½ (49) Dlugy,M (2516)-Edouard,R (2639) Canada 2015}) 15... Kf8 16. a3
Be7 17. Nc5 Bc8 $1 {and Black forces a draw:} (17... Bxc5 $143 18. Bxc5+ Kg8
19. Rfd1 Na5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 {was some pressure for White in: ½-½ (41)
Lenic,L (2637)-Edouard,R (2653) Poland 2013}) 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne5 20.
Nd7+ (20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. f3 f6 $11) 20... Nxd7 21. Bxd7 Bf6 22. Bc5+
Kg8 23. b4 (23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxa7 Bxb2 25. a4 f6 26. g3 Ra8 27. Rb1 Rxa7 28.
Rxb2 Rxa4 29. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Bogner,S (2587)-Edouard,R (2670) UAE 2014})
23... Bxd7 24. Rxd7 b6 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kf1 a6 28. a4 b5 29. axb5
axb5 {½-½ (29) Matlakov,M (2693)-Ni Hua (2704) China 2015}) 11... fxe6 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 (13. Ke2 {puts a little bit of pressure on Black, but it is
very drawish:} Bb4 14. Na4 (14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. Na4 Rhd8 16. Be3 Rd5 $1 17. Rac1
Ng4 $132 {0-1 (39) Yilmaz,M (2633)-Kovalev,V (2664) Batumi 2018}) 14... Kc7 $5
15. Rd1 (15. Bf4+ Bd6 16. Be3 Nd5 $132 {½-½ (32) So,W (2808)-Wei Yi (2706)
Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 15... Rhd8 16. Bf4+ Kb7 17. Rac1 a5 $11 {½-½ (24) Lysyj,
I (2691)-Wang,Y (2726) China 2015}) 13... Bb4 14. O-O-O+ Kc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Nxe4 f5 17. Ng5 ({After} 17. Nd2 {Ivan Sokolov and I agreed to a draw in
Saint-Quentin, 2014.}) 17... Rhe8 $5 {A nice move I remembered from my notes.}
18. Rd4 $5 (18. Nxh7 Rg8 $1 19. g3 Rg7 20. Nf6 Rh8 {is dangerous for White,
who has to find} 21. g4 $1 {to equalize:} Be7 22. g5 Bxf6 23. gxf6 Rf7 $11)
18... Bc5 19. Rf4 h6 $6 (19... Re7 $1 {was the clean way to equalize:} 20. Re1
Bd6 $1 21. Ra4 e5 $11) 20. Nf7 Be7 21. Kc2 Bf6 22. Re1 Rab8 23. Ne5 Rb5 24. Nc4
Rd5 {White has no more than a very little pressure, and not much happened
later in the game.} 25. Rf3 h5 26. Ra3 Bd4 27. f4 h4 28. Rh3 Bf6 29. b3 Kd7 30.
Rhe3 Bd4 31. Rh3 Bf6 32. Re2 Ke7 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Rh8 35. Rc3 Kd7 36. Rc4
a5 37. Kb2 Kc7 38. Rec2 Rxe5 39. Rxc6+ Kd7 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 b5 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ba2 Nf6 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Ne7 18. b4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nfd5 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Bd2 Rfd8 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Re4 f5 24. Ree1 h6 25. Rad1 Nc6 26. Bc1 Ra8 27. Bb2 a5
28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bb3 Raa8 30. Rd3 Na5 31. Be5 Nc4 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rd4 c3 34.
Rb1 c2 35. Rc1 Rxa3 36. Rxc2 Rc8 37. f4 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. c6 Ra1+ 40. Kg2
Re1 41. Bd6 Ra1 42. c7 Ke8 43. Re2 Kd7 44. Be5 Rc1 45. h4 gxh4 46. Rxh4 Nxc7
47. Rh7+ Kc6 48. Re7 Rc5 49. Bxc7 Rxc7 50. R7xe6+ Kd7 51. Rf6 Rc2 52. Re5 (52.
Rxc2 Rxc2 53. Kf3 f4 54. Rxf4 $10) 52... R2c5 53. Rfxf5 Rxe5 54. Rxe5 $10 Kd6
55. Re4 Rf7 56. Kg3 Rf6 57. f3 Rf8 58. f4 Rg8+ 59. Kh4 Kd5 60. Re5+ Kd6 61. Re1
Rh8+ 62. Kg4 Rg8+ 63. Kf3 Rf8 64. Re5 Kd7 65. Kg4 Kd6 $1 (65... Rg8+ $1 $10) (
65... Rf7 $4 66. Kg5 $18) 66. Re4 Kd5 $1 $8 67. Re7 Kd6 $1 (67... Rg8+ $1 $10)
68. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ {The pseudo-Grunfeld lines are always a little bit difficult for
both sides to play, but when played correctly they are level.} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 (11. Rc1 $5 {is a nice subtlety, the point being that Bd3 is
good against ...Nd7 but less so against ...Nc6. Here, Black has to commit
first.} b6 12. Bd3 $32) 11... Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3
{We have arrived at a tabiya.} Re8 {Not a novelty, but a sign of preparation
nevertheless.} (15... Qf6 {is the most common move - the idea is just to play
down the long diagonal with ...Qg6, intending maybe ...f5 under certain
circumstances, and ...Nf6 under others.} 16. d5 $5 {To my mind this is the
only move worth being afraid of.} (16. Qe3 Rfd8 $11 {Wang,Y-Li,C China 201,
isn't too troublesome,}) 16... Nc5 17. Nd4 Rfd8 (17... e5 18. Nf5 $1 Nxe4 19.
Nh6+ $1 Qxh6 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. f4 $1 $16 {Ruck,R-Korpa,B
Zalakaros 2015}) 18. f4 $5 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Nf5 $44) (15... h6 $5 {is one
other move which makes total sense - against White's Qf4 Black will be able to
play ...Qf6 with tempo.}) 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20.
Qh2 h6 21. d5 (21. Ne5 $5 {could actually be a better try for an edge.
Depending on circumstances, White intends either Nc4-d6 or f4-f5.} Qd6 (21...
Nf6 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. h4 $36) 22. Ng4 (22. f4 Rc3 {drums up too much counterplay}
) 22... Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Kf8 $11 {White still has his space, and I think the odd
dance of the knights at the edge of the board can only be to his benefit.})
21... exd5 22. exd5 (22. e5 $5 {was a remarkable idea suggested on chess24.
Black has to be quite careful his knight doesn't end up trapped.} g6 23. Nd4
Qd7 $1 {Black needs to blockade on e6.} (23... a6 {is too slow:} 24. Re3 {
followed by e6 gives White really good compensation.}) 24. g4 Ng7 25. Qf4 Kh7
26. Qf6 Rc7 $1 $15 {Next Black comes to e6. It can't be stopped.}) 22... Rxe1+
23. Nxe1 Qf6 24. Nd3 Ba6 {Right here the feeling was that Black was doing well,
but a bit of sober computer-aided analysis indicates otherwise.} 25. Qe5 $1
Bxd3 26. Qxh5 (26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Rxd3 Kf8 $1 $15 {is a nasty squeeze.}) 26...
Bc2 (26... Qf5 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Bc4 $11 {is safer.}) 27. Rc1 (27. Qg4 $5 {
requires some accurate play to defuse:} Qf5 (27... Bf5 28. Qf4 $14) 28. Rc1 $5
Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bf5 $1 30. Re1 $1 Bxg4 31. Re7 Kf8 $1 32. Rxa7 Bd1 $3 $11) 27...
Bf5 28. Rxc8+ (28. Rc6 $5 {might just give White a tiny something:} Qa1+ (28...
Rxc6 29. dxc6 g6 30. Qf3 $14) 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 Rd8 $1 31. d6 $5 $36 {
and Black will have to play some very precise chess to neutralise all the
tricks.}) 28... Bxc8 29. d6 g5 {At this point, I realised that it was Kramnik
pressing for the win, based on the purist's definition of a better bishop!} 30.
Qd1 Bd7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qb7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qxd6 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Qb7
h4 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. Qc3+ f6 {Black has completed his mission and can install
his queen on e5 in various ways to pretend that he's pressing.} 39. Qc4 Qe8 40.
Qb4 b5 41. a3 Qe5 42. Bd1 Bc6 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Kf1 Bf7 45. Be2 Be8 46. Bf3 f5 {
This was the only real try in the position - Black is going to try and arrange
...g4 by fair means or otherwise.} 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. Qc1 Be6 50. Qc6
Kf6 51. Qe8 (51. Qb6) 51... Qa1+ 52. Kh2 Qxa3 53. Qd8+ $1 (53. Qxb5 g4 $1 {
was the point of all the maneouvring. Now Black is at least posing some
questions to his opponent, e.g.} 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Be2 g3+ 56. Kg1 Qa1+ 57. Bf1
Qd4 $15 {although it will be impossible to ever win against reasonable play.})
53... Qe7 54. Qh8+ Qg7 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Qf7 57. Qxb5 Qc7+ {Here Kramnik
offered a draw, having stretched the limits of human endurance in terms of how
long he tried to conjure something out of thin air. Alternatively, maybe the
patch of paint behind Wesley's head had finally finished drying.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Ironi"]
[BlackTeam "Maccabi Afek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... Bc5 $5 10. Qd1 (10. Qh4 $5 Na6 (10... Nc6 11. Bd2
O-O 12. e3 Nb4 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Nb5 $1 $16) 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. e3 O-O (12... Qxb2)
13. Bc4 Qxb2 14. O-O (14. Rb1 Qc2 15. Rxb7 Bc6 $132 16. Bxa6 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8
$36 18. Be4 $2 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rb1+ $17) 14... Bc6 15. e4 $5 $36 {Gurevich,
M-Barsov,A/Vlissingen HZ-op 1997}) 10... Ne4 11. e3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 $10) 10. Qd1 O-O-O $44 {It's
clear that black has sufficient compensation for the lack of pawn and white
has to be very careful.} (10... Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O-O 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rc1+ Kb8 16. Nc3 Bb4 $44 {Neuman,P-Pedersen,N/Plzen KB opJ-A 1997
}) 11. Bd2 Bg4 (11... Qf5 $6 12. e3 Kb8 13. Rc1 g5 14. Qc2 Qg4 15. Nb5 Nd5 16.
Qc4 $16 {Kolar,J-Bazant,P/Plzen KB opJ-A 1997}) 12. h3 $6 {In such kind of
positions the value of every move is very high,that's why white's inaccuracy
causes to serious troubles.} (12. e3 Bb4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Rd6 16. Qc2 Rhd8 $44 {Gonzalez Garcia,J-Cifuentes Parada,R/El Vendrell 1996})
12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bb4 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 14. h4 $6 {Beshop has nothing to do on
h3 and another lost tempo becomes crucial.} (14. e3 Nd5 $5 (14... Rd7) 15. Qc2
Rhe8 16. Be2 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 17. Rd1 (17. exf4 $2 Nd4 18. Qc1 Nxf3+ 19.
Kf1 Nxd2+ $17) 17... Nxe2 18. Nxe2 Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxa2 $15) 14...
Rhe8 15. Bh3+ Kb8 16. Kf1 (16. Bf4+ Ka8 17. Qc1 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nd4 $19) 16... Nd5
$1 17. Qc1 Nd4 $19 {[%csl Re2,Rf3]} 18. Bf4+ Ka8 19. Nxd5 (19. Be3 Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rb1 Qxa2 $19) 19... Qxd5 20. e4 Qb5+ 21. Kg2 Ne2 22. Qe3 Bc5 {
[%csl Rf4]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13.
Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 ({Another popular continuation is} 15. Bb3 {
but since White's main goal is kingside attack the bishop could me more useful
on d3.} Nf6 (15... Qf6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Qe3 h6 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Nf1 b5 20. d5
$132 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Ivanchuk,V/Bled 2002}) (15... Re8 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qd6
Red8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Ba4 Qf4 20. Qe7 Qc7 21. d5 Qc5 22. d6 $16 {Van Wely,
L-Hansen,C/Ter Apel 1993}) 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qh4 Rfd8 18. Re3 b5 19. Rde1 a5 {
Keres,P-Fine,R/Ostende 1937}) 15... h6 {Usually Black prefers to refrain from
this move when White is attacking on the kingside as his king becomes more
vulnerable when the pawn is on h6, but in this particular position it's
important to take square g5 under control.} (15... Re8 16. h4 h6 17. Bb5 $6 Re7
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Ne5 Rdc7 20. Qf4 Qd6 $132 {Mamedyarov,S-Marcelin,C/Istanbul
2003} 21. Qg4 {Ftacnik} Rc2 $15 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Marcelin,C /Istanbul 2003/ 
(50)}) (15... Qe7 16. Qf4 Rc3 17. Re3 Rfc8 18. h4 Nf6 19. Ne5 $36) 16. Bb1 Re8
17. Re3 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge3g3,Ge4e5] '!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Radjabov is choosing
a very natural idea, that nobody was trying in this very position.'} (17. h3 $6
Qc7 18. Nh2 Qc3 19. Qf4 e5 (19... Nf8 20. Re3 Ng6 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. e5 $14 {
Grooten,H-Horvath,C/Leeuwarden 1995}) 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. d5 Qb4 $11) 17... Qc7 18.
e5 ({After the natural} 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Qd6 {Fritz suggests a very
interesting continuation, which seems to lead to equality.} 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. Nf5
Qxd5 22. Nxh6+ Kf8 23. Qb4+ Qc5 24. Qh4 Qd5 $11) 18... Nf8 (18... Bd5 {Ftacnik}
19. Ne1 Nf8 20. Rg3 $14) 19. Ne1 Qe7 {Bringing the queen to the kingside.} (
19... Red8 {Ftacnik} 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Qe2 (21. Qf4 f5) 21... Qe7 22. Qg4 (22.
Qh5 Nh7 23. Nf3 b5 24. h4 $14) 22... Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 $14) 20. Rg3
Qh4 (20... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 21. Qf4 $14) 21. h3 f5 $6 {One of the drawbacks of 15.
..h6 is that the knight is vulnerable on g6, but it's not so easy for White to
take advantage of this fact. After the move in the game White gets more
chances to get to the black king.  Ftacnik: 'It was not easy to correctly
judge the merit of this weakening advance. The situation of the defender is
not easy and the advance of f pawn could belong to the more promissing
solutions.'} (21... Red8 $142 22. Rg4 Qh5 23. Qe3 Ng6 24. Qg3 Rc7 ({A move like
} 24... Nxe5 $5 {could be made only by a program:-)} 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Rg8+ Ke7
27. Qa3+ Kd7 $13) 25. Kh2 $14) (21... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rc7
24. Rg3 $16) (21... h5 {Ftacnik} 22. Qe3 Rc7 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 $16) 22.
exf6 Qxf6 23. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd3f4,Gf4h5] The knight is heading for
h5 to attack g7.} Red8 (23... Qxd4 24. Qxh6 Red8 25. Re1 $40) 24. Nf4 Rc5 {
Covering the square h5. It was better to play} (24... Rc7 25. Qe3 (25. Nh5 $6 {
Ftacnik} Qh4) 25... e5 (25... Rcd7 $2 26. Nh5 Qh4 27. Qe5 $18) 26. Nh5 Qd6 $132
27. d5 $14 {Ftacnik}) 25. d5 $1 (25. Qe3 {Ftacnik} Rg5 $14) 25... g5 $2 {
Desperation for no objective reason. It wasn't too late for Ftacnik: 'Van Wely
was unable to withstand the pressure and played the move that is as weak at it
seems to be at a first glance. The best 25...Rc7! would care for the toughest
resistance.'} (25... Rc7 {with defendable position.} 26. Be4 {Ftacnik} Rcd7 27.
Rd3 $14) 26. h4 $1 $18 Rc4 (26... Nh7 27. Nh5 Qe5 28. Qd3 Nf8 29. hxg5 Rcxd5
30. Nf6+ $18) (26... exd5 {Ftacnik} 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nh5 $18) 27. Nh5 Qe5 28.
hxg5 Rxd5 29. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Qf4
Qf6 $146 (14... Rc8) 15. Qc7 (15. Qg3 Rfd8) 15... Na5 (15... Qe7 16. Qxe7 Nxe7
17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nf5 19. d6 (19. Bb5 $5) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfd8 21. d7 a6
$1 $10) 16. Bd3 h6 (16... Rac8 $5 17. Qg3 Nc4 18. e5 Qh6 19. Ng5 g6 $13) 17.
Qg3 Rfd8 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 (20. Nd4 Qg5 $1) 20... Nc4 21. h4 (
21. Bb1 $1 {/\ Rd4}) 21... Nb2 22. Nd4 Nxd1 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. e6 $1 (24. Rxd1 Kh8
$13) 24... fxe6 25. Rxe6 Re8 26. Qg6 (26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qxh4+
$10) 26... Kh8 $1 $8 27. Ng3 (27. Ne7 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qxh4+ $10) 27... Qg8 28.
Rf6 $5 Re1+ (28... Rf8 29. Nh5 Rae8 30. Qxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxh6+ Qh7 32. Rxh7+ Kg8
33. Rg7+ $10) 29. Kh2 Re4 30. Rf7 Rf8 $1 (30... Bc6 31. Nf5 Be8 32. Nxh6 $1)
31. Rxb7 Rf6 (31... Nxf2 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Nh5 Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxg7+ Kh8
36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. Nf4 $14) 32. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (32... Rxg6 33. Bxg6 Nxf2 34. Nf5
Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Nf6 36. Ne7 Qe6+ 37. Bf5 Qe3+ 38. g3 g5 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Ne7+ Kf8
41. Ng6+ Ke8 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Rb7+ $10) 33. Qxe4 Nxf2 34. Qe7 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 (35.
Kg1 $2 Re6 $1) 35... Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Nf2+
40. Kh2 Ng4+ 41. Kh3 Nf2+ 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qb3 (14.
Qe2 Qc8 15. h4 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Ne5 a4 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Be3 Qxb5 20. Rfb1 Qc6
21. Nxb6 Ra6 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Nxa4 Nd7 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Bc6 26. Ra5 $14 {
Garcia,G-Chandler,M/Bochum/1981/}) 14... Qc8 (14... a5 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. b5 Nb8
17. Ne5 Ra7 18. Bh3 Ba8 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Qxe6+ Ke8 22. Rd7 Rxd7
23. Qxd7+ Kf7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. Qd7+ Kf7 {Adorjan,A-Tarjan,J/Riga izt/1979/})
15. Nd2 $146 (15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nd4 a5 (16... a6 $10 {Polugaevsky,L-Radulov,I/
Skara EUtch/1980/}) 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Nb5 a4 20. Qa2 Ra5 21. Bf3
Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Na7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Nb5 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. Qc2 $15 {Sunye
Neto,J-Alburt,L/Hastings/1981/}) 15... Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rd3 17. Qc4 (17. b5 $2 Nd4
$1) 17... Qd8 18. Bf1 Rd7 19. Qe2 Bf6 (19... a6 20. Nc4 $1) (19... Bg5 20. Bxg5
Qxg5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 $10) 20. e5 Bg5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qxd2 24. Rxa7 $1 $18) 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Ne4 $1
Rxd1 23. Rxd1 (23. Nxg5 Rxa1 24. Qh5 Nxe5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7
Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29. Qg5+ $14) 23... Qe7 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Nd6 Qxe2 25. Bxe2
Rb8 (25... Nd8 26. Nxb7 Nxb7 27. Bf3 Rb8 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Rd8#) 26. Nxb7 Rxb7
27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rd8#) 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Bg2 Qc8 27.
Qb5 (27. Rd6 Ne7 28. Qd3 $16) 27... Ne7 28. Qd7 Nd5 $1 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxd5
exd5 31. Rxd5 h5 32. Rd3 a5 $1 33. Rd6 (33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Rd5 Rxc3 35. Rxa5 $14
) 33... Rxc3 34. Rxb6 axb4 35. Rxb4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Rb5 Kh7 38. h3 (38. e6
Rxe6 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 $14) 38... g6 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Kf4 Re2 41. f3 Rh2 42. Rb7 Kg8
43. e6 fxe6 44. h4 Rg2 45. Re7 Kf8 46. Rxe6 Kg7 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Ra2 49.
Re5 Ra4+ 50. Re4 Ra7 51. g5 Rb7 52. Ke5 Ra7 53. Rd4 Re7+ 54. Kd6 Re2 55. Kd7
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Qd2 (14.
e3 Be4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rd2 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qh5 $10 {Spassov,
L-Tukmakov,V/Plovdiv ETCh/1983/}) 14... Be4 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bf1 Rad8
17. Qf4 d4 18. b5 Bxf3 19. exf3 Ne5 20. Kg2 Qc5 21. Rac1 Qd5 $15 {Boensch,
U-Chandler,M/Kesthely/1981/}) (15. e3 Qd7 16. Rac1 Qf5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h5 $10 {Sunye_Neto,J-Paglilla,C/Buenos Aires/1990/}) 15... Qe7
16. Bc3 Rad8 17. e3 (17. Qb2 d4 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Bxb6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxg2 21.
Bc5 Qe4 22. f3 Bxf3 (22... Qxe2 $6 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. b5 Bxf3 25. bxc6 Rg2+ 26.
Kf1 Bxd1 27. cxb7 Rb2 28. Bb4 $18) 23. exf3 Qxf3 $17) (17. b5 d4 18. Bb2 Ne5
$15) 17... a6 18. Qb2 f6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qd2 (20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Na5 $132)
20... Red8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 (23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nh4 Bxg2 25.
Kxg2 Qe6 $15) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 fxe5 25. Ba5 (25. Bb4 Qe6 $17) 25... Bxa5 26.
Qxa5 Qf7 27. Rd2 d4 28. exd4 (28. e4 Qb3 $15) 28... exd4 29. Rfd1 Qd5+ 30. Kg1
Rc4 31. Re2 h6 32. Re5 $6 (32. Red2 $17) 32... Qxe5 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qd7 Qe4
$1 35. b6 Qf3 36. Rf1 (36. Rxd4 $2 Rc1+) 36... d3 37. Qe6 Rc2 38. Qb3 (38. Qe3
$2 Qxe3 39. fxe3 d2 $19) 38... h5 39. h4 Re2 40. Qc3 (40. Qd1 d2 41. Qc2+ Qe4
42. Qd1 Kg6 $19) 40... Rc2 41. Qb3 Re2 42. Qc4 (42. Qc3 Qe4 43. Rd1 d2 $19)
42... d2 43. Qd4 Qe4 44. Qd6 Qc2 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kh8 {
Ftacnik,L} (47... Kh8 48. Qh5+ Qh7 49. Qf3 Rxf1+ 50. Kxf1 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 d1=Q $19
) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 h6 8. Bd2
Bxc3 (8... cxd4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. bxc3 Bf8 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. Bxc4 (12. Bxc4 $14)
12... Nc6 (12... Bd7 $6 13. O-O Bc6 14. Re1 $1 Bd5 $6 15. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 16. Bxd5
Nc6 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qa4 O-O-O $5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxa7 Rg6 21. Qe3 Rd5 22. g3
Rg4 23. Rb6 Qd7 24. Rb4 $16 {Lukacs,P-Horvath,Cs/HUN-ch/1989/}) 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qe2 Qf6 15. Rad1 (15. Rfe1 e5 16. Bd5 Re8 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. c4 e4 19. Bxe4 Bf5
20. Qd3 Rbd8 21. Qc2 {0,5/De Boer,GJ-Bosman,M/Dieren op (8)/1989/}) 15... e5
16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Qh5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 f5 22.
h3 f4 23. Qg4 Qxg4 $14 {Khalifman,A-Georgiev,Kir/Moskva GMA/1990/}) (8... Nd5
9. Bxc4 (9. Ne4 $5 cxd4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14.
Qc5 Qa5+ 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 $10) 9... Nb6 $5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ N6xd7 $1 $8 12.
Ne4 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Qc6 16. Nd6 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18.
Ke2 Nc6 19. Rac1 b6 20. Rc4 Ne7 $1 $10 {Polugaevsky,L-Petursson,M/New York/
1989/0.5 (23)}) 9. bxc3 (9. Bxc3 Ne4 $13) 9... Ne4 10. Bxc4 O-O (10... Nc6 11.
O-O O-O 12. Be1 Ng5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. cxd4 Rd8 17. Bc3
Ne7 18. Rc1 Nf5 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. f4 $6 Nxd4 $1 21. Qb2 $1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23.
e6 fxe6 24. fxg5 $44 {Dreev,A-Georgadze,G/Tbilisi/1989/1-0 (41)}) 11. O-O Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Bd3 (13. Rfe1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Re4 b6 16. Rg4 Kh8 17. Rh4
Ng8 18. d5 Bb7 19. Rd4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe8 22. Rd1 Ne7 23. Rd7 Nc6
24. Qc3 $14 {Garcia Ilundain,D-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon (06)/1992/0.5 (28)}) (
13. Rab1 cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bb3 Kg7 19.
Rbc1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. h3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 a5 23. f4 Qb7 24. Kh2 $17 {Farago,
I-Fauland,A/Budapest Noviki-A (3)/1990/0-1 (32)}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15.
Qf4 Bb7 16. Qe4 $6 (16. Rad1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Rc8 $13) 16... g6 17. Qf4 Nb4 $1 18.
Qxh6 (18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Qxg5 hxg5 $10) 18... Bxf3 (18... Nxd3 $2
19. Ng5 $18) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ (21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. gxf3 Rxf3
23. Qxe6+ (23. Kh1 Qd5 $1) 23... Kh7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. a4 Bxd2+ (12... bxa4 13. Rxa4
Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Qd8 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bb5+ $1 $16 {Geller,E-Mikhailchishin,A/
URS-ch/1985/}) 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 bxa4 15. Bb5 (15. Rxa4 $14 {
Mikhailchishin}) 15... Bd7 16. Bxa4 Ke7 $6 (16... O-O 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nb8
19. Rhc1 $14) 17. d5 Nb4 (17... exd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Rhe1+ Kd6 20. Bxd7 Kxd7
21. Ne5+ $16) 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 19. Ne5+ Ke7 (19... Ke8 20. Rhb1 a5 21. Rxb4 $18)
20. d6+ $1 Kf6 21. Nd7+ Kg6 22. Rhc1 Rhd8 23. Rc7 f6 (23... a5 24. Ne5+ Kf6 25.
f4 Rxd6+ 26. Ke3 Rf8 27. Rxa5 $18) 24. Raxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Nc6 (25... e5 26.
Kc3 Nc6 27. Rc7 Nd4 28. Kc4 $18) 26. Rc7 Nd4 27. Rb7 Nb5 28. e5 $1 Kf5 (28...
fxe5 29. Nxe5+ Kf6 30. Rxb5 $18) 29. Nc5 Nd4 30. Rxg7 Kxe5 (30... fxe5 31. d7
$18) 31. d7 Nf5 32. Rxh7 Nd6 33. Re7 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 07th semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. h4 Bf6 (
14... Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 $40) 15. Ng5 g6 (15... h6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nxe6
$1 fxe6 18. Qxg6+ Bg7 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg5 Rh8 $16) 16. Qg4 Rc8
17. h5 Nxd4 18. hxg6 fxg6 (18... Nxc2 19. Qh5 $1 h6 20. Qxh6 $18) (18... hxg6
19. Qh4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 (20... Qd5 21. Be4) 21. Bxg6 Qe7 22. Bh6 $18) 19. Nxh7
$1 Nxc2 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 (20... Bg7 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxc2 $16) 21. Bg5
$1 Bxg5 (21... Qd5 22. Bxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxf6 $18) (21... Nxe1 22. Nxf6 $18) 22.
Nxg5 Qd7 23. Rxe6 Rc6 (23... Nxa1 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rg6+) 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rd1
Qg7 26. Rdd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rf6 (27... Bxg2 28. Rg6) 28. Rd8+ {Ftacnik,L} (28.
Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ne6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Gutop, Yuri V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Bb7
14. a3 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 a6 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Rd8 18. Ke3 f5 $132 {Portisch,
L-Pinter,J/Hungary ch/1984/}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 (11... a6 12. Rc1 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. d6 Nc8 18. Ng5 g6 19. d7
Nb6 20. Rfd1 Qxd7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd7 $10 {Browne,W-Pinter,J/
Las Palmas izt/1982/}) 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 a6 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 a6 15. a4
$14) 14. a4 b4 15. O-O O-O 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. d6 Nf5 (18... Nc6
19. Qc2 $16) 19. Be4 Rb8 (19... Ra7 20. Rfb1 Rd8 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxb4 Qxb4
23. Rxb4 $16) 20. d7 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rfe1 Qc7 (22... Qd8 23. Ne5 $16) 23.
Ne5 (23. Rad1 Rbb8) 23... Ne7 (23... b3 24. Rac1 Qd8 25. Qd5 $18) 24. Rad1 Qd8
(24... Rd8 25. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 26. Rxe7 $18) 25. Nc4 Rb8 (25... b3 26. Rxe7 Qxe7
27. d8=Q $18) 26. Qd6 Ng6 (26... Nf5 27. Qe5 g6 28. Na5 $18) 27. Na5 $1 Qxa5
28. Qxb8 Rxb8 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. dxe8=Q+ Nf8 31. Rd8 Qc5 32. Rc8 Qd6 33. Qd8 {
Ftacnik,L} (33. Qd8 Qxd8 34. Rxd8 g6 35. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {The Tarrasch Defence is
going through a renaissance, mainly in the form of logical pawn recapture
towards centre with 5.. ed5. The strategically more simplified choice of a
knight move suffers from one drawback in that it frees the opponent's hands in
the centre.} (5... exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2) 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+
{Romanov is rightly rushing the exchange of the further minor piece as it
diminishes White's attacking potential.} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Bc4 {The modern treatment of the line is connected with the speedy control
of the only open file with the white rook. The further details are more fuzzy,
Moiseenko's solution is very classical.} (12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Bb5 (15... Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. d6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 b6 20. h3
$14 {1/2 (48) Eljanov,P (2683)-Cyborowski,L (2543) Germany 2012}) 16. Rfd1 Qd7
17. d5 exd5 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. exd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Re8 21. h3 $14 {1-0 (31)
Nakamura,H (2699)-Gyimesi,Z (2582) Austria 2009}) 12... Qd6 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Rfd1 Bd7 15. Qe3 {White does not have any real reason to presume, that his
chances are better. The defender has avoided any compromising of his position
and the completion of his development is bogged down only by the fate of rook
on a8. On the other hand, an initiative can be based on the dynamics of
White's centre as well as reasonably weak defence of Black's king.} (15. e5 Qe7
16. Qf4 (16. Rb1 b6 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Qf4 Bc6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Rac8 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nc6 24. Bxc6 {1/2 (24) Tatai,S (2455)-Kierzek,M
Dortmund 1978}) 16... Be8 17. h4 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 h6 20. Rcd1 Rxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rd8 22. Qe4 {1/2 (22) Petrosian,T (2645)-Kortschnoj,V (2645) Ciocco 1977})
(15. Qe2 Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rb1 Rb6 {1/2 (19)
Portisch,L (2650)-Polugaevsky,L (2625) Portoroz 1973}) (15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5
Be6 17. Bxc6 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Rc8 20. f4 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. a3
Kf8 23. Kf2 $11 {1/2 (43) Karpov,A (2750)-Pyhala,A (2385) Helsinki 1989}) 15...
h6 {Any pawn advance in front of the king means additional weaknesses. Black
is defending against the white knight move to g5, but he weakens the diagonal
b1-h7.} (15... Rac8 16. Ng5 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Ng5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7
20. Ne4 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Qd7 $11) 16... Nb4 (16... Na5 17. Qh3 h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7
19. Qf5+ Kg8 20. Qxa5 $16) 17. e5 Qe7 18. Ne4 $14) 16. h3 Na5 17. Bd3 {White
could not have reasonably hoped to achieve success in the event of an exchange
of bishops. There is also the very important fact that the knight is far from
perfectly placed on the a5-square.} (17. d5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Bb5 19. Rcc1 exd5 20.
Rxd5 Qb4 $11) 17... Rac8 18. e5 (18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Ba4 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bd7 $11) 18... Qd5 {The black defence has entered the phase of
difficult choices. Queen centralisation is attractive, but the retreat to e7
was not without its plusses. The queen would have got a chance to contribute
towards the defence against the kingside attack.} (18... Qe7 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qe3
Bc6 $11) 19. Rc5 Qxa2 $6 {[%mdl 128] Black is fascinated by the risk, but
clearly he felt he was getting enough compensation in the pawn he has won. A
similar effect was possibe in the event of the smarter exchange of the rooks
on c5.} (19... Rxc5 $5 20. dxc5 Kf8 21. Bc2 Qxa2 22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Qh7 Bc8 24.
Rb1 a5 $11) 20. Qe4 Rxc5 (20... g6 $2 21. Qh4 $1 Bc6 22. Rdc1 h5 23. Qg5 Rd7
24. d5 $18) 21. dxc5 Kf8 (21... g6 $2 22. Bb5 Nc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qh4 $18)
22. Bb5 Ke7 {At the end of the day Romanov is forced to contribute towards the
defensive task with his own king. It can not be an ideal situation, since his
majesty is by nature a very vulnerable piece.} (22... Ke8 $2 23. Qh7 a6 24.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Qxf7+ Kc6 28. Nd4+ Kxc5 29. Nxe6+
$16) 23. Qh4+ (23. Qb4 Bc6 (23... Bxb5 $2 24. c6+ Ke8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qd6+
$18) 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qb8+ Ke7 27. Qxa7+ Kf8 28. Qb8+ Ke7 29.
Qd6+ Ke8 30. Nd2 $14) 23... Ke8 (23... g5 $2 24. Qxh6 $18) 24. Qd4 Qd5 $6 {
The old maxim about the very difficult nature of defence in chess is proven
true for the umpteenth time. In retrospect it seems that better chances for
survival were promised by the knight retreat 24...Nc6.} (24... Nc6 25. Bxc6
bxc6 26. Qe4 Ke7 27. Qh7 Rb8 28. Nh4 $14) 25. Qa4 Qxd1+ (25... Bxb5 $2 26.
Qxb5+ Qc6 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qxa5+ $18) 26. Qxd1 Bxb5 27. Qb1 {The shoot-out
on the board has not been so tragic for Black in the material sense. His curse
remains the miserably located knight on a5 and the vulnerability of the pawn
structure.} Bd3 (27... Bc6 28. Qb4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Ra1 30. Nd4 Ra4 31. Qb2 Bd7 32.
Nb5 $16) 28. Qb4 Nc6 29. Qxb7 Be4 30. Qb2 {The queen retreat is definitely not
a bad move, but quite probably also not the best one. It may seem that from
the a6-square the queen might have been even more efficient in paralysing
Black's forces.} (30. Qa6 $1 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Ng1 $1 Rc1 33. Ne2 Rxc5 34.
Qc8+ Ke7 35. Nf4 Rc4 36. Qc7+ Ke8 37. Nh5 $18) 30... a5 (30... Rb8 $5 31. Qc3
Rb4 32. Nd2 Bd5 33. Nf1 Rb1 (33... Bc4 34. Ng3 Bd5 35. Nh5 $18) 34. Qc2 Ra1 35.
f3 a5 36. Qb2 Rd1 37. Kf2 $16) 31. Nd2 Rb8 32. Qc3 Bd5 33. Nc4 $1 {The
defender must be on the alert against activation of the white knight. Black is
forced to part with the magnificent bishop on the d5-square.} Bxc4 (33... Rb4
34. Nxa5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Nxa5 36. Qxa5 Rc1 37. f3 $18) (33... Ra8 34. Nb6 Rd8 35.
Qb2 Ne7 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. Qb5+ Rd7 38. Qxa5 $18) 34. Qxc4 Nxe5 $6 {The great
rule of defence is the concept of building barriers for the opponent. If the
enemy manages to achieve relative success the trenches should be moved and a
new barrier built elsewhere. The demise of the e5-pawn will simplify for White
the task of advancing his passed c-pawn.} (34... Ke7 $1 35. Qa6 Kd7 36. Qd3+
Ke8 37. Qh7 $16) 35. Qa6 $1 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rc1 37. Qd6 {The problems of the
coordination of Black's forces are becoming visible even to the naked eye.} (
37. Qa8+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. f4 Nf3+ (39... Rxc5 40. fxe5+ Rxe5 41. Qb2 Kf5
42. Qd4 $18) 40. Qxf3 Rxc5 41. g4 $18) 37... Nd7 (37... Ng6 38. Qb8+ (38. c6 f6
39. Qxe6+ Ne7 40. Qd7+ Kf7 41. c7 a4 $16) 38... Ke7 39. Qb7+ Ke8 40. c6 f5 41.
Qxg7 $18) 38. c6 Nf6 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40. c7 {As well as the danger of the pawn
passing all the way to c8 Black is now under the threat of a simple mate on
the d8-square.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Nc6 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne1 Bf6 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 N4xd5
15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Bd4 (16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Na4 20.
c4 Be6 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Dlugy,M/Lugano op/1987/ -> TD 87/5}) 16... Bf5 (16... Be6
17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Re1 Red8 20. Qh5 h6 21. Red1 Qf8 $14 {Ftacnik,
L-Rodriguez,Am/Thessaloniki ol/1984/}) 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nf3 Be4 19. Re1 Nf6 20.
Bh3 Rc7 21. Ng5 Bg6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (22... Nxe8 23. Bxb6 (23. Qb3 $5) 23...
Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 axb6 25. Rd8 Kf8 $22 26. Bd7 Ke7) 23. Bg2 Nc4 $10 24. Bf1 b6 25.
Nh3 Bh5 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qd8+ Ne8 29. Qa8 Bg4 30. Nf4 Bd7 31. Nd3
Qd6 32. Re1 Qc6 33. Qd8 Rc8 34. Qe7 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Re7 Be6 37. Rxa7 Nb5
(37... Rxc3 $10) 38. Rb7 Bxa2 $2 (38... Nxc3 $10) 39. Nb4 Nxc3 40. Nxa2 Nxa2
41. Bc4 $1 Nc3 42. Bxf7+ Kh8 43. Rxb6 $14 Ne4 44. Rb4 Nf6 45. Rb7 g6 46. h4 Rc6
47. Bb3 Rd6 48. Rf7 Rb6 49. Bc4 Rc6 50. Be2 Kg8 51. Ra7 Rd6 52. Bb5 Kf8 53. Kg2
Re6 54. Kh3 Re7 55. Ra8+ Kg7 56. g4 Rf7 57. g5 Ne4 58. Bc4 Rf8 59. Ra7+ Kh8 60.
f4 Nd6 61. Be6 Nf5 62. Kg4 Ne3+ 63. Kh3 Nf5 64. Ba2 Nxh4 $2 (64... Ng7 $14) 65.
Kxh4 Rxf4+ 66. Kg3 Rf8 67. Re7 Ra8 68. Be6 Rf8 69. Kg4 Rb8 70. Kf4 Rf8+ 71. Ke5
Rd8 72. Bd5 Rf8 73. Kd6 Rd8+ 74. Kc6 Rc8+ 75. Kd7 Rb8 (75... Rf8 76. Kc7 h5 $8
77. gxh6 Rf5 78. Kd6 Rh5 79. Ke6 $18) 76. Rf7 $1 Rg8 77. Rxh7+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} (
77. Rxh7+ Kxh7 78. Bxg8+ Kxg8 79. Ke8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Qg3 Qg6 $5 (16... Qe7 17. d5 Rad8 18. e5 (18. Rfe1 $5)
18... Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh4 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 Nc6
24. f4 Nd4 $13 {Khalifman,A-Karpov,An/Dos Hermanas/1993/}) 17. Qh3 Qh6 $1 18.
Qxh6 gxh6 19. d5 (19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Bb1 Rd6 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Rfd1 $14) 19...
exd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc8 $1
25. g4 Rc7 26. Kg2 Nc4 27. Nd4 a6 28. h4 f6 29. h5 b5 30. Kg3 b4 31. Kf4 a5 32.
Kf5 a4 $1 (32... Ne5 33. f4 $36) 33. Ne6 Rb7 34. Kxf6 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rd8
Rb6 $1 (36... b2 $4 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Rh8#) 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rd8+
Kh7 39. f4 b2 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd7+ (42. g5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Rxe6+ $1
44. Kxe6 b1=Q $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5 (13...
Bb7 14. Rfe1 (14. Qf4 Qf6 (14... Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Rd4 Ng6 18.
Qg4 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Rcd8 20. Ng5 Bc8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qxd4 24.
Rxd4 $16 {Forintos,Gy-Ostojic,Pr/Vrnjacka Banja/1973/1-0 (30)}) 15. Qe3 (15.
Qc7 Na5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Qg3 Rfd8 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nc4 21. h4
$6 Nb2 22. Nd4 Nxd1 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. e6 $1 $36 {Lputian,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/
Wijk aan Zee op/1993/0.5 (40)}) 15... Rfd8 16. e5 Qh6 17. Ng5 Nb4 18. f4 Rac8
19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 g6 22. g3 Qf8 23. Qb3 Qb4 24. Qxb4 $10 {
Rausis,I-Zhuravlev,V/Daugavpils/1990/0.5 (40)}) 14... Rc8 15. d5 Na5 (15...
exd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. e5 Ne7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. Rxe6 $14
{Nogueiras,J-Tal,M/Bruxelles/1988/}) 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd4 Qe5 $13
{Dokhoian-Webb/Memorial Petrosian/1989/}) 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16.
exd5 Qf6 17. Qd4 Rad8 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. d6 Rfe8 20. Rd2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Ba6 22.
Re7 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nc6 24. Rc7 $13 {Lauber,A-Ottmann,P/chU17 GER Steinsfurt (04)
/1992/1-0 (35)}) 14... Bb7 15. Qf4 (15. d5 exd5 16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 (17. Ng5 h6
18. Nh7 Qh4 19. Nxf8 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {0,5/Kamsky,G-Seirawan,Y/Buenos Aires
Najdorf (03)/1993/}) 17... Qd5 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qg3 Bc8 20. Bb1 Qc4 21. Qf3 Be6
22. Qe4 g6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd6 $14 {Lev,R-Onat,I/Haifa ETC (3)/1989/1-0 (65)}
) 15... Qf6 (15... f6 $5 16. d5 e5 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. Nh4 Bc8 $13) 16. Qg3 Qe7 (
16... Qg6 17. Qh4 Qf6 18. Qh3 Qh6 19. Qxh6 gxh6 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Bb1 Rd6 22.
Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 $14) 17. d5 Rad8 (17... exd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Ng5+ Kh6 21. Qh4+ Kg6 22. Qh7+ Kf6 (22... Kxg5 23. f4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kf5 25. g4+
Kg6 26. f5#) 23. Ne4+ $18) 18. e5 $1 Bxd5 (18... Rxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+
Kg8 21. Qh4 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 $18) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd5 (20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Rxd5 (
21. Qh4 Be4 $1 $19) 21... Rxd5) 20... Rxd5 21. Ng5+ Kg8 (21... Kh6 $2 22. Qh4+
Kg6 23. Qh7+ Kxg5 24. f4+ Kg4 25. Qh3#) (21... Kg6 22. Nxe6+ Kf5 23. Nxg7+ Ke4
24. Qe3#) 22. Qh4 Qxg5 $8 23. Qxg5 Nc6 (23... f6 24. Qg3 Rxe5 25. f4 Re4 26.
Rc1) (23... Nc4 $5 24. f4 Ne3 25. Re1 Nf5) 24. f4 Nd4 25. h4 (25. g4 Rc8 26. f5
Rxe5) 25... Rc8 $15 26. Qg4 Nf5 27. Re1 Rc4 28. h5 Rdd4 29. Qf3 (29. g3 $2 Rc3
$17) 29... Rxf4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qxa7 Rg4 (31... Nd4 32. Qa3 (32. Qxb6 $2 Rc1
$3 33. Rxc1 $140 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Rh4#) 32... Rc2 $44) (31... Rc2 32. Qxf7 Rxg2+
33. Kxg2 Nh4+ 34. Kg3 Rxf7 35. Kxh4 Rf5 $10) 32. Qxf7 Rc2 33. Qb7 Nh4 34. Kf1
Nxg2 $6 (34... Rf4+ $1 35. Kg1 Rxa2 $1 36. Kh2 $1 (36. Qc6 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rg5
38. Qxe6 Nf3 $19) (36. Qxb6 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rf3 $19) 36... Rxg2+ 37. Kh3 Rc2 (
37... Rgf2 38. Re4) 38. Kg3) 35. Re4 Rg5 (35... Nf4 36. Rd4 (36. Qxb6 Rh4 37.
Qg1 Rg2) 36... Rh4 37. Qe4+ Kh6 38. Qxc2 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Rh2+ 40. Ke3 Rxc2 41.
Kxf4 Kxh5 42. Rd6 $17) 36. Qe7 Rf5+ (36... Rxh5 37. Kg1 Rh6 38. Rg4) 37. Kg1
Nf4 38. Rxf4 $1 (38. Qh4 Ne2+ (38... Rg5+ 39. Kf1 Rxh5 $17) 39. Kh1 Kh6) 38...
Rxf4 39. Qxe6 Rcc4 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 d4 $6 {N} 13. b4 $1 Bb6 14.
a4 a5 15. b5 Ne5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. e3 Bh3 (17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bh3 19. Bxb7
Bxf1 20. Bxa8 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxa8 24. Qc3 $16) 18.
exd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxd4 21. Rac1 (21. Rad1 Qb6 $14) 21... Rf7 (
21... Qb6 22. Bf4 $1 $16) 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Qg4 Rd5 (23... Bb2 24. Bc3 f5 25.
Qxg7+ $1 Rxg7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxb2) (23... Bxf2 24. Bxa5 Rxd1 25. Bxd8) 24.
Bxa5 $1 b6 25. Bb4 f5 26. Qf4 h6 27. Be7 $1 $18 Qxe7 28. Rxd4 Rad8 29. Rxd5
Rxd5 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Qe3 Rd4 32. Qe6 Qa8 33. Qxf5 Rxa4 34. Qc8+ (34. Kh3 $1 $18
) 34... Qxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc6 Rb4 37. Rxb6 h5 38. Rb8 g6 39. b6 Kg7 40. b7
Kh7 41. f4 Kg7 42. h3 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Rb5 Bd6 13. Qd3 e5 $2 (13... Ne5
$5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $13) 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bd5 a6 (15... Ne7 $5) 16. Rb1 Bc5 (16...
Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qf3) 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qh4 h5 19. Ne4 Bf5 (19... Be7 20. Bg5)
20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nxh5+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} (21. Nxh5+ gxh5 22. Qg5+ Bg6 23. Qh6+ Kg8
24. Qxg6+) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O
Ne7 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 a6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 f6
$10 {Pomar Salamanca,A-Kortschnoj,V/Palma de Mallorca/1969/}) 11... Nc6 (11...
b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. O-O h6 17. d5 exd5 18.
exd5 Qc5 19. d6 Rad8 20. d7 Na6 21. Rfe1 Nb8 22. Ne5 a6 23. Qf5 Qa5 24. h5 $16
{Aleksandrov,A-Akhmadeev,V/Kstovo op/1994/}) 12. Bb5 (12. Bc4 Qa5 13. O-O Qxd2
14. Rxd2 b6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Rd8 $13) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 (13.
O-O Ne5 $5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rc8 $10) 13... Ne7 14. Bd3 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 $10) 14... Bc6 15. h4 (15. O-O $10) 15... h6 16. Rh3 $6 (
16. O-O f5 (16... Ng6 17. h5 Nh4 18. Ne1 f5 $132) 17. Rfe1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 $14)
16... f5 $1 17. Rg3 $2 (17. exf5 Nxf5 $36) 17... fxe4 18. Qxh6 Nf5 19. Qxe6+
Kh8 20. Rg5 (20. Bxe4 Nxg3 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $19) 20... Qe8 21. Bc4 (21. Qxe8 Raxe8
22. Rh5+ Nh6 $19) 21... exf3 22. Kd2 Rd8 (22... Rf6 23. Qxe8+ (23. Qe5 fxg2 $19
) 23... Rxe8 $19) 23. Kc3 (23. Qxe8 Bxe8 $19) 23... Nd6 (23... fxg2 $19) 24.
Qe7 $5 (24. Qxe8 Bxe8 25. Bd3 fxg2 $19) 24... Ne4+ (24... Qxe7 $4 25. Rh5#) 25.
Kb3 Nxg5 26. hxg5 (26. Qxg5 fxg2 27. Re1 Be4 $19) 26... fxg2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. e5 Bb4 13. Bf4 {N} (13. Bf1 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Be3 (15. Rb1 Nb8 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 $10 {Smejkal,J-Dlugy,M/
Moscow GMA-op/1989/ ->TD89_02}) 15... Nd5 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. c4 Nde7 $14 {
Thorsteins,K-Dlugy,M/New York op/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 (
14... Bd7 15. Rab1 Nb8 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nb5) 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Rac1 b6
18. Bb4 Nc4 19. Rd4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. Ra1 (21. a4 $2 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Nxe5 $1)
21... Nxb4 22. cxb4 Bb7 $1 23. Bxc4 Bxf3 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rxf3 Rxc4 26. Rd1 Re7 (
26... Rxb4 $6 27. Rd7 Rf8 28. Rxa7 $36) 27. a3 Re4 28. Rc3 Rxe5 29. Rd8+ Kg7
30. Kg2 Re2 31. Rcc8 f5 32. Rg8+ Kf6 33. g4 $6 (33. Rcf8+ Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7
35. Ra8 $10 (35. Rxg5 $2 Ra2 $17)) 33... fxg4 (33... Ra2 34. gxf5 exf5 35.
Rcf8+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxg5 Kf6 38. Rg3) 34. Rcf8+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.
Ra8 (36. Rxg5 Ra2 37. Rxg4 Rxa3 $17) 36... a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rxa5 Kf6 39.
Ra8 h5 40. a4 Re1 41. a5 Ra1 (41... h4 $5 42. h3 $8 (42. a6 $2 h3+ 43. Kg3 Rg1#
) 42... gxh3+ 43. Kxh3 Ra1) 42. a6 Kg6 43. a7 Kg7 44. h3 gxh3+ 45. Kxh3 e5 46.
Re8 Rxa7 47. Rxe5 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Re8 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Kg4 51. Rf7 h4 52. Rf8
Ra5 53. f3+ Kh5 54. Rh8+ Kg6 55. f4 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 gxf4 58. Rxh4 Kg5
{Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. d5 $1 (15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 (17... d4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh7
Nc4 20. Qb4 Re8 21. Bxc4 Kxh7 22. Bxf7 {0,5/Poecksteiner,J-Kwatschewsky,L/Wien
op/1986/}) 18. Qf4 Rc7 (18... Nb2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 Rc4 22.
h5+ Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ $40 {Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M/URS-ch/1969/}) 19.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 Qc8 22. Rd3 f6 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Ne6+ $40 {
Flesch,J-Kovacs,LM/Hungary (ch)/1969/}) 15... exd5 16. e5 d4 $1 17. Ng5 $5 (17.
Nxd4 Qd5 $1 18. Qg5 (18. Nf3 $2 Qc5 $1) 18... h6 19. Qg3 Bc8 20. Bb1 Qc4 21.
Qf3 Be6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd6 $14 {Lev,R-Onat,I/EU-chT Haifa (3)/
1989/}) 17... h6 18. Nh7 Qh4 $1 (18... Re8 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qxh6 Rxe5 21. Bh7+
Kh8 22. Bg6+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qxf7#) (18... Qd5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Nf6+ gxf6
21. Qxh6 f5 $1 22. Bxf5 Rc6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rfe1 $40) 19. Nxf8 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 (
20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rxf8 24. Be4 g5 $15) 20...
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 (11... Nc6 12. Bb5 (12. Bc4 Qa5
13. O-O Qxd2 14. Rxd2 b6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Rd8 $13) 12... Bd7
13. Rb1 (13. O-O Ne5 $5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rc8 $10) 13... Ne7 14. Bd3 (14.
Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 $10) 14... Bc6 15. h4 (15. O-O $10) (15. O-O
$10) 15... h6 16. Rh3 $6 (16. O-O f5 (16... Ng6 17. h5 Nh4 18. Ne1 f5 $132) 17.
Rfe1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 $14) 16... f5 $1 17. Rg3 $2 (17. exf5 Nxf5 $36) 17... fxe4
18. Qxh6 Nf5 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rg5 (20. Bxe4 Nxg3 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $19) 20... Qe8
21. Bc4 exf3 22. Kd2 Rd8 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Yusupov,A/Groningen/1994/0-1 (26)}
(22... Rf6 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 $19)) 12. Bb5 (12. h4 $5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3
Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. O-O h6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qc5 19. d6 Rad8 20. d7 Na6 21.
Rfe1 Nb8 22. Ne5 a6 23. Qf5 Qa5 24. h5 $16 {Aleksandrov,A-Akhmadeev,V/Kstovo
op/1994/}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bd3 Qe7 (15... Rc8 16. Bb1 Qe7
17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. h3 Rc7 19. Qf4 Rc4 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. Qe2
Re8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bb1 {Molinaroli,M-Busch,R/Dortmund op (10) ;TD 87\03 1987/
0-1 (72)}) 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Qf4 (17. Bb1 $5) 17... Rc3 18. d5 $5 exd5 19. e5 {
No marks for the originality of the idea, but rarely can black so confidently
put his N to e4.} (19. exd5 Qa3 20. Bc4 Qc5 21. Bb3 Nxd5 $15) 19... Ne4 (19...
Nd7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Nf5 $13) 20. Nd4 g6 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. Nd6 (22. Nxa7 Nc3 23.
Rc1 Ra8 $19) 22... f6 $1 {I especially like this logical move that ought
destroy shaky coordination of white's pieces. Undermining the Nd6 turns him
into liability.} 23. Nxb7 $2 (23. Nxe4 dxe4 (23... fxe5 $2 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25.
Nxg5 e4 26. Be2 $16) 24. exf6 Rxf6 $15) (23. exf6 Rxf6 (23... Qxd6 24. Rxe4
Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 $15) 24. Qh4 Qxd6 25. Bxe4 Re6 $17) 23... fxe5 24. Qxf8+ (
24. Qe3 Qxb7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 $17) 24... Kxf8 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bc2 Qd6 27. Bb3 (
27. Re2 Ne6 28. Red2 Nd4 $19) 27... d4 28. f3 d3 29. Rd2 Qd4+ 30. Rf2 (30. Kf1
e4 31. fxe4 Nxe4 $19) 30... Kg7 31. Kf1 a5 (31... a5 32. h3 a4 33. Bd1 e4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf6 12. Bb2 (12. Be3 b6 13. Qa4
Bd7 14. Qa3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bb5
20. Qb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bc4 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Ng5 g6 24. Ne4 {Portisch,L-Huebner,R/
Abano Terme (m/4)/1980/0.5 (48)}) (12. Ba3 Re8 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Bd6 Qd8 15. Bc5
b6 16. e5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ng5 Bb7 19. Bxc6 {Gavrikov,V-Tukmakov,V/URS/
1979/1-0 (19)}) 12... b6 13. Rb1 Na5 (13... Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16.
Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bc3 Ba6 20. Re1 Nb7 21. Qd4 f6 22. Bb4
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ {Christiansen,L-Portisch,L/Linares/1981/1-0 (31)})
14. Bc3 Ba6 15. Re1 Qd7 (15... Nb7 16. Qa4) 16. Bxa5 $1 bxa5 {Baburin:White
has doubled black's pawns on the a-file, the pawns are not weak they are
simply not valuable. White has an extra pawn in the centre. The game proves
that the idea Bxa5 was sound.} 17. Bf1 Bxf1 (17... Bb7 18. Qd2 $14) 18. Kxf1
Rfd8 19. Re3 Rab8 (19... Bxd4 20. Rd3 e5 21. Nxe5 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Bxf2+ $5 (22...
Bb6 23. Nd7 $16) 23. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf3 Rxd3+ 25. Nxd3 Qxa2 $14) 20. Rxb8 Rxb8
21. Rd3 Rb4 (21... Rb2 22. Rd2 (22. a3 Qb5 23. Kg2) 22... Qb5+ 23. Kg2 Rb1 24.
Qe2 $14) 22. a3 Rb2 23. d5 Qb5 (23... exd5 24. exd5 $14) 24. Kg2 (24. dxe6 $2
Rb1 $19) 24... Qb6 25. Rd2 exd5 26. exd5 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 a4 (27... Be7 28. a4 $16
) 28. Qc2 Be7 (28... Qb7 29. Qxa4 Qxd5 $4 30. Qe8#) 29. Qxa4 Bf8 30. Qd7 Bxa3
31. Ne5 h6 (31... Qf6 32. Qe8+ Bf8 33. d6 $1 Qxd6 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Nd7 $18)
32. Qxf7+ Kh8 (32... Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Nc4 Qc5 35. Nxa3 Qxa3 36. Qc8+ Kh7
37. Qc6 $16) 33. h4 Qf6 (33... a5 34. Nc4 Qc5 35. d6 $18) 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Nf7
Qe7 (35... a5 36. h5 g5 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qg8+ Kf5 39. Qh7+ Qg6 40. Nxh6+ $18)
36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. d6 Bf6 38. d7 $18 a5 39. d8=Q Bxd8 40. Nxd8 a4 41. Nc6 Kg6
42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Nd4+ Ke5 44. Nb5 h5 45. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nf3 Qf6
15. Rd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Rac8 $5 (18... Rad8) 19. Rac1
(19. Bxd5 Rc2 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. e3 Rf6 23. Rf1 Rxb2 24. Rac1 Rc6
25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Rd1 f5 $10) 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f6 21. a4 $14 g5 22. Bd2 Bd4
23. b4 a6 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. e3 Bc3 28. Bc5 Kg7 29. a5 Be5
30. Kf1 g4 31. Bg2 h5 32. Ke2 h4 33. gxh4 Bxh2 34. f4 Kg6 (34... gxf3+ 35. Bxf3
$14) 35. Bd4 Rh7 (35... Rc7 36. Bc5 Rd7 $10) (35... Bg3 36. h5+ Kxh5 $2 37.
Bxf6) 36. Bb6 Rh5 (36... Rxh4 $1 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Bg3 39. Bc7 Rh2+ 40.
Kd3 Kh6 41. Rd8 $13) (36... g3 37. Kf1) 37. Kf2 Rf5 38. Rc1 Bd7 39. Rc7 Bc6 40.
Bd4 Rh5 41. Bf1 $18 Rh8 (41... Kf5 42. Re7 Bb5 43. Bxb5 axb5 44. Rxb7) 42. Bd3+
Kh5 43. Bxf6 Rh6 44. Bg5 d4 45. e4 Rh8 46. Kg2 g3 47. Be2+ 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 $5 {N} (11... f6) (11... Qb6) 12.
Qd3 h6 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. a3 (15. h3 d4 $10) 15... Bg4 (15... d4 16.
b4 Bb6 17. b5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $14) 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb5 Bb6 18. a4 Bxf3
(18... Nd4 $2 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. e3 Bf6 21. Bxd5 $16) 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxf3+
21. Qxf3 Rac8 $2 (21... Qe6 $1 22. a5 Bd4 $10) 22. Bxh6 $1 (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23.
Bxh6 (23. Qg4 Rc4) 23... Rc2 $132 24. Qg4 Qf6) 22... Qe6 (22... gxh6 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 24. Qg4+ $18) (22... Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Rc8 24. Qd3 $16) 23. Bg5 Rxc1+ (23...
f6 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Be3 Qxh3 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rc1 $16) 24. Rxc1 Re8 25. a5 $1
(25. e3 $2 f6 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bc7 Rc8 $19) 25... Bxa5 (25... Bd4 26. e3 Bxb2 27.
Rb1 Bc3 28. Rxb7 $16) 26. Be3 Qxh3 $6 (26... a6 27. h4 $14) 27. Qxd5 Rxe3 (
27... Bb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rc7 $16) 28. fxe3 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ (
30... Bb6 31. Qf3 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 $16) 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Qg2 Qxe3 (32... Qxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 Kf8 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. Rb8 $18) 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Qg4 $1 (34. Qh2+ Kg6 35.
Rh8 Qc1+ $132) 34... Bb6 (34... Qh6 35. Qf5+ Qg6 36. Qxa5 $18) 35. Qf5+ g6 36.
Qxf7+ Kh6 37. Rh8+ Kg5 38. Qd5+ Kf6 (38... Kg4 39. Qg2+ Qg3 40. Qxg3+ Kxg3 41.
Rb8 $18) 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qf6+ {Ftacnik,L} (42. Qf6+
Kh5 43. Rh8+ Kg4 44. Qh4+ Kf5 45. Rf8+ Ke6 46. Re8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 (10... Be7 $10) 11. cxd4) (7...
Nb6 $5) 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 $14) 11.
Bc3 (11. O-O O-O (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5)
12. Rb1 $5 (12. e3 $1) (12. Bc3 $1) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Qc5 15.
Qxc5 (15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qxd7 Rad8 $10) (15. Qe4 Qa3 16. Qc2 Qc5 $10) 15... Bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Spassky,B (06)/Wch26-Moscow/1966}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bd7 (
12... b6 $2 13. Ne5) 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. e4 Bf6 (14... Qb6 15. Rab1 $14) 15. Rac1
Qb6 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 exd5 (17... Na5 18. Ne5 $14) 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Rb3 Qa6
(19... Qc7 20. d6 Qc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Rxb7 $16) 20. Re1 Ba4 $6 (20... Rfe8
21. Ne5 Qd6 $1 22. Rbe3 b5 $14) 21. Ra3 b5 (21... Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qf4
b5 24. Re3 $16) 22. Nd4 Rce8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re3 $1 Rf8 (24... Rxe3 25. Qxe3
Kf8 26. Nc6 $18) (24... Rd8 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Qc8 27. Bd5 $16) 25. Nc6 Qb6
(25... Nxc6 26. dxc6 b4 27. c7 Qc4 28. Re7 Qc3 29. Qxc3 bxc3 30. Bh3 c2 31. Re1
$18) 26. Qb4 Nxc6 (26... g6 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. d6 $16) 27. dxc6 a5 28. Qe7 b4 (
28... Bc2 29. c7 Bf5 30. Re5 Bc8 31. Rd5 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxb5 $18) 29. c7
Qa6 (29... Bc2 30. Qxf8+) 30. Bh3 (30. Bh3 f5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Rd3 h6 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. c8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bf5 (12... Qe7 {
Baburin} 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. e3 Bf5) 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Be3 (14. Rad1 Be4 15. Bc3 Qe7
16. e3 Rad8 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe4+ 20. Kg1 h5 21. Ne2 Qc4 22.
Nf4 Qxb3 23. axb3 d4 24. Ne6 {Larsen,B-Bareev,E/Naestved op/1988/1-0 (50)})
14... Na5 (14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Re8 (15... d4 {Baburin} 16. Qf4 {/\Rfd1, Rd2 +
Rad1.}) 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qb4 Be4 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Qb5 Nd6
22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Nh4 a4 24. Qb4 {Groszpeter,A-Farago,I/Budapest/1986/1-0 (37)})
15. Qc3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Re8 17. Qc5 b6 (17... Rxe2 $2 18. Nd4 Re5 19. f4 $16) 18.
Qb5 a6 19. Qa4 b5 (19... Rxe2 20. Nd4 Re5 21. f4 Bd7 22. Qd1) 20. Qf4 Be4 21.
Rac1 Nc4 22. b3 Ne5 (22... Nd6 23. Rc6 Nf7 24. Rfc1 $16) 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2
Qb6 25. Rfd1 Rad8 $6 {Baburin: This position is definitely in White's favour:
he blockades the isolated pawn and controls the c-file. The potential weakness
of the e6-square does not make Black's life any easier.} (25... Rac8 $5) 26.
Qf5 g6 27. Qc2 Rd7 (27... Rc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kf7 30. e3 Ke7 31. Rdc1
$16) 28. h3 Kg7 29. Qc5 Qb7 (29... Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Nf7 31. e3 $14 {xd5}) 30. Rc3
b4 $6 (30... Ree7 $142 $14) 31. Rc2 Ree7 32. Rdc1 h5 (32... Re8 33. Qa5) 33.
Qc8 Qb6 (33... Qxc8 34. Rxc8 f5 35. R1c5 $16) 34. e3 Rd8 $2 (34... Rb7) 35.
Ne6+ $1 Qxe6 (35... Rxe6 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Nxd7 38. Qxd7+ Kh6 39. Rc8 $1
$18) 36. Qxd8 Nf7 37. Qc8 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Ng5 39. Rc7 $1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Nh2+ 41. Ke2
(41. Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kd2 Nf3+ 44. Kc2 Ne1+ 45. Rxe1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 {A well-known position of the Semi Tarrasch System. Black has
tried different kinds of move orders here and White has also tried a number of
different plans. Theory has become pretty vast in this simple looking position.
} h6 {Started by Kramnik at the top level somewhere in 2015} (15... Re8 {
has picked up popularity recently.} 16. h3 Nf6 {was seen twice in the Berlin
Candidates and one of the games was Mamedyarov - Ding where Black played a
nice game and won.}) 16. h3 Re8 {Surprisingly there are not that many games
from this position.} 17. Re3 Qf6 {A typical move in this line after White
plays Re3. Black now immediately wants to get his queen to f4 thus not letting
White transfer his rook so easily to kingside.} (17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Rc7 {
is also doing okay for Black}) 18. Qe2 Qf4 19. g3 Qc7 {The point. Now that g3
has been played Black doesn't have to bother about any future Rg3 ideas.} 20.
d5 {Basically after committing with g3 White had only one play at his disposal.
} exd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc5 ({My computer suggests the 'inhuman'...} 
22... Rf8 {[%csl Gf7] It does make sense. Black's main problem is the f7-pawn
and now it is secured. It would be immensely difficult to find such a move
during a game. It would have been much easier to play the same move if the
black rook was on a8 instead of c8 :)}) 23. Qf4 {[%csl Rf7]} Qc3 (23... Nf6)
24. Nd4 $36 {Slowly White is building up pressure in the centre.} Re8 25. d6 {
Keeps control} (25. Nb5 {White could have won a pawn this way} Re1+ (25... Qe5
26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxa7) (25... Qf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Nxa7) 26. Kh2 Qxb3 27.
axb3 (27. Rxe1 $4 Qxd5 $19) 27... Rxd1 28. Nc3 Rd3 29. Qc7 Nf8 30. Qxb7 Rxc3
31. Qxa7 Rxb3 {It could easily be possible that Mamedyarov simply didn't want
to get here and didn't bother to spend time on assessing if this is a fortress
or not.}) 25... Nf6 {[%cal Ge8e1]} (25... Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qxb3 27. Rxe1 $1 $18)
26. Kh2 $1 Qb2 (26... Be4 $142 {[%cal Ge4g6]}) 27. Nc2 (27. d7 $1 {A move that
Mamedyarov played after repeating once}) 27... Qc3 (27... Bc6 {is an
additional option now.}) 28. Nd4 Qb2 29. d7 $1 Rd8 30. Nf5 Be4 {All White's
pieces look very nicely placed with a pawn on d7. Still it is not clear how to
progress further. Mamedyarov finds a very nice manoeuvre to improve his
apparently nicely placed knight on f5.} 31. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Bg6 32. Nc4 $1
{[%cal Gc4b2,Gc4e5]} Qe2 33. Ne5 {Now its all over.} Kh7 34. g4 {Black is
completely restricted. The rest is simple.} b5 35. Qe3 Qb2 36. Kg1 b4 37. Nxg6
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 {Once again Mamedyarov is facing the
same line which Adams played against him on 3rd round.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {The main tabiya of this
line. In 2015 Mamedyarov played a fine game and defeated Kramnik. Since then
he didn't face this line at the top level until Ding Liren beat him in the
Berlin Candidates.} 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3
Re8 {Adams started with h6 here but it eventually transposed after h3-Re8} 16.
h3 h6 (16... Nf6 {was started by Kramnik and then Ding used this to beat
Mamedyarov in Candidates.} 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Qf4 b5 $1
$132 {0-1 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Ding,L (2769) Berlin 2018 Mega2018 Update
23 [Ding Liren] Black was fine.}) 17. Qf4 {Both players were making their
moves instantly following the Mamedyarov - Adams game from round 3. Now
finally Mamedyarov deviates by Qf4 which was also played instantly.} (17. Re3 {
was the Adams game}) 17... Qc7 (17... Qf6 {is also equally doable and it's a
matter of taste where Black would like to put his queen.}) 18. e5 {The
computer's top choice is 18.Qc7 but of course this will lead nowhere and
practically it would be much easier for Black to play once the queens are off.}
Nf8 {After 15min of thought. It is always difficult to make a choice when
different options are available and all of them are of similar strength. Right
here Black had at least three decent options... 1. Keeping the knight on d7
flexible and advancing the queenside pawns with a5-b5.  2. Playing Nf6-Nd5
immediately  3. To play Nf8-Ng6 as happened in the game.  All of these moves
are equally good and once again it's a matter of taste how one will play.} (
18... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6d5]} 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd2 a5 22. Qh4 {
Almost every knight retreat is possible and keeps the balance.}) (18... a5 $5 {
I like this. For now, Black simply keeps the d7-knight flexible and starts
advancing on the queenside which is a very typical idea in this line.} 19. d5 (
19. Ba4 Red8) (19. Qg4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 b5 21. a3 Nb6 {the advantage of keeping
the knight flexible!}) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nc5 {Once again the
knight on d7 came in handy}) 19. Nd2 Ng6 20. Qg4 b5 {Natural follow-up} 21. Ne4
Bxe4 $8 22. Qxe4 a5 $5 (22... Ne7 {This was quite a simple solution. Bringing
the knight back to e7 from where it not only controls d5 but also ready to
meet Re3-Rg3 with Nf5.} 23. Re2 (23. Re3 Red8 {There is no attack on the
kingside so Black can focus on the centre}) (23. d5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5
Qc4 $11) 23... Red8 24. Rc2 (24. Bc2 g6) 24... Qd7 $11) 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 a4
25. Bd1 {With the bishop on d1 it is hard to imagine that White can hope for
any advantage.} Qb7 $6 {Now White gets to activate his bishop and finally can
hope to get a slight edge.} (25... Rcd8 $1 {A little tactical solution was
available to liquidate further.} 26. Rxb5 Nxe5 27. Rf1 Nc4 $1 28. Qc2 {or else
White loses!} Re7 $132 {Black is active enough to hold the balance here.}) 26.
Bf3 Ne7 27. Rd6 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 {With pawns on both wings and having an active
bishop on e4 White is definitely psychologically feeling better to have
reached this position from what he had a few moves back.} Ng6 $2 {An immediate
mistake based on miscalculation.} (28... Rb8 $14 {It would have been wiser to
try and exchange queenside pawns somehow and then play Ng6 at the right moment
to get into some sort of pawn down drawish rook & pawn endgame.}) 29. e6 $1 {
Not that this move was missed, rather it was expected and Navara played his
next move instantly....} Nf4 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. g3 $1 {This is the move which
was missed or perhaps somehow Navara thought it won’t work due to Rc4 but
then White has the cool f3 which is the only move but sufficient to win the
game.} Ke7 (31... Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 {[%cal Ge4g6]}) (31... Rc4 32. f3 $1 {
Otherwise White is in trouble!} Nxh3+ 33. Kg2 {[%cal Ge4g6]}) 32. Rd2 Ne6 33.
Rd5 $1 {Mamedyarov now starts playing with utmost precision.} b4 34. f4 b3 $6 (
34... Kf6 35. Rf5+) (34... Red8 35. Rb5 b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. Rxb3 {would have
been the lesser evil although it won’t be fun to defend this position either.
}) 35. axb3 axb3 36. Bg6 $1 Rf8 (36... Red8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. f5 $18) 37. f5
Rf6 38. Rxe6+ (38. Rb5 $18) 38... Rxe6 39. fxe6 b2 $2 {Expedites things} (39...
Rb8 40. Kf2 Kxe6 {White will win eventually just that it would take longer now.
}) 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Bh7 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.03.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Kmoch/Slutsky"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.60; Shereshevsky/Slutsky: Mastering the Endgame.
vol.2, p.149; Winter: Capablanca.p,41 Capablanca annotates this game in
Capablanca -Magazine dated 25 April 1912.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3
c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ (8... Nc6) 9. Bd2 Qa5 $6 (
9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nc6 $14) 10. Rb1 $1 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ (11... Nc6 12. Bb5
$16 Qxd2+ $140 13. Kxd2 Bd7 14. d5) 12. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4100]} O-O 13. Bb5 $1 {
Ein auЯerordentlich tiefer Zug! Schwarz kann jetzt keine seiner Leichtfiguren
ohne Schaden entwickeln. Vertreibt er aber den Lдufer, dann schwдcht er seinen
Damenflьgel.} (13. Bd3 $5 $16) 13... a6 (13... b6 14. Rhc1 Bb7 15. Ke3 $16 {
(Razuvaev)}) 14. Bd3 Rd8 (14... Nc6 15. Rhc1 (15. Rb6)) 15. Rhc1 b5 16. Rc7 Nd7
17. Ke3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. g4 $1 h6 (19... Be8 20. g5 Nh5 (20... Nd7 21. Nc6
$18) 21. Be2 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 (22... gxf6 $2 23. Bxh5 fxe5 24. Bxe8 exd4+ 25.
Kd3 Rxe8 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Kxd4 $16) 23. Rg1 $18 g6 24. h4) (19... g5 20. h4 h6
21. hxg5 hxg5 22. f4 gxf4+ 23. Kxf4 $18) 20. f4 Be8 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Nh7
23. h4 Rdc8 24. Rbc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rd8 (25... f6 {(Razuvaev)} 26. gxf6 gxf6 (
26... Nxf6 27. Re7 $18) 27. Ng4 {(+/-/+-)}) 26. Ra7 f6 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Ng4
Bh5 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Be2 $1 Be8 31. Rxa6 Kg7 32. Ng4 f5 33. Ra7+ $1 Kh8 (33...
Kg6 34. h5+ Kg5 35. Rg7+ Kh4 36. exf5 exf5 37. Nh6 Nf8 38. Nxf5+ Kh3 39. Bf1+
Kh2 40. Rg2+ Kh1 41. Ng3# {(Kmoch)}) 34. Ne5 fxe4 35. Bxb5 $1 Nf6 36. Bxe8 Rxe8
37. Kf4 $1 Kg8 38. Kg5 Rf8 39. Kg6 {Kmoch: Eine mit bewunderungswerter
Gedankentiefe und Folgerichtigkeit durchgefьhrte Partie! Spielerbeschreibung.
Capablanca: There are no doubt many people whose attention is not attracted by
this game; for my part, I confess that there are few games that have so
impressed me. To my mind it is a complete masterpiece, a monument of
magnificent precision. For 38 moves the great Russian expert always played the
exact move, the strongest! This game is a classic example, always to be
conserved, of how chess should be played.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. d4 a6 11. Bb3 Qd6 (11... b5) (11... Nxc3) 12. Nxd5 exd5
13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Bxe5 $14) 15... Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rd2 Rc5 21. h3 h6 22. Kh2 Rfc8 23. Qf3 Qb4
24. Qe3 (24. Red1 Qe4 $5) 24... a5 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 (26. f4 Rc1 $1) 26...
Qc7 27. f4 b5 28. Re3 a4 (28... Rd8 $142) 29. Bxd5 Rc2 30. Qd1 Qb6 31. Be4 $5 (
31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Re2 $16) 31... Rc1 (31... Rxb2 32. Rd6 Qa5 33. Red3 Rf8 (
33... g6 34. Bxg6) 34. Rd8 g6 35. f5 (35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qd6 Qb4
38. Qb8 Rxg2+ 39. Bxg2 Qxf4+ $11) 35... Qc7 (35... gxf5 36. Rg3+) 36. fxg6 Rxd8
37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. Rd6 $16) 32. Qd2 Bxa2 33. Rd6 Qc7 34. Red3 (34. Rd7 $5 Qb6
35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. exd6 Be6 37. Re7 g6 (37... Rd8 38. f5 Bc8 39. Bd5 Kh7 40. Rxf7
$18)) 34... g6 35. f5 (35. Bxg6 $1 Qc5 36. Bf5 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 R1c2 (37... R8c2
38. Kh4 $1 $18) 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Kh4 $1 $18) 35... Qe7 (35... Qc5 $142 36. Rd8+
(36. Qxh6 Qxe5+ 37. g3 R8c2+ 38. Rd2 Qxd6 39. Bxc2 Bd5 40. Bd1 $16) 36... Rxd8
37. Rxd8+ Kh7 (37... Kg7 38. f6+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kxh8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Qg7#) 38.
fxg6+ Kg7 (38... fxg6 39. Qd7+) 39. gxf7 (39. Bd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rc2 (40... Qg1+
41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rxe1 43. gxf7 b4 44. Ra5 $18) 41. Rxc5 Rxd2 42. gxf7 Kxf7
43. Rxb5 $18) 39... Bxf7 40. Rd3 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rxe1 43. Rd4 $16)
36. Rd8+ (36. e6 $18) 36... Kh7 37. fxg6+ Kg7 38. gxf7 Rxd8 (38... Qxe5+ 39.
Rg3+) 39. Rg3+ Kxf7 40. Qf4+ Ke8 41. Bg6+ Bf7 (41... Kd7 $142 42. Rd3+ Kc7 43.
Qxc1+ Bc4 44. Re3 $16 (44. Qc3 Rxd3 45. Bxd3 Qc5 $16) 44... Qg5 45. Bc2) 42.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qxc1 $18 Qd5 44. Qc7 Rd7 45. Qc8+ Rd8 46. Qf5 Qf7 47. Qe4 Rd5
48. Rg6 h5 49. Rf6 Qg8 50. Qf5 Ke7 51. Rg6 Qf7 52. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2003.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%mdl 4128]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7.
Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 {The plans of the both sides became clear: white will try to
attack on the king side and black on the queen side and in the centre, to play
against the isolated pawn} Be7 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qe2 (11. Bd3 {
is another popular move}) 11... b6 12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 (
15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 {was fine for black in
Kempinski, Robert - Gdanski, Jacek 2000}) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf8 $5 16. Bxf8 (16.
Bg5 {possibly better to avoid the exchange of pieces and try to keep the
bishops}) 16... Rxf8 17. h5 Na5 18. Qg4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qg5 {
and black has taken over the initiative 0-1 Grivas,Efstratios-Kalesis,Nikolaos/
GRE-ch94 Glyfada (3) ;CBM 47 ext 1995 (40)}) 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. h5 ({If} 17. Bg5 {
in order not to let the black knight move to e7 is strongly met by} Na5 $1)
17... Ne7 18. Rac1 (18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Ne5 Qd5 21. Rfe1 {is
complicated}) 18... Nf5 19. Bf4 Bxf3 $1 {A nice exchange operation. After the
exchanges white's attack is over.} 20. Qxf3 Bg5 21. Rfe1 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qh4 23.
Qxh4 $6 {The endgame favours black} (23. Qf3 {White had to keep the queens on
the board, the position remains about equal}) 23... Nxh4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. f3
Red8 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. Red1 Rd6 28. g4 ({Deserves serious attention} 28. Bxf5 $5
gxf5 29. Ke3 Rdc6 {although it also doesn't solve all white's problems, black
is still better}) 28... Ne7 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. g5 $2 {A losing move. This pawn is
lost} (30. Ba6 Rc7 31. c4 g5 {black is better although white has some
counterchances as well}) 30... Rd5 31. c4 ({It's impossible to protect the
pawn already} 31. f4 Rf5 $1 32. Bd3 (32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Kg3 Ra5 $19) 32... Rxf4+
33. Kg3 Nd5 {black is winning since white can't take advantage of the bad
placed black rook on f4}) 31... Rxg5 32. d5 $2 {losing another pawn, but
anyway black's position is winning} exd5 33. cxd5 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nxd5 {Now
black only has to regroup his pieces to a more comfortable places and the game
is over} 35. Rc8 Re5 36. Bc4 Ne3 37. Bb3 Re7 38. Rd8 Nf5 39. Bc4 Rc7 40. Bb3
Kf6 41. Rd5 Ng7 42. f4 Ne6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Kg4 Nc5 45. Bc2 Rd7 46. Re5+ Kf6 47.
Re2 Rd4 48. Kg3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 (
6... Nc6 {is the main line where black usually succeeds to equalise}) 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. Qxd4 Qb5 {an accurate move, reaching full equality} (8... Nc6 9. Qxd5
exd5 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. O-O Be4 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f6 17. Bc5 $14 {and white was better in Piket,J-Van Wely,L/
Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (52)}) (8... Qxd4 9. Nxd4 {and as the practice shows
white gets a small but a stable plus}) 9. e4 (9. Bd2 {also doesn't bring any
advantage for white} Nc6 10. Qc3 e5 11. e4 Qb6 {black is fine 1/2-1/2
Donchenko,A-Frog,I/Moscow 1995/EXT 97 (63)}) 9... Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2
Bxd2+ (11... Nc6 {is another possible move} 12. Bb5 (12. Rc1 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7
14. Ke3 Bd7 15. Be2 Rhd8 16. Rhd1 Be8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Bxd1 e5
20. Ba4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krogius,N-Matulovic,M/Sarajevo 1968/MCD (20)}) 12...
Bd7 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O+ Ke7 16. a3 Rac8+ 17. Kb1 Na6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dolinskij,B-Luther,T/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (57)}) 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13.
Bb5 ({Kortschnoy has already played this position with black, back in 1962,
the game continued:} 13. Ke3 Ke7 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. a3 Rhc8 16. Bc4 Na5 17. Ba2
Bb5 18. Nd4 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {is equal, although black has lost the game
1-0 Benko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Curacao 1962/Candidates (81)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ke3 Ke7
15. Rac1 Rhc8 16. Rhd1 f6 $1 {another accurate move, after e6-e5 the position
becomes totally equal} 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 e5 20. Nf5+ (20. Ne2
Bc6 $11) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Rd8 $6 (21... Kd6 {was a much more accurate move
not allowing the white rook to enter}) 22. Rc7+ Rd7 23. Rc8 {Now black faces
some problems} Rd8 $2 {The pawn endgame is difficult for black, it was much
better not to trade rooks, when it's not clear what white can do} 24. Rxd8 Kxd8
25. Ke4 Ke7 26. Kd5 Kd7 27. b4 Ke7 28. a4 Kd7 29. f3 a6 {If black doesn't play
this move he loses right away} (29... Ke7 30. b5 Kd7 31. a5 Ke7 32. a6 bxa6 33.
bxa6 Kd7 34. g4 g5 (34... Kc7 35. Ke6 Kb6 36. Kf7 Kxa6 37. Kxg7 Kb5 38. g5) 35.
fxg6 hxg6 36. h4 Ke7 37. g5 $1 $18) 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kc5 Kd7 32. Kb6 Kc8 33. Ka7
Kc7 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 g5 {Other moves lose immideatly} 36. fxg6 (36. Ka8 {
is also possible} Kb6 37. Kb8 Kxb5 ({or} 37... h6 38. h3 Kxb5 39. Kxb7 Kc5 40.
Kc7 Kd4 41. Kd6 Ke3 42. Ke6 Kxf3 43. Kxf6 e4 44. Kg6 e3 45. f6 e2 46. f7 e1=Q
47. f8=Q+ Kg2 48. Qxh6 {with good practical chances to win}) 38. Kxb7 Kc5 39.
Kc7 Kd4 40. Kd6 Ke3 41. Ke6 Kxf3 42. Kxf6 e4 43. Kxg5 e3 44. f6 e2 45. f7 e1=Q
46. f8=Q+ Kg2 47. h4 {with good practical chances to win}) 36... hxg6 37. h4 f5
38. gxf5 gxf5 39. h5 e4 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. h6 (41. b6+ {was interesting} Kc6 42.
h6 e3 43. h7 e2 44. h8=Q e1=Q 45. Qc8+ Kb5 46. Qd7+ Kc5 47. Qxb7 {this
position seems to be even better than the one arised in a game}) 41... e3 42.
h7 e2 43. h8=Q e1=Q 44. Qh7+ Kd8 45. Qxb7 {Perhaps the game wasn't over now,
since white can escape the checks and stays with an extra pawn and chances to
win} (45. Qxb7 Qa1+ 46. Qa6 Qg7+ 47. Ka8 Qg2+ 48. Qb7 Qa2+ 49. Kb8 Qh2+ 50. Ka7
Qa2+ 51. Qa6 Qf7+ 52. Kb8 Qf4+ 53. Ka8 Qf3+ 54. Qb7 Qa3+ 55. Kb8 Qd6+ 56. Ka7
Qa3+ 57. Qa6 Qe7+ 58. Ka8 Qe4+ 59. Qb7 Qa4+ 60. Kb8 Qf4+ 61. Ka7 Qa4+ 62. Qa6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 36]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7.
Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1
Bb7 14. Rfe1 {White has a small but a stable advantage in this variation} Rc8
15. Bb3 {The usual move in this position. One of white's main ideas is the
advance d4-d5. In this case the bishop is better placed on b3. 15.Bd3 was also
met, for example:} (15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qe3 Rc3 17. e5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bxe4
20. Qxe4 Rd8 $132 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Najdorf,M/Wijk aan Zee 1971/MCL (40)})
15... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6f4] First of all, preventing the activization of the
white queen and preparing for d4-d5. In this case black's queen is very well
placed on f6. Other moves are 15...Nf6 and 15...Re8 lead to difficulties as
the games given below show.} (15... Nf6 16. d5 $5 exd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. d6 Bd5
19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Re5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxe5 25.
Qxe5 $36 {1-0 Olafsson,F-Unzicker,W/Lugano 1970/MCD (47)}) (15... Re8 16. Qf4
Qf6 17. Qd6 Red8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Ba4 Qf4 20. Qe7 $36 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Hansen,C/
Ter Apel 1993/CBM 35 (43)}) 16. h3 {White prepares to bring the knight to g4,
to drive away black's queen from f6} (16. Qb4 Qf4 17. Qe7 Rc7 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19.
Nxg5 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zhu Chen-Portisch,L/Amsterdam 2001/EXT 2002 (34)}) (16.
d5 Nc5) 16... h6 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Qe3 h6 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Nf1 b5 20. d5 Nc5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Ivanchuk,V/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (31)}) 17. Qe3
Qe7 18. Nh2 {[%cal Rh2g4,Yh2f1,Yf1g3] Tries to bring the knight to a more
active position} b5 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Rd7b6,Rb6c4,Rb5b4,Yc8c3] Black also tries
to organize some couterplay. The knight can be transfered to c4 and the rook
after b5-b4 to c3} 19. d5 {White also starts active actions in the centre,
taking advantage of the undefended pawn on a7} Nc5 (19... exd5 20. Bxd5 (20.
Qxa7 $5 Nc5 21. exd5 (21. Bxd5 Ra8 22. Qb6 Rfb8 23. Re3 Bxd5 24. exd5 $14)
21... Qd6 22. Qa3 $14) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 a6 $11) 20. d6 Qd7 21. e5 {The
result of the break in the centre is the passed and protected pawn on d6,
which defines white's positional advantage.} Qc6 22. Nf3 Qb6 $6 {Black allows
the final blow, but also in case of 22...a5 the initiative is totally at
white's hands.} (22... a5 23. Rc1 a4 24. Bc2 $36) 23. d7 $1 Rc6 $8 (23... Rcd8
24. Rd6 Qa5 25. Qxc5 Bxf3 26. Rc1 $18) 24. Nd4 Nxd7 (24... Rc7 25. Nxe6 $18)
25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. f3 {Black doesn't have enough compensation for the
sacrificed exchange, because white's pieces are very active.} Nb6 27. Rd6 $16
Qc7 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rc5 Nd5 (29... b4 30. Bc2 $36) 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxb5 {
Now the win is just a matter of time} Qh4 32. a3 Rc8 33. Kh2 Qh5 34. Rb4 $1 {
White transfers the rook to a even better position on the 4 line.} Qf5 35. Qf4
$18 {Offering the exchange of queens after which the weaknesses a7 and f7 are
defenseless} Qg6 36. Qg3 Qf5 37. Rd7 {[%cal Rb4f4] Threatening Rf4} g5 38. h4
Kg7 39. Rg4 Kg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 {Other two moves also deserve attention, for example:
} (9... Ndb4 $5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a3 dxc3 14. axb4
Bxb4 15. Qd4 Bd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Gruenfeld,Y/Philadelphia 2001/EXT 2002 
(27)}) (9... Nb6 $5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Bf4 f6 13. Rac1 e5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 (24)}) 10. bxc3 b5 $5
$146 {[%cal Rb5c4][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. Black captures space on the
queenside and taking control over the important square c4. After other moves
black usually had difficulties:} (10... Bf6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rb8 (12... b6
13. Rb1 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Vaulin,A-Shariyazdanov,A/
Perm 1997/EXT 2000 (35)}) 13. Rb1 Na5 14. Qd3 b5 15. Ba3 $36 {1-0 Brunner,
L-Schmieke,M/Berlin West 1984/MCD (35)}) (10... b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Re1 exd5 13.
exd5 Bf6 14. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Gulko,B-Adamski,J/Copenhagen 2000/CBM 77 ext (45)})
11. Bf4 {White prepares d4-d5} (11. d5 Na5 $132 {[%cal Ra5c4]}) 11... cxd4 12.
cxd4 Bf6 {[%cal Rf6d4] Black transfers the bishop to an important diagonal and
frees the e7 square for the knight in case of d4-d5} 13. Rc1 {Taking the rook
away of the a1-h8 diagonal and preparing the advance d4-d5} (13. e5 Be7 14. Ng5
Bxg5 15. Bxc6 Rb8 $132) 13... Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. d6 Ng6 {[%cal
Rg6f4,Rg6e5] After a series of forced moves black transfered the knight to g6
from where it defends the e5 square against the invasion of white's knight.}
17. Be3 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c1] Exchanging white's active rook and planning to
transfer the queen to a8 after it.} 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxa7 Qa8 20. Bc5 Ne5 $5 {
[%cal Rb7g2] This is what black had in mind. Black has active piece play for
the sacrificed pawn} 21. Nxe5 Bxg2 22. Re1 Bxe5 $5 {Black is heading for an
endgame with the opposite coloured bishops where his chances to a draw are
significant.} (22... Bh1 $2 23. f3 Bxe5 24. Kxh1 $18) (22... Bh3 23. Qf3 Qa5 (
23... Qxf3 24. Nxf3 $16) 24. Nd3 Be6 25. a3 $16) 23. Rxe5 Bh3 24. Qd5 (24. f3
Qxa2 25. Bf2 Bd7) 24... Qxd5 25. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} f6 26. f3 Bd7 27. Rd2 h5
28. Kf2 Kf7 {In spite of the extra pawn it's not clear how white can activize
his rook} 29. Bb4 Re8 30. a3 g5 31. h4 g4 32. fxg4 Bxg4 33. d7 {By exchanging
the d pawn for the b pawn white makes his last attempt to win} (33. Rd5 Re5 34.
Rd2 Re8) 33... Rd8 34. Rd5 Rxd7 35. Rxb5 Rd3 {[%cal Rd3f3,Rd3b3] By activizing
the rook black easily gets the draw} 36. a4 Rf3+ 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. a5 Rb2+ {
Restricting the opponent's king} 39. Kg1 Be2 $5 {Putting the bishop to a f1-a6
diagonal black prevents the advance of the a-pawn} 40. Rb6 Bc4 41. Bc3 {
By exceeding all the other options white agrees to a draw} Rxb6 42. axb6 $11
Bd5 43. Kf2 f5 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kf4 Kd7 46. Kxf5 Bf3 {The black king covers the
b5 pawn and the bishop prevents g3-g4. White can't strengthen his position,
that's why the both players agreed to a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kfar Sava op 16th"]
[Site "Kfar Sava"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Bc4 $142 $5) 11... b6 $5 (
11... Nc6 $5 12. Bb5 $5 (12. Be2 Qf6 $5 (12... Qa5 $143 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Kd2
b6 15. Ke3 Bb7 16. Rc7 Rfc8 17. Rhc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vidmar,M-Gruenfeld,E/
Schlechter mem 1951 (31)}) 13. e5 Qe7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Ng5 Be8 17.
Bd3 h6 18. Nf3 Nb4 19. Bb1 Bc6 $15 {0-1 Bisguier,A-Reshevsky,S/Wertheim-mem
1951 (42)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Na5 $5 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 b6 15. Rc2 Bb7 16. Rfc1
Qd6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 Cobo Arteaga,E-Jimenez
Zerquera,E/Capablanca mem 1968}) 13. O-O Ne5 $1 (13... Ne7 $143 14. Qb4 Qb6 15.
a4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 a6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Pomar Salamanca,A-Kortschnoj,V/Palma de Mallorca 1969 (57)}) 14. Nxe5 Bxb5 15.
Rfd1 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. h3 Rac8 18. Qb2 Ba4 19. Re1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc6 $11 {
0-1 Lundin,E-Pachman,L/Saltsjobaden izt 1948 (54)}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 $5
(13... Nd7 $6 14. Qf4 $14 Nf6 15. h4 h6 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,
R-Salo,T/Helsinki olm 1952 (36)}) 14. Qe3 $5 $146 (14. Bb1 $5 Qd7 15. e5 Rfd8
16. Rfd1 h6 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Qd3 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dambravaite,R-Ciuksyte,Z/
LTU-chW 1996 (56)}) (14. d5 $6 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. d6 Nd5 $13) 14... Qe7 15.
Rfd1 (15. d5 $4 exd5 16. exd5 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Nb4 $17 {[%csl Rd3,Rd5]}) 15...
Rfd8 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. h4 e5 $6 (17... h6 $5) 18. d5 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 19. Bd3
$1 $14 {><c4} h6 $6 (19... Qd6 $5) (19... Rxc1 $5 20. Rxc1 Bc8 $14) 20. g3 Rxc1
(20... Qd6 $5) 21. Rxc1 Bc8 22. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Re5][%cal Ge3c3]} Bg4 (22...
Nb7 $6 23. Qc3 f6 (23... Nc5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Re8 26. Nc6 Nxe4 27. Nxa7
$16) 24. Qc7 $14) 23. Nh2 Bc8 24. Nf3 Bg4 25. Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b7]} f6 (25...
Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Nb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qf5 Qe7 29. Rc8 (29. h5 $5) 29... Rxc8 30.
Qxc8+ Kh7 31. Kg2 $14) 26. Nh2 Bh5 27. g4 $6 (27. Nf1 $5 {/\Qc3,Ne3;><f5})
27... Be8 28. h5 b5 $2 (28... Nb7 $5 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 29. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 30.
Rxc5 Rb8 $6 $138 (30... Nc4 $5 31. Bxb5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Nd6 33. Rb4 a5 34. Ra4
Rc8 $14) 31. Rc7 {+/=/+/-} Nc4 (31... Ra8 $143 32. f3 {[%cal Gh2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3f5]
}) 32. Rxa7 Nd6 33. f3 Kf8 34. Nf1 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d7]} 35. Ne3 Rd7 36. Ra8 $8 (
36. Rxd7 $4 Bxd7 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Nc2 Kd8 39. Nb4 Kc7 40. Ke3 Kb6 41. Kd3 Ne8 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge8c7]} 42. a4 $8 bxa4 $15) 36... Rc7 37. Rb8 $1 (37. Nf5 $2
Nxf5 38. gxf5 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Rxa2 41. d6 Kf7 $8 42. Ra7+ Kf8 {
[%cal Ge8c6]} 43. Ra8 $11) 37... Ke7 38. Nf5+ Nxf5 39. gxf5 (39. exf5 $5) 39...
Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Rxa2 $4 (41... Bxh5 $8 42. Bxb5 Rxa2 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44.
d6 Ra8 $14) 42. d6+ $1 Kxd6 (42... Kf7 $2 43. Bc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 43.
Rxe8 $18 Ra3+ (43... Rxa6 $4 44. Re6+) 44. Kf2 Kc5 45. Bb7 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 b4 47.
Bd5 Ra1 48. Rb8 $6 (48. f4 $5) 48... Rb1 49. Rb7 Kd4 50. Ba2 Ra1 $2 (50... Rb2
$8 51. Bd5 Rb1 52. f4 Ke3 53. fxe5 fxe5 54. Kg2 Rb2+ 55. Kh3 $18) 51. Rxb4+ Kc3
52. Rb3+ (52. Ra4 $144 Kb2 53. Ra7 (53. Bb3 $4 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Kxb3 $11) 53...
Rxa2 54. Rxg7 $18) 52... Kc2 53. Ra3 Kb2 54. Ra7 Rxa2 55. Rxg7 $18 {[%csl Rf6,
Rh6]} Kc3 56. Rg6 Ra6 57. Rxh6 Kd3 58. Rg6 Ke3 59. h6 Ra1 60. Rxf6 Rg1+ 61. Kh2
Rg8 62. Rg6 Rh8 63. Kg3 Rh7 64. f6 Kd4 65. Kg4 Kc5 66. Kg5 {(2.27-2.25)} 1-0

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Qf4
{The last moves (from 11.Bc4 to 14.Qf4) my contender has made very quickly.} ({
Also twice were checked up in the my previous games:} 14. Rfe1) 14... Na5 $5 {
Novelty, from the point of view of my games. Before I played in this position
14...Qf6!?} 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. d5 $5 ({After:} 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. d5 {we can
receive the same position as in the previous variation: 14.Rfe1}) 16... Rfd8 $5
(16... Rad8 $5 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Re3 exd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Ne5 Bxd5 21. Qf5 g6
22. Rg3 $44 {Krasenkow,M-Cyborowski,L/Warsaw,2004(1/2-1/2)(44)}) (16... f6 $2
17. Nd4 $1 e5 $140 (17... exd5 18. exd5 $36) 18. Nf5 exf4 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nf5
Bc8 21. Rc1 Bxf5 22. Rc7+ Kg8 23. exf5 $16 {Krasenkow,M-Kveinys,A/Lubniewice,
2002(1-0)(34)}) 17. dxe6 $5 $146 {This continuation is the next attempt to
bring in a "new word " in the theory of this variation.} (17. e5 $2 Bxd5 $140
18. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20. Rd3 f6 $1 $19 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Yg6f7]}) (17.
Rc1 $6 exd5 18. e5 Bc8 19. Nd4 Be6 20. Ba6 Re8 21. Rfe1 $44 {1/2-1/2
Harikrishna,P-Zilberman,Y/Pardubice,2002}) (17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. dxe6 fxe6 $2 (
18... Qxe6 $5) 19. e5 Bd5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 $14 {Pieniazek,A-Bellini,F/Arnhem,
1987(1-0)(36)}) 17... Qxe6 $140 {All goes according to my home analysis.} 18.
Bb1 $1 $13 {[%csl Yb1,Rf5][%cal Gf3d4,Gd4f5,Yb1a2] A rather unexpected and
original idea.} h6 $1 {I thought over about 35 minutes about this move. I had
a rather uneasy choice between the text and three other continuations:} (18...
Rac8 $6 19. Nd4 $140 Qc4 20. Nf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qe2 22. Qd6 $14) (18... Qf6 $6
19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 $14) (18... Nc6 $6 19. e5 $36) 19. Nd4 Qd7 (19... Qc4
$143 20. Nf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qe2 22. Rc1 $14) 20. h4 $5 Nc6 $2 {It's discrepancy,
which allows to begin a strong attack on the my king. In home analysis, in
some days, I have found the best continuation:} (20... Qa4 $1 21. e5 $1 (21.
Qe3 $143 Rd7 {/\Rad8}) (21. Bc2 $2 Qxa2 22. Nf5 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Qe6 {=/+/-/+})
21... Nc6 $140 22. e6 $8 {[%csl Rb7,Rg8][%cal Gf4f7]} fxe6 (22... Nxd4 $5 23.
Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rde1 $1 Qc6 25. Be4 (25. Qg6 $5 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 $13)
25... Qxe6 26. Qxe6 Nxe6 27. Bxb7 Rab8 $11) 23. Nxe6 Qxf4 (23... Qxd1 $2 24.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kh2 {/\Qc7} Rd7 26. Qf5 $18 {[%csl Gb1,Gf5,Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gf5h7]}
) 24. Nxf4 Nd4 $11) {[%tqu "En","Black's previous move was a deciding blunder.
Can you find why?","","","d4f5","",10]} 21. Nf5 $1 $40 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.
Kh2 Rxb1 $2 {Again a wrong decision.} ({Also badly:} 23... Nd4 $2 {in view of:}
24. Nxh6+ $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rg8][%cal Gf4g4]}) (23... Rad8 $5 24. Bc2 {/\Bb3 or
Qg3->}) 24. Qg3 g6 {[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","It's necessary to use
a weakness of the Black's king!","","h4h5","I did not see this resource.",10,
"f5h6","",0]} 25. h5 $1 {I did not see this resource.} (25. Nxh6+ $2 Kf8 26.
Qc7 Nd8 27. Qd6+ Kg7 28. Qd4+ Kh7 (28... Kxh6 $4 29. Qh8#) (28... f6 $2 29. Ng4
{קf6}) 29. Qf6 $44 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh6f7]}) 25... Nd4 (25... g5 $4 26. Qc3 {
with mate in 6 moves}) (25... Kh7 $4 26. hxg6+ fxg6 $140 27. Qc7+ Kg8 28. Qg7#)
(25... Rb5 $2 26. hxg6 Rxf5 27. exf5 {עg8 +/-/+-}) 26. Nxh6+ $1 {White very
strongly carries out this part of the game.} (26. Nxd4 $2 Bxe4 27. Qe5 Bd3 $11)
26... Kg7 $140 27. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (27... Bxe4 $4 28. Qe5+ Kxf7 29. Qxe4 $18 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb1,Rd4,Rg6][%cal Ge4b1,Ge4a8,Ge4d4,Ge4g6]}) 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Qg7+
Ke6 30. Qxb7 $16 (30. Qxd4 $5 $16) 30... Rd8 31. Qg7 {It's discrepancy, which
allows to improve a coordination of the my pieces.} (31. f4 $142 {/\f5 (עe6)})
31... Rb5 $1 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. f4 Ne6 34. f5 Nf8 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qxa7 Rd7 37.
Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qc6 Re5 {[%csl Re4]} 39. h6 Rde7 40. Qc4+ Ke8 41. Qc6+ Kf7 42.
Qxb6 {Gennadi had decided to take away my last pawn.} Rxe4 43. Kh3 Nh7 {
Black don't have any clear plan, he waits and prepares for active actions on
the part of the white's pawns.} 44. a4 Re3+ (44... Rxa4 $4 45. Qb3+) 45. g3
R3e5 46. Qg6+ Kf8 47. Qc6 Kf7 48. Qg6+ Kf8 49. g4 $5 ({After:} 49. Qc6 Kf7 50.
Qg6+ {the position repeats three times.}) 49... Re2 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge7e3,
Ge2h2]} 50. Kh4 Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rhe2 52. Qc6 Ng5 $1 53. Kh4 {White has selected
an irresolute continuation.} (53. Qf6+ $1 Nf7 $140 54. g5 {[%csl Yg3][%cal
Yg3g4,Yg4h5,Yh5g6]} R7e3+ 55. Kg4 Ra3 56. h7 Rg2+ 57. Kf4 (57. Kh5 $4 Rh3+ 58.
Kg6 Rh6#) 57... Rf2+ 58. Ke4 Rxa4+ (58... Re2+ 59. Kd5 $18) 59. Ke3 Rh2 60. g6
$18 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yf6a1]}) (53. a5 $4 R7e3+ 54. Kh4 (54. Kf4 Nh3#) 54...
Nf3+ 55. Kh5 (55. Kg3 Ne5+) 55... Rh2+ 56. Kg6 Ne5+) 53... Nf7 54. f6 Re8 55.
Qc5+ Kg8 56. Qc7 (56. Qf5 $143 {/\Qg6+} Ne5 (56... Rh2+ $2 57. Kg3 Rxh6 58. g5
$18 {/\Qg6+}) 57. Qg5+ Kf7 58. Qg7+ Ke6 59. h7 Nf7 60. Qg8 Rd8 {/\Rh2+} (60...
Kxf6 $2 61. g5+ Ke7 62. g6 $18) 61. Kg3 $1 {/\Qxd8 and h8Q} Red2 {and probably,
Black can hold this position.}) (56. g5 $2 R2e4+ $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rh4][%cal Ge4e5,
Ge4e3,Ge8e5]}) 56... Rf8 57. g5 $6 (57. a5 $142 $1 {o^ +/-/+-}) 57... Re4+ $1
58. Kh5 $4 {Painful blunder leading to very bad position.} (58. Kg3 $1 Re5 $140
59. h7+ $1 Kxh7 (59... Kh8 $2 60. Kf4 Rxg5 $140 $2 61. Qe7 {[%csl Ge7,Rf7,Rf8]
[%cal Yf8f7]}) 60. Qc2+ Kh8 $8 61. g6 Kg8 62. gxf7+ Rxf7 63. Kf4 Ra5 64. Qc4
$22 $18) (58. Kh3 $2 Nxg5+ 59. Kg3 Re3+ 60. Kg4 Nf7) 58... Re5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf7,
Rg5] The contender has yawned this obvious move.} 59. Kg4 Rxg5+ 60. Kf4 Rg6 {
-/+/-+} 61. Kf5 Rg5+ 62. Kf4 Rg1 63. h7+ $138 Kxh7 64. Qc2+ Rg6 65. Qc3 $138
Nh6 66. Ke4 Rfxf6 {I already have destroyed all white pawns in the king side.}
67. Qc2 {[%csl Gc2,Rh7]} Rf5 68. Qc7+ Rg7 69. Qc6 Rh5 70. Kd4 Rg4+ 71. Kc3 $2 {
This blunder is leading to an immediate loss.} (71. Ke3 $142 {-/+/-+}) 71...
Rh3+ 72. Kc2 $2 (72. Kd2 $142 Rh2+ 73. Ke3 Nf5+ 74. Kd3 $8 Rd4+ 75. Kc3 Rh3+
76. Kb2 (76. Kc2 $2 Rc4+ $1 77. Qxc4 Ne3+ 78. Kb3 Nxc4+ 79. Kxc4 Kg6 80. a5 Kf6
81. Kb5 Ke7 $19) 76... Rd2+ 77. Kc1 Rhh2 $1 78. Qc7+ Kg6 79. Qb6+ Kh5 {/\Rdf2
-+}) 72... Rh2+ $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rc6,Gg4,Gh2] Now my rooks begin to work in the
other direction.} 73. Kb3 (73. Kb1 $2 Rg1+) 73... Rg3+ $1 $19 (73... Rg3+ 74.
Kb4 (74. Kc4 Rc2+) 74... Rh4+ 75. Kb5 Rg5+ 76. Ka6 Rg6) 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 02nd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peek, Marcel"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 $5 (11. Rd1 $143 $5) (11. Be2 $143
$5) 11... Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 (13. Rac1 $5 Bb7 (13... Na5 $5 14. Bd3 Bb7
$14) 14. d5 $1 exd5 $8 (14... Na5 $2 15. dxe6 $1 Nxc4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 (16...
Raxd8 $4 17. e7 $18) 17. exf7+ Kxf7 (17... Kf8 $2 18. Rxc4 $140 Ba6 $2 19. Rc7
Bxf1 20. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg5h7]}) (17... Kh8 $2 18. Rxc4 Ba6 19.
Rc7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 $18) 18. Rxc4 Rac8 (18... Ba6 $2 19. Rc7+ $16) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
{+/=/+/-}) 15. Bxd5 $14 Rc8 16. Rc3 Na5 17. Rd3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe7 19. e5 Rcd8
20. Rd1 Nb7 21. Qe2 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {1/2-1/2 Hergott,D-Taylor,
G/CAN-ch 1996}) 13... Bb7 (13... Na5 $5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Qe3 Qe7 17.
e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rac8 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 21. Qe4 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Nikolic,P-Piket,J/Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo MON 1998 (39)}) 14. Qf4 $5 (14. Rfe1
$142 $5 Rc8 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 Qe7 $1 17. Qf4 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Nc4 19. Nd4 e5 20.
Nf5 Qf6 21. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D-Golod,V/ISR-chT 1996}) 14... Qf6 $1 (14...
Rc8 $143 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 $14 {Reinhardt,E-Tautvaisas,P/Buenos Aires ol
f-A 1939/1-0 (72)}) (14... Qb8 $143 15. Qh4 Qd8 16. Qh3 Nb4 17. a3 Ba6 18. Bxe6
$5 $13 {1-0 Dydyshko,V-Michenka,J/Ostrava op 1992 (40)}) (14... Na5 15. Bd3 Qf6
16. Qg3 Qe7 17. d5 Rad8 18. e5 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Rxd5 Rxd5
22. Qh4 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 Nc6 24. Re1 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Sher,M/Geneve op 1995
}) 15. Qg3 $5 (15. Qe3 Rac8 $5 (15... Rfd8 $5 16. e5 Qh6 17. Ng5 Nb4 18. f4
Rac8 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 g6 22. g3 Qf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rausis,
I-Zhuravliov,V/Daugavpils 1990 (40)}) (15... Na5 $5 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 h6 18.
Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rac8 21. Bb3 Rc7 22. Rd2 Qb4 23. Red1 Rc3 24.
Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 $11 {0-1 Loureiro,L-Lima,D/BRA-ch 1996 (54)}) 16. Rfe1 Rfd8
17. d5 Na5 18. Bd3 e5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Nh4 g6 21. Qg5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Qc1 Bd7 26. Qc3 Nb7 27. Nd2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 $15 {
Shapi,L-Averbakh,Y/Szcawno Zdroj 1950/0-1 (58)}) (15. Qc7 $5 Na5 (15... Qe7 $5
16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nf5 19. d6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfd8 21. d7 a6 $1
$10) 16. Bd3 h6 (16... Rac8 $5 17. Qg3 Nc4 18. e5 Qh6 19. Ng5 g6 $13) 17. Qg3
Rfd8 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 (20. Nd4 Qg5 $1) 20... Nc4 21. h4 (21.
Bb1 $1 {/\ Rd4}) 21... Nb2 22. Nd4 Nxd1 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. e6 $1 (24. Rxd1 Kh8 $13
) 24... fxe6 25. Rxe6 Re8 26. Qg6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/
Wijk op 1993 (41)} (26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qxh4+ $10)) 15... Rac8
$5 (15... Rfd8 $143 16. d5 Na5 17. Bd3 exd5 18. e5 $36) 16. d5 $5 $13 (16. e5
$6 Qg6 $5 (16... Qh6 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6b4]})) 16... Nb4 $1 (16... Ne7 $6
17. e5 $1 (17. d6 $2 Rxc4 18. e5 Nf5 19. exf6 Nxg3 20. hxg3 gxf6 $17) 17... Qg6
(17... Qh6 18. d6 $36) 18. d6 Rxc4 19. dxe7 Re8 (19... Rg4 $2 20. Rd8 $18) 20.
Rd8 Rc8 $14) (16... Na5 $6 17. Bd3 exd5 18. e5 $36) 17. Bb3 $6 $146 (17. Rd4
$143 exd5 18. exd5 Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Ribli,Z/Groningen PCA 1993}) 17...
exd5 18. exd5 Ba6 $5 (18... Rc5 $142 $1 19. d6 $140 Rf5 20. Nh4 $8 (20. d7 $4
Bxf3 21. Rd6 (21. gxf3 Rg5 $19) 21... Qe7 $19) (20. Qh4 $4 Rxf3 $1 (20... Bxf3
$2 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. gxf3 $13) 21. Qxb4 $8 Rf4 $1 22. Qd2 Bxg2 $1 $19) (20. Kh1
$2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf3 {/\Nd3;><f2-/+}) 20... Rg5 (20... Rf4 $5) 21. Qe3 (21.
Qh3 $2 Rh5 22. g3 Bf3 $1 23. Rde1 Qxd6 $17) 21... Nd5 $1 {><d6} 22. Bxd5 Rxd5
$15) (18... Rc3 $5 $13) 19. Rfe1 Nd3 20. Re4 {><f4} (20. Re3 Nc1 $5 $11) 20...
Nc1 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Re2][%cal Gc1e2,Gc1b3]} 21. Nd4 Nxb3 $5 (21... Bd3 $5 22. Rf4
(22. Rxd3 $143 Nxb3 {[%csl Rg1]} 23. h3 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Nc5 25. Rf4 $13) 22...
Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Bc2 $1 $11) 22. Nxb3 $6 (22. axb3
$142 Bb7 $1 23. Rf4 Qe5 24. d6 $5 $13 (24. Rxf7 $6 Qxg3 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. hxg3
(26. Ne6+ Ke7 27. hxg3 Bxd5 $15) 26... Bxd5 $15)) 22... Bb7 $15 23. Red4 (23.
Rf4 Qb2 $5 $15) 23... Rfd8 (23... Rc2 $5) 24. d6 Rd7 25. h3 g6 (25... Re8 $143
26. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 26. Kh2 Re8 {/\Re5(Re6;><d6) -Rg5;><g2} 27. Nc1 Re5
28. f3 Re6 29. R1d2 Kg7 30. Nb3 (30. Ne2 $4 Rxe2 $1 31. Rxe2 Qxd4 $19) 30... h5
(30... Qe5 $5 {><d6}) 31. h4 Kg8 $5 {/\Re5,Qe6,Rd5;><d6} (31... Qe5 $5) 32. a4
$6 $138 Re5 33. Rf4 Qe6 $138 34. Rfd4 (34. Nd4 $2 Qxd6 $17 {[%csl Rd2]}) 34...
Rd5 $1 (34... Bd5 $2 35. Nc1 $1 Rxd6 (35... Qxd6 $4 36. Nd3 Rf5 37. Qxd6 Rxd6
38. Nb4 $18) 36. Nd3 Rf5 37. Nf4 Qd7 38. Rxd5 Rfxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Nxd5 Qxd5
41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qxa7 $11) 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Nd4 $8 Qxd6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Nb5
Rd7 39. Nxa7 Be6 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd2]} (39... Rxa7 $2 40. Rxd5 Rxa4 41. Rb5 $1 (
41. Kg3 $2 Ra8 $17) 41... Ra6 (41... Rxh4+ 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Rxb6 $11) 42. g4 $1
$15) 40. Rxd7 $8 Bxd7 41. Kg3 $2 $138 (41. Nb5 $3 Bxb5 (41... Kf8 $143 42. Kg3
Ke7 43. Kf4 f6 44. Ke4 $11) 42. axb5 Kf8 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Kf4 Kd6 45. Kg5 (45.
g4 $142 $1 Kc5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Kg5 Kxb5 48. Kxh5 Kc4 49. Kg5 b5 50. h5 b4 51.
h6 b3 52. h7 b2 53. h8=Q b1=Q 54. Qc8+ Kd4 55. Qd7+ Ke3 56. Qxf7 Qg1+ $11)
45... Kc5 46. Kf6 (46. g4 $1 {see 45.g4}) 46... Kxb5 47. Kxf7 Ka4 $1 (47... Kc4
$143 {[%csl Rc4,Yg8][%cal Gg8c4]}) 48. g4 $3 (48. Kxg6 $4 b5 49. g4 hxg4 $3 (
49... b4 $4 50. g5 $1 b3 51. Kh6 $1 (51. Kf7 $4 b2 52. g6 b1=Q 53. g7 Qf5+ 54.
Ke7 Qg6 55. Kf8 Qf6+ 56. Kg8 Qxh4 57. Kh7 Qe7 58. Kh8 Qf6 59. Kh7 Qf7 60. Kh8
h4 61. g8=Q Qxg8+ 62. Kxg8 h3 63. f4 h2 64. f5 h1=Q $19) 51... b2 52. g6 b1=Q
53. g7 Qb3 54. Kh7 Qf7 55. Kh8 Qxf3 (55... Qf6 56. Kh7 Qe7 57. Kh6 $1 $11) 56.
g8=Q Qf6+ 57. Kh7 Qxh4 58. Kh6 $11) 50. fxg4 (50. h5 g3 $1 51. h6 g2 52. h7
g1=Q+ $19) 50... b4 51. h5 b3 52. h6 b2 53. h7 b1=Q+ 54. Kg7 Qb7+ 55. Kg8 Qd5+
56. Kf8 Qe5 57. Kg8 Qg5+ 58. Kf7 Qh6 59. Kg8 Qg6+ 60. Kh8 Qf7 61. g5 Qf8#)
48... b5 (48... hxg4 49. fxg4 b5 50. h5 $11) 49. g5 $1 b4 50. Kxg6 $11 {see A1)
}) 41... Bxa4 $17 42. Nc8 (42. Kf4 $2 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Yd7]} 43. Ke5 Kf8 44.
Kd6 Ke8 45. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 46. Kxc6 Ke7 47. Kxb6 Kd6 $1 48. Kb7 (48. g3 $143 f5
$19) 48... Ke5 49. Kc7 Kf4 50. Kd7 Kg3 51. Ke7 Kxg2 52. Kxf7 Kxf3 53. Kxg6 Kg4
$19) 42... b5 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nd5 (44. Nc6 $6 Ke8 {[%cal Ge8d7]}) 44... Bb3
45. Nb4 (45. Nc7 $2 Bc4 $19 46. Na6 Ke7 47. Kf4 Kd6 $19) 45... Ke7 46. Kf4 Kd6
47. g4 $8 Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} (47... Bd1 $143 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Ke3 Kc5 50.
Nd3+ Kd6 (50... Kc4 $4 51. Nb2+ $18) 51. Nb4 $5 $17 (51. Nf4 $2 b4 52. Nxh5 (
52. Kd4 Bxf3 $19) 52... b3 53. Nf6 b2 54. Ne4+ Ke6 55. Nc3 Bc2 $19)) 48. Ke3
Kc5 $1 49. Nd3+ Kc4 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Nf4 $8 b4 52. Nxh5 Bxf3 $1 53. Ng3 (53.
Kxf3 b3 $2 54. Nf6 b2 55. Ne4 Kd3 56. Nc5+ Kc2 $19) (53. Nf6 b3 54. Kd2 Kb4 55.
Kc1 (55. Nd7 Be4 $1 56. Kc1 Ka3 $19) 55... Ka3 56. Kb1 b2 57. h5 Kb3 58. h6 Be2
$19 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ge2d3]}) 53... b3 54. Nf1 (54. Kd2 Kb4 55. Nf1 Be4 56. Ke3
b2 57. Nd2 b1=Q 58. Nxb1 Bxb1 59. Kf4 f6 $1 $19) 54... b2 $1 $19 55. Nd2+ Kc3
56. Nb1+ Kc2 57. Na3+ Kb3 58. Nb1 Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gh5g6]} 59. Nd2+ Kc3
60. Nb1+ (60. Ne4+ Kb4 61. Nd2 Bg6 62. Kd4 f6 $19) 60... Kc2 61. Na3+ Kb3 62.
Nb1 Bg6 63. Nd2+ Kc3 64. Ke2 Kd4 {/\b1Q} 65. Kf3 Kd3 (65... b1=Q 66. Nxb1 Bxb1
67. Kf4 f6 $19) 66. Nb1 Kc2 {(2.29-2.25)} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 $5 {
In this position usually played:} (7. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Fritz6(Computer)
-Golod,V/ISR,2000/CBM76(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(71)}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O
Nxc3 $6 {I thought that this move quite acceptable, as the white's bishop
stands on "c4", but I was not right...} (9... O-O $142 10. Re1 ({dubious:} 10.
Bxd5 exd5 $140 {in view of:} 11. Qb3 Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg4f3,Yf3d4]} 12.
Qxb7 $140 Nb4 {[%cal Ga8b8]} 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa7 (16.
Qxb8 Qxb8 17. Nxg4 $13) 16... Ra8 $11) 10... Bf6 {and so on.}) 10. bxc3 O-O 11.
Re1 b6 12. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3h7,Yd3b1] It is important to return the bishop on
this diagonal!} Bb7 13. h4 {[%mdl 640] Sample reception in this position.} Bxh4
$6 {The rather doubtful decision.Besides,black has three principales moves:} (
13... Bf6 $5 {See comments to Onischuk,A-Magem Badals,J/New York,1998/CBM64
(1-0) (Tsesarsky,I)(24)}) (13... Qd5 $5 {See comments to Anand,V-Timman,J/
Moscow,1992/CBM 33(1-0)(Anand,V)(25)}) ({and} 13... Rc8 {See comments to
Poluljahov,A-Balashov,Y/St.Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2) (Tsesarsky,I)(26)})
14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 $40 {[%mdl 128]} g6 (15... Qd8 $5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Rg3 Qd7
18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Ree3 $13 {Poluljahov,A-Volkov,S/Tomsk,2001(1-0)
(42)}) 16. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc1g5] In my opinion,this move is much
better,than:} (16. Rh3 Qe7 17. Qd2 f5 $13 {Holmsgaard,H-Karttunen,M/Jyvaskyla,
2000(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 16... Qe7 ({Is a possible contunuation of the play:} 16...
Qf6 17. Qg4 (17. Bg5 $143 Qg7 18. Qd2 {[%csl Rf8,Rg7,Gh6]} Rfe8 19. Bh6 Qh8 20.
Re1 Ne7 21. Re5 Qf6 22. Bg5 Qg7 23. Bh6 Qf6 24. Bg5 Qg7 25. Qf4 $44 {Berend,
F-Ekstroem,R/Bonnevoie,1998(1-0) (38)}) 17... Qg7 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bh6 Qf6 20.
Bg5 Qf7 21. Re1 Na5 22. c4 $36 {[%cal Gd4d5] Anand,V-Morrison,G/Blackpool,1988
(1-0)(47)}) 17. Bg5 $1 {It is necessary to cause progress:"f7-f6".} (17. Bh6
$143 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 $142) 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh3 Qf7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rge3 Re8
$13 {Grebennikov,S-Tolnai,T/Kecskemet,1991 (1-0)(46)}) 17... f6 18. Bh6 Rf7 (
18... Rfe8 $4 {is refuted by:} 19. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 20. Rxg6+ Kh8 $8 21. Qh5 Qh7
22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Bxf6+ $18) 19. Qh5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd3g6] The threats of
white becomes more and more unpleasant for me.} f5 $8 (19... Kh8 $4 20. Bxg6 $1
hxg6 $140 21. Bg7+ Kxg7 (21... Kg8 22. Qh8#) 22. Rxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh8#) 20. Re1
Kh8 {The unsuccessful novelty only aggravates a situation!} ({Was checked in
the previous games:} 20... Qd7 $5 21. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Ge1,Re6,Gg3,Rg6,Gh5]} (
21. Qe2 $143 Nd8 22. Bb5 $6 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Re3 $44 {Korneev,O-Malakhov,
V/Porto San Giorgio,1997(0-1)(104)}) 21... Re8 22. Bf4 $2 (22. d5 $1 exd5 23.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxd5 Ne5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qd1 Ng4 27. Bf4 $14) 22... Na5 $13 {
Relange,E-Mulder,B/FRA,1998(1-0)(34)}) 21. Qh3 {White's idea is:22.Rxg6 hxg6
23.Bg5+(ףe7)} Qd7 22. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Re8 23. Bf4 {[%csl Re6,Rg6,Rh8]
[%cal Gg3g6] I can not protect all my weaknesses.} Kg8 24. d5 $1 {Zviad Izoria
very strongly will carry out this part of a game.} exd5 ({Much worse is:} 24...
Nd8 {in view of:} 25. Be5 $1 {[%csl Ge5,Rg8,Gh3][%cal Gg3g6]} (25. dxe6 $2 Nxe6
26. Be5 Bd5 $1 27. Rxg6+ $140 $2 (27. Rd1 $142 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Re5]} 28. Rxg5
Rxe5 29. f4 $140 (29. Qd3 $5 {[%csl Rd5]}) 29... Qa4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd1]} 30. Ra1
Qxc4 31. fxe5 Be4 $13) 27... Ng7 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Re5,Rg6]} 29. Rd6 $8 Qxd6
$1 30. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 $15) 25... exd5 $140 26. Rxg6+ Rg7 $8 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7
28. Bxg7 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 $16) 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxd5 Nd8 ({Badly:} 26... Qe1+
27. Kh2 $140 Ne5 $2 {in view of:} 28. Bxe5 $1 Bxd5 $140 29. Rxg6+ Kf8 (29...
hxg6 30. Qh8#) 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ {and mat in 8 moves.}) 27. Re3 $1 $16 (27.
Bxf7+ $143 Nxf7 28. Qxf5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 $14) 27... Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Ga4f4]} 28. Bxf7+ Nxf7 29. Qh4 {[%csl Rg8] White gradually approach to my king.
} Bc6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 29... h6 $5 30. Re6 (30. Qf6 $2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2
Qh5+ 32. Rh3 Qg4 $132) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 g5 32. Bxg5 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rh2]} (
32... hxg5 $2 33. Rg6+ Kf8 34. Qb4+ Ke8 35. Re6+ Kd7 36. Qe7+ Kc8 37. Qf8+ $1
Nd8 $140 38. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Rd1,Rd8]}) (32... Nxg5 $2 33. Rg6+ Kf7 34. Qxh6 $18
) 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rxh6+ Nxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. f3 $16 {[%csl Rg8]} (36. Qg6+
$5 Kf8 $8 37. Bf4 Ke7 38. f3 $16)) ({or} 29... Bd5 $5) 30. Rh3 $1 h6 31. Qf6 $4
({Leads to easy win:} 31. Bxh6 $1 Qxh4 (31... Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qg4 33. Qxg4 fxg4
34. Rh4 $18 g5 $140 35. Bxg5 Nxg5 36. Rxg4 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]}) 32. Rxh4 g5 33.
Rh5 Kh7 34. Bf8+ Kg6 35. Rh3 $18) 31... Qd1+ $1 32. Kh2 Qg4 33. Qxc6 {
Differently,after:} (33. Rg3 {black can repeat the moves:} Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+
35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Rh3 Qg4 {and so on.}) 33... Qxf4+ 34. Rg3 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 256]
This protective resource,my contender has underestimated.} 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36.
Qxa7+ Ke8 37. Qa8+ Kd7 $6 $138 ({As has shown the analysis after a game,it was
better:} 37... Kf7 38. Kh3 Ng4 39. Qf3 Nxf2+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ (40... Ng4+ $143 41.
Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Qf1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg3g4]} Qg5 43. Qc4+ $16) 41. Kg1 Ng4 $14)
38. Qb7+ $6 ({After:} 38. Kh3 $1 {[%csl Rd7]} g5 $8 (38... Ng4 $2 39. Rd3+ $18
{[%csl Rd7]}) 39. Qd5+ Kc8 40. Qd4 Qc1 41. Kh2 f4 $1 (41... Ng4+ $143 42. Rxg4
fxg4 43. Qxg4+ $16) 42. Qxe5 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 {white has a pawn up in the queens
endgame.}) 38... Ke8 39. Qc8+ Ke7 40. Qc7+ Ke8 41. Qb8+ Kd7 42. Qb7+ Ke8 43.
Qa8+ Kd7 $6 (43... Kf7 $142 {see- 37...Kf7}) 44. Qb7+ $138 (44. Kh3 $1 {
see- 38.Kh3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ {and so on.}) 3... Nf6 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O
11. Rd1 {Very interestingly,that in our match,there was a same position in a
game: Bologan,V-Roiz,M. This game was continued as follows:} (11. Bc4 {(it's
main line in this position.)} Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfd1 $5 ({Recently,in my
practice,was checked up another continuation:} 13. Rad1 $5 {You can see my
annotations to Zaichik,G-Golod,V/Philadelphia,2004/CBM 102(0-1)(73)}) 13... Na5
14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 $14 {and so on.}) 11... b6 (
11... Nc6 {was tested in the following fantastic game: Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Jussupow,A/Groningen,1994/CBM 45(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(26)}) 12. h4 {Novelty,from
the point of view of my games.My contender was adjusted rather aggressively on
this game.Before with me were tested:} (12. Bd3 $143 Nc6 13. Bb1 Ba6 {/^a6-f1}
14. e5 $2 Qd5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Qb5 $17 {Rabinovich,A-Golod,V/
Tel Aviv,2001(0-1)(22)}) (12. Bb5 $5 {You can see comments to Bykhovsky,
A-Golod,V/Tel Aviv,1995/CBM 50(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(31)}) ({and} 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. d5
exd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Na6 $11 {Tregubov,P-Golod,V/
playchess.com INT,2004(1/2-1/2)(40)}) 12... Bb7 {Besides Black has two main
alternatives:} (12... Ba6 $6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. O-O h6
17. d5 $14 {Aleksandrov,A-Akhmadeev,V/Kstovo,1994(0-1)(35)}) ({and} 12... Qe7
$5 {Tsesarsky,I: "Good novelty! Black waits for the Bf1 movement." You can see
annotations to game: Gurevich,M-Magem Badals,J/Escaldes,1998/CBM 68(1/2-1/2)
(Gurevich,M)(29)}) 13. Bd3 ({Also once were checked in the preceding game:} 13.
Qf4 $6) 13... Nc6 {קd4} 14. Bb1 Ba6 {'N!' /^a6-f1 I was happy finding this
idea. With Ba6 Black both prevents castle in the short party and prepares
Qe7-b4 with the attack of the "e1"-square in order to create objects of attack
on the Q-side. Two previous attempts could not equalize a position.For further
information,you can see annotations to games:} (14... Qe7 $5 {Nogueiras,
J-Zilberman,Y/Havana,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky,I)(33)}) ({and} 14... Qd6 {
Kramnik,V-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee,1998/CBM 63(1-0)(Khalifman)(32)}) 15.
e5 {'!' White wants to develop the attack on the my king,all their pieces are
located ideally for it.} Qe7 (15... Qd5 $5 {You can see my annotations to game:
Siebrecht,S-Golod,V/Bad Wiessee,2004/CBM 104(1/2-1/2)(39)}) 16. h5 {'?' /\h6
By this move White not only lose a some chances to receive an advantage,but
also can not keep an equality.} ({I fairly was afraid of the following idea:} 
16. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rh7]} Qb4+ 17. Nd2 (17. Rd2 $6 g6 18. h5 Rac8 $36) 17...
Rfc8 $8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 Nxd4 (20... Qxd4 $2 21. Qg5+ Kf8
22. Nf3 Qb4+ 23. Qd2 $16) 21. Be4 Nc2+ 22. Bxc2 Rxc2 $44) 16... h6 (16... Qb4
$6 17. h6 $132) 17. Rh4 ({Now,already precisely,leads to favourable
complications for Black:} 17. Qc2 Qb4+ 18. Nd2 (18. Rd2 Rfc8 $36) 18... Rfc8
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Qb5 $1 22. Qg4 $140 Nxd4 $36) 17... Rfd8 {
'!?'} 18. Qc2 {Now this idea is much worse, than on the 16-th move.} Qb4+ 19.
Rd2 (19. Nd2 $2 Qb5 {עe1,Pd4}) 19... Kf8 {'=/+!' An important preventive move.
} ({It was wrong to play immediately:} 19... Rac8 $4 {because of:} 20. d5 Qb5
21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bd3 $1 $18) 20. Qh7 ({Now} 20. d5 $2 {is refuted:} Qb5 {
[%csl Rd5,Re1][%cal Gb5f1]}) 20... Rac8 {I have created the following threat:
21...Nxd4 (or 21...Nxe5) and 22...Rc1#} (20... Qc4 $5 21. Bd3 Qc1+ 22. Ke2
Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 (23. Rxd3 $2 Qc2+ {/\Nb4 ףh7,Rd3}) 23... Rac8 $15) 21. Bd3 (21.
a3 $2 Qxa3 {/\22...Qc1+ 23.Rd1 Qc3+} (21... Qc4 $5)) (21. d5 $2 Nd4 $1 {/\Rc1#}
) 21... Bxd3 {'!' The most logical decision.} ({During the game I considered,
but could not calculate up to the end:} 21... Nxd4 $5 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4
Qxd4 24. Bxa6 Qxe5+ $1 (24... Rc1+ $143 25. Ke2 Qxe5+ 26. Kf3 $8 (26. Kd3 $4
Rc3#) 26... Qxh5+ (26... Rc3+ $6 27. Rd3 (27. Bd3 $2 f5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge5e4]
}) 27... Qxh5+ 28. Kg3 $13) 27. Ke3 Re1+ 28. Be2 Qg5+ 29. Kd3 $15) 25. Kd1 $8 (
25. Be2 $2 Rc1+ 26. Rd1 Qc3+ 27. Kf1 Qd2 $19) (25. Re2 $4 Rc1+ 26. Kd2 Qc3#)
25... Qxh5+ 26. Re2 (26. f3 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Ke3 Rc3+ $17) 26... Qh1+ 27.
Re1 Rc1+ 28. Kxc1 Qxe1+ $17) 22. Qxd3 Qa5 {Black already has a clear
positional advantage (the best pawns structure and weak point "d5").} 23. Kf1 (
23. Qh7 Nb4 $40) 23... Nb4 24. Qb1 ({Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 24.
Qh7 $2 {in view of:} Rc1+ 25. Ne1 (25. Ke2 Qa6+ 26. Ke3 Nd5+) 25... Qb5+ 26.
Kg1 (26. Re2 Nd3 $19) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 Rxe5 $1 $19) 24... Rc3 25. Kg1 Qa3
26. Kh2 Kg8 {'!' Prophylaxis.I brings my K to a safer place and at the same
time protects the K-side which would be hanging after "Qh7".} 27. Rh3 Nd5 {
'-/+' The rest is simple as White can hardly move.} 28. Rc2 Rdc8 29. Rxc3 Qxc3
30. Qe4 (30. Ng5 $2 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Ne4 Rxa2 $19) 30... Qc1 {/\Qf4} 31.
Nh4 {My opponent was already short on time.} Qg5 32. g3 {'?'} ({Black also
breaks defense after more stubborn:} 32. Nf3 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Rh4 Nd5 {
/\Rc2}) 32... Qd2 33. Qf3 Rc2 {'-+'} 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Ne3+ {My victory has
not helped our team and we in a result devastatingly have lost this match: 1,5:
4,5.} 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 8th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2004.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 {With
rearrangement of moves (12.h4 Bb7 13.Bd3) we receive a position from a game:
Kozul,Z-Golod,V/Izmir,2004} Nc6 14. Bb1 Ba6 $1 {/^a6-f1 I have found this
strong idea in the my previous game. With Ba6 Black both prevents castle in
the short party and prepares Qe7-b4 with the attack of the "e1"-square in
order to create objects of attack on the Q-side.} 15. e5 {Already here my
contender has spent about 30 minutes,but I have guessed,that he entices me on
a position from my game against Zdenko Kozul (15...Qe7!? 16.Qc2 and so on) ,
and consequently,during a this game,I have thought up the next interesting
novelty:} Qd5 $5 $146 ({In the above-stated game,I tested:} 15... Qe7 $5 16. h5
$2 (16. Qc2 $1 Qb4+ 17. Nd2 (17. Rd2 $6 g6 18. h5 Rac8 $36) 17... Rfc8 $8 18.
Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 Nxd4 (20... Qxd4 $2 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Nf3 Qb4+
23. Qd2 $16) 21. Be4 Nc2+ 22. Bxc2 Rxc2 $44) 16... h6 17. Rh4 Rfd8 $5 18. Qc2
Qb4+ 19. Rd2 Kf8 $1 $15 {You can see my detailed annotations to Kozul,Z-Golod,
V/Izmir,2004/CBM 104(0-1)(35)}) 16. Ng5 $140 {It's the most basic reaction to
my novelty!} (16. Qc2 $6 g6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8]}) 16... Rad8 $1 {In it
sense of my idea.I begin attack on the white's K,which has got stuck at the
center.} (16... h6 $5 {This move should be checked up in the future games}) (
16... Qxg2 $4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 {and without Nc6}) 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 $5
({An interesting idea,which was mentioned by my opponent after the game:} 18.
Bd3 Qxd4 $1 19. Bxa6 $140 Qxe5+ 20. Qe2 (20. Qe3 $2 Qa5+) 20... Rxd1+ (20...
Qa5+ $2 21. Rd2 Rxd2 $140 $4 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qh7#) 21. Kxd1 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Rd8+
(22... Qxh1 $4 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh7#) 23. Bd3 Qb2+ 24. Ke3 Qd4+ 25. Kd2 Qb2+ {
with perpetual check.}) 18... Qxd4 {I had no other worthy alternative:} (18...
Qb5 $2 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 {+/=/+/-}) (18... Qc4 $6 19. Rc1 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4
21. Rh3 Rd7 22. Ra3 Bb5 23. Rac3 {/\Rc8|^}) 19. Qxd4 ({Unexpectedly at once
loses a game:} 19. Bxc6 $4 {in view of:} Qxe5+ 20. Qe3 $140 Rxd1+ $1 21. Kxd1
Qa1+ $1 (21... Qd6+ $143) 22. Kc2 (22. Qc1 $143 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 Qxa2+ 24. Qb2 (24.
Kc3 Rd3+ 25. Kb4 Qa5#) 24... Bd3+ 25. Kc1 (25. Kc3 $144 Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Bc2+)
25... Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Bc2+ {with checkmated in 5 moves.}) 22... Qxh1 $19) 19...
Nxd4 {Now Black has,as a minimum,an equal position.} 20. Rh3 {White want to
connect their rooks.} f6 21. exf6 $6 {Besides White has two best alternatives:}
(21. Bg6 $5 fxg5 22. hxg5+ Kg8 23. Bh7+ Kf7 (23... Kh8 $4 24. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 25.
Bf5+ Kg8 26. Bxe6+ Rf7 27. g6 $18) 24. Ra3 Nc6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg7g6]} 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. g6+ Ke7 27. Rxa6 $13) ({and} 21. Nf3 $5 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxd1+ 23.
Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 $11) 21... gxf6 22. Nf3 Ne2 $1 $15 {My knight breaks a
coordination in operation of white's pieces and also creates an additional
threats: Nc3 or Nf4.} 23. Nd2 f5 24. Ra3 Bb5 $1 {I didn't agree to repeat of
moves:} (24... fxe4 $6 25. Rxa6 Nf4 26. Nxe4 Nxg2+ 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Ke1 Ng2+
29. Ke2 $11) 25. Rb1 (25. Bc6 $4 {is refuted by:} Nd4 $1 26. Bxb5 $140 Nc2+ {
[%csl Ra3,Re1]}) 25... Nd4 $5 {I rather long chose between it and another
continuation:} (25... a6 $5 26. Rxb5 (26. Bb7 Nf4 (26... Nd4 $143 27. Rc3 $13)
27. Kd1 $15) 26... axb5 27. Kxe2 fxe4 28. Rb3 $1 (28. Nxe4 $143 Ra8 {קa2})
28... Ra8 29. a3 $1 $15) 26. Bd3 $140 $8 (26. Nf3 $2 fxe4 $1 27. Nxd4 $140 Bd3
28. Rb4 $8 a5 29. Rba4 b5 $17) 26... Rd5 {I try to make active all my pieces.}
27. Rc1 (27. Kf1 $4 Nc2 {[%csl Ra3,Rd3,Rf1]}) 27... Rfd8 28. Bxb5 Nxb5 29. Rb3
Kg7 $6 {I have selected the most irresolute continuation.In such a way,I can
not hope on advantage in the endgame.} ({It was necessary:} 29... Rxd2 $5 30.
Rxb5 Rxa2 31. Re5 Rd6 $1 (31... Rdd2 $143 32. Rxe6 Rxf2 33. Rc8+ $1 (33. Re7 $4
Rxg2 34. Kf1 (34. Rc8+ $143 Rg8) 34... Rg7 35. Rcc7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Kg8 {-/+/-+})
33... Kg7 34. Rc7+ $11) 32. Rc7 {/\g4 עh8} Ra4 $15) 30. Nf3 Kf6 31. g3 $11 Nd4
({Hardly it was better:} 31... Nd6 32. Ng5) 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Re3 R8d6 34. a3
Rd2 35. Rc7 a5 36. Rb7 Rb2 ({Also leads to equality:} 36... Rd1+ 37. Ke2 R6d2+
38. Kf3 Rf1 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 Ra1 $11) 37. Kf1 e5 {/\e4 nad Rdd2 ->} 38.
Rb8 $1 {The accuracy is necessary up to the end.} e4 $140 39. Rf8+ Ke5 $11 {
This game was very interesting and important for the theory of this variant.} (
39... Kg6 $2 40. g4 $36 {[%csl Re4]}) (39... Ke5 {After this move the
contenders is agreed for draw, because of next variant:} 40. g4 fxg4 41. Re8+
Re6 42. Rxe6+ Kxe6 43. Rxe4+ Kf5 44. Re8 Ra2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bb7 (12... Bd7 $5 13. Qa4
Rc8 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd8 18. h3 h6 19. a3 Nb8
20. Bxb8 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Rxb8 22. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Hansen,S-Palo,D/Horsens 2003/CBM
95 (61)}) 13. Bf4 (13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 g6
18. g3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. a3 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Rc4 22. Ne5 Rxd4 23. Nd7 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Charbonneau,P/Montreal CAN 2003/The Week in Chess 455 (23)})
13... a6 (13... Bd6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. Bd3 Bc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf5 18. Re3 f6
19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Bxf5 Bxf4 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Qxf4 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Burmakin,V/
Nova Gorica 2002/CBM 86 ext (74)}) 14. Bd3 Qd7 {TN} (14... Bf6 15. Bc2 g6 16.
Qd2 Rc8 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Be5 Nc4 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bg7 21. h4 $36 {1-0
Korneev,O-Roa Alonso,S/Madrid 2002/CBM 90 ext (34)}) 15. Rc1 (15. Qc2 $5 g6 16.
Qb3 $14) 15... Rfe8 16. a3 (16. Rxc6 $6 Qxc6 17. Ne5 Qf6 $17) 16... Bf8 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 (18... f6 19. Rc7) (18... Rac8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 $14) 19.
Qh5 g6 20. Qg5 Rac8 21. Rcd1 $1 (21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qf6 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Re6 $11)
21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 $5 23. Qg3 $1 {[/\f2-f4-f5;h2-h4-h5|^>>]} f6 24. f4
fxe5 25. fxe5 Rf8 $5 {[/\26...Qc5+,27...Qf2<=>]} 26. Kh1 $1 (26. Rd2 Qc5+ 27.
Kh1 Qc1 $1 28. Qe3 d4 (28... Qc5 $5) 29. Qe2 Qc5 $132) 26... Rf7 27. h3 Rcf8
28. Rd2 Rf4 29. Kh2 Kg7 (29... Qh4 30. Qxh4 Rxh4 31. e6 Re8 32. e7 Rf4 33. Re6
$36) 30. Rc2 $5 d4 31. e6 Kh6 32. Re5 b5 $6 $138 (32... Kg7 $142 33. Rf5 $5
R8xf5 34. Bxf5 g5 (34... Rxf5 35. Rc7) 35. Bd3 h6 $14) 33. b4 {[xc5]} Ba8 34.
Kg1 (34. Rc8 $5 Bb7 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Re2 $14 {(/\37.Qe5)}) 34... Kg7 35. Re1 (
35. Bf5 $1 $16) 35... Kh6 36. Kh1 $2 $138 Bd5 (36... Rf3 $3 37. gxf3 Rxf3 $40)
37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Re5 (38. Rf1 $1 g5 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rc5 $18) 38... Ba8 (38...
Bxe6 39. Rc6 R4f6 40. Rexe6 Rxe6 41. Rc7 $18) 39. Qe1 $1 {[/\40.Qc1,41.Rc7|^]
Time} 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK-2"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O e5 $5 {(TN)} 13. d5 Na5
14. Rfc1 $5 (14. Nxe5 Re8 15. Qd4 Rxe5 (15... Qb6 16. Qc3 Qc5 17. Rfc1 Nxc4 18.
Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 $16 Rxe4 20. Nd6 $18) 16. Qxe5 Nxc4 17. Qd4 b5 $5 (17... Nd6
18. e5 Nf5 19. Qe4 $14) 18. a4 Nd6 $13 (18... Bd7 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Rxa7 $16))
14... f6 15. Qb4 $5 {[/\16.Nd2|^<<]} b6 16. Nd2 Rf7 $5 17. Bb5 (17. Rc3 Nb7 18.
Bb5 Nc5 19. Bc6 Bb7 $13) (17. d6 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Be6 19. Ne3 Rc8 $13) 17... Qf8
$6 (17... Bd7 $142 18. Ba6 Bc8 $13) 18. a3 $6 (18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Rc3 Bd7 20.
Ba6 Ke7 21. Rac1 Kd6 22. f3 $14) 18... Bd7 19. Ba6 Bc8 20. Qxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bb5
Bb7 $1 22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rac1 (23. Rac1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rd7 $5 (25. d6 $2
Rxc7 26. dxc7 Bc8 $17 {(/\Kg8-f8-e7-d6)}) (25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $15 26. d6 $2 Be6 27.
d7 Nb7 $17) 25... Rc1+ 26. Nf1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 01st"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bc5 (9... Nc6 $5) 10. Qh4 $5 {TN} (10. Qd1 Ne4 11. e3 Bb4 12.
Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin,A-Goldin,A Novosibirsk 1993 (23)}) 10... Na6 (10... Nc6 11. Bd2 O-O
(11... Qb6 12. Na4 $18) 12. e3 (12. Nd5 $2 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxd5 $17) 12... Nb4
13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Nb5 $1 $16) 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. e3 O-O (12... Qxb2) 13. Bc4 Qxb2
14. O-O (14. Rb1 Qc2 15. Rxb7 (15. O-O Bc6 16. Rfc1 Qf5 $132) 15... Bc6 $132
16. Bxa6 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 $36 18. Be4 $2 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rb1+ $17) 14... Bc6
15. e4 $5 {[/\16.Rab1,17.e5 |^>>]} Be7 $8 (15... Rfd8 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. Rb3 Qa5
18. Nd5 $16) 16. Rab1 (16. e5 $2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxd2 $19) 16... Qa3 {[#]} 17.
Bg5 $1 (17. Rb3 Qc5 18. Bxa6 (18. e5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 $5 $132) 18... bxa6 19.
Be3 Qa5 20. Nd4 Bd7 $132) 17... Qxc3 (17... h6 18. e5 $5 hxg5 (18... Bxf3 19.
Bxf6 $1 $36) 19. Nxg5 Nh5 20. Qxh5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc3 22. Bxa6 Bxg2 $1 (22...
bxa6 23. Rbc1 $16) 23. Rfc1 Qa5 24. Bd3 $5 $40 (24. Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Qxa2 $11
)) 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. e5 Nd5 $1 (19... Bxf3 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qf5 $5 (21...
gxf6 22. gxf3 $36 Qg5+ 23. Qxg5+ fxg5 24. Rxb7 $16) 22. gxf3 gxf6 23. Rb5 Qxf3
(23... Nc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxf7+ $18) 24. Rb3 $40) (19... h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. exf6 $36) 20. Bxe7 (20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 $13 22. Bd6 Re6 $132) 20...
Nxe7 21. Qxe7 Rae8 22. Qh4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxe5 24. Rxb7 Nc5 (24... Nc7 25. Bd3
Rh5 26. Rxa7 $1 $16) 25. Rxf7 $1 (25. Re7 $2 Qd8 26. Rxf7 Qg5+ $1 $19 (26...
Qxh4 27. Rf4+ Ne6 28. Rxh4 $11)) 25... Rxf7 26. Qf4 $1 {Time} (26. Qf4 Re6 $8 (
26... Re1+ 27. Kg2) (26... Qc7 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Bc4 $16) (26... Ne6 27. Bxe6
Rxe6 (27... Re1+ 28. Kg2 Rxc1 29. Qxf7+) 28. Rc8+ $18) 27. Qb8+ Rf8 28. Qe5
Rff6 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rxc5 $14) 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h4 Qe7 $5 {
'N!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'Good novelty! Black waits for the Bf1 movement.' TN
} 13. Bd3 Ba6 $1 14. O-O (14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. O-O Rac8 {(/\16...Nb4)} 16. d5 exd5
17. exd5 Qd6 $13) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 {'=!' Tsesarsky.} (15... Rd8 $2 {
Tsesarsky} 16. d5 exd5 (16... Nd7 17. d6 Qf6 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Qd5 Rac8 20. Rc1
Rc5 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Qb7 $16) 17. exd5 Nd7 (17... Qd6 18. Ng5 $16)
18. d6 Qf6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Qd5 $16) 16. e5 $5 {[/\ 17.Ng5 |^>>]} (16. d5 {
Tsesarsky} exd5 17. exd5 Qd6 $1 $11) 16... h6 $1 (16... Rfd8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18.
Qg3 $36) (16... Rfc8 $1 {Tsesarsky} 17. Ng5 (17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 19. Qd6
Qe8 $11) (17. Rfe1 Rc7 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 (19. Nd4 Nc5 $17) 19... Re8 $11)
17... Nf8 18. Qe4 h6 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. Rc1 Rac8 $11) 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Qe4 Rc7 {
'+/-?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'This bad move gives to White an advantage'} (
18... Rc4 $1 {(/\19...Rfc8<=>)} 19. Qb7 $6 Re8 $1 20. Qxa7 Nxe5 21. Qxe7 Nxf3+
22. gxf3 Rxe7 $15) (18... Qa3 $1 {Tsesarsky} 19. Rd2 $132 (19. Qg4 Rc4 $1 $15))
19. Qg4 {'!' Tsesarsky.} b5 $6 (19... Rfc8 20. d5 $1 exd5 21. Nd4 $36 (21. Nd4
$1 {Tsesarsky} Qb4 $5 (21... Nxe5 22. Qf5 (22. Nf5 Qf6 $17) 22... f6 23. f4 $16
) (21... Rc4 22. Nf5 $1 Qf8 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 gxh6 25. Rxd5 $16) 22. a3 $1
(22. e6 Nf6 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. a3 Qa4 26. Nf5 Qd7 $17) 22... Qa4
23. f4 Qxa3 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Nxh6+ (25. Rxd5 Kh7 26. Red1 Nb8 27. Nd6 $44) 25...
Kh7 26. Nf5 Qc5+ 27. Kh2 g6 28. Nd6 Nf6 29. Qf3 Ne4 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. h5 $16))
20. d5 $1 exd5 (20... Rc4 21. d6 Qd8 22. Rd4 $14) 21. Nd4 $6 {'!?' Tsesarsky.
Tsesarsky: 'This move have been good in 19...Rfc8 variation.'} (21. Rxd5 a6 (
21... b4 {Tsesarsky} 22. Red1 Nb6 23. Rd6 Rc4 24. Qg3 Kh8 (24... Re8 25. Rxh6
Rc2 26. e6 $1 $16) 25. Nd4 Re8 26. Nf5 Qf8 27. Rd8 Rc8 28. R8d4 Rc3 29. f3 Rc5
30. f4 Rc3 31. Qg4 Rc2 32. Nd6 (32. Rd8 Rc8) 32... Re7 33. Qf5 Re2 34. Nxf7+
Rxf7 35. Qg4 Qc5 36. Qxe2 Rxf4 37. Qd2 Rxh4 38. e6 $16) (21... Rb8 22. Red1 $16
) 22. Red1 $1 (22. Nd4 Nf6 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf6 $11) 22... Nc5 (22... Nb6
23. Rd6 Nc4 24. Rxh6 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxa6 $14) 23. Nd4 $40) 21... Rc4 (
21... Nxe5 $2 22. Qg3 f6 23. f4 $16) (21... Qb4 {Tsesarsky} 22. Rb1 Qc4 (22...
Qa4 23. Rxb5 Nc5 24. Reb1 Rfc8 25. Rb8 Ne6 26. R8b4 Qa6 $11) 23. Rxb5 Re8 24.
e6 Nf6 25. Qf4 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rec8 27. Re2 Qc1+ 28. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 R8c3 30.
f3 $11) 22. Qg3 {'=?' Tsesarsky.} (22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nf5+ Kh8 (23... Kh7 24.
Nxe7 Re8 25. Nxd5 $16 Rxe5 $2 (25... Rxh4 {Tsesarsky} 26. f4 $16 {Tsesarsky:
'This position is well-known - see previous analysis...'}) 26. Nf6+ $18) 24.
Nxe7 Re8 25. Nxd5 Rxe5 $13) 22... Qb4 $1 $13 23. a3 Qa4 24. e6 (24. Nf5 Rg4 25.
Qf3 Nb6 $132 (25... Rf4 {Tsesarsky} 26. Qxd5 Rxf5 27. Qxd7 Rf4 $132)) 24...
fxe6 {'[]' Tsesarsky.} (24... Rxd4 $2 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. exd7 $18 (26. exd7 {
Tsesarsky} Qb6 27. Re8 $18)) (24... Nf6 {Tsesarsky} 25. Nf5 (25. e7 Re8 26. Nf5
Rg4 27. Qd3 Qf4 $44) 25... Rg4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qd6 $16) 25. Nxe6 Rf7 26. Rxd5
Re4 $1 $11 27. Red1 Rxe6 28. Rxd7 Qf4 $1 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndb4 (8... Nxc3 {Tsesarsky} 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4
Qxd4 (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. c4 Rd4 15. c5 a5 (
15... Rc4 16. Be3 $16) 16. Be3 Rb4 17. a3 Rc4 18. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Pilnik,
H-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1945 (39)}) 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2
Kd8 $1 14. Rab1 (14. Rhc1 Re8 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Rhc1 b6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Ke3 $14
) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. a3 Bd2
16. Be4 Rac8 17. a4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tomaszewski,R-Plachetka,J/
Polanica Zdrуj 1980 (29)}) 11... Qxd4 12. Rb1 a5 (12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Rb8 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rb3 $44) 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. O-O Qc3
16. Rfc1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Portisch,L/Biel izt 1993 (20)})
9. Ndb5 (9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc6 (10... bxc6 11. Be3 $14) 11. Bxc6+ (11.
Nb5 {Tsesarsky} Kd8 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Be7 $132) 11... bxc6 {+/=/= would be
the thematic way to play. The game-continuation is more complicated.}) 9... a6
(9... Qxd1+ {Tsesarsky} 10. Kxd1 Rb8 11. a3 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nbd6+ (12. Bf4 $6
e5 13. Bg5 f6 (13... O-O $11) 14. Be3 O-O $15) 12... Bxd6 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14.
Nxc8+ Rbxc8 $15) 11... Na6 12. Ne4 $1 (12. Be3 $6 Bc5 13. Nc7+ $1 Nxc7 14. Bxc5
$14) 12... e5 (12... Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nxa7 Rd8+ 15. Kc2 $16) 13. Be3 f5 14.
Nd2 Ra8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nc4 $16) (9... Be7 {Tsesarsky} 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 (10...
Kxd8 11. O-O $16) 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8 13. O-O $14 (13. Be4 Ba5 14. Bd2
f5 $132)) 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3 e5 (11... Bd7 {Tsesarsky} 12. O-O $14) 12. O-O
(12. Be3 {Tsesarsky} Kc7 13. O-O Be6 {-This game}) 12... Be6 13. Be3 Kc7 14. b3
(14. Rfd1 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 15. Rac1 Nxa2 16. Nxa2 Bxa2 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 $44
) 14... Rc8 15. Rfc1 Kb8 16. Nc4 Nd4 (16... Bxc4 {Tsesarsky} 17. bxc4 Na5 18.
Nd5 $1 (18. a3 Nbc6 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd2 21. Be3 Rd8 $11) 18... Nxc4 (18...
Rxc4 19. Nb6 (19. Bb6 Nbc6 20. Bc7+ Ka7 21. Bb6+ Kb8 22. Bc7+ $11) (19. Nxb4
Bxb4 20. Bd5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 f6 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Be4 Bc3 $44) 19... Rxc1+ 20.
Rxc1 Bd6 21. Nd7+ Ka8 22. Bb6 Nbc6 (22... Nac6 23. a3 $18) 23. Rd1 (23. Kf1 $5)
23... Nc4 24. Bd5 Nxb6 25. Nxb6+ Ka7 26. Nc4 Nd4 (26... Bc7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28.
Rd7 Kb7 29. Rxf7 $16) 27. Nxd6 Rd8 28. Bxf7 Rxd6 29. Kg2 $14) 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 (
19... Nxe3 20. Nxa6+ $1 $18) 20. Rcb1 (20. Rab1 a5 $17) 20... a5 21. a3 Nxa3
22. Rxa3 Rc2 (22... Bxa3 23. Rxb7+ Ka8 24. Rb5+ $18) 23. Raa1 Rxe2 24. Be4 Rd8
25. Kf1 $18) 17. Rab1 (17. Nxe5 $6 {Tsesarsky} Ndc2 18. Bf4 Ka7 19. Be3+ Nxe3
20. fxe3 Bd6 $44) 17... Bxc4 (17... f6 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rb2 $1 $14 (18. a3 Nbc6
19. Kf1 (19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. e3 Nb5 $15) 19... Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Bxc4 21. Rb6 Nd8 22.
Rcb1 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. R6xb4 Bd5 26. Bh3 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rc6 28. Be7
$44)) 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bd2 {White has ^^ and some play in the b-<-> for his P.
Maybe it is enough ~/=} (19. Kf1 {Tsesarsky} f5 $44) 19... b5 (19... Rxc3 {
Tsesarsky} 20. Rxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 a5 23. a3 $16) (19... f5 {
Tsesarsky} 20. e3 (20. Kf1 Bd6 21. e3 Ndc6 22. e4 Nd3 23. Rd1 g6 $15) 20... Nb5
21. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 axb5 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Rxb5 $16) 20. Kf1 (20. e3 {
Tsesarsky} Nxa2 $5 (20... Nd3 21. Rd1 Rxc3 22. exd4 (22. Bxc3 Ne2+ $19) 22...
Ra3 23. Be3 $44) 21. Nxa2 (21. exd4 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 exd4 23. Ne4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1
h6 $19) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Nxc1 Bd6 24. Bd5 Rc2 25. Ke1 $132) 20...
Be7 (20... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 21. Ne4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Be7 23. e3 Ne6 24. Bc3 $1 f6
25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Rc6 Re8 (26... Nc7 27. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Rb6+ Kc8 (28... Ka7
29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. Rxc7+ Kb8 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rf7 $18) 29. Bh3+ Ne6 30. Rxe6 $18)
27. Rxa6 Nc7 28. Rb6+ Ka7 29. Rc6 Na6 30. h4 $14) 21. Rd1 (21. a3 {Tsesarsky}
Nbc2 $17) (21. a4 {Tsesarsky} Rd8 $17) 21... Rd8 22. a4 Ndc2 (22... bxa4 {
Tsesarsky} 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Bxf7 Rcd7 (24... Ndc2 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Bc3 Bf6 27.
Nxb4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nxb4 (28... Rxf7 29. Nxa6+ Ka7 30. Nc5 Ne3+ $1 31. fxe3
Be7+ 32. Ke1 Bxc5 33. Ra1 a3 34. Bxe5 $11) 29. Bg8 Rb5 $132 (29... a3 30. Ra1 (
30. Bxh7 $132) 30... e4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxa3 Ka7 33. Ra4 h6 34. h4 $14)) 25.
Bc1 a5 26. Nxa4 $14) 23. axb5 Rcd4 (23... Na3 $1 {Tsesarsky} 24. Rbc1 (24. Ra1
Nbc2 25. Rac1 Rxd2 $1 $19) 24... Nxb5 25. Ne4 (25. Nxb5 Rxd2 $1 $19) (25. Nd5
Rxc1 26. Bxc1 a5 27. Bb2 f6 $17) 25... Rxc1 (25... Rcd4) 26. Rxc1 f5 27. Bg5
Rd7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 $17) 24. Ne4 f5 (24... axb5 {Tsesarsky} 25. e3 Rd3 26. Ke2 f5
27. Bxb4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Nxb4 30. Nc3 $11) 25. e3 R4d5 (25... Rd3 {
Tsesarsky} 26. bxa6 fxe4 27. Ke2 Na3 28. Bxb4 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb4 30. Rxb4+ Ka7
31. Bxe4 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 $11) 26. bxa6 fxe4 27. Ke2 Na3 $6 (27... Ka7 {Tsesarsky}
28. Bxe4 Kxa6 29. Rb2 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Na3 32. Rb3 $14) (27... Rb5
{Tsesarsky} 28. Rb2 $14) 28. Ra1 $2 {A gamble} (28. Bxb4 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb4 30.
Rxb4+ Ka7 31. Rb2 $14 (31. Bxe4 {Tsesarsky} Rd2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Ke2
R8d2+ 34. Kf3 Rf1 35. Bb7 Rfxf2+ 36. Ke4 Rxh2 37. Kxe5 Rd3 $15) 32... Rf8 (
32... Kxa6 $11) 33. f3 Kxa6 34. h4 Rc8 (34... h6 35. h5 Rc8 36. Bb7+ Ka5 37.
Bxc8 Kxb4 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. g4 Kc3 40. Bf5 $11) 35. Rb1 (35. Bb7+ Ka5 36. Bxc8
Kxb4 37. h5 (37. Bf5 g6 38. Be4 Rh2 39. Ke1 Kc3 $17) 37... Rh2 38. g4 Kc3 39.
Bf5 Kd2 40. Bxh7 Kxe3 41. Be4 Kf4 42. Kg1 Re2 (42... Kg3 43. Kf1 (43. Bb7 Rf2
44. Be4 Re2 45. Kf1 Rxe4 $19) 43... Rf2+ (43... Rh1+ 44. Ke2 $11) 44. Ke1 $11)
43. Bc6 $11) 35... Rc3 36. Bxh7 Rxe3 37. Be4 Ra3 38. h5 Raa2 39. g4 $11) (31.
Rb7+ Kxa6 32. Rxg7 $4 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 R8d2#)) 28... Nbc2 (28... Nxa6
{Tsesarsky} 29. Bxe4 R5d6 30. Bc3 Rxd1 31. Bxe5+ R1d6 32. Rxa3 Ka7 33. Bxd6
Bxd6 34. Ra1 Kb6 (34... Be5 35. Ra5 Bc7 36. Ra1 h6 37. Bd3 Rd6 38. f4 Kb7 39.
Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Bxa6+ Kxa6 41. Kd3 Kb5 42. Ke4 Bb6 43. g4 Kc6 44. h4 Kd6 45. Kf5
(45. h5 Ke6 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Bc7 48. h6 g6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. e4+ Kf4 51. Kd5
Be5 52. Ke6 Kxe4 $19) 45... Bxe3 46. Kg6 $11 (46. g5 Kd5 47. gxh6 gxh6 48. Kg4
$11)) 35. Bxh7 $11) (28... Nb5 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. a7+ Nxa7 31. Rxd5
Rxd5 32. Bxe4 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 $15) 29. Rac1 Bb4 (29... Ka7 {Tsesarsky} 30. Bxe4
Rc5 31. Bb4 Rc4 32. Bxe7 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Rxe4 34. Bxa3 (34. Rxc2 Nxc2 35. Kxc2
Ra4 $17) 34... Nxa3 35. Rc7+ Kxa6 36. Rxg7 $11) (29... Rc5 {Tsesarsky} 30. Bxe4
Rd6 $15) 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 (31... Rxd5 {Tsesarsky} 32. Bxe4 Ra5 33.
Bxh7 Nxa6 $15) 32. Bxe4 Nb5 33. Bxh7 Ndc3+ (33... Rd6 {Tsesarsky} 34. Rc5 Ka7
35. Kf3 Kb6 36. Rc8 (36. Rxb5+ Kxb5 37. a7 Rd8 38. Be4 Kc5 $19) 36... Kxa6 37.
Bd3 Nf6 38. Bf5 Kb6 $17) 34. Kf1 Ka7 (34... Rd6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 35. Ra1 Rd6
36. Kg2 Rxa6 37. Rc1 {Of course black should never lose this position} (37.
Rxa6+ {Tsesarsky} Kxa6 $17) 37... Rc6 $6 (37... Rd6 $15 {[%cal Ya7b6,Yb6c7,
Yc7d8,Yd8e7,Ye7f6] followed by bringing Ka7 to the K-side}) 38. Bd3 Rc7 $4 (
38... Kb6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 39. Bxb5 Nxb5 40. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {Hecht The offside
position of Black's king as well as the vulnerability of both Black pawns
enable Anand to win easily with his active king. Die Abseitsstellung des
schwarzen Kцnigs sowie die Anfдlligleit beider schwarzer Bauern ermцglichen
dem mit einem aktiven Kцnig operierenden Anand einen leichten Sieg.} 41. Kf3
$18 Ne6 (41... Kb6 $4 {Tsesarsky} 42. Ke4 Kc6 (42... Kc5 43. Kxe5 Kc4 44. Kf5
Kd3 45. Kg6 Ne8 46. Kf7 Nf6 47. Kxg7 Ng4 48. h4 Nxf2 49. h5 $18) 43. Kxe5 Kd7
44. f4 (44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Kg6 Kf8 46. h4 Nd5 47. g4 Ne7+ 48. Kh7 (48. Kg5 Kf7)
48... Kf7) 44... Ne8 45. g4 Nd6 46. h4 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nd6 (47... Nd2 48. h5 Ke6
49. g5 (49. e4 Nf3+ 50. Ke3 Nh2 51. f5+ $1 (51. g5 Nf1+ 52. Kd4 Ng3 53. h6 gxh6
54. gxh6 Kf7 55. f5 Nh5 56. Ke5 Nf6 57. Kf4 Nh7 58. e5 Ke7 59. Kg4 (59. Ke4
Ng5+ 60. Kd5 Nh7 61. f6+ Nxf6+ $11) 59... Kf7 60. Kh5 (60. Kh4 Ke7 61. Kh5 Kf7
$11) 60... Nf8 $11) 51... Ke5 52. g5 Ng4+ 53. Kf3 Nh2+ 54. Kg2 Ng4 55. Kg3 Ne3
56. f6 $1 $18) 49... Kf5 50. Kd5 Ne4 51. h6 gxh6 52. gxh6 Nf6+ 53. Kd6 Kg6 54.
Ke6 Ng4 55. e4 Nxh6 $11) 48. h5 Ke6 49. e4 Nb5+ 50. Ke3 Nd6 51. g5 Nf7 52. f5+
Ke5 53. h6 $1 $18) (41... Ne8 $1 {Tsesarsky} 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kxe5 Ng4+ 44. Kf5
Nxh2 (44... Nxf2 {Hecht} 45. Kg6 Ng4 46. h4 Nxe3 47. h5 Kb7 48. Kxg7 Nf5+ 49.
Kg6 Nxg3 50. h6 $18) 45. Kg6 (45. e4 Kb7 $13) 45... Ng4 46. Kxg7 Nxf2 47. Kg6
Kb6 48. Kf5 Nd1 $11) 42. Ke4 Ng5+ (42... Kb6 {Tsesarsky} 43. Kxe5 Nf8 44. Kd6
$18) 43. Kf5 Nh3 (43... Nf3 {Tsesarsky} 44. h4 Kb6 45. Ke4 Nh2 46. Kxe5 Ng4+
47. Kf5 Nxf2 48. Kg6 $18) 44. f4 (44. f4 {Tsesarsky} exf4 45. exf4 Kb6 46. Kg6
Kc6 47. Kxg7 Kd7 48. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "CHN-ch"]
[Site "Xinghua"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 (11... Nc6 {was played by
Lysyj and it was annotated by Shagar Shah in CBM 168} 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5
14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 h6 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. d5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ne5
Rc5 21. d6 Qd8 22. Qf4 f6 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. e5 $36 {1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2747)
-Lysyj,I (2673) Chita 2015 CBM 168 [Sagar Shah]}) 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 (13. a4 {
and}) (13. Rad1 {are the main alternatives.}) 13... Bb7 14. a4 (14. Rad1 Rc8
15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 $13 {1/2 (33) Ponomariov,R (2714)-Wang,Y 
(2720) Beijing 2014}) 14... Rc8 15. Bb5 (15. Bd3 {is the other line.}) 15...
Nf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. a5 b5 $146 {This is a novelty.} (17... Qc7 18. axb6 axb6 19.
Rac1 Qb8 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Qb4 $14 {1-0 (41) Janssen,R (2498)-Levin,F (2484)
Netherlands 2011}) 18. a6 $1 {This is an important move to prevent a6, because
it would stabilise Black's position.} Bc6 19. Qb4 {Overprotecting the d4-pawn,
to free the knight and make it possible to move it.} Qb6 $1 {Protecting b5 and
pushing the d4-pawn.} 20. Nd2 {The logical move, because the N will be good on
b3.} Rfd8 21. Nb3 e5 (21... Be8 {is also possible, just a waiting move as it
is hard to make progress for both sides.}) 22. d5 Bd7 23. Na5 $1 {An active
move, getting the knight to b7.} Rc7 $1 {And a good reaction, because Black
chooses the strategy of putting the Rs on the c-file.} 24. Nb7 (24. d6 {
seems to be better to prevent Black from playing Rdc8:} Rcc8 25. Nb7 Re8 26.
Reb1) 24... Rdc8 25. h3 {Good move, preventing Ng4.} (25. Nd6 Ng4 $1 26. Rf1
Rc1 $1 $36) 25... Rc3 $1 {Nd6 was threatening and Black neutralises this plan,
because now Nd6 won't be dangerous} 26. Red1 R8c7 $1 {This move may look like
a simple position-improving, waiting move, but it has the point of preventing
Qd6 or Qe7, because of Qd6 Rxb7 or Qe7 Bxh3} (26... Bg4 $5 {is a spectacular
move, but it's likely, that it is hard to make progress after} 27. Rd2 $1 (27.
hxg4 Nxg4 $36 28. Ra2 Rxd3 $1)) 27. Nd6 ({Maybe} 27. Na5 {is more accurate,
when Black should repeat with} R7c5 28. Nb7 Rc7 $11) 27... Nh5 $1 {Now Black
starts to get some initiative.} 28. Nf5 $1 {But White also finds this
important defensive move to close the diagonal of the B.} Nf4 29. Bf1 Rc2 (
29... R7c5 {is also good, as the move played in the game lost a tempo because
of Ne3.}) 30. Ne3 R2c3 31. d6 ({One of the suggestions of the computer is} 31.
Kh2 {and it seems, that it's equal.}) 31... Rc8 32. Ra2 (32. Kh2 {is a bit
more accurate.}) 32... Rxe3 $1 {A brave attacking sacrifice.} 33. fxe3 Qxe3+
34. Rf2 $6 {This move overlooks the next move.} ({In the event of} 34. Kh2 $1
Ne6 {Black would have enough compensation.}) 34... Qg3 $1 35. Rf3 (35. Rxf4
Qxf4 $17) 35... Nxh3+ 36. Kh1 Qg4 $1 {And Black continues the attack. There
was the possibility of a repetition with Nf2.} 37. Bxb5 (37. Qe1 {was better
to hold the position, but Black has a good attack after} Ng5 38. Rg3 Qf4 $40)
37... Bxb5 38. Qxb5 Nf2+ 39. Kh2 {White wants to try a last practical chance,
but Black exploits his advantage accurately.} ({Of course} 39. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxd6 41. Qb7 Qc7 $17 {is also winning.}) 39... Nxd1 40. Qxe5 Qh4+ 41. Rh3
Qg5 42. Qxg5 hxg5 43. Rb3 Nf2 44. Rb7 Nxe4 45. d7 Rd8 46. Rxa7 Nc5 47. Rc7 Nxd7
48. a7 Nf8 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qc2 Bb6 13. Rad1 d4 14. Bf4 Qf5
15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rad8 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 h6 20. h4 Rd7 21.
Rc1 Be4 22. Kg2 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc2 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 Rde5 27. Kf3
Kg7 28. g4 R8e6 29. b4 Kg6 30. Rd1 f5 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 32. Rg1 Kf6 33. e3 dxe3
34. Bb2 exf2 35. Rf1 Kg6 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[#] Die starken schwarzenn Freibauern
garantieren das Remis - und mehr! Schwache weiЯe Damenflьgelbauern. Schwarz
gewinnt durch allmдhliches Einsickern seines Kцnigs unter der Assistenz des
Lдufers und Nehmen der Damenflьgelbauern. WeiЯ spielt ohne Kцnig und ohne den
Tf1.} 37. Kg2 Re4 38. a3 Rg4+ 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Rc8 Ke4 42. Rg8 Be3
43. Rg7 b5 44. Rd7 Bd4 45. Rd8 Ke3 46. Re8+ Kd3 47. Rc8 Ke2 48. Rcc1 Rf3+ 49.
Kg2 Rxa3 50. Rc2+ Kd3 51. Rc8 Rb3 52. Rd8 Ke4 53. Rd1 Bb6 54. Rf8 Rxb4 55. Rd7
Rb1 56. Rdf7 b4 57. Kh3 b3 58. Kg4 Rg1+ 59. Kh5 b2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. h3 Nf6 13. a3 b5 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Be3 Na5
21. Bb6 Nb3 22. Bxd8 Nxa1 23. Ng5 e5 24. Ne6 Nd7 25. Nc7 Nc5 26. Be7 Nd3 27.
Nxa6 Nb3 28. Nc7 Nd4 29. Bd6 Kf7 30. b3 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 32. f3 Kf6 33. Bb4
Nxb4 34. axb4 Ke7 35. Ke1 Kd7 36. Kd2 Nb1+ 37. Kc1 Kxc7 38. Kxb1 {[#] Schwarz
hдlt trotz der Bauernschwдche e5 remis. Zur Bedeutung von blockierten
Doppelbauern wie hier b3/b4: a) Im Falle der Erobererung von b5 durch WeiЯ und
der Metamorphose des vorderen b-Bauern bleibt noch der Hintermann ьbrig. b) Im
Falle der Eroberung der b-Bauern durch Schwarz kostet das Schlagen zweier
Bauern ein Tempo mehr.} Kd6 39. Kc2 Ke6 (39... Kd5 40. Kd3 g6 41. h4 Kd6 42.
Ke4 Ke6 43. g3 (43. g4 h5 $11) 43... Kd6 44. g4 Ke6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f5]}) 40. Kd3
Kf5 41. Ke3 g5 42. g3 h6 43. Kd3 h5 44. Ke3 h4 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen SG"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Man gewinnt den Eindruck, als wenn der Tausch des weiЯen Lдufers auf d4 gegen
einen Springer das weiЯe Spiel erstarren lдsst. Immerhin konnte O'Kelly mit a4
drohend a5 noch genьgend Initiative entfalten, was den Gegner veranlasst, das
Brett abzurдumen.} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Bf5 12. Bb2 Be4 13.
Rc1 Qe7 14. Qd2 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. e3 Rfe8 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 h5 19. Qe2
Qe5 20. Qb5 h4 21. a4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 Rc8 24. Qd7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd4
26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kh7 28. exd4 f5 29. gxh4 f4 30. Qg4 a5 31. h5 Qe1+ 32.
Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Na5 15. Bd3 h6 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. f4 b5
21. Kh1 Qb6 22. Bf5 Nd6 23. Bd7 Re7 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg5 Rxd7 26. exd6 Qxd6 27.
Nf5 Qf6 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxg5 30. fxg5 Bc8 31. Rxd5 Be6 32. Rxb5 Bxa2 33.
g6 fxg6 34. h4 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Kg1 {R<->B Motive: B auf einem Flьgel,
Festung, einfach} Kf6 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. Rc5 Be6 39. Ke3 a6 40. Kf4 Bd7 41. Rc7
Bb5 42. Rb7 Bf1 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. g3 Bd3 45. Rd6 Bc2 46. Rxa6 Bd3 47. Rb6 Bc2
48. Ke5 Bd3 49. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 cxd4 5. exd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 (9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd8 12. Nc3 a6 13. a3 b5 14. Ba2
Bb7 15. Rc1 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 $11 {1-0 Tibensky,R-Stajcic,N/Trencin 1995/EXT 97
(28)}) 9... Be7 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qh5
15. Rab1 a6 16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. h3 f6 18. c4 Kh8 19. c5 Bc7 20. Bc4 Nd8 21. Bb4
Re8 (21... Bd7 $140 $4 22. c6 $18) 22. d5 Bd7 23. Nd4 $2 (23. d6 Bb8 24. Nd4
Qxe2 25. Bxe2 $1 Ba7 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. Nb3 b6 28. Rbc1 $16) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2
exd5 (24... Be5 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Bc3 Re7 29. Bxe5
fxe5 30. Reb2 (30. Rbe1 Rae8 31. Re4 g5 $14) 30... Rc7 31. Rxb7 Rxc5 32. Ra7
$16) 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bxd5 Be5 27. Nf3 Bc6 (27... Bc7 $5 28. Bd2 Rb8 29. Be3
Nc6 $14 {/=}) 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 (29... fxe5 30. Bc3 Rb8 31. Rd1 $16)
30. Bd2 (30. Bc3 $1 Nd7 31. Rxb7 Nxc5 32. Rc7 $14) (30. f4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Nd8 32.
Re1 Nc6 $11) 30... Rb8 31. Be3 (31. Bf4 Kg8 32. c6 b5 33. a4 Kf7 34. axb5 axb5
35. c7 Rc8 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Rxb5 Rxc7 38. Rxe5 $14) 31... Kg8 32. Rb6 (32. Bf4
$5 $11) 32... Nc4 33. Rb3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Rc8 (34... Kf7 35. g4 Rc8 36. Rb3 Rc7
37. Rb6 $11) 35. Re7 $1 $11 (35. Rb3 Rc7 $1 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Rb6 Kg6 38. g4 Rxc5
39. Rxb7 Rc2 40. Kg2 Rxa2 41. Ra7 $11) 35... Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc2 38.
a4 Rc4 39. Ra7 Rxa4 40. g4 Ra3 41. Kg2 h6 42. h4 Ra4 43. Kg3 h5 44. gxh5 Kh7
45. Ra8 a5 46. Kh3 Rf4 47. Rxa5 Rxf2 48. Ra8 Rf1 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 Rb1 51.
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pyramiden Franken Cup 4th"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2001.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Ibragimov,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Schwarz gibt das Zentrum auf und
versucht aehnlich wie im Gruenfeldinder Druck auf das Zentrum zu machen.} 5. e4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6
{Mir gefaellt die Stellung fuer Weiss ganz gut. Ich denke, es ist ein Vorteil,
dass die schwarzfeldrigen Laeufer getauscht sind.} 12. O-O e5 {Das ist ein
interessanter Zug. Fuer mich ist der neu. Doettling sagt, der Zug ist nicht
neu. Wenn ich jetzt tausche, ist es fuer Schwarz leicht.} 13. d5 Na5 14. Rac1 (
14. Nxe5 Re8 15. f4 Rxe5 16. fxe5 Nxc4 17. Qd4 Qb6 $19) 14... f6 15. Bb5 {
Vermutlich ist dieser Zug neu. Zumindest kannte auch Doettling diesen Zug
nicht. Schwarz hat Probleme mit seiner Entwicklung. Auf b6 kommt mein Vorstoss
d6. a6 schafft Schwaechen, so dass der Springer nicht nach c5 kann. Aber
vielleicht ist er eine bessere Alternative.} b6 16. d6 Be6 17. Rc7 Rf7 {
Der weisse Turm steht sehr stark und es ist schwierig den schwarzen Springer
ins Spiel zu bringen.} 18. Rfc1 Nb7 {Der ist moeglicherweise der Verlustzug.
Die einzige Chance ist Tc7:.} (18... Rxc7 19. Rxc7 (19. dxc7 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Kf7
$11) 19... a6 20. Be2 $16) 19. d7 Nc5 20. Qd6 $1 {Nun hat Schwarz wirkliche
Probleme. Der Bauer d7 wird sehr stark.} Bxd7 {Vermutlich der einzige Zug.
Aber der Zug verliert die Qualitaet.} 21. Bc4 Be8 (21... Be6 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.
Rxc5 $18) 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxa7 Nxe4 {Der weisse Turm auf der 7. Reihe bleibt
stark. Die Position ist gewonnen, obwohl noch einige technischen Probleme
bleiben.} 24. h3 Nd6 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Nh2 b5 27. Nf1 Kf8 28. Ne3 Rd7 29. Ra8
Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Nf5 Bd7 {Ein Zeitnotfehler.} 32. Nxg7 Nc6 33. Ne6+ Ke7
34. Nc5 Nd4 35. Kf1 Bf5 36. f3 Bg6 37. Kf2 b4 38. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 {The first major deviation from
the popular theory. The old-fashioned 11.Bc4!? could lead to some very
complicated middlegame positions.} b6 (11... Nc6 12. Be2 $5 (12. Bb5 Bd7 13.
O-O Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rc8 16. d5 Qf6 17. Qa5 exd5 18. exd5 a6 {
1/2-1/2 Banikas,H (2633)-Bacrot,E (2749)/Warsaw POL 2013}) (12. Bc4 b6 13. d5
Na5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 $1 (15. Qxd8 $6 Rxd8 16. Ne5 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Ba6 18.
Rc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Kd2 Rc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G (2647)-Harikrishna,
P (2743)/Czech Republic CZE 2016}) 15... Bb7 16. Qe3 $14) 12... Qb6 (12... Na5
13. O-O b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Ng5 $14) 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Rc4 $1 (14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Be6 16. d6 Ne7 17. Rb1 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxb7
Ng6 20. g3 Bxa2 21. Ra1 Bd5 22. Rbxa7 Rxa7 23. Rxa7 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd8 25. Kg2
Ne5 26. Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Ding Liren (2766)-Harikrishna,P (2753)/Huai'an CHN 2016})
14... Bd7 15. Rfc1 $14) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O h6 (13... Nd7 14. Qe3 $5 Nf6 $1 (
14... Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 {1-0 Aronian,L (2809)
-Kramnik,V (2801)/Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS 2013}) 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f3 Rac8
17. Bb5 $14) (13... Nc6 14. d5 $1 {A typical motif in these positions, even if
it results in a pawn sacrifice. White's price - activating the bishop on d3!}
Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. e5 $14) 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. h4 $5 {
[%csl Yg6][%cal Gh4h5,Gg7g6,Gd3h7] Giri is slowly improving his positions and
preparing the d4-d5 central push.} (15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Qd6 18. d5
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Re1 Rc3 21. Qd2 Rc5 22. Bb1 Kf8 $11 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S 
(2756)-Kramnik,V (2783)/Shamkir AZE 2015}) 15... Rc8 16. h5 Qe7 $6 {At first,
this may seem as an insignificant mistake at best. However, further analysis
proves that without the Qd7-Qg4 defensive manoeuvre, White's attack becomes
almost unstoppable!} (16... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Yg4,Rh5][%cal Gd7g4,Gg4h5]} 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. d5 (18. Bb1 Na5 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 Qg4 21. Qd3 Qe4 22. Qa3 Qg4 23. Qd3
Qe4 $11) 18... exd5 19. exd5 (19. e5 $2 Qg4 $1 $17) 19... Nb4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
d6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Bd5 $11) 17. Bb1 Rfd8 18. d5 $1 exd5 $6 (18... Nb8
$1 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Ne5 Qc5 22. Ng6 Nd7 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd1
Rc7 25. f3 $14 {Close to draw, yet a possible practical nightmare to defend -
18...Nb8! still remains Harikrishna's best defensive option.}) (18... Nb4 $5)
19. e5 $1 {At this point in the game, defence becomes a problematic task!} Ba6
(19... Nb4 20. Nd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Re1 $1 $40) (19... Kf8 20. Rfe1 Re8
21. Rcd1 $1 Nd8 22. Qd3 Ne6 23. Qh7 Qb4 24. Bf5 $16) 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Qf4 Ne7
22. Nd4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 $1 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ge5e6]} (23. Rxc1 $6 Rc8 $132) 23...
Qa4 $6 (23... Rc8 $1 24. Qa3 Bc4 25. Qg3 $40 {[%csl Yb1,Yd4,Ye1,Gg3,Rg8][%cal
Ge5e6] Even though such a position is still playable in the eyes of the
computer, it is a complete nightmare to be played viewed from a human's
perspective.}) 24. e6 $1 Qxd4 $4 (24... Rf8 $8 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Ne6 $16) 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc7 Re8 (26... Rf8 27. Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxf8 $18) 27.
Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7.
Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Bc4 {Hansen,LB is
the main line}) (11. Be2 {Hansen,LB} b6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Bd3 Qe7 15. a4 $1 $14 {Larsen,B-Panno,O/Buenos Aires/1979/}) 12. O-O Bb7 13.
Qf4 Nc6 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. h4 $5 Ng6 16. Qg4 h5 $1 17. Qg3 Bxe4 18. Ng5 Bd5 19.
Bxh5 Qf6 $13 {Dreev,A-Ruban,V/URS-ch/1991/}) (11. Rd1 {Hansen,LB} b6 12. h4 $5
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. O-O h6 $13 {Aleksandrov,
A-Akhmadeev,V/Kotovo op/1994/}) 11... Nc6 12. Qc3 $5 $146 (12. e5 $6 {Hansen,LB
} Qa5 13. Rd1 b6 14. Be4 Bb7 15. O-O Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 $15 {Qvortrup,
J-Panchenko,A/Gausdal/1991/}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Ke2 $5
(14. Rc1 $6 Bd7 15. Rc7 $140 Rac8) (14. Kd2 $14)) 13. Rb1 $1 (13. O-O Qa5 $10)
13... Rc8 14. Qd2 (14. Rxb7 $4 {Hansen,LB} Na5) 14... Be8 (14... Na5 $142 15.
O-O Nc4 16. Bxc4 $140 (16. Qe2 b5 $10) 16... Rxc4 17. Rxb7 Bc6) 15. d5 $1 exd5
16. exd5 Ne7 $2 (16... Qxd5 $4 {Hansen,LB} 17. Bxh7+ $18) (16... Qe7+ $142 17.
Be2 $1 (17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Na5 $10) 17... Ne5 18. O-O Rd8 19. Rfd1 $14) 17.
d6 $16 Ng6 (17... Qxd6 $4 {Hansen,LB} 18. Bxh7+ $18) 18. Bxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6
19. O-O Rf6 20. Rfd1 Ba4 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. d7 Rc7 23. Ne5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 $18 {
/\Nf7}) 19. O-O b6 (19... Bc6 20. Ne5 $16) 20. Rfe1 Rc5 21. Rbc1 $1 (21. Ne5 $6
f6) (21. Rbd1 $6 Ba4) 21... Bc6 (21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 $18 {/\Rc7}) 22. Rxc5 (22.
Ne5 $6 Rd5 $13) 22... bxc5 23. Ne5 Qa8 (23... Qb6 24. d7 Rd8 25. Qd6 $1 $16 {
/\Qe7} (25. Qf4 Bd5 $1 26. Nxg6 Be6 $1 27. Ne7+ Kf8 $13)) 24. f3 Rd8 $2 (24...
Qb7 25. d7 Rd8 26. Qd6 Ba4 27. Qe7 $18) (24... c4 $16 25. Nxc4 Qb7 $16) (24...
Bd5 25. d7 Rd8 26. Rd1 Be6 27. Qd6 c4 28. Qc7 $18) 25. Nxf7 $1 $18 (25. Nxf7
Kxf7 26. Re7+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 {Hansen,LB} 27. Qc3 $18) (26... Kf6 27. Qf4#) 27.
Qc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({Botvinnik wisely
decided to avoid Botvinnik entschied sich klugerweise fьr einen zur damaligen
Zeit weniger bekannten Stellungstyp. Er vermied dabei die Folge} 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {which was tested in the rematch Alekhine-Euwe, and
instead went for a less-known type of position (at the time). , die in dem
Revanchewettkampf Alechin-Euwe ausgiebig getestet worden war.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4
cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {Positions with isolated pawns always
belonged to Botvinnik's favourites. Thanks to his efforts to reveal all
opportunities that were present in such positions, chess players have lost
their almost mystical fear of playing with isolated pawns in the centre. This
fear had been pervasive since Steinitz' impressive victories over Zukertort
and the powerful logical arguments the first World Champion put forth against
creating unnecessary weaknesses. Botvinnik was the first to prove constantly
that active piece play with pressure in the centre very often more than
compensates for a slight defect of the pawn structure. Stellungen mit
isoliertem Bauern gehцrten immer zu Botvinniks besonderen Vorlieben. Wir
verdanken es seiner Anstrengung, alle Mцglichkeiten solcher Stellungen ans
Licht zu bringen, daЯ die Schachspieler Ihre eher mystische Angst davor
verloren, mit einem isolierten Bauern im Zentrum zu spielen. Diese Angst
existierte seit Steinitz' beeindruckenden Siegen ьber Zuckertort und wurde
durch die kraftvolle logische Argumentation des ersten Weltmeisters gegen
ьberflьssige Schwдchen verstдrkt. Botvinnik war der erste, der stдndig bewies,
daЯ aktives Figurenspiel mit Druck im Zentrum kleinere Defekte der
Bauernstruktur meist mehr als kompensierte.} b6 $6 {A very dubious decision.
This move is playable after an exchange on c3. Eine sehr zweifelhafte
Entscheidung. Dieser Zug ist erst nach dem Abtausch auf c3 spielbar. Nach} (
10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 $1 Bxh4 {(otherwise 14.Ng5 is
unpleasant) (sonst ist 14.Ng5 unerfreulich)} 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 {with a
very strong initiative for the sacrificed pawn, as was proved in later
practice. hat WeiЯ, wie die spдtere Praxis bewiesen hat, eine starke
Initiative fьr den geopferten Bauern. Am besten ist wahrscheinlich 10...a6.}) (
{The best alternative is probably} 10... a6) 11. Nxd5 $1 exd5 12. Bb5 {Despite
the symmetrical pawn structure Black is now doomed to a passive defence.
Weaknesses on the c-file and a slight discoordination of the black pieces give
White an easy game in which he can develop his initiative. Trotz der
symmetrischen Bauernstruktur ist Schwarz zu passiver Verteidigung verurteilt.
Durch die Schwдchen auf der c-Linie und die leichte Diskoordination der
schwarzen Figuren kann WeiЯ recht einfach seine Initiative entwickeln.} Bd7 $2
{Now after the inevitable exchange of the light-squared bishops the black
position becomes even more vulnerable. Jetzt wird nach dem unvermeidlichen
Abtausch der weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer die schwarze Stellung sogar noch
verwundbarer.} (12... Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 ({or} 13... Qd6 {offered much better
chances for a successful defence.}) 14. Bf4 a6 $1 {hдtten viel bessere Chancen
fьr eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung geboten.}) 13. Qa4 Nb8 {A sad retreat, but
after Ein trauriger Rьckzug, aber nach} (13... Rc8 14. Bf4 {Black has problems
with his next move, while Ra1-c1 is threatening to finish him off. hat Schwarz
Probleme, einen Zug gegen die endgьltige Drohung Ra1-c1 zu finden.}) 14. Bf4
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 {Keeping the knight on b8 in its misery. Hдlt den
Springer auf b8 in seinem Elend gefangen.} Bd6 {In order to relieve pressure. 
Um sich von dem Druck zu befreien.} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 {
Die Stellung von Schwarz sieht annehmbar aus, aber unglьcklicherweise sind
alle seine Schwдchen dauerhaft, z.B. wьrde das Endspiel nach} ({Black's
position looks reasonable, but unfortunately for him all the weaknesses remain
permanent, e.g.} 19... Nd7 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 {and the endgame does not
promise any sweet moments; keine glьcklichen Augenblicke versprechen;}) ({
or und nach} 19... f6 {folgt} 20. Qf5 {heading again for a queens' exchange. ,
wieder mit der Absicht des Damentauschs.}) 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7
{After these useful exchanges the white rook penetrates the black ranks. But
Alekhine rightly estimated that this rook alone was not able to cause serious
damage. Nach diesem nьtzlichen Abtausch ist der weiЯe Turm in die schwarzen
Reihen eingedrungen, aber nach Aljechins korrekter Einschдtzung verursacht
dieser Turm alleine keinen ernsthaften Schaden.} f6 $1 23. Kf1 ({Because after
Denn nach} 23. Rb7 $2 Rc8 $1 24. Kf1 b5 {Black has taken control of the c-file
and is out of any danger. So the white rook is pushed away from the seventh
rank. hat Schwarz die Kontrolle ьber die c-Linie bekommen und ist auЯer Gefahr.
Daher muЯ der weiЯe Turm die 7. Reihe aufgeben.}) 23... Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25.
Rc3 $1 {Going back into the bushes, to pounce again at the right moment. The
pawn symmetry shouldn't fool anyone - Black is not able to restore the
co-ordination of his pieces. In case of... (below) Zurьck in die Bьsche, um im
richtigen Moment wieder hervorzupreschen. Die Symmetrie der Bauern sollte
niemanden in die Irre fьhren - Schwarz ist nicht in der Lage die Koordination
seiner Figuren wieder herzustellen.} g5 {A smart idea - pushing his pawn on
the kingside Alekhine reduces the importance of the seventh rank, which will
sooner or later be dominated by his opponent's rook. Eine schlaue Idee - durch
den VorstoЯ seines Kцnigsflьgelbauern reduziert Aljechin die Bedeutung der 7.
Reihe, die frьher oder spдter doch in die Hдnde des gegnerischen Turmes fдllt.}
({In the event of Im Falle von} 25... Nd7) ({or oder} 25... Kf7 {the rook
reappears in his camp with resounding effect. erscheint der Turm mit
widerhallendem Effekt erneut in seinem Lager.}) 26. Ne1 h5 {[#]} (26... h6 27.
Nc2 Kf7 28. Ne3 Ke6 29. g4 {is hardly satisfactory, but after the text move
this line is playable, because the white knight doesn't get a stronghold on f5.
Alas the problem comes from a different side. ist kaum befriedigend, aber nach
dem Textzug wдre diese Abwicklung spielbar, denn der weiЯe Springer findet
keinen Halt auf f5. Doch nun tauchen Probleme von einer anderen Seite auf.})
27. h4 $3 {[%mdl 4128] Forcing new weaknesses on the kingside. Now Black's
defensive lines are breaking apart, his passive pieces cannot operate
effectively all over the board. Erzwingt neue Schwдchen am Kцnigsflьgel. Die
schwarzen Verteidigungslinien brechen nun zusammen, denn die passiven Figuren
kцnnen nicht effektiv auf dem ganzen Brett operieren.} Nd7 (27... gxh4 28. Nf3
{cannot be considered seriously; kann nicht ernsthaft erwogen werden.}) (27...
Kf7 {may have been the better option, though after ist vielleicht die bessere
Option, obwohl nach} 28. hxg5 ({less clear is weniger klar ist} 28. Nf3 g4 29.
Ne1 Re8 $1 30. f3 ({but even here} 30. g3 Re4 31. Ng2 Rxd4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33.
Nf4+ Kd6 34. Rh7 {the h-pawn gives White excellent chances sogar hier bietet
der h-Bauer ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen.}) 30... gxf3 31. gxf3 Re6 $1 {
and with the knight back in the game Black is still kicking. und der Springer
kehrt wieder ins Spiel zurьck.}) 28... fxg5 29. Nf3 Kf6 30. Ne5 {and the
difference in the knights' positions make a draw a miracle result. ein Remis
durch die unterschiedliche Stellung der Springer ein Wunder wдre.}) 28. Rc7 {
Back in full control. Wieder in voller Kontrolle.} Rf7 29. Nf3 $1 g4 30. Ne1 {
A pendulum manoeuvre, preparing the square f4 to collect the bonuses - the
pawns on d5 and h5. Ein Pendelmanцver, um von f4 aus die Gutscheine einzulцsen
- die Bauern auf d5 und h5.} f5 31. Nd3 f4 {The key square is temporarily
under control, but the pawn on f4 is added to the long list of objects for
White to attack. Das Feld f4 ist nun zwar zeitweise unter Kontrolle, aber der
Bauer f4 erscheint nun ebenfalls auf der langen Liste der Objekte, die WeiЯ
angreifen kann.} 32. f3 (32. Nb4 {was winning a pawn, but with mathematical
precision Botvinnik fixes the new weakness. He knows: material benefit is just
a short-term affair. hдtte einen Bauern gewonnen, aber mit der ihm eigenen
mathematischen Prдzision weiЯ Botvinnik, daЯ ein Materialgeschenk nur eine
kurzfristige Angelegenheit ist.}) 32... gxf3 33. gxf3 a5 34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7
36. Kf2 Rf5 37. b3 {There is no need to hurry. Es gibt keinen Grund zur Eile.}
Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8 {desperately trying to activate the poor steed: Ein
verzweifelter Versuch, den erbдrmlichen Springer zu aktivieren.} 39. Rg6 $1 {
No way! One cannot escape one's destiny. Nix da, man kann seinem Schicksal
nicht entfliehen!} (39. Rxb6 $2 Kc7 {and 40...Nc6 gives Black counter-chances.
und 40...Nc6 gibt Schwarz Konterchancen.}) 39... Kc7 40. Ne5 {Making sure its
counterpart will not participate in the game. Sorgt dafьr, daЯ sein Gegenьber
nicht am Spiel teilnimmt.} Na6 41. Rg7+ (41. Rg5 {was winning a bit quicker,
the rook exchange leading to the promotion of the white pawn: gewinnt etwas
schneller, denn der Turmtausch fьhrt zur Umwandlung des weiЯen Bauern:} Rxg5 $2
42. hxg5 Kd6 43. g6 Ke7 44. g7 {But in fact the way to win the position is a
matter of taste. In Wirklichkeit ist der Gewinnweg hier aber nur noch
Geschmackssache.}) 41... Kc8 42. Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8 44. Nxd5 {At last!} Rd6
45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4 axb4 {In the end the two knights, with such different
histories, both disappear together. But it gives Black no satisfaction, since
the rook endgame is absolutely lost. Am Ende verschwinden die beiden Springer,
mit so ungleichen Lebensgeschichten, zur gleichen Zeit. Aber Schwarz hat
nichts davon, denn das Turmendspiel ist absolut verloren.} 47. Rxh5 Rc6 (47...
Rxd4 48. Rf5 Kc7 49. h5 {and the weak pawns are still around. und die
schwachen Bauern sind noch in der Nдhe.}) 48. Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rb5 Rxh4
51. Kd3 {resigned. Black has had enough. "Of the 14 games I played in this
tournament only once did I feel that my opponent outplayed me - it was the
game with Botvinnik in round seven" said Alekhine later. No further comments
are needed! "Ich habe 14 Partien gespielt und hatte nur einmal das Gefьhl, daЯ
mein Gegner mich ьberspielte - es war die Partie gegen Botvinnik in Runde
sieben", sagte Aljechin nach dem Turnier. Dem ist nichts hinzuzufьgen!} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 {Hansen,Cu: A new
setup in this variantion, though whether it is actually better than the main
line 11.Bc4 is not yet clear. The idea is to overprotect d4, and make it
possible to place the Bf1 on d3. That would not be so good to do at this
moment:} (11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qc5
Qxc5 17. Rxc5 a6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 f6 $10 {Pomar Salamanca,A-Kortschnoj,V/
Palma de Mallorca/1969/}) (11. Bd3 $6 {Hansen,Cu} Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]}) 11... b6 {
Ich glaube dieser Aufbau ist nicht gut fьr Schwarz. Logischer sieht 11...Nc6
aus.} (11... Nc6 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Jussupow,A/Groningen 1994/CBM 45/
[Ftacnik] (26)}) 12. h4 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7
16. O-O h6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qc5 19. d6 Rad8 20. d7 Na6 21. Rfe1 Nb8 22. Ne5
a6 23. Qf5 Qa5 24. h5 $16 {Aleksandrov,A-Akhmadeev,V/Kstovo op/1994/}) 13. Bd3
Nc6 14. Bb1 Qd6 (14... Qe7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qc7 Qe7 18. Qg3 Qd6 19.
e5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Ng5 g6 22. d5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. e6 f6 25. Nh3 Qg7
26. Bd3 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Lima,D/New York op 1997/EXP 57}) 15. O-O {Hansen,Cu:
Whites setup is flexible. Depending on blacks response he could have played
something like h4-h5 and Rh1-h3-g3. But also in connection with 0-0 the move
h2-h4 is useful.} Rad8 16. Qg5 e5 {Hansen,Cu: Positionally it is normally not
such a bad idea to place your own Ps on black squares when you have a
whitesquared B. However in this game Bb7 is restricted seriously by the white
P-chain e4-d5.} (16... h6 $142 {Hansen,Cu}) 17. d5 $16 f6 18. Qg3 Ne7 {/\Ba6<=>
} 19. Bd3 {Hansen,Cu: This B does not do a lot of good on b1 after the center
has been blocked with e5-e5/d4-d5. In the /^ f1-a6 it stops blacks Bb7 from
finding a good place on a6. What white is basically doing now is shifting his
forces from the K-side to the Q-side.} Ng6 {Hansen,Cu: In the game this N is
quite useless at f4. It would have made some sense to try and put it on d6.
But then again black also has to think of a white manouvre like h4-h5 and
Nf3-h4-f5. That is prevented by the textmove.} (19... Bc8 $5 {Hansen,Cu /
\Bc8-d7,Ne7-c8,Qd6-e7,Nc8-d6}) 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 {Schwarz wird positionell
ьberspielt.} Rc8 (21... Qa3 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\Qxa2//\Ba6}) 22. Nd2 Kh8 23. Qb3
Rc5 24. g3 Ng6 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Qa3 {Hansen,Cu: With this strong move white
ties one of blacks rooks to the defence of the a7-P. This means black will
have problems opposing white in the <->c} Ra8 27. Rc1 h6 28. Ne3 Ra5 (28...
Rxc1 {Hansen,Cu} 29. Rxc1 {[%cal Yg1h2,Yf1h3,Yc1c8,Yh3c8] /\Kh2 + Bh3}) 29. Qb2
Ne7 30. Kh2 Qd8 (30... Rc8 {Hansen,Cu} 31. Bh3 $16) 31. Nc4 Rc5 32. Nxe5 (32.
Nxe5 Bxd5 {Hansen,Cu} (32... Rxc1 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nxd8 Rxe1 35. Nxb7 Rxf1 36.
Kg2 (36. d6 Nc6 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Qd2 $18) 36... Rd1 37. d6 Z0 38. Qb3+ $140) (
32... fxe5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. Qxb7 $18) 33. exd5 fxe5 (33... Rxc1 34. Nf7+ Kg8
35. Nxd8 Rxe1 36. d6 Rxd8 37. Qb4 $1 Re5 38. dxe7 Re8 39. Bc4+ $18) 34. Rxc5
bxc5 35. Qxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 (9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 (11. a3 $5 a5 12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3
Bb6 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Re1 Rc8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4
20. Qb5 $14 {Petrosian,T-Peters,J/Lone Pine/1976/1:0 (50)/}) 11... Bf5 (11...
d4 $5) 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. e3 $14 {Ribli,
Z-Pinter,J/Baile-Herkulane(zt/1982/1:0 (40)/}) 9... Nxc3 (9... Ndb4 10. d5 exd5
11. exd5 Nd4 12. a3 Nbc2 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nf5 16. Qb3 $14 {
Vaganian,R-Hartston,W/Tallinn/1979/1:0 (46)/}) (9... Nb6 10. dxc5 $5 Qxd1 11.
Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Bf4 f6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Nd5 $1 $14 {Loginov,V-Magerramov,E/
Pavlodar/1987/1:0 (61)/}) 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf6 $6 (11... b6 12. Bb2 Ba6
$5 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Re3 Rc8 15. Ne1 Bc4 16. a3 Be7 17. Nf3 Bf6 $13 {Ftacnik,
L-Pinter,J/Baile-Herkulane(zt)/1982/0:1 (37)/}) (11... b6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5
Nb4 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. Re1 Rc8 $13) 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 (13... Na5 14. d5 $1
Bxb2 15. Rxb2 exd5 16. exd5 Ba6 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Rb3 {/\Nd4-c6+/=/}) 14. d5 exd5
15. exd5 Na5 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. dxc6 $18) 16. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (16... Rc8 17. Qd3
Qd6 $2 (17... Be7 $5 18. Rbd1 $14) 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Ba3 Qb8 20. Ng4 $1 $16) 17.
Bxe5 $16 Rc8 (17... Nc4 $2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ $18) 18. Rc1 Qd7 (18... Rxc1
19. Qxc1 $16) 19. Bc3 Ba6 (19... Nc4 20. Bxg7 $18) 20. Re1 Nb7 (20... Nc4 21.
Qd4 f6 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. d6 $16) 21. Qd4 f6 22. Bb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 (23... Rd8
24. d6 $5 Nc5 (24... Nxd6 25. Rd1 $18) 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 $18) 24. Rxc8+
Qxc8 25. h4 Bb5 (25... Qc4 26. Qd2 $1 (26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. d6 Nd8 28. d7 Kf7)
26... Qd3 27. Qxd3 Bxd3 28. d6 Nd8 29. Bd5+ $1 Kh8 30. d7 $18) 26. d6 Nc5 27.
Qd5+ $1 Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Bh3 $1 Qd8 30. Qxc5 $18) 28. Qe4 $1
$18 Kf7 (28... Nxe4 29. d7+ $18) (28... Qe6 29. Bxc5 Qxe4 30. d7+ $18) (28...
Qd8 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Qb7 Qd7 (30... a6 31. Qc7 $18) 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32. Qc7 $18)
(28... Kg8 29. Qe7) 29. Qe7+ (29. Qxh7 $18) 29... Kg6 (29... Kg8 30. Bd5+ Kh8
31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Be6 $18) 30. h5+ Kxh5 31. Qf7+ (31. Qf7+ g6 32. Qxh7+ $18) (
31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Bd2+ $18) 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nxc3 {6...Nb6; 6.
..Nb4!?} 7. bxc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Ba3 16. Rc2 Bc6 17. c4 Bd6 18. c5 Be7 19. Ng5
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5 22. Rec1 Rab8 23. Qh5 Nf8 24. Rc3 Qxa2 25. Bc4
Qb2 26. Bf4 Rb4 27. Qd1 Ra4 28. h4 Qb7 29. h5 e5 30. Bg3 h6 31. Bh4 Ne6 32. Rg3
Qd7 33. Qxd7 Bxd7 34. Bf6 Ng5 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Rxg5 Kf8 37. c6 Bxc6 38. Bxf7
Kxf7 39. Rxc6 Re7 40. Rcg6 Kf8 41. h6 gxh6 42. Rxh6 Ke8 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Rh5 e4
45. Rh7+ Ke8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rc6 Kg7 48. Rch6 Re5 49. R8h7+ Kg8 50. Rb7 e3 51.
fxe3 Rxe3 52. Rc6 Re8 53. Rcc7 Ra8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rbg7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch37 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ein Lдuferopfer auf h7 in einer Partie zweier TopgroЯmeister sieht man nicht
aller Tage. Doch hier ergibt es sich logisch aus einer Erцffnungsvariante -
kein Wunder, dass es in spдteren Partien zur Wiederholung des Opfers kam. Doch
die Bilanz fьr die Nachziehenden ist schrecklich.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Na5 (14... Rc8 15. d5 Na5
16. Bd3 {wьrde zur Partie fьhren.}) 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5 $1 exd5 $6 {Schwarz
darf dieses Bauernopfer nicht annehmen.} (16... Qe7 $5) 17. e5 Nc4 {Mit 17...
d4 wurde zweimal ein Remis geschafft, aber die Analyse ergibt forciert klaren
Vorteil fьr WeiЯ:} (17... d4 18. Ng5 $1 h6 19. Nh7 Nc4 (19... Re8 $2 20. Nf6+
gxf6 21. Qxh6 $18) 20. Qf4 Nb2 $1 21. Nxf8 Nxd1 22. e6 Rc7 23. Nh7 $1 {droht
24.e7!} fxe6 24. Rxd1 {und obwohl der Nh7 nicht ziehen kann, sollte WeiЯ auf
Gewinn stehen.}) 18. Qf4 Nb2 $2 {[#]} ({Nach} 18... h6 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qh3 (20.
Qg4 $1) 20... Kg7 21. e6 {wird es fьr Schwarz schwierig den Punkt g6 zu
verteidigen.}) 19. Bxh7+ $1 {Das bekannte Lдuferopfer auf h7 sieht man selten
zwischen Weltklasseleuten, aber hier liegt der Erfolg keineswegs auf der Hand.}
Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 {Natьrlich.} (20... Kg8 $2 21. Qh4 Re8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. e6 {
wьrde 24.e7+! drohen.}) 21. h4 $3 {mit der Drohung 22.h5+ K:h5 23.g4+ Kg6 25.
Df5+ Kh6 26.Dh7+ K:g5 27.Dh5+ Kf4 28.Df5#.  Der Textzug und sogar noch 25.e6!
waren von Polugaevsky vor der Partie analysiert worden. Die Stellung kam
spдter noch mehrfach aufs Brett - aus schwarzer Sicht wohl immer unwissend.
Die Korrektheit des Opfers konnte dabei nie in Zweifel gezogen werden.} Rc4 ({
Auf} 21... f5 22. Rd4 $1 {droht 23.h5+} Qe7 23. Re3 $1 {verstдrkt WeiЯ in
aller Ruhe den Angriff.} ({Aber nicht} 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Qxf5+ Kg8
26. e6 {wegen} Rxf7 $1)) (21... Qd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Rf6 24. Nxe6+ Kh6 25.
Re5 g6 26. Qg5+ $18) (21... Qe7 {Die Dame geht aus der Bedrohung des
Springerabzuges heraus, so daЯ Kg6-h6 mцglich wird, doch WeiЯ scheint
ebenfalls zu gewinnen.} 22. Re3 $1 {(Cranbourne Inf 71)} Rh8 (22... Rc4 23. h5+
Kh6 24. Ne4+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kh6 (25... g6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Rg3 Rh8 28. hxg6 $18)
26. Rg3 Rxe4 27. Rg6+ Kh7 28. Re6+ Kg8 29. Rxe7 Bc8 30. Qf3 Bg4 31. Qg3 Bxd1
32. f3 $18 {Cranbourne}) (22... Nxd1 23. Rg3 $18) (22... f5 23. h5+ Kh6 (23...
Kxh5 24. Qh2+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5 26. Rg3+ Kf4 27. Qg6 $18) 24. Rg3 Rc6 25. Rxd5
$18) 23. Rf3 $1 Kh6 (23... Rcf8 24. h5+ Kh6 25. Rg3 Rhg8 26. Qf5 $18) 24. Nxf7+
Kh7 25. Qg4 Kg8 26. Nxh8 Kxh8 27. e6 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rd4 $18) 22. h5+ {
Fьhrt forciert zu einem besseren, aber mцglicherweise nicht gewonnenem
Endspiel.} (22. Rd4 {scheint eine sehr gute Alternative zu sein.} Qe7 {Nun
lдuft die Partie vцllig ьberzeugend. Sie zeigt auch, wie langsam WeiЯ spielen
kann.} (22... Rxd4 23. Qxd4) 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Ne6+ Kh7 25. Nxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rxc4
Nxc4 27. e6 f6 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. e7 Qe8 30. h6 Nd6 31. Qg4 {1-0 Linna-Huuskonen/
FIN-ch corr 1992}) 22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 $1 Qf6 $1 (25...
Qe7 26. h6 $1 Rh4 27. Rd4 $18 {mit durchschlagendem Angriff.}) 26. Qxf6 gxf6
27. Rd2 $1 {Nach der Partie wurde} (27. Nd6 {als noch besser gefunden, aber
als diese Variante 24 (!) Jahre spдter in der Partie Naumkin-Nevanlinna
tatsдchlich aufs Brett kam - sicherlich unwissend - gelang es WeiЯ nicht zu
gewinnen und auch die Analysen zeigten keinen Vorteil auf.} Nxd1 28. e7 Rc1 29.
h6 Rb8 30. Nxb7 Rcc8 31. Nd6 Re8) 27... Rc6 {Oder} (27... Rb4 28. a3 Rb5 29.
Nd6 Nc4 30. Nxb5 Nxd2 31. e7 Re8 32. Nc7 Bc6 33. Re6 Bd7 34. Nxe8 Bxe8 35. Rxf6
Bf7 36. h6 {usw.}) 28. Rxb2 Re8 $2 (28... Bc8 {war notwendig und von einfachem
Gewinn kann dann keine Rede sein.} 29. Nh6+ (29. e7 Re8 30. Nd8 Rc7 31. Rd2
Rcxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxd5) 29... Kh7 30. Nf5 Rxe6 31. Rc1 {und Schwarz hat
viel bessere Verteidigungschancen als in der Partie.}) 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5
Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33. Re2 Bc8 (33... Rc7 34. Re6 Bc8 35. Rxf6
Bxf5 36. Rxf5 $18) 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Merlo op"]
[Site "Merlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Paglilla, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ (8... Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 $1 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 a6 13. a4
O-O 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rab1 b4 $10 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/
Reykjavik/1972/}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 $6 (11... b6 $5 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Bd3 h6 $1 $13 {Van der Sterren}) 12. O-O b6
13. Rad1 Bb7 (13... Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18.
Qf4 Nb2 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 (20... Kg8 21. Qh4 $18) 21. h4 $1 f5 (
21... Rc4 22. h5+ Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
Rd2 Rc6 28. Rxb2 Re8 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33.
Re2 Bc8 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M/
Moscow/1969/}) 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. h5+ Kh6 (23... Kxh5 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5
26. f4+ Kg4 27. Qh3#) 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Qxf5+ Kg8 26. e6 Rc7 (26... Rxf7 27.
exf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rf4+ Kg8 30. Re7 Ba6 31. Rxa7 Bd3 32. Rff7 $18)
27. Rf4 Bc6 28. h6 {1-0 Gruen,P-Goehring,KH/BL1983/}) 14. d5 Na5 15. Bd3 exd5
16. e5 $1 Qc8 (16... Nc4 17. Qf4 Nb2 (17... h6 18. Bxc4 $18) 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
19. Ng5+ Kg6 (19... Kg8 20. Qh4 Re8 21. Qh7+ $1 (21. e6 Rxe6 $1) 21... Kf8 22.
Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Rf8 24. Rb1 Nd3 25. e6 $18) 20. h4 Nxd1 21. h5+ $1 Kxh5 22.
g4+ Kg6 23. Qf5+ Kh6 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qh5#) 17. Qf4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 (18. Nd4 $5
Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nc6 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Rg3 g6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Ng4 $36 {Vera,R})
18... Qxa6 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Qg5 g6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. Qh6
Rg8 25. Nf6 Rxf6 (25... Rg7 26. Nxh7 $1 $18) 26. exf6 d4 (26... Qxa2 $5) 27.
Rfe1 Qc8 28. Re4 {/\Qh7+-} g5 29. Rde1 Qf8 30. Qxf8 Rxf8 31. Re8 (31. Rc1 $1
$18) 31... Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rc1 Nd8 34. Rc7 a5 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Re7+ Kf8
37. Rd7 Ne6 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4
dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 $14) 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7
18. g4 $1 h6 19. f4 Rb8 20. g5 b6 (20... hxg5 $5 21. fxg5 b6 $14) 21. gxh6 gxh6
22. Rc3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rh3 Rc7 25. Rxh6 Rc4 26. Rh3 Rxd4+ $4 (26... Ra4
$1 27. a3 Rxd4+ $14) 27. Rd3 Rxd3+ 28. Kxd3 $16 {Hecht: [#] B-B: entfernter
Freibauer, Raum, Tempospiel} f6 (28... b5 {Hecht} 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. h4 a5 31. h5
Ke7 32. Kc5 b4 33. Kb5 $18) 29. Kc4 a6 30. f5 Kd6 (30... exf5 {Hecht} 31. Kd5
f4 32. h4 b5 (32... Ke7 33. Kc6 Kf7 34. Kxb6 Kg6 35. Kxa6 Kh5 36. Kb5 Kxh4 37.
a4 Kg3 38. a5 Kf2 39. a6 Kxe2 40. a7 f3 41. a8=Q f2 42. Qe4+ Kf1 43. Kc4 f5 44.
Qf3 f4 45. Kd3 Kg1 46. Qg4+ $18) 33. h5 Ke7 34. Kc5 Kf7 35. Kb6 Kg7 36. Kxa6
Kh6 37. Kxb5 Kxh5 38. a4 $18) 31. fxe6 Kxe6 32. Kd4 Kf5 33. Kd5 Kf4 34. Ke6 $1
(34. Kc6 $2 f5 35. h4 (35. Kxb6 {Hecht} Ke3 36. h4 Kxe2 37. h5 f4 38. h6 f3 39.
h7 f2 40. h8=Q f1=Q $10) 35... Kg4 36. Kxb6 Kxh4 37. Kxa6 Kg3 38. a4 Kf2 39. a5
Kxe2 40. Kb7 f4 $10) 34... f5 35. e3+ $18 Kg4 36. h3+ (36. h4 {Hecht} b5 37. h5
Kg5 38. h6 Kxh6 39. Kxf5 a5 40. e4 Kg7 $10) 36... Kg5 37. h4+ Kg6 38. h5+ Kg5
39. h6 Kg6 40. h7 Kxh7 41. Kxf5 Kg7 42. Ke6 (42. Ke6 {Hecht} b5 43. Kd5 Kf6 44.
Kc5 Ke5 45. Kb6 Ke4 46. Kxa6 Kxe3 47. Kxb5 Kd4 48. a4 Kd5 49. a5 Kd6 50. Kb6
Kd7 51. a6 Kc8 52. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich/Bern m"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 $5 Qxd1 $6 (10... Bxc5 $142 11. Qe2 e5 12. Rd1
Qf6 $1 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10 {Brunner}) 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12.
Bf4 $5 (12. e5 Bb4 $1 $10 (12... Nc4 13. Na4 $16)) 12... f6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Nb5
(14. Nd5 Bd4 (14... Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 exf4 16. gxf4 Bg4 $14) (14... exf4 {Ftacnik}
15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rc7 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rac8
21. Rxb7 Rc1+ 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Ne6 Bxb7 24. Nxd8 Ng4+ 25. Kh3 Bc8 26. Ne6 h5 27.
Bf3 {1-0 Loginov,V-Magerramov,E/Pavlodar/1987/ (61)}) 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bxe3
17. fxe3 $5 Rad8 18. Nh4 (18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rd5 {/\ Rb5=/+}) 18... Rd7 19. Nf5
Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8 21. Rcc5 Kf8 $17 {Yermolinsky,A-Alburt,L/Philadelphia/1993/}
) 14... exf4 (14... Na4 15. b3 $16) (14... Bxf2+) 15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Rd2 $146 (17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Nh2 $1 Bc8 $2 (18... Be2 $1 $10) 19. Nf1 $1 $14
Na4 $6 (19... a6) 20. Rc2 a6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nc7 Nb4 23. Rc4 a5 24. Nd5 Be6 (
24... Nxb2 $5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 Nxa2 $132) 25. b3 $16 {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Hellers,F/Philadelphia/1992/ (29)}) 17... Rad8 (17... Rfd8
18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 (19... Nc8 20. e5 $1 Nxe5 21. Bd5+ $36 Kf8 22. Nxb7
Rd7) 20. Bd1 Nc8 21. Rcd5 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. f4 $36) 18. Nd6
$14 Bxf3 (18... Rd7 19. Nxb7 $16) 19. Bxf3 Rf7 $6 (19... Nc8 20. e5 Nxe5 (20...
fxe5 $2 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Nxb7 $16) 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24.
Bxb7 Rb8 (24... Rc1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. b3 $16 {1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Bouaziz,S/Novi
Sad olm (09)/1990/ (44)}) 25. Bg2 $14) (19... Ne5 20. Bd1 Nc8 21. Rxe5 $1 Rxd6
(21... fxe5 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $18) 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Red5 $14) 20. Bg4 Re7 (
20... Rc7 $5) 21. f4 Kf8 (21... g6 22. Kf2) 22. a3 g6 23. Bh3 Rc7 (23... f5 $5
24. exf5 (24. e5 $14) 24... Red7 25. fxg6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. gxh7 Rh6 28.
Bf5 $14) 24. Rcc2 $1 (24. e5 Nxe5 25. Rxc7 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. Nxb7 Re8 $14)
24... a6 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. e5 $1 $16 fxe5 27. fxe5 {Black suffers, since Nd6
supported by the bishop is much too strong.} Na8 (27... Nd7 28. Nxb7 $1 $16) (
27... Na4 28. Rf2 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf2+ Kg8 (30... Ke7 31. Rf7+ Kd8 32.
Rf8+ Ke7 33. Re8#) 31. Be6+) 28. Rf2 Nxe5 (28... Rf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf2+ Kg8
31. Be6+ $18) 29. Rxc7+ (29. Nc8+ $18) 29... Nxc7 30. Nc8+ $18 Rxc8 (30... Ke8
31. Re2 Rd5 32. Nb6 Rc5 33. b4 $18 (33. Nd7 $18)) 31. Bxc8 b6 32. Rd2 a5 33. b3
h5 (33... Ne6 34. Rd5 Ng4 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Rb5 $18) 34. Kf2 g5 (34... Ng4+ 35.
Bxg4 hxg4 36. Rd4 $18) 35. Ke3 a4 36. Ke4 Nf7 (36... Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Kxe5
$18) 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rxc7 (38. Rxc7 Nd6+ 39. Kd5 axb3 40. Kxd6 b2 41. Be6 $18)
1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Odense"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rc1 (12. Qxd5 Be6 $10) 12... d4
13. Nd2 $6 (13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 $14) 13... Re8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Nc4
Qb5 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Re1 Rad8 $15 18. h3 Be6 19. b3 Bf5 20. b4 h6 21. Bd2 Be4
22. Bf1 Qd5 $17 23. Nb2 Ne5 24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Nd3 Qd7 27. Bf4 Rxc1
28. Bxc1 (28. Qxc1 $5) 28... Bd6 29. Qd2 $6 (29. e3 Qc7 $1) 29... Qc7 30. Nc5
$2 (30. f4 $5 $17) 30... Bxg3 $1 $19 31. Nxe4 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Rxe4 33. Bg2 Rh4 34.
Bb2 Be5 35. e3 dxe3 36. Rxe3 Bxb2 37. Qxb2 Rc4 38. Rg3 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 h5 40. h4
Rc4 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O
e5) 5... e6 (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10.
Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bxb4+ Nxb4 16. a3
Nd5 17. Na5 $14 {Kramnik,V-Hjartarson,J/EU Cup Paris/1995/}) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Bg2 cxd4 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O) 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. cxd4 $2
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 13. Qxb4 Qxa1+) 10... Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 $6 (
11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Kd8 14. Rhc1 (14. a4 Re8 15. a5 Rb8 16. Rhb1
Re7 17. Rb2 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Rb4 Rd6 21. e4 b5 22. Bf1 Bd7 23.
Ra1 e5 24. d5 g5 25. Ke3 g4 26. Be2 Rh6 27. Rab1 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Farago,
I/HUN-ch (01) ;CBM 34 1992}) 14... Re8 15. Rc5 Rb8 $14) 12. O-O (12. Rb1 Rb8
13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. Rb3 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. e4 a6 18. Kd2 Ke7 19. Rb1
b5 20. Rd3 Ba8 21. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Karolyi,T/HUN-ch ;EXT 86ch 1986})
(12. Bf4 Ke7 (12... Bxf4 13. gxf4 Ke7 14. e3 Rb8 15. Kd2 b6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17.
Rc7+ Rd7 18. Rhc1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Kd3 Kd7 22. h4 {Loeffler,
S-Van der Sterren,P/NLD-chT (04) ;EXT 93ch 1993/1/2-1/2 (36)}) 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6
14. Kd2 Rb8 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rhc1 Bd7 17. e4 Rhc8 18. e5+ Ke7 19. Ke3 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 {Dokhoian,Y-Nasibullin,V/Pavlodar ;EXT 87 1987/1/2-1/2 
(46)}) 12... Rb8 13. e4 $1 (13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rfc1 O-O 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Rfc8
17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Rc7 Bb5 20. e3 Ba6 21. d5 Kf8 22. dxe6 fxe6 {
Schmidt,Wl-Ernst,T/Poznan ;TD 87\06 1987/1-0 (45)}) 13... O-O (13... b6 14. Bb2
$1 (14. Be3 Bb7 15. a4 Kd7 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 a6 18. Ra4 Ra8 19. d5 exd5 20.
exd5 Rhb8 21. Re1 Bc8 22. Bd2 g6 23. Ba5 h5 {Cebalo,M-Pachman,L/Palma de
Mallorca GMA (07) ;TD 89\13 1989/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 14... Bb7 15. Rac1 Kd7 16. d5
$1) 14. e5 $1 Be7 (14... Bc7 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Bd6 $18
) 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... b6 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Bd2 {/\Bb4-d6}) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Bh3 $5 (19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 (20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bxd5
Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bc5 $14) 20... Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rc7 $1 b5 23. Rxa7
b4 $14) 19... Ke8 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Bd8 22. Bg2 (22. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 23. Be3 Rxa2
$132) 22... b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. Kf2 (24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Kf2) 24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1
Bb5 26. Be4 h6 (26... g6 {xf7} 27. h4 h5) 27. Be3 Kd7 28. Ke1 Bc6 29. Bd3 (29.
Bxc6+ $2 Kxc6) 29... Bd5 30. a3 f6 31. Kd2 fxe5 32. fxe5 Kc6 (32... Bg5 33.
Bxg5 (33. Bf4 $5 Kc6 34. h4) 33... hxg5 $16) 33. Kc3 Bf3 34. Bc4 Bd5 35. Ba6
Bf3 36. Kd4 Bd5 (36... b5 $2 37. Kd3 Bb6 38. Bxb6 Kxb6 39. Bxb5 $1 $18) 37. a4
Bb3 (37... Kd7 38. Bb5+ Kc8 (38... Bc6 $2 39. Kc4 $1 $18)) 38. Bb5+ Kb7 39. Bd7
$1 Bd5 40. Kc3 Ba2 41. Kb4 Bd5 (41... g5 $5) 42. h4 $1 Ba2 43. Bd2 $1 (43. Bc1
Bd5 44. Ba3 Ba2 45. Kc3 Bd5 46. Be8 $2 Bc6) 43... Bd5 44. Bc1 Ba2 45. Kc3 Bd5
46. Ba3 Ba2 (46... a6 47. Bb4) 47. Be8 $1 Bd5 48. d7 Bc6 49. Bf8 Bxa4 50. Bxg7
Kc7 51. Bxh6 Bxd7 52. Bf7 Kc6 (52... Be7 53. h5 Kd8 54. Bg7 Be8 55. h6 $1 $18)
53. h5 (53. Bg5 Bc7 54. Kd4 $18) 53... Kd5 54. Bg7 Bg5 55. g4 Ke4 56. h6 Bxh6
57. Bxh6 Kxe5 58. g5 Kf5 59. g6 Kf6 60. Bg5+ Kg7 61. Kd4 Ba4 (61... b5 62. Ke5
a5 63. Bf6+ Kf8 64. Bxe6 Bxe6 65. Kxe6 b4 66. Kd5 $18) 62. Ke5 Bc2 63. Bf6+ Kf8
64. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 {No big theory today... Keine groЯe
Theorie heute...} Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 (6... exd5 {is more common: ist
gelдufiger:} 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. h3
Bh5 13. Be2 a6 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 $14 {Kramnik-Polgar, Baku rapid 2010}) 7.
Bc4 (7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 {is a tabiya. ist eine Tabiya.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {Here Georg was already on his own obviously, but managed
to find over the board a very interesting way of playing. Hier war Georg
offensichtlich bereits auf sich allein gestellt, schaffte es aber, am Brett
eine sehr interessante Spielweise zu finden.} Bf6 {Threatening ...Nb6, winning
a pawn. Droht ...Nb6, was einen Bauern gewinnt.} 11. Bb3 (11. Ne4 {is the main
theoretical continuation, but in general I believe White should try to put
pressure on Black's knight on d5 if he wants to fight for advantage in this
structure. ist die theoretische Hauptfortsetzung, aber generell glaube ich,
WeiЯ sollte versuchen, den schwarzen Springer auf d5 unter Druck zu setzen,
wenn er in dieser Struktur um Vorteil kдmpfen will.} b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8
14. Bd2 Nce7 {with a very complicated position, but Black is perfectly fine in
my opinion. mit einer sehr komplizierten Stellung, aber Schwarz steht meines
Erachtens absolut ordentlich.}) 11... Nde7 {A new and very unusual way of
playing this type of position, but possibly the best, at least computer
programs give it their approval. Eine neue und sehr ungewцhnliche Weise,
diesen Stellungstyp zu behandeln, aber womцglich die beste, zumindest geben
ihr Computerprogramme ihre Zustimmung.} (11... Nce7 12. Ne5 $5) (11... b6 12.
Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 $14) 12. Bf4 $5 {I was not sure that this continuation is
entirely correct, but it seemed to me to be the only way to complicate matters
and to play for a win. White has some play for the pawn, but objectively Black
is fine, of course. Ich war nicht sicher, ob diese Fortsetzung vollauf korrekt
ist, aber sie schien mir der einzige Weg zu sein, die Dinge zu komplizieren
und auf Gewinn zu spielen. WeiЯ hat einiges Spiel fьr den Bauern, aber
objektiv steht Schwarz natьrlich ordentlich.} (12. Be3 {was "correct", but
leading to simplifications and very likely to a draw. war "korrekt", fьhrte
aber zu Vereinfachung und sehr wahrscheinlich zum Remis.} Nf5 13. d5 {There is
no decent way to protect this pawn. Es gibt keine ordentliche Mцglichkeit,
diesen Bauern zu decken.} Nxe3 14. Rxe3 exd5 $11) (12. Re4 {is too artificial
and just can't be right - ist zu kьnstlich und kann einfach nicht richtig sein
-} b6 $11) 12... Bxd4 {The simplest. Am einfachsten.} (12... Nxd4 {the
computer likes even more. gefдllt dem Computer sogar noch besser.} 13. Ne4 (13.
Nxd4 Bxd4 {and Black is not worse, at a minimum, although the position is
still very complicated. und Schwarz steht zumindest nicht schlechter, obwohl
die Stellung noch immer sehr kompliziert ist.} 14. Qf3 (14. Nb5 Bb6) (14. Bg5
f6) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Qf6) 13... Nxb3 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qxb3 {is very unclear.
ist sehr unklar.}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4 {At least White has two bishops now.
Wenigstens hat WeiЯ jetzt die zwei Lдufer.} Nec6 {By far not the only move,
but the most "human". Bei weitem nicht der einzige Zug, aber der
"menschlichste".} 15. Rc1 {A good move, keeping the tension. Ein guter Zug,
die Spannung wird aufrechterhalten.} (15. Qh5 {was tempting, but I didn't like
it because of war verlockend, missfiel mir aber wegen} Qa5 $1 {and White has
to change queens. und WeiЯ muss die Damen tauschen.} 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd3 Nac6
$11) 15... Qf6 16. Bc7 $1 (16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Ne4 Qg6) 16... e5 {My opponent,
being seriously behind on the clock, is trying to clarify the position. A very
logical and natural decision, but things are not so easy for Black here
suddenly. Mein Gegner, auf der Uhr ernstlich im Hintertreffen, versucht, die
Position zu klдren. Eine sehr logische und natьrliche Entscheidung, aber hier
ist die Sache fьr Schwarz plцtzlich nicht so einfach.} ({Probably it was
better to play Besser war wahrscheinlich} 16... Qe7 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Qh5 Nf5 19.
Bf4 Bd7 {with an unclear complicated position, where Black is rather solid,
but White has his play for the pawn also. mit einer unklaren komplizierten
Stellung, wo Schwarz recht fest steht, aber auch WeiЯ sein Spiel fьr den
Bauern hat.}) 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. f4 $1 {Now it gets tactical, and you need to
calculate variations precisely. Nun wird es taktisch, und man muss Varianten
genau berechnen.} exf4 19. Bxf4 Qh4 (19... Qg4 20. Be3 {- a choice of the
computer - - eine Computerwahl -} (20. Bd6 $5) 20... Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Ne6 22. Bb5
{and White has more than enough play for the pawn. und WeiЯ hat mehr als genug
Spiel fьr den Bauern.}) (19... Qg6 {is not an option: ist keine Option:} 20.
Qxd4 $1 Nxd4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxg6+ hxg6 23. Bd6 $16 Rd8 24. Be7) 20. Bg3 (20.
Re4 $5 {I was trying to make this work during the game but it is not clear:
Wдhrend der Partie versuchte ich, dies zum Funktionieren zu bringen, aber es
ist nicht klar:} Bg4 (20... Ne6 $13 21. g3 Qd8 22. Be3) 21. Qd2 (21. Bd6 $13)
21... Nf3+ $1 22. gxf3 Bxf3 {with a total mess, for instance mit totalem
Durcheinander, zum Beispiel} 23. Bd3 Qg4+ 24. Kf2 Qg2+ 25. Ke3 Qh3 $13) 20...
Qd8 $2 {The only mistake of my opponent in this game, but in such a sharp
position you pay the full price for it. Der einzige Fehler meines Gegners in
dieser Partie, aber in einer solchen scharfen Stellung zahlt man den vollen
Preis dafьr.} (20... Qg5 {was obligatory, with a very sharp play which seems
to end in a more or less equal position: war Pflicht, mit sehr scharfem Spiel,
welches in eine mehr oder weniger ausgeglichene Stellung zu mьnden scheint:}
21. Re4 $1 (21. Bf4 {White has a draw if he wants, of course. WeiЯ hat ein
natьrlich ein Remis, wenn er will.} Qh4) 21... Nf5 $1 (21... Bf5 22. Rxd4 Nxd4
23. Bf4 $1) 22. Rg4 $1 Qh6 $8 (22... Qd8 23. Bc7) 23. Bf4 Qe6 $8 24. Nc7 (24.
Qf1 $5 $13) 24... Qe4 $1 25. Nxa8 Ne3 26. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Nxc4 $1 28. Rg2
N4e5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 {Not an easy line to calculate, I must admit. Ein nicht
leicht zu berechnendes Abspiel, muss ich zugeben.}) 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nb5 Ra8 23.
Bd6 $1 {That is what Georg has missed in his calculations. Now Black is in
trouble all of a sudden. Dies ist, was Georg in seinen Berechnungen ьbersehen
hatte. Urplцtzlich ist Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.} Re8 {Not seeing a nice
combination which is winning by force. Anyway, there was nothing really
satisfactory for Black already. Ьbersieht eine schцne Kombination, die
forciert gewinnt. Allerdings gab es sowieso bereits nichts wirklich
Befriedigendes fьr Schwarz mehr.} (23... Nxb5 $142 {was more stubborn, but
White wins an exchange in all variations and later the game normally also: war
hartnдckiger, aber WeiЯ gewinnt in allen Varianten eine Qualitдt und spдter
normalerweise auch die Partie:} 24. Bxf8 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Kxf8 26. Bxb5 Be6 (26...
Qxb5 $2 27. Qd6+) 27. Bxc6) 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27.
Nxd4 $1 {The best and the simplest. Das Besten und Einfachste.} Nxd4 (27...
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd6 29. Rf1+ (29. Qh8+ {also wins - gewinnt auch -} Kf7 30.
Nxc6) 29... Ke5 (29... Bf5 30. Nxf5 Qc5+ 31. Ne3+) 30. Nf3+ Kd5 31. Rd1+ Kc5
32. Rxd6) 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ (29. Qxd4 {is also winning, of course, but the
text is more precise. gewinnt ebenfalls, natьrlich, aber der Text ist genauer.}
) 29... Bd7 (29... Qxc7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Rf1+ Bf5 32. Bxc7) 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31.
Rf1+ Ke6 {A generous gesture from my opponent :) Eine groЯzьgige Geste von
meinem Gegner :)} (31... Nf5 32. Rxd7 Qb6+ 33. Kh1) 32. Qxg6+ Kd5 33. Rc5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O {For this
rare line - see annotations to Av. Bykhovsky - Golod by GM V. Golod in CBM 66.}
Nc6 ({As usual in this system, Black's main (and probably safer) alternative is
} 13... Nd7 $5 14. Qf4 Nf6 15. h3 (15. Rfd1 h6 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. h4 Qe7 18. g4
Rfd8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 e5 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxe5 24.
Qd8+ Qe8 $11 {1/2 Lindberg,B (2481)-Svensk,I (2292)/Sweden 2005/EXT 2006 (83)})
(15. h4 h6 16. Qe3 (16. g4 e5 $1) 16... Qe7 (16... Ng4 $5) 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nc4
Rfd8 19. e5 Ne8 20. Qf4 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Qd2 Rdc8 $17 {1/2 Byrne,R (2560)
-Salo,T/Helsinki 1952/MCD (37)}) 15... h6 16. Rc3 Rc8 17. Ra3 a6 18. Rb3 Nd7
19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Ne5 f6 21. Ng6 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Kf7 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 g5 $1
25. Bg6+ Kg7 26. Bf5 gxf4 27. Bxd7 Bxd5 $1 $11 {1/2 Stefanova,A (2527)-Socko,B
(2637)/Antwerp 2009/CBM 133 (57)}) 14. d5 $1 {This central break is the only
way to justify White's strategy.} (14. Bb1 $6 Qd7 (14... Ne7 15. Rc3 Rc8 16.
Rfc1 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Qb8 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. h3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc8 21. Qxc8+ Nxc8 $11
{1/2 Wood,G-Thomas,G/London 1946/MCL (34)}) (14... Na5 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Qg3 Qg6
17. Qh3 Rac8 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rcd1 Nc4 $132 {1/2 Dobrov,V (2443)
-Golod,V (2538)/Pardubice 2002/CBM 089 ext (45)}) (14... Qe7 15. Rfd1 {1/2
Carnic,S (2339)-Andrijevic,M (2383)/Belgrade 2004/CBM 102 ext}) 15. e5 Rfd8 16.
Rfd1 h6 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Qd3 g6 $11 {1/2 Dambravaite,R (2145)-Sarakauskiene,Z 
(2020)/Marijampole 1996/EXT 1997 (57)}) (14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Rac8
17. h4 Na5 (17... e5 $6 18. d5 Na5 19. Bd3 $1 h6 20. g3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bc8 22.
Bf1 $1 Bg4 23. Nh2 Bc8 24. Nf3 Bg4 25. Ba6 $5 $14 {1-0 Bykhovsky,A (2455)
-Golod,V (2555)/Kfar Sava 1998/CBM 066/[Golod] (66)}) (17... h6 $5 {Golod}) 18.
h5 Nc4 19. Qe2 b5 20. Bd3 Na3 $6 (20... Qa3 {[%cal Rc4b2]}) 21. h6 gxh6 22. Qe3
Kg7 23. d5 $1 exd5 24. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Rivas Pastor,M (2420)-Jimenez Villena,F 
(2233)/Alicante 2000/EXT 2002 (37)}) 14... Na5 (14... exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. d6
$1 Nd5 17. Ng5 Qxd6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bb1 Kg8 20. Rc4 f6 21. Nf3 f5 22. Rd4
Rac8 23. a3 Rc5 24. Re1 Qc6 25. Ba2 {1-0 Meszaros,A (2321)-Grotnes,N (2256)/
LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 131}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 $1 Qe7 17. e5 h6 18. Ne4
Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 256] Not a pleasant decision, taking into consideration the
weakness of the light squares on the kingside. However, it is absolutely
correct as otherwise White plays either Ne4-d6 or Qd2-e3-g3, consolidating his
advantage:} (18... Bd5 19. Qe3 Nb7 20. Qg3 {[%cal Re4f6,Rg3g6] , and it is too
late to take on e4.}) (18... Rad8 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. f4 Nb4 21. Nd6 $1 (21. Bb1
$143 Ba6 {[%cal Yb4d3]}) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) {After the
exchange on e4 Black organizes the co-ordination of his pieces and parries all
threats.} 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nb7 21. Bb1 (21. Qg4 Nc5 22. Bb1 Qf7 {creating
counterplay in time} ({or even} 22... Rd2 23. Qg6 $140 Qg5 $1) ({or} 22... Qg5)
) 21... Nc5 22. Rc3 Rd4 23. Rg3 g5 (23... Qh4 $132 {was simpler. However,
after the text move White has nothing better than a symbolic edge in the
endgame.}) 24. Rh3 Qg7 25. Qh5 Rd5 26. Qxh6 (26. Re1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28.
Qg6+ Qg7 29. Rxh6 Rd8 $132) 26... Qxh6 27. Rxh6 Rxe5 28. Rd1 Rf7 29. Kf1 Kg7
30. Rh7+ Kf6 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. f4 gxf4 33. Rd4 Re3 34. Rxf4+ Kg7 35. Rc4 a5
36. Kf2 Ra3 37. h4 Ra4 38. Rxa4 Nxa4 39. Bd3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 {An old move. White
wants to provoke ...Bc8-d7 and then retreat to d3. This is a bit artificial
and should not be too dangerous for Black. However, the line is certainly
playable for White.} Bd7 (12... Na5 {is less logical here than with White's
bishop on c4. It can just lead to a transposition if White plays Bb5-d3 but he
is not forced to do so:} 13. O-O b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Qf4 $14 {1-0 (61)
Tikhomirov,A-Davidov,E Yaroslavl 1995}) 13. O-O Ne5 (13... h6 14. Rfe1 Ne7 15.
Bd3 Bc6 16. Qb4 Ng6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Ba4 20. Qa3 Bc6 21. Qb2
Rab8 22. Bh3 Qd6 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Qe7 25. e6 Nf8 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Nd4 $44 {
1/2 (32) Szabo,V (2356)-Manso Gil,A (2470) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) (
13... Ne7 $5 14. Bd3 (14. Qb4 Qb6 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 a6 18. Be2
Rac8 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kf1 b6 21. R5c3 Nb4 $11 {1/2 (58) Pomar Salamanca,
A-Kortschnoj,V Palma de Mallorca 1969}) 14... Bc6 15. Qb4 Ng6 16. g3 Rc8 17.
Qa3 a6 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 b5 21. Bd3 Qe7 22. Nd2 Qa3 $132 {
1/2 (38) Avellan,G (2048)-Bulgarini Torres,M (1942) Lechenicher SchachServer
2011}) 14. Be2 (14. Nxe5 Bxb5 15. Rfd1 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. h3 Rac8 18. Qb2 Ba4
19. Re1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc6 $15 {0-1 (54) Lundin,E-Pachman,L Saltsjobaden 1948})
14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rc8 {Black should aim for simplifications.} (15... Bb5 {
is rather senseless:} 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. exd5 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Re8 21. h3 g6 22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. d6 $16 {1-0 (31)
Nakamura,H (2699)-Gyimesi,Z (2582) Austria 2009}) 16. d5 {[%csl Gd5][%mdl 32]}
Qf6 (16... exd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. d6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 b6 20. h3 (20. Bc6 $5 {
(M.Golubev)} Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rd8 {[%cal Yf6e6] , and it is not easy for White to
break through}) 20... Rd8 21. Rc7 Qa1+ 22. Rc1 Qf6 23. Bb7 g6 24. Rc4 Be6 25.
Rc1 Qe5 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Bf3 b5 $11 {1/2 (48) Eljanov,P (2683)-Cyborowski,L 
(2543) Germany 2012}) 17. Qa5 (17. d6 Qe5 $1) 17... exd5 18. exd5 a6 19. Qa3 {
Of course, White should not allow the blockading ...Qf6-d6.} b5 {[%csl Ra6]} (
19... Rxc1 $5 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {, and Black should hold on}) 20. d6
a5 $1 {The right course. Black moves his queenside pawns forward.} 21. h3 g6 (
21... b4 $6 22. Qxa5 Qxd6 23. Rcd1) (21... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Yb5b4]}) 22. Rfd1 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Qf4 $6 {Black misses another chance to prepare the equalising ...
b5-b4:} (23... Qg5 $1 24. h4 (24. Rc5 Qd2 $132) 24... Qf4 25. g3 Qf5 {[%cal
Yb5b4] etc.}) 24. Rd1 a4 25. g3 (25. Qc5 $1 b4 $140 $2 26. Rd4) 25... Qe5 (
25... Qc4 $1 26. Rc1 Qd4 $11) 26. Qb4 Rc8 27. Bg4 f5 28. Bf3 Rc3 $6 {This
doesn't contribute to counterplay. Black should have pushed White's queen to
the kingside:} (28... Qc3 $142 29. Qf4 Kg7 {[%cal Yb5b4]}) 29. Qa5 $1 Kg7 (
29... Rc8 30. Qa7 Qg7 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Re1 $18) 30. Qa7 (30. Qd8 $142 $1 Qe6
31. Bd5 $1 Qxd6 32. Re1 Rxg3+ (32... Qxd5 33. Re7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. f4+ Kh5
36. Rxh7#) 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qf4+ 35. Ke2 Qe5+ 36. Kf2 $1 Qd4+ $1 37. Re3
f4 38. Qxd7+ Kh6 39. Qe6 b4 40. Kf3 Qxe3+ 41. Qxe3 fxe3 42. Kxe3 Kg5 43. Bc6 $1
a3 (43... b3 44. a3 b2 45. Be4 Kh4 46. Kd4 Kxh3 47. Kc3 Kg3 48. Kxb2 Kf4 49.
Bc2 $18) 44. Bd5 Kh4 45. Be6 Kg3 46. Kd2 b3 47. Bxb3 Kxh3 48. Bc2 {, and White
should win.}) 30... Rxf3 $4 {[%mdl 16384] After this bishop exchange White's
passed pawn becomes unstoppable.} ({Here} 30... Qe6 {enabled Black to hold his
ground for the time being although after} 31. Bg2 {his defence remained
difficult.}) 31. Qxd7+ Kh6 32. Qc6 Qe2 33. Qc1+ f4 34. Qd2 (34. Qd2 Qe8 35. d7
Qd8 36. Rc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O {This
system was examined in CBM 136, annotations to Alekseev - Macieja. Some
evaluations should be corrected, however. Here I mostly quote the newest games.
} h6 {According to Levon Aronian - the main move, although it has been rarely
seen in practice. It is useful, and Black waits for White's action to choose
the place for his knight (c6 or d7).} (13... Nd7 {is a bit too passive.
White's best reply is} 14. Qe3 $1 {strengthening the centre} (14. Qf4 {is less
dangerous for Black. The most recent example:} Nf6 15. h4 Rc8 16. e5 Nh5 17.
Qg4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxh4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. d5 Qg5 21. Qe4 g6 22. d6 Nf4 23. Ba6
Qg4 24. Re1 Rc2 $132 {1/2 (36) Vovk,Y (2588)-Hammer,J (2651) Fagernes 2015})
14... Nf6 (14... h6 15. e5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qg5 {1/2 (41) Goganov,A (2569)-Socko,B 
(2654) Yerevan 2014} 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Nc4 $36) (14... Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 $14 {1-0 (52) Aronian,L (2809)
-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 CBM 154 [Aronian,L]}) 15. Ne5 {
[%cal Yf2f3]} Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Qa3 $14
h6 21. h3 Qc8 $2 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qxa7 Qc1+ 24. Bf1 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 $16 {1-0 (37)
Gharamian,T (2655)-Saric,A (2565) Biel 2013}) (13... Nc6 {(logical once the
d4-pawn is underprotected)} 14. d5 $1 {now quiet play is harmless, e.g.} (14.
Bb1 Qd6 15. e5 Qd7 16. Qf4 Ne7 17. Ng5 Nf5 18. Rcd1 h6 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. g4 Ne7
21. f3 Ng6 22. Qg3 Qd8 {1/2 (22) Swapnil,S (2445)-Grigoryan,A (2581) Albena
2012}) (14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. a3 Na5 18. Ba2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1
Rc8 20. Rxc8+ {1/2 (20) Sumets,A (2628)-Kveinys,A (2530) Cappelle la Grande
2014}) 14... exd5 (14... Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe3 $1 (16. Ng5 Qe7 17. e5 h6
18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nb7 21. Rc3 Nc5 22. Bb1 Rd4 23. Rg3 g5 24.
Rg4 Rxg4 25. Qxg4 Qg7 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Qa6 Rc7 $11 {1/2 (58)
Onischuk,A (2674)-Hansen,E (2447) Richardson 2011}) 16... Qe7 17. Be2 Rac8 18.
Nd4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc3 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Nb5 $14 {
1-0 (54) Sargissian,G (2671)-Rakhmanov,A (2602) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 15. exd5
Ne7 $1 (15... Na5 16. d6 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb7 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rc6 Nc5 20. Rc7
Qf6 21. Rxa7 Rbd8 22. d7 Qe6 23. Rd1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qxe4 26. Qd5
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 $14 {1/2 (41) Matlakov,M (2689)-Kveinys,A (2547) Saint Quentin
2014}) 16. d6 Nd5 17. Ng5 $1 h6 $1 (17... Nf6 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. Qd3
Rd7 21. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (54) Swiercz,D (2631)-Melia,S (2453) Yerevan 2014}) 18.
Ne4 Rc8 19. Bc4 (19. Bb5 $5) 19... Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bd5 Ba6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Rd1 Bb5 24. g3 Bd7 25. Re1 Re8 $11 {1/2 (37) Espinosa Veloz,E (2494)
-Martinez Romero,M (2408) La Libertad 2015}) 14. Qe3 {Here are two
correspondence games with 13...h6:} (14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. e5 Rxc1 17.
Rxc1 {(so White has lost a tempo)} Nb8 18. Be4 Qd7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qc3 Na6
21. Nd2 Qd5 22. g3 Rd8 23. Nb3 Qb5 $11 {1/2 (32) Simal Moreira,L (2194)
-Daurelle,H (2261) Lechenicher SchachServer 2011}) (14. Rfe1 Nc6 15. Bb1 Rc8
16. Qd3 Na5 17. h4 Qf6 18. d5 (18. e5 Qg6 $1) 18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb2 20. Rc7
Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. d6 e5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. d7 Bxd7 25. Qxd7 Qa1 26. Qc8+
Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. e5 Qc3 $14 {/= 1/2 (39) Wimmer,J (2148)-Bubnov,V (2110)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 14... Nc6 {White can't play d4-d5 so this move
is appropriate.} 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. h4 $5 {[%mdl 32] It is useful to advance
this pawn to h5, both to enable threats along the b1-h7 diagonal and to get a
"qualitative pawn advantage" in a future endgame.} (16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nb4
$11) 16... Ne7 17. h5 Qd6 18. d5 $5 {This break doesn't look dangerous now.}
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Re1 Rc3 21. Qd2 Rc5 22. Bb1 Kf8 {Anticipating a possible
queen invasion on h7.} 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. a3 e5 {Hardly a good idea. Black's
pieces are not properly placed to safely blockade the d5-pawn (his knight
should be on d6 and not queen!); moreover, his bishop and knight are now
extremely passive. Still, Black's position remains solid.} (24... Rd8 $11 {
was simple and good}) 25. Qb3 Rc5 26. Qb2 f6 27. Ba2 Bc8 28. Nd2 Bg4 29. Nc4
Qd7 30. d6 Nc6 (30... Nc8 31. f4 $13) 31. Nxb6 axb6 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (31... Qxd6
$1 32. Na4 (32. Qb3 Be6 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Bxe6 axb6 $11) 32... Ra5 33. Qb3 Be6
34. Qxe6 Qxe6 35. Bxe6 Rxa4 $11) 32. Qb3 Be6 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Bxe6 {[%mdl
4096]} Nd4 35. Bg4 {White has kept an extra (and strong passed) pawn. The
activity of Black's pieces can't compensate that.} Rc6 36. d7 Ke7 37. Rb1 Rd6
38. Kh2 b5 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rb8 f5 41. exf5 Nc6 42. Ra8 a3 43. Rxa3 Nb8 44. f6+
$1 {[%mdl 512] A typical deblockading pawn sacrifice.} gxf6 45. Ra7 $6 (45.
d8=Q+ $5 {was probably even stronger as after} Rxd8 (45... Kxd8 46. Ra8 Rb6 47.
Ra7) 46. Ra7+ Nd7 {Black's rook is completely passive.}) 45... Nxd7 {[%csl Rh6]
Black has recaptured the pawn but his position remains difficult, mostly due
to his weak h6-pawn.} 46. Bf5 Ke8 47. g3 Rd2 48. Kg2 Nc5 $6 {Passive defense
was more appropriate here:} (48... Nf8) 49. Bg6+ (49. Rh7 $6 e4 {[%cal Rc5d3]})
(49. Kf3 $5 e4+ $140 50. Ke3 Rd3+ 51. Ke2) 49... Kd8 50. Ra5 Ne6 51. Ra8+ Ke7
$2 {It was hardly possible to find the best chance:} (51... Kc7 $1 52. Rh8 Ng5
$1 53. Rxh6 e4 54. Kf1 Rd8 55. Bf5 Kd6 $1 {, and Black fights on.}) 52. Re8+ $1
Kd6 ({Here after} 52... Kd7 53. Rh8 Ng5 54. Rxh6 e4 55. Kf1 Ra2 56. Rh8 {
White's h-pawn gets a free way forward. A further possible course:} Nf3 57. h6
$1 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 Rg1+ 59. Kh3 Rh1+ 60. Kg4 Ne5+ 61. Kf5 e3 $1 62. fxe3 $1 Rf1+
63. Ke4 Nxg6 64. Rg8 $1 {regaining the knight and keeping two extra pawns.})
53. Rh8 Nc5 54. Rd8+ (54. Rxh6 e4 55. Kf1 {was quite possible; however, White
wants to prevent all kinds of counterplay.}) 54... Nd7 55. Kf3 Ke7 56. Re8+ Kd6
57. Bf5 e4+ 58. Ke3 $1 Rd3+ 59. Kxe4 Nc5+ 60. Kf4 Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Rb4 62. Rh8 Ke5
63. Bg6 Ne6 64. Rxh6 {White has comfortably captured a second pawn. The rest
is easy.} f5 65. Rh8 Kf6 66. Ra8 Rb3+ 67. Kg2 f4 68. g4 Kg5 69. Bf7 Kh4 70.
Bxe6 f3+ 71. Kh2 Rb2 72. Ra3 Rxf2+ 73. Kg1 Re2 74. Bd5 f2+ 75. Kf1 Rd2 76. Bf3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O ({The position after} 11. Nxe6+ fxe6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 {proves defensible for Black; therefore, White looks for
alternatives.}) 11... Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 (13... a6 14. Rd1+ Ke8
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Bd2 $14) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5+ f6 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 Nd4 16. Bd3 {
1/2 (43) Gunina,V (2496)-Ju,W (2558) Huaian 2016} Rhd8 $132) 15... Bd5 (15...
Kf7 $5) 16. a3 Bxe4 17. axb4 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Bf1 b6 20. b5 Ne5 21. Rd4 g5
22. h3 Rd7 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (34) Fressinet,L (2707)-Delorme,A 
(2484) Helsingor 2015}) 14... Rhd8 15. Bxc6 {[%mdl 32] Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
choses the simplest course. He will now try to exploit Black's weak c6-pawn.
And indeed, this plan proves dangerous for Black.} (15. Nc5 Bxc5 (15... Nd4 16.
Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 (63) Tregubov,P (2601)-Wirig,A (2501) Paris 2014})
16. Bxc5+ Kf6 17. Rfc1 (17. Rfd1 {1/2 (46) Antic,D (2479)-Swapnil,S (2421)
Anogia 2014} Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxa2 $11) 17... Nd4 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b3 b6 (19...
Bf5 20. Bxa7 Nc2 21. Rab1 Ra8 22. Bb6 Rd6 23. Bc7 Rc6 24. Bg3 Rxa2 25. h3 Re6
26. Bc4 Nd4 27. Ra1 Ne2+ {1/2 (27) Stefansson,H (2549)-Cornette,M (2548)
Reykjavik 2014}) 20. Ba3 Nc2 21. Bb2+ Ke7 22. Rab1 f6 23. Rd1 a5 24. h4 h6 25.
Be2 Nb4 $11 {1/2 (36) Van Wely,L (2674)-Zhigalko,A (2591) Baku AZE 2016}) (15.
a3 Nd4 $1 16. Ba6 $5 (16. Ba4 Ba5 17. Nc5 {1-0 (84) Khurtsidze,N (2414)
-Lomineishvili,M (2365) Tbilisi GEO 2016} Bb6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxb6 axb6 $11 {
[%cal Yd8d2]}) 16... Bxa3 17. Bxb7 (17. Rxa3 bxa6 18. Ra4 Nb5 19. Bc5+ Ke8 20.
Rxa6 Rd5 21. b4 Rad8 22. f3 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Nd6+ Nxd6 26.
Rxd6 Bb3 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Bxa7 Kd7 $11 {1/2 (43) Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Wei,Y
(2634) Leon 2014}) 17... Rab8 18. Rxa3 Rxb7 19. Ra4 (19. Nc5 Rxb2 20. Rxa7+ Kf8
$11 {1/2 (49) Dlugy,M (2516)-Edouard,R (2639) Montreal 2015}) 19... Nb3 20. Re1
a5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5+ Ke8 23. Bd4 g6 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. f3 Rb5 26. Rea1 Kd7
$11 {1/2 (49) Buhmann,R (2597)-Cornette,M (2548) Germany 2015}) (15. Ba4 Kf8 (
15... Nd4 16. Rfd1 Nf5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bc5+ Bxc5 20. Nxc5 b6 21.
Nxe6 Rxa4 22. Ng5 $16 {1-0 (44) So,W (2755)-Xiong,J (2470) Las Vegas 2014}) (
15... Bd5 16. a3 Bxe4 (16... Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bxe4 18. Bc5+ Kf6 19. Re3 $44) 17.
axb4 Kf6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. b5 Nb4 20. h4 h6 21. Bc5 $14 {1-0 (47) Batsiashvili,
N (2500)-Kovalevskaya,E (2462) Skopje 2015}) 16. a3 (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5+ Kg8
18. a3 Nd4 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Bxd4 bxa4 21. Bxa7 Bb3 $11 {1/2 (30) Ni,H (2703)
-Wang,Y (2716) Danzhou 2015}) 16... Be7 17. Nc5 Bc8 (17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5+ Kg8
19. Rfd1 f6 (19... Na5 $5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc4 23. Bd4 Bd5
24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 $14 {/= 1/2 (41) Lenic,L (2637)-Edouard,R (2653) Warsaw 2013
CBM 158 [Edouard,R]}) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bd5 $1 23. f3 Kf7
24. Kf2 a6 {/= 1/2 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Wang,Y (2718) Tromso 2014 CBM
162 [Krasenkow,M]}) 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne5 20. Bd4 $5 (20. Nd7+ Nxd7 21.
Bxd7 Bf6 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. b4 (23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxa7 Bxb2 $11 {1/2 (31) Bogner,
S (2587)-Edouard,R (2670) Dubai 2014}) 23... Bxd7 24. Rxd7 b6 25. Be3 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 (29) Matlakov,M (2693)-Ni,H (2704) China 2015}) (20. Bb3 b6 21. Ne4 Bb7 22.
Nd6 Bc6 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Bxd6 26. Rxc6 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Ne5 28. Rc7
Rd2 $11 {1/2 (42) Pert,N (2562)-Ward,C (2423) Coventry 2015}) 20... Nc6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. f3 Bxc5 $6 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. b4 Kd8 26. Rd1 Kc8 27.
Rd4 a5 28. Rh4 axb4 29. Bxb4 $1 Bf5 30. Rh5 Bg6 31. Re5 Kb7 32. h4 $14 {
1-0 (60) Landa,K (2650)-Grover,S (2519) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015 EXT 2016 [RR]})
15... bxc6 16. Rfc1 (16. a3 Ba5 (16... Bd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. Rxd8
Kxd8 20. f3 a5 21. Kf2 {1/2 (21) Saric,A (2563)-Brkic,A (2602) Opatija 2015})
17. Nc5 Bd2 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 20. Rfe1+ Kd6 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1+
Ke6 $11 {1/2 (30) Ni Hua (2681)-Wei Yi (2700) China CHN 2016}) 16... Bd5 17.
Bc5+ Bxc5 ({Perhaps it was better to go for opposite-coloured bishops:} 17...
Kd7 18. Bxb4 (18. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 19. Bxb4) 18... Bxe4 19. Rc4 Bd5 20. Rh4 $5 $14)
18. Nxc5 Rab8 19. Rc2 $14 {It turns out that Black's position is quite
unpleasant.} g5 20. f3 h5 21. Re1+ Kf6 22. b3 h4 23. Kf2 Rb4 24. Rd2 a5 25. h3
Ra8 26. Re3 Rb5 27. Na4 Rb7 28. Nc3 Rd8 $6 (28... Be6 $2 29. Ne4+ Kg6 30. Nc5)
(28... Rd7 $142 29. Re4 Rdd8 30. Ra4 Ke5 $14) 29. Re4 $1 Rb4 30. Rc4 $1 {
[%cal Rc4c5,Rc4c6]} Bxc4 31. Rxd8 Bb5 32. Ra8 a4 33. Nxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxa4 $18 {
[%mdl 4096] This endgame is technically winning for White although it requires
some work.} c5 35. Ra5 (35. Rxb4 $2 cxb4 $11) 35... Rd4 (35... c4 $2 36. Ra4)
36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Ra4 $2 (37. b4 Rd4 (37... Re5+ 38. Kd3 cxb4 39. Rxe5 Kxe5 40.
Kc4 Kf4 41. Kxb4 Kg3 42. a4 Kxg2 43. a5 Kxh3 44. a6 Kg3 45. a7 h3 46. a8=Q h2
47. f4 $18) 38. a3 Rd1 39. Rxc5 $18) 37... Ke6 38. f4 f6 39. Rc4 Kd6 40. Ke2
Rf5 41. a4 gxf4 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. Rxf4 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Rd1+ 45. Rf1 Rd3 46. Rxf6+
Ke5 47. Rf3 Rd1+ 48. Kh2 $2 (48. Rf1 Rd3 49. Rb1 $18 {e.g.} Kd5 50. a5 Kc6 51.
b4 $1 c4 52. b5+ Kb7 53. Rb4 $1 c3 54. Rc4 {etc.}) 48... Rb1 49. Rc3 Kd5 {
Now, despite White's two extra pawns, he can hardly win.} 50. a5 (50. g3 Kd4
51. Rf3 Ke4 52. Rf4+ Ke3 53. Rxh4 Rb2+ $11) 50... Ra1 51. g3 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 hxg3
53. Rxg3 Rxa5 54. h4 Ke4 55. Kg2 Kf4 56. Kh3 Ra1 57. Rc3 Rb1 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59.
Kf1 Kg4 60. Ke1 Kxh4 61. Kd1 Kg5 62. Kc1 Rh2 63. Rxc5+ Kf6 64. Rc2 Rh3 65. Kb2
Ke5 66. Rd2 Rh8 67. b4 Rh3 68. b5 Ke6 69. b6 Rh5 70. Rd3 Rb5+ 71. Rb3 Rxb3+ 72.
Kxb3 Kd6 73. Kb4 Kc6 74. b7 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 (
14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Ba6 Qc7 16. a5 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qc2 19. Re2 Qb3 20.
h3 (20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qc7 Rfc8 22. Qe5 Qb4 23. a6 Rxa6 $15 {V.Golod}) 20... Rc2
$11 {0-1 Kunin,V (2507)-Golod,V (2589)/Port Erin 2007/CBM 120 ext (50)}) (14.
Rfe1 {is very natural but this is not necessarily the best square for the rook:
} Rc8 (14... Qf6 $5 15. a5 Rfd8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. h3 h6 19. Bd3
Qe7 20. Qf4 Nf6 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Rd1 {1/2 Dreev,A (2676)-Kortschnoj,V (2626)/
Biel 2002/CBM 091}) 15. Bd3 (15. Bf1 Qc7 16. a5 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qc3 18. axb6 Qxd2
19. Nxd2 axb6 20. Ra7 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 Krasenkow,M (2632)-Cyborowski,L (2576)/
Dzwirzyno 2004/CBM 102 ext (26)}) 15... Qe7 (15... Nb8 16. a5 Nc6 $6 (16...
bxa5 17. Rxa5 Nc6 $14 {T.Petrosian}) 17. axb6 Nxd4 $6 (17... axb6 18. Qb2 $14)
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. bxa7 Rfd8 20. Ra3 $18 {1-0 Petrosian,T (2645)-Tal,M (2625)/
Moscow 1972/MCD (38)}) (15... Qc7 16. a5 Rfd8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. Ra7
Qb8 20. Ra3 Qd6 21. Rb3 Rc7 22. e5 Qe7 23. Ng5 $14 {1/2 Saric,A (2489)-Zelcic,
R (2556)/Zadar 2006/CBM 115 ext (27)}) (15... a6 16. Qe2 (16. Rab1 $142 $14)
16... Nb8 17. Rab1 Rc3 18. Rec1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nc6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11 {1/2 Schroll,G (2260)-Baumgartner,H (2350)/Finkenstein 1990/
EXT 1997 (38)}) (15... a5 {Surprisingly, this self-blockade is not so bad as
White's a4-pawn becomes weak!} 16. h3 Qe7 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Bb5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qc7
20. Rb3 h6 21. Qb1 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rb5 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Rxb6 Rc4 $11
{1/2 Beliavsky,A (2649)-Magem Badals,J (2502)/Linares 2002/CBM 087 ext (60)}) (
15... e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Ra3 (17. Bc4 $142 $1) 17... Qd6 18. Qb2 f5 $132 {
0-1 Agdestein,S (2610)-Hansen,C (2590)/Groningen 1993/CBM 039 (37)}) 16. a5 h6
17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Rc7 19. Qf4 Qd8 20. Qd6 Qb8 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. Bxd7 Qxa7
23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Rc6 25. Qe7 Qb8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29.
h4 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 {1/2
Stellwagen,D (2625)-Gyimesi,Z (2646)/Muelheim GER 2011/The Week in Chess 884})
14... e5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty but in fact, a standard reply to Bc4-d3.
Practice has seen the following alternatives:} (14... f5 $6 15. Ng5 Qf6 16. Bc4
Rae8 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Bd3 Qf4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qe3 $16 {1/2 David,A (2574)
-Bagheri,A (2491)/Paris 2004/CBM 101 ext (62)}) (14... Qe7 15. a5 (15. Rfc1
Rac8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Qd6 19. Qc3 h6 $11 {0-1 Tarnopolsky,
A (2312)-Golod,V (2591)/Israel 2010/EXT 2011 (58)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Rfb1 Nf6 17.
Qe2 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Qc7 19. Rc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Ne8 21. Qb2 Nd6 22. Qc2 Ne8 23. h3
Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qa4 Ba8 26. Ne5 Nd6 27. f3 f6 28. Ng4 f5 29. exf5 Nxf5
30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Ne5 $14 {1/2 Ruck,R (2561)-Pilgaard,K (2440)/Kemer 2007/CBM
121 (72)}) (14... Rc8 15. a5 Qc7 (15... Rc7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qb4 f5 18. Rfe1
Nf6 19. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Jovanic,O (2469)-Saric,A (2437)/Omis 2005/CBM 108 ext (24)
}) 16. Ra3 Rfd8 17. Rb1 h6 18. h3 Qd6 19. Rab3 Rc7 20. Qe3 Rdc8 21. axb6 axb6
22. d5 Rc3 $2 (22... exd5 23. e5 Qe7 24. Bf5 Re8 25. Bxd7 d4 $1 26. Nxd4 Rxd7
27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxb6 Bd5 $11 {B.Macieja}) 23. e5 $1 Qc5 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. dxe6
(25. Bb5 $1 $14 {B.Macieja}) 25... fxe6 26. Nd4 Bd5 $11 {1/2 Macieja,B (2617)
-Gyimesi,Z (2605)/Maalot-Tarshiha 2008/CBM 122 (37)}) 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qe3 f5 $1
17. Bc4 Qd6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. a5 Raf8 20. axb6 axb6 $11 {Black's pieces are
well-placed so he has no problems.} 21. Rad1 h6 22. Rd2 Rh5 23. h3 Rf4 24. Be2
Re4 25. Qa3 Qg6 (25... Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Ba6 $11) 26. Bd3 (26. Bd1 Rxh3 27. Bc2 Qh5
28. gxh3 Qxh3 29. Bxe4 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 26... Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Kh7 28. Rfd1
Bc8 $6 {An unobvious inaccuracy allowing White to take aim at Black's e5-pawn.}
(28... Re2 $1 $132 {[%cal Ye5e4]}) 29. Ne1 Rg5 30. Re3 Rd4 31. Qa1 Bb7 $6 32.
Rxd4 exd4 33. Qxd4 $6 {Missing an opportunity to gain a pawn and get some
winning chances:} (33. Re6 Qf5 34. Rxb6 Bxd5 (34... Qxd5 $4 35. Qb1+) 35. Qxd4
$14) 33... Rxd5 34. Qa1 Rb5 35. Qc3 Rg5 36. f3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 {This old
system is considered insufficient for equality but GM Wang Yue and some other
Chinese players apparently have a different opinion.} 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 9.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 (10... Ke8 11. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8]}) 11. O-O {White
plays for a development advantage rather than for a better pawn structure.
However, Black successfully parries his threats.} (11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Nxe6+ fxe6
13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ke2 Ke7 (14... Kc8 15. Na4 Nd5 16. Be5 Rf8 17. Rhc1 Rf5 18.
Bg3 Kd7 19. Rc4 g5 20. Rxe4 $14 {1/2 (59) Kulaots,K (2572)-Sulskis,S (2550)
Liepaja LAT 2014}) 15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Bg5+ Kd6 18. Rc4 Rhb8 19. Bc1
Rb4 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Rd1+ Nd5 22. Rd4 Ke5 23. Rc4 Rc8 24. b4 h5 25. g3 Kf5 $11
{1/2 (45) Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Bukavshin,I (2607) Vladivostok RUS 2014}) (11.
Nxe6+ {is probably the most solid path for White:} fxe6 12. Bxc6 (12. O-O Bb4
13. Ne2 Ke7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Nd5 $11 {1/2 (39) Song,J (2417)
-Louis,T (2217) Saint Paul Trois Chateaux 2013}) (12. Bg5 Bb4 13. O-O-O+ Kc7
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 Rag8 (15... f5 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 e5 19.
Nf7 Rhg8 20. Nxe5 Bd6 21. g3 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rhf1 h5 $1 24. Rf4 Rg4 $11
{1/2 (29) Demuth,A (2479)-Lysyj,I (2628) St Petersburg 2012}) 16. a3 Be7 17. g3
Rd8 $11 {1/2 (43) Sargissian,G (2676)-Borisek,J (2555) Warsaw POL 2013}) 12...
bxc6 {Quite a dangerous position for Black due to his destroyed pawn structure
but GM Wei Yi has managed to defend it a few times:} 13. Bg5 (13. Ke2 Bb4 14.
Na4 Kc7 (14... Nd5 15. Rd1 e5 16. Be3 Kc7 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. a3 Be7 19. g3 h5
20. Rc4 Nxe3 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe3 $14 {1-0 (49) Rombaldoni,A (2530)-Arnaudov,
G (2448) Warsaw POL 2013}) 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rac1 Rad8 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rhd8
18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rhc1 Kb7 20. a3 Bd6 21. h3 Rc7 22. Rc4 Rf8 23. Nc3 Rf5 24.
Nxe4 $14 {1-0 (69) L'Ami,E (2626)-Svane,R (2425) Haarlem 2013}) 17. Rc2 Nxe3
18. Kxe3 Rhf8 19. Rhc1 Rd6 20. Ke2 Rf5 21. a3 Ra5 22. axb4 Rxa4 23. b5 Rb4 24.
Rxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxc6+ Kd8 26. Ra6 Rxb2+ 27. Ke3 Rxb5 28. Rxa7 Rg5 $11 {1/2 (35)
Ding,L (2714)-Wei,Y (2634) Danzhou 2014}) 13... Bb4 14. O-O-O+ Kc7 15. Bxf6 (
15. Rhe1 Nd5 16. Kc2 Rhf8 17. Bh4 e3 18. Bg3+ Kb7 19. fxe3 Rad8 20. Rd3 Ba5 21.
a3 c5 $11 {1/2 (84) L'Ami,E (2627)-Sokolov,I (2663) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 15...
gxf6 16. Nxe4 Rhg8 17. Rd4 (17. a3 Be7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 e5
21. Kc2 h5 $11 {1/2 (26) Bu Xiangzhi (2662)-Wei,Y (2530) Xinghua CHN 2013})
17... Be7 18. Rhd1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 $14 {- an unpleasant
ending for Black although he held his ground in the following game:} 21. Nd2
Kd7 22. Nc4 e5 23. g4 Ke6 24. f3 f5 25. gxf5+ Kxf5 26. Kd1 e4 27. Ke2 Kf4 28.
fxe4 Kxe4 29. Na5 c5 30. Nc6 Bd6 31. Nxa7 Bxh2 32. Nb5 Ke5 {1/2 (32) Vallejo
Pons,F (2698)-Wei,Y (2634) Leon ESP 2014}) 11... Bb4 (11... h6 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1+ Kc7 16. Bf4+ Kb6 17. Rac1 a5 18. a3 Be7 19.
Be3+ Kc7 20. Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rdc2 Ra6 22. f3 Bd5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 $14 {
1-0 (74) Fages,J (2195)-Sukhorskij,V (2096) Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) 12.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Ba4 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 Bd6 {
1/2-1/2 (16) Fier Takeda,A (2573)-Edouard,R (2686) SUI 2013}) (15. a3 Nd4 $1
16. Ba6 $5 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 bxa6 18. Ra4 Nb5 19. Bc5+ Ke8 20. Rxa6 Rd5 21. b4 Rad8
22. f3 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Nd6+ Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Bb3 27. Rxd1 Bxd1
28. Bxa7 Kd7 $11 {_|_1/2 (43) Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Wei,Y (2634) Leon ESP 2014
}) (15. Nc5 Bxc5 (15... Nd4 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rd5 19. Bc4 Rd4
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Be3 Rc4 22. Bg5+ Ke8 23. Rd2 h6 24. b3 Re4 25. Rc2 b6 26. Be3
Re5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (63) Tregubov,P (2601)-Wirig,
A (2501) Paris FRA 2014}) 16. Bxc5+ Kf6 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Be2 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rd8
20. Bf3 Bd5 21. Bb6 Rd6 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rd6 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Bc5 Rd8 26. Bb6
Rd6 27. Be2 Ne5 28. Bc7 Rc6 29. Bxe5 Kxe5 30. f4+ Ke6 31. Bg4+ f5 32. Bxf5+
Kxf5 33. Rxd5+ Kxf4 $11 {1/2 (46) Antic,D (2479)-Swapnil,S (2421) Anogia GRE
2014}) 15... Kf8 16. a3 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 {Black prefers a simple course to GM
Romain Edouard's stoic} (17... Bc8 $5 {, which is probably enough for equality:
} 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Nd7+ Nxd7 23. Bxd7 Bf6
24. Bc5+ Kg8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxa7 Bxb2 $11 {1/2 (31) Bogner,S (2587)-Edouard,
R (2670) Dubai UAE 2014}) 18. Bxc5+ Kg8 {A typical position, in which Black's
centralised setup largely diminishes the advantage of White's bishop pair.} 19.
Rfd1 f6 (19... Na5 $5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 (21. Bxa7 Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b2,Rd8a8]}
) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc4 23. Bd4 Bd5 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 a6 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Bc2
h6 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. Bc3 Nd6 30. Kd4 b6 31. a4 Bc6 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Kf2 Ne7 34.
b3 Nd5 {1/2 (41) Lenic,L (2637)-Edouard,R (2653) Warsaw POL 2013 - Black hoeld
this ending without major problems.}) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 (21. Bxc6 bxc6 22.
Bxa7 Bb3 {[%cal Yd8d1] - the endgame with opposite-coloured bishops should end
in a draw.}) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] In this ending both players
should be satisfied. White has obtained a small advantage after the opening
battle, and Black has a safe way to neutralise it.} Bd5 $1 {Black follows the
same path as GM Romain Edouard in the above-mentioned game. He centralises his
own bishop and prevents the activation of White's.} 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 a6 25.
h4 Nd8 26. Ke3 Ne6 27. Bd6 h5 28. Bc2 g6 29. Bd3 Ng7 30. g4 {This just leads
to an exchange of a couple of pawns.} (30. Kd4 Ke6 {[%cal Yg7f5]}) 30... g5 $1
31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Be5 (32. gxh5 Nxh5 {[%cal Yf7e6]}) 32... h4 33. f4 Ne6 34.
fxg5 Nxg5 35. Kf4 Nh3+ 36. Ke3 Ng5 37. Kf4 Nh3+ 38. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 (13. a4 {
- see Leko-Naiditsch in CBM 146}) (13. d5 {and}) (13. Rad1 Bb7 14. d5 {are
also quite common.}) 13... Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 {is another
alternative}) 15... Re8 {A useful prophylactical move.} (15... Qc7) (15... Qf6)
(15... Qe7) ({and} 15... h6 {were seen in GM practice, too.}) 16. h4 {GM
Shakhriar Mamedyarov follows his old game against Cyril Marcelin. Obviously
his opponent has prepared an improvement. The other moves don't pose serious
problems to Black:} (16. h3 Nf8 17. h4 {A strange loss of time.} Re7 18. h5 h6
19. Qf4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Rd7 21. Bb5 Rdd8 22. Ne5 Nh7 23. Bc4 Nf6 $11 {1/2 Van Wely,
L (2686)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2609)/Melilla 2011/CBM 146/[RR] (60)}) (16. Qe3
Rc3 17. e5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21. h4 Qe7 $11 {1-0
Korchnoi V-Najdorf M/Wijk aan Zee 11/437 1971/[Ivkov,B] (40)}) (16. Qf4 Qf6 {
A typical reply to Qf4} 17. Qg4 Qg6 $6 {[%cal Gd3g6]} (17... Qh6) (17... Qe7)
18. Qh3 Nf6 19. e5 Qh5 20. Qg3 Nd7 (20... Nd5 21. Ng5 h6 $140 22. Ne4) 21. Ng5
(21. Nd2 $142 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Bd5 22. Nf1 $14 {[%cal Yf1e3]}) 21... Nf8 22. Be4
Bd5 23. f3 {1-0 Khmelniker,I (2443)-Prusikin,M (2538)/Bad Wiessee 2008/EXT
2009 (41)} h6 24. Nh3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Rc2 $132) (16. Bb1 Nf8 (16... h6 17. h3 Qc7
18. Nh2 Qc3 19. Qf4 e5 (19... Nf8 20. Re3 Ng6 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. e5 $16 {1-0
Grooten,H (2340)-Horvath,C (2530)/Leeuwarden 1995/EXT 1997 (37)}) 20. Qf5 Nf6
21. d5 Qb4 $11 {I.Tsesarsky}) 17. Re3 Re7 (17... Qd6 18. Qb2 Red8 {1/2
Prusikin,M (2560)-Levin,F (2513)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007}) (17... Ng6 18. Ra3 a6
19. Rb3 Rc6 {1/2 Brunner,N (2429)-Eliet,N (2429)/Belgium 2009/EXT 2010}) 18. h4
Rec7 (18... Rd7 $143 19. h5 Qf6 20. Ra3 a6 21. Rb3 b5 22. Ne5 Rdd8 23. a4 $36 {
1-0 Mahjoob,M (2479)-Moradiabadi,E (2540)/Cebu 2007/CBM 120 ext (35)}) 19. Ra3
Ba8 20. h5 h6 21. Nh2 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Kf1 Rc1 24. Ke2 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Rd8
26. Nf3 g4 27. Nd2 Rxd4 28. Rxa7 Bc6 $11 {1-0 Engqvist,T (2363)-Golod,V (2578)/
Helsingor 2008/CBM 125 Extra (103)}) 16... Nf8 (16... h6 {was played by C.
Marcelin, and he had no problems in the opening:} 17. Bb5 (17. a4 $5 {might be
prepared for the present game but Black's position is very solid after, say,}
Re7) 17... Re7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Ne5 Rdc7 20. Qf4 Qd6 21. Qg4 Rc2 $132 22. Qh5
$6 R8c7 23. Ng4 $2 Rxa2 24. d5 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2607)-Marcelin,C (2503)/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Tsesarsky] (50)} Kh7 $1 25. e5 $140 Qb4 26. d6 Rd7 $19 {
I.Tsesarsky}) {The text move is a bit too passive.} 17. h5 (17. a4 $5 Re7 $5)
17... h6 18. a4 Nh7 19. Qf4 Rc3 (19... Qc7 $5 20. e5 $140 Nf6 21. Nd2 Nd5 22.
Qe4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6) (19... Ng5 $5 $11) 20. Bb5 Rf8 (20... Re7 {looks risky
due to} 21. d5 {but, in fact, Black holds his ground:} exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Nf6 24. d6 Rc5 (24... Bxf3 $143 25. gxf3 Rc5 26. Bc4 Rc6 27. Re7) 25. Re7
(25. Bc4 Bd5) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxd6 27. Rxa7 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Qe6 $11) 21. d5 $1
{[%mdl 512] Still! This is now a real pawn sacrifice but, with White's rooks
powerfully centralised, Black will find it difficult to find the right defence.
} exd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 {Black must accept the offer; otherwise White's d-pawn
will be too powerful.} (22... Nf6 23. d6) (22... a6 23. Bd3 $1 Nf6 24. d6) 23.
Ne5 Nf6 24. Bc4 $5 (24. Nc6 Qa8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qd4 Rc5 28. Re5
Nc7 $1 {with probable simplifications and a draw}) 24... Qa8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26.
Qd2 (26. Qd4 $5 Rd8 27. Re3 $1 Rc7 28. Rg3 f6 29. Ng6 {with a dangerous
initiative}) 26... Rd8 27. Re4 Qb8 $2 (27... Qc8 {was correct:} 28. Rd4 (28.
Ng4 Rd6 29. Qe1 (29. Qe2 Nf4 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ f5) (29. Rd4 Rc4) 29... Kf8
30. Red4 Rc5 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 28... Rc5 (28... Rc2 $5 29. Qd3 Rc3 30. Qe4 Rc1
$11) 29. Ng4 Re8 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxd5 Qg4 $11) ({Or} 27... Rc5 $5 {, which
leads to the same line after} 28. Rd4 Qc8) 28. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e3,Rg4h6,Re4d4]
This knight now creates deadly threats.} f5 (28... Rd6 {now loses a piece after
} 29. Rd4 ({but not} 29. Ne3 Nf6 $1) 29... Rc5 30. Ne3) 29. Rd4 fxg4 (29...
Rdc8 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxd5 R3c6 32. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 31.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxd8+ {White converts his material advantage without major
problems.} Kh7 33. Kh2 Nxa4 34. Kg3 Nc3 35. Kxg4 a5 36. Kf5 b5 37. f4 {Just
setting up a mating net.} b4 (37... Ne2 38. g4 Ng3+ 39. Ke5 b4 40. Ra8 $18) 38.
g4 b3 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 g6+ 41. hxg6+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. g7 Kh7 44. g6+
Kg8 45. Kg5 {[%cal Rg5h6]} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 $6 {This is not too promising for White,
compared to} (11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qd2) 11... Qd7 {This move may look
strange but Black avoids creating weaknesses in her position after the "main"}
(11... f6) {And the white g5 bishop will have to retreat anyway.} 12. Ne1 {
Too "academic" but} (12. Rc1 Bb6 {[%cal Yd5d4] doesn't promise too much either.
}) 12... Re8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty in a well-known theoretical position!
This move was recommended by GM Alon Greenfeld but not tested in practice
before the present game.} (12... d4 {is the main theoretical move but White
keeps an edge:} 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. a4 $5 {The most dangerous plan in such
positions.} (14. Bd2 Qe7 (14... Re8 15. Re1 Qd6 16. a4 a6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qd5
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf5 20. b4 Nc6 21. a5 Ba7 22. b5 axb5 23. a6 Rad8 24. Bg2 Be4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. axb7 Bb8 27. Rec1 Re6 28. Ra8 {1-0 Schandorff,L-Greenfeld,A/
Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110}) 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 h6
19. a3 Qd7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo
1995/CBM 046 ext (50)}) (14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a4 $1 Be6 17. Nf4 a5 18.
Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf4 h6 20. h4 Rac8 21. Rc1 Ne5 $1 22. Bxe5 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qxe5 24.
Kg2 Qe7 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kalinin,A-Atalik,S/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 057/[Atalik] 
(39)}) (14. Rc1 Re8 (14... Qf5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a4 Ne5 17. b4 a5 18. Nc5 axb4
19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. Bxb4 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Be7 Re8
25. Bd6 $14 {1-0 Utemov,V-Titenko,V/Moscow 1990/EXT 2004 (39)}) 15. Re1 Qf5 16.
Bd2 Be6 17. Qa4 Rad8 18. Nf4 Bc8 19. Bh3 Qe5 20. Nd3 Qh5 21. Nf4 Qg5 22. Bxc8
Rxc8 23. Qc2 Qg4 $132 {0-1 Cherniak,L-Magerramov,E/Moscow 1991/TD (50)}) 14...
Qf5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Re1 Qg6 21.
b5 axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne7 24. Qxd4 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Hansen,C/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Tsesarsky] (65)}) (12... h6 $5 {is quite good, in
order to keep the isolated central pawn on d5 for a while, leaving the a7-g1
diagonal and d4 square free:} 13. Bd2 (13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Nd3 Bb6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16.
Nf4 Be6 (16... Qe5 17. a4 Bf5 18. a5 Bc7 19. a6 bxa6 20. Rc1 Ne7 21. Bc3 d4 22.
Bb4 Rac8 23. Bb7 Bb6 24. Bxc8 Nxc8 25. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lie,K-Hansen,L/
Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101 ext (45)}) 17. Qa4 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Be1 Qf6 20.
Bc3 d4 21. Be1 Bg4 22. h3 g5 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. hxg4 Re5 25. Qc4 Rde8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Kinsman,A/France 1998/EXT 2001 (33)}) 13... Bb6 14. Nd3 Qd6
$1 (14... Rd8 15. a4 a5 16. Nf4 d4 17. Nd5 Ra6 18. Rc1 Ba7 19. Bf4 Kh7 20. Nc7
Rb6 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Rc4 Qe8 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rg6 26. Nd6
Nc6 27. Qd3 {1-0 Gustafsson,J-Hertneck,G/Germany 2002/EXT 2003}) 15. Bf4 Qf6
16. Bxd5 Bg4 $132 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Qb3 $1 Nxd3 20. exd3 Be2 21.
Rfe1 Bxd3 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Ba6 $11 {0-1 Schmidt,W-Greenfeld,A/Moscow 1994/
CBM 045 (29)}) 13. Nd3 (13. Bxd5 $6 Re5 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf4 Re8 $17) (13. Rc1
Bb6 14. Bxd5 Re5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rxe2 $15) 13... Bb6 14.
Bd2 Qd6 {The same idea as after 12...h6 but Black's rook is already on e8,
which is, of course, favorable for her.} 15. Nf4 Bg4 16. a4 Rad8 17. a5 Bc5 (
17... Bd4 $15 {was even stronger.}) 18. Re1 a6 $6 {An unnecessary move, after
which White consolidates his position and Black's d5 pawn becomes weak.} (18...
Bf5 $142 {[%cal Yf5e4] , e.g.} 19. Rc1 (19. Qb3 $2 Nd4) (19. Nxd5 $2 Be4) (19.
Bxd5 $2 g5 20. Nh5 Bg4) 19... Be4 20. e3 d4 $1 $36) 19. Rc1 Ne5 $2 (19... Bf5 {
was still possible, e.g.} 20. Bxd5 Ne5 $44 (20... g5 21. Nh5 Bg4 {is not good
now due to} 22. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nxe8)) 20. h3 Bf5 (
20... Be6 $142 $14) 21. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5] Suddenly Black is in trouble.} Nc4
22. Red1 Be6 (22... Be4 {is too late due to} 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 25.
Rxd5 $16) (22... b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Bb4 $16) 23. Be1 (23. Nxd5
$1 {was even simpler:} Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxc4 $16) 23... b5 24. axb6 Nxb6
25. Qa2 Bb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxa6 {and White gradually converted his extra
pawn:} Nc4 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Nb6 31. Ba2 h6 32. Rc7 Rd8 33.
Rxf7 Kh8 34. Qa3 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 {
A rare but solid continuation. Black usually plays} (7... Be7) ({or} 7... Bb4)
8. bxc3 Qc7 {This immediate attack on White's c3-pawn, preventing Bf1-d3, is
the only way for Black to justify his previous move.} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 {
is comfortable for White.}) 9. Bd2 {This move looks passive but other defences
have their drawbacks, too:} (9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 b6 12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O Nd7 14. a4 Bb7 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Rfc1 bxa5 18. Nd2 Nb6 $11 {
1/2 (93) Timman,J (2615)-Fressinet,L (2711) Malmo 2014}) (9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. O-O
Bd6 11. d5 O-O 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Re1 e5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Qxa3 Bd7 18. Rxe5 {1/2 (18) Ghaem Maghami,E (2596)-Kramnik,V (2777) Berlin
2015}) (9. Bb2 Nd7 (9... Bd6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14.
Qe4 Bd7 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Qh5 Bf4 17. Rfe1 Bc6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qf4 $11 {
1-0 (92) Khismatullin,D (2649)-Ghane Gardeh,S (2398) Moscow 2011}) 10. Bd3 Ba3
$5 11. Qb3 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rac1 b5 16. Rfe1 Bb7
$11 {0-1 (44) Klimentov,E (2196)-Kharitonov,A (2553) Voronezh 2015}) (9. Qc2
Nd7 (9... b6 $5 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. O-O a6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ng5 $6 Bd6 14. f4 Nf6
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rae1 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O $11 {1/2 (63) Milov,V (2669)
-Houska,J (2392) Gibraltar 2009}) 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ng5 (12. Re1 Bd6
13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6 15. Rh4 Rc8 16. Bd2 h6 17. Re1 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf6 19.
Qb1 Nd5 20. Rg4 Kf8 $13 {1-0 (33) Adams,M (2724)-Houska,J (2401) London 2007})
(12. Be4 $11) 12... Bd6 13. h3 h6 (13... Bh2+ $6 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Re1 Bxg5 16.
Bxg5 h6 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. c4 O-O 19. a4 $14 {0-1 (36) Riazantsev,A (2646)
-Kramnik,V (2777) Berlin GER 2015}) 14. Ne4 Be7 $11) 9... Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 {
Black can develop his kingside bishop first:} (10... Be7 $5 11. O-O b6 12. Re1
Bb7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Re3 h6 15. Rh3 Bd6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4
19. Qxe4 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 (29) Dickenson,N (2250)-Levitt,J (2445) Maidstone 1994})
(10... Bd6 11. O-O b6 $5 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Rfe1 $1 (15. Rae1 Nc5 16. Bb1 b6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Ba6 19. c4 Nd7 $13 {
0-1 (52) Hou,Y (2673)-Dimitrov,R (2445) Bastia 2014}) 15... Nc5 16. Bc2 $40)
12. Re1 (12. d5 Nc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. c4 O-O 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qd4
Rfe8 18. Rad1 e5 $15 {0-1 (28) Bern,I (2345)-Ogaard,L (2395) Oslo 2006}) 12...
Bb7 13. c4 O-O 14. Rc1 (14. Bc3 Rfe8 15. Ng5 $6 h6 16. Nf3 Rad8 $15 {0-1 (60)
Rantanen,Y (2308)-Barbosa,O (2501) Pattaya 2015}) 14... Rac8 15. d5 Bf4 (15...
Nc5 $5 16. Bxh7+ $140 Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6) 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nc5 18. Re3 f6
19. Rh3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 {1-0 (25) Nurkic,S (2415)-Majeric,Z (2345) Tuzla 2007} g6
$13) 11. Ng5 {White tries to exploit Black's delay in the development of his
kingside but doesn't gain anything.} (11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 Bd6 {- see above})
11... Nf6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qh3 h6 15. Rfe1 (15. Nf3 $5 {is more
logical, preventing castling. However, Black's position is solid enough in any
case:} Bb7 (15... O-O $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6) (15... Bf4 {is less accurate
in view of} 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne5 {[%csl Rf4]} O-O 18. g3 Qd2 19. Rfc1 {
[%cal Rc1c2]}) 16. Rae1 Bxf3 $1 {(the simplest: White's strong knight should
be eliminated)} 17. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. d5 O-O 20. dxe6 Rbe8 $11) 15...
O-O 16. Nf3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ne5 Bb7 {Black's queen is safe here.} 19.
Rad1 (19. g3 Qd2 20. Rec1 Qb2 21. a4 Rfc8 {etc. - Black's extra tempo is
crucial}) 19... Qg5 20. c4 Rbd8 21. Qg3 $6 ({As usualwith hanging pawns, it
was better for White to keep queens on the board:} 21. Bf1 $11) 21... Qxg3 22.
hxg3 {A marginal plus now belongs to Black as White's hanging pawns are rather
weak. Still, a draw is the most probable outcome.} Rfe8 ({The immediate} 22...
Nd7 {is more accurate as the most appropriate position of Black's rooks is yet
to be determined.}) 23. f3 Nd7 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Bc2 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Re7 27. Bb3
Red7 28. Ke3 {, and the World Champion failed to break down White's defences:}
g6 29. g4 Bc6 30. d5 exd5 31. cxd5 Bb7 32. f4 f6 {(forcing a draw)} 33. Re6
Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37. Rc6 Ra5 38. Rc2 Kf6 39. Rc6+
Kg7 40. Rc2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {
This well-known theoretical variation has been examined in several CBM issues
- see e.g. CBM 105, annotations to Van Wely - Polgar by GM Igor Stohl. White's
strong g2-bishop guarantees him some edge but Black's position is quite solid.}
Ke7 {Black's defensive plan includes ...Rh8-d8-d6 or d7, ...Ke7-d8 (if
necessary), ...Ra8-b8, ...b7-b6 and ...Bc8-b7. It looks quite slow but
surprisingly, it is not easy for White to prevent it or gain something in the
meantime. Alternatives:} (13... Kd8) (13... Rb8) 14. Rhc1 (14. a4 Rd8 15. Ke3
Rb8 16. a5 Bd7 17. Rhb1 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Kd3 Rb5 $11 {1-0 (51) Berkes,F 
(2617)-Horvath,A (2555) Kazincbarcika 2005}) 14... Rd8 15. Rc7+ {White trades
Black's active rook.} (15. Ke3 Rb8 $1) (15. Rc4 Rd6 (15... Rd7 16. a4 Rb8 17.
a5 Kd8 $1 18. Rac1 Rd6 19. f4 Ra6 20. Rc5 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rh5 h6 23. g4
Ra2+ 24. Ke3 Bb7 $11 {1/2 (58) Van Wely,L (2679)-Polgar,J (2728) Wijk aan Zee
2005 CBM 105 [Stohl,I]}) 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Ke3 (17. e3 Rb8 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rxd7+
Bxd7 20. f4 b6 21. Be4 h6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {1/2 (31) Salgado Lopez,I 
(2622)-Hansen,E (2577) Doha QAT 2014}) 17... Rb8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Bd7 20. g5
Ra6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. R1c2 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (49) Vaganian,R (2640)-Bauer,C (2525)
Germany 1998}) 15... Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ (17. R7c4 {is now just a loss
of a tempo, and Black easily equalizes:} Rb8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc6 Rc7 20. e4 {
1/2 (20) Hillarp Persson,T (2443)-Psakhis,L (2575) Ohrid 2001}) 17... Kxd7 {
[%mdl 4096]} 18. g4 {[%cal Yg4g5] White starts some kingside action. Practice
has seen some other moves, too:} (18. Be4 h6 19. h4 Rb8 20. g4 Kd6 21. f4 Bd7
22. Bf3 b6 23. e4 Rc8 24. e5+ Ke7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Kc3 g6 {1/2 (26) Zoler,D 
(2541)-Zilberman,Y (2423) Israel 2011}) (18. e4 b6 (18... Rb8 19. e5 Kd8 20.
Be4 h6 21. Ke3 b6 22. f4 Bb7 {1/2 Benko,P-Farago,I/Szolnok 1975 (22)}) 19. e5
Rb8 20. Bc6+ Kd8 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc4 Rb7 25. Rh4 h6
26. Rg4 Ke8 27. Rc4 Rd7+ 28. Ke3 Rd5 29. f4 Ra5 $11 {1/2 (38) Ftacnik,L (2546)
-Rapport,R (2444) Szentgotthard 2010}) (18. f4 Rb8 19. d5 (19. e4 b6 20. Ke3
Bb7 21. Bh3 Kd8 $5 (21... Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. d5 Kc7 24. e5 b5 25. Kd4 Kb6
26. d6 $16 {1-0 (61) Benko,P-Donner,J Wijk aan Zee 1970}) 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5
Bc8 24. Bg2 Bf5 25. Kd4 f6 $11 {I.Tsesarsky}) 19... exd5 (19... Kd6 $5 20. e4
f6 21. Bh3 $140 Bd7 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Kxe6 24. Rc7 Rd8+ 25. Ke3 Rd7) 20.
Bxd5 f6 21. e4 Kd6 22. Ke3 Bd7 23. Kd4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Rc8 $8 24. e5+ fxe5+ 25.
fxe5+ Ke7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Kc5 Be6 $1 $11 {0-1 (39) Huzman,A (2574)-Psakhis,L
(2599) Haifa 2000 CBM 074 ext [Psakhis,L]}) 18... h6 (18... Rb8 $143 19. g5 $1
{[%cal Yc1c3,Yc3h3]} b5 $1 20. Rc5 $14 (20. Rc3 $143 b4 21. Rh3 Rb5 22. d5 Ra5
23. Rxh7 Rxa2+ 24. Kc1 Rxe2 25. Rxg7 Rxf2 26. dxe6+ Kxe6 27. Bh3+ f5 28. Rxa7
Rxh2 29. Rh7 Rh1+ 30. Kb2 Rg1 31. Rc7 Bd7 32. Bxf5+ Kxf5 33. Rxd7 Rxg5 {
1/2 (33) Werle,J (2443)-Sax,G (2511) Fuerth 2002})) 19. h4 (19. f4 Rb8 20. g5 (
20. e4 b6 21. h4 Bb7 22. Ke3 g6 23. Bf1 {1/2 (23) Ruck,R (2551)-Horvath,A 
(2555) Kazincbarcika 2005}) 20... hxg5 $1 (20... b6 $6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Rc3
Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rh3 $14 {1-0 (42) Kramnik,V (2730)-Lautier,J (2645)
Belgrade 1995 CBM 051 [Kortschnoj]}) 21. fxg5 b6 22. g6 (22. h4 {[%cal Rh4h5]}
g6 23. Ke3 (23. Bc6+ Kd6 24. Be8 Ke7 25. Bb5 a6 26. Bd3 Kd6 27. Rf1 Ke7 28. Rc1
Kd6 {1/2 (28) Volke,K (2458)-Farago,I (2507) Budapest 2004}) 23... Ba6 24. Bf3
Rh8 25. Rh1 Bc4 26. Kf4 b5 $132 {1/2 (33) Psakhis,L-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch Tel
Aviv 1998}) 22... fxg6 23. Be4 Kd6 24. Rc6+ Kd7 25. Rc1 Kd6 26. Bxg6 Bd7 27. h4
Rf8 28. h5 Rf2 29. Rg1 {1/2 (50) Jakovenko,D (2747)-Radjabov,T (2726) Tashkent
UZB 2014} Rh2 $11) (19. Rc5 Rb8 20. Ra5 $5 a6 21. Rh5 {is an interesting
attempt, Black needs accurate play to defend:} Kd6 22. g5 hxg5 23. Rh8 (23. Rh7
Bd7 24. Rxg7 f6 25. e4 Bc6 26. Rf7 Rh8 27. Rxf6 Rxh2 28. e5+ Ke7 29. Bxc6 bxc6
30. Kc3 a5 31. Kc4 Rh1 32. Rg6 Rc1+ 33. Kb3 Rf1 34. Rxg5 Rxf2 $11 {1/2 (52)
Fridman,D (2629)-Meier,G (2610) Dortmund 2013}) 23... g4 $5 24. Rg8 g6 25. f3
gxf3 26. Bxf3 b5 27. h4 Kc7 28. Rg7 Bd7 29. Rxf7 Rh8 30. Rf4 Kd6 $11 {1/2 (39)
Gelfand,B (2773)-Leko,P (2737) Beijing 2013}) 19... Rb8 20. f4 (20. g5 hxg5 ({
even} 20... b6 {is now playable since White can't bring his rook to h3
attacking the h6-pawn:} 21. Bc6+ Kd6 22. Be8 hxg5 23. hxg5 f6 {1/2 (23)
Krivoshey,S (2504)-Sax,G (2535) Balatonlelle 2004}) 21. hxg5 b6 22. Rh1 Ba6 23.
Rh7 Rg8 24. e4 Bc4 25. a3 b5 26. Kc3 a5 27. d5 Kd6 28. Kd4 e5+ 29. Kc3 Kc5 $132
{1/2 (46) Buss,R (2270)-Miniboeck,G (2348) St Poelten 2002}) 20... b6 21. Bc6+
Kd8 (21... Ke7 22. e4 Bd7 23. h5 f6 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 25. e5 {(a similar ending
happened in the game under examination, but GM T.Radjabov defends more
successfully - the question is whether his opponent could have posed more
problems to him)} b5 26. Rc5 Rb6 27. Kd3 fxe5 28. dxe5 a5 29. f5 a4 30. Kc2 b4
31. Ra5 b3+ 32. axb3 axb3+ 33. Kb2 exf5 34. gxf5 Ke7 35. Ra7+ (35. e6 Kf6 36.
Ra8 Rb5 37. Rf8+ Ke7 38. Rf7+ Ke8) 35... Kf8 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Ra8+
Ke7 39. Ra7+ {1/2 (39) Fressinet,L (2712)-Radjabov,T (2717) Bilbao ESP 2014}) (
{There is apparently nothing wrong with} 21... Kd6 {, e.g.} 22. e4 (22. Be8 Bb7
$1 23. Bxf7 Rf8) 22... Ba6 23. e5+ Ke7 {[%cal Yb8c8]} 24. Rc3 Rc8 25. Ra3 Rxc6
26. Rxa6 Rc7 {but White can try the same plan as in the game:} 27. h5 Kd7 28.
Ra3 {[%cal Ya3c3]}) 22. e4 Bd7 {Surprisingly, the bishop exchange might be
wrong!} (22... Ba6) 23. h5 b5 ({The key to the position is that the pawn
endgame after} 23... Rc8 24. Bxd7 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 Kxd7 26. e5 {is probably
winning for White: Black's king will have to protect his kingside from the
threat of a pawn break; meanwhile White's king will find its way to Black's
queenside pawns. The full analysis of this ending is quite extensive; here are
some lines:} Ke7 27. Kd2 Kf8 $5 (27... g6 $2 28. g5 hxg5 29. h6 Kf8 30. fxg5
$18) (27... Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke7 (28... Kc6 29. f5 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 29. Kc4 a6 30. d5
) 28. f5 $1 (28. Kd3 g6 29. Kc4 gxh5 30. gxh5 a6 31. d5 Ke7 32. Kd4 Kd7 33. Ke4
Ke7 34. f5 Kd7 {with a fortress}) 28... Ke7 (28... g6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. g5 $1 {
, and White wins by getting a second passed pawn with a d4-d5 break}) 29. Kd3
Kd7 (29... b5 30. Ke4 a5 31. d5 {[%cal Ye4d4]}) 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. d5 exf5+ (31...
Kd7 32. g5 $1 exf5+ 33. Kxf5 hxg5 34. e6+ Ke7 35. Kxg5 b5 36. exf7 Kxf7 37. d6
Ke6 38. Kg6 $18) 32. gxf5 Kd7 33. e6+ Ke7 34. Ke5 f6+ 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. a4 a6 37.
Kc4 Ke7 38. a5 b5+ 39. Kc5 $18) (23... Bxc6 $5 24. Rxc6 Kd7 25. Rc3 f6 {
deserved serious attention - see Fressinet-Radjabov above}) ({or an immediate} 
23... f6 $5 {I guess this ending is going to be the subject of the most
extensive analysis by... opening specialists!}) 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 25. Rc5 Rb6 $6 ({
Probably the last moment to play} 25... f6 $5) 26. Kc3 a5 27. e5 g6 {This move
allows White to create connected passed pawns in the centre but, amazingly, I
don't see a good defence any more!} (27... Rc6 {was still hopeless due to} 28.
Rxc6 Kxc6 29. f5 Kd7 30. d5 exd5 31. Kd4) ({It was probably too late to try
Radjabov's plan:} 27... f6 28. exf6 $1 gxf6 29. g5 $1 fxg5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31.
Rxg5 Rb8 32. h6 Rh8 33. Rg7+ $1 (33. Rh5 Rh7 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Rxb5 (35. Ke4 b4
36. Kd3 a4 37. Kc4 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. Kxb3 Kf6) 35... Rxh6 36. Rxa5 Rh1 {
, and White should not win}) 33... Kd6 34. h7 Kd5 35. Kd3 e5 36. dxe5 Kxe5 37.
Rb7 Rd8+ 38. Kc3 Kf6 39. Rxb5 Kg7 40. Rxa5 Kxh7 41. a4 {- this endgame is
winning}) ({Passive defence like} 27... Rb8 {was hardly enough either.}) 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. a4 $2 {But this move probably lets White's advantage slip.} (29.
d5 $1 exd5 30. Kd4 Ke6 31. Rc8 {[%cal Yd4c5] was very strong.}) 29... b4+ $6 (
29... bxa4 {was probably even simpler: after} 30. Rxa5 Rb3+ 31. Kc4 Rf3 {
I don't see a win for White, e.g.} 32. Rxa4 (32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. Kc5
Rf7) 32... Rxf4 33. Kc5 Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. d5 exd5 36. Kd6 d4 37. e6 d3 38.
e7+ Kf7 39. Ra8 Re4 40. Rf8+ Kg7 {, and White's e-pawn can't queen.}) 30. Kb3
Ra6 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. d5 h5 $2 {According to GM A.Tukhaev, Black
could have held his ground by means of} (33... f4 34. Rc4 h5 35. Rxf4 Rh6) ({or
} 33... Ra7 34. Rc6 f4 35. Rxh6 Rc7) 34. e6+ Kd6 35. Kc4 Ke5 $4 {This blunder
ends the game at once but after} (35... h4 36. Rb5 {[%cal Yc4d4,Yb5b7] Black's
blockade would be lifted very soon, e.g.} f4 (36... h3 37. Rb7 Ke5 38. e7 Ra8
39. Rb6 h2 40. Re6+ Kf4 41. Re1 {[%cal Yd5d6]} Kg5 42. d6 Kf6 43. Kd4 Rb8 44.
d7 h1=Q 45. e8=Q) 37. Kd4 {[%cal Rb5b7]} Ra8 38. Rb6+ Kc7 39. Kc5 {[%cal Yd5d6]
etc.}) 36. e7 Ra8 37. Rc6 {[%cal Rc6e6]} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. d5 Qe7 {/\ e5} (15... exd5 $6 16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Qg5 $40 f6 $2
19. Qg4 Qxe5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. Re7 Kh8 23. Nd6 $1 $18) 16. Rfe1 Rad8
(16... e5 17. Qc3 f6 (17... Rfe8 $2 18. Bb5 $18) 18. Nh4 Bc8 (18... g6 19. Be2
$36 {/\ Bg4}) 19. d6 Qf7 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Qc7 $36) 17. Nd4 g6 (17... exd5 $2 18.
Nf5 $16) (17... Qc5 18. Qe3 (18. Nb5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $11) (18. Bb1 Nc4 $132)
18... e5 (18... exd5 19. e5 Nc6 20. Qh3 g6 21. Nf3 $40) 19. Nf5 (19. Nb3 $5
Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Nxb3 21. axb3 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb3b4] /\ b4}) 19... Qxe3 20.
Nxe3 $14 Bc8 21. Rc1 $36) 18. Qh6 (18. Qe3 exd5 (18... e5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3
$14 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6]}) 19. e5 Nc4 20. Qg3 (20. Qf4 Rfe8) 20... Nb2 21. Rb1 (21.
Nf5 Qe6) (21. Rd2 Qb4) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8 23. f4 Rc4 $13) 18... e5 (18...
exd5 $2 19. Nf5 gxf5 (19... Qe5 20. f4 $18) 20. exf5 $18) (18... Bc8 $5 {
Kasimdzhanov} 19. Bb5 (19. f4 Qc5) (19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. dxc6 Qc7 21. Qc1 Rd6 22.
Bb5 Rfd8 $13) 19... e5 (19... exd5 20. exd5 Qc5 (20... Qf6 21. Nf3 $36) 21. Bc6
$5) 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 Rd6 $14) 19. Nc2 $5 (19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 a5 $1 $14)
19... Bc8 20. Qd2 (20. a3 $5 Nb3 (20... Bg4 21. Be2 $14) 21. Bc4 Nc5 22. Nb4
$14) 20... Nb7 21. Nb4 (21. Ba6 Nd6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb4 Nc4 (23... Rc4 24.
Nc6 Qf6 25. f4 $5 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 exf4 27. e5 Ne4 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 $14) 24.
Qc3 Na5 25. Qb2 (25. d6 Qe6 26. Qa3 Rfd8 27. Nd5 Rc5 $132) 25... Qd6 (25... Nc4
26. Qb3 Na5 27. Qb1) 26. Rc1 $14) 21... Bd7 22. Ba6 $6 (22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qd6
24. Nd3 $14) 22... Nc5 23. Bc4 (23. d6 $2 Qf6 24. Bc4 Ba4 $17) 23... Qd6 24.
Nd3 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rc7 $6 (25... b5 $1 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Bb3 Rxc1 (27... Rfc8 28.
Rxc5 Rxc5 (28... Qxc5 29. d6 Kg7 (29... a5 30. Qxa5 Qxd6 31. Rd1 $14) 30. Rd1
b4 31. h4 $14) 29. f4 $14) 28. Rxc1 Rc8 $11) 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Ba6 $1 $14 Rb8
$6 (27... Ra5 28. Bb7 Rb8 (28... Ra4 29. Qc2 $14 (29. Bc6 Rd4)) 29. Bc6 $14)
28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Bc4 {>< c5} Rb4 30. Rc1 a6 $6 {/\ Bb5, >< a6} 31. a3 Rb8 (
31... Ra4 32. Qb2 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Qxb5 Rxe4 35. Qc6 $1 Qd8 36. Rd1 (36.
h3 Rd4 37. Rxc5 Qg5 $132) 36... Rd4 37. Rxd4 cxd4 38. d6 Kf8 39. Qc5 f6 40. d7+
Kf7 41. Qd6 $16) 32. Qc3 Kf8 $6 33. h3 (33. f4 $1 f6 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Be2 Rc8
36. Qa5 $16) 33... f6 34. Be2 Rc8 35. Qa5 Ke7 36. Qd2 (36. Rb1 c4 37. Rb6 Qc5
$132) 36... c4 $2 $138 (36... Kf7 $16) 37. Rc3 $5 (37. Qh6 c3 38. Qxh7+ Kd8 39.
Qxg6 c2 $16) 37... Qb6 $2 (37... Kf8 38. Bxc4) 38. Qh6 $18 Kd6 39. Qg7 Qd8 40.
Qxh7 (40. Rxc4 Qe7) 40... Qa5 41. Rf3 $1 Qe1+ 42. Bf1 f5 (42... c3 43. Rxf6+
Kc7 44. Rc6+ Kd8 45. Qh8+ $18) 43. Qxg6+ Kc5 44. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $5) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12.
Rb1 (12. a4) (12. d5) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Qxa5 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nxa5
15. Kd2 Bb7 16. Ke3 Ke7 17. Rhc1 Rhc8 18. Nd2 f6 (18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Kd3 (21. f4 $5) 21... Nc6 22. Kc3 e5 $10 {Dorfman,J-Murrey,J/FRA/
1992/0,5/40/}) 19. f4 f5 20. Bf3 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Kxe4 Kd6 $10 23. Kd3
Ke7 $1 (23... Kd5 24. Re1 Nc6 $1 (24... Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4+ (25... Rxc4 $2 26.
Re5+ Kd6 27. Rbe1 $16) 26. Kc3 $14) 25. Re4) 24. Ne4 Nc4 25. Nc5 Rc6 26. a4 Rd8
27. Kc3 $6 (27. axb5 Rxc5 28. Rxc4 Rxb5 $10) 27... Nd6 $1 28. Re1 Nf5 $15 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 (30. Re4 Nxd4 $1) 30... Nxd4 31. Ra5 Rd5 32. Re5 Kd6 33. Kc4
Rxe5 34. fxe5+ Kxe5 35. Kd3 Nf5 36. Ne4+ $1 Kf4 37. Ra4 $1 Ke5 (37... h6 $5)
38. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Lugovoi,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. h4 $5 (12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nce7 (
13... Re8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Ba2 $16 {Serper,G-Kaidanov,G/Groningen/
1993/}) 14. Bd2 Ng6 $13 {Korchnoi,V-Oll,L/Groningen/1993/0,5/31/}) 12... Bb7
13. Bg5 $6 (13. h5 $5 h6 14. a3 Nce7 15. Qd3 Nf5 $13) 13... Bxg5 14. hxg5 Rc8
15. a3 (15. Rc1 Na5 $15) 15... Nde7 $6 (15... Na5 16. Ba2 Ba6 17. Ne5 Nc4 $10)
(15... Nf4 $6 16. Ba2 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nd3 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. Rxd3 $1 $14) 16. Ba2 Nf5
$2 (16... Na5 17. Qd3 Bd5 18. Bb1 Ng6 $10) 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Bxd5 Qc7
$1 $10) 18... Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Na5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.
Rc1 $1 Nbd6 $8 (23... Nfd6 24. Rc7 $1 $16) 24. Rd1 Nb7 25. Rc1 Nbd6 26. Nxd6
Nxd6 27. Rc7 a5 28. a4 $6 (28. Ne5 $16) 28... Ne4 29. Rb7 h6 $1 30. gxh6 Rd1+
31. Kh2 Rd6 $1 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. hxg7 Kxg7 34. Nh4 Kf6 (34... Rh6 $1 35. g3 Nxf2
36. Kg2 Rf6 $10) 35. f4 Nc5 36. b3 Nxb3 37. Rh8 Ke6 38. g4 Nc5 39. Nf5 Rd2+ 40.
Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kh4 Nxa4 42. Re8+ Kd5 43. Rf8 Rf3 (43... Rf3 44. Rxf7 Rxf4 45.
Ne3+ Ke4 46. Rxf4+ Kxf4 47. g5 Nc5 48. g6 Ne6 49. Nd5+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 {By this move order White has avoided the Panov/Nimzo lines with
Bb4.} Nxc3 (9... Nc6 {transposes to D41 Tarrasch.}) 10. bxc3 {Now the weakness
of the isolani d4 is transformed to the weakness of c3 and the hanging pawns.}
Nd7 (10... Qc7 11. Qd3 (11. Qe2 Nd7 (11... Nc6 {The N is not so flexible here
as on d7, it disturbs the harmony of the black pieces.} 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bd3 g6
14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Rfd1 h6 {(Chernyshov-Bogumil, Tenkes Kupa Harkany 1994)} 16.
Be4 $14) 12. Re1 (12. Bb2 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Qe3 {(1/2:1/2
Chernyshov-Lalic, Djakovo op 1994)} (15. Rfe1 $5) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bf6 {
Black has to put pressure on >< d4 and c4, White has to find a breakthrough
opening up the position for his ^^.} 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Nb7 20.
Ba4 (20. Qe4 $5 g6 21. Qf3 Kg7 (21... Bg7 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Ba3 $14)) 20... Rf8
21. Ba3 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 {If White has to give up the ^^, his position cannot
be better.} 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Ba6 Rd7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. d5 Rfd8 $11 {
Alterman-Khlian, Rostov op 1993}) 12... b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. h3 Bf4 {
The exchange of the dark-squared B makes Black's task easier.} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
Bxf4 Qc6 18. Be4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. dxe5 Bc2 21. a4 Rac8 $11 {A.
Minasian-Goloshchapov, Batumi 2002}) (11. Bd3 $5 {is a typical positional P
sacrifice.}) 11... Nd7 12. Re1 (12. Bb3 b6 $142 (12... Qa5 $6 {The Q is
usually badly placed here.} 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17.
Qh3 Qa3 18. f4 {/\ f5 opening up the f <-> and the a2-g8 /^.} Nd5 19. f5 exf5
20. Qxf5 $16 {Lerner-Kudischewitsch, Tel Aviv 2002})) 12... b6 13. Bb3 Bb7 {
This is Black's standard setup.} 14. Bg5 $5 (14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qh3
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 b5 {/\ Bd5 blockading the light squares and the backward P on c3
remains a target.} 18. Re3 Bd5 $13 {Yu Shaoteng-Groszpeter,A/Gyula 2000}) 14...
Bd6 15. Re3 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Rae1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. h3 Qf6 20. Qb5 a6
21. Qb4 a5 22. Qd6 Rc6 23. Qg3 $14 {A.Sokolov-Patuzzo, SUI-chT 2002}) 11. Bd3
b6 (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 h6 (12... Nf6 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rae1 b6
16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. Qxh6 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Gudmundsson,E/Reykjavik
op 1982/MCD-op (32)}) 13. c4 (13. Qe2 $5 {deserves attention fighting against
b6.}) 13... b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qf4 $132 {
Mchedlishvili-Erdogdu, Saraybahce GP 2002}) 12... Re8 (12... Qxc3 {is usually
risky, although cannot be refuted immediately.} 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rab1 $44 (14.
Rac1 $44)) 13. c4 g6 14. c5 {White deliberately weakens >< d5, but he wants to
gain space and control over the dark squares.} (14. Bb2 $5 b6) 14... Nf6 15.
Ne5 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Rf8 19. Rfc1 Bf6 20. Nc4 Bxd4 21. Nd6
Qd8 22. Nxb7 Qf6 23. c6 Bc8 24. Rb3 e5 25. Be4 Be6 $13 {Anand-Adams, FIDE-Wch
k.o. 1997}) 12. Be4 Ba6 $1 (12... Rb8 13. Bf4 $16) 13. Re1 (13. Bxa8 Bxf1 14.
Bc6 Ba6 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. Be4 Qc7 $11) 13... Rc8 14. Qa4 Bc4 $6 {This is based
on a miscalculation.} (14... Nb8 {doesn't look very nice, but playable.} 15.
Qc2 (15. Re3 Bd6) 15... h6 (15... g6 16. Bh6 $16) 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18.
Re3 Nd7 $13) 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Qxa7 $2 {founders on the pin after} f5 $1 16. Bb7
Rc7 17. Bf4 Bd5 $17) 15... b5 (15... a6 16. Bb7 $16) 16. Qxa7 {Black has
sacrificed the P for a succesful blockade, but his hopes capturing the Q are
in vain.} f5 (16... Nf6 $5 17. Bb7 Nd5 $1 (17... Rc7 18. Qb6) 18. Bxc8 Nxf4 19.
a4 $1 (19. Ba6 Bd6 20. a4 (20. Qb7 Bd5 21. Qxb5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qh4 $1 $17) 20...
Bd5 $44) (19. Ne5 Bd5 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kf1 Qxc8 22. Qxe7 Qxc3 $44) (19. Bb7 Qc7
$1 $44) 19... Bd6 (19... Bd5 20. Re3 (20. axb5 $2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bd6 $1) 20...
bxa4 (20... Qd6 21. Qd7 $1 bxa4 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Ba6 $16) 21. Rxa4 Bd6 22. Bb7
$1 $16 (22. Qd7 Qb6)) 20. Bb7 $1 (20. Ba6 {- 19...Ba6}) 20... Ne2+ (20... Qc7
21. axb5) 21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. axb5 $16) 17. Bb7 Rc7 18. Rab1 $18 {and Black
cannot get back the material.} Bd5 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rxb5 (20. Bxd5 $5 Qxa7 21.
Rxe6 Kh8 22. Rxe7 $16) 20... Bxf3 21. Qa6 (21. gxf3 Qxc3 22. Rbb1 $18) 21...
Bh5 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Qxe7 Nxd5 25. Qe8+ Rf8 26. Qxh5 Qxc3 27. Qd1
Qb2 28. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Penne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 (6... Nxc3 7.
bxc3 g6 {may lead to Grunfeld type of positions.}) 7. Bc4 {White is waiting
with d4 in order to avoid the Nimzoindian stuff after Bb4.} Nxc3 (7... Be7 {
is the main line.}) 8. bxc3 Qc7 (8... Bd6 9. d4 (9. O-O O-O) 9... Nd7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Bd3 $14 (11. Qe2 Qc7 {Black wants to finish the development and attack
the [+] by e5.} 12. Bd3 $5 b6 (12... Qxc3 13. Bg5 $44) 13. Bb2 (13. c4 Bb7)
13... Bb7 14. h3 e5 $132 {Nisipeanu-Bologan, Mallorca 2004})) 9. Qe2 Nc6 {
The plan Nd7, b6, Bb7 with a B on e7 or d6 looks more flexible.} (9... Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bd2 (12. Rd1 g6 13. d5 {If the breakthrough is not
successful, White has given up his [+] for nothing.} Nc5 14. Rd4 Bd6 15. Ng5 {
1/2-1/2 Korneev-Izoria, Manresa 2004}) 12... b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rfe1 $5 (14.
Rac1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Ba3 16. Rc2 Bc6 17. c4 Bd6 $13 {Serper-Kuijf, Amsterdam 1990
})) 10. O-O Be7 (10... Bd6 11. d4 O-O 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Bd2 (13. h4 {looks a bit
sophysticated.} Nd5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Be4
Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rac8 $13 {Morozevich-Volkov, Moscow 1993}) 13... b6 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Ne5 $14) 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd3 {In comparision to the Nimzoindian Black has
got the ^^!} Bd7 {The B belongs to the long /^.} (12... Qa5 $6 13. Bd2 Qh5 {
is not an impressive Q manoeuvre.} 14. Rab1 a6 {against Rb5} 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16.
h3 f6 17. c4 $16 {and White's hanging pawns are really strong, Prushikin-Zo.
Varga, Miskolc 2004.}) 13. Re1 $16 {White has to fight against e5.} h6 (13...
Bf6 14. Ng5 $18) 14. Bb2 {/\ c4 building up an ideal hanging pawns position.}
Rfe8 (14... Bf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bc1 {>< h6} Bg7 17. Qh4 Qd8 18. Qg3 $14) 15. c4
Bf8 $6 {The B is passive here.} (15... Bf6 {neutralizing the pressure on the
long /^ and attacking >< d4.} 16. Qe4 g6 $14) 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bb1 Qf4 $2 (
17... g6 18. Qd2 Qa5 (18... Bg7 19. d5 $16) 19. Bc3 $16) 18. Qc2 f5 {Now
Black's P structure is irreversibily weakened.} (18... g6 {is strongly met by
the typical breakthrough in the [+] by} 19. d5 $1) 19. a3 {/\ Ba2 in case} Rc8
20. Qd3 e5 (20... Rcd8 21. Ba2 $16) 21. dxe5 Be6 {Black sacrifices a P in
order to blockade the [+] on e6.} 22. c5 Red8 $2 (22... Rcd8 $142 23. Qb5 Bd5
24. Rcd1 Bxf3 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Nxe5 28. Kg2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1
$16 {The white ^^ is annoying, but the P structure is far from ideal.}) 23. Qb5
$1 Rd7 24. Rcd1 Rcd8 25. Rd6 $1 $18 {This is the point! The typical positional
exchange sacrifice decides the battle.} Bxd6 26. exd6 {opening up the long /^.
The strong o^ on d6 paralyzes Black.} Bf7 (26... Bd5 27. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 28. Rxe5
Qd2 29. h3 g6 30. Qb4 $18) 27. Bc1 a6 28. Qd3 Qg4 29. h3 Qh5 30. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 (5. e3 {L'alternative dans
cette semi Tarrasch} c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1)
5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 (7... Be7 $6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Nc6
$6 (10... Bb7) 11. Be3 $14 {Alekhine,A-Del Ponte,G Buenos Aires exh Club
Espagnol 1926 0-1} (11. d5 $1)) 8. cxd4 {Bizarrement les Blancs ont rйflйchi
10 mns sur ce coup pourtant forcй} Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 {80} O-O {88} 11.
Bc4 {Un bel exemple de position dйsйquilibrйe avec d'une cotй le "Dynamisme"
des Blancs et l'autre, l'avantage "statique" des Noirs.} b6 $5 {Les Noirs
veulent dйvelopper le B avant le N de maniиre а ne pas perdre un tempo sur
l'attaque d4d5} (11... Nc6 {La grande ligne} 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 exd5 17. e5 $40 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gf3g5,Gd2f4]}) (11... Nd7)
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 (13. d5 {Thйmatique mais un peu prйmaturй sans avoir
dйveloppй les R} exd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 {[%csl Gc6]} Nd7 16. Rfe1 {
Hort,V (2605)-Timman,J (2445) Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1972 (14) 1/2} (16. d6 $5)
) 13... Nd7 14. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5] 68 Une ligne tranquille pour affaiblir la
majoritй des Noirs} (14. Re3 $5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7][%cal Ge3h3]} Rc8 {Lobron,E 
(2620)-Hansen,C (2610) Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1993 (2) 1-0}) (14. Rad1 $142 {
[%cal Gd4d5] La grande ligne} Rc8 15. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3h7]} (15. Bb3 {[%cal Gd4d5]
} Qf6 $1 $132 {Illescas Cordoba,M (2585)-Ivanchuk,V (2709) Bled ol (Men) 2002 
(4.2) 1/2})) 14... Rc8 {88 Le Grec est bien prйparй et il joue vite
l'ouverture.} 15. Bd3 {62} e5 $1 {84 Les Noirs concиdent а un P passй aux
Blancs mais ils obiennent la case "c5" et l'attaque Blanche а l'aile-roi est
freinйe} (15... Qc7 16. a5 $14 {Gyimesi,Z (2618)-Safyanovsky,M (2359)
Balatonlelle op 2004 (3) 1/2}) 16. d5 Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] 85} 17. Bc4 {59
L'armйnien est le premier а dйvier des parties prйcйdentes de l'adversaire
mais le Grec avait aussi anticipй} ({RR} 17. Ra3 Qd6 18. Qb2 f5 19. Nxe5 ({RR} 
19. exf5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxf5) 19... fxe4 20. Bb1 Rce8 21. Nc4 Qxd5 22. Nxb6 ({RR
} 22. Rg3 Qd7 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd7+ Rf6 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Qxb7+
Re7) 22... Qg5 23. Rg3 Qe7 24. Nc4) ({RR} 17. Bc2 f5 18. exf5 ({RR} 18. Rad1
fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rf5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24.
f4 Bb3 25. Rd4 h5 26. Rb4 Bd5 27. g4 hxg4 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rb5 Be6 30. Rxa5 Rc7
31. Ra6 Bc8 32. Ra3 a6 {Antic,D (2523)-Mastrovasilis,A (2503)/Kalamaria 2009/1/
2-1/2 (49)}) 18... e4 19. Nd4 Qxd5 20. Qe3 Kh8 21. Red1 Nd3 22. Bb3 Qc5 23.
Rab1 h6 24. g4 Rfd8 25. Ne6 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Rd6 27. Nd4 a6 28. h3 Rc3 29. Ne2 Rc5
30. Nf4 Kh7 31. Rd2 Rc3 {Maiorov,N (2535)-Mastrovasilis,D (2604)/Kavala 2011/1/
2-1/2 (58)}) 17... Qd6 $5 $146 {84 La prйparation des Noirs, certes selon
l'adage, la Q n'est pas une trйs bonne bloqueuse mais la position Noire est
solide.} ({RR} 17... f6 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Qe2 ({RR} 19. Nf5 Nxe4) 19... g6 ({RR} 
19... Nxa4 20. Bb5) 20. a5 Qd6 21. h3 Rb8 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Nd2 f5 ({RR} 23...
Rfd8) 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 fxe4 ({RR} 25... Rf7 26. exf5 Rxf5 ({RR} 26... gxf5
27. Qxe5+) 27. Ba2 ({RR} 27. g4 Rf4 28. Qxe5+ Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rd4 30. Nb3 Rxc4
31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Raxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rxd5 35. Rxb6) 27... Rbf8
28. f3 ({RR} 28. Ne4 Qb8 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Qa6 R5f7 31. Qa5 Bxd5 32. Rxf7+ Bxf7
33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Qxc5 Qc7)) 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rf4 ({RR} 27... Kg8 28.
Qxe5) 28. Qe2 ({RR} 28. Qxe5+ Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxc4 30. Re7+ Kg8 ({RR} 30... Kf6
31. Raxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Ke5 33. Rxb6 Kxd5 34. Rb7) 31. Raxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rd4
33. Rd7 ({RR} 33. Rxb6 Rxd5) 33... b5 34. Kf1 b4 35. Ke2 b3 36. Rb7 Rxd5 37.
Rxb3) 28... Kh8 ({RR} 28... Kg8 29. Ba2) 29. Bb3 Rb4 30. Qb2 Kg8 ({RR} 30...
Rd4 31. Ra4 Rxa4 32. Rxe5) 31. Qa3 {1-0 Gulko,B (2643)-Lima,D (2525)/Istanbul
2000/[Tsesarsky] (31)} {RR} Qc5 32. Rxe5) 18. Qb2 {[%csl Re5] 48} f5 $5 {
68 Fin de la prйparation des Noirs} 19. exf5 {40} (19. Qxe5 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe5
21. Rxe5 Rxc4 $132 {Zude,A (2461)-Fridman,D (2670) Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann
16th 2012 (4) 1/2}) 19... e4 {63} 20. Qe5 {24 Une dйcision йtonnante des
Blancs car normalement, l'йchange des Q doit affaiblir le potentiel d'attaque
des Blancs et la poussйe a4 est notamment maintenant peu utile mais les Blancs
ont rйflйchi longtemps sur cette position critique.} (20. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gg5e6,
Gg5e4]} Rxf5 (20... Rce8 $2 21. Ne6) (20... e3 $1 21. Rxe3) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22.
Rxe4 Bxd5 23. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Qc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 24. Bxd5+ (24. g4 {[%csl Rg1]
} Bxc4 $1 25. gxf5 $13 {[%csl Rg1]})) 20... Rcd8 {56} (20... Qxe5 $142 {
Plus simple} 21. Nxe5 Rxf5 $11) 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Ng5 $1 Bxd5 (22... Rxf5 23.
Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf8 (24... Bxd5 25. Rd1) 25. Rae1) 23. Rad1 $36 {[%csl Rd6]}
Nd3 $5 {37 Cette pirrouette tactique ne suffira pas} 24. Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Gc4g8]}
Bxc4 25. Nxd6 Nxe1 26. Nxc4 Nc2 27. g4 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Re8 30. Kf1 Kh7
$2 {[%csl Rh7] 25 Les Noirs avaient pourtant beaucoup de temps mais aprиs Kh7,
la position sera difficile а sauver.} (30... Re4 $142 {[%cal Ge4g4,Ge4c4]} 31.
Rd8+ Kh7 (31... Kf7 32. Nd6+) 32. Nd6 Rxg4 33. Nf7 {[%cal Gd8h8]} g5 $8 34. f6
Rxa4 (34... Rf4 35. Nxg5+) 35. Ne5 $36 {[%csl Gf6,Rh7]}) 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Kg2
Rc1 33. Ne5 {08} Ne1+ 34. Kg3 Rc5 35. f4 Rc2 36. Rd7 Rg2+ 37. Kh3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {
This is the modern treatment of the line, but also the way two of Keres'
opponents reacted in Zurich 1953. Rather than playing against the Isolani,
White aims at rapid piece development.} Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 (8... Nxe4 9. O-O Nf6
10. Bg5 (10. Qa4 $5 {may be more effective.} Be7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
Bxc6 Rb8 14. Rd1 Rb4 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Lukacs,P (2465)-Antunes,A (2390) Almada 1988}) (10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe5 $2 O-O $1
$17 {Geller,E-Keres,P Zuerich 1953 (0-1, 27) Geller overlooked that} 12. Bxc6 {
does not win a piece due to} Bd6 $1) 10... Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qc5 Be6 13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Kf8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qa4 Rc7 (16... g6 17. Qxa7 Kg7 18.
Nd4 Bg4 19. f3 Rc7 20. Qb6 Rc4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nce2 Bd7 23. b3 $14) 17. Nd4
g6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. f3 Bc8 $13 {Tregubov,P (2649)-Ginsburg,G (2537) Germany
2010 (1-0, 31). The blockade is not too effective against two bishops.}) ({
In the last round in Zurich, Keres deviated with} 8... a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne5
$5 (10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 $36 {looks OK as in Masek,M (2220)
-Hausner,I (2432) Prague 2005 (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 10... Bb7 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11...
cxd5 12. Qa4+ $16) 12. O-O Be7 {Any developing move would yield White some
advantage due to Black's weaknesses.} 13. Nxc6 $6 ({But if White was in an
attacking mood, he should have played} 13. Bh6 $5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg7h6,Ge5c6]
} Bf6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Ng4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 gxh6 18. Rxb2 $14)
13... Bxc6 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nxd5 (16. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Najdorf,M-Keres,
P Zuerich 1953. Suddenly, both opponents lost the will to play on. Najdorf
understood things had not gone his way, while Keres must have been content
with tying for second.} Qg6 {leaves White simply worse.}) 16... Bxd5 17. Bh6
O-O-O 18. Qc3+ Kb7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 $13 {[%csl Rb7,Gd5,Gf8]}) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
Ng5 Be6 {This queenless middlegame is very pleasant for White, due to the
uncastled black king. But in practice Black has generally managed to reach a
draw.} 11. Bxc6 (11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Ba4
Kf8 16. a3 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5+ Kg8 19. Rfd1 Na5 (19... f6 {1/2-1/2 (38)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Wang,Y (2718) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Krasenkow,M]}) 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Lenic,L (2637)-Edouard,R 
(2653) Warsaw 2013 CBM 158 [Edouard,R]}) 11... bxc6 12. Nxe6+ fxe6 13. Ke2 (13.
Bg5 Bb4 14. O-O-O+ Kc7 15. Bxf6 (15. Rhe1 Nd5 16. Kc2 Rhf8 17. Bh4 e3 18. Bg3+
Kb7 19. fxe3 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 (84) L'Ami,E (2627)-Sokolov,I (2663) Wijk aan Zee
2013}) 15... gxf6 16. Nxe4 Rhg8 (16... f5 17. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (17) Sokolov,I 
(2650)-Edouard,R (2692) Saint Quentin 2014}) 17. Rd4 Be7 18. Rhd1 Rad8 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Vallejo Pons,F (2698)-Wei,Y (2634) Leon 2014}) 13... Bb4 14. Rd1+
Ke7 15. Rd4 $146 {Not an impressive novelty.} (15. Na4 Rhd8 16. Be3 Rxd1 17.
Rxd1 Bd6 (17... Nd5 18. Rd4 Nxe3 19. Kxe3 Rb8 20. Rxe4 Bd6 21. h3 Rb5 {Gelfand,
B (2743)-Wang,Y (2720) Beijing 2014 (1-0, 46)}) 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Rc4 {Gelfand,B
(2747)-Lysyj,I (2691) Jurmala 2015 (1/2-1/2, 35)}) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rhb8 17.
Ba3+ Kf7 18. Ra4 Nd5 {The knight stands well on f6, defending the e4-pawn. But
the last move is not wrong yet, only the small tactical trick prepared by
Lupulescu is inaccurate.} (18... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga8a6]}) 19. Rc1 Rb1 $6 {
Petrosian,T (2640)-Portisch,L (2645) Candidates qf2 1974 (13) 1-0 Nice, but
misplacing the knight completely. I unwillingly remember Portisch' spectacular
but unfortunate ...Qf4, leading to similar consequences in} (19... Rb5 20. g3 (
20. c4 Nf4+ 21. Ke3 Nxg2+) 20... Nb6 21. Ra6 (21. Rxe4 Ra5 $15) 21... Nc4 22.
Rd1 Nxa3 23. Rxa3 a5 $11) 20. Rxb1 Nxc3+ 21. Ke3 Nxa4 22. Rb7+ Kf6 23. Kxe4 c5
24. Ke3 (24. Kd3 $5 {looks a bit more natural, keeping more options for the
king.}) 24... c4 $6 {There was no need to weaken the pawn, since it cannot
become threatening. Any neutral move would have been safer.} (24... a6 $5) 25.
Rc7 c3 26. Ke4 $14 Rb8 $6 (26... g5 27. Rc4 (27. Rxh7 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6d5]
would allow Black to achieve a perfect regrouping.}) 27... Nb6 28. Rxc3 Nd5 $14
) 27. Rc4 (27. Rxa7 {was entirely possible and quite strong.} Nb2 28. Bd6 {
[%csl Gg7][%cal Gd6e5]} Rb5 29. Rc7 Na4 30. f4 $16) 27... Nb6 28. Rxc3 Rb7 29.
Bd6 Nd5 30. Rf3+ Kg6 31. Ke5 $16 {Apart from the typical superiority of the
bishop over the knight, White is very active and the e6-pawn is weak.} Nc7 32.
a4 $6 ({White misses an excellent opportunity to simplify to a probably won
ending:} 32. Rb3 $1 Rxb3 33. axb3 Nb5 34. Bc5 Kf7 {The knight cannot move
because it would open the king's access to the a-pawn, and the king is
immobile for defending the e6-pawn. This creates the idea of Zugzwang.} 35. h3
{White should spare as many tempi as he can, since it would not be good to
need weakening his structure with f2-f3 for reaching the Zugzwang. In that
case, Black might get some counterplay with his knight.} a6 36. h4 g6 37. g3 h5
38. Bb4 Nc7 39. Bd6 Nb5 40. Bc5 {A small "triangle", renewing the Zugzwang
with the d4-square defended.} Nc7 41. Kd6 Nd5 42. Kc6 $18) 32... Ne8 33. Bc5
Rc7 34. Bd4 Rc6 35. a5 {I would have thought of keeping the a5-square free for
the rook.} (35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Rb3 Rc7 37. Rb5 a6 38. Rc5 Rd7 39. h4 Nf6 40. f3
$16) 35... Nd6 $5 {Black had enough of passive defence.} (35... a6 $2 36. Rc3
$1 Rxc3 37. Bxc3 Kf7 38. Bb4 g5 39. Kd4 $18) (35... Ra6 $5 36. Ra3 Nf6) 36.
Kxe6 {White embarks on a forced line leading to a pleasant, but not won, pawn
ending.} (36. Bxa7 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 Nxa5) ({He could have kept some tension with,
say} 36. Rd3 $5 Kf7 (36... Nc4+ 37. Ke4 Nxa5 38. Rg3+ $16) 37. Bc3 Nc4+ 38. Kf4
$14 e5+ {does not solve all Black's problems:} 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40. Kxe5 Ke7 41.
f4 Rc2 42. g4 Rxh2 $6 43. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3b7]}) 36... Nf5+ 37. Ke5 Nxd4 38.
Rg3+ (38. Kxd4 Rc2 $44) 38... Kf7 39. Kxd4 Rc2 40. Rb3 Rxf2 41. Rf3+ Rxf3 42.
gxf3 {The white king is very active, but winning the a-pawn does not guarantee
a win since Black can keep the white king captive on the a-file. But there are
some more subtleties on the way...} Ke6 43. Kc5 Kd7 {Unnecessarily passive,
but not losing yet.} ({A sample drawing line goes:} 43... g5 44. Kc6 h5 45. Kb7
(45. h3 Ke5 46. Kb7 Kd6 47. Kxa7 Kc7 48. a6 h4 $11) (45. a6 g4 46. fxg4 hxg4
47. Kb7 Kd7 48. Kxa7 Kc7 $11) 45... Kd6 46. Kxa7 Kc6 $3 47. Ka6 (47. Kb8 Kb5
$11) 47... g4 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. Ka7 Kc7 $11) 44. Kd5 Kc7 $2 {But this is
pushing things too far.} (44... Ke7 45. f4 Kd7 $11) 45. Ke6 $18 Kb7 46. Kf7 g5
47. Kf6 h6 48. Kg6 Ka6 49. Kxh6 Kxa5 50. Kxg5 Kb5 51. h4 (51. h4 a5 52. h5 a4
53. h6 a3 54. h7 a2 55. h8=Q {[%cal Gh8a1]}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-1"]
[Site "Ciocco"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Mednis,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 ({Partie zu Variante 6.e3:} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O {Adams,M-Seirawan,Y/ Wijk
aan Zee1991}) ({Partie zu Variante 6.e3:} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3
Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O {Ivanov,I-Dlugy,M/
US National Open 1989}) ({Partie zu Variante 6.g3:} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3
e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O {
Sirotanovic-Ruban/ Bela Crkva 1989}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {
[%mdl 5] Schwarz fьhrt diesen befreienden Vorstoss bereits im 4.Zug aus, doch
das Damengambit ist eine sehr starke Erцffnung. Den Ausgleich hat Schwarz
damit noch lange nicht erreicht.} 5. cxd5 {Das ist ganz klar die kritische
Variante. Andere Fortsetzungen bereiten dem Nachziehenden wenig
Schwierigkeiten.} ({Weiss kann natьrlich auch eine Symmetriesituation
anstreben, in der er am Zug ist, und} 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 {spielen. Doch das
bietet nicht so gute Aussichten auf Vorteil wie der Tausch auf d5.}) (5. Bg5
cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Be7) 6... Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qh4
dxc4 9. Rd1 $1 Bd7 10. e3 Be7 $11 {Pachman}) 5... Nxd5 {Schwarz verfьgt ьber
drei Antworten. Jede von ihnen hat deutliche Schattenseiten.  Zur
Tarrasch-Verteidigung gelangen wir, wenn Schwarz mit dem Bauern wiedernimmt.
Damit willigt er in einen Einzelbauern auf d5 ein und hofft, dass sein
Einfluss im Zentrum dafьr genьgend Gegenchancen bietet. Nach 5...Nxd5 sprechen
wir von der "Halb-Tarrasch- oder Semi-Tarrasch-Verteidigung", weil Schwarz den
von Tarrasch geforderten frьhen Gegenstoss c7-c5 ausfьhrt, aber dann von der
Grundidee abweicht und den Einzelbauern vermeidet. Er nimmt dafьr einen klaren
Nachteil in Kauf: Schwarz hat deutlich weniger Einfluss in der Mitte als in
der Tarrasch-Verteidigung. Schwarz ist nicht nur im Zentrum unterlegen, ihm
fehlt dafьr auch ein Gegenwert. In letzter Zeit (1995) hat die
Halb-Tarrasch-Variante an Beliebtheit im internationalen Schachgeschehen
langsam aber sicher eingebьЯt. Grossmeister wдhlen bei der Suche nach einer
soliden Methode im Abgelehnten Damengambit lieber die orthodoxen Varianten 
(ohne 3. oder 4...c5, mit 3...Nf3 und baldigem ...Be7) als die
Halb-Tarrasch-Spielweise. Die Orthodoxe Verteidigung gibt Schwarz mehr
Kontrolle im Zentrum und bietet nicht geringere Ausgleichs- oder Gewinnchancen
als Halb-Tarrasch.} ({Der Vollstдndigkeit halber erwдhne ich, dass} 5... cxd4 {
"spielbar", aber mit Vorsicht zu genieЯen ist. Die Stellungen nach} 6. Qxd4
Nxd5 ({oder} 6... exd5 7. e4 $1) 7. e4 {sind schwierig zu behandeln, und es
gibt keinen besonderen Grund, warum Schwarz sie anstreben sollte.}) (5... exd5
{fьhrt zur Tarrasch-Verteidigung.} 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5) 6.
e4 {Warum nicht? Schwarz hat dem Gegner erlaubt, kostenlos ein starkes
Bauernzentrum aufzubauen, und es gibt keinen theoretischen Grund, warum Weiss
diesen Weg nicht einschlagen sollte. Dennoch hat dieser dem Thema am ehesten
entsprechende Plan nie den Beliebtheitsgrad erreicht, den er verdient. Dafьr
gibt es zwei Grьnde, einen schachlichen und einen, der den "Spielprozess"
betrifft. Zum ersteren ist zu sagen, dass Weiss ausserordentlich genau und
kraftvoll agieren muss, wenn er den vereinzelten d-Bauern, der sich bald auf
d5 ergeben wird, zu einem Plusfaktor machen will. Offenbar wollen sich viele
Spieler nicht gern freiwillig einer solchen Herausfordrung stellen. Die beiden
vollgьltigen Alternativen, die in der Spielpraxis hдufiger vorkommen, sind:} (
6. e3 {mit der gebrдuchlichen Folge} Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O {
Damit ist eine typische Stellung mit dem vereinzelten d-Bauer auf der 4.Reihe
und allen leichten Figuren noch auf dem Brett. Das erhцht die Elastizitдt des
weissen Spiels und vermindert das Risiko: anders als in der 6.e4-Variante
erhдlt Schwarz keine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflьgel. Der zuvor erwдhnte Grund,
der mit dem "Spielprozess" zusammenhдngt, betrifft die Zugreihenfolge. Was die
Varianten nach 6.e3 angeht, so ergeben sich 50% der Stellungen aus dem
Panow-Angriff gegen die Caro-Kann-Verteidigung (siehe oben Partie
Adams-Seirawan). Ausserdem kommt eine betrдchtliche Anzahl ьber die Englische
Partie zustande, wenn Schwarz frьhzeitig c7-c5 und Weiss e2-e3 gezogen haben 
(siehe oben Partie Ivanov-Dlugy).}) (6. g3 {wobei die thematische Stellung
nach den Zьgen} Nc6 ({oder} 6... cxd4 7. Nxd5 exd5 $5 {Pachman}) 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O {entsteht. Weiss hat dann die Wahl, selbst gegen einen vereinzelten
d-Bauern zu spielen mittels} 9. Nxd5 exd5 {oder eine starke Mitte anzustreben,
indem er nun doch den Zentrumsvorstoss 9.e4 wagt. Auch diese beiden Plдne sind
Spielern von geschlossenen Systemen durchaus gelдufig. Die nach 6.g3
angegebene Stellung der Hauptvariante ergibt sich meistens aus einer anderen
Zugfolge als der "offiziellen". Tatsдchlich werden die Stellungen nach dem 8.
Zug und nach 9.Nxd5 exd5 ьblicherweise erreicht, indem Weiss in der Englischen
Erцffnung frьhzeitig g2-g3 zieht und erst spдter (d2) d3-d4. Ein
charakteristisches Beispiel ist die oben angegebene Partie Sirotanovic-Ruban.})
6... Nxc3 {Der einzig richtige Zug. Obgleich damit das weisse Zentrum durch
Ьberfьhrung des Bauern b2 nach c3 gestдrkt wird, sind die mit dem Tausch
verbundenen Pluspunkte wichtiger: Schwarz verliert keine Zeit mit einem
Rьckzug, und der Abtausch der Leichtfiguren verringert die einengende Wirkung
des breiten weissen Bauernzentrums.} 7. bxc3 cxd4 {Wieder mit dem thematischen
Ziel, Leichtfiguren zu tauschen, hier die schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer. Alles
andere ist deutlich schwдcher, zum Beispiel:} (7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7
10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. d5 {und Schwarz hat keinen Gegenwert fьr
den betrдchtlichen Zentrumsvorteil des Weissen in Gligoric,S-Sanchez,L/
Saltsjobaden Interzonal 1952}) 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {An dieser Stelle hat Schwarz eine
echte Wahl.} ({Er kann zuerst} 8... Nc6 {spielen und nach} 9. Bc4 {das
taktische} b5 {[%csl Rb5,Re1][%cal Yd8a5] Vordringlich fьr Weiss ist, seinen
d-Bauern beweglich zu lassen. Deshalb ist} 10. Be2 $1 {richtig (und nicht die
Selbstverstellung 10.Bd3).} ({In der 9.WM-Partie in Reykjavik 1972 erreichte
Fischer gegen Spassky nach} 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 a6 13. a4 O-O {
leichten Ausgleich,denn} 14. axb5 {wьrde mit} Nxd4 {beantwortet werden.}) {
Ein ausgezeichnetes Vorbild ist folgende Partie:} 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. d5
$1 (12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 a6 $11 {Petrosian-Kortschnoj/ Candidates Ciocco (Rd
2) 1977}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 O-O 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bf3
Nf5 18. Rc1 Nd6 19. Qd4 Qb6 (19... Qf6 $5) 20. Qf4 $1 {Weiss hat
betrдchtlichen Raumvorteil, und sein d-Bauer ist weit gefдhrlicher als ein
mцglicher Freibauer von Schwarz am Damenflьgel in Jussupow,A-Ribli,Z/
Kandidatenturnier Montpellier 1985}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {[%mdl 32] Die
Bauernformation im Zentrum ist geklдrt und je zwei Leichtfiguren sind
abgetauscht. Was Sie nun sehen ist das, womit beide Seiten fertig werden
mьssen: der Startpunkt der kritischen, wesentlichen Varianten des
Halb-Tarrasch-Komplexes. Betrachten wir die strategischen Themen fьr beide
Seiten. WEISS zielt darauf, den d-Bauern wirkungsvoll vorzurьcken, zunдchst
nach d5. Dort wird er sich im schwarzen Lager befinden und die Rolle eines
Freibauern bekleiden und - wie Weiss hofft - ein Дrgernis fьr Schwarz sein,
weil er nur drei Schritte vom Umwandlungsfeld entfernt ist und ausserdem die
Verbindung der schwarzen Streitkrдfte stцrt. Hinter dem Rьcken des d-Bauern
wird Weiss seine Tьrme auf den zentralen d- und e-Linien aufmarschieren lassen.
Er wird versuchen, mit Hilfe seines rдumlichen Ьbergewichts einen
Kцnigsangriff einzuleiten. Bei Schwarz fehlen am Kцnigsflьgel die leichten
Figuren als Helfer bei der Verteidigung, und deshalb sind die weissen
Aussichten, erfolgreich durchzudringen, gьnstig. SCHWARZ hat mit zwei Zielen
zu jonglieren: (1) den weissen d-Bauern als harmlos hinzustellen und seinen
Kцnig in ausreichender Sicherheit zu lassen; (2) seine Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflьgel voranzubringen und einen verwendbaren Freibauern zu bilden.
Voraussichtlich wird dies nur im Endspiel mцglich sein. Daher muss Schwarz
unbedingt das Mittelspiel unbeschadet ьberstehen. In einer praktischen Partie
ist die Lage fьr einen erfahrenen Weissspieler die weit angenehmere: eine
Ungenauigkeit, die er sich leistet, kann vielleicht bedeuten, dass sein
Vorteil sich verflьchtigen wird; ein Schnitzer von Schwarz wird
hцchstwahrscheinlich seine Stellung ruinieren.} 11. Bc4 {Hier steht der Lдufer
am besten.} ({Unangebracht bescheiden ist} 11. Be2 $143 {Der Lдufer kцnnte
ausserdem spдter den Turm blockieren, der auf der e-Linie eingreifen soll.} b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qf6 $1 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Na5
$1 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. f4 Qe7 $1 20. d5 $5 exd5 21. exd5 Qc5 $1 22. Kf2 Qxe3+ 23.
Kxe3 f6 24. Nf3 Rd6 $1 $15 {Quinteros-Pachman, Nathanya 1983}) 11... Nc6 {
Der Normalzug, der den Springer auf sein "bestes" Feld bringt und Druck auf
den d-Bauern ausьbt. Ein Mangel ist jedoch, dass das unvermeidliche d4-d5 des
Gegners mit Zeitgewinn erfolgt wegen des Angriffs auf den Springer, und diese
Figur wird auch nicht oder nur wenig hilfreich sein bei der Verteidigung des
Kцnigs.} (11... Nd7 12. O-O {Die Alternative} Nf6 {entspricht wohl eher den
Erfordernissen. Ein wichtiges Beispiel:} (12... b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Nb8 (15... Nf6 16. a5) 16. a5 Nc6 17. axb6 {mit weisser Initiative am
Damenflьgel in Petrosian,T-Tal,M/ URS 1972}) 13. Rfe1 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8
16. a5 Qc7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rb1 Qa8 {Der weisse Raumvorteil
besagt, dass Weiss ein wenig besser steht; aber der unverkennbare Druck des
Nachziehenden gegen e4 macht es Weiss schwer, seinen kleinen Vorteil
auszubauen in Jussupow,A-Eslon,J/ Mallorca 1981}) (11... b6 $1 12. O-O Ba6 $5 {
Es ist die Frage, ob Schwarz zu diesem Abtausch greifen muss, er bekommt mit
12...Bb7 ein zum Ausgleich ausreichendes Gegenspiel. (Pachman)} 13. Rac1 ({
gar nichts verspricht} 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rac1 Rc8 {usw.}) 13... Bxc4 14. Rxc4
b5 $1 15. Rc5 a6 16. d5 Nd7 17. Rc6 exd5 18. Qxd5 $11 {Anikaev-Bronstein/
Minsk 1983}) 12. O-O b6 {Die Flankenentwicklung des Damenlдufers hat sich am
besten bewдhrt. Zwei beachtliche Alternativen sind:} (12... Qd6 {Schwarz hofft,
den Druck gegen d4 mittels R d8 zu verstдrken. Das macht Schwarz am
Kцnigsflьgel jedoch noch verwundbarer. Weiss erlangte mit dem energischen} 13.
Rad1 (13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. e5 Qe7 16. Qf4 Be8 17. h4 Rac8 $14 {
mit verteilten Chancen (Konikowski) in Petrosian-Kortschnoj/ Candidates Ciocco
(Rd 4) 1977}) 13... Rd8 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Ng5 $1 {
einen sehr starkem Angriff in Browne,W-Olafsson,H/ Reykjavik 1980}) (12... Ne7
{Schwarz dirigiert den Springer in Erwartung des kommenden d4-d5 um. Das
kostet jedoch Zeit und einen passiven Springer. Weiss nьtzte diese
Gegebenheiten mit Kцnnerschaft aus und erreichte wie folgt einen erfreulichen
Vorteil:} 13. a4 $1 b6 14. a5 Bb7 15. Bd3 bxa5 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18.
Rab5 Ba8 19. d5 $1 $16 {Seirawan,Y-Kortschnoj,V/ Skelleftea 1989}) 13. Rfe1 {
Wie schon an anderer Stelle angedeutet, muss Weiss entschlossen auftreten und
das wirkungsvolle Vorgehen des d-Bauern mit seinen Angriffsplдnen am
Kцnigsflьgel verbinden. Deshalb sind Plдne, die mit Zьgen wie R fd1 oder R ac1
einhergehen, fьr Schwarz ungefдhrlich. Zum Beispiel:} (13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 $11 {mit
gleichem Spiel (die Partie endete hier remis), Zaitsev,A-Polugaevsky,L/ URS-ch
1968}) 13... Bb7 14. Rad1 {Weiss hat seine Streitkrдfte sorgfдltig fьr den
kommenden Vorstoss d4-d5 bereitgestellt. Schwarz kann ihn nicht vermeiden,
muss sich also darauf einstellen. Die zwei Hauptwege sind: (1) 14...Ne7 -
siehe Partieverlauf und (2) 14...R c8.} Ne7 {Mit der vernьnftigen Idee, den
vorwдrtsdrдngenden d-Bauern zu blockieren. Doch Weiss wird, wenn er energisch
vorgeht, infolge seiner kraftvollen Entwicklung und des schwachen Punktes c6
die Fьhrung behaupten.} (14... Rc8 {Schwarz bereitet einen Abzugsangriff auf
den Lдufer vor und nimmt die c-Linie in Besitz. Fьhrt Weiss seinen Plan aus
und zieht} 15. d5 {so muss Schwarz wieder eine grundsдtzliche Entscheidung
treffen:} Na5 (15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. e5 $1 ({stark ist auch} 17. Qg5 $1
h6 18. Qg4 Rfd8 19. h3 Ne7 20. Nd4 {Swoboda-Plank/ Wien 1985}) 17... Ne7 {
Nun empfiehlt Tal} 18. Bb3 $1 ({anstelle des einfallslosen} 18. Bxb7 $6 Qxb7
$11 {mit Ausgleich, Nogueiras,J-Tal,M/ Brьssel 1988}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kh8
20. Qd6 $36 {in jedem Fall mit starker Initiative des Anziehenden.} ({oder} 20.
Qd7)) 16. Bd3 Qd6 (16... exd5 17. e5 {fьhrt zu einem tцdlichen Angriff fьr
Weiss in Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M/ URS-ch Moscow 1969}) 17. dxe6 Qxe6 $6 ({Ein
geringeres Ьbel ist} 17... fxe6 {Weiss spielt danach auf die Schwдche e6 mit}
18. Bb5 $1 ({oder er greift an mittels} 18. e5 $1 Qe7 19. Ng5 {wie GM Juri
Dochoian angegeben hat.})) 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Nf5 {[%cal Rf2f4,Ye4e5] Weiss hat
einen дusserst gefдhrlichen Angriff, den er mit f2-f4 und e4-e5 weiterfьhren
wird, Dochoian,J-Webb,S/ EU-Team Cup 1989}) 15. d5 $1 {Jetzt entsteht ein
starker Freibauer im Zentrum.} exd5 16. exd5 Nf5 {Bisher folgten beide Kдmpen
der Vorgдngerpartie Uhlmann-Kortschnoj, in der 17.Bd3?! geschah. Logisches
Nachdenken brachte jedoch Petrosian zu der Ьberzeugung, dass 17.Bd3 nicht nur
passiv, sondern auch unlogisch ist. Er wird sich gesagt haben: "Warum sollte
Weiss zwei seiner schweren Figuren von dem vorgerьckten Freibauern
abschneiden?"} 17. Ne5 $1 {Weiss hat Tьrme, Dame, Lдufer, Springer und den
d-Bauern harmonisch und zentral aufgestellt. Darum ist es vollstдndig richtig,
den Springer nach vorn zu bringen und damit /\ 18.d6 zu drohen. Wie es oft
geschieht, so fuЯt auch hier die logische Strategie des Weissen auf einer
glдnzenden taktischen Pointe.} ({Nach} 17. Bd3 $6 Nd6 {stand Schwarz beinahe
ebenbьrtig in Uhlmann,W-Kortschnoj,V/ Zagreb 1970}) ({Sofort} 17. d6 Bxf3 {
sagte Petrosian nicht zu.}) 17... Nd6 18. Nc6 $1 {Weiss fьhrte den Angriff im
Zentrum sehr energisch. Die Partie geht jetzt in ein Endspiel mit
ausschlieЯlich schweren Figuren ьber, in dem Weiss ьber einen starken
Freibauern auf c6 verfьgen wird. (Suetin)} Bxc6 $2 {Der Tausch fьhrt zu einer
unhaltbaren Lage. Schwarz musste eine der beiden Alternativen wдhlen:} ({
Ein unerfreuliches Mittelspiel nach} 18... Qf6 $142 19. Bb3) ({oder} 18... Qh4
$142 19. Bb3) (18... Nxc4 $143 {fьhrt zu einem sehr schweren, wenn nicht gar
verlorenen Endspiel nach} 19. Nxd8 Nxd2 20. Nxb7 Rab8 21. Re7 ({mцglich ist
auch} 21. Na5 bxa5 22. Rxd2 {Hier hat Weiss ьber 50% Gewinnchancen und Null
Verlustrisiko - eine Lage, in der sich der Turnierspieler immer sehr wohl
fьhlt.}) 21... Ne4 22. d6 $18) 19. dxc6 Nxc4 20. Qf4 $1 ({Der Versuch einer
"brillianten" Schlusskombination mittels} 20. Qxd8 $2 Raxd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22.
c7 {wьrde nach} Rf8 $1 23. Rd1 b5 24. Rd8 Nb6 $19 {zu einer schmerzlichen
Niederlage fьhren.}) 20... Nd6 {Auf Kosten einiger Tempoverluste gelingt es
Schwarz, den raschen Vorstoss des c-Bauern auf die 7.Reihe zu verhindern.} (
20... Qf6 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. c7) 21. Rxd6 Qc7 22. g3 {Deckt die Dame und gibt
zugleich dem Kцnig Luft.  Skizzieren wir kurz das Ergebnis des bisherigen
Kampfes: Weiss hat einen starken, weit vorgerьckten Freibauern, seine Tьrme
beherrschen die Mittellinien und die Dame steht wirkungsvoll. Der einzige
Trumpf von Schwarz, die Bauernmehrheit am Damenflьgel, ist ziemlich
bedeutungslos, denn die schwarzen Schwerfiguren sind nicht in der Lage, die
Bildung eines Freibauern zu unterstьtzen, weil sie sich auf den gegnerischen
Freibauern und den Schutz des eigenen Kцnigs konzentrieren mьssen. Weiss
beherrscht das ganze Brett, und Petrosian ist der richtige Mann, die Arbeit
erfolgreich zu vollenden. Jeder seiner Zьge vergrцssert seinen Vorteil oder
fцrdert die Sicherheit seiner eigenen Stellung. Weiss braucht sich nicht zu
beeilen. Es kommt darauf an, ein mцgliches Gegenspiel zu verhindern und in die
richtige Richtung zu marschieren.} h6 {Der Textzug bedeutet eine kaum
merkliche und doch ganz reale Schwдchung der schwarzen Kцnigsstellung, weil
der weisse g-Bauer nun als Rammbock dienen kann, um Linien zu цffnen. Schwarz
kommt jedoch ohne etwas Luft fьr seinen Kцnig nicht aus, er mьsste sonst
unaufhцrlich auf verschiedene Grundreihenmatts achten.} ({Ein Zug wie} 22...
Rad8 {trьge ebenfalls nicht zur Entlastung bei, weil nach dem Abtausch eines
Turmpaars der Freibauer eine noch gefдhrlichere Wirkung entfaltet, zumal dann,
wenn der Kцnig kein Luftloch hat. Zum Beispiel:} 23. Red1 Rxd6 $6 (23... Rde8
$142 24. Qf3 Rc8 25. Qf5) 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 (24... Qc8 25. c7 $18) 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26.
c7 $18 {und gewinnt}) 23. Qe5 $1 {Mit diesem und dem nдchsten Zug
zentralisiert Weiss kraftvoll seine Dame.} Rac8 ({Falls} 23... Rae8 $2 {
so gewinnt Weiss leicht nach} 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 (24... Qxd6 25. Qd7 $18 {gewinnt
noch einfacher.}) 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Red8 Qe7 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. R8d6 b5 29. Rc1 $1
{[%cal Rd6d7]} Qxd6 30. c7 $18) 24. Qd5 $1 Kh7 {Schwarz tritt auf der Stelle.}
(24... Rfd8 $4 {verliert sofort.} 25. Rd7 $1 $18) ({Oder} 24... Rcd8 25. Rd7
Qb8 26. Ree7 $18) 25. Re4 Kg8 26. Kg2 a6 27. h4 b5 28. g4 $1 {Ganz im Stil
Alekhines. Nachdem Weiss an einem Brettabschnitt die Vorherrschaft errang,
geht er am anderen zum Angriff ьber. Die weissen Schwerfiguren beherrschen die
Zentrallinien und der Kцnig steht nicht mehr auf der Grundreihe: damit sind
die Voraussetzungen fьr den erfolgreichen Angriff gegen den verwundbaren Punkt
h6 geschaffen.} Kh7 29. Re2 Kh8 30. g5 h5 {Schwarz muss den Kцnigsflьgel so
geschlossen wie mцglich lassen.} ({Nach} 30... hxg5 $6 31. hxg5 {entscheidet
die offene h-Linie.}) 31. Rd2 $1 {Das dient nicht nur der totalen Herrschaft
ьber die d-Linie. Die Tьrme schьtzen sich jetzt gegenseitig, so dass die Dame
auf Beute ausgehen kann. Im Visier hat sie den h-Bauern. Schwarz soll zu g7-g6
provoziert werden - eine weitere Schwдchung der Kцnigsstellung. Weiss wird
dann beginnen, die neue Schwдche auszunьtzen. Unaufhaltsam zieht sich die
Schlinge um den schwarzen Kцnig zusammen.} Rfe8 {Verzweifelte Suche nach
Gegenspiel, doch Schwarz sollte besser abwarten.} (31... Qe7 $142 32. Qf3 (32.
Rd7 {fьhrt zu nichts.} Qb4) 32... Kg8 33. Qd5 (33. Rd7 Qc5) 33... Kh8) 32. Qf3
g6 $2 ({Mehr Widerstand leistete} 32... Kg8 $142 $1 33. Qxh5 Re5 34. Qg4 Rc5
35. g6 fxg6 36. f3 Rf8 $16 (36... Rxc6 $4 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 39. Rd8+))
33. R2d5 $1 {Indem er die schrдge Linie von c6 aus nach f3 und g2 unterbricht,
droht Weiss mittels 34.R d7 oder 34.Qf6+ sofort zu gewinnen. Daher muss der
schwarze Turm den f-Bauern decken.} Rf8 {Schwarz ist wie gelдhmt. Das Finale
spielt Petrosian ьberaus exakt.} (33... Re7 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. cxd7 Rd8 36. Qxf7
Qc6 (36... Rg8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. d8=Q) 37. f3 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qc7+ 39. Kh3 Qc6 40.
Qe7 Qc7 41. Rd6 $18) 34. Rf6 $1 {Dieses Feld ist fьr den Turm noch besser
geeignet als fьr die Dame. Die Drohung 35.R d7 ist nun unparierbar.} Qe7 (34...
Rcd8 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Rxf7 {ist ebenfalls ganz aussichtslos.}) 35. Rd7 Qe8 $2
(35... Qc5 {ist besser, дndert aber nichts am Ausgang der Partie:} 36. Rfxf7
Rxf7 37. Qxf7 Qxc6+ 38. f3 Qxd7 39. Qxd7 $18) 36. Rxg6 $1 {Mit einem
taktischen Witz zerstцrt Weiss den geschwдchten Kцnigsflьgel.} Qe5 {In Zeitnot
lдsst Kortschnoj ein einzьgiges Matt zu, welches aber nicht mehr zu verhindern
war.} ({Oder} 36... fxg6 37. Qc3+ {nebst Matt auf g7.}) 37. Qxh5# 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
{Transposant dans une semi Tarrasch qui est assez populaire depuis son
utilisation par Kramnik} O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 (10. Be3 c4 11. Ne5) 10...
Bxc5 11. Bg5 (11. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Bf5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Ra2 $1 (13. Bb2 Be4)
13... Be4 14. Rd2 Qe7 15. Bb2 $14 {Portisch,L (2630)-Spassky,B (2630) Bugojno
1978 (6) 1/2-1/2}) (11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2d5]} d4 14. Qf4
$14 {Santos,L (2365)-Milos,G (2410) Poznan 1983 (6) 1-0}) 11... Qd7 (11... f6 {
La grande ligne} 12. Bd2 Be6 (12... Bf5)) 12. Ne1 Re8 {[%csl Re2] L'israélien
avait suggéré cette idée, il y a quelques années et il est intéressant de
voir son traitement de l'ouverture.} 13. Nd3 (13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxe2) (13.
Rc1) 13... Bb6 14. Bd2 {le Bg5 " tapait dans le vide" et il est utile de le
recycler} Qd6 15. Bf4 $5 Qf6 16. Be3 $1 Bg4 (16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 {L'idée de
la nouveauté} Qe7 18. Qd2 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Bxd5 Re7 21. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7
22. Rf1 Nd8 23. Ne5 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Gd5]}) 17. h3 $6 {perd un P sans
réelles compensations} (17. Qd2 $5 d4 18. Bg5 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxe2 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Nf4 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Re8 $11) 17... d4 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Bf3 Qh3
21. Rc1 Ne5 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxb7 {les Blancs ont récupéré le
P mais le P"d4" donne un petit avantage d'espace aux Noirs mais ils doivent
éviter les échanges de pièces lourdes} Rad8 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Re2][%cal Gd4d3,
Ge5g3,Gb6g1]} 25. Kg2 (25. Re1 d3 $1 26. exd3 Qxg3+) 25... Qxe2 26. Rc2 d3 27.
Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 dxe2 29. Re1 Rd2 30. Bf3 {(=)} Rxb2 {Curieusement, les
Noirs ont refusé la nulle au coup précédent avant de la proposer} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid M"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 {In this line White gets a strong centre
(e4-d4-pawns), but Black from the other side has a comfortable development 
(after b6). He usually has a chance to attack the d4-pawn, but what is more
important is that he can try to exploit weakness of the c4-square. The
manoeuvre Na5-c4 is also very common in these positions.} Bf6 {Black attacks
the centre and also prevents d5.} ({The line} 11... b6 12. d5 {was popular in
the 70s and 80s.} ({Nowadays White prefer other ways. F.e.} 12. Bb2 $5 Ba6 13.
Re1 Bb4 14. Re3 Na5 15. Qa4 Be7 16. d5 {The point of 12.Bb2.} Bc5 17. Bd4 Rc8
18. Rc3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 exd5 21. Rd1 $1 d4 (21... Bc4 $5) 22. Nxd4
Bc4 $2 23. Bf1 $1 Qc7 (23... Bxf1 $2 24. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8,Rg7]}) 24.
Rc1 Rc8 25. Nb3 $18 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Gwaze,R/Jersey 2004/EXT 2005 (31). (30)}))
12. Be3 ({Another option is to develop the bishop to b2.} 12. Bb2 $5 b6 13. Rb1
Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Vaulin,A-Shariyazdanov,A/Perm
1997/EXT 2000 (35). (34)}) 12... Qa5 {[%cal Gf8d8] A very uncommon line. Black
leaves the d8-square for the king's rook in order to create pressure on the
White's centre.} (12... Na5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga5c4] also makes sense:} 13. Qe2
Bd7 14. Rac1 $6 (14. Rfc1 $5) 14... a6 $1 15. Rfd1 Bb5 16. Qe1 Nc4 $11 {
1-0 Ju Wenjun-Meenakshi,S/Beirut LIB 2004/The Week in Chess 529 (29). (28)}) (
12... b6 {is more popular though the entire line is not very popular in
general.} 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Rfe1 $2 (15. a3 $5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 15...
Nb4 $1 16. Qd2 Nc2 $17 {[%csl Re1,Re4] 0-1 Schussler,H-Christiansen,L/
Reykjavik 1984/MCD (29). (29)}) 13. Rc1 $5 {White sacrifices a pawn in order
to win some time for mobilizing his pieces. The main idea is to prevent b6.} (
13. Qb3 b5 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Rfd8 17. e5 Nb4 18. Qe4 Be7 19.
Ng5 g6 20. Qh4 h5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qe4 Rd8 23. e6 f5 24. Qb7 {1-0 Heilinger,
D-Schmid,S/Austria 1998/EXT 2002 (24).}) 13... Rd8 {[%csl Rd4]} ({There was
nothing wrong with} 13... Qxa2 $5 14. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gc1a1]} Qa5 15. e5 Be7 16.
Bg5 Qd8 $1 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd2 {with some compensation for the sacrificed
pawn.}) 14. e5 (14. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Gc2d2] It was worth a try to bring the rook
to d2 and thus to support the advancing of the d-pawn.}) 14... Be7 (14... Nxe5
$2 {doesn't work in view of} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bd2 $1 Qxa2 17. Rc2 $18 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gd4e5] and White wins a piece.}) 15. Qb3 Bd7 $1 ({In case of} 
15... Nb4 $6 {[%cal Gb4d5]} 16. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8] is strong.} Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 Rxd4 18. Rcd1 $1 Rxd1 (18... Rd7 $5) 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 (20. Qc2 $5)
20... exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rc5 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]}
Qe4+ 25. f3 Qe2+ 26. Kh3 $16) 16. Rfd1 $5 {A provoking move, which turns out
to be not bad at all.} (16. Qxb7 $4 {The b7-pawn is poisonous} Rab8 $19) (16.
Bd2 $1 {preventing Nb4 was better.} Qa6 17. Rfd1 $14 {[%cal Gg2f1]}) 16... Nb4
{[%cal Gd7a4,Gb4d5] Now the d1-rook gets under attack of the light-squared
bishop, but black pieces are getting stuck on the queenside.} ({Probably the
prophylactic} 16... Be8 $5 {had to be prefered.}) 17. Bg5 $1 {This is the
reason why I'm not sure about 16...Nb4.} (17. Bd2 $6 Ba4 $1 (17... Qxa2 18.
Qxa2 Nxa2 19. Rc7 b5 20. Ne1 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Rxa7 Bd7 $14)
18. Qa3 Rd5 $1 {Unpinning the bishop.} 19. Re1 Bc6 $11 {and Black is fine.})
17... Ba4 $6 {Black pins himself without necessity.} ({After} 17... f6 $6 18.
exf6 gxf6 {White has a brilliant tactical blow which leads to White's
advantage.} 19. Ne5 $1 fxg5 20. Nxd7 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Nxa2 22. Rc7 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Re6] and White is better though Black has chances to survive.}) ({
Probably Black has to proceed with} 17... Bxg5 $1 {Here is a possible
continuation of play:} 18. Nxg5 h6 $1 19. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4c5,Gc1c5]} Ba4
20. Qa3 b6 $1 {[%csl Rd1]} 21. Rd2 (21. Nd6 $5 Bxd1 22. Qxa5 bxa5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8
24. Rxd1 Nxa2 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Rxa5 Nc6 27. Ra4 $14) 21... Rac8 $1 22. Nd6 Nc2
$1 (22... Be8 23. Qb2 $1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 23. Qd3 Rc3 {
with counterchances.}) 18. Qa3 Bf8 $1 {A very optimistic approach, which is at
the same time the best practical chance. Black sacrifices an exchange for the
full control over the d5-square and a nice piece play. Petrosian would be
happy, but speaking objectively I think Black doesn't have sufficient
compensation for the exchange.} (18... Bxg5 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 19.
Nxg5 Nd5 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gb5b4,Gh7h6]} 20. Rc5 b5 21. Bxd5 $1 (21. Qf3 $2 {
doesn't work:} Bxd1 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxe6 Qe1+ 24. Bf1 Rg8 $19) 21... exd5 22.
Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd1c1]} (22. Rdc1 Qd2) 22... g6 (22... Bxd1 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Bh5 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. e6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8] and White wins.})
23. Rdc1 $16) 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd2 $1 {The only, but sufficient way to keep
an advantage.} Nd5 21. Qd3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} ({
I think White's task would be more difficult after} 21... Bb5 $1 22. Qe4 (22.
Qb3 Bb4 23. Rb2 a6 $1 $36) 22... Qa3 $1 23. Rdd1 Be7 (23... h6 $5 24. Bf1 Bc6
25. Bd3 (25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Nb4 27. Ra3 Bd5 28. Rb1 a6 $44) 25... g6) 24.
Bf1 Bc6 25. Qd3 a5 $1 $14) 22. Rb2 $1 Bc6 23. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Qa3 24. Qb3
$1 $16 {With a series of precise moves White stabilized the position.} Qa6 {
Black has to keep the queens.} 25. Bf1 $6 (25. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gb2b1]
Preparing Ne3 after the preliminary Rbb1 in order to avoid Ba3 would be much
more convincing.}) 25... Qb6 26. Nc4 $2 {A weird move. It seems that White
simply blundered the d-pawn.} (26. Qxb6 {was better.} Nxb6 27. Nc4 $1 Rxd4 28.
Nxb6 axb6 29. Re2 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 26... Qxd4 27. Rd2 Qg4 $6 (27... Qe4 $5)
28. Na5 $1 Be8 29. Rdd1 $2 {A one-move blunder which ruins the game.} ({
After the correct} 29. Rc4 $1 Qh5 30. Qxb7 Qxe5 31. Qxa7 $16 {White would have
a clear edge.}) 29... Ba4 {[%csl Rd1]} 30. Be2 $2 {Another blunder after which
there is no way back.} ({After} 30. Rxd5 $1 exd5 (30... Bxb3 31. Rxd8 Bd5 32.
Bg2 $15) 31. Qxb7 Qd4 $15 {White could still fight.}) 30... Qxe2 31. Qxa4 Nc3
$1 $19 {Probably being in the time-trouble White missed this simple tactical
blow. Now it's over.} 32. Rxd8 (32. Rxc3 {is hopeless in view of} Rxd1+ 33. Kg2
Qf1+ 34. Kf3 Rd2 $19) 32... Nxa4 33. Rcc8 Qe1+ {[%csl Ra5]} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 {A relatively rare idea which is usually connected with the following
move.} ({More popular is} 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O) 9. Bc4 b5 $5 {
This idea first appeared in the Spassky,B-Fischer,R 1972 match and since then
up to these days Black has been continuing to come back to it.} (9... Bb4+ 10.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O {transposes into 8...Bb4.} 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 $1 Bb7
14. Rfe1 $1 Rc8 15. d5 $1 {Spassky-Petrosjan (19)/WM Moskau/1969/1-0/24/}) 10.
Bd3 ({Of course not} 10. Bxb5 $4 Qa5+) (10. Bb3 {was also tested.}) ({Nowadays
White usually prefers Polugaevsky's recommendation} 10. Be2) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1
$5 {[%csl Rb5] This extremely sharp and rare move has an idea of exploiting an
unfortunate position of the black bishop on b4 and the b5-pawn.} ({The
origin-game as well as 99% of all other games with 10.Bd3 saw} 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rab1 b4 18.
Qd2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxb4 Qd7 21. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Fischer,R/
Reykjavik 1972/MainBase/[ChessBase] (29). (29)}) 11... O-O $1 {Black simply
ignores the threat of Bxb5 hoping to compensate the pawn by development
advantage and activity of his pieces.} ({The only preceding game saw} 11... a6
12. Bb2 O-O 13. h4 Be7 14. e5 {preparing a typical sacrifice on h7.} h5 (14...
Bb7 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kh6 (16... Kg8 $2 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 f5
19. g6) 17. Bc1 {with a very dangerous attack.}) 15. Ng5 g6 16. g4 Bxg5 17.
hxg5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Martinez,S-Ortega,L/Havana 1983/MCD (41). (40)}) 12.
e5 $1 {White opens the diagonal of the light-squared bishop and prepares a
typical sacrifice on h7.} ({Accepting the b5-pawn looks dangerous.} 12. Bxb5 $6
{looks dangerous in view of the following.} Qb6 $1 13. Qd3 (13. Bd3 Nxd4 14.
Be3 Bc5 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. e5 Nxf3 17. Bxc5 Nxe5 18. Bb5 $1 Bb7 $1 19. Bxf8 Qg5)
13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Be3 Bc5 $1 {and Black is better.}) 12... Qd5 {
Black is not afraid of White's attack and covers the b5-pawn.} ({Also the
positional pawn sacrifice} 12... Be7 $5 {covering the g5-square} 13. Bxb5 Bb7
$44 {deserved serious attention. Now thanks to the weak square on d5 and the
white king on f1 Black obtains sufficient compensation.}) 13. Rb1 $5 (13. Bxh7+
$4 {doesn't work in view of the simple} Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qh5 Qc4+ 16. Kg1
Qd3 $19 {and the queen comes to defense.}) ({Interesting, but not ntecessary
for Black complications may arise after} 13. Qc2 Bb7 $6 ({However Black at
least equalizes after} 13... Nxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bb2 Qc4+
17. Bd3 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Bb7 $15) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 Nxc2 17.
Bxb7 Nxa1 (17... Rab8 $5) (17... Rad8 18. Bg5 Nxa1 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Ke2 Nc2
$14) 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Ke2 $14) 13... Be7 $5 {Black keeps the tension.} (13...
Qxa2 $5 {looks dangerous, but I can't see more than equality for White. For
example} 14. Rb2 Qd5 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Rb8 $5 (
18... Rd8 $5 19. Bxa8 (19. Rxb4 Qd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 22. Bxa8 {
leads to transposition.}) 19... Qd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 22. Rc2 $1 Ba6
23. Rc6 {with a sharp, but bot so clear endgame.}) 19. Be3 Qc3 (19... Qc4+ $5
20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Rxb8 c3 {[%csl Rb8,Re5][%cal Gc8a6,Gc5d4] and
Black obtains sufficient compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 20. Rxb4
$1 Qxb4 21. Bc5 Qa4 $1 22. Bxf8 Ba6 $3 {This hidden resource saves Black.} 23.
Bd6 b4+ 24. Ke1 Qa1+ 25. Qd1 Qc3+ 26. Qd2 Qa1+) 14. h4 $5 {[%cal Gc1g5] With
the last move Shabalov prepared Bg5. The position is extremely complex and so
each move may lead to unpredictable complications.} ({Doesn't work} 14. Qc2 $6
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxa7 $140 Bb7 $1
{and Black is better.}) 14... Ba6 {Finally Black protects the b5-pawn.} (14...
Nb4 {was interesting.}) 15. Bg5 {White is trying to force weakening of the
position of the black king.} f6 (15... Bxg5 $6 16. hxg5 g6 {looks too
dangerous for Black.}) 16. Qc2 $1 {And now he forces a slightly better endgame.
} (16. exf6 Bxf6) 16... Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Qe5 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qe4 $1 $14 {Not an easy move. Usually it's difficult to switch
from attack to a quiet endgame. Despite material equality White is slightly
better thanks to a better pawn structure.} Rad8 $1 {Black wants a better
version of the endgame.} 22. Kg1 $1 {Moving the king form a possible check.} b4
$5 {[%cal Ga6d3] Black prepares an exchange operation which eventualy leads to
a drawish rook endgame.} (22... Bb7 $1 {Probably it was better to force White
taking an important decision right now.} 23. Qxb7 ({In case of} 23. Qxe5 $6
Bxe5 {the white king is stuck on g1.}) 23... Kxh7 24. Qxa7 (24. g3 Rd5 $1 {
[%cal Ge5e4]}) 24... Qf5 25. Kh2 {[%csl Rh4] with an approximately equal
position.}) 23. Rh3 $6 {White activates rook anticipating the arising endgame.}
({I believe it was safer to force the exchanges by means of} 23. h5 {and now}
Qa5 $2 {is dangerous in view of} (23... Bd3 $142 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxd3 Rxd3
$11) 24. Bg6 $40 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 23... Bd3 $6 {Black misses the chance to take
initiative in his hands.} (23... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ga6d3] deserved a serious
attention. Black prepares Bd3 and attacks the a2-pawn. This switch from
endgame to a complicated middlegame could cause White some problems. For
example} 24. Bxa7 Rd7 25. Be3 Bd3 (25... Rfd8 $5) 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Qxa2
28. Rxb4 Qa3 29. Bd2 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Bxa7
Rxh3 {Black forces a draw.} (26... Rd5 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf8a8] would put
some pressure on White.} 27. Be3 (27. Rf3 Ra8 28. Rf7 Ra5 29. Be3 Rxa2) 27...
Ra8 28. g4 {[%cal Gb1b4]} Bc3 {and Black returns the a2-pawn in a favourable
version.}) 27. gxh3 Ra8 28. Bc5 Bc3 $1 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxa2 $11 {
The rest wasn't necessary. The position is equal.} 31. Re4 Ra6 32. Kg2 Kh7 33.
Kg3 Kg6 34. Kg4 Kf7 35. Rf4+ Kg6 36. h5+ Kh6 37. Rf8 Ra4+ 38. f4 Kh7 39. Re8
Ra6 40. h4 Rb6 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. Kg4 Re3 {A very interesting game in which both
sides showed their best qualities.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 {A typical Tarrash position without the knights on c3 and f6
has arised.} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 {One of the main lines. White also tested
almost all other possible moves here.} f6 12. Rc1 {White sets a nice trap.} ({
An interesting idea was demonstarted by Anand in the following game:} 12. Bd2 {
This is the main alternative to 12.Rc1.} Bf5 13. b4 $1 Bb6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bb4
Be4 $6 16. Bh3 $1 Kh8 17. Nd4 $16 {Anand,V-Timman,J Eurotel trophy rapid 2002/
CBM89[Tsesarsky]}) 12... Bb6 (12... Bxf2+ $2 {is bad in view of} 13. Rxf2 fxg5
14. Nxg5 $1 {This nice tactical blow allows White to win a pawn.} Rxf2 (14...
Qxg5 $2 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Bxd5+ $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 15. Qxd5+ $16) 13. Bd2 (13.
Bf4 {is another playable retreat. Here is a classical example:} Be6 14. Ne1 Re8
15. Nd3 Bf7 16. Re1 Rc8 17. a3 Qe7 18. Bd2 d4 (18... Ne5 $5) 19. Qa4 Qd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Keres,P/Moscow 1966/MCD (30). (30)}) 13... d4 {[%csl Re2]
Black fixes the e-pawn on e2.} ({Other options are:} 13... Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. e3 Qd7 17. Qb5 Rad8 18. a4 Bg4 19. Bc3 h6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Krasenkow,M/Bulgaria 1988/EXT 2004 (21)}) (13...
Bg4 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. e3 d4 16. exd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qh5 Qd7 (18... Qe8 $5
{with good chances to equalize.}) 19. Rce1 $14 {1-0 Portisch,L-Keres,P/San
Antonio 1972/MCD (32)}) (13... Bf5 14. e3 Be4 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rad8 (16...
Rac8 $5) 17. Rfd1 Rd7 $2 (17... Rc8 $5) 18. Qb5 ({White could win a pawn
thanks to a nice tactical blow.} 18. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re4,Rg8]} fxe5 19. Bxe4
{[%csl Rd5]}) 18... Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Pein,M-Sher,M/Hastings 1993/EXT 98 (18)}) 14.
e3 $1 {In the beginning it seems that the move should lead to equality, but it
turns out that Black has to be careful.} Be6 {[%csl Rb3] Black takes control
over the important a2-g8-diagonal.} (14... dxe3 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17.
fxe3 $1 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gf3d4] preparing Rfd1, which will be followed by Nd4 and
pressure on the queenside can't be ignored.} (17. Qxe3 $5)) 15. Nxd4 {Only
this move is a novelty, but the position is already close to equality.} ({
Earlier White played} 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 $1 (16. Nxd4 Qxd4 {transposes into
the main line.}) 16... Nc6 (16... Nxf3+ {doesn't bring full equality:} 17. Qxf3
Bxa2 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. b3 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} Ra3 21. Rd3 {and black
bishop is stuck on a2.}) 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. a3 Rd3 (19... b5 $5
20. Rc5 b4 21. axb4 Ra2 $11) 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21. Re3 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6] 1-0
Johansen,D-West,G/Gosford 1988/EXT 2003 (61). (60) with a minimal advantage
for White thanks to the weakness on b6.}) 15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 $11 {
Now the position is equal.} 17. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5] White is trying to create
some pressure, but a simple} Rad8 {forces exchange of queens and a draw
becomes inevitable.} 18. Bc3 Qxd1 ({Also Black can't hope for much avoiding
exchange of queen.} 18... Qc4 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Bxd5+ Rxd5 21. Rfe1 $11) 19.
Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bb3 21. Bd5+ (21. Rd7 Bxa4 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rxb7 Rd8 $11)
21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Rb5 Rd7 24. h4 {White is still trying to play on,
but Black has no real weaknesses and so he shoulodn't have any problems to
keep a draw.} Kf7 25. Kg2 Bd8 26. g4 a6 27. Rb3 f5 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh4]} 28. Kg3
({Of course not} 28. gxf5 $2 Bxh4 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf5][%cal Gh4f6] and Black is
better.}) 28... fxg4 29. Kxg4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} g6 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 30. h5 $1 {
Otherwise Black plays h5 and fixes weakness on h4.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Qf4
({Other options.} 14. Rfe1 {-->Grachev,B-Lugovoi,A, RUS-Tch 2004/CBM 102
[Mikhalevski,V].}) (14. d5 Na5 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Qf4 f6 $2 17. Nd4 $1 e5 18. Nf5
exf4 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nf5 $16 {Krasenkow,M-Kveinys,A, POL-Tch, Lubniewice
2002.}) 14... Qf6 $1 {This exchange is favourable for Black even despite it
damages Black's pawn structure.} (14... Na5 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. d5 Rfd8 17. dxe6
$146 Qxe6 18. Bb1 {Zaichik,G-Golod,V, World Open 32nd 2004/CBM101[Golod,V]})
15. Qe3 {One of three possible retreats. White strengthens the centre, but the
queen won't participate in attack.} (15. Qc7 {doesn't look right.} Na5 16. Bd3
h6 17. Qg3 Rfd8 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 $44 {with some compensation
for the sacrificed pawn. Lputian,S-Cifuentes Parada,R, Hoogeveen op 1993/
CBM34[Ftacnik].}) (15. Qg3 Rac8 16. d5 $5 $13 {Peek,M-Golod,V, Hoogeveen op
2nd 1998/CBM66[Golod,V].}) (15. Qxf6 {was tested only once and without big
success from the White's point of view.} gxf6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. d5 Na5 18. Bd3
Rfd8 19. dxe6 fxe6 {and soon Black obtained better play in Kubrusly,J-Lima,D,
Guanaba Quadrangular 1998.}) 15... Rac8 {[%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4] The most logical.
Black brings the rook into play and preapres to move the knight.} (15... Na5 {
may lead to 15...Rac8 by transposition.} 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 (17. Rc1 $5)
17... h6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nc4 $6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Loureiro,L-Lima,D/
Americana 1996/EXT 98 (54)}) (15... Rfd8 $5 16. e5 Qh6 17. Ng5 Nb4 (17... Nxd4
$5 18. Nxf7 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Kxf7 $11) 18. f4 Rac8 19. Rc1 Bd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxd5 $15 {and Black is potentially better. 1/2-1/2 Rausis,I-Zhuravliov,V/
Daugavpils 1990/CBM 017 (40)}) 16. e5 $2 $146 {[%csl Rd5] Now the weakening of
the d5-square is not justified since White can't create an attack while the
weakness on d5 will be chronic.} (16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. d5 Na5 18. Bd3 e5 (18...
exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Nd4 $44 {[%cal Gd4f5,Ge5e6]}) (18... Nc4 $5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4
20. e5 Qe7 21. d6 Qd7 $132) 19. Rc1 $14 {0-1 Shapira,L-Averbakh,Y/Szczawno
Zdroj 1950/MCD (58). (58)}) 16... Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rd5] This idea is similar to
the one we saw two moves ago. Black offers a queen exchange and obtains a
comfortable endgame. This time he gets the d5-square as a bonus.} 17. Qxh6 gxh6
$15 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6b4,Gc6a5]} 18. Rfe1 ({Unfortunately for White there is
no time for} 18. d5 $2 {as after} Nb4 ({or} 18... Na5 {[%csl Rd5] White loses
a pawn.})) 18... Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d5] The knight finds a nice parking lot on d5.}
19. Bb3 Rfd8 20. Re3 Nd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5c3,Gd5f4] Black prepares to improve the
position of the knight.} 21. Re4 $2 (21. Bxd5 {would probably be the lesser of
two evils.} Bxd5 $15) 21... Nc3 {[%csl Rd1,Re4][%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4] Now the
knight will be very strong on c3 from where it will support advance of the
queenside pawns.} 22. Rg4+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 $5 {Bringing the king closer to the
centre.}) 23. Re1 a5 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black exploits his superiority on the
queenside while White has no counterplay on the other side of the board.} 24.
Nd2 b5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} (24... a4 $5) 25. a3 a4 26. Bd1 Nxd1 $1 {It will be
difficult for White to deal with the queenside pawns without the bishop.} 27.
Rxd1 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3]} 28. Nb1 Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gd8c8]} 29. h3 (29. Nd2 Ra2 30. Nb1
Rc8 {is hardly better than the text.}) 29... Rdc8 30. Nd2 Rc1 31. Rf1 (31. Rxc1
{doesn't help:} Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 $1 33. Rg3 Rd1 $1 34. Nf3 b4 $1 35. axb4 a3
$19 {and White can't stop the pawn without giving up a piece.}) 31... Rxf1+ 32.
Kxf1 b4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga4] The a-pawn is too fast.} 33. d5 $1 {The very last
practical chance.} Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Ba6+ 35. Kf3 Rc3+ 36. Kf4 bxa3 {[%cal Ga3a2,
Ga2a1] Who is going to stop the a-pawn?} 37. Ne4 a2 {A good positional win of
Ribli, who underlined the wrongness of 16.e5 with easyness.} (37... a2 {After}
38. Nf6 Rc4+ {White's attack doesn't reach the goal and so he resigned.}) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.11.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 {An uncommon continuation, which is however not new for
Illescas, who played against it at least once. I believe the idea behind the
move is to exchange the rooks in case of 16.d5 exd5 17.exd5. As it turned out
Black gets no relief after such an exchange. So this game may reduce a number
of fans of this line.} ({The main line is} 15... Qf6 16. h3 h6 (16... Rfd8 $5 {
led to a position with mutual chances after} 17. Qe3 h6 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Nf1 b5
20. d5 Nc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Ivanchuk,V/Bled SLO 2002/The Week
in Chess 417 (30)}) 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Nh2 b5 19. d5 Nc5 (19... exd5 $142) 20. d6
Qd7 21. e5 $14 {Lautier,J-Kveinys,A, EU-chT 2003/ CBM 98[Gofshtein].}) ({
Black also tested another rare line} 15... Nf6 {, but without big success.} 16.
d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rc5 $6 (17... Qd6 $5 18. Nd4 Qd7 $13) 18. d6 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5
$2 (19... Rxd5 20. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}) 20. Re5 Nf6 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. d7 $18 {
1-0 Neverov,V-Roghani,A/Dubai 2003/CBM 93 ext}) 16. d5 $1 {This logical
continuation was definitely prepared by Illescas at home. The d-pawn suddenly
becomes a real strength to reckon with.} ({Earlier White tested} 16. h3 h6 (
16... Nf6 $5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Re3 (19. d5 $5) 19... b5 20. Ne5 a5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Del Rio Angelis,S/Calvia ESP 2005/The Week in Chess
572 (49)}) 17. Re3 (17. Qe3 {may transpose to Lautier,J-Kveinys,A, EU-chT 2003/
CBM 98[Gofshtein] after} Qe7) 17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. d5 $1 exd5 20. e5 Nh5
21. Rd4 $1 $36 {1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Comas Fabrego,L/Merida ESP 2005/The
Week in Chess 566 (31)}) ({and} 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qd6 Red8 18. Qa3 a5 $6 (18...
a6 $5) 19. Ba4 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Hansen,C/Ter Apel 1993/CBM 035 (42)}) 16...
exd5 17. exd5 {White leaves the bishop on b3 for a future attack of the
f7-square.} (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qf6 19. d6 h6 20. h3 Red8 21. Re7 Rc6 22.
Qd5 Nb8 23. Qe5 Kf8 24. Re1 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Rcxd6 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rxa7 Re8 28.
Re3 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rxc6 31. Kf2 b5 32. Kf3 b4 33. e4 b3 34. axb3
Rc3+ 35. Kf4 Rxb3 36. e5 Rb2 37. e6 Rf2+ 38. Ke5 Kf8 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kf8
41. Rd7 Rxg2 42. Kd6 Rd2+ 43. Kc7 Re2 44. Kd6 Rd2+ 45. Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Stull,
N-Sosa Harrison,J/Novi Sad 1990/TD}) 17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nf6 19. d6 {Up to
this point Fritz evaluated the position as equal, but now starts to appreciate
strength of the d-pawn.} Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc6 21. d7 $1 {Puenta of the previous
play. Black can't avoid material losses.} a6 $2 {Black misses White's reply
and loses instantly.} (21... Qxd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Re7 {[%csl Rd7,Rf7]} Rd6 (
23... Rc7 24. Kg2 $1 $18 {is hopeless for Black.}) 24. Rxf7 Rg6+ (24... Nc5 $2
25. Rd7+ $18) 25. Kf1 Nc5 26. Bd5 h5 $1 (26... h6 27. Rf6+ Kh7 28. Bg8+ $1 {
[%csl Rg6]}) 27. Rxa7+ $16) 22. Re7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7] Now Black can't protect
the f7-pawn and so he resigned. I wouldn't be surprised if all of this had
been prepared by Illescas at home.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[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 "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Qf6 {A very rare line which is justified only in case of 15.e5? In the
earlier games white didn't have problems to obtain advantage.} (14... Rc8 {
is the main line.}) 15. e5 $2 {A serious positional mistake. Now the pawn
structure in the centre is damaged and the White will have to fight for a draw.
At the same time damage on the Black's kingside is not essential as White
can't exploit it.} (15. d5 $1 {which was analysed in CBM 95 by Tsesarsky is
the way to meet 14...Qf6. See the game 1-0 Tkachiev-Rausis, FRA-chT 2003.}) ({
White also won in a good style after} 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 exd5
18. e5 Qe7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. f4 Rac8 21. f5 Rc4 22. f6 Qc5 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Qg5
Qf8 25. fxg7 Qe8 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rf1 {1-0 Kelecevic-Bellini, Mendrision op
1986.}) 15... Qh6 $1 {It's much easier to exploit White's weaknesses at the
endgame.} (15... Qd8 {is also playable.}) 16. Qxh6 ({In the only preceding
game the White tried} 16. Ng5 {which looks suspicious and after} Nxd4 $1 17.
Nxf7 Qg6 18. Ng5 Rad8 {lost quickly. Nevertheless it seems that he could
defend better and keep an equality with 19.Qe3.} 19. Bd3 $6 (19. Qe3 $5) 19...
Nf5 20. Ne4 $2 (20. f4 {was necessary}) 20... Nh4 $1 21. Ng3 Qf7 $1 22. f3 Bxf3
$5 (22... Qxf3 $1) 23. Rf1 Nxg2 24. Qc1 (24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Bxh7+
(26. Kxg2 Rfd7) 26... Kxh7 27. Rxd8 Bd5 $19) 24... Qb7 25. Rd2 Nf4 {0-1 Yanin,
P-Kharitonov,A/Podolsk 1993/EXT 98 (25).}) 16... gxh6 $15 17. Bb3 {White
prepares d5.} ({An attempt to attack the kingside pawns doen't seem to reach
its goal:} 17. Re4 Rac8 18. Rg4+ Kh8 19. Rh4 Rfd8 $1 ({In case of} 19... Kg7 {
White can repeat the position.} 20. Rg4+ Kh8 21. Rh4)) ({Of course} 17. d5 $2 {
doesn't work in view of the typical} Na5 {and black wins a pawn.}) 17... Na5 $1
{Black's plan is simple. He's intending to trade the white bishop and then to
take advantage of his extra pawn on the queenside exploiting on the way
White's damaged structure in the centre.} ({Another way to stop d5 was} 17...
Ne7) 18. Nd2 Nxb3 ({Black could start with} 18... Rfc8 {but it doesn't seem to
change anything.}) 19. axb3 Bd5 {The best square for the bishop.} 20. Re3 {
White prepares Ne4.} ({An active defense} 20. Nc4 Rfc8 $1 {(leaving the other
rook on a8 to advance the a-pawn.)} (20... Rac8 21. Rc1 f6 $5 22. Nd6 Rxc1 23.
Rxc1 fxe5 24. dxe5 Bxb3 25. Rc7 $13) 21. Rc1 Rc6 {with the idea Rac8} 22. Nd6
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxb3 24. Rc7 {is connected with a big risk:} a5 $1 25. Nxf7 a4
26. Nxh6+ Kf8 $5 (26... Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nd6+ Kg6) 27. Rxh7 ({or} 27. Rf7+
Ke8 28. Rxh7 Ra5 29. Nf7 a3 30. Nd6+ Kf8 $19) 27... Ra5 28. Rf7+ Ke8 29. Rc7 a3
30. Rc1 a2 31. Ra1 Rb5 {and black wins.}) 20... Rfc8 $1 {Black takes control
over the important open c-file.} 21. Kf1 (21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rc3 23. Re3
Rac8 {with the idea Rxe3 followed by Rc3.}) 21... a5 $1 {Black wants to create
a passer on the a-file with b5 followed by a4.} 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 b5 $5 (
23... Rc3 {is enough only for equality:} 24. Re3 Rac8 25. d5 (25. Ke2 Rxe3+ 26.
fxe3 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 f6 {leads to a complicated, but probably
equal pawn endgame.}) (25. Rdd3 $5) 25... Rxe3 (25... Rc1 26. Ree1) 26. fxe3
exd5 27. Rxd5 Rc3 28. Rb5 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Re4 {with equality.}) 24. d5 $1 {
It's time to trade a weak d4-pawn.} exd5 25. Rxd5 a4 26. bxa4 (26. Rxb5 a3 27.
Re1 a2 (27... Rc2 $5) 28. Ra1 Rc2) 26... bxa4 27. e6 $5 {White chooses an
active defense.} ({Also passive} 27. Rd2 {was enough for equality:} a3 (27...
Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Ra1 29. Rdd4 a3 30. Ra4 Rb8 31. Ra7 Rb2+ 32. Kf3) 28. Ra2 Rcb8 29.
Re3 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rb2+ 31. Rxb2 axb2 32. Rb3 Ra2 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35.
Ke4 b1=Q+ 36. Rxb1 Rxf2 {with equality.}) 27... Rc1+ 28. Ke2 fxe6 29. Rd7 $1 ({
In case of} 29. Rxe6 $4 a3 {the a-pawn is unstoppable.}) 29... Rc2+ (29... a3
30. Rg4+ Kf8 ({or} 30... Kh8 31. Rgg7) 31. Rgg7 a2 32. Rgf7+ {with a perpetual.
}) 30. Ke3 Rb8 $6 {Black's starting to play with fire.} ({It would be wiser to
force a draw by means of} 30... a3 31. Rg4+ Kh8 32. Rgg7 a2 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 $11)
31. Rxa4 ({Even better would be preliminary check} 31. Rg4+ $1 Kh8 32. Rxa4 (
32. Rgg7 {is also enough for a draw, but 32.Rxa4 brings a nominal advantage.}
Rb3+ 33. Ke4 Re2+ 34. Kf4 Rxf2+ 35. Ke4) 32... Rb3+ 33. Kd4 Rd2+ 34. Kc4 Rxd7
35. Kxb3 $11) 31... Rb3+ 32. Rd3 $2 {Of course White doesn't lose even after
this inaccurate move, but why to trade an active rook and to give up a pawn?} (
{After} 32. Kd4 {Black has to worry about his king, although a draw is still
easily reachable.} Rxf2 (32... Rb8 33. Raa7 (33. Ke5 $5) 33... Rxf2 34. Rg7+
Kf8 35. Rxh7 Rxg2) 33. Ra8+ Rf8 34. Raa7 (34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxh7 Rb2 $11)
34... Rb4+ 35. Ke5 Rg4 36. g3 Rg6 {and Black keeps a draw.}) 32... Rxd3+ 33.
Kxd3 Rxf2 {Black obtained an extra pawn, but his chances to win the game are
tiny. Just some accuracy is still required.} 34. Rg4+ Kf7 35. Ke3 Rf5 36. Ra4
Rh5 37. h3 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 h5 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. Re7 {Attack is the
best method of defense. A draw is inevitable.} Re5+ 42. Kf4 Re1 43. Re8 Rf1+
44. Ke4 Kf7 45. Rh8 Kg7 46. Re8 Re1+ 47. Kf4 Re2 48. Kf3 Re5 49. Kf4 Rf5+ 50.
Ke4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 (10... Nf6 {would transpose to Paragua,
M-Bologan,V, FIDE Wch k. o. 2004/ CBM102 [Mikhalevski,V].}) 11. Ne4 Be7 {
A very rare continuation. It's not so clear why one should lose two tempi.} ({
Other options:} 11... h6 {Wahls,M-Doettling,F, Bundesliga 0203/ CBM 94 
[Tsesarsky]}) (11... Nce7 {1-0 Izoria,Z-Belov,V, Moscow Aeroflot op 2002/
CBM88 [Tsesarsky]}) (11... b6 {is a more popular continuation. Here is a
relatively recent example.} 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nce7 $5 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Rad1 Rc8
16. Neg5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Ndf4 19. Qe3 Qb8 {and Black solved all
opening problems. 1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Johannessen,L/Goteborg SWE 2004/The Week
in Chess 480 (19).}) 12. a3 (12. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4
Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Be3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Lim Yee Weng-Antonio,R/Ho Chi Minh City
VIE 2003 (17).}) 12... b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Ba2 {[%cal Gc1d2,Ga1d1,Ga2b1] Only
this move turns out to be new. White prepares regrouping of pieces by means of
Bd2; Rad1 and finally Bb1 creating a battery along the b1-h7 diagonal.} ({
In the only preceding game White played} 14. Bd2 Nf6 $1 {If Black lost two
tempi earlier than at least he can try to exchange the knights or to win a
tempo back.} 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bb5 Qd5 20.
Nc3 {The knight made a full circle!} Qh5 21. Ba6 $1 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Nd5 {1-0 San
Segundo Carrillo,P-Cruz Lopez Claret,C/San Sebastian 1999/EXT 2002 (55) and
Black shouldn't have many problems here.}) 14... Re8 15. Bd2 {Before placing
the lightsquared bishop on b1 White wants to develop his queenside.} Rc8 16.
Rad1 g6 {I believe Black could wait with this move at least untill Bb1.} 17. h4
$1 {A typical idea in these positions. White wants to weaken Black's pawn
structure on the kingside by means of h5.} Nb8 18. Neg5 {[%cal Gf3e5] An
additional idea behind 17.h4. White prepares a direct attack of the f7-pawn by
means of Ne5.} Bf6 19. h5 Rc7 {Black misses White's idea and gets under
decisive attack.} (19... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f8] Bringing the knight to f8 from
where it covers both the h7 and g6 squares.} 20. Bb1 Nf8 {with a solid
position for Black.}) 20. Bb1 {[%cal Gg5h7]} Rd7 $2 {For some reason Black
simply ignores the threat.} 21. Nxh7 $1 {After this typical piece sacrifice
White's attack is hardly stoppable.} Kxh7 22. hxg6+ Kg8 23. Bh6 $1 {[%cal
Gg6f7] Taking under control the important g7-square.} fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25.
Ng5 $5 ({The immediate} 25. Qh5 $1 {was more precise.} Kg8 26. Ne5 $1 Rc7 27.
Rd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd3g3]}) 25... Ree7 26. Qh5 $5 ({Also} 26. Nxe6 {deserved
attention and after} Qg8 27. Bg7+ $1 Bxg7 (27... Rxg7 $2 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Qh6+
$18) 28. Qh5+ Bh6 29. Qxh6+ Rh7 30. Bxh7 Rxh7 31. Qg5 $16) 26... Kg8 $2 {
A decisive mistake in a difficult position.} (26... Nf4 $1 {was necessary.
However after} 27. Qh2 e5 $1 28. Bf8+ Kg8 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Ba2+ Bd5 31. Bxd5+
Rxd5 32. Ne4 $16 {White is still much better.}) 27. Nxe6 $18 {The rest is easy.
} Qe8 28. Bg6 Qc8 29. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3g3] White's threats are decisive.} Rxe6 30.
Rxe6 Re7 31. Rg3 {[%cal Gg6f7]} ({In according to Fritz8} 31. Rxe7 {leads to
mate in 4.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 $5 {This move was introduced on the high level by nobody
else, but Fischer in his World Championship match vs Spassky in 1972. Since
then it got some popularity, but the main alternative is still 9...Bb4.} 10.
Bb3 {A rare retreat. The main point behind it is to support the break in the
centre by means of d5, but the position of the bishop on b3 allows Na5 which
is a serious drawback of 10.Bb3.} ({In a recent game which took place in the
US Championship White tested Spassky's} 10. Bd3 {However after} Bb4+ {he
suddenly payed} 11. Kf1 ({Usually white plays} 11. Bd2) 11... O-O 12. e5 {
[%cal Gd3h7]} Qd5 13. Rb1 Be7 14. h4 Ba6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Qc2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shabalov,
A-Gurevich,D/San Diego USA 2004/The Week in Chess 526 (42). (42) and
eventually got a slight advantage.}) ({The main line is} 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
Bxd2+ (11... Qa5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $16) 12. Qxd2 Rb8 (12...
a6) 13. d5 (13. Rc1 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc5 Bb7 16. Qe3 a6 17. Rfc1 $14) 13...
exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 (14... Na5 15. Qe3+ Qe7 16. Qc3 $18) 15. d6 Nf5 16. Rd1 (16.
Bxb5+ $2 Kf8 $1 $11) 16... O-O 17. d7 Bb7 (17... Ba6 18. O-O $16) 18. O-O $16 {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Kortschnoj,V/Albert 1997/CBM 61/[Tsesarsky] (37). (36)}) 10...
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O {The position similar to the main line
9...Bb4 has been arised. The only difference is including the moves b5 and Bb3.
} Bb7 {The main point of the early 9...b5. Black doesn't lose a tempo for
development of the light-squared bishop. In the main line Black usually plays
b6 with the same idea.} ({I believe} 13... Na5 $5 {deserved a serious
attention. This way he could avoid appearing of the white light-squared bishop
on d5.}) 14. d5 exd5 ({In the only earlier game Black played} 14... Na5 {
, but after} 15. dxe6 Nxb3 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. axb3 Bxe4 19. Ng5
Re7 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxa7 {1-0 Rustemov,A-Feoktistov,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 43 ext
(45). (44) he lost a pawn. Nevertheless Black still obtains drawish chances.})
15. Bxd5 Na5 {A logical idea. Black trades the strong White's bishop and thus
simplifies defense.} 16. Rad1 (16. Rfb1 {looks strong, but Black saves the
b-pawn thanks to the weakness of the last rank.} Bxd5 17. Qxd5 $1 a6 18. a4 $1
Qxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 $1 20. h3 (20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxb5 $4 Ra1+)
20... Rab8 {and despite some pressure Black should be able to survive.}) 16...
Bxd5 (16... Qb6 $5 {delaying the exchange in order to consolidate his position
first.}) 17. exd5 {[%csl Gd5] White stakes on the d-pawn.} Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]
However Black doesn't seem to have problems to block it.} 18. Qd4 ({By means of
} 18. Qb4 $5 {White could advance the d-pawn to d6, but this idea is
double-edged as the pawn can become a target.} a6 19. d6) 18... Qd6 {Usually
queen is not the best blocker, but in this case the knight is strong c4 and so
Black prefers to leave it there.} 19. Rfe1 a6 {Consolidating his position on
the queenside.} 20. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e4]} Rad8 ({Black could prevent advancing of
the d-pawn playing} 20... Qg6 $5 21. Ne4 Rad8 {and} 22. d6 {is impossible in
view of} f5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 21. Ne4 Qb6 $5 {Exchanging the queens black forces
the d-pawn forward and thus it will be easier to attack it. Exchange of queens
only helps Black in his task.} (21... Qg6 {could lead to 20...Qg6 by
transposition.}) 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. d6 Rfe8 $1 {It's important to trade a pair
of rook to reduce the danger of the d-pawn.} 24. Nc5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf8 26. Rd1
({Or} 26. Nxa6 Nc4 $1 (26... Rxd6 $2 {loses a pawn to} 27. Nc7 $1 {[%csl Rb5,
Rf8][%cal Ge1e8]}) 27. Nc7 Nxd6 $11) 26... Nc4 $1 {The same strategy. Black
wants to force the d-pawn to d7 and thus to get the e7-square for the king.}
27. d7 Ke7 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gc4e5]} 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Re1+ {
A positional draw. Both players have to repeat the moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chB"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Ndb4 $5 {
A relatively rare, but very interesting variation which forces a pawn
sacrifice. Otherwise White can't avoid an equality.} (7... Be7 {is the main
line.} 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b5 $5 $146 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13.
Rc1 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. d6 Ng6 17. Be3 $14 {Van Wely-Sokolov,A
Bundesliga0304 2003 CBM99[Gofshtein]}) ({Another popular line is} 7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 {
is slightly better for white as in Kramnik-Lautier, Belgrad 1995/CBM55
[Korchnoi]}) (7... Nxd4 {can transpose into 7...cxd4 after} 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 ({Or} 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. cxd4) 10... Qxd4 11.
cxd4) ({Black also tested} 7... Nxc3) (7... Nb6) ({and} 7... Nf6) 8. a3 $6 {
White loses a pawn and has to fight for equality.} (8. e3 {is the most
critical move. After this pawn sacrifice White obtains some pressure on the
queenside.} cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. O-O (10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 $44
{Biriukov-Aseev,St Petersburg-ch 1998 CBM 65[Tsesarsky]}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3
Be7 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. a3 (13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. a3 Qf5 16. Be4 Qh3 17. Bg2
Qf5 18. Be4 Qh3 19. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson-Macieja, Elbow Beach Club 2001 CBM
81[Tsesarsky]}) 13... O-O 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. b4 Qf5 16. b5 Na5 (16... Ne5 17. Qe4
Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Nc4 19. Nd6 e5 20. Nxc4 exf4 21. gxf4 {and some pressure is
still on. 1-0 Nielsen,P-Wedberg,T/Malmoe SWE 2002/The Week in Chess 397 (34). 
(33)}) 17. Bc7 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb3 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Topalov,V/Linares 1999/CBM 70 (33). (32)}) (8. dxc5 {doesn't promise any
advantage.} Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 O-O
14. e3 Bf5 15. Ke2 d4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Rfe8+ 19. Kd2 Rad8
20. d5 Be4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76 (53). (52)}
) 8... cxd4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxd4 $6 (10. Ne5 $1 {promises good chances for
equality.} Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxb4 ({Doesn't
work} 13. Qxc6+ $2 Bd7 14. Qe4 (14. Qc4 $2 Qb6 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 14... Bxc3+
15. bxc3 dxc3 $17 {and Black is two pawns up.}) 13... dxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O $1 15.
Qxc6 Rb8 $15) 12. Qxb4 Nc6 $1 13. Qd6 (13. Qxb7 $5 Rb8 14. Qxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6+
Kf8 $36) 13... dxc3 14. bxc3 Qb8 $1 15. Qc5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Husari,S-Brochet,P/
Paris 2003/CBM 92 ext (50)}) 10... Nxd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 e5 13. Qa4 $5 (13.
Nd5 Bc5 14. Qd3 (14. b4 Be6 $1) 14... Be6 15. Rfc1 Bb6 (15... Bxd5 $142 16.
Rxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 $17) 16. Bxd4 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxd4 exd4 $17) 16...
Bxd4 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. e3 Bb6 19. Qb5 $1 $11 {0-1 Paci,C-Doghri,N/Cannes 2000/
EXT 2001 (38)}) 13... a5 {Black avoids complications which could arise after
accepting the pawn.} (13... Bxc3 $5 {deserved a serious attention.} 14. bxc3
Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Qd3 $1 ({Of course not} 15... Nxc3 $4 16. Qc4 $18 {[%csl Rc3]})
16. Rfe1 Nxc3 17. Qa5 {and White obtains some compensation for the sacrificed
pawns, though I believe it shouldn't be enough for equality.} (17. Qa3 $5)) 14.
Rfd1 $6 (14. Bxd4 $1 {doesn't allow fully equalize, but was certainly better
than the game.} Qxd4 $1 (14... exd4 15. Nd5 Bd7 (15... Bh3 $2 16. Nxb4 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 axb4 18. Qxa8 $1 Qxa8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 $14) (15... Bc5 16. Qb5 $1 $44
) 16. Qb3 Bc5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Qxa5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 Rc8 21. Bf3 {
and White is very close to equality.}) 15. Rfd1 Qc4 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nd5 b5 $1
{and Black is still better.}) 14... Bd7 $1 15. Qa2 Be6 $1 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5
Bc5 $17 {Black succeeded to keep an extra pawn and now has to show some
technique to convert his material advantage into a win.} 18. Bxd4 exd4 {
[%csl Re2] Now the e2-pawn is an object of attack.} 19. Rac1 Qd6 ({The moves} 
19... Rc8 $5) ({and} 19... b6 $5 {look more flexible. The d6-square is not
necessary the best for the queen.}) 20. Qc4 b6 21. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4d3]} Qe7 $5
{[%csl Re2]} 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rdc1 Rc6 24. Qb5 Rfc8 25. Nd3 g6 $1 26. Kf1 (26.
b4 axb4 27. Nxb4 Re6 $17) 26... h5 27. h4 Qe4 28. Kg1 Qf5 29. Kf1 R6c7 30. Kg1
Kg7 31. Qa4 Kg8 32. Qb5 Rc6 33. Qa6 R8c7 34. Qb5 Kg7 35. Qa4 Kg8 36. Qb5 Rf6
37. Qc4 Re7 38. Rf1 Rc6 39. Rfc1 Re4 {During the last 15 moves White waited
and that was the right plan. However as it often happens, White loses patience
on the move 40th and helps Black to win.} 40. Nxc5 $2 (40. Qb5 $5) 40... Rxc5
41. Qd3 Rce5 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge4e2]} 42. Rd2 (42. Kg2 $5 Rxe2 43. Qxd4 Rxc2
44. Rxc2 $17) 42... Kh7 (42... Rxe2 $5 {should be enough for a win.} 43. Qxe2 (
43. Qxd4 {loses to} Rd5 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 44. Rc8+ $8 Qxc8 45. Qxd5 Qc1+ 46. Rd1
Qxb2 $19) 43... Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Qd3 $1 $17) 43. Rc7 Kg7 44. Rc4 Rxe2 45. Qxf5 ({
Now} 45. Qxe2 $2 {is bad in view of} Rxe2 46. Rxe2 Qb5 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Re2]} 47.
b3 a4 $1 {and Black wins.}) 45... gxf5 $5 {Black damages his pawn structure,
but trades a pair of rooks.} ({The position with four rooks after} 45... Re1+
46. Kg2 Rxf5 47. Rcxd4 {is also with good chances for a win.}) 46. Rcxd4 Rxd2 (
46... f4 $5 {exchanging one of the double pawns deserved a serious attention.})
47. Rxd2 Rb5 (47... f4 $5) 48. Kf1 ({White could try to fix the weaknesses by
means of} 48. f4 $5) 48... Kf6 49. Ke2 f4 $1 50. Kd1 $2 {White sends the king
in a wrong direction. Instead he had to leave it on the kingside to protect
the kingside pawns.} Kf5 51. Kc2 fxg3 52. fxg3 Kg4 $19 53. Rd7 (53. Rd3 {
was more stubborn, but could hardly save.} Rf5 {[%cal Gf5f3]} 54. Rb3 b5 55.
Kd2 a4 56. Rd3 Rf2+ $1 57. Kc1 f5 $19) 53... Kxg3 54. Rxf7 Kxh4 55. Rg7 Kh3 {
Now Black's plan is very simple: he brings the king to h1 and the h-pawn to h2
and then brings the rook to g1. White can do nothing about the plan and so he
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "URS U26-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Machulsky, Anatoly D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 (11... f6 12. Bd2 Bf5 (12... Qe7
13. Bc3 Rd8 14. e3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Be4 16. Re1 Bb6 17. a3 Rac8 $14 {Agdestein,
S-Alburt,L/Taxco(izt)/1985/}) 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Rad1 Be4 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8
$13 {Larsen,B-Bareev,E/Naestved/1988/1:0/ (50)}) (11... Qd7 $5 12. a3 h6 13. b4
$5 $146 Bb6 $1 14. Bc1 $5 d4 15. Ra2 Qd5 $1 16. Rd2 Qc4 $10 {Budnikov,A-Ruban,
V/St-Peterburg(zt)/1993/1/2-1/2/32/}) 12. Rc1 (12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxb2 16. Rfb1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rad8 $10 {
Barbero,G-Dlugy,M/Mendoza/1985/}) 12... Qb5 $146 (12... Be6 13. Qc2 Be7 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qc7 Nc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 d4 $14 {Lagunov,A-Vaganian,R/Porz/
1991/}) (12... d4 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 h6 17. Bd2 Qxb2
18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Bc1 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxb7 $14 {Illeskas
Cordoba,M-Tukmakov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1993/1:0 (60)}) 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. b3 Bg4 $6 (
14... Be6 $5 15. Bd6 (15. Ne5 $5) 15... Rfd8 16. a4 Qa5 17. Ba3 d4 18. Nd2 Qh5
$13) 15. a4 Qa6 $6 (15... Qb4 $142 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qh5 Qxb3 18. Ng5 Bf5) 16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. b4 $1 $16 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd8 $8 (19... Rad8 $4 20. b5
Qa5 21. Bd2 $18) 20. Re1 $1 (20. b5 $2 Qe6) (20. Qxd5 Qxa4 21. Qxb7 Bb6 $14)
20... d4 (20... Bf6 21. b5 Qa5 22. Qxd5 Qxa4 23. Qxb7 $18 (23. Bd6 $18)) 21. b5
Qf6 (21... Qa5 22. Bd6 $18) 22. Be5 Qh6 23. Qxd4 Ba5 24. Red1 Qxh3 25. Bc7 $1 (
25. Bxg7 $2 Bb6 26. Qe5 Bxf2+ (26... f6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1
Qh3+ $10) 27. Kxf2 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Ke3 $2 Rfe8 $19) 28... Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+
$10) 25... Bxc7 26. Rxc7 b6 27. Qf4 h5 $6 (27... Qe6 $142 28. Rdd7 $16) 28. Re7
$18 a6 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rd8 $1 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 6. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05] This comparatively rare move and the
variation in general has been famous for the classic game Kramnik - Lautier,
1995. Caruana, armed with modern analysis, wants to have his own say on it.} ({
A more common line is} 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 {which leads to
another well known endgame where White enjoys a slight advantage with no risk.}
) 12. O-O {[%emt 0:10:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} b6 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} ({The above mentioned game went} 13... O-O 14. e5 $1 Be7 (14...
Bc7 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Bd6 $18) 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... b6
16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Bd2 {/\Bb4-d6}) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 {1-0
Kramnik,V (2730)-Lautier,J (2645)/Horgen 1995/CBM 050/[Kramnik] (64), and
Kramnik went on to score a fine technical victory in the resulting endgame.})
14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:22:34] The
question of 'which R?' has been answered differently before.} ({A high level
blitz game went} 15. Rfc1 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gb7g2]} f6 (15... Kd7 $5 16. d5 $13) 16.
a4 (16. e5 $5 Bxg2 17. exd6 Bd5 18. Rc7 $14) 16... Kd7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bc5
$11 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2734)-Leko,P (2723)/Beijing 2014/CBM 163 Extra (33).
Black had comforably equalised although White went on to win later.}) (15. d5
$5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rfe1 {White's edge will be
too small.}) 15... f6 {[%emt 0:15:51]} (15... Kd7 16. d5 $5 $14 {is supposed
to be good for White according to some old analysis.}) 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:15:44]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 18. e5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:
01:47]} 20. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} g6 {[%emt 0:18:56]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:53]} (22. a3 $5 Ba5 23. Rc1 b5 (23...
Kd8 $5) 24. Bc3 Bxc3 (24... Bb6 25. Bb4+ Kd8 26. Bd6 Bxd4+ 27. Kf1 Rb6 28. Bc7+
$18) 25. Rxc3 Kd7 $11 {White cannot really take advantage of Black's temporary
coordination problems.}) 22... Kd8 {[%emt 0:05:08] After some logical moves a
critical moment has arisen.} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} ({Caruana was expecting} 
23. Rf1 $5 {but even here Black has good defensive resources.} Bb7 24. Bd3 {
[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1h6]} Ke7 (24... Rc8 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rf7 Rc7 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Rh8
$14) (24... Bd5 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rf8+ Kc7 27. Rf7+ Kc6 28. a4 $16 (28. Rxh7 $2
Rf8 $19)) 25. a3 (25. Rf6 Rc8) 25... Bd2 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 $11) 23...
Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Ke3 Rf7 $11 {
[%cal Gd8d7]}) 24... Bd5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:38] Caruana: "I already thought that I had completely equalised."}
26. Ke3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rxc1 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({The P_|_ is clearly equal} 29... Bxd2+
30. Kxd2 a6 $11) 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 31. a5 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:00] Unnecessarily giving Black practical chances, with a passed
pawn on the a-file. On top of that, it is now Black who gets to put his pawn
on the light square (g4) rather than White.} ({A simple draw could be achieved
by} 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4] for example} a6 32. Kc2 b5 (32... Ke6 33. g4 $11) 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Kb3 Ke6 35. g4 $11) 31... bxa5 {[%emt 0:10:23]} 32. Bxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 33. h3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:27]}
34. hxg4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:52][%csl Ga7,Rd4,Gd5,Rg3,Gg4] Once
the pawn reached g4 I felt like I had seen the position somewhere before (with
the name Kramnik in mind). After some digging I found that it is very similar
to Van Wely - Kramnik, 1990 except that in that game, the white pawn was on b3
instead of e5. Readers may well look for it to get an idea. Some principles of
that classic ending do apply here too.} 35. Ke3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 37. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:36]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (37... Bd8 {does not achieve anything at this moment.} 38.
Ke3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Bg5+ 39. Kd3 {back to the game.}) 38. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ba5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Bh6+ {[%emt 0:16:
49]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Bf8
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 45. Ba5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Bd2 $6 {Helping Black achieve what he wanted. A
strange thing happened here. Karjakin claimed a draw by threefold repetition.
According to him this position had arisen on move 37 and 39. The arbiter
accepted the claim and Caruana signed the scoresheets. (Caruana mentioned in
the press conference that he was annoyed that he had to sign the score sheets.
Probably by intuition, he did not feel that it was a draw.) But then Karjakin
asked Caruana if he wanted to play on. Caruana of course replied "Yes" and
then he thought again and realised that on those moves (37 and 39) the black
king was on c6. So there actually had not been a threefold repitition. Both
players just mentioned in passing their error and also the professional lapse
on part of the Arbiter.  Although it was not mentioned, it seems very likely
that Karjakin played this risky move with the erroneous expectation of a
threefold repetition.} ({Otherwise he would have chosen the simple} 49. Ke2 $11
) 49... Bd8 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb4 $6 {White could have been more accurate in
this position.} (51. Kd3 $142 a5 52. Bc3 Ke6 (52... a4 53. Bb4 Bg5 54. Ba3 Ke6
55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Kd3 Kc6 57. e6 Kc7 58. e7 Kd7 59. Kc3 Bxe7 60. Bxe7 Kxe7 61.
Kb4 Kf6 62. Kxa4 Kf5 63. Kb5 Ke4 64. Kc5 Kf3 65. Kxd5 Kxg3 66. Ke4 Kf2 $11) 53.
Bd2 (53. Bb2 Be7 $17) 53... Kd7 54. Ke3 $1 a4 (54... Bg5+ 55. Kd3 Bd8 (55...
Bxd2 $4 56. Kxd2 $18 {[%csl Ge5]}) 56. Ke3 $11) (54... Bb6 $6 55. Bc3) 55. Kf4
a3 56. Kxg4 Kc6 57. Kf5 Kb5 58. Bc3 Kc4 59. Ba1 Kb3 60. e6 Ka2 61. Bc3 Kb3 62.
Ba1 Ka2 $11) 51... a5 52. Ba3 a4 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 53. Bb4 $8 (53. Kd3 Ba5 $19 {
[%cal Ga5e1]}) 53... Bg5+ 54. Kd3 Bc1 55. Bd2 (55. Kc2 Be3 56. Kd3 Bf2 $19) (
55. Bc3 a3 56. Ba1 a2 57. Bc3 (57. Kc2 Bf4 $19) 57... Ba3 58. Ba1 Bb4 {[%cal
Gb4e1]} 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Bb2 Ba5 61. Ba1 Bb6 62. e6 Bd8 63. Kd2 Kf3 $19) 55...
Ba3 56. Kc3 Be7 57. Bh6 a3 (57... Ke4 58. Bg7 a3 59. Bh6 (59. Bf6 Bb4+ $19)
59... Bb4+ 60. Kb3 Kf5 {transposes to the game.} (60... Be1 61. e6)) 58. Kb3
Bb4 59. Bf4 $2 (59. Be3 $142 Be1 60. Kxa3 Bxg3 61. Kb4 Be1+ 62. Kc5 Ke6 {
transposing to game.}) 59... Ke6 $2 {Missing a very important chance.} (59...
Be1 $142 60. Kxa3 Bf2 61. e6 Bxd4 {simplest} (61... Kxe6 62. Be5 Kf5 63. Kb4
Ke4 64. Kc5 Be3 65. Bf6 (65. Bg7 Bf4 $19) 65... Bc1 66. Be5 (66. Kc6 Bd2 67.
Be5 Be3 68. Kc5 Bf2 $19) 66... Ba3+ 67. Kc6 Bb2 68. Kc5 Bc3 69. Bf6 Be1 70. Be5
Bf2 $19) 62. e7 Bc5+ $19) 60. Bc1 Be1 61. Be3 Bxg3 62. Kxa3 Kf5 (62... Bh4 63.
Kb4 Be7+ 64. Kb5 g3 65. Bf4 g2 66. Bh2 Ba3 67. Bg1 Bf8 68. Kc6 $11) 63. Kb4
Be1+ (63... Bh4 64. Kc5 Ke4 65. Bg1 $11) 64. Kc5 Ke6 65. Bf4 g3 {Caruana: "I
thought I was winning but I realised after I played this move that I had
missed some chance of putting my opponent in zugzwang. Now it was too late."} (
{But it is not really easy to achieve a zugzwang. For example} 65... Bf2 66.
Bg5 Kf5 67. Kc6 $8 {This is the most important move to hold this ending and it
was also found by Karjakin in the post-mortem analysis.} (67. Kd6 Kxg5 68. e6
Be1 $19) (67. Bf6 g3 68. Bh4 Ke6 {[%cal Gf2e1]} 69. Kc6 Be1 70. Bg5 Kf5 $19) (
67. Kxd5 Kxg5 68. Ke4 Be1 69. d5 g3 70. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 67... Bxd4 (67... g3 68.
Bh4 Ke6 69. Kc5 Be1 70. Bg5 {transposes to the game.}) (67... Kxg5 68. e6 Kf6
69. Kd7 g3 70. e7 $11) (67... Be1 68. Be3 Ke6 69. Kc5 g3 70. Bg5 {also
transposes to the game.}) 68. Kxd5 Bxe5 69. Bh4 Kf4 70. Ke6 Bd4 71. Be1 Kf3 72.
Kf5 $11 {Therefore, going into the Q+P ending of the game was objectively the
best progress available.}) 66. Bg5 Kf5 67. Bf4 Ke6 68. Bg5 Kf5 69. Bf4 Kxf4 (
69... g2 70. Be3 $11) 70. e6 g2 71. e7 Bb4+ 72. Kxb4 g1=Q 73. e8=Q Qxd4+ {
With the central pawn the tablebases give this position as mate in 59.} 74. Ka5
(74. Ka3 $4 Qe3+ $19) 74... Qe5 $2 {This move takes the game towards a draw,
although Black still keeps practical chances.} (74... Kf3 $5) (74... Qc3+ $142
$19 {[%cal Gd5d4] is an endgame tablebase win. Whether it would win
practically in the game or not is a different question.}) 75. Qc8 d4+ 76. Kb4
d3 77. Qh3 Ke4 $2 (77... Qd4+ $142 {with a lot of practical chances.}) 78. Qh1+
Kd4 79. Qa1+ Kd5 80. Qxe5+ Kxe5 81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Kd1 Kc3 84. Kc1 d2+
85. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. e4 {Alterman,B} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qd3 (10. Qe2 O-O (10... a6 11. Bd2 b5 12.
Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 O-O 16. c4 $14 {0-1 Morphy-Tillmann,M/
Varna ol 1962 (31)}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bb2 (12. Re1 $5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Qxc3 14. Bd2
Qc7 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Qe4 $44 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Kuczynski,R/BL9697
Porz-Erfurt 1997/BL9697 (28)} (16. Qe4 {Alterman,B} Bf6 17. Bf4 Qa3 18. Rc5 Nd5
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxa2 23. Be5 g6 24. Bf6 Rfc8
25. Rc5 Qb4 26. h4 Be6 27. Qe3 Rxc5 28. Qh6 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Kuczynski,R/
BL9697 GER 1997/BL9697})) 12... b6 $5 (12... Nf6 $6 13. Bd3 b6 (13... Nd5 $5
14. Qc2 h6) 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Porper,E/Israel (ch) 1996/
Inf 68/[Psakhis,L] (51)} (15. f4 g6 (15... Nd5 {Tsesarsky} 16. f5 Nxc3 17. Qh5
Ne4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+
$18) 16. c4 $36 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Porper,E/ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996/CBM 56/[Psakhis]
(50)})) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. c4 Rfe8 $11 {(Psakhis in Inf 68) 1/2-1/2 Alterman,
B-Khlian,E/Rostov op 1993 (46) Alterman,B: 'without any troubles .'} (14... Bf6
15. a4 a5 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Nb8 21.
Bf1 Nc6 22. d5 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb4 24. Rbd2 {1/2-1/2 O'Kelly de Galway,
A-Trifunovic,P/Palma de Mallorca 1966/EXT 97})) (10. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7
12. Qb3 O-O $15 {(Psakhis in Inf 68)} (12... O-O {Alterman,B} 13. O-O Nb6 14.
Ne5 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Remus,H-Love,W/Calchess 1993 (45)})) 10... Nd7 (10... Nc6
{Alterman,B} 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Bc2 g6 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16.
Re3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Rae1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 f6 20. Bb3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. d5
Qd6 23. Rd3 Bb5 24. Rd4 e5 25. Rb4 $19 {Mandl,R-Kaiser,W/BL8586 1986/BL 80/0-1
(50)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb3 (12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Bb3 h6
$11 {(Psakhis in CBM 56) 1/2-1/2 Fritz3-Kasparov,G/Munich Intel 1994 (47)
Alterman,B: '1/2-1/2 Fritz3-Kasparov,G/Munich Intel 1994 (47)'}) 12... Rd8 $5 {
[%mdl 32] rдumt einerseits das Feld f8 fьr den Springer, so daЯ die
Rochadestellung nicht durch Bauernzьge geschдcht werden muЯ und bereitet
andererseits Gegenspiel gegen die "hдngenden Bauern" c3-d4 vor.} (12... Nf6 {
Alterman,B} 13. Bg5 b6 14. Bc2 g6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18.
Ne5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. h4 Re8 21. Qh3 b5 22. h5 Qe7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Re2 Qf6
25. Ng4 Qh8 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qh4 Rc7 {ZЬ 0-1 Beyer,C-Brem,S/
OLWuert 1995/GER 12}) 13. Bc2 Nf8 14. Ne5 $146 (14. Re1 b6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Ne5
Bd6 17. Qh3 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Garcia,R-Guimard,C/Buenos Aires 1968/MCD-r6 (31)} (
17... Rac8 {Alterman,B} 18. f4 b5 19. Re3 b4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 bxc3 22. f5
exf5 23. Be1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rd2 $19 {0-1 Garcia,R-Guimard,C/Buenos Aires 1968/
MCD-r6 (31)})) (14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 (16... Rac8 $5) 17. Qg3 f6
18. Ng4 $6 (18. Bxh6 $5 Bd6 19. f4 $13) 18... Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rac8 $15 {/-/+ 1/
2-1/2 Kelecevic,N-Hresc,V/JUG-ch Vrbas 1982/MCD-ch (37)}) 14... Bd7 15. Bb2 (
15. Nxd7 $6 Rxd7 {gibt WeiЯ zwar das Lдuferpaar, doch beschleunigt es das
schwarze Gegenspiel am Damenflьgel so stark, daЯ eher Schwarz besser steht.})
15... Be8 {nun ist der Kцnigsflьgel befestigt, und die Aktionen am Damenflьgel
kцnnen losgehen. Ich glaube, daЯ Schwarz trotz des weiЯen Ьbergewichts im
Zentrum nicht schlechter steht.} 16. Qh3 (16. c4 $2 {Alterman,B} f6 $1) 16...
b5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bb3 Rc7 (19... a5 $5) (19... Ng6 {Alterman,B}
20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rxe6 $18) (19... a5 $1 {Alterman,B} 20. a3 Bf6 21. Ng4 (21.
f4 b4) 21... Bg5 22. Rcd1 Ng6 $132) 20. c4 {'?!' Alterman,B.} bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qb7
22. Ne3 $6 {Alterman,B: 'White's idea to play d5 and open position for his
bishops,but black position are very safe.'} (22. Qg3 Ng6 23. Ne5 $11 {/=/+})
22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ba4 $1 24. d5 $6 {erhцht das weiЯe Angriffspotential,
dьrfte objektiv aber nicht korrekt sein.} (24. Qg3 $142 Bxb3 $140 25. axb3 Qxb3
$2 26. Nf5 $18) 24... Bxb3 25. axb3 (25. Qg3 Ng6 26. axb3 exd5 27. Nf5 Bf8 28.
h4 Rc8 {und die weiЯe Kompensation sollte nicht ausreichen.}) 25... f6 (25...
Qxb3 $2 26. Bxg7 $40) (25... exd5 $5 {sieht zwar gefдhrlich aus, doch habe ich
fьr WeiЯ keinen ьberzeugenden Weg gefunden, z.B.} 26. Nf5 (26. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 27.
Nf5+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Ne6 $19) 26... Ne6 27. Qg3 (27. Bxg7 $2 Nxg7 28. Qg3 Bf8 29.
Nh6+ Kh8 30. Rc7 Qa6 $1 $19) 27... d4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qe5 Ne6
$17) 26. dxe6 Qxb3 27. Bc3 Nxe6 (27... Rd3 $5 {und}) (27... Qxe6 $5 {waren
weitere interessante Kandidaten.}) 28. Ba5 Re8 29. Qh5 {Alterman,B: 'White
lost the pawn, and has only practical chance to save the game.'} Rb8 30. h4 (
30. Nd5 Bc5 $17) 30... Nf4 $6 {'?' Alterman,B. in der Folge fдllt Schwarz
seinem eigenen Trick zum Opfer.} (30... Qa3 {war sicherer.}) (30... Bf8 $1 {
Alterman,B}) 31. Qg4 $1 Qa3 (31... Ng6 32. Bc7 $1 $132 (32. Qd7 {Alterman,B}
Qa3)) 32. Rc7 Qxa5 $2 (32... Ng6 $142 $1) (32... Qa1+ {Alterman,B} 33. Kh2 Ng6
34. Nf5 Qe5+ 35. f4) 33. Rxe7 $18 g5 (33... Ng6 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Re8+ $18) 34.
Nf5 (34. Qd7 $18) 34... Qd5 {'?' Alterman,B.} (34... Kh8 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Qd1
$18) (34... Nd5 35. Rd7 (35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Qh5 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+) 35... Qe1+ 36.
Kh2 Nb6 (36... Qe5+ {Alterman,B} 37. g3 $18) 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Re7 $18) 35. hxg5
1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Najdorf/Tal"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 (7...
Be7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 {Tal=:T}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10...
Nf6 {Najdorf=:N}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 (13... h6 $2 14. Qe2 {N})
14. Bh6 (14. Qd2 {N}) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 (15. Bb5 {Botvinnik-Szabo/Groningen/
1946}) (15. h4 Bxh4 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nxh4 Qh5 {T}) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf6 16. Qf4
Bg7 17. Ng5 {T}) 16. h4 $146 (16. Rac1 Qc7 17. h4 Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4
20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Bd5 26. Qh6
Ke8 27. Qh7 {1-0 (27) Portisch,L-O'Kelly de Galway,A Malaga 1964}) 16... Na5 (
16... Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bg5 $40 {+- N/T}) 17. Ng5 (17. h5 Bxf3 18. gxf3
Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be4 Qh5 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Qc1 Ba3 23. Qf4 Bd6 $10 {N}) (17.
Ne5 Bxh4 {T}) 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 (19. Re3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rg3
e5 $1 {N}) 19... Nc4 (19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. hxg6 Rxd3 $1) 20... Qxg5 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxh5 23. Re5 {T}) 20. Bxc4 (20. Qf4 h6 $1 (20... Nb2 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Qh4 $18 {T}) 21. Nh3 (21. Ne4 g5 22. Qg3 Qc7 {T} 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bxc4
Qxc4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxb7 Rc7 $17) (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 $1 {N} 23. Re2
Qg7 {T}) 21... g5 22. Qg3 Nb2) 20... Rxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qf4 {P 23. h4 P
e1-e3-h3 T} Qd5 (22... Kg7 $2 23. Qxf7+ $1 {N}) 23. f3 (23. Ne4 Qf5 {T}) 23...
Kg7 24. Ne4 (24. Re5 Qd7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rae1 Bd5 27. R5e3 Qc7 $10 {N}) 24...
Qf5 {Najdorf offered a draw. Tal refused.} (24... f6 25. Kf2 {N} (25. Nd6 e5 $1
)) 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. d5 $1 {T}) 25... Bxe4
26. fxe4 Qa5 (26... Qh5 27. Re3 Rh8 28. Rf1 {N}) 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Rf1 (28. Rc1
Rxd4 {T}) 28... Rxc3 29. Ref3 $1 {N} R8c7 (29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8) 30. Qf4 $1
{N} Kg8 (30... Rd7 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qh2+ $10 {T})
31. Qd6 $1 {T} (31. Qf6 Rd7 {T}) 31... Rxf3 (31... Qg5 $1 {N} 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33.
Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxa7 $10 {N} Qe3+ 35. Kh1 $1 {T} (35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Rc7)) 32.
Qd8+ $1 (32. Rxf3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 {T}) 32... Kg7 33. Rxf3 {P 34. c7, 34. f6, h3
+- N} Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rc3 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kh7 (36... Kh5 37. g4+ Kh4 38.
Qh6+ Kxg4 39. Rf4# {T}) 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kh7 (38... Kh5 39. g4+ Kh4 40.
Qh6+ $18 {N}) 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 $18 {adjourned} 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+
Kh6 43. Qf4+ Kh7 44. Rf1 Qe2 (44... Qe3 45. Qh4+ Kg7 (45... Qh6 46. Rf7+ {T})
46. Rf4 $1 {N/T}) 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh5 (46... Kg5 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qe5+
Kh6 49. Rf4 Qe1 50. Rg4 Kh7 51. Qf6 $18 {N}) 47. Rf4 Qe1 48. Qh8+ Kg5 49. Qe5+
Kh6 50. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Wunsiedel op 7th"]
[Site "Wunsiedel"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Peralta,F"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 {Entering into the
Semi-Tarrasch Defence and avoiding a fashionable line.} ({An option is} 5. e4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 {played in the recent game Svidler - Kramnik, Candidates
2013.}) 5... c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxc3 ({The normal move order is} 
8... Be7 9. O-O O-O {and only after} 10. Re1 {Black fixes the hanging pawns
with} Nxc3 (10... b6 $6 {is a known mistake since the game Botvinnik -
Alekhine, AVRO 1938 that followed} 11. Nxd5 $1 exd5 12. Bb5 {with an edge for
white}) 11. bxc3 {in order to develop the bishop with} b6) 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3
$5 {An attempt to take some advantage of the move order chosen by Black.} ({
White has nearly always played} 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 {simply transposing to the
line of the previous comment.}) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 $1 {This forces a weakness
in Black's castled position.} ({If} 11. h4 {Black would have several good
replies like} e5 (11... Qa5) ({or} 11... h6)) 11... g6 $6 $146 ({I could only
find one game with this position in my database and it continued} 11... h6 {
and now White should have played} 12. O-O ({instead of} 12. h4 e5 $1) 12... Bd7
{The bishop should defend e6 in order to answer Qe2-e4 with f7-f5.} (12... b6
$6 13. Qe2) 13. Bf4 ({or} 13. Qe2) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 {and Black has to reckon
with the sacrifice of the bishop on h6 so I prefer White's position.}) 12. h4 {
The logical follow-up. White's plan is simply to sacrifice the bishop on g6 in
a couple of moves.} f5 {During the game I realised this was a mistake but now
I can see that White has an edge with other responses too.} (12... e5 13. h5
Qd6 {seemed to me the best, but after} 14. hxg6 (14. d5 {allows the extra
possibility} e4 $5 15. Bxe4 f5) 14... fxg6 (14... hxg6 $2 15. Qd2 $1 {is
hopeless for Black}) 15. d5 {Play may continue} Na5 16. Bh6 $1 (16. Ng5 $2 Bxg5
17. Bxg5 Bf5) 16... Re8 (16... Rf5 17. Qa4 $1) (16... Rd8 17. Ng5) 17. Kf1 {
and Ra1-e1 or other quiet continuations.} ({but not} 17. Qa4 $2 Bd7 $1 18. Qxa5
e4 $1)) ({It is very dangerous to allow the sacrifice of the bishop by playing
} 12... Bf6 13. h5 Bg7 (13... Ne7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Ng5 Bg7 $2 16. Nh7 Re8 17.
Bg5 $1) 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bxg6 {(White can also consider other preparatory
moves like 15.Ba3, 15.Ng5 or 15.Bh6)} fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rxf3 $1 (16... Qf6 17. Qh7+
Kf7 18. Ng5+ $1 Ke7 (18... Ke8 19. Ne4 $1) 19. Ba3+ Kd8 20. Ne4 Qf5 (20... Qf7
21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Rh3) 21. Qxg7 Qxe4+ 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Rh7 Qf4 24. g3 $18) 17.
gxf3 Qf6 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Bh6 Bd7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Kd2 {with a strong attack
even after the exchange of queens.}) 13. Bh6 ({It would have been smart to
settle with the weaknesses caused and start playing positionally with} 13. Bg5
Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qd2 {with a plus due to Black's weak squares.}) 13... Re8
14. Qd2 $2 {Too optimistic!} (14. O-O Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Qd2 $44 {was a
good option.}) ({But if I wanted to insist on playing for mate I should have
played} 14. h5 g5 15. g4 $1 Qd5 16. Rh3 $1 {with a very complicated and risky
game.}) 14... Bf6 $1 {Now Black is ready to advance e6-e5 with good
counterplay.} 15. Ng5 {Played after lengthy thought. I decided to stop e6-e5
and continue with my dangerous strategy.} ({Black is ok after} 15. h5 e5 16.
Bc4+ Be6 17. d5 (17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. d5 Rd6) 17... Na5) (15. O-O-O Bd7 $1 16. h5
Rc8 {and both kings are in danger. Play can follow} 17. hxg6 hxg6 (17... Nxd4
$2 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bc2 $18) 18. Kb1 e5 $13) (15. Rd1 e5 16. Bc4+ Be6 (16...
Kh8 $2 17. Ng5 $1 exd4+ 18. Kf1) 17. d5 Na5 (17... Bf7 18. Ng5) 18. Bb5 Bd7 {
and again Black is doing fine.}) ({Finally} 15. Kf1 e5 16. Ng5 Qd5 $1 17. Qe2
Na5) 15... Bg7 $2 {A bad move. Now White gains control of the situation again.}
({Black should have played} 15... Qd5 $1 {and if} 16. f4 (16. O-O e5 17. Rab1
$13 {is more cautious and better}) 16... b5 $1 {with immediate counterplay on
White's pawn chain.}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 {The advance e6-e5 is ruled out and
White has a free hand on the king's wing.} ({However there was another good
solution involving the sacrifice of a piece:} 17. h5 $5 h6 18. Nf7 $1 Kxf7 19.
hxg6+ Ke7 $1 (19... Kg8 20. Rxh6 $1 {followed by 21.0-0-0 should be winning}
Qf6 21. O-O-O Ne7 22. Rdh1 (22. g4) 22... Nxg6 23. R1h5) (19... Kxg6 20. Qxh6+
Kf7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qg6 Ke7 23. Rh7+ Kd6 24. Qg3+ e5 25. O-O-O {and Black's
king is trapped under fire}) 20. Rxh6 Rh8 (20... Kd7 21. Rh7+ Re7 22. O-O-O)
21. g4 $5 {with a very complicated struggle to come where white has the upper
hand.}) 17... h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. h5 Qf6 20. hxg6 {At this moment I was ready
to push g2-g4 and open lines for the attack but my opponent replied
tenaciously:} Rh8 $1 (20... Qxg6 21. g4 $1) (20... Ne7 21. g4) 21. Kf2 Be8 22.
Rag1 Ne7 (22... h5 {would have stopped g2-g4 but anyway after} 23. Ng5 Bxg6 24.
Re1 Rae8 25. Rh3 {Black's position becomes critical.}) 23. g4 $1 (23. Ne5 h5 $1
{and White's knight has been diverted from g5.}) 23... fxg4 (23... Bc6 24. g5 (
24. Rxh6 $2 fxg4) 24... hxg5 25. fxg5 Qf8 26. Qe3 $18) 24. Rxg4 Bc6 25. Ne5 $1
{This is the key move by which White avoids the exchange of this powerful
knight.} (25. Rh5 {was the normal move but after} Bxf3 26. Kxf3 Rac8 27. Be4
$16 {I think that the position is not so easy to crack.} Rc7) 25... Rac8 (25...
Bxh1 $2 26. Nd7 {traps the queen and if} h5 27. Nxf6 $1 hxg4 28. Qe1 $1) (25...
h5 26. Rg5 Bxh1 (26... Nd5 27. Rh4 ({or} 27. f5)) (26... Raf8 27. Rhxh5 Qxf4+
28. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 29. Kg3 {and the attack continues.}) 27. Nd7 Qxg5 28. fxg5 {
and White's queen is entering into the attack through Black's weak squares.}
Nxg6 $2 29. Bxg6 Kxg6 30. Qf4) 26. Rh5 $18 {White has an overwhelming
advantage. Now it is time to attack the h6 point.} Be8 27. Rgh4 Ng8 28. Ng4 Qd8
29. Qe3 ({The direct} 29. f5 exf5 30. Nxh6 Nxh6 31. Rxh6 {I rejected because of
} Qxh4+ 32. Rxh4 Rxh4 {but it would have been decisive due to} 33. Qg5) 29...
Qd6 ({If} 29... Rxc3 30. Qe5+ Nf6 31. Rxh6 Rxh6 32. Rxh6 Rxd3 33. Rh7+ $18) 30.
c4 ({Once again there was a final stroke with} 30. f5 exf5 31. Nxh6 Nxh6 32.
Rxh6 Bxg6 {and now simply} 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Bc4+)
30... Rd8 {At this moment I completely lost control of the position. We had
little time left to reach the time control in the fortieth move (there was no
increment per move) and I didn't want to allow any counterplay. But it is not
difficult to realise that the check on b2 which Black has in some lines is not
dangerous.} 31. Qe5+ $4 {Now Black is in the game again.} (31. d5 Qb6 32. c5
Qb2+ 33. Kg3 {was very clear (and there were other continuations too) and
Black is defenceless, for example} exd5 34. Rh2 Qa1 35. Rh1 Qb2 36. R5h2 Qc3
37. Rc1 {finally forcing Black's queen to leave the long diagonal.}) 31... Qxe5
32. Rxe5 Rxd4 33. Ke3 Rxd3+ $5 {An interesting attempt to mess things up in
the time trouble.} ({It would have been better however to play} 33... Rd6 34.
c5 Rc6 35. Be4 ({is more accurate} 35. f5 $16) 35... Ra6 (35... Rc7 36. Rxe6
Bd7 (36... Rxc5 $2 37. f5) 37. Re5 Bxg4 38. Rxg4 $16) 36. Bxb7 Ra3+ $1 {
and White is better but only after the complications starting with} 37. Kd4 Ne7
38. Rxh6 $1) 34. Kxd3 Ne7 35. Rc5 $1 {Fortunately after this move I can reach
the time control without having to make any dificcult move.} (35. Rxe6 $2 Nxg6
{was a clever trap planned by Black.}) 35... Bxg6+ 36. Kc3 Nc6 37. Ne5 Be8 (
37... Nxe5 38. fxe5 {doesn't help either.}) 38. Nxc6 Bxc6 39. Re5 Kf7 40. Reh5
Kg6 {Now half an hour was added to our clocks. The endgame looks won due to
the weaknesses of the black squares that will allow White's king to invade and
organise an attack.} 41. Re5 ({I could have played} 41. Kd4 {directly.}) 41...
Kf7 42. Kd4 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Rh8 44. Reh5 Kg6 45. Kd4 Bf3 46. Ra5 a6 47. Ra3 Rd8+
48. Ke5 Be2 49. Re3 $1 {Exerting a kind of domination over the bishop.} Bf1 ({
The pawn cannot be taken:} 49... Bxc4 50. f5+) 50. Re1 Bd3 51. Rd1 $2 {This
doesn't spoil anything but it is inaccurate.} (51. Rg1+ $1 Kh7 (51... Kf7 52.
Rxh6) 52. Rd1 {was correct with the same idea.}) 51... b5 $1 52. Rg1+ $1 ({
It was not too late to spoil the game with} 52. cxb5 $4 Kf7 $1 {threatening
mate.} 53. Rxd3 (53. f5 Rd5+ 54. Kf4 Rxf5+ 55. Ke3 Bxb5 {is better but should
be drawn}) 53... Rxd3 54. bxa6 Rd5+ 55. Ke4 Ra5 {with a draw.}) 52... Kf7 ({
\/Black loses after} 52... Kh7 53. Kf6 Rf8+ 54. Ke7 Rc8 (54... Rf5 55. Rhg4)
55. Kf7 Rc7+ 56. Kf6 {(threatening 57.Rxh6!)} Be2 57. cxb5 axb5 58. Re1 Bf3 59.
Rxe6 {etc.}) 53. Rxh6 bxc4 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Budapest game"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Kluger, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 ({More often played is} 
5... Nxd5) 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 ({The best move. After} 7... dxe4 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White has a slight edge.}) 8. Bb5 a6 $2 {After this mistake White
is clearly better.} ({Better is} 8... dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O {
and White has only a tiny edge.}) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne5 $6 ({Better was} 10.
exd5 cxd5 (10... Nxd5 {is clearly worse} 11. O-O f6 (11... Be6 $16) 12. Rd1 (
12. Re1+) 12... Bb7 13. Qg4 $1 {with clear advantage for White 1-0 (41)
Florian,T-Laszlo,C Budapest 1953}) 11. O-O Be6 12. Bf4 $16) 10... Bb7 11. exd5
Nxd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Nxc6 $6 ({Creative, but not the best move. After} 13. Bh6
$14 {White has a slight edge.}) 13... Bxc6 14. Qxg7 Rf8 ({Better was} 14... Bf6
15. Re1+ Kd7 16. Qxf7+ Kc8 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $17 {
after which Black has a clear edge.}) 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nxd5 ({In the game
Najdorf-Keres, Zurich 1953 White played} 16. Ne4 $2 {which is a clear mistake.
Here opponents agreed draw which is curiosity, because after} Qd7 {Black has a
clear advantage.}) 16... Qxd5 $2 ({This move is a clear mistake. After the best
} 16... Bxd5 17. Bg5 Be6 {the position is unclear.}) 17. Bf4 $1 $16 Rd8 $2 ({
Black's only chance for salvation is} 17... Qxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rg8+
20. Kf3 Rg6 {trying to hold with a pawn down. The game move loses.}) 18. Bh6 $1
Kd7 ({Now} 18... Qxg2+ {loses after} 19. Qxg2 Bxg2 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Kxg2 $18)
19. Rad1 Rg8 20. Rxd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxe7+ (21. Qe5 $5) 21... Kxe7 22. Qe5+ Be6 23.
Bg5+ Rxg5 24. Qxg5+ Ke8 25. h4 Bxa2 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qxh7 Bd5 28. Qg7 Bc6 29.
h5 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd5 31. g4 Rd1 32. h6 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen K41"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Qd3 $5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14.
axb3 $14 b5 15. Qe4 $1 Rb8 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Qg4 Kh8 (17... Rc8 18. Re3 {/\} Kh8
19. Rg3 Bf6 20. Bh6 gxh6 21. Qg8+ Rxg8 22. Nxf7#) (17... Bf6 $142) 18. Re3 f6
19. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 20. Qxe6 f5 21. Qxe7 Qd5 22. Rg3 Rbe8 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bf4 $16
Re6 25. b4 Qe4 26. h3 Kf7 27. Qg5 Qd5 28. Be5 Rh8 29. Qf4 Qe4 (29... Rxh3 $2
30. c4 bxc4 31. Ra5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 $18) 30. Qd2 Qd5 31. Qf4 Qe4 32. Qc1 Qd5 (
32... Rxh3 33. f3) 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Qg5 Rh8 35. Qf4 Qe4 36. Qd2 Qd5 37. Re1 Rh5
38. Rg5 Rh4 39. Re3 Re8 40. Reg3 Re6 41. f3 $1 Rxe5 42. Rxg6 Rh7 43. Qg5 Re7
44. Rxg7+ (44. Rf6+ Kg8 $13) 44... Rxg7 45. Qxg7+ Ke8 46. Qh8+ Kd7 47. Qb8 $2 (
47. h4 $1 $16) 47... Qc6 $1 48. Qf8 Qe6 $2 (48... Qxc3 49. Qxf5+ Kc7 50. Qf4+
Kd7 $13) 49. h4 $1 Bd5 50. Rg7 $1 Rxg7 51. Qxg7+ Ke8 52. h5 f4 53. h6 Qf7 54.
Qe5+ Kf8 55. Kh3 $1 $18 Kg8 56. Kg4 Be6+ 57. Kg5 Qe7+ 58. Qf6 Qxf6+ 59. Kxf6
Bc4 60. Kg5 Kh7 61. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7.
exd4 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Be3 g6 13. Rc1 {
Gelfand-Van Wely Wijk aan Zee'98 [10]}) 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. h4 (16.
Rad1 {-38/543}) (16. Qf4 Bd6 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Rxe6 (18. Rac1 Nf5) 18... Rxc3 (
18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Qxf3 fxe6 20. Qf6 Nf5 $19) 19... Rxc3 20. Bb5 Rf8 21.
Re3 $1 (21. Bxf8 fxe6)) 19. Bb5 Bc8 $1) 16... Na5 17. Ng5 (17. Ne5 Bxh4 18. Qf4
Qf6) 17... Bxg5 $5 $146 18. Bxg5 (18. hxg5 $2 e5 $1) 18... f6 19. Bf4 (19. Bh6
Qd5 20. f3 Qh5) 19... Qd7 (19... Qd5 20. f3 Qd7 (20... Nc4 21. Qf2 e5 22. Be4
Qf7 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Qe3 $14 (27.
Rd1 $5)) 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Qf2 Kh8 $13) 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Bb1 Nc4 22. Qd1 $8 (22.
Qd3 Na3) (22. Qe2 e5) 22... Rcd8 (22... b5 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Qg3 Rc6 (24... Rcd8
{-22...Rcd8})) (22... Qf7 $5) 23. Qd3 b5 (23... Na3 $2 24. c4) 24. Qg3 Kh8 25.
Bd3 a6 26. Re2 Nd6 27. Rce1 Nf5 $5 (27... Nf7 $1 28. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 (28... Rg8
29. h5 $40) 29. Qxg6 Rg8 30. Qxf6+ (30. Qh5+ Kg7) 30... Kh7 31. Re5 Rxg2+ 32.
Kf1 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rg7 $1) (27... Rg8 $5) 28. Qh3 Ng7 29. g4 Rc8 30. Bb1 Rc4 $6
(30... Qf7 $5) 31. h5 $1 g5 (31... gxh5 32. Qd3 $1) 32. Bd2 (32. Qd3 $2 Nxh5)
32... Rf8 33. a3 (33. h6 Ne8 34. Be4 $5 $36 Nc7 35. Qd3) (33. Qd3 Ne8 34. Rxe6
Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Nc7 $44) 33... Ne8 34. f4 $6 (34. h6 $5 Nd6 35. Ba2 (35. f4 gxf4
36. Bxf4 e5) 35... Rxd4 36. cxd4 Bxa2) (34. Ba2 Rc6) (34. Be4) 34... gxf4 35.
Bxf4 e5 $1 $17 36. Bg3 (36. Kh2 exf4 37. Re7 Qc6 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Qd3 f5 $1 {
Van Wely}) (36. Bf5 Be6 $1 (36... Qc6 37. Bd2 Nd6 38. Bd3 (38. dxe5 Nxf5 39.
gxf5 Rg8+ 40. Kh2 Rcg4) 38... Bf3 39. Bxc4 Nxc4 $44 40. Rf2 Bxg4 (40... e4))
37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Qc8) 36... Be6 $1 (36... Rxc3 37. dxe5)
37. Re4 (37. Qh4 Rxc3 $8 (37... Bxg4 38. Rxe5 $1) (37... Rg8 38. Rxe5 $1) 38.
Rxe5 (38. dxe5 Rg8 (38... f5)) 38... Rxg3+ 39. Qxg3 fxe5 40. Qxe5+ Ng7 41. h6
Bxg4 $17) 37... Rxc3 38. dxe5 f5 39. Rf4 Rg8 40. Qg2 $6 (40. h6 $5 Rxg4 41.
Rxg4 fxg4 42. Qh4 Rxa3 43. Rf1 Rf3) 40... Rxg4 (40... Ng7 $1 41. h6 (41. Rf3
Bd5 42. e6 Qa7+ 43. Bf2 Bxf3 (43... Qb7 $1) 44. Bxa7 Bxg2 45. Bd4 Rg3 46. h6 (
46. Kf2 Rxg4) 46... Rxg4 47. hxg7+ R8xg7 48. Bxg7+ (48. e7 Bc6+ 49. Kf1 Rxd4)
48... Kxg7 49. Bxf5 $44 (49. e7 Be4+)) 41... Nh5 $1) 41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. Rf1 Kg8
43. Kh2 (43. h6 Qd4+ 44. Kh2 Qe3 $17) 43... Ng7 44. h6 Nh5 45. Qa8+ Rc8 46.
Qxa6 (46. Qe4 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qxh6) 46... Nxg3 (46... Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ (47...
Qxh6 48. Ba2 $1) 48. Bf2 Qxh6 (48... Qxe5 49. Re1) 49. Ba2 $1) 47. Kxg3 Rc3+
48. Kh4 (48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Rf2 Bd5+) 48... Rh3+ 49. Kg5 Qe8 $1 $19 (49... Qd2+
$2 50. Rf4 Qd8+ 51. Rf6 Qd2+ 52. Rf4 $11) 50. Rf6 (50. Bxh7+ Kxh7 51. Qb7+ Bd7
52. Qe4+ Kh8 53. Qg6 Qxg6+ 54. Kxg6 Rf3) (50. Qd6 Qh5+ 51. Kf6 Qf7+ 52. Kg5
Rh5#) 50... Qh5+ 51. Kf4 Rf3+ 52. Ke4 Rxf6 53. exf6 Qf5+ 54. Ke3 Qf3+ 55. Kd2
Qf4+ 56. Kc2 (56. Kd1 Bb3+ 57. Ke2 (57. Bc2 Qf1+ 58. Kd2 Qf2+) 57... Bc4+ 58.
Kd1 Qf1+ 59. Kd2 (59. Kc2 Bd3+ 60. Kc3 b4+) 59... Qxb1 60. Qc8+ Kf7 61. Qd7+
Kxf6 62. Qg7+ Ke6 $19) 56... Bf5+ 57. Kb2 Qe5+ 58. Kc1 (58. Kb3 Bxb1 59. Qc8+
Kf7 60. Qd7+ Kxf6 61. Qg7+ Ke6 (61... Kf5 62. Qxh7+ Kg5 63. Qxb1 Kxh6) 62. Qg8+
Kd6 63. Qb8+ Kd5 64. Qxb5+ Ke4 65. Qe2+ Kf4 66. Qf1+ Kg5 67. Qxb1 Qb5+ 68. Ka2
Qxb1+ 69. Kxb1 g3 $19) 58... Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 55th"]
[Site "Puteaux"]
[Date "1980.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Preissmann, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1980.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 (6. e4) 6... Nc6 7.
Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd1d4]} (10. Re1) 10...
Bf6 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bxd5 $5 $146 (12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. Qd3 Rc8
16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rfd8 22.
Qf4 Bc6 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. b4 Nb7 25. Re3 Rd2 26. Rg3 Qd8 27. Qg4 Ke7 28. h3 g5
29. b5 Bxb5 30. Qb4+ Rc5 31. Bb3 Rd4 32. Qe1 Na5 33. Kh2 Bd3 34. Bd1 Nc4 35.
Ng4 h5 36. Nf6 Rxe5 37. Qb4+ Kxf6 38. Bxh5 Bf5 39. Rf3 Nd2 {0-1 (39) Begovac,F
(2375)-Djuric,S (2440) Sombor 1980}) 12... exd5 13. Qb5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 $5 f6 12. Bd2 {This line was very
popular 10-15 years ago} (12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ne1 Qd7 15. Nd3 Bh3 16.
a4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Agzamov,G/USSR-ch Riga 1985 (40)})
12... Re8 $5 (12... Be6 13. e3 Qd7 14. Bc3 Rad8 15. Bd4 Bd6 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17.
Qb3 Na5 18. Qc3 $14 {1-0 Korchnoi,V-Sturua,Z/Basel Hilton op 2001/ (67)}) (
12... Bf5 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bb4 Be4 16. Bh3 Kh8 17. Nd4 Re8 18. a4 $36
{1-0 Anand,V-Timman,J/Prague Eurotel Trophy 2002/CBM 89 (22)}) 13. e3 {[%csl
Gd4][%cal Gd2c3] White started fight for important d4 square, but ,
unfortunately , Black has good counter play.} (13. Rc1 Bb6 14. b4 a6 15. e3 Kh8
16. Bc3 Be6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxb4 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Qb3 a5 21. a3 Nc6 22.
Qxb7 Nxd4 23. exd4 Qxa3 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Red8 26. Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,
V-Horvath,G/AUT t-ch2 9900 2000/Vaiser (26)}) 13... Bf5 14. Bc3 Qd7 $146 {
[%cal Ga8d8] Strange ( I don't mean bad! ) move.Black is very close to
equalization after simple} (14... Be4 $142 {for example} 15. Nd4 $140 Bxd4 16.
Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 $11 {[%csl Gc6] 1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Tukmakov,V/Leipzig
1975 (18)}) 15. Qb3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bb6 $6 ({Again, I don;t see too many
achievments for White after} 16... Be4 17. Rac1 Bb6 $13) 17. a4 $1 {Open
second front on the queen side.} Be4 {Finally!} 18. a5 Bc5 19. Qb5 $1 Bf8 (
19... Ne5 20. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxd7 22. Kg2 $14) 20. a6 $1 {It is became
clear, that initiative belongs to White.} b6 (20... bxa6 21. Rxa6 Nb4 22. Qxd7
Rxd7 23. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 24. Nd4 $14) 21. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gb5a4,Ga4d1]} Bc5
22. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Bad mistake, But Ronen, just
missed next white's move - to be honest I found it just after 20 minutes of
hard calculations. I have strong suspicion, that 20 years ago I would need
much less time to found it!} (22... Qe6 $5 23. Re1 $14 {[%csl Ge3]} (23. b4 b5
$1 (23... Bxe3 24. fxe3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 26. Kg2 Qxc3 27. Rc2 Qxb4 28. Qxc6
$16) 24. Qxb5 Bxe3 $1 $13 (24... Bxb4 25. Bxb4 Rb8 26. Qc5 Nxb4 $13))) 23. Ne5
$1 {[%mdl 64] It is not too difficult move, but any case I was happy to put
knight under 3 blows! Now game is practically over.} Nxe5 (23... fxe5 24. Bxe4
Bd4 $8 25. Bg2 $1 $18) (23... Rxe5 $5 24. Bxe4 $5 (24. Bxe5 Bxg2 25. Bxb8 Qh3 (
25... Bf3 26. Qf4) (25... Bh3 26. Bxa7 Nxa7 27. Qxd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd5 $18) 26.
Qxc6 Bf3 27. Qxd5+ $8 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qc8 29. Bxa7 Qc7 $140 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31.
Bxc5 $18) 24... b5 25. Qc2 $5 Nb4 (25... Rh5 26. Qd1 $1 $18) 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27.
Qb1 $18) 24. Bxe4 Qe7 (24... Qxa4 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Rxa4 $18) (24... b5 25. Qb3
) 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Qb5 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (26. b4 b5 $1 {[%cal Gc5b6]}) (26.
Qb5 Ng4 27. Re1 $18 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Porper, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 (8. Bd3 $5) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qe2 {Black easily
equalized after} (10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Rae1
Bd7 15. Bb3 h6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Fritz3-Kasparov,G/Munich Intel 1994 (47)}) (10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Ne5 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Remus,
H-Love,W/Calchess 1993 (45)}) 10... O-O (10... a6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13.
O-O Bb7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 O-O 16. c4 $14 {0-1 Morphy-Tillmann,M/Varna ol
1962 (31)}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 $6 {Better was} (12... b6 $5 13. Bd3 Bb7
14. c4 Rfe8 $10 {without any troubles .} (14... Rfe8 {Tsesarsky} 15. Qe3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Khlian,
E/Rostov op 1993 (46)})) 13. Bd3 b6 (13... Nd5 $5 14. Qc2 h6) 14. Ne5 Bb7 15.
f4 g6 (15... Nd5 {Tsesarsky} 16. f5 Nxc3 (16... f6 $5 17. Ng6 (17. c4 Nb4 18.
Nf3 (18. fxe6 fxe5 $19) 18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 exf5 $17) (17. Nc4 Nf4 18. Rxf4
Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qh4 20. fxe6 $44) (17. Ng4 $1 exf5 (17... Nf4 18. Rxf4 Qxf4 19.
Rf1 Qd6 20. fxe6 Rfe8 21. c4 Rad8 22. d5 $16) 18. Rxf5 (18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Qxf5
g6 20. Qe6 Rae8 21. Bb5 Nf4 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Bxd7 Rd8 24. Rxf4 Rxd7 $15) 18...
Rfd8 (18... Rad8 $2 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Rh5 $18) 19. Qe6+ Kf8 (19... Kh8 20. Rh5
$18) 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Rh5 Nf4 22. Ng6+ Nxg6 23. Bxg6 h6 24. Rxh6 gxh6 25. Rf1
Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bd5 27. Ba3+ Kg7 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Be7 Rd6 30. Bf7+ Bxf7 31.
Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rf6 Rad8 (32... Rg8 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Bf6+ Rg7 35. Bxg7+ Kh7 36.
Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bf8 Kg6 38. d5 $18) 33. Re6 $1 (33. Bxd8 Qxf7 (33... Qxd8 34.
Qf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Rf3 Be5 37. dxe5 Rd2 38. a4 (38. e6 Rxa2 $11) 38...
Re2 39. Rf5 Kg6 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. Re6 $14) 34. Rxf7 Rxd8 35. Kxh2 $18) 33...
Rxe6 34. Qxe6 Rd6 35. Bf6+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxh6+ Ke8 39. Qxh2
$16) 17... hxg6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rf3 (19. fxg6 f5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Rxf5 Rxf5
22. Bxf5 $17) 19... Nf4 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxe7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rfe8 23. Qf7 Qd2+
$19) 17. Qh5 Ne4 (17... exf5 18. Rac1 g6 19. Qh6 Bb4 20. Rxf5 Qd6 21. Rh5 Qxd4+
22. Kh1 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kh3 $18) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7
21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ $18) 16. c4 Rad8 17. Rae1 (17. Rad1 $5)
17... Bb4 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qe3 $1 a6 (19... Nd7 20. Qh3) 20. a4 Ba8 21. Kh1 Qb7
22. Qh3 Rd6 23. Rf3 Qe7 {Interesting but to White favour going 23...Ne4} (23...
Ne4 $5 24. Qh6 $1 (24. d5 exd5 $1 (24... Nc3 25. Bxc3 (25. Ng4 exd5 26. Nh6+
Kh8 (26... Kg7 27. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 28. Bxf5 d4 29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Re1 $1 Re6 $8 31.
Qh4+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Rg3+ Kf7 34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Be4+ $18) 27. Nf5 (27. Bc2
d4 28. Rxc3 dxc3 29. Bxc3+ Bxc3 30. Rxd6 Bg7 $17) 27... Rdd8 (27... gxf5 28.
Bxc3+ Bxc3 29. Bxf5 h6 30. Rxc3 Qc6 $13)) 25... Bxc3 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxc3
exd5) 25. cxd5 Qxd5 $5 $17 (25... Rxd5 26. Ng4 h5)) (24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. d5 Qc2)
(24. Bc2 Rc8 25. Qh6 f6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Rg3 Rd7 $1 29. Rxg6+
Qxg6 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 31. Qxf6 Bxg2+ 32. Kg1 Bd5+ (32... Rf8 33. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 34.
Kxg2 Rxf4 35. c5 $16) 33. Kf2 Be7 34. Qe5 Rxc4 $14) 24... Nc3 $140 25. d5 (25.
Bxc3 {Tsesarsky} Bxc3 26. d5 exd5 27. Rh3 f5 28. cxd5 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.
Bxa6 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Rd3 Rd8 34. Rd2 $11) 25... exd5 (
25... Nxd1 26. Nd7 $1 $18) 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rg3+ $1 Rg6 28. Bxf5 $1 d4 (28...
Nxd1 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 (29... hxg6 30. Nxg6 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 fxg6 33.
Qxg6+ $18)) 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Nxg6 $18) 24. Re3 b5 25. c5 (25. axb5 $2 axb5 26.
c5 Ra6) 25... Rdd8 26. Qh6 {White posision is really rigorous, but why to give
chances to opponent? After simple} (26. axb5 $1 Nd5 (26... axb5 27. Qh6 $18)
27. Rg3 axb5 (27... Nxf4 28. Qh6) 28. Qh6 {is very difficult to give good
advice to Black. For instance:} Qf6 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. Bxg6 Rd7 31. Bxh7+ Kf7
32. Rg6 Qh8 (32... Qxf4 33. Rg7+ Ke8 34. Qxe6+ Ne7 35. Bd3 $1 $18) 33. Rxe6 Qg7
34. Qh3 $1 Ne7 (34... Nxf4 35. Qf5+) (34... Rh8 {Tsesarsky} 35. Qf5+ Nf6 36. d5
$18) 35. d5 $1 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Qxb2 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Rf5# {Matt.})
26... bxa4 27. f5 {Mistake!.Bishop on b2 deserves better destiny. Stronger was
natural .. Bishop on b2 deserves better destiny. Fantastic complications could
be raised after natural...} (27. d5 $1 Rxd5 $1 {Only move.} (27... Bxc5 28. Ng4
Nh5 (28... Ne8 29. Qxh7+) 29. Qxh5 f6 30. Qh4 $1 (30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6
32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Bxd5) (30. Rxe6 gxh5 (30... Qxe6 $2 31. dxe6 gxh5 32.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. Bxf6 Re8 34. Bxa6 $18) 31. Bxf6 Qg7 $5 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Ne3
Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxf4 $17) 30... Bxe3 31. Nxf6+ Rxf6 32. Bxf6 $18) (27... Bxd5 28.
Ng4 $18) 28. Rh3 $1 (28. Ng4 Nh5 $1 29. f5 Rfd8 30. Rg3 Rxf5 $1) 28... Rfd8 29.
Ng4 Rxd3 $8 30. Rdxd3 (30. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Rhxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3
Qxb2 $19) 30... Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Nh5 32. Qxh5 $5 {I think it is the best solution.
White has exchange up but strong pawn on a4 and dangerous bishop on a8 really
can produce many troubles for them. I think it is the best solution. White has
exchange up but strong pawn on a4} (32. Rh3 Qd8 $19) 32... gxh5 33. Nf6+ Kf8
34. Nxh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 $10 (35... Qxf6 36. Bxf6 Bd5 37. c6 $5)) 27... a3 $1
{Just in time!. After..} (27... Bd5 28. Rh3 exf5 29. Bc1 {bishop will play
decisive role in attack.}) 28. Ba1 Bd5 $1 (28... exf5 29. Nxg6 Qxe3 30. Qxe3 (
30. Ne7+ $5 Qxe7 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. d5 Rxd5 33. Bxf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 $13)
30... hxg6 31. Bxf5 $16 (31. Qg5 Ng4)) 29. Rf1 $2 {Mistake. White position
still better after} (29. fxg6 $1 fxg6 (29... hxg6 30. Rh3 Nh5 31. Rxh5 $18) 30.
Bxg6 hxg6 (30... Qg7 31. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (31... Qxh7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ $18) 32.
Rg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 $16 (33. hxg3 Rf6 34. Qh4 $18)) 31. Rg3 Qh7 (31... Be4 {
Tsesarsky} 32. Nxg6 $18) 32. Rxg6+ Kh8 33. Rxf6 (33. Qg5 Ne4 34. Nf7+ Qxf7 35.
Rh6+ Qh7) 33... Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rg6+ Kh7 36. Kg1 $14) (29. Rg3 $2 {
Tsesarsky} exf5 (29... Ne4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rh3 f6 32. Nxg6 Qg7 (32... Qb7 33.
Rg3 $18) 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nxf8 $18) 30. Bxf5 Bxc5 (30... Ne4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4
32. d5 f6 33. Nc6 Qxc5 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxf6 Rd7 36. Rc1 (36. Rg4 $2 Bxd5 37.
Rf1 (37. Rgd4 Qc2 $1) (37. Rxg6+ hxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Rf1 Rf7 $19) 37... Qc2
$15) (36. Re3 $2 Bd2 $1 $17) (36. d6 Qf5 $15) 36... Qxd5 37. Rc8+ (37. h3 Qb7)
37... Kf7 38. Qg7+ Ke6 39. Re8+ Kd6 40. Qf8+ Kc6 41. Rc8+ Kb7 42. Qxb4+ Kxc8
43. Rc3+ (43. h3 Rd6 44. Bh4 a2 45. Rc3+ Kd7 $19) 43... Rc7 44. Qf8+ Kb7 45.
Qb4+ $11) 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Bxg6 Kh8 33. dxc5 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rxd1 35. Re3 Rd2+
36. Kg3 Qc7+ 37. Be5 Rg8 38. Bxc7 Rxg6+ 39. Qxg6 hxg6 40. Be5 $18) 29... exf5
$2 {Porper trust,s me and at random.} (29... Bd2 $1 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Nxg6 Qg7
(31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qb7+ 33. c6 $1 Bxe3 34. cxb7 Bxh6 35. Nxf8) (31... hxg6
32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Rg3 Qxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kh8 35. Rgxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Rb8 $44 (36...
a2 37. Bxa6 Rb8 38. Rf1 Rb1 39. c6 Bxc6 40. d5+ Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Bxd5 42. Bb7 Bb3
$19)) (31... Qb7 {Tsesarsky} 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Rg3+ Kh8 34. Qxd2 Ne4 35. Rxf8+
Rxf8 36. Qe1 Nxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Qb7 38. Qe5+ Qg7 $19) 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxf8 (33.
Rg3 Nh5 34. Nxf8+ Nxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rxf8 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Bxh7 Bc1 $19) 33...
Bxe3 34. Re1 Ng4 (34... Rxf8 35. Rxe3) 35. Nxh7 (35. Nxe6+ Bxe6 36. d5+ Kf8 37.
dxe6 Rxd3 38. c6 Bb6 $19) (35. h3 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nxh3+ 37. Kh2 Nf2 $1 $19) 35...
Rb8 $17) 30. Rh3 (30. Nxg6 Qxe3 (30... Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qb7+ 32. c6 $1 Qxc6+ 33.
Be4 $3 $18) 31. Qxe3 fxg6 (31... hxg6 32. Rxf5 $18) 32. Bxa6 Rfe8 {with good
compensation for a Queen.} (32... Rfe8 {Tsesarsky} 33. Qf4 a2 $16)) 30... Rfe8
(30... Qb7 $5) (30... Qb7 $2 {Tsesarsky} 31. c6 $1 Qe7 (31... Bxc6 32. Nxc6
Qxc6 33. d5 Rxd5 34. Bxf6 {Mate}) 32. Bxf5 $1 $16) 31. Bxf5 (31. Rxf5 $5 Qe6 $1
(31... gxf5 $2 32. Rg3+ Ng4 33. Rxg4+ fxg4 34. Qxh7+ $18) (31... Bd2 32. Qxd2
gxf5 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qxf5 $18) (31... Be6 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 (32... Bxh3 33. Rf1
Be6 34. Nc6 Qb7 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. d5 f6 37. Bxg6 $1 $18) 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Rf3
Bf5 35. g4 $1 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Qc6 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qf6+ $18) 32. Rf1 (32. Rxf6
Qxf6 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 $15) 32... a2 $5 (32... a5 33. Bb5 $1 $16 (33. Bxg6 fxg6 34.
Rxf6 Qxf6 $1 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Kg1 Rxe5 $1 $19)) (32... Bd2 33. Qxd2 Qxh3 34.
Rxf6 Rxe5 35. dxe5 Bxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qxd3 37. e6 $1 fxe6 38. Rf1 $16) 33. Bb2 $5
$13 {with unclear position.} (33. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 $19)
) 31... Qf8 (31... Qb7 $5 {Tsesarsky} 32. Ng4 $3 $11 (32. c6 Bxc6 33. Nxc6 Qxc6
34. d5 Rxd5 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Qg7 (37... Ke7 38. Re3+ Kd8
39. Bd3 Qd4 $17) 38. Bxg6 Qxh6 39. Rxh6 Re1 40. Rxe1 Bxe1 $19) 32... Bxg2+ 33.
Kg1 Nxg4 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Bxg4 Bxh3 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ $11 (
38. Bxh3 $4 Kg8 39. d5 Bxc5+ 40. Kh1 Qxd5+ 41. Bg2 Bd4 42. Bxd4 Qxd4 43. Qxf7+
Kh8 $19)) 32. Qg5 Qg7 33. Bd3 (33. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 34. Rxf6 Bd2 $5 35. Qh4 Rf8 $17
) 33... Nd7 (33... Re6 $2 34. Ng4 $1 $18) (33... Nh5 $5 34. Ng4 f6) 34. Nc4 f5
35. Nd6 Rf8 (35... Re7 $5 36. Re3 $1 (36. Rg3 {Tsesarsky} Kh8 $15) 36... Rxe3 (
36... Nf6 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Rxf5 $1 Kg7 39. Re5 $18) 37. Qxd8+ Qf8 (37... Nf8
38. Ne8 Bxg2+ (38... Rxe8 39. Qxe8 $16 (39. Qxd5+ $5) (39. Qxd5+ $5)) 39. Kxg2
Qb7+ 40. d5 Rxd3 (40... Rxe8 41. Qxe8 Qxd5+ 42. Rf3 $18) 41. Nf6+ Kf7 (41...
Kg7 42. Nd7+) 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Ng4+ Bc3 44. Bxc3+ Rxc3 45. Qe5+ Kf7 46. Nh6#
$18 {Matt}) 38. Qxd7 Rxd3 39. Nc8 (39. Nxf5 Qxf5 $1 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Kg1 $1 Bf3
$5 (41... Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Re1+ 44. Kf2) 42. gxf3 Bd2 $13) (39. Ne8
Bc4) 39... Qxc5 $3 {[#]} (39... Bf7 40. Ne7+ Kg7 (40... Kh8 41. Qd6 Qg7 42.
Qb8+ Bg8 43. Qxb4 Rb3 44. Qxb3 Bxb3 45. d5 $18) 41. Nxf5+ gxf5 42. Qxf5 Rc3 (
42... Rb3 43. d5+ Rb2 44. Qg4+ Kh8 45. Bxb2+ axb2 46. Qxb4) 43. d5 Qe7 44. d6
Qe6 45. d7 $1 $18 Qxf5 46. Rxf5 Kg6 47. Bxc3 Kxf5 48. d8=Q Bxc3 49. Qd3+ $18)
40. Qd8+ (40. Ne7+ Qxe7 41. Qxd5+ Qf7 42. Qa8+ Bf8 $17) 40... Kf7 41. Qd7+ (41.
dxc5 Bxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rxd8 43. Nd6+ Ke6 $44) 41... Kg8 $10) (35... Qe7 36. Qg3
Rf8 37. Nxf5 Qe6 38. Qh4 Nf6 39. Re3 $40) 36. Rg3 $1 Qf6 $8 37. Qf4 (37. Rxf5
$5 Qxg5 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxg5) 37... Kh8 (37... a2 {Tsesarsky} 38. Qxf5 (38.
Nxf5 Kh8 39. Qd6 Qxd6 (39... Nb8 40. Qxf6+ Rxf6 41. Ne7 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Kg7 43.
Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Bc4 Rf5 45. d5+ Kf8 46. c6 $16) 40. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 a5 42.
Rg5 Bb3 43. Bb5 Kg8 $15) 38... Qxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Bxf5 a5 $15) 38. Qc1 (38.
Bc4 Nb6 $1 39. Bxa6 Rxd6 (39... a2 $5) (39... a2 $5) 40. Qxd6 Qxd6 41. cxd6 a2
$15) 38... Nb8 $2 {[#] We both had some problems with time in so complicated
position. It is difficult to believe, but this strong (from positional point
of view ) move loosing by force. Stronger was} (38... a5 $5 39. Bc4 $140 Nb6 $1
$132) 39. Bc4 Rxd6 (39... Qe6 {Tsesarsky} 40. Bxd5 Qxd5 41. Rxg6 f4 $8 42. Rg4
f3 (42... Rxd6 43. cxd6 Bxd6 44. Qc5 Rf5 45. Qa7 $1 $18 (45. Rfxf4 $2 Rxf4 46.
Rg8+ Qxg8 47. d5+ Qg7 48. Qc8+ Rf8 49. Bxg7+ Kxg7 50. Qg4+ $11) (45. Qc8+ Rf8
46. Qc4 Rf5) (45. Re1 $2 h5 46. Qxd5 Rxd5 47. Rg6 Kh7 48. Rge6 Nc6 49. Rb1 $14)
45... Rf7 (45... Bf8 46. Qxb8 $18) 46. Qxf7) 43. gxf3 Rxf3 44. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 45.
Rg2 $18) 40. cxd6 Qxd6 (40... Rc8 $5 41. Bxd5 (41. Rc3 Bxc3 42. Bxd5 Qxd6 43.
Bb7 Rc7 44. Bxc3 Rxb7 45. d5+ Kg8 46. Qe3 Re7 47. Qd4 Kf7 (47... h5 48. Qh8+
Kf7 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Qg8+ Kd7 51. Rb1 Qc7 52. d6 $1) 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49. Qg8+ Kd7
50. Rb1 $1 Qc7 51. d6 $1 (51. Rxb8 a2 $1 $19) (51. Qxb8 Qxb8 52. Rxb8 Re3 $1)
51... Qxd6 (51... a2 52. Qxa2 Qxd6 53. Qg8 $18) 52. Qb3 $1 Nc6 53. Rd1 Nd4 54.
Qa4+ Kc8 55. Rxd4 $18) 41... Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Bxd6 (42... Qxd6 $2 43. Be6 $1 Kg7
44. d5+ Kf8 45. Bf6 Bc5 46. Rxc5 Qxc5 47. Rc3 Nd7 48. d6 $1 $18) 43. Rc8+ Kg7
44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. Rh3+ Kg5 46. Rxh7 Kf4 47. Bc3 $1 Ke3 48. Rh3+ Ke2 (48... Kf2
49. Rf3+ Ke2 50. Bc4+ Kd1 51. Bd3 $1 $18) 49. Rf3 $1 Qe7 50. Bc4+ Kd1 51. Bd3
$18) 41. Bxd5 Qxd5 42. Rxg6 $1 $18 f4 (42... hxg6 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ Kh8
45. Rf3 Qxf3 46. gxf3 Rc8 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ $18) (42... Rg8 43. Rxg8+ (43.
Rxf5 $5 Qxf5 44. d5+ Rg7 45. Rxg7 $18) (43. Qc5 $5) (43. Qc5 $5) 43... Kxg8 44.
Qg5+ Kh8 45. Rxf5 $18) (42... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. Rxc6 a5 45. d5+
Kg8 46. Rc7 Rf7 47. g4 f4 48. Kg2 $18) 43. Qc5 $1 {[#] Good illustration to
rule , that queen is always bad blocker.} Rd8 (43... Rf5 44. Qc8+ (44. Qxb4
hxg6 45. Qxb8+ $18) 44... Rf8 (44... Bf8 45. Qxf5 $1 Qxf5 46. d5+ Bg7 47. Rxg7
$18) 45. Qb7 $1 Qxb7 46. d5+ Qg7 47. Rxg7 $18) 44. Rg5 $1 Bxc5 $8 45. dxc5+ Qd4
46. Rf5 $1 Nc6 (46... Qb2 47. R5xf4 $1 Nc6 48. Bxb2+ axb2 49. R4f2 Rb8 50. Rb1
$18) 47. R5xf4 Qxa1 (47... a2 48. R4f2) 48. Rxa1 Rd5 49. h3 Rxc5 50. Rxa3 a5
51. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Sigurd Svedenborg Memorial"]
[Site "Narvik"]
[Date "1979.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pytel, Krzysztof"]
[Black "Binham, Timothy F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Pytel,K"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nxd5 ({En annen mulighet var} 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 {, men etter} Ndb4 $1 10. d5 (10.
a3 cxd4 $1) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Nd4 {er det ingen fare for sort. Vennligst
studer partiene Kortschnoj-Portisch (Wijk an Zee 1978) og Schmidt-Portisch 
(Buenos Aires 1978).}) 8... exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 ({I Intersone-turneringen
i Petropolis 1973 var Portisch godt fornшyd med sin stilling mot Keres etter} 
10. Be3 Bf6 ({dog kan sort spille sterkere} 10... c4 {og stеr
tilfredsstillende. Hvis nе} 11. Ne5 ({Kanskje mе hvit spille} 11. b3 {.
Kanskje?!}) {sе har sort det sterke trekk (min kones trekk!)} 11... Nxe5 {
med ideen f7-f6 og b7-b5.}) 11. dxc5) 10... Bxc5 ({Hva nе?! Uhlmann har en
forkjжrlighet for trekket} 10... Bxc5 11. b3 {Hans parti mot Velimirovic 
(Urbas 1977) fortsatte} ({Flere ganger spiltes} 11. Bg5 f6 12. Rc1 $1 Bb6 (
12... Bxf2+ $2 13. Rxf2 fxg5 14. Nxg5 $3) 13. Bd2 {fulgt av Nf3-e1-d3, men jeg
hеper dette snarere er godt for sort!}) ({Portisch fikk et visst overtak mot
Pritchett (Buenos Aires 1978) etter} 11. a3 a5 12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3 Be7) 11...
Qf6 (11... Bf5 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Qd2 {med litt bedre spill for hvit}) 12. Bg5 Qe6
13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Rc2 $1 a5 $1 15. Bc1 $1 h6 16. Bb2 (16. Rd2 $5) 16... a4 17.
Nd4 Qg6 $1 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 $1 {med litt bedre spill for hvit.}) 11. Qc2
$5 {Den nye ide - direkte angrep mot bonden pе d5?! Kanskje ikke den aller
beste ide, men hva er egentlig best i sjakk!?} ({I partiet Tomanewski-Pytel 
(Polske mesterskap 1979) spiltes} 11. Ne1 d4 12. Nd3 Bb6 13. b4 Re8 14. Bb2 Bf5
15. Re1 Qd7 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. a4 a6 19. Ba3 Rae8 20. Rc2 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 R4xe5 22. a5 Rh5 $1 23. axb6 Qh3 24. e3 (24. e4 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 d3 $3) 24...
Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 dxe3 $3 {0-1}) 11... Bb6 12. Rd1 h6 ({Hvis} 12... Re8 13. Ng5)
13. Bd2 $5 ({Bedre var kanskje} 13. Bf4 {, men hva etter} Re8 $5 (13... Bg4 14.
Ne5 $1)) 13... Qf6 $1 14. a4 $5 Bg4 ({Etter} 14... Bf5 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. e3 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Be5 19. f4 ({derimot er} 19. Qxb7 {godt for hvit})
19... Bd6 20. Bc3 Qe7 {stеr sort bedre.}) 15. Bc3 $1 d4 16. Be1 Rac8 17. Qb3 {
Hvit har nе en liten fordel.} Rfe8 $1 18. a5 Bc5 19. h3 $5 Be6 20. Qb5 ({
Meget dеrlig for hvit er} 20. Qxb7 Bc4 $1) 20... Qe7 $1 ({Det beste. Etter} 
20... b6 21. b4 a6 22. Qxa6 {stеr hvit bedre.}) 21. Rac1 b6 22. axb6 axb6 ({
Og nе?! Pе} 22... axb6 23. Qd3 Bd5 $1 {med sort fordel.}) 23. b4 $5 Nxb4 24.
Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 $1 ({Etter} 25... Rxc8 26. Qxb6 Bc5 27. Qb2 {gir
angrepet mot d-bonden hvit fordel.}) 26. Nxd4 $5 {Akkurat - avslutning pе
ideen fra 11.trekk!} Bc5 27. e3 {Og avslutning pе partiet!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Re8 16. h3 Nf8 17. h4 Re7 18. h5 h6 19. Qf4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Rd7
21. Bb5 Rdd8 22. Ne5 Nh7 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Nf3 Qb4 27.
Rde3 Re8 28. a3 Qa5 29. d5 exd5 30. e5 Ne4 31. Qf4 Kg8 32. Nd4 Ng5 33. Nf5 Rcd8
$2 (33... Rc6 34. Kh2 Qc5 $14) 34. Rc1 $2 (34. Nxg7 Ne6 35. Qxh6 $18) 34...
Qxa3 $2 (34... d4 35. Nxh6+ gxh6 $11) 35. Rc7 $18 Bc8 36. Nxg7 $1 (36. Nd6 $2)
36... Kxg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qxh6 Rxe5 39. f4 $2 (39. Rg3 Bg4 40. Rxg4 $18)
39... Nh3+ 40. gxh3 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Rxe3 42. Qg5+ Qg7 43. Qxd8+ Kh7 44. Bc2+ Kh6
45. Qg5+ Qxg5 46. fxg5+ Kxh5 47. Rxc8 Kxg5 48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. Bf5 a5 50. Rd8 a4
51. Rd6+ Kg5 52. Bd7 a3 53. Rxb6 d4 54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Ra5 Rc3 56. Kg2 d3 57. Bg4
a2 58. Kg3 d2+ 59. Kf2 Rc1 60. Rxa2 Ke5 $2 (60... d1=Q 61. Bxd1 Rxd1 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stephan, Victor"]
[Black "Barbot, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06] La semi-Tarrasch est devenue assez populaire à haut
niveau depuis quelques années mais son utilisation par Pierre a du surprendre
son adversaire} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (7. a3 $5 {Wojtaszek,R 
(2733)-Roiz,M (2618) EU-Cup 28th Eilat 2012 (4.1) 1/2}) 7... cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:02:54]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 13. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:09:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (13... Nd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15.
Bd3 h6 16. Qf4 Qc7 $5 $146) 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 15.
Qe3 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:07:01][%csl Re3] Les Blancs commencent à réfléchir et
ils ne connaissaient pas la fameuse partie classique de Polou} (15. h3 h6 16.
Qf4 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Nd2 Rc6 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Rxc6
Rxc6 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Nb1 Rc7 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. Kf2 Bd7 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7
29. g4 f6 30. h4 e5 31. d5 b5 32. a3 a6 33. h5 Nb7 34. Nb3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rc8 36.
Be2 Kc7 37. Nc1 Nd6 38. Na2 a5 39. Nc3 Rb8 40. Rc1 Kd8 41. Rb1 Rb7 42. Bd3 Kc7
43. Kc1 Kb8 44. Rb3 Ka7 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2776) Medias 2011 1/2-1/
2}) (15. d5 $142 {La ligne critique} Na5 16. Bd3 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2
19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $40 {Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M URS-ch37 Moscow 1969 (2) 1-0})
15... Na5 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:06][%cal
Gc4e3] Gagnant un tempo décisif sur la Q Blanche et la partie a déjà
basculé à l'avantage Noir} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 18.
h4 {[%emt 0:10:51]} (18. d5 {La poussée thématique mais qui conduisait à
d'énormes complications.} exd5 19. e5 Re8 20. Nd4 (20. h4) 20... Qg5 21. exd6
$3 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 g6 23. d7 Rd8 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Ne5 Qg5 27. h4 $1
Qxh4 28. Rc1 $40 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 18... h6 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 19. h5 {[%emt 0:04:
15][%csl Rg7] Fait pression sur l'aile-roi mais la Q Blanche est privée de
cette case importante "h5"} Qf6 $1 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} (
20. e5 Bxf3) 20... Nc4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:52] Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois}
21. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 24. Qg3 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 26.
f5 {[%emt 0:01:54][%cal Gf5f6]} (26. Nxh6+ {Ce coup naturel ne donne rien} Kh7)
26... Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 27. Qd6 {[%emt 0:08:31]} (27. f6 Qg5 28. fxg7+ Qxg7
$17) 27... Rfc8 {[%emt 0:11:00]} 28. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:56]} (28. d5 exd5 29. Ne3
Qc5 30. Qxc5 R2xc5 31. exd5 $13) 28... Qxa2 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 29. Nxf7+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. d5 {[%emt 0:06:04] Trop tard!} (30.
Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Qxe6+ Qxe6 32. fxe6 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Ge6]} R8c7 (32... Re8 33. d5
$44) 33. d5 Rg7) 30... Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:09:39]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxf7 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. Rg1 {[%emt 0:10:27]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 33. dxe6+ {
[%emt 0:02:05]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 34. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} 35. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Bxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 $1 (7.
Bg5) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O (11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 $14 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge1c1]}) 11... Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Ba4 Kf8 16. a3 Be7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne5
20. Bd4 (20. Nd7+ Nxd7 21. Bxd7 Bf6 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. b4 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 b6 25.
Be3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kf1 a6 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 {1/2-1/2 (29)
Matlakov,M (2693)-Ni,H (2704) China 2015}) 20... Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. f3 Bxc5
$6 {Redonne non seulement la paire de B mais la prise sur échec va laisser
une petite avance de développement pour les Blancs} 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. Rc1 (24.
Kf2 a5) 24... Bd7 (24... Rb8 25. b4 $14) 25. b4 Kd8 26. Rd1 Kc8 27. Rd4 a5 28.
Rh4 axb4 29. Bxb4 $1 (29. axb4 $143 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kg3) 29... Bf5 30.
Rh5 Bg6 31. Re5 Kb7 32. h4 Kb6 33. Bc5+ $1 Ka6 34. Kf2 Bc2 35. Bd4 g6 (35...
Rd8 36. Ke3) 36. Rc5 Ba4 37. h5 Rd8 38. Ke3 Rd5 39. h6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Rh5 {
L'affaiblissement de la structure va donner des petites chances aux Blancs} 40.
Rxh5 gxh5 41. Kf4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf4g5,Gf3f4,Gf4f5]} Kb5 $2 (41... Bc2 42.
Kg5 Bg6 43. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 $11 {[%cal Ga6b5,Gc6c5,Gb5a4] Le Bg6 est
passif mais il tient l'aile-roi} (43... Kb5 44. f5)) 42. Kg5 Kc4 43. Bb6 Kd5
44. Kf6 $1 {Le P doublé ne vaut pas grand-chose} (44. Kxh5 $143) 44... Bc2 45.
Kxf7 h4 {Fixe la faiblesse "g2" mais après Bf2, le P"h4" devra se sacrifier}
46. Kg7 Ke6 47. Bf2 h3 48. gxh3 Bd1 49. f4 Bb3 50. Bd4 (50. Kxh7 $143 Kf7 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 50... Bc2 51. Bc5 Bb3 52. Be3 Bc2 53. Bd4 Ke7 54. Be3 Ke6 55. Kf8
Ba4 56. Bd4 {Les Noirs sont proches du zugzwang} Bb5 (56... Kf5 57. Kg7) 57.
Kg7 Bd3 $22 58. a4 $1 Bc2 59. a5 Bd3 60. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Qh6 19. Qxh6 gxh6 20. Nd4
Rc3 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. f4 a5 24. Rd3 b5 $6 (24... Kf8 25. Rh3 Nf6 $14)
25. Nf5 $6 (25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Nf5 $18) 25... a4 26. Bd1 Rc4 27. Nd4 $6 (27. Rg3+
Kh8 28. Nxh6 $18) 27... Nb8 28. f5 Be8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Rdc8 31. Rxd5 Rc1
32. Kf2 Na6 33. Nd8 Kf8 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Nd8 Kf8 36. f6 Nc7 37. Rd2 Rb8 $2 (
37... Bg6 38. Rd7 $14) 38. f7 $18 Bc6 39. Rd6 Bd5 40. Rxd5 $1 1-0

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valles, Manuel"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 $5 {Cette variante a
longtemps été considérée comme un peu douteuse mais récemment elle est
devenue assez populaire à haut niveau. Romain EDOUARD l'utilise d'ailleurs
assez régulièrement.} 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+ {L'alternative} Bd7 7. Qxd4 {[%csl
Rb8]} exd5 8. Bg5 Nc6) 6... exd5 7. e4 $1 {87} (7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 (8. Rd1) 8...
Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O {Mamedyarov,S (2722)-Pinter,J (2532)
Mainz Ordix op 13th rapid 2006 (4) 1-0}) 7... Nc6 {91} 8. Bb5 dxe4 $1 {Ce coup
est probablement à l'origine de la réhabilitation de cette variante 4. cd4
car il conduit à des positions assez plates où l'avantage Blanc est très
minime.} (8... Nxe4 9. O-O Nf6 {Geller,E-Keres,P Candidates Tournament 1953 
(23) 0-1}) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 {88} Be6 {92 Continuant de jouer à tempo} 11.
O-O (11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 (13. Ke2 $14)) 11... Bb4 12. Ncxe4 {
81} Nxe4 {93} 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 {[%cal Ge7f8]} 15. Nc5 (15. Ba4 Kf8 {
Lenic,L (2637)-Edouard,R (2653) EU-chT (Men) 19th 2013 (1.2) 1/2}) 15... Bxc5
16. Bxc5+ {85} Kf6 {92 Les deux adversaires continuent de suivre la
préparation maison} 17. Rfc1 Nd4 {Le GMI reprend une partie qu'il avait
jouée quelques semaines plus tôt.} 18. Bf1 b6 $146 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc8]
Chasse le B de cases Noires mais au détriment d'un petit affaiblissement des
cases Blanches} (18... Rac8 19. b3 {Stefansson,H (2549)-Cornette,M (2548)
ISL-chT 1415 2014 (1.1) 1/2}) 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bc3 Kg6 21. Rd1 Nc6 22. Rac1 {
[%cal Gc3g7]} Nb4 23. Bd4 Rd6 24. Be5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxa2 26. Rd6+ f6 27. Bd4
Rb8 {Suite illisible et nulle au 63ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 $5 cxd4 (5... dxc4 6. d5 Na5 7.
e4 b5 8. Nxb5 Nxe4 9. Ne5 {Tal-Timman  Hilversum m(5) 1988 46/60  +/-}) 6. Nxd4
e6 7. cxd5 {7.Bg2!?} Nxd5 8. Nxc6 {8.Bg2!?} bxc6 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2
Qb6 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bd2 {13.b3 /\ Bb2} Rb8 14. b3 c5 15. Bf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Bb7
17. Ng3 Ba6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Bc3 22. Bd5 Qf6 23.
Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Das ist die sogenannte Wiener
Variante des Damengambits, die gewцhnlich zu lebendigem Figurenspiel mit
scharfem, taktischem Kampf fьhrt.} 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 {Dieser Zug wird
heutzutage selten gespielt, die Alternative 7.Bxc4 ist viel populдrer.} h6 {
Dieser Zug fьhrt zu positionellem Spiel; wirkliche Komplikationen entstehen
nach} (7... cxd4 $5) 8. Bd2 (8. exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4
10. Bxc4 O-O (10... Bd7 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O exd5 13. Bxd5 Bc6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Be3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 b6 17. Rd6 Rc8 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. h3 h5 20. Bg5 $5 $14 {
1-0 Dreev,A-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 2002/[Dreev,A] (41)}) 11. O-O Nxd2 $5 {
Das ist die logische Fortsetzung, da Schwarz sonst mit Be1 rechnen muss,
wonach WeiЯ das Lдuferpaar besitzt.} (11... Nc6 12. Be1 $14) 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13.
Bd3 (13. Qf4) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Be4 (15. Qf4 Bb7 16. Qe4 (16. d5 Qxd5
17. Rfd1 Rad8 $1 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Genov,P-Ivanov,S/
Berlin 1993(59)}) 16... g6 17. Qf4 Nb4 $5 (17... Kg7 $5) 18. Qxh6 (18. Bb1 Bxf3
19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Qxg5 hxg5 $10) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21.
Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Magem B,J/Dos Hermanas 1993/CBM 36/[Ftacnik]}) 15...
Bb7 $11 {WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist sehr
fest und im folgenden kann er das Feld d5 besetzen.} 16. Rad1 {Statt dieser
Fortsetzung hдtte WeiЯ die Stellung mit 16.d5 vereinfachen kцnnen.} (16. d5 Na5
(16... Ne7 17. d6 Bxe4 18. Qb4 $14 {[%cal Rb4e4,Rd6e7,Re7d8,Re7f8]}) 17. Rad1
exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 $11) 16... Rb8 {[%mdl 32] Schwarz
verteidigt den Lдufer und mцchte 17...Ne7 vorbereiten.} 17. Rfe1 Ne7 $1 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge7d5] Schwarz mцchte den Lдufer tauschen und das Feld d5
besetzen.} 18. h4 (18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. Qd3 f5 20. Qxf3 (20. exf6 Rxf6 21. gxf3 Qd6
$17) 20... Nd5 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rc8 $15 {[%cal Ge7d5,Gc8c1] Sichert
Schwarz die Herrschaft ьber die c-Linie und kontrolliert das Schlьsselfeld d5.
WeiЯ verfьgt zwar ьber einige Initiative am Kцnigsflьgel, aber keine konkreten
Drohungen.} 20. Rg4 Kh8 (20... Nf5 21. d5 $11) 21. h5 Qc7 {[%cal Gc8c2]
Schwarz mцchte 22...Qc2 ziehen, mit der Idee, die Damen zu tauschen.} 22. Ne1
Nd5 (22... Qc3 $15) 23. Kh2 Qc4 24. Rg3 Nc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Gc8] Schwarz hat
ausgezeichnetes Figurenspiel. WeiЯ hingegen verfьgt ьber keine aktiven
Mцglichkeiten; er kann nur abwarten.} 25. Rc1 Qe2 26. Qxe2 (26. Qc2 Qxc2 27.
Rxc2 Nd5 $15) 26... Nxe2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc8c1][%mdl 4096]
Schwarz hat ein besseres Endspiel errreicht - er kontrolliert die c-Linie und
der d4P ist auch schwach.} 28. Ra3 a5 (28... Rc7 $15) 29. Rb3 Rc6 (29... Nxd4
$143 30. Rxb6 Rc1 31. Nd3 Rc3 $15) 30. Nf3 Nc3 31. a3 Nd5 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5]} 32.
Nd2 Rc2 33. Ne4 f5 $1 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Rg3 (35. f3 a4 (35... Kg7 $17) 36. Rd3
Rb2 $17 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gb3a3,Gb3d3]}) 35... f5 $17 36. Nd6 Rxf2 {Schwarz besitzt
einen Bauern mehr und eine ьberlegene Stellung.} 37. Rg6 {[%cal Rg6e6,Rg6h6]}
Nf4 38. Rf6 (38. Rxh6+ Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rh6]}) 38... Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rg5 40. Rf8+ (
40. Rxh6+ Kg7 41. Rh8 Kxh8 (41... Rg3 $19) 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Nxg5 b5 $19) 40...
Kh7 41. Rf7+ Rg7 42. Rf8 Rd7 43. Nb5 Nxh5 $19 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Re8 Kf7 46. Rh8
Kg6 47. Re8 Nf4+ 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Rg8+ Ng6 50. Rb8 e5 51. dxe5 (51. Rxb6 exd4
$19) 51... Nxe5+ 52. Ke2 Nc4 53. Rc8 Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rb2 55. a4 (55. Rxc4 Rxb5 $19
) 55... Ne5 56. Rf8 f4 57. Nd4 Rb4 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 $5 (5... Bf5 $5 {Horvath,
Jo-Sax,G/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/CBM36/}) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3
9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Kd8
$1 14. Rhc1 Re8 $10) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Rb1 a5 (12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rb8 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rb3 $44) 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. O-O
Qc3 16. Rfc1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rd8 18. h4 Ra4 19. Rbb2 Kf8 20. Rc7 e5 21. Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 {Ein bei
Kramnik und Akopian sehr beliebter Zug.} d5 {Die andere Mцglichkeit ist 7...c5
mit Igelstellung.} (7... Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 (10. d4 Be4 11. Bf4
$5 Bf6 12. Qd2 d6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Qe3 d5 $6 15. b4 $14 c6 16. Rc1 {1/2-1/2
Hjartarson,J-Stefansson,H/ISL-ch plof 1995 (26)}) 10... c5 11. d4 d6 12. b3 Nd7
13. Bb2 a6 14. Qd2 Qc7 $13 {Tregubov,P-Stefansson,H/Linares op/1996/EXP51/}) 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 {Schwarz spielt eigentlich Damenindisch. Dort macht der
Zug Re1 wenig Sinn, aber - was wichtiger ist - der Bb7 ist eingeschlossen und
steht daher schlecht.} 9. d4 {siehe E17}) 9. e4 (9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 Nd7 11.
Qa4 $5 c5 12. Rd1 a6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qg4 Qc8 15. Qh5 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Gulko,B/Erevan 1996 (36)}) (9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 $5 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2
c5 13. e4 Bf6 14. Nf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Qd7 $10 {Eriksson,
Mag-Rosentalis,E/Malmo/1993/}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 (10... c5 11. d4 {
[%csl Yd4,Ye4]} Nd7 $5 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Nd2 Rc8 16.
Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Rd8 21. Qb3 {Anand,
V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk 1996/1-0 (107)}) 11. d4 Na5 12. Bf4 $5 (12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4
Qe8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Bf2 c5 16. Qe2 Qa4 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rab1 Rc8 19. Qd1 Qxd1
20. Rexd1 Bxe5 21. fxe5 a6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Karpov,A/Amber-rapid6th 1997/EXP
57 (36)}) 12... c5 $5 $146 (12... Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe8 (13... Qe7 14. Qg4 f6 15. Nf3
Ba3 16. Bc1 Rae8 17. Nh4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Qa3 19. Qe2 c5 20. Bh3 Qa4 21. Rcd1 Bc6
22. d5 exd5 23. Qh5 Re5 24. Bf5 $36 {Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Amber-blind6th 1997/
EXP 57/1-0 (41)}) 14. Nd3 Rd8 15. Qg4 {1-0 Akopian,V-Salov,V/Torneo Magistral
6th 1997/CBM 59/[Ribli] (54)}) (12... Rc8 13. h4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. a4 Kh8 16.
Nd2 f6 17. Be3 e5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 a5 20. d5 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Jackelen,
T-Pezerovic,E/BL9394 1994/BL 90 (28)}) (12... Re8 $5) 13. Qe2 $6 (13. d5 $5
exd5 14. exd5 Bd6 (14... Bxd5 $2 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxd5 $16) 15. Ne5 $36 {
[%csl Rc6,Gd5,Ge5] Meiner Meinung nach besitzt WeiЯ eine chancenreiche
Stellung.Ribli.}) 13... Rc8 (13... Re8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 $5) 14. d5 (
14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 {[%cal Gc8c1]}) 14... exd5 15. Rad1 (15. exd5 {In
solchen Varianten sind zwei Mцglichkeiten offen: 1.Der Pd5 ist stark und
entscheidet die Partie im Mittelspiel. Oder 2. Schwarz kann den Bauern gut
blockieren und - besonders im Endspiel - umstellen.Ribli.} Bf6) 15... Re8 16.
e5 $13 (16. exd5 Bxd5 $2 (16... Bf6 17. Qxe8+ Qxe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. d6 Bc6
$15 (19... Bxc3 $2 20. d7 Rd8 21. Bc7 $16)) (16... Bf8 17. Qxe8 Qxe8 18. Rxe8
Rxe8 19. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6,Ge5]}) 17. Ne5 {Diese FeЯlung ist tцdlich fьr Schwarz.
Ribli.}) 16... Qd7 {Gegen 17.Bh3 gerichtet.Ribli.} (16... Bf8 17. Bh3 $44) 17.
h4 {WeiЯ bereitet 18.Kh2, was ihm 19.Bh3 erlaubt. Ich glaube, daЯ die weiЯe
Kompensation nicht ganz ausreichend ist.Ribli.} Rcd8 $15 18. Kh2 Nc4 19. Bh3
Qc6 20. Bg2 {Das ist eigentlich ein Remisangebot!Ribli.} (20. e6 Bf6 21. Ng5 (
21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bxg5) 21... Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 $13)
20... b5 21. h5 h6 22. Nd2 Nb6 (22... Nxd2 $5 23. Rxd2 a6 (23... Bc8 $15 {
[%cal Gc8e6]}) 24. Qg4 (24. Red1 $44) 24... Bc8) 23. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5]} Nc4 24.
Nd2 Nb6 (24... Bc8 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Rd2 (26. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 27. Qxc4 Be6 28. Rd1
Rxd1) 26... Be6 27. Red1 Rd7 28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. Bxc6 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 $14) 25. Nb3
Nc4 {Und Remis durch Zugwiederholung.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 {Many chessplayers say that the best way to prepare against Ivanchuk is
not to prepare at all, because the Ukrainian can play everything. Ivanchuk has
played this particular position three times in his career.} Bb4+ (8... Nc6 9.
Bc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 {was Van Wely,L (2605)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Monte Carlo 1998})
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 ({Twice in the past Ivanchuk played} 11...
Nd7) 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. h3 {A new move. Usually White
is trying to build an initiative in the center, or an attack on the kingside.}
({Here is an example of a typical White attack:} 15. Qf4 Na5 (15... Qf6 16. Qg4
Qg6 {is what Radjabov didn't like.}) 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Rc1 b5 (17... Qd6 18. Qh4
$1) 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. e5 Qb6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nh7 Rfd8 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qf5 g6
24. Qf4 Kg7 25. e6 Rd6 26. Ne8+ {and Black resigned before being mated in the
game Mecking,H - Guillen Ramirez,J/Ayamonte 2006}) ({The critical continuation
however is} 15. d5) 15... h6 16. Qf4 Na5 ({Now after} 16... Qf6 17. Qg4 {
Black doesn't have 17...Qg6.}) 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Rc1 ({After the game Radjabov
was keen to justify his 15th move and after some brief analysis both players
produced the following line:} 18. Re2 Qd6 19. e5 Qa3 20. Nh2 Nb2 21. Rxb2 (21.
Re3 Nxd3 22. Rexd3 Rc3) 21... Qxb2 22. Ng4 Rc3 23. Kh2 ({or} 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24.
Qxh6 Rxd3 25. Qg5+ {and draw}) 23... Qa3 ({After} 23... Qxa2 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25.
Qxh6 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Be4 27. Rg3+ Bg6 28. h4 Qxf2 29. h5 {White wins}) 24. Nxh6+
gxh6 25. Qxh6 Rxd3 26. Qg5+ {with a draw. Indeed, 18.Rc1 was in no way
inferior to the game.}) 18... Qd6 $1 {A subtle use of the inclusion of the
moves h3/h6. Now if White avoids the exchange of queens, he takes the risk of
ending up worse. Therefore Radjabov wisely decides to enter the endgame and
make a draw.} 19. Qxd6 ({After both} 19. Qh4 Nb2 20. Bf1 Na4) ({and} 19. e5 Qb4
{Black is doing more than fine - he is fighting for advantage.}) 19... Nxd6 20.
Nd2 Rc6 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd1 {In the endgame only Black can be
potentially better thanks to his queenside pawn majority (the possibility to
build a passed pawn on the b-file can be important in many types of endgames).
But with accurate play White holds the balance.} Rc3 24. Nb1 Rc7 25. Nd2 Bc8
26. Kf2 Bd7 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. g4 f6 30. h4 e5 31. d5 b5 32. a3 a6 33.
h5 Nb7 34. Nb3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rc8 36. Be2 Kc7 37. Nc1 ({At the press conference
Radjabov demonstrated the dangers of White's position if he exchanges the
wrong pieces:} 37. Rc1+ Kb6 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. Kc3 Nc5 40. Nxc5 Kxc5 41. Bf1 a5
42. Be2 Bd7 43. Bf1 Be8 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Bf1 f5 $1 {and White's position
becomes extremely shaky.}) 37... Nd6 38. Na2 a5 {So Ivanchuk succeeded in
advancing his pawns to the fifth rank, but he doesn't manage to go any further,
since a pawn on b4 can easily become very weak if not properly supported.} 39.
Nc3 Rb8 40. Rc1 Kd8 (40... Kb6 41. Rb1 {and Black cannot do much, since} Kc5 {
runs into} 42. Na4+) 41. Rb1 Rb7 ({This is an example of the wrong advance
b5-b3:} 41... b4 42. axb4 Rxb4 43. Rxb4 axb4 44. Na2 b3 45. Nc3 Kc7 46. Kc1 {
and Black will lose the b-pawn.}) 42. Bd3 Kc7 43. Kc1 {anticipating a possible
advance of the b-pawn Radjabov brings the king closer to the b-file.} ({
At the press conference the players established that even allowing the advance
of the b-pawn wouldn't be tragic for White. For instance:} 43. Be2 b4 44. axb4
Rxb4 45. Rxb4 axb4 46. Na2 b3 47. Nc3 {is also a draw.}) 43... Kb8 44. Rb3 Ka7
{With the last move Ivanchuk is setting a trap.} 45. Rb1 {Radjabov is accurate
and sidesteps it.} (45. Kb2 {allows Black to get the passed a-pawn (the
further Black's passed pawn is from the centre, the worse it is for White).} b4
$1 46. axb4 a4 $1 47. Ra3 (47. Nxa4 $2 {loses a piece} Bxa4 48. Ra3 Rxb4+ 49.
Kc3 Rd4) 47... Rxb4+ 48. Kc2 Kb6 {with advantage for Black.}) 45... Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {A little surprise, as I hadn't played
it since 2004.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 (6. e3 {is what Alexander played 10-15
years ago...}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O
11. Bc4 Nd7 {This way of development has become more and more popular recently.
The knight is closer to the king side and may put some pressure on White's
centre as well.} 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. d5 {The last round was played in
the morning after a very tough tournament. Generally that choice was quite
predictable, since it forces some simplifications which practically prevent
any risk for White. Frankly speaking, it looks like Black shouldn't experience
any problems now.} (14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 {leads to a much more complex game.} (
{or} 15. Bb3)) 14... exd5 {After some homework I came to the conclusion that
this natural capture is the most solid.} ({Another possible continuation was:} 
14... Nc5 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Bb3 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 Rc7 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Rd7 {1/2 Giri,A (2588)-Naiditsch,A (2687)/Wijk aan
Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 15. Bxd5 Nc5 16. Qf4 Qb8 $1 {Still following my preparation.
White's queen should be removed from f4, as there it takes control of the
important d6-spot and exerts unpleasant pressure on my king.} (16... Qe7 $143
17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Nc6 Nd6 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. f3 $14 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd5] 1-0 Genov,P (2499)-Olivier,J (2374)/France 2004/EXT 2005 (56)})
17. Qg4 Qc8 18. Qh4 Bxd5 $146 {I have decided to release the pressure
immediately.} ({In my opinion, White's play could be improved in the following
game:} 18... Qc7 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Nf5 (20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 $11) (20. Rfe1
$5 Rad8 21. Nf5 $14) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 22. Nd6 Re6 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Nb5
Rxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 $11 {1/2 Moiseenko,A (2679)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2640)/Kiev UKR
2011 (37)}) 19. exd5 Re8 {Black has to fight for the open e-file in order to
neutralise the strong passer.} 20. Nd4 ({White can hardly hope to get any
advantage after} 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qd7 22. Qc4 Re8 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Nc6
Re4 $1 {Activating the last piece.} 22. Qg3 Rae8 23. f3 Re2 {All the black
pieces are very active, so White should simplify the position - otherwise he
may be worse.} (23... Re3 $142 {was a bit more accurate, as White cannot swap
all the rooks:} 24. Rde1 (24. Qg4 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qd7 $11) 24... Ne4 $1 25. Qg4 f5
26. Qf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxd5 28. Qc1 Re6 29. Nxa7 $11) 24. Rde1 $1 {It's
necessary to exchange the rooks.} f6 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Qb8+ ({After} 26. Rd1
Qe8 {Black has enough counterplay} 27. h4 h5 28. Nxa7 $140 Qa4) ({I would be
quite satisfied with my position also after} 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Kf7 28. Qd1
Na6 $1 $11) 26... Re8 ({Nor was there anything wrong with} 26... Kf7 27. Rd1 (
27. Nd8+ Ke7 28. Nc6+ Kf7 $11) 27... Qe8 28. Qc7+ Kg8 $11) 27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28.
Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nc6 (29. Nb5 Rxa2 $11) 29... Rxa2 30. Rb1 Nd7 $11 {The position
is totally drawn. White's pieces are slightly more active, but Black has
several ways to neutralise it.} 31. Re1 Ne5 $6 {I can hardly explain my
decision. Of course, in the resulting ending White has no winning chances at
all, but why should I give up a pawn?} ({Why not} 31... Kf8 32. Re7 Nc5 (32...
Ne5 33. Rb7 Rd2 $11) 33. Rc7 Rd2 $11) ({Or} 31... Nc5 $11) 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33.
Rxe5 Rd2 {White cannot hold his passed d-pawn.} 34. h4 b5 35. d6 Rxd6 36. Rxb5
Rd4 37. h5 h6 {White cannot make any progress. I believe in any other case
Alexander would have accepted a draw much earlier, but it was a team
competition.} 38. Rf5 Ra4 39. Kh2 Rb4 40. g4 Ra4 41. Kg3 Rb4 42. Rf4 Rb5 43.
Kf2 Rb3 44. Ke2 Ra3 45. Rd4 Rb3 46. Rd3 Rb4 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. Rd4 Ra5 49. Ke4 Rb5
50. Rd5 Rb3 51. f4 Kh7 52. Kf5 Rf3 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 {That was a surprise for me,as Viktor's favourite weapon is 1.e4.} Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {I have decided to go for a less popular opening.
It's funny enough, that such a rare variation was played twice in our match,
as my friend Vitali Golod used it against Kozul.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 (6. e3
cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 {-->transforms to B14.}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {
The main continuation. White has some space advantage, so the exchanges are
usually in black's favoure.} ({The alternative is:} 8... Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2
a6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bb2 (12. a4 b4 13. d5 Na5 14. Bf4 exd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. d6
Bf6 $132 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (62)}) 12...
O-O (12... Bf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. d5 (15. a4 Na5 (15... b4 16. d5
exd5 17. exd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne7 19. Qxb4 Bxd5 20. Rab1 $14) 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne5
Rc8 18. Rd2 Bg5 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rd4 $132) 19. f4 Be7 $132 {
1-0 Dlugy-Costa/Brocco op/SW,39,15 1987 (37)}) 15... Bxb2 16. Qxb2 exd5 17. a4
(17. exd5 Ne7 18. d6 Nd5 $1 $15) 17... Qb6 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Ne5 $2 {1/2-1/2
Bagirov,V-Shamkovich,L/URS-ch40 Baku 1972/URS-ch} (19. d6 Nd5 20. axb5 Rfd8 (
20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qe5 $16) 21. Bc4 Rxd6 22. Qb3 $16) 19... Bxd5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qe6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 $11) 13. a4 (13. d5 Na5 14. Qd2
exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Bc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 (18. Bxa5 Bg5 19. Qb4 (19.
Qc3 Bf6 $1 $11) 19... Be7 $1 $11) 18... Nc4 19. Qd3 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mecking,
H-Campora,D/Sao Paulo zt 1993/CBM 36 (28)}) 13... b4 14. Qd2 (14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Na5 16. Qd4 Bf6 17. Qxb4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qxd5 19. Rad1 Qb3 20. Qe5 Nc6 21.
Qe4 Qe6 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qc4 Kh8 (23... Qxc4 24. Bxc4+ Kh8 25. Rd6 (25. Bd5 Bd7
26. Ne5 $1 (26. Ng5 h6 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 $14) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28.
Rd5 Re8 29. f4 $16) 25... Na5 26. Bd3 $14) 24. Rfe1 $14) 14... Bb7 15. d5 exd5
16. exd5 Na5 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Qd4 f6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rfe1 (20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Qh4
$14) 20... Nb3 (20... Qd7 $14) 21. Qh4 $14 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Costa,J/Lugano op
1989/TD 89\01/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 ({The
alternatives are:} 11. Rd1) (11. Be2) ({and} 11. Rc1) 11... Nc6 ({Another way
of development promises white a somewhat better chances:} 11... Nd7 12. O-O b6
13. Rad1 Bb7 14. d5 (14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. h3 h6 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Nh2 $14
{1-0 Lautier,J-Kveinys,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (39)}) 14... Nc5 15. Rfe1
exd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Re3 $36 {1-0 Timman,J-Langeweg,K/Leeuwarden
1979/MCD (21)}) 12. O-O b6 (12... Qd6 13. Rad1 Bd7 (13... Rd8 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Ng5 $36 {1-0 Browne,W-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1980/EXT
99 (24)}) 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Qe3 Nf5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Bb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Groszpeter,A/Graz AUT 2004 (64)}) 13.
Rfd1 ({No doubt,the most promising continuation is:} 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. d5 (15. Rfe1 Qe7 (15... h6 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. d5 Rad8 19. Bb1 Nc4
20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Pinter,J/Graz AUT 2004 (24)})
16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2 19. Rd2 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rac8 21. Nd4 $44 {
0-1 Doettling,F-Jussupow,A/Evry FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 492 (74)}) 15... Qe7
16. Rfe1 (16. Qf4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Re3 exd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Ne5 Bxd5 21.
Qf5 g6 22. Rg3 Qe6 23. Qf4 Bc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxh6 Qf6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Krasenkow,M-Cyborowski,L/Warsaw POL 2004/The Week in Chess 496 (44)}) 16...
Rad8 17. Nd4 g6 18. Qh6 $36 {-->1-0 Lautier,J-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee 2002/
CBM 87/[Lautier] (44)}) 13... Na5 ({I have declined} 13... Bb7 {because of:}
14. d5 Na5 15. dxe6 Nxc4 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. e5 Rc8
(19... Bc8 20. Re1) 20. e6 Bd5 21. Ng5 $36) 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qf4 {'N!?' That is
also a standard move for that variation. The queen controls an important
squares and may take part in attack on black's monarch.} (15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Rac1
Qe7 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,A-Polugaevsky,L/
Alma-Ata 1968/URS-ch (19)}) 15... Qf6 {'?!' That leads to a pleasant endgame
for white.} (15... f6 $6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. d5 e5 18. d6 Qf7 19. Nh4 Rad8 20. Nf5
Kh8 21. f4 $36 {1-0 Krivoshey,S-Szabo,B/Balatonlelle HUN 2004/The Week in
Chess 509 (30)}) ({Better was to keep the pressure:} 15... Qe7 $5 $132 {
[%cal Gf8d8,Ga8c8] with a comfortable position.}) 16. Qxf6 (16. Qg3 $143 Rfd8
17. e5 Qe7 $132) 16... gxf6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Kf1 {'+/=' White has a small,
but stable advantage due to his strong pawns centre and weakness of black's
kside pawn structure.} Rxc1 {The exchange of all the rooks is practically
unavoidable,as black cannot improve his position.} 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8
21. Ke2 Kf8 {Provoking white's next move.} (21... Bb7 22. Ke3 h6 23. Nd2 Kf8
24. f4 $14) 22. e5 {'?!' That natural move connected with some blunder, which
allows black to seize the advantage.} ({Better was the quiet:} 22. Ke3 Ke7 23.
h4 h6 24. Nh2 $14 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gf2f4]}) 22... f5 23. d5 (23. Ng5 h6 24. Nh3 Nc6
25. Ke3 Nb4 $11) 23... Bb7 {'!' That move was overlooked by Viktor. Now white
cannot keep his strong Pe5 without a loss of another pawn. At the same time,
the Pd6 is not that dangerous as the king can stop it.} (23... exd5 $6 24. Nd4
Nc4 25. f4 $36 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]}) 24. d6 ({After} 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Ng5 Bd5 26.
Nxh7+ Kg7 27. Nf6 Bxa2 $132 {black's qside pawns are very dangerous.}) 24...
Bd5 25. Ng5 {That was played after a deep thinking. White is trying to win
some time for consolidating his pawn structure by f2-f4.} (25. a4 Nc6 26. Bb5
Bxf3+ 27. gxf3 (27. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 28. Kf4 f6 $17 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 27... Nxe5 28. f4
Ng6 29. Ke3 f6 {[%cal Gg6h8,Gh8f7] and black is completely out of danger.}) ({
Deserved attention:} 25. Bb5 $5 Bxa2 26. Ng5 h6 (26... Kg7 $5) 27. Nh7+ Kg7 28.
Nf6 $44 {and activity of white's pieces compensates the loss of pawn.}) 25...
Kg7 26. a3 h6 ({Worse looks:} 26... Bxg2 $143 27. f4 Bd5 28. Ke3 $44) 27. Nf3 {
'?'} ({Beeter was:} 27. Nh3 f6 28. Nf4 $1 fxe5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Bxf5 Kf6 31.
d7 Ke7 {[%cal Ga5c4] with an equal endgame. For example:} 32. f4 (32. Be6 d4
$132 {[%cal Ga5b7]}) 32... exf4 (32... Nc4 $5) 33. Kf3 b5 34. Kxf4 Nc6 35. g4
a5 36. h4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. g5 hxg5+ 39. hxg5 b3 40. g6 b2 41. Ke3 (41. Kg5
Nd8 42. g7 b1=Q 43. Bxb1 Ne6+ $11) 41... Kf6 42. Bc2 Ke6 $11) 27... f6 28.
exf6+ (28. d7 Nb7 29. Ke3 Kf7 $15) 28... Kxf6 29. Nd4 e5 {'(+)??' A terrible
blunder!} ({After the natural} 29... Nb7 $142 {white couldn't avoid a loss of
the pawn:} 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nc7 Bxg2 32. d7 Ke7 33. Nxa6 Kxd7 $17 {and black has
an excellent winning chances.}) 30. d7 Ke7 ({I have completely overlooked} 
30... Nb7 31. Nxf5 e4 32. Ba6 $18) 31. Nxf5+ Kxd7 32. g4 {Now black is in
troubles, as white's pawns can be advanced very quickly!} (32. Nxh6 Bxg2 $11)
32... Nc4 33. a4 ({Good enough was also:} 33. Bxc4 $5 Bxc4+ 34. Ke3 b5 35. Nxh6
a5 36. Nf5 {with a great winning chances.}) 33... e4 {The best practical
chance.} (33... Nb2 34. Nxh6 Nxa4 35. Bb5+ Bc6 36. Bxc6+ Kxc6 37. g5 Nc5 38. g6
Ne6 39. Ke3 a5 40. Nf5 a4 41. Kd2 $18) 34. Bxc4 {'?' A dubious decision-the
bishop is much stronger than the knight in that type of positions.} ({After
the simple} 34. Bc2 {[%csl Rh6]} Na3 35. Bd1 $18 {white's position should be
winning.}) 34... Bxc4+ 35. Ke3 a5 {'!' Now the Pa4 is an easy target for Bc4,
so black gets a real counterplay!} 36. Nxh6 Bb3 (36... b5 37. axb5 a4 38. Kd4
a3 39. Kc3 $18) 37. h4 Bxa4 38. h5 ({After} 38. g5 Ke6 39. Kxe4 Bc2+ 40. Kd4 b5
41. f4 Bg6 $11 {black holds the position.}) 38... Bd1 {'!' Taking control on
white's pawns.} 39. Nf7 Ke6 {'!'} ({Only not} 39... Ke7 $2 40. Ne5 a4 41. h6
Kf8 42. g5 $18) 40. Ng5+ Ke7 ({Better was:} 40... Kf6 $142 41. Nxe4+ Kg7 42. f3
a4 43. Nc3 a3 $11 {and black is out of danger!}) 41. h6 Kf6 42. Nxe4+ Kg6 43.
g5 a4 44. f4 Bg4 45. Kd4 a3 46. Kc3 b5 47. Nc5 b4+ {'?' An unbelievable
mistake-black loses a critical tempo!} ({The draw was still possible after} 
47... Bf5 48. Kb3 (48. Na6 Kh5 49. Nb4 Kg4 50. Nd5 b4+ 51. Kb3 Bg6 $11) (48.
Nb3 Kh5 49. Nd4 b4+ 50. Kb3 Bg6 51. f5 Kxg5 52. fxg6 Kxh6 $11) 48... b4 49.
Kxb4 a2 50. Nb3 Kh5 51. Ka3 Kg4 52. Kxa2 Kxf4 53. Nd4 Bg6 $11) 48. Kxb4 a2 49.
Nb3 Bf5 50. Ka3 {'+-' Now the game is over-black has no time to take white's
pawns, as the knight will help them. A dramatic game!} Bb1 (50... Kh5 51. Kxa2
Kg4 52. Nd4 Bh7 53. Ne6 $18) 51. Kb2 Kh5 52. Nd4 Bh7 53. Ne6 Kg4 54. Nf8 $18
1-0

[Event "World op 45th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2017.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game occurred in the 7th round of the strong and gruelling World Open.
It was the 2nd game of the day so I didn't have much time to prepare so I
mainly browsed through my opponent's games and reviewed lines in he QID &
Bogo-Indian.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {I had a feeling my opponent had seen
my most recent Nimzo game where his Chinese compatriot easily and soundly
neutralised my attempts for an opening edge. Therefore, I invited him to go to
a Bogo-Indian or QID which I knew he didn't have much experience in.} d5 $5 {
Now does he want to go to the Ragozin or a standard QGD?} 4. Nc3 c5 {
Semi-Tarrasch!} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 {This setup with the knight on d7 has become popular
at the elite level recently, and during the game I could only recall Carlsen's
impressive win over Kramnik in a GCT event.} ({The other main move} 11... Nc6 {
is seen less often in practice as it's simply easier to play with White} 12.
O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5 {is a recent try} (13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16.
Bxd5 $14) 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4 $5 {for more details on this, see Sagar Shah's
instructive comments in Megabase.}) 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nf6 {I
didn't know exactly what to do here but I simply remembered the ideas that I
studied when I was working on the Carlsen-Kramnik game. Therefore, I played:} (
{The Carlsen vs. Kramnik game went} 14... e5 15. Qe3 $1 {You can see my
annotations in CBM 173.}) 15. Qe3 $5 {I am tempted to label this a novelty but
it is not as I borrowed it from the World Champion. The idea is to protect my
central pawn like Magnus and give my rooks freedom to pressure Black on the
queenside.} ({The most normal move of course is} 15. Rfe1 {and to my surprise
after the game, this is the only move played in this position and all 3 games
were played this year!}) 15... Rc8 {Black wants to use c3 as an outpost which
has to be stopped.} 16. Ra3 $1 $146 {I'm happy to have found this move and
development of my rooks during the game as it allowed me to avoid
simplification and fight for the initiative.} ({The normal move} 16. Rfc1 {
gives Black an easy game after} Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 $1 18. Nd2 Rc8 {and only
Black's chances will be better the more pieces gets traded due to his outside
passed pawn.}) 16... Qe7 17. Rfa1 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ge4e5,Rd3h7,Rf3g5,Re3e4,Ra3h3,
Rh3h7] My next plan involves pushing down the a-pawn and finding ways to
attack the enemy king!} Qb4 $1 {Black plays actively and keeps up the fight
for the initiative. He wants to place his rook on c3 again.} ({If} 17... Rfd8 {
I will simply exert pressure on his queenside} 18. a5 b5 19. a6 Bc6 20. Rb3 $36
) 18. h3 {A necessary prophylactic move before taking any action.} ({The
tempting move} 18. e5 $2 {is premature and too risky due to} Ng4 $1 (18... Nd5
$2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qe4 Rfd8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rf3 $18) 19. Qf4
Bxf3 20. gxf3 (20. Qxf3 Qxd4 $17) 20... Nh6 21. Qe4 Nf5 {Black's king is safe
from my attack while my position is positionally worse.} ({The engine points
out the cool} 21... Rfd8 $1 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 {after which White's position is
slowly crumbling.}) 22. d5 Qd2 $5 (22... Qxe4 23. fxe4 Nh4)) 18... a5 $2 {
Stopping my queenside play once and for all, but I think he underestimated my
attacking chances on the other side of the board...} (18... Rc3 19. Rxc3 Qxc3
20. Rc1 Qb4 21. Rc7 $36) ({A more solid move is} 18... Rfd8 {where Black is
almost equal.}) 19. e5 Nd5 {He still doesn't sense the danger. Regardless, it
is all my responsibility to work out the lines now.} (19... Nd7 20. Ng5 h6 21.
Ne4 $14) 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 ({I also checked the non-forcing} 20... Kh8 {
after which I didn't see any compensation for Black} 21. Qg5 Qe7 22. Be4 $16 (
22. Qh5 $2 Nf4)) 21. Ng5+ {After this, he sank into a long period of thought.}
Kg8 (21... Kg6 22. Qe4+ f5 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Qxe6+ Kxg5 25. Rg3+ Kh5 26. Qg6+)
(21... Kh6 22. Qe4 Rc3 23. Qh7+ Kxg5 24. Qxg7+ Kf5 (24... Kh5 25. g4+ Kh4 26.
Qh6#) 25. Qg4#) 22. Qe4 Nf6 (22... Rfe8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rf3 {maybe this is
the move that he missed?!?} Rc7 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Rxf7+ Kd8 27. Nxe6+ Kc8 28.
Qxe8#) 23. Qh4 Rc1+ 24. Rxc1 {Simple and best.} (24. Kh2 Be4 $1 25. exf6 Bg6 {
and Black can still resist a bit.}) 24... Qxa3 25. Rc7 Qd3 26. exf6 ({I also
checked the pawn-up ending after} 26. Rxb7 Nd5 27. Qg4 (27. Ne4 Nc3 $1 $132 28.
Nd6 $4 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qd1 $19) 27... Qf5 (27... Qg6 28. h4 $1) 28. Qxf5 exf5 {
but wasn't sure how big an advantage I have here, compared to winning the
queen in the game.} {The engine says that it's quite huge as well if I realise
that Black is actually in zugzwang!} 29. Kf1 g6 (29... f6 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. Rb8+
Kh7 32. Rd8 Nc3 33. Nf8+ Kh6 34. e6 Re7 35. d5 $18) (29... Nc3 30. Rxb6 Nxa4
31. Ra6 $18) 30. g3 f6 31. Ne6 Rf7 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Nf4 $18) 26... Bd5 27. Rc3
$6 {also leads to a winning advantage, but it's a pity that I missed a more
forcing win here.} (27. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ {I can't quite
recall but it's either I didn't check this simple capture or missed the mating
idea that follows. Such oversights are usually caused by fatigue.} (29. f7+
Kxf7 30. Qf4+ (30. Qh5+ Ke7) 30... Qf5 $19) (29. fxg7 Rxc8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 $19)
29... Kxf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qxg7+ Ke8 32. Qe7#) 27... Qb1+ 28. Kh2 gxf6 29. Rg3
$18 fxg5 30. Qxg5+ Qg6 31. Qf6 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 {My king joins a future attack
against the enemy king!} b5 {Desperation. Otherwise I simply march my king to
h6 or push down the h-pawn.} 33. axb5 a4 34. Qe7 {Stopping Black's only
counterplay.} Rc8 35. b6 Rc3+ 36. Kf4 Rb3 {There are many ways to win here,
but I chose the path that had the least amount of risk.} 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qxa4
Rxb6 39. f3 Rb2 40. Kg3 Ra2 41. Qb4 Kg6 42. h4 Kg7 43. Qe7 Ra8 44. Kf4 Rh8 45.
Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qf6 Kg8 47. g4 Rh7 48. h5 Rg7 49. g5 Rh7 50. Qd8+ {And Black
finally resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game shows perfectly well how a 2750 player - Tomashevsky is able to
assess the value of initiative vis-а-vis material. Something which mere
mortals always struggle to understand.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 {The game now goes into a Semi-Tarrasch.} 6. e4 (6. e3 {is
another way to play.}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 {Placement of the rooks in this position for
White is quite confusing for those players who are not well versed in
classical games. But all classically inclined s5udents of the game would know
the game between Polugaevsky-Tal from 1969 where Polugaevsky beat the eighth
world champion in a beautiful game of attacking chess.} 13. Rad1 $1 {The rooks
go to d1 and e1 in order to avoid exchanges as well as attack the black king
and also support a central breakthrough by means of d4-d5.} Na5 ({The game
between Polugaevsky and Tal continued in this manner.} 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 Na5
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6
21. h4 Rc4 22. h5+ Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
Rd2 Rc6 28. Rxb2 Re8 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33.
Re2 Bc8 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 {1-0 (37) Polugaevsky,
L-Tal,M Moscow 1969}) 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4 $5 {The h-pawn push can have a lot of
uses. First of all it does away with the back rank weakness. This would not
mean much right now but it is always useful. More importantly the idea is to
play h5-h6 and create weaknesses in the black camp. Also if Black plays h6,
the h5-pawn cramps his position and the king on g8 feels uncomfortable to put
it mildly.} (15. Rfe1 {is the normal way to play and has been tried in many
games before but Tomashevsky begins with h4-h5 gaining space and later brings
his rook to e1.}) 15... Rc8 16. h5 h6 17. Rfe1 Qe7 (17... Nc4 $5 {looks much
better} 18. Qe2 $1 (18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Rc5 $17 {[%csl Rf3]
[%cal Gb7f3]}) 18... Nd6 19. d5 $5 {A typical pawn sacrifice in this variation.
} exd5 20. e5 Re8 21. Nd4 Nc4 $13 {The position remains complex and both sides
have their trumps.}) 18. d5 {The central majority is White's main trump here
and soon or later he has to go for this central break.} Nc4 {A move made after
25 minutes of thought.} 19. Bxc4 {And Tomashevsky played this extremely
natural move after thinking for 29 minutes. He must have been really weighing
up the pros and cons of this exchange.} (19. Qe2 exd5 20. exd5 Qxe2 21. Bxe2
Rfd8 $11 {gives Black nothing to worry about.}) (19. Qf4 Nb2 20. Rd2 Nxd3 21.
Rxd3 {This must have been surely one of the candidate positions in
Tomashevsky's mind.} Rfd8 22. d6 Qf6 23. Qg3 (23. Qxf6 gxf6 $15 {and the pawn
on d6 looks more of a weakness than a strength to me.}) 23... Rc4 24. e5 Qf5
$11 {and in spite of facing this protected passed pawn, Black's chances are
not bad as his pieces are playing well in the game.}) 19... Rxc4 20. Ne5 (20.
d6 Qf6 21. e5 Qf5 $15) 20... Rc5 (20... Ra4 21. d6 Qh4 (21... Qf6 $2 22. Nd7
$18) 22. Nf3 Qd8 (22... Qxh5 $2 23. d7 Rd8 24. Qc2 $18 {[%cal Gc2a4,Gc2c7]})
23. d7 {It is always scary to play against such a pawn on d7.} Bxe4 24. Ne5 (
24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qd6 $44 {The knight will soon go to e5 to c6. In general
White has excellent compensation and it is very difficult to defend as Black.})
24... Bd5 25. Rc1 f6 26. Rc8 fxe5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc1 Rxd7 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30.
Qd3 $16) 21. d6 Qd8 (21... Qh4 {looks more active but after} 22. d7 Rd8 23. Qd6
$14 {White is calling the shots.}) 22. Qf4 $16 {White already has a completely
dominating position.} f6 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. e5 $5 (24. Qg4 {was much stronger as
after} Qe8 (24... Qd7 25. e5 f5 (25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 $18) 26. Qg3
$18 {All that remains is to play Rc1 and exchange Black's only active piece.})
25. d7 $1 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rd1 $1 Qe8 28. Qxe6+ $3 Qxe6 29. Rd8+ {
it's game over! A very pretty variation.}) 24... fxe5 25. Ne7+ Kf8 (25... Rxe7
26. dxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxe5 $16) 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qg4 Bd5 (28... Rxe7
29. dxe7+ Qxe7 30. Rc1 $16) 29. Nxd5 $1 exd5 30. Rxe5 Qxd6 31. Rde1 {This is
exactly the position that I want you to have a close look at. White is a pawn
down but has the initiative. His rooks are perfectly placed on the open e-file
and his queen is hovering around creating dangerous threats. The weak position
of the black king also adds to his woes. All in all you can understand that
for the investment of a pawn, White has a clear initiative.} Rf6 {The only
logical move.} 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Qa4 $1 {An irritating move to face, the
a7-pawn is attacked. Should I play a5 or go back and defend with ...Rc7? Lysyj
prefers the latter.} Rc7 (33... a5 34. Qa3 $5 {with the idea of going to the
d3-h7 diagonal is pretty interesting but atl east the position is playable for
Black after} Rc7 35. Qd3 Qd7 $14) 34. Qb5 {Planning Qd3-h7 but more
importantly aiming for Rf8+ Qxf8 Qxd5+ with a quick mate.} Qc6 35. Qe2 {
What is the threat? Of course Qe7+ and mate in two!} Qc5 (35... Rf4 $1 {
with the idea of ...Re4 was more accurate but under time pressure such moves
are always very difficult to find.}) 36. g3 $3 {Two exclamation marks are a
little bit too much but you can understand my enthusiasm, right? Lysyj is
under time pressure and concretely there are no threats that White can make
right now. So Tomashevsky takes just 28 seconds and improves his position in a
very small way. Also he has thrown back the ball into Black's court and asks
him to come up with a move.} Rd7 $2 {A bad blunder whose refutation is not at
all easy to see.} (36... Qd6 {would have kept White's advantage to a minimum.})
37. Re6 $1 {It's all over now.} Rd8 (37... Rf5 38. Rf6+ $3 {A very nice tactic
just clearing the e8-square for the queen.} gxf6 (38... Rxf6 39. Qe8#) (38...
Kxf6 39. Qe6+ Kg5 40. Qg6#) 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qxd7+ $18) 38. Rxf6+ gxf6 (38...
Kxf6 39. Qe6+ Kg5 40. Qg6#) 39. Qg4 $1 (39. Qe6+ {might look tempting but after
} Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kh8 {Black is somehow clinging on.}) 39... Rg8 40. Qd7+ {
Followed by Re8#. I would say this was a brilliant demonstration of how having
more active pieces and the initiative can be more important than a material
advantage.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 65th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savina, Anastasia"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was important on two counts: 1. Because Savina was able to beat the
in form Goryachkina and; 2. Goryachkina's very interesting opening choice.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 {It looks like we are going to witness the
super solid QGD or the Ragozin. But Goryachkina has different ideas.} c5 $5 {
The Tarrasch?} 5. cxd5 cxd4 $5 {I haven't really been able to find a name for
this variation, but it had been played quite a bit by Paul Keres in 1950s.} 6.
Qa4+ (6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {is the main line. Earlier it was thought that this
line gives White an advantage but now it has been shown that after} Nc6 8. Bb5
dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 $14 {Black is holding his own. Although the
engines prefer White at this point, strong players like Wei Yi, Edouard Romain,
Wang Yue have defended the black side from this position.}) 6... Bd7 7. Qxd4
exd5 8. Nxd5 {Savina picks up the bait.} Qa5+ $1 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd1 {Black has
excellent development in return for her sacrificed pawn. But White has no
weaknesses and if she is able to finish her development the extra pawn will
start to speak for itself. Goryachkina has to play very accurately to keep up
her initiative.} Rd8 (10... Ne4 $5 {I like this move winning at least the
bishop pair.} 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 (12. Nxd2 Rd8 13. e3 Be6 14. a3 {stopping
Nb4 and making a square for the queen on c2.} g6 $5 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Be2 Nb4 17.
Qe4 Nd5 $1 $44 {Black has excellent compensation.}) 12... Rd8 13. e3 Bf5 {
Black seems to be doing pretty well at this point but after} 14. Nd4 $1 {
I do not see a convincing way for Black to prove his compensation. Maybe it is
important to believe in the power of the bishop pair here.} Bb4 (14... Bc5 15.
Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O $14) (14... g6 15. Rd1 Bg7 16. Nxc6 $14) (14...
Nxd4 15. exd4 Bb4 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O) 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O {And here Black has
reached his maximum level of activity. After something like} Bd6 $5 17. Bf3 Be5
18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 c5 20. Nc6 Rxd2 21. Nxa5 Rxb2 $11 {The position should
be around equal but maybe White's play can be improved at some point.}) 11. Bd2
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg2 Bb4 15. Qc1 {It seems as if White is a tad
passive but she is ready to 0-0 and also push the black pieces away with a3.}
Ne4 16. a3 $1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc5 (17... Qb6 {was a better square for the queen
as after} 18. O-O O-O {Bb4 as in the game is no longer possible and Black is
very much in the game.}) 18. O-O O-O 19. Bb4 $1 {The queens are exchanged and
Black loses all her compensation for the missing pawn.} Qxc1 20. Raxc1 Rfe8 21.
Rfd1 Nxb4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. axb4 $16 {White is a pawn up and Savina displayed
good techinuqe to bring the full point home.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Often we have a question in our minds - What exactly differentiates a strong
2550 GM from a super strong 2750 GM. This game should answer that question.} 1.
Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {This was first
played by Tartakower against Rubinstein in 1929.} 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 {Now this is a very safe variation for
White and one in which he hardly ever loses. Even for a player of Svidler's
calibre, it is not easy to outplay a grandmaster from this position.} (11...
Bb4+ {is the other option.} 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+
Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 $5 {had been first played by Kramnik
against Lautier in 1995 and recently reached in Gelfand,B (2759)-Leko,P (2731)
Moscow 2014.}) 12. O-O (12. Bf4 $5 {Rubinstein's choice was very interesting.}
Bxf4 13. gxf4 Rb8 14. Kd2 b6 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rc3 Bb7 17. e4 Re8 (17... f5 $5)
18. a4 Rc8 19. Rb3 f5 $1 20. f3 Re7 21. a5 Rec7 22. Rb2 Rc4 23. axb6 axb6 24.
Kd3 Rc3+ 25. Kd2 R3c4 26. Kd3 Rc3+ 27. Kd2 R3c4 28. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Rubinstein,A-Tartakower,S Karlsbad 1929}) 12... Rb8 13. e4 (13. Bf4 Bxf4 (13...
Ke7 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Bxd6+ Kxd6 16. e4 $14) 14. gxf4 Ke7 15. Rfc1 Rd8 $11)
13... b6 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. f4 Kd7 {Black has equalised the position
and now intends to exchange a pair of rooks down the c-file. Of course the
position remains equal but not drawn because of the assymetrical pawn
structure. Black can always create a plan on the queenside in the endgame due
to his majority.} 17. e5 (17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 Rbc8 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re2 Bc3 $11
) 17... Be7 (17... fxe5 18. fxe5 $1 $16) 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfd1 {
would be more accurate as the black rooks are not connected currently and
White can get in d5.} Rc7 20. Rxc7+ Kxc7 21. d5 exd5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rxd5 {
is similar to the game, just that the rook is more active.}) 18... Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Rhc8 20. d5 Rxc1 21. dxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. exf6 (23. Rd1 Rc8 $11)
23... gxf6 24. Re1+ (24. Rd1 {Not allowing the black rook to get activated was
better.} Rc8 25. Kf3 Bb4 26. Rd3 Rc2 27. Re3+ Kf7 28. Re2 $11) 24... Kf7 (24...
Kf5 25. Kf3 h5 26. h3 Rg8 27. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d5,Gg3g4]}) 25. Kf3 Rd8 26. Re2
a5 {From this point onwards Rasmus Svane begins to play without any aim.
Svidler keeps improving his position bit by bit.} 27. Ke4 (27. a4 $11 {The
pawn on a4 would not have been in danger of being lost and with this move the
majority is crippled to some extent.}) 27... a4 28. Kf5 Rd5+ 29. Ke4 Rd7 30.
Bc3 $6 (30. g4 $5 {not allowing f5 later on would have been much more logical.}
) 30... Re7+ 31. Kd3 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 f5 $1 {Fixing the kingside pawns on dark
squares.} 33. Kd3 b5 {Now, all the entry points have been covered for the
white king and the black monarch is looking to settle down on d5.} 34. Bd4 Be7
(34... Bxd4 35. Kxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4c5] is a lost pawn endgame.}) 35. Be5 Ke6
36. Kd4 h5 37. Bh8 Ba3 38. Be5 Bf8 $6 (38... h4 $3 {is an extremely strong
move that immediately gives Black a winning engame.} 39. gxh4 $2 (39. Kd3 $2 h3
$1 $19) (39. Bc7 $2 h3 40. Bb8 Bb4 41. Bc7 Be1 $19) 39... Bb2+ 40. Kc5 Bxe5 41.
fxe5 Kxe5 $19) (38... Bb2+ 39. Kc5 Bxe5 40. fxe5 h4 41. Kxb5 hxg3 42. hxg3 Kxe5
43. Kxa4 Ke4 44. Kb4 Kf3 45. a4 Kxg3 46. a5 f4 47. a6 f3 48. a7 f2 49. a8=Q
f1=Q $11) 39. Bh8 Be7 40. Bg7 Ba3 41. Be5 Bb4 42. Bg7 Bd6 43. Bh8 h4 44. gxh4 (
44. Be5 Bxe5+ 45. fxe5 b4 46. Kc4 hxg3 47. hxg3 b3 $1 48. axb3 axb3 49. Kxb3
Kxe5 50. Kc4 Ke4 $19) 44... Bxf4 45. h5 Bd6 (45... Bxh2 46. h6 Kf7 47. Kc5 $11)
46. h6 Kf7 47. Kd5 Bf8 48. Kc6 (48. Bb2 Kg6 49. Bc1 b4 $19) 48... b4 49. Kb5 a3
50. Kc4 Kg6 51. Bg7 Be7 52. h4 f4 53. h5+ Kh7 54. Kd3 Bg5 55. Kc4 Bxh6 56. Bd4
Bf8 57. Be5 f3 58. Bd4 Kh6 59. Kd3 Kxh5 60. Ke4 Bg7 $19 {All of White's
mistakes were just imperceptible. It was as if one would not know the reason
why Black won. But on closer inspection you could see that Svidler played with
a plan thanks to his better understanding and tried to improve his position
little by little, while Svane did not.} 0-1

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Schroeder,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

{The first round of Sharjah Grand Prix started with interesting pairings, such
as Nakamura vs Jakovenko or Tomashevsky vs Aronian. Anyway, I enjoyed it even
more to follow the game of Michael Adams because it is pretty impressive how
he often manages to outplay his opponents without allowing counterplay at all.
} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Although Adams is an ,,e4 player'', he recently tried
1.c4 for instance against Fabiano Caruana (December 2016) and Hou Yifan 
(January 2017).} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. e3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06] This is typical for Adams. He wants
to avoid forced lines which could arise for instance after 5.e4!?. As a result,
he gains a playable position with small chances for an advantage.} (5. e4 Nb4
6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ (7... Nxc1+ 8. Rxc1 a6 $5 {was tried in the game Giri
vs Harikrishna Tata Steel 2017. The game will become extremely sharp. Even if
this position was allright for Black, I would never play it in a practical
game. White has many different ideas and Black has to know in every line a
precise way to equalize.} (8... Nc6 9. Bb5 $14) 9. d4 b5 10. Bd5 Ra7 11. dxc5 (
11. Ne5 $5 e6 12. Bc6+ Ke7 13. Qd2 f6 14. Nd5+ $1 exd5 15. Rxc5 dxe4 16. Rhc1 (
16. Rd5 Qb6 17. Qb4+ Ke6 18. Qb3 Ke7 {funny pertual}) 16... Be6 17. Qe3 (17. d5
$5)) 11... e6 12. c6 $5 (12. b4 $5)) 8. Kf1 Nd3 9. Qe2 $5 {In the game Aronian
vs So at London Chess Classic 2016 Black was in big trouble after the opening
but I am confident that his play can be improved.}) 5... e6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6.
Bc4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (6. d4 {This would have led to a transposition to the
Semi-Tarrasch which should be fine for Black.}) 6... Be7 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 7.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:55] Played very
fast, which implies that Adams was still in his preperation. In comparison to
8th d4 it is not too clear, which setup should be chosen by Black. Anyway,
Black did not seem to be impressed at all and played on quite fast.} (8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bd3 $5 {Black should accept
this pawn sacrifice otherwise he is just worse due to White's attacking
prospects and the bad bishop on c8} (12. Bd2 b6 $11) 12... Qxc3 $13 (12... Nf6
13. c4 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 $5 $40)) 8... Nc6 $5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 9. d4 {
[%emt 0:03:53]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:21:22] Played after more than 20 minutes of
thinking. Personally, I dislike the idea connected with this move because it
is just too slow.} (9... b6 10. Rd1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Bd3 $13 {[%cal Gd8c7,
Gc8b7,Re3e4,Re4e5] but might be a bit dangerous for Black.}) (9... Bf6 10. Rd1
cxd4 11. exd4 b6 $13) 10. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (10...
Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 {with a normal position.
My computer tells me 0.00, but in a practical game I'd prefer White. Anyway,
Black has a playable position.}) 11. Bd3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:58] Just sacrificing
the pawn. The insecurity of Black's queen and his behindhand development
secure White a strong initiative.} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} (11... Bd7 {Though it
is computer suggestion, it feels pretty stupid. If Black plays ...Nb6 he has
to take on d4, too} 12. a3 $14) 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} (13... Qf6 14. Bc2 $5 {Highly
interesting prophylatic move against Black's main idea ...Bd7.} (14. Be4 Bd7
15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Be4 Rfd8 {White controls the game but I am not sure wether
he is much better.}) 14... g6 (14... Bd7 $6 15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Qd3 Qf5 17. Qxd7
Qxc2 18. Qxe7 $16) (14... e5 15. a4 $1 {Fighting for the d5-square} Bf5 16. a5
Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nc8 18. Be3 $5 {This feels unpleasant for Black. Although he is
a pawn up he cannot free his knight on d8.} (18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Qxe5
Bd6 21. Qe4 Ne7 $1 $11) 18... Nd6 $4 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc5 Qc7 22.
Qc1 $1 $18) 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bf3 $5 {Maybe this is a better
version in comparison to 14.Be4. Anyway, Black has still good chances to
equalize.}) (13... Qc5 {Computer suggestion, but it looks very strange to
allow White to develop his bishop with tempo} 14. Be3 Qe5 15. Be4 $14) 14. g3 {
[%emt 0:10:23]} (14. Be4 $5) 14... Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 15. Be4 {[%emt 0:03:01]
} e5 {[%emt 0:03:34] What else? Black has to free his bishop one day and
therefore e5 feels neccesary. Nevertheless, this moves seriously weakens the
d5-square. Adams exploits that impressively.} (15... Bd7 $2 16. Bxb7 Rad8 17.
Bf4 $16) 16. Bg2 {[%emt 0:06:07]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:12:37]} (16... Qg4 {Maybe it is
clever to provoke Bf3. In many lines the bishop might be better on g2. However,
finding ideas like this is not possible for a human being.} 17. Bf3 Qe6 $5 18.
a4 Rb8 19. a5 Nd7 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Nb5 e4 {is an extra option when the bishop
is on f3. Although Black is still worse here he might be able to hold this
position.}) (16... Qe6 $6 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 Nd7 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Nb5 $16) 17. a4
$1 {[%emt 0:07:01]} a5 $2 {[%emt 0:31:39] Black's position was already
extremely unpleasant. However, after this move his position feels horrible and
is pretty close to be lost.} (17... Nd7) 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:30]} (18. Qb5 Nd7
$6 (18... Qe6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Nd5 $16) 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. b3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd7]
[%cal Gc1a3,Ga1c1,Gd5e3]}) 18... Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:11:59]}
Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 20. Rac1 $16 {[%emt 0:14:06] Now it is already difficult
to find moves for Black.} Kh8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:36] Freeing the g8-square for the
rook and getting rid of all Ne7+ motives.} (20... Nf6 $2 21. Bc5 Re8 22. Ne3
Qe6 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Ra6 $18) 21. Qb5 {[%emt 0:14:35]} (21. Nc7 $5 {This feels
even more dominant.} Bxc7 22. Rxc7 Nf6 23. h3 $16 {[%cal Yg3g4,Ye3c5,Yd1d6]}) (
21. h3 $5) 21... Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 22. Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} (22. h3 Nxd5 23.
Rxd5 Bf6 24. g4 Qg6 25. Qc4 Bg5 26. Rxe5 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 $14) (22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23.
Rc7 $14) 22... Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:03:
19]} 24. Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 25. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} (
25. Nf1 Qf5 $1 26. Qe2 {''human move''} (26. f3 {looks ugly but maybe is poses
Black serious problems.} Nf6 27. Ne3 Qe6 28. Nc4 Bd7 29. Qxb7 $14) 26... Bb6
27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re5]}) 25... Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Re1
{[%emt 0:03:35]} Ra6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (26... Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Bxe5 (28.
Bxb7 Bxb7 29. Qxb7 f6 30. b4 $16) 28... f6 29. Bd4 $16) 27. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:03:
02]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 28. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (28...
f6 $6 29. Bd4 Qxd5 30. Bxd5 Rd6 31. Bxg8 $18) 29. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (29.
Qxa5 {is the Computer move but Adams' decision feels so natural and leads to a
very strong position, too.} Rxb2 30. Qc3 Rb6 31. Bd5 $16) 29... Qh5 $2 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} (29... Qe6 30. Bc3 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 {Black will lose a pawn now 
(a5 or f7). The endgame should be lost.} Bf6 (31... Be6 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6
fxe6 34. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Yd1d7]}) 32. Bxf7 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rf8 34. f3 Bd7 35. b3
$18) 30. Rc5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} (30. Rc8 $1 {This beautiful move could have
ended the game pretty soon. I am very sure that Adams saw this move but he
might be afraid of 30...Rh6. In time trouble the stronger side normally do not
want to allow any kind of counterplay so he might have decided to play solid.}
Rh6 (30... Bxc8 31. Bxg7+ {[%cal Yd5h5]}) (30... Be7 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Qxa5
$18) 31. Rxd8 $1 {absolutely fearless} (31. h4) 31... Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Bh3+ (32...
Qh3+ 33. Bg2) 33. Ke2 $18) 30... Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (30... Re6 31. Qd4 Qg5 {
Without provoking h4 this square is availible for Black's queen. Still, White
is more or less winning} 32. h4 Qe7 33. Rb5 $16) 31. h4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b6 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Re6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (32... Be2 $5
33. Bd3 $1 (33. Rb3 Re6 {is not what White aimed for}) (33. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg7 34.
Qd4+ Bf6 35. Rxh5 Bxd4 36. Rg5+ Kf8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rxe2 Re6 {with very
good drawing chances}) 33... Bxd3 34. Qxd3 {[%cal Re5g7]} Qg6 35. Qxg6 Rxg6 36.
Rd1 $16) 33. Qd4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:27] Black cannot defend against all White
ideas such as Bxg7 and Qxd8 or Rxh5 and Bd5 and take on g4.} f6 {[%emt 0:00:32]
} 34. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 35. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (35... Bxd4 $4 36. Rxh7#) 36. Qc4 $18 {[%emt 0:02:54]
Although in positions like this the defender has sometimes many ideas to hold
his position, things are different here. Black cannot organise and activate
his pieces wheras White will exchange rooks pretty soon.} Rge8 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
(36... Bf7 $5 37. Re3 Rd8 (37... Rge8 38. Bd5 $5 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bxd5 40. Qxd5 h6
41. Qc6 $18) 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Qxd3) 37. Re3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:
00:55]} 38. Qb5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:34] To my mind this is just brilliant technique.
Obviously, my stupid Stockfish, who is too materialistic, does not want to
play like this because he calculates long lines where he wins a pawn. However,
Adams feels that the resulting position ist won because he can slowly improve
his position and Black cannot.} (38. Bc6 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Rc8 40. Qe6 Rd8 41. Qb3
Bf6 42. Qxb6 {Too complicated for a human being.}) 38... Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
39. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf6 {
[%emt 0:51:00]} 41. Qd5 {[%emt 0:51:19]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Qc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44.
Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Desperation.} (44... Kg8 45. f4 Kh8 46.
Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qe6 Rb2 (48... Rxa4 $4 49. Qe8+) 49. g4 $18 {Black
will be mated soon.}) 45. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Qa8+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. b7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 53. Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Qa2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 58. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ra7
{[%emt 0:02:25]} 60. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:00] What a great game by Adams! First of
all, he was pretty well prepared. His 8.Qe2 idea is obviously not a serious
attempt for a huge advantage. Nontheless, it leads to interesting and
complicated positions, allowing both sides to play for a win.  After
sacrificing a pawn just for quick development and a bad bishop on c8 he forced
his opponent to weak his squares (for instance with 15...e5). Afterwards, he
outplayed his opponent convincingly, showing superior technique. Even though
he missed some ways to a faster victory like 30.Rc8 he always kept control
which is most important when you have a strategical advantage.  Last but not
least I would like to mention that Salem defended pretty clever, showing
creative ideas like 20...Kh8 in order to prepare ...Rg8.} 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Serper,G"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Re8 $5 $146 (13...
Nce7 $5 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Neg5 Nde7 16. Rxe6 Bxf3 $1 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Nxf3 Qd7
$15 {Kortschnoj,V-Oll,L/Groningen/1993/}) 14. Bd2 (14. Neg5 $5 g6 15. h4 $36)
14... Nce7 15. Rad1 Nf5 (15... Ng6 $5 16. Neg5 $140 $6 h6 17. Nxe6 $2 Rxe6 $1
18. Rxe6 Ngf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 $19) 16. Ba2 Nd6 $1 17. Ng3 $6 (17. Neg5 g6 18. h4
$14) 17... g6 $1 18. Ne5 Bg7 19. Ne4 $5 {x Ng3} Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 21. Qf3 Rc7
22. Qg3 Qd6 $1 $15 (22... Rc2 23. Qb3) 23. Bb1 Rd8 (23... f6 $5 24. Nf3 Qxg3
25. hxg3 g5 26. g4 $1 $15) 24. Qh4 Re8 25. Ng4 $5 (25. Bh6) 25... f5 (25... Rc4
$5 26. Ne5 $6 (26. Bg5 $5 $13) 26... Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxh4 28. exd6 Rd4 $1 $17 {
xd6}) 26. Ne5 Nf6 27. Bh6 Qd5 28. Nf3 $6 (28. f3 $142) 28... Qb3 29. Ng5 $8 Bd5
30. Rd2 Bxh6 (30... Rec8 $5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. h3 $1 $8 Rc1 33. Rde2 Rxe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Qxb2 35. Kh2 $3 $8 Qb3 $5 (35... Qxa3 $6 36. Nxe6+ Bxe6 37. Rxe6 Rf8 38.
Bxf5 $1) 36. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 $8 37. Re3 Rc3 38. Nxh7 $1 (38. Nxe6+ $2 Bxe6 39.
Qg3+ Ng4+ $1 $19 {Oll}) 38... Rxe3 39. Qxf6+ Kxh7 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf6+ Kh5 42.
Qf7+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kf4 $140 $4 44. Qh4#) 31. Qxh6 Ng4 32. Qh3 h6 33. Qxb3 Bxb3
34. Nf3 Rec8 35. h3 Nf6 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. Bd3 Nd5 38. Ba6 $1 Rc1 $138 39. Bxc8
Rxe1+ 40. Kh2 Nf6 41. Rd3 $1 {/\ Rc3-c7+-} Rc1 $1 $8 42. Ba6 Ba4 (42... Ba4 43.
Rc3 (43. Bc4 $5 Ne4 $1 44. f3 Nf2 $1 45. Rd2 Nd1 $3 {Kaidanov, /\ Ne3}) 43...
Rxc3 44. bxc3 Nd7 $10 (44... Ne4 $6 45. c4 Nxf2 $2 46. c5 $18 {P c})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 (5. e3 {gives Black a wider
choice:} Nc6 ({Plausible alternatives are} 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 (9... Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4
b4 14. a5 Ba7 15. Na2 Bd5 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Bxa2 20.
Rxa2 g6 21. Ng3 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Ke7 23. Ra1 Rhc8 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. b3 h5 26. Bf3
Rab8 27. Ne4 Rb5 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Bu,X (2705) Doha rpd 2016}) 10. Rxd1
Bxc5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. e4 O-O 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Bb6 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Kf8
17. Nc5 Bc8 18. a3 Ke8 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Bxc5 21. Bxc6+ Bd7 22. Bxa8 Bxb6
23. h3 e5 24. b3 Ke7 $13 {1/2-1/2 (55) Li,C (2720)-Xiong,J (2658)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) ({and also} 5... a6 $5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 (7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 ({or} 10. a3 {is the more usual follow-up})) 7...
Nc6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Ba7 13. Bg5 Be6
14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 b5 19. Qc6 Bxd4
20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)-Caruana,F (2807)
Saint Louis 2016}) 6. cxd5 (6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2
Bd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd4 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Bxb5
Nxb5 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Bd4 $1 20. Bxd4 Rxc4 21. Bc5 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rxe4 23. Bxe7 h5 $11 {Bu,X (2712)-Wei,Y (2728) Beijing 2017}) 6... Nxd5 7.
Bd3 {and now:} Be7 (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 $6 9. O-O $1 {is extremely risky for
Black:} O-O 10. Bc2 Bd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qd3 f5 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Re1
Qc7 16. Ng5 (16. Bb3 $5) 16... Qd6 {Grischuk,A (2742)-Mamedyarov,S (2766)
Sharjah 2017} 17. Bb3 $1 $16 {Grischuk For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 177 by Hillarp Persson}) 8. O-O O-O {is the more flexible
continuation - after} 9. Re1 {Black can retain the tension with} b6 $5 $132)
5... Nxd5 (5... exd5 $2 6. Bg5 $16 {is out of the question.}) ({However,
especially Chinese players have successfully employed} 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6.
Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd1 Ne4 $44) 6... exd5 7. e4
({White has recently tried the less forcing} 7. Bg5 $5 Be7 8. e3) 7... Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe6+ fxe6 13. Ke2 Bb4 14.
Na4 Kc7 15. Bf4+ Bd6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rhf8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nf4+ 20.
Bxf4+ Rxf4 21. Ke3 Raf8 22. Rc2 Rg4 23. g3 Rf3+ 24. Ke2 Rg6 25. Rhc1 Rgf6 26.
Rxc6+ Kd7 27. Rc7+ Kd6 28. R1c6+ Kd5 29. Rc5+ {½, So,W (2808)-Wei,Y (2706)
Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6. e4 {The principled main line.} ({The more modest} 6. e3
{has at least in comparison with 5.e3 the advantage of limiting Black's
options (for example White has already avoided positions, in which he would
face the isolated Pd5). This line already arose in a very important game
between the same opponents:} Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. Qc2 ({After the
standard} 9. O-O {Black can again consider} b6 $5 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12.
Rd1 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 f5 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18.
Bxd1 Ba8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qc3 e5 21. Ne1 Qa5 22. f3 Kf7 $11 {Wang,H (2733)
-Ponomariov,R (2751) Bucharest 2013 See the notes to this game in CBM 157 by
Wang Hao.}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 f5 $5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 b5 $1
14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rac1 a6 16. Rfd1 f4 17. Rc5 Qd6 {Aronian,L (2809)-Kramnik,V 
(2810) London Candidates 2013} 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rh5 h6 21. Nh4
$1 $132 {For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 154 by Postny.})
6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {The starting
position of a line, which has been around since the 1930s (e.g. in the
Alekhine-Euwe match). It has quite a solid reputation for Black and even 2
high-calibre wins by White in 1969 didn't discourage Black, who subsequently
found ways to sidestep the danger and hold the balance. Although White has a
mobile pawn centre, his chances for a successful attack are lessened by the
swap of two pairs of minor pieces. Further simplification may give Black a
pleasant endgame with the prospect of building a distant passed pawn on the
queenside.} 11. Bc4 {Kramnik has played the Semi-Tarrasch quite a few times
since 2013 and his games are good examples of the modern development of the
line. He played also it against Aronian, in their earlier encounters 
(including the blitz event in Norway 2017) when Levon preferred the other main
move:} (11. Rc1 {and now:} {Currently the more usual reaction is} b6 $142 (
11... Nc6 12. Bc4 {makes it more difficult for Black to fianchetto his B, but
matters are still not too clear:} (12. Bb5 $5 Bd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Rc8 16. d5 Qf6 17. Qa5 exd5 18. exd5 a6 19. Qa3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. h3 g6 23. Qc5 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qe5+ 25. g3 Bf5 26. a4 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Qxb5 Qd4 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qe8 h5 31. Qe7 Qf6 32. Qe3 Qd6 $14 {Peralta,
F (2574)-Negi,P (2645) Tromsoe olm 2014 In the end Black managed to hold his
fortress.}) 12... Na5 (12... Qa5 13. d5 $1 (13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Ke2
Nc6 16. Ke3 Bd7 17. Rc3 Kf8 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Bb5 f6 20. Ra3 Ke8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6
22. Ne1 Ra8 23. Nd3 b6 24. Rc1 Rdc8 $11 {Tikkanen,H (2360)-Aagaard,J (2445)
Sweden 2002}) 13... exd5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ne5 Rfd8
18. Ke2 Rd4 19. Ke3 Ra4 20. Rhd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Rc5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Anand,V (2797)-Naiditsch,A (2706) Baden-Baden 2015}) (12... Qd6
13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Qe3 h6 16. h3 Na5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. e5 Qd5 19. Rc5
Qxa2 20. Qe4 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Kf8 (21... Ba4 $142 $1 22. Qh7+ Kf8 {/\} 23. Re1 $1
Bc6 24. Be2 Qa4 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Qf4 $13 {Houdini}) 22. Bb5 Ke7 23. Qh4+
Ke8 24. Qd4 Qd5 25. Qa4 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxb5 27. Qb1 $16 {Moiseenko,A (2698)
-Romanov,E (2640) Legnica 2013 See the notes to this game in CBM 155 by
Ftacnik.}) 13. Bd3 b6 $5 (13... h6 14. O-O b6 15. h4 Bb7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. d5
exd5 18. e5 Ba6 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. h5 Nb7 21. Qd3 f5 22. Rd1 (22. exf6 {seems
extremely dangerous, but the engine survives the onslaught after} Qxf6 23. Qh7+
Kf7 24. Re1 Be6 25. Ne5+ Ke8 26. Ng4 Qe7 $13) 22... Qe7 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qc6
Rd8 25. Nd4 Bf7 26. Bxf5 Nc5 27. f4 Qh4 28. Qf3 Bxh5 29. g4 Be8 30. Kg2 g6 31.
Bc2 Bf7 $132 {Eilmes,D (2276)-Vecek,M (2210) email 2011}) 14. h4 $5 (14. O-O
Bb7 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Rc7 f6 19. d5 Rf7 20. d6 e5 21.
Qc1 Rxc7 22. dxc7 Qe8 23. Bc4+ Nxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kf8 25. Qd3 Ke7 26. Qa3+ {
½, Kucherov,D (2122)-Popov,V (2216) email 2011}) 14... Bb7 15. Rh3 f5 16. exf5
exf5 17. Qf4 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Kf1 Qe6 20. Kg1 Qxa2 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Rg3 Be4
$132 {Nyzhnyk,I (2629)-Macieja,B (2583) Dallas 2014}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 (
13... h6 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. h4 $1 (15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Qd6 18. d5 Rxc1
19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Re1 Rc3 21. Qd2 Rc5 22. Bb1 Kf8 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. a3 e5 (24...
Rd8 $5 $11) 25. Qb3 Rc5 26. Qb2 f6 27. Ba2 Bc8 28. Nd2 Bg4 29. Nc4 Qd7 30. d6
Nc6 31. Nxb6 {Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Kramnik,V (2783) Shamkir 2015} Qxd6 $1 32.
Qb3 Be6 $11) 15... Rc8 16. h5 Qe7 17. Bb1 Rfd8 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Ba6 20. Rfe1
Qd7 21. Qf4 Ne7 22. Nd4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 $36 {Giri,A (2790)-Harikrishna,P (2763)
Shamkir 2016 See the notes to this game in CBM 173 by Iotov.}) 14. Qe3 (14. Qf4
h6 (14... Nf6 15. h3 Rc8 (15... h6 16. Rc3 Rc8 17. Ra3 a6 18. Rb3 Nd7 19. Rfb1
Qc7 20. Ne5 f6 21. Ng6 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Kf7 23. d5 (23. Be2 $5 Bxe4 24. Re1 $36)
23... exd5 24. exd5 g5 25. Bg6+ Kg7 26. Bf5 gxf4 27. Bxd7 Bxd5 28. Rxb6 Bxa2
29. Bxc8 Bxb1 30. Bxa6 Bf5 $11 {Stefanova,A (2527)-Socko,B (2637) Antwerp 2009}
) 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Qh4 h6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qg4 Rc8 22.
Re1 Ne7 23. Nh4 Qc7 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13
{/=/+, Dragun,K (2614)-Rausis,I (2617) Teplice 2017}) 15. h4 $5 (15. e5 Rc8 16.
Nd2 Rxc1 (16... Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Ne4 (18. Nc4 $142 $1 Ba6 19. Nxb6 $14)
18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfd8 20. g3 b5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rb1 Rc4 $11 {Gharamian,T 
(2672)-Gyimesi,Z (2651) Belfort 2012}) 17. Rxc1 f6 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19. Qxe6+ Rf7
20. Bf5 g6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg6 Nd6 23. d5 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 25. Rd1 Qd6 $13 {
Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris rpd 2016}) 15... Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
Rc1 Qb8 (17... Qa8 $5) 18. Qxb8 Rxb8 19. Rc7 Nf6 20. Ne5 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22.
Rxf7 (22. f3 Ng3 23. Nxf7 Ne2+ 24. Kh2 Nxd4 25. Rxa7 Rc8 $11 {Gupta,A (2643)
-Golod,V (2561) New Delhi 2012}) 22... a5 23. Rc7 {Gelfand,B (2724)-Kramnik,V 
(2811) Zuerich rpd 2017} Rd8 $132) {Later games featured} 14... Nf6 (14... Rc8
15. e5 $5 Bxf3 (15... h6 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Ne4 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20.
Rxa7 Rc7 21. Ra3 f5 {Collas,S (2287)-Cosma,E (2335) Porto Carras 2011} 22. Nc3
$36 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yc3b5,Yb5d6]}) 16. Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 (18... g6
$5) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. d5 Qc4
25. d6 Qe6 26. Qg3 b5 27. h3 $16 {Aronian,L (2809)-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St
Petersburg 2013 See the notes to this game in CBM 154 by Aronian.}) 15. Ne5 Qe7
16. f3 Rfd8 17. Bb5 (17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Be2 Qd6 20. a3 Rxc2 21. Rxc2
Nd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bd3 b5 24. Nd2 {½, Hammer,J (2628)-Vallejo Pons,F (2709)
Sharjah 2017} Qb6 $11) 17... Rac8 18. Bc6 (18. a4 h6 19. h3 Ne8 20. Nc6 Bxc6
21. Bxc6 Nd6 22. d5 e5 23. Qa3 Qg5 24. a5 b5 25. Qc5 Rc7 26. a6 f5 27. Rce1
fxe4 28. fxe4 Qd2 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rb8 31. Ke3 Rb6 32. Ra1 b4 $36 {
Aronian,L (2793)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger blitz 2017}) 18... Ne8 19. Ba4 Nd6
20. Qa3 Nf5 $6 (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qg5 22. Rd1 $14) (20... f6 $5 21. Nd3 Ba6
$132) 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Bd7 Rb8 23. Rc7 Ng6 24. Nxf7 $6 (24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rd1
$36) 24... Kxf7 25. Bc8+ Ne7 26. Bxb7 Rxd4 27. f4 Rbd8 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)
-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016}) 11... Nd7 {Currently the attention is
focussed on the text move.} (11... Nc6 {is the older line, here after} 12. O-O
b6 {the dominant continuation is} 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Qf4 Rc8 15. d5
exd5 16. Bxd5 Qe7 17. Ng5 Ne5 $1 18. Bxb7 Ng6 19. Qf5 Qxb7 20. Rd7 Qa6 $132 {
[%cal Ra6a2] Alekhine,A-Euwe,M WCh Netherlands 1937}) ({Interesting is} 13.
Rfe1 $5 Bb7 14. d5 Na5 15. Bd3 {/\} exd5 16. e5 $1 $44 {Declining the offer
can lead to positions mentioned below.}) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 (14. Qf4 Qf6 15.
Qe3 Rac8 16. e5 $6 Qh6 $1 17. Qxh6 gxh6 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Bb3 Rfd8 20. Re3 Nd5
21. Re4 Nc3 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Re1 a5 24. Nd2 b5 $36 {Gschnitzer,O (2427)-Ribli,
Z (2585) Germany 2005 This game highlights one of Black's strategic goals - an
advantageous endgame.}) 14... Rc8 15. d5 Na5 (15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Na5 $6 (16...
Qe7 $142 $14) (16... Qc7 $5 $14) 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qf5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc2 20. Qf4
Qxa2 21. d6 Rcd8 22. d7 $36 {[%csl Gd7] Spassky,B-Petrosian,T WCh Moscow 1969})
16. Bd3 Qe7 $142 $5 {is possibly the best move, Black should hold after} (16...
Qd6 17. dxe6 $5 (17. Qg5 h6 18. Qg4 Rcd8 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 Bc8 21. Qh4 exd5 22.
e5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. f3 Bd7 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6
Nb7 29. Re7 Nc5 $132 {Klim,K (2357)-Cyborowski,L (2546) Rewal 2012}) 17... fxe6
18. Qg5 Qd8 19. e5 Qe8 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. f4 Nb2 22. Bb5 Qf7 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Rbc1
Na3 25. f5 $16 {Havumaki,A-Galje,H (2287) email 2012}) (16... exd5 $6 17. e5
Nc4 18. Qf4 $36 h6 (18... Nb2 $6 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 $3 Rc4 (
21... Qe7 22. Re3 $1 Rc4 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Ne4+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kh6 26. Rg3 Rxe4 27.
Rg6+ Kh7 28. Re6+ Kg8 29. Rxe7 Bc8 30. Qg5 Nxd1 31. h6 Rg4 {Mehlhorn,U (2183)
-Drobusch,R (2045) email 2003} 32. Qh5 gxh6 33. e6 $18) 22. h5+ (22. Rd4 $5 $16
) 22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rd2 $16 {
Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M Moscow 1969}) 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qh3 (20. Qg4 $1 Kg7 21. Nd4
$40) 20... Kg7 21. e6 Qf6 22. exf7 Qxf7 23. Qg3 Rce8 {Bhat,V (2510)-Gerzhoy,L 
(2456) Palma de Mallorca 2009} 24. Nh4 $36) 17. Qf4 (17. dxe6 fxe6 (17... Qxe6
18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Ng4 Qe6 22. Qf4 f6 23. Bb5 g5 24. Qg3
Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. e5 a6 27. Bf1 Rd4 28. exf6 $1 {1-0, Dokhoian,Y (2570)
-Webb,S (2410) Tbilisi 1989}) 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. a4 Rcd8 20. Qe3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ {½, Krzyzanowski,W (2128)-Van Hooff,R (1967) email 2011} Qxd8 $11)
17... Nc4 (17... Rfd8 18. h4 (18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. e5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g6 21. Be4
Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rc5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Qd6 Qc4 25. g3 Qc3 26. Kf2 Nd4 27. Qd8+ {
½, Nickel,A (2579)-Golod,V (2305) Chessfriend.com 2003}) 18... h6 19. h5 Rc5
$5 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Rf8 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. e5 {Leitao,R (2598)
-Eliet,N (2427) Charleroi 2006} Nxe5 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. f4 Ng4 $13)
18. Rc1 b5 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 (20. Rb1 b4 21. Rec1 e5 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Nd2
24. Nf5 Nxb1 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxb1 a5 $15 {Bubnov,V (2182)-Van
Hooff,R (1967) email 2010}) 20... axb5 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. dxe6
fxe6 24. Qe5 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qf6 $11 {Gyimesi,Z (2652)-Pinter,J (2546) Austria 2012
}) 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 {The placement of the R will indicate White's
middlegame plans. We'll check the alternatives:} (13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 (14. Bd3
Nf6 $5 (14... Rb8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. a5 b5 17. Rac1 a6 18. Qb4 Rc8 19. Nd2 Rxc1 (
19... Nb8 $1 $132) 20. Rxc1 Ne5 $2 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. dxe5 Qd3 23. h3 $16 {
Carlsen,M (2851)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger blitz 2016}) (14... e5 15. Qe3 $1
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Re8 18. f3 Qf6 19. a5 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ba6 21. axb6 axb6
22. Ba4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 b5 24. Rb4 Rd7 25. Rc1 Red8 26. e5 Qb6 27. Rc6 Qa7 28.
Nf5 Qxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Ra8 30. Kf2 g6 31. h4 h5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 $14 {Carlsen,
M (2855)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016 See the notes to this game in CBM 173 by
Sadorra.}) (14... Rc8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Rfb1 (16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. a6 Ba8 18. h3 h6
19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bc6 22. d5 $6 exd5 23. e5 Qc5 24. Qf4 Nf8
25. Nd4 Bd7 $17 {Melkumyan,H (2633)-Bu,X (2705) Doha blitz 2016}) 16... h6 17.
h3 Rfd8 18. Ra3 Qd6 19. Rab3 Rc7 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ra1 f5 22. Qe2 fxe4 23. Bxe4
Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rba3 Nc3 27. Rxa7 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Rxa7 29.
Rxa7 Nxd4 $11 {Ding,L (2707)-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 15.
Rfe1 h6 16. a5 a6 $5 (16... bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 18. Rc1 (18. Ne5 Rfc8 19. f3 Qd8
20. Bf1 Nd7 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Ne3 Rc7 23. Rea1 Rd7 24. Nc2 Nc8 25. Bb5 Rd6 26.
Qb4 Rb8 27. Bd3 Ne7 28. Rb5 a6 29. e5 {Salem,A (2633)-Hou,Y (2652) Moscow 2017}
axb5 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 Nc8 32. d7 Nd6 33. Ra7 Kf8 34. Bxb5 Ke7 35. Ba4 Ra8
$11) (18. Rc5 Qe7 19. h3 Rfc8 20. Ra5 Qc7 21. Rc5 Qe7 22. Ra5 {½, Schenk,A 
(2463)-Cyborowski,L (2524) Germany 2017}) 18... Qd8 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qb4 Rfb8
21. Qa3 (21. Rc5 Qf4 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rd8 24. Nb3 a5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
Nxa5 Rxd4 27. Nxb7 Rxd3 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Kramnik,V (2811) Shamkir 2017})
21... Rc8 22. h3 (22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 Nd7 26. Rc1
Rc8 $11) 22... a6 (22... Qf4 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Qe7 Bc6 26. e6 Rf8 27.
exf7+ Rxf7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. Qd4 Ng5 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Nxg5 hxg5
33. Rxd5 g4 $11 {Radjabov,T (2710)-Karjakin,S (2783) Shamkir 2017}) 23. Ne5 Qd8
24. Nf3 Rc7 25. Ra4 a5 26. Ne5 Bc6 27. Rxa5 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxa5 29. Qxa5 Nxe4
$11 {Svidler,P (2755)-Kramnik,V (2811) Sochi 2017}) 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Rab1 Qc7
19. Rbc1 Qe7 20. Qa5 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Qb6 Rc3 24. Bxa6 Bxa6
25. Qxa6 Qxd4 26. Nf3 Qc5 $11 {/=/+, Topalov,V (2803)-Carlsen,M (2834) London
2015}) 14... Rc8 (14... Rb8 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rab1 Ba8 18. h3 Qe7 19.
Rb3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 Rbc8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Ra3 Rb8 23. Qa2 Qb4 24. Rb1 (24. Rxa5
Rxd4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rdxb1 $11) 24... Qf8 25. Re1 Qb4 26.
Rb1 Qf8 27. Re1 {½, Ponomariov,R (2706)-Kramnik,V (2812) Dortmund 2016}) 15.
Bd3 h6 16. a5 Qc7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 Qd6 20. Rb3 Rc7 21. Ne5
Nf6 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. Qe2 Rc1 24. Qe3 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
Nxe4 28. Rxb6 Ra8 $11 {/=/+, Deac,B (2572)-Kramnik,V (2809) Medias blitz 2016})
({The most usual follow-up has long been} 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {and now:}
15. Bb3 {supports the d5-advance:} (15. Bd3 Nf6 (15... Qc7 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. e5
Bxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 Nf8 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. g3 Qc3 $132 {Kozul,Z (2593)
-Gyimesi,Z (2592) Murska Sobota 2008}) (15... Re8 16. h4 Nf8 17. h5 h6 18. a4
Nh7 19. Qf4 {Mamedyarov,S (2729)-Socko,B (2635) Istanbul olm 2012} Ng5 $11) 16.
Qf4 (16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bf5 Ne6 (19... Rc7 $142 $13) 20.
Qg4 Rc6 21. Qh3 g6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd4 $44 {Saldano Dayer,H (2345)-Magem
Badals,J (2535) Linares 1998}) (16. Bb1 Re8 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. g4 Rf8
20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. g5 Ne8 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. h3
Qb4 27. Qc3 Qa4 28. Bc2 Qd7 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qc6 $17 {[%csl Rc2,
Re4] Solomon,K (2378)-Nakamura,H (2787) Tromsoe olm 2014}) 16... Qc7 17. Qh4 h6
18. h3 (18. e5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Kh1 Qe7 21. Qe4 g6 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rg8
24. Rdg1 Rg7 25. Qg4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rxg5 Rgg8 28. R5g4 Kg7 $44 {
Martinovic,S (2517)-Dragnev,V (2372) Austria 2016}) (18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Ne4 20.
Qf4 f6 21. Qf5 fxe5 22. Qe6+ Qf7 23. Qxe5 Qf6 $15 {Sadkowsky,D (2340)-Van
Herck,M (2214) Brasschaat 2008}) 18... Rfd8 19. Bb1 b5 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 Ne4
22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. Nxb5 Qb2 24. Nxa7 g5 $15 {Rausis,I (2500)-Rotstein,A (2528)
Cannes 2005}) 15... Nf6 (15... h6 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qh4 Rfd8 18. h3 b5 19. d5
exd5 20. e5 $6 (20. Nd4 $1 $44) 20... Re8 21. Qh5 a5 22. Rd4 a4 23. Bd1 Re6 24.
Rf4 Nc5 25. Be2 Ne4 $15 {Kovalenko,I (2700)-Kramnik,V (2777) Berlin rpd 2015})
16. d5 (16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qxc7 (17. Qh4 h6 (17... Rfd8 $6 {Keres,P-Fine,R Ostend
1937} 18. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Re4e5]} h6 19. Nxe6 $36) 18. h3 Rfd8 $132 19. Re3 b5
20. Nh2 $6 Kf8 21. e5 Qc6 22. Rf3 Qe4 $17 {Shchekachev,A (2515)-Moussard,J 
(2439) Le Port Marly 2014}) 17... Rxc7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rd7 20. Ne5 Rd6 21.
Nc6 a6 (21... Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Nxa7 Nc7 24. a4 Kf8 25. f3 Ke7 26. Rb1 $14
{Mareco,S (2655)-Mastrovasilis,A (2524) Dubai 2017}) (21... Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rxc6
23. Re7 {[%cal Re7f7,Ye7a7] Gaspar,L-Nestler,D Luxembourg 1993} g6 24. Rxa7 Ne4
25. f3 Nc5 26. Bd5 $14 {/=}) 22. Re7 Nd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxb7 Nd7 25. Rc7 Rd8
26. Re1 Nf6 27. Ra7 b5 28. Ree7 Nd7 29. h4 Kf8 $11 {Vitiugov,N (2692)
-Mastrovasilis,A (2510) WChT Bursa 2010}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Rc5 $5 (17... Qd7
18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfe8 20. Qf4 h6 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qh3 23. Ba4 Nd7 24.
Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Rc7 Qe6 26. d7 Rd8 $11 {Kratochvil,J (2114)-Andersen,J (2258)
email 2011 holds, but by a thin thread.}) 18. d6 (18. Re5 Qd6 19. h3 h6 20. Qf4
Nd7 21. Re4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Nf6 23. d6 Rd8 24. Nh4 Be4 25. Re1 Bc2 26. Bxc2 Rxc2
27. Nf5 Rxa2 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rf4 Rxd6 $17 {Li,C (2755)
-Harikrishna,P (2763) Stavanger blitz 2016}) 18... Bd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qf4
Qd7 21. h3 h6 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe5 Nf6 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Rc7 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6
{½, Brunello,S (2557)-Basso,P (2417) Rome 2016}) ({The immediate break} 13. d5
{gives Black a choice between} Nc5 $132 ({and} 13... Nf6 $5 14. Rad1 exd5 15.
e5 Be6 16. exf6 dxc4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qd7+ Kh8 21.
Qb7 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qxa7 c3 $44 {Beliavsky,A (2662)-Golod,V (2599)
Netanya 2009})) 13... Bb7 14. d5 (14. Bd3 {loses a tempo in comparison with
the 11.Rc1 line above (the B went to d3 immediately).}) (14. Qf4 Qb8 (14... Nf6
15. Bd3 Rc8 $132) 15. e5 $5 h6 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Be2 Nf8 18. Bh5 Ng6 19. Qg4 (19.
Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nc4 $14) 19... Ne7 20. Nc4 Nf5 21. Rfd1 Bd5 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qg4
Qb7 24. Ne3 Be4 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Qg3 Rac8 27. h4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qe7 29. Qe3 Kg7
$11 {Plat,V (2454)-Hnydiuk,A (2375) Teplice 2015}) 14... Nc5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 $146
{[%mdl 8] Retaining the central tension is a novelty.} (15... exd5 16. exd5 Qf6
17. Rcd1 Rad8 18. Qe3 h6 19. Ne5 Rd6 20. Rd4 Qg5 21. f4 Qf5 22. g4 Qc8 23. h3
Re8 24. Qd2 Red8 25. a3 b5 26. Ba2 Qc7 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Kh2 a5 29. Qc2 a4 $11 {
[%cal Yc5b3] Kaszowski,D (2299)-Hnydiuk,A (2366) Opole 2006}) 16. Qe3 Rac8 {
Kramnik opts for an ambitious, but rather risky plan by allowing the advance
of White's central pawns.} (16... exd5 17. exd5 (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 (17... Qe7 $5)
18. exd5 Qd6 $11) 17... Rad8 $11 {can transpose to Kaszowski-Hnydiuk above.}) (
16... Rad8 $5 17. e5 Qg6 18. d6 f6 $132 {is possibly a better version of the
idea from the game.}) 17. e5 {Levon accepts the challenge; his choice is very
natural.} ({White could have played} 17. h3 {, or}) (17. Rcd1 {- but then why
did he initially play 13.Rac1?}) 17... Qg6 18. d6 f6 19. Nh4 $1 (19. exf6 Rxf6
{[%csl Rf3]} 20. Nh4 Qf7 $13) 19... Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Exposing the Q is a
serious tactical error.} (19... Qg5 20. Qxg5 fxg5 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Kf7 $14
{/~~ is at best only slightly better for White.} (22... Rxf3 $4 23. Bxe6+) 23.
h4 gxh4 24. f4 Kg6 $13) (19... Qh5 $5 {is also not quite clear, although
perhaps White retains a pull after} 20. Qd4 Kh8 21. g3 Rcd8 22. f4 $5 Qe8 23.
Qb2 Qc6 24. Ng2 $14) 20. g3 {[%csl Rg4]} fxe5 $6 {Seemingly natural, but now
in addition to the weakness on e6, Black's Q will be in desperate trouble.} ({
More resilient moves were:} 20... Rcd8 21. f4 g5 22. f5 gxh4 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24.
exf6 Bc8 25. Bxe6+ Bxe6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Kf7 28. Rce1 Rg8 $14 {/+/-}) ({
, or} 20... Qh5 21. f4 {[%csl Gd6]} fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 $36) ({On the
other hand,} 20... g5 21. f3 $8 Qh5 22. Nf5 $16 {doesn't help.}) 21. Qxe5 {
[%csl Re6,Rg4]} Rcd8 (21... Kh8 22. f3 $5 (22. f4 $16) 22... Bxf3 23. Bxe6 Nxe6
24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d7 Rd8 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Bh5 28. Rc6 Bg4 $8 29. Nf3 $1
Kg8 (29... Bxd7 30. Rd6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Yf3e5]}) 30. Ne5 $16 {/+-}) (21... g5
22. f3 (22. h3 Qxh3 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4f1]})
22... Bxf3 23. Bxe6+ Nxe6 24. Rxc8 gxh4 (24... Rxc8 25. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal
Re5e6,Rf5h6]}) 25. d7 {[%cal Re5e6]} Nd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+
Kg6 29. Re6+ $18) 22. f4 Rf6 {There is no easy way out anymore.} (22... Kh8 23.
Be2 Qh3 24. Qh5 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Kg8 25. Bg4 $18) (22... Ba6 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24.
Kg2 g5 25. h3 $18) 23. Rc3 {By protecting g3, Aronian threatens to trap the
queen with Be2-f1 and h3.} Rh6 (23... Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Kg2 Rh6 26. Qg5 $1
Qxg5 27. fxg5 Rxh4 28. gxh4 Rxd6 29. Ra3 $18) 24. Be2 ({White has already more
than one way to win. Even more forcing was} 24. Nf5 $1 Rg6 (24... Rh5 25. Bxe6+
Kh8 26. Bf7 $18) (24... Rf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Nh6+ $18) 25. Ne7+ $18) 24... Qh3
25. Qg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5d8,Re2g4,Re2f1]} Qxh4 {Desperation, but Black gets
mated after} (25... Rxh4 26. Qxd8+ Kf7 27. Qe7+ Kg6 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. gxh4 Qxc3
30. Qe7+ Kg6 31. Bh5+ $1 Kxh5 32. Qg5#) 26. gxh4 Rg6 27. Rd1 {White has an
extra exchange and quickly converts his advantage.} Bd5 28. f5 Rxg5+ 29. hxg5
Kf8 (29... Rxd6 30. fxe6 Rxe6 (30... Nxe6 31. Bc4 Nf4 (31... Nc7 32. Rcd3 $18)
32. Rf3 $18) 31. Bg4 Re5 32. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Be6+ $18) 30. fxe6
Bxe6 31. Bc4 (31. Rf3+ Kg8 32. a3 $18) 31... Bf5 (31... Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Kf7 33.
Rcd4 $18 {prolongs the game, but is still hopeless for Black.}) 32. Re3 g6 33.
Re7 Rd7 34. Rde1 {[%cal Re7e8,Re8g8]} (34. Rde1 Rxe7 (34... Rxd6 35. Rf7+ Kg8
36. Re8#) 35. dxe7+ Ke8 36. Bf7+) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ {Further simplification
helps the defender. A beutiful technical display was} (11... Bd6 $143 12. O-O
Rb8 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Be7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 Kf8
19. Bh3 $5 (19. d5 $14) 19... Ke8 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Bd8 22. Bg2 b6 23. f4 Rc8
24. Kf2 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bb5 26. Be4 h6 27. Be3 Kd7 28. Ke1 Bc6 29. Bd3 Bd5 30. a3
$16 {and White gradually converted his permanent advantage:} f6 31. Kd2 fxe5
32. fxe5 Kc6 33. Kc3 Bf3 34. Bc4 Bd5 35. Ba6 Bf3 36. Kd4 Bd5 37. a4 Bb3 38.
Bb5+ Kb7 39. Bd7 Bd5 40. Kc3 Ba2 41. Kb4 Bd5 42. h4 Ba2 43. Bd2 Bd5 44. Bc1 Ba2
45. Kc3 Bd5 46. Ba3 Ba2 47. Be8 Bd5 48. d7 Bc6 49. Bf8 Bxa4 50. Bxg7 Kc7 51.
Bxh6 Bxd7 52. Bf7 Kc6 53. h5 Kd5 54. Bg7 Bg5 55. g4 Ke4 56. h6 Bxh6 57. Bxh6
Kxe5 58. g5 Kf5 59. g6 Kf6 60. Bg5+ Kg7 61. Kd4 Ba4 62. Ke5 Bc2 63. Bf6+ Kf8
64. Kf4 {Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/Horgen/1995/}) 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 {
[%mdl 4352] Black has managed to reach an _|_ as early as move 13, but still
has to defend carefully - White has more [+]() and a lead in development. On
the other hand his edge is very small and due to the simplified nature of the
position most games in this line result in draws.} ({The alternatives are} 
13... Kd8 14. Rab1 $5 (14. Rhc1 Re8 15. Rc5 (15. Rc3 Re7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. f4 b6
18. g4 h6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rexb7 22. h4 g6 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rh1
Ke7 25. Rxh5 {Navara,D-Alekseev,E/Lausanne YM/2004/} Rd7 26. e3 e5 $132 {/=})
15... Rb8 (15... Re7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. g4 h6 18. Rh5 Bd7 19. h4 b6 20. g5 hxg5
21. hxg5 g6 22. Rh8+ Re8 23. Rh7 Re7 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Kf4 $16 {
Nielsen,P-Golod,V/EU-ch 5' Panormo/2002/}) 16. Ra5 a6 17. Rb1 b6 18. g4 h6 19.
h4 Re7 20. e3 (20. f4 $1 $14) 20... Kc7 21. Ra3 e5 22. Rc1+ Kd8 23. dxe5 Rxe5
24. Rd3+ {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Ribli,Z/Germany 1994/GER-chT (41)} Ke8 $5 $11
{Ribli}) 14... Rb8 15. Rb3 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. e4 Ra8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Ke7 20.
Rc1 Rhd8 21. Ke3 Rd7 22. Bf1 (22. f4 $5 {/\} f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. d5 $1 fxe4
25. Bh3 $16) 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc3 Kd8 25. f4 Bb7 26. f5 $36 {
Tukmakov,V-Sax,G/Pula op/1999/}) ({Probably a more accurate version of this
defensive set-up is} 13... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8b7] /\b6,Bb7} 14. Rhc1 Kd8
15. Rc3 Re8 16. Ra3 a6 17. f4 Re7 18. g4 Rd7 19. Ke3 b5 20. g5 Rb6 21. Be4 Rbd6
22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Ke4 Rbd7 25. Rd1 Rc6 26. Rd2 h6 $1 27. h4 (27.
gxh6 f5+ $11) 27... hxg5 $11 {Chernin,A-Sax,G/HUN-ch Budapest/1997/}) 14. Rhc1
Rd8 15. Rc4 {A rare move, White mostly played} (15. Rc7+ Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 (18. f4 Rb8 19. d5 (19. e4 b6 20. Ke3 Bb7 21. Bh3 Kd8 $1 (
21... Rc8 $2 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. d5 Kc7 24. e5 $1 $16 {Benko,P-Donner,J/Wijk aan
Zee/1970/}) 22. f5 Rc8 $11) 19... exd5 20. Bxd5 f6 21. e4 Kd6 22. Ke3 Bd7 23.
Kd4 Rc8 24. e5+ fxe5+ 25. fxe5+ Ke7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Kc5 Be6 $11 {Huzman,
A-Psakhis,L/Haifa act/2000/}) 18... h6 19. f4 Rb8 20. g5 hxg5 (20... b6 $5 21.
gxh6 gxh6 22. Rc3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rh3 Rc7 25. Rxh6 Rc4 26. Rh3 Rxd4+ $2 (
26... Ra4 $1 27. a3 Rxd4+ $11) 27. Rd3 $1 $18 {Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/Beograd/
1995/}) 21. fxg5 b6 22. h4 g6 23. Ke3 (23. Bc6+ Kd6 24. Be8 Ke7 25. Bb5 a6 26.
Bd3 Kd6 27. Rf1 Ke7 28. Rc1 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Volke,K-Farago,I/Budapest 2004/CBM
100 ext (28)}) 23... Ba6 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. Rh1 Bc4 26. Kf4 b5 $132 {Psakhis,
L-Zilberman,Y/Ramat Aviv/1998/}) 15... Rd7 ({Black could have saved tempi with
} 15... Rd6 $5 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Ke3 Rb8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Bd7 20. g5 Ra6 21.
gxh6 gxh6 22. R1c2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Kf4 Ra5 25. e4 f6 26. e5 fxe5+ 27.
dxe5 Ra4+ 28. Kg3 b6 $11 {Vaganian,R-Bauer,C/Bundesliga 9798/1998/}) 16. a4 Rb8
17. a5 Kd8 $1 18. Rac1 Rd6 19. f4 Ra6 20. Rc5 b6 21. axb6 (21. Rc7 Bd7 22. axb6
axb6 $11 {[%cal Yb8c8] /\Rc8}) 21... axb6 22. Rh5 {Just as in the previous
examples, White can't achieve progress solely on the <<, so he tries to create
some targets on the other flank. However, Polgar remains alert.} h6 23. g4 Ra2+
24. Ke3 (24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Ba6 $132) 24... Bb7 $11 {Forces the exchange
of B and finally achieves equality.} 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 g6 28.
Rh8+ Ke7 29. Rcc8 Rd7 30. Rhe8+ Kd6 31. Rb8 Rb2 32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33. Ke4 (33. Kc4
Rb2 34. e4 Rc7+ $11) 33... Rb2 34. e3 Kc6 (34... Rxh2 $6 35. Rxb6+ Kc7 36. Reb8
$36 {needlessly gives White extra chances.}) 35. h4 Rh2 36. Rec8+ Kb5 $5 (36...
Rc7 37. Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Rf8 (38. Rh8 Kd6 $11) 38... Rxh4+ 39. Ke5 Rh7 40. e4 $44
) 37. Rd8 (37. Rh8 $5 {keeps more tension in the position, although a draw is
the most likely result after} Rh3) 37... Rxh4+ 38. Ke5 Rxd8 39. Rxd8 Kc4 {
Now Black's R will be passive and the defence requires some accuracy.} (39...
Rh3 $142 $5 40. e4 Kc6 $11) 40. Kf6 Rh7 (40... Re4 41. Kxf7 Rxe3 42. Kxg6 $16)
41. e4 b5 42. d5 exd5 43. exd5 Kc5 44. d6 Kc6 45. Ke7 (45. d7 Rh1 $1 (45... Kc7
$2 46. Rb8 Kxd7 47. Rxb5 $16 {/+- Black's R remains passive and this gives
White winning chances.}) 46. Kxf7 (46. Rb8 Kxd7 47. Rxb5 Rf1+) 46... Rd1 47.
Ke6 Re1+ 48. Kf6 Rd1 49. Kxg6 Rxd7 $11) 45... Kd5 $1 (45... f5+ $2 46. Ke6 $18)
46. Kf6 (46. d7 f5+ 47. Kf6 Kd6 48. Kxg6 Rxd7 $11) 46... Kc6 47. Ke5 b4 48.
Rc8+ Kd7 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Kd5 (50. Rb7 $4 f6+ $19) 50... Rh2 $1 {Once again
activating the R saves the day.} (50... b3 51. Rb7 Rh3 $11) 51. Rxf7 b3 52. Rb7
b2 53. Ke6 Re2+ 54. Kf6 Rd2 55. d7 Rd6+ $1 (55... Rxd7 $2 56. Rb8+ $1 Kc7 57.
Rxb2 Rd6+ 58. Kf7 $18) 56. Ke5 $8 Rxd7 57. Rxb2 Ke7 58. Rb6 (58. Rh2 Rd1 59.
Rh7+ Kf8 $11) (58. Rb6 Kf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (4. cxd5 {-mainline.}) 4... Nc6 ({I would
prefer} 4... dxc4 $132 {with convenient play in Catalan opening.}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O $1 {Right moves order.} (7. d4 {met by} Ndb4 $1) 7... Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. e5 ({Variation} 12. Bf4 $5 f6
{became popular in 2000-2001.}) 12... Nc4 {This continuation looks better than
another:} (12... Bb4 {Favorite Dlugy's continuation.} 13. Bf1 (13. Bf4 {
-see commented game  1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Dlugy,M/USA-ch 1989/CBM 19/[Ftacnik,L] 
(58)}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Be3 (15. Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smejkal,J-Dlugy,M/
Moscow 1989/TD (19)}) 15... Nd5 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. c4 Nde7 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bd6
$14 {1-0 Thorsteins,K-Dlugy,M/New York 1989/CBM 12 (23)}) (12... Bd7 13. Ne4
Be7 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Bc5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Nd6 Rab8 18. Ng5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Akesson,R-Nielsen,P/Stockholm 1993/EXT 2000 (34)}) 13. Na4 $5 {Black equalized
in the next games:} (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nd6 (14. b3 N4xe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb2
Nc6 17. Rac1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Klovsky,R-Gofshtein,L/Yerevan 1981/MCD (22)}) 14...
N6xe5 15. Nxe5 Nxd6 16. Bd2 f6 17. Bb4 Nf5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nd7 Re8 20. Rac1
Nd5 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (37)}) (13. Re1 Nb4 14. Re4 Nb6 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxb4 Bc5 17. Rb5 Be7 18. Rd1 Nc4 (18... Rb8 19. Rb3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8
21. Nb5 Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Belkhodja,S/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B 
(69)}) 19. Ne2 a6 20. Rb3 Ra7 21. Rc3 b5 22. b3 Nb6 23. Nfd4 Rd7 24. Rdc1 $132
{1/2-1/2 Quinteros,M-Razuvaev,Y/Novi Sad 1982/MCD (35)}) 13... Be7 (13... Bb4
14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rac1 b5 16. b3 N4a5 17. Nc3 (17. Nc5 Ba3 18. Rc2 Nb4 19. Rcd2
Nd5 20. Rc2 Rb6 (20... Nb4 21. Rcd2 Nd5 $11) 21. Nd4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rd8 $132 {
1-0 Eberspaecher,M-Schlamp,R/Weilburg 1996/EXT 97 (56)}) 17... Ba3 18. Rc2 Ba6
19. Ne4 $14) 14. Bf4 Nb6 $2 $146 {This novelty's disadvantage is clear:
doubled weak PP b6 and b7. Opened line a will not bring to Black nothing.} ({
Much better another already tested continuations:} 14... f6 15. Re1 $5 (15.
Rac1 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 (16... fxe5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Bf6 20.
Rdd1 Rb8 21. b3 Rd8 22. Nc5 Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bh3 Bb6 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26.
Bxe6 $16 {1-0 Barreras,A-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Cienfuegos 1976/EXT 2000 (57)}) 17.
Bxe5 (17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Be7 $44 {0-1 Rotstein,
A-Belkhodja,S/Warsaw 1989/EXT 97 (61)}) 17... fxe5 18. Nc5 Bg5 19. Rc2 Rb8 20.
Bh3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Bb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Xu
Jun/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 no vc (34)}) (15. b3 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 Nd4
18. Nc3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bc5 21. Rd3 Bd7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Be4 $132 {
0-1 Vadasz,L-Hmadi,S/Budapest 1996/CBM 52 ext (33)}) 15... N4xe5 16. Bxe5 fxe5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Re6][%cal Gg2b7] 1-0 Stean,M-Bjerke,R/
Gausdal 1982/MCL (38)}) (14... Rb8 15. b3 N4a5 (15... Na3 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bd2
Nbc2 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nb4 20. Rd2 b6 21. Rc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,
A-Magerramov,E/Baku 1988/CBM 10 (42)}) 16. Nc3 b6 17. Ne4 $14 (17. Nb5 Ba6 18.
Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Petursson,M/Thessaloniki 1988/TD 
(38)})) 15. Nxb6 axb6 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7][%cal Gg2b7]} 16. Nd4 $1 (16. a3 b5 $14)
16... Nxd4 17. Rxd4 g5 (17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rb4 $16) 18. Bd2 (18. Be3 f6
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rb4 $16) 18... f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rb4 Be7 21. Rb3 Bc5 22.
Be3 Ra5 23. a3 $1 {Strong and simple prophilactic move.} Bxe3 24. fxe3 $1 $18 (
{White can keep an advantage also by} 24. Rxe3 Rc5 25. Rb3 Rc2 26. Rf1 $16 {
[%csl Rb6] but the move in the game is stronger!}) 24... Rc5 25. Rxb6 Rd8 (
25... Rc7 26. Rd1 $18) 26. a4 $1 (26. Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 27. Rxb7 Rc2 $44) (26. Bf3
$18 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 26... Rd2 ({More stubborn is passive} 26... Rc7 {but here
Black hasn't any counterplay and White eventually will win this position...})
27. a5 Rcc2 {Black RR occupied the second line, but it is not dangerous: White
B protect on g2 square and Black can't disturb White K. In other hand , white
PP promotion on the queenside is real threat.} 28. Be4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gb2b4]}
Rc4 ({Or} 28... Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rc8] because of weak Bc8.
}) 29. Bh1 $1 {Here it is difficult for Black to attack Bh1!} Rcc2 30. b4 Rc3
31. Rxb7 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4][%cal Ga5a6,Gb4b5] The simpliest way to win.} Rdc2 (
31... Bxb7 32. Bxb7 Rc7 33. a6 $18) 32. Rb8 Kg7 33. Be4 Rb2 34. b5 Rxe3 35. Bc6
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gd5c3,Gb2c3,Gb1b7] This move's idea is to put Ra1 to active
position after NN exchange on square c3.} cxd4 ({Black has wide choice of
continuations:} 9... Re8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Ncb4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. a3 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 Na2 15. Qc4 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. h4 h6 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Qd4
b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kalinitschew,S-Magerramov,E/Warsaw 1989/EXT 97 (32)}) (9... Nb6
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Ne4 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qb5 16.
Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Turner,M/Millfield 2000/CBM 77 ext (16)}) (9... b6 $6 {
Too passive.} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. a3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Be4
15. b4 Bd6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f3 $1 (18. Bxe4 dxe4 $11 {0-1 Suba,
M-Har Zvi,R/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (31)}) 18... Bg6 19. f4
Bd6 20. f5 Bh5 21. f6 $16) (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 (10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa2 12.
Be3 e5 13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Rxb3 Na5 16. Rb4 f6 $15 {1-0 Cebalo,
M-Pinter,J/Taxco 1985/IZT (51)}) 10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxa2 12. e3 Rd8 13. Qe2
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 $44 Qb3 16. Rbc1 Bd6 17. Qh5 e5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Be6 20. h4 Rd7 $11 {1-0 Speelman,J-Alburt,L/Taxco 1985/IZT (51)}) (9... h6
10. Re1 (10. e4 Nb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Bf4 f6 14. Rbc1
e5 15. Nd5 exf4 16. Rxc5 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bg4 18. Ne3 Be6 19. b3 $14 {(61, ru). 1/
2-1/2 Suba,M-Zaltsman,V/New York 1989/CBM 12 (42)}) 12. a3 (12. e5 $5) 12... a5
13. Qe2 e5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. Be3 (15. Qb5 Bd4 16. Nd5 (16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qf1 Bg4
18. Rd3 Rfd8 19. h3 Be6 $17 {0-1 Popov,V-Ruck,R/Panormo GRE 2002/The Week in
Chess 413 (42)}) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21.
Ra1 Rfe8 $132) 15... Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge3b6]} Nc4 17. Qc5 Be6 18.
b3 Rac8 19. bxc4 Nd4 20. Qxa5 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Nd4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qxf2 $132
) (10. a3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qc4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 $11 {
This position is very similar to position in this game - see below. The
difference is in including a2-a3 and h7-h6 moves. This difference is
definitely in Black's favour.  1/2-1/2 Kolev,A-Pinter,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext
(26)}) 10... Re8 11. e4 Nb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. e5 Bb4 15. Bf1 Bd7
16. Bd2 Be8 17. a3 Be7 18. Rbd1 Na5 19. Nb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J/
Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (24)}) (9... Bf6 {-mainline.}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 (10...
Nxc3 $6 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Rd1 Rab8 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 $2
e5 16. Be3 c5 17. Qc4 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Velikov,P-Monier,R/Thessaloniki 1984/
EXT 97-B (30)}) 15... Rxb1 (15... c5 16. Rxd7 Rxb1+ 17. Bf1 Qe5 18. Rxe7 Qxc3
19. Re8 $18) 16. Rxb1 Ra8 17. Qa6 $16) (10... Ndb4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7
13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qb5 Be8 16. Rdc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Sitnik,I/
Ljubljana 1999/EXT 2000 (63)}) 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qc4 Nxc3 $2 $16 {Justifying
Ra1-b1 manoeuvre...} (12... Nb6 $142 13. Qb3 e5 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Be3 $14) 13.
bxc3 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1b7,Gg2b7] This position is in White's favour. White
has development advantage and strong pressure on the queenside.} Rb8 $6 $18 ({
White keeps his advantage in case of} 13... Qa5 14. Rd1 (14. Be3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3
Bxc3 16. Rfc1 Ba5 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rc2 Rfb8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 De Kok,W-Belkhodja,S/Amsterdam 1985/MCD (25)}) 14... Rd8 15. Be3 Rxd1+
16. Rxd1 h6 17. Be4 a6 (17... Rb8 18. Qc5 Qxc5 (18... Qa4 19. Qd6 Be7 (19... g6
$2 20. Rd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 {1-0 Ross,D-Saint Amand,P/Montreal 1996/EXT 99 (21)
}) 20. Qd8+ Bf8 21. Bf4 $16) 19. Bxc5 a6 20. Bd6 Ra8 21. c4 $16) 18. Qb3 Be7
19. c4 Qe5 20. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5] Anyway it was much better than move in
the game...}) 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Bd6 Ra8 {R had to retreat...} 17.
Rd3 a6 18. Bc7 Qa3 19. Bd6 Qa5 20. Bc7 $1 ({Premature is} 20. Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 21.
Rxb7 Rac8 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Bd6 $14) 20... Qa3 21. h4
$22 {Zugzwang with a board full of material!} h6 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Bc7 Qa3 24.
Be4 Be7 25. Bxb7 Bxb7 26. Rxb7 Rec8 27. Rd7 Qc1+ ({Or} 27... Bd6 28. Rxf7 $1
Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Kxf7 30. Bxd6+ $18) 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. Rxf7 $1 Qxc3 30. Qxe6 Kh8 31.
Bf4 Re8 32. Qg4 Qc4 33. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. e4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Rb1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Ke7 $6 $16 {After this
mistake position of Black became difficult.} (12... O-O $142 13. d5 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Na5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ke2 Rfd8 18. Rbc1 Rac8 19. f4 Kf8 20.
Nf3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc6 22. Ke3 $14 {1-0 Pribyl,J-Marcinkowski,K/Warsaw 1981/EXT
2000 (43)}) (12... b6 $142 13. d5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Na5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Rhc1 $14
{1-0 Vegh,E-Stadtfeld,W/St Ingbert 1987/EXT 97 (24)}) (12... Qxd2+ $6 13. Kxd2
O-O 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke3 $16 {1-0 Panchenko,A-Plaum,S/Giessen 1995/GER (22)})
13. Bb5 (13. Ke2 $6 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 b6 15. Ke3 Bb7 16. Rbc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Novak,
I-Luczak,A/Porabka 1986/EXT 97 (16)}) 13... Bd7 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Na5 15.
Rhc1 a6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rc5 b5 18. a4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Zelcic,R/Porec
1998/EXT 99 (49)}) 14. d5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na5 (15... Nd8 16. Bxd7 (16. Rhc1 Bxb5
17. Rxb5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Ne6 19. Ke3 Rhc8 $11) 16... Kxd7 17. Ke3 Rc8 (17... exd5
18. Rhd1 Ke7 19. Rxd5 b6 20. Rbd1 $16) 18. Rhd1 exd5 19. Rxd5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rc7
21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Nb5 $16) 16. Bxd7 Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Ke7 18. d6+ Kf6 ({Loses} 18...
Ke8 19. Rhc1 Rd8 (19... f6 20. Nc4 Nxc4+ 21. Rxc4 $18) 20. Ke3 f6 21. Nc4 Nxc4+
22. Rxc4 $18) 19. Rb5 b6 20. f4 {threatening mate in two moves.} h5 (20... Rhd8
$4 21. Ng4+ {1-0 Schmidt,W-Kubien,J/Copenhagen 1991/TD (21) Sometimes this
trap works...}) 21. g4 $5 ({Clear advantage reaches White after} 21. Nd7+ Kg6
22. Rg5+ Kh6 23. Ne5 Raf8 (23... f6 $4 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Rxh5+ $18) 24. g4 hxg4
25. Rxg4 {[%cal Gg4h4]} g6 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 Kg7 28. fxg6 f6 29. Nf7 Rh5 {
[%cal Gh5d5]} 30. h4 $16) 21... g6 ({Loses by force} 21... hxg4 22. Nxg4+ Kg6
23. Ne5+ Kf6 (23... Kh7 24. Nxf7 $18) 24. Nd7+ Kg6 25. Rg1+ Kh6 (25... Kh7 26.
Nf6+ $1 $18) 26. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh6][%cal Ge5g4,Ge5f7]}) 22. g5+ Kg7 23.
Rc1 ({Wins also} 23. d7 $1 Rhd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. f5 $1 exf5 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
Rf1 Ke7 28. Rxf5 {[%csl Rf7]} Rf8 29. Rd5 Rad8 30. Kd4 $18 {Domination!}) 23...
Rhd8 24. d7 Rab8 ({Or} 24... Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5]} 25. Rc7 Nc5 26. Rbxc5 bxc5 27.
Nc6 $18) 25. Rxa5 $5 ({Or} 25. Rb4 Kf8 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Rc7 $18) 25... bxa5 26.
Rc7 {[%cal Ge5c6]} Rb6 27. Rxa7 (27. Ke3 Kf8 28. Rxa7 h4 29. Rxa5 Rb7 30. Ra4
$18) 27... Rd6+ 28. Kc3 Rd1 29. h4 Rc1+ (29... f6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxa5 R1xd7
32. Nxd7+ Rxd7 33. a4 Rd1 34. Ra8 $18) 30. Kd4 a4 31. Rxa4 Rd1+ 32. Kc5 R8xd7
33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Rb4 (34. Rd4 $18) 34... Rd8 35. a4 Rc8+ 36. Kd6 Ra8 37. Kc7 {
Black had to repair his opening!} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Qf6 ({The mainline is} 14... Rc8) ({After} 14... Ne7 15. d5 {White leaves
with advantage:} exd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Nc6 $3 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Nxc4
20. Qf4 Nd6 21. Rxd6 Qc7 22. g3 $18 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Kortschnoj,V/Ciocco 1977/
Candidates (37)}) 15. d5 (15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Qe7 19.
Nd4 Bd7 20. f4 Rac8 21. f5 Rc4 22. f6 $16 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Bellini,F/Mendrisio
1986/EXT 97 (27)}) (15. e5 $6 Qh6 16. Ng5 Nxd4 17. Nxf7 Qg6 18. Ng5 Rad8 19.
Qe3 (19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Nh4 $19 {0-1 Yanin,P-Kharitonov,A/Podolsk 1993/EXT 98
(25)}) 19... b5 20. Bd3 Nf5 21. Qf4 h6 $132) 15... Na5 16. Bd3 e5 $2 {This
move is the source of difficulties. Black stops Attack but allows activity on
the opposite side.} ({The best chance is} 16... exd5 {and now} 17. e5 Qe7 ({Not
} 17... Qh6 18. Qxh6 gxh6 {[%csl Rh6]} 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Matlak,
M-Luczak,A/Porabka 1986/EXT 97 (72)}) 18. Nd4 g6 19. f4 f6 {This position is
complicated, requres further investigations.}) 17. Qc3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Re5]}
Rfe8 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Qb4 Rd8 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. a3 g6 22. Nd2 f6 {Black has no
active plan and needs to wait for White's operations.} 23. Rc3 Rf7 24. Rec1 Qb8
(24... f5 25. f3 $16) 25. f3 Kg7 26. a4 h5 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 f5 29. Qc3 Qd6
30. Rc7 (30. f4 Kf6 31. Qb2 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc4c6]}) 30... Rdf8 31. f4
fxe4 (31... Qxc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7+ Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. fxe5 fxe4 36.
Bc4 $18) 32. fxe5 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7+ Rf7 35. d6 (35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.
Bc4 $18) 35... Rxc7 36. dxc7 Bc8 37. e6 Bxe6 38. Ba6 Kf6 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 ({Opening position which will be created in this game after 10...Qd6 is
more likely to be created in Sicilian Defence 2.c2-c3:} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3.
e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 {This position will be created in this game with White's move.}
Nxc3 (11... Rd8 12. Bb3 (12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bd2
Rac8 17. Ne5 $132 {Nystrom,R-Ernst,T/Stockholm 2000/CBM 74 ext/1/2-1/2 (122)})
12... Nf6 (12... a6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3
Bb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Kozul,Z/Pozega 2000/EXT 2001 (22)}) (12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 {-see commented game 1-0 Brynell,S-Golubovic,B/Leon 2001/CBM 86[Rogozenko,
D] (29)}) (12... b6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Qd3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M-Jakovenko,D/St Vincent 2002/CBM 86 ext (65)}) 13. Nb5 (
13. Be3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc2 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Ne4 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Moiseenko,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 13... Qd7 14. Bf4 a6 (
14... Ne8 15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf6 $44 {1-0 Ristic,
N-Borgo,G/Cutro 2000/CBM 77 (55)}) 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. d5 exd5 17. Rc1 Bf8 (17...
h6 18. Ne5 {-see commented game 0-1 Altounian,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/San Francisco
2001/CBM 82 [Rogozenko,D](44)}) 18. Ne5 Qf5 $5 (18... Qxc7 19. Nxc6 Qxf4 20.
Nxd8 Bg4 21. f3 $16 {1-0 Rausis,I-Lechtynsky,J/Osterskars 1995/EXT 97 (31)})) (
11... a6 12. Bg5 (12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ne4 Qb8 15. Bg5 Ra7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Godena,M-Vancini,E/Bratto 2001/EXT 2002 (24)}) (12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14.
Rxe5 Bf6 15. Re3 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Karlovich,A-Sharapov,E/St Petersburg 2002/EXT
2003 (43)}) 12... Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nb6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Qh3 h5 16. Bb3 Qxd4 17. Rad1
e5 (17... Qf4 18. Nce4 $44) 18. Rxd4 Bxh3 19. Rd6 Bf5 20. Rf6 Nd7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7
22. Nxf7 Kg7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Onishchuk,V-Krupko,A/Evpatoria 2001/EXT 2003 (50)}) (
11... Nf6 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne8 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17.
Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Red1 Bd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Filipovic,B-Gallagher,J/SUI 2002/EXT 2003 
(34)}) (11... Bd7 12. Bb3 Rac8 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bf4 Qb4 16. Nxc6
bxc6 $11 {.. 0-1 Ristic,N-Damljanovic,B/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (61)}) 12. bxc3 b6
13. h4 (13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rac8 (14... Qd5 15. Be4 Qh5 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 18. c4 $132 {1-0 Landenbergue,C-Milov,V/SUI 2000/EXT 2001 (82)}) 15. Bd2
Rfe8 16. h4 Qd5 17. Be4 Qh5 18. Bg5 Bf8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bd2 Na5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7
22. Qa6 Nd6 23. c4 $132 {0-1 Schandorff,L-Rausis,I/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 48 (62)}
) (13. Ng5 Na5 (13... h6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bd3 {1-0 Andersson,B-Ottenklev,N/SWE
2002/EXT 2003 (24)}) 14. Bd3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Bb7 16. Bf6 $1 $16 {1-0 Rausis,
I-Yrjola,J/Jyvaskyla 1996/EXT 98 (38)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rfc8
16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Rc1 $132 {1-0 Dorfman,J-Zaichik,G/Beltsy 1979/MCD (38)}) 1...
c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 {If we compare this position with the same one from
Sicilian 2.c2-c3 opening, we can reveal the difference: here is White's move.
In Sicilian one is Black's move!} 11. Qd3 (11. Ne4 Qd7 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rc1 h6
14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 f6 (16... Qxd4 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. b3 $44) 17.
Rc7 Bd7 (17... fxe5 18. Rxe7 Qa5 19. d5 $1 exd5 (19... Rxd5 20. Nf6+ $18) 20.
Nc3 $18) 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxe6 $18 (22.
Rxe6 $4 f5 23. Qe2 Nc6 $11 {[%csl Rd4] 1/2-1/2 Stein,L-Tal,M/Parnu 1971/EXT
2001 (52)})) (11. Bb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Ba6 15. Re3 (15.
Qg4 Bd3 $14) 15... h6 16. Bh4 $40 {1-0 Hansen,S-Hoffmann,M/Germany 1999/EXT
2000 (25)}) 11... Rd8 {As you have seen above, Rausis has an experience of
playing this kind of position by both colours.} 12. Ng5 {Now the game goes
into irrational complicated stage.} (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd7 $11)
(12. Bb3 $6 Ndb4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Ne4 Qf8 15. Bh4 Nf4 (
15... Ndb4 16. Qc3 Rxd4 17. Bg3 $44) 16. Qc3 ({Interesting was} 16. Qe3 Ng6 17.
Bg3 Nxd4 18. Qc3 {[%cal Gg3c7]} Kh8 19. f4 (19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Ba5 b6 21. Bb4 Qd8
$17) 19... Nf5 20. Rad1 Nxg3 (20... e5 21. fxe5 Nxg3 22. Nd6 $16) 21. hxg3 e5
22. Qa3 Rxd1 23. Qxf8+ Nxf8 24. Rxd1 $44) 16... Qb4 $2 $14 {Badly.} (16... Rxd4
$142 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 exd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 $15 {[%csl Ra2]})
17. Qg3 $2 ({Why not} 17. a3 $1 Qe7 (17... Qxc3 18. bxc3 $16) 18. Rad1 $14)
17... Ng6 (17... Qxc4 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Qxf4 Rxd4 20. Ne4 e5 21. Qf8+ Qg8 22.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 23. f3 $11) 18. Bd3 $2 $17 (18. b3 Rxd4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxf6 Rf4
21. Bc3 Qe7 22. Rad1 $13) 18... Rxd4 19. Bxf6 $2 $19 {This piece sacrifice
leads to lost position.} (19. a3 $142 Qe7 $17) 19... gxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 $5 ({
Very strong looks} 20... Kg7 {as well} 21. Ne8+ (21. Nh5+ Kh8 $19) 21... Kh8
22. a3 (22. Bxg6 Rg4 $1 $19) 22... Qe7 23. Bxg6 Bd7 $1 $19) 21. Nxh7 Rg4 22.
Ng5+ Kg7 $2 $17 ({Wy not} 22... Kg8 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Bh7+ Kg7 25. Be4 e5 $19)
23. Qc7+ Qe7 24. Qxe7+ Ncxe7 25. Bxg6 (25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Nf4+ 28. Kf3 Nxe6 29. Re1 Kf6 $19) 25... Nxg6 26. Ne4 (26. Nf3 $17) 26... Nh4
27. Ng3 Kf7 $2 $44 ({In order to retain the advantage it is necessary to play} 
27... Rd4 28. Red1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 e5 30. Rd8 Nxg2 31. Nf5+ Bxf5 32. Rxa8 Be4
$17) 28. Rac1 Rd4 29. Re4 (29. Rc7+ $143 $6 Rd7 30. Rec1 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kg6 32.
f4 b6 33. Ne4 Ba6 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Bc4 36. g3 Nf5 37. b3 Bd5 38. Nc3 Bh1
$15) 29... Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Bd7 (30... Kg6 31. Nd6 Bd7 32. Nxb7 e5 33. f3 $11) 31.
Rc7 Ke7 32. Nc5 (32. Rxb7 Rc8 33. h3 $11) 32... Kd6 33. Rxd7+ Kxc5 34. Rxb7 Rd8
35. h3 {Position is equal, but if Black will try to win it or will play
passive game - it may give to Wite some chances.} Rd1+ (35... a5 36. Ra7 Kb6
37. Re7 Rd6 $11) 36. Kh2 Rd2 37. b4+ (37. Rxa7 Rxb2 38. g4 Ng6 39. Kg3 e5 40.
h4 Rb1 41. h5 Rg1+ $11) 37... Kc4 38. Rxa7 Nf5 39. g4 Nd6 40. Kg2 (40. g5 Rxf2+
41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kg4 Kxb4 $11) 40... Ne4 41. Rf7 Rxa2 42. h4 Kd5 $4 $18 {
Probably decisive mistake.} (42... Nd6 $142 43. Rf4+ Kd5 44. h5 Ra8 $14) 43. h5
Ng5 44. Rg7 Ne4 45. Rf7 ({Wins} 45. h6 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Rf8 (46... Rf3 47. h7 Rh3
48. Kg2 Rh6 49. b5 $3 Kc5 (49... Ke5 50. b6 Nd6 51. g5 Rh4 52. g6 Kf6 53. Rg8
$18) 50. b6 Kxb6 51. Rg6 Rxh7 (51... Rxg6 52. h8=Q $18) 52. Rxe6+ Kc5 (52...
Kc7 53. Rxe4 Kd6 54. Kg3 $18) 53. Rxe4 $18) 47. g5 Rh8 48. h7 Nd2 49. Kf2 (49.
Rd7+ Kc6 50. g6 (50. Rxd2 Rxh7 51. Rg2 Rg7 52. g6 Kd6 53. Kf2 Ke7 54. Ke3 Kf8
55. Kd4 $18)) 49... Nc4 50. b5 $18) 45... Ng5 46. Rf8 $4 $11 {White drops his
advantage.} ({Still wins} 46. Rg7 Ne4 47. h6 $18) 46... Rb2 47. h6 (47. Rg8 Nh7
48. Rg7 Rxb4 49. Rxh7 Rxg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 51. Kg3 Rh1 $44) 47... Rxb4 48. f3 Rb7
49. Rg8 Nh7 50. g5 Ke5 51. Rg7 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. f4 e5 54. Rf7+ Kg6 55. Rg7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4
Qf6 (14... Rc8 15. Bd3 a5 (15... e5 16. d5 Nc5 {-see commented game 1-0 Gulko,
B-Lima,D/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 [Tsesarsky,I](31)}) 16. h3 Qe7 17. Rab1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Magem Badals,J/Linares 2002/CBM 87 ext (60)}) (14... Qc7
15. Rac1 Qd8 {-see commented game 1-0 Sturua,Z-Del Rio Angelis,S/Linares 2001/
CBM 81[Tsesarsky,I] (41)}) 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Qe3 {[%mdl 12] This move is novelty.
White doesn't capture on b6 in order to avoid position simplifying.} (16. axb6
{-premature.} axb6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. h3 h6 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. Qf4 Nf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Kortschnoj,V/Biel 2002/CBM 91 (22)}) 16... Rac8 $2 $16 ({
Probably better was} 16... Rab8 $14) 17. Bb5 Bc6 (17... Qe7 18. axb6 axb6 19.
Ra7 $16 {[%cal Ga7e7]}) 18. Ba6 $1 Rb8 19. Rec1 {White was lucky to organize
strong initiative.} Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. a6 $1 Rbb8 22. Rc7 Ra8 23. e5 Qg6 24.
Qa3 {[%cal Ga3e7]} Nf8 25. Qe7 {[%csl Ra7]} Re8 26. Qg5 Rec8 $2 $18 {Decisive
mistake.} ({More stubborn was} 26... h6 27. Qf4 Rec8 28. Rb7 Nh7 29. h4 $16)
27. Rac1 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qd3 29. h4 h6 30. Qf4 {[%csl Rf7]} Qg6 31. Kh2 (31. Nd2
{[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6]} Qf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. d5 Rd8 34. d6 $18) 31...
f5 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Kg3 {[%csl Ra7,Gc7]} Ng6 (34... Kh8 35. Kg4
$18) 35. h5 (35. Kg4 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6][%cal Gg4h5]}) 35... Nh8 36. Nd2 (36.
Re7 b5 37. Rxe6 $18) 36... Nf7 37. Nc4 $6 (37. Ne4 f5 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Kf4 $18)
37... b5 38. Na5 Nd6 39. Nc6 b4 40. Rb7 $5 Nf5+ $6 (40... Kf8 $5 41. Rxb4 Ke8
$16) 41. Kf4 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 {This exchange combination doesn't make Black's
defence easier.} e5+ 43. Ke4 exd4 44. Kxd4 Rd8+ (44... Rc8 45. Rxb4 Rc2 46. Rb7
Rxf2 47. Rxa7 Ra2 48. Kd5 $18) 45. Kc4 Rd6 46. Rxa7 Rb6 47. Kb3 Kh8 48. Ra8+
Kg7 49. a7 Ra6 50. Kxb4 Ra1 51. Kc5 Rc1+ 52. Kd5 Rd1+ 53. Ke4 Re1+ 54. Kf4 Ra1
55. Kf5 Ra2 56. f4 Ra1 57. Rd8 Rxa7 58. Ke6 Ra2 59. Rd7+ Kg8 60. g4 Rg2 61. Kf5
Rg1 62. Rd6 Kg7 63. Rxf6 Rxg4 64. Kxg4 Kxf6 65. Kg3 Kf5 66. Kf3 Kf6 67. Ke4 Ke6
68. f5+ Kf6 69. Kf4 Kf7 70. Ke5 Ke7 71. f6+ Kf8 72. Kf4 Kg8 73. Ke4 Kf8 74. Ke5
Ke8 75. Ke6 Kf8 76. f7 Kg7 77. Ke7 Kh7 78. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Ne4 h6 13. a3 Nce7 14.
Qd3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. b4 Ng6 17. b5 Ndf4 18. Qe3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Rac1
$16 {1-0 Barle,J-Cesareo,F/Geneve 1999/CBM 68 ext (47)}) 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5
4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6
11. Ne4 h6 (11... b6 {-the mainline.}) 12. a3 (12. Be3 b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Rac1
a6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb4 Rfc8 19. b3 Qd8 20. Qd2
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Stahlberg,G-Sliwa,B/Prague 1954/EXT 98 (40)}) (12.
Qd3 Na5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Re3 Qd5 18.
Rg3 Kh8 19. Rh3 Nc6 20. Bxh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wirthensohn,H-Giertz,N/SUI 1993/TD 
(37)}) (12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. h3 Bf5 $11 {0-1 Vaaramo,J-Jarvinen,R/
FIN 2002/EXT 2003 (36)}) 12... b6 (12... Nb6 13. Bd3 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bf4
$44 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,F-Clarke,P/Hastings 1956/EXT 98 (43)}) (12... Nce7 13.
Qd3 Bd7 14. Bd2 Bc6 15. b4 {-like in mentioned above game 1-0 Barle,J-Cesareo,
F/Geneve 1999/CBM 68 ext (47)}) 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Ba2 (14. Bd2 Rc8 (14... Nce7
15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Ba2 (16. Ne5 Be7 $132 (16... Rc8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7
19. Bxe6 Nxd4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Kokkila,T-Karttunen,M/Tampere
1998/EXT 99 (57)})) 16... a5 17. Bb1 Ba6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Nc3 g6 20. Qe4 Bb7 21.
Qd3 Bg7 $15 {0-1 Poluljahov,A-Ruban,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext (38)}) 15. Rad1
Nce7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Qh3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,
A-Doettling,F/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) (14. Bb3 Nce7 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ndf4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Red1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,
P-Doettling,F/Patras 1999/CBM 72 ext (24)}) 14... Nce7 15. Bb1 Ng6 16. Ne5 Bxe5
17. dxe5 Rc8 ({Quite strong was} 17... Ndf4 {-like in mentioned above game
with 14.Bb3 instead of 14.Ba2.} 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. g3
Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Ng5 $11) ({Dubious is} 17... Nxe5 $6 {in view of} 18. Qg3 {
[%csl Re5,Rh6]} Ng6 19. Nd6 {[%csl Rb7,Rg6]} Qd7 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Bxh6 $1 $16)
18. Nd6 Rxc1 $6 {Exchange sacrifice isn't good decision based on wrong
variatios calculation.} (18... Rc7 19. Qg3 Qh4 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Be4 Rd8 22. g3
Ng6 23. f4 f5 24. Bf3 Nge7 $14 {White has steady advantage because of space
and pair of BB.}) 19. Rxc1 Ndf4 20. Nxb7 $1 {a simple refutation of Black's
strategy.} Nxd3 21. Nxd8 Nxc1 22. Nxe6 Rc8 23. Bf5 $2 $15 ({Why not} 23. Bxg6 {
and White leaves with slight edge:} fxg6 (23... fxe6 24. g3 $16) 24. f4 Nd3 $6
(24... a6 25. b4 Kf7 26. Nd4 Nd3 27. g3 Rc4 28. Ne2 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nb2 30. Nd4 (
30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Rxg7 Rxe2 32. Rxg6 Nc4 33. Rxh6 $14) 30... Rc3 $14) 25. Rd1
Kf7 26. Rxd3 Kxe6 27. g4 $16) 23... Rc4 (23... Ne7 {leads to equal game only.}
24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Bc2 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Rxc2 $11) 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. g3 Kf7 26. Nf4 g5
27. Nd5 (27. Ng2 Ke6 28. Ne3 {-Like in this game.}) 27... Ke6 28. Ne3 Rc8 29.
a4 (29. b4 Kxe5 30. b5 $15) 29... Kxe5 30. Ra3 (30. b4 Ke4 31. b5 Nd3 32. Kg2
Rc3 33. Ra2 $15) 30... Ke4 31. Kg2 $2 $17 ({Right was} 31. Nf1 {[%cal Ga3e3]
in order to activate the bad Ra3.} Kd4 32. Re3 Nd3 33. Re7 Nxb2 $15) 31... Nd3
{[%csl Ra3]} 32. a5 b5 $1 33. a6 $6 $19 (33. Rc3 $6 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Nc5 $19) ({
The only possibility of resistance was} 33. Nf5 Rd8 34. g4 (34. Nxg7 Rf8 35.
Kg1 b4 36. Rb3 Rc8 $19) 34... g6 35. Ng3+ Kf4 36. h3 $17) 33... Rc5 (33... b4
34. Ra2 Rc1 $19) 34. Nd1 b4 35. Ra4 Rc2 (35... g4 $19) 36. Nc3+ Ke5 (36... Kd4
37. Nb5+ Kc5 38. Nxa7 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Rf8 $19 {[%csl Ra7]}) 37. Ra5+ Ke6 38. Nb5
Rxf2+ $2 $17 (38... Rxb2 $2 $17 39. Nxa7 (39. Nd4+ Kf6 $19) 39... Rxf2+ 40. Kg1
b3 41. Nb5 b2 42. Na3 Rf8 43. a7 Ra8 44. Nb1 Kd6 45. Rb5 Rxa7 46. Rb3 $17) (
38... Rc5 $1 {The best} 39. Nd4+ Kd5 40. Rxc5+ Kxc5 $19 {[%csl Ra6,Rb2,Gc5,Rg2]
}) 39. Kg1 Rf7 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Rb5 Rd7 42. b3 Kc7 $2 $44 {Tempo loss} ({
Strong was} 42... g4 43. Nc2 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. Rb7 Ne5 46. Ne1 (46. Nxb4 Rd2
47. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 46... g5 47. Kf1 Rxb7 48. Nd3+ Kb6 49. axb7 Nc6 50. Nxb4 Kxb7
$17) 43. Nc2 {[%csl Rb4]} Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. Rb7 Ne5 46. Nxb4 Rd2 {This
position could be created with black Pg4 instead of g5.} 47. h3 $1 {Of course.}
Rb2 48. Rxa7 Kxb4 49. Rb7+ Kc5 50. b4+ Kd6 51. a7 Ra2 52. b5 Nc4 53. b6 Kc6 (
53... Kc6 54. Rc7+ Kxb6 55. Rxc4 Rxa7 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Be7 $6
$14 {This passive move's idea is to avoid wellknown theoretical variations.
But White recieves strong center without any troubles.} ({The mainline is} 7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ ({or} 8... Nc6)) 8. Bb5+ $6 $132 {It was not necessary to
provoke useful Bc8-d7 move. Much better was Bf1-d3 immediately-see below.} (8.
Be2 $6 {Too passive.} b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13.
Rad1 Bd6 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Ne5 (15. d5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Rfd1
Nd8 19. Rd7 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxa7 $11) 15... Nb4 16. Rd2 Qc7 {1/2-1/2
Kallai,G-Lombard,A/SWZ 1997/EXT 99 (16)} 17. Bg3 f6 $132) ({More popular is} 8.
Bd3 O-O (8... Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 (10... b6 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bf6 13.
Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,J-Mar,C/San
Mateo 1989/EXT 97 (33)}) 11. Rd1 (11. e5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 11... Nf8 12. Ne5
f6 13. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Bratchenko,A-Kyprijanov,I/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (35)})
(8... Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. e5 (11. Be3 $14) 11... Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7
13. a3 Nd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Qd2 (15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ba2 $14) 15... Rc8 16. Qh6 f5
17. exf6 (17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qb6 19. Qh4 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]}) 17...
Bxf6 18. Bg5 (18. Ne5 Bg7 19. Qd2 (19. Qh3 $2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf2 $3 $17 {
0-1 Rapoport,I-Grabarczyk,M/Katowice 1995/EXT 2000 (28)})) 18... Bc6 19. Be4
$14) 9. O-O b6 10. d5 (10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bb2 (11. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Krivoshey,
S-Likavsky,T/Hlohovec 1996/EXT 2000 (60)}) 11... Nd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 (12... Nf6
13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. d5 $16 {1-0 Miles,A-Dweritz,C/Muenster 1993/EXT
99 (21)}) 13. e5 Rac8 14. Bc1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Ng5 $36 {1-0 Nielsen,
P-Hoi,C/Roskilde 1998/EXT 99 (30)}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4
Bg4 14. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Stolberg,M-Zhukhovitsky,S/Kiev 1940/HCL (55)} (14. Ne5 $14
{1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Schinzel,W/Graz 1979/EXT 98 (25)})) 8... Bd7 9. Bd3 {This
position is very similar to noted below, with a little difference: Bd7 instead
of Bc8. This factor is in Black's favour, because Bd7 could be developed on c6
square.} O-O 10. O-O Nc6 $2 $16 ({Worth of attention} 10... Bc6 $5) 11. a3 $2
$14 ({Much stronger was natural} 11. d5 $1 Na5 12. c4 exd5 13. cxd5 $16 (13.
exd5 Bf6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Qc2 $16)) 11... Na5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Qg4 $1
{White has good reasons to start his activity on the kingside.} (14. d5 $6 c4
15. Bc2 Bd6 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 f6 $132) 14... Kh8 15. Bb2 f6 (15... cxd4 $2
16. cxd4 {[%cal Gb2g7]} f6 17. Nf3 Bf7 18. Rfc1 $16) 16. Nf3 e5 $5 {Black
starts very complicated tactical game.} (16... Bf7 17. Rfd1 $16) 17. dxe5 $6
$13 (17. Be2 $142 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. Qg3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qc7 21. Qh4 $14) (17.
d5 c4 $132) 17... f5 $1 {[%cal Gg4c8]} ({White leaves with advantage in case of
} 17... fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bf6 19. c4 $16) ({or} 17... Nc6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rfd1
$16) ({Not} 17... Qxd3 $2 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qxc8 $18) 18. exf5 Qxd3 19. f6 {
[%csl Rc8,Rg7]} gxf6 20. Qxc8 Rg8 {[%csl Rf3,Rg1][%cal Gd3f3,Gg8g1]} 21. Qe6 ({
Or} 21. Qh3 $5 Bc6 22. Kh1 Nc4 23. Rbd1 Qg6 24. Bc1 fxe5 25. Rfe1 e4 $13) (21.
Kh1 Bh5 22. Qh3 Bg4 23. Qg3 Nc4 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Qf4 Qg6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gg8g2]} 26. Rg1 Bf5 27. Qxc4 Bxb1 28. Qxc5 Be4 {With sufficient compensation
for the P lack}) 21... Bc6 22. Ne1 (22. Nh4 $6 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Qf3 24. Qxg8+ Kxg8
$15) 22... Qxb1 ({Badly is} 22... Qe4 $2 23. f3 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Nd3 Bd6
26. Rbd1 Nc4 27. Bc1 e4 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Rf2 $18) 23. Qxe7 f5 ({Or} 23... Qxb2
24. exf6 Be8 25. f7 Bxf7 26. Qxf7 Qxc3 $132) 24. Qf6+ Rg7 {This position is
unclear:} (24... Rg7 25. Nf3 Qxb2 26. Nh4 Qd2 27. Nxf5 Qg5 28. Qxg7+ Qxg7 29.
Nxg7 Kxg7 30. f4 Nc4 $13) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O e5 $6 {Probably after
this very important for theory of this variation game this move will disappear
from serious tournament practice...} ({Mainlines are} 12... Qd6) ({and} 12...
b6) (12... Ne7 $6 {cannot be recommended in view of two next Kortchnoj's games:
} 13. a4 (13. Rfd1 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Kortschnoj,V/
Amsterdam 1989/CBM 14 (34)}) 13... b6 14. a5 Bb7 15. Bd3 bxa5 16. Rfb1 $14 {
1-0 Seirawan,Y-Kortschnoj,V/Skelleftea 1989/CBM 14/[Bulletin] (118)}) ({
Interesting is old} 12... Qf6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Qe3 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. d5 exd5
17. Bxd5 Na5 18. Rc7 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Rc8+ (21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22.
Ne5 Qd6 23. Ng4 Qd7 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Ng4 f6 26. Ne3 Rd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bidev,
P-Rabar,B/Zagreb 1946/EXT 99 (31)}) 21... Rxc8 22. Qxc8+ Rd8 23. Qf5 Nc4 24.
Qe4 b5 25. Ng5 Qg6 26. Qe7 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng3 Nd6 30. Rc1 $14
{0-1 Rotunno,E-Alekhine,A/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (55)}) (12... Qa5 {Leads to
White's favour:} 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. Rab1 b6 15. Rfc1 $14 {[%csl Rh5] 1-0 Hort,
V-Platonov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1970/MCD (25)}) 13. d5 Na5 14. Rfc1 $1 {Definitely
the best. Probably another R can go to c1 as well.} (14. Bd3 f6 15. Qb4 b6 16.
Rac1 Rf7 17. Rc3 Nb7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. a3 Bb7 21. Bb5 f5 22. f3 Rc8
23. Nc4 Qf6 $132 {0-1 Mory,E-Colin,V/Pau 2000/EXT 2001 (73)}) (14. Be2 f6 15.
Ne1 (15. Qb4 b6 16. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Ekstroem,R/Charleville FRA 2000/
The Week in Chess 317 (16)}) 15... b6 16. Nc2 Qd6 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19.
Rac1 Bd7 20. h3 Rf4 21. Bg4 Raf8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qc3 $14 {1-0 Epishin,
V-Luther,T/Bad Wildbad 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) ({Worth of attention} 14. Rac1 $5
f6 15. d6+ {After this game [i.e. Tregubov-Kuzmin] we are much more clever!} (
15. Qb4 b6 16. d6+ Nxc4 17. Qxc4+ Rf7 18. Rfd1 {-see comments to the game 1/
2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Luther,T/Schwerin 1999/CBM 73[Alterman,B] (23)}) (15. Bb5 b6
16. d6 Be6 17. Rc7 Rf7 18. Rfc1 Nb7 19. d7 Nc5 20. Qd6 Bxd7 21. Bc4 $16 {
1-0 Ibragimov,I-Doettling,F/Fuerth GER 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (38)}) 15...
Nxc4 (15... Kh8 16. Bd5 Bg4 17. Rc7 $16) 16. Qd5+ Kh8 (16... Rf7 17. Rxc4 $16 {
-like in our game, with inconsiderable difference: Rf1 instead of a1.}) 17.
Rxc4 Bg4 18. Rc7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 b6 20. Qe6 $16) 14... f6 15. d6+ $1 {[%mdl 4]}
Nxc4 16. Qd5+ $1 Rf7 (16... Kh8 17. Rxc4 Bg4 18. Rc7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $16 {
-see comments to 14.Rac1 move above.}) 17. Rxc4 Qe8 (17... Bg4 18. Rc7 Qf8 19.
Rxb7 $18) 18. Rc7 Rb8 $2 {Loses immediately} ({But in case of} 18... Be6 19.
Qxb7 {White retains P over and gains an advantage:} Rd8 20. Qa6 Qf8 21. Rxf7
Qxf7 22. Nh4 Bc4 (22... g6 23. h3 $16) 23. Qc6 $16) 19. Re7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 $6 $14
{Maybe V. Ivanchuk prepared something after 7... Ndb4?} ({Very strong move
here is} 7... Ndb4 $1 $11 {For example:} 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10.
O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Rd1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Linares 1999/
CBM 70 (33)}) 10... Qxd4 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 $44 {see comments to the game 1/
2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Aseev,K/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 65/[Tsesarsky] (41)}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. e5 (12. Bf4 {- another mainline})
12... Nc4 13. Na4 Be7 (13... Bb4 $2 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Eberspaecher,
M-Schlamp,R/Nuremberg Weilburg op 1996/EXT 96op2/ (56)}) 14. Bf4 f6 (14... Rb8
15. b3 Na3 (15... b5 16. Nc3 Na3 17. Ne1 Nb4 18. Be3 $16 {0-1 Loginov-Kaiumov/
Tashkent 1982/ (45)}) (15... N4a5 {see comments to the game  1/2-1/2 Renet,
O-Petursson,M/Thessaloniki olm 1988/Inf 46/[Petursson,M] (38)}) 16. Rac1 Nb4
17. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Magerramov,E/Baku 1988/ (42)}) 15. Rac1 ({
Also interesting is} 15. Re1 $5 N4xe5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6
19. Re2 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2b7] 1-0 Stean,M-Bjerke,R/Gausdal Jubilee 1982/
(38)}) (15. b3 $6 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Nc3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Bc5 21. Rd3 $44 {0-1 Vadasz,L-Hmadi,S/FSGM May Budapest HUN 1996/(33)})
15... N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 (16... fxe5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Rb8
20. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Heilemann,P-Steiner,X/cr Blass mem 1990/ (45)}) 17. Bxe5 ({
It is not so easy to equalize after} 17. Nc5 $5 Rb8 (17... Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14)
18. Ne4 (18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Bd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) 18... Rd8
19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxe5 $1 (20. Rd1 Be7 21. Nd6 Ng6 $1 (21... b6 $6 22. Nc4 $14
(22. Bh3 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf7 $11 {0-1 Rotstein,A-Belkhodja,S/Warsaw Legion ,EXT
1989/ (61)})) 22. Be3 b6 $15) 20... fxe5 21. Nd6 Bd7 22. Nxb7 $14) 17... fxe5
18. Nc5 Bg5 $5 (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. h4 a5 22. Re1 a4 23.
Nxe5 Ra5 24. f4 $14) (18... Bxc5 $2 19. Rxc5 $16) 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Bh3 $5 {
[%csl Re6] White attack e6 weakness, but take on e6 will solve Bc8 development
problem!} ({I should prefer} 20. Ne4 $5 Be7 21. h4 $14) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. Bxe6+ $6 $132 ({Another P take} 22. Nxe6 {was promise to White a
little advantage:} Bb6 23. Re2 Bd7 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. Nf4 (25. Bf5 Kf7 26. Nf4
Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Bc6+ 28. Be4 Rc2 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]}) 25... Bxh3 (25... Rc1+
26. Bf1 $14) 26. Nxh3 Rc2 27. Rb5 h6 28. a4 g5 29. g4 Rc4 30. a5 $14) 22...
Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Bb6 24. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e4,Gb6d4] White N will placed well on e4,
but Black B placed on b6 also not bad and maybe will go to d4!} h6 25. Ne4 (25.
Nf3 $6 e4 $15 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 25... Rd8 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. h4 Ke6 28. h5 (28. Kf3
$11) 28... Kf5 29. f3 Rd1 30. Re2 Rg1+ 31. Kh2 Rf1 32. Nd2 (32. Kg2 Rg1+ $11)
32... Rc1 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Re4+ (34. Re4+ Kg5 35. Kg3 $1 $11 (35. Rxe5+ $2 Kh4
$1 36. Re2 Rc2 $17)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 {In this
dynamic opening critical position White has strong PP center, but Black has no
weaknesses, so it is the question, Has White any advantage or no.} Bb7 14. a4 {
This move idea is to grasp space on the queenside. Except of this move White
can play also:} (14. Qf4 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qc7 (15... Re8 16. Re3 Qf6 17. Qg3 Red8
18. Rd1 Qg6 $132 {0-1 Rubene,I-Milovanovic,R/Tuzla ,EXT 1991 (31)}) 16. Qh4 h6
17. Re3 Rfd8 18. Rae1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Hansen,C/Groningen PCA ,CBM
1993 (59)}) ({Worth of attention} 14. d5 {and White leaves with slight
advantage.} exd5 {On the other hand, Black has good chances to neutralize
pressure:} 15. Bxd5 ({or} 15. exd5 Rc8 16. Qd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 $14) 15... Nc5 16.
Rad1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Matlak,M-Pachman,L/CZE-chT 1992 
(26)}) ({Interesting is} 14. Re3 $5 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18.
Ng5 h6 (18... Nxe3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qxe3 $18) 19. Rh3 {with very dangerous
attack 1-0 Lobron,E-Hansen,C/Wijk aan Zee 1993 (35)}) (14. Rad1 {-mainline})
14... Qc7 $5 ({As practice shows, Black has strong counterplay in case of} 
14... Rc8 $5 15. Bd3 e5 $5 (15... Nb8 16. a5 Nc6 17. axb6 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4
19. bxa7 $16 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Tal,M/Moskva 1972/Inf 13 (38)}) (15... Qc7 16. a5
Rfd8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Rb1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Chehov-Aseev/URS-ch 1984
(40)}) (15... f5 16. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Kok,F/Crans Montana SUI 2000/The
Week in Chess 290(20)}) 16. d5 (16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Rfd8 $44)
16... Nc5 17. Ra3 (17. Rad1 $132) 17... Qd6 $132 {0-1 Agdestein,S-Hansen,C/
Groningen PCA 1993 (37)}) 15. Rac1 Qd8 $6 {Very strange move.} ({Why not
logical} 15... Qd6 16. a5 $5 $14 (16. e5 Qe7 17. Ng5 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Be4
Bd5 $132)) ({In case of} 15... Qb8 $14 {Black Q obstructs Ra8 and located too
far from action arena.}) 16. h3 Rc8 {Black lost 2 tempi, but in this type of
position it is not important.} 17. Qf4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Qh6 (18... Rfd8 19. Bb5 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Nf8 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxd7 $18) 21. Bd3 $14) 19. Ng5 Nf6 ({Worth of
attention was} 19... Rfd8 $5 $14 {with complicated play.}) 20. Qe5 Nd7 21. Qg3
Qg6 $4 $18 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Why not to repeat position after} 21... Nf6 {
Black is not satisfied by draw?}) {[%tqu "En","?","","","g5e6","",10]} 22. Nxe6
$1 {Elegant tactic solution! White wins by force.} fxe6 (22... Qxg3 23. fxg3
Rfe8 24. Ng5 Re7 25. e5 $18) 23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bxe6+ Kh7 25. Bxd7 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Rd8 ({Or} 26... Bxe4 27. f3 (27. Rc7 $2 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7c7]}) 27... Bd5 28. Kf2
Rd8 29. Rc7 $18) 27. Rc7 Bxe4 28. Rxa7 Bf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. a5 $1 bxa5 31.
Rxa5 Kg6 32. Ra4 f4 33. Kf1 Kf5 34. Ke2 Rb8 35. Ra2 Ke4 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. d5 Rd6
38. Rd1 $22 Kf5 39. Kf3 Ke5 40. Rd2 Kf5 41. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4352]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Bg2 Nb6 (7... Ndb4 $1 8. e3 (8. a3 $6 cxd4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O (
11. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 12. Qxb4 $4 Nc2+ $19) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 a5 $15) (8. dxc5 Qxd1+
9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Ne4 Bb6 $132) 11... exd5 12. e3 (12. Rf1
O-O $11) 12... O-O (12... d4 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 Na5 15. Nxd4 $14) 13. b4 Bb6 14.
Bb2 Bf5 $11 (14... Bd7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf5 $11)) 8... cxd4 9.
exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be7 (12... Bc5 $6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Nb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Aseev,K/City-Ch, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (41)}) 13.
Bf4 O-O $15) (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Qa5 11.
Rb1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 $16) 11. Bc3 (11. O-O O-O 12.
Rb1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Qc5 15. Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Spassky,B/
Moskva (m6) 1966 (15)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bd7 $1 13. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Gulko,
B-Vaganian,R/Yerevan 1996/Inf 66/ (30)}) (7... Nf6 8. e3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3
Qa5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Bxe4
Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shamkovich,L-Averbakh,Y/URS-ch21 Kiev 1954/URS-ch (30)}) 8. e3
$11 (8. Bg5 $5 f6 9. Be3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bb4+ 12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Nfxd2 (13. Rxd2 Ke7 14. O-O e5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8
$11) 13... Ke7 14. f4 a5 15. Nc5 a4 16. a3 Ra5 $132 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Chandler,
M/Hastings 1991/CBM 27 (43)}) 9... Nc4 10. O-O (10. Qa4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd7 $15)
10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 (11... Bd7 $5 $132) 12. Qb3 O-O (12... Qb6 13. Na4 $1
Qxb3 14. axb3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/
Tilburg m rapid 1992 (39)}) 13. Rad1 Qb6 $11) 8... Be7 9. O-O (9. Ne5 $5 Nxe5
10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 O-O 12. Ke2 Nc4 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 Na5 15. Nb5 Bd7 16.
Nd6 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Chandler,M/Reykjavik WCup 1991/CBM 26
(35)}) 9... O-O 10. dxc5 (10. Re1 Bd7 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Bg5 (13.
Qb3 Na5 $15) 13... Bxg5 (13... f6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Qb3 b6 $11) 14. Nexg5 h6 15.
Ne4 Nb4 16. Nc5 $132) 10... Bxc5 11. b3 (11. Qe2 $5 Bd7 (11... e5 12. Rd1 Qe7
13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Rd2 Rfd8 (17... f5 18. Qe1
(18. exf5 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 e4 $19) 18... f4 19. gxf4 (19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bf1 Qf7
21. Ng5 Qg6 22. h4 h6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 $19) 19... exf4 20. Bxb6 axb6 $11) 18. Qe1 (
18. Bxb6 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 axb6 $17) 18... Qxe4 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxd2 20. Bxd2
(20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. Qc1 $11) 20... Nd4 21. Bd1 $132) 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxe5 $11) 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Nd4 $14)
11... e5 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qxd8 (13. Rc1 Rc8 $11 (13... Qe7 $11)) (13. e4 Bg4 $11
) 13... Rfxd8 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Ne1 (15. Rac1 $11) 15... Rxd1 (15... Rac8 16. Ne4
Be7 $11) 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Kf1 (18. Ne4 Be7 $11) 18... Bd7 (18...
Kf7 $11) 19. Nd3 Be7 20. Ke2 (20. f4 exf4 21. exf4 Bf5 $11 (21... Bc6 $11))
20... Kf7 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Bc6 23. Ne4 (23. Be4 g6 $11) 23... g6 24. Bd4
Nd7 $5 (24... Ne6 $11) (24... f5 25. Ne5+ Ke6 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Nc5+ Bxc5 28.
Bxc5 $16) 25. Bf3 (25. Bxa7 $5 b6 $1 (25... f5 $2 26. Nec5 Bxg2 (26... Nxc5 27.
Bxc6 Nxc6 (27... Nxd3 28. Bd5+ Ke8 29. Kxd3 $16) 28. Bxc5 $16) 27. Nxd7 Ke6 28.
N7c5+ (28. Kf2 Bh1 29. N7c5+ Kd5 30. Nb4+ Kd6 (30... Kd4 $4 31. Na4+ Ke4 32.
Nc3#) 31. Bb6 Ne6 32. Nbd3 Kd5 33. Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Ke3 $16) 28... Kd5 29. Nb4+ (
29. a4 Nc6 30. Bb6 Nd4+ 31. Kf2 Kc6 32. a5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 Bd5 34. b4 Nc2 35. Nd3
Be4 36. Ke2 Kb5 (36... Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Nxb4+ 38. Kc4 Nd5 $11) 37. Nc5 Bd5 38.
Nd7 Nxb4 $11) 29... Kd6 (29... Kd4 $4 30. Na4+ Ke4 31. Nc3#) 30. Bb6 $16) 26.
Bf3 (26. Bh3 f5 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Nb1 (28. Ne5+ Nxe5 29. fxe5 Bc5 30. Bb8 (30. b4
Bg1 $11 (30... Bxb4 31. Bxb6 Nc6 32. a4 Ke6 33. Nf3 Bb3 $11))) 28... Nc6 29.
Nc3 Bxb3 30. axb3 (30. Bg2 Nxa7 31. axb3 $11) 30... Nxa7 $11) 26... f5 27. Nc3
Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Nc6 29. Nb5 Ke6 30. a4 Kd5 31. Ke3 Bf6 32. Nc1 Nd4 33. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 34. Ke2 (34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Kc2 Kc6 36. Ne2 Bg7 37. Bb8 Nd7 38. Be5 Nxe5
39. fxe5 Bxe5 40. b4 $11) 34... Bf6 (34... Kc6 35. a5 Bg1 36. h3 $16) 35. b4
Kc6 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 Kb5 38. Kd3 Kxa5 39. Bd4 Kb5 40. Bxf6 Nxf6 41. Kd4 Kc6
42. Nd3 Kd6 $11) 25... f5 26. Ng5+ Bxg5 27. fxg5 Ke6 (27... Ne6 28. Bxa7 Bxf3+
29. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 30. Kf4 h6 (30... Ne6+ 31. Ke3 Nf6 $132) 31. a4 Nf6 $132) 28.
Bb2 (28. Bxa7 Bxf3+ (28... b6 29. Nb4 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Kd6 31. a4 Nc6 32. Nxc6
Kxc6 33. a5 bxa5 34. Ke3 Nc5 35. Bxc5 Kxc5 36. Kd3 Kb4 (36... Kd5 37. Ke3 Ke5
38. Kd3 Kd5 $11 (38... f4 39. gxf4+ Kxf4 40. Kc4 $18)) 37. Kc2 $11) 29. Kxf3
Nc6 30. Nf4+ Kd6 31. Be3 $16) 28... Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kd5 30. Nf4+ Kd6 31. Ba3+
Ke5 32. Bb2+ Kd6 33. Ba3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Bc4 (7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13.
Ng5 (13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qg4 Na5 17. Ne5 h5 18. Qf4 Bxg5 19.
hxg5 Rxc3 20. Rad1 Nc6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Molnar,B-Juhasz,L/Hajduboszormeny-A (6/04)
1995/Inf 06 (43)} (20... Bd5 $19)) 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd5 15. Qg4 (15. Be4 Qd7
16. Re3 f5 17. Bd3 f4 18. Re4 f3 19. g3 Na5 20. Re5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,
V-Fokin,S/Riga 1988 (60)}) 15... f5 16. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Baburin,A-Fokin,S/URS-sf
Russia-ch Gorky 1989/[Ftacnik] (36)}) 7... cxd4 (7... Be7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. dxc5
Be6 10. O-O (10. Nd4 Bxc5 (10... O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd4 Bf6 13. Qa4 d4 14.
exd4 Bxd4 15. O-O Bxc5 16. Qxc6 $14) 11. O-O O-O $11) 10... Bxc5 11. b3 O-O 12.
Bb2 a6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Nd4 Qd6 15. Rc1 $132) (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... b6 11. Rd1 $14) 11. Rd1 $14) 8. exd4 Be7 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3
Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 a6 (11... b6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h4 Bf8 15. Qd2
(15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Qd2 $14 (16. h5 Qf6 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Rfc8 19. Qe2 $132))
15... Bb7 16. Bxf8 (16. Rfe1 $14) 16... Rxf8 17. Qh6 $14) 12. Qe2 $14) (8...
Bb4 9. Qc2 (9. Qd3 Na5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 $132) (9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 O-O $132) 9...
Nb6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qa4+ $18) 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Be3
Be7 12. Bd3 (12. O-O Nb4 $11) 12... h6 (12... f5 13. a3 Bf6 14. Rd1 $14) 13. a3
Bf6 14. Rd1 Bd7 $132) 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Bg4 (11... Bf6
12. Be3 Ne7 13. Bf4 $11) 12. Be3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd6 14. Nxd5 (14. Qxd5 Qg6+ 15.
Kh1 Rad8 16. Qe4 f5 $15) 14... Qg6+ 15. Kh1 Qh5 16. Nxe7+ (16. Bf4 Bh4 17. Rad1
Rad8) 16... Nxe7 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 $44) 10... Nxc3 (10... a6 11. Bb3 (
11. Qd3 Ncb4 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Bg5 $132 (15. a3 Nbd5 16.
Bd2 $11)) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1
Rc8 17. h4 Qd5 $11) (10... Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 (11... Bd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bg5 $14
) 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nfg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qd7 $11)
14... Nxf6 15. Bg5 $14) (10... b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. Qa4
Rc8 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rac1 $16) 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Bf4 $14) 11. bxc3
b6 (11... a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Qe2 (14. a4 b4 $11) 14... Qd6 15. Bc2
Rd8 16. Qd3 f5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Qg3 $14) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 (13. Qc2
$5 g6 14. Bh6 (14. Qd2 Na5 (14... Bf6 15. Qh6 (15. h4 $5) 15... Bg7 16. Qh3 $14
) 15. Ne5 (15. Qh6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rc8 17. Re5 Rc5 $1 (17... Rxc3 18. Rh5 $18)
18. dxc5 Qxd3 19. Qe3 (19. cxb6 Qxc3 20. Rxa5 axb6 $15) 19... Qd1+ 20. Qe1 Qxf3
21. Re3 Qc6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rd3 Nc4 $44) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf6 16. Ba3 Be7 17.
Bxe7 (17. Bb2 $11) 17... Qxe7 18. Qh6 Rac8 19. Rac1 f6 $11) 16. Qh6 (16. Bb2
Bf6 17. Qf4 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nc4 $11) 16... Rxc3 17. Bb2 Bg5 18. Qxf8+ Qxf8 19.
Bxc3 Qa3 $17) (14. h4 Bxh4 (14... Rc8 15. Qd2 Bxh4 (15... Bf6 16. h5 Ne7 $132)
16. Qh6 Bf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Rxe6 fxg5 20. Rxg6+ $18) 15. Bh6 Re8
16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qd2 $132) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 (16. Rab1 Bf6 17. h4
$5 $132) (16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Ng5 Na5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. d5 e5 20. Ne4 $14) (16. h4
Na5 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 $132) 16... Bf6 (16... Qc7 17. h4 Bf6 (
17... Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qf4 $14) 18. h5 e5 $132) (16... Rc7 17.
Bf4 Rd7 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Qf4 $14) 13... Rc8 (13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 (
15. Re4 Qe7 16. Qh5 $44) 15... g6 (15... f5 16. Rxe6 Na5 (16... Nxd4 17. Re3
Nc6 18. Rh3 $16) 17. Qe2 f4 18. f3 $14) 16. Rg3 (16. Rh3 Qf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18.
Qg4 Rac8 19. Bg5 Qg7 $15) 16... Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bh6
Qf6 20. Bg5 Qf7 $44) 17. Bh6 Rfd8 $15) (13... Na5 14. Ng5 h6 (14... Bxg5 15.
Bxg5 (15. hxg5 Rc8 16. Qc2 g6 $132) 15... Qd5 16. Qg4 $14) (14... g6 15. Qg4
$36 (15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Re5 Rf5 20.
Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qg6+ $11)) 15. Qh5 Bd5 (15... Qd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17.
Be4 $18) (15... Qc8 16. Re3 $40) 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 (17... Bxh4 18. Qg4
$18) 18. Qxh6 $18 {1-0 Razuvaev-Farago/Dubna 1979 (31)}) (13... Qd5 14. Rb1
Rac8 (14... Qxa2 15. Rb5 Ba6 (15... Bf6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Qg4 (17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 $19) 17... Ne7 18. Bb2 h5 19. Qe2 a6 20.
Rxb6 (20. Ra1 axb5 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 $17) 20... Bxg2 21. Nxe6 (21. Kxg2 Nd5 22. Ra1
Nf4+ 23. Kh2 Qxa1 24. Bxa1 Nxe2 25. Bxe2 Rfb8 $15) 21... fxe6 22. Bc4 Qa5 23.
Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Kxg2 Nf5 25. Rxa6 $16) (15... h6 16. Bb1 Qc4 17. Bd3 Qa2 $11) 16.
Rb2 $2 (16. Bb1 Qc4 (16... Qa1 17. Bb2 Qxb1 18. Qxb1 Bxb5 19. Ba3 $16) 17. Bd3
Qa2 $11 (17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 $16)) 16... Qa5 17. c4 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 b5
$15) (17. c4 Nb4 18. Bf1 Rac8 $17) 17... Rfd8 $17) 15. Rb5 Qd6 (15... Qxa2 16.
Ng5 g6 17. Qg4 $44 (17. Nxh7 $4 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 Qxf2+ $3 $19)) 16.
d5 (16. Ng5 $40) (16. Rh5 g6 17. Rh6 Bf6 18. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Bricard,E-Rausis,I/
Paris Philidor mem 1995 (26)}) 16... Ba6 (16... exd5 17. Rxd5 $16) (16... Rfd8
17. Ng5 $16) (16... Nd8 17. c4 exd5 (17... a6 18. Rb3 exd5 19. Ba3 $18) 18.
cxd5 a6 19. Rb1 Bxd5 20. Bxa6 $14) 17. dxc6 Rfd8 18. Qa4 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V-Timman,J/Moscow Alekhine 1992/[Anand] (25)}) (13... Bf6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qg4 h5
16. Qg3 (16. Qf4 e5 17. Qg3 exd4 (17... Qd7 18. Bc4 $16) 18. Bc4 $16) 16... Ne7
17. Ba3 $16) (13... g6 14. Bh6 (14. Bg5 $5 Na5 $132) 14... Re8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16.
Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Orr,M/Thessaloniki olm ,BIG 1984 (37)})
14. Ng5 (14. Qe2 Na5 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. Qf1 Nc4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd2 19.
Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Nxf1 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Kxf1 Rxc3 $17 {0-1 Henrichsen,J-Hoi,C/
Copenhagen op 1995 (32)}) 14... Bxg5 (14... g6 15. Nxh7 (15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Bxg6 $18 {1-0 Stoyanov,L-Titarenko/cr 1989 
(33)}) 15... Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Re4 $18 {
1-0 Matveeva,S-Litinskaya,M/Tbilisi ch-URS wmn 1987 (42)}) (14... h6 15. Bh7+ (
15. Qh5 Qe8 (15... Qd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 $18) (15... Na5 16. Bd2 (16. Re3
Bxg5 (16... Nc4 17. Rg3 Bd6 18. Nxe6 $1 $18) 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Qh2 Qf6 $17)
16... Nc4 17. Bf4 $132) 16. Bh7+ (16. Nh7 f5 $17) (16. Re3 Nd8 17. c4 Ba6 18.
Bb2 Bxc4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 {1-0 Franco,Z-Antunes,A/Sevilla ,EXT 1990 (50)} 20. d5
Bxd5 (20... Bxg5 $4 21. hxg5 Kxh7 22. Bxg7 $18) 21. Bg6 (21. Bd3 f6 22. Bg6 Qb5
$19) 21... Bxg5 22. hxg5 Kg8 23. Bxg7 (23. Bd3 f5 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. gxh6 gxh6
26. Bxf5 Re7 $15) 23... fxg6 24. Qxh6 Nf7 25. Qxg6 Nd6 26. Qh6 Nf7 27. Qg6 $11)
16... Kh8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Kxh7 18. Nxg7 $18) 18. Bg6 Qd7 19. Bxh6 $18)
15... Kh8 16. Bb1 (16. Bc2 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 hxg5 $132) 16... Qd5 17.
Qd3 g6 (17... f5 18. Nxe6 Nb4 19. Qg3) 18. Nf3 (18. Nxe6 $5 Nb4 19. Qe4 (19.
Qg3 Bxh4 20. Qh2 fxe6 $19) 19... Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh6 (21. cxb4 Bxb4 $19
) (21. Rxe6 Nd5 $17) 21... Rxc3 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxg6 Bd5 24. Rec1 Rxc1+ 25.
Rxc1 Nxa2 26. Rc7 a5 27. g4 b5 (27... Nb4 28. h5 Nc6 29. Rc8 Kg7 30. Rc7+ Ne7
31. g5 a4 32. Ra7 b5 33. Be8 Bc4 34. h6+ Kg8 35. f4 $132 (35. g6 Bxh6 36. Rxe7
Kf8 37. g7+ Bxg7 38. Rf7+ Kxe8 39. Rxg7 a3 40. Ra7 b4 $19)) 28. h5 Bd6 29. Rd7
$16) (18. Nxf7+ $2 Rxf7 19. Qxg6 Nxd4 (19... Rg7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Be4 $132)
20. cxd4 Bxh4 21. Be4 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qxd4 23. Qxf7 Bxe4 24. Bxh6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2
Bxe1 $19) 18... Kg7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Honfi,K/Amstetten 1990/Inf 49/
[Chekhov,] (29)} (18... Qh5 19. Bc2 Na5 20. Bd1)) 15. Bxg5 (15. hxg5 Ne7 16.
Qh5 Ng6 17. Re3 Bxg2 18. Bd2 f5 (18... Qd5 19. Qg4 $18) (18... e5 19. Rxe5 Bb7
20. Re3 $16) 19. Rg3 (19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Rxe6 Be4 (20... Bd5 21. Ree1 $132) 21.
Qh2 $132) 19... Bb7 20. Rh3 Kf7 $17) 15... Qd5 16. Qg4 (16. Be4 Qd7 17. Qh5 f5
(17... h6 $2 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Re3 (19. Qxh6 f5 20. Re3 f4 21. Rh3 $132) 19...
Kg7 20. Rg3+ Kf6 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Rce8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Rd1 $18) 18. Bd3
Na5 19. Rac1 Qd5 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Kf7 22. Kg2 h6 23. Bf4 g5 $15 (23... Bd5
24. Ba6 Bb7 25. Bd3 g5 $1 $15)) 16... f5 $1 17. Qg3 Na5 18. Re5 (18. Bf1 Qd7
19. h5 Bd5 20. Ba6 Bb7 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Bb5 (19. Rc1 $5 Nc4 20. Re2 Bd5 21.
h5 Kh8 22. h6 gxh6 23. Bxh6 (23. Bxc4 hxg5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxg5 Rf7 (25...
Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 27. g3 $16) 26. Qe3 (26. Qf4 Rg7 27. g3 Rg4 28. Qh6 Rg6 $132)
(26. Qh5 Rg8 27. f3 Rfg7 28. Rcc2 Rg5 29. Qf7 R5g7 30. Qf6 Qxf3 31. Qxe6 Rxg2+
32. Rxg2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 26... Rg7 27. g3 Rg6 $132) 23... Rg8 24. Bg5
Qg7 25. f4 $14) 19... Bc6 20. Bxc6 $6 $11 (20. Ba6 $5 Bb7 (20... Rce8 21. Rb1 (
21. Bh6 Kh8 22. Bf4 Bd5 23. a4 $14) 21... Be4 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Bd3 $14) 21. Bxb7
Nxb7 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Qe3 (23. d5 $1 exd5 (23... Nc5 24. Qe3 Ne4 25. f3 $16)
24. Re7 Nc5 (24... Rxe7 25. Rxe7 $18) 25. Bf6 $18) 23... Nd6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Ne4 27. d5 Nxg5 28. hxg5 Rxc3 29. d6 Rd3 $11) 20... Nxc6
21. Re2 b5 22. Rae1 Rce8 23. Qf3 (23. Bh6 Kh8 24. Bf4 b4 $11) 23... h6 24. Bf4
Kh7 25. Re3 b4 26. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3
$2 $146 (14. Be2 exd5 15. exd5 Bb7 (15... Bg4 16. d6 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Qd4
Rfe8 19. Qxg4 $2 (19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 (21. Bxf3 Nc4 $17) 21...
Nb7 22. d7 Re7 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Bb5 a6 25. Bc6 Re6 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 19... Rxe2
20. Rac1 Nb7 21. Rc8 Nxd6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. h3 Qe7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Seirawan,Y/Amber(rapid-3) 1993 (32)}) 16. d6 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 Bc6
19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfe8 21. Ba6 Kf8 22. h4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Brunner,L/Zuerich/Bern m 1996 (32)}) 14... exd5 15. e5 $6 (15. exd5 $11 Bb7
16. Rad1 Qxd5 $5 17. Bxh7+ $5 Kh8 (17... Kxh7 18. Qc2+ $18) 18. Qxd5 (18. Qf4
Qh5 19. Be4 $11) (18. Bd3 Qh5 $11) 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Kxh7 20. Rd7 Rae8 21.
Rxa7 Re2 22. a4 Ra2 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nd7 Rf7 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rb7 Ne5 27. h3 $11)
15... Qe7 16. Rae1 (16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Qf4 h6 18. Nd4 (18. h4 Qe6 $17) 18... Re8
$15) 16... Nc4 17. Qf4 h6 18. h4 (18. Nd4 Re8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Qf4
Qg5 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bb5 g5 23. Qg3 $16) 22. Qxg5 hxg5 $17) 18... Qe6 $1 (
18... Qa3 19. Bb1 Re8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Rd3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Re1 Nxe5 24. Rg3
(24. Rde3 f6 $19) 24... Ng6 25. Rxe7 Nxf4 26. Rxd7 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Rxb1 28. Nf5
Nh5 29. Rg4 Rb2 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31. Nf5 (31. Nxf7 Nf6 $19) 31... Rf8 $15) 19. Nd4
Qg4 $17 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. f3 Bd7 22. e6 (22. f4 Rfe8 $17) 22... fxe6 23. Nxe6
Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rae8 25. Rfe1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf7 27. Rc6 (27. Re2 Rc8 28. h5 b5
29. Kf2 a5 30. Bg6+ (30. Bf5 Rc5 31. Bg6+ Kf6 32. Re8 Ne5 33. Rf8+ Ke7 34. Re8+
Kf6 35. Rf8+ Ke7 36. Re8+ Kd6 37. Bf5 (37. Rd8+ Kc6 $17) 37... d4 38. Rd8+ Kc7
39. Rxd4 Nxf3 40. Rd7+ Kc6 41. gxf3 (41. Bg4 Ne5 42. Rxg7 Nxg4+ (42... Rc2+ 43.
Be2 Rxa2 44. g4 a4 45. g5 hxg5 46. Rxg5 $44) 43. Rxg4 Rxh5 $17 (43... Rc2+ 44.
Kf3 Rxa2 45. Rg6+ Kc5 46. Rxh6 b4 47. Rh8 Ra1 48. h6 Rh1 49. h7 b3 50. Rc8+ Kd4
51. h8=Q+ Rxh8 52. Rxh8 b2 53. Rb8 Kc3 54. g4 a4 55. g5 a3 56. g6 a2 57. g7
b1=Q 58. Rxb1 axb1=Q 59. g8=Q $11)) 41... Rxf5 42. Rxg7 Rxh5 $17) 30... Kf6 31.
g4 Ne5 $17) 27... Ne5 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Bb5 (29. Bc2 Rf7 30. Rc8 Ke6 $17 (30...
d4 $2 31. f4 Ng4 32. Rc6+ Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 (33... Kf8 34. Rc8+ $11) 34. Rc6+
$11)) 29... Rf7 30. Rc8 Ke6 31. Kf2 Kd6 $6 (31... Rf4 $1 32. Kg3 Rb4 33. Re8+
Kf7 (33... Kd6 34. Rd8+ Kc5 35. Ba6 Nc6 (35... Ra4 36. Bb7) 36. Rd7 Nd4 37. Bb7
Nf5+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 (39. Kg1 Nxh4 40. Rxd5+ Kc4 41. Rh5 Nxg2 $1 (41...
Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Ng6 43. Bd5+ Kd4 44. Bf7 Nf4 45. Rh4 Ke3 46. Rxf4 Rxa2 47. Rg4 (
47. Bxa2 Kxf4 $19) 47... Ra1+ (47... Rf2 48. Rxg7 Rxf3 $11) 48. Kg2 g5 49. Re4+
Kd3 50. Re6 $16) 42. Rh2 Rxa2 43. Bc8 (43. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 a5 45. Kf2 b5
46. Ke2 (46. Ba6 a4 $19) 46... a4 47. Kd2 b4 48. Ba6+ Kb3 49. Kc1 a3 $19) 43...
Kc3 44. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 b5 $19) 39... Nxh4 40. Rxd5+ Kc4 $19) 34. Rxe5 Rxb5
35. Kf4 Kf6 36. Rf5+ Ke6 37. Re5+ Kd6 38. Kf5 Rb2 39. Re6+ Kc5 40. Rg6 Rxa2 41.
Rxg7 a5 $19) 32. Ke3 Rc7 $2 (32... a6 $1 33. Bxa6 (33. Rd8+ Kc5 34. Bxa6 Ra7
$17) 33... Ra7 34. Bb5 Rxa2 35. f4 Nc4+ (35... Ng4+ 36. Kf3 h5 37. Rc6+ Ke7 38.
Rxb6 $11) 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxg2 $17) 33. Rxc7 Kxc7 34. f4 $1 $44 Nc6 (
34... Ng4+ 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. h5 Nf6 37. Be2 Ng8 38. g4 Ne7 39. Bb5 $1 Nc6+ $140
40. Bxc6 $1 Kxc6 41. g5 Kd6 42. f5 Ke7 43. f6+ (43. gxh6 gxh6 44. Kxd5 Kf6 45.
Ke4 b5 $19) 43... gxf6 44. gxh6 Kf7 45. Kxd5 Kg8 46. Ke6 Kh7 47. Kxf6 Kxh6 48.
Ke6 Kxh5 49. Kd6 Kg5 50. Kc6 Kf5 51. Kb7 Ke6 52. Kxa7 Kd7 53. Kxb6 Kc8 $11) 35.
g4 Ne7 (35... Nb4 $2 36. a4 (36. g5 $1 Nxa2 $2 (36... Kd6 37. a4 (37. f5 hxg5
38. hxg5 (38. f6 gxf6 39. h5 Ke7 40. h6 Kf7 $19) 38... Ke5) 37... Nc2+ 38. Kf2
(38. Kd3 Ne1+ $19 {[%cal Ge1g2]}) 38... hxg5 39. fxg5 Ke5 (39... Nd4 40. h5 Nf5
(40... Nxb5 $2 41. axb5 Ke5 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. h6 gxh6 44. gxh6 Kg6 45. Kd4 Kxh6
46. Kxd5 $18) 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Bd3 a5 43. Kg4 Nd6 44. h6 gxh6 45. gxh6 Nf7 (
45... Kf6 46. h7 Kg7 47. Kf4 $11) 46. h7 Kf6 47. Kf4 $11) 40. h5 $11) 37. f5
hxg5 (37... Kd6 38. f6 $18) 38. f6 gxf6 39. h5 $1 $18 d4+ (39... g4 40. h6 d4+
41. Kd2 g3 42. Bf1 $18) 40. Kd2 Nc3 41. h6 Ne4+ 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. Be8 $1)) 36. g5
hxg5 (36... Nf5+ 37. Kf2 Nxh4 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rh4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7.
Bg2 cxd4 (7... Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12.
cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rb8 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rc3 Re8 17. Ra3 a6 18.
Rc1 Re7 19. e4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smejkal,J-Ribli,Z/EU-chT Skara 1980 (19)}) 8. Nxd4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. cxd4 $6 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 (11. Bd2 $2 Qxd4 12. Rb1 (
12. Qa4+ $4 Bd7 13. Qxb4 Qxa1+ $19) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rb8 15.
Rhc1 $44) 11... Bc3 12. Rb1 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxb7 Bxb7 15. Rxb7 $11)
10... Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ (11... Bd6 12. O-O (12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Bxd6+
Kxd6 15. Rb3 b6 $11) (12. Bf4 Ke7 (12... Bxf4 13. gxf4 Ke7 (13... Rb8 14. Kd2
Ke7 15. Rhc1 Rd8 (15... b5 $2 16. Rc7+ Bd7 17. Rxa7 Rhc8 18. e3 $16 {1-0
Razuvaev,Y-Hemming,M/Dortmund 1995 (30)}) 16. Rc7+ Rd7 17. Rac1 Kd8 18. Rxd7+
Bxd7 $11) 14. e3 Rb8 15. Kd2 b6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc7+ Rd7 $11) 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6
14. Kd2 Rb8 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rhc1 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dokhoian,Y-Nasybullin,V/
Pavlodar 1987/EXT 87 (46)}) 12... Rb8 13. e4 (13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rfc1 Ke7 $1 (
14... O-O $6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 (17... Bxc8 18. Rc1 Bd7
19. Rc7 Bb5 20. e3 Ba6 21. d5 $16) 18. Bxb7 Rc2 19. e3 Rb2 20. Bf3 a5 $14) 15.
e4 Rhc8 16. e5 Ba3 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Rb1 b5 19. Bc1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Bd7 21. Rc7
Rc8 22. Rxa7 Rc1+ 23. Bf1 Ke8 24. f4 Rd1 25. Kf2 Rxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn
Vereslav S-Farago Ivan/It (open) Muenster (Germany) (6) 1996 (48)}) 13... O-O (
13... b6 14. Bb2 (14. Be3 Bb7 15. a4 Kd7 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 a6 18. Ra4 Ra8
$132) 14... Bb7 15. Rac1 Kd7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 f6 18. Bh3+ Kd8 19. Rfd1 Re8
20. Bf5 (20. Be6 Ke7 $11) 20... h6 21. Rc2 $14) 14. e5 Be7 (14... Bc7 15. Ba3
Rd8 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Bd6 $18) 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... b6 16. Rfc1 Bd8
17. Rc2 $14) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Bh3 $1 {[%csl Rc8]
[%cal Gd4d5]} (19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 (20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bxd5 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6
23. Bc5) 20... Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rc7 b5 23. Rxa7 b4) 19... Ke8 (19... b6
20. d5 Bc5 21. d6 Ba6 22. Bxc5 (22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rd8 25. Rc7
f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rxa7 Rxd6 28. Rxh7 $14) 22... bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rb1+ 24. Kg2
Bb7+ 25. f3 Rb2+ 26. Kg1 Rxa2 27. Rb5 $18) 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Bd8 22. Bg2 (22.
Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Rxa2 $11) 22... b6 23. f4 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/Horgen
1995/CBM 50/ (64)}) 12. Bd2 (12. Kf1 Bc3 13. Rb1 Bxd4 14. Bxb7 Bxb7 15. Rxb7
O-O $11) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 (13... O-O 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. e3 Rb8 16. Rc7
Rd7 17. Rac1 Rxc7 18. Rxc7 a6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 Johansson,
N-Nystrom,B/Avesta 1991 (58)}) (13... Kd8 14. a4 (14. Rhc1 Re8 15. Rc5 Rb8 16.
Ra5 a6 17. Rb1 b6 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Re7 20. e3 (20. f4 Rc7 $132) 20... Kc7 21.
Ra3 e5 22. Rc1+ Kd8 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd3+ Ke8 (24... Bd7 25. f4 Re7 26. g5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Ribli,Z/Deutschland 1994/Inf 60/[Ribli,Z] (41)}) 25.
Rd4 Rc5 $11) (14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Rb3 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. e4 Ra8 18. g4 h6 19. h4
Re8 $11 {[%cal Ge8e7,Ge7c7]} (19... Kd7 20. Rc1 g5 $11) (19... Ke7 20. Rc1 Kd7
21. f4 $14 Rhc8 (21... f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rg3 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Rag8
26. Ke3 Rxg5 27. hxg5 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Re8 29. Kf4 fxe4 30. Ke3 $16) 22. Rxc8 Kxc8
23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Kd7 (24... g6 $4 25. Rf3 Bxe4 26. Rc3+ $18) 25. h5 $16 {
1-0 Sulava,N-Lepelletier,B/St-Raphael 1998 (46)}) 20. Rc1 f5 $132) 14... Re8
15. a5 Rb8 16. Rhb1 Re7 17. Rb2 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Rb4 Rd6 21.
e4 b5 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Ra1 e5 24. d5 g5 25. Ke3 g4 26. Be2 Rh6 27. Rab1 Ke7 {
1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Farago,I/HUN ch 1992 (27)}) (13... Rb8 14. Rhc1 Kd8 15. Rc3
Re8 16. Ra3 a6 17. f4 Re7 18. g4 Rd7 19. Ke3 b5 20. g5 Rb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Sax,G/ch-HUN, Budapest HUN 1997 (42)}) 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7 16.
Rac1 (16. Rc4 Rb8 17. Rac1 Kd8 18. Ke3 b6 19. Be4 h6 $132) 16... Kd8 17. Rxd7+
Kxd7 18. g4 (18. f4 Rb8 19. e4 b6 20. Ke3 Bb7 21. Bh3 Rc8 (21... Kd8 22. d5
exd5 23. exd5 Bc8 24. Bg2 (24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 $11) 24... Bf5 25. Kd4
f6 $11) 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. d5 Kc7 24. e5 b5 25. Kd4 Kb6 26. d6 $16 {1-0 Benko,
P-Donner,J/Wijk aan Zee 1970 (61)}) (18. e4 Rb8 19. e5 Kd8 20. Be4 h6 21. Ke3
b6 22. f4 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Farago,I/Szolnok 1975 (22)}) 18... h6 (18... Rb8
19. g5 b6 20. Rc3 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc3h3,Gh3h7]}) 19. f4 (19. h4 Rb8 20. g5
hxg5 21. hxg5 b6 22. Rh1 Ba6 23. Rh7 Rg8 $132) 19... Rb8 20. g5 hxg5 (20... b6
$2 $16 21. gxh6 $1 (21. g6 $2 f6 $132 (21... fxg6 22. Be4 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24.
Rg1 Bb7 $11)) 21... gxh6 22. Rc3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rh3 Rc7 25. Rxh6 Rc4 26.
Rh3 Rxd4+ (26... Ra4 27. a3 Rxd4+ 28. Rd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Ke7 $16) 27. Rd3 Rxd3+
28. Kxd3 f6 (28... Ke7 29. Kd4 Kf6 30. Ke4 Kg6 31. Ke5 Kg7 32. f5 $18) 29. Kc4
a6 30. f5 $1 Kd6 (30... exf5 31. Kd5 f4 32. h4 Ke7 33. Kc6 $18) 31. fxe6 Kxe6
32. Kd4 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/Beograd 1995/Inf 65/[Kramnik,V] (42)}) 21.
fxg5 b6 22. h4 g6 $11 (22... Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. h5 Rb8 25. Rh1 $16) 23. Ke3
(23. Rh1 Bb7 24. e4 (24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Rc7 27. Rh7 Kd6 $11)
24... Rh8 $11) 23... Ba6 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. Rh1 Bc4 26. Kf4 b5 (26... Bxa2 $2 27.
Ra1 Bc4 28. Rxa7+ Kd6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rxf7 h4 31. g6 $16) 27. a3 a5 (27... Kd6
$11) 28. Ke5 Ke7 29. e4 Rb8 30. Rc1 a4 (30... Rh8 31. a4 (31. Rh1 $11) 31...
Rxh4 32. axb5 Bxb5 33. Rc5 Bd7 34. Rxa5 Rh3 35. Ra3 Rg3 36. Kf4 Rg1 37. Ra7 Rb1
38. Be2 Kd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Ke5 Rg1 $11) 31. d5 Rb6 (31... exd5 32. exd5 Re8
$11) 32. Rc3 Ra6 33. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 $5 {This moves order purpose is to
prevent theoretical positions after} (4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {with
good counterplay or equal position.}) 4... d5 5. d4 {So fashionable is to play
d2-d4 only after d7-d5.} e6 $1 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 {After some tricks Black
recieved position of Tarrash opening with g2-g3 move.} ({Not} 6... exd5 7. Bg2
$14 {-theory}) 7. Bg2 Ndb4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4] The best reaction in this position!
} 8. e3 (8. a3 $2 cxd4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Be3 e5 $17 {0-1 Paci,
C-Doghri,N/Cannes FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 278/ (38)}) ({Equality also after
} 8. dxc5 $5 $11 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2
O-O 14. e3 Bf5 15. Ke2 d4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Rfe8+ 19. Kd2
Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai CHN 2000/The Week in Chess
278 (53)}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. O-O (10. Nxd4 {-see detailed commented
game  1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Aseev,K/City-Ch, St Petersburg RUS 1998/[Tsesarsky,I]
(41)}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bf4 (13. a3 O-O 14. Bf4 Nc6 15.
b4 Qf5 16. b5 Na5 17. Bc7 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb3 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Linares ESP 1999/ (33)}) 13... O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 ({Good also
} 14... Rd8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rd1 Be7 $44 {[%cal Gg2b7,Gd1d8]}) 15.
a3 Qf5 16. Be4 Qh3 $1 (16... Qf6 $2 17. Qc2 Nd4 (17... h6 $4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19.
Ne4 $18) (17... g6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qxc6 Ba6 21. Bd6 $16) 18.
Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qe4 Nb3 20. h4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf4g5]}) 17. Bg2 ({Equal position
also after} 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 e5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe5 Bg4 $132 {[%csl
Rc6,Rf3,Rg2]}) 17... Qf5 18. Be4 Qh3 19. Bg2 {Black equalized in this game
without difficulties! Now White had to analyse this opening nuances and to
prepare somethig more effective...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O (12. d5 Ba6 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d6 Nc5 15. e5 f6 16. O-O Rf7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Korchnoi,V-Mecking,H/Hastings 1971 (42)}) 12... Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Qf4 (13. d5
exd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. d6 Rc8 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. Qd4 Rc5 21. h3 Qa8 22. d7 Qd8 23. Ne5 h6 24. Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Hort,
V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1972}) 13... Qf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6
17. Nh4 Na5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nf5 Kf8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Henneberke,
F-Bisguier,A/Beverwijk 1962 (22)}) 13. Rac1 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 Nd7 $6 (14... b5 15.
Rc5 a6 16. d5 Nd7 17. Rc6 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qf5 Qe8 20. Rxf6 $6 $11 (20.
Ne5 $5 Qd8 $5 (20... Qe7 21. Rfc1 Rfe8 22. R1c5 Rad8 23. h3 Rd2 24. a3 (24. Rc8
Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11) 24... Re2 25. f3 Qd8 26. Rc8 g6 $8 27. Rxd8 gxf5 28.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. exf5 Kg7 $16 (29... Re3 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rc8 $18)) 21. Rfc1 Qd2
$132) 20... gxf6 21. Ng5 fxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ {1/2-1/2 Anikaev,
Y-Bronstein,D/Minsk 1983}) 15. Rfc1 Qb8 (15... e5 16. d5 f6 17. Rc7 Nc5 18. d6
$16) (15... Nf6 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Ne5 $16 (17. Rc7 Re7)) 16. e5 Rd8 (16... b5 17.
Rc7 Nb6 18. Qd3 {[%csl Rb5,Rh7]} Nc4 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qh3 h5 {[%tqu "En","?","",
"","g5e6","",10]} 21. Nxe6 $3 Qb6 (21... Kh8 22. Qh4 fxe6 23. Qe7 Qxc7 24. Qxc7
$18) (21... Re8 22. Qf3 $18) 22. R7xc4 bxc4 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Qc3 (24. Qe3 Rd8
25. Rxc4 Rxd4 26. Rc1 $16) 24... Rd8 25. Rd1 $18) 17. Qf4 Nf8 (17... h6 18. Rc7
$16) 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Ng5 $1 Qe8 (20... Qf8 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Qe4 g6
23. Rxa7 (23. Qh4 h6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Rxa7 Qf4 28.
g3 Qd2 29. f4 Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Kh3 Rf8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 {
[%tqu "En","?","","","f4f5","",10]} 34. f5 $1 Rxf5 (34... Qxe5 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36.
Qg4+ Kh8 37. fxe6 $18) 35. Ra4 $18) 23... Qb4 24. h3 $18) 21. Rc7 f6 (21... Rd8
22. Rxa7 $18) 22. exf6 $6 (22. Ne4 $1 $16 f5 (22... fxe5 23. dxe5 (23. Qg5 Kf8
(23... h6 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e4f6","",10]} 24. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 {[%tqu "En","?",
"","","g5g7","",10]} 25. Qxg7+ $1 (25. Nxe8 hxg5 26. Nd6 Nf6 27. dxe5 Nd5 28.
Rd7 $16) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxd7+ Kf6 28. dxe5+ Kxe5 29. Rxa7 $18)))
23. Nd6 Qd8 (23... Qe7 24. Qf3 Rb8 (24... Rd8 25. Qb3 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rf5]}) 25.
Nxf5 Qb4 (25... exf5 26. Qd5+ $18) 26. h4 Rf8 27. Qb3 Qxb3 (27... Qe1+ 28. Kh2
Qxf2 (28... Kh8 29. Qxe6 $18) 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxd7 $18) 28. axb3 exf5 29.
Rxd7 $18) 24. Rb7 a6 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 (26... Nxb8 27. Qb3 $18 {
[%csl Rb6,Re6]}) 27. Qb3 Nf8 28. Nxf5 $18) 22... Nxf6 23. Qe5 (23. Qd6 Rc8 24.
Rxc8 (24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Re8 (25... Rxc7 26. Nxc7 $16 {See later}) 26. Rc6
Nd5 (26... Kf7 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nf3 $16) 27. g3 (27. Kf1 $16 {See later}) 27...
Nb4 28. Rc4 a5 (28... Nxa2 29. d5 a5 30. d6 $16) 29. a3 b5 30. Rc5 Nd3 31. Rc6
b4 32. axb4 Nxb4 33. Rb6 Nd5 34. Rd6 $16) 24... Qxc8 25. Qxe6+ {- this game})
23... Rc8 24. Rxc8 $6 (24. Qxe6+ $1 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxc7 (25... Re8 26. Rc6 (26.
Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rxa7 Rxe6 28. f3 $17) 26... Nd5 27. Kf1 (27. g3 $16) 27... Nb4
28. Rc4 Nxa2 29. d5 {[%csl Ra2]} a5 30. Rc7 g6 31. d6 Rxe6 32. d7 Rd6 33. Rc8+
Kf7 34. d8=Q Rxd8 35. Rxd8 $16) 26. Nxc7 Ne4 27. Nb5 a6 28. f3 $3 $18 {[%csl
Rc3]}) (24. Nxe6 $2 Rxc7 (24... Qd7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. h3 $16) 25. Nxc7 Qa4 26.
Qe6+ (26. h3 $6 Qxa2 27. Ne8 $1 (27. d5 $2 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qe4 29. f4 a5 (29...
Qxe5 30. fxe5 Ne4 31. d6 Kf8 32. g4 a5 33. Kg2 a4 34. Kf3 Ng5+ (34... a3 35.
Kxe4 a2 36. e6 $18) 35. Kf4 Nf7 36. Ne6+ Ke8 37. Nxg7+ Kd7 38. e6+ Kxd6 39.
exf7 Ke7 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Nd4 a3 42. Nc2 a2 43. Kf5 Kxf7 44. g5 $18) 30. d6 Kf7
31. d7 Qxe5 32. d8=N+ (32. fxe5 Nxd7 33. e6+ Ke7 34. exd7 Kxd7 35. Nb5 Kc6 36.
Nc3 b5 37. Kg3 b4 38. Ne4 Kd5 39. Kf4 Kd4 40. Nd2 a4 $19) 32... Ke7 33. fxe5
Kxd8 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Nb5 Kd7 36. Kg3 Kc6 37. Nc3 b5 38. Kf4 Kc5 (38... b4 39.
Ne4 a4 40. Nd2 a3 41. Ke4 Kc5 42. Kd3 Kb5 43. g4 a2 44. Nb3 Ka4 45. Kc4 Ka3 46.
Na1 Kb2 47. Nb3 Ka3 48. h4 Ka4 $11) 39. Ne4+ Kc4 40. Nxf6 a4 $19) 27... Qf7 (
27... Kf7 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. Nf5 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qe4 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. g4 Qe8 33. f4
(33. g5 Qe2 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. gxf6 Qxf2+ $11) 33... Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+ $11) 28. Nd6 Qd5 29. Nc8 Qd7 30. Nd6 Kf8 31. g4 $132) 26... Kf8 27. Qb3 (
27. Qe2 Kf7 28. d5 Qf4 29. Qc2 Qe5 30. g3 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Qc7+ Kf6 33.
Qxa7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ $11) 27... Qc6 28. Qa3+ Kf7 29. Na6 Qe4 30. Qb3+ Nd5 31.
g3 Kf6 32. Qc4 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 24... Qxc8 25. Qxe6+ $2 (25. g3 $1 $16 h6
(25... Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qc6+ 27. Kh3 Nd7 (27... Qd5 28. Qb8+) 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 29.
Nxe6 Kf7 30. Nd8+ Kf6 31. Kg4 $16) 26. Nxe6 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qc6+ 28. Kh3 Qf3 29.
Qb8+ Kf7 30. Nf4 Qg4+ 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Qe5 $16) 25... Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Nd5 $44 {
[%csl Ra2,Ga7,Gb6]} 27. Kf1 $5 $11 (27. Nd8 a5 28. Kf1 (28. Nc6 Nc3 29. a3 Nb1
30. d5 Kf8 (30... Nxa3 $2 31. d6 $18) 31. Kf1 (31. a4 Nc3 32. d6 Ke8 $19) 31...
Nxa3 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Nd4 $15)) (27. h4 Nc3 28. a3 Nb5 29. d5 Kf7
30. Kf1 (30. Ng5+ Ke7 31. Ne4 (31. Nxh7 $6 Nxa3 32. Ng5 (32. Kf1 Kd6 33. Ke2
Kxd5 $15) 32... a5 33. Ne6 Kf6 34. g4 (34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. d6 Kf6 36. d7 Ke7 37.
h5 Nc4 38. h6 Ne5 39. h7 Nf7 40. g4 a4 41. g5 a3 42. g6 a2 $19) (34. h5 Nc4 35.
g4 a4 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Nxg7+ Kxg5 38. f4+ Kg4 39. h6 a3 40. h7 a2 41. h8=Q a1=Q+
42. Kg2 Qb2+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kg2 Ne3+ 45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46. Kg1 Qg2#)
44... Qxf4+ (44... Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Ne3 46. Qh5+ Kg3 47. Qg5+ Kf3 48. Qh5+ $11) 45.
Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qxd5 $19 (47... Qe1+ 48. Kh2)) 34... a4 35. h5
Nb5 36. g5+ Kf5 37. g6 Kf6 $19) 31... Nxa3 32. Kf1 Nc4 33. Ke2 $15) 30... Nxa3
31. Ke2 $15) (27. a3 $5 $11 Nc3 (27... Kf7 28. Nd8+ Kf6 29. Nc6 a5 30. Kf1 Nc3
31. Ne5 Ke6 32. Nc4 Na4 33. Ke2 Kd5 34. Kd3 $16) 28. Nc7 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nxd4 30.
a4 Kf7 31. Nb5 Nc6 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3 Kd5 34. Nc7+ Ke5 35. Nb5 $11) 27... Nc3
28. a3 Nb5 29. d5 $5 (29. a4 $1 $11 Nc3 30. a5 bxa5 31. Ke1 a4 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33.
Kd3 a3 34. Kc2 Nxf2 35. Kb3 Ng4 36. d5 Kf7 37. Ng5+ Kf6 38. Nxh7+ Ke5 39. h3
Ne3 40. g4 Nxd5 (40... Nc4 41. Nf8 Kxd5 42. h4 a5 43. h5 a4+ 44. Ka2 Kc5 45.
Ne6+ Kb4 46. Nxg7 Ne5 47. h6 $18) 41. Kxa3 Kf4 42. Nf8 Kg3 43. Ne6 g6 44. Nf8
g5 45. Ne6 Kh4 46. Ka4 Nf4 47. Nxg5 Kxg5 48. Ka5 $11) 29... Kf7 (29... Nxa3 30.
d6 $18) 30. Ng5+ Kg6 (30... Ke7 31. Nxh7 Nxa3 32. Ng5 a5 (32... Kd6 33. Ne6 a5
34. Ke2 Kxd5 (34... Nc4 35. Nxg7 a4 36. Ne8+ Kxd5 37. Kd3 a3 38. Nc7+ Ke5 (
38... Kc6 39. Ne6 (39. Na6 Kb5 40. Nc7+ Ka5 $19) 39... Kd5 40. Nc7+) 39. f4+ $1
Kf5 40. Nb5 a2 41. Nd4+ Kxf4 42. Nb3 b5 $11) 35. Nxg7 a4 36. h4 Nc4 37. h5 a3 (
37... Nd6 38. h6 a3 39. h7 Nf7 40. Nf5 a2 (40... Kc4 41. Nd6+ $18) 41. Ne3+ Kc5
(41... Kd4 42. Kd2) 42. Nc2 Kc4 43. Kd2 b5 44. Na1 b4 45. Kc2 $18) 38. h6 a2
39. h7 a1=Q 40. h8=Q Qe5+ 41. Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Kg4 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qxf2 $11) 33. Ne4
a4 (33... b5 34. Ke2 b4 35. Kd3 a4 36. Kd4 b3 37. Kc3 Nb5+ 38. Kb2 Nd6 39. Nd2
$14) 34. Ke2 Nb5 35. Kd3 a3 36. Kc2 $14) 31. a4 Kxg5 $4 (31... Nc3 $1 32. d6 (
32. Nxh7 $1 Nxa4 (32... Kxh7 33. d6 $18) (32... Nxd5 33. Nf8+ Kf5 34. f3 Nc3
35. g4+ Ke5 36. h4 Nxa4 37. h5 Nc5 38. Ng6+ Kf6 39. Ke2 a5 40. f4 a4 41. g5+
Kf5 42. Nh4+ $8 (42. Ne7+ Ke6 43. h6 gxh6 44. gxh6 Kf7 45. Nd5 a3 $19) 42...
Kxf4 43. h6 a3 44. hxg7 a2 45. Ng6+ Kf5 46. Ne7+ Kg4 47. g8=Q a1=Q 48. Qc8+ $11
) 33. Nf8+ Kf6 34. Ne6 Nc3 35. Nc7 a5 36. d6 a4 $19) 32... Kf6 33. Nxh7+ (33.
f4 Nxa4 34. f5 Nc5 $19) 33... Ke6 34. h4 Nxa4 35. Ke2 (35. g4 Nc3 36. h5 a5 37.
g5 Ne4 38. Nf8+ Kxd6 39. h6 gxh6 40. gxh6 Ng5 41. h7 Nf7 42. Ng6 a4 43. f4 Kd5
(43... a3 44. Ne5 Nh8 45. Nc4+ $11) 44. Ne5 Nh8 45. Nd3 a3 46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Nb4
Kc3 48. Na2+ Kb3 49. Nc1+ Kb2 50. Nd3+ Kc3 51. Nc1 b5 $19) 35... Kxd6 36. g4
$15) 32. axb5 $18 {[#] Hecht schlechte schwarze Bauernstruktur am Damenflьgel;
bewegliche gegen blockierte Mehrheit Bauerndurchbruch und ein fieser Trick} Kf6
(32... Kf5 33. f4) 33. f4 Ke7 34. g4 Kd6 35. f5 Kxd5 36. Kf2 Kc5 (36... Ke4 37.
Kg3 h5 (37... Ke5 38. Kf3 h5 39. h3 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 g6 41. fxg6 Kf6 42. Kf4 Kxg6
43. g5 Kg7 44. Kf5 Kf7 45. g6+ Kg8 46. Kf6 Kf8 47. g7+ Kg8 48. Kg6 a5 49. bxa6
$18) 38. f6 $18) (36... h6 {Hecht} 37. h4 (37. Ke3 Ke5 38. h3 {ist logischer
und klarer}) 37... Ke4 38. Kg3 h5 39. gxh5 Kxf5 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. Kf4
Ke7 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. Kf5 Kg8 45. Kg6 Kh8 46. h6 gxh6 47. Kxh6 Kg8 48. Kg6 Kh8
49. h5 Kg8 50. h6 Kh8 51. h7 a5 52. bxa6 b5 53. a7 b4 54. a8=Q#) 37. g5 Kd5 38.
Kf3 Ke5 39. Kg4 h6 (39... Kd6 40. Kf4 Kd5 41. f6 gxf6 42. gxf6 Ke6 43. Kg5 Kf7
44. Kf5 Kf8 45. Ke6 Ke8 46. f7+ Kf8 47. Kf6 h5 48. h4 a5 49. bxa6 $18) 40. f6 (
40. h4 $4 {Hecht} h5+ $3 41. Kxh5 Kxf5 42. g6 {und Schwarz kann mit Kf6 auf
Gewinn spielen statt mit Kf4 pattzusetzen}) 1-0

[Event "Solin 9th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2001.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 (10... Bxc5 11. e5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nc4 13. Ne4 Be7
14. Nd6 N6xe5 15. Nxe5 Nxd6 16. Bd2 f6 17. Bb4 Nf5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nd7 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (37). (36)}) 11. Rxd1
Bxc5 {White has certain space and development advantage, but Black hasn't
weaknesses, so his position is quite reliable.} 12. Bf4 ({Another mainline is} 
12. e5 Nc4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Bf4 Nb6 {-see commented game 1-0 Pigusov,E-Zelcic,R/
Ohrid 2001/CBM 84_01[Tsesarsky,I] (35)} (14... f6 15. Rac1 {-see commented
game 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Xu Jun/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79[Tsesarsky,I] (34)})) 12...
f6 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gc8g4]} 13. Rac1 e5 14. Nb5 exf4 15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17.
Rd2 {Better than} (17. Rdc1 Rad8 18. a3 $11 (18. Rxc6 $2 bxc6 19. Nxa7 c5 (
19... Ra8 20. Nxc6 Rxa2 21. b4 Rfa8 $15) 20. Rxc5 Rd1+ 21. Kh2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3
Rd2 23. Rb5 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 Rxf3 25. Rxb6 Rd8 $17 {0-1 Moise,A-Andrijevic,M/
Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (36). (36)})) 17... Rfd8 ({How practice shows, another R
also can play on d8:} 17... Rad8 18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc8 {and here:} (19...
Rf7 $6 20. Bg4 Re7 21. f4 g6 22. Bh3 Na8 23. Bc8 Nb6 24. Bxb7 Nb4 25. Rb5 Rxb7
26. Rxb4 $18 {1-0 Ruck,R-Farago,I/Pula 2000/EXT 2001 (62)}) 20. e5 (20. Rcd5
Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Re8 23. Bg2 Kf7 24. f4 (24. Rd7+ Re7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7
26. f4 Kd6 27. Kf2 (27. Kf1 Kc5 28. Ke2 Kd4 $15) 27... Nb4 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2]
[%cal Gb4d3,Gd3b2,Gb4a2]}) 24... Ke7 25. Rd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Kf2 Nb4 28.
e5 fxe5 (28... Kc7 29. Be4 fxe5 30. fxe5 Nxa2 31. Bxh7 Nb4 32. Ke3 $14) 29.
fxe5 Nd3+ 30. Ke2 Nxe5 31. Bxb7 Kc7 $11) (20. Nc4 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rd8 22. Nc4
N8e7 23. e5 $11) 20... Nxe5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb7
Rc1+ 25. Kg2 g5 26. Be4 Kg7 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 Rc4 29. fxe5 Rxe4 30. exf6+
Kxf6 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Tukmakov,V/Bled 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 18. Nd6 Bxf3 ({
Possible also} 18... Rab8 19. a3 (19. Nxb7 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 Ne5 21. Na5 Na4 $11)
19... Rd7 20. Nc4 Rbd8 21. Nxb6 (21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd5 Be6 $19 {0-1 Tahirov,
F-Magerramov,E/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (33)}) 21... Rxd2 22. Nxd2
Rxd2 23. Nc4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Be6 $132) 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bd1 Kf8 $1 ({After} 20...
Nc8 $6 21. Nc4 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Nb6 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nf3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Bb3 {
White keeps slight advantage:} Ke7 27. Ke3 Rc8 28. Rc3 ({Not} 28. g4 $6 Ne5 $1
29. Rxc8 Nxg4+ 30. Kd4 Nxc8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Sax,G/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000 
(38)}) 28... Rd8 29. g4 $14) 21. Rcc2 ({Interesting was} 21. f4 $5 {and Black
must reply} Nf7 $1 ({Badly is} 21... Nec4 $2 {in view of} 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bb3 {and White leaves with advantage:} Nb6 (24... Nd2 25. Rd5
Ke7 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Bd5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e2]} g5 (27... b5 28. Kf2
g5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Ke2 Nc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 28. fxg5
Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxg5 30. Bxb7 $16) 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxb2 27. Rc7 $16) 22. e5
Nc8 23. Ne4 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 fxe5 25. fxe5 b6 26. Rc7 Nxe5 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3
Rb8 $44) 21... Nec4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc4 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 Ke7 {
How we can see, Black equalized easily in this opening variation. White should
find another ways to fight for opening advantage!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 (15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Koutsin,S-Pachman,L/CZE
1995/EXT 97 (23)}) ({The mainline is} 15. Bb3 Nf6 (15... Qf6 16. h3 (16. Qb4
Qf4 17. Qe7 Rc7 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Rcc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhu
Chen-Portisch,L/Amsterdam 2001/EXT 2002 (34)}) (16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. g3 $6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Butnorius,A/Riga 1975/EXT 2003 (50)}) 16... Rfd8 17. Qe3 h6
18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Nf1 b5 20. d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Ivanchuk,V/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (31)}) (15... Re8 16. Qf4 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qf6
19. d6 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stull,N-Sosa Harrison,J/Novi Sad 1990/TD (45)}) 16...
Qf6 17. Qd6 Red8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Ba4 Qf4 20. Qe7 Qc7 21. d5 Qc5 22. d6 $16 {
1-0 Van Wely,L-Hansen,C/Ter Apel 1993/CBM 35 (43)}) 16. Qf4 (16. d5 exd5 17.
exd5 Rc5 (17... Qd6 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nc6
Nf6 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Pachman,L/CSR 1992/TD (41)}) 18. d6
Bd5 19. Qf4 (19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qf4 Qa8 21. Nd4 Qc8 $14 (21... Rd8 22. Nf5 $16 {
1-0 Mohr,S-Eberlein,W/Baden-Baden 1990/GER (24)})) 19... Nh5 20. Qd4 Nf6 21.
Qf4 Nh5 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Re5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Ba4
Qb8 28. Qe5 Rd8 29. Qe7 h6 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qe7 Rd8 32. Bc6 $16 {1-0 Olafsson,
F-Unzicker,W/Lugano 1970/MCD (47)}) 16... Qc7 17. Qh4 Rfd8 18. Re3 b5 19. Rde1
a5 20. a4 b4 21. d5 exd5 22. e5 Nd7 (22... Ne4) 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Nxh7 Qb6 (24...
Nxh7 25. Rh3 $18 {1-0 Keres,P-Fine,R/Ostende 1937/HCL (31)}) 25. Rh3 Ng6 26.
Qh5 Re8 27. Ng5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rc1+ 29. Bd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Nxe5 $13) 15... Re8 (
{Alternative is} 15... Qe7 16. Qf4 (16. a4 $14) 16... Rc3 (16... Rfd8 17. h3
Nf8 18. h4 f6 19. Re3 Kh8 20. Rde1 Rc3 21. Bb1 (21. h5 e5 $19 {0-1 Ghorbani,
M-Roghani,A/Tehran 2002/CBM 89 ext (40)}) 21... Rxe3 22. Qxe3 $14) 17. Re3 (17.
d5 Qa3 18. Bb1 exd5 19. e5 g6 20. h4 Nc5 21. h5 Ne6 22. Qg4 Rc4 23. Qg3 $15 {
0-1 Granero Roca,A-Lopez Martinez,J/Mislata 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) 17... Rfc8 18.
h4 (18. e5 Nf8 (18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Ne4 Ng6
21. Qg4 h5 22. Qe2 Rc1 $11) 18... Nf6 19. Ne5 $132 {[%csl Gc3,Gc8] Black
obtained good counterplay because of strong RR pair on the c-file.}) 16. h4 {
All other continuations weren't in White's favour either, for example:} (16.
Qe3 Rc3 17. e5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd3h7]} Qc7 18. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} Nf8 19. Ne4
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21. h4 Qe7 $11 {Opening part is over, but the game is such
amazing, I'v decided not to cut it here...} 22. Qg4 Ra3 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 a5
25. d5 a4 (25... exd5 26. Bxd5 Ra4 (26... Ne6 27. Bxe6 Rxd1 28. Bxf7+ $18) 27.
Qe2 {[%csl Rb5]} Rxh4 28. Qxb5 (28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. e6+ Nxe6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31.
Qxe6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qxb5 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Rb4 $11) 28... a4 $14) 26. dxe6
axb3 27. exf7+ Kh8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. axb3 Qe7 30. e6 Ra6 31. f4 h6 (31... Rxe6
32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxe6 Nxe6 34. f5 Nf8 35. h5 g6 36. h6 gxf5 37. Kf2 $18) 32.
f5 $18 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Najdorf,M/Wijk aan Zee 1971/MCL (40)}) (16. Bb1 h6 17.
h3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Qc3 19. Qf4 e5 (19... Nf8 20. Re3 Ng6 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. e5 $16 {
1-0 Grooten,H-Horvath,C/Leeuwarden 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. d5 Qb4
$11) 16... h6 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Bxd7 {This exchange doesn't help to White. The
game is equal.} Rxd7 19. Ne5 Rdc7 (19... Rd6 20. h5 Rc5 21. Qf4 Rc7 $132) 20.
Qf4 Qd6 21. Qg4 Rc2 22. Qh5 $6 $15 {[%csl Rf7]} (22. a4 $142 $132) 22... R8c7
23. Ng4 $2 $17 {White plays too risky. White hasn't enough reources for
successful Attack.} (23. Re2 $142 $15) 23... Rxa2 24. d5 exd5 ({Very strong was
} 24... Kh7 $1 {protecting Ph6.} 25. e5 Qb4 26. d6 Rd7 27. Re3 Qf4 $19) 25.
exd5 Re7 $4 $18 {Terrible move.} ({Black could retain an advantage after} 25...
Rc8 26. Ne5 Rf8 (26... Rc7 27. Ng4) 27. Qf5 a5 28. Qd7 Qc5 29. Nd3 Qc8 30. Qb5
Rd8 $17) 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. d6 {[%csl Ra2,Gd6] Pd6 became too strong. Ra2 is
far from the action in the centre.} Qe4 $8 28. Ne3 {[%cal Gd6d8]} Rxf2 (28...
Bc6 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Ra1+ 31. Nf1 Qc4 {[%csl Rf1,Gf7]} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd1
$16) 29. Kxf2 Qf4+ 30. Ke1 Qxe3+ 31. Qe2 Qg1+ (31... Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh2 33. d7
Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qd4+ 37. Qd3 $18) 32. Kd2 Qd4+ 33. Qd3
Qf2+ 34. Kc3 Bc6 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Qxd7 Qg3+ 37. Rd3 Qe1+ 38. Kb3 Qb1+ 39. Kc4
Qc2+ 40. Kb5 Qb2+ 41. Ka6 Qa2+ 42. Kb7 Qxg2+ 43. Kxa7 Qa2+ 44. Kb7 h5 45. Qc8+
Kh7 46. Qf5+ g6 47. Qf6 Qc4 48. Rd8 Qe4+ 49. Ka7 Qa4+ 50. Kb8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20772]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Bg2 Ndb4 $1 $11 (7... Nb6 8. e3 (8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne4 Qxd1+
11. Rxd1 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nfxd2 Ke7 14. f4 a5 15. Nc5 a4 16. a3 Ra5 17.
Rc1 Rd8 $11 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Chandler Murray G/Hastings (ENG) 1992 (43)}) 9...
Nc4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/
Tilburg4.01 1992 (39)}) 8... Be7 9. O-O (9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
O-O 12. Ke2 Nc4 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 Na5 15. Nb5 Bd7 $11 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Chandler,
M/Reykjavik WCup 1991 (35)}) 9... O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 Bf5 13.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Ne1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj
POL 1998 (33)}) (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Bxd2+
11. Qxd2 $14) 11. Bc3 (11. O-O O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 (13...
Qxd2 14. Nxc6 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qg5 16. Rxd7 $18) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Be3+ Ke8 20. Rab1 $16) 12. e3 $1 $14
(12. Rb1 $6 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxb7 $11) (12. Bc3
$1 $14)) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bd7 (12... b6 13. Ne5 $18) 13. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Gulko,
B-Vaganian,R/Erevan 1996/CBM 53/[Ftacnik] (30)}) (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 $19) 10... Be7 $11
(10... Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 (11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $16) 12. Bf4 (12.
O-O Rb8 13. Bd2 (13. e4 O-O (13... b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Kd7 16. d5 $14) 14.
e5 Be7 (14... Bc7 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 $16) 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... b6 16. Rfc1 Bd8
17. Bd2 $16) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/
Horgen 1995/CBM 50/[Kramnik] (64)}) 13... Bd7 14. Rfc1 O-O 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16.
gxf4 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Rc7 Bb5 20. e3 Ba6 21. d5 $16) (12.
Rb1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. Rb3 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. e4 a6 18. Kd2 Ke7
19. Rb1 b5 20. Rd3 $14) 12... Bxf4 (12... Ke7 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. Kd2 Rb8 15.
Rab1 b6 16. Rhc1 $14) 13. gxf4 Rb8 (13... Ke7 14. e3 Rb8 15. Kd2 b6 16. Rac1
$14) 14. Kd2 Ke7 15. Rhc1 $14 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Hemming,M/Dortmund 1995 (30)}))
8. e3 (8. a3 $2 cxd4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Ne5 (10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 e5
13. Nd5 Bc5 $17) 10... Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bc5 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb1 Qa6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Pinkerneil,R-Muenz,H/cr GER/M-VorrJ12 1986 (30)}) 8...
cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 $44 Bc5 (12... Be7 13.
Bf4 O-O (13... g5 14. Nb5 O-O $132) 14. Nb5 Nc6 (14... a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Be3
$18) (14... g5 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Nd5 gxf4 17. Nxe7+ Kg7 18. a3 Nc6 (18... Na6 19.
Rac1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]}) 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rd2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bb7 $44) 15. Nc7
Rb8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Bxb8 Bg4 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Bxa7 Bxe1 21. Rxe1
$11) 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nb5 a5 $2 $16 (14... Nc6 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Nc7 Rb8 (16...
Bxc7 17. Bxc7 a5 18. a4 f6 $11) 17. Na6 Ra8 18. Nc7 $11) (14... a6 15. Nc7 Ra7
16. a3 Nc6 17. Rac1 Bb6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Bb7 21. Rc3 Bd5
$11) 15. Nc7 (15. Rac1 $2 Bb6 16. a3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bc7 Ra6 19. Rxd5 (
19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rdc5 Bd7 $11) 19... Be6 20. Rd6 Rc8 21. Rc3 Bxc7
22. Rxa6 bxa6 23. Nxc7 Rb8 $11) 15... Ra7 16. a3 $1 (16. Nb5 $2 Ra8 (16... Ra6
17. Rac1 Bb6 18. Nd6 Nc6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd7 $14) 17. Rac1 Bb6 $11) 16... Nd5
(16... Na6 17. Nb5 Ra8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 f6 21. f4 Ra7 22. Bc7
a4 23. Bb6 Ra8 24. Rd4 Nb8 25. Rc7 Na6 26. Rcc4 e5 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Rd6 Nb8 (
28... Kf7 29. Rxa4 $16) 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rc7 Nc6 31. Kf2 (31. Be4 Ra6 32. Bc5
Ra5 33. Be3 Ra8) 31... Ra6 32. Bc5 (32. Bf7 Rf8 33. Bc5 Bg4 34. Rxb7 Bh5 35.
Rdd7 Rxf7+ 36. Rxf7 Bxf7 37. Rxf7 h6 38. Ke3 Ra5 39. Bf8 Kg8 40. Rc7 Kxf8 41.
Rxc6 Rb5 42. Rc2 Ke7 $11) (32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Rcxc6 Bh3 $11) 32... Nd4 (32...
Ra5 33. Bf7 $18) (32... Nb8 33. Bxb7 Rxd6 34. Bxd6 Bxb7 35. Rxb7 Nc6 36. Rc7
$18) 33. Bf7 $18) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 (18. Rac1 b6 $11) 18... b6 19. Bd6 (
19. Re1 Be6 $11) 19... Bxd6 (19... Rd8 20. Bxc5 Rxd5 21. Bxb6 Ra6 22. Bxd5 Rxb6
23. Rc1 $16) 20. Rxd6 b5 (20... Re8 21. Rxb6 $16) 21. Rb6 (21. Bc6 Ra6 22. Rad1
b4 23. R1d4 (23. a4 h6 24. f4 Bg4 25. R1d2 Rc8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28.
Bb5 Ra7 $11) 23... bxa3 24. bxa3 Bh3 25. Bg2 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rb8
28. Ra6 g6 29. Rxa5 Rb3 $1 $11) 21... Bd7 22. Bf1 (22. Rd1 Re8 23. Bf1 g6 (
23... Kf8 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Re2 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27. Rdb8 a4 28. Kg2 Rd7 29.
Ra8 Rdd2 30. Ra7+ Ke6 (30... Rd7 31. Rxa4 $18) 31. Rb6+ Kd5 32. Rxf7 $18) 24.
Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Re2 26. Rd6 $1 $16 (26. a4 Ra6 $1 $44)) 22... Rc8 23. Bxb5
Bxb5 24. Rxb5 g6 25. a4 $2 $44 (25. Rd1 Rc2 (25... Ra6 26. Rd7 Rc2 $44) 26. Rd6
$16) 25... Rc2 26. b3 (26. Rd1 Ra6 $44) 26... Rb2 (26... Ra6 $44) 27. Rd1 Ra6
28. Rd4 (28. Rd3 Rf6 29. f3 Re6 $15) 28... Rf6 29. Rf4 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Kg7 31.
Kg2 (31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxb3 33. Rxa5 Ra3 $44) 31... f5 32. Rb7+ Kh6 33. h3
Rc2 34. Rb5 Rc3 35. Rxa5 Rxb3 36. Ra7 Rb4 37. Kg3 Rb3+ 38. f3 Rb4 39. a5 Ra4
40. a6 Ra2 41. h4 Ra4 (41... Ra4 42. h5 gxh5 43. Ra8 h4+ 44. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 45. Kg3
Ra4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Nb4 12. Ne5 N4d5 13. Qf3 f6
14. Nd3 $14) (10... Bf6 $5) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 (13. Qc2 $5) 13...
Bf6 (13... Bxh4 $1 14. Nxh4 (14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Qe4 g6 $17) 14... Qxh4 15. Re4 $5
(15. Re3 g6 $1 (15... h6 16. Rh3 Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Qg4 g6 (17... g5 $2 18. f4
$1 Qg7 19. fxg5 f5 20. Qe2 $1 Nxd4 (20... hxg5 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 (21... Qf7 22. Qh6
) 22. Bc4) (20... Rae8 21. Rxh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 {1-0 Rabiega,R-Bauer,R/BL2-N 1996})
21. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 $18 {Stringer 1-0 Stringer,V-Gardner,A/corr England
1992 (28)}) 18. Bxh6 $16) 17. Qh5 (17. Qg4 f5 $15) (17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Qh5 f5 19.
Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Qh7 21. Qxe6 Rae8 22. Qd6 Rd8 (22... Rg8 23. Qf6+ Rg7 24.
Bxf5 $18) 23. Qf4 Rg8 24. Bxf5 $18) 17... Qf6 $8 18. Qg4 $16) (15... f5 16.
Rxe6 Na5 17. Qe2 f4 18. f3 Bd5 19. Re5 Bf7 20. Ba3 {+/- Mikhalchishin,
A-Stopkin,V/USSR 1984}) 16. Rh3 (16. Rg3 Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Qh4 f5
(18... Rfc8 $5 19. Bh6 Qh8 20. Bg5 h5 21. Re1 $16) 19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21.
Re1 Na5 22. c4 $132 {1-0 Anand,V-Morrison,G/Blackpool GBR ch 1988 (46)}) 17.
Bh6 Rfd8 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh3 Qf7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rge3 Re8 22. Bb5 Na5 (22... a6
$5 $132) 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qg3 Bd5 $44 {1-0 Grebennikov,S-Tolnai,T/Kecskemet
1991 (45)}) 16... Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. Bg5 Qg7 20. Qh4
f5 21. Re1 Na5 22. Rhe3 Qf7 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. c4 Qd7 26. Bf6 Qf7 (
26... Na5 27. d5 Rxc4 28. Qh6 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf7 31. Bb2 e5 32.
Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Nc4 34. Bd4 $14) 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8
30. cxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Ne5 32. d6 Qe2 $1 (32... Ng4+ 33. Qxg4 $1 $18) (32... Nd7
$4 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Qe8 35. Be7+ Kf7 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. Qe6 $1 $18 {1-0
Kasparow-Gonda/Cannes/SW,8,7 1988 (37)}) 33. Qd4 Ng4+ 34. Kg3 Nxf6 35. Qxf6
Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 17. Qd2 (17. Qg4 Rfd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 e5
20. Bc4+ Kf8 $44) (17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qd2 f6 (18... Na5 19. Re1 Bd5 20. Qf4 f6
21. Qh4 f5 (21... Rac8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Bxf6 g5 25. Bxg5 $18) 22.
Qf4 Qf7 23. g4 $132 {1-0 Hansen Lars Bo-Jelling Erik/Ch Denmark (team) 1995 
(29)}) 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Rhe3 Na5 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. f4 f5 23. c4 b5 24. c5 Bd5 25.
Bxb5 Nc6 26. Rd1 Qf6 $11 {0-1 Szypulski,A-Luczak,A/Jachranka POL tt 1987 (32)})
17... f5 18. Qh6 Qd7 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Re1 Rfe8 $44) 15... Qe7 16. Qh5 g6 17.
Qh6 f6 18. Rh4 (18. Bc4 Nd8 $15 (18... Ne5 $2 19. Ba3 Qf7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rh4 Qf7 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Qe3 $16)) 18... Qf7 (18... Qg7 $2 19.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bh6+ $16) 19. Ba3 (19. Bb2 Rad8 20. c4 e5 21. d5 Nb4 $17) 19...
Rfe8 (19... Rfc8 20. Re1 Rc7 21. Rg4 $44) 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Re3 $44) (13... Na5
14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Bd5 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Bxh6) 14. Ng5 $132 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Rc1
(15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ng5 g6 $132) 15... Na5 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc4 18. Qf4
Bxg5 19. hxg5 e5 20. Qg4 exd4 21. cxd4 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,J-Orr,M/
Thessaloniki olm 1984 (45)}) (14. Bc2 Qd5 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8
18. h5 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Bb3 Qh5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Liepold,S-Birk,
S/BL2-S 1989 (43)}) 14... g6 (14... h6 15. Nh7 Re8 (15... Bxh4 16. Nxf8 $16)
16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe4 $16) 15. Qg4 h5 (15... Rc8 $5) (15... Ne7 16.
Ba3 $13) 16. Qg3 (16. Qf4 e5 17. Qg3 Qd7 (17... exd4 18. Bc4 $1 Kg7 19. Bxf7
$16) 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bc4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. d5 Na5 23. Bb5
$16 {Sokolov,A-Christiansen,L/Dubai olm 1986/1/2-1/2 (81)}) 16... Qd7 (16...
Bg7 17. Nxe6 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxg6 Rf8 19. Bxh5 $16) 17... fxe6 18. Qxg6 Rf7
19. Qxh5 Ne7 (19... Qf6 20. Re2 $18) (19... Qd6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bg6 Rd7 22. a4
$18) 20. Bg5 $16) (16... Ne7 17. Ne4 (17. Ba3 Qd7 $1 (17... Re8 $4 18. Nxe6 $18
{1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Luczak,A/Cappelle op 1989 (29)}) (17... Rc8 $4 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Rxe6 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rf7 21. Bxg6 $18 {1-0 Hansen,C-Georgiev,K/Kiljava
1984 (25)}) 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Qf4 Bg7 22. Rae1 Nd5
23. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17 {Banas,J-Ostenstad,B/Trnava-B 1989/0-1 (72)}) 17... Bxe4 18.
Bxe4 Rc8 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Bb7 Rcd8 $11 {Djurhuus,
R-Ostenstad,B/Oslo 1988/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 17. Ne4 $5 (17. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 18. Bh6 Ne7
19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 (20... Bxh4 21. Qxh4 Nxg6 22. Qxh5 Nf4 23. Qg5+ Qg7
24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re3 $14) 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxe6 Bxh4 24. g3
Bf6 25. Rae1 $13) (17. Ba3 $5 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nd6 Red8 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Rf8 (21... Bc8 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Qg5 d4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 (
24... Ba6 25. Nf5 $18) 25. Re7 $18) 22. Qxh5 $16) (17... Ne7 $1 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 (
18... Bxe7 19. Nxe6 $18) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 Qf7 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 $132) 18.
Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxg6 Qg7 20. Rxe6 $16) 17... Bg7 18. Bg5 (18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Rad1 Rfe8 $132) 18... Ne7 $4 (18... Rac8 19. Bf6 Qc7 20. Qg5 Na5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 (22... Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Bxg6 $18) 23. Qg5 (23. Rac1
Qd8 24. Qf4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc4 $132) 23... Kg7) 19. Qd6 $1 $18 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 f6
(20... Nd5 21. Nxb7 $18) 21. Rxe6 $1 (21. Nxb7 fxg5 22. Rxe6 $18) 21... Bd5 22.
Rxe7 fxg5 23. hxg5 Rad8 24. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nxf6+ $146 {In this type of
positions with isolated P side has this isolated P must avoid pieces changes
and try to organize attack on the kingside.But in our case white recieve Nf6
pin.} ({More flexible is} 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 {-mainline} Rc8 (13... Re8 14. Bd2
Nce7 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Ba2 Nd6 17. Ng3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Kaidanov,G/
Groningen PCA ,CBM 1993 (42)}) (13... Nce7 14. Bd2 (14. Nfg5 Ng6 15. h4 Bxg5
16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg6 Qxh4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Rf6 21. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Epishin,V/Rostov 1993 (21)}) 14... Ng6 15. Neg5 Nde7 16. Rxe6
$5 {see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Kortchnoi,V-Oll,L/Groningen 1993/Inf 59/
[Oll,L] (31)}) (13... Be7 14. Nfg5 h6 15. Nh7 f5 16. Nxf8 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Kxf8
18. Rxe6 Bf6 $44 {0-1 Ghinda,M-Skembris,S/Athens 1984/ (27)}) 14. Nfg5 (14. Bd2
Qd7 (14... Nce7 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Bb3 Be7 $11 (16... Nd6 $2 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 18.
Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Oms Pallise,J/Dos Hermanas ESP 2000/The
Week in Chess 284/[Kostakiev] (51)})) 15. Ba2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Nce7 17. Bb1 Ng6
18. h4 $40 {1-0 Sigurjonsson,G-Torfason,J/Reykjavik 1972/(34)}) (14. Ba2 Nce7
15. Bd2 Ng6 16. g3 Re8 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/Amber Rapid, Monte
Carlo MON 1998/(61)}) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nce7 18. Ba2
Rfe8 19. Bb1 (19. h4 Kh8 20. Bb1 g6 21. Qh3 Nf5 $15 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Ribli,Z/
Portoroz/Ljubljana 1985/Inf 39/ (35)}) 19... Ng6 20. Qg3 f5 21. Qd6 Rcd8 22.
Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ng5 Rde7 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Petrosian,T/Moskva 1966/Inf 02/ (29)}) (
12. h4 $5 Bb7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Rc8 15. a3 Nde7 16. Ba2 Nf5 17. d5 exd5 18.
Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Na5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Lugovoi,A/St.
Petersburg op 1995/EXP 46 (43)}) 12... Nxf6 13. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8] We can see
also the benefit of the change on the previous move: white Bg5 has no opponent.
} Bb7 14. a3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Now the pin is unpleasant...} ({Another move} 
14. Rc1 $6 {is not in spirit of position.} Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Be3 (16. Bh4 $2
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxf3 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 17... Rxc1 $17)
16... Qd5 {and in this position will be long struggle with a lot of manoeuvres.
} 17. Bc4 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qd5 19. Bc4 Qf5 20. h3 (20. Bd3 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. Qe2
Nd5 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Be4 Qe7 24. a3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Schlosser,P/
Tegernsee GER 1999/ (68)}) 14... Qd6 {I don't see another possibility to be
released from the pin.} (14... h6 15. Bh4 Rc8 16. Ba2 Nb8 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bg3
Ne4 19. Qf3 Qxd4 (19... Nxg3 20. Qxb7 Nf5 21. Nxf7 $1 $16) 20. Nxf7 $1 $16) 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]} Na5 17. Ba2 Bxd5 18. Qd4 Nc6 (18... f5 $6
19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qf6 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Gf3g5]}) 19. Qxf6 Bxa2 (19...
Qe7 20. Qh6 Bxf3 21. Bb1 f5 22. Rxe6 $16) 20. Rxa2 Qd3 21. b4 Qg6 (21... Rad8
22. Rae2 Qg6 23. Qh4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 22. Qh4 Rad8 $2 $18 ({the last
possibility of resistance was} 22... b5 {[%csl Gc6]} 23. Rd2 Kh8 (23... Rad8
24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne5 $1 $18) 24. g3 $16) 23. b5 $1 {Repelling Nc6} Rd3 (23...
Nb8 24. Ne5 Qg7 25. Rae2 Rd5 26. Re3 Kh8 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e3g3","",10]}
27. Rg3 $3 Rxe5 (27... Qxe5 28. Qb4 {[%csl Re5,Rf8]} Qxe1+ 29. Qxe1 $18) 28.
Rf1 $1 Rxb5 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qc7 Ra5 32. Re1 $18) 24. Kh1 $1 Rxf3
(24... Nb8 25. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Rg6]}) 25. gxf3 Ne5 26. Qe4 ({It was a very
little trap:} 26. Rg1 $4 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Nxf3+ $19) 26... Qxe4 27. Rxe4 (27.
fxe4 $18) 27... Ng6 (27... Nxf3 28. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rf3]}) 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Rc7
Rd5 30. a4 Ne5 31. f4 (31. Kg2 $18) 31... Nd3 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kf3 Nc5 34. Rc4
Nb3 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Rxa7 Nc5 37. Rd4 Rh5 38. a5 bxa5 39. b6 Rh3+ 40. f3 Rxh2
41. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Cherniak Memorial"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 (
6... Nbd7 $5 7. Nxd4 $14 (7. dxe6 dxc3 8. exd7+ Bxd7 $11) (7. Qxd4 Bc5 8. Qd1
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qa5+ 11. Kd1 Nf6 12. Qe5+ Be6 13. e3 Ng4 14. Qxg7 (
14. Bd2 O-O-O $19) 14... O-O-O+ $19 {0-1 Gaiduk-Zaitsev,A/Vladivostok 1958 (17)
})) (6... Qd7 7. Nb5 $1 (7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Ne5 Qd8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 $14 {
1-0 Ayinla,J-Mansouri,E/Thessaloniki olm ,BIG 1984 (24)}) (7. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Kd8 13. Rc1 Nf6 14.
f3 Bd7 15. e3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Debarnot,R/Villa Gesell tt 1970 (21)}) 7...
Nxd5 8. Ne5 Nb6 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Qxd7+ N8xd7 11. Nxf7+ Kxc7 12. Nxh8 Bb4+ 13.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne5 {[%csl Rh8]} 15. Rc1+ Kd6 16. f4 Nec4+ 17. Kd3 $16) 7.
Qxd4 exd5 (7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Bd2 $16 (10. a3 $2 Qf6 11.
Qg5 Be7 12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Bc4 Rhe8 15. O-O Rxe4 16. Bxf7 Bg4 17.
h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Re7 19. Ba2 Ne5 20. Kg2 Nd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sinkovics,P-Meszaros,
A/Budapest Spring 1993 (55)})) 8. Nxd5 (8. Bg5 {This continuation means -
White doesn't accept pawn sacrifice, but plays against isolated pawn.} Nc6 (
8... Be7 9. g3 (9. e3 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O Rad8 13. Nd4 $14 {
1-0 Borges Mateos,J-Antunes,A/Capablanca mem ,EXT 1989 (60)}) (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10.
Qxd5 O-O 11. e3 Qb6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nd4 Nc6 $44 {1/2-1/2
Raedecker,B-Braeuning,R/BL2S 1990 (21)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qd3 (10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rd1
O-O 12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rac8 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Nd4
Qf6 18. e3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jost,C-Legky,N/Val Thorens 1991 (58)}
) 10... Be6 11. Bg2 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Bh3 $132 {
1-0 Shapiro,D-Caldwell,D/New York op 1987 (46)}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bxf6 Nxd4 10. Bxd8
Nxf3+ (10... Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Bh4 $14 {[%csl Ra1]}) 11. exf3 (11. gxf3
Rxd8 12. Nxd5 Bc6 13. Nc3 Bc5 $44) 11... Rxd8 12. Nxd5 Bc6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Rd1
O-O $44 {1/2-1/2 Castillo Larenas,M-Trifunovic,P/Mar del Plata 1950 (30)}) (9.
Qd3 Be7 10. g3 Qa5 $132 {1-0 Barnsley,A-Withey,R/British cr.Champ.Final 1992 
(19)}) 9... Be6 10. e3 Be7 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O a6 14.
Rac1 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Palmisano,J-Toloza,P/Op General Pico City ARG 1996 (35)}) 11.
Bb5 (11. Nd4 O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rfd1
Rac8 16. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Doettling,F-Smetankin,S/EU-chJM U16 Rimavska Sobota
1996/EXT 96ch2 (25)}) 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16.
Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Najdorf,M-Gligoric,S/olm Helsinki Finland 1952 (41)}) (11. Bd3
O-O 12. O-O (12. Rd1 Qb6 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 Rac8 $132 {1-0
Shamkovich,L-Bannik,A/Kiev URS ch 1954 (97)}) 12... h6 (12... Qb6 13. Na4 Qb4
14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Nc3 h6 17. Bf4 a6 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Kf8 20.
Be5 $14 {1-0 Gomez,A-Antunes,A/Havana Capablanca-A 1990 (51)}) 13. Bh4 Rc8 14.
Rac1 Bg4 $11) (11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe1 f5 15. Rd1 Rad8
16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rd6 20. Rc1 a6 21. Ba4 Nc4 22.
Rfe1 b5 23. Bb3 Rh6 $132 {0-1 Darsniek-Tal/Latvian ch 1954 (49)}) 11... O-O 12.
O-O Rc8 (12... Qb6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chow,
A-Kornfeld,A/Chess Mates Invitati 1984 (44)}) 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15.
Nd4 $2 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 $11 (16. exd4 $2 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxb5 18. Qc7 Re8 19. b3 h6
20. Bh4 Ba3 {0-1 Kottnauer,C-Trifunovic,P/Amsterdam ,MCL 1950/[Ftacnik] (20)}))
(8. Qe5+ Be7 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. a3 (11. e4 $14) 11... Qc7 12. e3 Rd8
13. Qe4 O-O 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qc4 Bf6 16. O-O Be6 17. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sanguinetti,R-Castillo Larenas,M/Mar del Plata 1950 (22)}) (8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. e4 Rb8 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Qe5+ Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nykopp,
M-Turunen,E/SSL ch Espoo 1984 (62)}) (8. e3 Nc6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Be2 Bc5 11. O-O
Qe7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Sergeev,V-Galkin,S/Komercni Banka,
Pardubice CZE 1997 (52)}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... Bc5 10. Qd1 (10. Qe5+ Be6
11. Nd4 (11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qg5 h6 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh6 Rg6 15. Qf4 (15. Qh4 Rg4
) 15... Nd5 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Kf2 $16) 11... Nbd7
12. Qg5 (12. Qf4 Nd5 13. Qd2 Bb4) 12... Ne4 13. Qxg7 O-O-O) (10. Qf4 $5 $14) (
10. Qh4 $5 Na6 (10... Nc6 11. Bd2 O-O (11... Qb6 12. Na4 $18) 12. e3 (12. Nd5
$2 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxd5 $17) 12... Nb4 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Nb5 $1 $16) 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. e3 O-O (12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 $16) 13. Bc4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 $1 (14. O-O $6 Bc6 15.
e4 $5 $14 {Time. 1-0 Gurevich,M-Barsov,A/Vlissingen 1997/CBM 60/ (26)}) 14...
Qc2 15. Rxb7 Bc6 16. Rxf7 $3 Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Ke8 (18... Kf8 19.
Nxc6 Rc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $18) 19. Nxc6 Rc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4) 10...
Ne4 11. e3 Bb4 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qf6 (13... Qa3 14. Qb1 Nc6
15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 O-O $44) 14. Rc1 Qe7 $11) 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14.
Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 $11 {Vyzmanavin,A-Goldin,A/Novosibirsk
1993/Inf 58 (16)}) 10. Qe3+ {I played this move twice against Uri Zak} (10. Qd1
$143 Ne4 (10... O-O-O 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. e3 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bb4 14. h4 Rhe8
15. Bh3+ Kb8 16. Kf1 Nd5 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bf4+ (18. Bg5 f6 19. Nxd5 fxg5 20.
Nxb4 Qxb4 21. hxg5 Nxe2 $19) 18... Ka8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. e4 Qb5+ 21. Kg2 Ne2
22. Qe3 Bc5 {0-1 Manor,I-Zak,U/ch 2000 (22)}) 12... Bb4 13. Qb3 (13. Be2 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rd6 16. Qc2 Rhd8 17. Rd1 (17. O-O-O Ne5 (17... Qa3+ 18.
Kb1 Na5 19. Bc1 Rb6+ 20. Ka1 Nb3+ 21. Qxb3 Rxb3 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bxa3 Rxa3
24. Kb2 $16) 18. c4 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Nd3 $132) 17... Ne5 18. O-O Nd3 19. Be1 (19.
e4 Qh5 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Rxd3 (21. Kh1 Rh6 22. Bxh6 Nexf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24.
Kg1 Nxd1 25. Bf4 Qc5+ {0-1 Gonzalez Garcia,J-Cifuentes Parada,R/El Vendrell
1996 (25)}) 21... Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Rxd3 24. Qa4 (24. Qxd3 Nxf2+ $19)
(24. fxe4 Qxe4+ $17 25. Kg1 Rxe3 $19) 24... Nd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Legky,N/
URS Army-ch Tashkent 1987/EXT 87ch (49)}) 19... Qg5+ (19... Qf5 20. Bxd3 Rxd3
21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qa4 Kb8 23. Kg2 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Qf5 $11) 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Rxd3
Rxd3 22. Rg1 (22. Bxd3 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Rd5 $19) 22... g6 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Rg3 h5
$44) 13... Rd6 $1 $132 (13... Kb8 $2 14. a3 Rxd2 15. Nxd2 Nd4 16. exd4 Re8+ 17.
Be2 Bxc3 18. O-O Rxe2 (18... Bxe2 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $16) 19.
Nc4 Qh5 20. Qxc3 $16 {1-0 Velikov,P-Pyhala,A/Thessaloniki olm ,BIG 1984 (31)}))
(10... Bb4 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qf5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 $14 {
1-0 Knechtel,R-Wittelsberger,H/Regensburg op 1996/EXT 96op2 (22)}) (10... Rd8
11. Bd2 Bg4 12. e3 Bb4 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rd7 16. a3 Be7 17.
O-O-O Rfd8 $14 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Lazovic,G/Belisce CRO 1999 (33)}) 11. Qd5 (11. Bd2
Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bb4 13. Qc1 Rc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Poecksteiner,J-Kapeller,W/Lienz op
1988/EXT 88op (21)}) 11... Nc5 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc4 b5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Timofeev-Kapellko/URS zt 1960 (23)}) (10. Qf4 Nb4 11. Nd4 Rd8 12. Qg5
Bf5 13. Be3 Ne4 (13... Rxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxd4 $17 {0-1 Almeria 68020/
50 MHz-Maarten Aronsson/Rilton Cup (40m/2hr) 1989 (43)}) 14. Qf4 g5 $1 $19)
10... Be6 (10... Be7 11. Qg5 Qxg5 (11... Qb6 12. e3 (12. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 13. Qh6
Ng4 14. Qxh7 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 O-O-O $17) 12... Nb4 (12... O-O 13. Be2 h6 14. Qf4
$16) 13. Nd4 Ne4 (13... O-O 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. O-O Rac8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 $14
) (13... Ng4 14. Qf4 O-O 15. a3 (15. Be2 Bf6 16. O-O (16. Bxg4 Nd3+) 16... Be5
17. Qg5 Bf6 $11) 15... Bd6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd2 (19. h3
Be5 20. Bd2 Nh2 21. Rd1 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 $14) 19... Rfe8 20. Rc1 Be7 21. Qh5 Nf6
22. Qf3 $14) 14. Qh5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 $16 (15... Nxa2 $4 16. Rxa2 Qb1 17. Rc2
Ba4 18. Bb5+ $18 {1-0 Gupta,M-Heine/Dortmund op 1988 (34)})) 12. Bxg5 Nb4 13.
Rc1 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. e3 $16) 14... Rc8 15.
a3 (15. e3 O-O 16. Nd4 $16 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Na2 $16) 15... Nbd5
16. Na2 O-O 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Nd3 Ne3 19. Nc3 $14 {0-1 Domotor,J-Plecsko,Z/
Zalaegerszeg 1959 (29)}) 11. Qg5 (11. Bd2 O-O-O (11... Bc5 12. Qg5 O-O 13. e3
Nb4 (13... h6 14. Qh4 Nb4 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. a3 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Ne4 $18)
14. Rc1 Be7 $4 {1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Zak,U/Rishon 1999/ (14) blitz} 15. Qxa5) 12.
Qf4 Bb4 13. Rc1 Bxa2 14. Nxa2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qxa2 16. g3 Qe6 (16... Qxb2 17.
Bh3+ Nd7 18. Ne4 g5 19. Nxg5 Rhe8 20. O-O $18) 17. Bg2 (17. h4 Nd5 18. Qc4 Kb8
$11 {0-1 Kekki,P-Tella,J/Helsinki Finnish ch 1996 (37)}) 17... Rhe8 18. O-O Nd5
19. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2d5,Gc1c6]}) 11... Qxg5 (11... Bb4 12. Qxa5 Bxa5
13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Nd4 (14. Rc1 $6 Bxa2 (14... Nxa2 15. Nxa2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Bxa2
17. b3 O-O 18. Ra1 Rfc8 19. e4 Rc2 20. Kd1 Rac8 21. Bc4 $18) 15. Nxa2 Nxa2 16.
Rc4 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 O-O 18. e3 $11) 14... Rd8 (14... O-O 15. a3 $16) 15. a3 (15.
Nxe6 fxe6 (15... Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Rxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nxa1 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nf5 $16 {
[%csl Ra1]}) 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. a3 Nxf2 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. e4 a6 20. Bc4 Nxh1 21.
Rxh1 $16) 15... Rxd4 (15... Nbd5 16. e3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ne4 19.
Rb1 b6 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Rd7 Nxc3 24. Ba6 $16) 16.
axb4 Bxb4 17. Rxa7 O-O 18. e3 Rd7 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Ke2 Bc5 21. Raa1 Rd8 22. Rhc1
$16) 12. Bxg5 Nb4 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. a3 h6 15. Bd2 $16) 13. Nd4 (13.
Rd1 Nxa2 $11) 13... O-O-O (13... Bc5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. e3 $16) (
13... Rd8 14. e3 Rxd4 15. exd4 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxa1 17. Bb5+ $16) 14. Ncb5 $1 $146
{Strong novelty. White had advantage!} (14. e3 Rxd4 15. exd4 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxa1
17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Nb3+ 18. axb3 Bxb3 19. Rc1 (19. Ra1 a6) 19... Bb4 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Kd3 Kb8 22. Ne4 (22. Bd1 Be6 $11) 22... Be7 23. Bf3 Bd5 24. Nxf6 Bxf6
25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Rc5 b6 27. Rc6 Bg7 28. Bxf7 Bxd4 29. Ke4 Bxf2 $11) 17... Nb3+
(17... Ng4 18. Rxa1 Nxf2 19. Bc2 $14) 18. axb3 Bxb3 19. Re1 (19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Be4 (20. Re1 Bh6+ $15)) 19... Bb4 20. Bf5+ Kc7 21. Kd3 Nd5 $1 22. Be4 Bxc3 23.
bxc3 h6 24. Bd2 (24. Rb1 hxg5 25. Rxb3 Nf4+ 26. Kc4 b6 27. h3 $132) 24... b5 $1
25. Bf3 Rd8 $11 {1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Zak,U/Haifa 2000/(38)}) 14... Nxa2 (14... a6
15. Rc1+ Kd7 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Nc3 $16 Nbd5 18. e4 (18. Bd2 Bb4 19. e3 Rc8 20.
Be2 Ne4 21. Bf3 Ndxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 $11) 18... Nxc3 19. Bc4+ Ke5
20. bxc3 Kxe4 21. Bxf7 $16) (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. e3 $16 Ne4
18. Bxd8 Nxc3 19. a3 $18) (14... Rd5 15. Rc1+ Rc5 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Rxc5 Bxc5
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nb5 Nxa2 20. e3 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Ne4 22. Bf4+ Kc8 23. Nd4 $16)
15. e4 $1 (15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Ba5 (16. Nxe6 Rxd2 (16... fxe6 17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18.
Bf4+ Ka8 (18... Kxa7 19. Rxa2+ Kb6 20. Ra4 $16) 19. Nc6 $1 bxc6 20. Rxa2+ Kb7
21. Ra4 Nc5 22. Rb4+ Ka7 (22... Ka8 23. Rc4 $16) 23. Rc4 $16 (23. Be3)) 17.
Nxf8 Rxb2 $17) (16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nac6+ bxc6 18. Nxc6+ Kc7 19. Nxd8 Kxd8 20.
Ba5+ Kd7 21. f3 (21. e3 Bd6 22. Bb5+ (22. Bd3 Nc5 $44) 22... Ke7) 21... Nf6 22.
e4 Bd6 $44) 16... b6 $15) (15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Nac6+ bxc6 17. Nxc6+ Kc7 18. Nxd8
Bb4+ 19. Bd2 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxd8+ $15) 15... Bb4+ 16. Ke2 a6 17. Nxe6 (17. Na7+
Kb8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa2 Kxa7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. g3 (22. Ra1 Bc5
23. g3 Bd4 24. Rb1 Bxe5 25. Bg2 $14) 22... Bc3 23. f4 Nb4 24. Ra4 Rd2+ 25. Kf3
Rxb2 26. Bh3 Nc6 27. Rd1 b5 $14) 17... fxe6 18. Rxa2 axb5 19. Kf3 $1 $18 {
This move I found at home...} (19. e5 h6 20. exf6 (20. Bh4 g5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22.
exf6 $14) 20... hxg5 21. fxg7 Rhg8 22. Ra8+ Kc7 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. h4 Rxg7 25.
h5 $14) 19... Kc7 (19... Rhf8 20. Bxb5 $18) 20. Bxb5 Rhf8 21. Ke2 h6 (21... Kb6
22. Bd3 h6 23. Be3+ Bc5 24. Bxc5+ Kxc5 25. Ra5+ $18) 22. Be3 Ng4 (22... Ra8 23.
Rc1+ $18) 23. Rc1+ Kd6 24. Bb6 $6 (24. Ra4 $1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bc5 26. e5+ Kd5 27.
e4+ $18 {I didn't see this move! Pf2-e3-34!}) 24... Rc8 25. Rd1+ Ke5 (25... Ke7
26. Rd7+ Kf6 27. f4 $18 (27. Bd3 Rc1 $16)) 26. Bd4+ Kf4 27. Bd3 (27. Ra4 $1
Rc2+ (27... Be7 28. Bxg7 $18) 28. Kd3 $18) 27... e5 28. Ba7 Bc5 29. h4 {
[%cal Gg2g3]} Nf6 30. g3+ Kg4 31. Bxc5 (31. Bc4 Kh5 32. Be6 Rc7 33. Bxc5 Rxc5
34. f3 $16) 31... Rxc5 32. Ke3 Kh5 (32... Kh3 33. Bf1+ Kh2 34. Be2 Rc2 35. Raa1
$18 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd1h1]}) 33. f3 Rfc8 34. b4 Rc3 (34... R5c7 35. Ra5 Re7
36. Rda1 $18) 35. Ra5 Re8 36. Kd2 Rb3 $6 {Of course, mistake,} ({but} 36... Rc7
37. Rc1 $18 {also is lost for Black}) 37. Bc4 Rxf3 38. Be2 Kg4 39. Ra3 Nxe4+
40. Ke1 {In next games Uri Zak stopped play this variation...} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 ({Mainlines are:} 11... f6) (11...
Qb6) 12. Ne1 ({Interesting also} 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. e3 Bf5 15. Bc3 Be4
16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rcd1 $14 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Miles,A-Podlesnik,B/Nova Gorica 1999/
CBM 68 ext (51)}) 12... d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. a4 (14. Bf3 {see comments to the
game 1/2-1/2 Kalinin,A-Atalik,S/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57 (39)[Atalik,S,
Tsesarsky,I]}) (14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Qa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/
Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (51)}) 14... Qf5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. Nf4 {
[%cal Gg2h3] Threatening Bh3} (17. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) (17. Rc1 $14 {
[%cal Gd3c5]}) 17... Qe5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Re1 {[%csl Ge2] Good
preventive move} Qg6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne7 24. Qxd4 Bxb5 25.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qe5 $2 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Re7] Dropping an advantage - based on
tactical blunder.} ({Simply to take P by} 26. Bxb7 $16 {was much better -
White has serious chances to win.}) 26... Bb4 $8 27. Be4 Re8 $1 {This very
strong unexpected move was probably missed by Topalov.} (27... Qb6 28. Bxh7+ $1
$18) (27... Bc3 28. Bxg6 Bxe5 29. Bxf7+ $16) 28. Qxb5 (28. Bxg6 Rxe5 29. Bxe5
Bxe1 30. Be4 Bxe2 31. Bxb7 $11) (28. Qxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bxg6 Bxe1 $11) 28... Qxe4
29. f3 Qe7 30. Rc1 {[%csl Rb4,Rb7,Re8][%cal Gc1c7]} h6 $5 (30... Ba3 31. Rc7
$16 {[%csl Rb7]}) ({Equal position after} 30... b6 $1 31. Qxb6 (31. Rc7 Bc5+
32. Kh1 Qe6 33. e4 $132) 31... g5 32. Rc7 Qxe2 {[%csl Rg1]} 33. Qxb4 Qxf3 (
33... gxf4 34. Qxf4 $16) 34. Re7 $11 (34. Bxg5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+
37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kxh5 Rxh2+ $19)) 31. Kf1 (31. Rc7 Qxe2 32. Qxe2 ({It is very
dangerous to take a piece:} 32. Qxb4 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kg4 h5+
$1 36. Kh4 $8 (36. Kg5 Qxf3 $19 {[%csl Rg5]}) 36... Rxh2+ 37. Kg5 Qxf3 38. Rc8+
$8 Kh7 39. Qb1+ $8 g6 40. Re8 (40. Kf6 Qd5 41. Re8 Ra2 42. Qb4 Ra6+ 43. Ke7 Kg7
$1 $19 {[%csl Re7]}) 40... Re2 41. Rxe2 Qxe2 42. Qb6 Qg4+ 43. Kf6 Qf5+ 44. Ke7
h4 45. Qxb7 g5 $1 $17) 32... Rxe2 33. Rxb7 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 g5 35. Bb8 $11) 31...
g5 32. Bc7 Qe3 33. Rc2 Bf8 34. Kg2 (34. Qxb7 $2 Bc5 $1) 34... Bg7 (34... Re6 $2
35. Qxb7 Bc5 36. Kh3 Qg1 37. Qd5 Qf1+ 38. Kg4 Be3 39. Be5 $1 $16) 35. Bb6 Qe6
36. Bf2 Rc8 37. Rd2 Qc6 38. Qf5 Re8 ({After} 38... b5 {also Black equalize:}
39. Rd7 Bf6 $1 40. Bd4 Rd8 $1 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42. Qe5 Kf8 $11) 39. e4 b5 40. Rd7
Qe6 $2 $16 ({Why not} 40... Bf6 $1 $11) 41. Qxb5 g4 42. Qd5 Qxd5 (42... gxf3+
43. Kxf3 $16) 43. Rxd5 Re6 44. Be3 Kh7 45. h3 gxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Kg6 47. h4 $1 Bf6
$2 $18 {Positional mistake. Now White wins by force.} ({Necessary was} 47... h5
$1 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. g4 (49. Re5+ $6 Kg6 50. Rxe6+ fxe6 51. g4 hxg4+ $1 ({After
} 51... Bf6 52. g5 $1 {seems position of Black is hopeless:} Bc3 53. Bf4 Kf7
54. Ke2 Bd4 55. Bg3 Bb6 56. Kd3 Bg1 57. Kc4 Be3 58. Kb5 {White's plan is to
bring K to d7, to play g5-g6 and to take Pe6, then to push forward Pe4.} Bd4
59. Kc6 Be3 60. Kd7 Bd4 61. g6+ Kxg6 62. Kxe6 Bc3 63. e5 $18) 52. Kxg4 Bb2 53.
h5+ Kf6 54. Bf4 Kg7 {and Black survives}) 49... hxg4+ 50. Rxg4+ Kh7 51. Rg5 $16
{This position much better for Black than position from the game after 59 move.
}) 48. h5+ Kg7 49. Bf4 Be7 50. Rb5 Bd8 51. e5 Be7 52. Kg4 Bd8 53. Kf5 Be7 54.
Rb7 Bd8 55. Rb8 Ba5 56. Ra8 Bc3 57. Rd8 Bb4 58. g4 Bc5 59. g5 hxg5 60. Bxg5 {
Threatening Bf6+} Be7 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Bxe7 Rxe7 63. Rf8 Kxh6 (63... Ra7 64. Kf6
Ra1 65. Kxf7 Kxh6 66. e6 $18) 64. Kf6 Re6+ 65. Kxf7 $1 Rxe5 66. Kf6 {
instructive endgame!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O {[%csl Gc3,Gd4] In positions with pawn
structure like this White tries to prepare Attack or initiative on the
Kingside. Black, therefore, plays in the center and tries to neutralize White
Activity.} 11. Qe2 ({More popular is} 11. Bd3 Bf6 (11... b6 12. Re1 (12. Qc2 $5
g6 13. Bh6 (13. h4 $5) 13... Re8 14. Bb5 $2 (14. Be4 Bb7 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Rad1
$132) (14. Rfe1 $5 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. h4 $1 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bg5 $40 {
Tal}) (14. h4 Bf8 15. Qd2 (15. Bxf8 $5 Rxf8 16. h5 Qf6 $1 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Ne5
Rfc8 $15) 15... Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,Vereslav S-Alterman,
Boris/EU-chT (Men) (6) ;EU-chT 1992 (34)}) 14... Bb7 15. c4 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Ne5 Rc8 $15 {1-0 Botvinnik,Mikhail-Szabo,Laszlo/Groningen (1) ;MCL 1946 
(31)}) 12... Bb7 13. h4 $5 {-mainline}) 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Rb1 Na5 15.
Ne5 g6 (15... Ba4 $4 16. Bxh7+ $1 {1-0 Hansen,Curt-Kraidman,Yair/Jerusalem ;
MCL 1986}) 16. Ng4 Bg7 17. Nh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6 $14) 11... b6 (11... Bd7 12. Bd3
Rc8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bd2 g6 15. h4 Bf6 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. h5 h6 18. Ne4 b6 19. hxg6
fxg6 20. Bc1 $14 {0-1 Ghinda,Mihail Viorel-Plachetka,Jan/Bratislava (5) ;MCD
1983 (38)}) 12. Qe4 {Except of this move White has big choice of continuations:
} (12. Rd1 Bb7 (12... Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. Rab1 Bc6 16. Be5 Ba4 17.
c4 Qd7 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. d5 $1 $14 {1-0 Stahlberg,Gideon-Szabo,Laszlo/Helsinki
olm ;MCD 1952 (27)}) 13. Bb5 (13. Rb1 Rc8 $1 (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 (14... Na5
{[%csl Rc3]} 15. Ne5 Qxc3 16. Bxh7+ $1 (16. Bb2 Qb4 $1 17. Qh5 f5 18. Ng4 Nc4
$17) 16... Kxh7 17. Rd3 Qxd3 (17... Qc7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rh3 $18) 18. Qxd3+ $16
) 15. h4 Rac8 16. h5 $14 {1-0 Barcza,Gedeon-Szapiel,H/Budapest tt ;EXT 2000
1954 (42)}) 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Qc7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rfe8 $11) 13... Na5
14. Ne5 Qd5 15. f3 a6 16. Bd3 $132 (16. c4 $6 Qd6 17. Ba4 Rac8 18. Bf4 $6 (18.
Qd3 Rfd8 19. Bc2 g6 $15) 18... Bf6 19. Bb3 $15 (19. Rab1 Nxc4 $17 {De Freitas,
Marcio Elisio-O'Kelly de Galway,Alberic/Mar del Plata (6) ;MCD 1948/0-1 (51)}))
) (12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rd1 (13. Qe4 {-like in this game.}) 13... Rc8 (13... Re8 14.
Qe4 g6 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Bg5 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 (17. Bb5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxb5 19.
Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Bxd8 Raxd8 21. Qb4 Nd6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Troianescu,
Octavio-Trifunovic,Petar/Wageningen zt (2) ;MCD 1957 (34)}) 17... Bxg5 18. Bb5
Bf6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 14. c4 (14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. c4
Qd6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Botterill,George
Steven-Pfleger,Helmut/Hastings7172 (7) ;MCD 1971 (40)}) 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Bf6 17. Ba3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marini,Luis-Esposito,Alfredo/Mar del Plata
zt (6) ;MCL 1951 (21)}) (12. h4 $5 {-the main idea of White Attack.} Bb7 (12...
Bxh4 $4 13. Qe4 $18) 13. Ng5 g6 $132 (13... h6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Qxe6 Qf8 16.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qg6+ Qg7 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bh5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Larsen,Bent-Euwe,Max/Munich olm prel (8) ;MCD 1958 (45)}) 14. Re1 (14. Nxe6 $2
fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Bh6 Rf5 $17) (14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bh6 Qd6 16. Rae1 Nd8 17.
Bxf8 Bxf8 18. f4 Rc8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5+ Kg8 21. Rg5+ Bg7 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 24. Rxe6 Rc7 $44) 14... Qc7 $132) (12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rac1
Bf6 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. c4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Cramling,
Pia-Halldorsson,B/Reykjavik op (2) ;MCD 1984 (33)}) (12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rac1 Bf6
14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. c4 Ra5 (
19... Rdd8 $132) 20. d5 Nb4 $15 {0-1 Leito,Priit-Maidla,Vallo/EST-chT ;EXT 99
1996 (39)}) 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qg4 ({Not bad is also} 15.
Rfe1 Na5 16. Qg4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rad1 Kg7 (19... Rad8 $11)
20. Ba6 Rad8 21. c4 $132 {1-0 Rossetto,Hector-O'Kelly de Galway,Alberic/Buenos
Aires ;EXT 99 1948 (30)}) (15. Qe2 $2 Qd5 (15... Rc8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bf4 Na5
18. Rac1 Qd5 19. Qb2 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Vaitonis,Paul-Witkowski,Stefan/Munich olm
fin-B (10) ;EXT 99 1958 (43)}) 16. Rab1 Qh5 17. Qe3 e5 18. Rb5 Ba6 19. Nxe5
Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Nxe5 21. Bxe8 Ng4 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Nxh6 24. Qe4 Rf8 25. Bxg6
Qh4 26. Qxh4 Bxh4 27. Bh5 Rc8 $17 {0-1 Orton,William R-Rowley,Robert/Saitek US
Masters (8) ;EXT 99 1998 (47)}) (15. Bb5 $6 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qf4 Bf8 18.
Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rae1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Herink,Miroslav-Jansa,Vlastimil/
CSR-chT Harrachov (7) ;EXT 99 1968 (41)}) ({Here} 15. h4 $5 {is not effective:}
Bf8 $1 (15... Qd5 $6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Rfe1 (18. h5 Ne7 19. hxg6 hxg6
20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 $14) 18... Kh8 19. Bf1 e5 20. c4 Qd6 21. Rad1 Qc7 (21...
f4 22. dxe5 Qxd1 23. Qxf4 $1 Qd8 24. exf6 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 $18) (21... Qa3 22. Rd3
Qxa2 23. dxe5 $16) 22. d5 $16 {1-0 Cicak,Slavko-Hauchard,Arnaud/Cappelle op
Cappelle la Grande (5) ;CBM 57 ext 1997 (28)}) 16. Bxf8 (16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2
$132) 16... Rxf8 17. h5 Na5 18. Qg4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qg5 $15 {
0-1 Grivas,Efstratios-Kalesis,Nikolaos/GRE-ch94 Glyfada (3) ;CBM 47 ext 1995 
(40)}) 15... Bf6 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Bb5 $6 $15 (17. Ne5 $142 Nf5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19.
Re2 $132 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 17... Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 {The pair of BB change is not
useful for White because become less and less resourses for Attack.} 19. Ng5
Rc8 20. Rad1 Qd5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. c4 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8192] Tactical blunder} (22.
Bg5 f5 $1 (22... Qxa2 $4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qh4 h5 (24... Qa5 25. Ra1 Qf5 26.
Nd6 $18) (24... Kg7 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. d5 exd5 27. Nd6 Rf8 (27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1
Rf8 29. Ne8 $1 $18) 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Qxe7 $18) 25. Qg5 Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. d5
$1 $18) 23. Bxe7 fxg4 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nxd5 exd5 $15 {[%csl Rc3]}) 22... Qxc4
23. Qf4 f5 (23... Nxd4 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Nf5 $19) 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6
Qd5 26. Qf4 (26. Qxd5 {Hopeless also} exd5) 26... Rcd8 27. Qh4 Rd7 (27... e5
28. Qf6 Rd7 $19) 28. Qf6 e5 29. f4 e4 30. h4 Qe6 31. Bg5 Qxf6 {The rest moves
are really redundant. White can resign here.} 32. Bxf6 Kf7 33. Be5 Red8 34. Rc1
Nxd4 35. Kh2 h5 36. a4 Ne6 37. Rc6 Rd1 38. Re2 R1d2 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40. a5 e3 41.
Kg3 e2 42. Kf2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4
(14. Qf4 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qc7 (15... Re8 16. Re3 Qf6 17. Qg3 Red8 18. Rd1 $132 {
0-1 Rubene,I-Milovanovic,R/Tuzla 1991/EXT 97 (31)}) 16. Qh4 h6 17. Re3 Rfd8 18.
Rae1 Nf6 19. h3 b5 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Nxe6 Rxe6
25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qc5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Hansen,C/Groningen 1993/
CBM 39 (59)}) (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nc5 16. Rad1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Ne5 Rfe8
19. Nc6 Ne4 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. h3 $11 (22. Nxa7 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Ra7,
Re1]} (22... Qxd5 $4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Matlak,M-Pachman,L/CSR 1992/TD (26)}))) ({
Interesting plan of Attack on the kingside was demonstrated in the next game:} 
14. Re3 $5 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rae1 Nf6 $2 ({after} 16... h6 $5 {it is not
easy for White to increase his initiative.}) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ng5 $1 h6 (18...
Nxe3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qxe3 Qc3 21. Bd3 Kg8 22. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Ge3h3]}) 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. Nh7 Rc7 (20... Rfd8 21. Rxh6 $3 (21. Be4 Rd7 22. Bxd5
Kxh7 $1 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. d5 $11) 21... gxh6 22. Qxh6 $18) 21. Nxf8 $18 {
1-0 Lobron,E-Hansen,C/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (35)}) (14. Rad1 {-mainline})
14... Rc8 15. Bd3 e5 $6 $14 {disadvantage of this move is clear: White get
strong stable center and Bb7 became bad piece.} (15... Nb8 $6 16. a5 Nc6 17.
axb6 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. bxa7 $16 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Tal,M/Moscow 1972/MCD 
(38)}) ({I would prefer} 15... Qc7 $5 16. a5 Rfd8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rac1 Qd6
19. Rb1 Rc7 20. Qe3 Ra8 21. e5 Qd5 22. Rb5 Qc6 23. d5 exd5 24. Nd4 Qh6 25. Qxh6
gxh6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Aseev,K/Lvov 1984/URS-ch (40)}) ({Or} 15... a6 16.
Qe2 Nb8 17. Rab1 Rc3 18. Rec1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nc6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schroll,G-Baumgartner,H/Finkenstein 1990/
EXT 97 (38)}) (15... f5 $6 16. Ng5 Qf6 (16... Rf6 $4 17. exf5 $18 {1-0
Tukmakov,V-Kok,F/Crans Montana SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 290/ (20)}) 17. Bb5
$5 $14) 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bc4 $146 (17. Ra3 $143 Qd6 18. Qb2 f5 19. Nxe5 (19. exf5
Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxf5 $11) 19... fxe4 20. Bb1 Rce8 21. Nc4 Qxd5 22. Nxb6 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb1a2]} (22. Rg3 Qd7 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd7+ Rf6
26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Qxb7+ Re7 $17 {0-1 Agdestein,S-Hansen,C/Groningen 1993/CBM
39 (37)}) 22... Qg5 23. Rg3 Qe7 24. Nc4 $132) 17... f6 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Qe2 (19.
Nf5 $2 {met by} Nxe4 $1 $17) 19... g6 {[%csl Gf5]} (19... Nxa4 $4 20. Bb5 $18)
20. a5 Qd6 21. h3 Rb8 {Nh4 fulfilled his mission - Black played g7-g6.} 22. Nf3
Kg7 23. Nd2 f5 $2 $16 {Not in spirit of position. Black weakens his K and
center.} (23... Rfd8 $14) 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 fxe4 ({After} 25... Rf7 26.
exf5 {White keep advantage:} Rxf5 (26... gxf5 27. Qxe5+ $18) 27. Ba2 ({Not} 27.
g4 Rf4 28. Qxe5+ Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rd4 30. Nb3 Rxc4 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Re7+ Kg8 33.
Raxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rxd5 35. Rxb6 $44) 27... Rbf8 28. f3 $16 ({Not} 28. Ne4 Qb8
29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Qa6 R5f7 31. Qa5 Bxd5 32. Rxf7+ Bxf7 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Qxc5
Qc7 $44)) 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rf4 (27... Kg8 28. Qxe5 $16) 28. Qe2 $1 (28.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxc4 30. Re7+ Kg8 (30... Kf6 31. Raxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Ke5
33. Rxb6 Kxd5 34. Rb7 $18) 31. Raxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rd4 33. Rd7 (33. Rxb6 Rxd5
$14) 33... b5 34. Kf1 b4 35. Ke2 b3 36. Rb7 Rxd5 37. Rxb3 $14) 28... Kh8 $2 $18
(28... Kg8 29. Ba2 $16) 29. Bb3 Rb4 30. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2h8] Unpleasant pin!}
Kg8 (30... Rd4 31. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 32. Rxe5 $1 $18) 31. Qa3 $1 (31. Qa3 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Ge1e4]} Qc5 32. Rxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. Rfe1 ({Interesting is} 15. d5 {Black can neutralize White's pressure:}
Qe7 (15... exd5 16. exd5 (16. e5 $5 $44) 16... Qxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 (17... Kxh7
18. Qc2+ $16) 18. Qf4 Qh5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfe8 $44 {[%csl Ra5,Rh8]}) 16.
Qf4 Rfd8 17. Rc1 exd5 18. e5 Bc8 19. Nd4 Be6 20. Ba6 Re8 21. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2
Harikrishna,P-Zilberman,Y/Pardubice 2002/CBM 89 ext (21)}) 15... Qe7 (15... Rc8
16. Rc1 $143 (16. Qf4 $1 Rc3 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3h7,
Gf3g5,Gd5d6]} (18. e5 Bc8 19. Re3 Rc6 20. Ng5 Rh6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Sellos,
D/Val Maubuee 1989/EXT 97 (35)})) 16... h6 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qb8 $11 {
[%cal Gf8c8] 1/2-1/2 Rellstab,L-Kieninger,G/Oldenburg 1949/EXT 2001 (41)}) (
15... h6 $1 {This modest move prevents virtual Attack on h7 square and Nf3-g5
jump. Probably it is the best continuation.} 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qg4 (17. Qg3 Qe7
18. d5 Rad8 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Rc1 (20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Nd4 Qe5 $11) 20... b5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,G-Horvath,J/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (29)}) 17... Rfd8 18. d5 Qe7
19. Qf4 Rac8 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. e5 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 g6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Corral Blanco,
J-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana 1994/EXT 97 (29)}) 16. d5 (16. Qf4 f6 17. d5 e5
18. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Gd5] 1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Graf,A/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (41)} Nc6)
16... Rad8 17. Nd4 Bc8 $6 $16 {This move's idea is to control key squares e6
and f5. However, c8 square now can't be occupied by black R. This move doesn't
solve opening problems and can't be recommended.} (17... g6 18. Qh6 {[%csl Rg8]
} e5 19. Nc2 Bc8 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. Nb4 {-see commented game 1-0 Lautier,
J-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Lautier,J](44)}) 18. Nb5 {[%cal
Gd5d6]} (18. Rc1 e5 19. Nb5 $14) 18... a6 19. Nc3 Bb7 {Black decides to return
B to b7. It looks tempi waste.} (19... Qa3 20. Rb1 b5 21. Re3 $16 {[%csl Ra3,
Rg8][%cal Ge3a3,Ge3g3]}) 20. Na4 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6] Fantastic N activity!} exd5
$2 $18 ({More stubborn was} 20... b5 21. Nb6 Rd6 22. Qxa5 Qd8 23. Nc4 bxc4 24.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Bxc4 exd5 26. exd5 Kf8 27. Rd4 $16) 21. Nxb6 {[%csl Ra5]} Qc5 ({
After} 21... Nc6 {White keeps winning position:} 22. Nxd5 (22. exd5 Qc7 23. Nc4
Nd4 24. d6 Qc6 25. Re4 (25. Be4 $6 Qxc4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxe4 28. Rexe4
f5 $16) 25... Ba8 26. Bb1 $18) 22... Qh4 23. Rb1 Rd7 24. Bc2 $18) 22. Nxd5 Nc6
23. Rb1 Ba8 24. Bxa6 f5 25. Qe3 Qa5 (25... Qxe3 26. Rxe3 fxe4 27. Nc7 Na5 28.
Nxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb5 $18) 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Bb3 Kh8 28. f3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ng4 30. Qd4
Bxd5 31. exd5 Rf4 32. Qxf4 Qc5+ 33. Re3 $1 (33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Qxf2 Qxf2 35. Re7
$16) (33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Re4 g5 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8+ 36. Ke2 Qf2+ 37. Kd3 Qxg2 $16)
33... Nxe3 34. Kh1 Rf8 ({Interesting try was} 34... Nxd5 35. Qd2 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Gd2d8]} (35. Rd1 Re8 36. Qc1 Nc3 37. Re1 $16) 35... Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]}
36. Qg5 (36. Rc1 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Nxe3 38. Kg1 $16) 36... Qc6 37. Qe5 Nc7 38. Rf1
$18) 35. Qe4 Nf5 36. Bc2 Qc3 (36... g6 37. Qe5+ Ng7 38. Rb8 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8
40. Qb8+ Kf7 41. Qf4+ Kg8 42. Bb3 $18) 37. Qxf5 {This game contributes to
theory of this opening variation. Black needs to find out another way to
neutralize White's activity.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 Nce7 $6 $14 {This intersting move looks
in spirit of this type of positions, but it is inaccuracy - see above.} (11...
Kh8 $6 12. Nxf6 gxf6 $14 {0-1 Stefl,V-Kislov,M/Brno 1976/EXT 99 (71)}) (11...
Bd7 $6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Cserna,L/Albena 1984/EXT 99 (27)})
(11... Be7 12. Bg5 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 (13... Bxg5 14. Nexg5 h6 15. Ne4 Bb7 $132)
14. Bxd5 exd5 (14... Qxd5 15. Rxc6 Bb4 (15... Bxg5 16. Rd6 $1 $18) 16. Rc3 $16)
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Nikcevic,N-Valuet,B/Paris FRA 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (35)}) ({Can be strongly recommended} 11... h6 $1 {and Black
recieves excellent position, for example:} 12. a3 (12. Qd3 Na5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14.
Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qg3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc1h6]} (17. Re3 Qd5
18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rh3 Nc6 $8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qe3 Ng8 22. Rxh6+ Nxh6 23. Qxh6+
Kg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wirthensohn,H-Giertz,N/SWZ 1993/TD (37)})) (12. Be3 b6 13. Qa4
(13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne5 Bf5 $11) 13... Bb7 14. Rac1 a6 (14... Be7
$11) 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb4 Rfc8 $11 {1-0 Stahlberg,
G-Sliwa,B/Prague 1954/EXT 98 (40)}) 12... b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bd2 (14. Bb3 Nce7
15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ndf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Doettling,F/Patras
1999/CBM 72 ext (24)}) 14... Rc8 (14... Nce7 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Ba2 a5 $132 {
0-1 Poluljahov,A-Ruban,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext (38)}) 15. Rad1 Nce7 16. Nxf6+
Nxf6 17. Ne5 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Doettling,F/Stuttgart GER 2002/The
Week in Chess 385 (41)}) (11... b6 {-mainline} 12. Nxf6+ (12. h4 {-see
commented game 1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Lugovoi,A/St Petersburg 1995/CBM 46 ext 
[Lugovoi,A](43)}) (12. a3 Bb7 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Kaidanov,G/
Groningen 1993/CBM 39 [Serper,G](42)}) 12... Nxf6 13. Bg5 {-see detailed
commented game 1-0 Ivanov,S-Hillarp Persson,T/Stockholm 2000/CBM 79 [Tsesarsky,
I](41)}) 12. Nxf6+ (12. Qd3 $143 Nf5 $1 (12... Ng6 $6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (13...
Qxf6 $2 $16 14. Bg5 Ngf4 15. Qe4 $1 (15. Qd2 $2 Nh3+ $1 16. Kf1 Nxg5 17. Nxg5
Rd8 $11 {1-0 Bryson,D-Grant,J/Glasgow 2000/CBM 77 ext (52)}) 15... Qg6 16. Bxf4
Qxe4 17. Rxe4 f5 18. Re5 Nxf4 19. g3 Ng6 20. Bxe6+ $16) 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Bg5 Rd8
16. Qe2 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Ng4 {[%csl Rf6]} Qe7 20. a3 {
[%cal Ge2f3]} Bd7 21. b3 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge2b2]} (21. Qf3 Bc6 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Bxf6 $14 {^^})) 13. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 14. Ne5 Bb7
$132) (12. a3 $5) 12... Nxf6 13. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8]} Nf5 ({Or} 13... b6 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. Qd3 {and White keeps his advantage:} Rc8 (15... Nfd5 16. Qh3 Qd6 17.
Bd3 f5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Re6] 1-0 Wulf,J-Kock,H/Germany 1992/
EXT 2000 (63)} (19. Qg3 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Re6]})) 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Qh3 Qc7 18. Bd3
$14 {1-0 Omelchenko,L-Zhelesny,S/Sochi 1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) 14. Qb3 $6 $132 ({
Much better is} 14. Bd3 $1 h6 15. Bxf5 hxg5 16. Bd3 {[%csl Rg5]} Bd7 17. Nxg5
Bc6 18. Bc4 $16) 14... h6 $1 {Black repels the unpleasant Bg5 and gets rid
from the pin.} 15. Bd2 Nd6 ({Too risky looks} 15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17.
Bb4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 $14 {With very strong initiative
and development advantage. White has more than sufficient compensation for the
sacrificed P.}) 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Ba3 b6 19. Bxd6 ({Or} 19. Ne5 Bb7
20. Rac1 Nf5 $11) 19... Qxd6 20. Be4 Bb7 21. Ne5 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Nf4 $4 $18 {[%mdl 8192] Black overlooks strong reply...} ({Right was} 23... Re7
{with approximately equal position.}) 24. Qb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5e2,Gb5e8] White Q
attacks the Re8 and protects e2 square from virtual Nf4-e2 jump.} Rd8 25. Bxb7
Qxd4 26. Rf1 (26. Re1 $18) 26... a6 27. Bxa6 Rd5 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Nf3 Qxb2 30.
Qxf7 Rf5 31. Qb7 Qxa2 32. g3 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qa3 34. Kxh3 Qxf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36.
Bb7 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski} Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Be2
Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 (11... Nf6 12.
Be3 Nb4 13. Nxf6+ (13. Bb1 {was in the game 1/2-1/2 Kuznetsova,Elena-Epshtein/
Petrosian mem-J ;EXT 99 1998 on 12-th move.}) 13... Bxf6 14. Be4 Nd5 15. Qd3 h6
16. Ne5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxe5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. dxe5 Bd7 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Qxd8 Raxd8
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lisik,Valery-Kandyba,L/URS-sf Voronezh ;
CBM 22 ext 1991 (32)}) 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qe2 {Exactly this position played in our
game after 12-th move of White.} Nf6 ({In our game was} 13... Qc7) 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 $15 {[%csl Rd4] Maksimov,D-Zakharov,Vladimir/UKR-ch
U18 Dnepropetrovsk (8) ;EXT 2000 1999/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne4 $6 $15 {Rare move.More
popular are} (9. a3 $5) (9. Re1 $5 cxd4 10. exd4 {-mainline}) (9. Qe2 {
Konikowski} b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Be4 Qd6
14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Be3 Ba8 16. Nc4 Qb8 17. a3 b5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 Ng4 20.
Qxg4 Qxa8 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. h4 Rd5 23. Qg3 Bd6 24. Qf3 Qd7 $17 {Kallai,G-Farago,
I/HUN-chT 1994/}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Bc3 Rfe8 15. Ba6
Rad8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qc2 f6 18. Qb3 Qf7 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. Rad1 Red8 21. Qa4 Qe6
22. b4 Bd6 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Nd4 $14 {Szabo,L-Donner,J/Amsterdam 1973/MCL/1-0 
(64)}) (9. dxc5 {Konikowski} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc5 $11) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 {
This position can be created from several openings.} b6 $1 $15 {Black wants to
develop Bc8 on b7 and to play against isolated Pd4. White's plan, in other
side is to prepare Attack on the Kingside.} (10... Nf6 $5 {Black wants to
change pair of NN.} 11. Ng3 (11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nbd5 13. Qd3 b6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. Bg5 g6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bh6 Re8 $15 {[%csl Rd4] Chemin,V-Pelikian,J/ch-BRA
Brasilia BRA 2000/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11... Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 (14.
Re1 $5) 14... Bb7 15. Bg5 (15. Re1 $5 $132) 15... Rc8 16. Qd3 (16. Re1 $5 $132)
16... g6 17. Ba2 $132 (17. h4 $2 Nd7 $1 {Forcing 2 pair of pieces change} 18.
Bh6 Re8 19. h5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bg5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 $17 {[%csl Re5,
Rg2][%cal Gd5f4] 1/2-1/2 Kuznetsova,Elena-Epshtein/Petrosian mem-J ;EXT 99
1998 (42) (Tsesarsky)})) 11. a3 $5 (11. Qe2 $2 Ndb4 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4][%cal
Gb4d3]} 12. Bb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qe5 15. f4 Qc7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Turna,
Dusan-Cenker,Milan/SVK-chT2 9697 (5) ;EXT 98 1997 (45)}) (11. Bg5 $5 {This
move also don't bring to White more than =/+:} Bb7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rc1 Rfd8
14. Bb5 Na5 (14... Rac8 $15) 15. a3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Nf6 $15 (16... Nf4 $6 17. Qe3
Nd5 $11) (16... Nc7 17. Neg5 g6 18. Ba4 $15 (18. Rfe1 Nxb5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
Qxb5 h6 $17 {Nikanorov,Andrej-Astashov,Gleb/Chigorin mem (7) ;CBM 74 no vc
1999/0-1 (46)}))) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 Rc8 $15) 12... Qc7 (12... Rc8 $15)
13. Bb1 (13. Neg5 {Konikowski} Nf6 $13) 13... Na5 (13... Rac8 $5 14. Qd3 f5 (
14... g6 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Ba2 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 15. Neg5 Nd8 16. Bd2 h6 17.
Nh3 Bf6 $15 {[%csl Rh3]}) 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qc4 16. Qd1 (16. b4 Ba6 (16...
Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Bb5 $15)
16... Rac8 17. b4 Nc6 (17... Nb3 $6 18. Ba2 $8 (18. Bd3 Qd5 19. Rb1 Nxd4 $19)
18... Qxf1+ $5 (18... Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxc1 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qd2
$18) 19. Kxf1 Nxa1 20. Bb2 Nc2 21. Bb3 h6 (21... Ne4 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Bxc2 Kg8
24. Ne5 $14) 22. Bxc2 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Rfd8 $132) 18. Ba2 Qb5 {Black retain
better position} ({Also well was} 18... Qc3 19. Rb1 Nd8 20. Bb2 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qb8
22. Qe2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h6 $15) 19. Re1 {[%csl Re6]} (19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8
21. Bxc8 Bxc8 $15) 19... Rcd8 $2 {Black doesn't feel a danger} ({Right was} 
19... Nd8 $1 {[%csl Ye6,Yf7][%cal Gb7f3][%mdl 256]} 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Bb1 h6 22.
Bd3 Qe8 23. Ngf3 Nc6 24. Bb2 Rc7 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Rd4][%cal Ge8a8]}) 20. a4 $2
$132 {Wrong variation calculation} ({For White is not enough} 20. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7
21. Bxe6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Re8 22. Ng5 (22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7
25. Qb3+ Kf8 26. Qh3 Bc8 27. Qg3 $14) (22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Qd5 24. Qxd5+
Nxd5 25. Bg5 $14) 22... Nd8 23. Re5 Bd5 24. Bxf7+ Nxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bg5
$14) (20. Nxf7 $142 $5 $36 {Konikowski}) 20... Qxb4 $8 21. Bd2 Qb2 $2 $16 {
[%csl Rb2] Missing the next strong tactical impact. '?' Konikowski.} ({Good
enough was} 21... Rxd4 $1 22. Nxd4 (22. Bxb4 Rxd1 23. Raxd1 Nxb4 24. Bb3 (24.
Bc4 Nfd5 (24... h6 $2 25. Nxe6 $1 $14) 25. Ne4 Rc8 $15) 24... h6 25. Nxe6 Bxf3
26. gxf3 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Kf7 $1 28. Re3+ (28. Rxb6+ Kg6 29. Rb7 Bc5 $15) 28...
Ke8 29. a5 {[%cal Gb3a4]} bxa5 30. Ba4+ Kf7 31. Bb3+ $11) 22... Qxd4 {'=/+'
Konikowski.} 23. Be3 $44) {[%tqu "En","?","","","g5e6","",10]} 22. Nxe6 $1 fxe6
$2 $18 ({The only possibility for resistance was} 22... Nxd4 $1 23. Nexd4 Bc5 {
'+/-' Konikowski.} 24. Nb3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Qxd2 27. Bb3 $16) (22...
Rfe8 23. Nxd8 Nxd8 $18) 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Ra2 {[%csl Rb2] Suddenly Black Q is
catched!} (24. Ra2 Qxa2 25. Bxa2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Rc1 Nc6 (11... b6 12. Bd3 Bb7
13. O-O Nc6 14. Bb1 Qd7 15. e5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Rc3 (17. Qd3 g6 18. h4 Ne7
19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Qf4 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. h5 Bd5 23. a3 Rac8 $15) 17... Rac8
18. Qd3 g6 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Qf4 Nb4 $15 (20... Qe7 21. Rdc1 Nxd4 $6 (21... Nb4
$132) 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg5 24. f3 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kf2 Rxb1 $14 {
Dambravaite,R-Ciuksyte,Z/LTU-chW Marijampole 1996/1/2-1/2 (57)})) 12. Bb5 Bd7
13. O-O Ne7 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bb5 16. Rfd1 Ba4 17.
Re1 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pajeken,W-Staak,R/Hamburg-ch
1994}) 14... Bxb5 15. Rfd1 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. h3 Rac8 $11 {Lundin,E-Pachman,L/
Saltsjobaden izt 1948/0-1 (54)}) 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5
a6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 f6 $14 {Pomar Salamanca,A-Kortschnoj,V/Palma de
Mallorca/1969/}) (11. Bd3 Nc6 (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Qb2 Qf6
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bb5 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qf4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd4 g5
21. f3 g4 $15 {Berliner,N-Fischer,R/Bay City/1963/ (35)}) 12. Qc3 $5 (12. e5
Qa5 13. Rc1 (13. Rd1 b6 14. Be4 Bb7 15. O-O Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 $11 {Qvortrup,
J-Panchenko,A/Gausdal/1991/}) 13... Bd7 14. Rc5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rfd8 16. Be4 Be8
17. Ke3 Rab8 18. Rb1 Kf8 19. a4 $14 {Stahlberg,G-Fine,R/Kemeri/1937/0,5/44/ 
(44)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Kd2 $14 (14. Rc1 $6 Bd7 15.
Rc7 $140 Rac8) (14. Ke2 $5)) 13. Rb1 $1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Be8 (14... Na5 15. O-O Nc4
16. Bxc4 $140 (16. Qe2 b5 $10) 16... Rxc4 17. Rxb7 Bc6) 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. exd5
Qe7+ (16... Ne7 $6 17. d6 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6 19. O-O Bc6 (19... Rf6
20. Rfd1 Ba4 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. d7 Rc7 23. Ne5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 $18 {/\Nf7}) 20. Ne5
Be4 21. Rb4 (21. Rbd1 Qh4 (21... Rf5 $6 22. Qd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rxe5
25. f4 $18) 22. Qd4 Rf4 23. d7 Rd8 24. Qc4+ $18) 21... Qa5 $14) 19. O-O b6 (
19... Bc6 20. Ne5 Be4 21. Rb4 Qa5 22. Qd4 Bc6 (22... Bf5 23. Rxb7 $18) 23. d7
Rcd8 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Rb7 Qxa2 26. Rxa7 Qd5 $14) 20. Rfe1 Rc5 21. Rbc1 $1 $16
{1-0 Yusupov,A-Van der Sterren,P/Donner mem-A 1994 (24)} (21. Rbd1 $6 Ba4)) 17.
Be2 $1 Ne5 18. O-O Rd8 19. Rfd1 $14) (11. Be2 b6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1
Bb7 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. a4 $1 $14 {Larsen,B-Panno,O/Buenos Aires/1979/}) 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. h4 $5 $132 {Dreev,A-Ruban,V/URS-ch/1991/ (19)}
) (11. Bb5 $5 Bd7 (11... a6 12. Be2 $5 $14) (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 $14)
12. Rb1 (12. Bc4 $6 Bc6 $1 13. d5 $6 exd5 14. exd5 Re8+ $15) 12... Bxb5 13.
Rxb5 Qd7 (13... b6 $5 14. O-O Nd7 $132 15. d5 $140 Nf6 16. dxe6 Qxd2 17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. Nxd2 Rd8 $10) 14. Qb2 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Psakhis,L/Bled op 1995
(40)}) (11. Bc4 $5 Nc6 12. O-O $14) 11... b6 (11... Nc6 12. Bb5 (12. Bc4 Qa5
13. O-O Qxd2 14. Rxd2 b6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 $14) (12. d5 exd5 13.
exd5 Re8+ 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. O-O $11 (16. d6 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Kf2
Qb6+ $15 {Halkias,S-Kourkounakis,I/7th Open, Chania GRE 1997/0-1 (49)})) 12...
Bd7 13. Rb1 (13. O-O Ne5 $5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rc8 16. d5 $14) 13... Ne7
14. Bd3 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O (15. Ne5 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. Rfd1
$14) 15... f6 16. Rfc1 $14) 14... Bc6 15. h4 h6 16. Rh3 $2 (16. O-O f5 (16...
Ng6 17. g3 (17. h5 Nh4 18. Ne1 f5 $132) 17... f5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. fxg6 Qxd4
$132) 17. Rfe1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 $14) 16... f5 $1 17. exf5 (17. Rg3 $6 fxe4 18.
Qxh6 Nf5 (18... Rf7 19. Ne5 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Nf5 21. Rxg7+ Nxg7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23.
Bc4 Rd8 $19) 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rg5 (20. Bxe4 Nxg3 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $19) 20... Qe8
$19 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Yusupov,A/Groningen 1994 (26)}) 17... Nxf5 $15) 12.
h4 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. O-O h6 17. d5 exd5
18. exd5 Qc5 19. d6 Rad8 20. d7 Na6 21. Rfe1 Nb8 22. Ne5 $16 {Aleksandrov,
A-Akhmadeev,V/Kstovo op/1994/ (23)}) 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb1 Qe7 (14... Qd6 15. O-O
Rad8 16. Qg5 e5 17. d5 f6 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Rc8 22.
Nd2 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rc5 24. g3 Ng6 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Van der Sterren,P/Hoogovens,
Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 (31)}) 15. O-O Rfd8 (15... Rad8 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qc7 Qe7
18. Qg3 Qd6 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Ng5 g6 22. d5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24.
e6 f6 $4 (24... f5 25. Bxf5 (25. h5 Qf6) 25... gxf5 26. Nf7+ Kf8 27. Nd6 (27.
Nh6 Qg7 28. Qa3+ Qe7 29. Qg3 Qg7) 27... d4 28. Nxf5 Qf6 29. Nd6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6
Qxe6 31. Nxb7 $132) 25. Nh3 $4 (25. Nxh7 Qg7 (25... Kxh7 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Re3
$18) 26. Bxg6 (26. Qxg6 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 Re7 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd5 Kxg6 30. Nxe7+
Nxe7 31. f3 Bd5 32. a3 Kf6 33. g4 $16) 26... Rc8 27. h5 Ne7 28. Qh4 $18) 25...
Qb4 $19 (25... Qg7 26. Bd3 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Lima,D/NY Open, New York USA 1997
})) 16. Rfe1 $6 (16. e5 Rac8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 Nb4 19. h5 Nc2 20. Bxc2 Rxc2
$15) (16. Qf4 $1 Rd7 (16... Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rd7 18. d5 Rad8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 (19...
Qa3 20. dxc6 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Qxd3 (21... Bxd3 22. c7 $18) 22. Ne5 Qd2 23. Qxf7+
Kh8 24. Nf3 $18) 20. dxc6 Rd6 21. c7 Rc8 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Rxd6 (23. Nxf7 $1 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Rxc7 25. Rd8+ Be8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxc7 Qxf7 28. Qc8+ Qf8 29. Qxe6+
$18) 23... Qxd6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rc1 a6 (25... Qxe5 26. Rd1 $1 $18) 26. g3 (
26. Qh5 Kg8 27. Qd1 Qe7 28. a4 Be8 29. Qb3 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qxe6+ Kf8
$132) 26... Ba4 27. Qf4 Qe7 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nf3 Qa3 31. e5 $16 (31.
Ne5 $16) (31. Qe3 $16)) 17. d5 Rad8 18. Rfe1 $1 (18. dxc6 $6 Rxd1 19. cxb7 Qxb7
20. Bc2 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qa6+ 22. Kg1 Qxa2 23. Qc7 Rf8 24. g4 (24. Ne5 Qa1+ 25.
Kh2 Qa6 26. Nc6 (26. Bd3 Qc8 27. Qxa7 Qc3 28. f4 Qd2 $19) (26. g3 Qc8 $17)
26... Qe2 27. Kg3 (27. f3 Qf2 28. Kh3 a5 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nc8 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5
32. Nd6 Kg8 $15) 27... a5 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nc8 f5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Bxf5 g6 32.
Qc3+ Kg8 33. Bg4 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 h5 35. Be6+ Kh7 36. Nd6 Kh6 $15) (24. e5 b5 25.
Qc5 (25. Ng5 h6 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Qc5 hxg5 28. Qxf8+ Kxh7 29. Qxf7 Qa1+ 30. Kh2
Qxe5+ $19) 25... g6 26. Be4 Qc4 27. Qe3 Rd8 28. h5 a5 29. h6 a4 30. Qf4 Rc8 31.
Nd2 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Kf8 33. Qf6 Qxd2 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxc8 Qf4+ 36. g3 Qxe4 37.
Qc7+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Ke7 $11) 24... b5 25. e5 Qc4 $17) 18... Nb8 19. Ne5 Rd6 20.
Nc4 R6d7 21. d6 Qe8 22. e5 $16) 16... Na5 $1 $11 (16... Rac8 17. d5 Qf8 18. Qf4
(18. d6 e5 $17) 18... exd5 19. exd5 Nb4 20. d6 Nc2 21. Bxc2 Rxc2 22. Ng5 $18)
17. d5 (17. e5 Bxf3 $17) 17... Nc4 18. Qd4 (18. Qf4 e5 (18... Rac8 19. dxe6
fxe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. e5 Bxf3 22. Qxc4 Bd5 $132) 19. Qg3 $11) 18... Rac8 19.
Rc1 (19. Bd3 e5 20. Qa1 f6 21. Rc1 Nd6 $11) 19... e5 20. Qc3 f6 21. Bd3 Nd6 22.
Qa3 Rxc1 (22... a6 23. Qb3 b5 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. d6+
$18) 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bxa6 Qa7 29. Bb5
Qxa4 30. Bxa4 Nxe4 $11) 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Nd2 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Kf7 26. Qa3 Bc8 (
26... a5 27. Qc3 Qd8 $11) 27. Qc3 Bd7 28. g3 (28. Qc7 Nb5 29. Qb7 Be8 $11)
28... Be8 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Qc2 Bd7 31. Nc4 (31. f4 Bg4 32. Nf3 Bxf3+ 33. Kxf3 g6
$11) 31... Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Qc5 33. Qxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 (9... Bb4+ $142) 10. Be2 Bb4+ (10... a6 11. O-O Be7 (11...
Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Bb5+ $5 (15. Re1 Be7 $8 16. Qd4 (16.
d6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxa6+ Kd7 19. Bb5+ Bc6 20. Bb2 f6 21. Nd4 Bxb5 22.
Nxb5 Nc4 $11) (16. Bg5 f6 17. d6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxa6+ Kf7 20. Bxb7 Nxb7
21. Bd2 $11) 16... O-O 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qxb4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Qf5 21.
Ne5 Qf6 22. Bh5 Rae8 (22... g6 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. Qb6 Rae8 25. Nd7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Qc3 27. Rf1 Rd8 28. Qxb7 gxh5 29. Nb6 $14) 23. Re3 g6 24. Qc3 Nc6 25. Bf3 Nxe5
26. Bxb7 $14) 15... axb5 $8 16. Re1+ Kd7 $4 (16... Be7 $8 17. d6 Nc6 18. axb5
Rxa1 19. bxc6 Bxc6 (19... Rxc1 20. d7+ Kf8 21. Qxc1 $18) 20. Rxe7+ Kf8 21. Ne1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qxd6 23. Ra7 Be8 24. Qc4 h5 $11) 17. Ne5+ $18 Kc7 18. Qc2+ (18.
Nxf7 Qf6 (18... Qxd5 19. Bf4+ Kb6 20. Be3+ $1 (20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxh8 Bc5 22.
Re5 Bc4 23. axb5 Bd4 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rxh8 $17) 20... Bc5 $8 21. Bxc5+
Qxc5 (21... Kxc5 22. Re5 Rhe8 23. Qd3 Rxe5 24. Qxb5+ Kd4 25. Qxb4+ Nc4 (25...
Kd3 26. Nxe5+ Qxe5 27. Ra3+ $18) 26. Rd1+ Ke4 27. Nd6+ Kf4 (27... Qxd6 28.
Qxc4+ Kf5 29. g4+ Kg5 30. f4+ Kh4 31. Rxd6 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rh1 33. Qf7 $18) 28.
Rxd5 Rxd5 29. g3+ Kg5 30. Qxb7 $18))) 18... Nc4 (18... Kb8 19. Bf4 Ka7 (19...
Bd6 20. Nxf7 Bxf4 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. axb5 Bxd5 23. Rad1 $18) 20. axb5 Rc8 21.
Qa4 Bxd5 22. b6+ Kb7 23. Qxa5 Ra8 24. Qb5 $18) 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4+ Kb8 21.
Re8 $3 Qxe8 22. Bf4+ Ka7 23. Qd4+ Ka6 24. Bc7 {1-0 Vaisman,V-Grabczewski,R/
Wroclaw 1974}) 12. Bb2 (12. a4 bxa4 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16.
d5 $1 (16. Qb1 O-O 17. Rc1 $14) 16... exd5 17. Ne5 (17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Ne5 Bb7
19. Bf3 Bd6 20. exd5 Qf6 21. Bg3 Rfd8 22. Nc4 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bxd5 24. Qxb4 Bxf3
25. gxf3 $18) 17... Bb7 (17... Bb5 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Bd2 f6 (19... Bd6 20. Nf3
$1 $18) (19... Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $18) 20. Bxb4 fxe5 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qxb5 $18) 18.
Qa4+ Kf8 19. Bh5 (19. Rfc1 $1 dxe4 20. Rc7 Qxc7 (20... Nd5 21. Rd7 Qe8 22. Qxe4
Nc3 23. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 Nxf4 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxa8+ Qe8 27. Rxa6 f6 28.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 29. Ra8+ Ke7 30. Nc6+ $18) (20... Bc8 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. Qxc6 Be6 23.
Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Qd1+ 25. Bf1 $16) 21. Nd7+ Qxd7 22. Qxd7 $16) 19... g6 20.
Bh6+ $6 (20. Rfb1 a5 21. Bg4 $44) 20... Kg8 21. Rad1 $2 (21. Bf3 $15) 21... a5
$2 {1-0 Romm,M-Peretz,M/Netanya-A 1973/MCD-r7 (45)} (21... Qd6 $1 $19)) 12...
Bf6 (12... O-O 13. d5 (13. a4 b4 14. Qd2 (14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Qd4 Bf6
17. Qxb4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qxd5 19. Rad1 Qb3 20. Qe5 Nc6 21. Qe4 Qe6 22. Bd3 f5 23.
Qc4 Kh8 (23... Qxc4 24. Bxc4+ Kh8 25. Rd6 (25. Bd5 Bd7 26. Ne5 $1 (26. Ng5 h6
27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 $14) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Rd5 Re8 29. f4 $16)
25... Na5 26. Bd3 $14) 24. Rfe1 $14) 14... Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Na5 17.
Rad1 Bd6 18. Qd4 f6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rfe1 (20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Qh4 $14) 20... Nb3 (
20... Qd7 $14) 21. Qh4 $14 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Costa,J/Lugano op 1989/TD 89\01/1/
2-1/2 (67)} (21. Qg4 Qc7 22. Re6 $1 $16)) 13... Na5 14. Qd2 exd5 15. exd5 Re8
16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Bc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 (18. Bxa5 Bg5 19. Qb4 (19. Qc3 Bf6 $1 $11)
19... Be7 $1 $11) 18... Nc4 19. Qd3 (19. Qf4 $14) 19... Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mecking,H-Campora,D/Sao Paulo zt 1993/CBM 36 (28)}) 13. Qd2
O-O 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. d5 (15. a4 Na5 (15... b4 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxb2 18.
Qxb2 Ne7 19. Qxb4 Bxd5 20. Rab1 $14) 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Rd2 Bg5 (18...
Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rd4 $132) 19. f4 Be7 $132 {1-0 Dlugy-Costa/Brocco op/SW,
39,15 1987 (37)}) 15... Bxb2 16. Qxb2 exd5 17. a4 (17. exd5 Ne7 18. d6 Nd5 $1
$15) 17... Qb6 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Ne5 $2 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Shamkovich,L/
URS-ch40 Baku 1972/URS-ch} (19. d6 Nd5 20. axb5 Rfd8 (20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Qe5 $16) 21. Bc4 Rxd6 22. Qb3 $16) 19... Bxd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qe6
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 $11) 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ (11... Qa5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $16) 12. Qxd2 Rb8 13. d5 $1 $16 (13. Rc1 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc5
Bb7 16. Qe3 a6 17. Rfc1 $14) 13... exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 (14... Na5 15. Qe3+ Qe7
16. Qc3 $18) 15. d6 Nf5 16. Rd1 (16. Bxb5+ $2 Kf8 $1 $11) 16... O-O (16... Bd7
17. g4 Nh6 (17... Nh4 18. Qe3+ Kf8 (18... Be6 19. d7+ Kf8 (19... Qxd7 20. Nxh4
$18) 20. Qc5+ Kg8 21. Qxa7 $18) 19. Qe7+ $18) 18. Qe3+ Kf8 19. h3 $16) 17. d7
$1 Bb7 (17... Ba6 18. O-O $16) 18. O-O Qf6 19. Qf4 a6 (19... Rfd8 20. g4 Nh6
21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nd4 $1 Kf8 (22... Rxd7 $2 23. Nf5 $1 Rxd1 (23... Nxf5 24.
Rxd7 $18) 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ $18) 23. Bxb5 Nxg4 24. Rc1 Ne5 25. Rc7 Ke7 26.
f4 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Rfc1 Nxh2 30. Nf5+ Ke6 31. Bd3 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd7d8]} Rgd8 32. R1c5 Bd5 33. Nd4+ Kd6 34. Nb5+ Rxb5 35. Bxb5 $18) 20. g4
$1 Bxf3 (20... Nh6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rd4 $16 (22. h3 $16)) 21. Bxf3 Nh4 22.
Qxf6 gxf6 23. Be4 Rfd8 (23... Ng6 24. Rd6 $16) 24. Rd6 a5 25. f4 Ng6 (25... Kf8
26. f5 Ke7 27. Rfd1 b4 28. Kf2 b3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30. R6d3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd7 32.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Kg3 Ng6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Bc2 Ke6 36. Kf4 $18) 26. h4 $18 Kg7 (
26... Nxh4 27. f5 b4 28. Kf2 b3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30. Rh1 $18) 27. h5 Nf8 28. h6+
$1 (28. Rfd1 b4 29. Bc2 Rb7 30. Ba4 Ne6 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. f5 Kf8
34. Rxf6 Nd5 35. Ra6 Nc3 36. Bc6 Nxa2 37. f6 $18) 28... Kxh6 29. g5+ Kg7 30.
gxf6+ Kg8 31. Bc6 $1 Ne6 (31... Rb6 32. Kf2 b4 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. Rg7 Rxd7 35.
Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Bxd7 Rxf6 37. Rg4 Rd6 38. Be8 $1 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rxa2 40. Bxf7 Ra3+
41. Ke4 h6 42. f5 $18) 32. f5 Nc7 33. Rd3 (33. Kf2 Rb6 34. Rc1 h6 35. Rd4 Kh7
36. Bf3 Na6 37. Rc8 Rb8 38. Bb7 $1 $18) 33... Rb6 34. Rc1 Na6 35. Re3 Rf8 36.
Re8 Rb8 37. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Petah Tikva 3th"]
[Site "Petah Tikva"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Rotman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Nd3 11. Qe2 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Be3 b6
14. a3 Na4 (14... Ba6 15. Qc2 $16) 15. Na2 $1 (15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. Rac1 Ba6 17.
Qc2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Rac8 $11) 15... Ba6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. b4 Qb5 $8 18. Bf1 $16 {
1-0 Kavalek-Vetter/BL Soling-Dьsseld 1981 (24)}) 11. a3 Nd3 12. Qe2 (12. b4 $5
$146 Nxc1 (12... Bd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Be3 Qd7 (15... Qc4 16. Rfd1
b6 17. Rd2 Nce5 $8 18. Rad1 Ba6 19. Bf4 Rdc8 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bf1
Qxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxf1 24. e5 $18) 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 $16) 16... Nce5 17. Bf1 $18)
13. Rxc1 Bb6 (13... Bd6 14. Qe2 $14) 14. e5 $1 {[%csl Rc8]} Qe7 15. Qe2 Bd7 (
15... a5 16. Na4 (16. b5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nb1 Qg5 19. Rfe1 f6 $132) 16...
Nd4 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bd8 19. Nc5 $16) 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Rc4 a6 18. Rfc1
Na7 19. Qc2 h6 $2 (19... Nb5 20. Neg5 (20. Nfg5 $2 f5 $1 21. exf6 gxf6 $19) (
20. Qd2 $3 Nxa3 (20... Bc6 21. Qf4 Bxe4 (21... Nxa3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 (22... gxf6
23. exf6 $18) 23. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qh4 Bxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 (27. Kf1 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 $16) 27... Qa7+ 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+
Ke7 31. Qxg7 $18)) 21. Nf6+ gxf6 (21... Kh8 22. Rh4 $18) 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Qh6
Rg8 24. Rh4 Rg7 25. exf6 Qf8 26. Ng5 $18) 20... g6 21. Qb2 (21. Ne4 $2 Nxa3 22.
Qd2 Nxc4 23. Qh6 (23. Rxc4 Kg7 (23... Bb5 $2 24. Qh6 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Bxc4 26. Nf6+
Qxf6 27. exf6 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Rxf2+ 29. Kh3 Bf1+ 30. Kg4 $18) 24. Nf6 {[%cal
Gc4h4]} Rh8 25. Qg5 h6 26. Nh5+ Kf8 $19) 23... Nxe5 $19) 21... Bc6 22. a4 Nc7
23. a5 Ba7 24. Ne4 $14) 20. Nf6+ {1-0 Filippov,V-Volzhin,A/Gistrup 1996}) 12...
b6 $5 $146 (12... Nxc1 $5 13. Raxc1 e5 14. Nb5 $1 (14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 $11
) (14. Rfd1 Bd4 15. Nb5 (15. h3 a6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe3 Be6 18. f4 f6 19. Ne2
Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qb3 22. Rd6 $11 {0-1 Vaganian,R-Portisch,L/Rio de
Janeiro izt 1979 (68)}) (15. h3) 15... Bg4 $11) 14... Qb6 (14... Bb6 15. Rfd1
Qe7 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Nb5 $16) 15. b4 Bd4
16. Nbxd4 exd4 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $14) (12... e5 13. Be3 b6 (
13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxb2 15. Qe2 {+- Tal,M-Christiansen,L/Tallinn 1979}) 14.
Rfd1 Ba6 15. Ne1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxd3 dxc3 18. bxc3 $14) 13. b4 $8 (13.
Rd1 Ba6 (13... Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 (14. Qxf2 Nxf2 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Kxf2 $16) 14...
Ba6 15. Rxd3 Qxd3 16. Qxf2 $16) 14. Bf1 (14. b4 Nd4 $19) 14... Qf6 $1 15. Be3
Ndb4 $17) 13... Bd4 14. Bg5 $1 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 (15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bb7
17. Nd5 exd5 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 d4 21. Bf4 Ba6 $17) 15... Bb7
16. Be3 Qc4 $11 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 (18. Bf1 Nce5 19. f4 Nf3+) 18... Nce5 (
18... Rd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bf1 Nd4 23. Rxd3 Qf7 24. Qc1
fxg5 25. Qxg5 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxf3 27. Qxd8+ (27. Bc4+) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kf7
29. Rd3 (29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Qxc3 31. Rxa7 Qd4 32. Rb7 h6 33. Be2 (33. b5 g5
34. Rc7 g4 35. Rc4 Qd8 36. Rc6+ Kg7 37. h3 h5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. a4 (39. Be2 Qd4
) 39... Qd4 40. Rc4 Qd1 41. a5 bxa5 42. b6 Qb3 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. b7 a4 45. Bc4
Qb1+ 46. Kh2 a3 47. Bd5 Qb4 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Ra2 Kd7 50. Rxa3 $18)) 29... Qg4
30. f3 Qc8 31. Nb5 Qb8) 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Bf4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxe5 Rxa3
23. f3 f6 24. Bb2 Rb3 25. b5 (25. Bf1 Ba6) 25... Rd7 26. Bf1 Nxb2 27. Rxd7 Nxd1
28. Rxd1 $18) 14... f6 (14... Qd7 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rxd7 Bxe2 18.
Rc1 Bxf3 19. Rxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rac8 21. b5 $16) 15. Nxd4 (15. Rad1 $2 Ba6 (
15... Bxc3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rxd8 Bxe2 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rc1 Rd8 $15) 16. b5
Bxc3 17. bxa6 fxg5 18. Rxd3 Qf6 19. Rc1 $16) 15... Qxd4 (15... Nxd4 16. Qxd3
fxg5 17. Rad1 (17. e5 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 Rb8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. Nd6 $132) 17... e5 18. f4 $5 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Qh4 21. h3 (21. fxe5
Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Qf2 (24. Qxf3 Qe1+ $19) 24... Qg5+ $17)
21... Bh5 22. Rdf2 $14) 16. Nb5 Qe5 $6 (16... Qc4 17. Nd6 (17. Nc7 Nd4 18. Qd1
Rb8 19. Be3 Nc2 $17) 17... Qd4 18. e5 $1 fxg5 (18... Ndxe5 19. Rfd1 Qc3 20.
Rac1 Qxa3 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 fxg5 23. Nxc8 $18) 19. Bxc6 Rxf2 20. Rxf2
Qxa1+ 21. Kg2 $16) (16... Qd7 $1 17. Rad1 (17. Be3 Ba6 18. a4 Ncxb4 19. e5 Rac8
20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rfd1 Rc2 22. Qg4 Qe7 $17) 17... Rd8 18. e5 (18. Be3 Ba6 19.
Rxd3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Nc7 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bxf1 23. Nxa8 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Kf7
$17) 18... fxg5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Bb7 22. f3 g4 23. Nd6 gxf3
24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxf3 $11) 17. Qxd3 Ba6 (17... fxg5 18. Nd6 $1 $16) 18. Bf4
Qxb5 $2 (18... Bxb5 19. Qe3 (19. Qd7 Nd4 20. Bxe5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bxd7 22. Bb2
Rac8 $11) 19... Qh5 20. Rfc1 $14) 19. Qd6 $1 $16 e5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qe6+ Kh8
22. a4 Qc4 (22... Qxb4 23. Qxc6 Rd6 24. Qc7 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 $16) 23. Qxc4 Bxc4
24. Rfc1 b5 $8 25. axb5 (25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nd4 27. Rc7 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29.
Raa7 Rg8 (29... Ne6 30. Re7 Rfe8 31. Reb7 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. f4 $14) 30. Bh6
Ne6 31. Re7 Rde8 32. Reb7 Rb8 $14) 25... Bxb5 26. Bxa7 (26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1
Nxb4 28. Rxa7 Ra8 29. Rcc7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Rc8 $11) 26... Nxb4 $8 (26... Rd2 27.
Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nd4 29. Rd1 Nb3 30. Be3 $18) 27. Bb6 $5 (27. Bc5 $1 Nd3 28.
Bxf8 Nxc1 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxc1 Rd7 31. Bh3 Ra7 32. Be6 Bd3 33. f3 $16) 27...
Rb8 $2 (27... Ra8 28. Bc5 Nc2 29. Rab1 $18) (27... Rc8 $8 28. Rc5 $1 (28. Rxc8
Rxc8 29. Bh3 Rb8 $8 (29... Re8 30. Rb1 $18) 30. Bc7 Re8 31. Rb1 Na6 32. Bd6 (
32. Rxb5 Nxc7 $11) 32... Bd3 (32... Rd8 33. Bxe5 (33. Rxb5 Rxd6 34. f4 exf4 35.
gxf4 Kg8 36. e5 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 fxe5 38. fxe5 $11) 33... Bd3 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rd1
Nc5 $17) 33. Rb6 Ra8 34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Kg8 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3 (37. f4 exf4
38. gxf4 Ra7 39. Kd3 Nc7 $11) 37... Ke8 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. Kd5 Nc7+ 40. Bxc7 Ra5+
41. Kc4 Kxc7 $11) 28... Nc2 (28... Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Nc2 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Bd6 $18)
29. Ra5 $1 Bd3 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rb8 32. Rc6 Rfe8 33. e5 fxe5 34. fxe5 $14)
28. Bc7 $1 (28. Bc5 Nd3 29. Bxf8 Nxc1 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxc1 $16) 28... Nd3 (
28... Rbc8 29. Bh3 Ra8 30. Bd6 Nc2 31. Rab1 Rfd8 32. Bc7 (32. Rxc2 Bd3) 32...
Na3 33. Bxd8 Nxb1 34. Rxb1 Bd3 35. Rd1 Rxd8 36. Bf1 $18) 29. Rc3 Rb7 (29... Ra8
30. Rb1 Nb4 31. f4 Na2 32. Rc5 Bd3 33. Rb3 $18) 30. Bd6 $5 (30. Rb1 $18) (30.
Bf1 $2 Nb2 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rb1 Na4 $11) 30... Re8 31. Bf1 $18 Nb4 32. Bh3 $2
(32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Ra4 $1 $18 (33. Rb1 Na2 $11) (33. Rb3 Nc2 $11)) 32... Nc6
33. Kg2 $4 (33. f4 Nd4 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Rf7 36. Ra8 $18) 33... Nd4 34. f4
exf4 35. gxf4 Bc6 36. Re1 Bxe4+ $4 $138 (36... g6 37. Kg3 (37. Rxc6 Nxc6 38. e5
f5 39. Kf2 Nd4 40. Bg2 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 Rd2 $17) 37... Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Re3
Rb3 40. Rxb3 Nxb3 $15) (36... Kg8 37. Kg3 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Re3 f5 40. Be5
Nc6 41. Bc3 $17) 37. Kg3 $4 $138 (37. Rxe4 $18) 37... f5 38. Be5 Ne6 $4 $138 (
38... Nb5 $15) 39. Rxe4 $18 fxe4 40. Bxe6 h6 41. Bd5 Rbe7 42. Bxe4 Kg8 43. Bd5+
Kh7 44. Be4+ Kg8 45. Bg6 Ra8 46. h4 Rea7 47. Be4 Rd7 48. Kg4 Rad8 49. Rc6 Kf7
50. Kh5 Kg8 51. Bf5 Re7 52. Kg6 Rde8 53. Rd6 Rb8 54. Be6+ Kf8 55. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I expected a game against Ivanchuk with the black pieces in the last round,
but pairings surprised me and I had White against Zhao Xue. However, games
with ladies are never easy and Zhao has decent results with 2700+ grandmasters.
} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {In spite of the fact that she
usually doesn't play the Grьnfeld, Zhao chose this potentially sharp line.} 5.
g3 {But White plays it safely;} (5. e4 {was more principled.}) 5... Nc6 6. Bg2
e6 {A very solid choice.} ({The other options} 6... Nc7) ({or} 6... g6 {
should be well prepared to play - the theory is very deep there.}) 7. O-O ({
I wanted more than the slightly better endgame which regulary appears after} 7.
d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 h6 19.
Rc5 Rb8 20. Ra5 a6 21. Rh5 Kd6 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2773)-Leko,P (2737)/Beijing
2013/CBM 156 (39)}) 7... Be7 8. Nxd5 (8. d4 O-O {and here White has a wide
choice of possibilities.}) 8... exd5 (8... Qxd5 $6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qd6 11.
Rc1 Nd4 12. Nd2 $36) 9. d4 O-O (9... c4 $6 10. b3) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 $6
{I don't like this move. The pawn can't go back, so I prefer another line -} (
11... Qd7 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17.
Bxe1 Nc6 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2712)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2708)/Loo 2013}) 12. Bd2 Be6 13. a3 $2 {Natural, but a slow
move. The position is more concrete than I thought.} (13. e3 {was more
unpleasant for Black, because he can't equalise immediately:} d4 $2 (13... Qd7
14. Bc3 $14) 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3
Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Kf7 20. b3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Bd5+ Kg6 23. Bxb7 $16 {1-0
Larsen,B (2520)-Jussupow,A (2590)/Reykjavik 1985}) 13... Bb6 14. b4 Ne5 {
This isn't a mistake, but} (14... Qd7 {was more consistent} 15. e3 d4 (15...
Rfd8 16. Bc3) 16. b5 Ne5 17. exd4 (17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Re1 Rfd8 $1 {and the black
pieces became extremely strong}) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxd4 {and White had
nothing special.}) 15. a4 a6 (15... Qd7 $6 16. a5 Bc7 17. Qa4 $5 Qf7 18. Nd4
$14) 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a5 Ba7 18. b5 $1 {The point. I wasn't sure White was
really better now, but he has the easier game.} Rac8 (18... axb5 $6 19. Qb3 Nc4
20. Qxb5 Rf7 21. Bc3 $14) 19. Bb4 Nxf3+ $2 ({I guess, Black rejected the
natural} 19... Rfd8 {because of} 20. Nxe5 (20. b6 Bb8 21. Nd4 Bh3 $13) 20...
fxe5 21. b6 Bb8 22. Qd2 {for instance,} Rc4 23. Rfc1 Rdc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rc1
{and the endgame wasn't comfortable for Black.}) 20. Bxf3 Bc5 $2 {Mistakes
come in pairs.} (20... Rfd8 21. b6 Bb8 22. Qd2 $14) 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Qd3 {
Suddenly, the black position became almost losing.} Bxb4 ({The best try was} 
22... Bf5 23. Bxd5+ (23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. e4 Bh3 26. Rfe1 Bxb4 27.
Rxb4 Rc5 {with some chances to survive}) 23... Kh8 24. e4 Bh3 25. Rfe1 $16) 23.
Rxb4 Rc6 24. Rb6 $18 Ra8 (24... Rxb6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28.
Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qd4 $18) 25. Rfb1 Rac8 26. h4 $1 {A good move, which kills the
black counterplay against the white king.} Rc3 27. Qxa6 Bg4 28. Bg2 d4 29. Rb8
Qe8 30. Qd6 {The rest is easy.} h5 31. a6 Qa4 32. Bb7 Kh7 33. Bxc8 Bxc8 34. Qd5
Kg6 35. R8b5 Bg4 36. Rb7 Qe8 37. a7 Bf5 38. Rxg7+ 1-0