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Tomashevsky, Evgeny
ФИО: Томашевский Евгений Юрьевич
Звание ФИДЕ: GM (Гроссмейстер)
Федерация: Россия
Дата рождения: 01.07.1987
Рейтинг стандарт: 2681
Рейтинг рапид: 2633
Рейтинг блиц: 2645
ФИДЕ ID
Чемпион Европы (2009), Двукратный чемпион России (2015, 2019)

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[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3
{transforming to C88. This continuation has its point, as white didn't lose
the time on h2-h3.} (7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 {0-1 Hansen,S-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2004/
CBM 100/[Wedberg] (26)}) (7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 {1/2-1/2 Leventic,I-Atalik,S/Neum
2004/CBM 102/[Atalik] (77)}) (7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2
b4 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Malaniuk,V/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103/[Wedberg] (31)}) 7... Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. a3 {preparing the a2 square for the light-squared bishop. Other
possibilities are:} (9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 d5
14. e5 Ne8 15. c3 f5 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Qf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Hebden,M/
Plymouth 1992/CBM 030 ext/[Bulletin] (40)}) (9. h3 d6 10. a3 {leads to popular
theoretical position.}) (9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2
c5 14. Ng3 d4 $11 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Rantanen,Y/Belgrade 1988/TD/[Vasiukov] (33)})
(9. a4 Re8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 d6 15.
Bd2 Na5 16. Bxb4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. c4 Qe6 $11) 9... Re8 {
preparing the f8 square for the dark-squared bishop. Black tried also:} (9...
d6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. c3 Kh8 13. d4 Na5 14. Nxf6 Bxf6 15. Bc2 Qe7 16.
b4 Nc4 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,
L-Katalymov,B/Krasnoyarsk 1980/EXT 2002 (79)}) (9... Bc5 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. Rf1 h6
12. Nd5 Re8 13. h3 Nf6 14. c3 d6 15. Nh2 Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Kh1 Qg6 18. f4
exf4 19. Rxf4 Nd8 20. Nf3 Ne6 21. Nh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Loskutov,O-Yurtaev,L/Samara
2002/CBM 089 ext (40)}) 10. Nc3 {transfering the knight to d5. The alternative
is to bring the queenside knight to g3 via d2 and f1.} (10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6
12. Ba2 d6 13. c3 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Nf5 Nbd7 17. g4 Nh7 18. Qg3 Nc5
19. h4 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Rad1 $13 {1-0 Topalov,V-Delchev,A/FIDE WCh KO,
Tripoli LBA (2.2) 2004 (31)}) 10... h6 11. Nd5 $146 {According to my database,
this position appeared for the first time. In the previous game white continued
} (11. Be3 Bf8 12. Ba2 d6 13. h3 Ne7 14. Nh4 g5 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17.
Qxf5 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 c6 20. Ne4 $14 {0-1 Kulaots,K-Hector,J/TCh-SWE
2003 (67)}) 11... Bf8 (11... Bc5 $5 12. c3 d6 13. Ba2 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4]} (13.
d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd5 $17)) 12. c3 {preparing the breakthrough
in the centre.} d6 13. h3 {White is preparing the h2 square for the kingside
knight, and he is covering the g4 square, thus, making possible the
development of dark-squared bishop to e3.} Rb8 {protecting the light-squared
bishop.} 14. Nxf6+ (14. Be3 $5 Nxd5 (14... Bc8 $5) 15. Bxd5 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7
17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 $14) 14... Qxf6 15. Nh2 Bc8 {transfering the bishop to
g8-a2 diagonal, and, covering the g4 square.} 16. Re3 {bringing the rook to
the "g" file.} Be6 17. Ng4 Qh4 18. Bd5 {trying to force black to take on d5.} (
18. Rg3 Kh7) 18... Nd8 (18... Ne7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. b4 $14 {[%cal Yd1b3,Ya3a4]}
) (18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd8 (19... Ne7 20. Re4 $18 {[%cal Gg4h6]}) 20. Qf3 $36 {
[%cal Ge3e4]}) 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qf3 Bxd5 ({Worth consideration immediate} 20...
Qh5 $5 {[%cal Ge6d5,Yf7f5]} 21. Bxe6 (21. Be3 Bxd5 22. exd5 {-the game.}) 21...
Rxe6 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Nc6 25. Be3 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7f5]} 26. Nh2 Qxf3
27. Rxf3 Kg8 28. Rc1 Rc6 $11) 21. exd5 Qh5 {protecting the f7 pawn.} 22. Be3 ({
Comes to consideration:} 22. Bd2 f6 23. b4 c6 24. dxc6 Rc8 25. a4 $16) 22... f6
$1 {preparing the f7 square for the queen or for a knight.} (22... f5 $4 23.
Nxe5 $18) 23. b4 {fixing black's "b" pawn, thus, preparing to open the "a"
file by a3-a4 advance.} (23. a4 {is met by} b4 {, closing the "a" file.}) 23...
c6 {opening the "c" file.} (23... Nf7 $4 {is refuted by} 24. Nxh6 $1 $18) 24.
dxc6 Rc8 25. a4 Nxc6 (25... Rxc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Ya1a8]}) 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Bd2 {strengthening the c3 pawn, as well as preparing the e3
square for the knight.} (27. Qd5 Ne7 $1 28. Qxb5 f5 29. Nh2 f4 30. Bxf4 Rb8 31.
Qa5 Nf5 $17) 27... Ne7 $1 {covering the d5 square, and, planning to transfer
the knight to f5.} 28. Ra5 Qf7 $1 $132 {preparing to push forward the "f" pawn.
In this way, black emphasizes the awkwardness in location of white's pieces on
the kingside.} (28... Nf5 $2 29. Nxf6 $1 $18) 29. h4 {liberating the h3 square
for the rook.} (29. Rxb5 f5 30. Ne3 f4 31. Rg4 Qf6 32. Nc4 h5 33. Rh4 Qxh4 (
33... g6 34. Bxf4 $14) 34. Nxd6 Ng6 $13 (34... Rb8 35. Rxe5 $18)) (29. Ne3 f5
30. Rxb5 f4 31. Rg4 {-29.Rxb5.}) 29... f5 30. Nh2 f4 31. Rh3 {Fritz still
evaluates white's position as good, but with such rook on h3 it should be
worse.} Nf5 {Black doesn't care about the "b" pawn. He activates his pieces in
order to use white's terrible-located h3 rook.} ({Deserves attention:} 31...
Rb8 $5) 32. Rxb5 ({Comes to consideration:} 32. h5 $5) 32... Ra8 33. g4 ({
In case of} 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Rb8 $44 {black gets a serious compensation.})
33... fxg3 34. fxg3 Qd7 $1 35. Rb7 $2 {After this move white's position
becomes unpleasant... More to the point seems:} (35. Qb7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 (36. Kg2
Qe6 37. Nf1 (37. Qd5 Ra2 38. Nf1 Ne3+ 39. Nxe3 Rxd2+ $19) 37... Ra2 $36) 36...
Qd8 (36... Qe6 37. Qd5 Qf6 (37... Ra2 38. Qxe6) 38. Bg5 $1 Qg6 39. Ra5 $13) 37.
Nf3 $13) 35... Qc8 36. Rf7 Nd4 $1 37. Qg4 Ra1+ ({Worse is} 37... Ne2+ 38. Kf2
Nxc3 $11) {blundering the piece.} 38. Rf1 $2 ({More resistant was} 38. Kf2 Qa6
$3 {[%cal Ga6a2,Ya6d3]} 39. Qg6 (39. cxd4 Qa2 $17 {[%cal Ga2f7,Ya2d2]}) 39...
Ra2 40. Nf1 Nb3 (40... Qc8 $1 41. cxd4 Qxh3 42. dxe5 dxe5 43. Rxg7 Bxg7 44.
Qxe8+ Kh7 $15) 41. Qf5 (41. Rxg7 Bxg7 42. Qxe8+ Kh7 $19) 41... Kg8 42. Ke3 (42.
Qd7 Qa8 $19) (42. Ke2 Nxd2 43. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Qa2+ $19) 42... Nxd2 43.
Nxd2 Rxd2 44. Rxf8+ Rxf8 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Kxd2 Qa1 $19 {[%cal Gf8f2]}) 38...
Qxg4 39. Nxg4 Nf3+ $19 {winning the bishop.} 40. Kf2 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Nxd2+ 42.
Ke2 Nb1 43. c4 d5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Qc7 {Ein relativ
seltener Zug, Schwarz mцchte ein Tempo gewinnen. Meistens spielt er 6...Nf6
oder 6...Ne7.} 7. cxd5 {In Frage kommt der Vorschlag von Fritz 7.Qg4!?} (7. Qg4
$5) 7... exd5 8. Ra2 {Dieser Zug macht mehr Sinn als 8.a4.} (8. a4 Nf6 9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Bxb5 12. axb5 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nf4
Nce4 $11 {Maric,A (2455)-Matveeva,S (2475)/Ulcinj 1997}) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 (9. f3
O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Ng3 Qd7
16. Re2 Nc7 17. Bb2 Nfe8 18. e4 Nd6 19. e5 Nc4 20. f4 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 $13 {
Ovod,E (2290)-Matveeva,S (2405)/Moscow 1999}) 9... O-O 10. Ne2 b6 11. O-O Re8
12. f3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. g4 $5 {Eine typische Idee. Anstatt
mit Ng3 und Re2 den VorstoЯ e3-e4 vorzubereiten, greift WeiЯ nach Raum auf dem
Kцnigsflьgel und legt den Grundstein fьr seinen zukьnftigen Kцnigsangriff.} (
15. Ng3 {/\Re2,e4}) 15... Rad8 16. Ng3 Nc7 17. Rg2 Qc6 {Aleksandrov plant das
Gegenspiel mittels Nb5. Erwдgenswert war der Damentausch 17...Qa6, denn im
Endspiel hдtte Schwarz wenig zu befьrchten.} (17... Qa6 $5 18. Qxa6 (18. Qd1
Qc4 $132) 18... Nxa6 19. g5 Nd7 20. e4 Nc7 $11) 18. h4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nb5 20. e4
$5 {Plцtzlich дndert Tomashevsky die Spielrichtung und bricht im Zentrum durch.
} (20. g5) 20... dxe4 21. fxe4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd6 $2 {Der kritische Moment in
der Partie. Ein plцtzlicher Szenenwechsel hat Schwarz auf dem falschen FuЯ
erwischt und Aleksandrov traut sich nicht, prinzipiell zu spielen.} ({Richtig
war} 22... Rxe4 $1 23. Qf3 (23. d5 Qc5+ $1 24. Be3 Qc4 $17) 23... Rde8 (23...
Qe6 $2 24. d5 Qe8 25. Bb2 f6 26. g5 $18) 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Nxe4 (25. g5 $2 Nxd4
26. Qf2 Ne2+ $17) 25... Rxe4 26. Bb2 Qe6 $11 {, und nach dem Qualitдtsopfer
hat Schwarz gute Gegenchancen.}) 23. e5 $16 {WeiЯ hat sein Bauernduo behalten,
und sein Angriff entwickelt sich von alleine.} Nc4 24. Qg3 {Noch besser war 24.
Bg5!} (24. Bg5 $1 Ndxe5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Nxg7 $1 fxg5 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. dxe5 $16)
24... Nf8 25. g5 Ne6 26. Qf2 $1 (26. h5 Qe4 $1 (26... Nxd4 $2 27. Nh6+ $1 $18)
27. g6 fxg6 28. hxg6 h6 $13) 26... Rd7 {[%mdl 128] Erlaubt einen direkten
Ьberfall auf den eigenen Kцnig, aber Schwarz hatte sowieso keine bessere Wahl.}
27. Nh6+ $3 gxh6 28. gxh6+ Kf8 29. Qf6 $18 {Schwarz ist hilflos.} Qe4 (29...
Rc8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Rg8+) 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+
Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Bg5+ $1 Nxg5 34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. Rxg5 {Angesichts der
Drohung Rg8+ muЯ Schwarz seine Dame geben.} Qxd4+ 36. Rf2 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe5+
38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg2 $5 {A slightly mysterious move. One of its hidden points is that it clears
the path for the f2-pawn, allowing the development of a dangerous kingside
initiative should the centre remain closed. Also, the sometimes disturbing ...
Bh3 is prevented.} Re8 (8... d6 $6 {[%csl Rb4] leaves the bishop isolated from
the rest of its army.} 9. Qb3 Ba5 {10...a5!?} (9... Bc5 10. Na4 $14) 10. Qa3 {
[%cal Gb2b4,Gc4c5,Ya5b6]} c6 (10... c5 11. d3 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc1g5] /\
Bg5, ><d5} h6 12. f4 $5 $36) 11. d3 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5][%cal Gc1g5,Gb2b4,Gb4b5]} h6
12. b4 Bb6 (12... Bc7 13. b5 $36) 13. c5 Bc7 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. b5
$14 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2610)-Kindermann,S (2560)/Dortmund 1990/CBM 018/[Ribli]
(1-0, 39)}) (8... h6 9. d3 Re8 10. e4 d6 11. f4 {This attack is more dangerous
than it might look at first sight, while the weakness of the d4-square is not
too relevant, especially since Black's only remaining knight is quite far from
it.} c6 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Rb1 ({The point behind the last move remains unclear
to me.} 13. f5 $5 {could have been played immediately. Maybe White had not
made up his mind yet.}) 13... a6 14. f5 b5 15. g4 {With the dark-squared
bishop cut off from the kingside, Black has serious problems. Had the bishop
been placed "passively" on e7, he could have kept the enemy pawns under
control with ...Nh7 and ...Bg5.} b4 16. Na4 Bd4 {Nicely placed, but, basically.
.. out of play!} 17. g5 $1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 c5 19. Qe1 Bd7 (19... Qc7 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qh4 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf1f3,Gf3g3]}) (19... Qa5 $5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qh4 Qxa4 22. Qxf6 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf6g5,Gf5f6]}) 20. Qh4 $3 $40 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3] Jobava,B (2650)-Mchedlishvili,M (2583)/
Tbilisi 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 25)}) ({Tomashevsky had had a previous (short)
experience with this line:} 8... c6 9. d4 d6 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2641)
-Eljanov,P (2686)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118} (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 e4 11. Bg5 Re8 12.
f3 $36) {The position is still far from dead drawn:} 10. Qb3 $5 exd4 (10... Ba5
11. d5 $14) 11. Qxb4 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 $14) 9. d3 (9. Qc2
c6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Rb1 h6 13. d3 Qc7 14. e4 b6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Qf2
Bb7 17. h3 d5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 {Zhang Zhong (2633)-Volkov,S (2629)/playchess.com
INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (1/2-1/2, 51)} 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxh6 $36) 9... c6 10. e4
$5 $146 {Aiming for the same brutal plan as in Jobava's game. If Black
refrains from action in the centre, the fact that he has not yet played ...h6
does not absolve him from problems, because something must be done about the
crushing threat f4-f5 and g4-g5.} (10. Qb3 Bc5 11. h3 h6 12. Kh2 Bb6 13. Na4
Bc7 14. e4 Rb8 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 d6 17. Be3 b5 $10 {Lautier,J (2645)-Salov,V 
(2660)/Madrid 1993/CBM 036/[Ribli] (0-1, 94)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.
Ne4 Qd8 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qa4 Bd5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxd5
Qxd5 (18... cxd5 19. Rc2 {would have allowed White to occupy the only open file
}) 19. Qc4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 f6 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4] Azmaiparashvili,
Z (2540)-Epishin,V (2475)/Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000 (1-0, 59). The position is
basically equal, but remains assymetrical. White was able to maintain the
pressure for a long time and eventually win.}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 {This is
a standard reaction against White's apparently solid structure, but here Black
will fail to stabilize the position in his favour.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 $1
dxe4 (13... Be6 14. Rb1 $5 {This is probably better than the immediate capture
on f6, when the weakness of the black kingside (...gxf6) might be not that
easy to take advantage of. The idea of White's last move is to prevent ...Qb6+
before advancing his f-pawn.} Qd7 (14... b6 15. f4 $36) 15. f4 dxe4 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Bxe4 $36) 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rb1 {White has an active
placement of pieces and the pressure against the b7-pawn causes Black problems
with the completion of his development.} Re7 (16... Rb8 17. Qa4 $36 {[%csl Ra7,
Re8]}) 17. c4 {A great future is reserved to this pawn...} Bf5 $6 (17... Rb8
18. Qa4 b6 (18... a6 19. c5 $14) 19. c5 Bf5 20. Rfc1 $14 {White is better
coordinated and can choose between creating a dangerous passed pawn with c6 or
increasing the pressure against the b6-pawn.}) 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bd5 Qg6 20. Rb3
Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. c5 $16 {White is a pawn up. Black will need considerable
effort to win the d3-pawn back, allowing the c-pawn to reach the seventh rank,
with decisive effects.} e4 23. d4 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Rd1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4
27. c6 Re8 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rb8 Qd7 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qc5 Kh7 32. Qc6 g6 33. h3
Kg7 34. Qc5 a6 35. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 {
The fight in this sharp variation is dancing around the question, which
advancing pawn is a heavier burden for the opponent. The praxis shows, that
black must immediatelly activate his pieces.} (15... bxa3 16. O-O a4 (16... Ra8
17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Qc6 h6 19. Rfc1 Bb4 20. Rc2 Kh7 21. Ne1 Ndf6 $2 22. f3 Nd2 23.
Rxd2 Bxd2 24. Qc2+ $18 {Gustafsson,J-Oms Pallise,J/Andorra 2002}) 17. Qc2 Ne4
18. Rfc1 h6 19. Bh2 g6 20. Ne1 Ra8 21. f3 Qa6 22. Rab1 Nef6 23. Bd6 {1-0
Schandorff,L (2546)-Iordachescu,V (2567)/Bled 2002 (67)}) 16. Rc1 (16. axb4
Bxb4+ 17. Ke2 Ra5 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Rhc1 Qa6 $1 (19... Qb7 $2 20. Rab1 Be7 21.
Nd2 Rc8 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qc4 $44 {Sokolov,I-Bologan,V/Pamplona 2002}) 20. Nd6
Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Bxd6 22. c8=Q Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bf8 $11) 16... Ne4 (16... Ne8 17.
Qc2 b3 18. Qc6 Nc5 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. O-O Nb7 21. f3 Re8 22. Bg5 Na5 23. Qc3 Bf8
24. e4 Ra8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ng4 {1-0 Farago,I (2504)-Cigan,S (2367)/Austria
2007 (40)}) (16... b3 $2 17. Bd6 $16) 17. Nd2 Ndf6 {Due to the failure of the
black's defense in this game it can be presumed, that the future will belong
to the knight jump to c3.} (17... Nc3 $5 18. Nxc3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 b5 20. Qe2 Qb7
(20... b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Rc2 Nb6 (22... Ra7 23. O-O e5 24. dxe5 Rxc7 25.
Rxc7 Qxc7 26. e6 Ne5 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Rb1 $14) 23. O-O {1-0 Miton,K (2530)
-Vaganian,R (2623)/Belgium 2004 (51)}) 21. O-O Rc8 22. Rb1 Rb6 23. Nf3 b4 24.
axb4 Bxb4 25. Rc2 Bd6 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qb5 Rxc7 29. Qxa4 {
1/2 Van Wely,L (2676)-Jussupow,A (2600)/Wolvega 2006}) 18. f3 Ra5 19. Nxe4 $1 {
Very important moment for the result of the fight. Tomashevsky sees the
importance of changing all knights, as then the difference in impact of
darksquared bishops can become visible.} (19. fxe4 $2 Rxb5 20. Bg5 b3 $1 (20...
dxe4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxe4 b3 $17) 21. e5 b2 $4 (21... Bxa3 $1 22. Ra1 (22.
exf6 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 b2 $19) (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. exf6 Kh8 $19) 22... Ne4 23. Nxe4
Bb4+ 24. Nd2 a3 $19) 22. Rc2 $18 {1-0 Leitao,R (2573)-Milos,G (2601)/Sao Paulo
2004/ (30)}) 19... Nxe4 20. fxe4 (20. Qe2 Bh4+ (20... Qd7 21. fxe4 Rc8 22. exd5
exd5 23. Nc3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 $11) 21. Kf1 Ng3+ 22. Bxg3 Bxg3 23. axb4 Ra8 24. f4
a3 25. h4 $11) 20... Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qc6 bxa3 (22... dxe4 23. a4 f5 24.
O-O $16) 23. exd5 Rxd5 (23... exd5 24. O-O a2 25. Qxb6 Ra6 26. Qb3 Qe6 27. Ra1
$16) 24. Qxb6 Qd7 25. O-O Rc8 26. Rc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] White is improving on the
Bundesliga game, which saw black's win after the less precise play by white.
Now black pieces are failing to cope with enemy's activity, since the pawn on
c7 is very restrictive.} (26. Qa6 Rb5 27. Rb1 Rb2 28. Rxb2 axb2 29. Qb7 Ba3 30.
Rd1 g5 31. Bg3 Kg7 {0-1 Gyimesi,Z (2616)-Vaganian,R (2587)/Germany 2006 (78)})
26... h6 (26... Bf6 27. Rfc1 e5 (27... Rxd4 28. Qa6 Rb4 29. Qxa3 $16) 28. dxe5
Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 32. exd6 Qa4 33. Qb7 Qd7 34.
Qa6 $18) 27. Rfc1 Kh7 28. Qa6 Rf5 (28... g6 29. R1c4 h5 30. Be5 $16) 29. Bd6 $1
{It seems the moment is perfect for elimination of the bishops and thus also
dangerous a3 pawn.} Bh4 (29... Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Qe8 31. Qxc8 Qxc8 32. Rd8 $18) 30.
Qxa3 Bf2+ 31. Kh1 Rd5 32. Bf4 f5 33. Qc3 {Riazantsev has no counterplay for
the pawn c7, which the enemy now sports for free. After the transfer of the
white rook to b8 the defense will simply collapse.} Bh4 (33... g5 34. Bh2 g4
35. hxg4 $18) 34. Rb6 Bg5 35. Be5 (35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Rb8 Rb5 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38.
Qa3 $18) 35... Bd8 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 {Dies gilt als eine
der stдrksten Varianten gegen das Sдmisch-System.} 7. Nge2 {Es hat sich
gezeigt, dass WeiЯ mit der Annahme des Bauernopfers durch 7.dxc5 keinen
Vorteil erlangen kann.} Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 {Jetzt
ist der Ьbergang zum Modernen Benoni vollzogen.} h5 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14.
Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 {Bisher haben beide Seiten Standardzьge gemacht, die so
oder so дhnlich schon oft vorgekommen sind.} 16. Kh1 $5 a6 17. a4 Re8 $6 {
Der Turm kцnnte auf der f-Linie noch gebraucht werden.} 18. Rg1 $1 g5 $2 {
Dies gefдllt nun endgьltig nicht, bei dem irgendwann zu erwartenden g2-g3
wьrde der Bauer besser auf g6 stehen.} ({Eine von mehreren Mцglichkeiten ist} 
18... Nf6) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. Nce4 Nf7 22. Bd3 {Es droht 23.Nxg5.}
Re5 $6 {Der Druck auf d5 ist nicht stark genug, um die gefдhrdete Aufstellung
des Turmes zu rechtfertigen.} ({Etwas besser ist} 22... Qd7 {aber WeiЯ spielt}
23. Bc2 {und anschlieЯend g2-g3.}) 23. Bc2 Qd7 24. g3 $1 Kh8 $2 {Dies verliert,
allerdings ist es fraglich, ob sich Schwarz nach} (24... hxg3 25. Rxg3 {
nebst 26.Reg1 retten kann.}) 25. gxh4 gxh4 26. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 ({Auch
} 27... Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke7 29. Bg7 {ьberlebt Schwarz nicht lange.}) 28. f4 {
Die Schwдche der Diagonale a1-h8 erweist sich fьr Schwarz nun als fatal.} Rxe4
29. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Qf5 31. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 {The most challenging move.} a5 $5 {I decided to
suprise my opponent with this rare continuation, but he appeared to be ready
for this move and blitzed out the following moves:} 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 {
The main point of Black's 3...a5 we can see from the line} (6. e4 {This line
is considered to be advantageous with inclusion of the a5, a3 moves} Nf6 7.
Nxe7 Qxe7 8. f3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 {With insertion of a5, a3 moves Black
gets additional options connected with the move ...a5-a4, fixing the pawn
structure, or} O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nc5 {followed by next 13...f5. The idea
that wouldn't work without the insertion of a5, a3, due to the simple b2-b4.})
6... e4 7. Nd2 {There is not much theory here, as this position has occurred
only 3 times in practice.} f5 ({Twice Black opted for} 7... c6 8. Nxe7 (8. Nc3
$6 {seems pointless to me:} f5 9. e3 Nf6 {and it's rather Black, who is
fighting for an opening edge Zak,U (2341)-Luther,T (2575)/Catalan Bay 2003/CBM
092 ext (22)} 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. O-O O-O
15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Be2 Bd6 {0-1 Zak,U-Luther,T/Catalan Bay 2003/CBM 92 ext (22)})
8... Qxe7 9. Nb1 Be6 $2 {A clear inaccuracy. The logical} (9... f5 10. Nc3 {
would led to the same type of position, as happened in the game.}) 10. d5 $1
cxd5 11. cxd5 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nf6 {Johannessen,L (2519)-Kanep,M (2475)/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 (70) and now} 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. e3 {would secure
White's advantage.}) 8. Nb1 Nf6 $146 {A new move.} ({The only game saw} 8...
Nd7 9. Nbc3 Ndf6 $5 10. Bf4 {And now Black has to bear in mind the advance
c4-c5. Jetzt muss Schwarz mit dem VorstoЯ c4-c5 rechnen.} Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12.
Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. e3 {At last. White is not satisfied with the
repetition. Endlich. WeiЯ ist mit der Zugwiederholung nicht zufrieden.} c6 {
This move is not actually bad, but the exchange of knights on d5 would be more
logical, since in that case Black could reduce the material. Dieser Zug ist
noch nicht schlecht, doch wдre der Springertausch auf d5 logischer, da Schwarz
in diesem Fall das Material reduzieren konnte.} 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Qc2 {White
has the bishop pair and a strong pawn centre. WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar und ein
starkes Bauernzentrum.} O-O 17. f4 $1 $14 {and White got slightly better game
in Lautier,J (2666)-Fressinet,L (2637)/Val d'Isere 2004/CBM 103/[Ribli] (39)})
9. Nbc3 {The following sequence looks pretty logical} O-O 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.
Bg5 c6 {In any case Black should cover the d5-square.} 12. e3 {It seems like
White has got better prospects, thanks to his bishop pair, but the closed type
of position gives Black reasonable play.} Na6 $1 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7e6] I think,
that I found a good idea: Black's knight is heading for the e6-square (via c7)
bothering White's dark-squared bishop.} 13. Be2 {During the game I was
slightly concerned about the opportunity to exploit the weakness of the
b6-square by means of} (13. Na4 {, but now I believe, that after} Be6 14. Be2
Nc7 {followed by 15...b5 Black has reasonable play.}) 13... Nc7 14. d5 {
A natural reaction. White takes control over the e6-square, preventing 14...
Ne6.} ({Worthy of consideration would have been} 14. Qb3 Ne6 15. h4 $5 {
with the following point} Nxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 17. g6 $1 hxg6 18. O-O-O Nf6 19.
Rh2 $44 {followed by 20.Rdh1 with interesting compensation.}) 14... Bd7 ({
There was nothing wrong with the immediate} 14... c5 $5) 15. O-O {White had
other options as well, but none of them promised him any advantage.} (15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. O-O Ne6 17. Nd5 {, or} (17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 f4 19. exf4 gxf4 20. Bh4
Rf7 {[%cal Gf7g7] with double-edged play.}) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5
Kh8 20. Rab1 Nc5 $1 $11) (15. c5 Ncxd5 $1 {Only not} (15... cxd5 $2 16. Bf4 $1
$16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rb1 Rfd8 $1 {
and Black equalises comfortably.}) 15... h6 16. Bh4 ({Black has a good
position after} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxc6 bxc6 $11) 16... c5 $1 {The tension in
the centre was rather annoying for Black , as he always had to bear in mind
White's ideas connected with dc6, or c4-c5, so the text looks quite strong and
natural to me, especially taking into account White's bishop pair.} 17. Qd2
Rae8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A highly important loss of tempo, somehow during the
game I was absolutely sure, that with his last move my opponent had prepared
the following plan Rae1 and f3, or f4 , so I decided to play quickly a
"useful" move, that in fact appeared to be a very important loss of tempo. I
should have played} (17... g5 18. Bg3 Ng4 $1 {The same idea, as executed in
the game, but in a much better version. In my opinion Black has absolutely
normal play, f.e.} 19. Rab1 {The main point is, that now White cannot play} (
19. Bxg4 $6 fxg4 {and the threat of ...h5-h4 is very annoying, while} 20. Nxe4
$2 {is not really working} Qxe4 21. Bxd6 Rfc8 $1 $17) (19. h3 Ne5 20. f4 exf3
21. gxf3 Rae8 {leads to an unclear game.}) (19. Rae1 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8f6] worse
} (19... Ne5 20. f4 $1 exf3 21. gxf3 Ng6 22. f4 $14 {[%cal Ge2h5]})) 19... Ne5
20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na6 $1 22. bxc5 Nxc5 {with a balanced position.}) 18. Rab1
g5 ({Maybe objectively better would have been} 18... b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Rb8 {, still after} 21. Bg3 {White has annoying pressure.}) 19. Bg3 Ng4 {
This was my idea, that unfortunately was nicely refuted by my opponent.} (19...
Na6 {also hardly works in view of} 20. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nc7
22. Qxa5 $16) 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na6 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxg4 $1 {A deep
positional decision.} fxg4 24. Rb6 {[%csl Gd6]} Rf6 25. Qd4 Rc8 {I reached
this position in my calculations, when I played my 19th move, my impression
was, that Black had consolidated his position and was about to start
counterplay on the kingside by means of h5; but unfortunately White had a
powerful idea at his disposal:} 26. Ra1 $1 {Only now I realized, that White's
rook transfers to a5, creating tactical ideas, connected with Bd6 and Rc5
blows.} Rg6 ({Black has no time for} 26... h5 27. Ra5 Kf7 28. h3 $1 {Nesessary
preparation before the Bd6-blow} (28. Kf1 $5) 28... gxh3 29. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 30.
Rxc5 Rxb6 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Qxb6 hxg2 33. Nb5 {with a clear edge.} (33. Qh6 $5)
) 27. Ra5 Kf7 $1 {Though already in time trouble I managed to find the best
defensive resource.} ({First I intended to continue} 27... Qd8 {, but then I
realized, that the position arising after} 28. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30.
Bxd6 Ra5 31. g3 $18 {is strategically lost.}) 28. Nb5 {White avoides a nice
trap:} (28. Bxd6 $2 {looks like a winning strike, but in fact allows Black
sufficient counterplay:} Rxd6 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 $1 30. Qxc5 Rxb6 31. Qxb6 Qa3 $1 {
[%csl Rg1]} 32. Nd1 Qc1 (32... Qa1 $2 33. Qd4 $16) 33. Qb3 Qa1 {[%cal Gd7a4]
and White should force the draw:} 34. c5 Kf8 35. c6 $1 bxc6 36. dxc6 Bxc6 37.
Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qb4+ $11) 28... Bxb5 29. Rbxb5 {Threatening 30.Bxd6.} Na6 30. Qb2
Rc7 31. Rb6 Rf6 $1 {It's essential to prevent the annoying idea of Qh8.} 32.
Rab5 Nc5 ({Again Black has no time for} 32... h5 {due to the nice} 33. Bxd6 $1
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Rb6 Rc6 {After} (35... Qd8 36. Qe5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]
White easily starts a decisive attack.}) 36. Rxb7+ Nc7 37. Qd4 Rc5 38. Qxe4 $18
{with a winning position.}) ({Also} 32... Rxc4 {is not really helpful, since
after} 33. Rxb7 Nc7 34. R5b6 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb6c6] 35. Rc6 threat is very
strong.}) 33. Qa3 h5 $2 $138 {Finally I cracked in time trouble, but it was
really hard to defend such a position when short of time.} ({The correct
defence would have been} 33... Rc8 $1 {and it's not that easy for White to
break through Black's position, though after} 34. Qa7 Kg6 35. h3 $1 gxh3 36.
gxh3 {and White has long-lasting pressure.} (36. Bxd6 {doesn't work:} Rxd6 37.
Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxb7 Qe5 $1 39. Qxc5 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qf6 $1 $132)) 34.
Rxc5 $1 {The decisive blow.} Rxc5 ({I simply forgot, that after} 34... dxc5 {
before moving his d-pawn White first plays} 35. Rxf6+ (35. d6 $2 Rd7 $1 $13)
35... Kxf6 {and now} 36. d6 Qd7 37. Qa1+ $1 $18) 35. Bxd6 Rxc4 {An
unsuccessful try in mutual time trouble, but the queen endgame after} (35...
Rxd6 36. Qxc5 Rxb6 37. Qxb6 $18 {is hopeless for Black.}) 36. Bxe7 Rxb6 {
[%csl Yg1]} 37. h4 $1 $18 {The only winning move} (37. h3 $2 g3 $1 38. Qa1 (38.
fxg3 $4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rcc1 $19) 38... Ra4 39. Qd1 Kxe7 40. fxg3 Ra5 $14) 37...
g3 38. fxg3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rcc1 {Obviously Black has no time to create mating
threats.} (39... g4 40. Qd6 $1 Rcc1 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qf8+ Kd7 43. Qd8#) 40. g4
Ra1 41. Qd6 {After this game, the unbeaten run of my opponent rose to 96 (!)
games, which is really very impressive.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15.
Nf2 Bd7 16. a4 {Many moves have been tested in this well-known position:} (16.
f4 Nf7 17. e5 $6 dxe5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. h3 Nhg5 $36 {
1/2 Moiseenko,A (2573)-Ponomariov,R (2627)/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) (16.
Rad1 Re8 17. b4 b6 18. Nb5 Nf7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bf4 Rb8 22. Rb1
Qe7 23. Bd3 Ne5 {1/2 Khenkin,I (2598)-Efimenko,Z (2557)/Fuerth 2002/CBM 090 ext
}) (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nh3 (17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bf3 Rae8
21. Rfe1 b5 22. a3 Nhf6 $132 {1-0 Zubarev,A (2548)-Pavlidis,A (2360)/Kavala
2009/CBM 131 Extra (39)}) 17... Qe7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Nf4 Ng4 20. fxg4 (20.
Bxc5 $1 dxc5 21. fxg4 Qd6 $13) 20... Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6
Bd4 $17 {0-1 Lie,K (2558)-Stellwagen,D (2621)/Malmo 2008/CBM 124 (43)}) (16.
Kh1 $5 Kh8 17. Rae1 Qa5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nxg4 fxg4 21. Qd1 h3 22.
gxh3 gxh3 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Bg4 Qd8 25. Be6 $14 {0-1 Henrichs,T (2459)-Van
Laatum,G (2327)/Belgium 2001/EXT 2003 (28)}) (16. Rab1 $5 Qf6 (16... Rc8 $5)
17. f4 Nf7 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bd3 $2 (22.
Nxd6 $1 Nxd6 23. e5 $16) 22... Nf6 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Ng4 $17 {0-1
Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)-Topalov,V (2772)/Leon 2007/CBM 119 (61)}) (16. Rae1 $5 b6
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. f4 Re8 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Bh5 $14 {1-0 Khismatullin,
D (2584)-Nedev,T (2518)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (77)}) 16... Qf6 (16... a6 $6 17.
Kh1 (17. a5 $5 Qf6 18. Qc2 $2 (18. f4 Nf7 19. Bd3 $14) 18... f4 19. Bd2 h3 $17
{0-1 Bischoff,K (2560)-Radjabov,T (2682)/Mainz 2005/CBM 107 ext (34)}) (17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Qa5 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Bf2 $14 {1/2 Sasikiran,K 
(2525)-Singh,G (2310)/Kolkata 1999/CBM 069 ext (78)}) 17... Re8 {The rook
could still be employed on the f-file. Der Turm kцnnte auf der f-Linie noch
gebraucht werden.} 18. Rg1 Nf7 (18... g5 $6 {In the long run I do not like
this; the pawn would be better on g6 ib view of the move g2-g3 which is to be
expected at some point. Dies gefдllt nun endgьltig nicht, bei dem irgendwann
zu erwartenden g2-g3 wьrde der Bauer besser auf g6 stehen.} 19. exf5 Bxf5 20.
Rae1 Rc8 21. Nce4 Nf7 22. Bd3 {The threat is 23.Nxg5. Es droht 23.Nxg5.} Re5 {
The prsssure against d5 is not strong enough to justify the dangerous position
the rook occupies. Der Druck auf d5 ist nicht stark genug, um die gefдhrdete
Aufstellung des Turmes zu rechtfertigen.} 23. Bc2 Qd7 24. g3 $1 $16 {1-0
Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Shomoev,A (2567)/Budva 2009/CBM 130/[CB] (31)}) ({One of
several possibilities is Eine von mehreren Mцglichkeiten ist} 18... Nf6 $5) 19.
Rge1 g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nf6 22. Bd3 fxe4 23. Nfxe4 Nh5 24. Bxd6 $16 {
1-0 Khairullin,I (2604)-Shomoev,A (2566)/Ulan Ude 2009/CBM 132 (40)}) 17. exf5
(17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Nb5 $6 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qe7 $13 {1-0 Gupta,A (2551)-Caspi,I 
(2412)/Gaziantep 2008/CBM 125 Extra (44)}) (17. f4 Nf7 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Rab1
$14) 17... gxf5 18. Nh3 {You have seen this manoeuvre in some games cited in
the previous annotations.} Ng6 $6 (18... Rae8 $142) 19. f4 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Ye2h5][%mdl 32] Cutting off the black knight.} a6 (19... Qe7 20. Bh5 Qxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 Bd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Bxg6 dxc3 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. bxc3 $16) 20. Bf2 Rae8
21. Kh1 $1 {Black has no counterplay now, and White quietly prepares his
attack along the g-file.} Rf7 22. a5 Rfe7 23. Bh5 Nhf8 24. Rg1 $1 Bh6 25. g3
Kh8 (25... hxg3 26. Rxg3 Rg7 27. Rag1 Ree7 28. Ng5) 26. gxh4 $18 {[%cal Yh3g5]}
Nxh4 27. Bxe8 Bxe8 28. Ng5 Nhg6 29. Rae1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bf7 31. Nxf7+ Qxf7 32.
Bg3 Bg7 33. Qe3 Bd4 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Re2 Qh7 36. Na4 Qd7 37. Nb6 Qb5 38. h4 Qxa5
39. Nc4 Qd8 40. h5 Nh8 41. Rg2 Kf7 42. Qd3 {The whole system looks quite
gloomy for Black.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 63rd"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 Ne5 7. Bf4 a6 8.
Bxe5 axb5 9. Bg2 {A logical novelty, connected with a pawn sac. Other
continuations have not posed any problems for Black:} (9. e4 Bc5 10. Qd2 f6 11.
Bf4 b4 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 {Khalifman-Ionov, St Petersburg 1998}) (9. cxb5
Qxb5 10. Bd4 Qd5 11. f3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Tkachiev-Grischuk, Villarobledo 2009
}) 9... bxc4 10. O-O Ne7 {Other options:} (10... f6 $6 11. Bc3 Bc5 12. Nd2 d5
13. e4 Ne7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 {
with advantage to White.}) (10... Nf6 {!?} 11. Nd2 Qc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {deserved
serious attention}) 11. Bd4 $1 {A strong move, compelling Black to define the
queen's position.} Qa6 12. Nc3 {Now I realised the threat of a4 and Nb5.} Nf5 (
12... d5 13. e4) (12... d6 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 {, with initiative in both cases.}
) 13. a4 Bb4 14. Nb5 Qa5 (14... O-O {!?} 15. Nc7 (15. Bc3 {!?} Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qb6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Qd6 {with full compensation}) 15... Qd6 16. Nxa8 Nxd4 17. e3
Nb3 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Ra2 Bc5 20. a5 d5 21. Nb6 f5 {with decent compensation
for the exchange.}) 15. Be5 O-O (15... d6 {?} 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18.
Qxd6 Ra6 19. Qd4 O-O 20. Qxc4 {with a pawn up}) 16. Bc7 Qa6 17. e4 Ne7 18. e5 {
White has more than enough compensation for the pawn due to poor bishop on c8
and rook on a8.} f6 {The only attempt to free his game.} 19. Qg4 (19. Bd6 Qa5
20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rc1 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Qxa4 23. Rxc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rf8 25. Rc7 {
gave a big advantage in the ending:} Nf5 26. Nxc8 Raxc8 27. Rcxd7 b6 28. Rb7
Rb8 29. Rdd7) 19... Nc6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Ne5 {Desperation
in approaching time trouble.} (22... Rf8 {would be more tenacious:} 23. Rad1
Ne5 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qe4 Qxa4 26. Nxc8 Raxc8 27. Rxd7 Qb5 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qe2
{with White's edge.}) 23. Qd4 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Ne8 (25. Nxc4) 25... Rf7
26. Nc7 Qa7 27. Qxc4 d5 {Missing a better attempt.} (27... b5 $5 28. Qc2 Rb8
29. axb5 $5 (29. Nxb5 Qb6 30. Rfd1 d5 31. Qe2 Bd7) 29... Qb6 30. Na6 Ra8 31.
Qc5 Qd8 32. Ra3 {, although White has retained an advantage}) 28. Qc3 Rb8 29.
Nb5 Qb6 30. Qe5 Ra8 31. Nd6 Rf6 32. a5 {White completely dominates.} Qb4 (32...
Qd8 33. Rfc1) 33. Rac1 Bd7 {The poor bishop has just made its first move.} 34.
Rc7 Be8 35. Rxb7 {The most straightforward way to win.} (35. Nxb7 {also was
possible.}) 35... Qxa5 36. b4 Qd8 (36... Qa3 {loses to} 37. Nxe8 Rxe8 38. Qc7)
(36... Qa4 37. b5 {also hopeless}) 37. Rc1 Rg6 38. Rcc7 Qg5 39. Qc3 Rd8 (39...
Qf6 40. Rxg7+ (40. Qxf6 gxf6 41. b5) 40... Qxg7 41. Rxg7+ Rxg7 42. Qe5 Bd7 43.
b5) 40. Nxe8 Rxe8 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 Be6 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Qd3 f5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. c4 Qe7 12. Rfc1 g6 13. a3 Rfd8 14. b4 Ne4 15.
c5 Bc7 16. a4 h5 17. b5 h4 18. Rcb1 Rab8 19. b6 axb6 20. cxb6 Bd6 21. a5 Kg7
22. a6 bxa6 23. Rxa6 Bc8 24. Ra7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nc3 Qd8 27. Na4 Ba6 28.
Qc2 Bb5 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Bf1 Bxa4 31. Qxa4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Qxb6
34. Qa8 Qc7 35. Kg2 Qd7 36. Be2 Be7 37. Bd1 c5 38. dxc5 Bxc5 39. Bb3 Qf5 40.
Qxd5 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Bxe3 42. Qe5+ f6 43. Qc7+ Kh6 44. fxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46.
Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 e3 48. Bc4 e2 49. Qc5 Qe1 50. Qd4 Qf1 51. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 52. Kg1
Qf3 53. Kh2 Qe2+ 54. Kg1 Qe5 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qg4 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Kg1 Qd3
59. Qf4 g5 60. Qb8 Qf3 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 Kg6 63. Qc8 f5 64. Qd7 Qe3+ 65. Kg2
Qe4+ 66. Kg1 Qb1+ 67. Kg2 Qc2+ 68. Kg1 Kh5 69. Qd4 Qe2 70. Qb4 Qe3+ 71. Kh2
Qf2+ 72. Kh1 Qxg3 73. Qe7 Qf3+ 74. Kh2 Kg4 75. Qa7 Qe2+ 76. Kh1 f4 77. Qd4 Kg3
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 (
8. Qd2 $5 Nd7 $146 9. d5 Na5 $6 10. Ng3 Qb6 11. b3 $1 a6 12. Rc1 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-Basagic, Bled , 2002; >= 9...Ne5 10.Ng3 a6 /\ 11...b5 <=>}) 8...
Ne5 9. Ng3 {The favourite variation of the former European Champion against
the King's Indian.} h5 ({It is possible to attack the centre immediately by} 
9... e6 10. Be2 exd5 (10... a6 11. f4 $1 (11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. a4 b4
14. Nb1 c4 $13) 11... Neg4 12. Bxg4 (12. Bd2 $5) 12... Nxg4 13. Qxg4 exd5 14.
Qf3 (14. f5 h5 $1 15. Qf3 d4 16. O-O dxe3 17. Kh1 $44) 14... d4 15. Bd2 (15.
Bxd4 $5 cxd4 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. O-O $14) (15. Nd5 $5 dxe3 16. O-O
Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Kh1 b5 19. f5 $44) 15... dxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 (16... f5 17.
O-O fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 20. Rae1 $14) 17. O-O $5 (17. O-O-O $5 Be6
18. e5 Bxc4 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. b3 Be6 21. Rhd1 $16) (17. b3 $5) 17... bxc4 (17...
Be6 18. b3 bxc4 19. f5 $16) 18. Rad1 $1 Rb8 (18... Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+
f6 21. Qxc4 $16) 19. e5 $16 Bb7 (19... Rb6 $2 20. Ba5 $18) 20. Qf2 (20. Ne4 $2
Qe8 $1 21. Rxd6 f5 $1) 20... d5 21. Qxc5 (21. Ne4 dxe4 $5 22. Rxd8 Rfxd8 23.
Qxc5 Rbc8 24. Qf2 Bf8 $44) 21... Qc8 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Qf2 $6 f6 $1 $132) 22...
Qc6 23. Rd2 (23. Bd4 $5) 23... Rfe8 24. Ne2 $2 (24. f5 $1 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26.
fxg6 hxg6 27. Qh6 fxe5 28. Nh5 $1 gxh5 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rf7 $40) 24... f6 $1
25. Nd4 Qb6 26. e6 f5 27. Nxf5 (27. Re1 $2 Bc8 $1 $17) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Nxe3
Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxe6 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rb2 32. Rg5 {1/2
Mikhalchishin-Bologan/Bled (ol) 2002}) 11. cxd5 h5 ({Some players like to
include typical moves on the queenside:} 11... a6 12. a4 Bd7 (12... h5 13. O-O
Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1 f5 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. Nf4 Nxf4 (
19... Re8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Nhf8 22. Bc4 Nxe6 23. Rad1 $14) 20. Bxf4 Qf6
21. Kh1 Rae8 $146 (21... Rfe8) 22. a5 Rf7 23. Bc4 Rfe7 24. Rac1 Kh8 25. b3 Qg6
26. Rce1 $14 {Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Khairullin,I (2574)/Moscow 2009}) 13. h3 b5
14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Rb8 17. e5 (17. Rf2) (17. Qe2) 17... Ne8 18.
Qd2 Qc8 $5 $146 (18... dxe5) 19. Rae1 $5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Nge4 f5 22.
Nxc5 (22. Bxc5 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Qxd6 $13) 22... Rf7 $6 (
22... Bd6 23. Ne6 $14 Bxe6 $140 24. dxe6 Qc6 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Nd5 $16) 23. Bf2
$1 Bd6 24. Ne6 $14 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2646)-Inarkiev,E (2669)/Russia (ch) 2008
}) 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. a4 (16. Rad1 $6 Re8 17. b4
$5 b6 $13 {Khenkin-Efimenko, Germany, 2002; >= 16.exf5 Bxf5 (16...gxf5 17.Nh3+/
-) 17.Nfe4+/=, Mikhalchishin}) 16... Qf6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. f4 a6
20. Bf2 Rae8 21. Kh1 Rf7 22. a5 Rfe7 23. Bh5 Nhf8 24. Rg1 Bh6 25. g3 {1-0
Tomashevsky,E (2701)-Khairullin,I (2617)/Rijeka 2010. The opening of the
g-file fixes White's advantage.}) 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bxg4 ({
White should not lose time:} 13. Bg1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. h3 b4 16. Na4 Nh6 17.
e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nxc5 Bc6 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Be4 Qe7 23. Bxf5
Qxe5+ 24. Be4 f5 {0-1 Gunina,V (2295)-Girya,O (2342)/St Petersburg, 2008})
13... Nxg4 14. Qxg4 exd5 {A typical piece sacrifice, which seems to guarantee
Black excellent counterplay.} 15. f5 d4 16. Nd5 ({White is forced to go
forward as the retreat just leaves him with pawn weaknesses.} 16. Bd2 dxc3 17.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8) 16... dxe3 17. Nfxe3 ({Immediate castling appears to
be more dynamic:} 17. O-O-O e2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 b5 21. Nfe3
Rb8 22. cxb5 Bd7 23. a4 a6 {1-0 Hovmoller,K (2287)-Szabo,G (2376)/Hallsberg ,
2003/. With very unclear play, in which the bishop pair can certainly have its
word to say.}) 17... Bxb2 18. O-O $3 {An exchange sacrifice (plus pawn) for a
complete blockade of the centre, executed by the white knights.} Bxa1 ({
Ponomariov adopts the principled line, but other players would try to keep
control over the black squares:} 18... Bd4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rf3 $13) 19. Rxa1
Kg7 20. Rf1 $1 ({The materialistic way would be illogical:} 20. f6+ Qxf6 21.
Nxf6 Bxg4 22. Nexg4 a6 23. Rf1 b5 {trying to open space for the black rooks.})
20... Rh8 21. Qf4 g5 {Black is forced to close the king's flank, as opening it
would be too dangerous.} (21... gxf5 22. exf5 Kf8 23. Re1) 22. Qf3 ({It was
possible to develop the attack differently, as most of the black pieces are
not participating in the defence:} 22. f6+ Kh6 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Ng4+ Kh7 25. Ne7
a5 26. Ne3 Kh6 27. N3f5+ {but the black pieces are so pressured with the lack
of space, that Tomashevsky can improve his position in a more relaxed way!})
22... f6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Bd7 {There now follows a combinational attack
according to the recommendations of the great Capablanca - improve your pieces
maximally and you'll find a lot of tactical motifs!} 25. Ndxf6 $1 Rxf6 26.
Qxg5+ Kf7 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. Rd1 Rxf5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ {
A fantastic achievment by the former European Champion!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Milos,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 Bd7 {This is not the normal continuation and it appears that Black
loses a tempo, but there is an important point with this move. The most
playable moves are ...c6, Nc5, Nfd7 and also ...h5 is interesting.} ({After} 
9... Nc5 {The point of ...Bd7 appears in the following variation:} 10. Nd2 Kh8
11. Be2 Ng8 12. h4 f5 {this is similar to the game but White can play} 13. h5
$1 {and if} f4 {then} 14. hxg6 h6 15. Bxc5 {with advantage.}) 10. Nd2 Kh8 11.
Be2 Ng8 12. h4 f5 {This is a good plan and Black is ok here.} 13. gxf5 (13. f3
{is a different plan and also playable.}) (13. h5 $2 f4 14. hxg6 h6 {and Black
wins a piece (see comments to 9...Nc5)}) 13... gxf5 14. exf5 {White plays to
open the king and control the square e4.} Nc5 (14... Ne7 {is another playable
idea.}) 15. Nde4 {The control of e4 gives White a small advantage here.} (15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nde4 {is possible but would weaken some dark squares and later
Black's bishop could be positioned on h6.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxf5 17. Ng3
Bh6 $1 {This exchange justifies the knight remaining on g8 and is
strategically correct.} 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bd7 20. O-O-O Nf6 21. Rdf1 Qe7 {
The position is about equal here.} 22. Bd3 b6 23. Bc2 Rf7 24. Nf5 {This is the
best plan for White.} ({After} 24. Bf5 Rg8 {Black is ok.}) 24... Bxf5 25. Rxf5
Raf8 26. Qg2 Ne8 27. Rh5 $1 e4 $6 {The pawn is weak on this square, but this
move is not a mistake but perhaps a try to play for a win that did not work.} (
27... Rf2 {was safer:} 28. Qg5 R8f7 $14) 28. Rg5 Rf2 29. Qg3 R2f3 30. Qg2 Qf6 {
I believe Moro was playing for a win, betting on his control of the f-file and
pretending to press against e3 with Ng7-Nf5. If Black repeats moves White
could accept the draw or try} (30... Rf2 31. Qg3 R2f3 32. Qe1 {with some
advantage.}) 31. Rg1 Ng7 $2 {The continuation of the plan but at the same time
the decisive mistake. The knight should go to f6 later.} ({After} 31... Rf1+
32. Rxf1 (32. Bd1 {is better and White retains a small advantage after} Rxg1
33. Qxg1 Qe7 34. Qg2 Nf6) 32... Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 Nf6 {
Black is ok.}) 32. Rg4 $1 {Now White wins the e-pawn, opens the way for his
bishop and the knight on g7 is misplaced.} Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rxf1+
35. Kd2 Rf2+ 36. Kc3 {Now the pawn is lost and the endgame is hopeless for
Black.} Nf5 37. Rxe4 Kg7 38. Rg4+ $1 {Excellent. The rook ending is the best
way for White to win.} Kh6 (38... Kf6 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 40. Rg8 {threatening Rc8}
Ke5 (40... Rh5 41. Rc8 Rxh4 42. Rxc7 h5 43. Rd7 Ke5 44. Re7+ Kf5 45. Re6 {
White wins}) 41. Rg7 {winning.}) 39. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 40. Re4 Rf7 41. b4 (41. Kb3 {
is also good intending to go to c6.}) 41... a4 {After making this move Moro
resigned.} (41... axb4+ 42. Kxb4 Kh5 43. Kb5 {is winning for White.} Rg7 44.
Kc6 h6 (44... Rg4 45. Rxg4 Kxg4 46. Kxc7) 45. Re8 Kxh4 46. Rc8 h5 47. Rxc7
Rxc7+ 48. Kxc7 Kg3 49. Kxd6 h4 50. Kc7 h3 51. d6 h2 52. d7 h1=Q 53. d8=Q {
and White is winning.}) (41... a4 {The game could continue} 42. Kb2 Rf2+ (42...
b5 43. cxb5 Rf5 44. Re7 Rxd5 45. Rxc7 Rxb5 46. Ka3 {winning.}) 43. Ka3 Kg6 44.
Re7 {with an easy win for White}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 {In this line Black is trying to compensate for the
sacrificed pawn with immediate pressure against the centre. White is
constrained by the fact that he has not yet managed to castle.} 11. e5 Nfd7 12.
Be3 e6 {with the knight move to d5 Grandelius is conciously avoiding certain
problems , that White could have confronted him with in the event of the
immediate capture by 12...Nxe5.} (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O (14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rd2 f5
21. f4 (21. f3 Kf7 22. O-O a5 $11 {1/2 (31) Iotov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2637)
Sunny Beach 2009}) 21... Bf6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rhd1 $14 {1-0 (80) Sandipan,C 
(2641)-Maki,V (2409) Plovdiv 2010}) 14... Qc7 15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4
e6 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ra2 Qb7 20. Bc4 Rd8 $11 {1/2 (56) Jakovenko,D (2729)
-Sutovsky,E (2700) Sochi 2012}) 13. O-O (13. a4 Qa5 14. O-O b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16.
Rfd1 Ndxe5 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Rd6 Ne7 19. Nxb4 Nf5 20. Rb6 h6 21. c6 Bc8 $11 {
0-1 (69) Sokolov,I (2625)-Alterman,B (2585) Leeuwarden 1994}) 13... Qc7 14.
Rad1 {The real fight in the game begins only in this phase. There is no reason
to believe that players were ignorant about the recent games from tournament
praxis. White is certainly facing a difficult task in his ambition to obtain
some advantage.} (14. a4 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Bb6 (17. Rfc1 Nc6
18. Qxa4 Rfc8 19. Rc5 Bf8 20. Rc2 Qb8 21. Rac1 Nb4 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc5 Nd5
24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qd4 $14 {1/2 (36) Farago,I (2475)-Ftacnik,L (2580) Ljubljana
1998}) 17... Qd7 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bd6 Bd5 20. Rxa4 Nc6 21. Qa3 a5 $11 {1/2 (70)
Potkin,V (2642)-Dominguez Perez,L (2725) Havana 2012}) 14... Nxe5 {The
capturing of the e5-pawn is a more logical solution, even though we can fully
understand the urge to eliminate the feature of asymmetry after elimination of
the c-pawn.} (14... Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19.
f4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd4 g5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxe5 $11 {
0-1 (91) Onischuk,A (2670)-Dominguez Perez,L (2708) Biel 2008}) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
15... Qxe5 $6 16. a4 Nc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 $16) 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 $1 {
The undermining of the enemy pawn structure on the queenside is the only hope
in the fight for an advantage. Tomashevsky must quickly exploit the fact, that
Black still needs two moves to finish his development.} bxa4 (17... Nd7 18.
axb5 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bd5
24. bxa6 Kf8 25. Rc1 $14) 18. Nxa4 Nc6 (18... Nd7 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Bf3 $14) 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb6 {The choice of the
piece that will occupy the b6-square was a far from simple task. The queen
move also offered no real chances for an advantage, thus we can consider the
game move to be more natural.} (20. Qb6 Qc8 (20... Qxb6 21. cxb6 Na5 22. Rd7
Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 $16) 21. Rd6 Ne7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qxa6 Qc7 24.
Rfd1 Ra7 (24... Nf5 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Kf2 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. c6
Ne7 30. Nc5 $14) 25. Qc4 Nf5 26. R6d3 (26. Rd7 Qc6 27. Rxa7 Nxe3 28. Qe2 Nxd1
29. Qxd1 Bxb2 $15) 26... Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Rd8 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. Qa4 {The
Russian player fully understands the necessity to control the vulnerable spot
d4. Remarkably, it was worth a pawn to him.} (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc4 Bd4 $11)
21... Bxb2 22. Rd6 Ne7 (22... Rxd6 $2 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Bxc6 Qxa4
26. Bxa4 Bd5 27. Nb6 $16) 23. Nd7 Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Grandelius is one of those
creative grandmasters with sharp tactical vision. The solution of the
situation with the help of a tactical shoot-out is not the best solution, but
the author deserves kudos for the bravery and the long calculation.} (23...
Rbc8 $1 24. Bd4 (24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nb6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Nf5 27. Nxc8 (27. d7 Rd8
28. Bf2 h5 29. Rb1 Bf6 $11) 27... Nxe3 28. Qc6 Qb4 29. d7 Qd4 30. Qd6 Nxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Qc4+ 32. Ke1 Bf6 $11) 24... Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxf3 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxh7+ Kg8
28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Rxf3 Nf5 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ $11) 24. Nxb8 Nxe3 25. Rb1 {
The pre-game favourite was forced to move into high gear; the position on the
board has become full of possibilities. The analyses with the help of the
computer tend to prefer the exchange on the d8-square, but the text is more
natural and promises White an advantage.} (25. Rxd8+ $5 Qxd8 26. c6 Qd3 27. Re1
Bc3 (27... Bc8 28. Kh1 $1 (28. Qe4 Qd2 29. Qb1 Qd4 30. Kh1 Bc3 $11) 28... Bc3
29. Rc1 Qd2 30. Rb1 $16) 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxc6 30. Rxe3 Bd4 31. Nxc6 Bxe3+
32. Kh1 Bxf4 33. Bd3 $14) 25... Rxb8 (25... Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxb2 Qc5 28.
Nd7 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxe3 $14) 26. Rxb2 Bxf3 27. Qd4 $1 {The key move in
the combination, the centralised queen is exerting extraordinary pressure
across the whole board.} (27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. gxf3 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. Qd1 Qb2+
31. Qd2 Qa3 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 a5 34. c6 a4 $11) 27... Nd5 $2 {The defender
sadly failed to complete his tactical idea to the logical outcome. Under the
pressure of unpleasant threats he opts for a failed solution. The game was far
from decided in the event of the best move 27...Rc8!} (27... Rc8 $1 28. Qxe3 (
28. gxf3 $2 Nf5 $17) 28... Bd5 29. Rc2 Qb7 30. f5 Qb1+ 31. Qc1 Qxc1+ 32. Rxc1
gxf5 33. Rxa6 $14) 28. Rxb8+ Qxb8 29. gxf3 h5 (29... Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qa2+ 31. Kg3
Qa5 32. Qe5 $18) 30. Qe5 $1 {The pawn structure on the white side is similar
to pictures of a town after bombardment; but the game will be carried to a
successful conclusion by his centralised pieces.} Qc8 (30... h4 31. Rb6 Qxe5
32. fxe5 Kf8 33. Rxa6 $18) 31. c6 Ne7 (31... a5 32. Rd7 Nb6 33. Qc7 $18) 32.
Qf6 Qc7 (32... Nxc6 33. Qc3 Na7 34. Qxc8+ Nxc8 35. Rd8+ $18) 33. Rd7 Qb6+ {
The real checking of the vulnerable white king was never on the cards, but
Black could not resist a solitary parting "shot" towards it.} 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. a3
c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e5 Be7 16. Qb5 c4 17. Kb1 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rxe7 Kf8 21.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxc4+ Kg7 23. Re1 Rab8 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Re3 a5 26. Kc2 a4 27. Rc3
Rcb7 28. b4 axb3+ 29. Nxb3 Na4 30. Rd3 Rc7 31. Rd4 Nb6 32. Nd2 Ra7 33. Bb3 Rxa3
34. f4 Ra7 35. Ne4 Rc7+ 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. Be6 Nf8 38. Bd5 Nd7 39. Ke3 Rb2 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. h4 Rc1 43. Kg3 Rcc2 44. Nc3 Nc5 45. Re3 Rd2 46. Bf3 Rd3 47.
Nd5+ Ke6 48. f5+ Kd7 49. e6+ Kd6 50. Re1 Rb8 51. e7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"One of the greatest victories of my career" – that is how I summed up the
first game of my match in the third round of the Tromsoe World Cup against Lev
Aronian, immediately afterwards at the press conference. But now too, even
after the emotions have died down a little, I would still say the same. In
principle, the facts themselves are sufficient – it is not every day that one
defeats such a great player, and with Black as well. I also managed to show a
good quality of play, using an opening that was virtually new for me, and
overcoming an important psychological barrier (more of that below). The win
was also assisted by several other factors, not just my own strength. Thus,
during our match, Aronian did look quite himself, not 100% healthy, which
probably affected his play. I was also favoured by the psychological
background: Levon needed to underline his status as favourite, not just for
the match itself, but the entire World Cup, whereas I had virtually nothing to
lose after publication of the tournament schedule :), and after a score of 3:4
before the 8th game of my first round match against Alexander Ramirez, merely
being in the following round was already a bonus! These factors all combined
to enable me, for the first time in a while, to play really well and get an
excellent result.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 {I played this for the first
time only in Game 1 of my aforementioned first-round match. In the fifth game,
this move order brought me a good victory and in the seventh, a tough defeat,
so I faced a difficult psychological mood before completing my hat-trick with
the line in classical chess..:)} 4. e3 {Levon chooses the simplest and most
solid continuation, inviting Black to go into the Meran or to set up a
Stonewall formation. I went for exactly the latter setup, which in general has
a rather dodgy reputation, but which is considered satisfactory in this
particular form. The resulting positions are quite complicated and not very
well explored, Of course, one should not be frightened to play the Stonewall,
when your trainer for the last few years has been GM Alexey Illyushin, one of
the principal advocates of the line. Looking at his games and listening to his
explanation of his philosophy of this line, one gets the impression the only
thing you should not play it against is 1.e4...:) Although I am not quite such
an optimist about the setup c6-d5-e6-f5, I did have one or two ideas I wanted
to try out.} Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 ({Practice regards as
the main line} 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 {, but it is hard to understand how the
simple and sensible text is any worse.}) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 Bd7 $5 {This bishop
transfer, without weakening the queenside, is the key idea for Alexey and
myself. Black seeks to establish the deepest possible setup, without creating
any further weaknesses.} 10. Nc3 Be8 {At this moment, I would like to
reproduce a Tweet from my good friend andgreat humorist GM Alexander Evdokimov:
"Look at Tomashevsky's win. Stonewall, with the bishop on e8. One can feel the
trainer's hand". Fortunately, the game ended with a favourable result for me,
else such a comment might not have seemed so friendly...:)} 11. cxd5 $6 {
The first arguable (I would even say dubious) decision. It is time to start
talking chess itself. As a rule, this exchange is good when the black knight
has already gone to d7, and/or the pawn is on b6. Then White can count on
securing a slight, but comfortable pressure. Here, however, the knight can
come to the defended square c6, and White will not manage to set up pressure
on the queenside, whilst Black practically solves his opening problems.} ({
More principled, I think, is} 11. Rc1) ({or} 11. Ne2 {– which are the source
for future discussions.}) 11... cxd5 12. Rc1 {The natural continuation.} ({
Less is promised by the immediate} 12. Nb5 Bxb5 ({here there is no sense in} 
12... Bb4 13. Qc2 $1 Bxb5 (13... Nc6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Qc5 $1) 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Bd3
) 13. Bxb5 Nbd7 {, and after a7-a6 followed by Bd3, Black does not have any
particular problems}) ({whilst the typical transfer} 12. Ne2 Nc6 (12... a5 $5 {
, exploiting the absence of the knight from the control of a4}) 13. Nf4 {
involves an unclear pawn sacrifice:} Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. a4 a5 $132) 12...
Nc6 13. Nb5 Bb4 {At first glance, Black has lost time with his bishops, but
this does not bother him, and White has spoilt the coordination of his own
pieces.} 14. a3 ({Slightly more precise was} 14. f3 $5 a6 15. Nc3 {– without
his knight on e4, it is slightly harder for Black to organise his pieces,
whilst the immediate exchange on e5 could lead to an unpleasant position.})
14... Ba5 15. Be2 {A subtle move – White frees the excellent square d3 for his
knight, at the same time taking control of the important squares h5 and g4.} a6
(15... Ne4 16. b4 a6 {looks double-edged, and I preferred to play more simply.}
) 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. b4 ({If White does not want to play} 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. f4 {
, then the only sensible alternative to the text is}) ({the pawn sacrifice} 17.
Nd3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxa3 20. Nc5 {, but I don't think White's
compensation allows him to claim anything more than equality, eg:} Qb4 21. Qd2
Nd8 {/\ Bb5}) 17... Bc7 {Black has achieved a harmonious piece setup.} 18. Nxe4
{A turning point in the game. By itself, this move is more of an imprecision
than a mistake, but it is the start of a series of small lapses by White,
which I think in the first instance are connected with psychological factors.}
({White should have recognised that he has no advantage and either fixed
equality with} 18. f4) ({, or else gone for a slow positional battle with no
advantage, which was possible} 18. Nd3 {The attempt to play more ambitiously
leads to difficulties.}) 18... fxe4 19. Qb3 $6 {And this is definitely not
right – see the previous note.} ({It was essential to play} 19. f4 $1 exf3 20.
Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Nxf3 {, and although Black's position is already slightly more
pleasant, I do not think White is risking losing.}) 19... Bxe5 {A good
"structural" decision.} ({Also interesting was the immediate} 19... Qg5 $5 {
, but in this case, one must reckon with the possibility of} 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
b5 {, and if there are no immediate tactics on the kingside, Black's advantage
could easily disappear.}) 20. dxe5 Qg5 21. Kh1 {Another not terribly good
choice. The exchange of bishops should have been prevented:} (21. Qd1 $1 {
, and then it would be noticeably more difficult for Black to develop his
initiative. Probably Levon was afraid of the knight transfer} Ne7 $5) 21... Bh5
{Black's advantage is assuming threatening proportions.} 22. f3 {One of the
critical moments for me, not just in the game, but in the tournament more
generally. After making this move, Levon offered a draw, which gave me
something to think about! I used up about half of my remaining half hour of
thinking time. Of course, I would like to say that it was easy to take the
decision, on the basis of the emotional reaction I expressed at the press
conference – "if you don't play on in such a position, then what's the point
of playing chess!". But in reality, it took a lot of effort to forsake the
bird in the hand, for the two in the bush. Of course, now, looking calmly at
the monitor, I am wondering what there was to think about. Not only does Black
have a clear advantage, but he is risking nothing. But during the game, it was
not so easy to think so clearly and bravely, and I did not have such great
experience of turning down draws against such players! I am glad that I
managed to clear my head and overcome an important psychological barrier. I
would also like to point out another interesting moment.} ({Levon could have
offered the draw after playing} 22. f4 {, which would objectively have been
stronger and would have narrowed my choice, to two options: take en passant or
agree a draw. However, as well as the psychological choice, Aronian also gave
me a chess-based choice! He took a risk and this time it went wrong, but that
is not to deny that the ability to offer a draw at the right time is an
important part of chess. Thus, in this case, Levon disturbed the psychological
mood for me, of a game that was going well, and gave himself an extra chance,
and if I had not succeeded in finding a couple of very strong moves in the
approaching time trouble, the game could have ended differently. Such effects
from a timely draw offer have often occurred in important games and events in
chess history. In the argument over Sofia Rules, I have always been surprised
that this issue is never raised. At the board, a chessplayer is very limited
in his choice of legal moves and methods of conducting the battle. To ban draw
offers and any communication between players during the game reduces these
options still further, by taking away a method that is far from the least
important?!}) 22... Qh6 $1 {I did not only spend my time on philosophical
thoughts – I also managed to work out the strength of the subtle text move,
which emphasises the constraints of the white position.} ({I would have
achieved less with the simple} 22... exf3 23. gxf3 Qh4 {although even here,
Black has a clear advantage.}) 23. Rce1 exf3 24. gxf3 Rf7 {I think this
position already fully deserves the assessment -/+. It is hard to know what to
recommend for White, so he decides on a desperate sharpening of the position.}
25. Bc1 {Objectively, this only speeds up the collapse, but other
continuations allow Black to achieve as much, with no risk of going wrong. Now,
however, the threat of e3-e4 does cause him some nervous moments.} Bg6 $5 {
A strong and solid move, which almost forces a position which is practically
lost for White, and it is also a simplifying "time trouble continuation". So,
you may ask, why not then just give an exclamation mark? Because there was an
even stronger move!} ({Here, I missed the chance to end the game at once with
a beautiful combination:} 25... Nxe5 $1 26. e4 Bxf3+ $1 ({But not} 26... Qf6 $2
27. exd5 exd5 28. Bb2 {, and White obtains counterplay}) 27. Rxf3 ({Things are
simpler after} 27. Bxf3 Qh3 28. exd5 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Nxf3 30. Bf4 Qg4) 27... Rxf3
28. Bxf3 Qh3 {, whilst after} 29. Bd1 {there is} Nd3 $1 30. Kg1 Rf8 $1 {
, after which White is defenceless! However, it was very hard to see this
quiet move, strengthening the position, at the end of the variation, even if
there had not been such an excellent, solid alternative variation at the first
move.}) 26. e4 Qh3 27. exd5 Nd4 28. Qd1 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Bh5 {White was virtually
forced to go in for this variation, even though it offers him nothing remotely
cheerful at all. None of the possibilities to sacrifice the exchange work, and
so there only remains the continuation chosen by Aronian.} 30. Kg1 Bxf3 31. Qf2
Qg4+ ({Time trouble has already had its effect, and, not finding a forced win,
I settled for a simple and solid continuation. It is hard to see which version
of the endgame is the more favourable for Black, that reached in the game, or
the one arising after} 31... Raf8 $5 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd5 34. Rxf7 Rxf7
35. Rf1 $1 Rc7 36. Bb2 {, and, strangely, there is no obvious entry for the
black rook. Even so, the preliminary doubling of the rooks was slightly better,
although the move in the game does not deserve censure.}) 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33.
hxg3 Bxd5 34. Be3 {Intending to prevent the threatened penetration by blocking
the c-file.} a5 $5 {I think this is a good decision, even though pawn
exchanges are not generally favourable for the stronger side. However, I
reasoned thus: the endgame, probably, is objectively lost, and in addition, it
is not going to be possible to hold a position a pawn down, with no
counterplay and a bad structure. Even so, this is only the case if Black
manages swiftly to activate the rook on a8 and begin to create threats.} 35. b5
{A logical desire to avoid opening lines.} ({A sensible alternative was} 35.
Bd2 axb4 36. Bxb4 Rc8 37. Rc1 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 h6 {, although here too, I think
Black should be able gradually to strengthen his position decisively.}) 35...
a4 ({I decided that the black position was strong enough to avoid calculating
unnecessary variations after} 35... Rxf1+ $1 36. Rxf1 Bc4 37. Rd1 Bxb5 38. Bb6
{It is an arguable question – here I win a second pawn, and the exchange of
rooks, which may not draw anyway, can be avoided by means of, for example,} Kf7
{It is another matter that Black's chances of winning are so great that he can
allow himself "schematic play".}) 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Rf1+ Kg6 38. Rf4 h6 39. Kf2
({The best chance was the move} 39. Bb6 $5 {, intending Bc7 + b6. In order to
avoid this, the natural move is} Rc8 $1 {But this involves giving up the extra
pawn for the initiative, which would not have been an easy decision, even
though after, for example,} 40. Rxa4 Rc2 41. Rg4+ Kh7 42. a4 g5 {Black has
great winning chances. In the game, I was able to play more easily.}) 39... Bb3
$1 {Finally, the black rook achieves its longed-for freedom – it is impossible
to stop it becoming active. Now we pass the time control and it is extremely
hard for White to hold his last lines of defence.} 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41. Rd4 Rc8 42.
b6 Rc2+ 43. Ke1 $6 {The final mistake.} ({However, there is also little to
cheer about after} 43. Rd2 Rc3 44. Bd4 Rc1 {and Black should gradually win.
However, the text leads to the immediate loss of another pawn.}) 43... Ra2 44.
Bc1 (44. Rd7 Rxa3 45. Rxb7 Bd5 $19) 44... Rg2 {This simple manoeuvre leads to
new material gains.} 45. Bf4 Rg1+ 46. Kd2 Ra1 {My remaining task was just to
cope with my nerves and the approaching second bout of time trouble. However,
Black's position is so comfortably and easily winning, that this was not so
difficult. There followed:} 47. Kc3 Rxa3 48. Kb4 Ra1 49. Bd2 Bd5 50. Bc3 Ra2
51. Rd3 Kg6 52. Rd4 a3 53. Rd3 Kf5 54. Bd2 Ra1 55. Bc3 Ra2 56. Bd2 Ke4 57. Re3+
Kd4 58. Bc1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "338"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nb3 e6 14.
Nc5 Qc7 15. Qe2 Kb8 16. Kb1 Ne7 17. Nd3 Nc8 18. Nfe5 h5 19. g3 Nd6 20. f3 Ka8
21. Rhe1 Rb8 22. Nf4 Bg5 23. Nfd3 Rbc8 24. h4 Bf6 25. Nf4 Rcg8 26. Rg1 a6 27.
Rde1 Re8 28. Ka1 Ka7 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rge1 Bg7 31. Rcd1 Qb6 32. Qc2 Qc7 33. Qe2
Rcg8 34. Rg1 Bf6 35. Rde1 Rg7 36. Qf2 Ka8 37. Qe2 Ka7 38. Qf2 Nc4 39. Nxc4 Qxc4
40. Qd2 Be7 41. Nd3 Bd6 42. Ne5 Qc7 43. f4 Rhg8 44. Qf2 Bxe5 45. Rxe5 b5 46. a3
a5 47. Re3 Rb8 48. Qf3 Rh7 49. Kb1 Rhh8 50. Rc1 Rb6 51. Rc2 Kb8 52. Qe2 Kc8 53.
b3 Kd7 54. Kb2 Ke7 55. Rd3 Qa7 56. Qe5 f6 57. Qe2 Kf7 58. Re3 Qd7 59. Rc1 Kg6
60. Re1 Re8 61. Ka2 Kh6 62. Kb2 Qc6 63. Qd3 Qb7 64. Qe2 Qd7 65. Ka2 Rd6 66. Kb2
Qc6 67. Ka2 Qb6 68. Qd2 Rc8 69. Kb2 Rcc6 70. R1e2 Qa6 71. Qe1 Qc8 72. Qd2 Ra6
73. Qe1 Rdb6 74. Qd2 Rb7 75. Qe1 Re7 76. Qd2 Kg6 77. Qe1 Rc6 78. Rc2 b4 79. a4
Rec7 80. Qd2 Qa6 81. Rc1 Qb7 82. Rd3 Qc8 83. Re3 Qa6 84. Rf3 Qb6 85. Rd3 Qa7
86. Rf3 Qb8 87. Re3 Kf7 88. c4 dxc4 89. bxc4 Rxc4 90. Rxc4 Rxc4 91. d5 Re4 92.
dxe6+ Kxe6 93. Rd3 Qc7 94. Qd1 Qc6 95. Qb3+ Ke7 96. Qd1 Qe6 97. Rd2 Re3 98. Qc2
Kf7 99. Rd3 Re2 100. Rd2 Rxd2 101. Qxd2 Qc6 102. Qd3 Ke6 103. Qe2+ Kd6 104.
Qd3+ Qd5 105. Qa6+ Kd7 106. Qa7+ Ke6 107. Qb6+ Kf7 108. Qc7+ Kg6 109. Qc8 Qd2+
110. Kb1 Qd3+ 111. Kb2 Qa3+ 112. Kb1 Qb3+ 113. Kc1 Qd5 114. Kb2 Kf7 115. Qc7+
Ke8 116. Qc8+ Ke7 117. Qc7+ Ke6 118. Qb6+ Qd6 119. Qe3+ Kd7 120. Qa7+ Qc7 121.
Qd4+ Ke6 122. Qe3+ Kf7 123. Qd3 Ke7 124. Qe3+ Kf8 125. Qd4 Kg7 126. Qe3 Qb7
127. Qe2 Qc6 128. Qe7+ Kg6 129. Qd8 Qc3+ 130. Kb1 Qb3+ 131. Kc1 Qc4+ 132. Kb2
Qe6 133. Qxa5 Qe2+ 134. Kb3 Qe3+ 135. Kxb4 Qxg3 136. Qc7 Qxh4 137. a5 Qe1+ 138.
Kb5 Qb1+ 139. Kc5 Qc2+ 140. Kd6 Qd3+ 141. Ke7 h4 142. Kf8 Kh5 143. Kg7 h3 144.
Kxf6 Kg4 145. Qg7+ Kf3 146. Qb7+ Qe4 147. a6 h2 148. Qxe4+ fxe4 149. a7 h1=Q
150. a8=Q Qh6+ 151. Ke7 Qxf4 152. Qd5 Kg3 153. Qg8+ Qg4 154. Qb8+ Kf3 155. Qh2
e3 156. Qh1+ Kf2 157. Qh2+ Qg2 158. Qf4+ Qf3 159. Qh4+ Kf1 160. Qc4+ e2 161.
Kd8 Qf5 162. Kc7 Kf2 163. Qh4+ Ke3 164. Qe1 Qc2+ 165. Kb8 Qb3+ 166. Ka7 Kd3
167. Qg3+ Kc2 168. Qe1 Qe3+ 169. Ka6 Qd2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Bb6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. h5 Nge7 14. c3 Qc7 15.
Qe2 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Kb8 17. Kf1 Ka8 18. b4 g5 19. Bg3 Nb8 20. a4 a6 21. Kg2 Rc8
22. Rhc1 Nd7 23. Nb2 Nc6 24. a5 Ba7 25. Na4 Ne7 26. b5 Qc4 27. Qb2 Qxb5 28.
Qxb5 axb5 29. Nb6+ Bxb6 30. axb6+ Kb8 31. Nd4 Nxb6 32. Nxb5 Rc5 33. Nd6 Rf8 34.
f4 gxf4 35. Bf2 Rc6 36. Rf1 Nec8 37. Nb5 Nc4 38. Bd4 Ne3+ 39. Bxe3 fxe3 40. Rf3
Rg8 41. Kh3 Rc4 42. Nd4 Rxc3 43. Rxf7 e2+ 44. Kh4 Re3 45. Re1 Re4 46. Nxe6
Rexg4+ 47. Kh3 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Rg2+ 49. Kh3 R8g3+ 50. Kh4 Re3 51. Nf4 Rf2 52. e6
Nd6 53. Rf8+ Nc8 54. Kg4 Rf1 55. Ng2 Re4+ 56. Rf4 Rexf4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 {Tomahevsky had already employed this system
against Yu Yangyi last year, so it is unclear why Kamsky's opening wasn't
particularly well prepared. Despite the fact that the move 8.h3 is
specifically made with the idea of avoiding the Marshall, Black players have
found ways of sacrificing a pawn for counterplay anyways.} 11. a4 {unusual.
Taking the pawn is the main line and the critical continuation.} Nd4 12. Nbd2
Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Nb4 $1 {An interesting novelty that shows that Tomashevsky is
prepared in every variation. Karjakin had employed f6 previously with success,
but the engines insist this is a stronger move. Taking the pawn on e5 is
possible.} 14. axb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 axb5 (15... Qd7 $5 16. bxa6 Qxh3 {looks
dangerous for White.}) 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Rxb5 {White is up two
pawns, but with his weak kingside and discoordinated pieces he must be very
careful against any kind of aggression.} Re8 (18... Nxc2 $5 19. Qxc2 Qxf3 {
is actually interesting, and its very likely the game ends in some sort of
perpetual.}) 19. Kg2 h6 {This is the point in which Kamsky maybe should have
tried to kick back some of Black's pieces.} 20. Nc5 (20. c3 $1 Nd5 21. Ra5 $1
Qb7 22. Nc5 {and White is in a better position than in the game.}) 20... Nd5
21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Nxd6 $6 (22. c4 $1 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Ng3 {White hasn't
fully consolidated but at least with the strong knight on g3 the defense on of
the kingside is much easier.}) 22... Qxd6 23. c4 c6 24. Rb3 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qxf4
{Unlike the other variation we saw earlier, here White's king is completely
exposed and Black will have a draw by perpetual in many variations.} 26. d4
Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Qh5 28. Re3 $5 {Keeping the game alive. Black probably wouldn't
have had anything better than repetition had white protected his h3-pawn.}
Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. Qc2 h5 $5 {Interestingly, this pawn becomes quite
dangerous even though it seemed non-threatening from h6.} 31. b3 $6 {A little
bit of a waste of tempo - but more important than that the weakening of the
second rank gives Black extra chances.} Ra8 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Qd7 34. Qd1
Ra6 35. b4 $6 (35. Qd4 $1 {stopping the pawn on the h-file and taking control
of a1 looks risky because of ...Ra2+, but it actually keeps the balance in the
position.}) 35... h4 $1 36. Qd4 $6 {Too late.} h3 $1 37. Kf1 {Kamsky thinks he
can stop the pawn... and he can, but at a huge price.} h2 38. Kg2 h1=Q+ $1 39.
Kxh1 {The h-pawn has vanished, but now White's king falls to a swift attack.}
Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Rg6+ {The game really turned in the time pressure in which Kamsky
greatly overestimated his chances. Tomashevsky shows great tenacity and
patience and was able to capitalize on Kamsky's time-pressure induced mistakes.
} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Nc3
c6 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Rd1 (10. b4 a6 11. a4 Bf6 12. Rd1 Nd6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a5
Kh8 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb6 Ndxb6 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Nc5 Bd7 20. Ra1 Qc8
21. Bf4 Bb5 22. Qc1 Bd8 23. h4 Kg8 24. h5 h6 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. g4 Raf7 27. g5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 f4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Kg2 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Nd3 Nxf3 33. Qxc8
Nh4+ 34. Kh3 Rxc8 35. Kxh4 Rc2 36. Ne5 Rf5 37. Rxd5 Rxe2 38. Rd8+ Rf8 39. Rxf8+
Kxf8 {Danielian,E (2490)-Sadler,M (2660) Wijk aan Zee 2012 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nxc3
$146 {It's illogical to exchange this perfectly positioned knight just like
that.} (10... a6 11. Ne1 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 Bb7 15. fxe4 Rc8
16. Qb3 dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bb4 21. Nc2 Ba5
22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Be5 Nf6 24. Ne3 Re8 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Rc8 27. Bh3 Rd8 28.
Be7 Re8 29. Bc5 Nd5 30. Nf5 Bc7 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd6 Bc8 33. Bg2 Ne3 34. Rc1
Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Be6 36. Rc7 Rc8 37. Re7 Bxa2 38. Be5 Kg8 39. Kf2 Rc2 40. Ke3 {
Pajkovic,V (2421)-Ivanovic,B (2420) Cetinje 2012 1/2-1/2}) 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3
a5 13. Be3 {What a strange move...} (13. Bf4) (13. cxb5) 13... b4 14. Qc2 Ba6
15. Rbc1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rac8 ({A more active move is} 17... dxc4 18.
bxc4 Nb6 19. c5 Nc4 {and Black has a fine game.}) 18. cxd5 exd5 (18... cxd5 19.
Bc7 $16) 19. Rc2 Bb5 20. Rdc1 {White has obtained no advantage whatsoever and
is waiting for Black to weaken his position.} Ra8 $2 (20... Rfe8) 21. h4 (21.
Rxc6 {is an interesting exchange sacrifice:} Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rac8 23. Ng5 $1 Rxc6
24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Bxc6 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. Be3 $16) 21... Rfe8 ({It's better to
prevent the exchange of the good black-squared bishop by} 21... h6) 22. e3 Ra6
23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 a4 $6 {This seemingly active move weakens the pawn
structure on the queenside and carries the seeds of defeat.} (24... Rb8 25. Bf1
Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rbb6 {gives equality.}) 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 axb3 27. axb3 Qe4
28. Qd1 Re6 29. Kg1 Qg4 ({I assume Black was afraid of} 29... h6 30. Qe2 Ra3
31. Nd2 Qg4 32. Qxg4 fxg4 33. gxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 {losing a pawn
but after} Ra2 36. Nf1 Rb2 37. Rc8+ Kf7 (37... Kh7 38. e4 dxe4 39. Rc4 Rxb3 40.
d5 Nf6 41. d6 Rd3 42. Rxb4 Rxd6 43. Ne3) 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Nh2 Rxb3 40. Nxg4 Kd6
41. Ra7 Ra3 42. Rb7 Ra4 43. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 44. dxe5+ Kxe5 45. Rxg7 Ke4 $1 {
he has the better ending.}) 30. Kg2 h6 31. Qd3 Rb6 32. Nh4 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 fxe4
34. gxh6 Rxh6 ({After} 34... gxh6 35. Ra2 Rb7 36. Ra6 Rc7 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ra4
Rb7 39. Ng2 {White has a durable advantage on account of his better pawn
structure but after the text move the game is simply over.}) 35. Nf5 $18 {
If only Black's king had been on f8 or f7...} Rf6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nxc6 Ke8 38.
Ne5 $1 Nxe5 39. dxe5 Rfe6 40. Rc7 Rxe5 (40... Re7 {looks better but after} 41.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Rc5 {it's over as well.}) 41. Rxg7 Re7 42. Rg5 Rb5
43. Rd1 Rd7 44. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 {
Virtually every move has been tried in this position, 8.d5 (intending to
hinder 8...e5) being by far the most frequently encountered and employed among
others by Carlsen, Ponomariov and Gelfand. Of the alternatves the quiet 8.b3
is the most popular, chosen by e.g. Aronian and Karpov. 8.b4 is more
aggressive and relatively unknown.} 8. b4 e5 {Black seizes the opportunity to
play the liberating ...e5.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 (10. Nxe5 $2 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Bxe5 $17) 10... Qe7 $6 (10... Be6 $1 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13.
Rxd1 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bb2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Bxc4 17. Ba1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(56) Gelfand,B (2777)-Caruana,F (2782) Zuerich 2014}) 11. c5 $6 (11. Qb3 $1 Na6
(11... f4 12. b5 Nfd7 13. Ba3 (13. bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Na4 Na6 15. Ba3 c5 16. Nc3
$14) 13... Nc5 14. Qb4 b6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Nxc5 a5 17. Qa4 bxc5 18. bxc6 $16 {
1-0 (60) Miroshnichenko,E (2696)-Boros,D (2485) Leros 2009}) 12. Ba3 c5 13.
bxc5 Nxc5 14. Rad1 $1 Re8 15. Qb5 b6 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qb7 $14)
11... Na6 12. Rb1 Be6 (12... fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Ngxe4 Qe6 15. Re1 Rad8 16.
Qb3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc7 18. Qxe6+ Nxe6 {and Black seems OK.}) 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Re1
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 Nb5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rb2 e3 (18... Nd4 19. Qxe4
Rad8 20. b5 $5 {breaking up Black's pawn structure on the queenside} Nxb5 21.
a4 Nc3 22. Qc2 e4 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Be3 {with some advantage to White.}) (18...
Rad8 $5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Qxe4 Rd7 {with equal chances.}) 19. Qxe3 e4 20. Rc2 Rae8
21. Bb2 (21. Bxe4 $2 Nd4 22. Rc3 Qf6 {and the subsequent ...Ne2+ gives Black
the advantage.}) 21... Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qf6 $6 {Essentially this must be the
losing move. The bishop proves too strong for the knight. Black will soon drop
a pawn and the rest is a technical matter.} (22... Qc4 {limits White's
advantage.} 23. Bf1 (23. Bxe4 Rf7 24. f3 Nd4 {gives Black enough counterplay.})
23... Qd4 24. Qb3+ Kg7 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Bxb5 {Otherwise the knight invades on
d4.} cxb5 27. Re2 Re7 28. Qc2 Rfe8 29. Rde1 Qd4 {The black king is less safe,
but the pawn on e4 limits White's possibilities.}) 23. Rd2 Nc3 24. Rd6 Qg7 25.
Qd2 Nb5 26. Rd7 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxb7 {The bishop is far better than the
knight, Black has several weak pawns and in addition he is a pawn down. This
is a technical win, which Black can only try to slow down.} Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7
30. a3 a5 31. bxa5 $1 (31. Re3 axb4 32. axb4 Nd5 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Nxb4
35. f4 Na6 36. Bxc6 Nxc5 37. Kf2 $16) 31... Ra8 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Rb3 Nf6 34. Rb6
Rxa5 35. Rxc6 Rxa3 36. Bh3 Ra1+ (36... e3 $5 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Rc7+ Re7 39.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Kf1 $1 $16) 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. Rc6 Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke8
41. Be6 $1 Kd8 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. Ba2 e3 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rxe3 Rxc5 46. h4 {
White is only a pawn up, but as before, the bishop is superior to the knight
and wins the day.} Rc2 47. Be6+ Kd8 48. g4 Rd2 49. g5 Nd5 50. Rf3 Ke7 51. Bg8
Rd4 52. Kg3 Ke8 53. Bxh7 Ne7 54. Rf6 Nf5+ 55. Kf3 Nxh4+ 56. Ke3 Rg4 57. Bxg6+
Ke7 58. f4 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 (59. Ke4) 59... Rg2+ 60. Ke3 Rg3+ 61. Kf2 Rg2+ 62. Kf1
Rb2 63. Be4 Rb4 64. Kf2 $1 {An elegant tactical finish.} Rxe4 65. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 {It looks as
White can get now an advantage quite easily. But in practice Black has had
nice results.} 7. e3 $1 (7. f3 Nd7 $1) 7... Nb4 8. Bxc4 e6 (8... Nc2+ $4 9.
Qxc2 Bxc2 10. Bxf7#) 9. O-O Bd6 ({In earlier years} 9... Be7 {was more popular.
}) 10. Qe2 h6 $1 (10... O-O $4 11. e4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e5 $18) (10... Nc2
11. Rb1 Nd5 ({Cramling's pet move} 11... Bxe5 $2 {finally was refuted:} 12.
dxe5 Ng4 13. e4 $1 Nd4 14. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 15. Qg3 $16) 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. g4 Bg6
14. f4 Nb4 15. f5 f6 16. fxg6 fxe5 17. e4 Qb6 18. Bg5 $16) 11. e4 $14 Bh7 {
Compared to the Classical Slav (D19 with 9.Qe2) White got the advance e3-e4
for free. Still it's not easy to prove superiority. Black plans c6-c5 after
castling and there is not much White can do against it.} 12. Rd1 ({With} 12. f4
Bc7 13. Be3 O-O 14. f5 {the game could take another course, however there is
an almost forced line leading to equality:} exf5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7
17. Qc4+ Nbd5 18. exd5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Nxe3 21. Qb4 Nxf1 22. Qxb7+
Kg8 23. Rxf1 cxd5 $11) ({An as yet unplayed idea to fight against ...c5 goes} 
12. Bb3 O-O 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. f3 Nd7 16. Be3 {and White should be
better.}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bg3 a6 {Now Black is ready for ...c5.} 15.
Bh4 $5 {White forces ...g5, but Black has no big problems with this weakness.}
g5 16. Bg3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. f4 Bd4 $5 {This move loses a pawn
and although Black gets compensation he could play} (19... Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rxd7 Qxd7 {when the position should be balanced.}) 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Nf3 $1
{[%cal Rf3d4,Rf3g5] Double attack!} Nc6 $1 22. Nxg5 Bg6 23. Rf1 Bh5 $2 ({After
} 23... Be5 $1 {Black is okay:} 24. Bh4 $1 (24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Bb3 Kg7 $44 {/=/+
}) 24... Nd4 $1 (24... Kg7 25. Nf3 Rh8 26. Qe1 $14) 25. Qe3 Qc7 $1 {[%cal
Rc7c4]} (25... Nc2 $2 26. Qh3 Nxa1 27. Nf3 $1 Bf4 28. g3 Bc7 29. e5 $18) 26.
Nf3 $1 Ng4 $13) 24. Qe1 Ng4 25. Nf3 $1 Bg7 26. h3 Nge5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Be2 (
28. Bh4 $1 f6 29. Ba2 $16) 28... Nd3 $2 (28... Bxe2) 29. Bxd3 $2 (29. Bh4 $1
$18) 29... Rxd3 30. Bh4 Qb4 (30... Qc5 $1) 31. Bf6 $14 Rc8 $6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33.
Qh4 Bg6 34. Rf2 Qd4 $6 (34... Rh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 $16) 35. Raf1 $18 Qe5 36. Qe7
Qh5 37. Kg1 Qc5 38. Qxb7 Rh8 39. Qxa6 Rd2 40. Qb5 Qd4 41. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 {This standard position may arise from two very different
openings: the Panov Attack in the Caro-Kann and the Nimzo-Indian as in the
current game.} b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 (11. Ne5 {is an attempt to spoil Black's
kingside structure, but leads to a theoretical draw after} Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7
13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Bxc4 18. Qxf6+ Kg8
19. Qg5+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (19) Shirov,A (2691)-Giri,A (2768) Hoogeveen 2014}) 11...
Bxc3 {Black normally gives up the bishop, but does not necessarily have to
doso immediately. Anand chose 11...Nbd7 in the World Championship match,
though he had to suffer a bit.} (11... Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (49) Gelfand,B (2727)
-Anand,V (2791) Moscow 2012}) 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 $5 {This is a rare
manoeuvre. Normally this knight heads towards e5.} (13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Ng4
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. c4 h6 19. Bh4 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11
{1/2-1/2 (50) Radjabov,T (2793)-Kramnik,V (2810) London 2013}) (13. Ne5 Rc8 (
13... Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Qg4 Qd6 19.
h4 f5 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Peralta,F (2574)
-Banikas,H (2644) Tromso 2014}) 14. Rac1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rc5 16. f4 $2 Rxc4 $1
17. exf6 (17. Qxc4 $2 Qd2 $19) 17... g6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 $17 {0-1 (43) Hawkins,J 
(2546)-Kramnik,V (2760) London 2014}) 13... Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 ({
In the event of} 15... e5 $6 16. Bxf6 {Black has to sacrifice a pawn:} Nxf6 17.
dxe5 {and the compensation here is rather murky.}) 16. f3 $146 {So, White puts
a barrier on the long diagonal against Black's bishop. Now the idea behind the
manoeuvre Nf3-d2 becomes clear.} (16. Bb5 Bc6 17. a4 Qd6 (17... e5 $5 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Ba6 Nf4 21. Qc4 Nxg2 22. Re2 Bb7 $1 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qe4
Qxe4 25. Rxe4 f5 $1 {saving the knight.} 26. exf6 (26. Rd4 Red8 $1 $11) 26...
Rxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf4 $11) 18. Bh4 Qd5 19. f3 $14 {1-0 (39) Koneru,H (2607)-Yuan,Y
(2026) China 2013}) 16... Nd5 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 {was also possible with
the same idea of bringing the knight to f4.}) 17. Bh4 Nf4 18. Qe3 Nd5 {Black
is moving his knight back and forth, hoping for a repetition. At this stage of
the game it's not bad as Black is not weakening anything, but putting the ball
in his opponent's court.} 19. Qd3 (19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. c4 Bb7 21. Bg3 Qd8 {
is nothing special for White.}) 19... Nf4 20. Qc2 {Of course, Tomashevsky
avoids repetition.} Bd5 $6 {Continuing the same strategy of not doing anything.
It was the right time to do something constructive.} (20... Nf8 {transferring
the knight to g6 is logical and standard for this kind of position.} 21. Bg3
N8g6 22. Bd3 e5 {Here some immense complications could arise.} 23. Bxf4 (23.
Bxg6 Nxg6 $11) 23... Nxf4 $1 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 $3 {Some good calculation is
required to understand why the king should go here.} (24... Kh8 25. Bf5 Rcd8
26. g3 exd4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. cxd4 Re2 $4 30. Qc8+ {reveals the
drawback of the king in the corner.}) 25. Bf5 Rcd8 26. g3 exd4 $1 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Qd3 (29. cxd4 $4 Re2 $19) 29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxd2 31.
Rf1 dxc3 {with a dynamically balanced position.}) 21. Ba6 $1 Bb7 22. Bf1 {
White improves his position, as the bishop on c4 was doing nothing.} e5 (22...
Nf8 23. c4 e5 24. Nb3) 23. Qb2 h6 24. Bg3 Nh5 25. Bf2 Nhf6 $6 {Too passive.
This move doesn't go well in combination with the active 22...e5. Black needs
to have at least one active piece!} (25... Nf4 26. Qa3 {White is slightly
better, but doesn't have such a strong initiative as he got in the game.} (26.
Nc4 $6 Ba6 27. Nd6 (27. Nxb6 $2 Bxf1 28. Nxc8 Bc4 {[%cal Gf4d3]}) 27... Bxf1
28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxf1 Nd3 $11)) 26. Nc4 $16 {Now Black has every reason to
get worried. White is threatening Qa3 and Bg3, benefiting from the wekness of
the dark squares.} Bd5 (26... Ba6 $2 27. Nxb6 $1 Bxf1 28. Nxc8 Bc4 29. Nxa7
Qxa7 30. dxe5 $18) 27. Ne3 exd4 $6 {Opening the position favours White who has
the bishop pair.} (27... Be6 {would be the lesser evil.}) 28. cxd4 Qf4 29. Rxc8
Rxc8 30. Qb5 $1 {Black's pieces are not stable.} Bc6 31. Qa6 Qb8 $6 {The Pa7
is not really hanging, so it was possible to move the rook.} (31... Rd8 $16 32.
Qxa7 $4 Ra8 $19 {[%csl Ra7]}) 32. Nf5 {White is in control now.} Bb7 $6 (32...
Nd5 33. Ne7+ (33. Bc4 N7f6 34. Re7 {is another attractive possibility.}) 33...
Nxe7 34. Rxe7 Re8 35. Bg3 Qd8 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qxa7 Qe3+ 38. Bf2 {Here Black
could still hope to block White's extra pawn.}) 33. Qa4 $18 Rd8 34. Bg3 Qa8 35.
Bc7 $6 {White has numerous tempting options. The move in the text is not the
most precise.} ({For example} 35. Bc4 Bd5 {and now} 36. Bc7 $18) 35... Rf8 (
35... Re8 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qxa7 {is a pawn down without compensation, but
was still more resistant.}) 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. Bc7 {Gaining some time on the
clock.} Rf8 38. Bd6 Rd8 39. Be7 Rb8 40. Bb5 a6 ({There is no perpetual after} 
40... Bxf3 41. Bxd7 Nxd7 42. gxf3 Qxf3 43. Qxd7 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Qf4+ 45. Ke2 $18)
41. Bxd7 {Since the opening this knight hasn't made a single move and has
finally been captured.} b5 42. Qa3 Nxd7 43. Qd6 Bxf3 {The last chance.} (43...
Nf8 44. Bxf8 Rxf8 45. Qe5 f6 46. Qg3 Rf7 47. Nxh6+ $18) 44. Qg3 {White doesn't
care and continues the assault on the dark squares.} g6 45. Nxh6+ Kh7 46. Nxf7
Bh5 47. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 {Jobava choses some sort of
mixture of King's Indian and Slav. But theory evaluates this balancing act as
very dangerous for Black himself!} 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7
10. a4 ({An attack on the other side:} 10. cxd5 {seems to be equally strong:}
cxd5 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 Bg4 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc8 15. e6 fxe6 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. Qg4 Rf6 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Rae1 {Berg,K (2375)-Nunn,J (2575)/Germany 1984/
GER-chT (53) with a strong initiative.}) 10... Nb6 (10... dxc4 {is not the
best choice:} 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qa3 a5 15. Bd2 Bf5 16.
Ra2 Qd8 17. Rb2 Bc8 18. Re1 {Jahnel,G (2329)-Gutman,L (2497)/Nuremberg 2008)
with a clear advantage.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 ({A possible way was} 12. Nd2
Be6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Bf3 Bd5 16. Re1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rb1 e6
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qg4 Ra2 21. Bg5 {Buhmann,R (2569)-Moser,E (2436)/Austria
2014 with better play.}) 12... Qc7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. a5 Nd7 ({White would get a
better endgame after the logical} 14... Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Qb4 Bd5 17. Ba3
e6 18. Qc5) 15. c4 $6 (15. Ba3 {would be much safer.}) 15... Nxe5 $5 {Typical
Jobava, with his aim being to change radically the situation on the board.} 16.
cxd5 (16. dxe5 $2 {was obviously wrong:} Qxe5 $17 {with a1 and e2 currently
under attack.}) 16... Ng4 17. Qh3 $5 {Provoking Jobava into more sacrifices.} (
{Simple development with} 17. Nf3 {was very smart:} Bf5 18. Ba3 $13) 17... Bxd4
$2 ({Here the only correct way was} 17... Nxf2 $1 18. Qh4 Ng4 $1 (18... Bg4 $5)
19. dxe6 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxa1 21. Qxg4 f5 22. Qf3 {and the two pieces should
give White some advantage over the rook and two pawns.}) 18. dxe6 Nxf2 19. Rxf2
(19. Qh4 {would simply transpose to the variation given above, but White
choses a much stronger move.}) 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bb2 $1 ({This is
much stronger than the other possibility} 21. Nf3 Bxa1 22. Be3 $14) 21... Bxb2
22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 {White has kept an extra piece and continues his
strategy of chopping away at the remaining wood.} Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Qxa5 (24...
Qe5 {did not help:} 25. Qxe5+ Bxe5 26. Ne3 Bc3 27. Nc4) 25. Qxe7 Qf5 ({It was
better to try small tricks after} 25... Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qf2) 26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Bg4 (
{A slightly simpler technical task would follow} 27. g3 Bg7 28. Kg2) 27... Qb8
28. Nd5 b5 29. Bd7 a6 30. g3 Bg7 31. Kg2 Qf8 32. Qe4 Qd6 33. Bc8 a5 34. Qe8+
Qf8 {It is a sad necessity to have to exchange queens, as any other defence is
simply losing.} (34... Bf8 35. Be6 b4 36. Qf7) 35. Qxf8+ Bxf8 36. Bd7 b4 37.
Ba4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. h3 h5 40. Bc2 g5 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ke6
44. Bb3 Kd7 45. Ba4+ Ke6 46. Nb6 Bc7 47. Nc4 Bd8 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 {The most
popular move. It slows White down on the queenside, usually he plays ...Na6
too. On the other hand the weakening of the b5-square can backfire sometimes.}
(7... Na6) ({and} 7... Nh5 {are the other main lines.}) 8. g4 {At first sight
this is a strange move, because White weakens his kingside. On the other hand
White avoids Black's typical plan with ...Nh5.} (8. Bg5) ({and} 8. Be3 {
are more common lines.}) 8... Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 {Black controls the c5-square,
moreover sometimes he can play ...f5 too.} 10. a3 c6 $5 $146 {A very ambitious
reaction by Grischuk. He sacrifices a pawn, because he would like to open the
position.} ({Recently Tomashevsky had a game with} 10... Nb6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12.
Nd2 a4 13. g5 f5 14. h4 {(Tomashevsky-Nakamura, Dubai rapid 2014)} Nxd5 $1 15.
exd5 f4 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) (10... Nac5 11. Rg1 a4 12. Nd2 c6
13. Qf3 b6 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. h4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 {(Rodshtein-Nakamura, Bilbao
2014) and now} h6 $1 $13 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 11. Rg1 {This is a
typical move in these types of middlegame. White ignores the break in the
centre and focuses on making f5 undesirable.} ({In the event of the pawn being
captured with} 11. dxc6 Ndc5 $1 {This is the point! It seems to give Black
plenty of compensation.} 12. b4 (12. cxb7 Bxb7 {and Black has huge
compensation with his active pieces.}) 12... Ne6 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Nd5 Qe8 $44
{and here also Black has compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Rb8 {A deep move.
Black can't play ...b5 immediately, but later the R can be really useful from
b8.} 12. Nd2 Ndc5 13. Rb1 {White prepares for b4, he wants to chase away
Black's c5-knight.} Nd7 {Grischuk simply comes back with his N, so now White
can't play b4 easily.} 14. Qf3 ({The consistent} 14. b4 {could have been met by
} axb4 15. axb4 c5 $1 {This was the point of Black's 13th move. He frees the
c5-square for his knight.} 16. bxc5 (16. b5 Nb4 {and the N is very active on b4
}) 16... Ndxc5 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 14... Ndc5 {Suddenly Black
goes back to c5 with his N, he isn't afraid of b4.} 15. Qd1 {Tomashevsky also
returns with his Q to the starting square.} ({If White picks up the gauntlet} 
15. b4 $5 axb4 16. axb4 Nd7 17. Be2 c5 18. bxc5 Naxc5 19. Kf1 {and the
computer considers the position as favourable for White, but in my view, in a
practical game it is completely double-edged.}) 15... Ra8 {Black doesn't
repeat moves with 15...Nd7.} 16. Rg3 (16. b4 Nd7 {is similar to the previous
comment.}) 16... Kh8 {Black avoids the X-ray on the g-file, and he is ready to
play ...f5.} 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd7 19. Ra1 $1 {A good move! White pins the
a6-knight.} Rb8 $6 {An inaccuracy, which allows the following tactical blow!} (
19... c5 {was more solid,} 20. b5 Nc7 21. Rxa8 Nxa8 {and however White has
some space advantage, Black is safe, he can try to hold himself.}) 20. Rxa6 $1
{A very powerful exchange sacrifice!} bxa6 ({If} 20... cxd5 $6 21. Rxd6 d4 22.
c5 $1 dxc3 23. Nb1 $18 {and White has a brilliant position.}) 21. dxc6 Nb6 22.
Qa1 ({The immediate} 22. b5 $1 {was a bit more natural, simply to secure c6 as
soon as possible.}) 22... Qc7 23. c5 $5 {White further complicates the
situation.} (23. b5 {was the alternative} axb5 24. cxb5 Ra8 25. Qc1 Be6 26. Be2
$14 {is also favourable for White.}) 23... dxc5 24. bxc5 Na8 25. Qa4 {White
has great chances ot keeping the bind with his cP. He plans to transfer his B
to d5 to secure his c6P.} Qa7 (25... Be6 {was more natural, but after} 26. Nd5
(26. Nc4 Rfd8 27. Nd6 Bf8 28. Bxa6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Bb7 Nc7 $132 {
with some counterplay.}) 26... Qd8 27. Nb6 $36 {White's chances are also
better.}) 26. Nc4 (26. Nd5 $5 {was also strong} Nc7 (26... Be6 $2 {is losing,
as} 27. c7 $1 Nxc7 28. c6 $18) 27. Qa5 $1 {and for example} f5 28. gxf5 gxf5
29. Nxc7 f4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qc3+ Kg6 33. Qe5 $18 {with a
decisive attack.}) 26... Be6 27. Bd3 ({Probably} 27. Nb6 $1 {was the best
reaction} Nxb6 28. cxb6 Rxb6 29. Bc4 $1 Qc7 30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Nd1
$1 $16 {and White's K can still be subject to attack; objectively he should be
better.}) 27... Rfd8 28. Ke2 $2 {A mistaken reply!} (28. Nd6 $1 {was important
to close the d-file} Rb3 29. Qa5 Rdb8 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 $16 {and White's
position is promising.}) 28... Nc7 $2 {The decisive mistake! Black returns the
loan.} (28... Rd4 $1 {was the strongest reply to give back the exchange,
because White can't protect his important c5-P.} 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Nd5 Qxc5 $15
{and White's K has become uncomfortable.}) 29. Nb6 Bf6 30. Bc4 Bxc4+ 31. Qxc4
Ne6 32. Ncd5 $18 {Now White is protecting everything and his pieces are
strangling Black.} Bg7 33. Rf3 Re8 34. c7 Rb7 35. c8=Q Rxc8 36. Nxc8 Rb2+ 37.
Kf1 {What a great struggle! A great victory by Tomashevsky!} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 {This modest-looking
move is quite tricky.} h6 ({The timid} 6... e6 {is hardly sufficient for
achieving equality:} 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b4 $14) 7.
Bd3 {The original idea was employed by Magnus Carlsen. It looks like a loss of
tempi, but sometimes White may exploit some vulnerablity of the kingside pawn
chain.} Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O ({The immediate} 9. e4 {leads only to
simplifications:} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nd7
$11) 9... Bb4 {A standard way to prevent White from seizing space by means of
e3-e4. In most cases, Black doesn't min exchanging his dark-squared bishop.}
10. Bd2 (10. a3 {achieves nothing special:} Ba5 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4
Nbd7 13. Ba3 {is a bit better for White.}) 11. b4 Bc7 12. a4 (12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 a5 $11) 12... O-O 13.
Ba3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qb3 Nbd7 $11) 10... O-O 11. b3 $146 {The main idea
behind this innovation is securing a safe square on b2 for the bishop. It
doesn't seem to pose Black any serious problems.} ({After} 11. Rfd1 Bxc3 (11...
a5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 a4 $11) 12. Bxc3 Nbd7 13. b3 Qe7 14. Rac1
Rac8 {Black was close to full equality, but eventually lost in 1-0 Carlsen,M 
(2881)-Nakamura,H (2772)/Shamkir AZE 2014}) 11... a5 {Protecting the bishop is
a necessary step.} (11... Nbd7 $2 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd2 14. dxe6 $16) ({
Another decent way to equalise was:} 11... Qe7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11)
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 {Avoiding further simplifications. However,
the bishop remains quite passive now.} (14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 $11) 14...
Re8 {For some reason, Evgeny allows the knight's move to the centre.} ({
Black had no reason for rejecting the natural} 14... Nd7 15. a4 Re8 $11) ({
It was also worth giving serious consideration to} 14... a4 $5 15. b4 Nd6 16.
c5 Nc4 17. Bc3 Nd7 $132 {with a long strategic battle.}) 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. f3 {As a result, White is able to get rid of Black's centralised
knight. However, Black's position remains very solid.} Ng5 $1 ({Correctly
avoiding the passive} 17... Nd6 18. c5 Nf5 (18... Nc8 19. e4 a4 20. b4 Na7 21.
e5 Nb5 22. f4 $14) 19. e4 Ne7 20. e5 $14 {It looks like White has good
attacking prospects here.}) 18. a4 ({Now} 18. e4 {can be strongly met by:} a4
19. b4 f5 $1 {and having control over the light squares, Black should be fine.}
) 18... f6 {Evgeny is ready to bring his knight back.} 19. Bc3 Nf7 20. Rad1 {
This move looks logical, but it allows Black to change the character of play.}
(20. e4 Nd6 21. c5 Nf7 22. Rad1 b6 23. cxb6 Qb7 $11) ({It looks like the
prophylactic} 20. Rfd1 $1 {keeping the rook on a1 for a while could be quite
unpleasant for Black:} Red8 21. Rac1 $1 (21. Be1 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qc3 Qe6
24. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 21... Qe7 22. e4 $14) 20... b5 $1 {Getting some space for
the pieces. Black hasn't fully equalised yet, but now the position becomes
less comfortable for Mamedyarov.} ({At the same time, after} 20... Red8 21. e4
b6 22. Be1 $14 {Black could only sit and wait.}) 21. axb5 cxb5 22. c5 {The
only way to fight for a win.} b4 $1 {Evgeny Tomashevsky correctly keeps the
position closed.} (22... a4 {would be premature:} 23. Ra1 Reb8 24. Bb4 Nd8 25.
Rfb1 Nc6 26. Be1 $14) 23. Be1 Nd8 (23... e5 24. Bg3 exd4 25. exd4 Nd8 26. Ra1
Nc6 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 $14) 24. Bg3 $6 ({It was the right moment for some
prophylaxis:} 24. Rf2 Nc6 25. Ra2 Red8 26. Bg3 e5 27. h3 {White has a
completely safe position, though it is very hard to find any constructive idea.
}) 24... Nc6 (24... a4 $1 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. h4 Re7 {leads to a complex
position, where Black's play is easier from the human point of view. The
a-passer is really strong here.}) 25. Bd6 $2 {The bishop looks nice there, but
actually it has no much job. At the same time, Black's passer is going to be
be extremely dangerous.} (25. Ra1 {was much better:} e5 26. Rfe1 Qe6 27. Ra2 {
with approximate equality.}) 25... a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 $15 {Now Black has an
obvious positional advantage.} 27. e4 ({The exchange of rooks wouldn't help
White much:} 27. Ra1 Rea8 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 $15) 27... Ra3 28. Qb5 (28. Qe2 Rea8
29. exd5 exd5 30. Rfe1 Ra2 31. Qd3 f5 $15) 28... Rea8 29. Rfe1 {White is
desperately looking for any counterplay along the ''e'' file.} R8a7 $6 {
Unnecessary prophylaxis.} ({There was the much stronger} 29... R8a5 $142 $1 30.
Qf1 Ra2 31. exd5 exd5 32. Qd3 f5 $15) 30. f4 $1 f5 31. exf5 exf5 {White has no
squares for penetration along the open file, but getting the outpost e5 is
also an achievement.} 32. h3 $1 (32. Be5 Ra2 33. Rb1 Rc2 34. Rec1 Qb7 35. Qxb7
Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxb7 $15) (32. Qe2 Ra2 33. Qf3 Qf7 $15) 32... Kh7 {Evgeny is
not in a rush. He has every reason to improve his position step by step.} 33.
Kh2 $1 {Till now Shakhriyar has been defending precisely. It is not easy for
Black to make any progress.} Rb7 (33... Ra2 34. Qf1 Rb2 (34... R7a3 35. Re2 Qf7
36. Be5 $11) 35. Rd3 $1 Raa2 36. Rg3 $132) 34. Qe2 Qf7 (34... b3 {doesn't give
much:} 35. Rd2 Rb4 36. Be5 $11 {and there is no way to promote.}) 35. Rd3 Qg6
36. Red1 Rba7 37. Be5 {It looks like White has consolidated and has excellent
drawing chances.} Na5 {Delivering the knight to c4 looks nice, but now White's
passer is getting stronger.} 38. Qe1 $2 {This move is connected with a
tactical blunder, but the refutation wasn't easy.} (38. Rxa3 bxa3 39. Qf3 Nc4
40. Ra1 a2 41. Qf2 Qa6 42. c6 Qxc6 43. Rxa2 $11) 38... Qa6 $2 {Returning the
favour.} ({I guess, after} 38... Nc4 $1 39. c6 (39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 41.
Kxg3 b3 42. c6 b2 43. c7 Ra8 44. Rb1 Kg6 $19) (39. Qxb4 Ne3 $1 40. Rxe3 Rxe3
41. Qd2 Raa3 $19) {both players must have missed} 39... Nb2 $1 40. Rxa3 bxa3
41. c7 Nxd1 42. c8=Q a2 $19) 39. Rxa3 bxa3 40. Bd6 $1 {Black's pieces are far
away from their monarch.} Qc8 ({Black couldn't avoid a draw after} 40... a2 41.
Qe6 $11) 41. Rb1 $2 {A terrible mistake, which leads to an immediate loss.} ({
At the same time, the patient} 41. Qc3 $1 Nc4 42. Be5 Qb7 43. Ra1 Kg8 44. Qd3
Qd7 45. Ra2 {most probably would allow White to save this game. Indeed, the
vulnerablity of Black's king and the strong Pc5 don't allow Black to make
progress.}) 41... a2 42. Rb8 Qd7 $19 {White cannot create any threats, so the
a-pawn decides the game now.} 43. Qa1 {Black has many winning possibilities
here, so Shakhriyar resigns. An important victory for Tomashevsky, who was
able to win the whole event very convincingly!} 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {
A highly popular line for White which has recently been tested many times,
Tomashevsky surely believes in the white position.} f5 ({A very recent example
is} 8... a5 9. Nh2 Na6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ng4 Nd7 12. Nh6+ Kh8 13. h4 Ndc5 14. g4
f5 15. h5 fxe4 16. hxg6 Qf6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Be3
Qxg6 21. Rh5 Rf5 22. Kd2 Rxh5 23. Bxh5 Qg2 24. Qg1 Qxg1 25. Rxg1 Kf8 26. Bg6
$11 {1/2-1/2 (50) Xiu Deshun (2543)-Kokarev,D (2645) Moscow 2015}) 9. exf5 gxf5
10. Nh4 Nf4 (10... Nf6 11. Bd3 (11. Bg5 Na6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 14. f4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Ng5 16. Kf1 Bd7 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Rae1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8
$13 {1/2-1/2 (51) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Giri,A (2797) Tbilisi 2015}) 11... e4
12. Be2 Nfd7 13. Ng2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Na6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Qd2 Nxf4 18.
gxf4 a5 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Rg3 Bd7 22. Rag1 Qe7 23. Nd1 $1 b6 24. Bd4
$1 $16 {1-0 (35) Nisipeanu,L (2652)-Vedmediuc,S (2401) Calimanesti-Caciulata
2014; Nice exemplary play by White.}) 11. Bd2 $5 {White doesn't rush with gxf4
he first prepares 0-0-0 and then the option of gxf4 is very real; actually the
idea is not new it was played before.} (11. gxf4 Qxh4 12. Rg1 Nd7 (12... exf4
13. Qd4 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Qxf4 Nd7 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Be3 f4 19.
Bxf4 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 (44) Ushenina,A (2487)-Isgandarova,K (2190) Tromso 2014})
13. Nb5 exf4 14. Nxc7 Nc5 (14... Ne5 $1 15. Nxa8 Re8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Kd2
Qxf2+ 18. Kc3 Re7 $44) 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Kd1 Rb8 18. b4 Ne4 19.
Bb2 Nf6 20. Nb5 $36 {1-0 (27) Cheparinov,I (2690)-Vovk,Y (2591) Warsaw 2014})
11... Qe7 {Only now do we see a new idea.} (11... Na6 12. gxf4 Qxh4 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Rg1 h6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Qe3 $18 {1-0 (21) Li,Y (1767)-Xu
Huahua (2125) Zhongshan 2013}) 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 {We have reached a very
unclear position.} 14. O-O-O Kh8 (14... Nc5 15. Be3 $5 a5 (15... Ng6 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. h4 f4 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 fxg3 20. fxg3 $16) 16. Kb1 a4 17. gxf4
Qxh4 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe5 $44 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 15. Kb1 Rae8 (15...
Nc5 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. b4 Na6 19. h4 e4 20. Rh1 Kg8 21. Be2 Qf6 22.
Ka2 $13) 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Rg1 Ng6 18. Nxg6+ Qxg6 19. f3 c6 {Too slow an idea in
my opinion; Black never got a chance to use the c-file.} (19... e4 $5 20. f4 $1
(20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Be3 Nc5 $13) 20... c5 $1 21. Nd1 Nc7 22. Bc3 Bd4 23. Qd2 Qf6
$13) 20. g4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rc8 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5
Rxf5 26. Rg3 {Tomashevsky asesses the position correctly: so he simply enters
an endgame that gives him chances for an advantage.} Nb3 ({The alternative was
better:} 26... Rcf8 27. Reg1 Nb3 28. Be3 Rxf3 29. Rxg7 Rxe3 30. Rxb7 Nd2+ 31.
Ka2 Rxh3 32. Rg4 $36) 27. Be3 Nd4 28. Ne4 $16 Rd8 29. Reg1 Rf7 30. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:48]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:47] (?!) To tell the truth, I do not understand this
move's popularity, mainly because of the plan chosen by Jobava. As the game
continues, ...c6-c5 will turn into a mere loss of time and ...a7-a6 into a
weakening of the queenside. Things are different with respect to the 6.Qc2 c5
line in which the queen's early commitment cause White some problems of
stability in the centre.} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:19] The most consistent
continuation.} ({Releasing the tension with} 7. cxd5 {would transpose to some
sort of semi-Tarrasch, in which the move b2-b3 is not necessarily useful. In
fact, it could be more of a weakening move.} cxd4 $1 (7... exd5 {is worse,
allowing White to get a genuine Semi-Tarrasch with an extra tempo.} 8. Bb2 Nc6
9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. h3 Rd8 14. Bf3 Qe7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bb7 17. Qd4 Rab8 18. Rc2 Qf8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rfc1 $16 {
San Segundo Carrillo,P (2564)-Jakovenko,D (2737) Dresden 2008 (1/2-1/2, 34)})
8. Nxd4 (8. Qxd4 {forces Black into playing with the Isolani, but the queen
does not really belong on the blocking square.} exd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qd3 Bd6 $11
{Bukavshin,I (2501)-Tkachiev,V (2646) Aix-les-Bains 2011 (1/2-1/2, 14)}) 8...
Nxd5 9. Bd2 (9. Bb2 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nf3 Qxd1+
14. Kxd1 Nc6 $11) 9... Nf6 10. Be2 Bc5 11. Rc1 Ba3 12. Rb1 e5 $132 {
Karthikeyan,P (2327)-Mohota,N (2409) Chennai 2008 (1/2-1/2, 18)}) 7... cxd4 {
[%emt 0:09:34]} 8. exd4 {[%emt 0:04:45] This would be my choice without
hesitation, as I enjoy playing with the hanging pawns, especially when offered
an extra tempo.} ({Great champions may think differently:} 8. Nxd4 {Kramnik,V 
(2784)-Andreikin,D (2716) Tromsoe 2013 CBM 156 [Negi,P] (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 8...
Be7 $6 {[%emt 0:02:24] This dooms Black to complete passivity.} ({He should
have increased the pressure against d4 as soon as possible:} 8... Nc6 9. c5 (9.
Bd3 {implies a pawn sacrifice, offering White compensation, but not
necessarily an advantage:} dxc4 10. bxc4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. O-O Be7 13. Na4
{[%cal Gc4c5]} Qa7 14. Bc1 $5 $44 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ga1b1,Gc1e3]}) (9. Be2 {
leads to a more modest setup than in the game, although Black does not have
active play either:} Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. c5 $14 {White could
actually "lose" a tempo with Be2-d3, compensating for ...c6-c5 but leaving
Black with the wasted time on the weakening move ...a7-a6.}) 9... Ne4 ({
The critical continuation is} 9... b6 10. Na4 bxc5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Qc7
13. Bd3 {White's position is more active, but Black's centre offers him
counter-chances.}) 10. Bd3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 e5 $13 {Melkumyan,H (2485)
-Gasanov,E (2541) Belgorod 2008 (1-0, 29)}) 10... f5 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 g6
12. O-O Bg7 13. b4 $14) 11. O-O Be7 12. Na4 $14) 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:10:26]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:00]} ({It is already
too late to grab the pawn:} 10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nd5 $1
Qxb2 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 $14 {With the white king in the centre as in the
similar line above, ...Bf8-b4+ would be annoying, but here White is an
exchange up and has the better development. Black's pawn and superior
structure offers him only some compensation.}) 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:10:35] Quite a passive approach, as the bishop has little to do on d7,
while also getting in the way of its colleagues. But Black's choice was rather
limited anyway.} ({Black's main problem is that his lost tempo does not allow
him to transpose to the 4.e3 Queen's Indian with} 11... b6 {Portisch,L (2610)
-De Firmian,N (2570) Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd 1989 (8) 1-0 (compare with:} 12.
cxd5 $1 $146 Nxd5 (12... exd5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Na4 $16 {takes full advantage of
the queenside weaknesses: both pawns are under pressure!}) 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14.
Re1 Bb7 15. Be4 Qd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16... Rac8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19.
Rxc6 Qxc6 20. d5 $16) 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Be4 $16) ({The only way to try proving .
..a7-a6 useful is} 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 b5 {, fighting for the d5-square, but
this pawn sacrifice should not equalise either:} 13. cxb5 (13. Ne4 $5) 13...
axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. a4 Qb6 16. d5 Rad8 ({The more natural} 16... Rfd8 {
leaves the a8-rook hanging in the following forced line:} 17. Qe1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
Rxd5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc3 Bf6 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxb2 23. Bxa8 $18) 17.
dxc6 $5 {A promising queen sacrifice.} ({White would also retain the more
pleasant play after} 17. Qe2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Rfc1 $14 {
/= White is well coordinated, has an outside passed pawn and some kingside
pressure. Black should probably manage to equalise gradually, but this looks
like a one-way story.}) 17... Rxd1 18. Nxd1 Bc8 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Ne3 $14 {
White has enough material compensation for the queen and his queenside
advantage is threatening.}) 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 13.
c5 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:06:14][%csl Gd7] /+/- The correct strategic decision.
White's queenside space advantage is not easy to match.} (13. cxd5 {would only
help Black to activate his d7-bishop:} Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 g6 16. Qf3
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 $14 {/= With the bishop on b7, this position would be quite
promising for White, but here he has not that much of an advantage.}) 13... Qc7
{[%emt 0:18:40]} (13... a5 14. Na4 $16 {[%csl Gb6]}) (13... b6 14. Na4 bxc5 15.
Nxc5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7][%cal Gf3e5]}) 14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} ({White could
also do without the massive pawn advance.} 14. Na4 Rad8 15. Nb6 Bc8 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 Nb8 19. Qg4 Nc6 20. Bb2 $16) 14... Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:
25] The start of a slow regrouping aimed at preparing ...e6-e5.} 15. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} (15... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxd5 $1 $18 (
17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Nb5 {also works.})) 16. h3 {[%emt 0:04:13] Clearly showing
that White can play cat and mouse a bit.} (16. Rb1 {was also possible,
speeding up White's queenside attack.} g6 17. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Bg7 (17... e5
18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 $16) 18. g3 $16 {[%cal Gc1f4,Ga3a4,Gb4b5]}) 16... g6 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxe5 Qe7
21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Qd3 $16) 17. Rb1 {[%emt 0:06:38]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:07:33]} (17...
Bc8 {keeping the d6-square under control would have been more cautious, even
though White would retain a large advantage with} 18. b5 axb5 19. Bc1 e5 {
The only try to get some play.} 20. Nxb5 Qb8 21. Bg5 $16) 18. b5 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:57] Black has come close to setting up pressure on d4, but has weakened the
d6-square, making White's reaction optimal.} ({If} 18. Ba1 Nh5 19. Bf1 Qf4 20.
g3 Qb8 {White would not have the time for a3-a4 and b4-b5 anyway, making the
immediate pawn break necessary, under less favourable circumstances than in
the game.} 21. b5 (21. a4 e5 22. dxe5 Bf5 23. Rb3 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 {[%csl
Gd5]} 25. Ne2 d4 26. g4 d3 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. gxf5 d2 $44) 21... axb5 22. Nxb5
Bf8 $14) 18... Na5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} (18... axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Nd6 Rf8 21.
Bc3 Bc8 22. Qd2 Ne8 23. Ne5 Qa8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. a4 $16 {
[%cal Gc3a5,Gd3a6,Ra4a6,Rb1b6]}) 19. a4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} ({There was nothing
wrong with the pawn grabbing:} 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bb5 Nc4 22. Ne5
$16) 19... Bc8 {[%emt 0:12:10]} 20. Bc1 {[%emt 0:02:40] At this height of the
game, it looked very improbable that White could lose. In fact, even a draw
would be some sort of miracle.} h6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:10]}
Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 22. Bxc4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:56] A bit too impatient.} (22. Qb3
$1 {[%cal Gd3c4] would more or less win a pawn and the game.} Na5 (22... e5 23.
Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxc4 $18) 23. Qb4 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb5b6]}) 22... dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 23. Rb4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:52] Jobava must have lost the feel for
danger.} (23. b6 Qb8 (23... Qe7 24. Bf4 $16) 24. Ne2 {[%cal Gc2c4]} e5 {
What else?!} 25. Nxe5 Bf5 26. Qxc4 Bxb1 27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Bf4 Bc2 29. Rc1 (29.
Ng4 $2 Qxf4 $1) 29... Rf8 (29... Bf5 30. Ng4 $18) 30. Qc4 Be4 (30... Nd5 31.
Bg3 Bf5 32. Nxg6 Qc8 33. Nxf8+ Bxf8 34. c6 $16) 31. Nxg6 Qc8 32. Nxf8+ Rxf8 33.
Ng3 Bc6 34. Qd3+ $16) 23... e5 $132 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 24. b6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} (
24. dxe5 Bf5 25. Qa2 Nd7) (24. Nxe5 Rxd4 $19) 24... Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 25.
Rxe5 $6 {[%emt 0:24:06]} ({It would have been better to prepare the c6-square
for the knight with} 25. c6 {for instance:} bxc6 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxd4
28. Nxc6 $11) 25... Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 28. Qe3 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} Nd7 $17 {[%emt 0:00:56] The position has changed dramatically and
White is suddenly in dire straits.} 29. Nd5 {[%emt 0:15:26]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 30. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. c6 {[%emt 0:20:47]}
Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} 32. gxf3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:08:09]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 34. b7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:
24]} 35. Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 36. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 37. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be2 {[%emt 0:
01:34]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:03] This line is a
speciality of Tomashevsky. Other ways which have been tried against him:} (12.
c3 c4 (12... Qc7 13. Nf1 c4 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 {
Caruana,F (2770)-Tomashevsky,E (2738)/Moscow 2012, with very good play.}) 13.
b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 bxa4 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Bb4 Bd7 18. Nf1 Nc6 {
Svidler,P (2732)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/Baku AZE 2014, Black has absolutely no
problems.}) 12... bxa4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40] After years of great practice
Tomashevsky came to this move as the best solution to decrease the tension on
the queenside.} (12... b4 13. c3 Rb8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Bd2 Bc8 16. Rc1 b3 17.
Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxb3 Bg4 19. N1d2 Nd7 20. Rb1 Nc5 {Svidler,P (2750)-Tomashevsky,
E (2595)/Moscow 2006/, with sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) (12... Re8
13. Ng3 g6 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bd2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe5 Nc6 18. Re1 Ndb4 19.
dxc4 Nxa2 20. Rxa2 bxc4 21. Nf3 Nb4 {Svidler,P (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2646)/
Moscow 2008, once more with good compensation for the pawn.}) 13. Ne3 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} ({A few years before he tested} 13... Bc8 14. Nh4
(14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. c3 Rab8 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qxb2
20. Qxa6 Qxc3 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxd6 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)
-Tomashevsky,E (2716)/Tbilisi GEO 2015, Black has still some problems.}) 14...
g6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6
21. c3 Qd7 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rxa4 Red8 {Giri,A (2776)-Tomashevsky,E (2749)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015 (58), Black has no problems here,.}) 14. Nf5 {[%emt 0:
25:18]} (14. Nh4 {was not logical here:} Bd7 (14... g6 $5) 15. Nhf5 Rb8 16. Qf3
Kh8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qf3 Nc6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd5 Nxd5
23. Bxd5 f6 {Caruana,F (2844)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/Baku AZE 2014, Black
obtained a very good position.}) 14... Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 15. N3h4 {[%emt 0:
02:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (15... Ne8 {is playable:} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. exf5 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Bd5 Nf6 21. Bd2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nc6 {Rysbayeva,
A (2219)-Dogodkina,J (2066)/Voronezh 2010, and White is the only one who can
be facing problems.}) 16. f4 {[%emt 0:09:07]} ({The other option is} 16. Bg5
Nc6 17. Re3 Nd4 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. c3 h6 20. cxd4 hxg5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
cxd4 {Umudova,N (2235)-Rzayev,B (2370)/Baku 2012, White has no real attack.})
16... Nc6 {[%emt 0:10:11]} 17. c3 {[%emt 0:14:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 18. Rf1
{[%emt 0:12:21]} ({Much more logical was} 18. Nf3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Qc1 a3
21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Bc4) 18... exf4 $1 {[%emt 0:28:15]} 19. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 20. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 21. Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxf5 $1 {[%emt 0:12:49] This knight has to be eliminated
immediately.} 22. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} c4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:36] With this move
Black starts destroying his opponent's central pawn structure.} 23. Bxc4 $6 {
[%emt 0:13:26]} ({White evaluated a forced line as clearly better for Black:} 
23. d4 Nd3 24. Bxc4 Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Rxb2 26. Qf3 Rfb8 27. Bd3 {, but it was
still better than the game.}) 23... Qa7+ {[%emt 0:09:47]} 24. d4 $6 {[%emt 0:
09:52] White tries tactical counterplay.} ({Black has a very strong central
position after} 24. Kf1 Nxc4 25. dxc4 Nxe4 26. Rxa4 Rfe8) 24... Nxc4 {[%emt 0:
01:34]} 25. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a3 $1 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 26. bxa3 {[%emt 0:01:
24]} Nxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32] It is much better to give the piece back than to
try to keep it. The sacrifice on f6 was very unpleasant.} 27. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 29.
Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({Some slight drawing chances were kept in the endgame
after} 29. Bd2 Qxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nxd4 32. Rd5 Nc2 33. Ra2 Rc6 34. Bf4
) 29... Rfe8 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 30. Raf1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} f6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:10]
Now White's powerful looking rooks are completely useless!} 31. Ra5 {[%emt 0:
10:18]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 32. Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qb2 $1 {[%emt 0:06:08]
Now Black is ready to hunt the white king.} 33. h3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} d5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] The pawns are
equal now, but the black pieces are excellently placed. The rook threatens to
enter the second rank.} 35. Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. Qf1 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} h6 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:52] Extremely precise technical play. Now the back rank is not weak
and the rook from e8 is ready to come to the first rank via the b-file.} 38.
Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (38... Re2 {was simpler:} 39. Bxh6
gxh6 40. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nxf6) 39. Raxd5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (
39. Rh5 {was slightly more complicated:} Kg8 40. Rh4 g5 41. Rxh6 Rxg2+ 42. Qxg2
Rb2) 39... Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} ({And here a much simpler way was} 39... Rbb2
{, but in such positions there are different ways to win.}) 40. Qxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bf2 Nxf2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:04:
42]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:11:34]} 0-1

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

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

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Overall this is a brilliant game played by Tomashevsky. In the first half of
the game he was able to gain a nice advantage and after that his technical
performance was just top notch.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 (4...
Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 {is a completely crazy line which has been
becoming popular recently.}) 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 {Six minutes for this move?!!
It surely meant that Tomashevsky had not prepared this line right before the
game. He had to recollect the bits he had in his mind regarding this opening.}
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Bg7 9. Nf3 (9. Qf3 $5 {is also played quite often.})
9... Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 {Nd2, Qa4 and Qb3 are the main
moves in this position. But Tomashevsky thinks for nine minutes and comes up
with a novelty.} 13. h3 $5 {Some kind of waiting move asking Black to define
his intentions.} (13. Nd2 e5 14. Bf3 e4 15. Be2 $14 {Thanks to his compact
pawn structure, White has scored very well from this position.}) (13. Qb3 Qxb3
14. axb3 e5 (14... Rfc8 15. Nd2 $14) 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exf3 17. Bxf3 bxc6 18.
Ra5 Rab8 19. Rxa7 Rxb3 20. Bxc6 $14 {What is the objective evaluation of this
position? Who cares? Who would like to defend such an endgame right out of the
opening?}) 13... Rac8 (13... e5 $6 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Be4 17.
Nb5 $14 {The knight settles in on d6 and combined with the bishop on h4 is
going to cause the lot of difficulties for the black rooks to come into the
game.}) 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 a6 {This is not a move that Black would have
been very happy to make especially with the knight on f3 having a clear route
from f3-d2-c4 looking at the b6 weakness. But in any case I feel that this
endgame is quite unpleasant for Black to play.} 16. g4 $5 {Thirty minutes for
the move g4. I am sure that Tomashevsky was thinking whether the move g4 was
required or not. Finally he decided that this was the best use of the move h3.}
Be4 (16... Be6 17. Nd2 {is similar to the game.}) 17. Nd2 Bd5 18. Nc4 Rcd8 19.
Rac1 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Nb4 21. Nb6 $1 Bxb3 22. Rd2 {The threat now is to play Rb1
or Rb2 and win a piece.} Rd6 (22... Be6 23. Rb2 Nd5 (23... Nc6 24. Bg3 $16 {
Bc7 will win an exchange here.}) 24. Bf3 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 $16) (22... a5 23. Bb5
$16) 23. Nc8 Rc6 (23... Rd7 24. Nxe7+ Rdxe7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rb2 $18) 24.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rb1 (25. Rxc6 $2 Nxc6 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 $17) 25... Bf6 26. Bxf6 (26.
g5 $5) 26... Rxf6 27. Rxb3 Nd5 28. Kg2 $14 {Let us try to understand the
position that has been reached at the board after 28 moves. Who is better and
why? At first glance it seems like Black should be better because he has the
outside connected passers. But this would be a very superficial assessment.
The important thing to note is that these pawns cannot be pushed easily. At
the same time the bishop can be stationed on a square like f3 very well while
it is very difficult for the black knight to find an outpost. One of the
reasons for the knight not having a fixed point is that the bishop controls
the light squares and the pawns f2-e3-d4 control the dark squares. Together
they make an impressive team. White's central pawns are also difficult to move
but he will first try to create a second weakness by pushing his h- and
g-pawns. To write these words is quite easy but to put them into effect on the
chess board is extremely difficult. That's why Tomashevsky is one of the best
players in the world. Have a look at how beautifully he converted this
position into a win.} b5 29. Bf3 Nb6 30. Ra2 Na4 {The knight tries to shield
the a6 weakness but soon it will have to move as White can always attack it
with Bd1.} (30... Nc4 31. Be2 Rc7 32. Rc3 $16) 31. Rc2 Rd6 32. g5 Kg7 33. h4 h6
34. Kg3 hxg5 35. hxg5 f6 36. gxf6+ Rxf6 {Has Black benefitted by employing the
f6 and h6 breaks or has he made it easier for White to push his pawns? I think
with the breaks out of the way, White now knows exactly what he is facing. It
might have made sense to keep the breaks in reserve. But what should have
Black done if not for f6 and h6. He doesn't have anything constructive and
could have just shuffled his pieces from here to there - something which is
difficult for us human beings.} 37. Ra3 Rd6 38. Bd1 Ra7 39. Rca2 Nc5 40. Bc2 (
40. dxc5 Rxd1 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 Rc1 43. c6 b4 44. Rb6 b3 45. Rxb3 Rxc6 {
I tried to find a similar position in Averbakh's comprehensive chess endgames
book and found out that the position is drawn with accurate play.}) 40... Ne6
41. Ra5 Nc7 42. Be4 Rb6 43. Kf3 Ne8 44. Ke2 Re7 45. Kd3 Nc7 46. f3 {The pawns
start moving now.} Rd7 47. Rc2 Ne6 48. Ra1 $1 {The rook shifts to the kingside
now. a6, g6 and the threat of an invasion down the c-file constitute too many
things to take care of.} Kf6 (48... Rc7 49. Rxc7+ Nxc7 50. Kc3 $16 {[%cal
Gc3b4,Gb4a5]}) 49. Rg1 Rg7 50. Rgc1 Rd6 51. Rc8 Rgd7 52. Rg1 Rg7 53. Kd2 g5 54.
Kc3 a5 (54... Rc7+ 55. Rxc7 Nxc7 {Exchanging a pair of rooks may have been
wise but it helps the white king to roam around without any fear.} 56. Kb4 Rd8
57. Kc5 Ne6+ 58. Kb6 Rd6+ 59. Ka5 $16 {Whether this will win or not is unclear
but it is a hard defence for Black.}) 55. Ra8 Rc7+ 56. Kb2 a4 57. Rh1 Rc4 58.
Rh6+ Ke7 (58... Kg7 59. Ra7+ $1 Kg8 (59... Kxh6 60. Rh7#) 60. Bf5 a3+ 61. Ka2
Rcc6 62. d5 $18) 59. Rh7+ Kf6 60. Rg8 {Mate can only be averted by sacrificing
material and hence Khairullin resigned. A very consistent game by Tomashevsky
who hardly made a bad move.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Superfinal of the 68th Russian Championship in Chita went excellently for
me right from the start. I was able to produce what I wanted: interesting
games full of content. I was able to weather some difficult moments (the first
round deserves special mention here as in mutual time trouble Dmitrij
Jakovenko missed a simple win against me; at that point things could have
taken another course). I went into the round 9 game against Ivan Bukavshin as
sole leader. But my narrow lead in the table and also my awareness of my young
opponent's good technique in simple positions gave me the idea of not aiming
to be too safe but rather of defending my lead in a complicated struggle. That
is the reason for the choice of the Anti-Moscow Gambit, because this is one of
the critical variations for Ivan's repertoire. This meant that I could assume
that he would not deviate from it.  Das Superfinale der 68. Russischen
Meisterschaft in Chita lief für mich vom Start weg ausgezeichnet. Ich konnte
das umsetzen, was ich mir vorgenommen hatte: interessant und inhaltsreich
spielen. Einige gefährliche Momente konnte ich "überspringen" (insbesondere
wäre hier die erste Runde zu nennen, als Dmitrij Jakovenko gegen mich in
beiderseitiger Zeitnot den einfachen Gewinn ausließ; hier hätten die Dinge
einen anderen Lauf nehmen können). In die Partie in Runde 9 gegen Ivan
Bukavshin ging ich bereits als alleiniger Spitzenreiter. Aber die engen
Abstände in der Tabelle sowie das Wissen um die gute Technik meines jungen
Gegners in einfachen Stellungen brachten mich auf den Gedanken, nicht nach zu
viel Sicherheit zu streben, sondern die Führung in einem komplizierten Kampf
zu verteidigen. Daher rührt die Wahl des Anti-Moskau-Gambits, denn dies ist
für Ivans Repertoire eine der kritischen Varianten. Ich konnte davon ausgehen,
dass er nicht davon abweichen würde.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 {These move were,
as might be expected, played at top speed. I had already played this this
variation in Vladivostok in 2014 against Maxim Matlakov and won with it a good
game, which however was detracted from by reciprocal mistakes in two periods
of time trouble. I was curious as to how Bukavshin would react. Diese Züge
wurden, wie nicht anders zu erwarten, im Eiltempo absolviert. Ich hatte diese
Variante bereits in Wladiwostok 2014 gegen Maxim Matlakov gespielt und gewann
damit eine gute Partie, die allerdings durch beiderseitige Fehler in zwei
Zeitnotphasen geschmälert wurde. Ich war neugierig, wie Bukavshin reagieren
würde.} Nh5 $5 {A logical attempt to preempt White. Astonishling, it is an
innovation here! But that is true only of the "human database", because in
computer games this move, which is recommended by the computers, has already
been played several times. Ein logischer Versuch, dem Weißen zuvorzukommen.
Erstaunlicherweise handelt es sich hier um eine Neuerung! Das betrifft aber
nur die „menschliche Datenbank“, denn in Computerpartien ist dieser Zug,
der von den Rechnern empfohlen wird, bereits mehrfach vorgekommen.} ({In the
aforementioned duel I had replied to In dem oben erwähnten Duell hatte ich} 
10... Nbd7 {with mit} 11. Nd2 $5 {which, moreover, had also been a new idea -
the strong bishop on g3 should be retained, even at the cost of a certain loss
of time. Naturally, back then I also looked into the immediate attack on that
piece about which I was so worried :) beantwortet, was im übrigen auch eine
neue Idee gewesen war - der starke Läufer g3 sollte erhalten werden, selbst
um den Preis von etwas Zeitverlust. Natürlich beschäftigte ich mich damals
auch mit dem unverzüglichen Angriff auf jene Figur, um die ich so besorgt war
:)}) 11. Be5 {This reply seemed to have surprised my opponent already. perhaps
in his analysis Ivan had evaluated this move as wrong and thought that I would
head towards Bereits diese Antwort schien meinen Gegner überrascht zu haben.
Vielleicht hatte Ivan diesen Zug in der Analyse als falsch eingeschätzt und
sich gedacht, dass ich mich auf} (11. Rd1 {with a transition to well-known
theoretical territory. mit Übergang in bekannte theoretische Gefilde
orientieren werde.}) 11... Rg8 12. h4 Nf4 $6 {Now the moment arrived which
completely amazed me: this move which Ivan came up with after a long period of
thought was one I had totally rejected in my analysis! Hier war nun der Moment
gekommen, dass ich völlig überrascht war: diesen Zug, den Ivan mir hier nach
längerem Nachdenken servierte, hatte ich in der Analyse glatt verworfen!} ({
In my home preparation I had thought that Ich hatte in der häuslichen
Vorbereitung} 12... g4 {was more or less forced and it was after it that the
theoretical duel actually first started. Concerning the text move, I simply
remembered the next three moves and my verdict "extraordinarily dangerous for
Black“. On the whole this evaluation is also true and for some time Black's
position seemed to me to be almost mathematically lost. But in practice things
are not quite so simple… als quasi erzwungen betrachtet, wonach das
theoretische Duell eigentlich erst beginnt. Den Textzug betreffend erinnerte
ich mich lediglich an die nächsten drei Züge und das Verdikt
„außerordentlich gefährlich für Schwarz“. Im Großen und Ganzen stimmt
diese Einschätzung auch und einige Zeit schien mir die schwarze Stellung fast
schon mathematisch verloren zu sein. Aber in der Praxis ist das dann doch
nicht ganz so einfach…}) 13. hxg5 hxg5 (13... Nxe2 14. gxh6 $1 {the
strictest am strengsten} Bxh6 (14... f6 15. Qxe2 $18) 15. Rxh6 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 ({
or oder} 16. bxc3 {leads to a position in which White has a strong attack "for
free". führt zu einer Position, in der Weiß „umsonst“ starken Angriff hat
})) 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. d5 $1 {The key resource which determines the evaluation.
It is pleasant to carry out such a "text-book" and aesthetically pleasing
breakthrough, even if it is such an obvious one. Die Schlüsselressource, die
die Bewertung bestimmt. Es ist angenehm, so einen „schulbuchmäßigen“ und
ästhetischen Durchbruch durchzusetzen, auch wenn er so klar auf der Hand
liegt.} (15. O-O-O $2 {allows Black time for lässt Schwarz die Zeit zu} Na6 $1
16. d5 Nb4 $1 17. Qd2 cxd5 {taking over the initiative. mit Übernahme der
Initiative.}) 15... Nd7 {Interestingly here and on some other moves the
machine, on a shallow search depth, evaluates Black's situation as not so bad.
It is only when it delves more deeply into the position that it recognises the
strength of White's attack. Here are some illustrative variations:
Interessanterweise bewertet die Maschine die Lage von Schwarz bei diesem und
einigen anderen Zügen bei geringer Rechentiefe als nicht so schlecht. Erst
wenn man tiefer eindringt, wird die Kraft des weißen Angriffs anerkannt. Hier
einige Varianten zur Illustration:} (15... Na6 {is the logical alternative,
compare ist die logische Alternative, man siehe:} 16. dxe6 fxe6 ({And
furchteinflößend sieht auch} 16... Nb4 {also looks frightening: aus} 17.
exf7+ Kxf7 18. Qc1 (18. Qb1)) 17. Rd1 $1 Qc7 (17... Qf6 18. e5 Qg6 19. Qxg6+
Rxg6 20. Ne4 {, and even the exchange of queens has not helped Black. , und
auch der Damentausch hat Schwarz nicht geholfen}) 18. e5 Nc5 19. b4 $5 (19. Ne4
$5) 19... cxb3 (19... Nd7 20. Qh7 O-O-O 21. Qxg8 Bxb4 22. Qxe6 Bxc3+ 23. Kf1
$18) 20. axb3 Rd8 21. Rh7 {"with a lasting attack" as the nice phrase goes.
White has an abundance of options, even if accuracy is still required. „mit
andauerndem Angriff“, wie es so schön heißt. Weiß hat Möglichkeiten im
Überfluss, auch wenn Genauigkeit immer noch gefordert ist.}) ({But Ganz
furchtbar sieht} 15... cxd5 $6 {looks quite terrible: aus:} 16. exd5 Bxd5 17.
O-O-O Nc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rh5 $1 Ne7 (19... Qa5 20. Rhxd5 Qxa2 21. Qf5 $1
Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Nb4+ 23. Kc3 Na2+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2+ 25. Ke1 $18) 20. Rhxd5 $1 Nxd5 21.
Qe4+ Ne7 ({Or oder} 21... Be7 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Ng5 $1 (23. Nd4)) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Qb7 {The storm is easy to conjure up. Der Sturm entwickelt sich leicht und
ungezwungen.}) 16. O-O-O {After calm consideration of this quite normal move,
it is hard to understand how I could spend half an hour of my thinking time on
it. I could simply have played it automatically and by doing so saved time for
calculating the subsequent not so simple varitations. But during the game my
memory came up with "shadows" of certain subtleties which did not exist around
Rd1 instead of 0-0-0 and the long variations needed to "validate" these. Such
doubts can later come back to bite you in time trouble.. Bei ruhiger
Betrachtung dieses ganz normalen Zuges ist schwer zu verstehen, wie ich dafür
eine halbe Stunde Bedenkzeit aufwenden konnte. Ich hätte ihn einfach „mit
der Hand“ spielen und damit Zeit für das Berechnen der folgenden nicht
einfachen Varianten sparen können. Aber während der Partie zeichnete mein
Gedächtnis „Restbilder“ gewisser nicht existierender Feinheiten mit Rd1
statt 0-0-0 und den dazugehörigen langen „Bestätigungsvarianten“. Solche
Zweifel können sich später in Zeitnot rächen...} Qb6 $2 {Interestingly, I
considered this move more or less forced. But in reality it is the decisive
mistake which leads to the loss! Interessanterweise hielt ich diesen Zug für
quasi erzwungen. Aber in Wirklichkeit ist er der entscheidende Fehler, der zum
Verlust führt!} ({After Nach} 16... Qc7 $1 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. b4 $1
cxb3 {we reach the position which I discovered after the game in my notes. I
had skipped any detailed consideration of it, since it did not appear possible
for Black to go into this extremely risky business since he has a normal
choice. But it is not easy for White to continue with his attack entsteht die
Stellung, die ich nach der Partie in meinen Aufzeichnungen entdeckte. Auf eine
detaillierte Betrachtung hatte ich verzichtet, da Schwarz sich auf diese
äußerst riskante Sache nicht einlassen zu können schien, so er denn eine
normale Wahl hat. Aber es ist für Weiß nicht leicht, den Angriff
fortzuführen.} 20. Nxb3 $5 {A comparatively quiet continuation. Eine
vergleichsweise ruhige Fortsetzung.} ({As for the mad variations after In den
verrückten Varianten nach} 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. axb3 (21. Nxb3 $2 Nxb3+ 22. Qxb3
Qe5) 21... Rd8 $1 (21... Bg7 $6 22. e5 Qxe5 23. Bg4) 22. Bf3 (22. b4 $5 Qe5) (
22. Nce2 $5 Qe5 23. Bf3) 22... Qe5 (22... Rg5 $5) 23. Nce2 Rg5 24. Rh7+ Bg7 25.
b4 Na4 (25... Nd7 26. Qxc6) 26. Qxc6 $5 {one has to find one's footing in them
separately, but I do not have the impression that White can make the
advantages of his position count sufficiently well in them - the tendency is
more to playing for any one of three possible results. muss man sich noch
gesondert zurechtfinden, aber ich habe nicht den Eindruck, dass Weiß die
Vorzüge seiner Stellung hier überzeugend zur Geltung gebracht hat - eher
sehen wir hier ein Spiel auf drei Resultate}) 20... Rg5 ({or oder} 20... Nxb3+
21. Qxb3) 21. Bh5+ Ke7 22. Nd4 {The initiative certainly lies with White but
the struggle is still rather unclear. Die Initiative ist bestimmt auf der
Seite von Weiß, aber der Kampf ist immer noch ziemlich unklar.}) ({A far
weaker move is Weitaus schwächer ist} 16... Qe7 17. Nd4) ({Or Oder} 16... Qf6
17. Nd4 cxd5 18. exd5 O-O-O {and White has tons of promising options, und
Weiß verfügt über eine Unmenge aussichtsreicher Möglichkeiten,} {of which
unter denen} 19. Ndxb5 {is the simplest: die einfachste ist:} (19. dxe6) (19.
Nc6) (19. Ne4 Qe5 (19... Qg6 20. Bh5) 20. Rh5 f5 21. Nc3 Nc5) 19... Kb8 20.
dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bf3 {with clear superiority for no cost. mit deutlichem und
„kostenlosen“ Übergewicht.}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 {An obvious and very
effective plan of attack. The assault on the e6-pawn does not give Black any
time to evacuate his king in peace. Ein naheliegendes und sehr wirkungsvolles
Angriffsschema. Die Attacke auf den Bauern e6 lässt Schwarz keine Zeit,
seinen König in Ruhe zu evakuieren.} ({Here it is not necessary to play Hier
besteht keine Notwendigkeit zu} 18. Rxd7 $2 Kxd7 19. Qd2+ Kc8 20. Rh7 {, even
if the opponent appears to have full compensation. , auch wenn der Anziehende
hier anscheinend vollwertige Kompensation hat.}) 18... Nc5 {For inexplicable
reasons this despairing reply came as a surprise to me, although I was able to
calculate the alternative quite accurately: Aus unerfindlichen Gründen kam
diese verzweifelte Antwort für mich überraschend, obwohl ich die Alternative
ziemlich akkurat berechnen konnte:} (18... O-O-O 19. Nxe6 Re8 20. Qd2 $1 {
wins by force. gewinnt forciert.} Ne5 (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxf4) (20...
Nf6 21. Qxf4 (21. Bxc4 $5) 21... Rxe6 22. Qf5 c5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5) 21.
Qxf4 Rxe6 22. Qf5 c5 23. Nd5 $18) 19. Bh5+ {This is the most logical, but it
is also decisive Das ist am logischsten, aber es entscheidet auch} (19. Nxe6 $1
Nxe6 (19... f3 20. Nxc5 fxe2 21. Qxe2 Qxc5 22. e5) 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. e5) ({
whereas während} 19. Nf5 exf5 20. exf5 Rd8 21. f6 {promises "only" a strong
attack and with other continuations in the background looks like an
unnecessary flourish. „einfach“ starken Angriff verspricht und vor dem
Hintergrund anderer Fortsetzungen wie ein unnötiger Effekt wirkt.}) 19... Ke7
20. Be2 $6 {And suddenly panic struck me one step before my goal! This move
was interpreted in contradictory fashion by commentators and colleagues alike.
In the aftermath, some even liked it because of its reliability. However, it
is hard to believe that I spent an enormous part of my remaining thonking time
on it and yet was unable to correctly calculate out even one important
variation. Worse than that, the thought kept swirling through my head that
after the retreat of the bishop I might not even be worse off…?! But that is
a completely baseless under-estimation of the resources to be found in the
position! Understandably, had I had the help of a computer I would easily have
come up with another plan: Und plötzlich bricht bei mir einen Schritt vor dem
Ziel Panik aus! Dieser Zug löste bei Kommentatoren und Kollegen ein
widersprüchliches Echo aus. Einigen gefiel er im Nachklang sogar wegen seiner
Zuverlässigkeit. Allerdings ist kaum zu glauben, dass ich für ihn einen
riesigen Teil meiner verbliebenen Bedenkzeit verbrauchte und es mir dennoch
nicht gelang, auch nur eine wichtige Variante korrekt durchzurechnen. Mehr
noch, mir schwirrte der Gedanke durch den Kopf, ob ich nach dem Rückzug des
Läufers jetzt nicht schon schlechter stünde…?! Das ist aber eine völlig
unbegründete Unterschätzung der der Stellung innewohnenden Ressourcen!
Verständlicherweise wäre mir mit Computerhilfe eine andere Spielweise leicht
von der Hand gegangen:} (20. e5 $1 Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Nf5+ $1
(23. Qh7+ $2 Rg7 24. Qh6 Rxd4 25. Qf6+ Kd7 26. Qxf8 Re7 {can lead to an
incisive change in the decor. kann zu einem einschneidenden Dekorationswechsel
führen}) 23... exf5 24. Qxf5 Rg7 25. Ne4 $1 (25. Bg4 $5 c5 26. Rh7 $1) 25...
c5 26. Nd6 Bd5 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Bf3 (28. Rd2 $5 {Black is so paralysed that
White can even afford to prepare Bh5-f3 Schwarz ist derart paralysiert, dass
sich Weiß sogar die Vorbereitung von Bh5-f3 leisten kann}) 28... Bxf3 29. gxf3
Qxf3 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Nxb5+ Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 $18) ({Or Oder} 20. Nf5+ $5 exf5 21.
exf5 Rd8 (21... Kf6 22. Ne4+ Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $18) 22. f6+ $1 Kxf6 23. Qh7 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 {with a decisive attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff}) ({even the
reckless selbst das „rücksichtslose“} 20. Nxe6 $5 {?! came into
consideration, but not playing one of these moves deserves clear criticism,
despite the practicality of my choice during the game :) ?! kam in Betracht;
aber keinen dieser Züge zu spielen verdient, bei aller Praktikabilität
meiner Wahl in der Partie, deutliche Kritik:)}) 20... Rd8 {It is interesting
that Black is still objectively worse. Es ist interessant, dass Schwarz
objektiv immer noch schlecht steht.} ({There is no help for him either with Es
hilft ihm weder} 20... Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd4 22. Bxc4 $1 (22. Bf1 Qe5 23. Qd2)
22... Qxc4 23. Qd2) ({or with noch} 20... Rg7 21. Nf5+ $1 exf5 22. exf5 Bc8 23.
f6+ Kxf6 24. Rh6+ {in both cases with an attack which crashes through against
the absolutely exposed king. in beiden Fällen mit durchschlagendem Angriff
auf den absolut offenen König.}) 21. e5 Rg7 (21... Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxd4 23. Be2
$40) 22. Nf3 $2 {After I had started the retreat, it was not so easy to stop
it :) But this time we are talking about a serious mistake, which could have
cost White the win. My move is all the stranger since the obvious Nachdem ich
mit dem Rückzug begonnen hatte, konnte ich nicht so schnell damit aufhören :)
Diesmal handelt es sich aber bereits um einen ernsten Fehler, der Weiß den
Sieg hätte kosten können. Mein Zug ist umso seltsamer, als dass das auf der
Hand liegende} (22. Nf5+ $1 {was an elementary win: elementar gewann:} exf5 23.
Qxf5 Rf7 24. Qg5+ Ke8 25. Bh5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 $18) 22... b4 23. Ne4 Rxd1+ $2 {
Ivan returns the compliment immediately (apparently he was overcome by the
desire to exploit the unexpected uncertainty of his opponent by rapid play
with an eye on my time trouble) and misses a chance . Possible an
over-estimation of his own position also had a role to play here. Despite the
fact that the opposing forces had suddenly sounded the retreat, the position
of his king on е7 and the bishop on f8 give White the possibility of going
back on the attack at any time. However, Black should have grabbed by the
scruff of the neck the amazing opportunity which was being offered to him:
Ivan revanchiert sich postwendend (offenbar überkam ihn der Wunsch, die
unerwartete Unsicherheit des Gegners durch schnelles, auf die Zeitnot
schielendes Spiel auszunutzen) und geht an seiner Chance vorbei. Womöglich
spielte hier auch die Überschätzung seiner Stellung eine Rolle. Ungeachtet
der Tatsache, dass die gegnerischen Kräfte plötzlich zum Rückzug geblasen
hatten, geben die Postierung des Königs auf е7 und des Läufers auf f8 dem
Anziehenden jederzeit die Möglichkeit, in den Angriff zurückzukehren.
Schwarz indessen hätte die sich ihm bietende einmalige Gelegenheit sofort
beim Schopfe packen müssen:} (23... b3 $1 24. axb3 Nxb3+ 25. Kb1 Qa6 $1 {
, forces the exchange of queens. , forciert den Damentausch.} 26. Qc3 $5 (26.
Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxc4 c5 $1 28. Nd6 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nd4 {- suddenly it is almost a
draw - plötzlich ist es fast remis}) 26... c5 (26... Qa1+ {is weaker: ist
schwächer:} 27. Kc2 Qa4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4+ 29. Bxc4 c5 30. Nd6) 27. Nd6 Qa1+ 28.
Kc2 Qa4 29. Bxc4 Be4+ $1 30. Nxe4 Nd2+ 31. b3 Qa2+ 32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Nxe4
{with excellent chances of a draw. mit hervorragenden Remischancen.}) 24. Rxd1
c3 ({Now, after the premature exchange of rooks Jetzt, nach dem verfrühten
Turmtausch, funktioniert} 24... b3 {no longer works: schon nicht mehr:} 25.
axb3 Nxb3+ 26. Kb1 Qa6 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 c5 (28... Na5 29. Ba2) 29. Nf6 $1
{so Black is now defenceless. daher ist Schwarz nun ohne Verteidigung.}) 25.
Nd6 {Here the knight is completely dominant, but also Hier dominiert der
Springer völlig, aber auch} (25. Nf6 $5 {did not look bad. sah nicht schlecht
aus.}) 25... b3 26. axb3 Nxb3+ ({In this version the ending too is hopeless:
In dieser Version ist auch das Endspiel hoffnungslos:} 26... Qxb3 27. Qxb3
Nxb3+ 28. Kc2 Nc5 29. b4 Ba6 30. bxc5 Bxe2 31. Rb1 Bb5 32. Nxb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5
Rxg2 34. Nd4 Rxf2+ 35. Kxc3 {, which means that the black position is
absolutely lost. , was bedeutet, dass die schwarze Stellung absolut verloren
ist.}) 27. Kb1 cxb2 28. Bc4 {here White could allow himself just about any
move as he has more pieces in play: Hier konnte sich Weiß, der mehr Figuren
im Spiel hat, sich bereits so ziemlich alles erlauben:} (28. Nh4) (28. Nf5+)
28... Nc5 29. Nh4 (29. Nd4) (29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Nxg7 Bxg7 32. Qf5+
Ke7 33. Ng5 $1) {, and after the unnecessary moves , und nach den schon nicht
mehr notwendigen Zügen…} 29... Nd7 30. Ng6+ Kd8 31. Nxb7+ Kc7 32. Nd6 Qa5
33. Ba2 Rxg6 34. Qxg6 Qxe5 35. Ne8+ Kb6 36. Qxe6 Qxe6 37. Bxe6 Nc5 38. Ba2 {
... Ivan resigned. … gab Ivan auf.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{There was a special background to this encounter, because at the previous
European team Championship we had surprisingly lost 1.5-2.5 to the Turkish
team, which had been the start of the problems we had then. I myself had also
had White then and had been unable to overcome the resistance of Mustafa
Yilmaz. So now I had to take up arms against Alexander Ipatov. In various
football matches between chess players we had stood together on the same side
of the barricades. This time - for the first time! - we found ourselves
sitting opposite each other over the chess board.  Diese Begegnung stand in
einem besonderen Kontext, denn bei der vorangegangenen Mannschafts-EM hatten
wir gegen die Türken überraschend 1,5-2,5 verloren und damit unsere
damaligen Probleme eingeleitet. Ich selber hatte damals ebenfalls Weiß und
konnte den Widerstand von Mustafa Yilmaz nicht überwinden. Nun bekam ich es
also mit Alexander Ipatov zu tun. In diversen Fußballvergleichen der
Schachspieler standen wir auf derselben Seite der Barrikade. Diesmal saßen
wir uns - erstmals! - auf unterschiedlichen Seiten des Schachbrettes
gegenüber.} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 {
Alexander had moreover recently rarely played the Queen's Gambit and he had
never employed the Cambridge Springs Variation! It was a cunning thought of
his to surprise me in this way. It was his bad luck that I had considered in
some detail these positions after my game against the guru of this variation,
Alexey Dreev (Loo 2014), and had taken another look at my analyses just
shortly before the European Cup.  Alexander spielte zuletzt ohnehin selten
Damengambit und die Cambridge-Springs-Variante hatte er noch nie angewandt! Es
war ja schlau gedacht von ihm, mich auf diese Weise zu überraschen. Sein Pech
war, dass ich mich mit diesen Stellungsbildern nach meiner Partie gegen den
Guru dieser Variante, Alexey Dreev (Loo 2014), ausführlich beschäftigt und
mir diese Analysen erst kürzlich vor dem Europapokal erneut angeschaut hatte.}
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 {Just at the moment this is
probably the most important branch of a variation which had been introduced
into practice in 2011 by Bart Michiels and refined by the future world
champion (Gelfand - Carlsen, London, 2013).  Das ist die im Moment wohl
wichtigste Verzweigung einer Variante, die 2011 von Bart Michiels in die
Praxis eingeführt und vom späteren Weltmeister ausgefeilt wurde (Gelfand -
Carlsen, London, 2013).} 11. Be2 {There are some subtleties about the bishop
move to d3 which need to be explained, but at the present moment theory is in
favour of the slightly more modest development to e2. Auch zum Läuferzug nach
d3 wäre einiges an Feinheiten zu erklären, aber im gegenwärtigen Moment
spricht sich die Theorie für die etwas bescheidenere Entwicklung nach e2 aus.}
Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 {This is a principled innovation which contains a
fresh way of approaching this position. Up till now, the recapture on e2 here
had always been made with the queen. What could be more natural? Magnus
Carlsen, who had made use of this setup as Black against Boris Gelfand in 2013
in London, later changed sides and won a brilliancy in Shamkir 2014 against
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov by recapturing on e2 with the queen. For my part, in May
of last year I had been unable to find anything convincing here for White. The
conclusions to be drawn from this formed the following logical chain: Black
has strategic advantages on the queenside and in the endgame, i.e. he must
seek for counterplay based on play in the centre and on exchanges. For his
part, White controls the centre and must make use of this for play against the
black king. The capture on e2 with the queen leaves the rook on the c-file
which will soon be opened, requiring it to be exchanged and not favouring the
attack. The concrete checking out of this “theoriy” naturally brought to
the surface some underwater reefs, but on the whole I was convinced of the
value of this idea in practice Das ist eine prinzipielle Neuerung, die ein
neuartiges Herangehen an diese Position beinhaltet. Bis dato hatte man hier
immer mit der Dame auf e2 zurückgenommen. Was könnte es auch Natürlicheres
geben? Magnus Carlsen, der diesen Aufbau 2013 in London gegen Boris Gelfand
noch als Schwarzer vertreten hatte, wechselte später die Seiten und gewann in
Schamkir 2014 gegen Shakhriyar Mamediarov mit dem Schlagen mit der Dame auf e2
eine Glanzpartie. Ich allerdings konnte im Mai vergangenen Jahres hier nichts
Überzeugendes für Weiß finden. Die Schlussfolgerungen daraus bildeten diese
logische Kette: Schwarz hat strategische Vorteile am Damenflügel und im
Endspiel, d. h. er muss ein Gegenspiel suchen, das auf einem Spiel im Zentrum
sowie auf Abtauschen gründet. Weiß seinerseits beherrscht das Zentrum und
muss dies für ein Spiel gegen den schwarzen König nutzen. Das Nehmen auf e2
mit der Dame belässt den Turm auf der sich bald öffnenden c-Linie, was dort
seinen Abtausch fördert und den Angriff nicht begünstigt. Die konkrete
Überprüfung dieser “Theorie” förderte natürlich einige unterirdische
Klippen zutage, aber im Großen und Ganzen war ich vom praktischen Wert dieser
Idee überzeugt.} O-O ({It would be premature to play Verfrüht wäre} 13...
Qxc3 $6 14. Rc2 Qa5 15. Rxc6 O-O 16. Rc7) 14. e4 Rfe8 $5 {In the first
critical situation Ipatov acted quickly and well, with a flexible move which
meant he did not have to show his hand too soon. In der ersten kritischen
Situation handelte Ipatov schnell und gut, indem er seine Karten mit einem
flexiblen Zug vorerst nicht aufdeckt.} ({Of course the most principled move
would have been Am prinzipiellsten wäre natürlich} 14... Qxc3 {which would
have left White with the interesting choice between gewesen. Weiß hätte
darauf die interessante Wahl zwischen} 15. e5 $5 ({and  und} 15. Re3 $5 Qa5 16.
Qd3 {in both cases with hair-raising complications, whereas mit jeweils
haarsträubenden Verwicklungen, während}) (15. Rc2 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. d5
exd5 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {would be less convincing, since Black would
soon be able to solve his problems with simplifications. weniger überzeugend
wäre, denn Schwarz könnte seine Probleme bald durch Vereinfachungen lösen.})
) ({Another way of tackling the position is represented by Ein anderes
Herangehen an die Position stellt} 14... e5 {, which "deprives" his opponent
of the most obvious attacking motifs. However, in this variation Black most
frequently heads for c6-c5 and after the advance of the e-pawn, say dar, was
dem Gegner die deutlichsten Angriffsmotive "wegnimmt". Allerdings orientiert
Schwarz sich in dieser Variante häufiger auf с6-с5, und nach dem Vorstoß
des e-Bauern, sagen wir,} 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rd1 {White can claim some slight
superiority. It will be interesting to see what players with Black are going
to decide in the future on move 13. kann Weiß einiges Übergewicht
reklamieren. Es wird interessant sein, wie sich die Schwarzspieler im 14. Zug
zukünftig entscheiden werden.}) 15. Re3 {This move cost me quite a lot of
thinking time. The reason for this was that I was trying to remember the
variations after Dieser Zug kostete mich ziemlich viel Bedenkzeit, was daran
lag, dass ich mich an die zu Hause analysierten Varianten nach} (15. e5 Qxc3 {
which I had analysed at home. zu erinnern suchte.}) 15... Bf8 {I had analysed
this sort of setup for a long time and was happy to have got this position on
the board. Nevertheless, many of the evaluations I made over the board and
soon afterwards turned out to be inaccurate - the devil is always in the
detail! Ich hatte diesen Stellungstyp ja lange analysiert und war froh, diese
Position aufs Brett bekommen zu haben. Dennoch erwiesen sich viele meiner am
Brett und kurz danach getroffenen Einschätzungen als ungenau - der Teufel
liegt halt immer im Detail!} ({I considered the text move to be very dubious
and I had concentrated on the safe move Den Textzug hielt ich für sehr
fragwürdig und ich hatte mich auf den sichereren Zug} 15... e5 {. After
konzentriert. Nach} 16. Qc2 Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rd1 Rae8 19. g3 {White has
some pressure. hat Weiß etwas Druck.}) (15... Be7 {was a move I had
considered somewhat risky on account of e4-e5 (immediately or after the
exchange). hatte ich wegen e4-e5 (sofort oder nach dem Tausch) für etwas
riskant gehalten.} 16. Bxe7 (16. e5 Qxa2 17. Qd3 c5 (17... Nf8) (17... h6))
16... Rxe7 17. e5 ({It looks as if Es scheint so, als ob} 17. Qc2 {would be
correct but here Black has available the thematic richtig wäre, aber hier
verfügt Schwarz über das programmgemäße} c5 {after which he is close to
equality. wonach er dem Ausgleich nahe ist.}) 17... Qxa2 {and after und auf}
18. Ng5 {recommends itself drängt sich} f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 {, after which White
has to worry about getting sufficient compensation! So if Sascha had not
played his bishop move with quite such brio, I would possibly now had
different thoughts about my rook move to e3 ... auf, wonach sich bereits Weiß
über ausreichende Kompensation Sorgen machen muss! Wenn Sascha seinen
Läuferzug also nicht ganz so schwungvoll ausgeführt hätte, würde ich über
meinen Turmzug nach e3 jetzt möglicherweise anders denken...}) 16. e5 {
During the game I was extremely optimistic at this point since Black had
chosen the exact sequence of moves which had been the focus of my analysis!
Perhaps this self-confidence was not without making some impression on my
opponent... Während der Partie war ich hier äußerst optimistisch, denn
Schwarz hatte genau die Zugfolge gewählt, die im Mittelpunkt meiner Analysen
stand! Vielleicht ließ diese Selbstsicherheit meinen Gegner nicht
unbeeindruckt...} Qxa2 $2 {White really gets an easy game simply because of
the loss of tempo which the snatching of the pawn did not justify. Black had
to immediately commence his counterplay in the centre with Lediglich aufgrund
dieses Tempoverlustes, der den kleinen Bauernhappen nicht rechtfertigt,
bekommt Weiß wirklich leichtes Spiel. Schwarz musste das Gegenspiel im
Zentrum unverzüglich mit} (16... c5 {which in addition would also have
justified the bishop sortie to a3. This logical breaking open of the position
would have led to unclear play. einleiten, was darüber hinaus auch den
Läuferausfall nach a3 gerechtfertigt hätte. Diese logische Sprengung hätte
zu unklarem Spiel geführt:} 17. Nd2 (17. d5 $5 Qxa2 18. d6 {is double-edged
ist zweischneidig}) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 f6 {and Black secures his king und
Schwarz sichert seinen König} 19. Bf4 Rac8) ({The computer even starts by
indicating the cold-blooded Der Computer weist anfangs sogar auf das
kaltblütige} 16... Rac8 {, but such a way of playing worries a human being.
hin, aber einem Menschen macht so eine Spielweise natürlich Angst.} 17. Rfe1
$5 ({Here all Black had to do was calculate and not let himself be be scared:
Schwarz musste hier nur rechnen und sich nicht erschrecken lassen:} 17. Nd2 f6
(17... c5 18. Rh3) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rg3+ (19. Ne4) 19... Bg7 20. Ne4 fxe5 21.
Nd6 exd4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxd4 Ne5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re1 Qd5 $11) 17... c5
18. d5 Qxa2 19. R1e2 Qc4 20. d6 {- compared to the line with 16...с5 17.d5
White has gained a few tempi. - im Vergleich zum Abspiel 16...с5 17.d5 hat
Weiß ein paar Tempi gewonnen.}) 17. Nd2 {Now, unlike iin the previous note,
it is no longer so easy for Black to attack the white wedge pawn on e5 which
secures for his opponent such great advantages on the kingside. Jetzt kann
Schwarz im Unterschied zur vorangegangenen Anmerkung den weißen Keil auf e5,
der dem Anziehenden große Vorteile am Königsflügel sichert, nicht mehr so
bequem angreifen.} c5 {This is too late now! Extraordinary measures will now
have to be taken to defend the king: Dies kommt hier zu spät! Zwecks
Verteidigung des Königs mussten bereits außerordentliche Maßnahmen
ergriffen werden:} (17... f6 18. exf6 gxf6) ({or oder} 17... f5 18. exf6 gxf6 {
with the continuation mit der Fortsetzung} 19. Bh4 Bg7 20. Ne4 Re7 21. Qg4) ({
or even oder sogar} 17... Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Ne4 f5 (19... Rf8 $2 20. Nf6+
$1) 20. exf6 Nxf6 (20... gxf6 $5) 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qf3 {and in all
variations White has a strong initiative for the pawn, but the defensive
options have not yet been exhausted. und in allen Varianten hat Weiß starke
Initiative für den Bauern, aber die Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten sind noch
nicht erschöpft.}) 18. Ne4 {Four white pieces are directed against the black
monarch, whose residence is now beyond the reach of its most important
defenders. There is no doubt about the evaluation of this position. But there
was still a lot of water to flow under the bridge in the game... Vier weiße
Figuren sind auf den schwarzen König gerichtet, dessen Residenz von den
wichtigsten Verteidigern nicht mehr erreicht werden kann. Die Bewertung der
Stellung unterliegt hier keinerlei Zweifel. Doch in der Partie sollte noch so
einiges geschehen...} cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 (19... Rec8 {would not have changed
much: hätte nur wenig geändert:} 20. Rh3 (20. Qg4 $5 Rc4 21. Bf6 Rxd4 22.
Bxg7 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 {here the rook on a8 is also still hanging - hier hängt
auch noch der Turm auf a8}) 20... g6 21. Qg4 Qd5 22. Qf4 {with a decisive
attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 20. Qg4 {At this point I still had half
an hour of thinking time left on my clock, but nevertheless I was over-hasty.
For some reason it appeared to me that Black would still have some defensive
resources against all moves. So I preferred to throw another piece into the
attack quickly and use the time on the subsequent calculations. In the long
run this plan did work (see the note to move 24), but I should not have
allowed my opponent any more chances "along the way". At dinner I wanted to
boast to Ian Nepomniachtchi that the queen sortie to g4 was a cleverer move
than Ich hatte in diesem Moment noch eine halbe Stunde Bedenkzeit übrig,
überstürzte mich aber dennoch. Aus irgendwelchen Gründen schien es mir,
dass Schwarz auf alle Züge noch einige Verteidigungsressourcen hätte. Daher
wollte ich schnell eine Figur in den Angriff werfen und die Zeit lieber für
die nachfolgenden Berechnungen verwenden. Letztlich ging dieses Konzept ja auf
(siehe die Anmerkung zum 24. Zug), aber ich hätte dem Gegner nicht
“unterwegs” noch Chancen einräumen müssen. Beim Abendessen wollte ich
Ian Nepomniachtchi “aufschwatzen”, dass der Damenausfall nach g4 klüger
wäre als} (20. Qh5 {, about which Ian correctly expressed some doubt. Now 20..
.g6 would make no sense since the queen wants to go to h4 in any case. , woran
Jan zu Recht Zweifel anmeldete. Jetzt wäre 20...g6 sinnlos, da die Dame
ohnehin nach h4 will.} Qc2 21. Qh4 Bb4 {Now White has a series of tempting
attacking options, like for example Nun hat Weiß eine Reihe von verlockenden
Angriffsmöglichkeiten wie etwa:} 22. Rh3 (22. Bf6 $5) (22. Qg4 $5) 22... Nf8
23. Bf6 {one of which could certainly be analysed all the way to a win.
However, it is not necessary to do so, since . von denen eine bestimmt zum
Sieg auszuanalysieren wäre. Allerdings besteht diese Notwendigkeit gar nicht,
da}) (20. Rh3 $1 {wins immediately and without any question. After
unverzüglich und ohne jegliche Fragen gewinnt. Nach} Qc2 21. Qg4 {Black is
absolutely helpless in view of the threat of Qh4 - ...h6 - B:h6!. ist Schwarz
im Hinblick auf die Drohung Qh4 - ...h6 - B:h6! absolut hilflos.}) 20... Rc4 {
Ipatov takes his chance! Thanks to my mistake the following section of the
game becomes rather interesting.  Ipatov nutzt seine Chance! Dank meines
Fehlers wird der folgende Teil der Partie ziemlich interessant.} 21. Rf3 {
Just like Black's 16th and 17th moves, my mistakes also come in twos. Analog
zum 16. und 17. Zug von Schwarz kommen auch meine Fehler nicht allein.} ({
In the variation with Ich hatte von weitem in der Variante} 21. Bf6 Rxd4 22.
Bxg7 {I had been a long way from seeing the brilliant defence die glänzende
Verteidigung} Rxe4 $3 {, after which White has to force the draw: nicht
gesehen gehabt, wonach Weiß das Remis forcieren muss:} 23. Qg5 ({or oder} 23.
f4 h5 $1 24. Qg5 Bxg7) 23... Bxg7 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Qxg7+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 $11) (
{However, there was the better move Besser war allerdings} 21. Rh3 $1 Rxd4 22.
Qh5 h6 23. Bxh6 $1 g6 24. Qh4 Rxe4 25. Bf4 $1 ({though things are not so clear
after nicht so klar ist} 25. Qxe4 Bxh6 26. Rxh6 Qd5) 25... Bg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27.
Bh6 $1 Ke7 (27... Bxh6 $6 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ f6 30. exf6+ $18) 28. Qxg7
Rxe5 29. Rf3 $1 Rf8 30. Qh7 $1 {and White's superiority is almost decisive,
but in the tense atmosphere of a team match it is no easy taks to calculate
all of this correctly. und das Übergewicht von Weiß ist nahezu entscheidend,
aber in der angespannten Atmosphäre eines Mannschaftskampfes ist es nicht
einfach, dies alles richtig zu berechnen.}) 21... Rxd4 22. Qf4 $1 ({Of course,
Natürlich war} 22. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 23. Qxd4 Nd5 {was weak, because then the
advantage would go to Black. schwach, denn der Vorteil ginge hier auf Schwarz
über.}) 22... Rb8 $2 {The final mistake. Nor did other rook retreats or 22...
Kh8 save Black. I was quite satisfied at this point with myself and with my
lovely strategic plan, which has restricted the black pieces and very
instructively created the weakness on f7. Fortunately, at the board I did not
yet suspect that my calculation had a hole in it and that the direct attack on
h7 would have been much better... Der letzte Fehler. Auch andere
Turmrückzüge oder 22... Kh8 retteten Schwarz nicht. Ich war in diesem Moment
ziemlich zufrieden mit mir und meinem schönen strategischen Plan, der die
schwarzen Figuren eingeschränkt und sehr instruktiv die Schwäche f7
geschaffen hatte. Zum Glück ahnte ich am Brett noch nicht, dass meine
Kalkulation ein Loch hatte und der direkte Zugriff gegen den Punkt h7 viel
besser gewesen wäre...} ({Here, you see, Black had at his disposal the strong
move Schwarz stand hier nämlich mit} 22... Nxe5 {which, after ein starker Zug
zu Gebote, der nach} 23. Qxe5 {finds its justification in seine Rechtfertigung
in} Qc4 $3 {It is specifically these “geometrical “ moves which are hard
for humans to spot and which underline the difference between us and the
computers. (Way back I had valiantly calculated out the lines findet. Gerade
diese “geometrischen “ Züge sind es, die dem Menschen schwer zugänglich
sind und den Unterschied zwischen uns und den Computern unterstreichen (Ich
hatte von weitem treuherzig die Abspiele} (23... Rd5 24. Qc7 Rf5 25. Rg3) (
23... Qd5 24. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 25. Qxf6) ({and und} 23... Qa4 24. Nf6+ {which all
lead to a more or less uncomplicated win for me; but the queen move to c4 did
not occur to either of us! durchgerechnet; die die alle zu einem mehr oder
weniger unkompliziertem Gewinn für mich führen; aber der Damenzug nach c4
kam keinem von uns beiden in den Sinn!}) 24. Re1 ({Here Jetzt wäre} 24. Nf6+
$2 gxf6 25. Qxf6 e5 {would be bad, because Black has at his disposal the key
move Rg4. schlecht, denn Schwarz verfügt über den Schlüsselzug Rg4.}) 24...
f5 (24... Qb4 $5 25. Rfe3 f5 26. Nc3 Qc5) 25. Nd2 (25. Ng3 $5 Bd6 26. Qe2 {
secures good fighting chances sichert größere Kampfressourcen}) 25... Qd5 26.
Rxf5 Qd7 {and Black has chances not only of survival but also of equality. An
astonishing turn of events. und Schwarz hat nicht nur Überlebens-, sondern
Ausgleichschancen. Eine erstaunliche Wendung der Ereignisse.}) 23. Qxf7+ Kh8
24. Bf6 $1 {But finally my practical decision with 20.Qg4?! paid off, since
the thinking time I had saved meant that I was able to calculate out to the
winning move calmly. Hier zahlte sich am Ende doch noch meine praktische
Entscheidung bei 20.Qg4?! aus, denn durch die dort gesparte Bedenkzeit konnte
ich den Gewinnzug in Ruhe durchrechnen.} Rxe4 25. Rg3 Nxf6 26. exf6 g6 27. Rh3
h6 28. Qxg6 Qd2 29. Qxe4 {Immediately after the game I criticised myself for
this move. It was only later that I realised that some of my other decisions
would have deserved more blame ... But in a certain amount of time trouble I
had remembered the statement by one of the classics: “If you have the choice
between a mate in a few moves and the win of a rook, then take the rook,
because you can still deliver mate later.” Sofort nach der Partie
kritisierte ich mich für diesen Zug. Erst später wurde mir klar, dass einige
andere meiner Entscheidungen mehr Tadel verdient gehabt hätten... Aber in
gewisser Zeitnot hatte ich mich des Ausspruchs eines der Klassiker erinnert:
“Wenn Sie die Wahl zwischen einem Matt in wenigen Zügen und einem
Turmgewinn haben, dann nehmen Sie lieber den Turm, denn mattsetzen können Sie
dann immer noch.”} ({The mate in question came after Zum besagten Matt
führte} 29. Rg3) 29... Rc8 ({There was the slightly more resilient Etwas
zäher war} 29... Qd5 {, but in playing it Black had to be pinning his hopes
on the special tension of a team match ... , aber dabei musste Schwarz schon
auf die besondere Anspannung eines Mannschaftskampfes hoffen...}) 30. Rd3 Qc2
31. Qxe6 Qc6 32. Qg4 Rc7 33. Qg6 Qe6 34. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. f3 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. O-O (13.
cxd5 $5 exd5 14. O-O {[%cal Ya3a4]}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16.
Bd2 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 (50) Peralta,F (2556)
-Ponomariov,R (2695) Albox 2005}) 11. O-O cxd4 $2 {After this careless move
Black's a5-bishop gets into trouble.} (11... Rc8 $6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxa7 Ra8
14. Nb5 $16 {1/2 (72) Bluebaum,M (2513)-Dann,M (2434) Dresden 2013}) (11...
dxc4 $142 12. Bxc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 {- this position is less favourable for Black
than it was after 10...cxd4 as now ...cxd4 can be met with cxd4. E.g.} Rc8 14.
Qe2 Nb8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Rfc1 Qg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 Qg5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf1
$14 Kh8 {1/2 (26) Hawkins,J (2511)-Adams,M (2752) England 2014} 21. e4 $1 Nf4
22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxe6 Rce8 24. d5 $36) 12. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} (12. exd4 $2
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc7 16. Bd2 Bd5 $11 {0-1 (58) Popov,S 
(2478)-Jeremic,V (2527) Zlatibor 2006}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 $8 14. Qe2 $1 {
Even better than} (14. Bd3 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. Nxd4 (17. Na7 $143
Ra8 18. bxa5 b5 19. Bb2 {1/2 (19) Feige,M (2421)-Natsidis,C (2227) Germany 2008
}) 17... Bxb4 18. axb4 e5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 14... Bd5
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. e4 (16. exd4 {is simpler, e.g.} Qb3 (16... Rc4 17. b3) 17.
Nxa7 {, winning a pawn...} Rc4 18. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {...and renewing the
b2-b4 threat.}) 16... Qa2 (16... Qb3 17. Nxd4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Nb5 {
[%cal Rb2b4]} Rc5 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. b4 $18) (16... d3 $5 17. exd5 dxe2 18. Nxe2
Nxd5 19. b4 Naxb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Nxa7 Rc2 22. Rb2 {- White parries
immediate threats but it will not be easy for him to convert his material
advantage as all the pawns are on the same side.}) 17. Bg5 $1 {The killing
b2-b4 will follow sooner or later.} Rc4 18. Rbd1 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf2 $1 $18
{[%cal Rb2b4,Rg3h5]}) 18... d3 (18... Rd8 19. e5 Qb3 20. Nxd4 Rcxd4 21. Rxd4
Rxd4 22. Qxa6 Ne8 23. Qc8 Kf8 24. Qb7 Kg8 25. Qe7 Qa4 26. b4 $18) 19. Qxd3 Rc5
20. Be3 $6 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Rd3a6,Rb2b4]}) 20... Qxb2 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 $16 {The a5 bishop has survived; Black has only lost an exchange for a
pawn. However, Evgeny Tomashevsky manages to convert his material advantage
although it takes a lot of time.} 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 a6 24. Nd6 b5 25. Nd4
Bb6 26. Kh1 g5 27. Nc6 Kg7 28. g3 h5 29. Rfe1 Na4 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rd2 Nb3 32.
Rc2 Nc5 33. Kg2 Na4 34. Rd1 g4 35. Rd3 Nc5 36. Rd1 Na4 37. h3 gxf3+ 38. Kxf3
Nh7 39. e5 Bc5 40. Rd3 f6 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. exf6+ Nxf6 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Rxd4 Nd5
45. Re4 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rd7 47. Na5 Rd6 48. Rc6 Rxc6 49. Nxc6 Nc5 50. Re5 Nd3 51.
Rg5+ Kh6 52. Rg8 Ne3+ 53. Kf3 Nc4 54. Nb4 Nde5+ 55. Ke2 a5 56. Nc2 Nd7 57. Rc8
Kg6 58. Rc7 Nf6 59. Rc6 Kf7 60. a4 Nd5 61. axb5 Ne5 62. Ra6 Nc3+ 63. Kf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8. h3
Be6 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Bb5 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Qxh3 12. Nf1 Qg4+ 13. Kh1 Qh3+ 14. N3h2
Bxf2 15. Re2 Ng4 16. Rc2 f5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Be6 g6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qf3 Qh4
21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Qh6 23. Nexg4 Qxe6 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rg1 f4 27.
Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Nef1 Rg6 29. Nf3 Kg7 30. Ng5 c6 31. Rh2 h6 32. Nf3 Nf5 33. Re2
Re8 34. Re4 Kf6 35. d4 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Re7 37. Kf2 h5 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 cxb5
40. c4 bxc4 41. dxe5+ dxe5 42. Rxc4 e4 43. Nd4 Rb7 44. Nxf5 Rxb2+ 45. Kg1 Kxf5
46. Rc5+ Kg6 47. Rxa5 h4 48. Ra8 h3 49. Rh8 e3 50. Rg8+ Kf5 51. Rf8+ Ke4 52.
Re8+ Kd3 53. Rd8+ Ke2 54. Ra8 Rb1 55. Ra2+ Kd3 56. Ra3+ Ke4 57. Ra2 f3 58. Ra4+
Kd5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Rd1
Rfe8 15. c4 Bf8 16. e4 Qa4 17. e5 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Rcd2 Nf8 21.
h4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 f6 23. Ne4 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. Nd6 Qd7 26. Qxe5 Qe6 27.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 28. Nb5 Kf8 29. Rd6 Nd8 30. Rd7 Ne6 31. Rxa7 Rd8 32. Rb7 Rd1+ 33.
Kh2 Rd2 34. Rxb6 Ke7 35. a4 Ra2 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Nc3 Rc2 38. Nd5+ Ke5 39. Ne3
Ra2 40. Ra7 Kf4 41. Nd5+ Ke5 42. Kg3 Nd4 43. Ne3 Ne6 44. a5 h5 45. a6 g6 46.
Ra8 Ra3 47. a7 Kf6 48. f3 Kf7 49. Nd5 Ra6 50. Nf4 Ng7 51. Nd3 Nf5+ 52. Kh2 Ra2
53. Nxc5 Kg7 54. Ne6+ Kh7 55. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 d5 $5 {
An original concept by GM Gyula Sax. Black wants to prove that this change of
the pawn structure makes White's f2-f3 favorable for Black.} 8. cxd5 (8. Bg5 {
is another popular move.}) 8... exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Qd3 f5 {is more logical but
still White keeps a small edge:} (9... b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Qb3 (11. Qc2 $5 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 Ne7 13. Ne2 Nbc6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. g3 f5 16. Kg2 fxe4 17. fxe4 e5 18. d5
Na5 19. Rhf1 $14 {1/2 (35) Lazarev,V (2361)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2554) Rasht 2015})
11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nf6 (12... Ne7 $5) 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. Kf2 cxd4 16.
Bxd4 Qe7 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 (48) Vidit,S (2625)-Swayams,M (2491) Kottayam 2014})
10. e4 (10. Nh3 {1/2 (27) Flumbort,A (2503)-Idani,P (2473) Budapest 2012} Nc6
$5) 10... Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. O-O-O fxe4 15. fxe4 Rf7
16. Qe3 Na5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bc4 Ne7 19. Nf4 $14 {1-0 (58) Ralls,R (2359)-Egorov,
V (2181) Lechenicher SchachServer 2014}) 9. e3 (9. Bg5 Re8 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 c5
$1 12. Ne2 {1-0 (36) Hambleton,A (2461)-Sundararajan,K (2428) Forni di Sopra
2013} c4 $5 $13) 9... a5 (9... Bf5 $5 10. Ne2 $5 (10. g4 $2 Ne4 $1 11. fxe4
Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Bxe4 13. Qxc7 Bxh1 $19 {0-1 (38) Li,Z (2261)-Khenkin,I (2659)
Cammeray 2013}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4) 10. Bd2 b6 11. Rc1 c6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Ne2
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd7 {Black has traded White's strong bishop but his c6-pawn is
now quite weak. He must prepare ...c6-c5 now but it takes a lot of time.
Actually, f2-f3 proves quite useful for White.} 15. O-O Na6 16. Be1 $1 c5 17.
Bh4 $14 c4 {Black releases pressure in the centre, and White easily pushes
e3-e4.} 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. e4 Nac7 20. a4 {This move is unnecessary.} (20. Nc3 b5
21. Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 20... Nd6 21. Nc3 b5 (21... Rae8 $142 22. Rce1 b5)
22. axb5 Ndxb5 23. exd5 $2 {There was no point to give up the d5 square.} (23.
Na4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra4b6,Ya4c5]}) 23... Nxd5 {Black is absolutely fine now.} 24.
Ne4 Qc6 25. Nc5 Nb6 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. Re4 a4 28. Rce1 Nd6 29. Re5 h6 30. Be7
Nbc8 31. Qf4 $4 {[%mdl 16384] White underestimates Black's queenside pawns and
loses.} (31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Qb4 $11) 31... Nxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 c3 $1 34.
bxc3 a3 35. Re1 a2 36. Ra1 Qb5 37. Qc1 Qe2 $19 {[%cal Yd6c4,Yc4e3]} 38. Nb3 Nc4
39. Qe1 Qb2 (39... Qb2 40. Nc5 Ne3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A game between players in the middle of the crosstable could not be so
decisive unless one of them (Radjabov in this case) is trying to win GP points
in order to earn a spot in the Candidates tournament next year. In what seemed
to be a dull encounter, the Russian "professor" (Tomashevsky's nickname based
on an online blitz account!) managed to grind out his small advantage and
convert it into a full point. Now, Radjabov's chances to qualify are
substantially reduced unless he manages to pull off a number of wins in the
coming rounds!} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 {Radjabov opts
for the Pirc Defence!} O-O 6. O-O c6 (6... Nc6 {is a fine playable move which
has actually been played in a game between my two favourite world champions!}
7. d5 (7. h3 {This line is very benign indeed!} e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Bb5 exd4 10.
Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. c3 Rb8 16.
Qd2 a5 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Qb7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bf1 c5 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Qxe1
h6 23. Bc1 a4 24. Qe7 Qc6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. c4 d4 27. b3 Bf5 28. Qe7 axb3 29.
axb3 Be6 30. Qa7 Qd6 31. Bd3 Qe5 32. Bd2 Bf5 33. Bf1 Be6 34. Bd3 Qh5 35. Qa1
Bf5 36. Bf1 Bc2 37. b4 cxb4 38. Bxb4 Be4 39. Qe1 Qf5 40. Bd2 h5 41. f3 Bc6 42.
Qe7 Qc2 43. Bf4 Qf5 44. Qg5 Qe6 45. Bd3 Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qg5 f5 48. Kh2 Qf6
49. Qg3 Qe7 50. Qf2 Bf6 51. Qc2 h4 52. Qf2 Kg7 53. Bd2 Be5+ 54. Kg1 Qa3 55. Qe2
Qd6 56. Bg5 Bf6 57. Bxf6+ Kxf6 58. Kf1 Qf4 59. Qf2 Ke5 60. Qe1+ Qe3 61. Qa5+
Ke6 62. Qa3 Kf7 63. c5 Kf6 64. Qb3 Kg5 65. Bc2 Kf4 66. Qxe3+ Kxe3 67. Ke1 d3
68. Bb3 d2+ 69. Kd1 Bb5 70. Kc2 f4 71. Kc3 g5 72. Kb4 Be8 73. Ka5 Kf2 {0-1 (73)
Harmon Vellotti,L (2454)-So,W (2808) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Nb8 8. Re1 e5 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4
Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bc4 Be8 19. Neg5+ hxg5 20. Nxg5+ Kg8 21. Qf4
Nd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Bxf7+ {1-0 (23) Tal,M (2560)-Petrosian,T (2640) Moscow
1974}) 7. a4 Nbd7 (7... b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Re1 c5 12. exd6
Nxd6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be5 a5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe5
Rac8 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 e6 22. Rd4 Ne8 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Red1
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 26. Ne5 Ke7 27. Nc6+ Ke8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 Nb7 30. c4 Nd8
31. Ne5 Rc7 32. f4 f6 33. Ng4 Ke7 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Rxd8 Rxc4 36. Rf8+ Ke7 37.
Rb8 Rxf4 38. Rxb6 Rb4 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxh7 Rxb2 41. Ra7 Rxb5 42. Ra6+ Kc5 43.
h4 Kb4 44. Rxe6 a4 45. Rxg6 a3 46. Ra6 Ra5 47. Rb6+ Ka4 48. Rb1 a2 49. Ra1 Kb3
50. Kf2 Kb2 51. Rh1 Rc5 {0-1 (51) Horvath,A (2498)-Aronian,L (2795) Germany
2017}) 8. a5 Qc7 9. Be3 e5 10. h3 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qb1 $1 Nf8 13.
Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 h6 $13 {is a common tabiya of this line. Tomashevsky has more
tricks up his sleeve to test Radjabov.}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Bc4 Nf8 (
12... Nxe4 $4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxf7+ {and due to the fork on g5 Black is
losing!}) (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17.
Qc4 {with a slight edge for White but Black is very solid!}) 13. Re1 Be6 14.
Bf1 $1 {An important retreat! Black lacks space and White avoids exchanging
pieces!} N8d7 15. Ng5 a6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Bf4 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5
{looks more promising that what Tomashevsky played!}) 18... Rad8 19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. Na4 Nf7 (20... Nh5 {I am not sure this active move is any better!} 21. Bh2
Nc6 22. Rad1 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nb6 {with an unpleasant edge for White.})
21. Rad1 Nh5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bf4 Qc6 $6 {Maybe Radjabov lost objectivity at
this point. He could repeat and see what Tomashevsky had up his sleeve.} 24.
Nc3 Kh8 25. b3 h6 $6 {A weakening move but obviously Radjabov is trying to get
something out of this position. Yet, his endeavours are only self-destructive
as he ends up having a losing position in only a few moves!} 26. Bd3 g5 27. Bh2
Nd7 28. Ne2 Nfe5 (28... Nde5 29. f4 c4 $1 {would have created a manageable
mess for Black!}) 29. f4 $1 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Bf6 $2 {The black king is now
exposed and his pawn structure is vulnerable. Tomashevsky does not play it
like a machine but his technique is good enough to beat Radjabov today!} 31.
Kh1 (31. Be2 Nf8 32. Nd3 Kh7 33. Rf1 Bg7 34. Nxe5 {with simply a winning
position for White.}) 31... Kh7 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Qe2 (33. Be2 Nf6 34. Qe1 $1 $18
{is also winning but only easy to evaluate by engines!} Nfd7 35. Bh5 Re7 36. h4
Bf6 37. Qg3 $18) 33... Nf6 34. Nh5 Rf8 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Bc4 {
It is true that there exist opposite coloured bishop on the board but given
the fact that the black king is weak and his pawn structure is fully
undermined, White's winning chances are close to decisive.} Qe8 38. Qg4 Rxd1
39. Rxd1 Rg8 {equivalent to resignation.} (39... h5 40. Qxe6 Qxe6 41. Bxe6 Rd8
42. Bd5 h4 {would have put up a much better resistance.}) 40. Qxe6 Qxe6 41.
Bxe6 Rd8 42. Bd5 Kg7 43. g3 Rd7 44. h4 Bd8 45. Ra1 Kf6 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Rg7
48. c3 h5 49. Ra2 Kf6 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. Kf3 Kg6 53. b4 $1 {White is
a pawn up and the pawn on b7 is a fixed target, which Tomashevsky goes after
gradually!} cxb4 54. cxb4 Kh6 55. Rc2 Be7 56. Rb2 Bd8 57. Rb3 {The position
should be objectively lost but there is a long way to resignation, however
Radjabov was either disgusted by the game or simply had got tired and
blundered right away!} b6 $4 58. b5 $1 (58. b5 bxa5 (58... axb5 59. a6 Ra7 60.
Bb7 Be7 61. Rxb5 Bc5 62. g4 $18) 59. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Qg3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Rb2 h6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. d3
Be7 15. Rb3 g5 16. Qf2 Rd7 17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Rfb1 Qxa5 21.
Rb5 Qd8 22. Be3 Rdc7 23. Nd2 b6 24. Nf1 Rb7 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Nh5 Qc6 27. R5b2
Qc7 28. d4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Bc5 30. Nf6 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qc3 32. h3 Rc4 33. Kh1 Qxd4
34. Qe2 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Qe1 Be6 37. Rb4 Rbc7 38. Ne8 Rxb4 39. Rxb4 Qc3 40.
Qh4 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 71st"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. a4 Bd6 11. a5 O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O Nf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd5 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Bf1 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Rfc8 20. c4 Be6
21. Rab1 b6 22. c5 bxc5 23. Ba6 Nd5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb7 h6 26. Rc1 c4 27.
Bxa7 Rc6 28. Be3 c3 29. Rb5 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rc4 31. Kf2 Kh7 32. e4 c2 33. Ke3 Bd7
34. Rb7 Be6 35. Rb5 Bd7 36. Rb7 Be6 37. a6 Bc8 38. Rxf7 Bxa6 39. Rd7 Rc3+ 40.
Kd2 Rc4 41. Re7 Rd4+ 42. Kc3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Besiktas Jimnastik"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a4
Nc6 9. a5 Ba6 10. Na3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 c3 12. bxc3 Bxf1 13. axb6 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qe4 axb6 17. cxb4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rg3 O-O 20. Rc1 Ne6
21. Rc6 Ra4 22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Nb5 Ra1+ 24. Ke2 Ra2 25. Kf3 Rd7 26. Nd4 Re7 27.
Nf5 Rd7 28. Nd4 Re7 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Rdc3 Ra7 32. Bg5 Rd7 33. Kg4
h6 34. Rf3+ Kg8 35. Bd2 Ra2 36. Rd3 Kf7 37. h4 Re7 38. f4 Ke8 39. Bc1 Ra4 40.
Bd2 Kd7 41. Rdc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nb6 13. e4 Be6 14. Ra3 Nfd7
15. Be3 Rfd8 16. h3 h6 17. Rd1 f5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Bf7 20. Ra5 Nc8 21. Nd4
Nf8 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Ncb5 a6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Nc3 e5 27. Na4 Rad8
28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Nc4 Nd7 30. d6 Rcc8 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Bxa6 Rxb3 33. Ra3 Rb4 34.
Na5 Rxb2 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. Rea1 f4 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Bxf4 Rb6 39. Bc8 Rxa3 40.
Rxa3 Be8 41. Ra8 Bf8 42. Bxd7 Bxd7 43. Ne5 Rxd6 44. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768][%evp 0,71,58,21,24,-16,53,35,35,25,30,25,43,-10,15,13,24,0,23,20,
40,13,62,60,52,-33,46,36,35,35,35,38,51,43,34,10,16,-4,-7,19,35,15,15,6,6,6,75,
54,55,51,119,60,60,61,93,93,203,465,436,444,448,446,447,503,477,424,460,530,
530,533,536,498,552,559] The Russian superfinals are well known for their
balanced field of participants and their exciting combative chess, so every
game played there is of great significance. But this duel with Vladislav
Artemiev was particularly important for me. A unique situation had arisen
before the seventh round: six players, of whom I was one, were leading on "+1"
(3.5 Punkte). But Vladislav was not one of them: after three rounds he had
been the sole leader in the table, but he went on to lose two games in
succession and this encounter between us was for him, the favourite for the
tournament, practically his only chance to get back in the struggle for a high
placing. In a word, this game could significantly change the course of the
tournament for each of us. Die russischen Superfinale sind für ihr
ausgeglichenes Teilnehmerfeld und ihren spannenden Kampf bekannt, daher ist
dort jede Partie von großer Bedeutung. Aber dieses Duell mit Vladislav
Artemiev war für mich besonders wichtig. Vor der siebenten Runde entstand
eine einzigartige Situation: sechs Spieler, darunter ich, führten mit "+1" (3,
5 Punkte). Vladislav aber gehörte nicht dazu: nach drei Runden war er der
Einzige an der Tabellenspitze, verlor später aber zwei Partien nacheinander,
und diese Begegnung zwischen uns war für ihn, den Turnierfavoriten, praktisch
die einzige Chance sich in den Kampf um hohe Platzierung einzumischen. Kurz
gesagt, diese Partie konnte den Verlauf des Turniers für jeden von uns
bedeutsam ändern.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {To be honest, I thought that in this
situation Vlad would more likely go for the Slav Defence, which is also part
of his main repertoire. But the probability of a Grünfeld Defence was of
course also pretty high.  Ehrlich gesagt dachte ich, dass sich Vlad in dieser
Situation eher für die Slawische Verteidigung entscheiden wird, die ebenfalls
zu seinem Hauptrepertoire gehört. Aber die Wahrscheinlichkeit der
Grünfeld-Verteidigung war selbstverständlich auch hoch genug.} 3. Nf3 Bg7 4.
g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 ({Of course White could also
have started with Weiß hätte auch mit} 8. Nc3 {(which would also have worked
one move earlier before castling), while for his part Black can also vary the
move order of Nb6, Nc6 and 0-0. This sometimes brings quite independent
variations on to the board, but often, as was the case in this game, it all
ends up in any case in the main position for this system. anfangen können 
(was auch einen Zug davor anstatt der Rochade ginge), während Schwarz
seinerseits die Reihenfolge der Züge Nb6, Nc6 und 0-0 variieren kann.
Manchmal kommen dabei selbständige Varianten aufs Brett, aber oft, wie es
auch in dieser Partie der Fall war, kommt es im Endeffekt sowieso zur
Hauptposition dieses Systems.}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 {And we have got there! 
Da sind wir!} 10. h3 {At this point White has various moves available to him.
I decided on the continuation chosen in the 2014 European championship by
Maria Kursova against Vladislav. Weiß verfügt an dieser Stelle über
verschiedene Züge. Ich habe mich für die Fortsetzung entschieden, die noch
bei der Europameisterschaft-2014 Maria Kursova gegen Vladislav wählte.} e5 11.
d5 Na5 12. Qc2 {Naturally I really do not want to give away all the subtleties
of my preparation for this variation, but I probably have to reveal at least
some of them. In some interviews I mentioned that while we were working
together GM Yiri Razuvaev recommended that I should employ the system with
g2-g3 against the Grünfeld Defence,but it was only this summer that I felt
myself ready to do so. Natürlich möchte ich nicht unbedingt alle Feinheiten
meiner Vorbereitung zu dieser Variante preisgeben, aber zumindest einen Teil
davon muss ich wohl offenbaren. In einigen Interviews erwähnte ich, dass GM
Yiri Razuvajew während unserer Zusammenarbeit mir empfahl, gegen die
Grünfeld-Verteidigung das System mit g2-g3 anzuwenden, aber "reif" dafür bin
ich erst in diesem Sommer geworden.} ({The text move is not seen so often as
Der Textzug kommt nicht so oft wie} 12. e4 {, but it is based on a sound and
ambitious idea: in the event of the expected advance c7-c6 the e-pawn will be
left on e3 so as to be able to make use of the e4-square (which has been left
free) and the long light-squared diagonal. As far as the Bc1 is concerned, it
can come into play somewhat later. vor, ruht aber auf einer gesunden und
ambitionierten strategischen Idee: im Falle des planmäßigen Vorstoßes c7-c6
den e-Bauern auf e3 stehen zu lassen, um das (frei gebliebene) Feld e4 und die
große weiße Diagonale benutzen zu können. Was den Lc1 betrifft, kann er
etwas später ins Spiel kommen.}) 12... Nac4 $6 {For a while Vlad had been
playing very quickly in this game, especially in the opening. I presume this
was due to his not being in the best psychological state at this point in time,
but the regrouping of pieces which he carried out could have been done during
preparation without a thorough analysis of the consequences. Purely optically
Black's plan looks all right - the knight goes to d6, no danger appears to
threaten Black by doing so and one might think that in the worst of cases for
Black what arises is a position which is slightly worse for him but
complicated and absolutely acceptable. Such an intuitive way of playing
combined with rapid and decent moves had already brought Artemiev many a
victory.  The problem with this position, however, is that it is a dangerous
one to handle just according to the way it looks alone. The King's Indian
structures which flow from the present situation on the board appear really
dubious for Black despite the lovely Nd6. Firstly his other knight is very
unfortunately placed. Secondly - it is really hard for Black to achieve the
counterplay on the kingside which is typical of positions of this sort,
because White is well prepared for it: f7-f5 can be played, but f5-f4 will not
work, whereas the first player for his part has available a plan which needs
to be taken seriously for the strengthening of his position. Thus I think that
Black's last move is the basic cause for his future problems. Eine Zeit lang
spielte Vlad diese Partie sehr schnell, besonders in der Eröffnung. Ich
vermute, dass es teils an seinem zu diesem Moment nicht dem besten
psychologischer Zustand lag, aber die von ihm durchgeführte
Figurenumgruppierung konnte er durchaus noch bei der Vorbereitung vornehmen,
ohne die Folgen davon gründlich zu analysieren. Rein optisch macht der
schwarze Plan in der Tat einen sympathischen Eindruck - der Springer geht nach
d6, es scheint, dass dem Schwarzen dabei nichts Gefährliches droht, und man
könnte denken, dass im allerschlimmsten Fall für den Nachziehenden eine für
ihn etwas schlechtere, aber komplizierte und absolut akzeptable Position
entsteht. Solche intuitive Art zu spielen in Zusammenhang mit schneller und
sauberer Ausführung brachte Artemiev bereits viele Siege. Das Problem bei
dieser Stellung besteht aber darin, dass es gefährlich ist, sie "nach
Augenmaß" zu behandeln. Die sich aus der aktuellen Brettlage herausbildenden 
königsindischen Strukturen sind in der Perspektive trotz des schönen Nd6
für Schwarz recht fragwürdig. Erstens, der andere Springer von ihm steht
sehr unglücklich. Zweitens - es ist für den Nachziehenden wirklich schwer,
ein für solche Stellungsbilder typisches Gegenspiel am Königsflügel zu
erhalten, weil Weiß dafür dort gut vorbereitet ist: f7-f5 kann man zwar
spielen, aber f5-f4 wird nicht gehen, während der Anziehende seinerseits
über einen ernst zu nehmenden Plan zur Verstärkung seiner Position verfügt.
Somit denke ich, dass der letzte Zug des Schwarzen die Grundursache für seine
weiteren Probleme ist.} ({There was a series of other continuations worthy of
consideration, for example: Es gab eine Reihe anderer beachtenswerten
Fortsetzungen, zum Beispiel:} 12... Bd7 {, ,}) (12... e4 $5 {, ,}) ({and, of
course, the most principled option und, natürlich, die prinzipiellste Option} 
12... c6 {In this case the game Kramnik - Grischuk from the candidates
tournament in London 2013 remain practically a model. It continued as follows:
In diesem Fall bleibt die Partie Kramnik - Grischuk aus dem Kandidatenturnier
in London 2013 immer noch als praktisch mustergültig. Sie entwickelte sich so:
} 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nce4 Rad8 18. a3 h5 19.
Nxc4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nxc4 21. Ra2 Rd8 22. Qf1 Nd6 23. Nc5 Nb5 {, and in the
long run the struggle was undecided, though it is anything but simple to
improve on the actions of the players - an astonishing level of preparation
and play... , und im Endeffekt war der Kampf unentschieden, wobei es ist alles
andere als einfach ist, die Handlungen der Gegner zu verbessern - ein
erstaunliches Niveau der Vorbereitung und des Spiels...}) 13. e4 {Here I began
to use up a considerable amount of time and remained in this mode for a few
more moves. The reason for this was that during my preparation I did not
really pay much attention to the continuation 12...Nac4?! and did not refresh
my knowledge of this variation more or less adequately immediately before this
encounter, but had done so before a previous game against Volodja Fedoseev .
But still, all this pondering was not very practical, because White's play is
rather simple. Hier habe ich angefangen, beträchtliche Zeit zu verbrauchen,
und blieb in diesem Modus ein paar weitere Züge lang. Der Grund dafür war,
dass ich während meiner Vorbereitung der Fortsetzung 12...Nac4?! nicht
wirklich viel Aufmerksamkeit widmete und überhaupt diese Variante mehr oder
weniger ordentlich nicht unmittelbar vor diesem Treffen, sondern vor einer
früheren Partie gegen Volodja Fedoseev auffrischte. Aber trotzdem war dieses
Grübeln nicht besonders praktisch, weil das Spiel von Weiß ziemlich einfach
ist.} Bd7 14. b3 Nd6 15. a4 a5 (15... Nbc8 16. Be3 $16) (15... f5 16. Ng5 $16)
16. Rd1 {Totally logical prophylaxis. Durchaus logische Prophylaxe.} ({
Moreover White could also go about his preventive measures is a slightly
different way Übrigens könnte Weiß seine präventiven Maßnahmen auch etwas
anders gestalten:} 16. Be3 f5 17. Rad1) 16... f5 {During the game I was very
glad that Vlad decided on this natural ccontinuation. I considered it
important to have provoked it and in addition my head was buzzing with
residual images from my preparation, in which the white knight was on e6. In
reality, however, this advance which is on offer cannot worsen Black's
position - on the contrary, it is the best practical chance to confuse the
situation. Während der Partie war ich sehr froh, dass sich Vlad für diese
natürliche Fortsetzung entschied. Ich hielt es für wichtig, sie provoziert
zu haben, außerdem huschten in meinem Kopf Restbilder aus meiner Vorbereitung
vorbei, bei denen sich der weiße Springer auf e6 befand. In Wirklichkeit aber
kann dieser sich bietende Vorstoß die Stellung des Schwarzen nicht
verschlechtern - im Gegenteil, das ist die beste praktische Chance, die Lage
zu verwirren.} ({The note to Black's 12th move is quite well illustrated by
the following variation: Die Anmerkung zum 12. Zug von Schwarz wird ganz gut z.
B. durch folgende Variante illustriert:} 16... h6 17. Be3 f5 18. Rac1 Qf6 (
18... Rf8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne2) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne2 {White's play is
self-evident whilst all his opponent can be proud of is the Nd6, which,
however,, does not compensate for the weaknesses in the black position. Das
weiße Spiel entwickelt sich von selbst, während sich der Gegner nur auf den
Sd6 stolz sein darf, der aber die Schwächen in der schwarzen Stellung nicht
kompensiert.} Rec8 {Here White has several good options available, but the
best of them is Hier verfügt Weiß über mehrere gute Möglichkeiten, aber
die beste davon ist} 21. Nh4 $1 {- White prevents the transfer of the opposing
bishop to h5 and intends to play f2-f4 when the occasion arises. Normally such
positions are evaluated as "+/-", but from an objective point of view White is
almost winning. It is also important that he hardly needed to calculate
anything any more. - der Anziehende verhindert die Überführung des
gegnerischen Läufers nach h5 und beabsichtigt, bei Gelegenheit f2-f4 zu
spielen. Normalerweise werden solche Positionen als "+/-" bewertet, aber
objektiv gesehen steht Weiß fast auf Gewinn. Auch wichtig ist, dass er noch
kaum etwas rechnen musste.}) 17. Ng5 {That too is the most natural decision.
There were also subtler options, e.g. Auch das ist die natürlichste
Entscheidung. Es gab auch raffiniertere Optionen, z. B.} (17. Be3 $5) (17. Ra2
$5 {, but when in my calculations I discovered the move 21.Nb5 all doubts
disappeared. , aber als ich bei meiner Vorberechnung den Zug 21.Nb5 entdeckte,
verschwanden alle Zweifel.}) 17... Qf6 18. Ne6 $1 {Once more this is not the
only continuation but the best from a human point of view. I totally thought
the game was still developing according to my previous analysis, however it
later turned out that my second and I had not quite gone far enough in such a
jungle :). Nonetheless ideas similar to to those from our previous analysis of
this variation kept cropping up, so here I was confident. Das ist wieder nicht
die einzige, aber aus menschlicher Sicht die beste Fortsetzung. Ich dachte
überhaupt, dass sich die Partie immer noch entsprechend meiner früheren
Analyse entwickelt, jedoch stellte sich später heraus, dass mein Sekundant
und ich in einem solchen Dschungel doch nicht so weit gekommen waren :).
Nichtsdestotrotz kamen ähnliche Ideen bei unserer vorherigen Arbeit an dieser
Variante immer wieder zum Vorschein, deshalb war ich hier zuversichtlich.} Bxe6
19. dxe6 Qxe6 {If Black does not take this pawn his position looks pretty sad:
Wenn Schwarz diesen Bauern nicht nimmt, sieht seine Lage ganz traurig aus:} (
19... f4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5) (19... Rac8 20. Nb5 $1) 20. exf5 ({The fact
that according to the computer even the "steady" continuation Der Fakt, dass
laut dem Computer sogar die "bedächtige" Fortsetzung} 20. Be3 $5 {brings
White a palpable advantage, tells us all we need to know about the strength of
White's position. dem Anziehenden spürbaren Vorteil bringt, spricht für die
Stärke der weißen Stellung recht deutlich.}) 20... Nxf5 {Other options are
even worse: Andere Optionen sind noch schlechter:} (20... Qxf5 21. Ne4 {
with winning domination: mit gewinnbringender Dominanz;}) (20... gxf5 21. Nd5
Rac8 (21... Rec8 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Bd5 $18) 22. Nxc7 (22. Qc5 $5) 22... Qe7 23.
Qc5 Qxc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxd6 e4 26. Rb1 Rc6 27. Rd1 {On account of the very
unfortunate position of the Nb6 Black is close to losing this endgame. Wegen
der sehr unglücklichen Lage des Nb6 ist Schwarz in diesem Endspiel dem
Verlust nahe.}) 21. Nb5 $1 {The key move. To be honest, at this moment I did
not see particularly many of the details shown below, but I believed in my
position. Fortunately this time my intuition did not drop me in it. Der
Schlüsselzug. In diesem Moment sah ich ehrlich gesagt nicht besonders viele
von den unten gezeigten Einzelheiten, glaubte aber an meine Stellung. Zum
Glück hatte mich meine Intuition diesmal nicht reingelegt.} Nd4 {This is bad,
but "amusing". Das ist schlecht, aber "lustig".} ({But Schlecht und
"langweilig" wäre} 21... Re7 {would be bad and "boring" ,} 22. Bg5 (22. Ba3 $5
c6 23. Bxe7 ({the strongest continuation is die stärkste Fortsetzung ist} 23.
g4 $1 {, but one rarely decides on such options or even takes them into
account if there are good alternatives , aber man entscheidet sich für solche
Optionen selten oder zieht diese überhaupt nicht in Betracht, wenn es gute
Alternativen gibt}) 23... Qxe7 24. Nc3 e4 25. Nxe4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1) 22... Bf6 23.
Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxb7 Rf8 25. Bg2 (25. Rac1 $5) 25... Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 {In all
these variations Black is still in the struggle, but White has a big advantage
and can play for a win absolutely risk-free. In allen diesen Varianten kämpft
der Nachziehende noch irgendwie, aber Weiß hat einen großen Vorteil und
spielt auf Gewinn absolut ohne Risiko.}) 22. Qxc7 Nxb5 {This is probably one
of the few moments (there will be another one on move 24), when Black had much
of a choice. Even if objectively the alternatives should not help him, they
would have "offered" his opponent real chances of making a mistake. Das ist
wohl eine der wenigen Momente (ein weiterer wird im 24. Zug sein), wann
Schwarz eine beträchtliche Wahl hatte. Auch wenn die Alternativen objektiv
gesehen nicht helfen sollten, hätten sie dem Gegner reelle Möglichkeiten zum
Fehlgreifen "angeboten".} ({The last statement has less to do with Die letzte
Aussage bezieht sich weniger auf} 22... Re7 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qc5) ({or oder} 
22... Rac8 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxb7 d3 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Bh6) ({But there is the
interesting Interessant ist aber} 22... Rad8 $5 {which I seriously looked into
during the game. , womit ich mich während der Partie ernsthaft beschäftige:}
23. Nxd4 (23. Bb2 {on account of lässt wegen} Rd7 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qc2 d3 {
practically loses the advantage den Vorteil praktisch aus}) ({There is the
simple and strong einfach und stark ist} 23. Bd2 $5 Nxb5 24. axb5 Rd7 25. Qc2
Rc8 26. Qe4 Rcd8 27. Qe1 {, but hitting the knight looks the most merciless ,
aber das Schlagen den Springer sieht am erbarmungslosesten aus}) 23... exd4 24.
Qxb7 ({Once again the more prudent continuation wiederum ist die vorsichtigere
Fortsetzung} 24. Bd2 $5 d3 25. Rab1 {is somewhat weaker. etwas schwächer})
24... d3 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Bh6 $1 {(not a particularly simple move) (kein
besonders einfacher Zug)} Qf5 27. Qf3 {, and although the struggle does
continue, White has very good prospects of a win. , und obwohl der Kampf noch
dauert, verfügt Weiß über sehr gute Gewinnaussichten.}) ({Another
interesting option to which I paid almost no attention was Eine weitere
interessante Option, der ich fast keine Aufmerksamkeit widmete, war} 22... Ne2+
$5 23. Kh2 e4 24. Rd6 $1 ({The variation die Variante} 24. Rb1 Nd5 25. Qxb7
Nec3 26. Nxc3 Nxc3 27. Bb2 Rab8 28. Qa7 Qb6 {is not at all so dangerous for
Black with the pawn on a4 and not as in the game on b5. ist bei dem Bauern auf
a4 und nicht wie in der Partie auf b5 gar nicht so gefährlich für Schwarz}) (
{You can simply develop the bishop Man kann einfach den Läufer entwickeln -} 
24. Be3 $5) ({or even oder sogar} 24. Ba3 {, but things do not look really
clear , aber wirklich klar sieht das nicht aus}) 24... Qf5 25. Qxb6 Bxa1 26.
Be3 {It is obvious that White's compensation for the exchange is the stuff of
dreams, but over the board it was not so very easy to understand that he had
almost won. Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß traumhafte Kompensation für die
Qualität hat, aber dass er fast gewonnen steht, wäre am Brett nicht allzu
leicht zu begreifen.} Be5 27. Rd2 Nc1 (27... Nc3 28. Bf1 $1 {- an important
subtlety - wichtige Feinheit}) 28. Qxb7 {with domination. mit Dominanz.}) 23.
axb5 e4 24. Rb1 Nd5 {Vlad had a long think about this move. At this moment,
for some reason or other, I was in mild time trouble so the time my opponent
invested in this position was also useful for me. Über diesen Zug dachte Vlad
lange nach. Zu diesem Moment war ich aus irgendeinem Grund bereits in leichte
Zeitnot geraten, daher war die Zeit, die der Gegner gerade in diese Stellung
investierte, auch für mich nützlich.} ({It would simply be bad to play
Einfach schlecht wäre} 24... Re7 25. Qd6 a4 26. Bg5 ({or oder} 26. bxa4 Nxa4
27. Bg5 (27. Qxe6+ $5 Rxe6 28. Rd7 Nc3 $2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bb2 $18))) ({
A more resilient move is Zäher ist} 24... Rac8 $5 25. Qd6 a4 {, but here the
computer shows the splendid resource , aber hier zeigt Computer die herrliche
Ressource} 26. h4 $1 {, and White wins. , und Weiß gewinnt.} ({During the
game I considered Während der Partie hielt ich} 26. Bf1 {the strongest
continuation - it is actually passable but it allows the opponent
possibilities for stiff resistance. für die stärkste Fortsetzung - was
tatsächlich passabel ist, aber dem Gegner Möglichkeiten für harten
Widerstand lässt})) ({The most interesting alternative is probably Die
interessanteste Alternative ist wohl} 24... a4 $5 25. bxa4 (25. Rd6 Qc8 $1)
25... Nxa4 (25... Rac8 26. Qxb7 Re7 27. Qa6 $1 ({after the end of the game I
joined in the online commentary with Sergei Shipov and said that here I wanted
to play nach dem Ende der Partie gesellte ich mich zum Onlinekommentar von
Sergei Shipov und sagte, dass ich hier} 27. Qxe4 $5 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. a5
Nc4 30. a6 {which in fact is not bad, and if it looks like the only option it
is totally playable. spielen wollte, was in der Tat nicht schlecht und, weil
es wie die einzige Option ausschaut, gut nachvollziehbar ist.}) 27... Ra8 {
[#] [#]} 28. Be3 $1 {Although White only gets a rook for the queen he has
sacrificed, he wins with no problem - his remaining pieces and the a6-pawn are
so strong. Obwohl Weiß für die geopferte Dame nur einen Turm bekommt,
gewinnt er ohne weiteres - so stark sind seine gebliebenen Figuren und der
Bauer a6.} Rxa6 29. bxa6 Nc8 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rc1 $18) 26. Qxb7 $1 ({I
intended to content myself with Ich beabsichtigte mich mit} 26. Bd2 {, but
then by means of zu begnügen, aber dann kann Schwarz mittels} Rec8 27. Qf4 Re8
{Black can still resist. sich noch zu sträuben}) 26... Rab8 27. Qa7 Nc3 28.
Bb2 {, and if , und wenn} Ra8 (28... Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 {- see
the annotation on Black's 27th move in the main text - s. die Anmerkung zum 27.
Zug von Schwarz im Haupttext}) {, then , dann} 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Nxb1 31.
Rxg7+ Kf8 {Here Black's situation is somewhat better than it could have been
in the game, but nevertheless after Hier ist die Lage des Schwarzen etwas
besser, als sie in der Partie hätte sein können, aber trotzdem hat er nach}
32. Rxh7 ({or oder} 32. b6 {he has no serious prospects of saving the game.
keine beträchtlichen Rettungsaussichten.})) 25. Qxb7 Nc3 26. Bb2 $1 {Simple
and good Simpel und gut.} ({The variation Die Variante} 26. Rd7 Bf6 27. Bh6 (
27. Rb2 Rab8 28. Qc6 Nxb5 {absolutely throws away the greater part of the
advantage. wirft den größten Teil des Vorteiles überhaupt weg}) 27... Rab8
28. Qa7 Nxb1 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg6 Qe7 33. Qa6 Bd4
34. Bg5 Qf7 35. Bf6+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Qxg7 37. Bxg7 Bxg7 38. Qxa5 $16 {is hard to
calculate and evaluate even in a less tense situation and with sufficient time;
additionally, unlike a computer a human being can hardly spot that this line
is almost forced. ist sogar in einer entspannter Situation und mit genügend
Zeit schwer zu berechnen und zu bewerten, außerdem kann ein Mensch im
Unterschied zu einem Computer kaum erkennen, dass diese Linie fast forciert
ist.}) 26... Rab8 (26... Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Nc3 29. Rdd2 Rab8 30. Qc7
Nxb5 31. Qxa5 {with a technically won position. mit technisch gewonnener
Stellung.}) 27. Qa7 Qxb3 (27... Ra8 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxb1 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 {
During my aforementioned online comments with Shipov I stated that here I felt
myself attracted to the variation Beim oben bereits erwähnten Onlinekommentar
von Shipov erzählte ich, dass ich mich hier von der Variante} 31. b6 ({
why not simply take the pawn - warum nicht einfach den Bauern nehmen -} 31.
Rxh7 Nd2 32. b6 Nxb3 33. b7 Rab8 34. Bxe4 (34. Be5)) 31... Nd2 32. b7 Rab8 33.
Rd7 Nxb3 34. Ba3+ Kg8 35. Bf1 {It is spectacular and is as it later turns out
also approved of by the computer.The latter thinks, however, that after the
further hinreißen ließ. Sie ist spektakulär und wird, wie es sich später
herausstellte, auch vom Computer gutgeheißen. Letzterer meint außerdem, dass
nach dem weiteren} Nd2 {not only the capture of the knight but also nicht nur
das Nehmen des Springers, sondern auch} 36. Bb5 $5 {wins gewinnt.}) ({I think
that if Vlad had not been playing this game after two defeats in a row, then
he would have quickly calculated the uncomplicated variations arising after
the capture on d3 and with a heavy heart gone in for Ich denke, wenn Vlad
diese Partie nicht nach zwei Niederlagen nacheinander gespielt hätte, hätte
er die nach dem Nehmen auf d3 entstehenden unkomplizierten Varianten schnell
berechnet und sich schweren Herzens auf} 27... Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Bxc3 Bxc3
30. Rbc1 Bb4 {White is winning (or at least almost so), but sometimes in
positions of this sort the side struggling for a draw manages to achieve it
thanks to stubborn defence. eingelassen. Weiß steht auf Gewinn (oder
zumindest fast), aber manchmal gelingt es in Positionen dieser Art der ums
Remis kämpfenden Seite, sich durch hartnäckige Verteidigung zu behaupten.})
28. Bxe4 $1 {A spectacular continuation - in reality White has everything
safely protected. Especially from an aesthetic point of view it was pleasant
for me to mke this move and in addition it echoes 39.Bc8! from the game
against Fedoseev. Eine spektakuläre Fortsetzung - in Wirklichkeit ist bei
Weiß alles sicher gedeckt. Besonders aus ästhetischer Sicht war es für mich
angenehm, diesen Zug zu machen, außerdem klingt er an 39.Bc8! aus der Partie
gegen Fedoseev an.} Bf6 {During the game I was very glad of this blunder which
indubitably makes it easier to convert White's advantage, but when one looks
at the whole business in a calm atmosphere one recognises at a glance that
objectively speaking White in any case has no reason to worry about the
outcome of the game :). Während der Partie war ich über diesen Patzer, der
die Verwertung des weißen Vorteils zweifelsohne erleichtert, sehr erfreut,
aber wenn man das ganze in einer ruhigen Atmosphäre betrachtet, wird man
sogar mit bloßem Auge erkennen, dass Weiß objektiv gesehen ohnehin keine
Gründe hat, sich um den Partieausgang Sorgen zu machen :).} ({Of all the
variatios I had to calculate here,only the following was more or less
demanding: Von allen Varianten, die ich hier rechnen musste, war nur die
folgende mehr oder weniger anstrengend:} 28... Rbd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxa5 Rd1+
31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Nxe4 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Qb7+ {, there are "along the way"
sufficient other options which win in a less forcing manner. , dabei gibt es
"unterwegs" genügend andere Optionen, die weniger forciert gewinnen.}) 29.
Bd5+ Nxd5 30. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxf6 32. Rd6 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Qxa5 Re2
35. Rd2 Re5 36. Rd8 {and Black resigned.  A good, well-played game, after
which, moreover, I went to the top of the table before the rest day.  The
thorough analysis, however, shows that the basic cause of Black's defeat was
an opening catastrophe, whereas what was required of me above all was not to
screw up. In this connection it is important to emphasise how much does not
come to light in the commentary on the most important chess events and
individual games and in addition depends on at first glance inconspicuous
decisions which in reality are crucial. I would not claim that 12...Nac4?! put
Black in a hopeless situation but after it he was always that little bit
behind. Such a high price for opening subtleties is probably a trend in
today's chess. und Schwarz gab auf.  Gute, saubere Partie, nach der ich
außerdem vor dem Ruhetag zum Tabellenführer wurde. Die gründliche Analyse
zeigt jedoch, dass die Grundursache der schwarzen Niederlage eine
Eröffnungskatastrophe war, während von mir in erster Linie abverlangt wurde,
die Sache nicht zu vermasseln. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es wichtig zu
betonen, wie viel bei der Kommentierung der wichtigsten Schachevents und der
einzelnen Partien nicht zum Vorschein kommt und außerdem von auf den ersten
Blick unscheinbaren Entscheidungen abhängt, die in Wirklichkeit aber
ausschlaggebend sind. Ich würde nicht behaupten, dass 12...Nac4?! den
Schwarzen in eine hoffnungslose Lage brachte, aber vom Spiel auf der
Augenhöhe war er danach weit entfernt. Ein so hoher Preis bei
Eröffnungsfeinheiten ist im heutigen Schach wohl ein Trend.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. Rd1 a4
9. Qb4 Re8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Na3 e6 12. Qe1 h6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Bd6 Ne4 15. Bb4
f5 16. Nc2 g4 17. Nh4 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. f3 Ng5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Ng6 Nf7 22.
fxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 h5 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Nc4 Bh6 26. Nd6+ Kg6 27. Nxe8 Bxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qxe8 29. e4 Ba6 30. e5 Nd7 31. Rc6 Kh7 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Qb1+ Kg7 34. Qf5
Bd3 35. Qxd3 Nxe5 36. Rc7+ Nf7 37. Qf5 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 gxf3 40. Kf2
Kg6 41. Be7 a3 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Rf6+ Ke4 44. bxa3 Nh8 45. Rxb6 Kxd4 46. Kxf3
Nf7 47. Rb4+ Ke5 48. Rh4 Nd6 49. Bxd6+ Kxd6 50. a4 Kc5 51. Ke3 Rb8 52. Kd3 Rb2
53. Rxh5 Rxa2 54. Rh8 Ra3+ 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Ra8 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Rxh2 58. a5 Kc5 59.
a6 Kb6 60. Rd8 Kxa6 61. Rxd5 Kb6 62. g4 Rh8 63. Kf4 Kc6 64. Rd1 Rf8+ 65. Ke5
Rg8 66. Kf5 Rf8+ 67. Ke6 Rg8 68. Rd4 Kc5 69. Ra4 Re8+ 70. Kf7 Rb8 71. g5 Rb7+
72. Kg8 Kd5 73. Rf4 Rb1 74. g6 Ke6 75. g7 Ke7 76. Rh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Na6 8. Na3
Bf5 9. Bf4 Be4 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc3 Qb4 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. a5 c5 14. Be5 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rc3 Rc5
21. b3 Ne5 22. Ra4 Rac8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 R5xc6 25. Re3 e6 26. Ne5 Rd6 27.
Rc4 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Rd5 29. Rc3 Rb5 30. Kf2 h5 31. Ke3 Nb4 32. Kd2 Nc6 33. Nd6
Rxa5 34. Nxb7 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Nb4 36. Kf3 Nd5 37. Rc8 Nb6 38. Rc6 Kf6 39. Nd6 Ke7
40. Ne4 Nd5 41. Rc5 Ra1 42. Rb5 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Ra5 Rc7 45. Kf3 Nf6 46.
Nc5 Nd7 47. Nd3 Nb6 48. Ke4 Nd5 49. Kd4 Nc3 50. e4 Ne2+ 51. Ke3 Nc3 52. Nc5 Kd6
53. b4 Ke7 54. Kd3 Nd1 55. Ra2 Rc8 56. Rxa7+ Ke8 57. e5 Rb8 58. Nb7 Kf8 59. b5
Nf2+ 60. Kd4 Ng4 61. Nd6 Nxh2 62. Rxf7+ Kg8 63. Rf6 Kh7 64. Kc5 Nf1 65. Ne4
Rc8+ 66. Kd6 Rb8 67. Kc6 Rc8+ 68. Kd7 Rb8 69. Kxe6 Rxb5 70. Rf7+ 1-0