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E59

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Защита Нимцовича. Система Рубинштейна: 7...Кc6 8 a3 Сxc3 9 bxc3 dxc4
EN: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3 9 bxc3 dxc4

Ходы

1. d4 Кf6 2. c4 e6 3. Кc3 Сb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Кf3 d5 6. Сd3 c5 7. 0-0 Кc6 8. a3 С:c3+ 9. b:c3 d:c4

Дебюты

Защита Нимцовича

[Event "Match/Nation HUN-YUG"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1957.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kluger, Gyula"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Barcza,G"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. c4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rb1 $6 Qc6 $1 20. Bc3
$2 (20. Kh1 Ng4 (20... Bg4 21. e4 Bh5) 21. e4 $1 Nxf2+ $2 22. Kg1 Qg6+ 23. Kxf2
Qg2+ 24. Ke3 Qg5+ 25. f4 $18) (20. Be5 $5) 20... Re8 $1 21. Kh1 $2 (21. Bxf6
$142 Qxf6 22. Kh1) 21... Ng4 22. Kg1 (22. e4 Nxf2+ 23. Kg1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qg6+
25. Kf2 Qg2+ 26. Ke3 (26. Ke1 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Bd3 Qg5+ 29. Ke1 Qe3+ 30.
Qe2 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb1 $19) 26... Bf5 27. Bd3 Qg5+ $19) 22... Nxh2 $3 23. Kxh2
Qh6 24. Bxg7 Qh5 25. e4 Re6 26. f4 (26. Rg1 Bf1+) 26... Bg4+ 27. Kg2 Qh3+ 28.
Kg1 Bxe2 29. f3 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Rad8 17. e4 Bc6 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. Re1 Red8 20. Be3 h6 21.
a5 Nh5 22. Qc1 g5 23. Qa3 b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qb3 $16 b5 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27.
Qxb5 Nf4 28. Qc4 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Ra4 (30. Ra5 $1 $16) 30... Rd3 31. Rc4
Rb8 32. h4 Rb2 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. e5 Kh7 35. Rg4 Kh6 36. c4 Rc2 37. Kh2 Kh5 38.
Kg3 Kg6 39. Bxg5 Nxg5 40. Kh4 Rd4 41. f4 Rxg2 42. Rxg2 Rxf4+ 43. Rg4 Kf5 44.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 45. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 $1 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Rac8 (16... Bc6 $5 17. Re1 h5 18. e4 Nd5 $1 19. Bd2 Nf4
20. Bf1 h4 $1 21. Be3 Rad8 22. Rad1 $13 {Gligoric,S-Pachnann,L/Portoroz izt/
1958/1-0/}) 17. Re1 c4 $2 (17... Bc6 $142) 18. Bf1 Qa5 19. e4 Re6 (19... Nd5
20. Qf2 $1 Nb6 (20... Nxc3 21. Bd2) 21. Be3 Nxa4 22. Bd4 $16) 20. Be3 Ra6 21.
Qb2 b6 $6 (21... Qc7 $142) 22. Bd4 Bxa4 23. e5 $16 Ne8 24. e6 f6 25. Be2 $1 b5
(25... Qd5 26. f4 Qxe6 27. Bf3) 26. Bd1 Qc7 27. Bc2 $1 Qe7 28. Be4 Kh8 (28...
Nd6 29. Qb4) 29. Qf2 g6 (29... Rxe6 $2 30. Bf5) 30. f4 $1 Nd6 (30... Rxe6 31.
Bd5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qf8 (32... Qd6 33. Bf7) 33. Qh4 {/\g2-g4-g5 +-}) 31. f5 g5
32. Bc2 Ne8 33. Qf3 Rd8 34. Qh5 {/\Qf7} Kg8 35. h4 gxh4 36. Re4 Ng7 37. Rg4
Rad6 38. Bxa4 Rxd4 (38... bxa4 39. Qxh4 Rxd4 (39... Rf8 40. Bc5) 40. Rxd4 Nxf5
41. Rd7 $18) 39. cxd4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Kh8 (40... Rxd4 41. Qf7+) 41. Qf7 Qxf7 42.
exf7 Nxf5 43. Rxa7 $18 Rf8 44. Rf4 Ng3 45. Kf2 c3 46. Rc7 f5 47. Rxh4 Ne4+ 48.
Ke3 Nf6 49. Kd3 Kg7 50. Rc5 Kg6 51. Rf4 c2 52. Kxc2 Ng4 53. Kd3 Rxf7 54. Rcxf5
Rxf5 55. Rxg4+ Kf6 56. Re4 h5 57. Re2 h4 58. Kc4 Ra5 59. d5 Kf7 60. d6 Ra8 61.
Kd5 Ra3 62. d7 Rd3+ 63. Kc6 Rc3+ 64. Kb7 Rb3+ 65. Kc8 Rc3+ 66. Kd8 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 68th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kanarek, Marcel"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ad-hoc comments by Dariusz Swiercz} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5.
Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12.
Ba2 e4 13. Nd2 ({Another option is} 13. Nh2 {intending f2-f3, which is
difficult to achieve after the text move, when the e3 pawn is unprotected and
the Bxh3 tactics is in the air. Instead, after 13.Nd2 he wants to play a3-a4
and then Bc1-a3. As for me, I am going to exchange white colour bishops by Re8
and Be6.}) 13... Re8 14. a4 Be6 15. Ba3 cxd4 ({A pawn sacrifice} 15... b6 $5 {
was very interesting. During the game I assessed there would be a good
compensation after e.g.} 16. dxc5 Ne5 {. However, finally I opted for a more
solid 15...cxd4.}) 16. cxd4 {#Important moment. It's clear that the bishops
are going to be exchanged, but if I play 16...Bxa2, I would improve his pieces.
Instead, I opted for} Qd7 {inviting him to improve mine.} 17. Bxe6 {The goal
achieved.} Rxe6 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Nb1 $6 ({In general it's not a bad idea to
exchange the strong Nd5, but sometimes you do not have time for what you want.
He should have played} 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rfc1 {with equal play. Black has a
stronghold in the centre, which can be further enhanced by Rd8, and a
potential to attack the king through Rg6 or Rh6. White, in turn, can play
through Qb5, Nc4, a4-a5 and, if he is allowed to, Nc4-e5.}) 19... Rg6 (19...
Na5 {intending Rc8 and Nc4 was another reasonable option.}) 20. Kh1 Rh6 21. Nc3
$2 {#} ({White is consistent, but it is not helpful - the text move is losing.
Rybka recommends to admit that the whole Nd2-b1-c3 plan was a failure and play
} 21. Nd2) 21... Nxd4 $3 ({I could have also started with} 21... Rxh3+) 22.
exd4 ({Nice looking mate pictures could result from} 22. Qxd5 Rxh3+ 23. Kg1 ({
if} 23. gxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Nf3#) 23... Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Ne2# {mate}) 22... Rxh3+
23. Kg1 ({if} 23. gxh3 {Black are mating after} Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Nf4 {and Qg2.})
23... Rxc3 {I am two pawns up. The game should be finished quickly.} 24. Qb5
Qxb5 25. axb5 Rb3 26. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1 f6 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. f3 exf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 (11... Na5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. c4 Rd8 14.
Bb2 Nf8 15. dxc5 f6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bc3 Qxc5 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Qe1 Nc6 20. Nxc6
Qxc6 21. Qb1 $14 {Portisch,L-Braga,F/Reggio Emilia/1993/1|0/36/}) (11... Bd7 $5
12. a4 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Nf8 16. Qb3 f6 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. Rd1
$14 {Kharitonov,A-Balashov,Y/Moscow/1990/0,5/43/}) (11... b6 $6 12. Re1 Bb7 13.
e4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 Nf8 18. h4 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V-Tiviakov,S/Linares/1995/1|0/36/}) 12. Be2 (12. Bxc6 $6 Qxc6 13. Re1 b5 14.
Ne5 Qc7 15. e4 Bb7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Be3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nd7 $10 {Speelman,
J-Tiviakov,S/Kropotkin/1995/0,5/24/}) (12. Bd3 $5 e5 13. Qc2 Re8 (13... b5 $6
14. e4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Be2 Re8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 $16 {
Timman,J-Lutz,C/Wijk aan Zee/1995/0,5/121/}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f3
b5 17. Re1 Bb7 18. e4 c4 19. Bf1 Nd5 $10 {Petrosian,T-Averbakh,Y/Portoroz/1958/
0,5/22/}) 12... e5 (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 Nxf3+
17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. e4 $14 {Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Polanica Zdroj/
1991/1|0/54/}) 13. Qc2 (13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 $10 {
Portisch,L-Spassky,B/Mexiko/1980/0,5/33/}) 13... Bg4 (13... e4 $6 14. Nd2 Re8
15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 $36) 14. d5 Na5 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bxg4 h6 17.
Ne6 $1 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ $16) 15. e4 (15. c4 $6 e4 16. Ne1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 b5 $36)
15... c4 16. Nh4 $6 (16. Be3 $5 $14) 16... Nb3 17. Ra2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc5 19. f3
b5 (19... g6 $2 20. Qxc4) 20. Nf5 Ne8 21. Be3 Na4 (21... Nd6 $5) 22. Qe1 Nd6
23. g4 f6 24. Rg2 Nc5 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Qh4 Qd7 27. Qh3 g6 28. g5 $6 (28. Nh6+ $5
Kh8 29. Qg3 Qg7 30. h4 a5 $132) 28... Nxf5 $1 (28... gxf5 $4 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30.
Rg7 $18) (28... fxg5 $4 29. Nh6+ $18) (28... Kh8 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Qh4 Raf8 31.
Bg5 R6f7 32. Ne7 $36) 29. exf5 (29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 $19)
29... Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. gxf6+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Kxf6 33. Rxh7 Rh8 34. Rb7 f4
$17 35. Bg1 Rad8 36. Ba7 Rhg8 $1 (36... Rxd5 37. Rg1 $132) 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. d6
Rg6 39. Rxa6 Rdxd6 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 $19 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Bg1 b4 43. cxb4 c3 44. b5
Ra5 45. b6 c2 46. a4 Rxa4 47. b7 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

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 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8.
Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 10. Ba2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:13:21]} (12. Re1 e5 13. h3 e4 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Nf1 Ba6 16. c4 Na5 17. dxc5 Rad8 18. Qa4 Qxc5 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. Ng3 Qc6 21.
Qxc6 Nxc6 22. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Sebenik,M (2527)-Lenic,L (2617) Sentjur 2013})
12... Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Na5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (
13... Rad8 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. g3 Bc8 18. Nd2 h5 19. Bb1 h4 20.
Nf1 Qd7 21. Bc1 Qh3 22. Ra2 Rd6 23. Bd3 Nh7 24. Ne3 hxg3 25. fxg3 Ne7 26. Rf2
Nf6 27. Bb2 Nd7 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. exf5 b5 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 bxc4 32. Bxc4
Qh6 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Qf4 Ba6 35. Rfe2 Qd8 36. Bxa6 Rxa6 37. Qc4 Rxa3 38. Qxc5
Rd3 39. R2e3 Rd2 40. Re2 Rd3 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. f6 gxf6 43. Rh5 {Ibragimov,I 
(2579)-Akopian,V (2660) Kazan 2001 1-0 (65)}) 14. e4 {[%emt 0:15:24]} Bc4 {
[%emt 0:08:09]} 15. Bb1 {[%emt 0:17:03]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 16. e5 {[%emt 0:
01:04]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 18.
Qxd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Rxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Raf8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 23.
Bd3 {[%emt 0:11:41]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 24. Rf1 $4 {[%emt 0:00:40] The
players essayed a topical variation of the Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian and the
game was approximately equal for a while, both of them trying to do as much as
they could with their strategical advantages. Disaster came for the Mongolian
player when she moved 24.Rf1?? missing the devastating 24...Ng4!! After that
happened the game was basically over.} (24. Re3) 24... Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 25.
Qg5 {[%emt 0:17:05]} Nxh2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nxf1 {
[%emt 0:01:59]} 27. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 (13. e4 exd4 14.
cxd4 Bg4 15. Qxc5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Qg4+
$10) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Re1 (16. e4 $2 c4 17. Be2 Nd5 18.
Bxc4 Nxc3 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Qb3 Ba4 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17 {Beliavsky}) (16. a4 Rad8
(16... Rac8 17. Re1 Red8 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. a5 c4 21. axb6 cxd3 22.
Qxd3 Be6 23. Qe3 axb6 24. Reb1 $14 {Yusupov,A-Ivanchuk,V (2)/Brussels m/1991})
17. e4 Bc6 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. Re1 Nd5 $1 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Rad1 Red8 22. Bxf4 Qxf4
23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bd5 $10 {Beliavsky}) 16... Rad8 (16... Ba4 $1 17. Qb2 (17.
Qxa4 $2 Qxc3 $17) 17... Rad8 $10) 17. a4 Bc6 18. e4 Nd5 $1 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1
(20. Bb5 $6 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nd3 22. Re2 c4 23. Rxa7 Qxb5 $15) 20... g5 $5 21. Be3
(21. Bb5 Re6) (21. g3 Ng6 22. Bh3 $6 Qf6 23. Bf5 $6 Ne5 24. Rf1 (24. Kg2 $2
Nxf3 25. Kxf3 Qxf5+ $19) 24... Rd3 25. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 $19) 21... h5 22. a5 (22. g3
$6 Ng6 {/\g4,/\Qf6,Ne5}) 22... Re6 (22... g4 $6 23. Qf2 gxf3 24. gxf3 b6 25.
axb6 axb6 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 $10) 23. g3 (23. Qf2 $142 $1 b6
24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra6 $13) 23... Ng6 24. Bg2 $6 (24. Bh3 g4 (24... Red6 25. Bf5
{><g5}) 25. fxg4 hxg4 (25... Bxe4 26. Qe2 $13) 26. Bxg4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28.
Bf3 Re6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 $10) 24... h4 {><g3} 25. Qf2 (25. Bh3 Red6 26. Bf5 hxg3
27. Bxg5 f6 28. Be3 Nh4 $17) 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 Red6 $1 {<->d} 27. Rac1 (27.
Bxc5 $2 Rd2 28. Bd4 Rxf2 29. Bxe5 Rdd2 $19) 27... b6 28. axb6 axb6 $15 29. f4 (
29. Rb1 Ba8 $15) 29... gxf4 30. gxf4 Qg7 31. Qg3 Rd3 32. Kf2 $2 (32. Qg5 Re8
33. e5 Bxg2 34. Qxg2 Nh4 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kf2 Nf5 $15) 32... Ra8 $1 33. Re2
Ra4 $17 34. Rg1 $2 (34. f5 Ne5 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bf4 Kf6 $17) (34. c4 $142)
34... Rxc3 (34... Bxe4 $6 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. f5 Qf6 37. Qg5 Rd6 38. Bf4 $13) 35.
Qg5 (35. f5 $2 Ne5 $19) (35. Rd2 $5) 35... Rd3 36. Bf3 Bxe4 $19 37. Bxe4 Rxe4
38. Qf5 $1 (38. f5 Re5 $1 (38... Rd5 39. Rd2 $1 Ree5 40. Qd8+ $3 Rxd8 41. Rxd8+
Nf8 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. f6+ Kxf6 44. Rxf8 $10) 39. Ra2 Rdxe3 40. Qxe3 Qf6 $1 41.
Ra8+ Kg7 $19) 38... Rdxe3 $2 (38... Red4 $1 39. Bxd4 (39. Qc8+ Rd8 40. Qc6 R3d6
$19) 39... Qxd4+ 40. Kf1 Rd1+ $19) 39. Rxe3 $2 (39. Qc8+ $1 Qf8 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8
41. Rxe3 Rxf4+ 42. Rf3 $15) 39... Qb2+ (39... Qb2+ 40. Kf3 Rxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Qd4+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. h3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 c4 $1 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. a4 Bf5 $10)
10... dxc4 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Na5 15.
Ba2 Ba6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb2 Qg5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Red1 $16 {Ibragimov-Roeder/Bern op/1993}) 11. Bxc4
Rd8 12. Ba2 b6 (12... e5 $2 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bb2 h6
17. Nf3 d3 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qh4 $16 {Djuric-Rajkovic/JUG/1983}) 13. Re1 (13. Qe2
$5) 13... Bb7 14. e4 Ne7 15. Bb1 {/\Bg5} (15. Qd3 $5 h6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rad1
Ng6 18. g3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Bb1 Qa4 $132) 15... h6 16. Bd3 (16. e5 $6 Nfd5
17. Qd3 Ng6 $15) 16... Rac8 17. Bd2 (17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Ne5 (18. g3 $6 Nxg3 19.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qxh3+ 21. Nh2 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Qf3 Qh4 $1 24. d5 Rxd5
$1 25. exf5 $6 Rc2 $1 26. Re2 (26. Bxc2 Rd2 $19) 26... Rxd3 27. Qxb7 Rxe2 $19)
18... Nf4 19. Bf1 Nc6 $132) 17... Ng6 18. Qb1 $6 (18. g3 $1 Nh5 19. e5 $5 (19.
Kh2 $14) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxd4 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24.
Rc1 Qd7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Be3 Rd5 27. g4 Rxe5 28. gxh5 Rxh5 $16) 18... Nh5 (
18... Nf4 19. Bf1 $14 {/\g3}) 19. Be3 (19. Bf1 {>=} Nf6 (19... Nhf4 20. g3 Nh5
21. Kh2) 20. Bd3 Nh5 $10) 19... Nhf4 20. Bf1 cxd4 21. cxd4 f5 $1 22. Nd2 (22.
exf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rd5 25. Qe4 Rf8 26. Rac1 Qd7 $40 {/\} 27. Bc4
Qxh3 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. Bxf4 Nh4 $1 $19) 22... fxe4 23. Nxe4 Qf7 24. g3 Nd5 25.
Bg2 (25. Bd2 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Ng5 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Nc3 $1 29. Ng5 hxg5 30.
Bxc3 Qf3 31. Qb3+ Bd5 $19) 25... e5 26. Qb2 (26. dxe5 {>=} Nxe5 27. f4 Nxe3 (
27... Nd3 $2 28. Qxd3 Nxf4 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxf4 $16) (27... Nc4 28. Bf2 $13)
28. Rxe3 Nc4 29. Re2 $15) 26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 exd4 28. exd4 Bd5 29. Rad1 Ne7
$17 {><d4} 30. Qd2 Nf5 31. Qf2 (31. g4 Nh4 $17) 31... Bb3 32. Rd2 Nxd4 33.
Qxf7+ Bxf7 34. Red1 Bb3 35. Rf1 Nb5 36. Rb2 Bc4 37. Ra1 Nd6 38. Kh2 Nxe4 39.
Bxe4 Rd4 40. Bg6 (40. Re1 $142 $17) 40... Rc6 41. Bh5 Rcd6 42. Rc1 Rd2+ 43.
Rxd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kg1 b5 45. a4 a6 46. axb5 axb5 47. Rb1 Kf8 $19 48. Bf3 (48. Re1
Rd8 49. Kf2 b4 50. Re4 Rc8 51. Bg4 Rc7 52. Bh5 Bf7 53. Bxf7 Rxf7+ 54. Ke2 Re7
$19) 48... Rd6 49. Kf2 Ke7 50. Be4 Re6 51. Kf3 Kd6 52. Rd1+ Kc5 53. Rd7 Rf6+
54. Ke3 Rf7 55. Rd8 (55. Rxf7 Bxf7 56. Kd3 b4 57. Bf5 Bc4+ 58. Kc2 Kd4 59. Kd2
b3 60. Bg6 Bd5 $19 {/\Be4}) 55... Kb4 56. Kd4 Be6 57. Rb8 (57. h4 Rd7+ 58. Rxd7
Bxd7 $19) 57... Bxh3 58. Bd3 Rd7+ 59. Ke3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Kropotkin"]
[Site "Kropotkin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 Qd6 18. Rd1 Qc6 $10 {Lieber-Solt/
corr./1979}) 12... e5 13. Bb2 Rd8 (13... e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. a4 $14) 14. Qc2 Bg4
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf5 Qe5 $10
) 18... Nd7 {N} (18... Qc6 19. e4 Ne8 (19... b5 $5) 20. Rd2 f6 21. Rad1 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Rc8 23. a4 $14 {Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Polanica Zdroj 1991}) 19. Rd2
(19. Rd5 Bg6 20. e4 Nb6 (20... Nf8 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Be5 $14) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 f6 $15) 19... Nf8 20. Rad1 f6 21. Bc3 Bf7 22. f4 Rxd2 23.
Qxd2 Be6 (23... b5 $5 24. Qd6 (24. Bf3 Rb8 25. Ba5 Qa7 $10) (24. cxb5 axb5 25.
Bxb5 Rxa3 $10) 24... Qc8 (24... Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxc4 (25... Rb8 26. Rc6 $14) 26.
Bxc4+ bxc4 27. Rc6 Nd7 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Kf1 $14) 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. cxb5 axb5 27.
Rc1 Ng6 $132) 24. Qd6 (24. a4 $1 a5 (24... Qf7 25. Qd3 $14) (24... Qc6 25. a5
b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Bf3 Ra7 28. Ba5 Qb3 29. Bd5 $14) 25. Qd6 Qf7 26. Qd3 Kh8
27. Qe4 $14) 24... Qf7 25. Qd3 (25. Qxc5 Rc8) (25. Bf3 Bxc4 26. Qxc5 Bb3 27.
Rc1 Rd8 $10) 25... b5 $1 $10 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 $2
Bh3+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qxf2 $17) 28... Qe4+ (28... Bd5+ $4 29. Rxd5 Qe4+ 30.
Kg1 Qxd5 31. Bc4 $18) 29. Kg1 Qg6+ 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot-Kadyr"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 Rd8 $6 (12... e4) (12... b6 $5
13. d5 Rd8 14. e4 Ne7 15. Re1 h6 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Bb1 Ne8 19. Bd3 Nd6
20. a4 a5 $10 {[%emt 0:00:51] Iskusnyh,S-Goldin,A/RUS-chT Kazan (04) 2-2 ;CBM
1995}) 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. d5 $5 {N} (14. Qc2 $1 cxd4 (14... h6 15. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Bxh6 $1 $40) 15. cxd4 exd4 (15...
Nxd4 16. Qxc7 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Rxc7 18. Bb2 $16 {Djuric}) 16. Bb2 h6 17. Nf3 d3 18.
Qc4 b5 19. Qh4 Qd6 20. Rfd1 $14 {Djuric,S-Rajkovic,D/Jugoslavija 1983}) 14...
c4 15. Bxc4 (15. e4 $5 h6 16. Nf3 Na5 17. Qe2 $14) 15... Na5 16. Ba2 h6 17. Nf3
e4 18. Nd2 (18. Nd4 Nxd5 $15) (18. Ne1 b6 $1 (18... Qxc3 19. Bd2 $13) 19. Nc2
Ba6 20. Re1 Rad8 21. Nb4 Bc4 $17) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxe4 (19. Bb2 $5 Nxc3 20. Bxc3
Qxc3 21. Nxe4 Rxd1 22. Nxc3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nb5 $14) 19...
Nxc3 (19... Nxe3 $2 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 (20... Rxf7 21. Bxe3 $16) (20... Kxf7 21.
Qf3+ $16) 21. Qh5 Nxf1 22. Bxh6 Rxf7 23. Bf4+ {+-}) 20. Qf3 Nxe4 $1 (20... Nxa2
21. Rxa2 {/\Bb2,Nf6}) 21. Qxe4 Re7 22. Qd3 Be6 23. Bb1 f5 $10 24. Ba2 Bxa2 25.
Rxa2 Qc4 26. Qb1 (26. Rd2 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Nc4 28. Rfd1 Rc8 $10) 26... Qe6 27. Rb2
Rd8 28. Rb5 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Bb2 Rd7 31. Rc1 Nc4 32. a4 a6 33. Qc2 (33.
Bd4 {>=} b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qb4 f4 $10) 33... b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qc3 Kh7
36. Ba1 Nd2 37. Bb2 Nc4 38. Ba1 Qe4 39. Re1 (39. Qb4 Rd2 40. Qc5 Qd5 $10) 39...
Nd2 40. Qc8 Qd5 41. Bc3 Ne4 42. Ra1 (42. Bd4 b4 $5 43. Rb1 Rb7 44. Qf8 b3 45.
Rxb3 Qxb3 46. Qxf5+ Kg8 47. Qxe4 Qb1+ $10) 42... Nxc3 (42... Qb7 43. Qxb7 Rxb7
44. Bb4 Rc7 $10) 43. Qxc3 Rb7 44. Qb4 Rb6 $1 {/\Rg6} 45. Rb1 (45. f3 Qd3 46.
Qc5 $10 Re6 $6 47. e4 $1) 45... Rg6 46. e4 Qa8 47. Qxb5 Qxe4 48. g3 $10 (48.
Qf1 $2 Rxg2+ $1 $17) 48... f4 49. g4 f3 50. Rd1 Qf4 51. Qd5 h5 52. Qxh5+ Rh6
53. Qf5+ Qxf5 54. gxf5 Rxh3 55. Rd4 Kg8 56. Rg4 Kf7 57. Rg3 Rxg3+ 58. fxg3 Kf6
59. Kf2 Kxf5 60. Kxf3 Kg5 61. g4 Kh4 62. Kf4 g6 63. g5 Kh5 64. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. a4 (10. cxd5 {Hansen,Cu} exd5 11. Nh4)
10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 (11... Rd8 12. Ba3 b6 (12... cxd4 $6 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qxc4 15. Be7 Rd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qf3 $16) 13. Ba2 Ba6 14. Re1 h6 15. e4
Na5 16. Bb1 e5 17. d5 Re8 $10 {Lutikov-Shishov SSSR 1954(ECO)}) (11... e5 12.
Ba3 (12. dxe5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Ra3 Nd7
17. c4 Qc7 18. f4 $14 {Acosta-Servat/Argentina ch/1987/}) 12... e4 13. Nd2 b6
14. Qc2 Na5 15. Be2 Re8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 Bg4 18. Bd1 Bxd1 19. Rfxd1 Ng4 20.
Nf1 Ne5 21. Rd5 Nd3 22. Qc3 $14 {ECO}) 12. Ba3 (12. Qe2 e5 $1) 12... Rd8 (12...
Bb7 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Na5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 Rab8 $10 {
Najdorf,M-Reshevsky Zuerich 1953(ECO)}) 13. Qe2 Bb7 (13... e5 $5) 14. h3 $6 (
14. Rfd1 $142 Na5 (14... h6 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Ba2 Ne4 16. Rac1 $14 {
Wood-Mitchell corr1-WCH 1950}) 15. Bd3) (14. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Na5 15. Ba2 bxc5
16. Rfd1 $13) 14... Rac8 15. Ba2 Na5 16. Ne5 (16. Rac1 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $13 (16...
Qc6 {Hansen,Cu ><a4})) 16... Bd5 17. Bb2 $2 (17. c4 Bb7 (17... cxd4 18. cxd5 (
18. exd4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rac1 Rxd4 21. Bb2 Rd2 22. Qxd2 Nxd2 23. Rxc7
Rxc7 24. Rd1 Rc2 $19) 18... Qxe5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 $132) 18. Rfd1 Nd7 (
18... Ne4 $36 {Ftacnik}) 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. d5 Bxa4 21. Rdb1 $44) (17. Rac1 $5) (
17. Rac1 {Hansen,Cu} Qb7 $132) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 (18. exd4 $2 {Hansen,Cu}
Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Nc4) 18... Qc2 19. Rfe1 (19. Qxc2 {Ftacnik} Rxc2 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Ba3 f6 22. Nd3 Nc4 $17) 19... Qxe2 (19... Bxa2 $1 {Hansen,Cu} 20. Rxa2 Ne4
{/\f7-f6} 21. Ba1 Qxe2 22. Raxe2 f6 23. Nf3 Rc4 $17) 20. Rxe2 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Nd5
$17 22. Ra1 (22. e4 {Ftacnik} Nf4 23. Rd2 f6 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Rd1 Rc2 $17) 22...
f6 23. Nf3 (23. Nd3 Rc4 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Ke1 Rdc8 26. Kd1 $2 Nb3 27. Ra3 Nc3+
28. Bxc3 Rxc3 $19) 23... Rc4 24. g3 Kf7 25. Kf1 (25. e4 Nb4 $17 {><d4} (25...
Nc3 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17)) 25... Rd7 26. Nd2 (26. Ke1 Rdc7 $17 {/\Nb3})
26... Rc6 $1 (26... Rb4 27. Ne4 Nc4 (27... Rc7 28. Nd6+ Kg6 29. Nb5) 28. Bc3
Rb3 (28... Nxc3 29. Nxc3 $15) 29. Be1 Rc7 30. a5 $15) (26... Rc2 {Ftacnik} 27.
Ne4) 27. Ba3 (27. Nf3 Rdc7 $17) 27... Nc4 (27... f5 $2 {Hansen,Cu /\28. - Sc3
29.Te1 Se4} 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. Rc1 $16) 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. a5 (29. Bb2 {Ftacnik}
Rdc7 $17) (29. Bb2 $15 {Hansen,Cu}) 29... b5 (29... bxa5 {Ftacnik} 30. Bc5 $132
) 30. Bc5 (30. a6 Ra4 31. Bb2 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Rd6 33. Ra2 Nb4 $19) 30... a6 31.
Rb2 e5 32. Ke1 f5 33. g4 f4 $1 34. Rb3 (34. e4 {Ftacnik} exd4 (34... Nc3 {
Hansen,Cu}) 35. exd5 Rxc5 $19) 34... Ke6 35. Bb6 (35. e4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 36. f3
exd4 $17) 35... fxe3 36. fxe3 e4 $19 37. Ra2 Rf7 38. Rf2 Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Rxf2+ 40.
Kxc1 Rf3 (40... Rf3 {Ftacnik} 41. Kd2 Rxh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O
Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 b6 $1 {Kortschnoj:
novelty} (12... Bf5 13. d5 Rad8 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. c4 $14 {ECO}) (12... e4 13. Nh2
(13. Nd2 Bf5 $10) 13... Bf5 (13... b6 14. c4 Rd8 15. d5 $14 (15. Bb2 $14)) 14.
Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bg6 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Ba3 b6 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Ba6
f6 21. Rad1 Bf7 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bg6 25. e4 $16 {
Knaak-Georgiev,Kir/DDR-Bulgaria/1986}) 13. Qc2 $6 (13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 (14. Nh2
Ne5 15. c4 Ne8 $5 (15... Ba6 16. Qa4) (15... Nd3 {Kortschnoj} 16. Bd2 Qe5 17.
Qc2 Qg5 18. Kh1 Bf5 $13) 16. Bb2 Qe7 (16... Nd3 $5 17. Bc3 Nd6) 17. Qe2 Nd6 $15
) 14... exf3 15. Qxf3 Ba6 (15... Qe5 $5 {Kortschnojj} 16. e4 $1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4
Nxe4 18. Re1 Nxc3 19. Bc4 a6 20. a4 $44) 16. c4 {Kortschnoj} (16. Re1 {
Kortschnoj} Bb5 17. e4 Bxc6 18. Bg5 $5) (16. Rd1 Bb5 $10) 16... Rac8 17. Bb2
Qxc6 18. Qg3 $14 (18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Rfd1 $14)) 13... e4 14. Ng5 (14. Nd2 Ba6
15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 $17) 14... Ba6 15. Rd1 (
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rae8 18. Qf3 (18. Qc2 Qh2 19. Bd5 Ne7 20.
Bf3 Ng6 $17) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Na5 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Bb4 a5 22. Bxc4 axb4 $17)
15... Rae8 $1 (15... Bd3 16. Rxd3 exd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Nf3 $44) 16. f3 (16. d5
Na5 $17) 16... Bd3 17. Qf2 (17. Rxd3 $5 exd3 18. Qxd3 Qg3 (18... Qe7 {/\h6} 19.
h4 (19. Bd5 Na5 $17 {/\h6}) (19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qe4 $17) 19... h6
20. Nh3 $44) (18... Na5 $17 {Kortschnoj}) 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qe1+ 21. Kh2
Rd8 $15) 17... h6 $17 (17... c4 $5) 18. fxe4 hxg5 (18... Nxe4 $5 19. Bxf7+ (19.
Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) (19. Qb2 Nxg5 20. Rxd3 Qg3 21. Kf1 Re6 $17) 19... Rxf7 20. Qxf7+
Qxf7 21. Nxf7 c4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. Be1 Rb2 $17) 19.
Rxd3 Nxe4 20. Qf3 (20. Qf5 c4 $1 21. Bxc4 Nd6 22. Qd5 Ne7 $19) 20... Na5 {/\c4}
21. c4 b5 $1 22. cxb5 c4 23. Rd1 Nb3 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. Rb1 (25. a4 Qc2 26. Ba3
b2 27. Rab1 Nc3 28. Bxf8 Nxb1 $17) 25... Nc3 26. Rxb3 Nxd1 27. Qxd1 Re4 (27...
Qc4 {Kortschnoj} 28. Rb4 Qa2 29. Qd2 Qd5 $15) 28. Bd2 Rfe8 29. a4 (29. Qc1 $142
$1 $10 {Kortschnoj}) 29... Qd7 30. a5 g4 $1 31. hxg4 (31. h4 g3 $17) 31... Rxg4
32. b6 (32. Qf3 Rg6 33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Rf6 35. Qg3 Qd5 36. Rb2 Rg6 $17) 32...
axb6 33. Rxb6 (33. axb6 Qd5 34. Qxg4 Qxb3 35. Qd7 Rb8 $17) 33... Qf5 34. a6 Qe4
35. Qf1 Ra8 {/\Rg6} 36. Rb7 $2 (36. Kh2 $1 {Kortschnoj} Rg6 37. Rxg6 Qxg6 $15)
36... Rxa6 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 (37... Kh7 38. Qf1 Ra1) 0-1

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 (6... b6 7. O-O Bb7
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 (9... a6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. f4 Ne4
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng3 Nf6 $14 {Donner-Van Scheltinga/ Beverwijk 1965}) 10. f4
c5 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. f5 $14 {Gipslis - Simagin, Fernpartie 1967.}) 7. O-O Nc6 (7... b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ba5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rc7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $14 {Gligoric - Szabo, Moskau (ol) 1956.}
) 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 $1 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 Na5 (
13... Bf5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bg6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Ba3 Kh8 19. Rad1
cxd4 20. cxd4 f6 $14 {Maric.}) 14. f3 c4 15. Bb1 Re8 16. Ra2 Bf5 $1 {Eine
Verstдrkung gegenьber der Partie Furman - Korelov, URS 1957, in der 16.-Ld7 17.
Taf2 mit weissem Angriff geschah.} (16... Bd7 17. Raf2 $16 {Furman,S-Korelov,A/
Leningrad-ch URS 1957}) 17. Qe1 Nd5 18. g4 (18. Ng4 {Knaak} Nb3 $1 19. Ne5 (19.
Nf2 $2 exf3) 19... Rxe5 $1 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $17) 18... Bg6 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bf7
21. Rg2 (21. g5 $5 {Knaak} fxg5 22. Rg2 Nb3 (22... h6 23. h4 $40) 23. Rxg5 h6 (
23... Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Qa5 25. f6 $40) 24. Rg2 $13) 21... g5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23.
Rff2 Kg7 24. Nf1 Nb3 25. Bb2 Rh8 26. Rh2 Rae8 27. Kg2 g5 28. Bc2 Bg6 29. Bd1 (
29. Qd1 $6 {Luther} b5 30. Bxb3 cxb3 31. Qxb3 Nf4+ $5 32. Kh1 $1 $13 (32. exf4
$2 gxf4 $19)) 29... b5 30. Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 (12... Bg4 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. e4 c4 18. Be2 Qc5+ 19. Kh1
Rad8 $14 {Tal}) (12... Rd8 13. h3 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. g3
$14 {Tolush - O'Kelly, Hastings 1953/54.}) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3
Bd7 (15... Be6 16. e4 Rad8 17. Be2 b6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Be3 h6 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Rd1 {23.g3? g5!, Karpov - Spasskij, Leningrad (m) 1974.}
Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 $10 {Kotov}) 16. a4 Rac8 (16... Bc6 17. Re1 h5 18. e4 Nd5 19.
Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 h4 $10 {Gligoric - Pachman, Portoroz (izt) 1958.}) 17. Re1 h6
18. e4 (18. Bf1 {Yusupov}) 18... Nd5 19. Bd2 (19. Bxh6 {Yusupov} Qxc3 20. Qxc3
(20. Bd2 $2 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Nb4 $17) 20... Nxc3 21. Bd2 Nxa4 22. Bc2 b5 $10) 19...
Nf4 20. Bf1 c4 $2 {Ein positioneller Fehler, Schwarz verliert die Kontrolle
ьber die Diagonale g1-a7.} (20... b6 $14 {Yusupov}) 21. Be3 Qc7 (21... Nd3 {
Yusupov} 22. Bxd3 (22. Reb1 b6 23. Bd4 $16) 22... cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxc3 24. Qxd7
Rxe3 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe3 $16 Qe5 27. Ree1) 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24.
Qxd7 Nc5 25. Qb5 Nd3 26. Red1 Qxb5 27. axb5 Rxc3 28. Bxa7 $16 Ra8 29. Bd4 Rxa1
30. Rxa1 Rb3 31. b6 Kh7 32. h4 Nb4 33. Rd1 (33. Ra8 $18 {Yusupov}) 33... h5 34.
Kf2 Nd3+ 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Rd2 Nb4 37. Bg1 Rd3 38. Rb2 (38. Rxd3 {Yusupov} Nxd3
39. Bd4 f6 40. f4 f5 $16) 38... Nc6 39. Rb5 f6 40. Kh3 Kh6 41. Bh2 Kg6 42. Bc7
Ne7 43. Kg3 Nc8 44. Kf4 Rd2 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Ne7 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf3 (48.
Rc5 {Yusupov} Rxg4 (48... Rb2) 49. Bd6 f5 50. e5 Ng8 51. Rc7 $18) 48... Rd2 49.
h5+ Kf7 50. Ra5 Nc6 51. Rd5 Rb2 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. Kf4 $18 (53. e5 {Yusupov} Rxb6
54. Rxg7+ $18) 53... Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Rb2 55. e5 $1 fxe5 (55... Nxe5 {Yusupov} 56.
Bxe5 fxe5 57. Rxb7 g5 58. Kf3 $18) 56. g5 g6 (56... e4 {Yusupov} 57. g6 e3 (
57... Rb5 58. Rd6 Rxh5 59. Rxc6 bxc6 60. b7 Rb5 61. b8=Q+ Rxb8 62. Bxb8 $18)
58. Rd6 $18) 57. h6 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 e4 59. Bd8 Rf3+ 60. Ke2 Ne5 (60... Rf7 61.
Rxf7 Kxf7 62. Bf6 Kg8 63. Ke3 $18) 61. h7+ Kh8 62. Bf6+ Rxf6 63. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6) 8. a3 Bxc3 (8... Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4
12. c4 $1) 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 (11. a4 $2) (11. Bb5 $6) 11... e5
12. Qc2 Re8 (12... Qe7 $142 13. e4 c4 $1 {Najdorf}) 13. dxe5 (13. e4 c4 14.
Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bd3 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Nxe4 {Unzicker}) 13... Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 $10 15. f3 Be6 (15... Bd7 {/\ 16...Ba4} 16. a4) 16. Re1 (16. e4 $142)
16... Rad8 17. Rb1 $6 (17. Bf1 Nd5 18. Rb1) 17... Qd5 18. Bf1 (18. Rd1 $2 Bf5
$1 19. e4 Nxe4 $1 {Najdorf} 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Bg5 (21. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 22. Kf2 Qg4
$1 $40 {+-} 23. Bxb7 Qh4+ (23... Rd6 $1) 24. g3 Qxh2+ 25. Bg2 Re6 26. Bf4 Rde8
{Unzicker}) 21... Bxd3 22. Bxd8 Bxc2 23. Rxd5 Bxb1) 18... Bf5 19. e4 Nxe4 20.
Qb3 $1 (20. fxe4 Rxe4 $19 {Najdorf} 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Qb2 Bxb1 23. Qxb1 Qd1 24.
Qb2 Qe1 $1 {/\ 25...Rd1 Unzicker}) 20... Nxc3 (20... Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Nd6 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 (22... Nxe8 23. Rxb7 Rd1 24. Rb8 Kf8 25. Be3 $1) 23. Bf4 $1 $16) 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxd5 (22. Qxc3 $2 Bxb1) 22... Nxd5 23. Rxb7 Kf8 (23... a6 24.
Kf2) 24. Kf2 (24. Rxa7 $2 Re1) 24... Re7 25. Rb8+ Re8 26. Rb7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 (9... Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. a4 Re8 13. Ba3 c4 14.
Bc2 Ng6 15. Nf5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 Re8 $10 {Portisch-Byrne, Bugojno 1978
}) 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 (11. Bd3) (11. Bb2) 11... e5 12. Qc2 (12. h3) (12. d5
$6 e4) 12... Bg4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne1 (14. Nxe5 $5) 14... Rad8 (14... c4 $5)
15. f3 Be6 16. c4 Qa5 $2 {(/\ 17...Qa6)} 17. Bb2 Rd2 18. Qc1 $1 (18. Qc3 $2
Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Rxa2 $1 20. Rxa2 Bxc4) 18... Nd3 19. Qc3 (19. Nxd3 Rxd3 20. Bb1
Rd7 21. Bxf6 (21. Qc2 Qd2) 21... gxf6 22. Qc2 f5 23. e4 Qd2) 19... Qxc3 20.
Bxc3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxc4 22. Rd2 $5 (22. Rc2 $5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bd3) 22... Nd5 23.
Nxd3 (23. Bxg7 $1 $18) 23... Nxc3 24. Kf2 (24. Rc1 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 (25. Rxd3 $4
Ne2+) 25... c4) 24... f5 (24... Rd8 $6 25. Rc1 Rxd3 $1 (25... Bxd3 $2 26. Rxc3
c4 27. Rxc4 $1) 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxc3 c4) 25. Rc1 Ne4+ 26. fxe4 Bxd3 27. Rxc5
Bxe4 (27... fxe4+ $5 28. Kg3 {/\ Rf2}) 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. Kg3 Re8 30. Kf4 h6 31.
Kxf5 Rxe3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rcc8 $1 Be4+ 34. Kf4 Re2 35. Rh8+ $1 (35. Re8 $2 g5+
) 35... Kg6 36. Rhe8 Bd3 37. Rxe2 Bxe2 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 (12... Rd8 {Knaak})
(12... e4 {Knaak}) 13. d5 Ne7 (13... Na5 14. e4 Ne8 15. Rb1 f6 16. Ng5 Bc8 17.
Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qe7 19. Qa4 b6 20. Rd1 Qxe6 21. Be3 $146 {Knaak,
R-Prandstetter,E/Bratislava/1983/}) (13... Nxd5 $6 {Knaak} 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Bxg4
h6 16. Ne6 (16. Ne4 $5 Nxg4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. e4 $40) 16... fxe6
17. Bxe6+ $16) 14. e4 c4 (14... Ne8 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd6 17. Bb2 Ng6 18. g3
$14) 15. Ne1 $1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7 (16... Nc8 {Knaak}) 17. a4 Nc8 18. Ba3 Nd6
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc2 (20. Qxc4 Rac8 21. Qb3 Nc5 $44) 20... f5 (20... a6 21.
Rab1 $16) 21. exf5 Qxd5 22. Rfd1 (22. Ne3 Qe4 23. Qxc4+ Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxf5 $14)
22... Qf7 23. Ne3 Rac8 24. Rd5 $1 Rfe8 25. Rb5 (25. Rad1 Nf6 $14) 25... Nf6 26.
Qf3 e4 (26... Re7 $5) 27. Qf4 Rcd8 28. g4 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31.
Re1 Qc6 (31... Re5 32. Rb1 $1 $16) (31... Qe5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd1 $16) 32. g5
Qd5 (32... Qxa4 $5 33. f6 (33. Rxe4 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5 35. f3 $36) 33... Qd7) 33.
h4 Re5 34. Qg4 Rxf5 35. Rxe4 Qc5 36. Qe2 h6 $6 37. g6 $1 Qc6 38. Qxc4+ (38. h5
{Knaak} Rg5+ 39. Kf1 Re5 $1 40. Qf3 $5 Re7 $1) 38... Qxc4 39. Rxc4 Kf8 40. Rc7
Rf4 41. h5 Rf5 42. Rxb7 Rxh5 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. f4 Ra5 45. c4 Rxa4 46. Rc7 Kf8
47. f5 a5 48. c5 Rc4 49. c6 a4 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rxg7 Rxc6 52. Ra7 Kf8 53. Rxa4
Rc5 (53... Rf6 54. Ra5 $18) 54. Rf4 Kg7 55. f6+ $1 Kf8 56. Rg4 {Ftacnik,L} (56.
Rg4 Rf5 57. g7+ Kg8 58. Rg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {The old classical continuation which is still
popular nowadays.} 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 b6 ({Slightly prematurely looks the
immediate advance} 12... e4 {in view of} 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 c4 (14... Bf5 15.
c4 {[%cal Ga2c4,Yb2f6]} Rfe8 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yb2g7,Yg2g4,
Gd7e5,Yf4e5]} exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. h4 {[%csl Rg6]} h5 (19... Ne5 20. Qg3 $36)
20. Bb1 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Qd6 21. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5]} b6 22. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Kramnik,
V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 081 (38)}) 15. f3 Bxh3 $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
fxe4 Qg3 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Bg4 20. Rf4 $1 (20. Rf2 f6) 20... Be2 21. e5 $14
{0-1 Cherepkov,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Alma-Ata 1968/URS-ch (41)}) ({I think the best
way for Black to proceed in this line is} 12... Bf5 13. Qe2 a6 ({or} 13... Rfe8
14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Ba2 Bg6 17. d5 Nb8 18. c4 Nbd7 $13 {0-1 Korobov,
A-Tiviakov,S/Warsaw 2002/CBM 092 ext (55)}) 14. a4 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ba2
e4 17. Nh2 Na5 18. c4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. h4 h5 23.
c5 {1/2-1/2 Ragozin,V-Tolush,A/Leningrad 1954/EXT 99 (53)} {and now} Rcd8 24.
Rab1 Nac6 $132 {deserves attention}) 13. Ba2 ({Less promising is here} 13. Qe2
Bb7 14. Bb5 a6 $1 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Qg6 19. Nh4
Qg5 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,A-Volokitin,A/Sochi 2004/
CBM 101 (22)}) 13... Ba6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. e4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({This new
move is stronger than the earlier played} 15. Rc1) 15... cxd4 $6 {A dubious
reply which activates the white bishops. Instead more reasonable was to keep
the tension by 15...Rd7 or 15...Rfe8.} 16. cxd4 exd4 $6 ({More cautious looks} 
16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. e5 Nd7 $5 19. Qxd4 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Kh8 21.
Qxd4 Nc5 22. Rc6 Qe7 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd7 $13) 19... Nc5 20. Qh4 Rfe8) 17.
e5 ({The tempting alternative is} 17. Rc1 $5 Qd7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20.
Qxd4 Nc7 ({bad is} 20... Qe6 $2 21. a4 $1 Rd7 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Bd6 Bb7 24. Rcd1
$18) ({or} 20... Bb7 $2 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Kh8 23. Rce1 Rf7 24. R6e5 {
with the decisive threats 25.Rd1 and 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5.}) 21. Qh4 {.}) 17...
Nd5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Kh8 20. Ng5 (20. Qa4 $5 Na5 21. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 22. Qb4
Qd8 23. Nxd4 {with unpleasant initiative deserved serious attention.}) 20...
Qf4 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({Necessary was} 20... h6 $1 {intending to meet}
21. Rc1 {-other moves are less dangerous for Black:} (21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4
Nf6 23. Qh4 Qc3 (23... Qc5 $5) 24. Ree1 Rd4 25. f4 Rd2 26. Nf7+ Kh7 (26... Rxf7
27. Bxf7 Bb7 28. Ra2 Qd4+ 29. Kh2 Bxg2 (29... Rxa2 $6 30. Bxa2 Qd2 31. Qg3 Bxg2
32. Qe3 $1 Qxa2 33. Re2) 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Kg1 Bxh3 32. Qg3 Bf5 $11) 27. Ng5+
Kh8 (27... Kg6 $2 28. Bb1+ Bd3 29. Nf3 $1 Bxb1 $140 $4 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Ng5+)
28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ $11) (21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qf3 Rdd8 23. Rxc6 Qd7 24. Qe4
hxg5 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. Rh6+ gxh6 27. Rxd4 Bxe4 28. Rxd7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ {and
perpetual check again}) (21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qh4 Bc8 23. Ree1 Ne7 24. Rac1 Qd6 25.
Qxd4 (25. Nf7+ $4 Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Nf5) 25... Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28.
Bxf7 Rd7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Bc4 g5 $11) {with} 21... Qf4 (21...
Nc3 $4 22. Qh5 Rd6 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Re8 Rdf6 25. Qg6 Bd3 26. Qxd3 hxg5 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qg6) {when after} 22. Rcxc6 ({or} 22. Rexc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2
24. Qh5 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Kh2 Nxh5 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Nf4) 22...
Qxf2+ (22... Qxg5 $2 23. Qxd4 Nf6 24. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6
27. Rxf6 $16) 23. Kh1 (23. Kh2 Qf4+) 23... Qf1+ (23... Qxb2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qh5 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxg5+ 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rc7 $14) 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kh2 hxg5
26. Bxd4 Nf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Bd3 30. Re6 Kg7 31. Re7+ Kf6
32. Rxa7 Be4 33. Rf7+ (33. Bc4 Rd2 34. Bf1 Rd1 35. Bb5 Rd2 $11) 33... Kg6 34.
Rf2 Ra8 35. Rb2 Rxa3 36. Rxb6+ Kg7 {the draw seems inevitable.}) 21. Qh5 Qxf2+
$2 ({Loses the exchange by force. Blackґs only practical chance was} 21... Qf5
22. Rxc6 (22. Qh4 h6 23. Rxc6 Qxg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Bxd4 Kh7) 22... Bb7 23.
Qxh7+ $1 (23. Bxd5 $6 Rxd5 24. Rc7 $140 $4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxg5+
27. Kh2 Rf2#) 23... Qxh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc7 Bc8 27. Rd1 Rd7
28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd4 Rf7 $16) 22. Kh1 Bd3 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 ({If} 23... Qxb2 $2
24. Re4 $1 Qxa1+ 25. Kh2 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 h6 27. Qg6 {with mate to follow.}) 24.
Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxd5 Rf8 26. Rae1 $1 Bg6 ({White also wins after} 26... Qxb2 27.
Qf3 Rg8 28. Qxd3 Na5 29. Re8) 27. Qd6 d3 28. Bc3 Nd8 29. R6e3 Kg8 30. Qd5+ Kh8
31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. gxf3 h6 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qf8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. h3 ({White does not want to play the position after} 10.
cxd5 exd5 {and invites Black to take on c4 when h2-h3 can be useful.}) 10...
dxc4 ({Deserves attention} 10... Re8 11. Bb2 Na5 {forcing White to open e-file}
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 c4 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Nf1 f5 {1-0 Ravi,L-Ooi
Chern Ee/Kuala Lumpur 1996/EXT 98 (44) with blockade.}) 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 Bf5
({A playable alternative to the more usual continuation} 12... e4 13. Nh2 {
and now Blackґs best is} Na5 $1 ({less promising is} 13... Bf5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 Bg6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Ba3 b6 19. Bc4 $5 (19. dxc5 $6 Ne5 $132)
19... Na5 20. Bb5 Rdd8 21. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Knaak,R-Tompa,J/Budapest 1986/EXT
2000 (35)}) 14. f3 (14. Ng4 $2 Nxg4 15. hxg4 b6 16. f3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Bd3 18. fxe4
Bxe4 19. c4 Qg3 20. Qd2 Qxg4 21. Bb2 Rad8 22. Rf4 Qg6 23. d5 Nb7 $17 {1-0
Milov,V-Johannessen,L/Torshavn 2000/CBM 078 ext (41)}) 14... b6 $1 (14... c4
15. Bb1 Re8 16. Ra2 Bf5 $5 17. Rb2 (17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 h6 (18... Nd5 19. f5 Nxc3
20. Qe1 Nxa2 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bxa2 $13) 19. Rg2 Nd5) 17... Bg6 18. f4 Bf5 19.
Rb5 Bd7 20. Re5 Bc6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 f6 $15 {0-1 Comp Zugzwang-Luther,T/
Lippstadt 1997/CBM 059 ext (46)}) 15. Qe2 Be6 $5 (15... Nh5 $5) 16. Bxe6 (16.
Ng4 $6 Nxg4 17. fxg4 Qc6 18. Qd1 Rad8 19. a4 Nc4 $17 {1-0 Sturua,Z-Tiviakov,S/
Bugojno 1999/CBM 074 (45)}) 16... fxe6 17. Bd2 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nadanian,
A-Mochalov,E/Minsk 1997/EXT 2000 (30)}) 13. d5 ({White can also close the
centre after moves} 13. Nh4 Bd7 {-} 14. d5 Na5 15. c4 Ne4 16. Bb2 Rae8 17. Nf3
f6 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. e4 b6 20. Qc2 Nf7 21. Bc3 Nb7 $11 {0-1 Kantsler,B-Goldin,A/
Rishon Le Ziyyon 1998/CBM 062 ext (54)}) 13... Rad8 14. Qe2 ({Perhaps more
precise is} 14. c4 {, e.g.} Ne7 15. Bb2 Ng6 16. Nh2 Rfe8 (16... Ne8) 17. f3 Re7
18. g4 Bc8 19. Qe1 Ne8 20. h4 Nd6 21. h5 Nf8 22. Qg3 f6 $13 {0-1 Raisa,
U-Kostro,J/Leipzig 1960/EXT 99 (52)}) 14... e4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A strong
novelty. Black allows to exchange his bishop but gains e5-square for the
knight.} ({Earlier has been seen} 14... Ne7 15. c4 Ng6 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Rd6
18. f3 Qc8 $5 19. Kh2 (19. g4 Bd7 $13) 19... h5 $1 20. Bb1 (20. g4 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Bxg4 $5 22. fxg4 Nxg4+ 23. Kg1 Nh4 $1 24. Nf3 (24. Bb1 Nxe3) 24... Nf5 $44
) 20... h4 $11 {0-1 Simagin,V-Khasin,A/Tallinn 1965/URS-ch (64)}) 15. Nh4 Ne7
16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. c4 Nd7 18. Bb2 Nd6 19. Qg4 $6 {The waste of time.} ({However
it is not easy to suggest a reasonable alternative because after} 19. f4 exf3
20. gxf3 Rde8 ({not} 20... Nf5 $6 21. Qg2 f6 22. Rae1 Rde8 23. e4 Nd4 24. f4)
21. e4 f6 22. Rae1 Rf7 {followed by Rfe7 White has to reckon with the constant
possibility that Black can play f6-f5 or Nd7-e5.}) 19... f6 20. Rac1 Rde8 21.
Rc2 Ne5 22. Qg3 $2 {Here the queen is misplaced leaving White without any
active possibilities.} (22. Qe2 $8) 22... Re7 23. Kh1 g5 $1 {Black continues
to reinforce his position.} 24. Qh2 Rff7 25. Ba1 h5 26. Rcc1 ({Naturally not} 
26. f4 $2 exf3 27. gxf3 Nf5 28. Rc3 h4 29. Kg2 Ng3 30. Rf2 f5 $19) 26... h4 27.
Bb3 Qd7 28. a4 Rg7 29. Bd1 Rg6 ({Premature is} 29... Ndxc4 $6 30. Bxe5 ({or} 
30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. Bxf6 Nd2 32. Re1 Qxd5 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Bh5 $13)
30... Nxe5 31. Rxc5 Qd6 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Bg4 Qxd5 34. Bf5+ Ng6 35. g4 $44) 30.
Be2 {White is ready to sacrifice the material hoping to activate his pieces.}
Qxa4 31. Bg4 Nexc4 32. Be2 (32. Be6+ Kh7 33. f4 {is not good on account of}
exf3 34. Rxf3 Ne4 $1 35. Bf5 Ncd2 $1) 32... Ne5 $5 (32... b5 $2 33. Bxc4 Nxc4
34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qc8 $132) (32... Kh7 $5 $17) 33. Rxc5 (33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxc5
Qb4 35. Rfc1 Rg7 36. Bg4 Rge7 $17) 33... Rgg7 $2 {Spoiling the advantage.} ({
Instead} 33... Qa2 $1 34. Bg4 b6 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Rcc1 Qxd5 37. Rfd1 Qb5 {
leaves White with two pawns down.}) 34. Rfc1 (34. Bg4 $6 {allows} Qa6 $1 35.
Rd1 Nxg4 36. hxg4 Rgf7 $17) 34... Qe8 $2 {A terrible blunder in not the most
complicated position...} ({Black had a choice between} 34... b6 35. Rc6 Qa3 (
35... Nxc6 $2 36. Qxd6 Ne5 37. Qxf6 $18) 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Bg4 Kh7 38. Be6 Nb7
39. R1c3 Qa1+ (39... Qa4 $4 40. Qxe5 $1 fxe5 41. Bf5+ Kh8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Rc8+
Kf7 (43... Nd8 44. Rxd8+ Kf7 45. Rc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd8d7]}) 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45.
Rf6+ $18) 40. Rc1 Qa3 {with repetition of moves}) ({and} 34... Qa2 35. Bg4 Qxf2
36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Qg3 39. Bf5+ Nxf5 40. Qxf5+ Rg6 {when
White has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 35. Bg4 $1 {White utilises
the undefended knight on d6 to threaten Rc8 and Be6+.} Kh7 (35... Nxg4 $2 36.
Qxd6 Nxf2+ 37. Kg1 Nd3 38. Rc8 Nxc1 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Qxf6 $18) 36. Be6 {
The knight on e5 collapses.} b6 $2 {This is the final mistake.} ({The only
defence was} 36... Qd8 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Rg6 $16 {avoiding immediate loss.
}) 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Rc6 $18 Rxe6 39. dxe6 Qxe6 40. Rd1 Rd7 41. Qg1 Qe7 42. Rd5
Nb7 43. Qd1 Rxd5 44. Qxd5 Nc5 45. Rc8 Qf6 (45... Qf6 46. Qg8+ Kh6 47. Rc7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 (9... Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14.
Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Rh4 16. g3 Rh6 17. e4 $16 {Kamsky,G-Almasi,Z/Groningen/
1995/}) 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {The old main line!} 11. Bb5 a6 $5 {>< b6} 12. Bd3 e5 13.
Qc2 Re8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Bc6 (17... b5 $6 18. c4
$1 $16) 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bf1 (19. c4 $5) 19... Nd7 20. e4 $14 c4 $5 {>< d4} 21.
Be3 Qe6 22. Rbd1 Ne5 23. Rxd8 (23. Rd4 $5) 23... Rxd8 24. Bd4 Qd6 $1 {>< a3}
25. Ra1 b5 26. Qf2 f6 27. Qe3 Qe6 28. Be2 Re8 29. Re1 Nd7 30. Qf4 Ne5 31. Rd1
Qe7 32. Qc1 Nd7 33. Bf1 (33. a4 $2 f5 $1 $17) 33... Nc5 34. Bf2 Nd7 35. Qb2 Ne5
36. Qb4 Qxb4 37. axb4 $14 Kf7 38. Bb6 g5 $1 39. Kf2 h5 40. Be2 Re7 41. Rd4 Rb7
42. Bd8 Rd7 43. Ke3 Nd3 $5 44. g3 $5 (44. Bxd3 cxd3 $14) 44... Kg6 45. Rxd7
Bxd7 46. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 (9... dxc4 {Volzhin,A-Skvortsov,A RUS-ch Elista (05) 1996})
10. h3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 (11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 (13... Bg4 14.
Qe1 Bh5 15. Nh4 Ng4 16. g3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qd2 $16 {Yususpov,A-Lobron,E
Munchen 1994 60/522 1:0 57}) 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Re8 (15... Rh4 16. g3 Rh6
17. e4 Qa5 $2 (17... Be6 $14) 18. Re1 $1 Be6 19. Re3 $16 {Kamsky,G-Almasi,Z
Groningen 1995 65/532 1:0 51}) 16. e4 Be6 (16... dxe4 $5 $13) 17. e5 Qa5 18.
Qc2 g6 $6 (18... Ne7 $5 $10) 19. Nf3 Bf5 20. Qd2 $14 {Van der
Sterren-Cifuentes Parada Nederland (ch) 1996 1:0 37}) 11... Qa5 (11... Ne7 12.
a4 Re8 13. Ba3 c4 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Nf5 Ne4 16. Qh5 Nxc3 17. Ng3 $16 {Knaak,
R-Tischbierek,R Berlin 1989 48/(760)}) (11... c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Qh5 Ne7 14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. f3 g6 16. Qh6 Qc6 $13 {Ionescu,CO-Abramovic,B Avoine 1989 48/760
1/2-1/2 38}) 12. Qe1 $6 Re8 13. Bb2 Qd8 14. Nf5 Ne4 (14... Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Ne4
$15) 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bd7 $15 {Nilov,V-Gavirikov,V Biel 1995 64/501 1/2-1/
2 50}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 e4 (12... b6) (12... Rd8 {Volzhin,
A-Skvortsov,A RUS-ch Elista (05) 1996}) 13. Nh2 Qe7 (13... Bf5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 Bg6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Ba3 b6 18. Qe2 $16 {Volzhin,A-Skvortsov,A RUS-ch
Elista (05) 1996}) 14. Bb2 (14. Ng4 $2 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Qh4 $17) 14... b6 $6 (
14... Rd8 $5 {Ne5}) 15. c4 Rd8 16. d5 Ne5 17. f3 $1 Bd7 (17... exf3 18. Nxf3
$16) 18. Qc2 $1 $14 exf3 19. Nxf3 Ng6 (19... Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 $16) 20. Rae1 Ne4
21. Nd2 Nd6 22. Bb1 Qh4 $2 (22... f6 $32 {23...Nf7+/-}) 23. e4 f6 24. Nf3 Qg3
25. Kh1 (25. e5 $6 Bf5 $13) 25... Nf4 26. Bc1 (26. e5 $2 Bf5 $17) 26... Re8 27.
e5 $5 Bf5 28. Qd2 Bxb1 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 fxe5 31. Nxe5 (31. Bxe5 Nxc4 $17)
31... Bf5 $6 (31... Bc2 $32 $14) 32. Nc6 Ne4 (32... Nxc4 $2 33. Ne7+ $18) 33.
Kh2 h5 34. d6 {Ne7} Kh8 35. Ne7 Bh7 36. Be5 $1 {Rf7} Ng5 (36... Rf8 37. Rxf8+
Rxf8 38. d7 $18) 37. h4 Ne6 38. Bg3 Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Nxf8 40. Nc6 Nd7 41. Re7 Bf5
42. Be5 $1 Rc8 (42... Nxe5 $2 43. Nxe5 {d7+-}) 43. Nxa7 (43. Bxg7+ Kg8 44. Nxa7
$14) 43... Ra8 44. Bb2 $1 Kg8 (44... Rxa7 45. Rxg7 $18) (44... Rg8 45. Nc6 $16)
45. Nc6 Ra4 46. Rxg7+ Kf8 47. Ne7 $1 Bg4 (47... Be6 48. Ng6+ Ke8 49. Re7+ $18)
48. Ng8 $1 Rxc4 49. Nh6 Be6 $141 {Rg8#} (49... Ke8 50. Rg8+ Nf8 51. Bg7 Rf4 52.
Nxg4 hxg4 53. h5 $18) 50. Re7 $1 {/\ Bg7#} Rxh4+ 51. Kg1 (51. Kg1 Rg4 $8 52.
Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endspiel-CD Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 (9... Qc7 {Sherbakov,R-Loginov,V RUS-ch
Elista (03) 1996}) 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5 a6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Re8 (
13... b5 14. e4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Be2 Re8 17. d5 $14 {Timman,J-Lutz,Ch Wijk
ann Zee 1995 62/569 1/2-1/2 121}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f3 Bd7 17.
Rb1 Bc6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bf1 $14 {Kamsky,G-Tiviakov,S Groningen 1995 65/533 1/
2-1/2 59}) (11. Ba2) (11. Bb2 {Volzhin,A-Sherbakov,A RUS-ch Elista (05) 1996})
11... e5 12. Qc2 Re8 (12... Bg4 $5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16.
a4 Rfe8 17. e4 c4 18. Be2 Be6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rab1 {Petrosian,T-Spassky,B
Moscow (m) 1966}) 13. dxe5 (13. e4 c4 $1 14. Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 $10) 13...
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 (16. Re1 $2 Rad8 $2 (16... Ba4 $1 17. Qe2
(17. Qxa4 Qxc3 $17) (17. Qb2 $32) 17... Nd5 18. f4 Qd6 $17) 17. a4 Bc6 18. e4
Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 $13 {Yusupov,A-Beljavsky,A Munchen 1994 60/523 0:1 39})
16... Rac8 17. Re1 Bc6 (17... h6 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 c4 $6 21. Be3
$1 Qc7 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Bxc4 $1 $16 {Jusupov,A-Ljubojevic,L Beograd 1991 1:0 63}
) 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bc4 (20. Bf1 $5 $14) 20... Ng6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Qf2
b6 23. a5 $5 Ne5 24. Bf1 Qe6 $5 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. Qg3 f6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Bf4
b5 29. Qf2 c4 30. Red1 Rbd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qb6 $5 Qd7 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. Be2 (
34. Ra7 $5 Qd8 $14) 34... Qc7 35. Be3 (35. Qd4 $2 Nxf3+ $17) (35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36.
Ra6 $14) 35... Qxb6 36. Bxb6 Ra8 $14 37. Rxa8+ Bxa8 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Nd7 40.
Bc7 Nc5 41. Bd6 Nd3 $1 42. g3 {Bf1-Bh3} (42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Kxd3 $10) 42... Ke6
43. Bb8 g6 44. Bf1 Bb7 45. Bh3+ f5 46. g4 $2 (46. exf5+ gxf5 47. g4 $14) 46...
fxe4 47. g5+ Ke7 48. fxe4 Bxe4 $1 49. Kxe4 (49. Bf1 Bf5 (49... Nc5 $2 50. Ba7
$18) 50. Bxd3 $10) 49... Nf2+ 50. Kd5 Nxh3 51. Bg3 $8 (51. Kc5 Ke6 52. Kxb5 Kd5
$17) 51... Nxg5 52. Bh4 h6 53. Kc5 Ke6 54. Bxg5 (54. Kxb5 Nf3 55. Bg3 Kd5 $17)
54... hxg5 55. Kxb5 Kf5 $1 (55... Kd5 56. h3 g4 $8 (56... Ke4 57. Kxc4 Kf3 58.
Kd5 Kg3 59. c4 $18) 57. hxg4 g5 58. Kb4 Ke4 59. Kxc4 Kf3 60. Kd5 Kxg4 $10) 56.
Kxc4 Kg4 57. Kd5 (57. Kd3 Kh3 58. Ke4 $1 (58. Ke3 $10) 58... Kxh2 (58... g4 $2
59. Kf4 $18) 59. Kf3 Kh3 60. Kf2 Kh2 (60... g4 61. Kg1 Kg3 62. c4 Kf4 $10) 61.
Kf3 $10) (57. Kd4 $10) 57... Kh3 58. c4 $2 (58. Ke4 $1 $10 {57.Kd3}) 58... Kxh2
59. c5 g4 60. c6 g3 61. c7 g2 62. c8=Q g1=Q $17 {[#]_|_ Hecht Remis lt.
Endspiel-CD Allg. Plan fьr WeiЯ: K--> NW-Ecke, um Gegenschachs zu minimieren
oder --> evtl. zum P, um nach Q-Tausch den P abzuholen(Vorsicht!). schlechte
Gegend: SW-Ecke (a1-a4-d4-d1) Q: Schachs, Fesseln oder Blockieren des P Plan
fьr Schwarz: Q zentralisieren, P decken, wK von guten Feldern fernhalten,
Gegenschach. K: weite Wege! WeiЯ macht alles bis zum 114. Zug richtig, hдlt
den K aber stets in der Mitte.} 63. Qh8+ (63. Ke4 {Hecht} g5 (63... Qg2+ 64.
Kf4 {oder Ke5}) 64. Qh8+ Kg2 65. Qb2+ Kf1 66. Qc1+ Kf2 67. Qxg1+ Kxg1 68. Kf5
$11) 63... Kg3 64. Qb8+ (64. Qe5+ Kg4 65. Qe4+ Kh5 66. Qf3+ Kg5 $17) (64. Ke4
$2 {Hecht} Qg2+ 65. Ke3 Qf2+ 66. Kd3 (66. Ke4 Qe2+ {Q-Tausch/Gewinn}) 66...
Qf1+ 67. Ke3 Qf4+ $19 {und der K gerдt auf die falschen Felder}) 64... Kf3 65.
Qf8+ (65. Qb3+ Kg4 66. Qb4+ Kh5 $17) 65... Kg2 66. Qf4 (66. Ke5 $2 {Hecht} Qe3+
$19) (66. Qf6 $1 {Hecht} Kh3 67. Ke6 g5 68. Kf5 $11) 66... Qe1 $1 67. Qg4+ Qg3
68. Qe2+ Kh3 69. Qf1+ (69. Qe6+ Kh4 70. Qe4+ (70. Qf6+ $2 Qg5+ $19) 70... Kh5
71. Qh1+ Kg5 72. Qc1+ Qf4 73. Qg1+ Kh6 74. Qh1+ Kg7 75. Qa1+ Qf6 76. Qa7+ (76.
Qxf6+ $2 Kxf6 77. Ke4 Kg5 78. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 76... Kh6 (76... Qf7+ $2 77. Qxf7+
Kxf7 78. Ke4 $10) 77. Qe3+ $2 Qg5+ $19) 69... Kh4 (69... Qg2+ $2 70. Qxg2+ Kxg2
71. Ke5 $10) 70. Qh1+ (70. Qf6+ $2 Qg5+ $19) 70... Kg5 71. Ke6 (71. Qc1+ Qf4
72. Qg1+ Kh6 73. Qh1+ Kg7 74. Qa1+ Qf6 75. Qa7+ Kh6 $19) 71... Qf2 $1 72. Ke7 (
72. Qc1+ Qf4 $17 {72.Qc5? Qf5 -+ ;72.Qg1? Qg4 -+}) 72... Kg4 73. Qd1+ (73. Qe4+
Kh5 $17 74. Qd5+ (74. Qh1+ $2 Qh4+ $19) 74... g5) 73... Kh4 74. Qh1+ (74. Qa4+
Kg5 75. Qb5+ Kh6 $17) 74... Kg3 75. Qh6 Qf5 76. Qe3+ Kh4 77. Qe1+ Kg5 78. Qg3+
Kh6 79. Qh2+ Qh5 80. Qd6 (80. Qf4+ $2 Qg5+ $19) 80... Kh7 81. Qc7 {82.Kf6 Kh6
83.Qg7#} Qf5 82. Qh2+ Kg7 83. Qb2+ Kh6 84. Qh2+ Qh5 85. Qd6 Qe2+ 86. Kf7 Qc4+ (
86... Z0 {Endspiel-CD} 87. Qxg6# $140) 87. Kf6 Qf1+ 88. Ke7 Qf2 89. Ke8 Kh5 90.
Qd1+ Kh4 91. Qh1+ Kg3 92. Qh6 Qf5 93. Qe3+ Kg4 94. Qg1+ Kh5 95. Qh2+ Kg5 96.
Ke7 Qf6+ 97. Ke8 Qf4 98. Qh1 (98. Qg2+ Kf5 99. Qh3+ {98.Qh1}) 98... Kf5 99.
Qh3+ Kf6 100. Qh8+ Ke6 101. Qh3+ (101. Qg8+ $32 Kf5 102. Qf7+ Kg5 103. Qd5+ $17
) 101... Qf5 102. Qb3+ (102. Qe3+ $6 Qe5 103. Qb6+ Kf5+ $17) 102... Kf6 103.
Qf7+ (103. Qc3+ $2 Qe5+ $19) 103... Kg5 104. Qe7+ Kg4 105. Qe2+ Qf3 106. Qc4+
Kh5 107. Qc2 g5 108. Qh2+ (108. Qh7+ Kg4 109. Qd7+ Kh4 110. Qd4+ (110. Qh7+ $2
Qh5+ $19) 110... g4 $17) 108... Kg4 109. Qb2 (109. Qg1+ Kf4 110. Qh2+ {110.
Qd4? Qe4 -+ ; 110.Qc1? Qe3 -+} Kf5 111. Qh7+ (111. Qc2+ $2 Qe4+ $19) 111... Kg4
112. Qd7+ Kh4 $17) (109. Kd8 {Hecht}) 109... Qe3+ 110. Kd8 (110. Kf7 Kg3 $17)
110... Qd3+ 111. Kc8 Qh3 112. Qe5 (112. Kd8 $32) 112... Kh4+ 113. Kd8 (113. Kb7
{Hecht}) 113... Qd3+ 114. Ke8 {Verlust nach 47 Zьgen lt. Endspiel-CD, d.h. das
Bewegen Richtung Mitte ist kritisch(siehe Variante zu Ke7), die NW-Ecke
wesentlich sicherer. Ab jetzt wechselt die Bewertung durch Fehler zwischen
Gewinn und Remis.} (114. Kc8 $1 $11 {Hecht}) (114. Ke7 $5 $11 {Hecht} g4 115.
Qh8+ $8 Kg3 (115... Kg5 116. Qf6+ Kh5 117. Qh8+ $11) 116. Qh5 $8 {Arbeiten mit
der Endspiel-CD !}) (114. Ke7 $11 {Endspiel-CD}) (114. Kc8 $11 {Endspiel-CD})
114... g4 115. Qh2+ Kg5 116. Qe5+ Qf5 117. Qe7+ Kf4 118. Qh4 {118.Qc7? Qe5 -+ ;
118.Qb4? Qe4 -+ am besten} Kf3 {streckt den Gewinn auf 77 Zьge !} (118... Qb5+
$1 {Hecht} 119. Kf7 Qd5+ 120. Ke8 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6h6,Gd6d2]} 121. Qf2+ (121.
Qh2+ g3 122. Qh4+ Ke3 123. Qg5+ Qf4 $19 {in 15 Zьgen}) (121. Kf7 Kf3 122. Qh5
Qf4+ 123. Ke6 Kf2 124. Qh4+ Qg3 125. Qh8 Qf3 $19 {in 32 Zьgen}) 121... Kg5 122.
Qe3+ Kf5 123. Qf2+ Qf4 $19 {in 27 Zьgen}) (118... Qe5+ $142 {Endspiel-CD} 119.
Kd7 Kf3 120. Qh1+ Kf2 $19) 119. Qh1+ Kg3 {und verschenkt ihn!!} (119... Ke2 $1
{Hecht}) (119... Ke2 $19 {Endspiel-CD}) 120. Qg1+ {Revanche!} (120. Kd8 $8 $11
{Hecht Richtung NW!!}) (120. Kd8 $11 {Endspiel-CD}) 120... Kh4 121. Qh2+ Kg5
122. Qd2+ Kg6 123. Qd6+ Qf6 (123... Kg7 {Hecht}) 124. Qd3+ Kh5 (124... Qf5 {
Hecht} 125. Qd6+ Kg7) 125. Qd5+ (125. Qh7+ $6 Kg5 $17 126. Qg8+ $2 Qg6+ $19) (
125. Kd7 $8 $11 {Hecht}) (125. Kd7 $11 {Endspiel-CD}) 125... Qg5 (125... Kh6 $1
{Hecht}) (125... Kh6 $19 {Endspiel-CD}) 126. Qh1+ (126. Qf7+ $2 Qg6 $19) 126...
Kg6 127. Qc6+ (127. Qg2 $8 {Hecht} g3 128. Kd7 $8 $11 {Blockade und K-->NW}) (
127. Qg2 $11 {Endspiel-CD}) 127... Qf6 128. Qe4+ (128. Qd6 $1 {Hecht
verteidigt am besten, verliert aber nach 75 Zьgen}) (128. Qd5 $5 {Hecht}) (128.
Qd6 $142 $5 {Endspiel-CD} Kg5 (128... Qxd6 $4 $11) 129. Qd2+) 128... Qf5 129.
Qc6+ Kg5 130. Qc3 $4 {Die schlechte K-Position rдcht sich jetzt sofort} (130.
Qc1+ $32 Kf6 131. Kd8 $17) (130. Qc1+ $19 {Hecht 55 Zьge - und wer weiЯ ...!})
(130. Qc1+ $19 {Endspiel-CD Schwarz gewinnt in 53 Zьgen.}) 130... Qe6+ 131. Kd8
Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Skvortsov, Alexandr L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 (9... Qc7 {Sherbakov,R-Loginov,V RUS-ch Elista 1996}) 10.
Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 (11. Bd3) (11. Bb5 {lugovoi,A-Goldin,A RUS-ch Elista 1996}) (
11. Bb2 e5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nb3 b6 16. c4 cxd4 17. exd4
Ne7 $13 {Jusupov,A-Beljavsky,A Groningen 1994 62/570 1/2-1/2 32}) 11... e5 12.
h3 e4 (12... b6 13. d5 (13. Qc2 $6 Ba6 14. Rd1 e4 15. Ng5 Rfe8 16. f3 Bd3 {
Gelfand,B-Korchnoi,V Horgen 1994 61/600 0:1 37}) 13... Rd8 14. c4 Ne8 15. Qc2
Ne7 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 $13 {Sherbakov,R-Belikov RUS-ch 1995 65/(534)}) (
12... Rd8 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. d5 c4 15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Ba2 h6 17. Nf3 e4 18. Nd2 Nxd5
19. Nxe4 Nxc3 20. Qf3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $14 {Sherbakov,E-Beljavsky,A Ljubljana
1995 65/534 1/2-1/2 64}) 13. Nh2 Bf5 (13... Qe7 14. Bb2 b6 15. c4 Rd8 16. d5
Ne5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qc2 $14 {Sherbakov,L-Loginov,V RUS-ch Elista 1996}) 14. Ng4
$1 (14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rd6 $132) 14... Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bg6 16. a4 $5 {Ba3} Rfd8
17. Ba3 b6 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 $16) 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Bc4 $5 (19. dxc5 $2 Ne5
$132) 19... h6 20. Rad1 $16 Rad8 (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 $16) 21. Bb5 $1 Rd6 22.
dxc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne5 (23... Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Ne5 $2 25. Qd6 $18) 24. Rd4 $1 Nd3
(24... bxc5 25. Bxc5 $16) 25. c6 $1 (25. cxb6 $6 axb6 $14) 25... Ne5 26. Qd1 $1
Nxc6 $8 27. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 29. Bxd6 $18 {Xa7,b6} Nd8 30. Bb8 Nb7
31. Bxa7 Nd6 32. Ba6 f6 33. Bxb6 Bf7 34. a5 Bd5 35. Bc5 Nc4 36. Bb4 Kf7 37. Bc8
Ke8 38. a6 Kd8 39. Bf5 (39. Bb7 $5 Bxb7 40. axb7 Kc7 41. Bf8 $18) 39... Ne5 40.
Ba5+ Ke7 41. Bc7 Nd7 42. f3 $5 Nc5 (42... exf3 43. gxf3 Bxf3 $2 44. e4 $18) 43.
a7 exf3 44. gxf3 Ne6 (44... Bxf3 $2 45. e4 $18) 45. Bb6 Ng5 46. Kf2 Kd6 (46...
Bxf3 47. e4 $18) (46... Nxf3 $2 47. e4 $18) 47. e4 Bb7 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Bd4 Kd6
50. e5+ $1 fxe5 51. Bxe5+ Kxe5 52. f4+ Kf6 53. fxg5+ Ke5 $8 (53... Kxg5 $2 54.
Be4 $18) 54. gxh6 gxh6 55. Bd3 {Be2-Bf3} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 Na5 14. f3 {
Das ist der logische Zug, und wenn er nichts taugt, so muЯ mцglicherweise das
gesamte Konzept beginnend mit 11.Ba2 in Frage gestellt werden.} b6 $1 {Als
bekanntermaЯen stark gilt einen Zug vorher 13...b6, aber auch hier ist der
Bauernzug, welcher Bb7 bzw. Ba6 vorbereitet, wohl die beste Wahl. Stattdessen
bereitete 14...cxd4 15.cxd4 Be6 WeiЯ keine Probleme wegen der Antwort 16.d5!}
15. fxe4 {Dieses Schlagen sollte eigentlich nur dann erfolgen, wenn WeiЯ
danach e3-e4 durchdrьckt oder eine taktische Wendung zur Verfьgung hat. Beides
ist nicht der Fall und so steht Schwarz wegen der Kontrolle der Zentrumsfelder
und der geschwдchten weiЯen Bauernformation bereits deutlich besser.} (15. Ng4
Nxg4 16. fxg4 (16. hxg4 exf3 17. Qxf3 Bb7 $17) 16... Ba6 $15) (15. Qe2 Nh5) (
15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Rf2 Bd3 $15) 15... Nxe4 $17 16. Qd3 (16. Bb1 Bb7 $17) 16... Bb7
17. d5 $6 {Es gibt einen Vorgдnger, der sehr дhnlich verlief:} (17. c4 $6 Qg3
18. d5 Rae8 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Rb1 Qc3 21. Qe2 Ba6 22. Bb2 Qd2 23. Qf1 f6 24. Ng4
Qc2 25. Qc1 Qd3 26. Rf1 Ng3 $19 {0-1 Keene,R-Zaltsman,V/New York Inv 1980 (41)}
) (17. Bd2 $6 c4 18. Qc2 Nb3 19. Bxb3 cxb3 20. Qb2 Rac8 $19) (17. Rf4 {scheint
noch am spielbarsten zu sein.}) 17... Rfe8 18. c4 (18. Z0 $141 c4 19. Qd4 Rad8
$19) 18... Qe5 19. Rb1 Qc3 $19 20. Qe2 Ng3 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Nxf1 23. Nxf1
Ba6 24. Bxa5 bxa5 25. Rb2 Rab8 26. Rd2 Rb6 27. Kf2 Reb8 28. Ke2 Rb2 29. Kd3 a4
30. Rc2 Kf8 31. Nd2 Bc8 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Bb1 Bd7 34. Kc3 Rb8 35. Bc2 Ke7 36.
Nf3 h6 37. e4 f6 38. e5 fxe5 39. Nxe5 Be8 40. Nf3 Kd6 41. Nd2 Ke5 42. Ne4 Rc8
43. Bd3 Bd7 44. g4 h5 45. gxh5 Bxh3 46. Ng5 Bg4 47. Nf7+ Kf4 48. h6 gxh6 49.
Nxh6 Bd7 50. Nf7 Rb8 51. Bc2 Rb6 52. Bd1 Rg6 53. Bc2 Rf6 54. Nd8 Ke5 55. Nb7
Rf3+ 56. Kb2 Kd4 57. Nd6 Rf6 58. Ne4 Rb6+ 59. Ka1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 b6 $5 {Sehr stark,
denn WeiЯ hat die Diagonale f1-a6 freigegeben und Schwarz versucht dies mit
Bc8-a6 auszunutzen.} 14. c4 $1 Rd8 (14... cxd4 $1 15. exd4 Rd8) 15. Bb2 (15. d5
$1) 15... cxd4 16. exd4 Ne5 $1 17. d5 $1 Nd3 $1 18. Bd4 $1 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 $15)
18... Qf4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rad1 $2 (20. Qe3 $10) (20. Bb1 $5) 20... Bxh3 $1 21.
Be3 Bg4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Bd4 Nge5 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Nf4 27.
Rd2 Ned3 28. Kh2 Rad8 29. Rg1 Ne5 30. Kg3 Neg6 31. Rgd1 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nxd4 33.
Rxd4 Ne5 34. Bb3 Re7 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Re3 Nd7 37. Bc2 Nc5 38. Rh4 h6 39. Rf4 Rd6
40. Rd4 g6 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. Rd4 Rd8 43. Rf4 Kg7 44. Rd4 Nb7 45. Bd3 Nd6 46. Re2
Rc5 47. a4 Rd7 48. Re1 Ra5 49. Bc2 Rc7 50. Bb3 Rac5 51. Re2 Kf8 52. Re1 Rc8 53.
f4 R8c7 54. Re2 Rd7 55. Re1 Rb7 56. Rh1 Re7 57. Rhd1 Rc8 58. Re1 Rxe1 59. Kxe1
Re8+ 60. Kf2 Re4 61. Rxe4 Nxe4+ 62. Ke3 Nc5 63. Bc2 Ke7 64. Kf2 Kd6 65. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 (11... Bd7 {Dautov}) (11... Rd8
$142 $1 12. Re1 {Dautov} a6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. f3 Be6 18. Bf1 b5 $10 {/\Bc4, ECO}) 12. Re1 Bb7 (12... Rd8 {Dautov} 13. e4
Bb7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qd3 $14) 13. e4 $14 Ne7 {Dieser Springerzug ist zwar frьher
auch schon gespielt worden, aber mir scheint das RoЯ am Damenflьgel besser
plaziert.} (13... e5 {Dautov} 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bg5 $14) (13... h6 {Dautov} 14.
Bd3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Ne5 $14) 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... Ng6 {Dautov} 15. Bg5 Rac8
(15... Nd7 $5) 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Gligoric-Andersson/Muenchen ol/1958})
15. g3 (15. Bg5 {Dautov} Ng6 16. g3 (16. h4 $6 Nf4 17. Bf1 h6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 $10
) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. h4 $14) 15... Rfd8 (15... Rad8 $5 {Dautov} 16. Bf4
Qc8 17. a4 $14) 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 $1 {Verhindert den "natьrlichen Zug" 17...
Rac8 wegen 18.Bb5 mit Damegewinn.} Nf8 {Die schwarzen Springer erzielen keine
groЯe Wirkung.} (17... a6 {Dautov} 18. Qb3 {><b6} Ng6 (18... Rac8 $2 19. Bb5 $1
axb5 20. axb5 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Bd6 $16) 19. Bg5 $14) 18. h4
Qe8 19. a5 {WeiЯ beseitigt seine Schwдchen, mцglich geworden, weil kein
Springer auf c6 steht.} cxd4 20. cxd4 bxa5 21. Qb3 Bc6 22. Rxa5 {Spдtestens
jetzt erkennt man den deutlichen weiЯen Vorteil: Das Lдuferpaar gewinnt in der
offeneren Stellung an Wert, der a-Bauer ist schwach und auf der anderen Seite
hat WeiЯ dank der Zentrumsbauern eh ein Ьbergewicht.} f5 {Verstдndlich:
Schwarz mцchte sich nicht einfach erdrьcken lassen.} (22... h6 {Dautov} 23. Qa2
$16) 23. Ng5 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5 $6 (24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc6 (25... Nd5 26. Nxe6)
26. Ra4 $1 {Nun ist der Pe6 verloren.} Kh8 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) (24...
Kh8 25. Nxe6 (25. Ra6 $5 {und WeiЯ vermeidet Generalabtausch.}) 25... Nxe6 26.
Qxe6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nc6 28. Qxe8+ $1 (28. Ra4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. h5 h6 31. Be5
Rd5 32. Rc4 Ra6 {mit unerwarteten Remischancen laut "Schach" 4/94.}) 28... Rxe8
29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd5 {Schwarz befindet sich in einem schwierigen Endspiel, z.
B.} a5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. d5 $16) 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 (25... Nxe6 26. Bxd5 $18) 26.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qc2+ {The point.} Kh8 29. Qxc6 Nexf4 (29... Nxd4 {
Dautov} 30. Qc4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. Qf7 $18) 30. gxf4 Rac8 (30... Nxf4 {Dautov
} 31. Rf5 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxd4 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ $18
) 31. Qg6 Nxf4 32. Qg4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Ne6 35. Qxe6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg3
1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 Bf5 {This is one of the most
popular continuations in the Classical system of the Nimzoindian Defence.} (
12... e4 {is played much more rarely nowadays.}) 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 (
14... Bg6 {is an important alternative.}) 15. d5 {Otherwise White can't hope
for an advantage, e.g.} (15. Rad1 e4 16. Nh2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19.
Rc5 Be6 20. Ba1 f5 21. Rfc1 Kh8 22. Nf1 Rf8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qb2 Rf6 25. Qb5
Qd7 26. Ng3 Ne7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rc7 Rfd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milic,B-Kevitz,A/USA
1950/EXT 2001 (50)}) 15... Rxd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 520] This sacrifice was
recommended by GM Sergey Tiviakov but never tested in practice before this
game.} ({In fact, Black's results after the simple} 15... Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 {
are quite satisfactory:} 17. Nd2 Qb6 (17... Re7 18. e4 (18. g4 Bc8 19. Bb1 {
looks more to the point}) 18... Bc8 19. Rfe1 Ne8 20. Nf1 Nf4 21. Qf3 Rd6 22.
Ng3 Rf6 23. Qe3 Nd6 24. Ne2 g5 $132 {0-1 Mareco,S-Mahia,G/Buenos Aires ARG
2008/The Week in Chess 702 (41)}) 18. Bc3 Ne4 (18... e4 19. g4 Bc8 20. Bb1 h5
21. g5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. f3 Qc7 25. Qh2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kovacs,
G-Papp,G/Szombathely HUN 2008/The Week in Chess 721 (115)}) 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
f3 Bf5 21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Rf2 f6 23. a4 Ne7 24. Qb2 Qd7 25. e4 Bg6 26. Rb1 Rb8 27.
Qa3 Qc7 28. Rb5 b6 29. Bb1 Nc8 30. Bd3 Nd6 $11 {1-0 Flores,D-Valerga,D/Buenos
Aires 2006/CBM 114 ext (51)}) 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nb6 {White has an awful
b2 bishop and weak light squares on the queenside.} 18. a4 a6 19. c4 $6 {
Freeing the bishop but White's a4 and c4 pawns are now extremely weak.} (19. a5
$142 Nd7 20. c4 {as Black can't win the a5-pawn without concessions:} e4 (20...
Nxa5 $6 21. e4 Be6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxa5 $16) 21. Nh4 $1 (21.
Nd2 Nxa5 $13) 21... Be6 22. f4 exf3 (22... Nxa5 $2 23. f5 Bxc4 24. Qg4 Ne5 25.
Bxe5 Rxe5 26. f6 g6 27. Qf4 $18) 23. Nxf3 Nxa5 24. Ng5 $1 Nf8 (24... Nc6 25.
Qh5 Nf8 26. Ne4 $13) 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Rd5 $13) 19... a5 $1 20. Bc3 f6 21. Nd2
Nb4 (21... Bc2 22. Rdc1 Bxa4 $15 {was already possible.}) 22. Bxb4 (22. e4 Bd7
{[%cal Rd7a4]} (22... Be6 $5)) 22... cxb4 23. Rdc1 (23. c5 $5 Nd5 (23... Qxc5
$6 24. e4 Be6 (24... Bd7 25. Nb3) 25. Rac1 $36) 24. Qc4 Be6 25. Qb5 {and White
obtains counterplay although Black keeps his structural advantage due to his
strong b4-pawn:} Kf8 26. Ne4 f5 27. Ng5 (27. Nd6 Re7 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 28. Rxd5
Bxd5 29. Nxf5 Rd7 $15 {[%csl Gb4]}) 27... Nc3 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30.
Rxd7 Re7 $15) 23... Rd8 24. c5 {Too late!} (24. Nb3 $142 Bd3 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qh4
Ra8 $15) (24. e4 Be6 (24... Bd7 $143 25. c5 Nxa4 $6 26. c6 Nc3 27. Qc4+) 25. c5
Nd7 26. Qe3 $15) 24... Bd3 $1 25. Qe1 $6 {This queen will now be passive.} (25.
Qd1 $142 $1 Nd5 26. Qb3 e4 $15) 25... Nd5 26. Nb3 h6 27. Ra2 e4 28. Raa1 Ra8 (
28... Nc3 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Qxc3 $13 {is what White naturally expected}) ({
but the knight could have been transfered to the perfect c6 square:} 28... Ne7
$1 $17) 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Qd2 {Missing (here and on the next move) an equalizing
opportunity:} (30. c6 $1 Nc3 31. Rxc3 bxc3 32. Qxc3 bxc6 33. Rc1 {and White
recaptures the c-pawn with a decent position.}) 30... Kh7 {Black prepares ...
Nc3, which was not yet effective:} (30... Nc3 31. Rxc3 bxc3 32. Qxc3 Qxc5 33.
Qb3+ Kh7 34. Qxb7 $11) (30... Qe5 $5) 31. f4 $2 (31. c6 $1) 31... Nc3 32. Nb3 (
32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxc5 {now loses a pawn with little chances to survive
but the text is even worse.}) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Qd7 $1 {White's
resignation looks a bit premature but after} (34... Qd7 35. Qa2 (35. Ra1 b6 $19
) (35. Nxa5 Qxa4 36. Nxb7 b3 $19 {[%csl Gb3]}) 35... Qd5 36. Qb2 {he is
completely tied up and Black can gradually prepare a breakthrough on the
kingside.}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 {GM R. Ponomariov
criticised this move after the game.} (12... Bf5 {is the most common here.})
13. Nd2 b6 {Surprisingly, this obvious move is rarely played.} (13... Na5 {
is the main line - see Kramnik - Tiviakov in CBM 81 (annotations by GM P.Wells)
.}) 14. Bb5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 12] An interesting novelty, with an obvious plan:
to swap this bishop for the c6-knight and open up the other one by means of
c3-c4.} (14. Qe2 {is usually played (this position sometimes arises in other
move orders), and Black has no major problems:} Bb7 (14... Ne7 15. Ba2 Ng6 16.
Rac1 Re8 17. c4 Qe7 18. Bb1 cxd4 19. exd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 N6h5 21. Bxe4 $14 {
1/2 Kovacs,G (2499)-Acs,P (2548)/Hungary 2008/EXT 2009 (25)}) (14... Na5 $5 15.
Ba2 c4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Rfb1 (18. Rab1 $6 Qd7 19. Qd1 Nb3 $15 {
1/2 Korobov,A (2605)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126 Extra (41)}) 18...
Qc6 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Bb4 Nb7 21. Rb2 Bd5 22. Rab1 $11 {1-0 Andersen,L (2093)
-Benassi,A (2145)/IECG 2006/Telechess CBM 119}) 15. Ba2 (15. a4 Rac8 16. Ba2
Na5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bb1 f5 $132 {0-1 Villeneuve,A (2282)-Horvath,
P (2457)/Le Touquet 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 15... Rad8 16. d5 (16. Rac1 Qe7 17.
Rfd1 Rd7 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ng3 g6 20. a4 h5 21. Ba3 h4 22. Nf1 Nd5 23. Re1 Qg5
$132 {1-0 Liang Chong (2581)-Yuan Jun (2299)/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002 (54)}) 16...
Nxd5 17. c4 Nde7 18. Nxe4 Ng6 19. Nc3 f5 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. f4 Ba6
23. Qd3 Re4 $132 {1/2 Boleslavsky,I-Levin,M/Kiev 1958/EXT 2003 (59)}) 14... Na5
(14... a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. c4 cxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. d5 Qd6 19. a4 $14 {
[%cal Rb2a3,Yd1b3]}) (14... Bf5 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 $14) 15. c4 $1 cxd4 16.
Bxd4 Qe7 17. c5 $5 {It is essential to prevent ...Na5-b7-c5 but perhaps the
other move order was even stronger:} (17. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Bf5 18. c5)
17... a6 $6 (17... bxc5 18. Bc3 Nb7 19. Bc6 Qe6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
Qxe4 $14) 18. Ba4 $6 (18. Be2 $1 bxc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 (19... gxf6 20. Qa4) 20.
Nxe4 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 18... bxc5 19. Bc3 Nb7 20. Bc6 Ra7 $6 {Here, too,} (
20... Qe6 21. Qa4 Bd7 {was relatively better.}) 21. Qb1 {Not the best idea.
White now has to give up his strong c6-bishop for a knight.} (21. Qa4 $142 Nd6
22. Rac1 $16) 21... Qc7 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc6 (23... f6 $14) 24. Ng5 Qh6
25. f4 Nd6 $6 {Black decides to give up his weak pawn but doesn't obtain any
counterplay.} (25... Qg6 $142 $14) 26. Qb6 Rb7 (26... Nb5 27. Ba5 $1 {[%cal
Rb6c5,Ra3a4]}) 27. Qxc5 Rb5 28. Qc7 Rb7 29. Qc6 Nb5 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Ne4 f5
32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Be5 $1 {More energetic than} (33. Nd5+ Nxc3 34. Nxc3) 33...
Rxf6 34. Rfc1 $1 Bd7 (34... Be6 $142 35. a4 ({or} 35. Rab1 $5 {, e.g.} Bd5 36.
a4 Nd6 37. Rxb7+ Bxb7 (37... Nxb7 38. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b6]}) 38. Rd1 $1 Nf7
39. Rd7 Be4 40. g4 Kg6 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Ra7 {with excellent winning chances.})
35... Nc7 (35... Na7 36. Rab1 Rd7 37. Rb6) 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Bxc7 {, and
Black, despite the opposite-coloured bishops, can hardly hold this ending.})
35. Rab1 $1 Ra7 $8 36. a4 Nd6 37. Bd4 Ra8 38. Rd1 $1 {Full domination! Black
can't avoid decisive material losses.} Ne4 39. Rb7 Rd8 40. Be5 Kg6 41. Rdxd7
Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Rc6 43. g4 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Nd2+ 46. Ke1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. d5 Na5 15.
c4 Ne4 16. Bb2 Rae8 17. f4 $5 $146 (17. Qc2) (17. Nf3) 17... Qb6 $1 (17... Qd8
$2 18. fxe5 Qxh4 19. Rf4 Qg5 (19... Qg3 20. Rxe4 Bf5 (20... Bxh3 21. Qf3 $16)
21. Rf4 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 $16) 20. Rxe4 Bxh3 21. Qf3 $16) (17... Ng3 $6 18. fxe5 $1
(18. Bxe5 $2 Rxe5 19. fxe5 Nxf1 20. Qxf1 Qxe5 $17) (18. Rf3 exf4 19. exf4 Ne2+
$132) 18... Nxf1 19. Qxf1 Rxe5 20. Qf4 f6 21. Nf3 Qb6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5
$16) (17... exf4 18. Rxf4 $1 (18. exf4 $6 Qb6 $1 19. Qc2 Qh6 20. Nf3 f6 (20...
Qxf4 21. Rae1 Ng3 22. Qc3 f6 23. Qxa5 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 (24. Rxf1 $2 Re2 25. Qc3
Qg3 $19) 24... Bxh3 25. Kf2 $13) 21. Rae1 Ng3 22. Rf2 b6 $15) 18... g5 $6 19.
Nf5 Qb6 20. Qe2 (20. Rb1 $2 Qg6 $19) 20... Ng3 (20... Qg6 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Ng3
Ree8 23. Rf1 f5 24. Qd2 b6 25. Qc3 $36) 21. Nxg3 gxf4 22. Nh5 Rxe3 23. Qf2 f6
24. Nxf4 Re7 25. Bc3 $36) 18. Rb1 $6 (18. Bxe5 $2 f6 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Ba1 Nd6
21. Qd3 Re4 $1 (21... Naxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. e4 b5 $15) 22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Rfe1
Bf5 $17) (18. Qc2 exf4 19. Rxf4 (19. Rab1 $2 Qh6 20. Rxf4 Ng3 {/\ Ne2} 21. Rf3
Rxe3 22. Qd2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 $17) (19. exf4 {->> 17...ef4 18.ef4 Qb6 19.Qc2})
19... Ba4 (19... g5 $6 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Nf3 Rxe3 22. Ne5 $40 Ba4 $6 23. Qd2 f6
24. Ng4 Re4 25. Rf1 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Bb3 27. d6 $1 Bxa2 28. Qd5+ Rf7 29. Rxf6 Bxc4
30. Qxg5+ Kf8 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Bh6+ Bg6 34. Qe7 $18) 20. Qe2 (
20. Qxa4 $2 Qxb2 21. Raf1 Ng3 22. Qxa5 b6 23. Qxa7 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Qxa2 $17)
20... f6 (20... Ng3 21. Qf2 Ne4 22. Rxe4 $1 (22. Qe2 $11) 22... Rxe4 23. Nf5 f6
(23... Bd7 24. Nxg7 f5 25. Ne6 (25. Nh5 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Qg3+ Qg6 28. Qe5
Rc2 29. Nf4 Qh6 30. Rb1 $44) 25... Bxe6 26. Qg3+ Kf7 27. dxe6+ Rxe6 28. Bc3 $36
) 24. Qg3 g6 25. Bc3 Nxc4 26. Rb1 Qd8 27. Rxb7 $40) 21. Nf5 Bd7 $13) 18... Qh6
(18... Qa6 $6 19. fxe5 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rf4 $36) 19. Qe1 (19. Nf3 exf4
20. Ne5 $5 (20. Qe1 $6 b6 21. Ne5 (21. exf4 f6 $1 $17) 21... Bf5 22. Rxf4 Nd6
23. Rh4 Qg5 24. e4 Nxe4 $17) (20. exf4 Qxf4 21. Qe1 Qc7 (21... Qg3 22. Ne5 (22.
Qxa5 $2 Bxh3 23. Ne1 Qe3+ $1 (23... b6 24. Rf3) 24. Kh2 b6 $1 25. Rf3 (25. Qxa7
Qg3+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kg1 Nd2 $19) 26... Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 25... Qh6 26. Qxa7
Bg4+ 27. Kg1 Bxf3 $19) 22... Rxe5 23. Bxe5 (23. Qxg3 Nxg3 24. Bxe5 Nxf1 25.
Rxf1 b6 $15) 23... Qxe5 {->> 21...Qc7}) 22. Be5 (22. Qh4 Bf5 $15) 22... Rxe5
23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxa5 Nc3 (24... Qd4+ 25. Kh2 Nd2 26. Qc7 (26. Qxa7 $2 Qe5+
27. Kg1 (27. Kh1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Qe2 $19) 27... Qe3+ 28. Rf2 Bf5 29. Rd1 Ne4 30.
Rdf1 Ng3 $1 $19) 26... Nxb1 (26... Nxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bc8 $15) 27. Rf4 (27. Bxb1
Qxc4 $17) 27... Qb2 28. Bxb1 Bxh3 $15) 25. Qxc5 b6 26. Qf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Ng3+
28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Qd6 30. Qb2 $15) 20... Bf5 (20... Bxh3 21. Rxf4 (21. gxh3
fxe3 (21... Qxh3 22. Qf3 $16) 22. Qg4 Nd2 $13) 21... Nd6 (21... Bf5 $6 22. Rxf5
(22. Qe1 $2 f6 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Qxa5 Rxe3 (24... Bxb1 $2 25. Bxb1 $16) 25. Rh4
Qg6 26. Rf1 Be4 $1 27. Qxc5 Bxf3 $1 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29. Qxd6 Re8 $19) 22... Qxe3+
23. Kh2 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qg4 $16) 22. gxh3 Rxe5 23. Bxe5
Qg5+ 24. Qg4 Qxe5 $44) (20... Rxe5 21. Bxe5 fxe3 22. Bf4 Qg6 (22... Qh4 23.
Bxe3 Nc3 24. Qe1 Qxe1 25. Rbxe1 Nxa2 26. Bxc5 Rc8 27. Re7 $36) 23. Bxe3 Bxh3
24. Qc2 b6 25. Rbe1 $13) 21. Rxf4 Nd6 22. Rc1 f6 23. Ng4 Qg5 $15 (23... Bxg4
24. Qxg4 Rxe3 25. Rcf1 Qg6 26. Qd7 $13)) 19... exf4 20. Rxf4 (20. Qxa5 Qxh4 21.
Rxf4 Qg5 22. Rf3 b6 23. Qe1 (23. Qxa7 $2 Nd2) 23... f6 $15 {/\ Rf7-e7}) 20...
b6 21. Nf5 $2 (21. Rc1 Nb7 (21... g5 $6 22. Nf5 Qg6 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qc3 f6
25. Nd6 Re7 26. Bb1 Qh6 27. Rf1 $36) (21... f5 22. Nf3 g5 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Ne5
Bf5 25. Qg3 Nb7 26. Rf1 Nd6 $13) 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Nbd6 24. Rf4 f5 25. Bb1
Re7 $15) 21... Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Nd6 23. Rf4 (23. Rf6 $2 gxf6 24. Qg3+ Qg6 25. Qxd6
Nxc4 $1 $19) 23... Qxf4 24. exf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Naxc4 $17 26. Bc1 (26. Be5 Re8
$17) 26... Na5 (26... f5 27. Re7 (27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Re7 Rd8 $19) 27... Rf7 28.
Re6 Rd7 29. g4) (26... Ra8 $5 27. Bxc4 (27. Re7 $2 Kf8 28. Rc7 Nb5 29. Rd7 Ncd6
$19 {/\ Ke8}) (27. Kf2 Kf8 $17) 27... Nxc4 28. Re4 b5 29. Re7 b4 30. axb4 cxb4
31. Rc7 Nd6 32. Rd7 Ne4 $17) 27. Re7 Nab7 (27... Re8 28. Rd7 (28. Rxa7 Nb5 29.
Ra6 (29. Rd7 Nc3 $19) 29... Nc3 $19) 28... Nab7 29. Bb2 {->> 28.Bb2}) 28. Bb2
Re8 29. Rd7 f6 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Bb1 h6 32. g4 Re7 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Kf3 (34. g5
$142 Nc4 35. Bc1 $17) 34... Nc4 35. Bc1 Nbd6 36. h4 $6 (36. g5 f5 $1) (36. a4
$142 a6) 36... b5 (36... Nb5 $142 37. a4 Nc3 38. Bc2 Kd6 $19) 37. Ke2 $2 (37.
Bd3 a5) 37... Nb6 $19 38. Be3 Nxd5 39. Bxc5 Nc3+ 40. Kd3 Nxb1 41. Kc2 Nxa3+ 42.
Bxa3 Ke6 43. f5+ Ke5 44. Kd3 a5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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"]

1. d4 {Le franзais est en semi retraite йchiquйenne depuis quelques annйes
mais il a retrouvй une nouvelle jeunesse en 2010 avec son titre de Champion du
Monde vйtйran et il remonte nettement au classement ELO.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) (4... d5 5. Nf3 (5. a3) 5... O-O 6. Bd3 c5) 5. Bd3 {88}
(5. Nge2) 5... d5 (5... c5 {L'alternative dans cette variante Rubinstein} 6.
Nge2 (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 {[%cal Ge6e5]})) 6. Nf3 (6. a3 Bxc3+ {
Retombe sur une Saemisch mais l'ordre de coups des Blancs donne une option
supplйmentaire aux Noirs qui peuvent aussi jouer le coup intermйdiaire dc4} (
6... dxc4 $5 7. Bxc4 Bd6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) (6... Be7 $5) 7. bxc3) 6... c5 7. O-O
Nc6 {Un grand carrefour pour la variante mais Nc6 est la ligne principale} (
7... dxc4) (7... cxd4) 8. a3 {85} Bxc3 (8... Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Bg4) 9. bxc3 dxc4 {la ligne trйs solide qui abandonne le centre mais pour
obtenir un jeu de piиces dynamique et le gain de temps sur le B est important
pour garder l'йquilibre.} (9... Qc7 $5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 {[%csl Ge4]}
12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Rh4 $132 {[%csl Rh2];Kamsky,G 
(2735)-Almasi,Z (2630) Groningen 1995 (10) 1-0}) 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c4,
Ge6e5,Gf8d8,Gd8d1]} 11. Bb2 $5 {82 Pour l'instant, le Bb2 est un "gros P" mais
les Blancs misent sur le dynamisme du centre fort pour le rйanimer.} (11. Bd3)
(11. Ba2 {[%cal Ga2b1,Gd1d3,Gd3h7]}) (11. Be2 Rd8 12. c4 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nd2
Ne5 15. f4 exf3 16. gxf3 Qe7 17. a4 Nd3 $1 18. Bxd3 (18. e4 $6 Nxc1 {Gligoric}
(18... Nxd5 $1 {Oubliй par Gligoric dans ses analyses} 19. Bxd3 (19. cxd5 Qg5+)
19... Nf4)) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qxd3 $11 {Gligoric,S (2535)-Ljubojevic,L (2600)
Bugojno 1982 (8) 1/2}) 11... b6 {Dйjа jouй par l'allemand а la 06иme ronde.} (
11... e5 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gc8g4] Plus courant} 12. h3 (12. d5 $6 Na5) 12... Bf5 13.
Qe2 Rfe8 {Iskusnyh,S (2533)-Filippov,V (2632) RUS-chT Tomsk 2001 (5) 1/2} (
13... Rad8 14. Bb5 e4 15. Nd2 Bg6 (15... a6))) 12. Bd3 $5 {La prйparation du
Champion du Monde vйtйran qui ressort une vieille ligne peu explorйe mais il a
rйflйchi prиs de 10 mns sur cette position. Il s'est peut-кtre dйcidй а
changer de variante devant l'йchiquier.} (12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 e4 14. Nd2 Na5 15.
Ba2 c4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rfb1 Rac8 19. Rb5 ({RR} 19. Bb4 Nb7 20. a5)
19... Bd5 20. Rc1 Qc6 21. Qd1 h5 22. Rcb1 g6 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Rb5
Qc7 26. Rc5 ({RR} 26. Qc2 Qd8 27. Bc5 a6 28. Bb6 Qd6 29. Rb1 Qc6 30. Bxa5 Rb8)
26... Qd8 27. Nxc4 ({RR} 27. Bxc4 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qd5 30. Nd6 Rd8
31. c4 Qc6) 27... Rxc5 28. Bxc5 {Pelletier,Y (2593)-Naiditsch,A (2685)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/[Pelletier]/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 12... e5 {90 L'allemand йtait
bien prйparй et il continue de jouer а tempo} 13. e4 $5 $146 {82 Les Blancs
gagnent de l'espace au centre mais au risque de favoriser les N si le centre
se ferme.} (13. Qc2 {Plus souple} Re8 14. e4 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16.
c4 Rh5 17. f4 Bb7 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. e4 Rd8 20. Rf3 Rh4 21. e5 Rg4 22. exf6 Qxf3
23. Bxh7+ {1-0 Stenborg,A-Limbos,P/Moscow 1956}) 14... Bd7 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4
Ng6 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. g3 Ne8 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Nf1 Ree8 21. Ne3 f6 22. a4 a5 23.
Bc3 Qd8 24. Bd2 Re7 25. Rab1 Ra6 26. Qb3 Qe8 27. Bc2 Nf8 28. Ng2 {San Segundo
Carrillo,P (2515)-Olcayoz,A (2310)/Istanbul 2003/1/2-1/2 (94)}) 13... cxd4 {
84 Fin de la prйparation des Noirs} (13... Bg4 14. d5 (14. h3 $6 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4) 14... Na5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gf6e8,Ge8d6,Ga5b7,Gb7d6]} 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb7 (16... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} 17. c4 $6 Nb3 18. Rad1 Nd4 $132 {
[%csl Gd4]}) 17. c4 Rfe8 18. a4 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 19. a5 b5 20. cxb5 c4 21. Rfc1
Qc5 22. Ba3 Qd4) 14. cxd4 {[%csl Gb2]} Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd4 {72} exd4 {84} 16. Bxd4
$14 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4][%cal Gd4f6] 56} (16. Rc1 $5 Qe7 17. e5 (17. Re1) 17... Qxe5
18. Bxd4 $1 $44) 16... Ng4 17. e5 $1 Rd8 (17... Nxe5 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Bxh7+ {
Profitant de l'avance de dйveloppement} Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bxe5 $36 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c3,Gc3h3,Gc1c4,Gc4h4]}) (17... Be6 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 18. Rc1
Qd7 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. h3 (19. Bc3 {[%cal Gc3b4]} Rad8 20. Ba6 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Rc8]
} Qxd1 21. Rfxd1) 19... Rad8) 18. Rc1 $32 {41} (18. Be4 $5 Rb8 19. Rc1 $36)
18... Qb7 {76} (18... Qe7 19. Rxc8 $1 {[%csl Rg4]}) 19. Bb2 {39} Be6 {71 Les
Noirs ont jouй trиs vite l'ouverture.} 20. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Gd3a6]} Qe7 21. Qe4
$36 {[%csl Rg4] 22 La paire de B commence а jouer} g6 22. Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc8] 19
} Qg5 {63} 23. h3 Nh6 24. f4 {17} Qe7 {31} 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. axb4 {15} Nf5 {
[%cal Gh7h5] 57 Les noirs tentent de mettre la pression sur les Blancs en
jouant trйs vite mais le franзais ne craint pas grand-chose.} 27. g4 Ne3 28.
Rfe1 {12} Rd2 $1 {52} 29. Re2 Rad8 $11 30. Bc3 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Re1
Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 h5 {[%cal Ge3g4]} 34. Kf2 Nc2 35. gxh5 gxh5 (35... Nxe1 36. Kxe1
gxh5) 36. Bc3 Bf5 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} (36... Bxh3 $4 37. Bd3 Na3 38. Bb2) 37. h4
Kg7 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kd2 Na3 40. Ke3 Nc2+ 41. Kf3 Na3 42. Kf2 Nc2 43. Be2 Na3
44. Ke3 Nc2+ 45. Kd2 a5 $1 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Bxa5 Nd4 48. Bd1 Bg4 $1 49. Ba4
Nf3+ 50. Ke3 Nxh4 51. Kf2 Kg7 52. Bc2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 c4 ({
"!?", L. McShane;} 14... Bf5 15. c4 $1 Rfe8 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 $1 exf3 18. Qxf3
Bg6 19. h4 $1 h5 20. Bb1 $1 Qd6 21. Bc3 b6 22. Ne4 {Kramnik-Tiviakov, Wijk aan
Zee (Corus) 2001, 1:0/38, ChessBase Magazin mit Anm. von L. McShane.}) 15. f3
Bxh3 16. Nxe4 (16. gxh3 Qg3+ $11) 16... Nxe4 17. fxe4 {("~~", McShane)} Qg3 18.
Qf3 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Bg4 (19... Bd7 20. e5 Nb3) 20. Rf2 f6 21. Raf1 Rfe8 22. Bb1
Nb3 (22... Rad8) 23. a4 $6 Bh5 $6 (23... Bd7 $5 24. Ba3 Bxa4 25. e5 Bc6 $1 26.
exf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 $2 Nd2) 24. e5 $1 {[#]} Bg6 $4 (24... fxe5 25. Be4 Rad8 26.
Bxb7 exd4 27. exd4 $14) 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Rxf6 $16 {(+-)} Rxe3
28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. Rg4 Re7 30. Ba3 Rg7 31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. Bd6 Rh7 33. Rhf4 Re8 (
33... Re8 34. Be5) 1-0

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 e5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Be2 (14.
Qf5 e4 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Qg5 Na5 17. Ba2 Rfe8 {Najdorf,M-Reshevsky,S/14a del
match, Buenos Aires 1953}) 14... e4 (14... Nd7 $6 15. d5 Na5 16. c4 $40) 15.
Nd2 Na5 (15... Rfc8 16. dxc5 Ne5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. c4 Neg4 19. g3 Qe5 20. Qb2
$40) (15... Rfd8 16. dxc5 Ne5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 $14 (18. h3 Qc6 19. Bb5
Qe6 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Nb3 (21. Nf1 Rd3 $13 {Fuderer,A-Rabar,B/Zagreb 1954}) 21...
Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Rd3 23. Nd4 $40 {Secchi Vigneau,E-Suboticanec/Germany 1954})) 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 $1 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nf1 h5 $6 (19... Qe5 $6 20. Ng3 $40)
(19... Nd7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rab1 $14) 20. Ng3 $6 (20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rb1 Ba6 22.
Ng3 Qe7 23. Bb2 h4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxe4 $16) 20... h4 21. Nf5 Bc8 $6 (21...
h3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 hxg2 $13) 22. Nxh4 Nc6 (22... g5 $2 23.
Qc3 Nh7 24. Ng6 $1 Rxd1+ (24... f6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Qxa5 $18) (
24... fxg6 25. Bb2 $18) 25. Rxd1 f6 26. h4 $16) 23. Bb2 Ne5 $6 (23... Nb4 24.
Qc3 Qc6 $13) 24. Qc3 $6 (24. h3 $40) 24... Rxd1+ (24... g5 $5 25. Rxd8 (25. f4
exf3 26. Nxf3 Ne4 $132) 25... Qxd8 26. f4 exf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4 $44) 25. Rxd1 Bg4
$6 (25... g5 26. f4 exf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4 $13) 26. f3 Bh5 $6 (26... exf3 27. gxf3
Bh3 28. e4 Qc6 $44) 27. Qe1 $6 (27. Qd2 exf3 28. gxf3 Qb7 29. e4 Qb3 30. Bxe5
Rxe5 31. Nf5 $36) 27... Qb7 $2 (27... exf3 28. gxf3 Qb8 $13) 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29.
f4 Bxe2 $2 (29... Re8 30. Bxh5 Nxh5 31. g4 Nf6 32. g5 Nd7 33. Nf5 $16) 30. Rb1
$18 Qe7 31. fxe5 Ng4 32. e6 $1 Bxc4 33. exf7+ Bxf7 34. Qg3 Qg5 35. Re1 Qh5 36.
Rf1 Nh6 37. h3 Kh7 38. Qf4 Bd5 39. Nf5 Nf7 40. Qc7 c4 41. Qd7 Ba8 42. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. a4 e5 12. Ba3 b6 13. Qc2 Bg4 (13... e4 14.
Ng5 Na5 15. Ba2 Bb7 $11 {Boleslavsky,I-Kondratiev,P/Sverdlovsk 1951}) (13...
Bb7 14. Qf5 e4 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Qg5 Na5 17. Ba2 Rfe8 18. Qg3 Qc6 $13 {Najdorf,
M-Reshevsky,S/Buenos Aires 1953}) 14. Ng5 Na5 15. Ba2 Bh5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4
Bg6 18. Qf2 Rae8 19. Rf1 h6 20. Nf3 {Aqui Reshevsky ofrecio tablas, rechazadas
por Najdorf.} Bd3 21. Rd1 Ne4 (21... Bc4 22. Rxf6 Bxa2 23. Rf4 Bb3 $15) 22. Qb2
Bc4 23. Bb1 Bb3 24. Re1 Bd5 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nd2 Bd3 28. c4 f5 29.
Qb3 $2 {Al llegarse a la movida 29|_, pudo Reshevsky efectuar un cambio de
piezas que dejaba la partida en situaciуn claramente equilibrada, pero su
jugada 29.D3C constituyу un serio error que pudo costarle el punto. Sin
embargo, no fue asн, pues Najdorf, con lamentable ofuscaciуn, aceptу dar por
terminado el juego con una divisiуn de honores. En ese momento el argentino
pudo jugar 29/\P4CR, ganando la calidad y siguiendo la partida con mejores
posibilidades para йl, pero lo mбs lamentable es que tambiйn disponнa de la
variente 29/\CxC 30.DxA TxT 31.PxD TxT+ 32.R2A T8D!, o bien 29/\CxC 30.DxA DxT
31.DxC D5R, en ambos casos con ventaja de una torre para las negras, a cambio
de una pieza menor. En este momento ambos jugadores estбn iguales, con una
victoria por bando y un empate, pero las dos partidas suspendidas favorecen al
norteamericano, dado que mientras la tercera estб ganada por йl, la cuarta es
sumamente difнcil, aun cuando existen para Najdorf algunas perspectivas de
triunfo, de acuerdo a los anбlisis efectuados despuйs de la suspensiуn. [La
Prensa]} (29. Qb3 g5 (29... Nxd2 30. Qxd3 Qxf4 31. exf4 (31. Qxd2 Qe4 $17)
31... Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rd1 $17) 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Qxd3 Qe7 $40) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 e5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Qf5 (14.
Be2 e4 15. Nd2 Na5 (15... Rfd8 16. dxc5 Ne5 17. cxb6 axb6 $44 {Secchi Vigneau,
E-Suboticanec/Germany 1954}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 $11 {
Najdorf,M-Reshevsky,S/Buenos Aires 1953}) 14... e4 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Qg5 Na5 17.
Ba2 Rfe8 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Bb2 c4 21. Bb1 $2 (21. Ba3 Qe6 (21...
Qxa4 22. Bb4 Qc6 23. Bb1 Rd5 24. f3 exf3 25. e4 $44) 22. h3 $132) 21... Nb3 $17
22. Nxb3 cxb3 23. Re1 Bc4 24. f3 Rd6 25. Qf2 a5 26. Rd1 h6 27. Re1 Rd5 28. fxe4
Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rad1 Qg6 31. Rd2 Rf5 32. Qg3 Rg4 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. h3 Rg3
35. Ree2 Rfg5 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Hans"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 $10) 9. bxc3 dxc4 $1 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11.
a4 b6 12. Ba3 Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxc5 $2 Rfd8 15. Qc2 (15. Bd3 Ba6)
15... Na5 $18) 13... Na5 14. Ba2 Qc6 15. Bb1 Rfe8 (15... Qxa4 $2 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Bxc5 Qxa1 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxa1 Nb3 20. Bxf8 Nxa1 21. Bxg7 $18) 16. Bc2
Rac8 17. Rac1 c4 (17... e5 18. dxc5 (18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. e4 Re7 (19... Nxe4 $2
20. Nxe5 Nxc3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Nxf7+ $18) 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Rcd1 Qc8 22. c4 $14
{Gligoric}) 18... bxc5 19. Qb5 $1 Qc7 20. Bf5 $14 {Rossolimo}) 18. Rce1 Nh5 $1
19. Rd1 g6 20. e4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Nd3 $1 22. Nd2 (22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 Qxa4)
22... f5 23. f3 f4 24. Qe2 e5 25. d5 Qd7 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxa4 28. Bb4 $1
Nb3 29. Nxb3 Qxb3 30. d6 Rcd8 31. Rb1 Qf7 32. c4 Rd7 $6 $138 (32... Bc6 33. c5
Rb8 $1 $10) 33. c5 a5 34. Ba3 bxc5 35. Bxc5 Rc8 36. Rfc1 a4 37. Qb5 Ra8 $2 $138
(37... Bc6 $1) 38. Ba3 $1 $18 Qe6 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. dxc7 Bc8 41. Qd5 $1 (41. Qd5
$1 Qxd5 (41... Ra7 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qf8#) 42. exd5 Ra7 43. d6 Kf7 44. Rb8) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 b6 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bb5 17. e4 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Bh2
Nf6 22. f3 Rfd8 23. Bb3 Rd3 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Bf4 Kf8 26. Kf2 h6 27. h4 Ke7 28.
Re2 Ne8 29. a4 Rc8 30. g4 Nc7 31. Be3 Ne6 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Ra1 Kf6 34. Kg3 Rcd8
35. Ree1 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. a5 Rh8 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ra6 Rb7 40. Rb1 Rhb8
41. Rh1 Bd7 42. Ra2 Rg8 43. Rh6+ Rg6 44. Rh8 b5 45. Bd5 Rc7 46. Ra6 Kg7 47. Rb8
Kf6 48. Rh8 Ke7 49. e5 b4 50. cxb4 cxb4 51. Bd2 Rc3 52. Rb6 Nf4 53. Rxg6 fxg6
54. Rh7+ Kd8 55. Bxc3 bxc3 56. Be4 Bc6 57. Rh2 Bxe4 58. fxe4 Ne6 59. Kf2 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (59. Rh1 $1 c2 (59... Nd4 60. Rd1 $18) 60. Rc1 Nd4 61. Kf2 Ke7 62.
Ke3 Nc6 63. Rxc2 Nxe5 64. Kd4 Ke6 65. Rc5 Nf3+ 66. Kd3 Kf6 (66... Ne5+ 67.
Rxe5+ Kxe5 68. Ke3 $18) 67. Ke3 Ne5 68. Kd4 Nxg4 69. e5+ $18) 59... c2 {
... and the rook is held in check: ... und der Turm ist dominiert:} 60. Rh8+ (
60. Rh1 Nc5 61. Ke3 Nb3 $19) 60... Kd7 61. Rh7+ Kc6 62. Rh1 Nc5 63. e6 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1979.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 $6 (10... Qc7 $5) 11. Ne5 $2 (11. a4 b6 12. Re1
Bb7 13. e4 h6 14. d5 Rfd8 15. Bd3 $1 Na5 16. c4 Ne8 17. Bb2 $16 {Portisch,
L-Miles,A/Tilburg/1981/0,5/89/}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7
15. a4 $2 (15. c4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Ba4 17. Qc3 Bc6 $10 {Knaak,R-Estevez,G/
Cienfuegos/1980/}) 15... Rad8 (15... Rfd8 $5) 16. Qc2 (16. a5 Bb5 17. axb6 Bxd3
$17) 16... Bxa4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxa4 Nxa4 19. Rf3 g6 20. Rh3 Kg7 21. f5 exf5
22. e4 Qxe5 $1 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Bh6+ Kxh7 $2 24. Bg5+ {/\Bf6+-/}) 23. Bh6+ Kf6
24. Re3 (24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxa4 Qxe4 $19) (24. Qc1 fxe4) 24... Nxc3 $1 25. exf5
(25. Bxf8 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ $19) (25. Rxc3 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 Rh8 $19) 25... Rd1+ 26.
Kf2 Qd4 $1 $19 27. Qxc3 $8 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Rh8 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rf3+ Ke6 31.
Re3+ Kd7 32. Bxg6 Rxh6 33. Bf5+ Kd8 34. h3 Rf6 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. Be4 Rd7 37. g4
Re7 38. g5 Rfe6 39. Kf3 c4 40. g6 Rxe4 $1 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Kxe4 Ke7 43. h4 Kf6
44. h5 b5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 {In meiner Vorbereitung hatte ich eine
kleine Schwдche im Repertoire meines Gegners entdeckt. In diesem System hat er
nдmlich eine negative Bilanz. Leider hat er in der Zwischenzeit gearbeitet!} b6
$5 12. Qe2 ({Meiner Meinung nach ist das bereits ungenau. Nach} 12. h3 e5 13.
Ba2 {geht WeiЯ in eine normale Variante ьber, die ich zum Beispiel 2006 gegen
Volokitin gespielt hatte.}) 12... e5 13. h3 {Das Feld g4 muss kontrolliert
werden, aber jetzt schafft es Schwarz, das Zentrum zu blockieren.} e4 14. Nd2
Na5 $1 {Dies wurde nur einmal zuvor gespielt, stellt aber WeiЯ vor einige
Schwierigkeiten.} 15. Ba2 c4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 ({In der Schnellpartie
Korobov-Bu Xiangzhi (2008) spielte Schwarz das weniger natьrliche} 17... Rfc8)
18. Rfb1 (18. Bb4 {erlaubt} Nb3) 18... Rac8 19. Rb5 $2 ({Nach diesem Fehler
hat Schwarz freie Hдnde. Die einzige Hoffnung, am Damenflьgel etwas zu
erreichen, lag in} 19. Bb4 Nb7 20. a5) 19... Bd5 20. Rc1 Qc6 21. Qd1 h5 22.
Rcb1 g6 23. Kh1 {Wie in der Franzцsischen Verteidigung, kann manchmal die Dame
via g1-h2 aktiv ins Spiel gebracht werden ....} Kg7 {Nach einigen sinnlosen
Zьgen verstand ich endlich, dass meine Stellung perspektivlos ist. Schwarz
wьrde langsam aber sicher seine Figuren verbessern und irgendwann am
Kцnigsflьgel einen siegbringenden Angriff starten. Ohne allzu lange zu zцgern
entschied ich mich zur einzigen aktiven Mцglichkeit, im vollen Bewusstsein,
dass Schwarz nachher besser stehen muss.} 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Rb5 Qc7 ({Klar
besser als} 25... Qa6 26. Qg1 Rb8 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Qe6 29. Nd6) 26. Rc5 (
26. Qc2 Qd8 27. Bc5 a6 28. Bb6 Qd6 29. Rb1 Qc6 30. Bxa5 Rb8 $15) 26... Qd8 27.
Nxc4 ({Die Alternative} 27. Bxc4 {geht nicht wegen} Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Bxc4 29. Nxc4
Qd5 30. Nd6 $140 Rd8 31. c4 Qc6 {Aber die Fesselung auf den Ba2 ist jetzt
unangenehm.}) 27... Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Nd7 29. Ba3 Nb6 30. Qe2 (30. Nxb6 Bxa2 31.
Qe2 Bb1 $17) 30... Qd7 $6 ({Besser war} 30... Nxa4 {, was nach} 31. Qc2 Nb6 32.
Nd6 (32. Nxa5 Bxa2 33. Qxa2 Qd7 $17) 32... Bxa2 33. Nxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxa2 Qb5 {
fast zur Partiefortsetzung hдtte fьhren kцnnen.}) 31. Nd6 ({Hier war die
Alternative} 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Bxd5 (32. c4 Qxa4 33. Bd6 Bb7 34. Qb2 Bc8) 32...
Qxd5 33. c4 Qc6 34. Qc2 Rc8 35. c5 $15 {gut mцglich. Schwarz hat
selbstverstдndlich bessere Aussichten, mьsste sich aber noch anstrengen, um zu
gewinnen.}) 31... Bxa2 (31... Re6 $2 32. c4) 32. Nxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qxa2 Qxa4 {
Schwarz hat die Qualitдt zurьckgeopfert, besitzt aber aktivere Figuren, und
einen gefдhrlichen Freibauern auf der a-Linie.} 34. c4 ({Ich hielt dies fьr
die einzige Mцglichkeit, meine Krдfte zu aktivieren. Im Falle von} 34. Kh2 Qb5
(34... Kg8 35. Qb2 $1 Qc4 36. Bc5 $11) 35. Bc5 Nc4 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gb5b3] wird
Schwarz rasche Fortschritte machen.}) 34... Qxc4 ({Nach} 34... Kg8 35. c5 Nc4
36. c6 Qxc6 (36... Nxa3 37. c7 $11) 37. Qb3 {, hat Schwarz nichts Besseres als
das Damenendspiel nach} Nxa3 38. Qxa3 Qb5 {Es sieht aus, als mьsste WeiЯ
seinen d-Bauern fьr einen der gegnerischen a-Bauern tauschen:} 39. Qa1 ({oder} 
39. Qe7 a4 40. d5) 39... a4 40. d5 Qxd5 41. Qxa4 a5 {Trotzdem ist es mir nicht
klar, ob Schwarz hier gewinnen kann.}) 35. Qb1 (35. Qa1 Kg8 36. Bc5 Qb5 $17)
35... Qd3 36. Qa1 Nc4 ({Mit knapper Bedenkzeit (ca 10 Minuten bis zum 40. Zug)
ist es schwer, diesen natьrlichen aktiven Zug nicht zu machen. Die Partie
kommt nun aber in eine konkrete Phase, wo jeder Zug genau berechnet werden
muss.} 36... Kg8 $17 {war ein sicherer Weg, den Vorteil zu behaupten.}) 37. Be7
Kh7 ({Um den nдchsten Zug zu verhindern, war zuerst} 37... Qd2 {besser. WeiЯ
sollte dann am besten ins Damenendspiel mit Minusbauern ьbergehen:} 38. d5+ (
38. Kg1 Kh7 {ist nдmlich ungьnstig im Vergleich zur Partie}) 38... Kg8 39. d6
Nxd6 40. Bxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxa5 $15) 38. Qa2 a4 {Es ist fьr Schwarz nicht so
einfach, weiterzukommen. Sein Kцnig steht unsicher, wobei WeiЯ auch schnell
selber aktiv werden kann. Aber den starken Freibauern zu opfern, war sicher
nicht nцtig.} 39. Qxa4 Nd2 ({Mit konkreten Mitteln geht es auch nicht:} 39...
Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Nd2 41. Kg3 $1 ({nur nicht} 41. Bh4 $2 Nf3+ $1 42. gxf3 exf3 43.
Kg3 Qg2+ 44. Kf4 Qxh3 {[%cal Gh3f5]} 45. e4 Qxh4+ 46. Kxf3 g5 $19) 41... Qe2
42. Bh4 $1 g5 $1 43. Bxg5 Nf1+ 44. Kf4 Qxf2+ 45. Ke5 {und laut Computer ist
alles ok!}) ({Oder} 39... Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Nd2 41. Qe8 $1 (41. h4 $2 Nf1+ 42. Kh3
Qb8 43. g3 Qb2 $1 $19) 41... Nf1+ 42. Kg1 $11 {WeiЯ erhдlt genug Gegenspiel.})
40. Qa1 Kg8 (40... a5 {erlaubt} 41. d5 $1 Qxd5 42. Bf8 f6 43. Qxf6 Qb7 44. h4
$1 {Schwarz muss nun genau spielen, um das Gleichgewicht zu halten.} Nc4 $1 45.
Bc5 Qg7 46. Qc6 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. g3 Qf5 {Beide Kцnige sind zu schwach,
das Remis ist unausweichlich.}) 41. Bb4 Nc4 {Es sah fast aus, als hдtte sich
das Blatt langsam gewendet. Aber dieser Rьckzug zeigt, dass alles noch in
grьnen Bereich liegt.} 42. Bc3 ({Nach} 42. Kh2 Qb3 43. Bc3 Qb8+ 44. Kg1 Nb6 {
, kann WeiЯ auf Bauernjagd gehen:} 45. Bb4 Nd5 46. Bc5 {. Aber Schwarz opfert
ihn gern, um den weiЯen Kцnig zu schwдchen.} a5 47. Qxa5 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qb8+ 49.
g3 h4 $11) 42... a6 43. d5 Qxd5 {Nach dem Schlagen auf a6 folgt 44...Qd1+ 45.
Kh2 Qd6+ mit Damentausch und Ausgleich.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 {Als ich mal dieses System aus
schwarzer Sicht vorbereitete, erkannte ich, dass die Variante mit Bb2 nicht so
harmlos ist, wie es in den meisten Theoriewerken steht. Ich schaute sie dann
auch als Anziehender, und entschied, sie gegen Christopher anzuwenden.} e5 12.
h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bb5 {[%csl Re5] Цfter zieht Weiss den Lдufer nach a2
zurьck, um seinen Bauern im Zentrum freien Lauf zu geben. Aber dieser Zug
scheint mir stдrker zu sein, wobei er in der gegebenen Stellung sogar eine
Neuerung darstellt. Gespielt wurde er aber bereits nach 13...Rfe8 oder 13...
Rad8, wie z.B. in Radjabov-Ponomariov, Olympiade in Bled 2002. Weiss mцchte
einfach Druck gegen den Bauern e5 ausьben, und eine Entscheidung im Zentrum
provozieren.} e4 {Die logische Reaktion, da ein Tausch auf d4 zugunsten vom
weissen Lдuferpaar kommen wьrde.} 15. Nd2 Na5 16. c4 {[%cal Gb2h8]} Bg6 17.
Rfc1 $6 ({Christopher hatte bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt sehr viel ьberlegt, und
vermutlich war ich aus diesem Grund noch nicht ganz in der Partie. Die Sprьnge
des Nf6 nach d3 hinein ьbersah ich einfach. Besser war} 17. d5 a6 (17... Ne8 {
[%cal Ge8d6]} 18. Bxe8 Raxe8 19. Bc3 $16) 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bxf6 bxa4 20. Bc3 $16)
17... cxd4 18. exd4 Nh5 $1 {[%csl Yb2,Yc1][%cal Gh5f4,Gf4d3]} 19. d5 ({Nun war
ich an der Reihe, lange zu ьberlegen.} 19. g3 f5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf5f4]
gefolgt von f4 kann nicht gefallen, und auch}) (19. Qe3 Nf4 20. Bc3 Nd3 21.
Rcb1 f5 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3] ьberzeugt nicht ganz. Ich entschied mich also fьr
das folgende Qualitдtsopfer.}) 19... Nf4 20. Qe3 Nd3 (20... a6 21. Ba4 {
einzuschalten, erlaubt nach} Nd3 {, neben 22.Bc3, auch} 22. Bd4 Nxc1 23. Rxc1
b5 24. Bb6 Qd7 (24... Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qb8 26. d6 $14) 25. Bxa5 bxa4 26. Qd4 f5
27. c5 $36) 21. Bc3 $5 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Gd6][%cal Gc3h8]} ({Der schwarzfeldrige
Lдufer ist mehr wert, da Weiss auf der langen Diagonale lдstige Drohungen
aufstellen kann.} 21. Qd4 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 a6 ({oder} 22... Qc5 23. Qb4 b6 24.
Qxc5 bxc5 25. Re1 f5 $11) 23. Ba4 Qc5 24. Qb4 Rac8 {[%csl Yc5] bringt nichts
ein, da der Nachziehende auf den dunklen Felder blockieren kann.}) 21... a6 ({
Nach} 21... Nxc1 22. Rxc1 a6 23. Qd4 f6 24. Ba4 {werden die weissen Bauern
gefдhrlich, z.B:} Rfd8 25. c5 Rac8 26. Bxa5 $1 (26. Nxe4 $2 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxc5
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bxd8 Rxd5 $17) (26.
Bb4 b5 27. Qc3 Nb7 28. Bb3 Qf4 29. c6 Nd6) 26... Qxa5 27. d6 Bf7 28. Nxe4 b5
29. Bc2 $44 {[%csl Rg8]} f5 $140 30. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 31. Bxf5 $16) 22. Qd4 f6 23.
Ba4 Rac8 $6 ({Wohl oder ьbel sollte Schwarz die Qualitдt nehmen, was nach} 
23... Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rfd8 {zur unter 21...Nxc1 berьcksichtigten Variante fьhrt.}
) 24. d6 (24. Bb4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Rfd8 26. d6 Nc6 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. c5 $44) 24...
Qc5 (24... Nxc1 $6 25. Rxc1 $16 Qc5 $2 26. d7 $18) 25. Qxc5 (25. d7 Qxd4 26.
Bxd4 Rcd8 27. Bb6 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Nc6 $15) (25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Bc2
Rfd8 $13) 25... Rxc5 26. Bb4 Rd8 ({Jetzt ist es zu spдt fьr} 26... Nxc1 {wegen}
27. Bxc5 $5 (27. Rxc1 b6 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. d7 Rd8 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Nxe4 Bxd7 32.
Rd1 Re8 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Bxd7 $14) 27... Ne2+ 28. Kh2 $1 Nc3 29. Bd7 Nc6 30.
Bxc6 bxc6 31. Bb6 Na4 32. c5 Rf7 33. Nc4 $16) 27. Bc2 $1 Re5 $6 ({Schwarz
verliert so oder so Material (27...Nxc1 28.Bxc5), aber} 27... b6 {war
hartnдckiger. Trotzdem erhдlt Weiss nach} 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Rab1
Rxd6 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rc8 {klaren Vorteil.}) 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. f4 {[%csl Ra5]}
Rh5 30. Kh2 ({Diese Lцsung sieht etwas gekьnstelt aus. Einfacher war} 30. g4
Rxh3 31. Bxa5 Rxd6 32. Kg2 Re3 33. Re1) 30... b6 31. g4 Rc5 32. Bxc5 ({Hier
und ein Zug frьher war} 32. Rab1 $5 {mцglich.}) 32... bxc5 33. Rab1 Rxd6 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Re6 36. Rd1 Re2+ 37. Kg1 f5 $138 ({Die Alternativen sind kaum
besser, man sehe:} 37... Bf7 38. Rxc5 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Nb3 40. Rc7 Nxd2 41. Rxf7
Nxc4 42. Kf2 $18) (37... Be8 38. Nf3 Re3 39. Rxc5 $16) (37... Rxd2 $6 38. Rxd2
Nxc4 39. Rf2 d2 40. Rd8 $18) 38. gxf5 Bh5 39. f6 $5 $138 gxf6 $6 (39... Re6 40.
Rb1 $18) 40. Rxc5 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 b6 {Volokitin had already
played this rare move twice. This made my preparation easier. Diesen seltenen
Zug hatte Volokitin bereits zweimal vorher gespielt. Meine Aufgabe in der
Vorbereitung wurde deswegen erleichtert.} 13. Ba2 Ba6 14. Re1 e4 15. Nd2 Rad8 {
A logical innovation. Black must prevent the advance of the opposing c- and
d-pawns. Eine logische Neuerung. Schwarz muss den Vorstoss der gegnerischen c
und d Bauern verhindern.} 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 $2 ({The young Ukrainian
likes forcing the issue. But here he completely miscalculates the consequences
of the piece exchanges. Preferable are Der junge Ukrainer mag es, die
Geschehnisse zu erzwingen. Aber hier schдtzte er die Konsequenzen der
Figurenabtдusche vцllig falsch ein. Vorzuziehen sind} 17... Rfe8 {or 17...Rd7,
after which the struggle remains complicated. oder 17...Rd7, wonach der Kampf
kompliziert bleibt.}) 18. dxe5 (18. Qf4 Nh5 19. Qh2 Qe7 {achieves nothing.
bringt nichts ein.}) 18... Rxd2 19. exf6 ({Clearly wrong would be Klar
verfehlt wдre} 19. Bc1 $2 Bb7 20. e4 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxe5 {with advantage to
Black. mit schwarzem Vorteil.}) 19... Rxb2 20. Qg4 g6 21. Qg5 {And this is
Black's problem. It was important to prevent Qe5 since the central position
would have been excellent for the queen. It will turn out that the black king
is in much more danger than its counterpart on g1. Darin liegt das Problem fьr
den Nachziehenden. Wichtig war es, den Zug Qe5 zu verhindern, da die Dame dort
zentral ausgezeichnet gestanden wдre. Es wird sich auch zeigen, dass der
schwarze Kцnig in weit grцsserer Gefahr schwebt als sein Kollege auf g1.} Rd8
$2 ({Volokitin spent a lot of time on this move. He had certainly plaaned the
text moive when playing 17...Nb5, but then seen a lot of problems since then.
As he admitted after the game, he already considered his position hopeless. In
any case a more stubborn try was Fьr diesen Zug verbrauchte Volokitin viel
Zeit. Sicher hatte er den Textzug schon bei 17...Ne5 geplant, aber inzwischen
viele Probleme erkannt. Wie er mir nach der Partie zugab, hielt er seine
Stellung bereits fьr hoffnungslos. Hartnдckiger war auf jeden Fall} 21... Kh8 {
, even if after , auch wenn Weiss nach} 22. Bd5 {followed by c4, e4, Rad1 and
e5 White dominates the whole board. gefolgt von c4, e4, Rad1 und e5 das ganze
Brett dominiert.}) 22. Red1 ({A few moves earlier I had "only" worked out the
winning continuation Einige Zьge zuvor hatte ich "nur" die ebenfalls
gewinnbringende Fortsetzung} 22. Rad1 {But when the position arose, I noticed
that it was not at all necessary to leave the Ba2 hanging. You can always
overlook something in complications. Moreover at this point 22.Qh6? would be
bad on account of 22...Rxg2+! 23.Kxg2 Qc6+, and the important f6-pawn falls.
But after 22.Rad1 White wins after berechnet. Als aber die Stellung vorkam,
merkte ich, dass es gar nicht nцtig war, den Ba2 hдngen zu lassen. Man kann
nдmlich in den Verwicklungen immer was ьber sehen haben. An dieser Stelle wдre
ьbrigens 22.Qh6? schlecht wegen 22...Rxg2+! 23.Kxg2 Qc6+, und der wichtige
Bauer f6 fдllt. Aber nach 22.Rad1 gewinnt Weiss nach} Rxa2 {thanks to the
subtlety dank der subtilen Pointe} 23. Qf4 $1 ({but not nicht aber} 23. Qh6 $2
Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ {/\ Qxf6}) 23... Qc8 ({or oder} 23... Qb8 24. Qh6 Rxg2+ 25.
Kxg2 {and Qc6 is no longer possible und Qc6 ist nicht mehr mцglich}) 24. Qh6
Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 $1 $18 {Black is helpless here! Schwarz ist hier machtlos!})
22... Bb7 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxa2 24. Qe5 (24. Qd5 Rxg2+ 25. Qxg2 $18) 24...
Qc8 25. Qe7 $18) 23. Qe5 $1 $18 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Qb8 25. Bxf7+ {The final point.
Der Schlusspunkt.} Kh8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bd5 (27. Bc4 $18) 27... Rg5 28. Qxg5
Bxd5 29. Rd1 Bc4+ 30. Ke1 Qb8 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 24th"]
[Site "Steinbrunn"]
[Date "2005.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. c4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rfe1 ({Ein ganz seltener Zug gegenьber} 17. Rfd1)
17... Qc6 18. Rad1 $146 Ne8 ({Schwдcht unnцtig das Feld d5. Nьtzlicher war} 
18... b6 $5) 19. Be5 $1 (19. Qe4 Qg6+ 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. f4 Be6 (21... Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 b6 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Be5) 22. Bf3 Nd6 $11) 19... f6 (19... Qg6+ 20. Qxg6
hxg6 21. Rd5 b6 22. Red1 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Bd7 24. e4 b5 {war vielleicht mцglich,
aber ich befьrchtete hier das weiЯe Lдuferpaar.}) (19... Qe6 20. Bg3 Bf5 21. e4
Bg6 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Rc1 $14) 20. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3c7] Der Lдufer
steht hier besser als auf der langen Diagonale.} Be6 $2 ({Ich verzichtete hier
auf} 20... Nd6 {wegem Qualitдtsopfer 21.Rd5, aber es funktionniert nicht gut.}
21. Rd2 {ist besser:} (21. Rd5 Be6 22. Red1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qc7 24. e4 {[%csl
Gd5,Ge4][%cal Gf3f4,Ge4e5]} Re8 {[%cal Gd6e4,Ge8e4] und Schwarz hдlt gut.})
21... Rd7 22. Red1 Rad8 $13 23. Rd5 $140 Be6 24. e4 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qb6 26. f4
Nb5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 21. Kg2 $6 ({Nach} 21. Bd3 {wollte ich selber die Qualitдt
opfern, aber WeiЯ steht danach besser:} Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qxf3 23. e4 Qh5 24. f4 (
24. Red1 Bg4 25. R1d2 $16) 24... Qf7 (24... f5 25. exf5) 25. Qa4 $16 {[%csl
Re8]}) 21... Nd6 22. Bd3 h6 (22... Bg4 $2 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rd5 Nxc4 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Be4 Qe6 27. fxg4 $18) 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Red1 (24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Be4 Qd7 27. Bxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rb1 Rb8) 24... Rad8 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Rxd6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Be4 Qd7 29. Bxd6+ Qxd6 30. Bxb7 Qe5 31. f4 ({WeiЯ muss genau
spielen.} 31. Be4 {ist auch nicht genug wegen} Qa1 32. Qa4 Bh3+ 33. Kxh3 Qf1+
34. Kh4 h5 $1 $11 (34... Qxf2+ 35. Kh5 $18) 35. Kxh5 $140 $2 Qh3+ 36. Kg6 Qh6+
37. Kf5 Qh5+ 38. Ke6 Qe5+ 39. Kd7 Qe8+) ({Am besten war} 31. Qd3 $1 Qg5+ 32.
Kh1 Ke7 33. f4 Qh4 34. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rc4,Ge7,Rh1]}) 31... Qh5 32. Qd3 $6 ({
Fьhrt zum Dauerschach, aber Schwarz hat genug Spiel nach} 32. f3 Qf7 33. Ba6
Qd7 34. Bb5 Qd6 35. f5 Bf7) 32... Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 (34. Qd8+ Kf7 $11)
34... Qd1+ 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 78th"]
[Site "Bad Koenigshofen"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Henrichs, Thomas"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. d5 Rad8 14. c4 e4 15.
Qc2 $146 (15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. f4 exf3 (17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qxh4 19. Qc2
Ne7 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qe5 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Rd7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Rg3+
Kf8 26. Rg5 Be4 27. Re5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Rexd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Rxf6 32. Rxc5 Ra6 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc3 b5 35. Kf2 Ra4 36. Kf3 a6 37. g4 h6 38.
h4 Kf6 39. e4 Ke6 40. Rd3 f6 41. f5+ Ke7 42. Rc3 Kd6 43. Kf4 Kd7 44. g5 hxg5+
45. hxg5 fxg5+ 46. Ke5 b4 47. axb4 Rxb4 48. Rf3 Ke8 49. f6 {1-0 (49)
Ovsejevitsch,S (2588)-Prusikin,M (2528) Switzerland 2016}) 18. Qe1 (18. Qxf3
Ne5 19. Qg3 Rde8 $11) 18... Ne5 19. Nxf3 Nd3 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qd2 Ne5 22. Rae1
Rd6 23. Bb1 Ra6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Qc1 Bd7 26. Rf2 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qe5 28. e4 Rb6
29. Qe3 Rc8 30. Ref1 f6 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. g4 h6 33. a4 a5 34. R1f2 Qa1+ 35. Kg2
Qe5 36. Qd2 Ra8 37. Bd1 Be8 38. Qe3 Rc8 39. Bc2 Bd7 {½-½ (39) Kleiser,G 
(2311)-Lucena Cifre,R ICCF email 2012}) 15... Bg6 (15... exf3 $5 16. Qxf5 fxg2
$15) 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Bb2 Rfe8 {Eine sehr interessante und für die Variante
nicht untypische strategische Situation ist entstanden: optisch scheint Weiß,
mit dem gedeckten Freibauern und dem starken schwarzfeldrigen Läufer besser
zu stehen, doch das Gegenteil ist wohl der Fall: sein anderer Läufer ist zu
schlecht, außerdem fehlt ihm ein aktiver Plan.} 18. Bc3 Rd6 19. Rab1 b6 20.
Rbd1 (20. a4 Qc8 {ändert nicht viel.}) 20... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Kh2 g5 $1 {[%cal Gd6h6]} 23. Qb2 {[#]} Nfg4+ $1 24. hxg4 (24. Kh1 Nf3
$1 25. Bxg7 f6 $1 26. gxf3 (26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. gxf3 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 exf3 $19) 26...
Ne5 27. Kg2 exf3+ 28. Kh2 Kxg7 $19) 24... Rh6+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 exf3 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Surprise for Kasparov. Kramnik never played
Nimzo in his life. Gary made now every move after long thoughts.} 4. e3 {
I suspect, that two great K spent a lot time together anylizing 4.Qc2} O-O 5.
Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 {
Rare move.Normal continuation here} (11... e5 {/\Bg4} 12. h3 b6) 12. Re1 $5 (
12. Qe2 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. c4 {[%cal Yf2f4]} Neg4 16. f4 exf3 17.
gxf3 Ne5 18. Kh1 {1-0 Furman,S-Kondratiev,P/Leningrad 1952 (32)}) 12... e5 13.
e4 Bg4 $6 {New and not best move. Clearly stronger} (13... cxd4 $5 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Bg5 (15. e5 Ng4) 15... Bg4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qe5 19.
Rad1 Rac8 20. Rd3 Ne7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Knaak-Horvath,Cs/Dresden 1988 (56) with
unclear game.}) 14. dxc5 $1 {Natural 14.d5 will be serious positional mistake-
bishop on a2  could be closed for a long time.} bxc5 15. h3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 $14 {[%cal Ya2f7,Yc1g5,Ya1b1] Kasparov has clear advandage with two
bishops in open position.} Rd6 18. Bg5 $5 (18. Be3 Qa5) 18... h6 19. Bh4 Rfd8 (
19... Rb8 20. Red1) 20. Rab1 $5 {[%cal Yb1b7]} Ne7 $5 {Kramnik trying to
improve knight's position} (20... Rd3 21. Re3 {[%cal Rh4f6]}) 21. Bc4 Nc8 {
[%cal Yc8b6]} (21... Ng6 $5 22. Bg3 Rd2 (22... Rb8 $6 23. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5g6]}) (
22... Rb6 $5) 23. Qf5 Kh8 $14) 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Bb5 Re6 24. a4 $1 {White has to
push away knight from b6.} c4 $5 {[%csl Gd3]} (24... a5 $6 $16 {[%csl Rb5]})
25. Qe2 Rd3 26. a5 Nc8 $6 ({Better chances for positive result gives} 26...
Nbd7 $5 {For example:} 27. Rb4 Rxc3 28. Qa2 $1 (28. Qd2 Ra3 29. Rxc4 Qxa5)
28... Nc5 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. Bd5 Nd3 $1 32. Bxc6 Nxe1 33. Bd5 Nd3
$14) 27. Rb4 $1 Rxc3 (27... Nd6 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Qxd3 $18) 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 (
28... Qxa5 $6 29. Qd2 $1 {Maybe Kramnik missed this move when he played 26...
Nc8}) 29. Qxc4 Qb8 (29... Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. Bf1 Rc5 32. a6 {is not great
choice also.}) 30. Qc5 $1 Nd6 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. Qa3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re5][%cal
Ye1b1] White's plan is very easy: to play in good time a6, and to attack weak
pawn on a7.} Nf8 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Rc1 Qd8 35. a6 $1 Ng6 36. Qc5 Re7 37. f3 $1 {
[%cal Yg3f2,Rf2a7]} Ne8 38. Bf1 {Difference between bishops and knights is
very clear now.} Rc7 39. Qe3 Rd7 (39... Rxc1 40. Qxc1 {and Black can't protect
a7 pawn.}) 40. Kh2 $5 {Kasparov shows that he has enough time for his plan and
doesn't need to be in hurry.} Re7 41. Rc6 (41. Rb1 $142 $1 $18 {/\Rb7 Dokhoian}
) 41... Kh7 42. Qc1 {Everything according to rules: Rook ahead of Queen on the
open line.} Nc7 43. Qc3 Qd7 44. Rc5 Qd6 (44... Ne6 45. Rd5 Qc7 46. Bxe5 Nxe5
47. Qxe5 $18) 45. Bf2 Ne6 46. Rd5 Qb8 47. Rb5 Qd6 48. Rb7 {Rook came on b7-
beggining of the end.} Nd4 49. Qb4 {Move by move, Kasparov blackmailed his
opponent with queen exchange.} Qf6 (49... Qxb4 50. Rxb4 Rc7 51. Bxd4 (51. Rb7
Rc1 52. Bxd4 exd4 53. Bb5) 51... exd4 52. Rxd4 $18) 50. Qc5 Nc6 51. Be3 $1 Re6
52. Bc4 Re7 53. Bd5 $18 {With simple but strong moves Kasparov got a
completely winning positions.} Nd4 54. Rxa7 Rxa7 55. Qxa7 Ne7 (55... Nxf3+ 56.
gxf3 Qxf3 57. Qxf7 Nf4 (57... Qe2+ 58. Bf2) 58. Qf5+ Kh8 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Bg8+
Kg6 61. Qf5#) 56. Bc4 h5 57. Qc5 {Great positional achievments for Kasparov.}
1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 {Black uses a well known trick to prevent an immediate advance
of White's central pawns but Ivanchuk over the next few moves shows that he
lacks a clear understanding of how to handle this type of Nimzo-Indian
position.} 16. a4 (16. e4 $2 Ba4 $1) 16... Rac8 $6 17. Re1 Red8 $6 18. e4 $1
Nd5 $5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. a5 $1 c4 $1 21. axb6 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Be6 23. Qe3 axb6 24.
Reb1 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 {Ivanchuk had banked on the forgoing series of
exchanges to get him out of trouble. However Dvoretsky's star student
understands well that Black's queenside pawns are extremely vulnerable and he
conducts the technical phase of the game superbly.} 26. Be1 $1 Rd7 27. Rb5 h6
28. Rab1 Bc4 (28... Rcc7 29. Bg3 {still loses a pawn.}) 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7
Ra8 31. Rd7 Ra2 32. h4 Re2 33. Bd2 Kf8 34. Bf4 $1 Rc2 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Kf6
37. Bd6 $1 Rxc3 38. Bxc5 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 g6 40. Be3 ({In time trouble Jussupow
misses} 40. Re8 $1 Kg7 41. Bd4+ f6 42. Rc8 $1 {/\43.Rc7+ with an easy win. The
text wins a second pawn but leaves some work before the win is achieved.})
40... Rc2 41. Bxh6 Bf1 42. Bg5+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Rd8+ Kc7 45. Rf8 Rxg2+ 46.
Kh1 Kd6 47. Rxf7 Rg3 48. Rf6+ Ke5 49. Rf8 Kd4 $6 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. e5 Bh3 52.
Rf8 $1 Bf5 53. Rxf5 $3 gxf5 54. e6 Rxf3 55. e7 Rf1+ 56. Kg2 Re1 57. h5 {
The White pawns cannot be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {The Rubinstein Variation represents the
most classical line against the Nimzo Indian.} O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 {In this
complicated strategic position White has several plans. He can retreat the
bishop to a2 in order to prepare d5 and c4, connect the rooks with 13.Qe2 and
decide later how to proceed in the centre, or force Black to advance the
e-pawn by playing the move from the game.  Unlike his opponent, who had never
had this position in his previous practice, Ponomariov had played this
position with both colours before.} 13. Bb5 {By threatening to take on c6 and
e5 White forces his opponent to define the pawn structure.} (13. Qe2 Rad8 14.
Rfd1 h6 15. Ba2 Rfe8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 {Radjabov,T (2628)-Ponomariov,R (2743) Bled 2002 (Olympiad).
}) 13... e4 ({Opening the centre with} 13... exd4 {would be a clear strategic
mistake for Black. After} 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 {White has a stable advantage
thanks to his bishop pair in an open position. But a possible alternative was
to place a rook to d8, although after White's answer Qd1-e2 Black would have
to advance the e-pawn anyway.}) 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Rc1 {A few years ago the
Ukrainian GM had already played this position, but... on the white side!} h6 {
Black's position is solid and he can allow himself to make quiet useful moves.}
({The game Ponomariov,R (2744)-L'Ami,E (2628) Wijk aan Zee 2011 finished with
a draw after} 15... Bg6 16. Re1 Rd5 17. Be2 Re8 (17... Rg5 18. h4) 18. c4 Rdd8
19. d5 Ne5 20. a4 Re7 21. Nf1) 16. Re1 Bg6 17. Bxc6 (17. c4 $2 {would be a
blunder due to} cxd4 18. Bxc6 dxe3 {and Black wins an important central pawn.})
({but a move like} 17. a4 {was a better choice.}) 17... bxc6 18. c4 cxd4 $1 19.
exd4 ({or} 19. Bxd4 Nd7) 19... Rfe8 20. Re3 Nh5 $1 {Black has an advantage now.
His idea is simple: to advance the f-pawn, therefore Nisipeanu forces matters.}
21. Nxe4 (21. f3 exf3 22. Qxf3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 f6 {is also advantage Black})
21... Qf4 (21... Rxe4 $2 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxh5 $16) 22. g3 Nxg3 23. Rxg3 Rxe4
(23... Bxe4 {is weaker:} 24. Qg4 $1 Qf6 ({Black has nothing to fear after the
exchange of queens either} 24... Qxg4 25. hxg4) 25. Ba1 {and thanks to the
threat d4-d5 White has counterplay.}) 24. d5 $1 {The right decision: White
needs his own activity in order to distract Black from taking advantage of the
weaknesses on the kingside. For the price of a pawn the Romanian GM opens
lines for his pieces. Especially important is the opening of the long diagonal
for the bishop from b2. At this moment Nisipeanu had 22 minutes left (before
reaching the time control on move 40) against Ponomariov's almost one hour.} (
24. Rg4 Qb8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gg6h5]} 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 {[%cal Gd8d6,Gd6g6] with
the idea Rd6-g6 and "we can go home", said Nisipeanu after the game, meaning
that White can resign.}) 24... Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. d6 {A critical moment.}
Qf4 (26... Qc5 $1 {which prevents the answer 27.Qa1 was correct. Then} 27. Qd4
({The Ukrainian GM thought that here White can play} 27. Qb3 {attacking the
bishop on g6, but after the simple} Rxd6 {Black wins}) ({Also} 27. Qa1 Rxd6 28.
Bxg7 Qc2 {favours Black}) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd6 29. Bxa7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Be4 {
and White has to struggle for the draw}) 27. Qa1 $1 {A very good move by
Nisipeanu, which saves White.} Qxd6 28. Bxg7 Kh7 {Black is still better, but
White should be able to save himself without too much difficulty. Nisipeanu's
only problem was his time trouble.} 29. Bf6 Re8 30. Qd4 Re6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32.
Bc3 c5 33. h4 h5 34. Re3 c4 35. Re8 Bb1 36. Rc8 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 Bd3+ 38. Ke1 Rg4 (
38... Re6+ 39. Kd1 Re4 {would have kept practical chances for Black.}) 39. Rh8+
Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kf5 41. Rxg4 hxg4 ({After} 41... Kxg4 {the players agreed that}
42. Bf6 c3 43. f3+ Kxf3 44. Bxc3 {is an easy draw.}) 42. Kd2 Kf4 43. Bd4 a6 44.
Kc3 {The "wrong corner" for Black saves White, who will soon give up his
bishop for Black's last kingside pawn.} f5 45. Bb6 Kf3 46. h5 f4 47. h6 Ke2 48.
Bc7 Kxf2 49. Bxf4 g3 50. Bxg3+ Kxg3 51. h7 Bxh7 52. Kxc4 Kf2 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lublin 3rd"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 Bf5 13. d5 Rad8 14. c4 $5 (14.
Qe2 {A week earlier I had this position against Bu Xiangzhi in the Asian
Individual Championship 2011.} Ne7 ({I wanted to test the following idea in
the current game.} 14... Rxd5 $5 {similar to Kasimdzhanov - Alekseev, Elista
Grandprix 2008.} 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 (16. Bb2 Nb6 $5 {provides long term
positional compensation in the form of light square control and play against
White's queenside pawns.}) 16... Nxc3 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Nh4 Nd6 19. Nxf5 Nxf5
20. Qxc5 Nfd4 $5 {Although the engine assesses this position as better for
Black, with no clear targets for the knights, the position remains unclear.})
15. c4 Ne4 {leads to complex strategic play.}) 14... e4 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. f4 $5 {
[%mdl 8]} (16. Bb2 $5 Qe7 17. f4 {is the main line} {which avoids} b5 $2 {
due to} 18. Qe1 $1 Nb8 19. Be5 Na6 20. cxb5 Nc7 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23.
Qa5 $18) 16... b5 $5 {White has a strong centre and two bishops and is ready
to expand on the kingside with g4. Black has to create quick counterplay in
the centre and the advance of the b-pawn pursues this aim.} 17. Bb2 (17. cxb5
Ne7 18. Bb2 Nexd5 19. Qe2 Qe7 $5 20. Rfc1 Nb6 $132) (17. Qe1 Na5 18. cxb5 (18.
Bd2 $2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ba5 Qe7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $17) 18... Nxd5 19. Bd2 Nb7
20. Rc1 Qd6 $132) 17... bxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 (19. Bxc4 {allows the
additional option of} Na5 (19... Ne7 $5) 20. Qc2 f5 21. Rac1 Rd6 (21... Nb7 $6
22. Ba2 Qe7 23. g3 Nd6 24. Qxc5 Ba6 25. Rfe1 $16) 22. Rfd1 Bd7 23. Qe2 Nxc4 24.
Qxc4 Rc8 $13) 19... Ne7 {With the kingside broken, I wanted to keep the knight
closer to the kingside, retaining the option of playing ...f6-f5 protecting
the e4-pawn.} (19... Na5 $2 {looked dangerous during the game} {after} 20. Bb1
{and the engine confirms this evaluation} Rfe8 (20... Qe7 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5
Rfe8 23. Rf3 Nb3 (23... Nb7 24. Rg3+ $18) 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qxh7 Qd6 26. Bxe4
Nxa1 27. Rg7 $1 Rd7 28. Bf5 $18) 21. Rf3 Rxd5 (21... exf3 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23.
Ng6+ fxg6 24. Qxc7 $18) 22. Qxd5 exf3 23. Qh5 $1 Kf8 (23... f5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 (
24... Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Bxf5 f2+ 27. Kf1 $16) 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Bxf5 $16) 24.
Qxh7 $16) 20. Bxc4 Kh8 $2 {I felt the following exchange of pawns was in
Black's favour considering the doubled pawns on the f-file. However, Black's
king is too exposed and even the passed c-pawn does not compensate for this
factor and can easily become a weakness in itself (see the variations for
White's 23rd move).} (20... Rd6 $5 {The principled reply. Black avoids d6 and
sets about eliminating the d-pawn.} 21. Rfd1 (21. g4 $6 Qa5 $15) (21. f5 Nxd5
22. Qh6 Qd8 23. Rac1 (23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rf4 Kh8 25. Raf1 Rg8 26. Rxe4 Bb7 $15)
23... Bb7 (23... Ba6 24. Kh1 $1 $44) 24. Ba2 Qe7 (24... Re8 25. Rxc5 $13) 25.
Rxc5 Rfd8 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rf4 Qf8 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Qf4 Bb7 30. Kh2 R8d7 {
and Black's pieces are slightly better co-ordinated than White's, although
whether this can be turned into something concrete is still unclear.}) 21...
Rfd8 22. Rab1 Qa5 23. Qe2 Qc7 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26.
Rb8 Qd8 27. Nf5 $18) (23... f5 24. Qb2 $5 Qc7 (24... Ng6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Kh2
$14) 25. Qe5 Nc6 26. Qc3 Ne7 $11) 24. Qh5 $11 (24. f5 Nxd5 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. Qh5
Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxe4 Bb7 $15)) (20... Qa5 $2 {
pushes Black over the edge, as White's d-pawn begins to move.} {For example}
21. Rad1 Rd6 (21... Ng6 22. d6 Nxh4 23. Qxh4 Qc3 24. Bd5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh2 $18) 22.
f5 $1 Kh8 (22... Rfd8 23. Rf4 Qa4 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Rc1 $18) 23. Rf4 Qxa3 24.
Rxe4 Ng8 25. Nf3 $16) 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Bxf7 f5 23. g4 $4 {Radek wanted to
include the knight in the game as soon as possible. However it has the serious
drawback of exposing his king.} (23. Rfd1 $1 {The d6-rook is too active and
defends against Ng6 and must be exchanged.} Rf6 (23... Qc6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25.
Rd1 Qf6 26. Bc4 Kg7 {Now} 27. g4 $1 $16 {is in order.}) 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Qe2 $5
Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Rh6 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. g3 c4 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Rad1 Rb6 31. Rd7 Rb1
32. Kf2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Kf7 34. g4 $1 fxg4 35. hxg4 $14) (23. Bc4 $6 Ba6 $5 {
Radek was afraid of this exchange, rightly thinking that his knight is too far
from the passed pawn. Nevertheless the vulnerability of the black king and the
weakness on f5 should provide enough counterplay at least for a draw.} 24. Rfc1
Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qb6 26. Rd1 Rd3 27. Rxd3 exd3 28. Qd1 Rd8 29. Nf3 Kg8 30. Qd2 $13
) 23... c4 $3 {Clearing the c5-square for the queen and cutting off the
retreat of the f7-bishop. Now the tactics work in Black's favour. Needless to
say, this move cost a lot of time and I was approaching time trouble already.}
24. gxf5 (24. g5 Kg7 $1 25. Be8 Qc5 26. Rfe1 Nd5 27. Ng2 Ra6 $1 28. Rad1 c3 $17
) 24... Qc5 25. Kh2 (25. Rfe1 Rf6 26. Be8 c3 27. Kh2 Bxf5 28. Ba4 Rd6 $17) (25.
Ng6+ Nxg6 26. fxg6 (26. Bxg6 $4 Rxg6+ $19) 26... Qxh5 27. g7+ Kxg7 28. Bxh5
Bxh3 $19) 25... Rd2+ 26. Kh1 Qxe3 27. Ng6+ Nxg6 28. Bxg6 (28. fxg6 Qxh3+ 29.
Qxh3 Bxh3 30. Rg1 hxg6 31. Bxc4 Kg7 $19) 28... Rd7 29. Qh6 (29. f6 Qg3 $1 30.
Bxe4 Bb7 31. Rfe1 (31. Bxb7 Rd2 {forces mate}) 31... Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rd2 33. Re2
Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Qxh3+ 35. Qh2 Qc3 36. Rf1 Qxf6 $19) 29... Qc5 $1 {Achieving
co-ordination and as White is unable to create any threats against the black
king the passed pawns on the c- and e-files bring the victory.} 30. Rad1 Rg7
31. Rg1 Qb6 $5 ({It is never too late to blunder. I was considering} 31... Qc6
$4 {( intending to follow up with ...Bb7) for a few minutes before deciding on
the text.} 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Be8+ $18) (31... Qe7 {was also possible.}) 32.
Qh4 e3 33. Kh2 Bb7 34. Rb1 Qd4 35. Rgd1 Qe4 (35... Qc3 $1 {and the queen
reaches the 7th rank and wins easily.} 36. Kg1 Qc2 37. Qg3 Qxf5 38. Bxf5 Rxg3+
39. Kf1 Bg2+ 40. Ke2 Bf3+ $19) 36. Rb2 e2 (36... c3 37. Re2 c2 38. Rc1 Rxf5 39.
Rexc2 Rxg6 $19) 37. Rg1 c3 38. Rb4 Qc2 (38... e1=Q 39. Qxe1 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 hxg6
$19) 39. Re1 Bf3 40. Rd4 Qd2 $1 {The last move before the time control.} ({
After} 40... Qd2 41. Qf2 hxg6 42. fxg6 {the simplest is} Qxe1 $1 43. Qxe1 Rxg6
44. Rc4 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 c2 $5 46. Rxc2 Rxf4 $19 {when the discovered check wins a
lot of material.}) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 (12... e4 {- 80/561}) (
12... Bd7 {- 81/446}) 13. Qe2 (13. Bb5 e4 14. Nh4 Be6 (14... Bd7 15. c4 cxd4
16. exd4 Qf4 17. g3 Qd6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bxd7 Nfxd7 $11 20. Qd4 f5 21. f4 exf3
22. Nxf3 Qg6 23. Kg2 f4 24. g4 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Rae8 26. Raf1 Re4 27. Qxa7 h5 28.
g5 Rxc4 29. Kh2 Nc5 30. Bd4 Ne4 31. h4 Nd2 {0-1 Uhlmann,W-Szabo,L/Wageningen
1957/MCD (31)}) 15. c4 a6 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 a6 (16... Rad8 $6 17. d5 Ne5 18.
Qb3 Bd7 19. Qg3 $16 Rfe8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Ng6 22. Qg5 Qf4 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Qxf6 Qe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4 Qd6 27. Qf5 Rc7 28. Rac1 Qf4 29. Qh5 f5 30.
Nf6 Ree7 31. c5 Rg7 32. d6 Rc8 33. Nxh7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nd5 Qe5 36. Ne7
Rh8 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Rgg8 39. Ng3 Nf4 40. Rc4 Rh4 41. Rb4 {1-0 Taimanov,
M-Antoshin,V/Moscow 1957/URS-ch (41)}) 17. d5 axb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Qg4+ Kh8 {(1/2-1/2 Nienhuis-Filutowski)} 21. Qxe4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 $11 {ECO})
16. d5 axb5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 (19... Kf7 20. cxb5 Ne7
21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qc4 b6 23. f4 Qb7 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. e4 Ng6 27. Ng5+
Kg8 28. Rad1 Qe7 29. exf5 exf5 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rfe1 Qg7 32. Re3 h6 33. Ne6 Qf7
34. Qc3+ {1-0 Prudnikova,S-Baginskaite,C/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369
(34)}) 20. Qxe4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. cxb5 Ra5 23. a4 Rfa8 24. Rfd1 Rxa4 25.
Rxa4 Rxa4 26. f4 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Abakarov,D-Buslaev,A/Tbilisi 1957/MCD (26)}) (13.
Nh4 Be4 14. f3 Bd5 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. e4 Be6 18. f4 Qb6 19. Rf2 Qb3
20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. e5 Na4 23. Rc2 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Qxa3 25. f5 Bd5 26. f6
g6 27. Qd2 Rfe8 28. Rxb7 Nxe5 29. Re7 Nxd3 30. Rf1 Nf4 31. Rxf4 Rxe7 32. fxe7
Qxe7 33. Rxd4 Be6 34. Nf3 Qc5 35. Kh1 Rc8 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 38. Qh4
Bd5 39. Qg5 f6 {0-1 Binkauskas-Salminsch/corr Baltic 1965 (39)}) (13. d5 Na5
14. Ba2 c4 15. d6 Qb6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Qxb2 18. Qxa5 Ne4 19. Re1 Qxf2+ 20.
Kh2 b5 21. d7 Qg3+ 22. Kg1 Nf2 23. Qxb5 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Ng4 {
0-1 Cenni-Alagna/corr Italy 1989 (25)}) 13... Rad8 $5 (13... Rfe8 14. Ba2 (14.
Rfd1 Rad8 15. a4 e4 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nb3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne7 20. Bb5
Nc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb5 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Bd7 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. a5 f6 26. Ba3 Kf7
27. Bc5 a6 28. Kh2 h5 29. h4 Ke6 30. Kg3 Kf5 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Bc7
Ke6 34. Rc5 Bc6 35. Bb6 Rh8 36. f3 g6 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. hxg5 fxg5+ 39. Kg3 h4+
40. Kh2 exf3 41. gxf3 Bxf3 42. Rxg5 h3 43. e4 Rh4 44. d5+ Kd6 45. Rg6+ Kd7 46.
e5 Re4 47. Rg7+ Ke8 48. d6 Re2+ 49. Kxh3 Bc6 {1-0 Hort,V-King,D/Germany 1986/
GER-chT (49)}) (14. Bb5 e4 15. Nd2 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nd7
19. Rfb1 b6 20. Nf1 f6 21. Rb2 Be6 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. Rab1 Bf7 24. Qg4 Ne5 25.
Qd1 Nd7 26. Qg4 Ne5 27. Qd1 Nd7 28. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Filippov,V/Tomsk
2001/CBM 82 ext (28)}) 14... Rad8 (14... Be6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 Ng6 17. Rac1
Bf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bb1 Bxb1 20. Rxb1 b6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Nh2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Rd8 24. Ng4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Kg7 26. f4 Qc6 27. Qd3 f5 28. Qc3+ f6 29. Nf2 a6 30.
Nh1 Nh4 31. Qc2 b5 32. Qf2 Ng6 33. Ng3 Ne7 34. Qc2 b4 35. axb4 cxb4 36. c5 a5
37. Qc4 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Nxd5 39. Nxf5+ Kg6 40. Nd4 a4 41. Kf2 b3 42. Nb5 b2 43.
Na3 Kf7 44. Ke2 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 b1=Q+ 46. Nxb1 Nxb1 47. e4 a3 48. Kc2 Nd2 49. e5
fxe5 50. c6 Ke7 51. fxe5 Nc4 52. Kb3 Nxe5 53. c7 Kd7 54. Kxa3 Kxc7 55. Kb3 Kd6
56. Kc3 Kd5 57. Kd2 Ke4 58. Ke2 Kf4 {0-1 Cherepkov,A-Krogius,N/St Petersburg
1995/EXT 98 (58)}) 15. Rad1 e4 16. Nh2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Rc5
Be6 20. Ba1 f5 21. Rfc1 Kh8 22. Nf1 Rf8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qb2 Rf6 25. Qb5 Qd7
26. Ng3 Ne7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rc7 Rfd6 29. Nh5 Kg8 30. Bb2 Kf7 31. a4 g6 32.
Nf4 g5 33. Ne2 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. a5 Nd5 38. Kf1
Nb4 39. Ke2 Bd5 40. Ba3 Bc4+ 41. Kd2 Nc6 42. Bc5 Nxa5 43. Bxa7 Bf1 44. g3 Bxh3
45. Na4 Bf1 46. Nc5+ Ke7 47. g4 fxg4 48. Nxe4 Bg2 49. Ng3 Kf7 50. e4 Kg6 51. d5
{1/2-1/2 Milic,B-Kevitz,A/USA 1950/EXT 2001 (51)}) (13... a6 14. a4 Rfe8 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ba2 e4 17. Nh2 (17. Nd2 g5 (17... Na5 18. c4 cxd4 19. exd4 Bd7
20. d5 Qf4 21. Bd4 Bxa4 22. Bb6 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Nc6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nf1 c5 26.
Ne3 Rc6 27. Ba5 Kf8 28. Nd5 Qf5 29. Bb3 Rb8 30. Ba4 Re6 31. Qe3 {1-0
Moran-Santoro/corr 1973 (31)}) 18. g4 Bg6 19. Kg2 h5 20. Rh1 h4 21. Nc4 Na5 22.
Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Rhd1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Red8 25. Rad1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 b5 27. Rd6 Qxa4
28. Bb1 Kf8 29. Rxf6 Rd8 30. c4 b4 31. c5 Rd3 32. c6 Ke7 33. Be5 b3 34. c7 Kd7
35. Qxd3+ {1-0 Santoro-Baiocchi/Italy 1975 (35)}) 17... Na5 $11 18. c4 cxd4 19.
Bxd4 Nd7 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. h4 h5 23. c5 Nac6 24. Bd5 Ng4 25. Bxc6
bxc6 26. Nf1 a5 27. Rab1 Qe7 28. g3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc4 Bf5 31. Rd4 Re6
32. Qc3 Bh3 33. Nd2 Qf5 34. Qxa5 Kh7 35. Qb4 Rce8 36. Qc4 Re5 37. Rb7 R8e6 38.
Qc2 Rxc5 39. Qb1 Rce5 40. f4 Rg6 41. Qe1 Re8 42. Nc4 Qg4 43. Rb2 Qxg3+ 44. Qxg3
Rxg3+ 45. Kh2 Rf3 46. Nd6 Re7 47. Rxe4 Rd7 48. Nc4 Bf5 49. Re5 Bg4 50. Kg2 Rd1
51. Nd2 Rh3 52. Rxh5+ Bxh5 53. Kxh3 Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Ragozin,V-Tolush,A/Leningrad
1954/EXT 99 (53)}) (13... Rac8 14. Rae1 cxd4 15. exd4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. d5
Na5 18. Bd4 Qd8 19. Ba2 Rc2 20. Qe5 Bg6 21. Ra1 Re8 22. Qg5 Ree2 23. Bb1 Rc8
24. Bf5 Ra8 25. d6 h6 26. Qf4 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Re6 28. Rad1 Nc6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30.
Qd3 Qd7 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Rfd1 a6 33. Qc3 Re6 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc8 36. Qd3
Rc6 37. a4 Kh8 38. Rd5 Rf6 39. Qd4 b6 40. Qd3 Rg6 41. h4 Re6 42. h5 a5 43. Qb5
Re8 44. f3 Rd8 45. Qe2 Rb8 46. Qe7 Rd8 47. R1d4 Kg8 48. Kf2 Rcc8 49. Kg3 f6 50.
Qxd7 Rxd7 51. f4 Kf7 52. Kf3 Rc6 53. f5 Rc3+ 54. Kg4 Rc2 55. g3 Rc3 56. Kh4 Ke8
57. Re4+ Kd8 58. Kg4 Rc5 59. Rd2 b5 60. axb5 Rxb5 61. Kf4 Rb6 62. Rd5 Ra7 63.
Ra4 Rba6 64. Ke3 Kd7 65. Kf3 Ra8 66. Ke4 Re8+ 67. Kf4 Rea8 68. Kf3 R6a7 69. Rg4
a4 70. Rxg7+ Kc6 71. d7 Rd8 72. Rd1 Raxd7 73. Rc1+ Kb5 74. Rb1+ Kc4 75. Rg6
Rd3+ 76. Kg4 Rf8 77. Rxh6 a3 78. Kh4 a2 79. Ra1 Kb3 80. Rh7 Kb2 81. Rg1 Ra8 82.
Rb7+ Rb3 83. Rxb3+ Kxb3 84. h6 Rh8 85. Kh5 Kb2 86. Rh1 a1=Q 87. Rxa1 Kxa1 88.
g4 Kb2 89. g5 Ra8 90. gxf6 Kc3 91. f7 Kd4 92. Kg6 {1-0 Hiarcs 7.32-Junior 6.0/
Cadaques ESP 2000 (92)}) (13... h6 14. Ba2 Rfe8 15. d5 Na5 16. c4 Ne4 17. Bb1
f6 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bc2 20. Rac1 Ba4 21. Qd3 b6 22. f4 e4 23. Nxe4 Qe7 24.
Nf2 Qxe3 25. Qg6 Re7 26. Bxf6 Be8 27. Qb1 Rf7 28. Rc3 Qe2 29. Re1 Qd2 30. Be5
Rxf4 31. Rc2 {1-0 Graf,A-Sulskis,S/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (31)})
14. Ba2 (14. a4 e4 (14... Rfe8) 15. Nd2 b6 16. f4 Na5 17. Ba2 Rfe8 18. Nc4 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Be6 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Bxb5 22. axb5 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Rdc1 Qd7
25. Bc3 Rc8 26. Be1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Kf2 f5 30. Qa2 Qd7 31.
Qc4 Kf7 32. g4 g6 33. Bb4 Ke6 34. Bd2 Qc7 35. Qa2 h5 36. gxf5+ gxf5 37. Qb3 h4
38. Ke2 Qc8 39. Ke1 a5 40. bxa6 Qxa6 41. Qc2 Kd6 42. Bc1 Qa5+ 43. Ke2 Qb5+ 44.
Ke1 Kd7 45. Bd2 Qa6 46. Qd1 Qd3 47. Qa4+ Ke7 48. Qa7+ Ke6 49. Qb8 Qb1+ 50. Kf2
Kd7 51. Qa8 Ne7 52. Ke2 Qb5+ 53. Kf2 Qb1 54. Qa4+ b5 55. Qa7+ Ke6 56. Qc5 Qa2
57. Ke1 Qb1+ 58. Kf2 Qa2 59. Ke2 Qd5 60. Qb6+ Kf7 61. Qh6 b4 62. Qxh4 Qb5+ 63.
Kf2 b3 64. Qh5+ Ke6 65. Qd1 b2 66. Qb1 Qb3 67. Bc1 bxc1=Q 68. Qxb3+ Nd5 69. Ke2
Qh1 70. Qa3 Qf3+ 71. Kd2 Qf2+ 72. Kd1 Nxe3+ {0-1 Sarthou Gaetan (FRA)-Touzane
Olivier (FRA)/Internet 2001 (72)}) 14... Bg6 $146 (14... h6 15. d5 Ne7 (15...
Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 $44) 16. c4 Ng6 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Bb1 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Rd6 20.
Qf3 Ra6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd7 23. Qc2 Nh4 24. Qe4 Nf5 25. Rbc1 Rg6 26. Kh2
Nd6 27. Qc2 e4 28. f4 exf3 29. Rxf3 Re4 30. Qd3 Qe7 31. Rc2 Rg5 32. Bc1 Rf5 33.
Rxf5 Nxf5 34. Rf2 Nd6 35. Rf4 g5 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qc3 Nxc4 38. d6 Qe5+ 39.
Qxe5 Nxe5 40. Bb2 Nd7 41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. g4 Kg6 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. e4+
Ke6 46. Kg4 c4 47. Bd4 b5 48. Kh5 Nf6+ 49. Bxf6 Kxf6 50. e5+ Ke6 51. Kg6 c3 52.
d7 Kxd7 53. Kf7 c2 54. e6+ Kc7 55. e7 c1=Q 56. e8=Q Qc6 57. Qe5+ Kb7 58. Qe1 h5
{0-1 Tal,M-Uusi,G/Tartu 1956 (58)}) (14... Rfe8 $5 15. d5 $140 Rxd5 (15... Nxd5
$6 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. e4 Nd4 18. cxd4 exd4 $14) 16. Bxd5 (16. e4 $2 Bxe4) 16...
Nxd5 $44) 15. Rad1 (15. Qc4 Ne4 $11) 15... Rfe8 16. Nxe5 $5 (16. d5 Ne7 (16...
Na5 $5) (16... Nb8) 17. c4 Nf5 $13) (16. Qc4 Ne4) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1 (
17... Qxe5 $11) 18. Rxd1 Qxe5 19. c4 Qe7 20. Bb3 $6 (20. Qd2 $142 {(<->d)} Be4
$5 (20... Bf5 $5) 21. Qd6 Bc6 $11) 20... Rd8 $1 $15 21. f3 (21. Bxf6 $142)
21... Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nd7 {(><c4)} 23. Qd2 (23. e4 f6 {/\Bf7}) 23... f6 24. Kf2
Bf7 $2 (24... Nb6 $142 $1 $17 {(><c4, /\Bf7, Qe6)} 25. Be2 Bf7 26. Qa5 Nc8 27.
a4 b6 28. Qa6 Nd6 29. a5 Qb7 30. Qxb7 Nxb7 31. axb6 axb6 32. e4 Na5 33. e5 (33.
Bc3 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. e5 f5) 33... fxe5 (33... f5 $5) 34. Bxe5 Bxc4 (34...
Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Bc7 b5 37. Bb6 $11) 35. Bc7 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Nc4 37. Kd3 b5
{Van Wely}) 25. Qa5 $1 Nb6 (25... Bxc4 26. Qc7 $1 $36 (26. Qxa7 Qd6 $17)) 26.
Qxa7 Nxc4 27. Bc1 Ne5 28. Bc2 c4 $11 29. Qb8+ (29. Qa8+ Be8 30. Ba4 Nd3+ 31.
Kf1 Kf7 32. Bxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qxb7+ Kg6 34. Bd2 (34. Qb1 Qa4 35. Ke2 $140 Qb3 36.
Qa1 (36. Qxb3 Nxc1+ $19) 36... Qc2+ (36... Qa2+ $2 37. Qxa2 Nxc1+ 38. Kd2 Nxa2
39. Kc2) 37. Bd2 Nb2 38. Qc1 Qd3+ 39. Ke1 Qxa3 $11) 34... Qa4 35. Ke2 Qc2 $11
36. Qe4+ Kf7 37. Qd5+ Kf8) 29... Be8 30. Ba4 Nd3+ 31. Kf1 Kf8 (31... Kf7 32.
Bxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qxb7+ Kg6 $11 {- 29.Qa8}) 32. Bd2 Qe5 $8 {(/\b5)} 33. Qxe5 fxe5
34. Bc2 (34. Bxe8 Kxe8 $15 {_|_}) 34... Ke7 35. e4 Ke6 36. g3 Nc5 37. Kf2 Ba4
38. Be3 Bxc2 39. Bxc5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10380]} 1. d4 {Wells. Ftacnik. McShane} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {
Wells: 'Ivan has written both a book and a monograph on 4 Qc2, but is also
increasingly branching out in this direction. '} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 {'!?' Wells.} (9... dxc4 {Wells} 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11.
Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 {is a more common route to the position we encounter at move 12.
The move order in the game reflects a prevailing belief that 10 cxd5 does not
offer white any clear route to a plus.}) 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 {Wells} exd5 11. a4
Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Re8 $1 {is looking pretty
resilient at the moment. Black has good chances of maintaining his
light-square blockade.}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 (12... Bg4 {
McShane: is also possible, and after} 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 {
with the two bishops White is a little better.}) 13. e4 {'!?' Wells. Wells:
'Ivan Sokolov has been very productive of interesting ideas for white in the
Nimzo-Indian with both 4.Qc2 and latterly 4.e3. Here however his talent has
been for some admirable archaelogical digging. The text move was popular in
the 1950s and to some extent the 60s too, before dying out, as is often the
case for no particularly convincing reason. The main line '} (13. dxe5 {Wells}
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 {leads to heavily analysed structures.}) 13... exd4 (
13... c4 14. Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 (15... Rxe4 $5 16. Bd3 (16. Ng5 $2 Nxd4 17.
Qa2 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne2+ $17) 16... Re7 17. Bg5 (17. d5 Nxd5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxe5
Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Rxe5 20. d6) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bg5) 17... Bg4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 Rh8 (20... Rae8 $1) 21. g3 f5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Bh3 24.
Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Nor,I-Seidl,J/Graz 1998/EXT 99/[Wells] (35)}) 16. Bd3 Qxc2 17.
Bxc2 Nxe4 {should be about equal, but isn't really Kaparov's style. He heads
straight for the tactics. Wells: 'is given as '+/=' by Ivan Sokolov.  '} (17...
Nxe4 {Wells: is given as '+/=' by Ivan Sokolov.} 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Bf4 Nac4 20.
Bb3 Bf5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Nd3 Rad8 23. Nc5 Bc8 (23... Bd5 $4 24. Bxd6 $18) 24.
Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bc7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27. d5 Nxa3 (27... b6 $5) 28. d6 Nb5 29.
Re7 a5 (29... b6 $5) 30. Bb8 a4 31. Nxa4 Be6 32. Rxb7 Bd5 33. Rb6 Nd4 34. h3 h5
35. Nc5 Ne6 36. Na6 Rc8 37. Bc7 Kf8 38. d7 Ra8 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. d8=Q+ Rxd8 41.
Bxd8 {1-0 Rogers,I-Solomon,S/Sydney 1999 (41)})) 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. e5 (15. Qxc5
Nxe4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Be3 (17. d5 Ne5 18. Be2 Qh3 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20.
exd5 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rxe2) 17... Nxe4 (17... Nxe4 {Wells} 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. fxe4
Qg4+ $11 {is one route to early peace. The text leads to a rather forcing
sequence resulting in a very sharp position due to the vulnerability of both
sides' kings.})) 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5 (17. Ne5 Be6 18. Be3 $11) 17... Rxd4 (
17... Re7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Qd2 Kxf6 22. d5 Rd8 23. Bb2+
Ne5 24. f4 Qc5+ $15) 18. Bb2 Rd3 $17) (15. dxc5 {McShane} Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 {
is not good news for White}) 15... Bxf3 16. exf6 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. fxg7+
Kxg7 19. Bb2 Rad8 {'[]' McShane. McShane: 'With the c-pawn pinned, White was
threatening Bxd4+'} (19... Qe5 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. gxf3 Rh8 22. Qe4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1
Rxh7 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. Qd6 $16) 20. gxf3 (20. Rfc1 Rh8 (20... Re2 21. Bxd4+ Rxd4
22. Qc3 (22. Qxc5 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc5 $19) 22... Qf4 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Kxh7
25. Rxc5 Rdd2 $15) 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Kxh7 23. Bxd4 Rhg8 24. Be5 Rxg2+ 25.
Kf1 Rg6 26. Rc3 Bg2+ 27. Ke2 Re8 28. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Langeweg,K-Kuijpers,F/
Leeuwarden NK 1980 (28)} Rc6 $15) (20. Bf5 $5 {Wells might be a safe option
for a minimal edge} Re2 (20... Rh8 21. h3) 21. Bxd4+ Rxd4 22. Qc3 Bd5 23. Rfe1
{and white's king is somewhat the safer, although black's pieces are well
centralised and it may not amount to too much.}) 20... Rh8 21. Kh1 Rxh7 {
Ftacnik: 'Only Kasparov could answer the question, why he refrained from the
more promising idea 21...Kf8!?' Wells: 'The problem with this is that by his
next couple of moves white is able to gain time to both cover h2 and to mount
a dangerous counter-attack on the g-file. If we can detect a reason why white
once gave up this interesting line, it might be due to the alternative '} (
21... Kf8 22. Qe4 (22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. f4 Rxf4 $17) 22... f5 $1 (22... f6 23.
Bxd4 (23. Qh4 Rxh7 (23... Qg7 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qh3 Rd7 26. Qf5 Rxh7 27. Qxc5+
Qe7 $132) 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Rfe1+ Kd7 26. h4 Rf8 27. Re7+ (27. Qg5 Qf4 $19)
27... Rxe7 28. Qxf8 $132 {0-1 Endzelins-Bouwmeester/Eu-Echecs Jub T /FS 1984 
(44)}) 23... Rxd4 24. Qg6 Rxh7 25. Qxf6+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rac1 c4 $17 {
0-1 Vladimirov-Lisitsin/Moscow semi-finals 1955 (33)}) 23. Qh4 Rxh7 24. Qf6+
Ke8 25. Rfe1+ (25. Qg6+ Qf7 26. Rfe1+ Kf8 $17) 25... Kd7 26. Re5 Kc8 (26...
Rdh8 27. Bxd4 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 R8h2+ 30. Kg3 Rh3+ 31. Kf4 Rh4+ 32.
Kxf5 Rh5+ 33. Ke4 R1h4+ 34. f4 $18) 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qxf5+ Kb8 $17 {0-1 Marks,
I-Tenev Teno,P/cr EU/M/GT 1988 (39)}) 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg3 (23. Bxd4+ Rxd4 24.
Rg3 b6 25. Rag1 Qc8 26. Qe2 f6 27. Qf1 Rdh4 28. R1g2 Rd4 29. Qg1 Rd8 30. Rg6
$132) 23... Qe5 24. Rag1 {McShane: 'Here White threatens Qxh7+ and Rh3 mate. '}
Rh4 $2 $16 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The first independent move is very
unfortunate, it seems that black's position instantly becomes hopeless.'} (
24... Qh5 25. R1g2 f6 (25... b6 26. Rg4 $16) 26. Qg6 (26. Qc4 Qf7 27. Qxf7 {
'!' Wells. Wells: 'I.Sokolov'} (27. Qxc5 $1 {Wells I.Sokolov} Ne2 28. Qg5 Rd1+
(28... Nxg3+ 29. fxg3 Rd6 30. Rc2) 29. Rg1 Nxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd6 31. Rc1 Rh5 32.
Qf4 $16) 27... Rxf7 28. f4 b5 $15 (28... Rd6 $6 $11 29. Rh3+ Rh7 30. Rhg3 Re7
31. Rh3+ Rh7 32. Rhg3 {1/2-1/2 Porath,Y-Stahlberg,G/Amsterdam 1954 (32)})) (26.
Qd1 Re7 27. Qg1 b5 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ Kh7 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Rxg4 Rd7 $17 (
31... Nxf3 32. Bxf6 Rd7 $15)) 26... Qxg6 27. Rxg6 f5 28. R2g5 Rf8 29. Rd6 Rg7
30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Rff7 32. h4 Kh7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Rxf5 Kh6 $11) 25. Qc1
$2 $11 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'The position appears to be in the balance:
Black has a healthier queenside in return for his weaker king position. But it
is the weaker king that counts when Sokolov powers through on the g-file.
Kasparov can't do a thing to challenge the white rooks, as his own rooks
aren't working together.'} (25. f4 $1 $16 Qh5 (25... Qd6 26. Qf5 Qc6+ 27. f3
Qh6 28. R3g2 b6 (28... Qxf4 29. Qxc5 $18) 29. Qxf7 $18) 26. R1g2 (26. Bxd4+
cxd4 27. R3g2 Qf3 $15) (26. f3 $1 Qh6 (26... Rh3 27. Rxh3 Qxh3 28. Qe4 f6 (
28... Qe6 29. Qxb7 $16) 29. Qxb7 Qd7 30. Qe4 $16) 27. Qg2 Qf8 28. Rg7 Rh6 29.
Qg5 Rg6 (29... Rh3 30. Qf6 $18) 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 $18) 26... Re8 27. Qd2
Qd5 28. Rg5 Qe4 (28... f5 $1 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxd4+ Kh7 (30... cxd4 31. Qxd4+
$18) 31. Be5 Rg4 32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. hxg3 $132) 29. Rxc5 Qe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 31.
Rg1 $18) 25... Kh7 $4 $18 (25... Qh5 $1 26. R3g2 (26. R1g2 Re8 27. Qg1 Qe5 28.
Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ Kh7 30. Ra8 $1 (30. Rf8 {Ftacnik} Qg7 31. Qb1+ $1 Kh6 32.
Bc1+ Kh5 33. Be3 $18) 30... Qf4 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kh6 $11)
26... f6 (26... b6 27. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3e7]} Qd5 28. Qe7 Rh6 29. Rg3 {[%csl Rh8]
[%cal Ge7f6]} Kh7 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg3 Rg8+ 34.
Kf4 Qxf3+ 35. Ke5 $1 $18) 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qb3 Qh7 30. Qa4 Ra8 31.
Re1 Qf7 32. Qb4 (32. Re4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Rd8 34. Qa5 $1 b6 35. Qf5 Rg8 36. Qh3+
Qh7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qc8+ (38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 39. Kg2 b5 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ke2 b4
42. a4 $11 (42. axb4 axb4 43. Kd3 b3 44. f4 Kg6 45. Kd2 Kh5 46. h3 $11)) 38...
Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qxd4 Qh3 $44) 32... Rd8 33. Re7 Qd5 34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. Rxb7
d3 36. Rg1 d2 37. Rd1 Rc4 38. Rbb1 $11) 26. Qb1+ {'!' McShane.} Kh8 (26... f5
27. Bxd4 cxd4 (27... Rdxd4 28. Qxb7+ $18) (27... Qxd4 28. Qxf5+ Kh8 29. Rh3 $18
{[%cal Gf5h5]}) 28. Qxb7+ Kh8 29. Qf7 $1 $18) 27. Qf1 Qe6 28. Qg2 {McShane: '
White has the unmeetable threat of Rg8+ followed by mate.' Ftacnik: 'The
pressure along the g-file is simply too strong.'} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 02nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 (9... Qc7) 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 $5 (11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 $10) 11... b6 $6 (11... Bd7 $5 12. a4 b6) (
11... Rd8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. exd4 (15. cxd4 $2 Nxd4 $1)
15... Be8 $13 {Gustafsson - Pioch, BL, 1993}) 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bf1 $1 Nd5 $6 (
13... e5 $2 14. d5 e4 $2 15. dxc6) (13... Rfd8 $5) 14. c4 Nf6 (14... Nde7 $2
15. d5 Na5 16. d6 $18) 15. Bb2 $16 (15. d5) 15... cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. d5 (17.
Rc1 $5) (17. Ne5 $5) 17... Qf4 $6 (17... Nxc4 $5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd4 $40) (
17... Rfe8) 18. g3 $1 (18. Re5 Nxc4 19. Bc1 Qxf3 (19... Qg4 $2 20. Rg5 Qe4 21.
Bd3 $18) 20. Qxf3 Nxe5 21. Qg3 $16) (18. Ne5) 18... Qc7 (18... Qh6 $2 19. Bc1
Qg6 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. g4 $18) (18... Qd6 19. dxe6 Qxd1 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Raxd1
$16) 19. Ng5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd6 {[#]} 21. Qb1 $1 (21. Qd3 Qxd5 22. Bxf6 Qxd3 23.
Bxd3 gxf6 24. Nxh7 Rfd8 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 $16) 21... Qxd5 (21... g6 22. Be5 Qe7 23.
Qb2 Ne8 24. Bg7 Qxg5 25. Bxf8 Qf6 26. Re5 $1 $18) (21... h6 22. Bxf6 hxg5 23.
Be7 Qxd5 24. Bg2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxg5 $18) 22. Bxf6 Bf5 23.
Qb2 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Bg6 25. Bg2 Qd8 (25... Qf5 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28.
Re7 $18) 26. Re7 $1 (26. Re7 $1 Nc6 27. Ne6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. e4 $5 (13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 {is the main line, which comes with appropriately weighty
analysis.}) 13... c4 $5 {The text move is positionally interesting since black
is able to trade his c-pawn for white's e-pawn, thus reaching the situation
familiar from so many openings where white will seek compensation for a static
weakness ( the isolated d-pawn ) in his possession of the bishop pair.} (13...
exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. e5 Bxf3 16. exf6 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19.
Bb2 Rad8 20. gxf3 Rh8 21. Kh1 {is known from 'old theory' and will now enjoy
the microscope anew since} Rxh7 (21... Kf8 $1 {looks more promising to me.})
22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg3 Qe5 24. Rag1 Rh4 25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Qb1+ Kh8 27. Qf1 Qe6 28.
Qg2 {was the now famous game 1-0 Sokolov,I-Kasparov,G/Wijk 1999 (28) CBM 69 
(Wells).}) 14. Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 $1 {In principle, the bishop pair can
provide compensation for a structural weakness ( here the forthcoming isolated
d-pawn ) in the endgame as well as the middle game. However, it comes as no
great surprise that black prefers to trade queens since otherwise white may
generate quite concrete attacking chances to supplement his compensation. Thus}
(15... Rxe4 $6 {is not recommended due to} 16. Bd3 (16. Ng5 $2 Nxd4 17. Qa2
Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne2+ $17) 16... Re7 17. Bg5 (17. d5 $5 Nxd5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxe5
Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Rxe5 20. d6 $14 {[%cal Yd6d7] White can support his d-pawn using
his dark-squared bishop, and the ever controversial 'passed isolani' here
looks definitely more of an asset than a weakness.}) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bg5 {
looks uncomfortable for the defence, and affords black less counterplay than
Nor's choice.}) 17... Bg4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 $13 {[%cal Yh8h2]} 20.
Be4 Rh8 21. g3 f5 $6 (21... Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxd4 {looks quite reasonable for
black,and is certainly the only logical follow-up to forcing g2-g3.}) 22. Bxc6
bxc6 $6 (22... Bxf3 $1 23. Ba4 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Rd7 $44) 23. Ne5 Bh3 24. Rfe1 $16
{1-0 Nor,I-Seidl,J/Graz 1998/EXT 99/[Wells] (35)}) (15... Nxe4 16. Bd3 $16) 16.
Bd3 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Nxe4 {'+/=' - Ivan Sokolov.} 18. Re1 Nd6 $5 (18... Bf5 {
has been the almost universal choice and white's principal reply seems to me
to be none too threatening:} 19. Bf4 (19. Nh4 $2 Ng3 $1 $15 {[%csl Re1,Rf1]}) (
19. Ba4 $5 {is untested, but merits investigation. A preliminary analysis:} Nc6
(19... Red8 $5 20. Nh4 Rxd4 (20... Nc3 $5 21. Nxf5 Nxa4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bf4 Nc6
$13) 21. Bc2 g6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Be3 $44) 20. Bb2 (20. d5 Nc5 21. dxc6 Rxe1+
22. Nxe1 Nxa4 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Be3 Rxb7 $11) 20... Rad8 (20... Nf6 21. Ne5 Rac8
22. Rac1 $14) 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rf8 23. Bc2 $1 Ng3 (23... Rd2 $2 24. Bxe4
Bxe4 25. Bc3 Rc2 26. Bb4 $16) 24. Bd1 $1 Ne4 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4 f5 $8 $14) 19...
Nd6 $1 20. Ba4 b5 (20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Ndc4 $13) 21. Bxd6 bxa4 {and black has
no problems.}) 19. Bf4 Nac4 (19... Bf5 $5 {would transpose to the note above,
while avoiding note 'b'.}) 20. Bb3 (20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Bd3 Nb6 22. Re1 Bd7 {
is nothing special for white.}) 20... Bf5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Nd3 $1 Rad8 23. Nc5
Bc8 (23... Bd5 $4 24. Bxd6 $18) 24. Bxc4 $5 {A very commital decision. White
hopes to give up the advantage of the bishop pair in exchange for breaking
black's blockade of the d-pawn. The devil is in the detail. Around move 29
when white has offered his a-pawn to keep the initiative, the concept looks
far from clear.} (24. Bg5 $5 {looks better.} f6 (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rf8 26.
Bf4 b6 27. Nd3 $14) 25. Bf4 Kh8 26. d5 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Yc5e6]}) 24... Nxc4 25.
Bc7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27. d5 (27. a4 b6 {cannot cause black problems.}) 27...
Nxa3 (27... b6 $5) 28. d6 Nb5 29. Re7 a5 $2 (29... b6 $5 {looks a much better
try.} 30. Nd3 Bf5 (30... Nxc7 $5 31. dxc7 $1 (31. Rxc7 $2 Rd8 32. Ne5 Be6 33.
Rxa7 f6 34. Re7 Bb3 $17) 31... a5 32. Ne5 a4 33. Nd7 $16) 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Nc6
$13) 30. Bb8 a4 $2 {A bit odd, although} (30... b6 {is no longer without its
difficulties either in view of} 31. Na4 Bf5 32. Rb7 $1 Rd8 33. Rxb6 $16) 31.
Nxa4 Be6 32. Rxb7 $18 Bd5 33. Rb6 Nd4 34. h3 h5 35. Nc5 Ne6 36. Na6 Rc8 37. Bc7
Kf8 38. d7 Ra8 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. d8=Q+ Rxd8 41. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {McShane: 'A complex position arises
out of the opening where White has the bishop pair and more central pawns
while Black has a less fragile pawn structure, and the possibility of
incarcerating the c1 bishop behind its own pawns.'} 11. Bb2 e5 {It is
noteworthy for what comes later in section 4, that even in this rather old,
well-established variation the imperative is on black to attack white's centre,
even though this is likely to accelerate the opening of the position. At the
risk of anticipating John Watson's remarks somewhat, it might help to see it
not just as a question of opening the position or not, but as black striking
and making sufficient mess to both try and create good squares for his knights
and also to PREVENT WHITE FROM OPENING THE POSITION ON HIS OWN TERMS. Because,
lets face it, if black sits back and does nothing special, white will organise
the e4 advance and improve the scope of the bishop pair at his own civilised
pace!!} 12. h3 $5 {Unusual, but the line has a definite logic. Why does white
so often retreat the c4 bishop voluntarily when as here the ...Na5 move with
which black will force it back, seems to have both positive and negative
points and while aimed at the light squares is also potentially neglectful of
the centre?} e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 Bf5 (14... c4 $5 15. f3 Bxh3 $5 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. fxe4 $13) 15. c4 {[%cal Ga2c4,Yb2f6] '!' McShane. A common problem in
these lines: opening up one bishop's diagonal blocks in the other.} Rfe8 16. d5
Nd7 {McShane: 'Black now hopes to prove that the a2 bishop is restricted, in
the long term to place a knight on d6 and advance b7-b5. But Kramnik has moves
in-between...'} 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yb2g7,Yg2g4,Gd7e5,Yf4e5][%mdl 32]
Contests the e5 square and the b2-g7 diagonal. Logical: focus attention on
that 'uncontested bishop'.  McShane: 'Now the threat of g2-g4 and f4-f5
trapping the bishop forces Black to capture en passant.'} (17. f3 {McShane} Ne5
$1 {and Black sacrifices a pawn but can maintain a stronghold in the centre.})
17... exf3 {Funny old rule this en passant, although one suspects Vlad had it
covered! Probably the capture is pretty much forced - e5 is a big point in
black's defence. Still, the f-file is a huge asset too, f7 can be a bit moist,
and white is perfectly well equipped in this case for a light square
discussion too.} 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. h4 {[%csl Rg6] '!' McShane. McShane:
'Kramnik is a fantastic player with the initiative and drives his advantage
forward ruthlessly. This one forces a weakness.'} h5 (19... Ne5 20. Qg3 $36)
20. Bb1 $1 {[%csl Rf7] The bishop finds a new home. OK, in general we shall be
looking at positions where the proud possessor of the bishop pair is not the
one initiating exchanges of bishops, but here we are already in the realm of
the familiar 'transfer of advantages': from 'bishop pair' to 'direct attack'
in the course of which 'exchanging key defenders' is quite legitimate.} Qd6 21.
Bc3 {[%csl Ra5] The down side of ...Na5.} b6 22. Ne4 Rxe4 {'?!' McShane.} ({
Its understandable that black didn't like the look of} 22... Qe7 $5 {but the
problem with the exchange sac is that despite an improvement in the condition
of black's knights, white's initiative ( and bishop pair ) survive pretty much
in tact.}) (22... Bxe4 {McShane} 23. Qxf7+) ({But} 22... Qe7 {McShane: may be
a lesser evil although} 23. Ng5 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rf7 $1 {
promises a big initiative with a rook on the seventh rank.}) 23. Bxe4 Nxc4 24.
Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxe3 26. Bf3 {McShane: 'Black has two pawns for the exchange,
but the bishop pair and passed pawn make White's job easier. Even so, Kramnik
doesn't waste time in pressing home his advantage.'} Nc2 27. Ra2 Re8 28. g4 $1
{Attack before material. Whatever we may come on to say later, there is no
disputing that healthy bishops thrive on open lines!} hxg4 29. Bxg4 Ne5 30. d6
$1 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 Re6 32. h5 Bd3 33. d7 Rd6 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. h6 Nd4 36. Rag2
Bg6 37. Rf2 $1 Nf5 38. h7 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5 $5) (11. Be2) (11.
Bb2) (11. Ba2)) 10. Bb2 {If white declines to contest the main line, then
black's 9th move, delaying the capture on c4 has the distinct advantage of
restricting white's options.} ({For this reason at least} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4
{remains the critical choice.}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be2 ({The main
alternative here is} 12. h3 {putting a stop to black's intended ...Bg4. The
line seems to have had its heyday in the 1950s. A comparison can be made with 
( in the main line move order ) 11 Ba2 e5 12 h3 which I discussed in CBM 71 -
cf. Y.Yakovich - M.Sosnicki, Swidnica 1999. A couple of examples:} e4 (12...
Rd8 {looks weaker with the bishop still on c4. Black is running into Ng5 at
some stage.}) (12... Bf5 $5 13. Qe2 (13. Bb5 e4 14. Nh4 Be6 (14... Bd7 $5) 15.
c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rad8 (16... a6 $142 17. d5 axb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 $11 {-Taimanov ( Quoted in 'NCO' 1999.)})
17. d5 Ne5 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Qg3 $1 $40 Rfe8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Ng6 22. Qg5
Qf4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4 $16 {1-0 Taimanov,
M-Antoshin,V/Moscow 1957/URS-ch (41)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. a4 e4 16.
Nd2 Nd5 17. Nb3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne7 20. Bb5 Nc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Qb5 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Bd7 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. a5 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yd4d5] 1-0
Hort,V-King,D/BL8586 1986/GER-chT (49) with a minimal advantage for white,
which he exhibited really fine technique to convert.}) 13. Nd2 $1 {another
advantage of the move h3 - white does not have to reckon with the irritating ..
.Ng4.} Ne7 14. Be2 $5 cxd4 $6 15. cxd4 Be6 16. Qb1 Bd5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. a4 $14 {
1-0 Brinck Claussen,B-Kolarov,A/Lugano 1968/MCD (41)}) 12... Rd8 {An
interesting choice. Theory is less than crystal clear here, not least because
the position reached at move 17 here has been subject to quite a variety of
assessments.} ({Arguably simpler is} 12... Bg4 $5 {the point being that after}
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 {looks fairly harmless, but may still be
better than} (15. gxf3 Bh3 {when white's rook faces a more restricted choice,
and worse still no possibility to contest the d-file so quickly} 16. Re1 Rad8
17. Qc2 Qc6 18. Qc3 $6 (18. Kh1 Ng4 19. e4 Rd2 20. Qxd2 Nxf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxe4 22.
fxe4 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qxe4+ 24. Bf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 Navarovszky,
L-Flesch,J/HUN-ch20 1965/MCD (25)}) 18... Rd2 $1 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Kh1 Nh5 21.
Rab1 Qg6 $1 22. Rg1 Rxe2 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. f4 Red2 25. Rg1 R8d3 26. Qe5 Rd1 27.
Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qa4 Bg4 $1 {0-1 Rubin-Shakarov/corr 1975 (28)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qe2
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne8 18. h4 Qe7 19. h5 h6 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Qg4 f6 22. Rd5 Nc7 23.
Rf5 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Ehlvest,J/Riga Tal 1995/CBM 47 (30)}) 13. Qc2
Bg4 {Seems to be better than the immediate} (13... e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nb3 b6
16. c4 cxd4 17. exd4 Ne7 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2] 1/2-1/2
Yusupov,A-Beliavsky,A/Groningen 1994/CBM 45 (32)}) 14. dxe5 {Now the
possibility of ...e4 needed to be addressed. Only the extraordinarily original
Granda Zuniga has been willing to venture the alternative} (14. Kh1 $5 {
but in principle white should really avoid the exchange of white-squared
bishops.}) 14... Nxe5 15. c4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Qc6 $5 {The whole
position is complex and none to easy to assess. A few general comments: 1)
White's bishop pair is still generally an asset, and his b2 piece in
particular looks strong.  2) The doubling of the f-pawns of course potentially
weakens white's king-side. In general, if black handles the position carefully,
this seems to be a more significant factor than the half-open g-file.  3) The
combination of pressures bearing down on g7 strongly indicates that black is
right to head for the defensive formation with ...Ne8 and ...f6 ( see note to
move ___). 4) The open d-file is also an important factor - not just in terms
of who will control it, but how many rooks will remain on the board. The text
move looks good since white has to be alert to knight moves facilitating a ...
Qg6+. Also d5 is covered and ...Ne8 prepared.} (17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19.
Rb1 (19. Rc1 Qc6 20. Kh1 Qe6 21. e4 h6 22. Rg1 Nh5 23. Qc3 Rd4 24. Qe3 Qe5 $1 {
[%csl Gb2,Rf4] An instructive moment where the moves speaks more eloquently on
such themes as blockade, the relative worth of the pieces, and outposts than I
could hope to do.} 25. Bf1 (25. Qxh6 Nf4 $44) 25... Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Nf4 27. Rg1
b6 28. a4 Nh3 29. Rf1 Nf4 30. Rg1 Nh3 31. Rf1 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Kholmov,
R/Erevan 1962/URS-ch (31)}) 19... Qc6 (19... Qd7 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. e4 Bg6 22. Qc3
Ne8 23. Qe5 Qd2 $6 24. Rd1 Qa5 25. Rd7 Ra8 26. Kg2 h6 27. Qd5 $16 Qa4 28. Bd1 {
1-0 Taimanov,M-Sliwa,B/Moscow 1956 (28)}) 20. Kh1 Bg4 (20... h6 21. Rg1 Qe6 22.
Qc3 Kf8 23. e4 b6 24. Qe3 g5 $6 {Given the consequences of allowing the queen
to f4 in Vaiser - Kolev, this while perhaps not actually bad, looks like an
overreaction.} 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. f4 {[%csl Rg5,Rh3]} Be6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rxg5
Qd4 29. Qf4 {Of course, without queens black would have no problems.} Bxc4 30.
Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. Qh4 Re8 33. Kg1 {[%cal Gg5h5,Gh5h8] At issue is
simply relative king security.} c4 (33... Rd8 $5 34. Rh5 Qg6+ 35. Rg5 Qe6 $11 {
(?)}) 34. Rh5 Qg6+ 35. Kf1 f6 36. Rh6 Rxe4 37. f4 Qg7 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Ke6
40. Re8+ {1-0 Jussupow,A-Van der Sterren,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT (40)}) 21. Kg2
Bc8 22. Rg1 b6 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. Kh1 Kf8 25. e4 h6 26. Qe3 Bb7 27. Qf4 {1/2-1/2
Vaisser,A-Kolev,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (27) Looks '+/=', but it is not easy
to progress.}) 18. Qc3 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kh1 Ne8 (19... Rd6 $5 {looks looser}
20. Qc3 Nh5 21. Qe5 (21. Rg1 $5) 21... Bg4 22. e4 f6 23. Qc3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Rd3 $1
25. Bxd3 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. Kf1 Nxd3 {0-1 Lim,S-Tisdall,J/Hastings 1976 (27)
}) 20. Rg1 f6 21. Bc3 Be6 22. Rg3 Qd7 23. Qe4 b6 24. Rg1 Qf7 {[%csl Rc4] Here
with just one pair of rooks on the board, black also seems well able to
neutralise the pressure, and start to exploit white's weakness on c4.} 25. Qf4
Kf8 26. Qe4 h6 27. Qf4 Rd7 28. a4 Nd6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. a5 Nxc4 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7
32. Qb8 Kc6 33. a6 Kb5 34. Qb7 Qg6 $17 {0-1 Schoen,W-Hall,J/2.BLW9697
Wattenscheid-KKS Koeln 1997/BL2-W (40)}) 18... Ne8 19. Kh1 Be6 ({Or similarly} 
19... f6 20. e4 Be6 21. Qe3 Bf7 22. Rg1 Rd7 23. Rg2 Bg6 24. Rag1 Rad8 {This
all bears an uncanny resemblance to the main game, and just goes to confirm
the view that black's position is more than comfortable.} 25. Bc3 b6 26. h4 Qe6
27. Rh2 Bh5 $1 {Again this could have served as a model for Kramnik. White's
king-side aspirations are stopped in their tracks.} 28. Rg3 Nd6 29. Rhg2 Kh8
30. Kh2 Rf8 31. Ba1 Re8 32. Bf1 Nb7 33. Rg1 Rde7 34. Bh3 Qd6 35. Kh1 Na5 36.
Qc3 Nc6 37. Qe3 Ne5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Rd1 Bf7 40. Bf1 h6 $17 {0-1 Ibragimov,
I-Alexandrov,A/Kherson 1991 (49)}) 20. Rg1 f6 {[%csl Ge8,Gf6][%cal Ge6d5,Yb2f6,
Ge8g7,Ge8f6][%mdl 4] This is the key defensive formation. The f6 pawn blunts
the b2 bishop, while the knight on e8 is supremely well placed to neutralise
white's hopes of an attack on the g-file. In this task it can be supported by
the bishop which can re-route to g6 or h5 as required. The game seems to
suggest that placing all bets on the g-file and abdicating the d-file to
black's rooks is risky indeed.} 21. Rg3 Rd7 22. Rag1 Rad8 23. Bc1 Bf5 24. e4
Bg6 25. h4 Nc7 {Already safe enough on g7 to aspire after a more active role.}
26. Bf1 Ne6 27. Rh3 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Bh5 $1 28. Rhg3 Kh8 29. Qe3 Nd4 30. Bg2 Re8
31. Rh3 Qa4 {White is virtually paralysed, and the threat to penetrate with
the queen is surprisingly hard to parry.} 32. Bf1 Qd1 33. Bg2 Qc2 34. f4 Ne2
35. Rf1 Rd1 {[%csl Rc1,Ge2,Gh5] On the one hand a picture of domination, but
also of economy of force. Each of black's pieces works to the maximum.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 (6. d5 $5) 6... d5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 (11. Ba2 $5) (11. Qe2)
11... a6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Bb2 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. c4 Nfg4) 14... Bg4
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 $1 (16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxe5 18. c4 Qe6 $11) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Rfb1 $1 (18. Rfd1 Qe7 {with the idea RxR and Rd8}) 18...
Qe7 19. Kh1 Qe6 $1 20. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g8]} Bf5 21. Qc3 Bg6 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 22.
Rg5 b6 23. a4 a5 $8 24. e4 $1 (24. Rag1 Rd7 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gd7d2]}) 24... Re8 {
with the idea Qc6 and Re6} 25. Rd5 (25. Rag1 Qc6 26. h4 $40) 25... Qc6 26. Bd3
Re6 27. Bc2 $14 Rae8 28. Rad1 (28. Rg1 {with h4}) 28... Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7f4,
Gf4h4]} 29. Rg1 h6 {finally planning Kh7-Rg8 and then Nxd5} 30. Rg4 $2 Kh7 31.
Rg1 Rg8 $11 32. Rd2 Rd8 $1 33. Rd5 (33. Rgd1 Rxd2 {transposes to the gaem})
33... Rg8 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. Rgd1 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 (36. Qxd2 Ne8) 36... Re8 37. e5
Nh5 38. Bxg6+ fxg6 39. Rd6 Nf4 40. Qe3 Qf7 $1 (40... Ne6 41. Qe4 {with Bc1 and
Qd5}) 41. Qe4 (41. Rxb6 $2 Qxc4 {[%cal Gc4f1]}) 41... Ne6 $1 {[%cal Ge6g5]} 42.
Bc1 Nd4 43. f4 Re6 44. Rd8 Re8 45. Rd6 Re6 46. Rd8 Re8 47. Qd5 Qxd5+ 48. Rxd5
Kg8 {with the idea Kf7-Nf5-Ke6} 49. Be3 Nf5 50. Rd7 g5 $1 51. fxg5 Nxe3 52.
fxe3 hxg5 (52... Rxe5 $2 53. g6 $16) 53. Rb7 {the ending after Rxe5 is a dead
draw so...} 1/2-1/2