[Event "Chesswise int op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 $5 {Back in the early years of last century.} e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4.
Nc2 $5 d5 $1 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. g3 $13) 5. Nc3 $6 {Weird.} (5. cxd5 Qxd5
6. Nc3 Qe5 7. d4 exd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 (8... Nb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4 10. Bd2) 9. e4 Nb4 10.
Nxb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 O-O) 5... dxc4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. Nxf6+ $6 Qxf6 8. g3 Bc5
) 7... Bc5 8. d3 $6 {sort of too defensive.} (8. g3 Ng4 9. Ne3 Nxe3 (9... Bxe3
10. fxe3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nge5 $11) 10. fxe3 O-O $11) (8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Be6 10.
Rb1 O-O 11. e3 Bf5 $132) 8... cxd3 9. Qxd3 Qe7 $1 (9... Qxd3 10. exd3 Bf5 11.
Be3 Bb6 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O $11) 10. Be3 Be6 $6 (10... O-O $5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5
12. Qb5 Qe7 $17) 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qb5 (12. Qg3 $2 O-O-O 13. Qxg7 $4 Ng4 $19)
12... Qxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O-O 14. e3 Rhe8 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Rc1 Ng4 17. Bb5 $2 (17.
Be2 Nge5 18. e4 Be6 $15) 17... Nxf2 18. O-O (18. Kxf2 Rd2+ 19. Ke1 Rxc2 20.
Rxc2 Bxc2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Kd2 Bg6 $17) 18... Bxc2 (18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 Bxd3
20. Rxf7 g5 21. Nd4 $132) 19. Rxc2 Ng4 20. Rxf7 Nxe3 (20... Rxe3 $6 21. Re2 (
21. Be2 $2 Nh6 22. Rxg7 Nd4) 21... Nce5 22. Rxe3 (22. Rxg7 $2 Rxc3 $19) 22...
Nxf7 23. Re7 Nge5 24. Be8 $1 $11) 21. Rcf2 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd2+ Kc8 24.
Re2 Re5 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. h3 (26. b3 Kd7 $17) 26... Nc4 27. Rf2 Kd7 28. b3 Nd6
29. Rf4 Rc5 30. Rf3 Ke6 31. Rd3 a5 32. Re3+ Re5 33. Rf3 c5 34. Rf4 g5 $1 35.
Rf8 h5 $5 (35... c4 $17) 36. Rh8 (36. Ra8 c4 37. bxc4 Rc5 38. Na4 Rxc4 39. Rxa5
Ne4 40. g4 $19 h4 $17) 36... h4 37. Rh7 Nf7 38. Rg7 $8 Re3 39. Na4 (39. Nb5 Kf6
40. Rg8 Re2 41. Nxc7 Rxa2 $17) (39. Rg6+ Kf5 40. Nd5 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Ra1 $17)
39... Kf6 40. Rg8 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. Ra8 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Nd6 44. Rxa5 Ne4 45.
Ra7 Rf2+ $2 (45... Rxa2 46. Rxc7 c4 $1 47. Rc6+ Ke7 (47... Kf5 48. Nc5 Nd2+ 49.
Ke2 Nxb3+ $19) 48. Nc5 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 cxb3 $19) 46. Ke1 $1 (46. Kg1 $2 Re2 47.
g4 hxg3 $19) 46... Rxa2 47. Rxc7 Rxg2 48. Rc6+ (48. Nxc5 $2 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 Rg3
50. Rc6+ Kg7 $19) 48... Ke5 49. Nxc5 Kd5 $4 (49... Nxc5 50. Rxc5+ Kf4 51. Rc4+
(51. b4 Rg3 52. b5 Rxh3 $19) 51... Kg3 52. Rc3+ Kh2 53. b4 Rb2 (53... Rg3 54.
Kd2 Rxc3 55. Kxc3 Kxh3 56. b5 g4 57. b6 g3 58. b7 g2 59. b8=Q g1=Q $17) 54. Rc5
g4 55. hxg4 Kg3 $1 (55... Kg2 56. g5 h3 57. g6 h2 58. Rg5+ Kf3 59. Rh5 Rb1+ 60.
Kd2 h1=Q 61. Rxh1 Rxh1 62. Kd3 Rd1+ 63. Kc4 Ke4 64. g7 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Rc8 66. Kb6
Kd5 67. b5 Rg8 $19) 56. g5 h3 57. g6 h2 58. Rh5 Rxb4 59. g7 Rg4 $19) 50. Kf1 $4
(50. Nxe4 Kxc6 51. Kf1 Rb2 52. Nxg5 Rxb3 53. Kf2 Kd5 (53... Rg3 $2 54. Nf3 Rxh3
55. Kg2 Rg3+ 56. Kf2 $11) 54. Nf3 Rb4 55. Ke3 Ke6 56. Nd4+ Kf6 57. Nf3 Kf5 58.
Kf2 Kg6 59. Kg2 Kh5 60. Kh2 Rb8 61. Kg1 Rg8+ 62. Kh2 Rg3 63. Ne1 Kg5 64. Ng2
Ra3 65. Ne1 Ra2+ 66. Ng2 Ra1 67. Ne3 Ra8 68. Ng2 Rh8 69. Kg1 Kf5 70. Kf2 Ke4
71. Ke2 $11) 50... Rf2+ 51. Kg1 Kxc6 52. Nxe4 Rf5 $19 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. b3 (9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nge2 a5 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5] black
has no problems}) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 (10. exd4 d5 $11) 10... d5 (10... Qa5 11.
Nge2 d5 12. Nf4 (12. cxd5 $5) 12... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d4]} 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Qd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 18. Qc2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Jirovsky,
M-Stocek,J/CZE 2000/EXT 2002 (18)}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Nge2 Qa5 (12...
Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Na6 $5) 13. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} Na6 {[%csl Gc5]}
15. Nd4 Rad8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Rfc1 Ndc7 18. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Sutovsky,E/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (58)}) 12... Bxd5 {Of course it's
necessary to exchange white's bishop.} (12... cxd5 $143 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qd2 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 $146 {A new move in this position. White
wants to consolidate his position and play against the isolated pawn with a
slight advantage.} (14. Nf3 {Ionescu-Marin 2001} Nc6 15. Qb2 (15. Qd2 Qf6 $36 {
[%csl Ga1,Gf3]}) 15... Qe7 16. O-O Qe4 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Qb2 (15. Qd2 Ne5 16.
Nd4 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6d4]} 17. Rd1 (17. O-O Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd4 20.
exd4 $11) 17... Qa6 18. Qe2 Qa5+ $11) 15... Re8 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5] Important
idea to put the knight on e5 and the queen on f6.} 16. O-O Ne5 {[%csl Gf3]} 17.
Nd4 Qf6 18. Qe2 {[%csl Gf3]} (18. Kg2 Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf6b2]} 19. Rad1 Re4 $11)
18... a6 (18... Nc6 $143 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gc6]}) 19. Rac1 Rac8
20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 g6 $11 {Black managed to put his pieces on very good
squares and equalized easily.} 22. Kg2 Rc5 {Fighting for the c-file and
defending the d-pawn in some variations.} 23. Rd2 (23. Qd2 {[%cal Gd1c1]} Qe7
24. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 23... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4] Good move, taking some space on the
kingside.} 24. h3 Qe7 (24... h4 $143 25. g4) 25. Rc2 Nd7 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Qc2
a5 $1 (27... Qe4+ 28. f3 (28. Qxe4 $143 dxe4 {[%csl Gf2]}) 28... Qxc2+ 29. Nxc2
a5 {Also should be drawish, but white is slightly better.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {Ribli: Die
Stellung ähnelt der Bogoindischen Verteidigung nach 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4
4.Bd2. Schwarz tauschte den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer, hat eine etwas passive,
aber feste Stellung.} 7. Nc3 ({No doubts,that the endgame after} 7. dxe5 dxe5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {is very pleasant for black.}) 7... O-O 8. e4 {Ribli: Diese
Stellung erinnert mich an die Bogoindische Verteidigung. Weiß wählt einen
anderen Plan als 8.e4, er setzt mit 8.e3 und 9.Nge2 fort.Ribli.} (8. e3 Re8 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} (8... Be6 $5 9. b3 (9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nge2 Na6 12. O-O
b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 (13... b4 $5) 14. Nd1 b4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Nb2 a5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18.
f4 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,C-Puljek Salai,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 9... exd4 10.
exd4 d5 $1 11. c5 Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 {[%cal Ge6h3]} 13. O-O Bh3 14. f3 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nf4 Nbd7 $11 {Lobron,E-Huzman,A/Budapest 1996/Inf 68
(17)}) 9. Nge2 e4 10. Rc1 d5 11. b3 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. O-O Ne6
$15 {[%csl Rg2] 0-1 Ruck,R-Beim,V/Oberwart 1997/EXT 99 (39)}) (8. Nf3 $6 e4 9.
Ng5 d5 $15 {[%csl Gg2,Gg5]}) 8... Nbd7 (8... a6 {Das ist ein Abwartezug.
Schwarz wartet auf 9.Nf3, denn er will 9...Bg4 ziehen und den Läufer
abtauschen.} 9. Nf3 Bg4 {Ribli: Ich denke, daß dieser Plan mit Bxf3 nicht gut
für Schwarz ist. Weiß hat freie Hand mit seinem Läufer.Ribli.} 10. O-O Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 Nbd7 (11... c5 12. d5 Nbd7 13. Be2 $14 {Und obwohl die Stellung
geschlossen ist, kann Weiß später durch f2-f4 mit besseren Aussichten öffnen.
Ribli.}) 12. Rfd1 b5 {Ribli: Das scheint ein aktiver Zug zu sein, erzeugt aber
nur Schwächen in der schwarzen Stellung.Ribli.} 13. cxb5 axb5 (13... cxb5 14.
a3 $14) 14. a3 Qb6 (14... Nb6 15. b3 {[%csl Gc4] Und Weiß kann später a4
spielen.Ribli.}) 15. b4 $14 {Khalifman,A-Rublevsky,S/Russia (ch) 1996/Inf 68/
[Gurevich,M] (15)}) (8... c5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Nge2 Na6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 Rb8 13.
f4 Qe7 14. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Budnikov,A-Tseitlin,M/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (29)}) 9.
Nge2 $146 (9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Rac1 b4
15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nxd2 Ba6 19. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Gc6,
Gd6] 1-0 Mandl,R-Hecht,H/BL2-S 1991/GER-chT2 (42)}) 9... a6 10. d5 cxd5 11.
cxd5 b5 12. O-O $2 {It's difficult to believe,but after this unaccurate move i
didn't find equality for white.White allows to black gain a space on the
queenside,after which we can see ,that white will have a real problems with
their piecies.} (12. a3 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]} (12... Nc5 13. Rb1) 13. b3 {[%csl
Gc4]} Bd7 14. O-O a5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ga5a4] with a nice game for black}) (12.
b4 $142 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4]} 13. O-O Nc4 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. a4 $11) 12... b4 13. Na4 (
13. Nd1 $6 {[%csl Gd1,Ge2,Gg2]} a5 14. b3 (14. Ne3 Ba6 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 14...
Ba6 15. Nb2 Nc5 16. f3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Nfd7 $17) 13... a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 14. a3 (
14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. b3 Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5a4,Gd7c5]}) 14... Rb8 (14... Ba6 $143 15.
axb4 axb4 16. b3 Bb5 17. Rfb1 $132 {[%csl Gb4] ><b4}) 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfc1 $142
Ba6 16. h3 $15) 15... Ba6 16. Nc1 bxa3 $1 (16... Qc7 17. Nb3) 17. Rxa3 (17.
bxa3 Bb5 (17... Qc7 $143 18. Na2 Qc4 19. Qxa5) 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Rb1 Bc4 $17)
17... Rb4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd4]} 18. Qc2 (18. Na2 Rd4 19. Qc1 Qb8 {[%cal Gf8c8]}
20. Qc3 Bd3 21. Qxa5 Bxe4 $17 {[%csl Gd5]}) 18... Qb8 19. Na2 Rd4 20. N2c3 (20.
Rc3 Bb5 21. b3 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Nc5 $17) 20... Bd3 21. Qc1 Rc8 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 22.
Qe3 Bc2 (22... Nc5 $2 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rea1 $11 {[%csl Ga5] ><a5}) 23. Qe2 Bd3
24. Qe3 Rcc4 25. f3 Bc2 26. Rea1 {White position is very unpleasant and black
pressure looks desicive,but still white is holding his position.Here ,during
the game, i understood,that it's neccesary for me to create more objects for
attack, so my next few moves i was preparing to provoke f7-f5 .White main
problem is ,that they cannot do anything against it.} h6 (26... Bxa4 27. Nxa4
Rc2 28. Rc3 $1) 27. Bf1 Rb4 28. Kh1 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gf7f5]} 29. Be2 Nc7 30.
Kg2 Qb7 (30... f5) 31. h4 (31. g4 {[%csl Gf4] ><f4} Nf8 $19 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]
}) (31. Bd1 Bxd1 32. Nxd1 (32. Rxd1 Rxb2+) 32... f5 33. Nac3 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]}
34. b3 $8 fxe4 35. fxe4 a4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc4]}) 31... f5 32. Qc1 Bb3 (32...
Bxa4 $1 {was more easy} 33. Nxa4 (33. Rxa4 Nc5 $1) 33... fxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35.
Nc3 Rxe2+ 36. Nxe2 Rxb2 $19 {[%csl Gd5]}) 33. exf5 Nf6 $1 $19 {[%csl Gd5] ><d5}
34. Kh2 Ncxd5 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. Qe3 Bc4 (36... Bc6 $5) 37. Bxc4+ Rdxc4 {
[%csl Gh2]} 38. Kg1 Qc6 39. Nc3 Rxb2 40. Nd1 Rbc2 41. Rxa5 Rg4 $1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 a6 4. Nc3 Rb8 5. Nf3 b5 6. d4 f6 $2 {This move looks
just awful...} 7. O-O bxc4 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Nd2 Na5 {[%tqu "En","How can White
develop his initiative?","Strike in the centre and try to open up files there.
","","f2f4","This is a very nice idea, particularly in conjunction with
White's next move.",4]} 10. f4 $1 exf4 11. e3 $1 Nf6 (11... fxe3 $2 12. Qh5+ g6
13. Qe5+ Qe7 14. Qxh8 exd2 15. Bxd2 $18) 12. Nde4 f3 $6 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Nd5 $1
Be7 15. Nexf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 17. e4 $1 Kg8 18. e5 $1 Nxe5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6
20. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 $6 e5 $11 2. c4 d6 3. e3 (3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. e3 O-O 7.
Nge2 c6 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Kurajica,B/Tuzla 1981/MCD-r8})
3... g6 4. b4 (4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 $6 8. O-O h5 9. d3
h4 10. e4 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. d4 Qe7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 c6 16.
b5 hxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. a4 Ng4 20. Qxf5 Nf4 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. gxf4 Kc7 24. a5 exf4 25. Bxf4+ Be5 26. a6 {1-0 Santos,C-Reis,L/
Lisbon VI Finalissima 1996/EXT 96b}) 4... Bg7 5. Bb2 Ne7 {/\f5,Nd7-f6[+]} 6. d3
O-O 7. Nd2 $6 Be6 8. Qc2 a5 9. b5 c5 $1 {/\d5[+]} 10. Ngf3 (10. bxc6) 10... b6
11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 {/\Nc3,><d5} (12. Ng5 $142 {/\Ne4-c3-d5,/^h1-a8,<->f})
12... h6 13. Nc3 d5 $11 14. e4 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O {/\d4!?})
14... d4 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. O-O-O Rae8 18. Kb1 Nc8 19. Rdf1 Qb8 20. a4
Nd6 21. Ka1 f5 22. f3 Kh7 23. Ba3 Nf6 24. Qa2 (24. Nxf6+ $5 $15) 24... Bd7 25.
Qb2 Qd8 26. Bd1 Bc8 27. Bb3 h5 28. Qc2 Bh6 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Re1 Bb7 31. Ba2 fxe4
32. dxe4 Ref8 33. Ba3 $6 (33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 34. Nb3 {/\Nc1-d3}) (33. Bb1) (33. Re2
{/\Rhe1}) 33... Bxd5 $1 34. cxd5 (34. exd5 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 e4 $17) 34... Nfe8 35.
Rd1 Rc7 36. Nc4 Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Nd6 38. Ka2 Rcf7 39. Kb3 h4 40. h3 Be3 41. Bc1
Bxc1 42. Qxc1 Rf4 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5,Rc4,Rd5,Gd6,Re4,Rf3,Rg2,Rh3]} 43. Rd3 R8f6
44. Rhd1 Rf7 45. Rh1 Qf8 46. Rhd1 Qh6 47. Qc2 R4f6 48. R1d2 Qg5 49. Rd1 Kg7 50.
R1d2 Rf8 51. Rd1 Qf4 52. R1d2 Rh8 53. Rd1 Rh5 54. R1d2 Rg5 55. Rd1 Rg3 56. R1d2
Qg5 57. Re2 Rf8 58. Rd1 Qd8 59. Red2 Ne8 60. Re1 Nf6 61. Bf1 Nh5 62. Ka2 Nf4
63. Rc1 Qd6 64. Rf2 Qf6 65. Qd2 Rc8 66. Bc4 Kf8 67. Rc2 Ke7 68. Rc1 Kd6 69. Rc2
Qg5 70. Kb2 Nh5 71. Qd1 Rf8 72. Bf1 Nf4 73. Qd2 Qd8 74. Qd1 Rh8 75. Qd2 Rh5 76.
Qd1 Qc7 77. Qd2 Rhg5 78. Ka2 Ke7 79. Kb2 Qd6 80. Ka2 Rh5 81. Qd1 Rh8 82. Qd2
Rc8 83. Bc4 Qf6 84. Qd1 Nh5 85. Qf1 Rf8 86. Qd1 Kd6 87. Qd2 Qf4 88. Qd1 Qe3 89.
Rfe2 Qh6 90. Rf2 g5 $1 {50 move rule !} 91. Bf1 Rc8 92. Qe1 Qf6 93. Qd1 Qf4 94.
Qe1 Nf6 95. Qd1 Ne8 96. Bc4 Ke7 97. Rcd2 (97. Rce2 Nd6 98. Qc2 Rf8 {/\g4})
97... Nd6 98. Qc2 $2 (98. Qf1 $142) 98... g4 $1 99. hxg4 (99. fxg4 Qxe4 100.
Rd3 Nxc4 101. Rxg3 Qxc2+ 102. Rxc2 hxg3 103. Rxc4 e4 104. Kb2 Kd6 $19) 99... h3
$1 100. gxh3 Rxh3 101. Bf1 Rh1 102. Bg2 (102. Bc4 Rch8 $19) 102... Rh4 103. Rd1
c4 $19 104. Qc1 Rf8 105. Qa3 c3 106. Re2 Rh2 107. Kb3 Rc8 108. Kc2 Rc4 109. Qc1
Qxc1+ 110. Rxc1 Rxa4 111. f4 Ra2+ 112. Kd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bracker/Balcerak"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
Re8 9. b4 Nf8 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Be3 Nh7 (16... Nf4 $142) 17. h3 Be6 18. Na4 Qf6 19. Qc1 Nh4 (19...
Nf4) 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Bf1 {[#]} Qxe4 (21... Ng5 {wäre hier wesentlich
einfacher gewesen - die Stellung hält sich im Gleichgewicht.}) 22. Nc5 (22. Bd3
Qh4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 f6 25. Re4 $132) 22... Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qg6 24. Rxe5
Bxh3 25. Rd6 f6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd3 Bf5 28. Rg3 Qh5 29. Bxa7 Rd8 (29... Re4
$5 30. f4 $8 Nf8 $13) 30. Qe3 Rd1 31. f4 {[#]} (31. Qf3 {besser laut Jonny}
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 Be6 33. Rc3 b5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Be3 Bc4 36. Rc1 {mit ungefährem
Ausgleich}) 31... Bd3 $4 (31... Nf8 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Ne6 34. Kf2 Bg4 35.
Re3 (35. Rd3 Nxf4) 35... Nxf4 {und Schwarz steht nen Tick besser}) 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Arosa"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Bc5 3. Bg2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
b4 c5 9. Nf3 Re8 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Kc7 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nfd7 15. Rfd1 f6 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Re7 19. Rab1 Bg4 20. Rd2 Bc8
21. c5 Na4 22. Nb5+ Kb8 23. Bxc6 a6 24. Bb4 bxc6 25. Nd6 Ka7 26. Rb3 a5 27. Ra3
Ba6 28. Rxa4 axb4 29. Rb2 Rb8 30. Rb3 Rd7 31. a3 (31. a3 bxa3 32. Rbxa3 {
nebst Rxa6+}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 d4 5. Nf3 (5. e3 c5 6. f4) 5... Bd6 6. d3 $10
(6. b4 $5) 6... c5 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. O-O Nec6 (8... O-O) 9. e3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11.
e4 $10 Nd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bf3 Bc7 (13... Qe7 $142 {/\ Rac8, f5 Kotov;}) (13...
Re8 $142 {/\ 14...Nf8 Suetin}) 14. a3 Ba5 (14... Re8) 15. Bc1 Qe7 16. Bg4 f5 (
16... Bc3 $142 17. Ra2 a6 {/\ b5 Suetin}) 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 (18. Bh3 $2 e4
$1) 18... Nf6 19. Bg2 (19. b4 $140 cxb4 20. Nb3 $1 Bb6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. axb4
$16 {Suetin}) 19... Rad8 20. Ra2 Bc8 21. Re1 $1 $16 Kh8 22. b4 $1 cxb4 23. Nb3
$1 Bb6 (23... Bc7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. axb4 $36 {<< Kotov}) 24. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 25.
axb4 {[26.c5 Bc7 27.Ra7 +-]} a6 (25... Rg8 26. Nf3 $16 {Kotov}) (25... Ng4 26.
c5 Bc7 27. Rxa7 f4 28. Nf3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Bg4 31. Bf4 $1 $18 {
Suetin}) 26. Nf3 e4 27. c5 $1 Bc7 28. Nfxd4 Qf7 29. Rd2 $1 {[/\ 30.Nc6]} Bd7
30. Bb2 Kg8 31. Na5 Bxa5 32. bxa5 Rb8 33. Ba1 $1 $18 Rfe8 34. Rde2 Qh5 35. Qd2
Kf7 36. h4 (36. dxe4 Nxe4 37. Qf4 $18 {Barcza}) 36... exd3 37. Qxd3 f4 38. Nf3
{[/\ 39.Bxf6 +-; 39.Ne5+ +-; 39.Ng5+ +-]} Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxc5 (39... Re8 $142
40. Ne5+ Kg8 41. Qc4+ Nd5) 40. Ne5+ Kf8 41. Nxd7+ Nxd7 {[42.Qe6+ +-]} 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Mandl, Robert"]
[Black "Mischustov, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Regensburg Fortuna"]
[BlackTeam "Nuernberg SC NT 1873"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Qe7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 h6 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. b3 Bf5 14. Rac1 e4
15. g4 Bh7 16. Ng3 d5 17. a4 a5 18. c5 Nbd7 19. Rb1 Nf8 20. b4 axb4 21. Rxb4
Ne6 22. Rdb1 Nd8 23. Nce2 Nd7 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. Qa2 Qc7 26. Nf1 Nfe6 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. Rb6 e5 29. R1b4 Re7 30. a5 Qc8 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Nd2 Kh8 33. Qb2 Re8
34. Nb3 h5 35. gxh5 Qf5 36. h6 Rg8 37. Nd4 Qf6 38. hxg7+ Rxg7 39. Ne2 Qxb2 40.
Rxb2 Rxa5 41. Nf4 Rxc5 42. Ra2 Rg8 43. Kf1 d4 (43... Rc1+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 45. Bf1
$17) 44. exd4 Rf5 45. Ne2 e3 46. f4 Rf7 47. Ra3 Ne6 48. Bd5 Bf5 49. Bxe6 Bxe6
50. Rxe3 Bc4 51. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Lienz"]
[Date "1981.08.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1981.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 {Gut ist an dieser Stelle auch 2...c6.} 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 {Nötig, da Weiß stark 7.d4 drohte.} 7. a3 Be7 8. d3
O-O {Meines Erachtens stellt dieser "Normalzug" schon eine Ungenauigkeit dar.
Nach} (8... f5 9. Nbd2 Bf6 {hätte Weiß, um b4 verwirklichen zu können, vorerst
mit Tb1 Zeit aufwenden müs- sen. Vielleicht wäre es in diesem Fall besser
gewesen, mit 9.Sc3 in übliche Varianten einzulenken.}) 9. Nbd2 {Hier steht der
Springer wesentlich wirksamer als auf dem Standardfeld c3.} Be6 $2 {Dieser
Schablonenzug hat zwei Nachteile: Erstens kann der Punkt e5 nur mehr passiv
mit f6 überdeckt werden, zweitens wird b7 schwach.} 10. b4 f6 11. Nb3 Qd7 12.
Rb1 Rab8 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Be3 {Da mein Gegner - ansonsten ein profunder
Eröffnungskenner - die Stellung sehr passiv behandelt hat, konnte ich an
dieser Stelle zwischen mehreren sehr er- folgversprechenden Zügen wählen, z.B.}
(14. Rd1 {und d4 ist nicht mehr zu verhinder, oder}) (14. b5 $1 Nd4 15. Nbxd4
exd4 16. a4 {und der Bauer auf d4 ist auf die Dauer kaum zu halten. Der
Textzug verdirbt jedoch nichts.} Kh8) 14... Kh8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. Nc5 {Sehr
stark in Betracht kam auch 16.Sa5.} Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rbc8 18. a4 Nd5 19. Nd2 $2 {
Anstatt mit dem auf der Hand liegenden 19.b5 mit andauerndem Druck fortzufah-
ren, läßt sich Weiß auf unnötige Verwicklungen ein.} b6 20. b5 axb5 $2 {
Schwarz revanchiert sich. Nach} (20... Na7 {wäre der Partieausgang völlig
offen, z.B.} 21. e4 bxc5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qxc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qxd3 {oder}) (
20... Na7 21. bxa6 bxc5 22. Qxc5 Ra8 23. Rb7 {mit schwer zu beurteilender
Stellung.}) 21. axb5 Na7 22. Qa4 {[#] Möglicherweise hatte Schwarz diesen Zug
in beginnender Zeitnot übersehen.} Nxb5 23. Qxb5 c6 24. Qb2 bxc5 25. Ne4 Bh3 $2
{Ein schwerer Fehler in schlechter, wenngleich nicht hoffnungsloser Stellung.}
26. Nxc5 Qf5 {Stellt eine ganze Figur ein, doch war Schwarz bereits verloren:}
(26... Qg4 27. Rc4 Nf4 28. f3 Qg5 (28... Qg6 29. Rxf4) 29. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2
Qh6 (30... Nf4+ 31. Kh1 {nebst 32.Se6}) 31. Rh4 Qe3 32. Ne6 {oder Sb7.} Re8 33.
Qb7 $1) 27. e4 {[FM F. Hölzl]} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3
h6 9. Bf4 g5 $5 {It looked close to madness against a positional master like
Adams, although the Englishman told Naiditsch afterwards in the press
conference that after} 10. Be5 Bg7 11. Bd6 Nb8 $6 ({he'd expected the mayhem of
} 11... Nb6 12. Nb5 Nc4 13. Nc7+ {"more in your style!"}) 12. Nb5 Na6 13. e3
Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nge2 Be6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Nb5 Kd7 19. Nec3
Ne8 20. Ba3 Nec7 21. Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Na4 Na8 23. f3 f5 24. g4 exf3 25. gxf5 fxg2
26. fxe6+ Kxe6 27. Kxg2 Bf8 28. Rf2 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Rhf8 30. Rb2 Rd6 31. Rab1 h5
32. Nxb6 Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxb6+ Kf5 35. Rxb7 Re8 36. Rf7+ Kg4 37. Rf3 Rc8
38. h3+ Kh4 39. Rf2 Rc3 40. Re2 Rxa3 41. Kh2 g4 42. hxg4 Kxg4 43. Kg2 h4 44.
Kf2 h3 45. Rb2 Ra8 46. Rb7 Rxa2+ 47. Kg1 Re2 48. Rd7 Kg3 49. Rg7+ Kf3 50. Rd7
Re1+ 51. Kh2 Re2+ 52. Kh1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 d6 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 Bf5 11. d5 Ne7 12. f3 e4 13. f4 Qd7 14. b3 a4 15. Bb2 a3
16. Bc1 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 d5 20. c5 h5 21. Bd2 Ra6 22. Bc3
h4 23. gxh4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rac6 25. b4 b6 26. cxb6 Rc4 27. Qd2 Qc6 28. b7 Qxb7
29. Bd4 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rc1 Be6 33. Bf1 Kh7 34. Be2 Bg4
35. Bxf6 Bxe2 36. Bd4 Bc4 37. Rc2 Kh6 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Bc5 Rb2 40. Rf2 {[#]} Be2
{Adams hat noch ein paar Giftpfeile im Köcher.} 41. Bxa3 ({Falls} 41. f5 {
so trotzdem} d4 42. Bxd4 Rxa2 {und ist der a-Bauer stark.}) 41... Rc2 $5 {
Verhindert Lc5, um d4 spielen zu können.} (41... Rxa2 42. Bc5 Bf3+ 43. Kg3 Ra6
{mit der Drohung Tg6.} 44. f5 Rf6 45. Kf4 g6 46. Ke5 Rxf5+ 47. Kd4 $15) 42. f5
d4 43. exd4 e3 44. Rf4 ({Die etwas versteckte Möglichkeit für Weiß, die
Partie zu hakten, war} 44. Bc1 Bf3+ (44... Rxc1 $2 45. Rxe2 $16) 45. Kxf3 Rxf2+
46. Ke4 Kh5 (46... Rd2 47. Kxe3 Rxa2 48. d5 $11) 47. Bxe3 Rxa2 {wird kaum zu
gewinnen sein.}) 44... Bc4+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kf3 Bd5+ 46. Kxe3 Rc3+ $19) 45... Bd5
{Und Weiß ist nun in ersnthaften Schwierigkeiten. Der König ist bedroht und
der schwarze e-Bauer ist mobil.} 46. Rg4 Rf2 47. Rg5 {Weiß hat noch
Gegenspiel: Es droht f6 mit Gewinn.} f6 48. Rg6+ Kh7 49. h5 Rxf5 50. Bf8 Kg8 (
50... Rf3+ {reichte auch} 51. Kg4 e2 52. Rxg7+ Kh8 53. Re7 Rf1 54. Bg7+ (54.
Rxe2 Bf3+) 54... Kg8 55. Bxf6 e1=Q 56. Rxe1 Rxe1 $19) 51. Bb4 Kf7 52. Kh4 Bf3
0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. Be3 $5) 9... a5 10. b3 Be6 (10... Re8 $5 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Rc1
Nd4 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 f6 15. Qc2 c5 16. Nd2 a4 $1 $15 {Rotstein,A-Gipslis,
A/Minsk/1993/0,5/40/}) 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Rf7 (12... Qe8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qd7 16. Bb2 c6 $10 {Chiburdanidze,M-Polgar,Z/Shanghai/1992/0,5/
24/}) (12... Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nc4 Qe8 15. Nfd2 Nd5 16. Nf3 Qf7 $10 {
Dragomarezkij,E-Morozevich,A/Alushta/1993/0|1/36/}) 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. e3 Rd7 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bc3 (18. Bxc5 Bxc5 (18... Rc8 $2 19. Bxb6
$16) 19. Qxc5 Bxb3 20. Rdb1 Rc8 $6 (20... Rxd2 $1 21. Rxb3 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxd1+
23. Bf1 Qxb3 $19) 21. Qb5 Bc2 22. Rb2 $22 Na4 $2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qb3+ $18)
18... a4 19. Be4 h6 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Qg6 Bf7 22. Qf5 Rad8 23. Ne4 (23. Be4 Bxb3
24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. Qh7+ Bf7 $19) 23... Bxb3 24. Qg6
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nd5 (26... Bxd1 $4 27. Nxf6+ $18) 27. Bh5 (27.
Bxb3 axb3 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Bxf6 Qc6 $19) 27... Qe7 (27... Nxc3 $4 28. Nxf6+
$19) 28. Bb2 Bc2 29. Bf3 Nb6 (29... Qf7 30. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (30... Qxf6 31. Bxd5+
Kh8 32. Qxc2 $18) 31. Qxc2 $16) 30. Kg2 (30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxc2 Qxf3 $19)
30... Kh8 31. Qg4 Nc4 32. Bc3 f5 $1 33. Qxf5 Nd6 (33... Nd6 34. Qg6 Bxe4 35.
Qxh6+ Kg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nc2 (4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d4 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 (6.
d3 exd3 7. e4 Bc5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxd3 Nd7 10. Be2 Qh4 11. g3 Qf6 12. f4 O-O-O 13.
Qc2 Qd4 14. Nd1 Nf6 15. f5 Nxe4 16. fxe6 Nxg3 17. Be3 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 Nxh1+ 19.
Kg2 Qe5 {0-1 Shackes-Seredenko,V/USSR/1967}) 6... Bb4 7. Qc2 Qd4 8. e3 Qe5 9.
d4 exd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ba3 Rd7 14. Rfb1 Qa5 15.
Bb4 Qg5 16. Bf1 Bxh3 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rb2 Ne4 19. Ba3 Nd2 20. c5 Nf3+ {0-1 Murey,
Y-Ivanov,AV/New York op (4) 1989}) 5... exd3 6. Qxd3 Qxd3 7. exd3 Bf5 8. d4
O-O-O $10 {Alekhine-Tartakover/Warsaw/1935}) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. b3 (6. g3
$142 O-O 7. Bg2) 6... O-O 7. g3 $2 (7. Bb2 Re8 8. d4 exd3 9. Qxd3 Ne5 10. Qd2)
7... d5 8. cxd5 Nb4 $2 (8... Ng4 $1 9. Nxe4 (9. e3 Nce5 10. Nxe4 (10. d4 Nf3+
11. Ke2 Ngxh2 $1 12. dxc5 Bg4 $19) (10. Be2 Nd3+ $3 11. Bxd3 exd3) 10... Qxd5
11. f3 f5 $1 12. Nxc5 (12. Bc4 $145 $5 Qxc4 (12... Nxc4 13. bxc4 Qxc4 14. Nxc5)
13. Nf6+ Rxf6 14. bxc4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Ngf2 16. Qf1 Be6 17. Bb2 Rh6 18. Qb1 Bxc4
$40) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Ke2 Qxc5 $17 {Alekhine}) (9. Ne3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qf6 11. Qc2
(11. Nxe4 Qxa1 $17) 11... Qf2+ 12. Kd1 Qf5 13. Ke1 (13. Nxe4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxe4
$19 {Alekhine}) (13. dxc6 $145 Rd8 14. Ke1 $4 (14. Qb1 Nf2+ 15. Ke1 Nxh1 16.
Nxe4 Qh5 17. Qb2 Bf5 $17) 14... Qf2+ 15. Kd1 Nxe3#) 13... Nb4 $17 {Alekhine})
9... Qxd5 10. Bg2 (10. f3 Qxe4) 10... Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 Qf5 $17 {Alekhine}) 9. Nxb4
Bxb4 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bb2 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 {@} 14. d3 Rad8 15.
dxe4 Bxe4 (15... Qc6 $4 16. exf5) (15... Qe6 $4 16. exf5) 16. Qxd5 (16. Qxd5
Bxd5 (16... Rxd5 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxe2 $4 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21.
Ba3 $18) 17. Rfd1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 h5 6. d4 h4 7. Nbc3 Nh6 8. e4 Bg4
9. Qd3 Nd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qe3 h3 12. Bf1 f5 13. f3 fxe4 $1 14. fxg4 (14. fxe4
O-O 15. Ng1 Qf6 $1 16. Be2 (16. Bxh3 Nd3+ $1 17. Qxd3 Qf2#) 16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2
Nd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Qg2 $19) 14... Nxg4 15. Qg1 Qf6 16. Nd1 Nd3+ 17. Kd2
Qf3 18. a3 Bh6+ 19. Kc2 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 04th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.07.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1957.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 $1 8.
h3 Bc5 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. Ne3 Bxe3 11. dxe3 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 {[#]} 13. f4 $6 (13. b3
Na6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Qc1 Bf5 18. O-O h5 19. a3 $11)
13... Na6 $15 (13... h5) 14. g4 Nb4 (14... Qg6) 15. Qa4 Qc5 16. a3 $11 Nbd5 17.
Nd1 $2 (17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 b5 $11) 17... Nd7 (17... Qe7 18.
Nf2 Nd7 19. Qxe4 $14) (17... Bd7 18. O-O Rad8 19. Bd2 Bc8 $15) 18. Bxe4 $11 Qe7
19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Kf2 a4 22. Rb1 b6 23. Bd2 Ba6 24. Kg2 Nb3 25. Re1
Rad8 26. e4 Nd4 27. Qc1 Nb3 28. Qc2 Nf6 29. Be3 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4
Rxe4 32. Bxb6 Rde8 33. Nc3 Rxf4 34. Rbd1 c5 (34... h5) 35. Kg3 Rf6 36. Nd5 $16
Rfe6 37. Nc7 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 40. Kg3 $2 (40. Kg1 $16) 40...
Re3+ $11 41. Kf2 Rd3 {[#]} 42. Re1 $2 (42. Rxd3 Bxd3 43. Nd5 $11) 42... Rd2+
$17 43. Kg3 Be2 44. Na6 c4 45. Nc5 Nxc5 46. Bxc5 Rxb2 47. Bd4 $2 (47. Kf4)
47... Rd2 $19 48. Be3 Ra2 49. Kf4 f6 50. h4 c3 51. g5 fxg5+ 52. hxg5 Kf7 53.
Ke4 c2 54. Bc1 Ra1 55. Ke3 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} exd4 {[%emt 0:05:
57]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 11. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (11... Bd7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Qc2
O-O 15. e4 Rfd8 16. h3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Be3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nd7 20. f4 f6
21. a3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd4 Qb6 24. Kh2 Nd7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. Na4 Qf2 27.
Nc5 Bc4 28. Nd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 h6 30. Qxb7 Bb5 31. e5 fxe5 32. fxe5 Qe2 33. Qc8+
Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kg6 35. e6 {1-0 (35) Movsesian,S (2699)-Bryzgalin,K (2470)
Pardubice 2013}) 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 13. Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:
40]} 15. Na3 {[%emt 0:19:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:13:00]} 16. Nc4 {[%emt 0:10:48]} Qc7
{[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:13:32]} 18. Nb6 {
[%emt 0:02:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 19. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rfxc8 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 20. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 21. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:
08:58]} (21. Re1 Qb5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Kf8 24. Rab1 Rc7 25. Bh3 Ra8 26. Rb2
Ra5 27. Reb1 Ra7 28. f3 Nd7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Re2+ Kd8 32. Rb4 Ra5
33. Rc2 Ra3 34. Re4 Rad3 35. Re5 f6 36. Re3 Rd1 37. Re1 R1d5 38. Re6 Rd1 39.
Re1 R1d4 40. Re6 Rb4 41. Re3 Ra4 42. Ke2 Rad4 43. Kf2 h6 44. Ke2 Rd1 45. f4 h5
46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rh1 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 Rfd1 50. Kf3 R1d4 {Kerr,S (2609)
-Karapchanski,D (2529) ICCF email 2006 1/2-1/2}) 21... h6 {[%emt 0:18:25]} 22.
h3 {[%emt 0:20:14]} Re8 {[%emt 0:18:52]} 23. Qb6 $14 {[%emt 0:08:03][%csl Rb7,
Rb8] Lagno certainly obtained good pressure from the opening. She missed a
couple of key points in which she could have won a pawn in a clean fashion,
instead her accuracy dropped somewhat and she ended up a pawn but in a drawish
rook endgame that Tuvshintugs defended very well.} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 24. Re1
{[%emt 0:06:48]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 26. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:02:04]} 27. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29.
Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 32. Re7 {[%emt 0:
00:55]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 33. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 34.
Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 35. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qa2 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Qc5 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
39. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 40. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:04:46]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 42. gxh5 {[%emt 0:
08:15]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 44.
Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rf4 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 47. Rd5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 48. Rg5+ {[%emt 0:02:39]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 49.
f3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 52. Kf4 {[%emt 0:05:34]}
Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 54. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:10:15]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 55. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re1 {[%emt 0:04:
49]} 56. c6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re6 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 57. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re8
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 59. c7 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 61.
Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 62. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 63. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 64. Rf7+ {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 65. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 66. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxc7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 67. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} h2
{[%emt 0:00:20]} 68. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 69. Rxh2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 70. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 71. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 72. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 73. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 74. f5+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 75. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 76. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 77. f6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 78. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 80. f7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 81. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 $10 {Romanishin,O-Polugaevsky,L/URS/1974/}) 6...
Nxd5 $6 (6... cxd5 7. Nf3 Be7 $10) 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Na3 Be7 10. O-O
Be6 11. Bd2 a5 (11... Nxa2 $2 12. Nd4 Nb4 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Bh3 Kd7 15. Rfd1
$44) 12. Bc3 (12. Nd4 Bxa2 13. Bxb4 (13. Nac2 N8a6) 13... axb4 14. Nc4 Kc7 $15)
12... f6 13. b3 c5 $6 (13... Nd7 14. Nd4 Bf7 15. Nf5 $40) 14. Nd2 N8c6 15. Ndc4
Ra6 (15... a4 16. Nb6 $16) 16. Nb5 Kc8 17. a3 Nd5 18. Bb2 Kb8 (18... a4 19.
bxa4 Rxa4 $2 20. Bxd5 $16) 19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. a4 $16 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Rd1
Nf7 23. Bc3 b6 24. f4 $6 (24. Bc6 $5 Nd8 25. Bd7 $16) 24... Nxb5 25. axb5 Ra7
26. Nxb6 Bxb3 27. Rd2 $2 (27. Nd7+ $1 Kc8 28. b6 Rb7 $8 (28... Rxd7 29. b7+
Rxb7 30. Bxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rd7+) 29. Bxb7+ Kxb7 $44 30. Rd2) 27... Nd6 28. Bc6 a4
$17 29. e4 a3 30. e5 Nc4 31. Nd7+ $2 (31. Nxc4 $1 Bxc4 32. b6 Ra6 33. Rd7 Rxb6
34. Rxe7 Rxc6 35. Rxg7 $13) 31... Kc7 32. Re2 a2 33. Ba1 fxe5 34. Kg2 Ra3 35.
Nxe5 (35. fxe5 Na5 $19) 35... Nxe5 36. fxe5 Be6 37. Rd2 Kb6 (37... c4 $19) 38.
Bd7 Bc4 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Rxd3 Bxd3 41. Ke3 c4 42. Kd4 Bc5+ 43. Kd5 Bb4 44. Kd4
Be2 45. Ke3 c3 46. Bf5 Bd1 47. Bxh7 c2 48. Bxc2 Bxc2 49. e6 Kxb5 50. Bxg7 Kc4
0-1

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.03.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich"]
[BlackTeam "Geneve"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 (4. Nf3 {is the most critical move, I
believe.}) 4... e4 $5 (4... exd4 {is a very reliable alternative.} 5. Qxd4 d5 (
5... Na6 $5 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe5+ Be7 8. O-O O-O {is also very solid.}) 6. Nf3 (6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 {The white queen is misplaced on e3.} 9. O-O
O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qb3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 $11 {0-1 (66) Cuevas,A (2288)-Caruana,
F (2817) chess.com 2017}) 6... Be6 (6... dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O $36) (6...
c5 $3 7. Qe5+ Be6 8. Ng5 $16) (6... Be7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 $5 8. Nc3 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O
{is also quite solid for Black: 0-1 (57) Kovalenko,I (2674)-Bocharov,I (2557)
St Petersburg 2019.}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nc6 9. Qd3 Bc5 10. Nc3 d4 11.
Na4 Be7 12. b3 Bd5 13. Bb2 Be4 14. Qb5 a6 $1 15. Qxb7 Ra7 16. Qb6 Qa8 17. Bxd4
$2 (17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Rb7 20. Kxg2 Rxb6 21. Ndxb6 Qb7 $11)
17... Nd7 18. Qxa7 Nxa7 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bb2 Nb5 21. Rac1 $17 {A fun game! 0-1
(28) Yevseev,D (2514)-Romanov,E (2626) Krakow 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. Qa4 Bb4+ 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O d4 $5 {Not obligatory at all.} 12. Bg5 h6 (12... Bd5 $5 13. a3
Bxd2 $5 14. Bxd2 Re8 $11) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qf5 15. a3 Qxe4 16. axb4 d3 17.
b5 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 dxe2 19. Re1 Ne7 20. Nd4 $14 {½-½ (64) Vallejo Pons,F (2710)
-Inarkiev,E (2727) Moscow 2017}) 5. Nc3 (5. d5 $6 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 {would give
Black very reasonable play.}) 5... d5 6. Bg5 (6. cxd5 {It is crucial for White
to exchange a pair of pawns on d5 at some point. The main line goes:} cxd5 7.
Bg5 Bb4 8. Rc1 Nbd7 $5 9. Nh3 (9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Rxc7
h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3 Rb8 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bc6 $11 {½-½ 
(35) Jones,G (2661)-Edouard,R (2659) London 2014}) 9... h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bf4 $5
O-O 11. O-O Nb6 $1 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bf5 14. f3 Rc8 $13 {0-1 (74) Moroni,L
(2559)-David,A (2555) Salerno 2018}) (10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 (11. Rxc3 O-O 12.
O-O Nb8 $1 $11) 11... O-O 12. O-O (12. Bb4 Re8 13. O-O Nb8 $1 $11) 12... a5 $5
13. f3 Re8 $13) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Nxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 ({White has to
watch out for one trick:} 13. Qb3 $6 Bf5 14. Rfc1 $4 (14. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 15. Qxa7
Rxb2 $15) 14... Qd7 $1 15. Nf4 (15. Rc7 Rac8 $1 $19) 15... g5 $1 16. Rc7 Rac8
$1 17. Qxb7 (17. Rxd7 Rxc1+ 18. Bf1 gxf4 $19 {/\...Bh3}) 17... gxf4 18. Qxa7
Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Qb5 $19 {0-1 (24) Piorun,K (2638)-Degraeve,J (2592) Chartres 2017
}) 13... Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Rc7 Rac8 $11) 6... Bb4 7. Qb3 $6 ({It was still
time for} 7. cxd5 {although now} Bxc3+ $5 {may come into consideration.}) 7...
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 (8. Qxc3 O-O 9. e3 h6 {is easier to play for Black.}) 8... Nbd7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 (10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne2 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 (39)
Topalov, V-Deep Fritz 8, Salamanca 2004}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bc1 O-O {
with the idea ...Nb6, with excellent play for Black.} (11... Nb6 $5 12. Ba3 Qc7
$132)) 11... Nxf6 12. Nh3 O-O (12... exf3 13. exf3 Qe7+ 14. Kf2 {doesn't bring
Black anything.}) 13. O-O e3 $5 (13... b6 {was my initial idea, but I did not
want to allow} 14. fxe4 dxe4 (14... Nxe4 $6 15. Nf4 $14) 15. Nf2 Re8 16. e3 {
that I assessed as unclear. After the text move, at least the f-file is closed.
}) 14. Nf4 b6 $5 (14... Re8 {would prevent c4, and after} 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Ne5
Re7 {Black's position would be quite good.}) 15. c4 Re8 $5 {An interesting
temporary pawn sacrifice.} (15... dxc4 16. Qxe3 g5 17. Nh3 Re8 18. Qf2 b5 $15)
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ba6 18. Rfc1 $5 (18. Rfe1 Rc8 {with the idea ...Bb4, is
more fun to play as Black!}) 18... Rc8 $6 {This is a little too much.} ({
Reasonable was} 18... Bxe2 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc4 $15) 19. Kf1
Qd7 20. Rxc8 (20. a4 $1 {with the idea a5 was bothering me for good reasons. I
do not manage to keep my active bishop on a6 - or at least it has a price -
which I do not like. The position should nevertheless be about equal.}) (20. f4
$2 Qg4 $17) 20... Qxc8 21. Qb2 $6 ({It was the only moment to play} 21. f4 $1 {
although after} Bc4 22. Qc2 b5 {I liked my position very much, despite the
engine assessing it as equal.}) 21... Qf5 22. Rc1 $2 (22. Qb3 $1 {was the only
way to hold the position.}) 22... Qxd5 23. Rc7 Kh8 $6 {Not the best - but a
smart move against Qb3, as of course White dreams of a queens' exchange here.}
(23... Qa5 $1 {(threatening ...Qd2)} 24. Rc2 g5 {was objectively stronger.}) (
23... Rd8 $2 24. Re7 {is what White dreams of. Black should definitely keep
his e3-pawn.}) 24. a4 $2 ({White could have saved the game in a spectacular
fashion:} 24. f4 $1 Qh5 25. Qc2 $1 (25. h3 $2 Qg6 26. g4 Qf6 $19) 25... Qxh2
26. Qc6 $1 Re6 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Be4+ Rg6 29. Bxg6+ fxg6 30. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31.
Qxa7+ {with perpetual check.}) (24. Rxa7 $2 {loses right away to} Qa5 $1 {
threatening ...Qd2.}) 24... Qa5 {An improved version of 23...Qa5: now the
a4-pawn hangs.} 25. Qc1 (25. Rc2 Qxa4 $19) 25... Qd2 26. Qe1 Qxd4 27. Bh3 Qd5
$2 {Allowing White his only defensive resource.} (27... Rd8 28. Rxa7 Bxe2+ $1
$19) 28. Bd7 $8 Rd8 $1 (28... Re7 $2 29. Bc6 {isn't so clear.}) (28... Qxf3+ $2
29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Qxf2 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxe2+ 32. Kg1 {also gives White fine
drawing chances.}) 29. Bb5 Qh5 $5 (29... Bxb5 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Rxa7 Rd2 {
should also be winning, but I liked to include ...Qh5 first.}) 30. Kg2 $6 (30.
h4 $1 {was necessary, to keep the white king on f1.}) (30. Kg1 $6 Bxb5 31. axb5
Qxb5 32. Rxa7 Rd2 33. Kf1 {wins a tempo compared to the 29...Bxb5 30.axb5 Qxb5
line.}) 30... Bxb5 31. axb5 Qxb5 32. Rxf7 $3 (32. Rxa7 Rd2 33. Kf1 Qd5 34. Ra1
b5 {is an easy win.}) 32... Rd2 $1 33. Kf1 (33. Qa1 Rxe2+ $1 {The simplest.}
34. Kg1 Rb2 $19) 33... Qb3 {Even if White removes his king from the 1st rank,
33...Rd1 will still trap the white queen.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ $5 {Black plays a Moscow System a tempo down,
which should be enough to more or less equalize.} 4. Nbd2 Nc6 $5 {One moves
out of many - see my article on the 2.d3 System to be published in CBM194.} 5.
a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 e4 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. Be3 {White logically keeps his
dark-squared bishop, otherwise his advantage can only be very minimal.} (8. g3
Qf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O a5 $11) 8... d6 9. g3 O-O 10.
Bg2 a5 (10... Re8 11. b4 {would be another story - White might be a little
better there.}) 11. O-O $6 (11. b4 $1 {was critical, after} axb4 12. axb4 {
Black may take a pawn with} Nc3 $5 ({but not} 12... Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nxb4 $4 {
losing a piece to} 14. Qb1) 13. Qc1 Na2 14. Qd2 Ncxb4 15. O-O {but the black
knights are awkward and White definitely has great compensation.}) 11... a4 (
11... Re8 $5) 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qe7 {Black got a perfect setup and
definitely doesn't have any problem.} 14. Rd5 Nf6 (14... h6 $5 {was also fine,
avoiding h2-h3 (as in the game) due to ...Nxg3.}) 15. Rb5 $6 {White is
overdoing it, probably having no choice due to the match situation. But it
only looks like White is trying to be worse!} h6 16. h3 $5 b6 $5 (16... Ne4 {
was also possible, and after} 17. g4 Na5 $1 {followed with ...Bd7 trapping the
b5-rook. Black has a safe position and slight advantage.}) (16... Na5 $5 {
right away was also good, if} 17. Qxa4 {then} Bd7 {trapping the exchange. After
} 18. Qc2 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qe4 20. Rc1 c5 21. bxc6 Nxc6 {the position shouls be
about equal.}) (16... Nd8 17. c5 Bd7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rb4 Nd5 20. Ng5 Nf6 21.
Nf3 {[%eval 0,36]}) 17. g4 Ne4 {Deciding to repeat moves, thing I did not have
to.} (17... Bd7 18. g5 {gives White no serious attack:} hxg5 19. Rxg5 (19. Nxg5
Ra7 $15 {/\...Ne5}) 19... Ra5 $15) 18. Rd5 Nf6 19. Rb5 Ne4 20. g5 h5 21. Nd2
Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Bd7 23. g6 {This was all more or less forced. Now I had a choice
between the "safe" 23...Ne5, exchanging many pieces, and the risky 23...fxg6.
I misjudged the position and considered I had a clear avantage chosing the
second option.} fxg6 $6 (23... Ne5 {and a draw is very likely:} {Houdini 5.01
Pro x64-pext: 1)} 24. gxf7+ (24. Bg5 $5 Qe6 25. gxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. cxd5 Bxh3 30. Rc1 $11) 24... Qxf7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26.
Qd5 Re8 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd5 Bxh3 29. Rc1 {and White's position can't be
more than equal.}) 24. Rg5 Qf6 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. f4 $1 {The move I had
underestimated. Suddenly the threat f5 is devastastig.} Rxe3 $1 {The correct
reaction.} 27. Qxe3 Re8 28. Qd3 Qd4+ $2 (28... Ne7 $1 {- getting rid off
White's monster bishop on d5 - and the position would remain unclear.}) 29. Kg2
$2 (29. Rf2 $1 {was bothering me much more.}) 29... Qxd3 30. exd3 Nd4 31. Rf2
Bf5 $2 {Natural but wrong - this move makes White's life too easy.} (31... Re3
32. Rg3 Re1 33. Rxg6 Bf5 34. Rg5 g6 {and Black should be able to make a draw.})
32. Bf7 Re3 33. Rg3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Bxd3 35. Rd2 Be4+ 36. Kf2 c5 37. h4 $2 (37.
Rd1 $18) 37... Kh7 $4 ({I got a chance to play} 37... Bc2 $1 {and to
"paralyze" White's pieces. Obviously, "paralyze" is a big word as White should
still be winning, but it won't be a talk in the park, especially compared to
the game...}) 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Rxd4 {Obviously, with such king on h7, te game
is over.} cxd4+ 40. Kxd4 Kh6 41. Bd5 Bd7 42. Be4 $1 {A good square for the
bishop - better than g8. Black isn't even able to play ...g5 and ...Kg6 to
seek for counterplay.} Be8 43. Bc2 (43. Kd5 Bf7+ 44. Kxd6 Bxc4 45. Kc7 b5 46.
Kc6 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 43... Kh7 44. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bd2 ({One French friend of mine won quite a nice game with
Black, thanks to a nice trick:} 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Nxf6 12. O-O O-O 13.
Qb3 Bf5 14. Rfc1 Qd7 $1 15. Nf4 g5 16. Rc7 Rac8 17. Qxb7 gxf4 $19 {0-1 (21)
Migot,T (2257)-Demuth,A (2423) Belfort FRA 2012}) 10... Bxc3 11. Rxc3 {A
decent move, but a little bit strange after retreating the bishop to d2.} (11.
Bxc3 O-O {followed by ...Nb8 is about equal.}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Qb6 (12... Nb8
{followed by ...Nc6 would just be fine for Black. But for some reason I
decided to go ...Qb6, with the same idea, slightly underestimating my
opponent's next move.}) 13. Qc2 (13. Bc1 Nb8 $36) ({I also missed:} 13. Rb3
Qxd4 14. Bb4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Nf4 {after which I would have problems
defending my d5-pawn. However, after} b6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd1 Nf8
{it should be an easy draw for Black.}) 13... Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qe5 15. Bf4 ({
During the game I was more worried by} 15. Be3 {though after} Rd8 $5 (15... Re8
16. Nf4 g5 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Rc5 {is easier for
White.}) 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bc7 Re8 18. Nf4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd1 f5 {Black should get a draw rather easily.} (22... Rxa2 $5 23.
Bxe4 Qb4 24. Rb1 Ra5)) 15... Qe7 16. Rc7 Qd8 (16... Re8 $5) 17. Bd6 (17. f3
$142 exf3 18. Bxf3 Nb8 19. Nf2 Na6 (19... Nc6 $6 20. Qb3 $36) 20. Rc3 Nb4 {
followed by ...Nc6, and Black is fine.}) 17... Re8 $15 18. Nf4 $2 {Just a
mistake, while many other moves were possible.} Nb6 19. Ba3 Rb8 $2 {
Underestimating the very logical 19...g5, and overestimating my position in
general.} (19... g5 $1 20. Nh3 Bd7 $1 (20... d4 $5 {is also crushing.}) 21.
Rxb7 Rc8 {followed by ...Nc4, and ...Bc6/...Qb6 or ...Rc6/...Qc8. Black is
just almost (or not even almost) winning.} (21... Nc4 $5)) 20. b3 Bf5 $6 (20...
Bd7) (20... g5 $5) 21. e3 $2 (21. Qc3 $142 {and White has enough compensation
for equality.}) 21... Bd7 $2 (21... Bg4 $1 22. Rd2 g5 23. Nh3 (23. Ne2 $6 Bxe2
24. Rxe2 Nc4 $1 $19 {was what I missed.}) 23... Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxc8 Rxc8
$17) 22. Rc3 Bc6 23. Bc5 {Now White simply has compensation.} Ra8 $1 {The last
try to go for some small advantage.} 24. Bd4 Nbd7 25. Qb2 Qe7 26. Rc2 Qd6 $5 (
26... Ne5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Bh3 {followed by Ne2 should be an
easy draw for White.}) 27. Rdc1 Ne5 (27... g5 $5 28. Ne2 Ng4 {is also position.
}) 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qd4 Ree8 30. Bh3 Nh7 $1 {White has concrete problems to
solve, suddenly.} 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Ng5 33. Bg4 Ne6 34. R5c2 $6 (34. Bxe6
$1 fxe6 35. b4 a6 36. a4 $1 Bxa4 37. Rc7 {(theatening Nh5) should be a draw.})
34... Nxf4 35. gxf4 Rad8 (35... d4 $5 {(Black wants to play without the extra
pawn, but against a weak pawn structure)} 36. exd4 Rad8 37. Rd2 Rd6 {is also
difficult for White.}) 36. Rd2 g6 $6 {For some reason I thought I could wait
until move 40 before taking decisions. This move simply shows a lack of class,
regarding my technique.} (36... g5 $1 {was necessary, in order to leave
White's h-pawn "alone", and later bring the king into the centre and push the
h-pawn. Of course White can go} 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. b4 {followed by Bd1, a4, Bb3
with good drawing chances. This is why 36...g6 only deserves a ?!.}) 37. b4 (
37. h4 $5 {makes sense. If Black goes ...d4 at some point, it is better to
have the pawn on b3, reducing the power of Black's dark squared bishop.}) 37...
a6 (37... d4 {should be best.}) 38. h4 Rd6 (38... d4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. exd4 Rd8
{is difficult for White - once again.}) 39. Be2 Red8 40. Rd4 Kg7 41. f3 {
Move 40 has been reached, and only now, when I went back to the board, did I
realise that my winning chances are close to 0.} Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Bd1 Rg8
44. Bb3 exf3 45. Kxf3 g5 {I should push ...g5 at some point!} 46. Rg1 f6 47.
Rg2 Rdd8 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. a4 gxf4 $6 {On playing this move I missed my
opponent's idea on move 51, but anyway, the position is a draw.} (49... Rgf8 {
followed by ...Rd6 should anyway be played.}) 50. Rxg8 Rxg8 51. b5 $1 axb5 52.
axb5 Bxb5 53. Bxd5 Rb8 (53... Bc6 54. Re4+ Kf8 55. Bxc6 bxc6 56. Re6 $11) 54.
Kxf4 Bc6 55. Bxc6 bxc6 56. e4 h5 57. Ra4 Rh8 (57... Kd6 58. Rd4+ {and Black
has a choice between coming back on the e-file, which doesn't bring anything,
or moving to c7/c5 after which the e-pawn will be clearly in time to make a
draw.}) 58. Ke5 Rh6 59. Ra7+ Kd8 60. Kf5 h4 61. Kg5 Re6 62. Kf5 Rh6 63. Kg5 Rd6
64. Rh7 c5 65. Rxh4 c4 66. e5 Rc6 67. Kf4 c3 68. Rh1 c2 69. Rc1 Ke7 70. Ke4 Ke6
71. Kd3 Kxe5 72. Rxc2 Rxc2 73. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteClock "0:22:58"]
[BlackClock "0:30:35"]

{This was for me one of the most eye-catching games of the recently concluded
2nd round, for its outplaying, fight-back and goalmouth scramble phases...} 1.
c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 {Home-made chess it is then!} d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5
6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Ne3 Bc5 9. Qc2 Qe5 10. Bg2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Bf5 12. b4 (
12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qe6 15. Rxf5 Qxf5 16. Nxe4 {1-0 (51) Anand,V 
(2791)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir 2015}) 12... O-O 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. O-O Qe6 15. b5
Bg6 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Rac1 N7f6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rc5 $16 Rfd8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qc4 Rac8 22. Rc1 h5 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Qg4 25. Qb5 h4 $1 {Black is
managing to get a little play.} 26. gxh4 Qxh4 27. Bd4 Kh7 28. Rf1 (28. Bxa7 Nf6
$1 {illustrates why White has to keep sight of the f6-square...} 29. Bd4 Rxd4
30. exd4 e3 $3 31. d3 (31. dxe3 Ng4 32. Qb8 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxe3 $11) 31... Qf2+
32. Kh1 Qxe2 $14) 28... Qg4 29. Rf2 (29. Bxa7 {This was probably the moment to
take the pawn.}) 29... Qe6 30. Qb1 Nf6 31. Qb3 (31. Bxf6 gxf6 {and White is
terribly placed to defend the d2-pawn.}) 31... Qe7 32. Rf1 Ng4 33. h3 Nh6 34.
Rf4 Qg5 35. Bc3 Qg3 36. Qb7 Bf5 $1 37. Qe7 Rb8 38. Rf1 f6 $4 {And suddenly, it
ends. After a glorious rearguard action against one of the world's absolute
best players, the Greek GM blunders a pawn...} (38... Be6 $1 {would have left
everything to play for.} 39. Kh1 Nf5 40. Qc5 Nh4 {and Black could even have
winning chances...}) 39. Bxf6 Qg6 40. Bc3 Rb5 41. Qh4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Burg, Twan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Mosan Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 0,63,39,-11,-17,-51,-40,-30,-20,-20,-22,-37,-20,-4,1,-16,-13,-8,-8,-11,
-19,-40,21,20,17,6,52,19,19,88,138,137,137,176,149,137,152,134,182,177,168,143,
134,125,134,136,129,130,136,151,150,149,148,153,156,144,167,165,181,167,189,
202,309,314,29999,-30000]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {The position is actually a Dragon variation with colours
reversed and an extra tempo for Black (now White). It is not easy to convert
this extra tempo into an advantage. Shankland will try an original and
venomous setup.} Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc1 (10. Rc1 Be6 (10... a5 11. d4
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 d3 14. e3 c6 15. Rc3 Bf5 16. Rxd3 Qc7 17. Qf3 Bg6
18. Rc1 a4 19. h4 $11 {1-0 (43) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2597)-Szczepkowska,K 
(2412) Salamanca 2019}) 11. Ne4 (11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 d3 14. exd3
Qd7 15. Re1 c6 16. Qh5 Nd5 17. a3 $2 (17. Nc3 $11) 17... Bg4 18. Qh4 h5 19. f4
Qd8 $17 {1/2-1/2 (76) Kovalenko,I (2659)-Petrosyan,M (2553) Martuni 2017})
11... Bd5 (11... a5 12. d4 Bd5 13. Nc3 e4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nd2 f5 16. a3 Bf6
17. e3 Nce7 18. Nc4 c6 19. g4 g6 20. Kh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (105) Nabaty,T (2650)
-Martirosyan,H (2544) Martuni 2017}) (11... Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 c6 17. Qc2 Qd2 18. Bc3 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rfe8 20.
Rfc1 Bf5 21. Rb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (71) Tregubov,P (2589)-Flom,G (2448) Bastia 2017}
) 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxa2 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qxa2 e4 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qb1 Rae8
18. e3 c6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bf7 21. Nc3 Bg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (45) Topalov,V 
(2754)-Giri,A (2790) Stavanger 2016}) 10... f5 11. Rd1 Be6 {Black understands
the perils of an early advance to the enemy territory with premature 11...e4.
The main rule is to compare the level of piece development which clearly
favours White.} (11... e4 12. Ne1 Re8 13. e3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. d3 $14) 12.
d3 (12. d4 e4 (12... exd4 $6 13. Nb5 $16) 13. Ne5 Nb4 $11) 12... a5 13. Qe3 (
13. Nb5 Bf6 $1 (13... Qd7 14. Na3 Bf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 h6 17. Qc1 $14) 14.
e4 fxe4 15. dxe4 Qc8 $11) 13... Bf6 $2 {The early foray of White's queen into
the center should have caused alarm in the enemy perception. The banal defense
of e5 pawn simply fails, it was necessary to engage imagination and find 13...
Qd6!.} (13... Qd6 $1 14. Nb5 Nd5 15. Qc1 Qd7 16. Na3 a4 (16... f4 17. Nc4 Nd4
18. Re1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 c6 20. Nxe5 $14) 17. Nc4 e4 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Nd4 Nxd4
20. Bxd4 Bf5 $14) 14. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Nimzowitsch has always enjoyed
appreciating the moments when the enemy stronghold crumbles under the spirited
attack. White damages the heart of Black's setup, and the defender will never
recover.} Bxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. d4 Qd6 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb7 Rab8
19. Ba6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rac1 $16) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {I want to appologize
for the urge to use the expression "poor man's solution". Burg is resigning to
the chance of fighting the enemy with every part of his army. Much more
spirited was the idea of 15...Qf6!?} (15... Qf6 $5 16. Bxb7 f4 17. Qf3 Bxc3 18.
Bxc3 Qxc3 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. gxf4 Qf6 21. Rac1 Nd5 22. f5 $16) 16. Qxe5 Qd7 17.
Qf4 (17. Rdc1 Rfe8 (17... a4 $2 18. Nb5 $1) 18. Qf4 Qd6 19. Na4 Qxf4 20. gxf4
Nxa4 21. bxa4 Bd5 22. Be5 g5 23. Rc2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Rab8 25. f3 Rb4 26. e4 $16)
17... a4 18. Ba3 (18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. bxa4 c5 20. Qe3 Rxa4 21. Qxc5 $16) 18...
Rf7 $6 {It is probably a suitable time to remind every chess player of the
main rule in middlegame chess - play well with the pieces! Well located forces
are much more important than pawns or anything else.} (18... Rfe8 $5 19. Nxa4 (
19. Bc5 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nd5 $16) 19... Bf7 20. Rd2 $16) 19. bxa4 h6
20. Rdc1 Nd5 (20... c5 21. Bxc5 Nxa4 22. Qd4 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Bxa2
25. f3 $16) 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bb2 Rxa4 23. Bd4 {In this position with
opposite-coloured bishop, the disparity in their activity is simply striking.
White has an extra pawn and better pieces, Black is in for some serious
suffering.} Kh7 (23... Qe7 24. e3 Qd6 25. a3 $16) 24. Rc3 c6 25. a3 Re7 (25...
g5 26. Qe5 Qe8 27. Rb1 Bd7 28. Rb8 Qxe5 29. Bxe5 $16) 26. Rac1 Ra6 (26... Qe8
$5 27. e3 Bd7 28. Rb1 $16) 27. h4 Re8 28. Rb1 Qf7 29. Qd6 f4 $2 {Let us be
honest about defense - it is not a pleasant task for any player. The really
good fighters are able to suffer for a long time without blinking, but do not
expect this from mere mortals. Black loses his nerve and even willingly falls
on the sword 2 moves later ...} (29... Qd7 $16) 30. Qxf4 Qh5 31. Rb7 Kg6 $2 (
31... Rg8 32. f3 $18) 32. Rxg7# 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 (4. d3 {Ribli} Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.
Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 c6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 h6 13.
Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bh3 $36 {Chernin,A-Shirov,A/Moscow PCA-GP/1996/EXP52/}) (4. Nc3
$5 {Ribli}) 4... exd4 (4... Bb4+ $5 {Ribli} 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 $13 {
Gulko,B-Kortschnoj,V/Hastings/1988/CBM11/}) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 {This risky setup is
played regulary by Alexei and his second V.Bologan.But,preparing for a game,A.
Huzman and myself thought that Black has no compensation for unnecessary
weakened e6 and d5 squares} 6. Qe3+ $1 (6. Qd1 {Ribli} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 d5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 g5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Nd3 Be6 15. Rc1 $14 {Ostenstad,B-Westerinen,H/EU-chT Debrecen/1992/}) 6... Be7
(6... Kf7 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 (8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qd3 d6 (9... Ne4 10. Qd5+ $18) 10.
O-O Ne5 11. Qc2 $14 Nxc4 $140 $2 12. Qb3 $18) 8... Re8 9. Qd3 Ne4 10. Nc3 $14 (
10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Qb3 Nc5 12. Qc3 $2 Nbd3+ 13. Kf1 Nxf2 14. Ne5+ Rxe5 15. Qxe5
d6 $17)) (6... Qe7 7. Nc3 Qxe3 (7... Nb4 8. Qd2) 8. Bxe3 Bb4 9. Bd2 $14 (9. Rc1
{Ribli})) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 {Weiss übt unangenehmen Druck aus, weil er den
Punkt d5 konrolliert. Der weiße Plan ist klar: mit b3 und Bb2 entwickeln, und
dann Rad1, Rfe1 spielen. Ribli.  FELD d5} b6 $146 (8... Re8 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qd3
Ne5 (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 $5 Rxe2 12. Be3 $16 (12. Bg5 d6 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Nd5))
11. Qc2 c6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b3 d6 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Rad1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Bologan,V/Credit Suisse Masters SUI Geneva (1.5.1) 1996 (69)}) (8...
d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. b3 c6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Qd4 Qa5 13. a4 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rb1
Qc7 16. a5 $14 {1-0 Romero Holmes,A-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon-B 1996 (67)}) 9.
O-O Bb7 10. b3 (10. Nf4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Qc2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 $14) 10... Bc5
11. Qd2 {White has 2 long term advantages in this position-full control on d5
square and potential weakness of Black s King  STRATEGIE} (11. Qd3 $5) 11...
Qe7 (11... Na5 $142 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5+ (13. cxd5 Nb7 14. Bb2 (14. b4 Bd6 (
14... Be7 15. d6 Nxd6 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14) 15. Bb2 a5 (15... Qe7 16. a3 a5 17.
Qc2 $14) 16. a3 Ne4 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Rab1 $140 (18. Rac1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4)
18... axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qd5+ Qe6 22. Qxb7 Rfb8 $19) 14... Nd6
{with idea a5} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 $14) 13... Nxd5 14. Qxd5+
Kh8 15. Rd1 (15. Bb2 $14) 15... Qe7 16. Bb2 (16. Nf4 $5) 16... Qxe2 (16... Rad8
17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Be5 $16) 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Nf4 $36) (11... Qc8 {Ribli} 12. Nd5)
12. Nd5 (12. Bb2 Rae8 13. Nf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 {Now
Black pieces become very passive.} (13. Bxd5+ Kh8 14. Bb2 Rae8 (14... Na5 15.
Nf4) 15. Nf4 Qg5 (15... Nd8 $4 16. Ng6+) 16. Rad1 Re7 17. Nd3 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nd8
(18... Bd6 19. Rc1 Nd8 (19... Na5 20. b4 $16) 20. b4 $16 {/+=} (20. c5 bxc5 21.
Nxc5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxc5 23. Rcxc5 Rxe2)) 19. b4 Bd6 (19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 $14)
20. Rc1 $14 (20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rc1 $14)) 13... Nd8 (13... Nd4 14. e3 Nb5 15. d6
$18) (13... Ne5 $2 {Ribli} 14. d6 $18) 14. Bb2 {Weiß hat eine strategisch
gewonnene Stellung. Im schwarzen Figurenspiel fehlt die Koordination.Ribli.}
Re8 (14... Nf7 $2 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Qc3 $18) 15. Nf4 (15. Rfe1 $5 Bb4 (15... Nf7
16. d6 $18) 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qe5 18. Qd2 Nf7 (18... Qf6 19. Rac1 $1 c5 20.
e4 $16) 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 21. Rac1 c5 22. Nf4 $16 {/+=}) 15... Bd6 16.
Rac1 {I was seriously thinking about an exchange sac,but} (16. Rae1 $5 Bb4 $140
17. Qc2 Bxe1 18. Rxe1 Qf7 19. e4 (19. Bf3 $1) (19. Qxc7 $140 Rc8 20. Qd6 Qe7)
19... c6 20. Bf3 $1 {I missed this important idea} cxd5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Qc3 $18)
(16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Bc3 (17. Qc2 $5) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe5 $14) 16... Nf7 (
16... Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rfe1) (16... Bxf4 $2 {Ribli} 17. Qxf4 Qxe2 18. Qd4
Qe7 (18... Re7 19. Rxc7) 19. Rce1) 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. e4 (18. h4 Bb4 19. Bc3
Bxc3 20. Rxc3 c5 21. e4 $14 (21. d6 Qxd6 22. Rd3 Qb8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxd7 $14
)) 18... fxe4 $2 {Black givs up few tempi} (18... Qg5 $1 19. h4 Qg4 (19... Bxf4
20. gxf4 Qg4 21. Rc3 $18) 20. exf5 (20. Kh2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 (
22... Nd6 23. e5 (23. f3 $5) 23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 (24. f3 Nc5 25. Red1 c6) 24...
fxe4 25. Rcd1 Rf8 (25... c6 26. d6 c5 27. f5 Rf8 28. f6 $14 {/=}) 26. Rxe4 c6)
23. Bxe4 Nd6 24. f3 $14 c6 25. Rg1 Re7 26. Ba3 c5 27. Bb2 $40) 20... Qxf5 (
20... Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 c5 23. dxc6 dxc6 (23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxc6
25. Bxc6 dxc6 26. Re7 $16) 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxc6 $18) 21. Rc4 $14 (21. Bh3 $2
Bxf4 22. Qd4 Ne5 $1 23. Bxf5 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Nxd4)) 19. Rxe4 Qg5 20. h4 Qh6 (20...
Qf5 21. Rce1) 21. Rce1 Rf8 $2 (21... Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Rf8 $16 23. Qe2 {with idea
Nh5}) 22. Qd1 {Jetzt droht 23.Nh5 und 24.Qg4 mit starkem Angriff. Ribli} g6 {
You can hardly hope to have an position with equal material better than this
one.Only due to my nervosness (this was the decisive game of a tournament) and
my poor technique, the game lasted almost 20 more moves.} 23. Qg4 (23. Bh3 $1
$18) 23... Rcd8 24. Bf6 $6 (24. h5 $1 Ng5 (24... g5 25. Ne6 dxe6 26. Rxe6 Bc8
27. Qd4 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Ne5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 $18) (24... Qg5 25. Nxg6 Qxg4
(25... hxg6 26. hxg6 $18) 26. Rxg4 hxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Be4 Rde8 29. Rg7+ (
29. f4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Bxd5 $13) 29... Kh6 30. Rh7+ Kg5 31. f4+ Bxf4 32. gxf4+
$16) 25. hxg6 hxg6 (25... Nxe4 26. gxh7+) 26. Re7 (26. Nxg6 $5 Qxg6 27. Re5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxg4 30. Bxg4 $16) (26. Re5 $5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rf5
28. Nxg6 (28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qxf5) 28... Rxe5 29. Nxe5) 26... Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7
(27... Rf5 28. Rg7+ Qxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Be4 Rxf4 31. Qxg5 Rf6 32. Bxg6) 28.
Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Nd3 $5 Qh5 30. Qf4+ Kg8 31. Qe5 Qd1+ 32. Ne1 $18) (24. Ne6 dxe6
25. dxe6) 24... Rb8 25. Bb2 {Natürlich spielt Gelfand nicht auf remis.  REGEL:
Wenn Du eine bessere Stellung hast und wiederholst die Züge, ist das eine gute
Psychologie. Denn Du kannst Bedenkzeit sparen mit solchen Wiederholungen.
Ribli.} (25. Qxd7 {Ribli} Bc8 26. Qc6 Bf5 27. Rc4 g5 28. hxg5 Nxg5 29. Bxg5
Qxg5 {Nach meiner Meinung steht Weiss immer besser, aber Schwarz hat in dieser
Variante relativ lebhaftiges Figurenspiel. Ribli.}) 25... Rfd8 26. R4e3 {
Jetzt droht 27.Ne6 dxe6 28.dxe6 mit entscheidenden Angriff.Ribli.} (26. Ne6 $5
dxe6 27. dxe6 Nh8 $13) 26... Bxf4 (26... Bf8 27. Ne6 dxe6 28. dxe6 $18) 27.
gxf4 Nd6 28. Bf6 Rf8 29. Bg5 Qg7 30. Re7 Nf7 31. h5 (31. f5 $1) 31... gxh5 32.
Qxh5 Qg6 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. Bf6 {Auch nach dem Damentausch hat Weiß ebenso
gefährlichen Angriff wie mit den Damen. Die weiße Figurenaktivität entscheidet
die Partie. Ribli.} (34. Rxd7 Nxg5 35. fxg5 Rbd8 36. Rxc7 Bxd5 (36... Rf7 37.
Ree7 $18) 37. Ree7 $18) 34... Rfd8 35. Be4 Kf8 36. Bxg6 Bxd5 37. f5 (37. Rd1
Nh8 38. f5 Bf7 39. Bh7 $18) 37... b5 {In dieser Partie stand Schwarz schon
seit der Eröffnungsphase so schlecht, daß Shirov - ein ausgezeichneter
Taktiker - keinen aktiven Plan finden konnte. Ribli.} (37... c6 38. R7e3 Rdc8
39. Be7+ Kg7 40. Rg3) (37... Re8 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Bg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxe8 $18) 38.
Rd1 Rb6 39. Rxf7+ Bxf7 40. Bxd8 Bxg6 41. fxg6 (41. Bxc7 $2 Bh5) 41... Rxg6+ 42.
Kf1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today we had an extremely interesting round and it was hard to choose the
most exciting game. Finally I decided on this one.} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 {Modern
trend} ({After} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {it turned
out that Black is not forced to retreat the knight and can play} Bc5 {This was
put into high level practice by Alexander Grischuk in Geneva 2017 against
Pavel Eljanov. I have played it on White's side three times with mixed results,
and it was also employed during the Carlsen-Caruana match.}) 2... Nf6 3. Bg2
Bc5 {For some reason this move is more popular than 3...d5 or 3...c6} 4. d3 {
This position occured in 2 out of 4 games today!} ({Alexander suffered a
painful loss in the Grand Swiss after} 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. d3 Ng4 9. O-O g5 10. d4 Be7 11. h3 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 gxh4 13. Qb3 hxg3 14.
Rf4 Nc6 15. Qxd5 f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Be3 Qg8 19. d5 Nd8 20. Nxe4
Qg6 21. Qe5 Nf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Rc1 Rf8 24. Bg5 {1-0 (24) Anton Guijarro,D 
(2674)-Grischuk,A (2759) Douglas 2019}) 4... d5 ({Wang Hao went for} 4... O-O
5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Re8 8. Na4 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 a5 {
with a complicated game: 0-1 (45) Ding Liren (2805)-Wang Hao (2762)
Yekaterinburg RUS 2020}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 ({I myself have prefered to avoid
exchange on c3:} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 9. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 10. Rxf2 Nxe5 11.
Nc3 Be6 12. Qa4 c6 {with an unbalanced position: 1/2-1/2 (35) Gelfand,B (2686)
-Matlakov,M (2716) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019.}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Qc2 ({
Alexander rejected} 8. Nf3 {probably because of the interesting pawn sac} e4 9.
dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6) 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 {A very rich and interesting position,
kind of a reversed Sicilian.} h6 {I don't like this weakening move, but I
guess Black wanted to prevent the Ng5-e4 maneouvre.} (9... Re8 10. O-O Rb8 11.
Ng5 $5 h6 12. Ne4 Bb6 $13) 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bb2 b6 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. e4 {White
wants to build up a very strong center.} ({It is hard to assess if} 13. d4 $5
Bd6 14. Nh4 {was more precise.}) 13... Bd6 $6 {Probably Black was expecting
d3-d4, but White had another idea in mind.} (13... Bg4 $5 14. h3 (14. Rde1 Rd8)
(14. d4 Bd6) 14... Bd7 15. Nh4 Na5 16. Qe2 $13) 14. Nh4 $1 {Intending both Nf5
and f4.} Bg4 (14... Ne7 15. f4) 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 exf4 (16... f6 $5) 17. gxf4 {
[#]} Na5 $2 ({I would recommend a very concrete move:} 17... f6 $5 {and in
case of} 18. Qe2 (18. d4 Qh5) (18. Qf2 g5) 18... g5 $1 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Ne7 $1 22. Rf2 Ng6 {- and Black's position looks great!}) 18.
Rde1 ({Even more precise was} 18. Qf2) 18... Qd8 19. Qf2 Nc4 $1 {Kirill finds
an excellent way to complicate the game.} ({Black's position looks horrible
after} 19... Bc5 20. d4 Be7 21. Nf3 Bb5 22. Qg3 $1 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 $44) 20. Bc1
Bc5 21. d4 Be7 22. Nf3 f5 $1 23. Qe2 Nd6 (23... b5 24. exf5 Bf6 25. Ne5) 24. e5
Ne4 {Trying to set up a blockade on the light squares. Actually I tried to do
the same in a Petroff against Grischuk in Isle of Man 2019, but Alexander
managed to breakthrough and won a very fine game.} 25. Nd2 (25. c4 b5) ({
Retrospectively, it is possible to suggest} 25. d5 $5 b5 26. Nd4 Nxc3 27. Qd3
$44) 25... Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Be6 27. Qd3 {Probably too slow.} (27. a4 $5 Bd5 28.
Be3) 27... Qd7 28. Be3 (28. c4 b5 $1) 28... c6 29. a4 {White is one tempo
short of playing c4 followed by d5, so Black must act!} (29. c4 b5) 29... a6 $3
{A very creative and daring idea which changes the character of the game in a
moment when time trouble is approaching.} (29... Bd5 30. c4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 b5
32. axb5 cxb5 33. Rc1 $1 {A very difficult move to find.} (33. d5 bxc4 34. Qxc4
Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Rc8 $132) 33... Rfd8 34. Rfd1 bxc4 35. Qxc4+ Qd5+ 36. Qxd5+ Rxd5
37. Rc7 {with good winning chances.}) 30. Qxa6 (30. c4 b5) 30... Ra8 31. Qxb6
Bd5 32. Qb2 $6 ({Being short of time it is almost imposssible to find} 32.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 33. c4 $1 Qxc4 34. Rc1 Qd3 35. Bf2 $16) 32... Rxa4 33. Ra1 Rfa8 34.
Rxa4 Rxa4 {White's advantage is reduced to a minimum.} 35. Ra1 Rxa1+ 36. Qxa1
Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qd5+ 38. Kf2 Bh4+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ {
Alexander Grischuk managed to outplay his young opponent, but kudos to Kirill
Alekseenko for his brilliant defence!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 {Trendy system. If White wants to avoid this he should start
2.Nc3, but I didn't.} 3. Nf3 {one of the critical directions. Another would be
3.d4.} e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 {5.d3 also possible, but the game Ding-Yu from the
World Cup match looked very convincing for Black.} Qxd5 6. Nc2 {6.Nb3 and 6.e3
are alternatives. Maybe some other time.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 (7... Qh5 {is much
more adventurous. Vishy once won a brilliant game with white here against
Mickey Adams. Look it up!}) 8. Bg2 Na6 $1 {I believe I was the first one to
start with this move order, point being that Ne3 is now met with Bc5!.
Previously Black started wrongly with Be7.} 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 $5 {My new idea,
but unfortunately my opponent was either well prepared, or reacted well over
the board. The fact that he spent a lot of time thinking about his next move
doesn't give anything away, obviously.} h5 $5 {I was a little surprised to see
this, as 10...0-0 and 10...Be6 are perfectly viable as well and look more
healthy to me. One way or the other, I looked at the text move as well.} 11. d4
{Not good for my pawn structure, but famously, to a push on a flank, one must
counter in the center.} exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 $1 {Very strong move.} 13. Nc2 Qg4 $5
{Natural move. I vaguely remembered my plan after a very decent 13...Qd8, but
here I didn't see how I am supposed to fight for the advantage. I believe
Black is fine here. The endgame that I went for, can't be very much, but
avoiding it looked clumsy.} 14. Bf4 (14. Ne2 $5 {maybe, though I don't see
what to be so thrilled about after Black let's say castles.}) (14. Qe1 h4 15.
h3 Qg6 16. g4 Qxd3 17. g5 {looked funky, but Black can simply move the knight.
It doesn't work for White.}) 14... Qxd1 15. Raxd1 {Later I thought maybe
taking with the other rook was more clever.} Bg4 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18.
Ne3 Be6 ({I actually thought} 18... Ne6 $1 {was playing with fire, but in fact
it's perfectly fine for Black:} 19. Be5 (19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Be3 {is just equal.}
) (19. d5 {White can also just play it safe and boring.} Nxf4 20. gxf4 $11)
19... Nd7 20. Ncd5 {was my big trap, but even here after} Bf8 $1 21. h3 Nxe5
22. dxe5 cxd5 23. hxg4 d4 {Black is more than fine.}) 19. d5 {Not a good try,
but I underestimated Black's 26th move, at the end of the forced sequence.
Frankly at first I thought I had a few interesting options, but after thinking
for a long time, I couldn't find a way to put pressure, other than with this
move.} (19. Be5 $1 {was my best shot.} Rhg8 {and now the engine cleverly
proposes} 20. Re2 $5 (20. Rc2 Rd7 $1) {with the idea} 20... Rd7 (20... Bd6 $1
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nexd5 f5 24. Rd1 h4 {is very little for White
though, but still, should have tried this one.}) 21. f4 $1) ({I was mostly
focussed on moves like} 19. Rc1 {or 19.Re1 when I didn't see what to do after
Bb4 or} Bd6 20. Bg5 Be7 {and I saw nothing better than repeating, as otherwise
Black can play just ...Rd7 or ...Kb8 and the d5 push will lose its relevance.})
19... Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1+
Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rxb7 {This position really didn't feel so great, but I
was counting on 26...Bc5?! here, when I am certainly on the good side of it.
Unfortunately my opponent instantly played} Rc8 $1 {Black is easily making a
draw here, moreover he is even on the comfortable side.} 27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3
Bf6 29. Ra4 Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 {Forcing a draw. It isn't neccessary, but at the
same time Black's slightly more pleasant position at this point should not
really amount to anything.} (30... f6 31. h4 (31. Kf3 g5 32. h3 Ke5) 31... Rc4
32. Ra7 $11) (30... Rc4 31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. Ra7 {should lead to a draw, but as I
said, Black is on the good side here.} (32. Kf3 g5 33. Ke2 g4 34. Kd3 Be5 35.
Ra3 $11)) 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa2 33. Re4+ Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6
36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates (Women)"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Levitina, Irina S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nb3 Qh5 8. h3
{verhindert ...Bc8-h3} Qg6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. O-O (10. Qc2 e3 11. Qxg6 exf2+ $10)
10... O-O 11. d3 exd3 12. e4 $1 Bc7 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Be3 $6 h5 $2 (
15... Nxe4 $1 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Nd2 (18. Kh2 $2 Qh4 $1) 18... Qg6
$44) 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nf3 b6 $6 (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. Nh4 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Qd3 $1 21. Qxh5 Nd5 $10) 19... Qxe4 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Be4 Bf5 22. Bxf5
Qxf5 23. Qxh5 Nd5 24. Rc4 Rd6 $1 $13) 19. Nd4 $1 Ba6 $6 (19... Be5 20. Rfd1 Ba6
21. Qf3 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Nd3 $1 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rb1 h4 $1 $132) 20. Qf3 Bxf1 $6
(20... Nd7 $3 21. Nf5 Ne5 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Qf4 Qf6 (23... Qe6 $2 24. Qg5 $18)
24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rfd1 Bc4 $1 $36) 21. Bxf1 Be5 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. a3 Nd3 24. Ne7
$1 Qh7 25. Nxc6 $1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Ne1 27. Qe2 Re8 28. Qxe1 Qxe4 29. Bg2 Qa4 30.
Ne5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ $5 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Nf3 (8. e4 $5 a6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. cxb5
axb5 14. a3 Qb6 15. b4 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Rublevsky,S/Elista RUS-ch (10)
1996 (46)}) 8... e4 $5 {TN} (8... Bf5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Na6
12. O-O Rd2 13. b3 Nc5 14. Nf3 Rb2 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. f3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Rfd1 Rc2 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 $16 {1-0 Guzman,A-Pes,A/Ibercaja B (4) 1996 
(89)}) 9. Nh4 (9. Ng5 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f3 h6 12. Nh3 exf3 13. exf3 Re8+
$132) 9... Re8 10. O-O d5 11. c5 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f3 e3 $5 13. Qd3 Nc6 $13)
11... b6 12. b4 Na6 $5 {/\13...Nc7} (12... a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 $36) 13.
Rab1 h6 14. f4 Rb8 $13 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Bf1 {/\Nh4-g2-e3} Nc7 17. Ng2 h5 $1 18.
Nd1 (18. Ne3 h4 $36) 18... g6 19. a4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ne6 21. Nge3 Ng7 22. Rb4 $6
(22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Nc3 h4 24. Rb1 Qd8 $132) 22... h4 23. Rcb1 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 (
24. Qxb4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nfh5 26. Kf2 g5 $40) 24... hxg3 25. hxg3 Nfh5 26. Qe1 g5
(26... Qf6 $5 {/\27...a5} 27. a5 g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Kh2 Re6 $1 30. Bh3 Rh6
31. Bxd7 Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Qh5 $19) 27. Qf2 gxf4 28. gxf4 Qf6 29. Ng2 Nf5 (29... a5
30. Rb7 Bc8 31. Rc7 $13) 30. e3 Qh6 31. Ne1 Kh8 $138 (31... Nhg3 32. Bg2 Qh5
33. Nc3 Kg7 34. Rb7 Rh8 35. Qd2 Qh2+ 36. Kf2 Nh6 $19) 32. Qh2 $5 {/\33.Kf2}
Rg8+ 33. Kf2 $13 Nfg3 34. Ba6 Bg4 35. Nc3 Qg6 36. Nc2 {/\Kf2-e1-d2-c1} Nf5 37.
Rb1 {/\38.Rg1 <=>} (37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Kd2 Qg1 $1 39. Qxg1 Rxg1 $36 {/\Nh5-g3-f1+}
) 37... Kg7 38. Ke1 Rh8 39. Kd2 Nf6 40. Qf2 Bf3 41. Rg1 Ng4 42. Qe1 Rh2+ 43.
Kc1 Qe6 44. Na2 $5 {/\45.Nb4,46.Bb7<=>} Kh7 45. Kb1 (45. Nab4 Qd7) 45... Qf6 $1
{/\46...Ngxe3} 46. Qc3 $8 (46. Nab4 Ngxe3 47. Nxe3 Qxd4 48. Nec2 (48. Nbc2 Qxc5
$19) 48... Qxc5 $40) 46... Qh4 47. Qe1 (47. Nab4 Nfxe3 $1 (47... Qf2 48. Rf1
$13) 48. Nxe3 Qf2 49. Rxg4 Bxg4 $36) 47... Qf6 (47... Qxe1+ 48. Rxe1 Nh4 49.
Nab4 Ng2 50. Rg1 (50. Rc1 $5) 50... N4xe3 51. Nxe3 Nxe3 52. Nxc6 $132) 48. Qc3
Rxc2 $5 49. Qxc2 Ngxe3 (49... Nfxe3 50. Qb2 Nf5 51. Bc8 $13) 50. Qh2+ Nh6 51.
Nb4 $5 Nef5 (51... Qxd4 52. Qb2 Nef5 53. Qxd4 Nxd4 54. Bb7 Ne2 55. Rf1 Nc3+ 56.
Kc2 Nxa4 57. Bxc6 $10) 52. Qb2 e3 $2 (52... Nxd4 $2 53. Nc2 Nhf5 54. Bc8 $18) (
52... Qxd4 $142 $13) 53. Bd3 $1 $16 Qe6 (53... e2 54. Re1 Qh4 55. Qd2 $18) 54.
Nc2 Be4 55. Qb3 e2 56. Re1 Ng3 57. Bxe4+ Nxe4 58. Qd3 Qg4 59. Kb2 Qxf4 60. Rxe2
a5 61. Qe3 (61. Re1 $5) 61... Qb8+ 62. Qb3 Qc8 (62... Qxb3+ 63. Kxb3 f5 (63...
Ng4 64. Ne3) 64. Ne1 f4 65. Rg2 Nf5 66. Nf3 $16) 63. Rh2 Kg6 64. Qb6 Ng4 65.
Rg2 Kh5 66. Qxa5 $18 f5 67. Qb6 (67. Qa7 $18) 67... f4 68. Qb3 Ng5 69. Rg1 Qa6
$6 (69... f3 70. Qd3 Qb8+ 71. Ka3 Qh2 72. Rf1 $18) 70. Qb8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Nice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Qe7 $5 (10... Qd7 11. Rc1 (11. a3 Bh3 12. b4 Bxg2
13. Kxg2 a6 14. Qb3 Rae8 15. e4 Kh8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 f5 18. Rae1 Qe6 19.
Qd3 Rd8 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Rublevsky,S/Krasnoyarsk 2003/
CBM 98 no vc (64)}) 11... Rae8 12. Ne4 Bh3 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
f6 16. b4 Rf7 17. a3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 Rfe7 20. Re1 Kh8 21. b5 Qd6 22.
a4 Nxa4 23. Rc4 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Rublevsky,S/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 82 (35)}
Nc3 $5 24. Rxd4 (24. Nxd4 Qd5+ $15) 24... Qa3 $132) 11. a3 a5 $5 {TN} (11... f5
12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. e3 Rae8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 e4 18. Nd2
Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. d4 Bd6 $17 {0-1 Dizdarevic,E-Zelcic,R/Solin/Split 2000/
CBM 81 (40)}) 12. h3 Bh5 {[/\f7-f5-f4<=>>>]} 13. e4 $6 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Qc2 f5
$132) 13... Bc5 $5 {[/\14...Rfd8<=>[+]]} 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nh4 $5
Ba7 (16... Nd4 $6 17. Bxd4 exd4 (17... Bxd4 18. Nf5 $16) 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. b4 $1
$132) 17. Nf5 Qe8 (17... Qe6 $5 18. g4 (18. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nc5 $17) 18...
Bg6 19. b4 (19. Ne3 Nd4 $17) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qxc7 $13 Nxd3 $2 22.
Rxa7 $14) 18. Qb1 $5 {[/\19.Rc3,20.Qf1;xd3;} (18. g4 Bg6 19. b4 $5 axb4 20.
axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc4 c5 22. Nd6 Qe7 23. Nxb7 Rdb8 $15) 18... Nc5 19. Rc3 (19. d4
$5 exd4 (19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 $1 (20. Nxd4) 20... exd4 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne6
23. e5 c6 24. b5 $36) 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 Ne5 22. f4 Qxb5 $1 $36) 19... Be2 $1
20. Bf1 (20. Qe1 Bxd3 21. Rac1 Qf8 $17) 20... Rxd3 (20... Nxd3 21. Bxe2 Nxf2
22. Nf3 $1 Nxe4+ 23. Kg2 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 $132 Nd4 $6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Bd3 g6 27.
Qc1 $40) (20... Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qd7 22. Rd1 $13) 21. Rxd3 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Qd7 (
22... Rd8 $5 23. Bb5 Rxd2 24. Bc3 $44 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 26. Kf1 $1 Nxc3 27.
Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qd3 Nd5 29. Re1 f6 $44) 23. Bc4 $1 {[xf7;} (23. Bb5 Qxd2 24. Ra2
Nxe4 25. Bxe5 Nc3 $17) 23... Qxd2 24. Ra2 $1 $13 {[/\25.Bxe5,25.Bd4]} Nxb3 $2 (
24... Rd8 25. Bd4 Qg5 (25... Rxd4 $6 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Qe1 $14) 26. Be3 Qh5 27.
Be2 Qxh3 28. b4 Na4 $5 29. Qc2 Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Nb6 31. bxa5 Na8 32. Bg4 $44) (
24... Nxb3 {[#]}) (24... Qd7 25. Bc3 $44 {(/\26.Rd2,26.b4)}) (24... Nxe4 $6 25.
Bxe5 Nc3 (25... Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Qe1 27. Qxe1 Bxe1 28. Bxc7 $44) (25... Nc3 {[#]})
26. Qf1 $3 {(/\27.Bxf7,28.Qc4->)} Bxf2+ (26... Nxa2 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qc4+ $18
) (26... Qd7 $142 27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. Bxc3 $36 Rd8 29. Rd2 $140 Qxd2 30. Bxd2
Rxd2 31. Kh1 $14) (26... Qg5 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qc4+ $18) 27. Kh1 $1 Nxa2 28.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qc4+ $40) 25. Ba1 $3 $18 (25. Bxe5 Qc1+ 26. Qxc1 Nxc1 $19) (25.
Bxb3 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kh2 Qxb3 $19) 25... Bxf2+ (25... Qc1+ 26. Qxc1 Nxc1
27. Rc2 Rd8 28. Rxc1 Rd2 29. Ne3 $18) 26. Kg2 (26. Kh1 $5) 26... Qd7 (26... Qe1
27. Qxe1 Bxe1 28. Bxb3 Rd8 29. Kf1 $18) 27. Rxf2 (27. Qxb3 $18) 27... Nxa1 28.
Qxa1 Rf8 29. Qb2 Kh8 (29... Nd8 30. Qxe5) 30. Bd5 (30. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 31. Qa6 Rb6
32. Qa8+ Rb8 $11) 30... Nd4 31. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
e4 (8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Nc5
14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Ne1 a5 16. Nd3 Nfd7 17. b3 Kf8 18. Nb2 Nb6 19. h3 Be6 20. Nd3
Nbd7 21. Nb2 Nb6 22. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Korchnoi,V-Lautier,J/Enghien les Bains FRA
2003/The Week in Chess 450 (22)}) 8... Be6 (8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 a5 10. O-O a4 11.
Rab1 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. b3 axb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. f3 h5 $132 {
0-1 Koshy,V-Girinath,P/Raipur 2002/CBM 87 ext (40)}) 9. b3 b5 {TN} (9... Qa5
10. Nge2 c5 11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ne8 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nbc3 Nc7 15. f4 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Forintos,G-Laketic,G/Catania 1991/EXT 2002 (44)}) 10. cxb5 (10. d5 cxd5
11. exd5 Bd7 12. Nxb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 a6 14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. O-O Qb6
$132) 10... cxb5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. Nf3 (14. Nc7 $5
Nd4 15. Nxa8 Nc2+ 16. Ke2 Nxa1 17. Nc7 (17. Nf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxa8 19. Nxe5
Bxb3 $11) 17... Bg4+ (17... Rc8 18. Nxe6 Rc2+ 19. Kd3 fxe6 20. Nf3 Rxa2 21. Bh3
$1 $14) 18. Nf3 (18. f3 Rc8 $44) 18... Nc2 19. Rc1 $14) 14... Rac8 15. O-O a6
16. Na3 (16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Nf4 d2 $44) 16... Nxe4 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe4 Rd2 19. Rfd1 (19. f4 $1 Ng4 (19... f5 20. Bb7 Rc7 21. Bxa6
Ra7 22. fxe5 Rxa6 23. Nb5 $16) 20. f5 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nc4 $16) 19... Rcd8
20. Rxd2 Rxd2 21. f4 $1 f5 (21... Ng4 22. f5 Bd5 (22... Bd7 23. Nc4 $18) 23.
Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 $16) 22. Bg2 (22. Bb7 Ng4 23. h3 Nf2 $132) 22... Ng4 23. Re1
$6 (23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Rc2 (24... Ne3 25. Bb7 Nxc4 26. Bxa6 Na3 $14) 25. Re1
$14) 23... Rxa2 24. Rxe6 Rxa3 25. Bd5 Kf8 26. h3 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Ra2+ $11 28. Kf1
Nf6 29. Bc4 Ne4 30. Ke1 $6 (30. g4 Nd2+ 31. Ke1 Nxc4 $11) 30... Ra1+ 31. Ke2
Nxg3+ 32. Ke3 $5 Re1+ 33. Kd4 Rxe6 34. Bxe6 a5 35. Kc5 Ke7 36. Bg8 h6 37. Kb6
Kd6 $138 (37... Ne2 $5 38. Kxa5 Nxf4 39. b4 Nxh3 40. b5 Kd6 41. b6 Ng5 42. Bd5
$13) 38. Kxa5 Kc7 39. Kb5 Ne2 40. Bh7 Nxf4 41. Bxf5 g6 42. Be4 Nxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 (3. d3 {Ribli,Z} d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6.
Qb3 $6 O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. O-O a5 $13 {Meduna,E-Keilinghaus,L
Prague Chip 1992 CBM/27}) (3. Bg2 {Ribli,Z} d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3
Bb4+ $1 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Nbd2 Bb6 $10 {Larsen,B-Gulko,B
Hastings 1988/89 CBM/11 47/23}) 3... Bb4+ {Nach diesem Zug haben wir eine
ähnliche Stellung wie in der Bogoindischen Verteidigung. Ich kann es gut
verstehen, daß Bacrot nicht die Eröffnung der 4.Matchpartie wiederholen möchte.
Ribli.} (3... exd4 {Ribli,Z} 4. Qxd4 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Qb5 $14 {Davies,N-Morgan,M New York op 1991
CBM/23}) 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 (6. Bg2 {Ribli,Z} Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e4
(8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 $13) 8... d5 $5 9. cxd5 (9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qd6
Nd7 $10) 9... exd4 $1 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O $44 {0-1 Davies,
N-Khenkin,I/Tel Aviv 1992 (36)}) (6. dxe5 {Ribli,Z} dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3
f6 $10) 6... Nf6 (6... Nh6 {Ribli,Z} 7. O-O-O $1 Qe7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Ne4 $5 O-O
10. Qd6 Qe6 11. b3 Na6 12. Bh3 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 Rab8 15. f3 f6 16.
Nf2 Rfd8 17. Nfe4 Nf7 18. Nf5 $14 {Serper,G-Maljutin,E/Oberwart 1994/1/2-1/2 
(42)}) 7. Bg2 (7. dxe5 {Ribli,Z} dxe5 8. Qg5 $5 O-O 9. Qxe5 Qb6 $1 $44 {/\ Qf2!
}) 7... O-O 8. e4 (8. e3 $6 {Ribli,Z Es ist bemerkenswert, daß Dorfman -der
früher diesen Zug spielte- in diesem Wettkampf der Sekundant des französischen
Großmeisters war.Ribli.} Be6 (8... Nbd7 9. Nge2 Qe7 10. h3 Re8 11. g4 $1 Nb6
12. b3 $14 {Dorfmann,J-Razuvaev,Y Elenite 1992 CBM/32 55/14}) 9. b3 exd4 10.
Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rfd1 Ne4 $10)
8... Nbd7 (8... c5 $6 $146 {Ribli,Z} 9. d5 Na6 10. Nge2 Nc7 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4
b6 13. Nc1 a6 14. Nd3 b5 15. b3 $1 $14 {1-0 Damljanovic,B-Popovic,P/Cacak 1995
(48)}) (8... a6 {Ribli,Z} 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c5 12. d5 Nbd7 13.
a3 $14 {Horvath,Jo-Krizsany,L Pecs,1997.}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 {Ribli,Z} a6 $1 10.
O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. a4 bxa4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxa4
Qe7 17. Qc3 Ba6 18. Nd2 Bb5 $11 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4
Bxa4 23. Nc5 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Leko,P/HUN-ch 1992 (35)}) 9... a6 (9... Rb8
{Ribli,Z} 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rfd1 b4 14. Nd5 Ba6 15.
Nc1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Re8 19. d6 e4 20. Qd4 $14 {0-1
Smejkal,J-Garcia Palermo,C/Szirak 1986 (33)}) 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. a3
Nb6 (12... Qb6 {Ribli,Z} 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. b4 Qa7 15. h3 Nb6 16. dxe5 Nc4 17.
Qa2 dxe5 18. a4 $14 Ne8 19. axb5 Qxa2 20. Rxa2 Rxa2 21. Nxa2 cxb5 22. Nec3 Ned6
23. Nc1 g6 24. Nd3 f6 25. Nc5 {1-0 Suba,M-Garcia Palermo,C/Szirak 1986 (56)})
13. b3 {Weiß hat nur einen kleinen Vorteil -dank seines Übergewichts im
Zentrum. Aber Schwarz hat keine Schwächen, und seine Figuren stehen elastisch.
Ribli.} Qe7 (13... Be6 $1 14. Qc2 Ra5 15. b4 $6 (15. f4 $5) 15... Ra6 16. a4
bxa4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Qd2 $15 {Titz,
H-Baumgartner,H/AUT-ch ,EXT (06) 1987/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 14. h3 Bb7 {Es ist wahr,
daß der Läufer nun auf der großen Diagonale steht - er erfüllt dort aber keine
Funktion.} (14... Be6 $5 $11) (14... Be6 $5 {Ribli,Z}) 15. Qe3 $1 Nbd7 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 {Ein schablonenhafter Zug.} (16... Ra5 $142 {Ribli,Z} 17. Z0 Rfa8 $140)
17. d5 {Mit diesem Durchbruch schwächt Weiß den schwarzen Damenflügel.Ribli.}
Ra6 (17... Rdb8 {Ribli,Z}) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qe8 (20... Rda8
$5 $11 21. Nd4 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Nxb5 Ra8 (23... Ra2 24. Rc1 $14) 24. Rc1
Ne8 {and white may be very slightly better}) 21. Nc3 Nc5 22. Bf1 {[%cal Rf1b5]
Suddenly white can make good use of his B Der weiße Läufer kommt auf der
Diagonale f1-a6 viel besser zur Geltung.Ribli.} Rb8 23. a4 Nxb3 24. Rab1 Nd4
25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. axb5 Rab6 {Nach der Partiefortsetzung bekommt Schwarz eine
passive Stellung.Ribli.} (26... Ra3 {Ribli,Z} 27. Kh2 {Die schwarze Drohung
war 27...Qc8 mit Doppelangriff auf Ph3 und Nc3.Ribli.} Qc8 (27... Rc8 28. Rd3
Rcxc3 $2 29. Rxc3 Nxd5 30. Rc8 $16) 28. Rdc1 Qb7 29. Qd2 Rc8 {[%csl Ga3,Gc8]})
27. Ra1 Nd7 28. Ra7 Qd8 (28... Nc5 {[%csl Rb6,Rb8,Gc5] Ribli,Z}) 29. Qf3 {
[%cal Ya7f7,Yf3f7]} (29. Rda1 $5 Nc5 {[%csl Gc5,Rc3][%cal Yb6b7] Seems to be
what Kortschnoj wanted to avoid with black N being much stronger that whites})
29... R6b7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Ne4 Qc7 (31... Rxb5 $2 {Ribli,Z} 32. Nxd6 {
[%cal Rd6f7,Rd6b5]}) 32. Qc3 $6 (32. Qa3 Rxb5 33. Nxd6 (33. Qxd6 $5) 33... Ra5
34. Qb4 $14) 32... Qxc3 (32... Nc5 $2 {Ribli,Z} 33. Nxc5 Qxc5 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35.
d6 Rd7 36. b6 Kf8 37. b7 Rxb7 38. d7 $18) 33. Nxc3 Kf8 (33... Ra7 {Ribli,Z} 34.
Ne4 {[%csl Rd6]}) 34. Ra1 Ke7 $2 {A critical moment in the game. I believe
black should try to put his rook behind the passed P and - if possible let the
b-P be blockaded by the N on b6:} (34... Rc7 $1 35. Ra8+ (35. Ne4 Ke7 {[%cal
Yf7f5,Ye5e4]} 36. g4 Rc4 $15) (35. Na4 $2 Ra7) (35. Ra3 Rc5 $17 {[%cal Yd7b6]})
35... Ke7 36. Na4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 $15) 35. Ra6 {Weiß behält auch bei
reduziertem Material die Initiative.} h5 (35... Rc7 36. Rc6 $1 {The big
difference to 34. - Rc7!}) (35... f5 $5 {Ribli,Z}) 36. Kf1 f5 37. h4 g6 38. Ke2
Nc5 39. Rc6 Nb3 (39... Ne4 $2 {Ribli,Z} 40. Nxe4 fxe4 41. b6 $18 {[%csl Gb6,
Rb7,Gc6,Re4,Ge7]}) 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. Kc4 {Weiß aktiviert seine letzte Figur.} Nd4
(41... Na5+ $2 {Ribli,Z} 42. Kb4 Nxc6+ 43. dxc6+ $18) 42. f4 $1 {Now the sixth
rank will be opened and blacks position collapses} Rb8 (42... Nf3 {Ribli,Z} 43.
Na4 exf4 44. gxf4 Nd2+ (44... Nxh4 45. Nb6+ Ke8 46. Nc8 Rb8 47. Nxd6+ Ke7 (
47... Kd7 48. Nf7 {[%cal Rf7e5,Re5d7]}) 48. Kc5 Ng2 49. Rc7+ Kf8 (49... Kd8 50.
Kc6 $18) 50. b6 $16) 45. Kb4 Ne4 46. Ka5 Ra7+ 47. Ra6 {[%csl Ga4,Ga5,Ga6]}) 43.
fxe5 dxe5 (43... Nxc6 {Ribli,Z} 44. dxc6+ Ke6 45. c7 Rc8 46. b6 dxe5 47. Nb5
Kd7 48. Kd5 {Und der Gewinnzug 49.b7 ist nicht zu parieren.Ribli.}) 44. Kc5 $1
(44. Rxg6 {Dieser Zug ist auch gut, Weiß bekommt einen Mehrbauern. Aber die
Partiefortsetzung ist noch stärker.Ribli} Rc8+ 45. Kb4 Nc2+ 46. Kb3 Nd4+ {
and whites king has to go back. The game-continuation is much better}) 44...
Nb3+ 45. Kb4 Nc1 46. b6 e4 47. Nb5 Nd3+ 48. Kc3 f4 (48... Ne5 {Ribli,Z} 49. Re6
Rc8+ 50. Nc7 $16) 49. Rxg6 f3 50. Rg7+ Kd8 51. Rg8+ (51. Rg8+ {Ribli,Z} Ke7 52.
Rxb8 f2 53. Rb7+ (53. d6+ Kf7 54. d7 f1=Q 55. d8=Q Qa1+ 56. Kc4 Qa4+ $13) 53...
Kf8 54. Nd6 f1=Q 55. Rf7+ Qxf7 56. Nxf7 Nc5 (56... Kxf7 57. b7 $18) 57. Ng5 (
57. Ne5 Na4+ 58. Kd4 Nxb6 59. Ng6+ Kg7 60. Nf4 Kh6 61. Kxe4 Nc4 62. Kd4 Nd6 63.
Ke5 $18) 57... Na4+ 58. Kd4 Nxb6 59. Ne6+ Kf7 60. Nf4 e3 61. Kxe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ $5 (4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5) (4...
e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O b6 $10 {
Wegner,H-Schmitzer,K BL 89-90}) 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 Qa5 6. dxe5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxc3+
8. Bd2 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 $13 {Gomez,M-Stromer,A Bordeaux 1990
}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 (6... e4 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3
O-O 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 $10 {Panno,O-Nikolic,P Buenos Aires 1992}) 7. Nc3 (
7. dxe5 $6 dxe5 8. Qg5 $2 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ngf3 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Nb3 Qb4
13. Qc1 a5 $15 {Zuse,P-Franke,H BL 90-91}) 7... O-O (7... Qe7 {Ribli} 8. e4 $6
(8. e3 $5) 8... d5 $1 9. cxd5 exd4 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13.
Ne2 Rd8 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. O-O Rd2 $44 {Davies,N-Khenkin,
I Tel Aviv 1992 CBM/30}) 8. e3 {><d4} (8. e4 exd4 $5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11.
Nge2 Be6 $132) 8... Nbd7 (8... Re8 $5 9. Nge2 e4 {/\d6-d5}) (8... Qe7 $5 {Ribli
} 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O e4 11. h3 h5 $13 {Hvide,H-Sorlie,O NOR-chT 1990 EXP/17})
9. Nge2 Qe7 $6 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. b3 d5 $10) 10. h3 $1 {><g4} Re8 (
10... e4 $6 11. g4 $16 {/\12.Ng3}) 11. g4 $14 {(), /\Ng3+g4-g5} Nb6 (11... exd4
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. b3 d5 $5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. O-O $5 $14 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Bd7 {/\17. - Rad8 עe1})) 12. b3 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Rae1 {/\Ng3+g4-g5/f2-f4 ->}
axb3 15. axb3 d5 16. c5 {><d6} Nbd7 17. Ng3 {/\Nf5-d6} Nf8 (17... Rd8 $5 $16 {
/\18.g5 Se8/18.f4 e4/18.Nf5 Df8} 18. Nf5 Qf8) 18. g5 $16 N6d7 19. f4 e4 20. Nf5
Qd8 21. Nd6 Re6 22. Ra1 {ץc8} Rb8 23. h4 {/\Bh3} Rxd6 $8 24. cxd6 Nb6 {
/\25. - Bf5 +/=} 25. f5 {ץc8,פb6,פf8} Qxd6 26. Qf2 Bd7 27. Ne2 Nc8 28. Ng3
Qc7 29. Bh3 Nd6 30. Qf4 {/\Nh5+Qe5} Nb5 31. Qxc7 Nxc7 32. Rf2 Bc8 33. Kh2 {
/\f5-f6} Nd7 34. f6 g6 35. Ne2 Nb6 36. Nf4 {/\h4-h5} Bxh3 37. Kxh3 Nd7 38. h5 (
38. Kg4 $6 h5+ $1 $14) 38... gxh5 39. Kh4 Na6 40. Nxh5 Nf8 41. Ng7 {/\Nf5-h6+}
h6 42. Kh5 hxg5 43. Kxg5 Nc7 44. Kh6 (44. Rh2 Nce6+ 45. Nxe6 Nxe6+ 46. Kf5 Nf8
47. Rah1 Ng6 48. Rh7 $18) 44... Ng6 45. Rg2 Kf8 46. Rxg6 fxg6 47. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scherer, Max"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Nc2 Bf5 8. Ne3
Bg6 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 O-O 13. d4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bf5
15. Be3 a5 16. Rc1 a4 17. g4 Be6 18. g5 Nfd5 19. h4 a3 20. b3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5
22. Rc2 f6 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Bg7 26. Qg5 Bf6 27. Qh6 Bg7 28. Qg5
Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Bf5 30. Rc4 Qxh4 31. d5 Qf6 32. f4 cxd5 33. Bxd5+ Kh8 34. Rb4
Rad8 35. Rd1 g5 36. Rb6 Rd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Nc4 Qxf4 39. Qxf4 gxf4 40. Bxb7
Bg4 41. Rd2 f3 42. Ne3 Bh6 43. Kf2 Re8 44. Rd3 Bxe3+ 45. Rxe3 Rxe3 46. Kxe3 Be6
47. Bxf3 Bxb3 {Problem des "falschen" Läufers} 48. Be4 h5 (48... Bxa2 49. Bxh7
Kxh7 50. Kd2 Bb3 51. Kc1 (51. Kc3 $2 Ba4 $19) 51... Ba2 52. Kc2 $11) 49. Bb1 (
49. Kf4 Bxa2 50. Kg5 Bf7 51. Bb1 Kg7 $19 {da der Lb1 praktisch patt ist}) 49...
Be6 50. Kd4 (50. Kf4 h4 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Kf4 Kf6 $19) 50... h4 51. Kc3 h3 52.
Be4 (52. Kb4 Bd5 $19) 52... Bxa2 53. Kb4 Bb1 $1 (53... Bc4 54. Kxa3 Bf1 55. Bf5
h2 56. Be4 Kg7 57. Kb4 Kf6 58. Kc3 Ke5 59. Bh1 Kf4 60. Kd2 Kg3 61. Ke1 Bg2 $19)
54. Bxb1 h2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 {150 (Die Zahl gibt die bis zur Zeitkontrolle verbleibende Zeit in
Minuten an)} e5 {150} 2. g3 {150} Nf6 {148} 3. Bg2 {150} c6 {148} 4. d4 {150}
exd4 {148} 5. Qxd4 {150} d5 {147} 6. Nf3 {150} (6. cxd5 {Um 6.... dc4 zu
verhindern.} cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qa4 Bc5 {Der Läufer greift wirksam in den
Kampf um das wichtige Feld d4 ein.}) 6... Be7 {146} (6... dxc4 {Verhindert den
isolierten Bauern auf d5.} 7. Qxc4 (7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O {Dies ist
gefährlicher für Schwarz.} Ke8 (8... Be6 9. Ng5 Nbd7 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bd2 {
/\ 12.Rc1 nebst Eroberung des Bauern c4 . Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur.}
) (8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ke8 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Nxc6 {mit
aussichtsreichem Spiel für Weiß. Suba-Sax/Baile Herculane/1982/}) (8... Bb4 {
Der interessanteste Versuch.} 9. Bd2 (9. a3 Ba5 10. Nbd2 c3 11. Nc4 cxb2 12.
Bxb2 Bc7 $146) (9. Na3 Bxa3 (9... c3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 {/\ 12.Nc4 Weiß hat
für den Bauern eine gwaltige Initiative.}) 10. bxa3 Re8 11. Rd1+ Ke7 12. Ne5 c3
13. Be3 Na6 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Rxc3 Nd5 $10 {Fauland-Hübner/Haifa/1989/}) 9...
Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 c3 11. bxc3 Ke7 $10) 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nd4 a6 11. a4 {Mit starkem
Druck.}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Qa5 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. Bf4
Nc5 13. Rfe1 Bh3 {Schwarz hatte keine Schwierigkeiten. Larsen-Hübner/Tilburg/
1981/}) 9... Be6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bf4 Na6 $10 {Andersson-Hübner/Skelleftea WCup/
1989/}) 7. cxd5 {149} cxd5 {146} (7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e4 {
Weiß hat einen kleinen, deutlichen und dauerhaften Vorteil.}) 8. O-O {149} Nc6
{145} (8... O-O {/\ 9.Be3 Ng4} 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Be3 {Führt zur Partie zurück.})
9. Qa4 {149} O-O {144} 10. Be3 {Der wirksamste Zug im Kampf um die schwarzen
Felder im Zentrum. 149} (10. Rd1 Bc5 $6 (10... Qb6 {Mit Druck auf b2 und f2.})
11. Bg5 Bxf2+ (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Be6 (13... d4 14. Ne4 {Der
d-Bauer geht verloren.}) 14. Qb5 {Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern.}) 12. Kxf2 Ne4+
13. Qxe4 dxe4 14. Rxd8 (14. Bxd8 exf3 $10) 14... Rxd8 15. Nfd2 f6 16. Bf4 f5
17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nc3 {Weiß steht besser.}) 10... Bd7 $10 {131} (
10... Bg4 {Spassky} 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Bd4 (13. Nd4 Bh3 14. Bh1 {
Weiß hat das bequemere Spiel.} Ng4 $2 15. Nxd5 Nxe3 16. Nxc6) (13. Rd2 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Ne5 15. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Rxd7 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Bd4 {Weiß hat einigen
Druck.}) 13... Qe6 {/\ 14.... Ne4 Schwarz steht befriedigend.} 14. Ng5 Qf5) (
10... Ne4 $142 {Der Zug entkräftet 11.Nc3 und bereitet 11...Bf6 vor.} 11. Rd1 (
11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 $10) (11. Nbd2 Nxd2 {/\ 12.... Bf6}) 11... Bf6 12.
Nd4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18.
Rxe4 Qxb2 (18... dxe4 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Rd1 {+/=/=}) 19. Re7 (19. Qd4 Qc1+ 20.
Kg2 dxe4 $17 21. Qxd7 $2 Qb2) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxd7 Qxb1+ 21. Kg2 h6 (21... Qxa2
$2 22. Qe7 Rf8 23. Rd8 $18) 22. Qe7 Rf8 23. a3 b6 24. Rxa7 Qe4+ $10) 11. Nc3 {
146} Na5 $2 {125} (11... Re8 $142 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. Rd2 a4
15. Qd1 a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd4 Bc6 {ist ohne besondere Gefahr für Schwarz}) (12.
Bd4 Rc8 13. e3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 {+/=/=}) 12... Nb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. Rd2 (14. a4
Rc8 $10 {Mit gesicherter Stellung des Springers auf b4.}) 14... a4 15. Qd1 a3
16. Qb3 Qa5 $132 {Mit gsicherter Stellung des Springers auf b4.}) 12. Qc2 {146}
Rc8 {107} (12... Nc4 13. Bd4 Be6 (13... h6 {Kostet mindestens einen Bauern.}
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Nxb2 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rab1) 14. Ng5 h6 (14... g6 15.
Rad1 $16) 15. Bxf6 hxg5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 $18) 13. Rad1 {/\ Qb1 140} Bg4
$2 {+/-/+- 87} (13... h6 $6 14. Qb1 Bg4 15. Bd4 {Die Schwierigkeiten bei der
Verteidigung des d-Bauern sind unüberwindlich.}) (13... Nc4 14. Bd4 {/\ Ng5
vgl. Anmerkung zum 12.Zug von Schwarz.} Ne4 $2 15. Nxd5) (13... Bb4 $142 14.
Qb1 (14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Rc4 $10) (14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc5 {Weiß hat Mühe mit der
Verteidigung des c-Bauern.}) (14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Qa4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3
Nxc3 (17... Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxa7 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ra8 21. Qc5 Qf6 {/\ 22....
Ra4 Der Mehrbauer von Weiß ist ziemlich wertlos.}) 18. bxc3 b6 19. Rxd5 $16)
14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Bd4 Qc7 $10 (16... Rxc3 17. Qa1) (16... Nxc3 17.
Bxc3 Rxc3 18. Rxd5)) (13... Be6 $142 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6 (15. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 16.
Rxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxc2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 $19) 15... fxe6 16. Bh3 Rc6 $14 {Der
strategisch günstige Vormarsch e2-e4 ist nur schwer durchzusetzen.} (16... Qd6
$2 17. Qg6 Kh8 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Nd4 $18) (16... Qd7 $2 17. Qg6 Kh8 18. Bxh6 gxh6
19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Rxd5 $18) 17. Qg6 Kh8 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. b3 e5 20. bxc4 exd4 21.
Rxd4 Ne4 $19) 14. Ng5 {125} (14. Bd4 Ne4 {/\ Nc6 Schwarz wehrt sich.} 15. Qd3
Bf5) (14. Qb1 Bh5 15. Nh4 (15. Ne5 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe2) (15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Qa1 Nc4
$13 17. Na4 Bc2)) 14... h6 {72 Diagramm 8} (14... g6 {/\ Bf5} 15. Nh3 (15. Bd4
Bf5 16. e4 (16. Qc1 Nc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 (18... Qe7 19. Nge4 {
Mit gesundem Mehrbauern.}) 19. Rxd8 Bxc1 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc1 {+/-/+- _|_})
16... Nxe4 17. Ngxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Bg7 $6 e3 19. Qe2 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Kxg7
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 {Schwarz hat Überlebenschancen.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 {/\ 19.Bg7,
19.Ba7, 19.Qe5 Weiß gewinnt mindestens einen Bauern.}) 15... Bf5 16. Qc1 Ne4
17. Bxe4 (17. Nf4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nc4 {/\ Ba3 Schwarz hat Gegenaussichten.})
17... Bxe4 18. Nf4 Bb4 {Wenn auch Weiß einen Bauern gewinnt, ist seine Aufgabe
nicht einfach.}) 15. Nh3 {87} (15. Bxd5 $2 hxg5 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8
18. Bxg5 Bh3 19. Rd1 Ng4 $6 (19... Bb6 20. e3 Bg4 21. Rf1 Bf3 {Weiß hat Sorgen.
}) 20. Bf4 (20. Rxd8+ $2 Rxd8 21. Bxd8 Rxf2 $19) 20... Rxf4 (20... Bb6 21. e3
$16) 21. gxf4 Bh4 22. Qf5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bg2+ 24. Kxg2 Ne3+ 25. Kxf2 Nxf5 26.
Rd5 $18) (15. Rxd5 Qc7 (15... Bd7 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Bh3 {Mit Mehrbauern}) 16.
Rc5 (16. Bf4 Qb6) 16... Bxc5 17. Nd5 hxg5 18. Nxc7 Bd6 (18... Rxc7 {Dieser
Versuch scheitert.} 19. Bxc5 b6 20. b4) 19. Qa4 (19. Bxg5 Rxc7 (19... Bxc7 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 20. Qa4 Nc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 {Weiß hat keinen Vorteil.} 22. b3 $2
Bd7 23. Qxa7 Bc5 $19) 19... Bxc7 20. Bxg5 Bd7 21. Qh4 Nh7 {Schwarz steht gut})
(15. Nge4 $5 Be6 (15... Nc4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd4 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. e4 dxe4
20. Qxe4) 16. Nxf6+ (16. Qb1 Ng4 (16... Nc4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Nxe3 19.
Nxe3 Qb6 20. b3 {/\ 21.Qe4 +/-/+-}) 17. Bf4 f5 18. Nxd5 fxe4 (18... Bxd5 19.
Nc3) 19. Qxe4 $18) 16... Bxf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6 19. Rd2 d4 {Die
schwarze Position hat wieder Zusammenhang.}) 15... Bc5 {49} (15... Bb4 16. Nf4
(16. Bd4 Ne4 (16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 d4 18. Qa4 {Unerquicklich für Schwarz.}) 17.
Nf4 {Schwarz verliert ohne Kompensation den d-Bauern.} Nc6 18. Bxe4) 16... Bxc3
17. bxc3 Nc4 18. Bd4 Nb6 {Schwarz hat selbst bei Verlust des d-Bauern
Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten wegen der Schwäche des weißen c-Bauern (ohne den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer).}) 16. Bxc5 {80} (16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 d4
$10) 16... Rxc5 {49} 17. Nf4 {80} (17. b4 Rc4 18. bxa5 Qc8 $10) 17... d4 {47}
18. h3 {68} (18. Qa4 Rc4 19. Qa3 g5 20. Nfd5 Nxd5 (20... dxc3 21. Ne7+) 21.
Bxd5 Bxe2 (21... Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxd5 23. Rxd4 Qf5 24. Rxg4 Qxg4 25. Qxa5 Qxe2
26. Qxa7 {=/(+/=)}) 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxa7 (23. Qc5 Bxf1 24. Rxd4 Qc8) 23...
Bxf1 (23... Bxd1 24. Rxd1 d3) 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Kxf1 Qf3 $17 26. Kg1 Re8) (18.
Qd2 Nc4 (18... g5 19. Qxd4 (19. Nd3 $2 dxc3) (19. Nh3 Nc6 $17) (19. Na4 Re5 $15
) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 gxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf5 $17) 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxb2 $10
21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 b5 23. Rb1 Na4 24. Nd3 Rxd5) (18. Qd3 g5 19. Qxd4 {
Siehe vorherige Analyse.} (19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 gxf4 21. b4 Rc4 22. bxa5 Re8
23. Qxf4 Bxe2 $10) (19. h3 Bc8 (19... Bf5 20. e4) 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 gxf4
22. b4 Rg5 23. Rxd4 Qc7 24. bxa5 fxg3 25. f4 Rg7 {Schwarz hat keine Sorgen.}))
18... Bf5 {43} (18... Bc8 19. e3 Bf5 20. Qe2 $18) 19. Qa4 {67} (19. Qd2 g5 20.
Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Nh5 (22... Kg7 $6 23. Nd5) 23. Rf3 Nc4 24. g4
Nd2 $17) (19. e4 Bc8 (19... Bh7 20. Nfe2 (20. Qa4 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Qa5 22. Qxa5
Rxa5 23. Ncd5 Rxa2) 20... Nc6 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Nxd4 (22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Ra5
24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 d3 26. Nf4 Nb4) 22... Qxb2 23. Nd5 Nxd5 (23... Nxe4 $2
24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Re5 28. Qh4 Qb7 29. Rfe1) 24.
exd5 Nxd4 (24... Ne5 25. Qxa7) (24... Ra5 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3) 25. Qxd4 Qxd4
26. Rxd4 Rd8 27. Re1 Kf8 28. d6 (28. g4 Rd6) 28... Bf5 $10) (19... dxe3 20.
Rxd8 Bxc2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rc1 g5 (22... exf2+ 23. Kxf2 g5 24. Rxc2 gxf4 25.
b4 fxg3+ 26. Kg1 {Weiß gewinnt eine Figur.}) 23. Nfe2 (23. Rxc2 gxf4 24. fxe3 (
24. b4 $2 e2) 24... fxe3 25. b4 e2 26. Kf2 Rf5+ 27. Kxe2 Nc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 $10
29. Na4 a5) 23... exf2+ $10 24. Kxf2 (24. Kf1 Bd3 25. b4 Bxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Re5+) (
24. Kh2 Bd3 25. b4 Re5) 24... Rf5+ 25. Kg1 Bd3) 20. Qa4 (20. Nfe2 Nc6 21. Qa4
Ra5 22. Qc4 Be6) 20... Rc4 21. Qa3 Nc6 22. Ncd5 $16) 19... Rc4 {39} 20. Qa3 {67
} Nc6 {23} (20... g5 21. Nfd5 Nc6 (21... dxc3 22. Ne7+) 22. Ne3 $18) (20... Re8
21. Nb5 {/\ 22.b3, 22.Nd6} Bc2 22. Rd2 Ra4 23. Qd6 $18) 21. Nb5 {Der beste Zug.
} (21. e3 Qc8 (21... g5 22. Nfe2 d3 (22... Qb6 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25.
Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Rd1 {/\ 27.Qa7 +-} Qb6 27. Rd6) (22... Qc8 23. exd4 Nb4 (23...
Bxh3 24. b3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rb4 26. d5 $18) 24. Kh2 $16) 23. b3 Rb4 24. Bxc6 $18)
(21... Qb8 22. Bxc6 (22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rb4 24. e4 Bd7 25. Nd3 Rb6 {
Schwarz hält sich.}) (22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Qc5 (24. Ncd5 Nxd5 25.
Nxd5 Nc6 $10) 24... Rd8 25. Ncd5 (25. Rd1 b6) 25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 (26. Bxd5 Ne6
27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 {Schwarz kann sich halten.}) 26... Nc6 27. Nf6+
gxf6 28. Qxf5 Qe5 {Schwarz ist nicht ohne Rettungsaussichten.}) 22... dxc3 23.
Bb5 Rc7 24. bxc3 Qc8 {Mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz}) 22. Nb5 $18 (22. exd4 Rxd4
23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxa7 $18)) (21. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 (21... Rxc6 22. Qxa7 Qb6 (22...
Rb6 23. e3 Rxb2 24. Rxd4 Qa8 {Es ist nicht klar, ob der weiße Vorteil zum Sieg
ausreicht. Diagramm 16 Ende 1.Lieferung}) 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Ncd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5
Re6 26. g4 Bh7 27. Rfe1 $18) 22. Qb3 Rc5 23. Qb4 {Weiß gewinnt bei besserer
Stellung einen Bauern.}) 21... Bc2 {18} (21... Be4 {>=} 22. Nxa7 (22. Bxe4 Nxe4
23. Qd3 (23. Nxa7 {Diagamm 3} Nxa7 (23... Re8 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 (24... bxc6 25. Qb3
) 25. Qd3 Rd6 26. Rc1 {Weiß wird seinen Mehrbauern allmählich zur Geltung
bringen.}) (23... Qb6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qd3 Nd6 26. b3 Rb4 27. e3 {+/-/+-}) 24.
Qxa7 Qd7 (24... Qa8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. a3 {/\ 27.Rc1 +-}) 25. b3 Rc5 26. e3 $18)
23... Rb4 24. Nxa7 Nxf2 25. Nxc6 (25. Rxf2 Nxa7 26. Rdf1 Re8 $17) 25... Nxd3
26. Nxd8 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxd8 28. b3 g5 29. Re4 Kg7 $10 30. e3 $2 dxe3) 22...
Bxg2 23. Nxg2 (23. Kxg2 g5 (23... Nxa7 24. Qxa7 g5 25. Nd3 Qd5+ 26. Kh2 Re8 27.
Nc1 {Siehe Variante 23....g5}) (23... Qb6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 (24... Qxc6+ 25. Qf3 {
Der Mehrbauer wird sich bemerkbar machen.}) 25. Rc1 $16) (23... Ne5 24. Nb5 {
/\ 25.b3, 25.Nd6, 25.Qd6 Alle Drohungen sind nicht parierbar.}) (23... Qa8 {
Diagramm 2} 24. Qd3 $2 (24. Nb5 Ra4 {Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern zurück.} 25.
Qb3 Rb4) (24. Nxc6 Qxa3 25. bxa3 bxc6 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rxc6 Rxa3
29. Rc2 (29. Rd6 Rxa2 30. Rxd4 g5 $10) 29... Ne4 30. Rc4 (30. Nd3 Nc3 31. Nc1
g6 {Weiß kann wohl nicht gewinnen.}) 30... g5 31. Rxd4 Nc3 32. Nh5 Nxe2 $10)
24... Nxa7 25. Qxc4 b5+ $19) 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 (24... bxc6 25. Qb3) 25. Nd3 Qd5+
26. Kh2 Re6 (26... Ra6 $2 27. Nb4 Rxa3 28. Nxd5 $18) 27. Nc1 $18) 23... Rc2 24.
Nf4 Qb6 $44) 22. b3 {55} (22. Rd2 Qb6 $2 (22... a6 $2 23. b3 $18) (22... Be4 $2
23. b3 Rc2 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Nxa7 Qa8 26. Qb2 $18) (22... Ra4 23. Qf3 (23. Qc5
Be4 24. b3 Bxg2 {/\ 25... Ne4-/+}) (23. Qd6 Be4 24. b3 Ra5 {Weiß hat
Schwierigkeiten}) 23... Be4 24. Qb3 Rb4 $19) 23. b3 $18) 22... Bxd1 {16} (22...
Rb4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxb4 Bxd1 25. Nxd4 $18 {Die Partie ist aufgabereif.}) 23.
bxc4 {55} Bc2 {16} 24. Nd5 {45} (24. Nxa7 Be4 (24... Qa8 25. Bxc6 (25. Nb5 Qxa3
26. Nxa3 Be4 27. Nb5 Ra8 {Es ist unklar, ob der weiße Mehrbauer zum Sieg
reicht.}) (25. Qb2 Qxa7 26. Qxc2 Ra8 27. Ra1 Qa3 {Es ist unklar, ob der weiße
Mehrbauer zum Sieg reicht.}) 25... bxc6 26. Qc5 Ne4 27. Qxd4 Rd8 {zweifelhaft
>< Na7}) 25. Nb5 (25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qc5 {/\ Rd1 +/-}) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Re8
27. Nd6 Re7 28. Rb1 $16) (24. Nd6 Qe7 (24... Qd7 {Diagramm 5} 25. Rc1 (25. Qc5
Rd8 (25... Ba4 26. Nd5 {Nicht Vertrauen erweckend für Schwarz.}) 26. Nxb7 Qxb7
27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxc6 Be4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 {Schwarz ist nicht ohne
Rettungsaussichten.}) (25. c5 Ne8 {Weiß hat es nicht einfacher als in der
Partie.}) 25... Bh7 26. Qc5 (26. c5 Ne8 {Schwarz wehrt sich.}) 26... Rd8 27.
Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Qxc6 Qb2 {Schwarz hat Gegenspiel.}) 25. c5 g5 26. Qb2 Bh7 (26...
gxf4 27. Qxc2 $18 {>< f5}) 27. Nd5 (27. Nd3 $1 $18) 27... Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qe5 29.
Qb3 (29. e4 dxe3 30. Qxe5 exf2+ 31. Rxf2 Nxe5 32. Bxb7 (32. Nxb7 Rc8 {Schwarz
leistet noch Widerstand.}) 32... Rd8 {Schwarz hat Rettungs chancen.} (32... Nd3
$2 33. c6)) 29... Qxe2 30. Qxb7 (30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxb7 Ne5 $13) 30... Bd3 31.
Ra1 Ne5 32. c6 Ba6 $13) 24... Re8 {13} 25. Nd6 (25. Bf3 d3 26. exd3 Ne5 27. d4
(27. Be2 Nxc4 28. dxc4 Rxe2 29. Nd4 (29. Qf3 Re8 (29... Rd2 $2 30. Qe3 Rd3 31.
Qe2) (29... Re6 $2 30. Nd4 Be4 31. Nxe6) (29... Re5 $2 30. Qc3 Re2 31. Nd4) 30.
Nxf6+ (30. Nxa7 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. cxd5 Rd8 33. Rc1 Be4 $10) 30... Qxf6 31.
Qxf6 (31. Qxb7 Be4 {/\ 32... Qf3}) 31... gxf6 32. Nxa7 Ra8 $10) 29... Rd2 30.
Qb2 (30. Qc3 Rd3 31. Qb2 Ba4) (30. Qe3 Rd3 31. Qf4 Ba4) 30... Nxd5 31. cxd5
Qxd5 32. Nxc2 Qc5 $10) 27... Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 Bd3 31.
Nd6 Bxf1 32. Nxe8 Bc4 $17) 25... Rxe2 {13} 26. Nxb7 Qc8 {12} (26... Qd7 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qf3 d3 (28... Re6 $2 29. Nc5) 29. Qxc6 (29. Nc5 Qd4 30. Qxc6 d2
$13) 29... Qxc6 30. Bxc6 d2 31. Bf3 Re1 (31... d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. Bxe2 Bxe2
34. Nd6 Kf8 35. f4 $18) 32. Nc5 {/\ 33.Nb3 +-}) (26... Qe8 27. Qf3 (27. Qc5 {
Weiß gewinnt den d-Bauern und die Partie.} Ne4 28. Qxc6) (27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28.
Nd6 {Diagramm 8} (28. Qf3 Nb4 $13) 28... Qe5 (28... Qe7 29. Bxc6 d3 30. Bf3 d2
31. Qc3 d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. Bxe2 $18) (28... Qd7 29. Qf3 d3 30. Nf5 {>=} (
30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Bxc6 d2 32. Bf3 Re1 33. Kg2 Kf8) 30... Ne5 31. Qh5 Ng6 32.
Bd5 $18) 29. Bxc6 d3 30. Bd5 d2 31. Nxf7 Qd4 (31... Qe7 32. Ne5+ Kf8 33. Qc3
$18) 32. Ne5+ Qxd5 $8 33. cxd5 Re1 34. Qf3 fxe5 35. d6 $18) (27. Nd6 {Vgl. 27.
Nf6} Qe5 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Bxc6 d3 30. Be4) 27... Nxd5 28. cxd5 Nb8 29. Nd6
Qe7 30. Nxf7 d3 $17) 27. Nf4 $2 (27. Nxf6+ $18 gxf6 28. Nd6 {Vgl. Variante: 26.
.. Qe8 27.Nf6... 28....Qd7} (28. Qf3 Re6 (28... d3 {Vgl. Variante zu 26... Qc8}
) 29. Qg4+ (29. Nc5 Ne5 30. Qd5 Rc6) 29... Bg6 (29... Kh7 30. Nc5 (30. Nd6 Qg8
31. Qf4 Qg5) 30... f5 31. Qf4 Re5 32. Bxc6 Rxc5 33. Bd5 d3 {/\ 34... Rd5 35.cd
Qc3} 34. Bxf7 Qc7 $13) 30. Bd5 h5 (30... Ne5 31. Qxd4 $18) 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32.
Qxe6 fxe6 33. f4 $18) 28... Qd7 29. Qf3) (27. Nd6 {/\ 28.Nf6 +-}) 27... Re5 $10
{9} (27... Rd2 $2 28. Qc1) (27... Re7 $2 28. Bxc6) 28. Nd6 (28. Qd6 Ne4 (28...
Qxb7 $2 29. Qxe5) 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Nc5 Bf3 $17) (28. Nc5 {/\ 29.Nd3} Qf8)
28... Qd7 {9} 29. Nb5 {(?)} (29. c5 Ne4 (29... Be4 30. Rd1 (30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31.
Nd3 Re6 (31... Re8 32. Re1 Nc3 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qa6 $36) 32. h4 (32. Re1 Qe8)
32... Qe8 {=/+/=}) 30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf3 Re5 34. Nd3
Re8 $10) (29... g5 30. Nd3 $2 (30. Nc4 Rf5 31. Ne2 Be4 32. Nd6 Bxg2 33. Kxg2
Re5 $10) (30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxa7 Nd7 32. Nh5 Re6 {/\ 33... d3, 33... Bg6
Lästig für Weiß.}) (30. Rc1 Bh7 (30... gxf4 31. Rxc2 Re1+ (31... fxg3 32. fxg3
(32. Qxg3+ Rg5 33. Qf3 Nd5 $2 (33... Kg7 34. h4 Ne5 35. Qf4 Ng6 36. Qxd4 Rg4
$132 {=}) 34. h4 d3 35. Rd2 Nd4 36. Qe4 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nec3 38. Qf3 {Schwarz hat
sich vergaloppiert.}) 32... Re3 33. Qa4 d3 34. Rd2 (34. Rf2 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Ne5 {
Siehe 'Hauptvariante'}) 34... Re1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf2 Qe6) 35... Ne5 36. Qxd7
Nfxd7 37. c6 Nb6 {/\ 38... Re2 Sehr lästig für Weiß.}) 32. Kh2 Ne5 33. gxf4 d3
34. Rb2 Nfg4+ 35. Kg3 {Der schwarze Angriff dringt nicht durch.}) 31. Nd3 Re6
32. Rb1 {/\ 33.Rb7 +-}) 30... Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Rxc5) 30. Rc1 Nxd6 (30... Nxc5 $2
31. Nc4) 31. cxd6 Be4 32. Qa4 $18) (29. Rc1 Bh7 $2 (29... Be4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31.
Nd3 (31. Nd5 Qf5) 31... Re6 (31... Re8 32. Qa4) 32. Re1 Nc3 {f7-f5 ist stets
eine schwächende Lockerung.} 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Qc5 Nd8 35. Kh2 {Schwarz kämpft
mit Schwierigkeiten.}) (29... Ra5 30. Bxc6 Rxa3 31. Bxd7 d3 32. Nxd3 Bxd3 $10
33. Bc6 (33. Bc8 Rxa2 34. c5 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. c6 Nd5 37. Nb5 a5 38. c7 a4
39. Bb7 Nxc7 40. Nxc7 a3 41. Bd5 Bb1 $10) (33. Bf5 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 g6 35. Nd6 (
35. Nxh6+ Kg7 36. Ng4 Nxg4 37. hxg4 Rxa2 38. c5 Re2 39. c6 Re8 $10) 35... Rxa2
36. c5 Nd5 $10) 33... Rxa2 34. c5 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Bf3 Kf8 37. c6 Ne8 38.
Nb5 a6 39. c7 Bf5 40. Bg4 axb5 $17) 30. c5 Ne4 31. Re1 (31. Nd3 Re6 32. Nb4 (
32. Qa4 Nc3 33. Bxc6 Qc7 34. Rxc3 dxc3 35. Be4 (35. Nb4 c2) 35... Bxe4 36. Nxe4
c2 {Nur Weiß läuft in Verlustgefahr.}) 32... Nxb4 33. Qxb4 Nxd6 34. cxd6 Bg6
$10) (31. Qa4 $1 Qc7 32. Re1 $18 Nxc5 $2 33. Rxe5 Nxa4 34. Re8#) 31... Nxd6 32.
Rxe5 Nxe5 33. cxd6 Nc4 34. Qb4 Nxd6 $10) 29... d3 {9} (29... a6 30. Bxc6 (30.
Qxa6 Ne4 {/\ 31... d3}) 30... Qxc6 31. Nxd4 Qxc4 32. Nxc2 Qxc2 33. Qxa6 $16) (
29... Ne4 30. Nd3 Bxd3 (30... Re8 31. Nc5 (31. Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 32. Nc5 Qxh3) 31...
Nxc5 (31... Qe7 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Re1 f5 34. f3 {Diese Zugfolge kostet
Material.Die Dame a3 deckt nach fe g3.}) 32. Qxc5 Be4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Qd5 {
Schwarz hat Sorgen.}) 31. Qxd3 f5 (31... Nc5 32. Bxc6) 32. Rd1 $16) (29... Be4
30. Nd3 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 {/\32.Rd1 Auch diese Fortsetzung ist nicht
aussichtsreicher als die Partiefolge.} (31. Nxe5 $2 Qxh3)) 30. Bxc6 {16} (30.
Qb2 Ne4 $17 {/\ 31... Nd2, 31... a6}) (30. Nxd3 Qxd3 31. Bxc6 Qxc4 32. Nxa7 {
/\ 33.Bg2, 34.Nc6} Ne4 33. Re1 Nxg3 34. Rxe5 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2+ 36. Bg2 Nf1+
$10) 30... Qxc6 {9} 31. Nxd3 {16} Re4 {4} (31... Rxb5 $142 32. cxb5 Qf3 33. Rc1
(33. Re1 Bxd3 34. Qxa7 Be4 35. Rxe4 (35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Bf3+ 37. Kd2 Ne4+ $19
) 35... Nxe4 36. a4 (36. Qd4 Nc3 {-/+/-+}) 36... Nc3 (36... Qd1+ 37. Kh2 (37.
Kg2 Qd5) 37... Qe2 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40. fxe3 Nc4 41. Kf3 {Weiß
verliert nicht.}) (36... Nd2 37. b6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qg2 Qe2
41. b7 Nf3+ 42. Qxf3 Qxf3 43. b8=Q Qxf2+ 44. Kh1 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+
47. Kg2 Qxa4 48. h4 $10) 37. Qc5 Qd1+ (37... Nxa4 $2 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc2+) 38.
Kh2 Nxa4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ $10) 33... Bxd3 34. Rc8+ (34. Rc3 Qd1+ $17)
34... Kh7 35. Rd8 Ne4 36. Qxd3 (36. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Nf2 $19) (
36. Qxa7 Bf1 37. Kxf1 Nxg3+ $19) (36. Qb2 Be2 37. Qd4 Nxg3 38. Qd5 Ne4 $19)
36... Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 f5 $19 {/\ 38... Ng3}) 32. Nb2 {7} (32. Nxa7 Qxc4 33. Nf4 {
/\ 34.Rc1} Qa4 34. Qxa4 $10) (32. Nb4 Qxc4 33. Nxc2 Qxb5 34. Qxa7 Ra4 $10) (32.
Nd6 Re6 (32... Rd4 $2 33. Nf5 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Ne7+) 33. Nb4 Qxd6 34.
Nxc2 Qxa3 35. Nxa3 Ra6 36. Nb5 Rxa2 37. Rc1 Ra5 $10) 32... a6 {4} 33. Qd6 {6} (
33. Nd4 Rxd4 34. Qc3 Qd7 35. Qxc2 Rd2 {/\ 36... Qd4} 36. Qc3 Ne4 37. Qe3 Ng5 {
Weiß schwebt in Lebensgefahr.}) (33. Nd6 Re6 34. Qc3 (34. Rc1 Bg6 35. Rd1 Bc2
36. Rc1 Nh7 37. h4 g5 38. Qc3 gxh4 $40) 34... Bg6 $19 35. c5 Rxd6) (33. Nc3 Re6
{/\ 34... Qf3} 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. cxd5 Qxd5 $17) (33. Qc3 axb5 34. Qxc2 bxc4 35.
Rc1 Qe6 36. Nxc4 (36. Kg2 $2 Re2) 36... Qxh3 37. Nd6 Re6 38. Qd3 (38. Qc8+ $2
Kh7 39. Nxf7 Re1+) 38... g6 39. Qd4 {Weiß hält sich.}) 33... Qb7 {4} (33... Qc8
34. Nc3 Qxh3 (34... Re6 35. Qd2 Bf5 36. g4 {Weiß kann anfangen, auf Gewinn zu
spielen.}) (34... Re8 35. g4 (35. Qd2 Bf5) 35... Qb8 36. Qxb8 Rxb8 37. Ncd1 {
/\ 38.f3 Weiß behält seinen Mehrbauern.} (37. Nbd1 Bd3)) 35. Nxe4 Bxe4 36. f3
Ng4 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4 $18) 34. Qc7 {5} (34. Qd2 $142 axb5 35. Qxc2 bxc4 (
35... Qc8 36. Rc1 (36. Kh2 bxc4 37. Na4 $10) (36. f3 Rd4 37. Qc3 Qxh3 $8) 36...
bxc4 (36... Qxh3 37. cxb5 {Schwarz begibt sich in Gefahr.}) 37. Nxc4 Qxh3 38.
Nd6 {s.o.}) 36. Nxc4 Qc8 37. Rc1 (37. Ne3 Qxh3 38. Rb1 (38. Re1 g6 (38... Ng4
39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ $10) 39. Ng2 {Weiß schüttelt den Druck ab.}) 38... Rxe3
39. fxe3 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Qf2 Qh1+ 42. Qg1 Qe4 {Schwarz kann noch
Gewinnversuche unternehmen.}) 37... Qxh3 38. Nd6 {Siehe Variante 33.Qc3 zum
Zug 33.Qd6}) 34... Re7 {4} 35. Qd8+ {6} Re8 {4} 36. Qd2 $8 (36. Qc7 Rb8 $19) (
36. Nd6 Rxd8 37. Nxb7 Rb8 $19) 36... Bf5 {2} 37. Nd6 {5} (37. g4 axb5 38. gxf5
bxc4 39. Nxc4 Qf3 $36 40. Nd6 (40. Kh2 Re4 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Nd2 Qf4+ 43. Kh1
Rd4 $19) (40. Re1 Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Qxh3 42. Ne3 Ng4 {Schwarz erreicht ein
Damenendspiel mit Mehrbauern.}) 40... Rd8 $19) 37... Rd8 {2 Diagramm 17} 38.
Qf4 $2 {3} (38. Nxb7 Rxd2 39. Na4 (39. g4 Rxb2 40. gxf5 Rxb7) 39... Bxh3 40.
Re1 Ng4 $40 {-+}) (38. c5 Bxh3 39. Nxb7 Rxd2 40. Nc4 (40. Rb1 Ne4 $19) 40...
Rc2 41. Ne3 Rb2 42. c6 Bxf1 43. c7 Bh3 44. g4 Rb1+ 45. Kh2 Rc1 $19) (38. Rd1
Rxd6 39. Qxd6 Bxh3 40. f3 Qxb2 $19 (40... Qxf3 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+)) (38. g4
$8 Ne4 39. Nxb7 (39. Qe2 Rxd6 40. gxf5 Rd2 $19) (39. Qc1 Rxd6 40. gxf5 Ng5 $40
{-+}) 39... Rxd2 40. gxf5 (40. Na4 Rxa2 (40... Bc8 41. Nbc5 Rxa2 42. Rd1 $10) (
40... Be6 41. Nac5 (41. c5 Rxa2 42. Nb6 Rc2 {Weiß gerät in Schwierigkeiten.})
41... Nxc5 42. Nxc5 Bxc4 43. Rc1 Be2 44. a4 g5 45. Kg2 {Der Vorteil des
Schwarzen ist nicht zum Sieg genügend.}) 41. gxf5 Rxa4 42. c5 Rb4 43. Re1 $10)
40... Rxb2 41. Na5 (41. Re1 Nxf2 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re3 Nxh3+ 44. Rxh3 Rxb7 45.
Rc3 h5 {Schwarz hat vorzügliche Gewinnaussichten.}) (41. Nd8 Rc2 42. Rb1 (42.
Re1 Rxc4 43. f3 Nd6 $19 44. f6 Rc8) 42... Nxf2 43. Rb8 Nxh3+ 44. Kh1 (44. Kf1
Kh7) 44... h5 (44... g5 45. Ne6+ Kh7 46. Rb7 $10) (44... g6 45. f6 h5 46. Nc6+
Kh7 47. Ne5 g5 48. Rb7 $10) 45. c5 $10) 41... Rxa2 42. Nc6 a5 {Weiß hat große
Sorgen.}) 38... Rxd6 $19 {1} 39. Qxf5 {3} (39. Qxd6 Bxh3 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+
g6 42. f3 Qxb2 (42... Bxf1 43. Qc3 {Weiß kann noch Widerstand leisten.}) 43.
Rf2 Qe5 $19) 39... Qxb2 {1} 40. c5 {3} (40. Rb1 Qd4 $19 41. c5 g6 42. Rb8+ Rd8
$19) 40... Rc6 {1} 41. Rb1 Rxc5 42. Qd3 Rc1+ 43. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 44. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Ftacnik} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 (4... Bb4+ {Ribli
Dorfman,J-Razuvaev,Y/Elenite/1992/CBM32/INF55,14/}) 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 (6. Nc3
Be6 (6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8. Qa4 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12.
e4 Be6 13. Rd1 O-O $14 {Hecht-Polugaevsky,Siegen 1976}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 (7... Nxd5
8. Nf3 Qb6 9. O-O Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 $14 {@}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bc5
10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16.
Rfd1 Rad8 $10 {Pirc-Keres,Moscow 1956}) 6... Be7 (6... dxc4 7. Qxd8+ (7. Qxc4
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Qa5 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Rfe1
Bh3 $10 {Larsen-Huebner,Tilburg 1981}) 9... Be6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bf4 Na6 $10 {
Andersson-Huebner,Skeleftea 1989}) 7... Kxd8 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na3 Bxa3 (9... c3
10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 {/\Nc4|^}) 10. bxa3 Re8 11. Rd1+ Ke7 12. Ne5 c3 13. Be3
Na6 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Rxc3 Nd5 $10 {Fauland-Huebner,Haifa 1989}) 7. cxd5 (7. O-O
O-O 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 $10 {Romanishin-Polugaevsky,USSR 1974}
(10... Qb6 {Ribli} 11. Qb5 $1 $14 {Davies,N-Morgan,M/New York-op/1991/CBM23/}))
7... cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 (9. Qd1 {Ftacnik}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. Nc3 {
Ftacnik}) 10... Ne4 (10... Ng4 11. Bd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nc3 Qh6 14. h4 g5
15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Rfc1 gxh4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Nf5 Rc1+ 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. Nde7+ $2
(20. Rxc1 $142 Qxf5 21. Qf4 Qxd5 22. Qxg4+ Kh8 $13) 20... Bxe7 21. Nxe7+ Kh8
22. Qd4+ f6 23. Rxc1 hxg3 $40 {Suba-Milos,Spain 1992}) (10... Be6 $6 {Ribli}
11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Hjartarson,J/Belfort WCup/1989/CBM08/
INF45,18/}) 11. Nc3 (11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Nd4 Bd7 (12... Qb6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Rd8 15. Rab1 $36) 13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Bxe4
Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Qxb2 (18... dxe4 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Rd1 $14) 19. Re7 (19. Qd4 Qc1+
20. Kg2 dxe4 $17) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxd7 Qxb1+ 21. Kg2 h6 (21... Qxa2 $4 22. Qe7
Rf8 23. Rd8 $18) 22. Qe7 Rf8 23. a3 b6 24. Rxa7 Qe4+ $10 {Huebner:Chess Base
Magazine 19/20}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 $2 (12... Be6 $142 {Huebner}) (12...
Qa5 $5 {Ftacnik}) (12... Qa5 {Ribli} 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Qa6 15. Nd4 $14 {
Csom,I-Suba,M/Kecskemet/1979/INF27,44/}) 13. Ne5 (13. Rad1 $5) 13... Be6 (13...
Bf6 {Ftacnik} 14. Rad1 Be6) 14. Rad1 Bf6 15. Nd3 (15. Bxd5 $4 {Ftacnik} Bxd5
16. c4 (16. Qb5 $2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $19) (16. Nd7 Bc4 (16... b5 $5 17. Nxf6+ (
17. Qxb5 $2 Bc4 $1) 17... Qxf6 (17... gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh5 $18) 18. Qxa5
Bc4 19. Rd2 Rfc8 $1 $44) (16... Bc6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxa5 Qe6 $5) 17. Nxf8
Qxf8 18. Qxa5 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 b6 21. Qd5 Rd8 $10) 16... Nxc4 $1 17.
Nxc4 Bc6 $17) (15. Ng4 $5 {Ribli} Bxc3 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Ne3 $14) 15... Nc4 (
15... Bxc3 16. Nf4 {><d5}) 16. Bd4 b6 17. Qb3 (17. Nf4 $2 {Ribli} Nb2) 17...
Bxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Qf3 Rfd8 22. Qh5 (22. e4 $5 {
Ribli}) 22... f5 (22... g6 {Ribli} 23. Qg5 $36) 23. Qg5 (23. Bh3 $1 {Ftacnik})
23... Qd7 24. Bh3 (24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bh3 Rf8 $13) 24... Rf8 (24... Nd6 $1 {
Ftacnik} 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rc1 $14) 25. e4 $1 dxe4 26. d5 $2 (26. Rxe4 $1 h6 (
26... Qa4 $2 27. Rde1 (27. Ree1 $1 {Ftacnik} Bd7 28. Bg2 $16) (27. Rd3 h6 28.
Qh4 (28. Qh5 Bf7) 28... fxe4) 27... Nd2 28. R4e3 Qa5 (28... Bxa2 29. Bxf5 Qa5
$13) 29. Bg2 (29. Nxe6 Nf3+ $1 30. Rxf3 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe6 32. Bxf5 Qxa2 33.
Bxc8 Rxc8 $13) 29... Bxa2 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Nh5 g6 33. Qh6 $18) 27.
Qh5 Bd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Re2 (29. Re7 Qd6 30. Rde1 Qxd4 31. Bxf5 Rc5 32. Qg4
Qxg4 33. Bxg4 $13) 29... b5 30. Bg2 Qd6 31. d5 $36) 26... Ne5 $1 27. Re3 $2 (
27. dxe6 Qxd1 (27... Nf3+ {Ribli} 28. Kh1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Nxg5 $19) 28. Rxd1 Nf3+
29. Kg2 Nxg5 30. e7 Rfe8 31. Bxf5 Rc5 (31... Rc7 $6 32. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 33. Bxe6+
Kh8 34. Bf7 Rcxe7 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Rd6 Rb8 37. Re6) 32. Nd5 Kf7 (32... Rxd5 $2
33. Rxd5 Rxe7 34. Bc8 $1 $16) 33. Bd7 (33. h4 Rxe7 (33... Ne6 {Ftacnik} 34.
Bxe4 Nc7 35. Nxc7 Rxc7 36. Rd6 $10) 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Bg4 Nf7 37.
Be6 Ne5 38. Rb7 Rc2 $5 (38... b5 39. Bf5 $1) 39. Bb3 Rd2 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+
Nd7 $17) 33... Rxe7 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 $17) (27. Kh1 $5 Nf3 28. Qh5 Bf7 29. Qxf5
Qxf5 30. Bxf5 Nxe1 31. Bxc8 Nd3 $10 {Lutz}) 27... Qa4 (27... Nf3+ {Ftacnik} 28.
Rxf3 exf3 29. Nxe6 $18) 28. Rde1 Bd7 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qb4 31. Bg2 (31.
Bxf5 {Ribli} Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nf3+ $19) 31... Rce8 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 $1 33. Qh5 (33.
Rxe4 Nf3+ $19 (33... Nf3+ {Ftacnik} 34. Kg2 Nxg5 $19)) 33... Qg4 34. Qxe8 Rxe8
35. Rxe5 Qc4 36. a3 g6 37. R5e3 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 {Nach 2.Nc3 ist in jüngster Zeit die Nebenvariante 2...
Bb4 populär.Ribli.} c6 3. d4 e4 $5 {In der 6.Matchpartie spielte der jüngste
GM der Welt 3...Bb4.Ribli.} (3... exd4) 4. Nc3 (4. d5 $5 $14) 4... d5 {Jetzt
haben wir die Französische Verteidigung im Anzug auf dem Brett - l.e4 e6 2.d4
d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 Variante - natürlich mit dem Mehrtempo g2-g3.Ribli.} (4...
f5 {Ribli,Z} 5. h4 (5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bg2 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3 O-O 10.
Nf4 Na6 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 Qb6 13. Qf2 Qb4 14. O-O Nc7 15. c5 $14 {Beim,
V-Afek,Y/Rishon le Zion 1993/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 5... Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 g6 9. Nge2 d6 10. Nf4 Na6 11. g4 Rg8 12. Qb3 Nc7 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Be2 Rb8
15. Qa4 a6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. c5 d5 18. Qa5 Qd8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rhg1 {Suba,
M-Timman,J/Thessaloniki olm 1984/1-0 (52)}) 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Ne7 (6... Nc6 {
Gurevich,M} 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd4 9. Nc7+ (9. Bg5 $5 f6 (9... Nc2+ 10. Kd2
Nxa1 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 {13.Bh3 war die unangenehme Drohung.Ribli.} f5 13.
f3 b5 (13... h6 14. Be3 {[%csl Ra7]}) (13... exf3 14. Nxf3 b5 15. Bh3 g6 16.
Rc1 $18) (13... Bb4+ 14. Kc1 Nf6 15. Bg2 Kd6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. fxe4 $16) 14.
Bh3 Kc6 15. fxe4 Kb7 16. exf5 Kxa8 17. Bg2+ Bb7 (17... Kb8 18. Bf4+ $18) 18.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Nf3 Bb4+ 20. Kd3 {[%csl Ra1]}) 10. O-O-O $36) 9... Kd8 10. Nxa8
Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bf4 $14 (12. Bf4 {Ribli,Z} Be6 13. b3 $14) (12. b3 b6 13.
Bb2 Bb7 14. Bxa1 Bxa8 $11)) (6... Nf6 {Ribli,Z} 7. Bg5 $14) 7. Bf4 a6 8. f3
$146 (8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. e3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Nge2 O-O
14. Nf4 Bb4 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Be2 Rbc8 17. O-O Qd6 18. Rfc1 Rc6 19. Qa4 Rfc8 20.
a3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qd8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. Rb6 {1-0 Suba,
M-Ubilava,E/Roses 1992/TD 92\09 (45)}) 8... exf3 (8... f5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Nh3
Be6 11. fxe4 fxe4 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. O-O $14) (8... Nbc6 {Ribli,Z} 9.
fxe4 Nxd4 (9... dxe4 10. d5 Na5 11. Qa4+ b5 12. Qxe4 $16) 10. Qa4+ Ndc6 11. Nb5
$16 (11. Rd1)) (8... f5 {Ribli,Z}) 9. Nxf3 (9. e4 $5 Nbc6 (9... dxe4 $2 10. Bc4
Be6 11. d5 Bg4 12. d6 $18) 10. exd5 $1 (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nxd4 $1 12. Qa4+
Nb5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Qxb5+ (14. Qxa8 $6 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Bc5+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17.
Kxe3 Qb6+ 18. Kxf3 Qf6+ 19. Ke3 O-O $17) 14... Bd7 15. Qc4 Qb6 16. Qe4+ Kd8 17.
Nxf3 Bb4+ $44) 10... Na5 11. Qa4+ b5 (11... Bd7 12. Qc2 $16) 12. Bxb5+ $1 axb5
13. Nxb5 Nxd5 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Nxa8 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Bb7 17. Nxf3 Qxa8 18. O-O
Bxf3 19. Qa3+ Kd7 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Bd6 $14) 9... Nbc6 (9... f5 $6 10. Ne5
Nbc6 11. Bg2 Na5 (11... Nxd4 12. Qa4+ Ndc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd5 $16) 12. Bxd5
$1 $18) 10. e4 $1 Be6 (10... Bg4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 (11... Bxf3 12. Nc7+ Qxc7 13.
Bxc7 Bxh1 14. d5 $16) 12. exd5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 (13... Qe7+ 14. Kd2 Nxd4 (
14... Qb4+ 15. Qc3 $14) 15. Qc3) 14. Qe4+ (14. Qe3+ {Ribli,Z} Qe7 15. O-O-O
Qxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Nf5 (16... Rc8+ 17. Kb1) 17. Bb6 {[%csl Gb6]}) 14... Qe7 15.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. O-O-O $14) (10... dxe4 {Ribli,Z} 11. Ng5 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Qxe6 Qxd4 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxe4 Qb6 15. O-O-O $16) 14. Rd1 Qb6 (14... Qc5 15.
Rd5 Qb4 16. Qd7+ Kf7 17. Rf5+ Kg6 18. Qe6#) (14... Nd8 15. Qxe7+ $16) 15. Qd7+
Kf7 16. Bc4+ Kg6 17. Qe6+ Kh5 18. Be2#) (10... Na5 {Ribli,Z} 11. Qc2 dxe4 12.
Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Re8] Der schwarze König steht schlecht in der
Mitte und hat Probleme mit der Entwicklung.Ribli.}) 11. Rd1 dxe4 $2 (11... Na5
$2 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Nxb5 Nec6 (14... Ng6 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Qb4+
Kd7 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. exd5+ $18) 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. exd5 Bxd5 17.
O-O f6 18. Ng5 $1 $40) (11... Qd7 $1 $11) (11... h6 $5 $13 {/\g7-g5}) 12. d5 $1
$16 Nxd5 (12... Na5 13. dxe6 Nxb3 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kf6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17.
axb3 $16) 13. Rxd5 (13. Nxd5 $6 {Ribli,Z} exf3 14. Qxb7 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qxd5 16.
Qxa8+ Ke7 {[%csl Re1]} 17. Kf2 Kf6 $17) 13... Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6 $8 (14... Rc8
15. Ng5 Bc5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Nc7+ Kg6 18. Qe6+ Qf6 19. Qg4+ Kf7 20. Bc4+ $18)
(14... exf3 {Ribli,Z} 15. Nc7+ Ke7 (15... Kd7 16. Bh3+ $18) 16. Bg5+ f6 17.
Qe6#) 15. Qxb7 O-O (15... Na5 $2 16. Nc7+ Bxc7 17. Qxe4+ Kd7 (17... Qe7 {
Ribli,Z} 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Bxc7 $18 {Und die weißen Leichtfiguren entscheiden
die Partie.Ribli.}) 18. Bh3+ $18) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxc6 $1 {Das ist die
letzte Pointe des weißen Angriffs.Ribli.} Qxc6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 exf3 20.
Kf2 Rac8 21. Nb4 $1 {Nach großen Komplikationen hat Weiß zwei Leichtfiguren
gegen den Turm. Da der Rc8 jedoch sehr aktiv ist, fällt der Gewinn noch nicht
leicht.Ribli.} Rc1 $8 (21... Rfd8 22. Bxa6 Rb8 23. Nd3 $16) (21... a5 {Ribli,Z}
22. Nd3 Rc2+ 23. Kxf3 $16) 22. Nd3 (22. Nxa6 $6 {Ribli,Z} Rd8 {[%csl Gc1,Gd8]})
22... Ra1 23. Bg2 (23. a3 {Ribli,Z} Rd8 24. Kxf3 $2 Rxd3+ $17) 23... Rxa2 (
23... Rxh1 {Ribli,Z} 24. Bxh1 $18) 24. Bxf3 Rd8 25. Rc1 g6 26. Ke3 Kg7 27. Rc7
$2 (27. Rc5 $142 $1 Z0 28. Bd5) 27... Ra5 28. Ra7 $6 (28. Rc6 $5) 28... Rd6 29.
g4 {Weiß steht natürlich viel besser. Aber da das Material reduziert ist,
bleiben Schwarz noch einige Rettungschancen.} (29. Rc7 $5 Z0 30. Rc6) 29... Rb5
30. b4 h5 {Praktisch jeder Tausch ist vorteilhaft für Schwarz.Ribli.} 31. gxh5
gxh5 32. Bb7 Rbb6 33. Bc8 Kf6 $4 (33... Rbc6 $142 $14) (33... Rdc6 {Ribli,Z}
34. Bf5 Kf6 35. Be4 Rd6 36. h4 {[%csl Rh5]}) (33... Rbc6 {Ribli,Z} 34. Bf5 Kf6)
34. Nc5 {Mit diesem kleinen taktischenTrick gewinnt Kortschnoj den a-Bauern
und entscheidet damit die Partie.Ribli.} Kg6 35. Rxa6 $18 f5 36. h4 f4+ 37. Kf3
(37. Kxf4 {Ribli,Z} Rxb4+ 38. Ne4 Rxa6 39. Bxa6 {Auch hier muß Weiß gewinnen,
aber die Partiefortsetzung ist viel stärker.Ribli.}) 37... Rf6 (37... Rxa6 38.
Bxa6 Rd4 39. b5 Rb4 40. Nd7 Kf5 41. b6 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Ke1 $18) 38. Rxb6
Rxb6 39. Nd3 Rc6 40. Bb7 Rc3 41. Kxf4 Kf6 (41... Rxd3 {Ribli,Z} 42. Be4+ $18)
42. Be4 Rb3 43. Ke3 Rb1 {Schwarz spielt gegen den Ph4, aber der b-Bauer
entscheidet.} 44. Kd4 Rg1 45. b5 Ke6 46. b6 1-0

[Event "BL2-Ost 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Mischustov, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Kosten,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schott Mainz"]
[BlackTeam "Nuernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {This was
lucky; at the time of playing this game I was in the middle of writing a book
on the English Opening ('The Dynamic English'), and had written the section on
this position just days before. It was still fresh in my memory!} 7. Nc3 {
Actually, in my book I suggest that} (7. e3 {first, is more accurate, but I
wanted to try something else.}) 7... O-O 8. e3 Qe7 9. Nge2 Na6 10. h3 $1 {
I had first seen this plan in a game of Dorfman's, the idea is to play g4, and
then Ng3. From here, the knight controls the two critical squares e4, and f5.}
Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Ng3 b4 14. Nce2 g6 {This weakens the kingside,
but Black wanted to play ...Bb7, without allowing the reply Nf5.} 15. O-O Bb7
16. e4 {White turns his attention to Black's kingside.} Kh8 17. f4 Ng8 18. f5
f6 19. a3 $1 {A nasty surprise for my opponent, who was getting short of time,
White attacks on both wings.} exd4 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. axb4 d5 22. Nf4 Kh7 23.
exd5 Nxb4 24. Rae1 {Suddenly it seems that Black is lost, without having done
anything terribly wrong. The move played was too tempting, but} (24. Be4 {
was also strong, as it is impossible to defend g6.}) 24... Qd6 25. Re6 Qc5 26.
Ne4 Qc2 $6 {This gives White a choice of wins, but if} (26... Qa5 {then} 27.
Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 $2 28. Qg5+ {leads to a quick mate, anyway.}) 27. Nxg6 $5 {
This is pretty, but my first thought was to play} (27. Qxb4 {as} Bxd5 28. Qxd4
Bxe6 29. Nxe6 {is devastating, but I wish I had seen the line}) (27. Rc1 $5 {as
} Qxd2 {allows mate:} 28. Rc7+ Kh6 29. g5+ fxg5 30. Rxg6# {and this would
certainly have been the most aesthetic finish!}) 27... Kxg6 {This allows mate,
but although} (27... Qxd2 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nxd2 {would have allowed Black to
continue a bit, it is quite hopeless, of course.}) 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Rfxf6 $1
Rxf6 30. Re7+ $1 Nxe7 31. Nxf6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 (2. Nc3 Bb4 {Le répertoire habituel de l'italien qui est évité
en jouant 2.g3}) 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 $5 {[%csl Rc1] Les Blancs auront du mal а
trouver une bonne case pour le Bc1 et cette idée du père d'Almira SKRIPCHENKO
est assez populaire depuis quelques années car il est difficile pour les
Blancs de profiter de l'avance de développement. C'est une variante qui aurait
fait hurlé BOTVINNIK! En effet, il était persuadé que 1.c4 e5 n'était pas bon
pour les Noirs car ils avaient un temps de retard par rapport а une sicilienne.
Or,ici ils donnent un second tempo! Dans la pratique, les choses ne sont pas
aussi simples notamment а cause de la "théorie de l'information" et les Noirs
ont d'excellents résulats avec cette suite originale.} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:29]
C'est l'intérêt de cette variante h6 qui force les Blancs а jouer Nc3 qui
permet de jouer Bb4 alors que les Blancs voulaient justement l'éviter en
jouant 2.g3} (4. d4 $6 e4 (4... exd4 5. Qxd4 (5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 dxe3
8. Bxe3 d5 $1 (8... O-O 9. Nc3 $44 {[%csl Gd5]}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $132 {[%cal
Gd5e3,Ge8g8]}) 5... Nc6 $132) 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 $40 {[%csl Rb3,
Rc2];Christensen,T (2371)-Glek,I (2566) EU-Cup 19th Rethymnon 2003 (2) 0-1}) (
4. Nf3 $143 e4 $1 5. Nd4 Nc6 $11 {Sergeev,V (2436)-Bobras,P (2563) Warsaw AIG
Life rapid 2005 (12) 0-1}) (4. d3 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 (5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3
Re8 8. e3 d6 9. Nge2 a5 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. f4 (12. d4 exd4 13. exd4
Nce4 $11) 12... c6 $11 {Baryshpolets,A (2422)-Vysochin,S (2526) Nabokov
Memorial 7th 2009 (10) 0-1} (12... a4 {[%csl Rb2]})) 5... O-O 6. Ngf3 Re8 7.
O-O c6 8. a3 Bf8 9. e4 a5 {[%cal Gd7d5];Cruz,F (2367)-Tyomkin,D (2505) Calvia
ol (Men) 2004 (9) 0-1}) (4. e4 Bc5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. h3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9.
Nbc3) 4... Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 5. Nd5 {Ce coup naturel est moins efficace que
dans la variante 1c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 car les Noirs peuvent échanger le N} (5. e4
Bxc3 $1 {Dans le même esprit que la variante 2.Nc3 Bb4, cet échange est
souvent favorable pour les Noirs.} 6. bxc3 (6. dxc3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. f3 $6 Be6
$132 {Horvath,G (2425)-Hundack,R St Ingbert op 1989 (5) 1-0}) 6... O-O 7. Ne2
d6 (7... Re8 8. O-O c6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Ba3 b6 11. d3 d6 12.
Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Ncd7 15. Bc1 Bb7 16. Bh3 b5 {[%emt 0:33:25] Cekro,
E (2410)-Glek,I (2575)/Vlaardingen op act rapid (2)/0-1} (16... d5 $1 {Glek}))
8. O-O a6 (8... Be6) 9. a4 Nbd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. h3 Bd7 $132 {[%csl Ra4];
Grischuk,A (2771)-Eljanov,P (2742) Wch Blitz 5th 2010 (37) 0-1}) (5. e3 $143 $6
{Trop lent et les Blancs vont être obligés de perdre une tempo en jouant
ensuite e3e4} Bxc3 $1 {Avant que les Blancs n'aient le temps de jouer Nge2} (
5... O-O $143 6. Nge2 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 {Le signe que e3 était
assez douteux} Re8 $132 {Gurevich,M (2649)-Glek,I (2590) Vlissingen HZ op 06th
2002 (6) 1-0}) (5. Qb3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 $11) (5. Nf3 Bxc3
6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne1 O-O $11 {Jobava,B (2644)-Tkachiev,V (2661)
Benidorm Bali rap rapid 2007 (9) 1/2}) 5... Nxd5 $1 {Comme les Noirs n'ont pas
joué Nc6, ils pourront égaliser avec la poussée c6 sans perdre un tempo. En
fait, l'intérêt de cette ligne h6 est de transposer dans la variante 1.c4e5 2.
Nc3 Bb4 que joue d'ailleurs l'italien mais en évitant la ligne critique 3.Nd5
attaquant le Bb4.} 6. cxd5 O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (7. Nf3
d6 8. O-O c6 $132 {Gomez Jurado,L (2353)-Carlsson,P (2496) Barbera del Valles
op 34th 2011 (5) 0-1}) 7... c6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (8.
Qb3 Ba5 9. Ne2 d6 10. O-O c5 (10... cxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6) 11. d4 Nd7 12. Qc2 b5
$132 {[%emt 0:33:25] Hansen,C (2607)-Bruzon Batista,L (2226)/Samba Cup 2nd (8)/
1/2-1/2}) 8... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (9. b4 {[%cal
Gc1b2]} a5 $132) 9... cxd5 {29 Les Noirs sont déjà en grand retard} 10. Bxd5 d6
11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nd7 (11... Nc6) 12. Bg2 Nf6 (12... f5 $143 13. Nc3 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 13. b4 (13. Qb3 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rc1]}) 13... Qb6 (13... a5) 14. Bb2
{[%emt 0:01:10]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (14... a5 $5 {[%cal Gb6b2]}) 15. d4 Rfd8
(15... Bc4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb5 {[%cal Gb5e5,Gc4e2]} 18. Bxf6 Bxe2 19. a4
Qh5 $40) (15... Bc4 $5 16. dxe5 (16. Re1 Rfd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 17. Qc2 Rac8)
16... dxe5 17. Bxe5 $2 Qb5) 16. Nc3 Bc4 17. Re1 a5 18. Rb1 (18. b5 $5 {Plus
intéressant car les Noirs ne peuvent se permettre le luxe de prendre le P et
les Blancs gardent l'option de développer la Ra1 sur une case plus active} a4 (
18... Bxb5 19. Qb3) 19. Rb1 Rdc8 20. Nxa4 Qxb5 21. Nc3 Qa6 (21... Qd7 22. dxe5)
22. a4) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Bf8 20. b5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
21. exd4 d5 $15 {[%csl Rb1,Rb2,Gc4]} 22. Bc1 Ne4 (22... Re8) 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24.
Rxe4 (24. Bxe4) 24... Ba2 25. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rf4
{[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd6 {Plus qu'une minute pour passer le contrôle de temps} 27.
Rg4 Be6 28. Be3 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Ra1+ 30. Bf1 Be7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Rd2 Ra4 33. Qd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. g3 {1g3 est un oiseau rare а ce niveau!} e5 {Sur la réaction des Noirs, cf
l'article: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2011/03/
the-future-belongs-to-1-g3/} 2. c4 (2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Be7
6. c3 O-O 7. b4 e4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Nfd2 Bf5 {Shoker,S (2353)-Fressinet,L (2646)
Internationaux Blitz Paris Charlety 2007 (10.2) 1-0}) 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4
{[%emt 0:01:27]} e4 5. d5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+
8. Qxc3 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qa3 a5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Bh3
Rc8 15. Kd2 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 h6 17. Bf4 Qa8 18. Rc7 Rc8 19. Qc3 g5 {Rowson,J 
(2547)-Bologan,V (2627)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003/0-1 (51)}) 5... cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]
} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 7. Bd2 e3 $5 8. Bxb4 (8. fxe3
Na6 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. a3 Na6 {[%csl Ra6]}) 8... exf2+ 9. Kd2 Qb6 (9... Na6 $1
10. Bc3 fxg1=Q 11. Qxg1 (11. Rxg1) 11... O-O $44) 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:45][%cal Ge8g8]} (10... Nxd5 $142 $5 11. Nh3 (11. Bxd5 Qd4+ 12. Kc1
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 f1=Q+) 11... Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd2]}) 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:00:40]} (11... Na6 12. Qb3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3) 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} O-O
$138 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Qb3 Qd8 14. Rhf1 Re8 15. Rxf2 Ng4 16. Ke1 Qe7 17. e4
{[%emt 0:00:44]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Re2 Bg6 19. Qxb7 Bh5 20. Qc7 Nge5 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxd7 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Qg5 24. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O {White delays the
development of his queen's knight, aiming for positions characteristic of a
reversed hybrid between the Dragon and the Najdorf Sicilian.} Nb6 {With the
knight on c3, this retreat would be forced, but here the decision is
questionable.} ({Against} 6... Be7 {, White is supposed to play} 7. d4 {
, but I have failed to find an advantage after} e4 8. Ne5 f5 {, when I
analyzed this position in my first years as an English Opening player. A
recent game at top level seems to confirm my evaluation:} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3
O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Bf6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. f4 Rb4 $132 {1/2 Carlsen,M (2714)
-Gelfand,B (2736)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (37)}) 7. b3 $5 {White intends to put
pressure on the e5-pawn as soon as possible, but defining his intentions so
soon allows Black deviate from the standard paths.} ({The main line goes} 7. d3
Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 {with a solid position for
Black. White has no easy way to develop the initiative and risks being left in
a passive position without space. See for instance Portisch,L (2533)-Almasi,Z 
(2646)/Szekesfehervar 2006/CBM 112/[Ribli] (0-1, 42)}) 7... Bd6 $1 {This is
not a typical way to develop the bishop, but White's play has been anything
from standard, too.} (7... Be7 $6 8. Bb2 Bf6 {is somewhat artificial.} 9. Nc3 (
9. d3 $2 e4 $1) 9... Bf5 10. d3 O-O 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne4 (12. Nd2 $5 Bh3 13.
Nce4 Be7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f6 17. b4 $1 $14) (12. Re1 $5 Bh3
13. Bh1 Be7 14. Ne4 $14) 12... Bxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 {Delchev,A 
(2629)-Korneev,O (2572)/Albacete 2001/EXT 2002 (1/2, 21)} 15. h4 g6 (15... Kf8
16. g4 g6 17. g5 Bg7 18. Bh3 $14) 16. e3 Bg7 17. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gf1b5] Black may have to play ...f6, when the weakness of the light squares
would increase the force of the white king's bishop.}) 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10.
h3 {It is not clear that this move should be played at such an early stage. In
some cases, the bishop is exposed on g4.} (10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Rc1 Rae8 (11... f5
$6 12. Rxc6 $1 $14 Qxc6 $6 13. Nxe5 $16 {[%cal Ge5g4,Gg2b7]}) 12. Ne4 Bh3 13.
Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f6 16. b4 Rf7 (16... e4 $5 {would have been
more consistent with Black's previous play.}) 17. a3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qc2
$14 {White has the more flexible structure. Black's d4-pawn is vulnerable,
while the whole queenside is under pressure.} Rfe7 20. Re1 Kh8 21. b5 Qd6 22.
a4 Nxa4 23. Rc4 Nb6 24. Rxd4 Qa3 25. Rh4 ({A tempting move, especially in
rapid chess. Korchnoi was probably nostalgic after his brilliant win against
Arnasson, in A29.} 25. e3 {would have been also playable}) 25... a6 26. d4 h6
27. Rh5 Qa5 28. g4 $36 {Kortschnoj,V (2639)-Rublevsky,S (2657)/St Petersburg
2001/CBM 82 (1-0, 35)}) 10... Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qe7 ({After h3 and ...Bh5,} 11...
Qd7 12. Rc1 f5 {is entirely playable because} 13. Rxc6 {does not work out so
well anymore in view of} Qxc6 14. Nxe5 Qe8 {and there is no hanging bishop on
g4.}) 12. Ne4 $146 {White goes for the pair of bishops, although this seems to
strengthen Black's centre.} (12. a3 a5 13. e4 Bc5 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16.
Nh4 {Gurevich,M (2656)-Rublevsky,S (2655)/France 2004/CBM 098 ext/[Gurevich,M]
(1-0, 31)}) (12. Rc1 f5 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 {[%cal Gd1a1,Gc4h4,Gc4c6,Yf1d1]
may be worth a try.}) 12... f5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. b4 $6 {This move should be
part of White's plan, because it undermines the defence of the e5-pawn,
inhibiting an eventual ...d5 and increasing the force of an eventual f2-f4.
However, the concrete form of carrying out this plan may be premature.} ({
I would prefer the developing move} 14. Qd2 {for instance} f4 (14... Rae8 15.
b4 $36) 15. e3 fxg3 (15... Rf7 16. exf4 exf4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rfe1 $36 {[%csl
Gg7]}) 16. fxg3 Rf7 17. e4 $14 {White's pair of bishops offer him a long term
advantage.}) 14... Nxb4 $1 {Being better developed, Black has no reasons to
refrain from forced play.} 15. Qb3+ N4d5 16. Nxe5 {This tactical operation
leads to a position with opposite coloured bishops, in which White is not out
of danger.} ({Black can hold his own after} 16. e4 {. but the initiative would
stay with White after} fxe4 17. dxe4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qf7 19. Bg4 h5 $1 {[%csl
Gh5]} (19... Nc7 20. Rac1 {leaves Black hanging.}) 20. Bd1 (20. Bf5 g6) 20...
Nf6 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. f4 $44) 16... dxe5 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 {
Black is entitled to hope for a mating attack, which justifies his decision to
keep queens on board.} ({However,} 18... Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. f3 Ke6 {
would also be playable, because the centralized king would defend the e5-pawn
safely.}) 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Rac1 $13 {Black has reached a maximum of activity,
but his e5-pawn and the long diagonal remain vulnerable. We could conclude
that White has achieved certain strategic plusses, which may become obvious in
the endgame, but the midlegame is quite dangerous for him. The final outcome
of the game depends on whose bishop will be more active.} f4 {This probably is
the most consequent way to start the attack.} ({After a strengthening move like
} 20... Rf6 {White can play} 21. Qc5 {With the king on h8, far from the centre,
the exchange of queens would favour White, who could try to exploit his
pressure on the dark squares without fearing an attack, while after} Qe6 {
Black's position loses harmony.}) 21. g4 {This is more or less forced, but
White's stability on the light squares is only relative.} Bf7 22. Qe4 Bg6 23.
Qg2 {The queen has to retreat to this passive square. White is dreaming of
consolidating with f3 and re-activating the queen, but this is a slow plan.}
Qf7 {[%cal Gf4f3,Gf7a2]} (23... e4 $5 24. dxe4 Bxe4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Bd4 b6 27.
Rc2 $13 {[%csl Gg7]}) 24. Rc5 Qxa2 $6 (24... e4 25. dxe4 Bxe4 26. f3 b6 {
wins a couple of tempi for Black if compared with the line from the previous
comment.}) 25. Rb5 $6 ({White should have opened the long diagonal immediately:
} 25. Bxe5 $1) 25... b6 $2 {Black again leaves the e5-pawn undefended.} ({
The consequent} 25... e4 $1 {would have offered him excellent play.} 26. dxe4
Bxe4 27. f3 Qc4 28. Rg5 (28. Ra5 Qb4 $17) 28... Bg6 $15 {Black is a pawn up
and White's pieces are dispersed all over the board, without the desired
coordination between them.}) 26. Ra1 Qf7 27. Rxe5 $36 {[%csl Gg7] The
b2-bishop has become active, while the g6-bishop cannot create threats any
more.} Qb3 (27... f3 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. exf3 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Rf7 31. d4 $14 {
[%cal Gf3f5]}) 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bd4 Qb4 30. Qd5 Qe7 31. Rc1 {White is well
centralized and his attack develops as if he had an extra piece, which is a
typical situation with opposite coloured bishops.} h6 (31... Qxe2 32. Rc7 Qe1+
33. Kg2 Rg8 34. Qd7 $18) 32. Qf3 Qd6 33. Bb2 Kh7 34. Rc4 b5 35. Rc6 Qb4 36. Bc3
Qe7 37. Qxf4 Rf8 38. Qe3 Qf7 39. Be5 Re8 40. f4 Qd7 41. Qc5 Qe7 42. Rc7 Qxc5+
43. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 {Without a previous ...Nc6, this is considered to be
premature, because of White's reply.} 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 $5 {An original answer,
which does not necessary improve over the common continuation. After the text
move, play ressembles a similar variation from the Sicilian> 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.
exd5 Nf6. The extra-tempo (g3) cannot harm White, of course.} ({The approved
continuation is} 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3+ $14 {as, for instance, in Delchev,A (2583)
-Nikcevic,N (2468)/France 2003/CBM 094/[Ribli] (1-0, 46). You can find a small
survey of the variation in the notes to this game.}) 4... Bb4+ (4... c5 5. e3
dxe3 6. Bxe3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd2 $44 {Videki,S (2305)-Ruban,V (2580)/
Norresundby 1992/EXT 2000 (0-1, 20). The position is characteristic of a
reversed... Scandinavian > 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6, etc}) 5.
Nbd2 (5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 c5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. e3 O-O (8... Ne4 9. Qe2 {As we
will see below, d3 is a better square for the queen.} O-O 10. O-O {King,D 
(2500)-Westerinen,H (2380)/Gausdal 1993/TD (1-0, 36)} Re8 $1 11. Re1 Nc6 $13)
9. O-O Ne4 10. Qd3 dxe3 11. Qxe3 (11. fxe3 $2 Nc6 $15 {Biolek,R (2370)
-Likavsky,T (2250)/Czechoslovakia 1992/TD (1-0, 35)}) 11... Nc6 {. Play has
transposed again into the aforementioned game.} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14.
Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Rad1 $44 {King,D (2500)-Westerinen,H (2380)/Gausdal
1993/TD (1-0, 36)}) 5... Nf6 {Aronian keeps developing, not letting himself
tempted by the perspective of playing with an extra-pawn.} (5... c5 6. Bg2 Nf6
(6... Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e3 $14 dxe3 $6 10. Qxe3+ Qe7 11. Re1 Qxe3
12. Bxe3 $16) 7. O-O Bxd2 (7... O-O 8. Nb3 $14) 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. e3 dxe3 10. Qxe3
d6 11. b3 $44) 6. Bg2 {Ivanchuk continues tempting him, but without succcess...
} (6. Nxd4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 d6 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 $14 {
White has retrieved the pawn and enjoys more space in the centre.} O-O 11. Nc2
$6 {Ivanchuk's plan is coherent, but rather time-consuming.} ({He could have
consolidated his advantage by completing his development with} 11. b3 Qe7 12.
Bb2 Ne4 (12... f4 13. gxf4 Ne4 14. e3 $16) 13. e3 $14 {[%cal Gd1c2,Ga1d1,Gf1e1]
}) 11... Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 f4 $1 $132 {Black gets rid of a
potentially weak pawn, opens the diagonal for his bishop and puts the enemy
kingside under pressure. White's advantage of space in the centre loses part
of its relevance.} 15. Nd5 (15. gxf4 Nh5 16. Nd5 Nxf4 $132 17. Nxc7 $4 Qg6 $19)
15... Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Rfe1 ({The thematic pawn break} 17. c5 {is best
neutralized by} c6 $1 (17... Rf6 18. cxd6 Rxd6 19. Qc5 $14) (17... Qxe2 18.
Rae1 Qb2 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Re4 $32 f3 $6 21. Bxf3 $1 $16) 18. Qxd6 Bg4 $36)
17... Rf6 18. Rad1 c6 19. Qe4 $6 {Again, Ivanchuk choses a slow plan of
regrouping.} ({After the simpler} 19. Qd4 Qf7 (19... Qh5 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 20. Qc5
$5 Qh6 21. Qe5 $14) 20. b5 {White may keep some initiative.}) 19... Qf7 20. Rd4
Bg4 (20... fxg3 21. hxg3 $1 Rxf2 $2 22. Bf3 $16) 21. Qd3 Rf8 {Black has
achieved an optimal regrouping and his position looks preferable already.} 22.
Qd2 (22. Rxd6 fxg3 23. hxg3 $8 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 $8 $15) 22... h5 $36
23. Bf3 $6 {With this move, White admits that he is struggling already.} (23.
gxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 {[%cal Gf4b4]} 26. e4 h4 27. h3 Be6 $15)
(23. f3 $5 {Aronian}) 23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxf3 25. exf3 Rxf3 26. Re2 c5 27.
bxc5 (27. Rxd6 h4 $40) 27... dxc5 28. Rd8 (28. Rd7 Qg6 29. Rxb7 h4 $40) 28...
Qxc4 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Re5 b6 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Rh4 Qe6 33. a4 a6 34. Rh5 c4
35. Qd4 Qf7 36. Rd5 c3 37. Rd6 $2 ({Missing an excellent drawing chance:} 37.
Rd8 $1 {It seems that Black's king cannot avoid perpetual.} c2 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8
39. Qd8+ Qe8 40. Qd6+ Kg8 41. Qd5+ Qf7 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qh1+ Kg6 44. Qc6+ $1
$11) 37... b5 $17 38. Rxa6 (38. axb5 axb5 39. Rd8 {comes too late already:} Qc4
40. Qxc4+ (40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+ Kg5 44. Qe5+ Kg4
45. Qxg7+ Kf3 $19) 40... bxc4 41. Rd1 Kf7 (41... Rf3 42. Rd4 $1 $11) 42. Rc1
Ke6 43. Rxc3 Kd5 {and White has little hope to save this ending, because of
the huge difference between the kings' activity.}) 38... Rc8 39. Qg4 Qc4 {
There are no checks available and the c-pawn is unstoppable.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O {This move order
is examined to a lesser extent than the normal lines with an early Nc3 and
allows more possibilities for improvising.} Be7 ({For} 6... Nb6 {see the
annotated game Aronian,L (2773)-Shirov,A (2730)/Bilbao 2009/CBM 132/[Marin,M] 
(1-0, 43)}) 7. d4 $5 ({It was not too late for transposing back to the main
lines with} 7. Nc3 Nb6 {, but this was not White's intention in the first
place.}) 7... e4 {The most principled reaction.} (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9.
Qxd4 {leaves White with the more pleasant position at no cost, see for
instance Lobron,E (2570)-Hertneck,G (2615)/Munich 1994/CBM 042/[Ribli] (1/2,
59)}) 8. Ne5 f5 {The only way to defend the central pawn properly.} (8... Nxe5
9. dxe5 Bf5 {has been played more than once, with Black blundering} 10. Bxe4 $1
Bxe4 11. Qa4+ $16) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black has managed to restrict the g2-bishop
and his knight enjoys stability in the centre. However, his queenside
structure has been seriously damaged. We can state that the position is
strategically very sharp.} 10. Qc2 {A flexible move, which does not discard
White's intentions about developing his minor pieces. It may all depend on the
way Black defends his weak pawn.} (10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 {does not
look too appealing for White:} Bf6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. f4 Rb4 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3
Rxb2 17. Qa4 {White had to struggle to get his pawn back in Carlsen,M (2714)
-Gelfand,B (2736)/Moscow 2007/CBM 122 (1/2, 37)}) ({For} 10. Qa4 {see the
annotated game Topalov,V (2700)-Timman,J (2649)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069/
[Ribli] (1-0, 36)}) 10... Qd7 (10... Qd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qd7
14. f3 exf3 {1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Eljanov,P (2712)/Kiev UKR 2011/TWIC
866 (22)} 15. exf3 $1 $146 O-O 16. Be5 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4] /\f4. This obviously
is a largely improved version of this structure compared to Carlsen-Gelfand.
The e5-bishop is very active.}) (10... Nb4 $6 {is a typical blitz game move,
which just exposes the knight.} 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O (12... c5 13. Qd1 cxd4
14. Qxd4 $36 Nc2 15. Qxg7 Bf6 16. Qh6 Nxa1 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Be3 $16) 13. Bg5 $6
(13. a3 $1 Nd5 14. Qc4 $16 {would win a pawn.}) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxb4 Qe7 15.
Qc4+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Bxe6 $13 {Ivanchuk,V (2764)-Shirov,A (2735)/Warsaw 2010,
blitz play-off/CBM 139 Extra (1-0, 28)}) 11. Nc3 {This had been played only
once before.} (11. Bd2 Ba6 (11... Bf6 12. e3 Qe6 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15.
Bf1 $16 {Obukhov,A (2488)-Rozhkov,V (2287)/Salekhard 2006/CBM 115 ext (1-0, 41)
. White has regrouped harmoniously and can enjoy his structural superiority.})
12. Nc3 Bf6 $6 {This is wrong for far from obvious tactical reasons.} (12...
O-O {would have led to similar play to that in the line actually played.}) 13.
Rfd1 ({White could create unexpected problems with} 13. Bh3 $1 {, since} Qe6 {
does not prevent} 14. Nxe4 $3 $18 Qxe4 15. Qxc6+) 13... O-O 14. Be1 Nb6 15.
Rac1 $14 {Ehlvest,J (2588)-Arutunian,D (2427)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 (1/2, 61). /
= Black is not under immediate pressure, but he has to play carefully in order
to avoid his weaknesses becoming telling.}) 11... O-O 12. Nxd5 $6 {White helps
his opponent to improve his structure, hoping to get some pressure along the
c-file. However, the ulterior course of the game will show that this plan is
not realistic. It is hard to explain why a top player would have such a line
in his repertoire.} (12. f3 $5) (12. Na4 $5) 12... cxd5 13. Bf4 Ba6 {Very
active.} (13... c6 14. Rfc1 Rf6 {or}) (13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 (14... cxd6 15.
f4 $5 {leaves Black without kingside play, while on the queenside he is a pawn
down.}) 15. Rac1 $14 {offers White chances to retain some pressure.}) 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. e3 $146 {A novelty which does not change anything significantly.} (15.
Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Be7 18. Be5 Bc4 19. e3 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Qa4 $132 {
Burkart,P (2374)-Becking,S (2242)/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (1-0, 44)}) 15... c5 $1
{Black gets rid of his backward pawn and obtains active play. After the
exchange, White will not be able to block the d-pawn either.} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17.
Qb3 Bc4 18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Bf1 $6 {This does not force the immediate bishop
exchange and allows Black maintain the tension, rather to his favour.} ({
White would have had better chances to keep the balance even with} 19. b3 Bd3 {
and only now} 20. Bf1) 19... Be7 $1 {Threatening to trap White's "active"
bishop.} 20. h4 Bf6 $15 {Black is better developed and has lots of space.} 21.
Qd2 (21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Qa4 h6 24. h5 Qf7 $17 {White is doomed to
absolute inactivity.}) 21... h6 22. h5 Qf7 23. Rc2 Qxh5 $1 (23... Bxf1 24. Rxc8
(24. Rxf1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxh5 $17) 24... Rxc8 25. Rxf1 Rd8 26. Qa5 Rd7 27. Qb5
Rb7 28. Qc6 Bxb2 29. Rd1 $132) 24. Rac1 Kh7 25. Bg2 Rcd8 26. Bc7 Rde8 27. b3
Bd3 28. Rc5 d4 $40 {White's position is about to crumble, but miracles will
happen in mutual time trouble.} 29. Rd5 Rc8 (29... dxe3 30. Qxe3 a6 $17 {
was a simpler way to keep the extra pawn.}) 30. exd4 Qf7 31. Qa5 Bg5 $2 (31...
e3 $1 32. fxe3 Bg5 33. Re5 Be4 $17) 32. Rcc5 e3 33. f4 $1 {Suddenly, White has
got some activity and also neutralised Black's kingside initiative.} Bf6 34.
Be5 $13 {The bishop gets on to a favourable square finally.} Be7 $6 35. Rd7 Qe8
$2 36. Rxc8 Qxd7 37. Rc7 Qd8 38. d5 Bf6 39. d6 Re8 {White has a dominating
position, but the black e-pawn can be tricky. A gentleman's exchange of
courtesies will follow on the fateful 40th move.} 40. Qd5 $2 (40. Qc3 $1 {
This wins for not too obvious reasons.} e2 (40... Bxe5 41. fxe5 e2 42. Kf2) 41.
Bxf6 $3 (41. Kf2 $2 Qxd6 $1) 41... e1=Q+ 42. Kh2 Qxc3 (42... Qxc7 43. Qxc7 Rg8
44. d7 Qe2 45. d8=Q Qh5+ 46. Bh4 $18) 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Bxc3 Be4 $8 45. Bf1 Bd5
$8 46. Bb5 Rf8 47. Rxa7+ Kg8 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Be5 $18) 40... Ba6 $2 (40... e2
$1 {would suddenly turn the tables.} 41. Kf2 Bxe5 42. fxe5 Qg5 43. Qxd3 Rxe5
44. Ke1 Re3 $19 {[%cal Gg5g3]}) 41. Qf7 Rxe5 42. fxe5 e2 43. Kf2 Qb8 {[%cal
Gb8b6]} 44. Bb7 $1 {The only winning move, by the way.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 ({It is interesting to compare the line played with
the Keres Variation:} 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {Instead of Nc3
White will have Bg2 on board.}) 3... c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 $5 ({The
classical continuation is} 5... d5 {but recently it was (re-)discovered that}
6. d3 {poses some problems.} (6. cxd5 Qxd5 {offers Black great play.}) 6...
exd3 ({Actually this variation is not new at all:} 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 {Benko,P-Tal,M Curacao 1962 (½-½, 34)
. Strangely it was only after 25 years that White tried this line again and
not until recently did it become popular.}) 7. cxd5 {Ding,L (2773)-Inarkiev,E 
(2727) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 87)}) 6. Nb3 a5 {Black immediately
starts the fight against the knight.} (6... d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. d3
Bb4 {completely transposes to a line from the Keres System, which is known to
favour White. Here is the most mportant classical game:} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 ({The modern interpretaion of the line does not change the
evaluation:} 12... Qa6 13. Nc5 Qc6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rc1 b5 16. dxc4 b4 17. Qb3
a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Na4 $18 {Brodowski,P (2442)-Socko,
B (2621) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2014 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd3 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 dxe2 19. Qxe2 gxf6 20. Qb2 Kg7 21.
Qd4 $16 {Reshevsky,S-Keres,P Los Angeles 1963 MCL [Dolmatov] (1-0, 41)}) 7. d3
a4 8. N3d2 d5 (8... Bc5 9. O-O $5 {White's better possibilites for rapid
development prevent Black fro using the weakness of the dark squares.} (9. e3
$6 exd3 10. Nc3 Qa6 $15 {Meier,G (2657)-Baklan,V (2618) Biel 2016 (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) 9... e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 d6 (11... Ng4 12. Ne4) 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. c5 $1
Qxc5 (13... dxc5 14. Nc4 $18) (13... Bxc5 14. Nxa4 $16) 14. Nce4 Qh5 15. Nxd6+
Kd7 16. h4 Kxd6 (16... Bxd2 17. Nxc8 $16) 17. Nc4+ $14) 9. cxd5 $1 $146 {
It makes sense clearing the path for White's minor pieces.} (9. dxe4 {is
premature, making the c4-pawn look like a weakness.} dxe4 10. e3 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Bh3 $44) 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+
Be6 15. O-O O-O $44 16. Qh4 $6 Ne5 $15 17. Nd5 {?!?!} cxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 (18...
Bd7 $19) 19. f4 Be2 (19... Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfd8 $17) 20. fxe5 Bxf1
21. Bxf1 $15 {Topalov,V (2749)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris (blitz) 2017 (0-1, 35)})
9... exd3 ({The difference is that after} 9... cxd5 {White can safely take the
pawn:} 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gd5f4]
}) 10. O-O cxd5 (10... dxe2 $2 11. Qxe2+ $18 {offers White a decisive attack.})
11. exd3 {The position is more pleasant for White, as he has pressure on d5
and nice minor piece development, but it is early to speak about an advantage.}
Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. b4 $1 {An elegant tactical way of taking over
the queenside initiative.} ({A week later White missed this:} 14. Nf3 $6 O-O
15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bg5 Be6 $11 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Bf4 a3 20. Rb1 Bd6 $17
{Navara,D (2737)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (0-1, 34)}) 14...
axb3 (14... Qxb4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Nc4 $14
{[%csl Gb7][%cal Gc1e3]}) (14... Nxb4 15. Rxe7+ Kxe7 16. Ba3 Kd8 17. Qb1 Na6
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 $18) 15. Bb2 $1 Qd8 ({If} 15... Bg4 {White has a choice:}
{A simpler way is} 16. Nxb3 (16. Qxb3 {may lead to interesting play, with
chances for both sides:} O-O 17. Qxb7 Rfc8 18. Rxe7 Rab8 19. Nb3 (19. Rxf7 Rxb7
20. Rxb7 Qa6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 Qxd3 23. Bxf6+ Kf8 24. Nb3 Bf3 25. Nf4 Qd6
$13) 19... Rxb7 (19... Qd8 20. Rxf7 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rxb7 Qd8 $13) 16...
Qd8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. h3 Be6 19. Ne2 $14) 16. Qxb3 {A strange decision.} (16.
Nxb3 O-O 17. Nb5 $14 {offers White natural play.}) 16... Be6 $6 ({Even
stranger. Why did he refrain from:} 16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. Qb1 O-O 19. h3 (
19. Nxd5 Ne2+) 19... Be6 $11 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd4 Nb4 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. axb3
Qxd4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxe7 g6 $44 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 17. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4]
Suddenly Black is under serious pressure.} Bb4 $2 $18 18. Red1 {Too slow to
bother Black.} ({The spectacular} 18. Nf4 $1 {would have more or less won:} O-O
(18... Bxd2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re2 $18 Ba5 23. Qxb7+
Ne7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Qxa8+) 19. Rxe6 Bxd2 (19... fxe6 20. Nxe6
$18) 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nxd5 $18) 18... O-O $14 {Black is back in the game now.}
19. Nf4 Bc5 $6 {Hoping to get counterplay against f2 after an exchange on e6,
but exposing the bishop.} (19... Bg4 20. Nf3 $14) 20. Nf3 (20. Rac1 $5) 20...
Bg4 21. Rac1 {White's pressure has again become unbearable.} Bxf3 {Hoping to
get drawing chances with opposite coloured bishops.} 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4
24. Rc2 b6 25. Bxd5 $1 {Without knights Black should be entitled to count on a
draw, but this way he is more or less lost.} Ra7 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Ne2 h5 (27...
Bc5 28. d4 $16) 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. a4 Qa5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. d4 {
The start of the end. White is a pawn up and has regrouped perfectly.} Nd5 33.
Rdc1 g6 34. Rc8 Rad7 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb1 Nf6 (37... Nc3 38. Rb4
Rc8 39. Qb3 $18) 38. d5 Ra8 (38... Nxd5 39. Rd1 $18) (38... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]}
39. Qd4+ {[%csl Gb6]}) 39. d6 Ra7 (39... Qxa4 40. Rb4 $18) 40. Rd1 Nd7 41. Bc6
Qc5 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Kf6 44. Re4 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {Black adopts
a Bogo-Indian setup, with the difference that the e-pawn has reached e5
without losing a tempo with ...e7-e6. On the other hand, the Bogo system based
on Bxd2+, ...d6 and ...e6-e5 is not the nost critical.} 7. Nc3 ({Black's king
has little trouble reaching safety after} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nf3 Re8
10. Nc3 Kc7 11. O-O a5 $11 {[%csl Gc5] Tsanas,A (2282)-Postny,E (2641) Porto
Rio 2014 (0-1, 36)}) 7... O-O 8. e3 {This looks White's best chance for
retaining an edge. White prepares Nge2 without obstructing his bishop. The
evaluation of the lines given below has not changed with the passing of
decades, so I will just examine the most recent examples in each case.} (8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nge2 {allows the Old Indian type of plan} a6 10. O-O b5 {, taking
advantage of the fact that there is no pressure along the long diagonal.} 11.
Rfd1 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. c5 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bc8 17. Bxc8
Rfxc8 18. b3 Na5 19. Qe3 Rd8 $11 {Meier,G (2623)-Raznikov,D (2481) Warsaw 2013
(1/2-1/2, 44)}) (8. Nf3 {allows Black to gain space in the centre.} e4 9. Ng5
d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 {Apicella,M (2540)-Cornette,M (2568)
Caen 2011 (1/2-1/2, 22)}) ({The symmetrical position resulting after} 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 {is quite safe for Black. One important problem for White is
that his bishop is restricted by the c6-pawn.} 10. Nf3 Re8 (10... e4 $5 11. Ng5
e3) 11. O-O Na6 12. Rfd1 Bf5 13. Nd2 Red8 14. Nb3 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bc2 16. Ra1 $1
{The only way to prevent the exchange on b3 followed by ...Nb4.} (16. Rc1 Bxb3
17. axb3 Nb4) 16... Rc8 (16... Bxb3 $2 17. axb3 {[%cal Gg2c6]} Nb4 18. Ra5 $1
Nd7 19. Bh3 $16) 17. Na5 Rc7 18. a3 $6 ({White could pose more problems to his
opponent by inserting} 18. Rc1 $1 Bf5 {before starting the queenside attack
with} 19. a3) 18... Nc5 19. Rc1 (19. b4 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Bxb3 21. c5 Kf8 $11) 19...
Bb3 20. Bh3 Kf8 $132 {Socko,B (2647)-Kulaots,K (2586) Legnica 2013 (1/2-1/2,
56)}) 8... Be6 9. Rd1 $5 {This is the move I recommended in my English
repertoire book, but in the meanwhile theory has moved ahead.} ({The natural} 
9. b3 {allows the following operation in the centre.} exd4 10. Qxd4 (10. exd4
d5 11. c5 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Nge2 Qd6 14. O-O Nbd7 {Black does not have the
least problem, Dvirnyy,D (2549)-Romanishin,O (2494) Porto San Giorgio 2013 (1/
2-1/2, 26)}) 10... d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nge2 ({White's advantage in the
Isolani position is purely symbolical, mainly because of the weakness of his
kingside:} 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. O-O Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rac1 g6 19. Kg2 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5e4] Papin,V (2510)-Vishnu,P (2505)
Chennai 2013 (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Nd4 {
The position is close to equality, but White's play is easier, Bacrot,E (2721)
-Saric,I (2666) Poikovsky 2014 (1-0, 45)}) 9... Na6 (9... Bxc4 10. dxe5 $16)
10. b3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb4 (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Nge2 d5 14. cxd5 Ncxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 {The same structure as in the last comment, but
without queens.} 17. f3 (17. O-O Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11 {Reinderman,D (2575)
-Giri,A (2585) Groningen 2009 (1/2-1/2, 22)}) 17... Rad8 18. Kf2 (18. O-O $5)
18... Ng4+ $5 (18... Be6 19. Rhd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc8 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7]}) 19.
fxg4 Bxg2 20. Rxd8 Bxh1 21. Rd1 Bd5 22. Nf4 Be4 23. Rd7 g5 $6 (23... Rb8 24.
Nd3 {[%cal Gd3c5]} Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. Rd7 Ke8 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rxb7 Rd2+ 29.
Kf3 Rxa2 $11) 24. Nd3 (24. Nh3 $1 {[%cal Gd7b7,Gh3g5]}) 24... Bxd3 25. Rxd3 f6
26. h4 {1/2-1/2 Ringoir,T (2506)-Romanishin,O (2495) Elgoibar 2013}) 12. Qd2 (
12. Rd2 Qa5 13. Nge2 d5 14. cxd5 Nbxd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Rfd8
18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Kf8 20. e4 Ke7 21. f4 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. e5 Nd7 24.
Ne4 f6 $11 {Collutiis,D (2486)-De Verdier,M (2375) Bugibba 2012 (1/2-1/2, 35)})
12... Bf5 $1 {This forcing move seems to deprive White of any possibilities to
retain an advantage. He might have to look for a deviation much earlier.} 13.
e4 Re8 14. Nge2 (14. Nce2 {[%csl Gb4,Gf5] wins a piece but makes White fall
behind in development.} Nxe4 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qxb7 (16. Qa3 Nc3 17. Rc1 Qf6 $40)
16... Qf6 $40) (14. f3 $2 d5 $1 {Zakhartsov}) 14... Nxe4 $1 {Not a proper
piece sacrifice, as Black will retrieve it by force.} 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4
Rxe4 17. Qxb4 Qe7 18. Rd2 Re8 19. O-O c5 $1 {Removing the pawn from an exposed
square with gain of time.} (19... Rxe2 $6 20. Rxe2 Qxe2 21. Qxb7 {[%csl Gc6]}
c5 $6 {If this is necessary, then Black should have really played it earlier!}
(21... Qxa2 22. Qxc6 Rf8 $14) 22. Qxa7 h5 23. Qd7 Re6 24. a4 $16 {Toth,C (2366)
-Bronstein,L (2355) Rio de Janeiro 2011 (1/2-1/2, 52)}) 20. Qb5 $146 {Not
changing anything.} (20. Qa3 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxa7 b5 {Zakhartsov,V 
(2560)-Pijpers,A (2338) Dieren 2013 CBM 156 [Zakhartsov,V] (1/2-1/2, 22)})
20... Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxb7 Qxa2 23. Qd7 Rf8 24. Qxd6 Qxb3 25. Qxc5 g6
26. Qxa7 Qxc4 27. Qe3 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 ({Giri
apparently did not find a convincing improvement over Aronian's previous
experience with} 6... Be7 7. d4 {Aronian,L (2792)-Fressinet,L (2687) Paris
2016 CBM 173 [Marin,M] (1-0, 49)}) 7. d3 ({The main alternative is} 7. b3 Be7 (
7... Bd6 {Aronian,L (2773)-Shirov,A (2730) Bilbao 2009 CBM 132 [Marin,M] (1-0,
43)}) 8. Bb2 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Sagar
Shah] (1-0, 53)}) ({And of course} 7. Nc3 {would just transpose to the main
lines but this is not what White usually wants when choosing this move order.})
7... Be7 8. Be3 $5 {The bishop frequently lands on e3 in the reversed Dragon
English, but mostly with a knight on c3. Aronian's plan, even though not
completely new, is rather exotic.} ({The normal line goes} 8. Nbd2 O-O ({
The extravagant} 8... g5 {in Korchnoi's style was also tried in Bischoff,K 
(2559)-Vallejo Pons,F (2678) Germany 2005 CBM 106 [Ribli] (1-0, 31)}) 9. a3 a5
10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bf8 {[%csl Gb3][%cal
Gd7f7] Portisch,L (2533)-Almasi,Z (2646) Szekesfehervar 2006 CBM 112 [Ribli] 
(0-1, 42). Black is perfectly regrouped and even though White's position looks
flexible, too, the weakness of the b3-pawn restricts his active possibilities.}
) 8... O-O (8... Nd5 {is not too annoying yet as the bishop has a square to
which to retreat.} 9. Bd2 (9. Nc3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. d4 {is a double edged
alternative. White is better developed and has some initiative but if Black
consolidates the central pawns may become weak.}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rc1
f6 ({It may have been better to delay this move with, for instance} 11... Qd7
12. Ne4 f6) 12. Qb3 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5] Suddenly Black has concrete problems.} Na5
$6 (12... Rb8 $6 13. Ng5 $1) (12... Nf4 $2 {is known to lose material from
similar Dragon positions with reversed colours. Here the line is a bit more
complex.} 13. Qxb7 Na5 14. Qa6 c6 {Hoping to trap the queen with ...Bc8.} 15.
Ne4 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 $16 {The a5-knight is lost.}) ({the best
defence was} 12... Bb4 {but after} 13. Qc2 {the bishop would be misplaced. All
in all, Black would probably lose a tempo.}) 13. Qb5 c6 14. Qa4 Nb4 15. Ne4 Qb6
{Dizdarevic,E (2498)-Ascic,P (2293) Bosnjaci 2013 (1-0, 41) The awful
placement of Black's knights allowed} 16. Nc5 $1 (16. Rc5 $1 {is similar.})
16... Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb4 $18) 9. Nbd2 {Quite a daring move ignoring
the threat ...Nd5.} (9. Qc1 Re8 10. Nbd2 {[%csl Gc5] is more cautious but in
principle White would prefer placing a rook on c1, as Aronian later did.} Bg4
11. Bc5 f5 12. Nb3 Bf6 $13 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2670)-Vallejo Pons,F (2559)
Ohrid 2001 (0-1, 42)}) ({This was the last moment when White could have
transposed to a main line branch with} 9. Nc3) 9... Be6 {Not really a bad move,
but it helps White reach a natural position.} ({The critical test is} 9... Nd5
10. Nc4 ({With reversed colours, Black would probably not mind a structure
such as arose after} 10. Rc1 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 {but with
White the requirements are higher, so personally I would not play like this.})
10... Nxe3 11. Nxe3 Re8 12. Rc1 ({Starting the knight dance on the available
squares with} 12. Nc4 f6 13. Nfd2 {looks more to the point. It remains an open
question whether Black can use his bishop for more than the modest aim of
defending c5.}) 12... Bf8 13. Rxc6 $5 {Interesting but not really adequate.}
bxc6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. b3 Bd7 {Artemiev,V (2663)-Matlakov,M (2691) Sochi 2016 
(½-½, 61), and White never entirely got adequate compensation for the
exchange.}) 10. Rc1 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2b3,Ge3c5] Now everything is in the right
place, White always has Bc5 in the event of an emergency.} Qd7 (10... Nd5 11.
Bc5 f6 12. d4 $5 Bxc5 (12... exd4 13. Nb3 $14) 13. Rxc5 Qe7 14. Qc1 exd4 15.
Rxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Nxd4 $44 {with clearer compensation than in the game quoted
above. White will at least get one pawn while retaining the better structure.})
11. a3 Bh3 $2 {A serious misunderstanding of the position. Exchanging the
bishops is good only if Black gets attacking chances as otherwise his control
in the centre and on the queenside diminishes.} ({Once again} 11... Nd5 {
is more normal, although White has fluent play after} 12. Bc5 f6 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7
14. b4) 12. Bxh3 $1 {Distracting the queen from the centre.} Qxh3 13. b4 {
Suddenly the c7- and e5-pawns are hanging.} Bd6 (13... a6 {loses a pawn to} 14.
Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nc4 {[%csl Gb6,Ge5]}) ({Even though admitting that the exchange
of bishops has been among others a mere loss of time,} 13... Qd7 {deserves
attention.} 14. Ne4 (14. b5 Na5 {[%csl Gb5] is not entirely clear}) 14... Rfd8
15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Qb3 $14) 14. Qb3 {With the light-squared bishops on the board
the queen would not have that much mobility on the queenside.} Ne7 {Black's
play looks somewhat chaotic as his moves do not make part of a coherent plan.}
({But the more natural} 14... Rad8 15. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd3d4] also looks
pleasant for White.}) 15. d4 {A logical reaction to the passive knight retreat
but not the only good plan.} (15. Bc5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gf3e5]} Qd7 (15... Rfe8
$2 16. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Ng5+) (15... Rae8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rc7 $16) 16. Ne4
$36 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd3d4]}) 15... exd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6,Ge4c5]
White has emerged out of the opening with a dream position. He has a promising
queenside minority attack and a kingside majority which could become dangerous
if put into motion. All these are sustained by his superior piece activity.}
Nc6 17. Ne4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 {This looks like one of the least favourable
moments to return with the queen.} (18... Be5 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Nc5 Qc8 {
is more coherent, but White retains unpleasant pressure after, say,} 21. Rfd1
$14 {anyway.}) 19. Rfd1 {Completing the development and putting pressure on
the errant queen.} Be5 (19... Rad8 20. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Gd4f5,Ye4d6]
}) 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Na5 Rb8 22. Nc5 {With precise play, White should already
count on a technical win. But Aronian shows us that perfect technique implies
a bit of accurate calculating, too.} Qc8 23. Qf3 c6 24. b5 $1 {Destroying
Black's queenside fortress.} Bb2 (24... cxb5 25. Nd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27.
Nxb7 $18) 25. bxc6 $1 ({Even stronger than} 25. Rc2 cxb5 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. Ncxb7
Qe6 28. Qxb5 {when White is "only" a pawn up.}) 25... Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Qc7 (26...
bxc6 27. Nxc6 {[%cal Gc6e7,Gc6b8] retrieves the exchange and retains the extra
pawn and clear domination.}) 27. cxb7 {This pawn, sustained by the knights,
will end the game soon.} Na4 (27... Rfe8 28. Qc3 {[%cal Gc5a6]}) 28. Ncb3 Qe7 (
28... Qb6 29. Qc6 $5 Nb2 30. Nc5 $1 Qxa5 31. Nd7 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Re8 33. Rc8 Qe1+
34. Kg2 Qxe2 35. Qa8 $18) 29. Nd4 Qg5 30. Qf4 $1 {The start of the final
combination.} Qxa5 (30... Qxf4 31. gxf4 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 31. Qxb8 $1 Rxb8 32.
Rc8+ Qd8 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Nc6 (34. Nc6 {the point is that after} Re8 {
White does not have to content himself with an extra pawn in the knight ending,
which would make resignation a bit premature, but can promote his pawn with}
35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc8 $1) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {A surprise. Anand "I had some ideas here. The problem today though, was
that Michael has himself started playing 1.c4 in the last couple of years. But
I thought that I will give it a shot anyway."} e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5
{English Opening games starting with 1.c4 e5 very often end up being some sort
of reverse Sicilian. This time we have a reverse Sicilian Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3
Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4) with an extra g3 move for White.} 5. cxd5 Qxd5 (5... cxd5 {
is not very common as the extra move that White has gained in the reverse
opening benefits White more.}) 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. Bg2 {takes the game to
some standard lines that usually begin with 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4
5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc2. Play usually continues} Qh5 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 8. h3 {
(preventing Black's ...Bh3 plan) and so on.}) 7... Qh5 8. Ne3 (8. Bg2 $6 Bh3
$132) 8... Bc5 (8... Bh3 $6 9. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} b5 (9... b6 $5) 10. Qc2 Bxf1
11. Rxf1 {[%csl Re4]} Qe5 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6] provoking
weaknesses and taking the initiative in 1-0 Berkes vs Borisek, Heraklio 2007.})
9. Qc2 {White continues to delay Bg2, less as a strategy now, more as a
necessity.} (9. Bg2 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bh3 $132) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 {[%cal Gf1f7]}
Qe5 ({It was also worth considering giving up the e4-pawn for development with
} 10... O-O $5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Be6 $13 {[%cal Ge6d5]}) 11. Bg2 Bf5 12.
O-O O-O 13. b3 $146 ({A previous game had seen} 13. b4 $5 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qe6 15.
b5 Rac8 16. Qb3 $14 {Littke vs Kolek, Correspondence 2011}) (13. Rxf5 $6 {
is a little too early to be good.} Qxf5 14. Nxe4 Nbd7 $15) 13... Nbd7 14. Bb2
Qe6 ({Black would have avoided the coming sacrifice with} 14... Bg6 $5 15. Rf4
{[%csl Re4]} (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. d3 $8 Qg5 $1 17. dxe4 Qxe3+ $11) 15... Qc5 {
Still, with the double Bs and f<-> White's position seems slightly preferable.}
) 15. Rxf5 $1 {A fine exchange sacrifice by Anand. White gets more than enough
compensation in the form of one and a half pawns (one pawn clear and half for
the double B advantage!) as well as a nice semi-open f<-> for his remaining R.}
Qxf5 16. Nxe4 Qg6 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f4] /\Rf4 "With
the 2 Bs and opportunities on the f<-> I was feeling very optimistic." Vishy
Anand.}) ({Worth considering was} 16... Qe6 $5 {getting away from the b1-h7 /^
so as to threaten ...Nxe4.} 17. Nxf6+ (17. Rf1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 {[%cal Gf7f6]
with...f6 to follow. This still seems slightly better for White but maybe
Black can hope for a better life.}) 17... Nxf6 18. Rf1 $14 {White keeps a
slight edge.}) 17. Rf1 Rfe8 {Black accepts a shattered pawn structure hoping
that ridding the opponent of the double B advantage will be useful to
neutralise his initiative. The decision becomes understandable when one
realises that the alternatives are not so inspiring.} (17... Nd5 18. Bh3 $16 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh3f5]}) (17... Ng4 18. Qc3 {[%cal Ge4d6]} Rab8 19. Nd6 $16 {
[%cal Gg2e4,Gd6f5,Ge4f5]}) (17... Nh5 18. Bh3 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh3f5]} f5 19.
Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxf6 Nhxf6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qb4 $16 {
Slowly White will start pushing his extra pawns while the Q keeps the Black
pieces on their toes.}) (17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh5 19. Rf5 Qh6 20. Rf4 {[%cal
Gf4h4]} g5 21. Rf1 (21. Rg4 $5) 21... f6 22. Bf5 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gf5,Rg8]}) 18.
Bxf6 {White does not shy away from giving up a B for N as in return he
inflicts permanent structural damage. The exchange of one advantage for
another is a typical tool in the hands of a Master.} Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. e4
{[%cal Gf1f4,Gg2h3,Gh3f5] Anand "White's dream setup will be Rf4 and Bf5 but
ideally the B on f5 cutting off Black's Q on the K. Unfortunately there isn't
enough time to achieve this."} Rad8 21. Rf4 Qh5 {[%csl Re2]} 22. d3 {[%csl Gd3,
Ge2,Ge4][%cal Gg2h3,Gh3f5,Gf4h4] White does not mind putting the pawns on the
light squares in order to establish a strong centre and keep the Black Rs at
bay.} Qe5 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Kg2 {[%cal Gh3f5,Gc2d2,Gf4h4] /\Bf5, Qd2, Rh4.} h5 $6
{The last few moves involved logical positional manoeuvering. White had plans
to slowly improve his position but even then for Black it was not the end of
the world. This pawn sacrifice complicates matters, trying to get some
initiative in return for the time that White will lose in taking the pawn and
then returning the R into the game.} ({Maybe a strong solid defence would
underline the difficulties facing White in making progress.} 24... Qd4 $5 25.
Rg4+ (25. Bf5 h5 26. Qd2 (26. Rh4 Rh8 $11) 26... Rh8 $11) 25... Kh8 26. Rh4 (
26. Qc1 Rg8 27. Rh4 Rg5 28. Bf5 h5 {holds the fort.}) 26... Qe3 27. Bf5 h6 {
But even then White's position is more pleasant and easier to play. White
would keep applying pressure.}) 25. Rf5 Qd4 26. Rxh5 Qe3 $6 ({Black should
have tried to exchange one R with} 26... Re5 $142 27. Bf5 (27. Rh4 Rh8 $1 28.
Rxh8 (28. Rf4 $2 Reh5 $17) 28... Kxh8 29. Qd2 Kg7 $11) 27... Qe3 28. Rh4 (28.
Qb2 Rh8 $1 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. d4 Rb5 $15) 28... Rh8 29. Rg4+ (29. Rf4 $2 Rc5 30.
Qb2 Rc1 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) (29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. b4 a5 $15) 29... Kf8 {and Black
threatens to give perpetual. For example} 30. b4 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh3
Qf1+ $11) 27. Rh4 $1 (27. Rf5 $2 Rxe4 $1 28. dxe4 Rd2 29. Qc4 {The only
serious defensive try, with the idea of provoking the weakening of the c6-pawn.
} (29. Qc5 Rxe2+ 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Bf1 (31. Kg2 Rg1#) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+
33. Kh3 Qh6+ (33... Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxa2 {also gives good winning chances for
Black due to the possibility of obtaining connected passed pawns on <<.}) 34.
Kg4 Rxh2 $19) 29... b5 30. Qc5 Rxe2+ 31. Kh1 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rf2+
34. Kh3 Qh6+ (34... Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxa2 36. Rxc6 $11) 35. Kg4 Rxh2 $17) 27...
Re5 28. Rf4 (28. Bf5 $6 {would transpose to the 26...Re5 variation above.})
28... Rc5 29. Qb2 {[%csl Rf6]} Rd6 {[%cal Gc5c1]} 30. Rf1 a5 ({Anand and Adams
both mentioned that ...Qd4 was better somewhere according to their post-mortem
analysis. I believe it was here, especially since Qc1 or Qd2 is not available
for White.} 30... Qd4 $142 31. Qb1 (31. Qd2 $2 Qxe4+) 31... Qe3 32. Bg4 Qd2 {
[%cal Gd2c2] Black seems to be doing fine.}) 31. Bf5 b5 32. h4 (32. b4 $6 axb4
33. Rf3 Qc1 $1 (33... Qd4 34. Qd2 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4h4,Gd2f4] trying to return
to the previous manoeuvres on the >>}) 34. Qxb4 Qc3 35. Qb1 (35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36.
Rf1 Rc2 37. Kf2 Rxa2 $17) 35... Qc2 {[%csl Ra2,Re2]} 36. Qf1 Qxa2 37. Rf4 Rc2
38. Kf3 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gf4g4]} Qa5 39. Rg4+ (39. Qh3 $2 Qe1 $19) 39... Kf8 $17)
32... Rd8 (32... Qd4 33. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gf4g4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) (32... a4
33. bxa4 (33. Kh3 $5) 33... bxa4 34. Bg4 {[%cal Gb2b8,Gg4e2]} Rb5 35. Qa3 {
[%csl Ra4,Rd6]} Qd4 36. h5 $5 $14) (32... b4 $5 {[%cal Gc5c3]} 33. a3 $2 bxa3
$19 {[%csl Re2]}) 33. a3 {Anand mentioned that he was happy after seeing 32...
Rd8. He had seen the Be6 trick already but of course he wanted to wait for the
c4-square to become available for his B to return to, in order to maximise the
potential of the idea.} (33. Be6 $6 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17) 33... b4 $6 {
In his bid to take over the initiative, Adams overlooks the trick.} (33... Qd4
$142 34. Qd2 Qc3 35. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4g4]} Qb2 36. Rf2 $14) 34. axb4 axb4 35. Be6
$1 Rc3 (35... fxe6 $2 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ $18 {with mate to follow.}) (35...
Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bc4 $16 {[%cal Gg3g4] Anand "/\g4, K to e3. I think it
is just winning."}) 36. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc4] Anand "Now it's very tough
because White can even offer the exchange of Qs and win slowly. Just by
exchanging g-pawn for f-pawn and then winning the f-pawn and then Black gets
some pawn in return maybe but White's play is simple because the B is too
strong."} Ra8 37. Rf5 Ra7 38. Rf3 Qc5 $6 (38... Qc1 $142 39. Qxc1 Rxc1 $16 {
This would be a slow death for Black, but yet a better choice because keeping
the Qs, as in the game made Black even more helpless.}) 39. Qd2 Qd6 40. Qe3 Ra5
41. Rf2 Rc2 42. g4 Qd7 43. Qg3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg4g5,Gf2f7]} Rc5 (43... Qd8
44. g5 $18) 44. g5 fxg5 45. Rxf7+ Qxf7 46. Bxf7 Kxf7 47. Qf3+ Kg7 48. h5 $1 $18
{Black's Rs are misplaced. White has the material and White has the
compensation.} Ra5 49. Kf2 Rb2 $2 50. h6+ $1 {A nice finish!} Kg6 (50... Kxh6
51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Qxb2 $18) 51. h7 {A nice victory for Anand and the first of
his two exchange sacrifices (both wins!) in the tournament.} (51. h7 Kxh7 52.
Qf7+ $18 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gf6h8,Gf6h6,Gf6b2]}) 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 ({Eleven days earlier, I played} 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3
d6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. d3 Nbc6 7. f4 $5 {against Nikita in the German Bundesliga. I
eventually won the game, but repeating the same line would not be very clever.}
) 2... c6 3. d4 e4 4. a3 $5 {I was inspired by the Grischuk - Caruana game
from the Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man. Well, there the moves Bg2 and Nf6
came before 5.a3, but it probably does not change much.} ({After} 4. Nc3 {
Black can already consider} Bb4 $5 {.} (4... d5 {is the common reply.})) 4...
d5 5. Nc3 {I wanted to employ this line already before, but my previous
opponents did not give me the opportunity to do so. I am not sure if it was a
good idea to use it against such a strong grandmaster, but I had to play
something after all!} Nf6 $6 {It is very surprising that this natural move is
inaccurate.} (5... Be7 6. f3 Nf6 (6... f5 $6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 $14
) 7. Bg2 {transposes to the game.}) ({Even} 5... h6 6. f3 exf3 (6... f5 $6 {
seriously weakens the e5-square and White can put his bishop there.}) 7. Nxf3
Nf6 {might transpose to the game.}) 6. Bg2 $6 ({I was very surprised to learn
that} 6. Bg5 $1 {allowed White to achieve a slight edge, for instance} Be7 ({
White also remains marginally better after} 6... Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qa4 (8.
Nxd5 $4 Qa5+) 8... Qb6 9. Qb5 $1 {, but not} (9. Bxf6 $4 Qxb2 $1 {, when Black
is winning!})) ({I was not sure about} 6... dxc4 $6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nxe4 {
either, but White's central control ensures him an advantage, there.}) 7. Bxf6
$1 Bxf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 $14 {and the d5-pawn becomes weak.}) 6... Be7 7. f3
exf3 ({It seems that a pawn sacrifice} 7... O-O $5 8. fxe4 Nxe4 (8... dxe4 $2
9. Nh3 $1) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bf6 (10... Re8 11. Nf3 Bh3 {is similar}) 11.
Nf3 Bh3 $44 {gives Black reasonable compensation, but few people would choose
such a sharp reply to an opening surprise.}) 8. Nxf3 O-O 9. O-O h6 ({After} 
9... dxc4 10. e4 b5 11. Bg5 {White gets a nice compensation due to his central
control and his better development. Black should think twice before playing
h7-h6, as it gives White an additional target. White just withdraws the bishop
to f4 and might play Qd1-d2, when a sacrifice on h6 becomes particulary
dangerous if Black's bishop leaves the c8-h3 diagonal or if the knight moves
away from f6. (Say, after e4-e5 Nf6-d5.)}) 10. cxd5 $5 ({The stem game went on
with} 10. Nh4 Re8 ({I wanted to avoid} 10... dxc4 11. e4 Bg4 ({as well as} 
11... c5 $5 12. d5 Bd6 {, when White might easily end up worse with his
central pawns blocked.})) 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. g4 $1 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 Be6 14.
Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 15. Nexd5 Qd8 16. Nf4 Nd7 $1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bf3 e5
$1 $13) 12... Bxf5 13. Rxf5 dxc4 14. e4 (14. g5 $36) 14... Nbd7 15. g5 Nh7 $6 (
15... hxg5 16. Bxg5 c5 $5 17. Nd5 cxd4 $13) 16. gxh6 g6 17. Rf1 (17. Rf2 Qh4
18. Qf1 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Qxh6 20. Rxf7 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 {favours White.}) 17... Qh4
18. Bf4 $6 (18. Rf4 $5) (18. Qf3 Re7 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 $14) 18... Bxh6 19.
Bg3 Qe7 20. e5 f5 $5 $13 21. b3 (21. Qe2) 21... Nb6 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qb3 Qf7
24. Rab1 Be3+ 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rad8 27. Ne2 Re7 28. h4 Nd2 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7
30. Rb4 Nf8 31. Nc3 a5 32. Ra4 Nb3 33. d5 Kg7 34. h5 b5 35. Raf4 cxd5 36. Nxb5
Re7 37. hxg6 Nxg6 38. Rxf5 d4 39. Nd6 Rxe5 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. R7f6 Kg7 42. Rf7+
Kg8 {1/2 (42) Grischuk,A (2759)-Caruana,F (2812) Douglas 2019}) 10... cxd5 11.
Nh4 Nc6 12. Nf5 Be6 13. g4 $1 Re8 $1 {This is the only way to maintain the
balance.} ({Black does not have sufficient compensation for a missing pawn
after} 13... Ne4 $6 14. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 15. d5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Ne5 17. Nxe4 $14 {.})
({A careless continuation} 13... Nxg4 $6 14. e4 Nf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 $2 16. exd5
Bxd5 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Nxh6+ $1 {would leave Black defenceless.}) ({The
d5-pawn would be too weak after} 13... Bxf5 14. Rxf5 $16 {.}) 14. Nxe7+ (14. g5
hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nh7 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 {transposes to the game.}) 14... Nxe7 $1 {
Other recaptures would considerably increase the effect of the g4-g5 advance.}
15. g5 ({The exchange sacrifice} 15. Rxf6 $6 gxf6 16. Bxh6 Bxg4 {looks too
brave for a classical game, but}) (15. Bxh6 $5 {was an alternative to the text.
Stockfish shows some fancy but complicated lines like} Ne4 $5 (15... Nxg4 16.
Bg5 $13) 16. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 17. Qd2 $1 gxh6 18. Nxe4 $44 {. What about returning
to the game?}) 15... hxg5 16. Bxg5 Nh7 $1 17. Bh4 $6 ({It might have been
safer to play} 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 {, when} Qb6 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Rd3 {
gives White nice compensation as well as an option to draw immediately:} Rac8
21. Rb1 $5 Qc2 22. Rc1 $11 {.}) 17... Qd7 18. e3 Nf5 19. Qe1 {I played quickly
until now, while Nikita had slowed down several moves earlier.} Nf8 ({I ended
my preparation searching for equality after} 19... Rac8 20. Rd1 b5 21. e4 Nxh4
22. Qxh4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 g6 {, when White's exposed king could easily become a
factor. Playing such problematic lines cannot be recommended, but with growing
age one should become less ambitious. :-)}) ({Black could also play} 19... a5
$5 $36 {preparing b7-b5 and Ra8-a6 at the same time.}) 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nh6
{Black would like to swap the light-squared bishops.} ({Nikita rejected} 21...
Rad8 22. e4 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 dxe4 {, as he was concerned about his king. That
said, the position remains balanced after} 24. Bxe4 $1 (24. Nxe4 $6 Bd5 25. Ng5
$6 Bc4 $1 26. Rf2 Qa4 $1 $17 {is surprisingly bad for White.}) 24... Bb3 25.
Rd2 {.}) 22. e4 ({Stockfish suggests} 22. Rd2 $5 Rad8 23. h4 $1 $36 {, when
White's position might be a bit easier to play, but not more.}) 22... dxe4 ({
Black correctly avoided} 22... Bg4 $6 23. Nxd5 $1 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 $14 {, as
White's central control and piece activity would be more important than his
minimal material deficit.}) 23. Qxe4 Re7 {I somehow missed this move.} ({
Black ought to avoid} 23... Bh3 $6 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 $6 25. Bxb7 $16) ({, but an
odd-looking move} 23... b6 $5 {was a decent alternative to the text.}) 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Ng4 {The fork on e3 needs to be prevented.} (26...
Rd8 $5 {might have been a bit more accurate, e.g.} 27. Bb3 Re3 28. Ba2 Re2 29.
Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nf5 $11) 27. Rd3 ({Black would still need to prove equality
after both} 27. Rf3 $5 Rd8 28. Bb3) ({and} 27. Rfe1 $5 Ne3 28. Bxb7 $1 Rd8 $1
29. Rd2 Rxb7 30. Rxe3 Ne7 $44) 27... Rd8 28. Bb3 Nf6 29. d5 Re2 $1 ({I rather
expected} 29... Ne4 $6 30. d6 Red7 {and planned} 31. Rd5 $5 $36 {, preventing
31...Nc5 and depriving the other knight of the e5-square.} ({I was less
enthusiastic about} 31. Rf5 $1 b6 $6 (31... Nxg3 $1 32. hxg3 a6 $1 $14) {
, but White is actually clearly better after} 32. Rd4 $1 Nxg3 33. hxg3 {.}))
30. d6 ({I rejected} 30. Rf2 Re1+ ({Black can (also) equalize by means of} 
30... Rxf2 $5 31. Kxf2 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Ne7 $1 {, transferring the
knight to d6 in many lines.}) 31. Kg2 {in view of} Ne4 {, missing} 32. Rxf7 $1
{(Stockfish)} {Still, Black can maintain the balance with} Re2+ $1 (32... Nxg3
$2 33. d6 $1 $18 {is the main point.}) 33. Kf3 Nxg3 $1 34. hxg3 Re1 $5 (34...
Ree8 35. Rxb7 Ne5+ 36. Ke2 Nxd3+ 37. Kxd3 $14) 35. Kf2 $1 Ne5 $1 36. Rc3 $8
Kxf7 $1 37. Kxe1 Ke7 $44 {, blocking the d5-pawn. It's time to return to human
chess!}) 30... Ne5 $1 (30... Rxb2 $6 {looks too risky.}) 31. Rc3 ({Nikita
expected me to play a tricky move} 31. Rd4 {. Maybe I indeed would choose that
move if I had spotted the following trap:} Rxb2 $2 (31... Nc6 $11) 32. Bxe5
Rxb3 33. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 34. Bxf6 {. The main threat as 35.Rh4 and lateral checks
do not help, as White's king can go to the queenside. Black has nothing better}
Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxa3 $16 {with a poor endgame.}) 31... Nc6 $1 {I underestimated
this move.} 32. Rd3 Ne5 ({The alternative} 32... Rxb2 $5 33. Bh4 {gives White
enough compensation but nothing more.}) 33. Bd1 $1 Re4 34. Rc3 Nc4 $1 35. Bf3
Nd2 $1 {The point of Black's defence.} 36. Bxe4 (36. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Nh5 $1
38. Rc7 Nxg3 39. hxg3 Rxd6 40. Rxb7 $11) 36... Nfxe4 {The game now steers to a
draw.} ({I saw the trap} 36... Nxf1 $2 37. d7 $1 Nxg3 38. Rc8 $1 Ngxe4 39.
Rxd8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+ $18 {, but Black's game continuation is simple and good.})
37. Rc7 (37. Rfc1 Nxc3 38. Rxc3 Ne4) 37... Nxf1 38. d7 $5 Kf8 $1 39. Kxf1 Nxg3+
(39... Ke7 40. Rxb7 Rxd7 $11) 40. hxg3 Ke7 41. Rxb7 Rxd7 42. Rb5 {This game
was rather typical for the whole tournament, which ran in a friendly
atmosphere. Players were fighting, but two thirds of the games in the Masters
tournament were still drawn, as the field was very balanced.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:34][%cal Gd7d5] Transpose
parfois dans le système KERES} 4. d4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:17]
Une suite trés solide car après 'échange des B, les Noirs auront un centre sur
cases noires.} (4... e4 5. Nc3 (5. d5)) 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 6. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:14]} (8... Be6 {
[%cal Ge6c4,Gd8d7]} 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 $132) (8... Qe7 9. Nge2 Nbd7 $11) 9.
Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} e4 {[%emt 0:06:37][%cal Gd6d5]} (9... Nbd7 10. h3 (10.
O-O Qe7 11. h3 h5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. f4 Qc7 16. Kh1 Bd7
17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Qc1 a6 20. a3 c5 21. Nc2 Bd7 22. Ne3 Bc6 23. Ned5
Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 {Romanov,E (2628)-Kornev,A (2530)/Moscow 2012/CBM 146 Extra/
1-0 (62)}) 10... Nf8 11. O-O e4 12. f4 exf3 13. Rxf3 h6 14. Raf1 N8h7 15. e4
Be6 16. b3 a6 17. R3f2 Qe7 18. g4 Rad8 19. Ng3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd1 c5 22.
Ne3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bd7 24. Rd1 {Navara,D (2722)-Moiseenko,A (2715)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 10. h3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} (10. O-O)
10... d5 $11 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 11. g4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:02:55][%cal Gg4g5,Ge2g3,
Gg3f5] Un plan ambitieux} (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Na6 13. f4 h5 14. f5 Qd6 15.
Nf4 Nc7 16. Qe2 Bxf5 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Bg6 19. Qg5 Ne6 20. Qg4 Bh7 21. h4
f5 22. Qh3 Rf8 23. Rf2 Rf6 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. g4 f4 {Colin,V (2441)-Libiszewski,F
(2518)/Rouen 2009/EXT 2011/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 11... h6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} (11... dxc4
12. Ng3 Be6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Ngxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7) 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Nh7 {[%emt 0:08:31][%cal Gd8h4,Gh7g5]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:47:33][%cal Ge2g4,
Gh3h4,Gg4g5]} (13. O-O {[%cal Gg3f5] Un plan plus solide}) 13... Be6 {[%emt 0:
09:08]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} (14. O-O-O) 14... Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 15.
O-O-O $13 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} (15... b5 $5 {Il est trés
risqué pour les Blancs d'accepter le gambit}) 16. f3 {[%emt 0:12:45]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:12:27]} 17. Ngxe4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nd5 $1 $132 {[%emt 0:04:14][%csl
Re3][%cal Ge8e3]} 18. g5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 19. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:03:50]} (19. g6 $5) 19... Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:14][%csl Ra2]} 20. a3 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:26][%csl Rb3] Donne de la prise а une attaque sur la colonne "b"} (
20. Kb1) 20... b5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40][%cal Gb5b4]} 21. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc7
{[%emt 0:09:09][%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4]} (21... Rab8) (21... Qb6 $1 {Evite l'échange
des Q de la partie} 22. Rg1 a5 $17) 22. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 $36 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} 23. Qg3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 24. Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} b4 $17 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} c3 {[%emt 0:06:54]} (25...
Nf8) 26. b3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nxe3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 27. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Naxc3 $8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29.
Rdd3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 30. Bh3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rad8 $13 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 31. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (31. Bf5) 31... Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
32. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 33. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} fxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. Rxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf8 $17 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 36. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxf3 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (37... Bxe2 $143
{[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf8f4]} 38. Kxe2 Rf4 {Les Blancs peuvent peut-être sauver la
nulle mais après la chute du P"h4", le P"h5" sera trés dangereux}) 38. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:35][%csl Rh4][%cal Gf2h2]} 39. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Bf5 $1 $40 {[%emt 0:01:17][%csl Rc1,Gc2,Rc3]} 40. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:10:18]} 42. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh4 $19 {[%emt 0:01:08][%csl Gh5]} 43. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Re4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 44. Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} h4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} (44... Re2
$142 45. Rc3 h4 {[%cal Gh4h3,Gh3h1]}) 45. d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 46. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 47. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:01:54]}
Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 48. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 49. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 50. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:
01:53]} 51. Kb2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Re8 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Nd2 Bd7
15. Rfe1 Re6 16. Qc2 b6 17. Nb3 a5 18. e3 Na7 19. d4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Red1
Rd6 22. Nd2 Rd7 23. Nc4 Qf6 24. d5 b5 25. dxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 bxc4 27. Qd7 Rb6
28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qxc7 Rxc6 30. Qxa5 Rd6 31. Qb5 Rd2 32. Rf1 Qe6 33. a4 g6 34.
a5 Ra2 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. Rf1 Qe6 37. e4 h5 38. h4 Ra3 39. Rc1 Ra2 40. Rf1 Ra3 41.
Rc1 Ra2 42. Qc5 Qd7 43. Rf1 Qe6 44. Kg2 Qf6 $2 (44... Qa6 45. Qxe5 Qxa5) 45.
Rb1 $18 Qd8 46. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 {This waiting move is not unknown. Black is
waiting for White to define the positions of some of his pieces before
defining his own.} 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 Nc6 (5... Bxc3 {right away is far more
popular, and has been the choice of several top-GMs. Magnus has a completely
different idea.}) 6. Nge2 Bc5 {The bishop returns to c5 now that the dark
squares have been weakened.} 7. d3 d6 8. h3 (8. O-O Bg4 {might be
uncomfortable as another defender of the dark squares will be traded off.})
8... Nh7 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh7g5,Gg5e6,Rh7f8,Rf8e6,Re6d4] Already quite
original play. Black is targeting the weakness left on h3 after an eventual
0-0, gaining a tempo in a long but useful manoeuvre. He also prepares a
potential f5, though it does not happen in this game.} (8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 {
was also perfectly possible.}) 9. a3 a6 10. O-O Ng5 11. Kh2 Ne6 {The N lands
in e6, cementing the control over d4 and becoming quite useful overall.} 12. f4
Bd7 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd5 Ned4 15. Nec3 {The position is very messy. White has
more space everywhere but has a glaring weakness in d4. His king is safe for
now, but the more he expands on the kingside the more vulnerable he becomes.
Magnus tries to lure him into doing precisely that.} Be6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Rb1 Nb8
$5 {with the simple idea of playing c6. Black's pieces do seem awkward, but he
has great control over the dark squares since he provoked f5.} 18. c5 (18. Qg4
Kf8 $1 {is very unclear. Notice how it is difficult for White to develop any
sort of kingside initiative.}) 18... dxc5 19. bxc5 Bc8 {It seems like Black is
playing completely aimlessly, but it's actually not so simple. If White's
initiative doesn't take off NOW he will be pushed back in a few moves. The
c5-pawn is quite vulnerable, his B on g2 is not participating in the game just
yet and his structure is not great, not to mention he still has no control
over d4. Kramnik MUST use these next few moves.} 20. Qh5 (20. Qg4 $1 Kf8 {
and again it is unclear why the Q is on g4, however there is a subtle point
this time around.} (20... g5 {is a much stronger move.} 21. Qh5 c6 $1 22. Bxg5
Qxg5 23. Nc7+ $1 (23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nxa8 Bxc5 26. Nb6 Bxb6 27.
Rxb6 Nb5 $1 {traps the rook on b6.}) 23... Ke7 $1 (23... Kd8 $2 24. Qxf7 Rg8
25. g4 {and the presence of the queens clearly favours White.}) 24. Qxg5+ hxg5
25. Nxa8 Bxc5 26. Na4 $44 {is plenty of compensation for Black because of his
strong hold on the dark squares, but White is up the exchange.}) (20... g6 $2
21. Rxb7 h5 22. Qg5 Qxg5 (22... Bxb7 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. fxg6 $18) 23. Nxc7+ Kd7
24. Nxa8+ Bxb7 25. Bxg5 Bxa8 26. fxg6 $18) 21. Qh5 Nd7 $2 (21... f6 22. Nxf6 $1
$18 Qxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Bxh6+ Rxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Nd5 Nd7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. g4 {The idea of g5 is unstoppable, and the attack irresistible.}
c6 29. g5 $1 {A great piece sacrifice to finish Black off quickly.} cxd5 30.
exd5 Qf8 31. d6 $18 {and the passive bishop jumps into action with deadly
consequences.}) 23. Nd5 Qf7 (23... Qd8 24. f6 {is clearly crushing.}) 24. Qxf7+
Kxf7 25. Nxc7 Bxc5 26. Nxa8 $18 {and the N should make it back. Black still
has some dark square control but an exchange and a pawn is an exchange and a
pawn.}) (21... Nbc6 22. f6 g6 23. Bxh6+ Ke8 24. Qxg6 {Anyways!} fxg6 25. f7+
Kd7 26. f8=Q Rxf8 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Bxf8 Ne6 29. Rf1 $1 $16 {and White has an
extra pawn; although his bishop on g2 is relatively out of play, Black's
pieces aren't that great either. Black might have some compensation but White
holds the advantage.}) (21... Bxc5 22. f6 g6 23. Qxe5 {[%csl Rc7,Rd4][%cal
Ge5c7,Gc1e3,Ge3d4] is a big disadvantage of not being developed. With the
centre being ripped open like this (Black will soon lose control over d4) his
position becomes hopeless.}) 22. f6 {and now g6 is not possible since Bxh6 is
check.} g6 23. Bxh6+ Ke8 {and now Black would be ok after Qg5 Nxc5, but the
bombshell is...} 24. Qxg6 $1 {and White should be just winning.}) 20... Nd7 21.
Na4 (21. f6 $2 g6 {is just pointless now.}) (21. Bg5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23.
Nxc7+ Kd8 24. Nxa8 Bxc5 {gives Black a fantastic position for the sacrificed
material. That is assuming that the N on a8 ever gets out without too many
losses.}) 21... c6 $5 {The start of fantastic complications.} (21... Nf6 22.
Qh4 Nxd5 23. Qxd8+ Kxd8 24. exd5 Bd7 $13 {looks quite good for Black, though
White is not without chances in this position. Maybe a strange dynamic
equality.}) 22. Ndb6 (22. Bg5 {was another possibility, but Black should come
out on top after barely sacrificing the exchange.}) 22... Nxc5 {You could say
this is the critical point: if White takes on a8 Magnus will take the N on a4
and it is hard to believe the a8-N will ever be retrieved. Kramnik proves it
is not as easy as that.} 23. f6 g5 {Forced.} 24. Bxg5 $5 (24. Nxc8 Qxc8 $8 25.
Nxc5 Bxc5 26. h4 $5 {is very messy, but was probably better than the game
continuation.} Rg8 (26... gxh4 $6 27. Qxe5+ Ne6 28. Bh3 hxg3+ 29. Kg2 {and
it's hard to find a good move for Black.}) 27. Bh3 Ne6 28. Bb2 Bd6 {and White
has a lot of play for his pawn. Notice how important it is to have activated
the white squared bishop in these lines. That's why I think this idea of 24.
Nxc8 and an eventual h4 is stronger.}) 24... Nxa4 25. Nxa8 (25. Nxa4 $6 b5 26.
Nc3 Be6 {looks quite good for Black.}) 25... b5 26. Be3 Bb8 27. g4 {...with
the idea of g5-g6. There are tons of possibilities for Black, let's look at
some of them.} Rg8 $1 {Personally I think this move is best. It calmly gives
away a pawn, but controls the important g6-square, which means Magnus doesn't
have to worry about the kingside being blasted open any time soon.} (27... c5
$5 28. g5 Be6 29. g6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bf7 31. Qg7 Rg8 32. Qxh6 Bd6 33. Bxd4 exd4+
34. e5 Bxe5+ 35. Kh1 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qxa8+ 37. Kg1 $11 {With both kings so
exposed, it is impossible to believe one side will win this. A perpetual is
the most likely outcome.}) (27... Be6 {trying to immediately trap the N on a8,
quick action must be taken.} 28. g5 Ba7 29. g6 Qxa8 30. g7 Rg8 31. Qxh6 $13 {
Black will never rid himself of the strong passed pawns, but he dominates the
rest of the board. I would prefer to be White but anything can happen.}) (27...
Nc5 {bringing the N back into action!} 28. g5 Be6 29. g6 $2 (29. gxh6 $1 Nd7
30. Qg5 Nf8 {is again very difficult to asess.}) 29... fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bf7 31.
Qg7 Rg8 32. Qxh6 Nce6 $1 {and since the N is so active in this line, Black
should be better. The centre is held nicely and the N on a8 is doomed.}) 28.
Qxh6 Be6 29. Rbc1 Kd7 $1 {Protects the rook on g8, the pawn on c6, threatens ..
.Bxg4 and puts the K on a safer square!} 30. Bxd4 exd4+ 31. e5 Nc3 32. Rxc3 {
Absolutely forced.} (32. Qf4 $2 Ba7 {and White is lost, as pointed out by Vlad
during the postmortem.}) 32... Bxe5+ 33. Kh1 dxc3 34. Qe3 {Again, Black has
options. 34...Bd6, Kd6 and the move played in the game all come to mind.} Qb8 (
34... Bd6 35. Qa7+ (35. Nb6+ Kc7 36. Na4 $1 {a fantastic resource!} bxa4 $4 (
36... Kb8 37. Nxc3 Bc7 {and White's square weaknesses are starting to tell,
since Black's king is rather safe. The game is still complex though.}) 37. Qa7+
Kc8 38. Qa8+ Bb8 39. Qxa6+ Kd7 40. Qxc6#) 35... Ke8 36. Qxa6 Kf8 37. Qxc6 Rh8 {
[%cal Gh8h1] looks dangerous for White.}) (34... Kd6 $5 {Getting away from
potential checks on a7 and defending the bishop. However the king might be a
little over exposed.} 35. d4 Bxf6 36. Qxc3 Ke7 37. Qxc6 Bxd4 38. Nc7 Qd7 39.
Qxd7+ $11) 35. Qc5 $6 {Easy to attach a ?! when using an engine to analyse,
but truth be told this move looks like the most obvious way to a draw.} (35. d4
$5 Bd6 36. d5 cxd5 37. Nb6+ Kd8 (37... Kc6 $2 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Qxc3+ $18) 38.
Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 $13 {with a very murky position. Any queen trade will
transpose the game into an opposite coloured bishop endgame in which the
chances for a draw are high.}) 35... Qd6 36. Qa7+ Kd8 37. Qxa6 (37. Nb6 Rg6 {
Black is simply threatening Rxf6, with a decisive advantage, so White has to
do something quickly. It seems like he doesn't have enough resources.} 38. Qa8+
Qb8 39. Qxc6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Bxf6 41. Nd5 Bg7 $1 (41... Bd4 42. Nb4 $1 {The only
fighting chance.} (42. Nxc3 $2 Qg3 $19 {and the attack is decisive.}) 42... Qb6
(42... Qg3 43. Qa8+ Ke7 $2 44. Nc6+ $18) 43. Qa8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+ Kd7 45. Nxd4
Qxd4 46. Qxa6 Qxd3 $15 {and Black's king is too vulnerable to try to win, but
obviously he is the only one with chances.}) 42. Nxc3 Qe5 43. Qb6+ Qc7 {
Forcing the exchange of queens.} 44. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {and Black is down a pawn, but
he has dominating bishops and an active king, not to mention a soon to be
passed pawn on the queenside. This looks very difficult to hold for White.})
37... Bd4 $1 {A nice move, which cuts off the coordination between the N and
the Q, as well as creating Black's own threats on the K-side.} 38. Qa5+ Kc8 39.
Qa6+ Kd8 40. Qa5+ Kc8 41. Qa6+ {And... surprise! Magnus claims three-fold
repetition in a position computers claim he is winning! A small explanation is
required. A wild game and you cannot blame the players for being exhausted
after so much calculation.} (41. Qa6+ Kb8 42. Nb6 {The problem is that in this
situation neither of the players considered the move ...Bc8. It does seem
quite strange, but it beautifully prevents all of White's counterplay, leaving
Black with a dominating position.} Bc8 {Note that without this move, the game
would simply end in a perpetual.} 43. Qa8+ (43. Nxc8 Rxc8 44. a4 b4 45. Qc4 Qc5
{and computers think Magnus is winning, but that's not so obvious at a first
glance.}) 43... Kc7 44. Nxc8 (44. Qa7+ Bb7 {is the point} 45. Nd5+ Qxd5 {
and Black wins.}) 44... Rxc8 45. Qa5+ Kb8 {White has now exhausted his
resources. His position will collapse since he must now shift the focus on to
protecting against the c-pawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Bb4+ {Dieser Zug
wird nicht so oft gespielt und nach meiner Meinung ist das nicht die beste
Möglichkeit für Schwarz, weil der Läufer nicht besonders gut auf b4 steht.} (
6... Be7) (6... Be6) 7. Nc3 (7. Bd2 Bxd2+ (7... Be7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 O-O 10.
Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O c5 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5
Rxb2 17. e3 $2 Rxf2 $1 {0-1 Paehtz,T-Chekhov,V/Rostock 1985/EXT 98 (37)}) 8.
Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Be6 12. Qh4 Qe7 13. Ng5
Bxc4 14. Qxc4 h6 15. Nh3 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Fauland Borek,J-Foulon,G/Moscow 1994/
EXT 99 (20)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Nbd4 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Rad8
{1/2-1/2 Spraggett,G-Palacios,B/Ontario 1993/EXT 98 (25)}) 7... O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Be7 $5 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6a1] Schwarz findet die beste Verteidigung -
der Läufer bekommt eine aktive Stellung auf f6.} 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bc3 Bf6 12.
Qd2 $14 {Der d5P stellt eine potenzielle Schwächung in der schwarzen Stellung
dar und Weiß kontrolliert d4, was einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften
Positionsvorteil bietet.} Nc6 13. Rd1 {Weiß muss sich gegen 13...d4
verteidigen.} (13. O-O $2 d4 14. Bb4 Re8 $36) (13. e3 $14) 13... Be6 14. O-O
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. b3 (16. Nd4 Qb6 $11) 16... Qb6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 {Schwarz hat
eine aktive Figurenstellung, aber es ist nicht leicht seine Stellung zu
verbessern.} 18. Rfd1 h6 (18... d4 $5 19. Nxd4 (19. Qb2 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 (21... Rc1 $6 {Dieser Zug ist schön, aber das ist auch
alles.} 22. Qd2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 $16) 22. Rxd4 Rc1+ 23. Bf1 Kf8 {[%cal Re6h3,
Rc1g1]} 24. Kg2 Rc2 25. Ra4 Bd5+ 26. f3 a6 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Gd5] Es ist nicht
leicht hier, den weißen Plusbauern zu verwerten.}) 19. h3 (19. Nd4 Nxd4 20.
Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc2 22. e4 Rxa2 23. exd5 $14) 19... a5 20. Qb2 (20. Nd4 $14)
20... Ra8 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 21. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4][%mdl 32] Eine alte Wahrheit -
wenn der Gegner den isolierten Bauern hat, ist es immer wichtig, das Feld vor
dem Bauern zu blockieren.} a4 22. e3 (22. bxa4 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 Rxa4 24. Nxe6 fxe6
25. f4 $14) 22... axb3 23. axb3 (23. Qxb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 $14) 23... Nb4 24. Qb1
Ra3 25. e4 (25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rxb3 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 $14
) (25. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4e6,Gf4d5]}) 25... Rda8 (25... dxe4 26. Nxe6 Rxd2
27. Rxd2 Qxe6 $2 (27... fxe6 28. Qxe4 $14) 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Bxe4+ g6 30. Qb2
$18 {[%csl Ra3,Rh7][%cal Rb2a3,Rb2h8]}) 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qb2 (27. exd5 Nxd5
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rf8 $11 (29... Rxb3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.
Qxb3+ Kh7 33. Qxb7 $14)) 27... Ra2 28. Qe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein
unverständlicher Fehler.} (28. Qb1) (28. Qc3 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 $14) 28... Nd3 $1 {
[%csl Gd3,Rf2,Rg1][%cal Rb6g1,Ra2f2,Rd3e5] Plötzlich nach diesem Zug steht
Schwarz auf Gewinn - die e5Q hängt und der f2P ist nicht zu verteidigen.} 29.
Rxa2 (29. Rxd3 $2 Qxf2+ $19) 29... Rxa2 $19 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Rf1 Rxf2 32. Kh1 (
32. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Ne1 $19) 32... Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Nf2+ (33... dxe4 $19) (
33... Qf2 34. Bxd3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ $19) 34. Kh2 Nxe4 {Schwarz hat zwei
Bauern mehr und Gewinnstellung.} 35. Bg2 Qf2 {[%cal Re4d2,Rd2f1,Rd2f3]} (35...
Qxb3 $19) 36. Qe5 Nd2 37. Kh1 Nf3 (37... Nf1 38. Bxf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 $19)
38. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Qxb3 40. Qxe6 Qxg3+ 41. Kf1 d4 0-1

[Event "Graz zt"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 f5 (10... Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. e3 Rfd8 14. d4
$14 {Chernin,A-Smejkal,J/Altensteig/1991/CBM25/INF52,25/}) 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. b4 (
12. Rc1 $5 {/\ Rxc6}) 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 axb4 16.
axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Re8 $10 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Rc1 (19. Rd1 $5 Bxc4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 (
20... Bxe2 $2 21. Qa2+ Kh8 22. Bxe2 Bxd4 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Rxd4 Qxe2 25. Qxe2
Rxe2 26. Rd8+ $18) 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22. e3 c6 $10) 19... c6 20. Qa7 Qd7 21. Qb6 f4
22. b5 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. Kg2 cxb5 25. cxb5 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Bd5 27. Qc5 Bxf3+
28. Kxf3 Qe6 29. g4 h6 30. Qf5 Qb3+ 31. Kg2 Qc4 32. Bxh6 Qxe2 33. Bf4 d3 34. g5
Bd4 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 {Diese Springerentwicklung wird relativ selten gewählt. Weiß vermeidet
damit die theoretischen Hauptvarianten und kann später mit b3-Bb2, a3 eine
Igelstellung erreichen.} O-O 9. a3 a5 {Immer ein nützlicher Zug - Schwarz
verhindert Raumgewinn mit b2-b4.} 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 (
13. e3 Bd5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nc4 (15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 c5 19. Bc3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Dannevig,O-Tiviakov,S/Bergen 2000/CBM 77 ext (41)})
15... Qe6 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Qe2 Qf7 18. Bf1 Be6 19. Nfd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Rd7 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Tiviakov,S/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (49)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Rac1
{2005 wurde in dieser Stellung die Partie Portisch, L - Ruck,R Ungarische
Meisterschafft Remis gegeben.} (14. Nc4 Qe8 15. Rac1 (15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. d4 Rac8
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Qe4 Bd5 20. Qf5 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. exf3
Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Galyas,M-Anka,E/Budapest 2004/(35)}) 15... Qf7 16. Qb1 Bf8 17. Qa1
Nxc4 18. bxc4 e4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 exd3 21. exd3 Rd7 22. Bxb7 Rad8 {
1/2-1/2 Fierz,M-Ruck,R/Zurich 2005/(34)}) 14... Bf8 15. Qb1 (15. Nc4 Qf7 16.
Qb1 Nd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
fxe3 Bxb3 {1/2-1/2 Narciso Dublan,M-Kolev,A/Badalona 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) 15...
Qf7 16. Qc2 {Weiß besitzt keine besseren Züge} Rd7 17. Ne1 (17. Ra1 $6 Rb8 18.
Nc4 a4 $1 19. bxa4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc4 {0-1 Foisor,C-Zhu Chen/
Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 (50)}) 17... Nd5 18. e3 {Dieser Zug schwächt die weiße
Bauernstruktur, aber früher oder später muss Weiß so spielen, sonst kommt Nd4.}
Rad8 {[%mdl 4] Nach üblichen Entwicklungszügen hat Schwarz eine bequeme
Stellung mit Raumvorteil.} 19. Nc4 Bg4 {Ein provokativer Zug von Schwarz; er
möchte die weiße Figurenstellung stören.} 20. Rd2 (20. f3 $6 Be6 $15) (20. Bf3
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qh5 $15) 20... b5 {Schwarz verjagt die einzige aktive weiße
Figur.} 21. e4 (21. h3 Be6 22. Nb6 cxb6 23. Qxc6 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Rdd1 Rd6
26. Qa4 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3,Rd3c1,Rd3e1]} 28. Ba3 Bd7 $19) 21...
Nde7 {Eine ruhige positionelle Fortsetzung.} (21... Ndb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Nxe5
fxe5 24. Qb1 Qxb3 25. Bxe5 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 $17) 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qc5 (23. Nd5
Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 $19 {[%cal Rf7b3,Re7a3]}) 23... Rb8 24. b4
axb4 25. axb4 Rb6 $1 {Ein starker Vorbereitungszug.} 26. N3c2 Nd4 $1 {[%csl
Rc5][%cal Gf8b4]} 27. Bxd4 (27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Nf3 Nc8 29. Qc2 Bxb4 30. Re2 c5)
27... Nc6 28. Qc3 exd4 29. Qb2 Ra6 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Gd4][%cal Ga6a2,Ga2b2]} 30.
Rb1 (30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Qxa1 Bxb4 $17) 30... Ra2 31. Qc1 Ra4 32. Nf3 g6 {[%cal
Rf8h6,Rh6c1]} (32... Nxb4 33. Ncxd4) 33. Rd1 Bb3 34. Bh3 Rd8 35. e5 $2 {
Weiß verliert die Geduld und möchte aktiv spielen.} (35. Rb2 Bxb4 $17) 35...
Nxe5 36. Nxe5 (36. Nfxd4 Bxc2 (36... Bd5 $17) 37. Nxc2 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Qd5 39. Bg2
Qh5 40. h4 Ra2 $17) 36... fxe5 37. Re1 Bg7 38. Na1 {Eine passive Fortsetzung,
aber die schwarze Stellung ist klar besser.} Bd5 39. Bg2 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Rf8 41.
Qd2 Ra2 42. Nc2 Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (42... Bh6 $1 43. Qe2 e4 44. dxe4 (44. Kh1
Qxf2 45. Qxf2 Rxf2 46. Nxd4 Rxh2+ 47. Kg1 exd3 $19) (44. Rbd1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 e3
46. Qxf3 Rxf3 47. Re2 Rxf2 $19) 44... d3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 {Diese im Prinzip sehr logische, weil gegen den
Bg2 gerichtete Spielweise ist in letzter Zeit sehr populär.} 4. Nf3 {Diese
Fortsetzung erscheint mir natürlicher als der Zug 4.d4, wonach die weiße Dame 
(nach 4...exd4 5.Qxd4) exponiert im Zentrum steht.} (4. d4) 4... e4 5. Nd4 d5
6. cxd5 Bc5 (6... cxd5 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. d3 Bf5 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5
11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Na4 h6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. e3 Rd3 18. Nd4 Bd7 {0-1 Njirjak,J-Janahi,Z/Bratislava 1993/TD (44)}) 10.
dxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nd6 Bg6 15. Nxb7 Bb6 16.
Nd6 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf4 Bd4 19. Rab1 Rad8 20. e3 {1-0 Peyrat,
O-Kesmaecker,P/FRA-chT 1992/EXT 97 (58)}) (6... Qxd5) 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Nc3 cxd5 9.
d3 {Weiß beginnt sofort mit aktivem Spiel gegen das schwarze Bauernzentrum.} (
9. O-O Bf5 10. d3 h6 11. a4 Nc6 12. a5 Bc7 13. a6 bxa6 14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Ra4
O-O 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rc4 Na5 18. Nxa5 Bxa5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Bd2 22. Rc4 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 Rd2 24. R1c2 {1-0 Greanias,S-Lu,Y/Washington
DC 1997/EXT 98 (40)}) 9... O-O $5 {[%mdl 512] Schwarz opfert einen Bauern und
möchte die Entwicklung schnell abschließen.} (9... Bf5 10. O-O h6 (10... e3 11.
Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bg6 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd5 $16) 11. dxe4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Nd4 g5 17. Bd6 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Re6
19. f3 exf3 20. exf3 Rc8 21. f4 Rc2 22. Rfd1 Rxb2 23. Bf1 Ke8 24. Bc4 Re4 25.
Rxe4+ Nxe4 26. Re1 f5 27. Ba3 Rb6 28. g4 {1-0 Keskisarja,T-Kokkila,T/Vantaa
1998/EXT 99 (42)}) (9... Ng4 10. e3 $14) 10. dxe4 {Dieser Zug ist zwar
konsequent, aber ich bin mir keineswegs sicher, ob es auch die beste
Fortsetzung für Weiß ist.} (10. O-O $14) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8
13. Bxe4 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, doch Schwarz erfreut sich aktiven
Figurenspiels - der Nb3 steht unglücklich.} Re8 $44 (13... Nc6 14. O-O $14 Re8
$44) 14. Bg2 (14. Bf3 Nc6) 14... Nc6 15. Bxc6 {Weiß gibt das Läuferpaar auf,
unterbindet damit aber Motive mit Nb4.} (15. e3 Be6 $44) 15... bxc6 16. Bd2 {
[%csl Gc3][%cal Gd2c3] Weiß legt sich noch nicht auf die weitere Entwicklung
seines Königsflügels fest, sondern möchte zuerst den Läufer auf c3 platzieren.
Gleichzeitig bereitet er die eventuelle lange Rochade vor.} c5 {[%cal Gc8b7,
Gb7h1,Gc5c4] Schwarz öffnet die große weiße Diagonale.} (16... Ba6 17. e3 $14)
17. Bc3 Bb7 (17... c4 18. Nd4 $14) 18. Rg1 (18. f3 $2 Bxf3 $17) 18... a5 $6 (
18... Bf3 $5 19. e3 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bg4 $44) 19. Nd2 $14 Bc7 (19... Ba6 20. e3 $14
) 20. h4 (20. f3 $14) 20... a4 21. a3 (21. f3 a3 22. b3 Re3 $36) 21... f6 22.
f3 Ba6 (22... Rad8 23. Rd1 $14) 23. Rg2 (23. e4 f5 24. Kf2) 23... Re7 (23...
Rad8) 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. O-O-O $1 {Weiß gibt Material zurück und gelangt in ein
vorteilhaftes Endspiel.} (25. Nd2 Rae8 (25... Ba6)) (25. Nxc5 $2 Bxf3 $19)
25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7]} Rc8 28. g4 $36 {[%cal Rg4g5,
Gd7g7,Gc3g7,Gg2g7] Endlich befindet sich der weiße König in Sicherheit. Es
droht jetzt 29.g5 mit direktem Angriff.} Bf4+ $6 {Dieser Zug hilft nur dem
Gegner - Weiß kann seinen König aktivieren.} (28... Be5 $5) 29. Kc2 Rc7 $6 (
29... Rce8 $5) 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Kd3 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3][%mdl 4096]} Rf4 (31... Re8
32. Kc4 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Gc4,Rc5]}) 32. e3 c4+ (32... Rf1 33. Kc4 $14) 33. Ke2
Re4 34. Kf3 Re7 35. Rc2 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4] Nun zeigt sich die Schwäche der
schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel.} (35. Rd2 $14) 35... Bb6 (35... Re6 36. Bd4
Rc6 37. Ke4 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. exd4 Rc7 38. Ke4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,
Ge4] Weiß hat einen aktiven König und einen gefährlichen Freibauern auf der
d-Linie.} h5 {Schwarz opfert vorübergehend einen Bauern, um das Spiel zu
verkomplizieren.} (38... Kf7 39. Kd5 $16) 39. gxh5 Rb7 40. Kd5 (40. d5 $16) (
40. Rxc4 Rxb2 41. Rxa4 $16) 40... Rb5+ 41. Kc6 Rxh5 42. d5 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5]
[%cal Rd5d6]} (42. Rxc4 Rxh4 43. Rxa4 g5) 42... Rxh4 43. d6 Kf7 44. d7 Rd4 (
44... Ke7 45. Re2+ $18) 45. Kc7 g5 46. d8=Q $18 Rxd8 47. Kxd8 f5 48. Kd7 {
In solchen Endspielen muss man den König immer aktivieren.} f4 49. Kd6 Kf6 50.
Kd5 Kf5 51. Rxc4 f3 (51... g4 52. Rxa4 f3 (52... g3 53. Ra8 f3 54. Rf8+ Kg4 55.
Ke4 $18) 53. Ra8 Kf4 54. Kd4 Kg3 55. Ke3 $18) (51... Kg4 52. Ke4 $18) 52. Rc8
Kf4 53. Kd4 (53. Kd4 g4 54. Rf8+ Kg3 55. Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 (4. Nc3 $6 d5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 4... Bb4+ (4...
exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 {Das ist die andere Hauptvariante.
Schwarz hat lebendiges Figurenspiel für seinen isolierten Damenbauern. Ribli.})
5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {Die Stellung ähnelt der Bogoindischen Verteidigung
nach 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bd2. Schwarz tauschte den schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer, hat eine etwas passive, aber feste Stellung.} (6... e4 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 $10 {Panno,O-Nikolic,
P/Buenos Aires/1992/}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 (8. e4 a6 $5 {Das ist ein Abwartezug.
Schwarz wartet auf 9.Nf3, denn er will 9...Bg4 ziehen und den Läufer
abtauschen.} 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5
14. a3 Qb6 15. b4 $14 {Khalifman,A-Rublevsky,S/Russia (ch) 1996/Inf 68/
[Gurevich,M] (15)}) 8... exd4 {Schwarz gibt das Zentrum freiwillig auf. Es
scheint, der d6-Bauer sei schwach, aber diese einzige Schwäche hat Schwarz im
Griff.} (8... Be6 $5 $146 9. b3 (9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nge2 Na6 12. O-O
b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Nd1 b4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Nb2 a5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. f4 {1/2-1/2
Foisor,C-Puljek Salai,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 9... exd4 10. exd4 d5 11. c5
Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 14. f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nf4 Nbd7
$11 {Lobron,E-Huzman,A/Budapest 1996/Inf 68 (17)}) (8... Re8 9. Nge2 e4 10. Rc1
d5 11. b3 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. O-O Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rc2 Qd7
17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Na4 b6 19. Bf1 Bh3 20. Ba6 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qf5 22. Be2 h5 {
0-1 Ruck,R-Beim,V/Oberwart 1997/EXT 99 (39)}) 9. Qxd4 {[%csl Rd6]} Qb6 {
[%cal Rb6b2,Gb6d4]} 10. Qxb6 {Jetzt bekommt Schwarz eine starke Bauernmasse am
Damenflügel, aber seine Bauern auf b6 und d6 bleiben etwas schwach.} (10. O-O-O
$5 Be6 11. Nf3 $14) 10... axb6 11. Nge2 (11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nge2 Be6 13. b3 Na6
$11) 11... Nbd7 12. Rd1 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 13. b3 (13. Rxd6 $2 Nxc4 $17 {[%cal
Rc4b2,Rc4d6]}) 13... Rd8 14. h3 {Weiß bereitet den Raumgewinnungszug 15.f4 vor.
} (14. f4 Neg4 $132 {[%csl Re3][%cal Rg4e3]}) 14... Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7] Der
König strebt nach e7, um den Bauern d6 zu verteidigen.} 15. f4 Ng6 16. Kf2 Ke7
17. Rd2 $14 {[%cal Gh1d1] Weiß hat freie Hand, denn er kontrolliert mehr Raum.
Trotzdem kann Schwarz die Stellung gut verteidigen.} Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 18.
Rhd1 Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] Der schwarze Springer provoziert Weiß zu b3-b4, aber in
diesem Fall bekommt Schwarz Gegenchancen.} 19. g4 {Weiß ist konsequent und
spielt nicht e3-e4. Er hält sich so die Möglichkeit zu Ne4 offen und schließt
sich nicht die Diagonale seines Läufers.} f6 {Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug.
Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen den thematischen Plan g4-g5 / Kf2-g3 / h3-h4.}
20. Ne4 Nxe4+ 21. Bxe4 Nf8 22. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6]} Be6 23. Bf3 g6 (23...
f5 $6 24. g5 $14 {Und Weiß läßt e3-e4 folgen.} (24. Kg3 $14)) 24. h4 {[%cal
Gg4g5] Weiß plant 25.g5. Er gewinnt so weiteren Raum und im Falle von 25...
fxg5?! kann er 26.hxg5 spielen. Der schwarze Bauer h7 wird dann schwach.} h6 (
24... Ra3 $2 25. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6]} d5 26. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1d8]}) 25. Kg3
Bf7 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Bh3 (27. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b6,Rb6d7,Rb6a8]} Rxa4 (27... Ra6
28. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1a6,Rc4c5] Und Weiß droht 29.c5.} c5 29. Nc3 $16) 28. bxa4
Bxc4 29. Rb1 b5 30. axb5 Bxb5 31. Rb4 $14) 27... Ne6 28. Ne4 Rad8 (28... d5 $2
29. Nc3 Nc7 30. g5 f5 31. e4 $16 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd1d7,Gh3d7]}) 29. Nc3 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Rc3a4,Ra4b6] Weiß droht 30.Na4.} Ra8 30. Bg2 (30. Na4 Ra6 31.
Bf1 Nc5 32. Nc3 $14 (32. Nxc5 bxc5 $11)) 30... Nc5 31. Bf3 Rdd8 {Schwarz
spielt seine unbequeme Stellung gut. Er strebt nicht nach z.B. ...g6-g5,
sondern wartet ab.} 32. Ne2 Ra3 {[%cal Gd8a8,Ga8a2]} 33. h5 gxh5 (33... Rda8 $2
34. hxg6 Bxg6 35. Nc3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rd2h2,Rd1h1,Rh1h6]}) 34. gxh5 f5 35. Kh4
{[%cal Ge2g3] Der weiße König steht auf h4 gut. Er verteidigt den h5-Bauern
und bereitet den Springerzug Ng3 vor.} Ne6 36. Ng3 Ng7 37. Re1 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Ge1e7]} Kf8 (37... Rda8 38. Ree2) 38. Bg2 Rda8 39. Ree2 (39. Rxd6 Rxa2
40. Bh3 Be6 41. e4 Ke7 $11) 39... Be6 (39... Ke7 $6 40. e4 {[%cal Ge2e7]} fxe4
41. Bxe4 $16) 40. Bh3 Rd8 (40... Kf7 41. e4 fxe4 42. Nxe4 {[%cal Re4d6,Rd6f7]})
41. e4 fxe4 42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. Nxe4 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4,Rf8][%cal Re4d6]} Ng7 {
[%cal Gg7f5,Gf5d6,Gf5h4]} (43... d5 44. cxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxd5 cxd5 46. Nc3 Nc7 47.
Rd2 $14) 44. Kg4 {Weiß vermeidet Motive mit ...Nf5+.} Ne8 45. c5 $6 {Es ist
interessant, daß Weiß den b6-Bauern tauscht. Meines Erachtens wäre es besser,
den f-Bauern vorzurücken.} (45. f5 $5 Kf7 46. Kf4 $14) 45... bxc5 46. Nxc5 {
[%cal Rc5e6,Re6f8,Re6d8,Rc5b7]} Kf7 $11 47. Kf3 (47. Nxb7 Rd7 {[%csl Rb7]} 48.
Rxe8 (48. Nc5 $2 Nf6+ {[%cal Rf6g4,Gf6d7]} 49. Kf5 dxc5 $19) 48... Kxe8 49.
Nxd6+ Kf8 $11 {Weiß hat zwei Bauern für die Qualität, steht aber nicht besser.}
) 47... Rb8 48. Ne4 Rd8 (48... d5 $5 $11) 49. Nc5 Rb8 50. Nd7 $5 {Weiß weicht
der Stellungswiederholung aus, denn er besitzt die aktivere Stellung.} Rba8 (
50... Rd8 51. Ne5+ Kf8 (51... Kf6 52. Ng4+ {[%cal Rg4f6,Rg4h6]} Kg7 53. Re7+
$16) 52. Ng6+ $16 {[%cal Re2e7,Re7b7]}) 51. Nb6 Rd8 (51... R8a6 $2 52. Nc4 {
[%csl Ra3][%cal Rc4a3]}) 52. Nc4 $14 Raa8 53. Rg2 {[%cal Rg2g6,Rg6h6,Rg6d6]} b5
$8 (53... d5 54. Ne5+ $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 54. Ne3 Ng7 55. Rg6 (55. Ng4 $5 {
[%cal Rg4h6]} Nf5 (55... Nxh5 56. Nxh6+ Kf6 57. f5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rg2g6,
Rg6f6]}) 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Nxh6 d5+ 58. Kd3 Nxh6 59. Rg6+ Kf5 60. Rxh6 c5 $14)
55... Nxh5 56. Rxh6 (56. Rgxd6 Rxd6 57. Rxd6 Rxa2 $11) 56... Nf6 57. Ng4 {
Weiß strebt ein Turmendspiel an. Ich bin der Meinung, daß es besser wäre, die
Springer auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (57. Nf5 $5 d5 58. Re2 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} (
58. Rg2 Rg8) 58... Rd7 (58... Ne4 59. Rxc6 $16) 59. Rg2 Rg8 60. Rxg8 Nxg8 61.
Rxc6 $16) 57... Nxg4 58. Kxg4 {[%csl Gf4,Rf7,Gg4,Gh6] Das Material ist
reduziert, aber Schwarz muß vorsichtig sein, denn Weiß entfaltet große
Aktivität.} b4 59. f5 (59. Rhxd6 $6 Rxd6 60. Rxd6 Rxa2 61. Rxc6 Rb2 $11 {
[%csl Rb3]}) 59... Rg8+ 60. Kf4 Rg1 $5 {[%csl Gg1] Es geht für Schwarz nicht
darum, seinen d-Bauern zu halten, sondern um aktives Spiel.} 61. Rdxd6 $16 (61.
Rhxd6 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re8+ 63. Kd4 Rxf5 $14) 61... Rf1+ 62. Ke4 (62. Ke5 Ra5+ {
[%csl Rf5]}) 62... Rxa2 63. Rd7+ (63. Rxc6 Re2+ 64. Kd3 Re8) 63... Kg8 64. Rxc6
Re2+ 65. Kd3 Re8 {Schwarz muß die Grundreihe verteidigen.} 66. Rg6+ Kf8 {
Weiß scheint gute Gewinnchancen zu besitzen, aber in Turmendspielen ist die
Remisbreite immer groß.} 67. Rf6+ Kg8 68. Rff7 (68. Kc4 Rf4+ 69. Kd5 $5 $16)
68... Rg1 69. f6 Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Gc8,Rd3,Gg1]} 70. Rh7 (70. Rc7 Rg3+ $11 71.
Kc4 $2 Rc3+ {[%cal Rc3c7]}) 70... Rd1+ 71. Ke2 (71. Ke4 Re1+ 72. Kf3 Rf1+ 73.
Ke2 Rxf6 74. Rdg7+ Kf8 75. Rb7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 $11) 71... Rxd7 72. Rxd7 Rc3
{[%cal Rc3b3] Theoretisch steht Weiß noch immer besser, denn er hat einen
Mehrbauern, aber Schwarz kann jetzt Remis halten.} 73. Rd3 Rc2+ (73... Kf7 $2
74. Rxc3 bxc3 75. Kd3 Kxf6 76. Kxc3 Ke5 77. Kc4 $18) 74. Kd1 (74. Ke3 Kf7 $11 {
[%csl Rf6]}) 74... Rf2 75. Rd4 Kf7 $5 (75... Rxf6 76. Rxb4 Rf2 $11) 76. Rxb4
Kxf6 77. Re4 {[%cal Ge4e8]} Kf5 {Und in dieser theoretische Remisstellung
wurde Remis gegeben.  Die Beweglichkeit des weißen Königs ist beschränkt und
der schwarze König steht gut in der f-Linie.  Der Franzose Chéron analysierte
ein ähnliches Endspiel l955 (Weiß: Ka1, Rf1 und Pb3; Schwarz: Kg7, Rh2). Der
König war also noch eine Linie weiter abgeschnitten, aber das Ergebnis der
Studie war auch Remis.} (77... Kf5 78. Re8 (78. Re2 Rxe2 79. Kxe2 Ke4 80. Kd2
Kd4 $11) 78... Rb2 79. Re3 (79. Rb8 Ke5 $11) 79... Kf4 80. Kc1 $1 Rh2 (80...
Kxe3 $2 81. Kxb2 Kd4 82. Ka3 Kc5 83. Ka4 Kb6 84. Kb4 $18) 81. Re8 Kf5 $11 {
Und die Stellung ist theoretisch remis.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 {Diese
Variante wird besonders oft in der letzten Zeit gespielt. Wir sehen eigentlich
eine Drachenvariante der sizilianischen Verteidigung, aber mit vertauschten
Farben.} 7. b3 {Meiner Meinung nach ist dieser Zug weder besser, noch
schlechter, als die prinzipielle Fortsetzung 7.Nc3. Aber der große Vorteil des
Textzugs ist, dass Weiß die theoretischen Hauptvarianten vermeiden kann.} Bd6
8. Bb2 (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. d4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 exd4 12. Nb5 Be5 13. Rc1 Re8
14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qd3 c6 18. Nxa7 Rb7 19. Bxd4 Bc7
20. Bxg7 Rxa7 21. Bd4 Ra5 {1/2-1/2 Hertneck,G-Timman,J/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext
(34)}) 8... O-O (8... Qe7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. a3 f5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfe1
Kh8 14. e3 Rae8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 e4 18. Nd2 Ne5 {0-1
Dizdarevic,E-Zelcic,R/Solin/Split 2000/CBM 81 (40)}) 9. d3 Bg4 (9... Qe7 10. a3
a5 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. e4 f4 15. d4 Bg4 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nh4
Qf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Ndf3 {1/2-1/2 Stanec,N-Fogarasi,T/Oberwart AUT 2003/(51)})
10. Nbd2 {Der Unterschied zwischen 7.Nc3 und 7.b3 ist, dass Weiß seinen
Damenspringer elastischer auf d2 entwickeln kann.} Qd7 {Schwarz folgt die
gewöhnliche Strategie - er möchte mit 11...Bh3 den gegnerische "Drachenläufer"
tauschen.} 11. a3 (11. Rc1 Rae8 12. Ne4 Bh3 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
f6 16. b4 Rf7 17. a3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 Rfe7 20. Re1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Rublevsky,S/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 82 (35)}) (11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1) 11... Bh3
(11... a5 $11) 12. b4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 a6 {Schwarz muss sich gegen 14.b5
verteidigen.} 14. Qb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gb3g8]} Rae8 (14... Kh8) 15. e4 Kh8 16.
Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Mit diesem Springerzug bereitet Weiss 17.Ne3 vor und im
Falle von 16...Nxc4 kann Weiß seine Bauernstellung wieder richten.} (16. d4
exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 $11) 16... Nxc4 (16... f5 17. Ne3 fxe4 18. dxe4
$14) 17. dxc4 $14 {Jetzt ist die Bauernstellung symmetrisch, aber die
schwarzen Leichtfiguren stehen nicht besonders gut. Schwarz muss immer mit
b4-b5, oder c4-c5 rechnen.} f5 (17... Qe6) 18. Rae1 Qe6 {[%cal Ge6b3]} 19. Qd3
Rd8 (19... f4 20. c5 Be7 21. Qd5 $14) 20. exf5 Rxf5 (20... Qxf5 $2 21. Qxf5
Rxf5 22. c5 $16) 21. Qe4 {[%csl Ge4,Re5][%cal Gb4b5,Gc4c5] Weiß hat die
bessere Bauernstruktur, weil der e5P isoliert ist. Es ist wahr, dass Schwarz
einige Aktivität am Königsflügel hat, aber Weiß kann sich dort leicht
verteidigen.} Rdf8 22. Nh4 R5f7 23. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e6] Mit diesem Zug befreit
sich Weiß vom schwarzen positionellen Druck auf der f-Linie.} Qh6 24. b5 axb5
25. cxb5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qxb7 Bxa3 (27... Bxf4 28. Qd5 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6
30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Re8+ (31. a4 $14) 31... Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. a4 $16) 28.
Qd5 Qf6 29. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5,Gf3d4]} Bb4 30. Re6 Qd8 31. Qxd8
Rxd8 32. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re5c6,Rc6d8,Rc6b4,Re5f7]} Rff8 33. Nc6 Rd6 34.
Rxd6 Bxd6 35. Nxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die
Verwertung des Materialsvorteils ist nicht so leicht, weil das Material
reduziert ist.} Ra8 36. Rc1 g6 (36... Ra4 37. Nf5 $18) 37. Rc6 {Jetzt droht 38.
b6.} Ra4 38. Nc2 Kg7 39. Kf3 {[%csl Gf3]} (39. b6 Ra6 (39... cxb6 $2 40. Rxd6
Ra2 41. Rc6 $18) 40. b7 Rxc6 41. b8=Q Rxc2+ $14) 39... Ra2 (39... Kf6 $2 40. b6
Ra6 41. Nb4 (41. b7 Rxc6 42. b8=Q Rxc2 43. Qh8+ $18 {[%cal Rh8h7,Rh8f6]}) 41...
Rxb6 42. Nd5+ $18 {[%cal Rd5b6,Rd5f6]}) 40. Nd4 Rb2 (40... Rxh2 41. b6 $18) 41.
Ke4 {[%csl Gb5,Gc6,Gd4,Ge4][%cal Ge4d5] Die weißen Figuren sind gut
zentralisiert, weil der d6B zur Verteidigung des c7-Bauern gefesselt ist.} Kf7
42. Kd5 Ke8 (42... Ke7 43. Rc2 Rb1 44. Kc6 $16) 43. Ke6 {[%csl Ge6]} (43. b6
Kd7 44. bxc7 Bxc7 $14) 43... Rb1 (43... Rd2 44. Ra6 Kf8 45. Nc6 $18) 44. b6
Re1+ 45. Kf6 Kd7 46. bxc7 Bxc7 47. Re6 Bd8+ 48. Kf7 Rf1 (48... Rxe6 49. Nxe6
$18 {[%csl Ge6,Gf7][%cal Re6f8,Rf8h7]}) 49. Re3 Rf2 50. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d8,Rd4e6,
Re6d8] Droht 51.Ne6+ mit Figurengewinn.} Kc8 51. Rc3+ Kd7 52. Ne6 Ba5 53. Rd3+
Kc6 54. h3 Kb5 55. Kg7 Re2 56. Rd5+ Kb6 57. Rd6+ Kb7 58. Kxh7 $18 {Weiß hat
schon zwei Bauern mehr und eine Gewinnstellung.} Bb4 59. Rd4 Be1 60. Nc5+ Kc6
61. Ne4 Re3 62. Kxg6 Bxg3 63. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 64. Kf6 {Weiß gewinnt leicht - der
schwarze König ist isoliert.} (64. Kf6 Rxh3 65. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Makita Lakoni"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2004.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 {Dieser Zug führt zu scharfem Spiel,
aber Großmeister Adianto spielt gerne und erfolgreich diese Fortsetzung.} (4...
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {Diese Variante erinnert an die Bogoindische
Verteidigung. Weiß hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist
ganz fest.}) 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 d5 7. cxd5 (7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 (8. Qxc3 O-O 9.
e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qa3 a5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Bh3 Rc8 15. Kd2
Rxc1 16. Rxc1 h6 17. Bf4 Qa8 18. Rc7 Rc8 19. Qc3 g5 {0-1 Rowson,J-Bologan,V/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (51)}) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb4 $6 {[%cal Gb4f8]} a5
11. Qa3 Nb6 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gb6c4]} 12. Qc5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 Qc6 15.
Qxc6+ bxc6 16. Bf1 $6 Na4 17. c4 Rb8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gb8b1]} 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
Rc1 O-O 20. Be2 Bd7 $17 {0-1 Torre,E-Adianto,U/Manila 2001/CBM 83/[Ribli] (28)}
) 7... cxd5 {Jetzt haben wir eigentlich eine Variante der Sizilianischen
Verteidigung von uns - 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nc6
7.Bb5 Bg4, aber mit umgekehrten Farben.} 8. Nh3 (8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxf6 10.
Qb3 Qc6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Nf4 Rd8 13. h4 Na6 14. O-O Nc7 15. a4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6
{0-1 Minescu,D-Toader,I/Tusnad 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) (8. Qb3 $5 $14) (8. e3 $5
$14) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 {Das ist die richtige Springerentwicklung - auf
diese Weise kann Schwarz im Falle von Bxf6 immer mit dem d7-Springer
zurücknehmen.} (9... Nc6 $6 10. Nf4 $14) 10. c4 $2 {Weiß möchte die Stellung
für sein Läuferpaar öffnen, aber dieser Zug kommt zu früh.} (10. O-O O-O 11. f3
$11) 10... dxc4 11. Qa4 (11. Bxe4 $4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 c3 $19) 11... O-O 12. Qxc4 (
12. Bxe4 $4 Nb6 $19) 12... h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) (13. Bf4 Nb6 $15)
13... Nb6 14. Qb4 Nfd5 $15 {[%csl Gd5] Schwarz kontrolliert stark das wichtige
Zentrumsfeld d5 und er hat die Initiative. Die Stellung trägt aber
geschlossenen Charakter, so dass das weiße Läuferpaar weniger stark ist.} 15.
Qa5 (15. Qb3 Be6 $15) 15... Bg4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Gg4][%cal Gb6c4][%mdl 2048]} 16.
Nf4 {Mit diesem Zug opfert Weiß einen Bauern für etwas Gegenspiel.} (16. e3 Qd7
$17) 16... Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Be5 (18. O-O Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Nc4 $17) 18... Qc4
{[%cal Rc4e2,Re2e1,Rg4e2]} (18... Qd7 $17) 19. O-O Bxe2 $17 {Schwarz hat schon
zwei Bauern mehr und ausgezeichnete Figurenstellung.} 20. Rfc1 Qe6 21. Bxe4
Rae8 (21... Ba6 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb6c4,Re6e4] Mit diesem Zug konnte
Schwarz weiteres Material gewinnen, weil tödlich 22...Nc4 droht.}) 22. Re1 Nc4
23. Qc3 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe2 Rfe8 26. Rae1 Kf8 (26... Nd6 $4 27. Bh7+
$18) 27. f4 R5e6 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. Bd5 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Nach
Vereinfachungen haben wir eine Stellung, in der Schwarz einen klaren
Mehrbauern und ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen hat.} Rc8 {Schwarz behält die
Tuerme auf dem Brett, was auch gut ist, aber der Turmtausch scheint mir
einfacher.} (30... Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Ke7 $17) 31. g4 Rc5 32. Rd2 g5 33. fxg5 (33.
f5 Ke7 $17) 33... hxg5 34. Rd3 b5 35. Kg3 (35. a3 $17) 35... b4 36. Bf3 Ke7 37.
Rd4 a5 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Bauern am Damenflügel.} 38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4
Nb5 40. Rd2 Nc3 41. g5 a4 42. Rf2 Rc4+ (42... b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Bh5 $132)
43. Kh3 Kd6 44. Bh5 Ne4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Re4f2,Re4g5,Rg5h3]} 45. Rf5 Rc5 46.
Rf4 Nxg5+ $19 {Mit zwei Bauern mehr steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.} 47. Kh4 Rb5 48.
Be2 (48. Bxf7 Nxf7 49. Rxf7 b3 50. axb3 axb3 51. Rf1 b2 52. Rb1 Kd5 $19) 48...
Re5 49. Bd3 Re3 50. Bc2 Nf3+ 51. Kh5 b3 52. axb3 a3 (52... axb3 53. Bxb3 Rxb3
54. Rxf7 $15) 53. Ra4 (53. Rxf7 Nd4 54. Bg6 a2 55. Ra7 Re2 56. b4 Nb3 $19)
53... Ne1 54. Bd1 (54. Bf5 Rxb3 $19) 54... Rd3 55. Be2 Rd5+ (55... Rxb3 $19)
56. Kh6 Nc2 57. Bc4 Rd4 58. Bxf7 (58. Kg5 Kc5 $19) 58... Rxa4 59. bxa4 Nd4 {
Droht 60...Ne6 mit sofortigem Gewinn.} 60. Ba2 Kc5 61. Kg5 Kb4 62. Kf4 (62. a5
Kxa5 63. Kf4 Kb4 64. Ke3 Kc3 $19 (64... Nb3 $19)) 62... Nb3 63. Ke3 Kc3 64. a5
Nxa5 65. Ke2 Kb2 66. Bd5 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {
Das ist eine ganz andere Spielweise - eine ähnliche Stellung kennt man aus der
Bogoindischen Verteidigung.}) 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be6 $5 {Dieser Zug ist
logischer als 6...Be7. Der Vorteil besteht darin, dass der schwarzfeldrige
Läufer anschließend aktiver nach c5 kommen kann..} 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9.
Qa4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 {Ich möchte anmerken, dass Markowski zwei Runden später
anstelle der Partiefortsetzung 10.Ne5 gegen Gelfand spielte.} O-O 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. Nbd4 Qd7 $11 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd7a4] Es ist wahr, dass Schwarz einen
isolierten Bauern auf d5 hat, aber seine Figuren hamonieren sehr gut und seine
Stellung ist bequem.} (12... Rc8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4
c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd5 Bb5 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxe2 21. Rfc1 c4 22. Bd5
Re5 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Be6 Rc6 {0-1 Karlsson,L-Backelin,R/Gausdal 1990/TD (41)})
13. Nxe6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - es wäre besser, den
Nc6 abzutauschen.} (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Bf4 $14) 14. Qxc6
bxc6 15. Bf4 $11 (15. b3 $11)) (13. Be3 $4 Nxd4 $19) 13... fxe6 {[%cal Gb6g1,
Gf8f2] Jetzt bekommt Schwarz chancenreiche Initiative am Königsflügel, während
Weiß sich bei der Entwicklung des Bc1 vor Problemen sieht.} 14. Rd1 $6 {
Dieser Zug ist schlecht - Weiß hat nichts auf der d-Linie, und der Turm muss
früher oder später nach f1 zurück gehen.} (14. Bd2) 14... e5 $15 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge5] Schwarz hat eine ausgezeichnete Zentrumsstellung erreicht, das weiße
Läuferpaar fällt kaum ins Gewicht.} 15. e3 {Weiß muss so fortsetzen, um den
Wirkungsradius des Bb6 einzuschränken.} Qf5 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Bd2
Ne4 18. Rad1 Qh5 {Schwarz hat einfaches Spiel, alles kommt mit Tempo.} 19. Nh4
$8 (19. Ne1 Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Ge2,Rf2]} 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qc2 Bxe3 22. Bxe3
Qxd1 $19) 19... g5 $1 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng2 {[%csl Rg2] Der Springer steht
sehr unglücklich auf g2, aber Weiß hat keine Wahl.} Rd6 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd6h6,
Gh6h2,Gf8d8,Gd8d1][%mdl 128] Schwarz kümmert sich nicht um die Verteidigung
des Pe4, sondern bringt den Turm ins Spiel. Schwarz übt verschiedene Drohungen
aus - z.B. Turmverdopplung auf der d-Linie oder Angriff am Königsflügel
mittels Rh6.} 22. Bc3 (22. Qxe4 Rfd8 23. Qc2 e4 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ge5f3]} 24. Qc3 (
24. Qc4+ Qf7 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Bc3 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. h4 Qg4 $19) 24... Rd5 {
[%cal Gc6e5,Ge5f3]} 25. Qb3 Ne5 26. f4 exf3 27. Ne1 Qf7 $19) 22... Rh6 $40 23.
h4 gxh4 24. Qc4+ (24. Nxh4 Qg4 $17) 24... Kh8 25. Nxh4 Qg4 26. Qd5 (26. Ng2 Qh3
$19) 26... Rxh4 $19 {Schwarz hat eine Figur mehr. Weiß besitzt keine
Gegendrohungen.} 27. Bxe5+ Nxe5 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Rd5 (29. Qd5+ Rf7 $19) 29...
Bxe3 $1 (29... Rh6 $19) (29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rh1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Be6 $2 {Ich glaube, dieser
Zug wurde in der Partie nicht gespielt, da der Pe5 hängt. Das kann ein Fehler
sein in der Partienotation im Bulettin. Die wahrscheinlich tatsächlich
gespielte Fortsetzung ist 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.a3 a5 10.b3
Be6 11.Bb2 f6 12.Qc2 - mit "Zugumstellung" zur unsere Partiefortsetzung.} 6.
O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 {Weiß hat
eine spezielle Igelstellung mit zwei Läufern auf der großen Diagonalen, aber
der Gegner beherrscht das Zentrum, besonders die Bauernkette f6-e5 ist stark.}
Qd7 (12... Rf7 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. e3 Rd7 (14... Bd5 15. Rac1 Qe8 $11) 15. d4 exd4
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bc3 a4 19. Be4 h6 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Qg6 Bf7 22. Qf5
Rad8 23. Ne4 Bxb3 24. Qg6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nd5 {0-1 Rotstein,
A-Bareev,E/Vienna 1996/CBM 53 ext/[Chekhov] (33)}) (12... Bd5 13. Bh3 Bf7 14.
Rfc1 Re8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Bf8 17. e3 Qe7 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Slobodjan,R/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (20)}) (12... Qe8 $6 13.
d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qd7 16. e3 $14) (12... Qd7) 13. Rfd1 (13. e3 Bd5
14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nc4 (15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19.
Bc3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Dannevig,O-Tiviakov,S/Bergen 2000/CBM 77 ext (41)}) 15... Qe6
16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Qe2 Qf7 18. Bf1 Be6 19. Nfd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F-Tiviakov,S/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (49)}) (13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 $14) 13...
Rfd8 14. Nc4 (14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Nc4 (15. d4 exd4 16. Ne4 Qf7 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18.
Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxa3 20. Rb1 Nd5 21. Bc5 Bb4 {0-1 Giddins,S-Gurevich,M/
Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (30)}) 15... Qf7 16. Qb1 Nd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4
Nxd4 19. Rxd4 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. fxe3 Bxb3 {1/2-1/2 Narciso
Dublan,M-Kolev,A/Badalona 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) 14... Nxc4 $6 (14... Qe8 15.
Nfd2 (15. e3 $5) 15... Nd5 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Rab1 Bf8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
20. Rxd4 b5 21. Nd2 c5 {0-1 Dragomarezkij,E-Morozevich,A/Alushta 1993/CBM 38 
(36)}) 15. bxc4 {Nach diesem Zug erhält Weiß Spiel auf der halboffenen b-Linie
und droht ggf. mit d4 einen Gegenstoß im Zentrum.} (15. dxc4 Qe8 $11) 15... Qe8
{[%cal Ge8f7,Ge8h5] Schwarz bereitet den Zug 16...Qf7 vor - die Dame bekommt
einen ausgezeichneten Platz auf f7. In einigen Varianten kann die Dame auf h5
erscheinen.} (15... a4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8
20. Be4 h6 21. Bd4 {1-0 Pecorelli Garcia,H-Franco Ocampos,Z/Havana 2001/CBM 82
ext (43)}) 16. e3 {[%cal Gd3d4] Die weiße positionelle Drohung ist 17.d4 - mit
Zentrumsübergewicht.} (16. Bc3 Ra6 $6 17. Rdb1 b6 18. Qb2 Bc5 19. Re1 a4 20.
Nd2 Na5 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Bb4 Bf8 23. Rab1 {1-0 Berkes,F-Anka,E/Budapest 2001/
CBM 82 ext (49)}) 16... Qf7 (16... Qh5 $5 {[%cal Ge6g4,Gh5d1]}) 17. Rac1 a4 18.
Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4c3] Dieser Zug scheint mir weniger logisch, als der
konsequente Zug 18.d4, wonach Weiß Raumvorteil bekommt.} (18. d4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,
Gd4]} exd4 19. exd4 (19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 c6 21. Re1 Bf8 22. Re3 $14) 19...
Na5 20. d5 $14) 18... Na5 19. Bc3 (19. Qxa4 $4 Nxc4 $19) (19. d4 $14) 19... Qf8
(19... Bxa3 20. Ra1 Qe7 (20... Qf8 $6 21. Qxa4 Nc6 (21... Nxc4 22. Qb3 $18) 22.
Qb3 $16) 21. Nb1 Bd6 22. Qxa4 $14 (22. Rxa4 $14)) 20. Ra1 c6 (20... Bxa3 $6 21.
Qxa4 $16) 21. Rdb1 $14 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gb1b7,Gg2b7][%mdl 32] Es ist wahr,
dass der Pa3 eine Schwächung in der weißen Stellung darstellt, aber sein
Figurenspiel am Damenflügel kompensiert dafür vollkommen.} (21. Qxa4 Nxc4 22.
Qb3 {[%cal Gb3g8]} Rxd3 23. Bf1 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxa3 (24... Nxa3) 25. Rxa3 Nxa3
$11) 21... Bf5 (21... Rd7) 22. Bf1 (22. Be4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 $5 $13 (23. Nxe4 Nb3
24. Ra2 b5 $15 {[%csl Gb3]} (24... Bxa3 $2 25. c5 $1 {[%csl Ra3]} Nxc5 (25...
Bxc5 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Qxb3+ $18) 26. Rxa3 Nxe4 27. Qa2+ $18))) 22... Rd7 23.
Bb4 (23. Qxa4 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Qc2 Qd8 $132) 23... c5 24. Bxa5 (24. Bc3
$14) 24... Rxa5 25. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge4c3,Gc3d5] Die weiße Stellung ist
aktiv - seine positionelle Drohung ist 26.Nc3 - mit großem Vorteil.} Qd8 $8 (
25... Bxe4 $6 26. dxe4 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Gd5,Re7][%cal Gf1h3,Gh3c8]}) 26. Nc3 {
[%cal Gc3d5,Gc3b5,Gc3a4]} (26. Rd1 $14) 26... Rxd3 $1 (26... Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3
28. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Rb3 (28... Rxd5 29. cxd5 Qxd5 30. Rb6 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1]}
Bd8 $4 31. Rd1 $18) 29. Rxb3 axb3 30. Qxb3 $16) 27. Bxd3 (27. e4 $2 Rd2 $15) (
27. Nd5 $5 Rxd5 28. Qxf5 $14) 27... Bxd3 28. Qd2 (28. Qb2 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 $44 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc3d5]}) 28... Bxb1 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxb1 $44 {[%csl Gc3,Yd5]
[%cal Gc3d5][%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber gute Kompensation
- sein Springer hat einen ausgezeichneten Stützpunkt auf d5 und der schwarze
Laufer steht sehr passiv.} b6 31. Rd1 Ra8 (31... Be7 32. Rd7 Bf8 (32... Kf7 $2
33. Nd5 $18) 33. Rb7 Ra6 34. Nd5 $16) 32. Rd7 (32. e4 $5 $14) 32... f5 $1 {
Schwarz möchte sich mit 33...e4 und Bf6 verteidigen.} 33. e4 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Bf6
35. Kf1 (35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Rd6 Rb8 37. Rxf6 b5 $132) 35... Rb8 36. Ra7 Rd8 (
36... b5 $2 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Ra8+ $18) 37. Ke2 (37. Rxa4 Rd4) 37... Rd4 38. f3
h6 39. Rxa4 {Weiß hat endlich den Bauern zurückgewonnen, aber der a4R steht
jetzt passiv.} Kf7 40. Ra7+ (40. h4 $5) 40... Kg6 41. Ra6 Rxc4 42. Rxb6 Rc2+
43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. Nxc5 Ra2 45. Ra6 {Weiß hat theoretisch einen kleinen
Positionsvorteil, aber wegen das reduzierten Material kann man das nicht
verwerten.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Needleman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 (6... Nb6 {
Mit diesem Springerzug kann Schwarz die Variante 6...Be7 7.d4 vermeiden.}) 7.
d4 (7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a3 {Das wäre die vielmals gespielte - eigentliche -
Hauptvariante des Zugs 3...d5.}) 7... exd4 {Dieser genügsame Zug bietet Weiß
die Initiative.} (7... e4 $5 8. Ne5 f5 $13) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nb4 $2 {
Dieser Zug ist zu optimistisch. Es wäre besser über die Verteidigung
nachzudenken.} (9... Nf6 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Rd1 $14) 10. Qxg7 $1 {Weiß
beschäftigt sich nicht mit seinem a1-Turm, er spielt auf Angriff am
Königsflügel.} Bf6 11. Qh6 Nc2 12. Nc3 Nxa1 13. Rd1 {[%mdl 128] Weiß hat einen
Turm weniger, aber sein Angriff stellt mehr als ausreichende Kompensation für
das geopferte Material dar.} Bd7 (13... Qe7 $2 14. Nd5 $18) (13... Bd4 14. Bg5
Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rxd4 $18) 14. Nd5 Be7 (14... Be5 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Nf6+ $18
) 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Bh6 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Rd8,Re8,Gg7,Gh6][%cal Gd1d8][%mdl 2048]
Jetzt droht 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.Qxf8#.} f6 17. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3h5,Rh5e8]} Bf5 18.
Bh5+ Bg6 19. Bxg6+ hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. Nxf6+ (21. Bxf8 $18) 21... Kc6 22.
Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3
Nc6 8. Qa4 Bc5 9. O-O h6 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nd3 Bb6 14.
Nc3 Be6 15. Na4 Ke7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. a3 Rhd8 18. Rac1 {1-0 Cekro,E-Lazovic,G/
Bihac 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) 6... Be6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 {Es trifft zwar zu,
dass Schwarz einen isolierten Bauern hat, aber Weiß verliert einige Tempi mit
der Dame.} 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. Ne5 $5 (10. Nbd2) 10... O-O (10... Qb6 11. Nd3 O-O
12. Nc3 d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rfe8 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bf4 Be4 18.
Bg4 Qd5 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bh3 g5 21. Bd2 g4 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Bf4 Bd5
{0-1 Stokke,K-Myhrvold,R/Bergen NOR 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (37)}) 11. Nxc6
Qd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} (11... bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa6 $13 (13. Qa4 $2 Bxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 (14. Rxf2 Rxc1+ 15. Bf1 Ne4 $19) 14... Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Qb6+ $19)) 12. Bg5 (
12. b3 bxc6 13. Bb2 $11) 12... Qxc6 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. Bxf6 (14. Nd2 Bd4 $11 (
14... Be7 $14)) 14... gxf6 {Weiß hat die viel bessere Bauernstruktur, doch
Schwarz besitzt das Läuferpaar.} 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Rac1 Be7 (16... Rxb2 $2 17.
Na4 $18 {[%cal Ra4b2,Ra4c5]}) 17. b3 $14 {Weiß hat noch keine konkreten
Drohungen, aber seine Stellung ist mir sympathischer - der schwarze Pc6 ist
eine Schwäche und nach Na4 kann auch das Feld c5 noch schwach werden.} Rfc8 18.
Rfd1 Ba3 19. Rc2 (19. Rb1 Bf5 20. e4 Bg6 $11) 19... Bf5 20. e4 (20. Rcd2 Bb4
21. Rc1 Ba3 $11) 20... Bg4 (20... Bg6) (20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 $16) 21. Rdd2 (21.
f3 Bh5) 21... Bb4 (21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 $16) 22. h3 {Das ist ein nützlicher
prophylaktischer Zug - in vielen Varianten ist es wichtig für Weiß, die
Grundlinie räumen zu können.} (22. exd5 $2 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd2 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25.
Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd2 Rc1+ 27. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 22... Be6 (22... Bh5 23. exd5 cxd5 (
23... Bg6 24. dxc6 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 24. Nxd5) 23. exd5 cxd5 24.
Nxd5 Bxd5 (24... Bxd2 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxd2 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 $16) (
24... Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc2c8]}) 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8
26. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die ungleichfarbigen
Läufer bieten Schwarz Remischancen.} Rc2 27. a4 Bc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 28. Rf5 Rc3 {
[%cal Gc3b3,Gc3g3]} 29. g4 $6 {Dieser Zug kompromittiert die weiße
Königsstellung. Weiß hätte mit diesem Zug noch warten können.} (29. Kh2 $5 Kg7
30. Bd5 $16) (29. Bd5 $2 Rxg3+ $11) 29... Kg7 30. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Bb4 31.
Bc4 Rxh3 32. Kg2 Rh4 $8 {Der Turm steht etwas unglücklich auf h4, kann sich
anschließend aber - nach Bd6 - durch Rh2+ befreien.} (32... Rc3 33. g5 Be7 34.
gxf6+ Bxf6 35. Ra5 Bd4 36. Rd5 $16) 33. Be2 (33. f3 Bd6) 33... Bd6 34. Rd5 Be5
{[%csl Ge5]} 35. a5 (35. Ra5 Bb8) 35... Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Rh3 {[%cal Gh3b3]} 37. f3
Bf4 {[%csl Gf4]} 38. Rf5 (38. Rd7 Rh2 39. Bc4 Rd2 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 $14) 38... Bd6
39. Bf1 Rh4 (39... Rh2 40. Bg2 {[%csl Rh2]}) 40. Kf2 h5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Mit
diesem vorübergehenden Bauernopfer verbessert Schwarz endlich seine
Turmstellung.} 41. gxh5 (41. Rxh5 Rxh5 42. gxh5 Kh6 $11) 41... Be5 {[%csl Rf5]}
42. Ke3 Bd4+ 43. Kd2 Be5 44. Bc4 Kf8 (44... Rf4 45. Rxf4 Bxf4+ 46. Kd3 $16) 45.
Ke3 Bd4+ 46. Ke2 Be5 47. Ke3 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 Be5 49. Bd3 {Natürlich will sich
Weiß - bei einem Mehrbauern - nicht auf Zugwiederholung einlassen.} Kg7 50. Be4
Kh6 {[%csl Rh5]} 51. Kd3 (51. Bd5 Rxh5 52. Rxh5+ Kxh5 53. Bxf7+ Kg5 $11) 51...
Rxh5 52. Rxh5+ Kxh5 $11 {Weiß hat zwar einen gefährlichen potentiellen
Freibauern am Damenflügel, aber Schwarz muss dennoch das Remis halten können.}
53. Kc4 Kg5 54. b4 f5 55. Bd5 Kf6 56. b5 Ke7 57. b6 (57. Kc5 Kd7 58. Bxf7 Kc7
$11) 57... axb6 58. a6 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Bb8 59. Kb5 Ba7 {Der Läufer steht
wahrlich passiv, aber es reicht fürs Remis.} 60. Kc6 b5 $8 61. Kb7 Be3 62. f4 (
62. a7 Bxa7 63. Kxa7 b4 64. Kb6 Kd6 65. Bxf7 Ke5 66. Kc5 Kf4 67. Bd5 b3 $11)
62... Kf6 (62... Kf6 63. a7 Bxa7 64. Kxa7 Kg6 65. Kb6 Kh5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Strukov, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10240]} 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 {Weiß muß so spielen, damit
Schwarz keine guten Gegenchancen im Zentrum bekommt, wie etwa nach 4.Nc3 d5 5.
cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Nxd5 Nd4. Ribli.} exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3 dxc4 7.
Qxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Na6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa6
14. Qxa6 Nxa6 15. Nd4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 66
(32)}) 6... cxd5 {Schwarz hat isolierte Bauern, aber die weiße Dame steht
schlecht auf d4. Schwarz gewinnt ein Tempo mit ...Nc6.} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qa4 {
Dieser Damenzug scheint mir aktiver als die genügsame Alternative 8.Qd1.} Be7 (
8... Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Re8) 9. Nc3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12.
Rad1 Na5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Qb1 Be6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bd4 Bf5 17. Qa1 Nc6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Rxd5 {1-0 Chernin,A-Adianto,U/Bastia 1998/CBM 67 ext (25)}) 9... O-O
10. Be3 {Weiß verhindert 10...Qb6 und kontrolliert das Blockadefeld d4, was
ist immer ein Schlüsselmotiv gegen den isolierten Damenbauern ist. Schwarz
bekommt das Läuferpaar.} (10. O-O $5 Qb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6g1,Gb6b1]} (10...
d4 11. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd1d8]}) 11. Rd1 Be6 $11 (11... Bc5 12. e3 Be6
13. Qh4 {[%cal Rc3a4,Ra4c5,Ra4b6]} Be7 $11 {[%cal Ge7h4]})) 10... Ng4 11. Bd4
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 {[%csl Rd5] Weiß steht strategisch ausgezeichnet, aber dank des
Läuferpaares kommt Schwarz zu Gegenchancen.} (12. Qxd4 Be6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qf4
Rac8 15. Nd4 Rc4 16. Rad1 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Pavlovic,M-Chekhov,V/Moscow 1988/TD (36)
}) 12... Bc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd1 Qf6 $5 (14... Qb6 15. Nxd5 Qh6 16. Nf3 Bb5 17.
Qc2 Rac8 18. Qf5 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Rac1 Rf6 22. h3 Nh6 23. Ng5
{1-0 Drasko,M-Djukic,Z/Cetinje 1993/TD (33)}) 15. e3 Qh6 16. Nf3 (16. h3 $2
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ $17 {[%cal Re3g1,Re3d4]}) 16... Bc6 $5 $146 {[#]} (16...
Be6 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Ned4 Bb6 19. Qd2 Rc4 20. h3 (20. b3 Rc5 21. Rac1 Qf6 {
1/2-1/2 Egeli,P-Klovans,J/Gausdal 1995/EXT 98 (21)}) 20... Nf6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Ne5 Re4 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Bxe4 Qxh3 25. Bg2 Qh6 26. Qe2 Ne5 27. b3 g5 28.
Rfc1 g4 {0-1 Zueger,B-Lobron,E/Luzern 1982/MCD (35)}) (16... Rad8 17. Re1 Be6
18. Qd3 a6 19. Rad1 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21. g4 {1-0 Kortschnoi-Bacrot/Cannes, SW
1998 (40) +/= Kortschnoj}) 17. h3 $2 (17. Re1 $5 {Mit diesem Zug könnte Weiß
den Punkt e3 verteidigen. Schwarz hat gutes Figurenspiel als Kompensation für
seinen isolierten Damenbauern.}) (17. Nxd5 Rfd8 (17... Rad8 $5) 18. Nh4 $5 (18.
e4 Bb5 {[%cal Rb5f1]}) 18... Qe6 19. e4 (19. Nc7 $4 Rxd1 $19) (19. Qc1 $4 Rxd5
$19) 19... Bb5 {[%cal Rb5f1]} 20. Nf5 h5 21. Qb3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 $15) {[#]} 17...
Nxf2 $1 {Nach diesem typischen Opfer bekommt Schwarz Turm und zwei Bauern für
zwei Leichtfiguren und behält starke Initiative.} 18. Rxf2 Bxe3 {[%csl Ge3,Rf2,
Rg1][%cal Re3g1]} (18... Qxe3 19. Qc2 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 $14 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf3d4]}) 19. Qf1 d4 {Der früher schwache d-Bauer ist jetzt der
Stolz der schwarzen Stellung.} 20. Nd1 Bxf2+ 21. Nxf2 Rad8 22. Ng4 $6 (22. Nd3
$5 {Dieser Zug scheint mir besser zu sein, denn Weiß muß den d-Bauern
blockieren.} Rfe8 $36) 22... Qd6 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 23. Qf2 (23. Nge5 $2 Bxf3 24.
Nxf3 Qxg3 $19) (23. Nfe5 $2 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 f5 $19) 23... Rfe8 24. Rd1 d3 $17 {
[%csl Gd3] Schwarz hat große Aktivität und sein d-Bauer ist sehr gefährlich.
Es droht 25...Re2 mit sofortigem Gewinn.} 25. Bf1 Bxf3 $19 {Und Weiß gab auf,
denn Schwarz spielt im folgenden ...d3-d2, und Weiß ist hilflos gegen die
vielseitigen Drohungen.} (25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 d2 {[%csl Gd2]} 27. Nf2 (27. Be2
Qd4+ $19 {[%cal Rd4b2,Rd4g1]}) 27... Re1 28. Kh2 Qd4 29. b3 Rd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates (Women)"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O (8... Bg4 9. a3 a5 10. b3 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. b4 Qe7 (12... Qd6 $5 13.
b5 Ne7) 13. b5 Nd8 14. h3 Bh5 15. a4 c5 16. bxc6 Nxc6 17. e4 $1 $14 {
Mozetic-Dzevlan 54/20}) 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Be6 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Rc1 Nd4
$5 13. Nxe5 $5 Rxe5 14. e3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 a4 16. Qa2 Rb5 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Bxb7
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 $44 {Schlosser,P-Romanishin,O Altensteig 1992 CBM/31}) 11. Bb2 f6
12. Qc2 Qe8 (12... Qd7 13. e3 Rfd8 14. d4 $1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 a4 20. b4 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rac1 $14 {
Chernin,A-Smejkal,J Altensteig 1991 CBM/25 52/25}) 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Qd7 16. Bb2 $2 (16. e3 $1 $14) 16... c6 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Bd4 Nd7 19.
Bc3 Qf7 20. Rdb1 Nb6 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Bc3 Nb6 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Katrineholm"]
[Site "Katrineholm"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Moberg, Karl Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ (4... exd4 $6 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 $6
(6... dxc4 $5) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Nc3 $14 {
Serper,G-Lutz,C/Dortmund/1993/CBM35/INF57,18/}) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 e4 (6...
d6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 $14 {
Nogueiras,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Moscow olm/1994/CBM45/INF63,(13)/}) 7. Nc3 d5 8.
f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 (10... dxc4 11. e4 $44) 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. e4 $1 {Ein kraftvoller Zug.} dxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4
(15. d5 Nf6 $13 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Bxe4 Nxd5 $13)) 15... Nf6 16. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 (
16... gxf6 17. Nxh7 $44) 17. Nxh7 $16) 14. d5 Nb6 (14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 e3 16.
Qd3 Bg4 17. Nce4 $44) 15. Rxf6 $1 {Ein schoenes chanchenreiches
Qualitaetsopfer, das dem Anziehenden die Initia- tive sichert.} gxf6 16. Ngxe4
Bxd5 (16... Bf5 17. Rf1 Bxe4 (17... Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Qd4 $18) 18. Nxe4 f5
$5 (18... Nd7 19. Bh3 $16) 19. Rxf5 $44) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 19.
Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nxd5 {Im Endergebnis hat Davies Springer und Laeufer gegen Turm,
aber wegen des re- duzierten Material soll Weiss sehr genau spielen.} Rfd8 (
20... Rac8 $5) 21. Rd1 Rac8 22. Rd2 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Rd6 24. Ke3 Rh6 25. Bf3 Rd6
26. a3 Re1+ 27. Kd4 Rf1 28. Bg2 Re1 29. a4 Ra1 30. b3 Rb1 31. Kc3 Rc6+ 32. Kb4
a5+ 33. Ka3 Rcc1 34. Be4 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. Nb6 Rd4 37. Bf3 $1 (37. Bxb7 $2
Rb4 38. Nc4 Rxb7 39. Nxa5 $44) 37... Rd2 (37... Rb4 38. Nc4 b6 39. Bc6 $18) 38.
Bxb7 Rxh2 39. b4 axb4+ 40. Kb3 $1 Rh3 41. a5 Rxg3+ 42. Kxb4 Rg1 43. a6 Rb1+ 44.
Ka5 Ra1+ 45. Na4 Re1 46. a7 Re8 47. Nb6 f5 48. Bc8 Re5+ 49. Kb4 Re4+ 50. Nc4 {
Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8200]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 {Eine schlaue
Zugfolge. Weiß spielt nicht Nc3 oder d3, denn er möchte mit sofortigem d2-d4
das Spiel im Zentrum öffnen. Ribli.} Nc6 {Jetzt haben wir eigentlich die
sizilianische Drachenvariante, aber mit Tempoplus für Weiß.} 6. O-O Be7 7. d4
e4 $5 {Schwarz strebt nach zweischneidigem Spiel, aber der Textzug ist auch
logischer als die Alternative 7...exd4, nach der Weiß freie Hand im Zentrum
und die Diagonale für den Läufer g2 bekommt.} (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4
Nf6 (9... Nb4 10. Qxg7 $5 {[#]} (10. Qe4 c6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfd1
Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. a3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qa4 {1/2-1/2
Ruck,R-Rogic,D/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (33)}) 10... Bf6 11. Qh6 Nc2 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nxa1 14. Qg7 {1-0 Schwarz,M-Stickler,A/BL9192 1992/GER-chT (14)}) 10. Qa4+
$5 (10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc3 c6 (11... O-O 12. b4 $14) 12. b4 Bd7 (12... O-O 13.
a4 Be6 14. Bb2 a6 15. b5 Ba5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc4 19. Rfc1
Bxe2 20. Rc2 Bg4 21. Rxc6 Rfe8 22. f3 Bc8 23. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Lalic,B-Mohr,G/
Zagreb 1993/CBM 37 ext (37)}) 13. Bb2 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Martin,A-Pritchett,C/England 1998/CBM 64 ext (17)}) 10... c6
(10... Qd7 11. Qc2 c6 12. e4 $6 (12. Rd1 Qe6 13. e4 $14) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rd8
$1 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Hertneck,G/Muenchen 1994/Inf 60/[Hertneck,G] (59)}) 11.
Rd1 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qa5 $14 {Lobron,
E-Kharlov,A/Leeuwarden 1997/Inf 71/18}) 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rc6,Rg2]
Der weiße g2-Läufer ist eingeschlossen, aber Schwarz hat mit seinen
Doppelbauern in der c-Linie auch Schwächen.} 10. Qa4 (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qa4 (11.
f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Be6 13. e3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Qd5 17. Rf2
Rae8 18. c4 Qd7 19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Qc3 Re4 21. Rb7 Rfe8 22. Rf3 f4 23. gxf4 Qg4+
24. Rg3 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Vehi
Bach,V/Ampuriabrava 1997/CBM 62 (27)}) 11... Qd6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Qa6 14.
Qc2 c6 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. e3 Qb6 17. Bf1 a5 18. Rab1 Ra7 19. Qd1 Re8 20. Kg2 Rb7
21. Be2 Bf8 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Qd8 24. Rc2 Bd6 25. Bg3 Rf8 26. Rbc1 Bxg3 27.
hxg3 Kh8 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd2 Qg4 30. Rxc6 Rbf7 31. R6c2 h5 $40 {0-1 Bauer,
C-Smejkal,J/Germany 1996/GER-chT (44)}) 10... Qd7 $5 {[#]Mit der
Partiefortsetzung verteidigt Schwarz den Bauern c6 und bereitet gleichzeitig
den Befreiungszug ...c6-c5 vor. Das ist der Unterschied zu 10...Qd6.} (10...
Qd6) 11. Rd1 c5 $5 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, aber befreit sich dabei von
seinen Bauernschwächen und bekommt aktives Figurenspiel.} 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 (12...
Kxd7 $2 13. dxc5 Kc6 14. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 13. dxc5 Be6 {[%csl Rc5]} (13...
Bc6) 14. Nd2 O-O-O {[%csl Rc5] Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung. Der weiße
Mehrbauer auf c5 ist kaum zu halten.} (14... Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 $11) 15. a3 e3 $1
{Schwarz ist nicht zufrieden mit der sofortigen Annahme des c5-Bauern. Zuerst
möchte er die gegnerische Bauernstruktur verschlechtern.} (15... Bxc5 $11) 16.
Nf1 (16. Nb3 Nf4 $1 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. gxf4 Rd1+ 19. Bf1 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bxb3
$17 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]}) 16... exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bxc5+ $15 {[%csl Rf2] Schwarz hat
lebendiges Figurenspiel und der weiße König steht im Zentrum ein wenig
unsicher.} 18. Ke1 Rhe8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 19. Bg5 (19. b4 Bb6 20. Bb2 g5 $36)
19... Rd6 (19... Be7 $5) (19... Rd7) 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Bf3 h6 22. Bf4 Rd7 23.
Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5g7]} g5 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Königsflügelbauern.
Es ist für Weiß schwierig, etwas aktives Gegenspiel zu entfalten.} (23... Bg8
$2 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Bxd5 $16) 24. Bd4 g4 (24... f4) 25. Bh1 Bf7 26. Bxb6 axb6
{Schwarz hat die etwas bessere Bauernstruktur und leichte Initiative, aber im
Lager des Weißen finden sich keine besonderen Schwächen.} 27. Rc6 {[%cal Rc6h6]
} f4 (27... h5) 28. Kf2 (28. Rxh6 $2 f3 {[%csl Re2]}) 28... h5 29. Rd4 fxg3+
30. Nxg3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} (30. hxg3 $5) 30... Re5 31. Rh6 {[%cal Gh6h8,Gh8c8]}
Rd8 32. Ke1 Rd6 33. Rh8+ (33. Rxd6 cxd6 $11) 33... Kd7 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Ra4 $11
{[%csl Ga4,Gh7][%cal Ga4a8] [#]Beide weißen Türme stehen aktiv und der
strukturelle Vorteil des Schwarzen ist von geringer Bedeutung.} Nf4 $4 {
Ein unglaublicher Fehler in ausgeglichener Stellung!} 36. Rxf4 $18 {Schwarz
muß aufgeben.} 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {
Diese Stellung erinnert an die Bogoindische Verteidigung (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.
Nf3 Bb4+).}) 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 {Das wäre nur eine
Zugumstellung zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 6... Be7 (6... dxc4) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
{Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber die sofortige Rochade scheint mir
logischer.} (8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 {Das ist der Schlüsselzug für Schwarz in
dieser Variante - Schwarz verhindert damit die Entwicklung des Bc1, der den
Pb2 verteidigen muss. Ohne den Zug Qb6 erreicht Weiß durch Be3 leichten
positionellen Vorteil.} (9... O-O 10. Be3 $14) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb5 d4 12. Qxb6
axb6 13. Nb5 Rd8 14. Rd1 Bc5 15. Bg5 (15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Be1 Be6 17. b4 Nxb4 18.
Nfxd4 Nf6 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. e4 {1-0 Markowski,T-Timmermans,I/Bad
Wiessee 1997/CBM 61 ext (68)}) 15... Ra5 16. a4 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19.
Ne1 Rd7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd3 Ra8 22. f4 Bxd3 23. exd3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,
B-Gurevich,I/St Martin 1993/TD (23)}) 8... Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 (10...
Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rad1 Na5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Qb1 Be6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bd4 Bf5 17.
Qa1 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd5 Qe7 20. Nge4 {1-0 Chernin,A-Adianto,U/Bastia
1998/CBM 67 ext (25)}) (10... d4 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. e3 Bd7 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Bxa4 15. Rxd8 Raxd8 16. Nxa4 Rd1+ 17. Bf1 Bb4 18. a3 b5 19. Kg2 bxa4 20. Be2
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 $14) (10... Qb6 $1 11. Qb5 d4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Rd8 $11) 11.
Bg5 {Dieser Läuferzug sieht logisch aus, aber 11.Be3 scheint mir noch präziser.
} (11. Rd1) (11. Be3 $5 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ge3b6]} Qd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Rac1 Rfd8
14. Qb5 Rac8 15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 Qb7 17. Nd4 $14) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Weiß spielt natürlich gegen den Isolani auf d5.} Qe7 $11 {
Der Pd5 ist zwar schwach, dafür verfügt Schwarz jedoch über das Läuferpaar und
aktives Figurenspiel.} (13... Re8) (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 $11) 14. e3 {
Anschließend möchte Weiß 15.Nd4 spielen.} (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qxe2 16. Rd2
Qe7 17. Re1 Qc5 $11) 14... Bxc3 $5 (14... Rfd8) 15. bxc3 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c3]
Nun gibt es Bauernschwächen auf beiden Seiten des Brettes - sowohl der Pd5 als
auch der Pc3 sind schwach.} 16. Rd2 Qc5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]} 17. Rc1 Na5 $1
{[%csl Yc4][%cal Ga5c4]} 18. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Nc4 $13 19. Nxe6 $6 {Warum
tauscht Weiß seinen starken Springer gegen den Be6? Meines Erachtens sollte
Weiß den Nd4 auf dem Brett halten.} (19. Re2 Rc7 $13) 19... fxe6 $15 {Jetzt
ist der Pd5 nicht mehr schwach, und Weiß hat Probleme bei der Verteidigung des
Pc3.} 20. Rd4 Nb6 21. Qd1 (21. Qc2 $2 e5 $17) 21... Kh8 {Schwarz vermeidet
taktische Motive auf den weißen Feldern - jetzt droht schon 22...e5, denn das
zuvor mögliche Bxd5 käme nun nicht mehr mit Schach.} 22. Bh3 Re8 (22... Rc6 23.
e4) 23. Rh4 (23. e4 e5 $15) 23... Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 24. Qh5 (24. Qd4 Qxd4 25.
cxd4 Rac8 $15) 24... Qe7 (24... Rac8) 25. e4 Rad8 (25... Qa3 26. Qg5) 26. Bg2
d4 (26... Qa3 27. Qg5 Nd6 28. exd5 (28. Rxh6+ gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 $19) 28...
Qxa2 (28... Nf5) 29. c4 $36) 27. e5 $1 $138 {[%cal Gg2e4,Gh5g6,Ge4h7] In
beiderseitiger Zeitnot findet Weiß eine starke Fortsetzung. Nach dem Textzug
droht Be4 nebst Qg6.} (27. cxd4 Rxd4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]}) 27... Qa3 28. Qg5 $1 {
Weiß verteidigt den Turm auf c1 und droht 29.Rxh6+.} Nxe5 (28... dxc3 $142 29.
Rxh6+ gxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ $11 (31. Be4 $2 Rd7 $19)) 29. cxd4 Rxd4 {[#]}
30. Rxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} gxh6 (30... Kg8 31. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33.
Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ $18) 31. Qxe5+ Kg8 32. Rc7 $16 Rd1+ 33. Bf1 Qf8 $2 (33...
Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Qxd5 exd5 37. Rxb7 $16) 34. Qh5 $1 {
[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh5g6,Rg6g8,Rh5d1]} Rxf1+ (34... Re7 35. Rxe7 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1
Qxe7 37. Qg6+ Qg7 38. Qxe6+ $16) 35. Kxf1 Re7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38.
Qxh6+ Kg8 {[%mdl 4096]} 39. Qg6+ {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern, aber das reicht
in Damenendspielen oft nicht aus.} Kh8 40. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] Droht Vormarsch
des h-Bauern nebst Abtausch der Damen, denn das daraus resultierende
Bauernendspiel wäre für Weiß gewonnen.} Qd7 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kh6 $6 (42...
Kf7) 43. Qe3+ Kg6 44. Qxa7 $18 {Dank des zweiten Mehrbauern steht Weiß auf
Gewinn.} Qc6 (44... Qd1+ 45. Kg2 $18) 45. Kg1 (45. Qe3 Qa6+ 46. Qe2 $18) 45...
b6 46. Qa3 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e4 (7. Bg2
$5 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Qe7 10. h3 Re8 (10... h5 $5 11. O-O-O $36) 11. g4 $1
Nb6 12. b3 $14 {Dorfmann,J-Razuvaev,Y Elenite 1992 CBM/32 55/14}) 7... O-O 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 (8... a6 $5 9. Nge2 b5 $13) 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5
axb5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a3 $10 {Suba-Garcia_Palermo Szirak 1986 42/16}) 9... a6
$1 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. a4 bxa4 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Nxa4 Qe7 17. Qc3 Ba6 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22.
Rxa4 Bxa4 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rd2 h6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Kf8 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. Qc3 Ke7 31. h4 h5 32. Qa3 Ke8 33. Qa8+ Ke7 34. Qa3 Ke8
35. Qa8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. g3 e5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ (3... exd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. cxd5 $14) 4.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 {Wir haben eine ähnliche Stellung wie in der
Bogoindischen Verteidigung. Schwarz hat den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer getauscht
und eine feste, aber etwas passive Stellung. Ribli.} 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... Qe7 7.
dxe5 dxe5 8. Ne4 Na6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qa5 Bxf3 13.
exf3 g6 14. Bh3 Kg7 15. Rhe1 c5 16. Qc3 Nb4 17. Kb1 Rhd8 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5
Kf8 20. Rxc5 {1-0 Markowski,T-Khenkin,I/Geneva 1997/EXT 98 (37)}) 7. Bg2 Nbd7 (
7... O-O 8. e4 (8. e3 Be6 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5
13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Qc3 Qe7 16. O-O Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Sher,M-Popovic,P/
Bad Ragaz 1994/EXT 97 (16)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... Na6 9. Nge2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. b3
Qa5 12. O-O b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rfd1 b4 15. Na4 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Nc7 17. d5 Bd7
18. Nb2 Qb6+ 19. Kg2 a5 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. a3 {time. 1-0 Bagirov,V-Raetsky,A/
Senden 1998/CBM 67 ext (39)}) 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12.
a3 Nb6 $5 $146 13. b3 Qe7 14. h3 Bb7 15. Qe3 Nbd7 {Korchnoi,V-Bacrot,E/Albert 
(m/6) 1997/[Dorfman,J] (26)}) 9... b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nh4 Nb6 13.
Nxb5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qe2 Ng5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Nc4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D-Bacrot,E/Lausanne 1999/CBM 71 (18)}) 8. e3 {Es ist
notwendig für Weiss nur 8.e3 - statt 8.e4 - zu spielen, denn nach der
Partiefortsetzung kann Schwarz schlechter ...a6/...b5 spielen, denn die lange
Diagonale wird geöffnet.} (8. e4 a6 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 8... Qe7 (8... O-O 9.
Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. b4 Ng6 12. d5 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. e4 b6 15. a4 Re7
16. a5 Ba6 17. Ra4 bxa5 18. Rfa1 Ne8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nd6 21. Qxa5 Qxa5
22. Rxa5 Rb8 23. Nc3 Rbb7 24. Bf1 {1-0 Petran,P-Held,M/Olomouc CZE 1999 (34)})
9. Nge2 O-O 10. h3 {Weiss rochiert noch nicht und bereitet eventuell g3-g4 mit
aktivem Spiel am Königsflügel vor.} (10. O-O $5) 10... Re8 11. O-O Nf8 (11...
e4 $5 12. g4 (12. b3) 12... Nb6 13. b3 h5 $13) 12. e4 $14 {Weiss kontrolliert
mehr Raum und hat die etwas bessere Stellung. Der schwarze Springer steht
nicht besonders gut auf f8.} a6 13. Rad1 b5 (13... Bd7 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 14. f4
$14) 14. c5 $1 {Ein typisches Motiv, das Weiss die Initiative im Zentrum
einbringt.} dxc5 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd6 dxc3 16. dxe7 cxd2 17. exf8=Q+
Kxf8 $15 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rf6e4,Re8e4]}) 15... dxc5 16. Nxc6 $36) 15. dxe5 Qxe5
16. f4 $44 {Weiss hat ein starkes Zentrum für den Bauern.} Qh5 (16... Qe6 17.
e5 $36) 17. e5 (17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 $40) 17... b4 (17... Nd5 18. g4 $16)
(17... N6d7 18. Bxc6 $16) 18. Na4 (18. exf6 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bxh3 (19... gxf6 $2
20. g4 $18) 20. fxg7 $13) 18... Nd5 19. g4 (19. Nxc5 Bxh3 20. Nd4 Rac8 $15)
19... Qh4 20. Nxc5 {[%csl Gc5] Weiss hat Raumvorteil und einen starken
Springer auf c5. Anderseits gibt es auch Schwächen in seiner Königsstellung.}
h5 $132 21. Nd4 (21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Ra7 $15) 21... hxg4 22. Nxc6 Qg3 $1 {
Ein sehr starker Zug. Der g2-Läufer ist gefesselt und so droht 23...gxh3. Die
andere Idee ist Qe3+.} 23. Qxd5 (23. Ne4 $6 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Nd6 gxh3 $17
{[%csl Ge3][%cal Re3d1,Re3f1,Rh3g2]}) 23... gxh3 24. Rf2 $6 (24. Nxb4 $142 Rb8
25. Nbd3 $14 {Alles ist verteidigt in der weissen Stellung und nach 25...hxg2
26.Qxg2 hat Weiss einen Bauern mehr.}) 24... hxg2 25. Ne7+ $2 {[%cal Re7g8,
Rd5a8] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiss die Qualität, aber Schwarz bekommt sehr
gute Angriffschancen. Es war besser, den gefährlichen g2-Bauern zu vernichten.}
(25. Rd3 Qh4 26. Qxg2 Bf5 $11) 25... Rxe7 26. Qxa8 Rc7 27. Ne4 (27. Nd3 Bb7 $19
{[%csl Ra8,Gb7,Rg1,Gg2]}) 27... Qe3 $17 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Ge3g1] Die
schwarze Figurenkoordination ist sehr gut, während der weisse König unsicher
steht.} 28. Ng5 (28. Nd6 Bb7 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Re3g1,Rc7c2,Rc2f2]})
28... Bb7 29. Qe8 {Die weisse Dame steht sehr unglücklich.} Rd7 $1 30. Ra1 (30.
Rxd7 $2 Qe1+ $19) 30... Rc7 {Es droht 31...Rc1+ mit Gewinn.} (30... Bc6 $1) 31.
Rd1 Rd7 32. Ra1 Bc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Gg2][%cal Gc6e8,Rd7d1,Rd1g1] Es droht 33...
Rd1+.} 33. Qc8 Rd2 $19 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Re3g1]} 34. Nh3 Rc2 {[%csl Gc6,Gg2]
[%cal Rc2c1,Rc1g1] Gegen die Drohung 35...Rc1 ist Weiss wehrlos.} 35. Rd1 Rc1 {
Und Weiss gab auf.} (35... Rc1 36. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 g1=Q+ $19)
0-1

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 (7. dxe5
dxe5 8. Qg5 $6 O-O 9. Qxe5 Qb6 $36 (9... Re8 $36)) 7... O-O 8. e3 {Dieser Zug
scheint chancenreicher für Weiß als die Alternative 8.e4, da die Diagonale des
g2-Läufers offen bleibt.} Be6 (8... Re8 9. Nge2 e4 $6 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Bg4 14. Rf4 Nc6 15. Raf1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Re6 17. g4 {
1-0 Matamoros Franco,C-Rohl,J/Calvia ol (Men) 2004/(51)}) 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4
d5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nge2 $5 Qa5 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 (13...
Na6 $5) 14. O-O Qe7 15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rad1
{1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I-Bacrot,E/Halkidiki 2002/ (42)}) 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nd7
(14... Na6 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Rfc1 Ndc7 18. Bf1 Rd5 19. h4 g6 20. a3
c5 21. Nf3 b6 22. b4 $14) 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Nd4 Kf8 17. b4 $14 {1-0 Matamoros
Franco,C-Mecking,H/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Ribli Zoltan] (84)}) 12. e4 $146 {
[%mdl 4]} (12. f3 Na6 13. Nge2 c5 14. Qh4 Bc6 15. O-O Qc7 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qf4
Qxf4 18. gxf4 Rad8 $13 {1-0 Chabanon,J-Fontaine,R/Bescanon 1999/EXT 2000 (70)})
(12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Qa4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nc3 Rfd8
18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rc1 d4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 g6 $11 {0-1
Taddei,B-San Segundo Carrillo,P/France 2003/EXT 2004 (67)}) 12... Be6 (12...
Qe7 13. Nge2 Be6 14. Rd1) 13. Nge2 Qb6 14. Na4 (14. O-O Rd8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16.
f4) 14... Qa5+ (14... Qxd4 15. Nxd4 $14) 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. Naxc3 {Diese
Stellung erinnert mich an die Partie Matamoros Franco, C - Mecking,H Calvia 
(ol) 2004 - siehe die Alternative 11...Nxd5 oben. Diese Stellung ist typisch
in dieser Variante: Schwarz hat die Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel, aber die
weiße Mehrheit am Königsflügel ist leicht zu mobilisieren.} Na6 17. h3 {
Ein Sicherungszug: Weiß möchte nachfolgend 18.f4 und 19.Kf2 spielen.} Rad8 18.
f4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4] Weiß mobilisiert seine Bauern; Schwarz muss mit e4-e5 oder
auch f4-f5 rechnen.} Nb4 19. Kf2 Rd2 (19... Nd3+ 20. Ke3 Nb4 21. Rad1 $14) 20.
a3 {Stufenweise verbessert Weiß seine Stellung.} (20. Rhd1 Rfd8) (20. f5 Bc8
21. a3 Na6 22. Rhd1 $14) 20... Na6 21. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 32] Weiß verfügt
über eine starke Initiative am Königsflügel, während der a6N schlecht steht.}
Rfd8 (21... Nc7 22. e5 $14 (22. Rhd1 Rfd8 23. e5 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 $14)) 22. e5 {
[%cal Gg2b7]} Ne8 (22... Nd5 23. Ne4 Rb2 24. Rhb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 $14) 23. Ne4
Rb2 24. Rhb1 $1 {Weiß tauscht den aktiven schwarzen Turm.} Rxb1 (24... Rc2 25.
Rd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bc4 27. Bf3 $14) 25. Rxb1 f6 (25... Rd3 26. N4c3) 26. Ke3 {
[%csl Ge3] Der weiße König steht nicht schlecht im Zentrum.} Nac7 (26... fxe5
27. fxe5 $14) (26... Bd5) 27. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} Bc8 (27... Bd5 28. Bxd5+ Nxd5+
29. Ke4 Rb8 30. b5 $16) 28. Nc3 {[%csl Gb4,Rb7,Gc5,Rc6,Ge3,Gg2] Weiß verfügt
über eindeutigen Positionsvorteil: sein g2-Läufer und der c5N stehen
ausgezeichnet und paralysieren den schwarzen Damenflügel.} (28. Nd4 $16) 28...
Na8 {[%cal Ga8b6]} 29. b5 Nb6 (29... b6 30. Nd3 Bf5 31. Rd1 $16) 30. bxc6 bxc6
{[%csl Rc6] Der c6P ist eine Schwächung in der schwarzen Stellung.} 31. e6 $16
{[%csl Rc8,Ge6]} Nd6 (31... Nc4+ 32. Kf2 Nxa3 33. Rb8 $18) 32. g4 {[%cal Gf4f5]
} Ndc4+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kg1 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7] Schwarz muss den e-Bauern
blockieren.} (34... Nxa3 35. Re1 $18) 35. a4 $6 (35. Bxc6 $142 Nxa3 (35... Rc2
36. Nb5) 36. Re1 Ke7 37. Ra1 $18) 35... Rc2 36. N3e4 Ke7 (36... Ne3 37. Bf3 f5
38. gxf5 Nxf5 39. a5 $16) 37. f5 {[%csl Ge6,Gf5,Gg4,Gh3] Weiß hat eine schöne
Bauernkette und versperrt dem schwarzen Läufer alle Aktionsfelder.} Ne3 38. Bf3
Ra2 39. Nc3 Rc2 40. N3e4 Ra2 41. Ng3 Nec4 $2 (41... Rc2 42. Nb3 Nbd5 43. Nd4
$16) 42. Bxc6 Rc2 43. Nb3 Ne5 44. Bg2 Nxa4 45. Ra1 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7][%cal Ra1a7]}
Rc4 (45... Rc3 46. Rxa4 a6 47. Nh5 Rxb3 48. Nxg7 $18) 46. Na5 Rb4 47. Nc6+ Nxc6
48. Bxc6 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7]} Nc5 49. Rxa7+ Bb7 50. Ne4 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ecuador"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ECU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
e3 {Das ist die elastische Fortsetzung, Weiß lässt die Diagonale des
g2-Läufers geöffnet.} (8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 a6) 8... Be6 (8... Qe7 9. Nge2 Na6 (
9... Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Nf8 $13) 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Rad8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13.
Qb2 Qc8 14. Rd2 Bh3 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Beim,V/TCh-AUT 2003 (27)}) (8... Re8 9. Nge2 e4 $6 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Bg4 14. Rf4 Nc6 15. Raf1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Re6 17. g4 {
1-0 Matamoros Franco,C-Rohl,J/Calvia ol (Men) 2004/(51)}) 9. b3 (9. d5 cxd5 10.
cxd5 Bd7 11. b4 Na6 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Nge2 Rc4 14. a3 Qb6 15. O-O Rfc8 {1/2-1/2
Granda Zuniga,J-Rohl,J/Calvia ESP 2004/Calvia ol (Men) (35)}) 9... exd4 10.
Qxd4 (10. exd4 d5 11. c5 Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Huzman,
A/Budapest 1996/CBM 56/[Ribli] (51)}) 10... d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5 12.
Nge2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rfd1 Ne4 $13 {Der d5P ist isoliert, aber
Schwarz hat eine sehr aktive Figurenstellung.}) 12. Nge2 (12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13.
Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 (14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4
Qxd4 19. exd4 {1/2-1/2 Matamoros Franco,C-Fernandez Romero,E/Dos Hermanas 2003/
CBM95 (19)}) 14... Nc6 15. Qb2 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5f1]
Natuerlich tauscht Schwarz nicht die Damen.} 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4
Rfe8 {[%csl Gd8,Re1,Ge8] 1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Lautier,J/France 2003/CBM 95/
[Ribli] (29)}) 12... Qa5 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 (13... Na6 $5) 14. O-O Qe7
15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rad1 c5 {1/2-1/2
Ivanisevic,I-Bacrot,E/Halkidiki GRE 2002/(42)}) 13. Qa4 (13. O-O $5 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Na6 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. b4 Nc7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Nd4
{1-0 Lobron,E-Peek,M/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/(63)}) 13... Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nd7 (
14... Na6 15. Nd4 (15. O-O Rad8 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. Nac3 Nd5 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nac3
Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Matamoros Franco,C-Belkhodja,S/ Calvia ol (Men) 2004/(19)}) 15...
Rad8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Rfc1 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Sutovsky,E/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (58)'})
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Nd4 Kf8 17. b4 $14 {[%mdl 32] Weiß hat einen kleinen
Positionsvorteil. Er hat eine "ewige" Springerstellung auf d4 und mit der
Unterstützung des g2-Läufers kann er am Damenflügel im Folgenden mit b4-b5
aktiv spielen.} Rac8 (17... Nxb4 18. Rab1 c5 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Rfd1 $36) 18.
a3 b5 (18... b6 19. Rfd1 $14 (19. Rac1 $14)) 19. Nb2 (19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Nc3
$11) 19... a6 20. Nd3 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Gd3c5]} Ne7 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir
nicht - im Folgenden bekommt Weiß freie Hand am Damenflügel.} (20... c5 $1 21.
Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4d5,Rf4e6,Re6f8,Re6d8]} Kf7 24. Nxd5
c4 25. Nc3 $14) 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga1a7] Nach diesem starken Zug
kommt der a1R stark ins Spiel.} Nd5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal
Ga7h7]} Ra8 (24... c5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Rf4e6,Re6f8,Re6d8,Rf4d5]
}) 25. Rfa1 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Ke8 27. Bxd5 (27. f4 $14) 27... cxd5 (27... exd5 28.
Rc7 $16) 28. Nf4 Ke7 29. Ra6 Nf8 30. Rb6 {[%csl Rb5]} d4 {Schwarz möchte das
Material reduzieren.} (30... g5 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Rxb5 Rc8 33. Kf1 $16) 31. exd4
Rxd4 32. Rxb5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und die bessere
Bauernstellung.} g5 33. Rxg5 (33. Ne2 $16) 33... Rxb4 34. Rg7+ Kd6 (34... Kf6
35. Nh5+ Kf5 36. Kg2 $16) 35. Rf7 Rb8 36. Kg2 e5 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38. Nd5+ Kd7 39.
Rh6 {[%csl Rb8,Gd5,Rf8,Gh6] Schwarz hat nicht nur einen Bauern weniger, aber
auch eine sehr passive Stellung.} Rb7 40. h4 Ra7 41. Nb6+ (41. Kf3 $16) 41...
Ke8 42. Nc8 (42. Nc4 $16) 42... Rg7 43. Nd6+ Kd7 44. Nc4 Ng6 45. Kf1 (45. h5
Nh4+ 46. Kf1 Nf3 47. Ke2 e4 48. Ke3 Ng5 49. Ra6 $18) 45... Re7 46. h5 Nf8 47.
Rf6 Ke8 (47... Re8 48. g4 $16) 48. Nd6+ Kd7 49. Nf5 Re8 50. Ke2 {Endlich
bringt Weiß seinen König ins Spiel.} Ra8 51. Ke3 Ne6 52. Rf7+ Kc6 53. Rxh7 $18
{Weiß hat zwei Bauern mehr und steht auf Gewinn.} Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Ng5
56. Rh6+ Kc5 57. Nd6 (57. Ne3 Ne4 58. Ng4 $18) 57... Kd5 58. Kg2 e4 59. Nf5 Ke5
60. Ne3 Nf3 61. Rh8 Ne1+ 62. Kf1 (62. Kh3 $18) 62... Nf3 63. Re8+ Kf6 64. Kg2 (
64. Rxe4 $4 Nd2+ $19) 64... Ne1+ 65. Kh3 Nf3 66. Kg4 Rxf2 67. Rxe4 (67. Nd5+
Kg7 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Rxe4 $18) 67... Nh2+ 68. Kh3 Kg5 69. Re5+ Kh6 70. Ng4+
Nxg4 71. Kxg4 {Mit zwei verbundenen Bauern gewinnt Weiß leicht.} Rf6 72. Kh4
Rb6 73. g4 Rb4 74. Re6+ Kg7 75. h6+ Kf7 76. Ra6 Kg8 77. Kh5 Rb7 78. g5 Rb5 79.
Kg6 Rb8 80. Ra5 {Weiß sichert sich die 5. Reihe und bereitet das Manöver 81.
Kh5 und 82.g6 vor.} Rc8 81. Kh5 Rd8 82. g6 Rc8 83. h7+ Kh8 84. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Black "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 $6 {Ich finde diesen Zug nicht besonders gluecklich.} (2...
Nc6 $5) 3. d4 $1 e4 $6 (3... d6 $6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5
c6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O-O Ke7 10. Bh3 Rd8 11. e4 $1 $16 {Weiss hat bessere
Entwicklung und auch eine starke Initiative. Sher,M-Tseitlin ,Mi/Budapest
Elekes/1989/CBM14/}) (3... exd4 $5 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 $13 {
Schwarz hat Gegenchancen. Sher,M-Bologan,V/Ostrava/1993/CBM38/}) 4. Nh3 Nf6 5.
Nf4 c6 6. e3 Na6 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. d5 Bd6 (8... d6 $6 {Jetzt erreichen wir eine
typische Stellung von A21 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 usw.), aber
mit zwei extra Tempi. Weiss hat klaren Vorteil.}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qd2
Be5 12. O-O-O {Weiss spielt sehr agressiv.} d6 {Der Nachziehende will mit c5
das Zentrum schliessen.} 13. dxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Na4 Bxb2+ (14... Bd7 $5) 15. Kxb2
d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 $1 $14 {Weisse Figuren stehen guenstiger und der
d5-Bauer ist auch schwach.} Rd8 18. Be2 Ne6 19. Rhd1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Be6 21. Nc5
Bf7 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. Rg1 g6 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Bb5 Rd6 26. Rc2 {Der Anziehende
hat eine Traumstellung. Er hat eine Riesendame in d4, offene c-Linie fuer die
Tuerme und einige gegnerische Bauern (a7,d5) sind schwach.} a6 27. Ba4 Rad8 28.
Rgc1 Qh4 $2 {Verliert noch ein Tempi.} (28... Qf6 $5) 29. Rc7 $1 Qf6 (29...
Qxf2+ $2 30. R1c2 Qh4 31. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 32. Rc7+ $18) 30. Ra7 Qxd4+ 31. exd4 g5
{Sonst ist Schwarz fast im Zugzwang.} 32. fxg5 f4 33. Rcc7 Rf8 (33... Bg6 $5 {
Dieser Zug gibt bessere Rettungsmoeglichkeit.} 34. h4 e3 35. fxe3 f3 36. h5 f2
37. Rg7+ Kh8 (37... Kf8 38. hxg6 f1=Q 39. gxh7 $18) 38. hxg6 f1=Q 39. Rxh7+ Kg8
40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Qxf7 42. gxf7 $18 {Droht Be8}) 34. Be8 $1 {Sehr schoen.}
Rxe8 (34... Bxe8 $4 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rag7#) 35. Rxf7 Rg6 (35...
e3 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxh7 Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kxg7 41. Rxe8
$18) 36. Rxf4 Rxg5 37. Rxa6 Rg2 {Droht /\ e3} 38. Ka3 Rxh2 39. Rd6 Ra8+ (39...
Rh5 40. Kb4 Rb8+ 41. Kc5 Rc8+ 42. Rc6 $18) 40. Kb4 Rxa2 41. Rxd5 Rhxf2 42. Rg5+
$1 {Dieser feine Zug schickt den Koenig ganz fern.} Kh8 43. Rxe4 Ra8 44. Re7
Rd8 45. Rh5 Rxd4+ 46. Kc5 Rg4 47. Rexh7+ Kg8 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. R5h7+ {Schwarz
kann einen Turmtausch nicht verhindern.} Rg7 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Re8 $1 Rf5+ 52.
Kb6 Rf6+ 53. Ka5 Rf5+ 54. Ka4 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 (3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Qb3 $6 O-O 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. O-O a5 $13 {Meduna,E-Keilinghaus,L Prague Chip 1992 CBM/27}
) (3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3 Bb4+ $1 7. Bd2 (7. Nbd2 d3 8. Ne5
Bd6 9. Nxd3 $13 {Keitlinhaus,L-Schmittdiel,E Dortmund-B 1990 CBM/18}) 7... Bc5
8. O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Nbd2 Bb6 $10 {Larsen,B-Gulko,B Hastings 1988/89 CBM/
11 47/23}) 3... Bb4+ $1 (3... exd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Qb5 $14 {Davies,N-Morgan,M New York
op 1991 CBM/23}) 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Bg2 (6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Nf3 f6 $10) 6... Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e4 (8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 $13) 8... d5 $5 9.
cxd5 (9. dxe5 Nxe4 (9... Qxe5 $2 10. f4 Qe7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e5 O-O 13. Nge2
$18) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qd6 Nd7 $10) 9... exd4 $1 (9... cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11.
Nxd5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 $16) 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O $44 13. Ne2 Rd8
14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qe3 (15. Qc3 Nc6 (15... Na6 $5) 16. O-O Rac8 $44) 15... Qb4+
16. Qc3 Nc6 17. O-O Rd2 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Nc3 Rxb2 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nxa2
22. Nxa2 Bxa2 23. Rxb7 a5 $15 24. e5 Rc8 25. Be4 (25. Bc6 $5 Kf8 26. Rb6 Bc4
$15) 25... a4 $1 26. Ra7 Bb3 27. f4 g6 28. Kf2 h5 29. Ke3 Rc1 30. Kd2 Ra1 31.
Kc3 Ra2 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rd7 Rc1+ 34. Kb2 Re1 35. Bb1 Be6 $1 36. Rd3 $2 (36. Ra7)
36... Rxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 (3... d5 $5) 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 $10 {Weiss hat nichts erreicht.
Andersson,U-Huebner,R/Skelleftea WCup/1989/CBM14/}) 6... cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qa4
Bc5 $5 {Nur diese aktive Fortsetzung gibt ausgeglichenen Moeglichkeiten.} (8...
Be7 $6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 $1 Ne4 11. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Ne5 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Bf6 15. Nd3 Nc4 16. Bd4 $16 {Weiss hat bessere Bauernstrukture und aktive
Figurenstellung.Serper,G-Lutz,C/ Dortmund/1993/CBM35/INF57,18/}) 9. O-O O-O 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Ne1 {Mit diesem interessanten Manoever
hofft Weiss in Vorteil zu kommen.} (13. Rac1 Qe7 14. e3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 $10
{Schwarz hat einen schwaechen Bauern (d5),aber er hat dafuer Laeuferpaar. Die
Stellung ist ungefaehr gleich. Sher,M-Raecky,A/Hastings op/1993/EXP33/}) 13...
Rad8 14. Nd3 Bd4 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Nf4 Qe5 (16... Bxc3 $2 17. Rxc3 d4 18. Rc5
$14 {Weiss steht klar besser, weil Schwarz Schwierigkeiten am Damenfluegel hat.
}) 17. e3 (17. Rfd1 $5) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 {Zu pruefen ist 18.Rc3!?} (18. Rxc3
$5) 18... Re7 19. Rfd1 Red7 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qc5 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 $10 {Nach dem
Damentausch sind nicht nur der d5 sondern auch der c3 Bauern nicht besonders
stark.} 23. c4 $5 {Seirawan will die Partie mit diesem Zug friedlich beenden.}
dxc4 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxc4 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Kf7 28. Kg2 Rd2 29. a4
Kf6 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht Chekhov} e5 2. g3 Nf6 (2... c6 $5) 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 (4. d4 $5) (4.
d4 $5 {Chekhov} exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Bb4+ $5) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 $14) 4... e4 5. Nd4 d5 (5... Qb6 $5) 6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6...
cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 $14 {Larsen,B-Pomar,A/Las
Palmas/1975/INF19,30/}) 7. Nc2 (7. Nb3 {Chekhov} Qh5 8. h3 Na6 9. Nc3 Qg6 10.
O-O Bb4 11. d3 exd3 12. e4 O-O 13. Qxd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. Bd2 Be6 16. c4
Rad8 17. Qe2 $132 {Gulko,B-Vasiukov,E/Moscow/1983/1|0/43/}) 7... Qh5 8. Nc3 {
Das ist eine Neuerung.} (8. h3 Qg6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. b3 (10. Ne3 {Chekhov} O-O 11.
Nc4 Bc7 12. b3 Re8 13. Qc2 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Qb1 Nbd5 $15 {Loeffler,S-Van
Der Wiel,J/Leeuwarden/1994/0|1/40/}) 10... O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Na6 13.
Nc4 Rd8 $5 (13... h5 $6 14. Qb1 h4 15. g4 Re8 16. Nd6 Re5 17. Ndxe4 $16 {
Kellly,B-Ryan,J/Dublin/1995/EXP46/}) 14. Qb1 Nc5 15. b4 Rd4 16. Ne3 $14 {
Spraggett,K-Yrjola,J/Dubai ol/1986/INF42,16/}) (8. Ne3 Bh3 9. Qb3 Bxg2 10. Nxg2
Qb5 11. Qxb5 cxb5 12. Nc3 a6 13. d3 exd3 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. exd3 h6 16. Bf4 Nc5
$15 {Gutman,L-Hertneck,G/GER/1992/0|1/41/}) 8... Bh3 (8... Qg6 $6 9. b3 Bd6 (
9... Na6 $5) 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Nc4 $14 {Der Anziehende hat jetzt
ein Tempi mehr als wie bei 8.h3 Variante.}) 9. Bxh3 (9. Ne3 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Nbd7
11. Qc2 Qe5 12. d3 exd3 13. Qxd3 Bc5 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. O-O O-O $10 {Hausner,
I-Lehmann/Neukolln/1988/1|0/55/}) 9... Qxh3 10. d3 {/N/} (10. Ne3 {Chekhov}
Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe6 12. d3 Bb4 13. Bd2 exd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 $15 {
Strizhnev,P-Benson/Reggio Emilia/1992/0,5/21/}) 10... Na6 (10... exd3 $5 11.
Qxd3 Be7 12. Qe3 (12. Ne3 O-O 13. Qf5 Qxf5 14. Nxf5 Bc5 $10) 12... Nbd7 13. Bd2
Ng4 $13) (10... Qg2 $6 11. Rf1 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxh2 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O-O $44)
11. Bg5 (11. dxe4 $6 {Chekhov} Rd8 12. Bd2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg2 $17) 11... Ng4 {
Droht /\ Qg2.} 12. Ne3 (12. dxe4 {Chekhov} Qg2 13. Rf1 Bc5 $17) 12... Nxe3 13.
Bxe3 Qg2 14. Rf1 exd3 $6 (14... Bb4 $5 $13 {Schwarz sollte seine Entwicklung
beenden und seinen Koenig in die Sicherheit bringen. /\ 0-0}) (14... Bb4 $5 {
Chekhov} 15. Qc2 exd3 16. Qxd3 Rd8 17. Qc4 O-O $15) 15. Qxd3 Rd8 $6 (15... Be7
$5) 16. Qf5 $1 (16. Qe4+ $2 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Nb4 $17 (17... Nb4 {Chekhov} 18. Rc1
Nxa2 $19)) 16... Be7 17. Qe5 $1 (17. a3 {Chekhov} O-O $15) 17... Nb4 (17... f6
$5 {Chekhov} 18. Qe6 Qxh2 19. Bxa7 $13) 18. Rc1 {Schwarz hat mit seinen
letzten Zuegen seine Lage verschlechtert und jetzt steht er schon vor einigen
Problemen. Die Bauern auf a7 und g7 haengen und der Laeufer auf e7 ist
gefesselt.} Nd5 (18... f6 19. Qe6 Nd5 20. Bxa7 $16) 19. Qxg7 $1 (19. Bxa7 O-O
$1 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 $1 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 $44 {Droht /\ Bb4, Bf6, Ra8, Rb5.}) (19. Nxd5
{Chekhov} Qxd5 20. Qxd5 (20. Qxg7 $4 Bb4+ $19) 20... Rxd5 21. a3 a5 $10) 19...
Bf6 20. Qg4 Nxc3 (20... Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qxh2 (22... Qd5 {Chekhov}
23. c4 $16) 23. Rd1 $1 $16 {Schwarz hat den Bauern zurueckerobert und seinen
Bauernstruktur ist guenstiger ,aber sein Koenig steht gefaehrlich. Man spielt
Schach nicht fuer Bauern son- dern fuer Matt.}) 21. bxc3 Qd5 {Droht /\ Bc3} 22.
f3 h5 (22... Qxa2 23. Qe4+ Qe6 24. Qxe6+ fxe6 25. Bxa7 $18) 23. Qe4+ Qxe4 24.
fxe4 Be5 25. Rf5 f6 26. Bf4 $1 (26. Bxa7 h4 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern weniger,
aber das Endspiel ist fuer Weiss nicht zu ge- winnen.} (26... h4 $1 {Chekhov}
27. Kf2 hxg3+ 28. hxg3 Ra8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rxa2 $14) (26... Ra8 $6 27.
Bd4 Rxa2 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe5+ $16)) 26... Bxf4 27. gxf4 {Jetzt stehen die
weissen Bauern schon ganz schoen.} Ke7 28. e5 $1 fxe5 29. Rxe5+ {Weiss hat
zwei Freibauern und steht er schon klar auf Gewinn.} Kf6 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1
{Hecht: T-T Motive: verbundene vs Einzelfreibauer, einfaches Freibauernrennen
nach Kontrolle des schwarzen Freibauern und Aktivierung des wK} h4 32. Kd2 Rd8+
33. Ke3 Rd1 34. Rh5 Ra1 35. Rh7 $1 Rxa2 36. Rxb7 Ke6 (36... a5 37. Rc7 $18) 37.
Rh7 a5 38. Rxh4 a4 39. Rh5 a3 40. Ra5 Ra1 41. h4 Kf7 42. Ra6 c5 43. Ke4 a2 44.
Ke5 c4 45. e4 Kg7 46. Kf5 {Weiss hat dieses Endspiel ausgezeichnet (26.Bf4!,
28.e5!, 36.Rb7!) gespielt.} 1-0

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 (7.
Qxd8+ $6 {Carlier,B-Van Gisbergen,S/Dieren-op/1990/EXP19/}) 7... Be6 (7... Be7
$6 {Sher,M-Willemsen,J/Biel-op/1990/EXP19/}) 8. Qc2 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 h6 10. O-O O-O
11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qh5 14. Nd4 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. N2f3 Rfe8
17. Nf5 $14 Bf8 18. Rd4 g6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne4 21. Rd4 Ndf6 22. Rb4 (22.
Rfd1 Qf5) 22... Re7 23. Be5 $1 (23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rh4 Qe6 $13) 23... Rae8 (
23... Qf5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf5 gxf5 $14) 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qh5 26. Qb4
Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxb7 Qxe2 29. Qxa7 (29. Qxc6 $1 $16) 29... Qc2 $1 30. b4
(30. Qa3 Re2 31. Rc1 Qd2 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qxc6 Rxf2 $14) 30... Re4 31. a3 h5 $1
32. h4 Kg7 33. Qc7 Qc4 34. Qd6 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt und es ist
schwer zu sagen, was die konkrete Idee des Zuges ist. Schwarz verteidigt sich
vorher gegen der Möglichkeit Bg5 und er kann entweder c6-d5 spielen, oder im
Falle von Nf3 kann er mit e5-e4 fortsetzen, damit Weiß nicht die Möglichkeit
Ng5 hat.} 4. e4 $6 {Dieser Zug erscheint mir nicht so logisch, weil Weiß das
d4-Feld schwächt. Ich glaube, es wäre logisch 4.Nc3 zu spielen (die
prinzipielle Fortsetzung) und nur im Falle von 4...Bb4 kann Weiß 5.e4 ziehen.}
(4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8. a3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11.
h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Qd7 {0-1 Taylor,P-Vydeslaver,A/Rethymnon GRE 2003/(59)}) (4. a3
c6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 d5 7. cxd5 (7. Nf3 Be7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qa4
O-O 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. e3 Qe7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. h3 Rad8 {
1/2-1/2 Giardelli,S-Oratovsky,M/Balaguer 2001/EXT 2002 (16)}) 7... cxd5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. b5 Na5 14. e3 Bd7 15. Bd4
Rfc8 16. Nbd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Qb2 Rac8 {0-1 Loew,G-Shaw,J/
Bad Wiessee GER 2003/(40)}) (4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 (5. e3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4
Re8 8. Ne2 c6 9. Qb3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qc8 14.
Qa4 Nbd7 15. Ba3 Bc4 16. d6 b5 17. Qc2 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Glek,I/Vlissingen 2002/
CBM 89 ext (60)}) 5... Bxc3 (5... e4 $5 6. Nd4 Bxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9.
b3 d6 10. Nc2 b6 11. Ne3 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. Be3 {1-0 Markowski,T-Pavlovic,M/Plovdiv BUL 2003/(55)}) 6. dxc3 d6 7.
O-O Nc6 8. Ne1 Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. e4 O-O-O $11 {1-0 Hulak,K-Bologan,V/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84/[Ribli] (54)}) (4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Ne5 7. d3 exd3 8. exd3
Be7 9. Ne3 d6 10. d4 Neg4 11. Nc2 Nh7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Ne3 {1/2-1/2
Ghaem Maghami,E-Komliakov,V/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) (4. b3 Bc5 (4... d5) 5.
e3 O-O 6. Bb2 Re8 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bf8 11. d3 Be6 12.
Nd2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Bh3 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Anand,V/Bastia 2002/CBM 92 no vc (70)})
(4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Qd1 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf5 10. f3 Qe7
11. fxe4 Nd6 12. Ba3 Qe5 13. Qd3 Ndxe4 {0-1 Christensen,T-Glek,I/Rethymnon GRE
2003/(63)}) 4... Bc5 5. Ne2 Nc6 {[%csl Yd4]} 6. h3 (6. d3 Ng4 7. O-O Qf6 8. Qe1
Nb4 $17) (6. O-O h5 $5) 6... d6 7. d3 a6 8. Nbc3 Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5] Schwarz
rochiert nicht - er bereitet 9...b5 vor.} 9. O-O (9. a3 $5 b5 10. b4 $11) 9...
b5 10. Nd5 (10. cxb5 axb5 $11) 10... Nd4 11. Be3 (11. Nxd4 Bxd4 (11... exd4 12.
a3 $14) 12. Nb4 Qd7 13. Nc2 Bb6 $11) 11... O-O {Schwarz hat eine bequem
gleiche Stellung und er kontrolliert das d4-Feld.} (11... c6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.
Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Bxd4 (13... exd4 14. Bf4 bxc4 15. e5 $13) 14. Bxd4 exd4 $11)
13... exd4 14. cxb5 $11) 12. Bxd4 (12. b4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bxb4 15.
Rac1 Ba5 16. d4 $44) 12... exd4 13. b4 Ba7 14. Rc1 (14. Qc2 $11) 14... Ne8 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Schwarz verteidigt den c7-Bauern und moöchte den d5-Springer mit
c7-c6 verjagen.} 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb3 Bd7 {[%cal Gc7c6,Gc6d5] Jetzt droht
schon 17...c6 un d der d5N muss weg gehen.} 17. Qb2 c6 $15 {Schwarz hat das
Läuferpaar und eine starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum.} 18. Ndf4 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]}
19. Rc2 {Jetzt droht schon 20.Nxd4, weil im Falle von 20..Qf6 kann Weiß 21.Nb3.
oder 21.Ne2 spielen.} (19. Nxd4 $4 Qf6 $19 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rf6b2,Ra7d4]})
19... c5 20. Rfc1 g5 $5 {Eine mutige Fortsetzung - Weiß kann wählen: entweder
21.Nd5 spielen und in diesem Fall kann der c7N den weißen Springer tauschen,
oder die Partiefortsetzung 21.Nh5, wonach der weiße Springer nicht so aktiv
wird.} 21. Nh5 {[%cal Gc1c7] Nach diesem Zug droht 22.Nxd4.} (21. Nd5 Nxd5 22.
exd5 Re8 $15) 21... Ne6 22. g4 $6 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5]} (22. bxc5 $1 dxc5 (22...
Bxc5 23. e5 $36) 23. e5 f5 $13) 22... f6 23. Neg3 Be8 24. Qa3 (24. Nf5) 24...
Bb6 25. bxc5 Bxc5 (25... dxc5 26. Qb3 $132) 26. Qb2 Kh8 27. Rf1 Qa5 $1 28. f4
$6 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc5g1] Mit diesem schönem Zug kann Schwarz die Damen tauschen.
} 29. f5 (29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Bb4 $11) 29... Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8c6,
Gc6e5]} 31. Rfb1 b4 {[%csl Rg2] Schwarz hat fühlbaren positionellen Druck am
Damenflügel, weil die weißen Figuren am Koenigsflügel nicht so viel wert sind,
besonders der g2B hat keine Zukunft.} 32. a3 Nc6 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Bf1 (34.
Rxb4 Nxb4 $15) 34... Kg8 $1 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e7] Schwarz bringt seinen König
ins Spiel.} 35. Be2 Kf7 36. Nf1 Ke7 37. Nd2 Bf7 38. Rxb4 Nxb4 39. Ra1 Rb8 40.
Nf3 Nc2 $17 {[%csl Gc2,Gc5,Gf7][%cal Gb8b1]} 41. Ra4 Rb2 42. Ng7 $4 {[%mdl
8192] Dieser Zug verliert sofort. Die einzige Verteidigung ist nur mit 42.Ng3
möglich, aber in diesem Fall hat Schwarz auch die besseren Chancen.} (42. Ng3
$17) 42... Ne3 $19 {[%csl Re2]} 43. Kf2 (43. Bf1 Rb1 44. Nh2 (44. Nd2 Rd1 $19)
44... d5 {[%cal Gc5d6,Gd6h2]}) 43... Nd1+ (43... Nd1+ 44. Kf1 Nc3 {[%cal Rc3a4,
Rc3e2]} (44... Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Nc3+ $19 {[%cal Rc3a4,Rc3e2]})) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung; die Hauptvarianten
sind 3...Nc6, 3...c6 und 3...d5. Mit dem Textzug verlässt Schwarz die
theoretischen Pfade, aber meiner Meinung nach ist dieser Zug nicht besonders
gut.} 4. Nc3 (4. e4 $6 Bc5 5. Ne2 Nc6 {[%csl Yd4]} 6. h3 d6 7. d3 a6 8. Nbc3
Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 9. O-O (9. a3 $5 b5 10. b4 $11) 9... b5 10. Nd5 (10. cxb5
axb5 $11) 10... Nd4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. b4 Ba7 14. Rc1 (14. Qc2 $11)
14... Ne8 $1 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Morozevich,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/[Ribli (43)}
) (4. d4 e4 $5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Qd1 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf5 10. f3
Qe7 11. fxe4 Nd6 12. Ba3 Qe5 13. Qd3 Ndxe4 {0-1 Christensen,T-Glek,I/Rethymnon
2003/(63)}) 4... Bb4 5. Nf3 (5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. d3 Qd7 9. h3
$1 g5 (9... O-O 10. f4 $14) 10. f3 Na6 11. h4 $14 O-O-O $5 12. hxg5 (12. Be3 $5
) 12... hxg5 13. Bxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Rh8 15. Kf2 (15. Bh4 $14) 15... Nh7 (15...
Ng8) (15... Ne8) 16. Bh4 f5 $44 {[%csl Rf2] . 0-1 Macieja,B-Volokitin,A/
Bermuda 2005/CBM 106/[Ribli] (24)}) 5... Bxc3 (5... Nc6) (5... e4 6. Nd4 Bxc3
7. bxc3 {Auf diese Weise erhalten wir die Partiefortsetzung.} (7. dxc3)) 6.
bxc3 $5 {Weiß verstärkt seine Zentrumstellung.} (6. dxc3 d6) 6... e4 7. Nd4 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. f3 {[%mdl 32] Weiß beabsichtigt mit dem Läuferpaar die Stellung
zu öffnen. Dieses Motiv erinnert mich an die Variante 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3
Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3.} (9. d3 Nbd7 10.
dxe4 Re8 11. f3 Ne5) 9... c5 (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 $14) 10. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e3,
Ge3d5]} exf3 11. Rxf3 {[%cal Gf3f8]} Nc6 12. d3 Ng4 (12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5)
13. h3 Nge5 14. Rf2 Qa5 $6 (14... Be6 $2 15. d4) (14... Re8) 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {
Die weiße Bauernstruktur ist zwar schwach, aber aufgrund seines Läuferpaares
und den starken Türmen steht Weiß sehr aktiv.} Qc7 (15... Qxa2 $4 16. Na3 $18)
(15... Qxc3 16. Bd2 $18) 16. e4 Ne7 17. Bf4 N5g6 18. Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal
Ge3d5,Ge3f5] Weiß verfügt über eine sehr aktive Stellung, sein e3N
kontrolliert die Punkte d5 und f5.} Rb8 19. Qh5 Kh7 20. Rbf1 f6 $2 (20... Be6
$142 21. Nd5 $14) 21. Bxh6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Ein starkes Läuferopfer, wonach
Weiß deutlichen Angriff am Königsflügel erhält.} gxh6 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 {
[%csl Gf6,Gh5,Rh7][%cal Re3d5,Rd5c7,Rd5e7] Weiß hat nur zwei Bauern für die
Figur, aber seine Drohungen sind mehr als gefährlich.} Kg7 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. e5
$1 {[%cal Rg2e4,Re4g6] Auf diese Weise kommt der Läufer ins Spiel.} (25. Nxe7
Kxf6 (25... Nxe7 $2 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Rxh6#) 26. Nxg6 Qe8 27. e5+ dxe5 28. Be4
Kg7 29. g4 b5 30. g5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 $40) 25... Bf5 (25... dxe5 26. Be4 $18) 26.
Nxe7 (26. Rxd6) (26. e6 {[%cal Rf6f7,Rf7g7]}) 26... Qxe7 27. Qxf5 (27. Rxf5
Nxe5 28. Be4) 27... Nxe5 28. Re6 Qg5 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 30. Rxd6 $18 {Mit zwei
Bauern mehr steht Weiß auf Gewinn.} b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Be4 c4 (32... Rb1+ 33.
Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Rxa2 35. Rd5 $18) 33. dxc4 (33. d4 Nd3 34. Ra6 $18) 33... Rb2
34. c5 Re2 (34... Rxa2 35. Re6 $18 (35. c6 $18)) 35. Rd4 Re3 36. Kf2 Rxc3 37.
c6 a6 (37... Nxc6 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rc7 $18) 38. Rd6 a5 39. Re6 Rc5 40. c7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Van Beers, Eddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 (4... Bb4+ $5 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {
Das ist die andere mögliche Spielweise - jetzt haben wir eine ähnliche
Stellung, wie in der Bogoindischen Verteidigung.}) 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3)
6... cxd5 7. Nf3 Be7 (7... Nc6 $5 8. Qa4 Bc5 $5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Re8 11. e3
h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Ne1 d4 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,
A-Savchenko,S/Halkidiki GRE 2002/(33)}) 8. O-O O-O (8... Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6) 9. Be3
$5 {Das ist die gute Zugfolge für Weiß - mit dem Läuferzug verhindert Weiß die
Möglichkeit Qb6.} (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Qb5 d4 (11... Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Bf5
13. Bf4 Be4 14. Rac1 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Conquest,S/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (58)})
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Bg5 Ra5 16. a4 Bf5 17. Ne1 $14 {
1-0 Berkovich,M-Timmermans,I/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2004/(24)}) 9... Nc6 10.
Qa4 Be6 (10... Ng4 11. Bd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. e3
Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Ncxb5 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,
K-Predojevic,B/Budva SCG 2004/(42)}) 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 (12... h6 13.
Rac1 a6 $2 14. Bb6 $1 $16 Rac8 15. Ne1 $1 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Hjartarson,J/
Belfort 1988/(44)}) 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rd2 {Weiß verbessert sein bisheriges Spiel
- vor 7 Jahren wählte der weiße Spieler in dieser Stellung 14.Qb5, was auch
gut spielbar ist. Der Textzug bereitet die Turmverdoppelung 15.Rcd1 vor.} (14.
Qb5 Bb4 (14... Rac8 15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 Qb7 17. Nd4 $14) 15. Na4 a6 16. Qd3 Bf5
17. Qb3 Qe7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. Nh4 Be6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23.
Rxd5 $16 {1-0 Ruck,R-Broekman,W/Balatonbereny 1997/EXT 2001 (36)}) 14... Ng4
15. Bd4 (15. Bf4 $2 g5 $36) 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 {[%mdl 32] Schwarz hat einen
isolierten Bauern auf d5, was immer eine potenzielle Schwächung in der
schwarze Stellung ist. Sehr wichtig ist, dass Weiß das Feld d4 mit dem
Springer blockieren kann, denn das gibt Weiß einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften
Vorteil.} (16. Qxd4 Bf6 (16... Rac8 17. e3 $14) 17. Qf4 Rac8 $132) 16... Qxa4
17. Nxa4 Bg5 {Mit diesem Läuferzug provoziert Schwarz die Schwächung der
weißen Stellung.} 18. f4 (18. e3 Nxe3 $17) 18... Rac8 (18... Bf6 $5 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Bh3 h5 21. Nc5 Rac8 22. Rcc2 Rd6 23. Nxb7 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rb6 $11) 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc3 $14 {Weiß bringt den Springer zurück und lässt den Gegner
nicht 20...Rc1+ spielen.} (20. fxg5 $2 Rc1+ 21. Bf1 Ne3 $17) 20... Bf6 21. Bh3
$5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gh3c8] Interessanterweise bekommt der Läufer gutes Spiel
auf der h3-c8 Diagonale.} (21. e4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 $11) 21...
h5 (21... Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ne3 23. Kf2 Bxh3 (23... Nc2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rd2 Nb4
26. e4 $14) 24. Kxe3 Be6 25. Kd2 $14 (25. Nxd5 Rc2 $132)) 22. Bxg4 hxg4 $6 (
22... Bxg4 $1 23. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rc1+ 25. Kf2 Rc2 $11 {[%cal Rc2a2,Rc2e2]}
) 23. Kf2 g6 24. Nd1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gd1e3,Ge3g4] Droht 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Ne3
mit Bauerngewinn.} Rc4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. b3 Rd4 $6 (26... Rb4 $142 27. Kg2 g5
28. e3 $14 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gd1f2,Gf2g4]}) 27. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 28. e3 {[%mdl 4096]}
Bg7 29. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Rd1f2,Rf2g4] Weiß bereitet 30.Nf2 vor, was
einen Bauern gewinnt.} e5 30. fxe5 (30. Nf2 $16) 30... Bxe5 31. Nf2 Kf7 32.
Nxg4 Bc7 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. h4 a5 35. Nf2 {[%cal Gf2d3,Gd3f4]} d4 {Schwarz opfert
einen Bauern und möchte im Trüben fischen.} 36. exd4 (36. e4 $18) 36... Kd5 37.
Nd3 Kxd4 38. Nf4 $18 Be5 (38... Bxf4 39. Kxf4 (39. gxf4 $18) 39... Kc3 40. g4
$18) 39. Nxg6 Bg7 40. g4 Kc3 41. g5 Kb2 42. h5 Kxa2 43. h6 Bc3 44. Nf4 Kxb3 {
Schwarz hat das materielle Gleichgewicht, aber die weißen Bauern gewinnen die
Partie.} 45. g6 a4 46. g7 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. cxd5 (5. Bg2 $5) 5... cxd5 6. Bg2
Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qa4 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Re8 11. e3 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Be6 $14 {Larsen,B-Chandler,M/London/1986/INF41,17/}) 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rac1 Qe7 $6 (13... Bb6 $5) 14. e3 $14 {Sher,
M-Raeckiy,A/Hastings op/1993/CBM35/}) 9. O-O Qb6 (9... O-O 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Nc3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Ne5 $14 {Serper,G-Lutz,C/Dortmund/1993/CBM35/INF57,18/})
10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Bf5 13. b3 a5 (13... a6 14. Nbd4 Be4 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 $14) 14. Nfd4 Bg6 (14... Be4 15. Bh3 $14) 15. Be3 a4 16. Rac1
axb3 17. axb3 Rfc8 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $14) 18. Bh3 $1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc5 20.
Ra1 $1 Re8 21. Ra7 Rc7 22. Nb5 Rc2 23. Rxb7 Rxe2 24. Nc7 Rf8 25. Ne6 $1 fxe6
26. Rxe7 Bf7 27. Ra1 Rb2 28. Raa7 1-0

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 {Schwarz bereitet d7-d5 vor, womit er den
Wirkungsradius des Bg2 einschränken will.} 4. d4 e4 $5 {Eine seltene
Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen sind - 4...exd4 5.Qxd4 d5, oder 4...Bb4+.} 5. Nc3
(5. d5 $5) 5... Bb4 6. Bg5 (6. Qb3 Na6 7. Bg5 (7. Bd2 Qe7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5
10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e3 O-O 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf3 15. Bxf3 exf3 16.
Nc3 Rad8 17. Kf1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Koshy,V-Nicholson,J/Isle of Man 1993/EXT 98 (17)}
) 7... d5 $2 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e3 Be6 11. Nge2 h5 12. h4 Qa5 13.
O-O Rc8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 O-O 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. f3 {1-0 Coret Frasquet,J-Gil
Pou,J/Valencia 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) (6. f3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Qc2 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nb6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. O-O Qc7 14. e4 {1-0 Poulenard,
R-Fievet,P/Cannes 1990/EXT 97 (34)}) (6. Nh3 $5) 6... d5 7. Qb3 (7. e3 $14 {
[%cal Gg1e2]}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {Dieser Zug ist logischer als das
Zurückschlagen mit der Dame, denn nun kann Weiß nach cxd5-cxd5 ein weiteres
Mal c4 ziehen.} Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb4 $6 {[%cal Gb4f8] Weiß möchte die
schwarze Rochade unterbinden. Alles in allem jedoch führt Weiß zu viele Züge
mit der Dame aus.} (10. Nh3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. f3 h6 13. fxe4 hxg5 14. e5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rxd5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bb7 {0-1 Berry,J-Povah,N/
England 1997/CBM 64 ext (42)}) (10. c4 $5) 10... a5 11. Qa3 (11. Qd6 Ra6 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 11... Nb6 $15 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gb6c4][%mdl 32]
Der schwarze Springer strebt das Schlüsselfeld c4 an, von wo aus der den
Damenflügel dominieren würde. Da das Zentrum geschlossen ist, kommt dem weißen
Läuferpaar keine Bedeutung zu.} 12. Qc5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 (14. Rb1 Na4
15. Qb5+ Qc6 16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Kd2 Ba6 $15 {[%cal Ga6f1]}) 14... Qc6 15. Qxc6+
bxc6 16. Bf1 $6 (16. Rb1 Nc4 17. Bf1 Ba6 $15) 16... Na4 (16... Ba6 $15) 17. c4
Rb8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gb8b1] Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf b8 - von
hier aus kontrolliert er die einzige offene Linie.} 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 {
Weiß kann sich zwar Kontrolle über die c-Linie verschaffen, aber er hat dort
aufgrund des schwarzen Entwicklungsvorsprungs keine guten
Eindringungsmöglichkeiten.} O-O 20. Be2 Bd7 $17 {Während die weißen Figuren am
Königsflügel kaum ins Spiel kommen können, hat Schwarz freie Hand am
Damenflügel.} 21. Bd1 (21. Kd2 Rb2+ 22. Rc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Nc3 {
[%csl Ra2,Rg1,Rh1]}) 21... Nb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb2d3,Rd3c1,Rd3e1]} 22. Rc7
Nd3+ 23. Kf1 (23. Ke2 Rb2+ 24. Rc2 Rfb8 $19) 23... Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal
Rb2f2,Rf2f1]} 24. Bc2 (24. Be2 Bg4 25. f3 Rb1+ 26. Kg2 exf3+ 27. Bxf3 (27. Nxf3
Rb2 $19) 27... Ne1+ $19) 24... Ba4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64]} 25. Bxd3 (25. Bxa4 Rxf2#)
25... exd3 {[%csl Gd3] Der schwarze Freibauer entscheidet die Partie.} 26. Nf3
d2 27. Nxd2 Rxd2 28. Ra7 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 {Der spanische Großmeister wählt gerne diese
Fortsetzung, die zu einem dynamischen Spiel führt.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.
O-O Nb6 {Diese Stellung erinnert mich an die Drachenvariante der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung mit vertauschten Farben.} 7. d3 (7. a3 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 (9... Be6 10. b4 f6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14. e4
Bf7 15. d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,
K-Tiviakov,S/NED 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 (11. Qc2 f6 12. Ne4 Qd7
13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 b6 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Vallejo Pons,F/Monte Carlo 2004/(48)}) 11... f6 12. Qc2 Bd5 13. Bh3 Bf7 14.
Rfc1 Re8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Bf8 17. e3 Qe7 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Slobodjan,R/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (20)}) 7... Be7 8. Nbd2
{Bischoff wählt gerne diese Nebenvariante. Nach 8.Nc3 wäre mit vertauschten
Farben die Hauptvariante des "Drachen" erreicht .} (8. Be3 O-O 9. Qc1 Re8 10.
Nbd2 Bg4 11. Bc5 f5 12. Nb3 Bf6 13. Rd1 Kh8 14. e4 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Rad8 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Vallejo Pons,F/Ohrid MKD 2001/(42)}) 8... g5 {
Diese agressive Fortsetzung erachte ich nicht als gut für Schwarz. Nach meiner
Meinung wäre es besser zu rochieren.} (8... O-O $5) 9. b3 {Weiß braucht dem
schwarzen Königsflügelangriff keine besondere Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken;
stattdessen entwickelt seinen Läufer nach b2.} g4 (9... h5 10. Bb2 f6 11. h4 g4
12. Ne1 $14) 10. Ne1 h5 11. Bb2 $14 {Droht 12.Bxc6+ und der Pe5 ist
angegriffen.} f6 (11... h4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxe5 Rh5 14. Bb2 Qd6 15. Ne4 $16)
12. Bxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 32] Weiß tauscht seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer und platziert
seinen Springer auf g2. Auf diese Weise verteidigt er sicher seinen
Königsflügel, während die schwarze Bauernstruktur ewig schwach bleibt.} bxc6
13. Ng2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2h4]} c5 (13... h4 14. Nxh4 $16) 14. Rc1 h4 {
Die konsequenteste Fortsetzung, aber Schwarz hat keine konkrete Drohungen am
Königsflügel.} 15. Nxh4 $16 Rh5 (15... Rxh4 16. gxh4 Nd5 17. Ne4 $16) 16. Nc4
Rxh4 {Mit diesem Qualitätsopfer möchte Schwarz "im Trüben zu fischen".} 17.
gxh4 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f4]} 18. e3 Nb4 19. f3 (19. h3 Nxd3 20. Rc2 $16) 19... Bb7 (
19... Nxd3 20. Rc2 Nxb2 21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rxb2 $18) 20. e4 {[%mdl 256] Weiß
schließt die Diagonale des b7-Läufers.} (20. fxg4 Nxd3 21. Na5 Nxc1 22. Qxd8+
Rxd8 23. Bxc1 $16 (23. Nxb7 Ne2+ 24. Kg2 Rd2 $132)) 20... Nxd3 21. Rc2 {
[%cal Rc2d2,Rd2d8]} Nf4 (21... Nxb2 22. Nxb2 Qxd1 23. Nxd1 gxf3 24. Nc3 $16)
22. Bc1 (22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc1 gxf3 24. Bxf4 Bxe4 25. Rd2 exf4 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. Nd2 f5 28. Nxf3 $16) 22... Nh3+ $2 (22... Qxd1 $5 23. Rxd1 gxf3 24. Bxf4
Bxe4 25. Rcd2 exf4 $14) 23. Kg2 f5 (23... Qd4 24. Be3 Nf4+ 25. Kf2 $18) 24.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Re2 (25. Nxe5 $18) (25. Kg3 Rd3 26. exf5 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 28.
Kxg4 $18) 25... gxf3+ 26. Rxf3 {Weiß besitzt eine Qualität mehr. Der schwarze
Nh3 steht passiv. Die schwarze Stellung ist insgesamt bereits hoffnungslos.}
Rd1 (26... Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 fxe4 28. Rf1 exf4 29. Rxf4 $18) 27. Rf1 $2 (27. Kxh3
$1 Rxc1 (27... fxe4 28. Rc3 $18) 28. Rxf5 (28. Nxe5 Bxe4 29. Rfe3 $16) 28...
Bc8 29. Nxe5 $18) 27... Rd3 $2 (27... Bxe4+ $1 28. Rxe4 Rxf1 29. Rxe5 (29. Kxf1
fxe4 $14) 29... Rxc1 30. Kxh3 Rc3+ 31. Re3 Rc2 $14) 28. Rxf5 $18 Bc8 29. Nxe5 (
29. Rxe5 Bg4 30. Re1 $18) 29... Rc3 30. Be3 Ba6 (30... Bxf5 31. exf5 $18 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 31. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 (6... e4 $5 7.
Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 $10 {
Panno,O-Nikolic,P/Buenos Aires/1992/}) 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. e3 $5 (8. e4 $6 d5 $1 9.
cxd5 exd4 $1 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O $44 {Davies,N-Khenkin,I/
Tel Aviv/1992/CBM30/}) 8... O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. h3 Re8 (10... h5 $5)
11. g4 $1 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Rae1 $1 $14 {Dorfman,J-Razuvaev,Y/
Elenite/1992/CBM32/INF55,14/}) (9... Re8 10. O-O $6 (10. h3 $5) 10... e4 11. h3
h5 12. Rae1 Bf5 13. Qd1 Nbd7 14. Nf4 g6 {remis/Sher,M-Laketic,G/Belgorod/1990/
EXP17/}) 10. h3 (10. O-O Re8 11. a3 Nc7 12. b4 Be6 $13 {Chiburdanidze,
M-Cramling,P/Tilburg ctW/1994/EXP43/}) 10... Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Rad8 13.
Rae1 Bc8 14. g4 $5 h6 15. Ng3 Nh7 16. f4 Qh4 17. Qf2 Nb4 18. Rd1 exf4 19. exf4
Nf6 20. Nge4 (20. a3 Nc2 21. Qxc2 (21. Nge4 $5) 21... Qxg3 22. Rd3 Qh4 (22...
Re3 23. Ne2 $18) 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Re7 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Re8+ 27. Kd2
$14) 20... Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 (21. Kxf2 $5 Nxe4+ 22. Bxe4 f5 (22... d5 23. cxd5
Nxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rfe1 $14) 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Rf8 25. a3 Na6 26. Rde1
Rxf5 27. Kg3 $14) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 $1 23. gxf5 (23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5
Re3 $15) 23... d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Nxe2 Bxf5 28.
Kg2 Be4+ 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. h4 Bg4 31. Rg1 Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Re4 34. Rc1
Rxd4 35. Rc8+ {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harlingen"]
[Site "Harlingen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... dxc4 7.
Qxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 $14 {Andersson,U-Huebner,R Skelleftea
WCup 1989 CBM/14}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11.
Qd3 Be6 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bc1 d4 14. Ne4 h6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 $14 {Fischbein,
A-Kotronias,V New York WFW 1990 CBM/20}) 9... Nc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Qc2 $6 (11.
Qb5 $5 d4 (11... Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Bf5 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nbd4 $14 {
Suetin,A-Marszalek,R Moscow2 1991 EXP/21}) 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Rd1
Rd8 15. Bg5 Ra5 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 $14 {Davies,N-Morgan,M New
York op 1991 CBM/23}) 11... d4 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Qb1 Rd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. a3 Na6 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe4 Qb5 20. a4 $5 (20. Nd3 Bf5 21.
Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 $10) 20... Qxb2 21. Nd3 Qd2 22. a5 Be6 23. Rfd1 Qc3 24.
Qxb7 Bg4 25. Rdc1 Qd2 26. Bd5 Rxd5 (26... Rf8 27. Ra2 $16) 27. Qxd5 Rd8 28. Qa2
Qxe2 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Ra3 Rb8 31. Nf4 Bg5 $1 32. Re1 (32. Nxe2 Bxc1 33. Nxc1
Rb1 $15) 32... Ba6 33. Raa1 d3 34. Rad1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Rd2
Rd4 38. Kg3 Ra4 39. Re5 g6 40. f5 g5 41. f6 Rf4 42. Re7 Rxf6 43. Rxa7 Kg7 44.
Rd7 h5 45. Rd5 h4+ 46. Kg4 Kh6 47. Rd8 (47. Rxg5 $2 Bc8+ 48. Kxh4 Rf4+ 49. Kg3
Kxg5 $19) 47... Rf4+ 48. Kh3 Kh5 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Kg2 Bb7+ 51. Kf1 Ra4 52. f3
Rxa5 53. Kf2 Ra3 54. Rd8 Ba6 55. Ke3 f6 56. Rd6 Bb5 57. Rb6 Rb3 58. Kd4 Kf5 59.
Ke3 Rb4 60. Kf2 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Qb6 7. Nc2
(7. Nb3 $5) 7... cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 $13 {Dragomarzkij,E-Gipslis,A/Alushta/
1993/CBM36/}) 7. Nc2 (7. Nb3 Qh5 8. h3 Qg6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 exd3
12. e4 Bc7 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Be3 h5 $1 $13 {Ioseliani,N-Levitina,I/
Shanghai ctW/1992/CBM33/}) 7... Qh5 8. h3 $5 (8. Ne3 Bh3 $1 $13 {Filip,
M-Portisch,L/Palma de Mallorca/1970/}) 8... Qg6 (8... Bc5 $6 9. b4 Be7 10. Nc3
O-O $6 (10... Qg6 $5) 11. Nxe4 $14 {Schneider,B-Mephisto Lyon/Nettetal/1991/
EXP21/}) 9. b3 (9. Nc3 Bd6 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. exd3 $10 {Hauchard,
A-Naumkin,I/Oostende op/1991/EXP26/}) 9... Bc5 10. Bb2 $1 (10. Ba3 $6 Bxa3 11.
Nbxa3 O-O 12. Nc4 Rd8 $15 {Langeweg,K-Botvinnik,M/Wijk aan Zee/1969/}) 10...
O-O 11. Ne3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Be6 (13... Bd4 14. Nc3 $14) 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6
15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Ng4 (16. Bxe4 Bxe3 17. dxe3 Nc5 $44) (16. O-O f5 $13) 16... Qd4
(16... Bxg4 17. hxg4 $16) 17. e3 Qd7 (17... Qd3 18. Bxe4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 $16) 18.
Nxe4 Be7 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nd3 $16 Qb6 21. b4 Rac8 22. O-O Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 (23...
Bxe4 24. Bxe4 c5 25. b5 $16) 24. Nf4 c5 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rab1
Qa5 28. d4 Ne6 (28... Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxa3 30. Rxb7 $18) 29. Qb3 Rc7 30. a4 a6
31. Rfc1 Rdc8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rd1 g5 34. Ng3 $1 Bb4 35. Rb1 Qb6 36. a5 $1 $18
(36. Qxb4 $2 Rc1+ $13) 36... Qb5 (36... Qxa5 37. Qxb4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 $18) 37. Bf1
Qxa5 38. Qxb4 Qxb4 39. Rxb4 b5 40. Ne4 Rc1 41. Kg2 Nc7 42. Rb3 Kf8 43. Rc3 Rxc3
44. Nxc3 b4 45. Na4 a5 46. Bc4 Ne8 47. e4 Nd6 48. Bd3 f6 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. e5 Nf7
51. Ke4 Nh8 52. Kd5 Nf7 53. Nc5 Nd8 54. Bg6 fxe5 55. dxe5 b3 56. Nxb3 Ne6 57.
Bc2 Nf4+ 58. Ke4 a4 59. Nd4 a3 60. Bb3 Nxh3 61. Ke3 g6 62. Nc2 Nf4 63. Nxa3 Kd7
64. Nc2 Kc6 65. Nd4+ Kd7 66. Nf3 Ne6 67. Bc4 Ke7 68. Bf1 Nf4 69. Nxg5 Nd5+ 70.
Kd4 Nc7 1-0

[Event "Rijeka Liburnija 1st"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 (3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6) 4. Qxd4 d5 5.
Bg2 Be6 (5... Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 (9... O-O $6
10. Be3 $14) 10. Nc3 O-O) 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qa4 Bc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5
O-O 11. Nc3 {Der Isolani auf d5 stellt zwar eine potentielle Schwächung dar,
andererseits verfügt Schwarz über ein lebendiges Figurenspiel.} h6 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. Qb5 {Die weiße Dame steht auf b5 aktiv und stört den schwarzen
Damenflügel. Die Alternative 13.Ne1 ist jedoch ebenfalls in Betracht zu ziehen.
} (13. Ne1 Rfd8 (13... Rad8 14. Nd3 Bd4 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Nf4 Qe5 17. e3 (17.
Rfd1 $5) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 {Zu prüfen ist 18.Rc3!?} (18. Rxc3 $5) 18... Re7
19. Rfd1 Red7 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qc5 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 $10 {Ribli. 1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 46/[Ribli] (29)}) 14. Nd3 Bd4 15.
Rac1 a6 16. Nf4 b5 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. e3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd2
{1-0 Kosten,A-Shchekachev,A/Clermont-Ferrand 2003/(30)}) (13. Rac1 Qe7 14. e3
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 $10 {Sher,M-Raecky,A/Hastings op/1993/EXP33/}) 13... Qe7 14.
Na4 (14. Rac1 a6 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. e3 Rc7 18. a3 Rcd7 19. Ne2 Ba7
20. Rd2 Qf6 21. Rcd1 Bb8 22. Ned4 Ne7 23. Qb3 {1-0 Svendsen,B-Hagesaether,T/
Oslo 2004/(36)}) 14... Bd6 15. Rac1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ga4c5] Weiß zielt mit dem
Springer auf das Feld c5.} Rac8 16. Rfd1 d4 17. a3 Rfd8 (17... a6 18. Qb6 Rfd8
$11) 18. Nc5 Bxc5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Warum tauscht Schwarz leichtfertig sein
Läuferpaar? Es wäre besser, das Läuferpaar auf dem Brett halten. Nach 18...
a6!? bekommt Schwarz gutes Spiel.} (18... a6 $5 19. Qb6 Bd5 20. Nxb7 Rb8 21.
Rxc6 Rxb7 22. Qxa6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxb2 24. Bf1 Bc5 {0-1 Titz,H-Raetsky,A/
Kecskemet 1991/EXT 2004 (48)}) 19. Qxc5 $14 {Weiß besitzt etwas bessere
Aussichten, darüber hinaus ist der schwarze Isolani auf d4 schwach und Schwarz
hat kein Gegenspiel.} Qf6 (19... Qxc5 20. Rxc5 $14) 20. Qb5 Bd5 (20... Qe7 21.
Rc5 $14) 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 (22. Nxg2 $14 {[%cal Gg2f4]}) 22... Qe7 23. Nf3
Rc7 24. b4 Rcd7 25. Qd3 a6 (25... Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rc5 $14) 26. Rd2 Rd6
27. Rc5 {[%csl Gc5]} Re6 {Schwarz greift den e2-Bauern an, aber Weiß kann ihn
besser verteidigen, als Schwarz seinen schwachen Bauern auf d4.} 28. Rdc2 {
[%cal Gc2c6] Weiß verfügt über positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} Re4 29. b5
$1 axb5 30. Rxb5 Re8 31. Rbb2 Ra8 $2 {[#]} 32. Rxb7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Mit
dieser kleiner Kombination gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern und der Nc6 verliert
seine Unterstützung.} Qxb7 33. Qxe4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Re4a8]} Nd8 34. Qxd4 (34.
Qxb7 Nxb7 35. Nxd4 (35. Rc7 Nd6 36. Rd7 Nb5 $14) 35... Rxa3 36. Nf5 $14) 34...
Ne6 35. Qe3 {Weiß hat bereits zwei Bauern mehr.} g5 36. h3 Ra4 37. Kh2 Qa8 38.
Rc3 Qb7 39. Rb3 Qc7 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. Nxe5 $18 Re4 42. Re3 $1 (42. Ng4 Rxe2 43.
Nxh6+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Rf3 $18 g4 46. hxg4 Ng5 47. Rf4 Ne6 48. g5+ Kxg5 (
48... Ke5 49. Rf3 Nxg5 50. Re3+ Rxe3 51. Nxe3 $18) 49. Rf3 $18) 42... Rd4 (
42... Rxe3 43. fxe3 $18 {[%csl Ga3]}) 43. Rf3 Rd5 44. Nxf7 Kg7 (44... Nd4 45.
Nxh6+ (45. Rf6 Kg7 46. Rd6 Rf5 47. f4 $18) 45... Kg7 46. Rd3 Kxh6 47. Kg2 $18 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd3d5,Re2e3,Re3d4] Weiß weicht mit seinem König den schwarzen
Schachmotiven aus und gewinnt leicht mit 48.e3.}) 45. Nxh6 Nd4 46. Rd3 Kxh6 47.
Kg2 Rd6 48. a4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 {Eine genügsame Fortsetzung. Der holländische IM spielt gerne
ungewöhnliche Eröffnungen. Mit dem Partiezug möchte Weiß die Paulsen-Variante
der Sizilianischen Verteidigung erreichen, aber diese Fortsetzung bietet Weiß
m.E. keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} Nf6 3. a3 g6 (3... c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 a6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 Re8 12. g5 Nfd7
13. h4 Nc5 14. b4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Qxd3 {1-0 Bosboom,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk
aan Zee 1999/CBM 68 ext (39)}) (3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qc2 O-O 7.
Bc4 Nb6 8. Ba2 Qe7 9. h4 N8d7 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nc3 Kh8 12. Ne2 e4 13. f3 {
1-0 Bosboom,M-Ellenbroek,T/Enschede 1993/EXT 97 (36)}) 4. b4 $5 {Mit diesem
Zug gewinnt Weiß Raum am Damenflügel, zudem kann er die Entwicklung mit Bb2
fortsetzen.} (4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Be6
10. Nf3 Qe7 11. O-O Rad8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Nc4 Bf7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxd4 20. exd4 Qxe2 {0-1
Ljungqvist,L-Lilliestrom,M/Jonkoping 1958/EXT 98 (34)}) 4... Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6.
d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ng4 $5 {Eine sonderbare aber keineswegs schlechte Fortsetzung -
Schwarz öffnet die Diagonale des Bg7. Ansonsten ist es nicht leicht für ihn,
die Entwicklung fortsetzen.} (7... a5 8. b5 $14) 8. h3 $5 (8. Be2 e4 (8... f5
$11) 9. Bxg7 (9. Nd4 Nxf2 $5 10. Kxf2 exd3 11. Qxd3 c5 $13) 9... exf3 10. Bxf3
(10. gxf3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Kxg7 13. Nc3 $13) 10... Nxf2 11. Kxf2 Kxg7
12. Nc3 $11) 8... Nh6 9. Qb3 (9. Nbd2) 9... a5 10. Nbd2 (10. b5 Nd7 $11 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 10... axb4 (10... Be6 11. d4) 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 Be6 (12...
Nc6 $11) 13. d4 $5 {Nun beginnt Weiß aktives Spiel im Zentrum.} (13. Be2 f5 $11
) 13... exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung erreicht. Der
kleine weiße Raumvorteil ist kaum von Bedeutung.} (14... Bxd4 $5 15. Nxd4 Nc6
$11) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be2 (16. Qc3+ $6 Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. b5 Nb4 $15)
16... f5 {[%cal Gh6f7] Wir haben jetzt eine Stellung erreicht, die eigentlich
für die Holländische Verteidigung typisch ist. Der Textzug räumt das Feld f7
für den Springer und gewinnrt Raum am Königsflügel.} 17. O-O Qf6 18. Qa3 {
[%cal Ga3a8] Weiß kontrolliert die a- Linie und verhindert 18...Ra8 (und damit
die eigentliche positionelle Drohung von Schwarz).} Nf7 19. c5 (19. b5 Nce5 20.
Qa7 Bc8 $11) 19... Bd5 (19... dxc5 $5 20. bxc5 (20. b5 $6 Nb4 21. Qa7 Qe7 22.
Qxb7 $2 Bd5 23. Qa7 Ra8 $19) 20... Bd5 $11) 20. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c7] Ein guter
positioneller Zug. Früher oder später wird die c-Linie große Bedeutung
bekommen.} f4 (20... Nfe5 $5) 21. e4 (21. exf4 Qxf4 $11) 21... Nd4 $2 {Schwarz
möchte die Partie verkomplizieren. Der einfache Rückzug des Läufers wäre
jedoch viel besser.} (21... Be6 22. cxd6 (22. b5 Nd4 23. Bd3 $14) 22... cxd6
23. Bc4 $14 (23. b5 Nd4 24. Bd3 $14 (24. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11))) 22. Bd3 $1 $14 (22.
Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qc3 (23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Ne5 $11) 23... Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Be6 25.
cxd6 cxd6 26. Rc7 Rc8 27. Rxc8 (27. Rxb7 $2 Rc2 $19) 27... Bxc8 $11) 22...
Nxf3+ (22... Be6 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Nf3 Qf6 {Das wäre nur eine Zugumstellung
zur Partie.}) 23. Nxf3 Be6 (23... Bc6 $2 24. b5 Bd7 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rc7 $18 {
[%csl Rd7]}) 24. cxd6 {[%cal Gc1c7]} cxd6 25. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Gc7b7,Gc7h7]
Durch einige forcierte Züge hat Weiß spürbaren positionellen Druck entwickeln
können. Sein Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf der 7. Reihe.} Rc8 26. Qc1 $16 {
[%mdl 2048] Mit diesem Zug unterstreicht Weiß seine Herrschaft über die
c-Linie.} Ra8 (26... Rxc7 27. Qxc7 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qa3 29. Ng5 Qxd3 30. Nxe6+ Kf6
31. Nf8 $16 {[%csl Rf6]}) (26... Qd8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qxf4 Qc3 29. Qd2 $16)
27. Kh2 Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug verliert sofort - der
schwarze Turm steht sehr unglücklich auf a2.} (27... Ra7 28. b5 $16) 28. Bc4
Bxc4 29. Qxc4 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rc4a2,Rc7g7,Rc4f7]} Rxf2 (29... Ra8 30. Ng5
Rf8 (30... Qxg5 31. Qxf7+ $18) 31. Ne6+ $18) 30. Rxf7+ $1 {Diese kleine
Kombination führt die Entscheidung herbei.} (30. Ng5 $2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxg5+
32. Kf1 Qf6 $14) 30... Qxf7 31. Qd4+ {[%cal Rd4g7,Rd4f2] Das war die dritte
Niederlage des amerikanischen Großmeisters in diesem Turnier.} 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 $5 (7. d3
{Dragomarezkij,E-Morozevich,A/Alushta3/1993/}) 7... g6 (7... e4 $2 8. Ne1 f5 9.
Bb2 Be6 10. d3 $16) (7... Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. d3 Be6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rc1 $13) 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Ba3 Ne7 (9... e4 $2 10. Nxe4 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 $18) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nb5
Nbd5 12. Qc2 (12. e4 a6 $13) 12... c6 13. Nd6 a5 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. Bb2 Nb4 16.
Qc5 (16. Qb1 $5 Qe6 17. d4 $14) 16... Ned5 17. a3 (17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe6
19. d4 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nab4 21. e4 Ne7 22. Qc3 $14) 17... Na6 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Rfd1
Nac7 20. e4 Nb6 21. Qb1 (21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 $14) 21... a4 22. b4 Nb5 23. Qa1
Qe6 24. Bf1 Rad8 (24... Nd6 25. d4 $1 $14) 25. Bxb5 cxb5 26. d3 f6 27. Rc5 Qd7
28. Qc1 Rc8 29. Qe3 Nc4 30. Qe2 Nxb2 (30... Rxc5 $2 31. dxc4 $18) 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
(31... Nxd1 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qxd1 Qc6 $14) 32. Qxb2 Qc6 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Kg2
Bh6 (34... Qc3 35. d4 $14) 35. Re1 Ke7 (35... Qc3 $5) 36. d4 $1 Qc4 37. Qd1
exd4 (37... Rd8 38. d5 $14) 38. Qxd4 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Rc3 40. Nxb5 Rd3 41. e5 $1
Rd5 42. exf6+ Kxf6 43. Nc3 Rd3 44. Nxa4 Rxa3 45. Nc5 Ra2 46. Re6+ Kf5 47. Re7
Rb2 48. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 (6... Nb6 $5)
7. d4 exd4 (7... e4 8. Ne5 f5 $5 (8... Nxe5 $6 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 11.
Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxe4 $14 {Chiburdanidze,M-Wang Pin/Sanghai ctW/1992/CBM33/}) 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 $10 {Sher,M-Smirin,I/Moscow op/
1990/EXP19/}) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Qa4+ (10. Qxd8+ $5 Bxd8 11. Nc3 c6
12. b4 O-O 13. a4 $14 {Lalic,B-Mohr,G/Zagreb Vukovar/1993/EXP37/}) 10... Qd7
11. Qc2 c6 12. e4 $6 (12. Rd1 Qe6 13. Nc3 $14) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Rd1
Qe8 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. h3 Be6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Ne2 Rd8 19. b3 Bc8 20. Nf4 Bb4 $6
(20... Nd7 $5) 21. Nd3 Bc3 22. b4 $1 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Qb3 (
25. a3 $5) 25... Qd6 26. Be3 Rd3 27. Qb6 h5 28. Re1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2
h4 31. Qc7 (31. gxh4 $5 Qd6+ 32. f4 Nh5 33. Qa5 Nxf4 $2 34. e5 $18) 31... hxg3+
32. Qxg3 (32. fxg3 Be6 33. Qxb7 Qe2 $5 $44 34. Bf4 $2 (34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qf4 $10
) 34... Bxh3 $1 35. Kxh3 Qh5#) 32... Ne8 33. a3 Be6 34. Bc5 f6 35. Qb8 Qd7 36.
f4 Qc8 37. Qxc8 Bxc8 38. Kg3 g6 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. h4 f5 41. e5 Be6 42. a4 Bc4 43.
a5 Ng7 $10 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Bd6 Bb3 46. Bf3 Bc4 47. Bd1 Bd5 48. Bc2 Bc4 49. Bb1
Bd5 50. Bd3 Ng7 51. Ba3 Ne6 52. Bb4 Ng7 53. Ba3 Ne6 54. Bc2 Ng7 55. Bb1 Ne6 56.
Bb4 Ng7 57. Bd6 Ne6 58. Ba3 Ng7 59. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 $5 {
7.Bd2, Bc5 8.0-0, Nc6 Gulko,B-Sokolov,I Biel 1988  i 47/(23)} d3 8. Ne5 $1 Bd6
{8...dxe2? 9.Qa4, Nc6 10.Nxc6, Bxd2+ 11.Bxd2, Bd7 12.Qd4, Bxc6 13.Qxg7, Qf6 14.
Bc3, d4! 15.Qxf6, Nxf6 16.Bxc6+, bxc6 17.Bxd4 +/-} 9. Nxd3 Nf6 10. O-O Nc6 11.
Nb3 O-O 12. Nf4 Bg4 13. h3 {13.Nxd5!?} Be6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Bc5 d4
$1 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 $1 {17...fxe6? 18.Bxd4 +/-} 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxc5 {
19...Bxg3? 20.Qc4! +/-} 20. Qxc5 Qxa2 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa6 Qxb2 24.
Ra1 Rb5 25. Rxa5 {25.e3!?} Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Qxe2 27. Re1 Qb2 28. Re7 Qd4 29. Qa2
h5 30. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 $6 {Dieser aggressive Zug gefällt mir nicht. Es gibt einfach
Systeme, die bei einem Tempo weniger viel schlechter sind. Mit Weiß kann man 1.
e4 c5 2.f4 spielen, hier aber ist derselbe Aufbau viel schwächer.} 3. d4 exd4 (
3... e4 4. Nh3 $14) 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3+ (5. Qd1) 5... Be7 (5... Qe7 6. Nc3 $14
Nb4 $6 7. Qd2) 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 $1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gh3f4,Gf4d5]
Das ist die Pointe der weißen Strategie. Der Springer entwickelt sich nicht
automatisch mit 8.Nf3, sondern strebt über f4 das Feld d5 an.} Nb4 {Schwarz
möchte sich von der Schwächung des Feldes d5 befreien und anschließend c6
spielen.} (8... Re8 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 c6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b3 d6 14.
Bb2 Be6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. e3 Ned7 19. Ne2 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Bologan,V/Geneve 1996/CBM 54 ext (69)}) (8... d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. b3 c6
11. Rd1 {1-0 Romero Holmes,A-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon 1996/CBM 54 (67)}) 9.
Qd2 a5 10. Nf4 c6 11. O-O Na6 (11... d6 12. b3 $14 (12. a3 $6 Na6 13. b3 Nc5
$132)) 12. Nd3 (12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 $14) 12... d6 13. b3 Qe8 14. Bb2 $14 {
Wir haben eine für die Holländische Verteidigung typische Stellung vor uns.
Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum, seine zwei Läufer stehen aktiv auf den großen
Diagonalen. Andererseits hat Schwarz auch keine besonderen Schwächen,
insgesamt aber ist die weiße Stellung leicht vorteilhaft.} Bd8 15. Rae1 {
[%cal Ge2e4] Weiß folgt einer typischen Strategie - er möchte die Stellung mit
e2-e4 öffnen.} Ne4 16. Qc2 (16. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 $132) 16... Nec5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Der passive Springer bleibt auf a6 stehen.} (
16... Nac5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. e3 $14 (18. Rd1 $14) (18. e4 $6 f4 $132)) 17. Qd1
{Die positionelle Drohung von Weiß ist 18.Nxc5 und da Schwarz im Falle von 18..
.Nxc5 den Pd6 verliert, muss er 18...dxc5 spielen.} (17. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5) 17...
Qg6 $6 {[%csl Rg6]} (17... Bc7 $14) 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. e4 Ne6 $2 (19... g5 20. Nd3
$14) (19... Bf6 20. Nh5 $14) 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. exf5 Bxf5 (21... Rxf5 22. Qxd6
$18) {[#]} 22. Nd5 $1 Qg6 (22... Be6) (22... cxd5 $2 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Qxf5 $18
) 23. Re7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Ein ausgezeichneter Zug, der Weiß Materialgewinn
einbringt. Schwarz hat große Probleme bei der Koordinierung seiner Figuren.}
cxd5 (23... Rf7 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Rxd8 $18) 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rxg7 Qxg7 26.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 {Schwarz hat jetzt Turm und zwei Leichtfiguren für die Dame und
zwei Bauern, doch er verliert weiteres Material am Damenflügel.} 27. Bxb7 Rb8 (
27... Be7 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qd4+ Kg6 31. Qa7 $18) (27... Bf6 28.
Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Qd5 {[%cal Rd5a8,Rd5f5]}) (27... Ra7 $18 {[%cal Rd1d4,Rd4a7,
Rd4g7]}) 28. Bxa6 $18 Rf6 29. c5 $5 {Weiß hat eine überlegene Stellung
erreicht. Er opfert einen Bauern, um seinen Läufer zu befreien.} (29. Bb5 $18)
29... dxc5 30. Bc4 (30. Bd3 $5 Rd6 31. Qh5 Bxd3 32. Qe5+ $18 {[%cal Re5b8,
Re5f7]}) 30... Rf8 31. Bd3 Bxd3 (31... Be6 32. Qh5 $18) 32. Qxd3 {Nach dem
Läufertausch kann Weiß seinen Vorteil leicht verwerten.} Bf6 33. Re1 a4 34. Re4
(34. Qd7+ {[%cal Rd7a4,Rd7g7]} Rf7 35. Qxa4 Bd4 36. Kh1 $18) 34... axb3 35.
axb3 Rf7 36. Rg4+ Kh8 37. Qd5 {Weiß hat nicht nur großen Materialvorteil,
sondern auch gute Angriffschancen.} Rfb7 38. Qxc5 Rxb3 39. Rf4 Bg7 40. Rf7 R3b5
41. Qe7 Rb1+ (41... Re5 42. Qc7 $18) 42. Kg2 Rg8 43. h4 (43. f4 $18) 43... Rbb8
44. h5 h6 (44... Rbe8 45. Qg5 $18) 45. Qe6 Rbf8 46. Rxg7 Rxg7 (46... Kxg7 47.
Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qxh6#) 47. Qxh6+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kh7 49. f3 Rgf7 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. g4
Rf4 52. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 {Dieser prophylaktische Zug ist ein seltener Gast
in der modernen Turnierpraxis; Schwarz möchte den weißen Spielplan abwarten.}
4. Nc3 (4. e4 $6 Bc5 5. Ne2 Nc6 {[%csl Yd4]} 6. h3 d6 7. d3 a6 8. Nbc3 Rb8 $5 {
[%cal Gb7b5]} 9. O-O (9. a3 $5 b5 10. b4 $11) 9... b5 10. Nd5 (10. cxb5 axb5
$11) 10... Nd4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. b4 Ba7 14. Rc1 (14. Qc2 $11) 14...
Ne8 $1 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Morozevich,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/[Ribli (43)}) (4.
d4 e4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Qd1 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf5 10. f3 Qe7 11.
fxe4 Nd6 12. Ba3 Qe5 13. Qd3 Ndxe4 {0-1 Christensen,T-Glek,I/Rethymnon GRE
2003/(63)}) 4... Bb4 {Diese Stellung erinnert mich an die Rossolimo-Variante
der Sizilianischen Verteidigung - 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6, mit vertauschten
Farben.} 5. e4 (5. e3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Ne2 c6 9. Qb3 b6 $1 10. O-O
Ba6 (10... Bb7 $5 11. c5 (11. Rd1 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $15) 11... Na6 12. Ba3 Nxc5 $1 13. Bxc5 Ba6 14. Bd6 $5 Bxe2 15.
Rfe1 $44 {/\ d4}) 11. Re1 d5 $5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qc8 $5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15.
Ba3 Bc4 16. d6 b5 17. Qc2 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Glek,I/Vlissingen 2002/CBM 89 ext 
(60)}) 5... Bxc3 (5... Nc6 6. Nge2 Bc5 7. O-O a6 8. a3 d6 9. b4 Ba7 10. h3 Nd4
11. Rb1 O-O 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Ne2 Ba7 14. d4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Cekro,E-Jaracz,P/
TCh-BEL 2003 (35)}) 6. bxc3 {Das ist die ambitionierteste Fortsetzung: Weiß
verstärkt seine Zentrumsstellung. Die Alternative 6.dxc3 wäre ein wenig
schablonenhaft.} (6. dxc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 Qe7 10. b3 a5 11. a4
Nd7 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Na6 14. Nf1 Ncb8 15. g4 Nd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qc2 Nac5 18.
Ne2 h5 {0-1 Chelushkina,I-Sheremetieva,M/Volshski 1989/EXT 2004 (32)}) 6... d6
(6... O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Qc8 10. f3 c6 11. Qc2 d5 12. c5 Nbd7 13.
Be3 b6 {0-1 Danzer,G-Maier,A/Bad Wiessee 1998/EXT 2001 (24)}) 7. Ne2 Be6 8. d3
Qd7 9. h3 $1 {Weiß verhindert Be6-h3 und bereitet 10.f4 vor.} (9. O-O Bh3 $11)
9... g5 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen 10.f4.} (9... O-O 10. f4 $14) 10. f3 {
Weiß plant 11.h4.} (10. f4 gxf4 11. gxf4 Rg8 12. Kf2 Qe7 $13) (10. h4 Rg8 $13 (
10... g4 11. Be3 $14)) 10... Na6 11. h4 $14 {Die weiße Bauernstruktur im
Zentrum ist sehr stark; darüber hinaus verfügt er über das Läuferpaar.} O-O-O
$5 {Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit der Verteidigung des g5-Bauern, sondern
sucht vielmehr am Königsflügel taktische Gegenchancen.} (11... g4 12. f4 $16) (
11... Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Be3 $14) 12. hxg5 (12. Be3 $14) 12... hxg5 13. Bxg5
(13. Rxh8 $6 Rxh8 14. Bxg5 Rh2 15. Bxf6 Rxg2 $44) 13... Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Rh8 15.
Kf2 (15. Bh4 $14) 15... Nh7 (15... Ng8) (15... Ne8) 16. Bh4 f5 $44 {[%csl Rf2]
Schwarz hat Gegenspiel für den Minusbauern, aber ich bin nicht sicher, ob das
eine ausreichende Kompensation ist. Jedoch ist die weiße Königsstellung als
unsicher anzusehen.} 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. d4 Qe6 (18... Re8 $44) 19. c5 $1 (19. d5
$2 Qg6 $17 {[%cal Ga6c5,Gc5d3]}) 19... Nf6 (19... dxc5 $2 20. dxe5 Qxe5 (20...
Re8 21. f4 $16) 21. f4 Qe6 22. Qb3 $16) 20. Qb3 (20. cxd6 cxd6 (20... Qxd6 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd4 $18) 21. Qb3 Nd5 $44) 20... Nd5 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nc1 (22. f4
e4 $44) 22... Qh6 $6 {[%cal Gh6d2,Gd2f2]} (22... c6 $5 $44) 23. Qxd5 (23. f4 $5
c6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 $16) 23... Qd2+ 24. Ne2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Re2 $1
Qxc1 25. cxd6 (25. c6 Qxh1 26. Qf7 $18 {[%cal Rf7e8,Rf7f5]}) 25... Be6 (25...
Qxh1 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 $18) 26. d7+ Bxd7 27. Rxe5 $18) 24... Nxc5 $19 {
[%csl Re1,Rf2][%cal Gd2d5,Rc5d3,Rd3f2,Rd3e1][%mdl 64] Nach diesem Springerzug
ist Weiß plötzlich verloren; es droht tödlich 25...Nxd3+ und gleichzeitig 25...
Be6 mit Damenfang.} (24... Nxc5 25. Kf1 (25. g4 Be6 $19) 25... Bh3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 $5 (4. d4 $1 $14) (4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6.
f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O {Makarichev,S-Hodgson,Ju Reykjavik Summit 1990 CBM/18})
4... Be7 5. Bb2 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nbc3 Qe8 9. d3 Qh5 10. Qd2 a6 11. f4
$14 Bd7 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. O-O Rb8 14. Rae1 (14. Rad1 $5) 14... Qh6 15. Rd1 Re8
16. Rfe1 Na7 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxb7
$1 Rxb7 22. Qd5+ Qe6 23. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 24. Kg2 Qc5 25. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 26. cxd5 Nb6 27.
Nc3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Kf7 29. Kf2 a5 30. Ke3 Bc8 31. Kd4 Bb7 32. a4 Bxd5 33. Nxd5
c5+ 34. Kd3 Nxd5 35. Kc4 Nc7 36. h3 Kf6 37. g4 g6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rg1 Kf7 40.
Rg5 d5+ 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Rg8 Ne6 43. Ke3 Nd4 44. Rb8 Ke6 45. h4 h5 46. Kd3 Nxb3
47. Rb6+ Ke7 48. Rh6 c4+ 49. Kc3 Nc1 50. Kd4 Ne2+ 51. Kxd5 Nxf4+ 52. Kxc4 Kf7
53. Ra6 Ng2 54. Rxa5 Nxh4 55. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Black "Marinelli, Tullio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 (6... Nb6) 7.
d4 exd4 (7... e4 $5 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nxd5
Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qd7 {Kupreichik,V-Smirin,I URS-sf Daugavpils 1989 CBM 16}) 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4 Qe6 14. Qc2 Rd8 15.
h3 Qc4 16. Be3 Be6 17. b3 Qd3 18. Qb2 Bb4 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. a3 Be7 21. b4 Qa6
22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Ne2 Bd3 24. Nf4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Bd4 f5 (26... Nf6 27.
Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6 Rae8 30. Nh5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 $18) 27. Qb3+ Kh8
28. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Qe6 Nf6 30. Nh5+ $1 Kg6 31. Nxf6 Rd6 32. Qxe7 Rxf6 33. h4
Raf8 34. h5+ Kxh5 35. Qxh7+ Rh6 36. Qg7 Rff6 37. Kg2 Rfg6 38. Rh1+ Kg5 39. f4+
{Ribli} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 {Jetzt haben wir eine für
die Bogoindische Verteidigung typische Stellung vor uns (vgl. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 Bb4+).} 6. Nc3 (6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3 f6 9. Nc3 Be6 10.
O-O-O+ Kc7 11. b3 Na6 12. Bg2 Nh6 13. h3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Nf5 {0-1 Toikka,
J-Salmensuu,O/Helsinki 2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) 6... Nf6 (6... Nh6 $5) 7. dxe5 {
Diese bescheidene Fortsetzung gefällt mir nicht - wenn Weiß etwas in der
Eröffnung erreichen will, muss er die Spannung im Zentrum aufrecht erhalten.} (
7. Nf3 e4 8. Ng5 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nh3 O-O 11. Nf4 Re8 $11) (7. Bg2 $5) 7...
dxe5 8. Qxd8+ (8. Qg5 O-O 9. Qxe5 Qb6 $44) 8... Kxd8 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme
Stellung erreicht - sein König findet ein ideales Feld auf c7, und der weiße
Bg2 ist in seinem Wirkungskreis eingeschränkt} 9. Nf3 Re8 (9... Nbd7 10. Rd1
Kc7 11. Bh3 Re8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb6 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Csom,I-Leko,P/HUN-ch 1992/CBM 34 (28)}) 10. Bg2 (10. Ng5 Ke7 (10... Re7
) 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Red8
17. Bg2 Nf6 18. b5 Kd6 19. Rab1 Kc5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Rab8 {
0-1 Bany,J-Garcia Palermo,C/Polanica Zdroj 1985/MCD (47)}) (10. O-O-O+ Kc7 11.
Ng5 Re7 12. Bg2 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be6 15. b3 Na6 16. Rd2 f5 17. Nc3 Rd7
{0-1 Mednis,E-Dorfman,J/Cannes 1998/CBM 63 ext (66)}) 10... Kc7 11. O-O Bg4 {
Schwarz möchte Bxf3 spielen, denn aufgrund der kleinen Bauernkette b7-c6
bleibt der weißfeldrige Läufer wenig aktiv.} 12. Nd2 {Weiß möchte seinen
Springer auf dem Brett halten.} (12. Rac1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 {
1/2-1/2 Karlsson,L-Davies,N/Wrexham 1994/CBM 45 ext (14)}) 12... a5 $11 {
Dieser Zug ist typisch für Stellungen dieser Art - Schwarz gewinnt Raum am
Damenflügel und unterbindet weiße Aktivitäten mit b2-b4.} (12... Nbd7 $11) 13.
h3 (13. Nde4 Nxe4 (13... Nbd7 $11) 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bg2 $11) 13... Bh5 14. c5 $6
{[%mdl 16384] Dieser optimistische Zug bedeutet einen schweren positionellen
Fehler. Weiß möchte 15.Nc4 spielen, aber sein Pc5 ist schwach. Darüber hinaus
muss Weiß weitere Schwächungen in Kauf nehmen.} (14. Nde4 Nbd7 $11 (14... Nxe4
15. Bxe4 $11)) 14... Na6 $5 {Dieser Springerzug ist noch stärker als 14...Nbd7
- Schwarz kann nun auch Rad8 spielen.} (14... Nbd7) 15. g4 {Weiß möchte den
Pc5 mit Na4 verteidigen, doch dann hängt der Pe2. Aus diesem Grund spielt er
zunächst den Textzug.} (15. Nb3 $5 Nb4) 15... Bg6 16. Na4 (16. Nb3) 16... h5 $1
$15 {Dieser starke Zug legt die weißen Schwächen am Königsflügel offen.} 17. g5
(17. gxh5 Bxh5 $15) 17... Nh7 18. h4 Rad8 19. Nb3 (19. Ne4 f6 $15) 19... Bc2
20. e3 (20. Rfc1 $5 Bxb3 (20... Nb4) 21. axb3 $15) 20... Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8g6,
Gg6h4,Gf8e6,Ge6c5] Schwarz verbessert die Stellung seines Springers - es droht
nun entweder 21...Ng6 oder 21...Ne6.} (20... f6 $15) 21. Rfc1 Nb4 22. Kh2 $6 (
22. Nb6 Ng6 23. Nxa5 Nxh4 $15) 22... Ng6 23. Kg3 f5 $1 {[%csl Rg3] Nach diesem
Zug ist klar, dass Weiß Probleme mit seinem König bekommen wird.} 24. gxf6 gxf6
$17 {[%cal Ge8g8,Gg8g3]} 25. Nc3 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g3]} 26. Bh1 (26. Bf3 f5 $17)
26... Nf4+ {[%mdl 128]} (26... Ne7+ $5 27. Kh2 (27. Kh3 Bf5+) 27... Rg4 $17)
27. Kh2 Rg4 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Rd8g8] Schwarz spielt auf Matt - es droht 28...
Rdg8.} (27... Nfd3 $17) 28. exf4 Rdg8 $19 29. Kh3 Bf5 (29... Nd3) 30. Be4 Rg3+
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Thiede, Lars"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 {Nach 6...Be7
wäre die Fortsetzung 7.d4 möglich.} 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 {Das ist eine
selbstständige Variante, aber - ich glaube - die andere Springerentwicklung 8.
Nc3 bietet Weiß mehr Chancen.} O-O 9. a3 a5 {Es ist notwendig für Schwarz, den
möglichen weißen Raumgewinnzug b2-b4 zu verhindern.} (9... f5 10. b4 Bf6 11.
Bb2 $14) 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 $5 13. e3 {[%cal Gd3d4] Weiß möchte
das Zentrum mit d3-d4 sprengen.} (13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 (14. Nc4 Qe8 15. Nfd2
Kh8 (15... Nd5 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Rab1 Bf8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 b5
21. Nd2 c5 22. Rd3 Rac8 {0-1 Dragomarezkij,E-Morozevich,A/Alushta 1993/CBM 38 
(36)}) 16. Be4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Ncd2 Nb6 20. Rdc1 Rd5 21. Qd1
Nd7 22. Rc4 Nf8 23. Rac1 Ne6 24. Qf1 Rad8 25. Qg2 Bc5 {0-1 Bischoff,K-Mainka,R/
Munich 1993/TD (57)}) 14... Bf8 15. Nc4 Qf7 16. Qb1 Nd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4
Nxd4 19. Rxd4 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. fxe3 Bxb3 23. Rh4 h6 24. Rf1
Bc4 25. Qc2 Ra6 26. a4 Bb3 27. Qd3 Bc4 28. Qc2 Bb3 29. Qd3 Bc4 30. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 Narciso Dublan,M-Kolev,A/Badalona 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) 13... Rfd8 (
13... Bd5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nc4 (15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 c5 19. Bc3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Dannevig,O-Tiviakov,S/Bergen 2000/CBM 77 ext (41)})
15... Qe6 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Qe2 Qf7 18. Bf1 Be6 19. Nfd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Rd7 21. Bg2
Rad8 22. Bf3 Nb6 23. Nc3 Nd5 24. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Tiviakov,S/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84 (49)}) (13... Bf5 14. Ne4 Rfd8 15. d4 (15. Rfd1 $1) 15... exd4 16.
Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd5 18. Qb2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Nd2 Bd6 22.
Rfe1 Ne7 23. Nc4 Nc6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Bc3 Rad8 26. Qc2 h5 {0-1 Van Mechelen,
J-Gurevich,M/Charleroi 2001/CBM 83 ext (53)}) 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 (15...
Bd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 $14 a4 $1 20. b4 c5 21.
bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rac1 (22. Ne4 $5) 22... Ra5 $1 23. Rc2 Rb5 24. Ra1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Smejkal,J/Altensteig 1991/CBM 25/[Ribli] (32)}) 16. Bxd4 c5 {Das ist
ein zeitweiliges Bauernopfer, wonach wir ein sehr lebhaftes Figurenspiel und
einen scharfen taktischen Kampf erleben.} 17. Bxc5 (17. Bc3 $6 a4 $15) 17...
Rac8 (17... Rdc8 $6 {Dieser Zug ist schlecht, weil der Ra8 auf der Diagonalen
des Bg2 verbleibt.} 18. b4 Na4 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rfd1 Qb5 (20... Qe8 21. Nd6 Bxd6
22. Rxd6 bxc5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. b5 $1 $16) 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 bxc5 23. Bxa8
cxb4 24. Qe4 $18) 18. b4 Nd5 {[%mdl 4]} (18... axb4 19. axb4 Nd5 20. Qd3 Nxb4
21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 $11 {Matamoros,C-Volzhin,A Hamburg 1999}) (18...
Na4 19. Ne4 Qb5 (19... b6 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. Bxe7 $1 $16) 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qd6 Kf7 25. Bxb7 Bd5 26. Bxd5+ Rxd5 27.
Qc7+ Rd7 28. Qc2 Rd3 29. Rb1 Qd5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Valkesalmi,K-Raaste,E/Helsinki
2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 19. Nb3 (19. Qd3 axb4 (19... b6 $5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7) 20. axb4
b6 $1 (20... Nxb4 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rfb1 $14) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
[%csl Rb4,Gc8,Rd3,Gd5,Gd8][%cal Gd8d2] Die schwarzen Figuren stehen sehr aktiv,
so dass er den Bauern mit aktiver Stellung zurückgewinnt.} 22. Qa3 $11) (19.
Qb2 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 $11) 19... b6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2] Mit diesem Motiv
gewinnt Schwarz die Figur zurueck.} (19... axb4 20. e4 (20. axb4 $2 b6 (20...
Nxb4 21. Qe4 Rxc5 22. Qxb4 (22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 $17) 22... Rb5
$19) 21. Rfd1 (21. e4 Nxb4 $19) 21... bxc5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. e4 Bxb3 24. Qxb3+
c4 25. Rxd7 cxb3 26. Rxe7 b2 $19) 20... Ne3 $1 (20... Bxc5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22.
Nxc5 Bxg2 23. Nxd7 Rxc2 24. Rfd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} (24. Kxg2 Rxd7 25. axb4 Rb2
$15) 24... Ra8 $1 (24... b3 25. Kxg2 b2 26. Rab1 Rc1 27. Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Rdxc1
bxc1=Q 29. Rxc1 Kxf6 30. Rb1 $16) 25. Kxg2 bxa3 $13) 21. fxe3 bxa3 $1 $13 {
[%csl Rc5]} (21... b6 {[%csl Rc2,Rc5]} 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. axb4 $14
)) 20. e4 Nxb4 $1 (20... bxc5 21. exd5 Bf5 (21... Bxd5 22. Rad1 $16 (22. Rfd1
$16)) 22. Qa2 $36 {[%cal Ga2g8]}) 21. axb4 axb4 $15 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rc8c2]
Weiß hat eine Figur mehr, aber wegen der Fesselung auf der c-Linie er verliert
den Bc5.} 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (23... Qxd8 $4 24. Bxe7 $18) (23... Bxd8
$2 24. Nd4 $13) 24. Bf1 Bxc5 (24... bxc5 25. Bc4 $15) 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Bc4 $6 {
Nach meiner Meinung wäre es besser, die Stellung mit 26.Nxc5 zu vereinfachen.}
(26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qd4 $15 (27... b3 28. Bc4)) 26... Bf8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal
Gf8b4] Der Bf8 verteidigt den Pb4, was Schwarz eine dauerhafte Initiative gibt.
} 27. Nd4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4+ Qf7 29. Ne6 (29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $17) 29... Rd6 (29... b3
$5 $17) 30. Nxf8 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Kxf8 $17 {[%csl Gb4][%mdl 4096]
Schwarz hat einen weit vorgerückten Bauern mehr in diesem Endspiel, was zum
Gewinn ausreichen dürfte.} 33. Qc8+ Qe8 34. Qc4 Qe7 35. Qd5 (35. Qc8+ Kf7 36.
Qc4+ Kg6 $17) 35... b3 36. f3 (36. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 37. Kg1 Qc6 $17) 36... Qb4 37.
Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ (38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Qb7+ Kd6 $17) 38... Qe7 (38... Kg6 39. Qf5+
) 39. Qd4 (39. Qd5+ Qe6 $17) 39... Qc5 40. Qd7+ Kg6 41. h4 h5 42. g4 hxg4 43.
fxg4 (43. Qxg4+ Kh6 $19) 43... b2 $19 {Der b2P entscheidet die Partie.} 44. Qd3
Qe5 45. Kf3 Kh7 46. h5 b5 47. Qb3 Qd4 (47... Kh6) 48. Qc2 Qe5 (48... b4 49. e5+
Kg8 50. Qc8+ Kf7 51. e6+ Ke7 $19) 49. Qb3 Kh6 50. Qb4 Qh2 51. Qxb5 Qh1+ 52. Kg3
b1=Q 53. g5+ Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 (8. a3 a5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Re8 {Gulko,B-Rachels,S USA-ch
1989 CBM/19}) 8... O-O 9. a3 (9. b3 Bg4 10. Bb2 f6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. a3 Bh3 13.
b4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kh8 15. Nb3 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Lutz,C Deutschland Cup 1989 CBM/
16}) 9... a5 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. e3 (13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
$14) 13... Rfd8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6
bxc6 19. Rfd1 a4 $1 20. b4 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rac1 (22. Ne4 $5) 22... Ra5 $1
23. Rc2 Rb5 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Ra2 Rbd5 26. Bc1 R8d7 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Be7 29.
Rc6 Ke8 30. Rac2 Kd8 31. Nc4 Rb5 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung kommt auch 4.Nf3
e4 5.Nd4 d5 in Betracht.} Bb4+ (4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.
Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 {Jetzt haben wir eine Stellung, welche für die Bogoindische
Verteidigung (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2) typisch ist.} O-O 8. e3 {
Diese - auf den ersten Blick - genuegsame Fortsetzung bietet Weiss mehr
Chancen auf Eroeffnungsvorteil als die Alternative 8.e4. Nach dem Textzug wird
die Diagonale des g2-Laufers geoeffnet.} Be6 (8... Qe7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7
11. h3 Nf8 $13) 9. b3 (9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nge2 Na6 (11... a5 $11 {
black has no problems}) 12. O-O b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Nd1 b4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Nb2
a5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nfe4 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. Ng3 Nc3 22. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Foisor,C-Puljek Salai,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 (
10. exd4 d5 11. c5 Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 14. f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6 $6 (
15... Nbd7 $5) 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nf4 Nbd7 18. a4 Nf8 19. Rfe1 Qa6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8
21. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Huzman,A/Budapest 1996/CBM 56/[Ribli] (51)}) 10... d5
{Frueher oder später muss Schwarz so spielen, weil der d6P schlecht war.} 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 {Dieser Zug ist ganz gut, aber 11...Nxd5 kommt auch in Betracht.} (
11... cxd5 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rfd1 Ne4 $11 {Schwarz hat
isolierte Bauern auf d5, aber die weisse Figuren stehen sehr aktiv.}) 12. Nxd5
{Nach diesem Zug kann Weiss gegen den isolierten d5-Bauern spielen, aber die
Alternative 12.Nge2 scheint mir besser.} (12. Nge2 Qa5 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Na6
$5) 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Na6 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Rfc1 {1-0 Ivanchuk,
V-Sutovsky,E/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (58)}) 12... Bxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 {
[%csl Rd5][%mdl 4] Schwarz hat isolierte Bauern auf d5, aber im folgenden
bekommt er aktives Figurenspiel.} (14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Qd2 (15. Qb2 Re8 $1 16. O-O
Ne5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Psakhis,L-Avrukh,B/Israel 2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (27)}) 15... Qf6 (15... Ne5
16. Nd4 Qb6 $1 17. Rd1 Qa6 18. Qe2 Qa5+ $11) 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4
Qxd4 19. exd4 {1/2-1/2 Matamoros Franco,C-Fernandez Romero,E/Dos Hermanas 2003/
CBM95 (19)}) (14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Qxd5 Qf6 $44) 14... Nc6 15. Qb2 Qa5+ (15... Qe7
16. O-O Qe4 $11) 16. Qd2 Qb5 $11 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5f1] Natuerlich tauscht
Schwarz nicht die Damen.} (16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 $14) 17. Rd1 (17. Qe2 Qb4+ $11)
17... Rad8 {[%mdl 2048]} 18. Nd4 Nxd4 (18... Qa6 $11) 19. Qxd4 Rfe8 {[%csl Gd8,
Re1,Ge8]} 20. Qd3 Qa5+ (20... Qxd3 21. Rxd3 d4 22. Ke2 dxe3 $11) 21. Qd2 Qa6
22. Qe2 Qa5+ (22... Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 d4 $11) 23. Qd2 Qa6 24. Qe2 Qb6 {Schwarz
ist nicht zufrieden mit der Zugwiederholung.} 25. Rd4 (25. O-O d4 26. e4 $11 {
Das fuehrt - mit Zugumstellung - zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 25... Rc8 (25... Qxd4
26. exd4 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 $11) 26. Rd1 Rcd8 27. O-O (27. Rd4 $11) 27... d4 28. e4
Qc6 29. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... dxc4 7.
Qxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O {Andersson,U-Huebner,R Skelleftea WCup 1989 CBM/14}) 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O O-O (8... Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e3 Rd8 {Suba,M-Wolff,
P London WFW 1989 CBM/13}) 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Nc3 g5 $6 13.
Bc1 d4 14. Ne4 h6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rd8 19. Qa4
Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qb3 Re8 24. Be3 b6 25. Rd1
Qg4 26. Rd6 Kg7 27. Qd3 Be5 28. Rd5 Bxg3 $2 29. Qd4+ $1 Qxd4 30. Bxd4+ Kg6 31.
fxg3 Rxe2 32. Bc3 f5 33. a4 Re6 34. Kf2 Rc6 35. Kf3 h5 36. Rd7 a6 37. Rg7+ Kh6
38. Ra7 b5 39. a5 h4 40. gxh4 gxh4 41. Rb7 Kg5 42. Bd2+ f4 43. Bxf4+ Kf5 44.
Rc7 Re6 45. Rc5+ Kg6 46. Kg4 Re2 47. Rc6+ Kf7 48. b4 Re4 49. Kf5 Rxb4 50. Rxa6
h3 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. a6 Ra4 54. a7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nice"]
[BlackTeam "Besancon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt und scheint mir zu frueh.
Wir haben eigentlich die Variante 1.e4 c5 2.f4 (mit umgekehrten Farben), wo
Weiß das Extra-Tempo mit g3 hat. Der Textzug waere noch schlechter in der
Variante 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 wegen 3.d4 (auch).} 3. d4 exd4 {Schwarz muss so
spielen, weil nach 3...e4 4.Nh3 kommt und der Springer begibt sich auf das
strategisch schöne Feld f4.} 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3+ Kf7 {Es ist nicht so schoen,
wenn Schwarz im 5. Zug mit dem Koenig ziehen muss.} (5... Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2
O-O 8. Nh3 (8. Nd5 Re8 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Qxe7 Rxe7 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxf6 Rxf6
13. Nh3 Ne7 14. O-O-O d6 15. Rhe1 Rb8 16. Nf4 {1-0 Rivas Pastor,M-Castro
Valero,J/Mallorca 2000/CBM 79 ext (45)}) 8... d6 (8... Re8 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qd3
Ne5 11. Qc2 c6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b3 d6 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17.
Nxe6 Qxe6 18. e3 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Bologan,V/Geneve 1996/CBM 54 ext (69)}) (
8... Nb4 9. Qd2 a5 10. Nf4 c6 11. O-O Na6 12. Nd3 (12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 $14)
12... d6 13. b3 Qe8 14. Bb2 $14 Bd8 15. Rae1 {[%cal Ge2e4] 1-0 Miezis,
N-Damljanovic,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Ribli] (52)}) 9. O-O Ne5 10. b3 c6 11.
Rd1 Re8 12. Qd4 Qa5 13. a4 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. a5 Bf8 17. f3 Be6
18. Nf2 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. f4 Ned7 21. Ra1 {1-0 Romero Holmes,A-De la Villa
Garcia,J/Leon 1996/CBM 54 (67)}) (5... Qe7 6. Nc3 $14 Nb4 $6 7. Qd2) 6. Nf3 (6.
Nh3 $5 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gh3f4,Gf4d5]}) 6... Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4+ {Schwarz strebt
nach schneller Entwicklung und moechte seinen Turm über e8 ins Spiel bringen.}
8. Bd2 (8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qd3 $14) 8... Re8 9. Qb3 Bc5 (9... Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Qe7
11. O-O $14) 10. Nc3 (10. O-O Ne4 $5 (10... Rxe2 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bg5 $44 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc3d5,Gd5f6,Gg5d8]})) 10... h6 (10... Kg8 11. Bg5 $14) 11. O-O
d6 (11... Kg8 $14) 12. Rad1 $14 {Weiß hat die bessere Entwicklung und eine
aktive Figurenstellung. Das d5-Feld ist immer eine positionelle Schwäche in
der schwarzen Stellung und sein Koenig steht etwas unsicher auf f7.} a6 13. Na4
$1 Ne4 (13... Ba7 14. c5+ $16 {[%cal Gb3f7]}) 14. Nxc5 {Mit diesem Tausch
gewinnt Weiß eigentlich einen Bauern.} Nxc5 15. Qa3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Rxe2 (15...
a5 $2 16. b4 $16) 16. Be3 {[%csl Re2] Nach diesem Zug haengt Nc5 und der Re2
befindet sich in großer Not.} Ne4 (16... Ne6 17. c5 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gc5d6]})
17. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qe7 (18... Ng5 19. Qc3 g6 (19... Ne6 20. Bd5 $16) 20.
c5 $16) 19. Bf3 {[%csl Re2][%cal Rf3e2]} Ng5 $8 (19... Rd2 20. Bxe4 $18) 20.
Bh5+ $1 g6 (20... Kf8 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bxe2 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxe2 24. c5 $16) 21.
Bxe2 Qxe2 22. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat eine Qualitaet
mehr, Schwarz hat keine ausreichende Kompensation.} f4 $1 {Das ist der einzige
Zug, der Schwarz Chancen auf Gegenspiel bietet.} 24. Bxf4 $1 {Mit diesem Zug
gibt Weiß die Qualitaet zurueck, aber bekommt ein technisches Endspiel mit
einem Mehrbauern.} (24. gxf4 $6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kg3 Nf5+ 27. Kf3 Bd7 $44)
24... Bh3 25. Bxg5 Bxf1 26. Bxh6 (26. Kxf1 hxg5 27. Rd5 Kf6 28. c5 dxc5 29.
Rxc5 c6 $14) 26... Be2 (26... Bxc4 27. Rc1 Bxa2 28. Rxc7+ Ke6 29. Rxb7 $16) 27.
Rd4 Re8 28. Be3 Re5 29. Kg2 Ra5 30. a3 Ra4 {Mit diesem Turmmanoever erreicht
Schwarz den Turmtausch, aber Weiß bleibt im Vorteil.} 31. c5 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 dxc5
33. Bxc5 {[%csl Gf2,Gg3,Gh2][%mdl 4096] Wegen der ungleichfarbigen Läufer hat
Schwarz gewisse Remischancen, aber Weiß hat drei Bauern gegen einen am
Koenigsfluegel, wo er verbundene Freibauern bilden kann.} g5 34. h3 Kg6 (34...
g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. f3 $18) 35. g4 $1 a5 36. Be7 {[%cal Re7d8,Rd8a5]} c6 37.
Kg3 b5 38. Bd8 (38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 $18) 38... a4 39. Be7 Bd1 40. Bc5 Kf6 41.
Bb6 Bc2 42. Bd8+ Kg6 43. h4 $18 {Nach diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß leicht mit
seinen verbundenen Freibauern am Koenigsfluegel.} (43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 $18)
43... gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Bd3 45. f4 Bb1 46. Kg3 $1 {Nach 46.f5+ kann Schwarz mit
46...Bxf5 den Läufer gegen zwei Bauern geben und der weiße Koenig waere weit
auf h4, aber der Textzug gewinnt leicht.} (46. Kg3 Bc2 47. Kf2 Bd1 (47... Bb1
48. Ke3 Bc2 49. f5+ $18) 48. f5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brestian, Egon"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Ne2 Bb6 6. Nbc3 Nge7 {-> A 26} 7. Nd5
$6 (7. O-O $5) 7... O-O 8. Nxb6 $6 (8. Nec3) 8... axb6 9. O-O Be6 10. d3 d5 $10
11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. a3 f6 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 dxc4 16. dxc4 Qf5 17. Qb1
Qxb1 18. Raxb1 Bf5 $1 19. e4 Bg6 $17 20. Rbd1 Na5 21. Nc1 c5 22. f3 Nec6 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kf2 Bf7 25. Ke3 $2 (25. Bc3) 25... Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gross, Stefan"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nb3 (6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Bg2
Qh5 8. h3 Bc5 $6 (8... Qg6 $5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 $10 {
Shamkovich-Baumbach URS 1970 9/24}) 9. b4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12.
Bxe4 Qe5 13. Bg2 Bxb4 14. O-O Bd6 15. d4 Qb5 16. e4 $14 {Schneider,B-Mephisto
Lyon EXP/21}) 6... Bf5 $5 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. d3 exd3 9. Qxd3 Na6 $1 $10 {
Larsen,B-Gulko,B Hastings A 1988 47/23 CBM/11}) 7. Bg2 Qd7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O
Be7 10. Re1 $6 (10. Qc2 $5 e3 11. d3 exf2+ 12. Rxf2 $13) 10... O-O 11. d4 exd3
12. exd3 Na6 $1 13. a3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Bd4 $15 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Bg5
Ng4 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxd3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qc3 Qe6 23. Be3
a6 24. Bd4 Ne1 $1 25. Bxg7 Nxg2 26. Bh8 f6 27. Bxf6 Ne1 $1 28. Bh8 Nf3+ 29. Kh1
Ne5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 (4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5) 4... Bb4+ (4... exd4
5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O (7... Qe7 8. e3 (8. e4 $6
d5 $5 $13 9. cxd5 exd4 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O $44 {0-1
Markowski,T-Savchenko,S/Cannes 2000/CBM 76/[Ribli] (28)}) 8... O-O 9. Nge2 e4 (
9... Re8 10. h3 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Savchenko,S/Paris 2000/EXT 2001 (10)}) (
9... Na6 10. h3 $5 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Rad8 13. Rae1 Bc8 14. g4 h6 15. Ng3
$14 {Nogueiras,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Moscow (ol) 1994/Inf 63 (15)}) 10. d5 c5
11. h3 h5 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. g4 hxg4 15. Ng3 {1-0 Markowski,
T-Gajewski,G/Warsaw POL 2001/(24)}) 8. dxe5 {Meiner Meinung nach verspricht
dieser Zug Weiß keinen Eröffnungsvorteil. Die Alternativen sind
aussichtsreicher.} (8. e4) (8. e3) (8. Nf3) 8... dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nf3 Re8
(10... e4 $5 11. Ng5 e3 12. fxe3 (12. f4 $6 Na6 $13) 12... Ng4 $44) 11. O-O {
Weiß hat zwar Entwicklungsvorteil, aber die schwarze Stellung ist solide. Der
Bg2 steht aufgrund der Bauern auf b7 und c6 wenig aktiv.} Bf5 (11... Bg4 $5 12.
Rfd1 Na6 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Na5 Bc8 16. a3 Nc7 17. b4 Ne6 18. e3
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. c5 {1-0 Shestakov,S-Tishin,P/Donskoj 2000/CBM 79 ext 
(56)}) (11... Na6 12. Rfd1 Bf5 13. h3 h6 14. g4 Bh7 15. Ne1 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17.
b5 Rac8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd3 {1-0 Akopian,V-Gelfand,B/Cap d`Agde 1996/CBM 55
ext (52)}) (11... e4 12. Ng5 Bf5 $11) 12. Nd2 $11 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3a5,Gd2e4,
Ge4d6] Weiß öffnet die Diagonale des Bg2 und überführt auch seinen zweiten
Springer an den Damenflügel.} Na6 $6 {[%cal Ga6c5] Dieser Zug gefällt mir
nicht - der Springer steht unglücklich auf a6.} (12... Nbd7 13. Nb3 a5 $11) 13.
Nb3 Rac8 $6 (13... Rad8 $5 14. Na5 Bc8 15. a3 Rd2 16. b4 Nc7 $11) 14. Rfd1 Kf8
(14... Red8 15. Na5 $14) 15. Na5 Rc7 16. Rd2 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8] Weiß hat das
bessere Figurenspiel und übt Druck am Damenflügel aus.} e4 17. Rad1 b6 (17...
e3 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. Rd8+ Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (20... Kxe8 $2 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22.
Bxc6+ Rd7 23. Nb5 $16) 21. Rd8 $11) 18. Nb3 Be6 (18... e3 19. fxe3 Rxe3 (19...
Ng4) 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. a3 $14) 19. Rd4 c5 (19... e3 20. fxe3 Ng4) 20. Rd6 Bxc4 (
20... e3 21. fxe3 Ng4 $132) 21. Nd2 $14 {Damit gewinnt Weiß den Bauern zurück.
Aufgrund der besseren Figurenstellung hat er leichten Vorteil.} Be6 22. Ndxe4
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxa2 $6 {Es scheint, als könne Schwarz einen Bauern gewinnen,
tatsächlich aber verliert er nun eine Qualität.} (23... g6 24. Bc6 Ree7 25. a3
$14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 24. Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Trotz des relativ weit reduzierten
Materials hat Weiß starke Initiative.} Re6 (24... Rec8 $5 25. Bd7 (25. Rd8+
Rxd8 (25... Ke7 $2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bb7 $18) 26. Rxd8+ Ke7 27. Re8+ Kd6 (27...
Kf6 $2 28. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 29. Nxd5+ $16 {[%cal Rd5c7,Rd5f6]}) 28. Ba4 {[%cal
Rc3b5,Rb5d6,Rb5c7]} Bc4 29. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 30. Nxb5+ Kd7 31. Nxc7 Nxc7 $16) 25...
Rd8 26. Nb5 Rb7 27. Be6 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Bxe6 29. Nxb7 Nb4 $14) 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26.
Bb5 {[%cal Rc3a2,Rb5a6]} Nb4 27. Nxa2 Nxa2 28. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4e6,Rc4a2]} Nb4 29.
Bxe6 $16 Kxe6 30. Re8+ {[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat R gegen N+P, zudem stehen seine
Türme aktiv.} Kf5 (30... Re7 $16) 31. Rd6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8,Rf5] Droht 32.e4+ mit
Matt.} f6 32. Red8 (32. Kg2 $16) 32... Re7 (32... Nc6 33. R8d7 $18) 33. Rd2 (
33. Kf1 $16) 33... Ke6 (33... Nc6 34. R8d7 $16) 34. R2d6+ Kf5 35. Kf1 Re4 36.
R8d7 $18 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd7a7,Rd7h7] Das Eindringen des Turms auf der
siebten Reihe ist tödlich.} Nc2 37. Rd2 (37. Rxa7 Rb4) 37... Rc4 38. Rxa7 g5
39. Rb7 (39. Rxh7 $18) 39... Nd4 40. Rxb6 {Weiß hat eine Qualität und einen
Bauern mehr.} Rc1+ 41. Kg2 g4 42. h3 h5 43. hxg4+ hxg4 44. b4 (44. b4 Ke5 45.
bxc5 Rxc5 46. Rb4 Rd5 47. e3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 d6 {3...Bg7 4.dxe5, Bxe5 5.Nf3 +/= Mednis,E-Crisan,A
Amsterdam OHRA-B 1989 CBM/15} 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 c6 {6...Be6 7.
b3, Nd7 8.Bb2, c6 9.h4!, h5 10.Bh3, Bxh3 11.Nxh3, f6 12.0-0-0, Kc7 13.f4 +/=
Mednis-Kindermann Palma de Mallorca GMA-op i 48/14} 7. f4 $1 Be6 8. Nf3 Bxc4 (
8... Nd7 $5 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. b3 h6 11. bxc4 hxg5 12. fxg5 Bb4 13. Bd2 Ne7) 9.
Bh3 $1 f5 (9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe5 Ke8 12. Ne4 $1 $16) 10. b3 Bb4 11.
Bb2 Bd5 12. e4 $5 {12.0-0-0!?} fxe4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 exf3 (14... Ke7 $5
15. Nxe5 Nf6 16. Bb4+ Ke8 17. Bc8 Na6 18. Bxb7 Nxb4 19. Bxa8 Ke7 $1 {Van der
Wiel}) 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxh8 Ne7 17. Rhf1 (17. Rhe1 $5 {Van der Wiel} Nf5 18.
g4 Nh4) 17... Nf5 18. Bd4 h5 19. g4 hxg4 20. Bxg4 Nh4 21. Bf2 Ng2 22. Bg1 (22.
Rxd5 $1 {Van der Wiel} cxd5 23. Kd2 Nxf4 24. Bh4+ Kc7 25. Rxf3 Rf8 26. Be7 Re8
27. Rc3+ Kb6 28. Re3 $18) 22... Nh4 23. h3 Kc7 24. Bh2 Nf6 25. f5+ Kb6 26. fxg6
Nxg4 27. hxg4 Rg8 28. Rd4 a5 29. g5 Nxg6 30. Kd2 Rf8 31. Bg1 Ka6 32. Bf2 Rf5
33. Rg4 Ne5 34. Rg3 Ng6 35. Rh1 Re5 36. Re1 Rf5 $18 (36... Rf5 37. Re8 b6 38.
Rb8 c5 39. Rd8 $18 {/\ Rd6}) 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Interessant - der polnische Großmeister spielt oft diese weniger
ambitionierte Eröffnung.} e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 (4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5)
4... Bb4+ {4...cxd4 5.Dxd4 d5 ist die andere Hauptfortsetzung.} 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.
Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung - Schwarz rochiert nicht, sondern
entwickelt zunächst die Dame. Dieser Zug aber ist mehr als ein neutraler
Entwicklungszug, Schwarz möchte die Varianten mit e2-e4 vermeiden, bzw - wie
in der Partie - nach 8.e4 taktisches Gegenspiel bekommen.} (7... O-O 8. e4 (8.
e3 Be6 $5 (8... Re8 9. Nge2 e4 10. Rc1 d5 11. b3 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Nc7
14. O-O Ne6 $15 {0-1 Ruck,R-Beim,V/Oberwart 1997/EXT 99 (39)}) 9. b3 (9. d5
cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nge2 Na6 12. O-O b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Nd1 b4 15. b3 Nc5
16. Nb2 a5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. f4 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,C-Puljek Salai,Z/Medulin 1997/
EXT 99 (36)}) 9... exd4 10. exd4 d5 $1 11. c5 Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 14.
f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nf4 Nbd7 $11 {Lobron,E-Huzman,A/Budapest
1996/Inf 68 (17)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. O-O $2 (12.
b4 $142 Nb6 13. O-O Nc4 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. a4 $11) 12... b4 13. Na4 a5 {0-1
Conquest,S-Avrukh,B/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Avrukh,B] (41)}) 8. e4 $6 {Nach 7...
Qe7ist dieser Zug riskant. Die Alternative 8.e3 scheint mir besser.} (8. e3
$142 $5 O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. h3 $5 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Rad8 13. Rae1 Bc8 14.
g4 h6 15. Ng3 $14 {Nogueiras,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Moscow (ol) 1994/Inf 63 (15)}
) 8... d5 $5 $13 {[%mdl 64] Das ist die Hauptidee von Schwarz! Er opfert einen
Bauern und bekommt aktives Figurenspiel.} 9. cxd5 (9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Bxe4 Qxe5 $11 {Schwarz hat mindestens gleiche Chancen, der Be4 steht
unglücklich.}) 9... exd4 (9... cxd5 $2 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 exd4+ 12. Ne2 $16
) 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Nge2 $6 Nc6 $15) (11. e5 $2 Nc6 $17) 11... Nxd5
12. Qxd5 O-O $44 {Schwarz hat Kompensation für den Bauern - sein Koenig steht
in Sicherheit, während Weiß Probleme hat, seine Figuren zu entwickeln. Zudem
steht die weiße Dame exponiert.} 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Qd2 $6 (14. Qb5 $5 Rc8 $1 $44
{[%cal Re6c4,Rc4e2,Rc4b5]} (14... a6 15. Qa4 (15. Qb6 Nd7 16. Qe3) 15... Nc6
$44)) 14... Rd8 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Nf4 {Weiß muss um jeden Preis
gewinnen, deshalb spielt er mit hohem Risiko. Ich möchte darauf hinweisen,
dass dieses Turnier in K.O. System gespielt wurde und dass der polnische
Großmeister die erste Partie verloren hatte. Die normale Fortsetzung - 17.0-0
- wäre objektiv besser, verschafft Weiß aber keine Gewinnchancen. Der Textzug
ist weniger stark...} (17. O-O Bc4 (17... Rd2 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 $14) 18. Rfe1 Rd2 19.
a3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Rad8 $44) (17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. O-O Bc4 $36) 17... Bc4 18. Bf1 $2
{[%mdl 8192]} (18. f3 $142) 18... Bxa2 $1 $15 19. Be2 (19. f3 Bb3 $15 (19...
Nd4 {Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz Remis erreichen.} 20. Rxa2 Nc2+ 21. Kf2 Qb6+
22. Ke2 Qb5+ 23. Kf2 (23. Nd3 $2 Rac8 24. Ra5 Rxc3 25. Rxb5 Rcxd3 $19) 23...
Qb6+ $11)) (19. Rxa2 Qxe4+ $19 {[%cal Re4e1,Re4h1]}) 19... Qxe4 $17 {Schon
jetzt hat Schwarz einen Bauern mehr, für den Weiß keine Kompensation hat.} 20.
f3 (20. O-O Bd5 21. Nxd5 (21. f3 Qd4+ $17) 21... Qxe2 $17) 20... Qf5 21. Bd3 (
21. O-O) (21. Rxa2 Qb1+ $19 {[%cal Rb1a2,Rb1e1]}) 21... Qe5+ 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23.
Be4 Bc4 {[%csl Re1] Nach dem Damentausch ist die weiße Stellung nicht besser -
der König steht schlecht in der Mitte.} 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rad8 26. Rxa7 (26.
Bxb7 g5 $19) 26... g5 $19 {[%csl Rf4] Nf4 hängt, und der weiße König befindet
sich im Mattnetz.} 27. Rxb7 (27. Nd5 Bxd5 $19) 27... gxf4+ 28. Kxf4 (28. gxf4
Re2#) 28... Nd3+ {Weiß hat Figur weniger - er gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 10th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 {Dieser Zug ist prinzipiell gut - Schwarz möchte
entweder (und in erster Linie) d7-d5 durchsetzen oder einfach nur den
Wirkungsradius des Bg2 einschränken.} 4. d4 Bb4+ (4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 {Wir haben eine für
die Bogoindische Verteidigung typische Stellung vor uns. Weiß hat Raumvorteil,
doch die schwarze Stellung ist sehr solide.} (8. e3) 8... Nbd7 (8... a6 9. Nf3
Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c5 12. d5 Nbd7 13. a3 $14 {Horvath,Jo-Krizsany,L
Pecs,1997.}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 b5 (9... a6 $5 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Bb7
13. Rfe1 Re8 14. a4 bxa4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxa4 Qe7 17. Qc3 Ba6 18. Nd2 Bb5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Leko,P/HUN-ch 1992 (35)}) 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nh4
Nb6 13. Nxb5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qe2 Ng5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Nc4 18. Qd4
Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D-Bacrot,E/Lausanne 1999/CBM 71 (18)}) 9... a6 (9... Rb8
10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rfd1 b4 14. Nd5 Ba6 15. Nc1 Nxd5 16.
exd5 Nf6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Re8 19. d6 e4 20. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Smejkal,J-Garcia
Palermo,C/Szirak 1986 (33)}) 10. a4 $6 {Weiß verhindert zwar den Zug b7-b5,
schwächt damit aber das Feld b4. Andererseits pflegt der spanische GM einen
aggressiven Stil und zählt zu den taktisch besonders starken Spieler. Es hat
aber den Anschein, als ginge diese Stärke zu Lasten seines positionellen
Spiels.} (10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. a3 Nb6 $5 (12... Qb6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. b4
Qa7 (14... Rfe8 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Rac8 17. Qd3 Rc4 18. Rac1 Rec8 19. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Rotstein,A-Fontaine,R/Montpellier 1999/EXT 2001 (26)}) 15. h3 Nb6 16.
dxe5 Nc4 17. Qa2 dxe5 18. a4 {1-0 Suba,M-Garcia_Palermo,C/Szirak 1986/Inf 42 
(57)}) 13. b3 Qe7 (13... Be6 $1 14. Qc2 Ra5 15. b4 $6 (15. f4 $5) 15... Ra6 16.
a4 bxa4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Qd2 $15 {Titz,
H-Baumgartner,H/AUT-ch ,EXT (06) 1987/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 14. h3 Bb7 (14... Be6 $5 {
Ribli,Z}) 15. Qe3 {Korchnoi,V-Bacrot,E/Albert (m/6) 1997/[Dorfman,J] (26)})
10... Qa5 $1 $11 {[%csl Yb4] Mit diesem Zug verschaftt sich Schwarz eine
bequeme Stellung mit starkem Spiel auf den schwarzen Feldern.} 11. O-O Qb4 {
[%csl Gb4]} 12. Rac1 a5 {[%mdl 32] Damit unterstreicht Schwarz seine
Herrschaft über das Feld b4.} (12... Qxc4 $6 {Dieser Zug sieht sehr
unnatürlich aus.} 13. Nb5 Qxa4 14. Nxd6 $44) 13. Rc2 {Ein sonderbarer Zug -
Weiß bereitet b2-b3 vor.} Re8 14. b3 exd4 (14... Qxb3 $2 15. Rb1 Qxc4 16. Nb5
$16 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rc2c4,Rb5c7,Rc7e8,Rc7a8]}) 15. Nxd4 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gb4,
Gc5] Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel. Besonders sein Nc5 steht stark.} 16. Rb1
{Weiß verteidigt den Pb3 und gibt den Zentralbauern e4 auf.} (16. Re1 Nxb3 17.
Nxb3 Qxb3 18. Rb1 Qxc4 19. Nb5 Qxa4 20. Nc7 Nxe4 21. Qc1 (21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22.
Nxa8 Bf5 (22... Bh3 23. f3 Qxf3) 23. Rcb2 Rxa8 24. Re1 $17) 21... Be6 $17)
16... Nfxe4 (16... Ncxe4) (16... Bd7 17. f3 $15) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxb4 (18.
Bxe4 Rxe4 $17) 18... axb4 19. Re1 (19. Re2) 19... f5 (19... Nf6 $2 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. Nxc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]} bxc6 (21... Bf5 22. Ne7+ $18 {[%cal Re7g8,
Re7f5]}) 22. Bxc6 {[%cal Rc6e8,Rc6a8]} Nc7 (22... Bf5 23. Re2 $18) 23. Bxa8
Nxa8 24. Rd2 $16) 20. Rce2 $44 {Weiß hat die bessere Entwicklung und spürbar
Aktivität für den Bauern.} (20. f3 Nf6 $17) 20... Kf7 (20... d5 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. f3 $16) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 $11 {Die Stellung ist
materiell bereits ausgeglichen. Weiß hat aktive Figuren, aber seine Bauern
stehen auf der Farbe des gegnerischen Läufers.} Bd7 24. Rf4+ Kg6 25. Nf3 (25.
Re4 Re8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. f4 $11) 25... Be6 (25... Re8 26. Rd4) 26. Rd4 Rd8 27.
Ne5+ (27. c5 $5 Bxb3 28. Rxb4 Bd5 29. Nh4+ Kf6 30. cxd6 c5 31. Rb5 (31. Rb6 Bc6
$15 {[%csl Rb6]}) 31... Rxd6 32. Rxc5 Bc6 (32... g5 33. Ng2 Bc6 34. Ne3 Bxa4
$15) 33. f4 Bxa4 $15) 27... Kf5 28. Nd3 g5 (28... c5 $2 29. Nxc5 $18 {[%cal
Gd4d8]}) 29. f4 Rd7 {[%cal Rc6c5,Rc5d4] Jetzt ist der Rd7 verteidigt, es droht
30...c5.} 30. c5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Weiß sucht taktische Verwicklungen, dabei
wäre es besser, ganz einfach auf g5 zu nehmen.} (30. fxg5 c5 (30... Kxg5 $2 31.
c5 Bxb3 (31... dxc5 $2 32. Nxc5 Re7 (32... Rxd4 33. Nxe6+ $18 {[%cal Re6d4,
Re6g5]}) 33. Rxb4 Bc8 34. Ne4+ Kg6 35. Nd6 $18) 32. cxd6 Bd5 33. Rxb4 $16) 31.
Rf4+ Kxg5 $11) 30... dxc5 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Nxc5 Bc8 33. fxg5 b6 $1 (33... Kxg5
34. Nd3 (34. a5 Kf5 35. Kf2 Ke5 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Nd3 c5) 34... Be6 35. Nc5 Bc8
$11) 34. Nd3 c5 $1 $17 {Die schwarze Bauernmasse - unterstützt durch den
schwarzen König - ist sehr gefährlich.} 35. Kf2 (35. a5 c4 36. bxc4 (36. Nxb4
cxb3 37. Nd3 bxa5 $19) 36... bxa5 $17) 35... Ke4 $1 {Das ist ausgezeichnet
gespielt. Der Pg5 ist gar nicht von Bedeutung. Das Eindringen des schwarzen
Königs nach d4-c3 hingegen ist tödlich für Weiß.} 36. Nc1 (36. Nf4 c4 37. bxc4
b3 $19) (36. Ke2 Ba6 $19 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ra6e2]}) 36... Kd4 $19 37. Kf3 (37.
Ne2+ Kd3 38. h4 Bg4 $1 (38... c4 39. h5 cxb3 40. g6 hxg6 (40... Bf5 41. g7 Be6
42. Nf4+ $18) 41. h6 b2 42. h7 b1=Q 43. h8=Q Ba6) 39. h5 Bxh5 40. Nf4+ Kc2 41.
Nxh5 c4 $19) 37... Kc3 38. h4 Kd2 39. Ne2 Be6 (39... c4 40. bxc4 b3 $19) 40. h5
Bxb3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 {Das ist eine sehr sonderbare Fortsetzung - ich
glaube, dass Schwarz bessere Alternativen zur Verfügung stehen. Die Idee des
Zuges ist, dass sich Schwarz noch nicht auf eine bestimmte Entwicklung seiner
Figuren festlegt, und im Falle von 4.Nf3 kann er 4...e4 ziehen, da Weiß nicht
mehr das Feld g5 für seinen Springer hat. Alles in allem ist es nicht leicht
für Weiß, diesen Zug zu wiederlegen.} 4. Nc3 {Der andere Springerzug scheint
mir logischer.} (4. b3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Na3
Bxa3 10. Bxa3 Re8 11. Bb2 e4 12. Ne1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Rc4 f5 16.
d3 {1-0 Minasian,A-Bologan,V/Ohrid MKD 2001/}) (4. d3 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 (5. Bd2 a5 6.
Nc3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nh4 exd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. O-O a4 {
1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Gavrikov,V/Moscow 1990/TD (25)}) 5... O-O 6. Ngf3 Re8 7.
O-O c6 8. a3 Bf8 9. b4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Rc1 a5 13. b5 a4 {
0-1 Serper,G-Berezjuk,S/Bela Crkva 1990/EXT 97 (47)}) (4. Nf3 $5 e4 (4... Nc6
5. d4 $14) 5. Nd4 d5 (5... Nc6 6. Nc2 Ne5 7. d3 exd3 8. exd3 Be7 9. Ne3 d6 10.
d4 Neg4 11. Nc2 Nh7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Ghaem Maghami,
E-Komliakov,V/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxe4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
O-O c6 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Be3 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Mitkov,N/Lisbon
2000/EXT 2001 (53)}) 4... Bb4 5. Nf3 (5. e3 O-O (5... Bxc3) 6. Nge2 Re8 7. a3
Bf8 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 d6 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,Y-Kovtun,S/
Voroshilovgrad 1989/EXT 97 (31)}) (5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8 8. O-O c6
9. Qb3 Qa5 10. a3 Bf8 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. d3 d5 {0-1 Bursteinas,R-Gavrikov,V/
Vilnius 2000/CBM 75 ext (39)}) (5. Qb3 a5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Nc6 9.
d3 d6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. h3 Qc8 13. Kh2 Bf5 14. Qc2 {1-0 Labuckas,
A-Rastenis,G/Vilnius 2000/CBM 75 ext (53)}) (5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O Nc6
8. e4 d6 9. h3 Nh7 10. d3 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Oratovsky,M/Lisbon 2000/EXT 2001 
(10)}) 5... Bxc3 (5... e4 $5 6. Nd4 Bxc3 7. dxc3) 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3) 6... d6 (
6... e4 7. Nd4 (7. Nd2 Qe7 8. Qc2 e3 $13)) 7. O-O (7. c5 $6 e4 8. Nd2 e3 $15)
7... Nc6 8. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5]} Be6 9. b3 Qd7 {Ich möchte anmerken,
dass wir hier eigentlich - allerdings mit vertauschten Farben - eine Stellung
der Variante 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 vor uns haben. Weiß hat das Läuferpaar,
aber es ist nicht leicht für den Bc1, ein gutes Feld zu finden.} 10. e4 O-O-O
$11 {Schwarz hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und Chancen auf Initiative am
Königsflügel. Die weiße Stellung ist solide, er kann das wichtige Feld d5 mit
seinem Springer besetzen.} 11. Nc2 h5 (11... g5 12. Ne3) 12. f3 $6 (12. h4 $11)
12... h4 13. Ne3 (13. g4 $6 Ne7 $15 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]}) 13... Nh5 (
13... hxg3 14. hxg3 Nh5 15. Qe1 Rh7 $36) 14. Qe1 hxg3 15. hxg3 g6 (15... Rh7
$36) 16. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} f5 17. Bg5 Rdf8 $15 {[%mdl 128] Droht 18...f4 mit
starkem Angriff.} 18. exf5 gxf5 (18... Rxf5 19. Be3 Rf7 $36) 19. f4 e4 $6 {
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - ich glaube, dass Schwarz die Spannung am
Königsflügel aufrecht erhalten muss.} (19... Qg7 $5 $40 {[%cal Gg7g1]}) 20. Qe3
{[%csl Ge3][%cal Ge3a7]} Kb8 21. Kf2 $1 {Der weiße König steht ausgezeichnet
auf f2 und bereitet den Zug 22.Rh1 vor.} Nd8 {[%cal Gd8f7,Gf7g5] Der Springer
nimmt den Bg5 ins Visier.} (21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 Ne7 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6
25. Rh1 Rfh6 26. Rxh6 Rxh6 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 Ng8 $11) 22. Rh1 Nf7 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Ein unglaublicher Fehler, der kaum zu erklären ist.} (22... Bxd5 $5
23. cxd5 (23. Bxd8 $2 Qxd8 24. cxd5 Nf6 $17) 23... Nf7 $13) 23. Rxh5 $1 $18 {
Dank des Motivs Nf6 gewinnt Weiß eine ganze Figur.} Nxg5 (23... Rxh5 24. Nf6
$18) 24. Rxh8 (24. Rxg5 $18) 24... Rxh8 25. fxg5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qf7 27. Rh1 (27.
c4 Qg7) 27... Rg8 28. Bf1 (28. c4 Qg7 29. Rh6 Qb2+ 30. Kg1 $18) 28... a6 (28...
Qxd5 29. Bc4 $18) 29. Be2 Rf8 (29... Qg6 30. Rh6 (30. Rh5 $18) 30... Qxg5 31.
Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Rh7 $18) 30. c4 Qg7 31. Rh6 b6 32. Kg2 (32. b4 $18) 32... Kb7 33.
b4 Qe5 34. Re6 {[%csl Ge6]} Qb2 {[%cal Rb2b4,Rb2a2,Gb2g2]} 35. a3 (35. c5 $18)
35... Rg8 36. Kf2 (36. g6 $18) 36... Rh8 37. Rh6 Rf8 38. Kg2 Rg8 39. g6 {
Endlich bringt Weiß seinen g-Bauern voran.} Qe5 40. Bh5 Rf8 (40... Qb2+ 41. Kh3
$18) 41. Qf4 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 Qa1 43. Kh4 Qf6+ 44. Kh3 (44. Qg5 Qb2) 44... Qa1 45.
Kg2 Qa2+ (45... Qb2+ 46. Qf2 $18) 46. Qf2 Qxc4 47. g7 (47. Qd2 $18 {Mit diesem
Zug konnte Weiß den Wirkungsradius der schwarzen Dame einschränken.}) 47... Rg8
48. Qxf5 Rxg7 49. Rg6 (49. Rh8 Rxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Qc3+ 51. Bf3 Qxh8 52. Qxe4 $18)
49... Rxg6 50. Bxg6 Qa2+ 51. Kh3 e3 52. Be8 {[%csl Rb7]} Qe2 53. Bc6+ Ka7 54.
Qf7 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Qa4 $5 {Ich glaube, dieser Zug bietet Weiß keinen
Eröffnungsvorteil. Meiner Meinung nach hat dieser Zug nur den Vorteil des
Überraschungseffektes. Andererseits ist GM Hickl ein sehr guter Spieler aber
kein Eröffnungsspezialist,Ribli.} (3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3
Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 d3 8. e3 Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Bf5 12. Bc3 O-O 13.
Nh4 Be4 14. f3 d4 $2 (14... Bg6 $5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxd3 Qb6 $10 {Ribli.}) 15.
exd4 Bd5 16. Qxd3 $16 {Horvath,Jo - Weteschnik,Paks 1996.}) 3... Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7
(4... Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qb3 $6 Na6 7. d3 d5 8. a3 Bb6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qd4
11. Be3 Qxc4 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Nf3 Re8 $17 {Csom-Farago,Ung.Meisterschaft 1993.
}) 5. Nf3 d6 (5... Qc7 $5) 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 a5 $6 {Dieser Zug
gefällt mir nicht. Er schwächt den Punkt b5 ohne erkennbaren Grund.Ribli.} (
8... b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 {Ribli.}) 9. b3 d5 $6 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Bb2 e4 $6 (11... Bd6 12. Nc3) (11... d4 12. Na3) 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 e3
14. f4 $1 $14 {Typischer und starker Zug. Früher oder später faßt Weiß diesen
Bauern ab. Mit zwei Läufern auf der großen Diagonalen steht Weiß klar besser.
Ribli.} h6 {Schwarz kann sich diesen Zug nicht sparen, denn es droht 15.Rd1
mit der Idee 16.Bxf6 17.Rxd7 l8.Qxh7.Ribli.} 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Na3 Na6 (16... Be6
$2 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 $16) 18. Qxc5 Be7 19. Qc1 $18) 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18.
Nc4 a4 19. Nd6 (19. Nxe3 $4 Bc5 $19) 19... axb3 20. axb3 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nb4 22.
Qc3 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qb5 (23... Nbd5 $2 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxg7#) 24. Nd4 (24.
Rxf6 $2 Nd5) 24... Qa5 25. h3 b6 {[#]} (25... Re8) 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Nc6 Nd5
28. Ne7+ (28. Bxd5 $18) 28... Kg7 29. Nxd5 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Bf5 31. Bxf6+ Kg6 32.
Bd4 {Und Schwarz ist hilflos.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O (
7... Qe7 8. e4 (8. e3 $5) 8... d5 $1 9. cxd5 exd4 10. Qxd4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. O-O Rd2 $44 {
Davies,N-Khenkin,I/Tel Aviv/1992/CBM30/}) 8. e4 {Diese Stellung erinnert mich
an die Bogoindische Verteidigung. Weiß wählt einen anderen Plan als 8.e4, er
setzt mit 8.e3 und 9.Nge2 fort.Ribli.} (8. Nf3 $6 e4 9. Ng5 d5 $15) 8... a6 $6
(8... Re8 $142 9. Z0 $140 Nbd7 10. Z0 Qc7 {oder Qb6}) 9. Nf3 Bg4 $5 {Ich denke,
daß dieser Plan mit Bxf3 nicht gut für Schwarz ist. Weiß hat freie Hand mit
seinem Läufer.Ribli.} (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. a3 Qb6
14. Rac1 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nxd2 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Be2
20. Re1 Bb5 21. Nc4 $14 {Mandl,Ro-Hecht,H/BL2-S 9091/}) 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nbd7 (11... c5 12. d5 Nbd7 13. Bg2 (13. Be2 {Und obwohl die Stellung
geschlossen ist, kann Weiß später durch f2-f4 mit besseren Aussichten öffnen.
Ribli.})) 12. Rfd1 b5 {Das scheint ein aktiver Zug zu sein, erzeugt aber nur
Schwächen in der schwarzen Stellung.Ribli.} 13. cxb5 axb5 (13... cxb5 14. a3
$14) 14. a3 Qb6 (14... Nb6 15. b3 {Und Weiß kann später a4 spielen.Ribli.}) 15.
b4 exd4 $6 (15... Rfd8 $5) 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne5 18. Be2 c5 19. Rdd1 cxb4
20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nc6 22. Nxb5 d5 $2 (22... Nxe4 $5 23. Bf3 d5) 23. Rc1 $1
Nxb4 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nd4 {Jetzt besitzt Weiß dauerhafte Initiative. Auch ohne
Damen ist sein Angriff am Königsflügel gefährlich.Ribli.} g6 26. f3 Nd2 27. Rc7
$14 {Droht 28.Rb7.} Rb8 28. Kf2 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. f4 Nd3+ (30... Nd5 31.
Rxc4 Rb2+ 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Nxc2 {Dieses Endspiel ist sehr unangenehm für
Schwarz.}) 31. Ke3 Nb2 32. Ke4 {Interessantes Bild. Weiß hat keinen
Materialvorteil, aber seine Stellung ist gewonnen. Der schwarze Springer hat
sich verirrt, und die weiße Aktivität entscheidet die Partie,Ribli.} Ra8 33. f5
gxf5+ 34. Nxf5 h5 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nxf7 Kg6 37. Nd6 Ra4 38. Kd5 Ra5+ 39. Kd4
Ra1 40. Kc3 Na4+ 41. Kb4 c3 42. Kb5 $1 {Ein wichtiger Zug. Weiß muß das Feld
b6 kontrollieren!} (42. Kb3 $6 Nb6 43. e6 Nd5) 42... Nb2 43. e6 Re1 44. e7 Re5+
45. Kb6 Na4+ 46. Ka7 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 (8. Nf3 $6 e4 9. Ng5 d5 $13 {Gurevich,M-Huzman,A/EUCup f Budapest (03)/1996/
CBM56/}) 8... Be6 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. Nge2 Qe7 10. h3 Re8 11. g4 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13.
O-O a4 14. Rae1 axb3 15. axb3 d5 16. c5 Nbd7 17. Ng3 Nf8 18. g5 N6d7 19. f4 $1
$36 {Dorfman,J-Razuvaev,Y/Elenite/1992/CBM32/}) 9. b3 exd4 10. exd4 (10. Qxd4
d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 (14. Rd1 Nc6
15. Qxd5 Qf6 $44) 14... Nc6 15. Qb2 Re8) 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. O-O Rad8
15. Rfd1 Ne4) 10... d5 11. c5 $14 {Wei� hat nur einen kleinen Raumvorteil,
in symmetrischer Stellung ist das jedoch unangenehm, da der Nachziehende nicht
so viele Chancen zu aktivem Spiel hat.Ribli.} Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 14.
f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6 $6 (15... Nbd7 {Mit der Idee Qc7 scheint mir besser.Ribli.}
) 16. cxb6 {Wenn wir uns jetzt nach der "Insel-Regel" richten, steht Schwarz
besser, denn er hat nur zwei Bauerninseln, Wei� dagegen drei. Aber Schwarz
hat eine bleibende Schw�che auf c6 und kann nie c6-c5 durchsetzen.Ribli.}
axb6 17. Nf4 Nbd7 18. a4 Nf8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rac1 $5 Ne6 20. Rc2) 19... Qa6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rc1 {Schwarz hat schon Probleme mit der Bauernstruktur.Ribli.}
Ne6 22. Nce2 Nd8 (22... b5 23. a5 $36) 23. g4 $1 {Wei� spielt auch am
K�nigsfl�gel. Schwarz hat keine M�glichkeit, seine Stellung zu
verbessern, er kann nur warten.Ribli.} Qa5 $6 {Ich bin nicht sicher, da�
Schwarz nach dem Damentausch wenig Sorgen hat. Richtig ist, da� der wei�e
Vorteil in dieser Partie nicht so deutlich ist. Ribli.} (23... g6 $5 24. g5 Nh5
) 24. Qxa5 bxa5 25. Kf2 Nd7 $8 26. Nd3 Nb8 27. Nc5 (27. Rc5 Nb7) (27. b4 axb4 (
27... Nb7 $5) 28. Nxb4 Re7 29. a5 Rb7 (29... Ra7 30. a6 Nxa6 31. Ra1) 30. a6 $2
Rxb4 31. a7 $18) 27... Re7 28. Nf4 Ra7 29. h4 Kf8 30. h5 h6 31. Nfd3 Na6 $1 {
Mit diesem Zug tauscht Schwarz einen passiven Springer.Ribli.} 32. Nxa6 Rxa6
33. Nc5 Ra7 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd6 {Jetzt hat Weiss nur einen symbolischen
Vorteil. Vielleicht hat er eine M�glichkeit, sich sp�ter mit dem
Durchbruch b3-b4 einen entfernten Freibauer zu bilden. Schwarz kann jedoch den
gef�hrlichen Springer auf c5 tauschen. Die Chancen sind insgesamt
ausgeglichen verteilt. Ribli.} 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Nd3 Rb7 38. Rd1 c5 $1 $10 39.
dxc5+ Nxc5 40. Nxc5 Kxc5 {Die schwarze Aktivit�t kompensiert die Schw�che
des d-Bauern.Ribli.} 41. Rc1 Re7 $1 42. b4+ axb4+ 43. Kb3+ Kb6 44. Kxb4 {
Wei� konnte seinen Plan durchf�hren, aber inzwischen hat sein Gegner
ausreichendes Spiel gegen die wei�en f-g-h-Bauern bekommen.Ribli.} Re3 45.
a5+ (45. Rc3 d4 46. Rxe3 dxe3 47. Kc3 Ka5 48. Kd3 Kxa4 49. Kxe3 Kb5 50. Kd4 Kc6
51. Ke5 Kd7 $10) 45... Kb7 46. Rc5 (46. Rc3 d4 47. Rxe3 dxe3 48. Kc3 Ka6 49.
Kd4 Kxa5 50. Kxe3 Kb5 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Ke5 Kd7 $10) 46... Rxf3 47. Rxd5 Rf4+ 48.
Kb5 Rxg4 49. Rd7+ Kb8 50. Rxf7 g6 {In dieser totremisen Stellung wurde remis
vereinbart. Eine gute Verteidigungspartie von Huzman.Ribli.} 51. Rf8+ Ka7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Black "Ribshtein, Nati"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Ribshtein,N"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Ba3 a5 10. Ne1 Nb4 11. Nd3 Nxd3 $5 $146 (11... Qe7 $145 $5 12. f4 exf4
13. Rxf4 O-O $1 14. Kh1 c5 15. Qg1 Nd7 16. Raf1 Ra6 $1 $13 {Speelman,J-Oll,L
1997}) 12. exd3 f5 $1 13. Rc1 Qxd3 $2 (13... c6 $1 14. f4 Kf7 $1 $17 (14... Be6
{Alterman,B} 15. fxe5 Qxd3 16. Ne2 $1 Bxe5 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Qd7 19. Bb2 $5
(19. Qe2 O-O-O $13) 19... Rg8 $13)) 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Na4 $4 (15. Bf1 $1 Qd8 16.
Nb5 Nd5 (16... c6 17. Nd6+ Kg8 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. d4 $1 e4 (19... b5 20. dxe5 $1
$18) 20. d5 c5 21. d6 $18) 17. Bc4 c6 (17... Be6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc7+ $18)
18. Nd6+ Kg8 19. Qf3 e4 20. Rxe4 $18) 15... Qd8 $1 $132 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qc2
Re8 18. Qc4+ $2 (18. Qc7+ Kg8 $132) 18... Be6 19. Qc7+ Kg8 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bb2
$8 Qxd2 $1 22. Ba1 Qd7 (22... Rc8 $4 23. Qe7 Rxc1 24. Qe8+ Bf8 25. Qxe6+ Kg7
26. Bxe5+ Kh6 27. Bf4+ $18) 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. Rc7 Be6 25. Bxe5 Bf7 26. f4 Bf8
27. Kf1 a4 28. Rd1 axb3 29. axb3 Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Bd5 Bc5 32. Bc4 Bxc4+
33. bxc4 Kf7 34. Ra1 Rxa1+ 35. Bxa1 $11 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Bc3 Kc6 38. h3 Kd6
39. Be5+ Ke6 40. Kf3 Bg1 41. Bg7 Kd6 42. Bf8+ Kc6 43. Be7 Bc5 44. Bf6 Kb7 45.
Bg7 Bb4 46. g4 Bd2 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Be5 Kc6 49. Ke2 Bc1 50. Kd3 Ba3 51. Bd4
Bd6 52. Be3 Be7 53. Bc1 Bc5 54. Bb2 Kb7 55. Bd4 Bd6 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Bc1 Bc5 58.
Bb2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 {This move was first
played half a century ago, but it has gained some popularity since Giri -
Balogh, 2015.} exd3 {Ernesto chooses a considerably rare continuation. Well,
unlocking the Bg2 looks like an inndisputable achievement for White.} ({
The above-mentioned encounter saw} 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2
dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Qc5 Na6 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 15. O-O-O
Bf5 16. h3 $14 {Giri,A (2768)-Balogh,C (2660) Emsdetten GER 2015}) ({In the
following recent game Black successfully employed the more active} 6... Qb6 $5
7. dxe4 Bc5 8. e3 dxe4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Qe5 $132 {
Shankland,S (2676)-Piorun,K (2638) Matanzas CUB 2017}) 7. cxd5 ({It looks like
White can claim a little edge also by means of} 7. Qxd3 $5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nbd7 9.
O-O Nb6 10. Qd3 Bc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 $14 {Brunello,S (2557)-Godena,M (2519)
Rome ITA 2016}) 7... Bb4+ {This innovation hardly makes the line more
attractive for Black.} ({However, also in the event of} 7... Nxd5 8. Qxd3 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Rd1 Bf6 11. a3 Na6 12. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {Lenderman,A (2582)
-Homa,S (2331) Wheeling 2014}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. a4 Nc5 13. Qc2 $14 {
it would be not easy to solve the problem of the c8-bishop.}) ({An attempt to
exploit the pin on the Nd4 fails to:} 7... dxe2 $6 8. Qxe2+ Be7 9. dxc6 $1 Qxd4
10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qb5+ Nbd7 12. Bxb7 $16) 8. Nc3 c5 {This advance is inviting
fresh troubles - now the Bg2 is getting very strong.} ({As earlier} 8... Nxd5
9. Qxd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 $14 {offers White a stable
positional advantage.}) 9. Nb3 c4 10. Nd2 $1 ({Of course, White has no reason
to accept a draw after} 10. Nd4 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Be3 Nd5 $11) 10... O-O 11.
O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bg4 {Provoking the f2-f3 advance wouldn't make Ernesto's
position more attractive.} ({A safer way was} 12... Nxd5 13. Nxc4 Nxc3 14. Qxd3
Qxd3 15. exd3 Nc6 16. Re1 Be6 $14 {and the limited material balance offers
Black good drawing chances.}) 13. f3 dxe2 ({The following line illustrates the
power of White's bishops well:} 13... Nxd5 14. fxg4 Nxc3 15. Qe1 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1
c3 17. Ba3 $1 cxd2 18. Qxd2 $16) 14. Qxe2 Bf5 $6 {This natural move turns out
another serious inaccuracy.} ({More to the point was} 14... Bd7 15. Qxc4 Qa5
16. Nb3 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nd5 20. f4 Bc6 21. Na5 $14) 15.
Nxc4 Qxd5 ({In the event of} 15... Re8 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Ba3 Nc6 18. Nd6 Ne3 19.
Rfe1 Qb6 20. Qf2 Re6 21. Rxe3 Qxe3 22. Nxf5 $16 {White's minor pieces would be
much stronger than a rook.}) 16. Rd1 Qb5 $2 {This inaccurate retreat could
lead to a quick loss.} ({After} 16... Qc5+ 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd6 Be6 19. Qb2 $16
{Black's position is difficult, but still playable.}) 17. a4 Qa6 18. Bf1 $6 {
GM Ding Liren fails to find the proper way of handling the position, so now
Black stays in the game.} ({A much stronger move was} 18. Ba3 $1 Re8 (18... Rc8
19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nd6 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 $18) 19. Qf1 Re6 20. Nd6 Qxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Bg6
22. Bc4 $18 {and White is dominating over the board.}) 18... Be6 19. Nd6 Qxe2
20. Bxe2 b6 21. Nb5 $6 {Another mistake. White loses the lion's part of his
advantage.} (21. Ba3 {was much stronger:} Nbd7 22. a5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bc4
$16 {with strong pressure.}) 21... Bb3 $2 {Ernesto returns the favour.} ({
It was the right moment for completing development:} 21... Nc6 22. Nc7 Rac8 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bf4 e5 26. Bc1 Na5 27. Ba3 Re8 $14) 22. Rd6 Nbd7 23.
a5 {Despite the major simplifications, White's advantage is very big.} Rfc8 $6
(23... bxa5 {was better:} 24. Rxa5 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Nc5 $16) 24. Kf2 h6 ({After} 
24... bxa5 25. Rxa5 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rda6 h6 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 $18 {
White should be able to convert the material advantage into a full point.}) 25.
Be3 $6 {This move makes Ding Liren's task much more difficult.} ({A stronger
one was} 25. Nd4 $1 Be6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 bxa5 28. Be3 Rxc3 29. Rxa5 Rc2
30. Bd4 $18 {, and the Pa7 falls.}) 25... Ne5 (25... bxa5 26. Rxa5 Ne5 27. Rxa7
Rxa7 28. Bxa7 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rd4 Kf8 $16) 26. Bd4 (26. axb6 axb6 27.
Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bd4 Nc4 29. Rc6 Na5 30. Rxb6 Nd5 31. Rd6 Nb7 32. Rd7 Ra2 33. Rxb7
Bc4 $16) 26... Nc4 27. Rxf6 $1 {This is the only way to proceed.} (27. Bxc4
Bxc4 28. Bxf6 $2 Bxb5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 $11 {would lead to a dead
draw.}) 27... gxf6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nd6 bxa5 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxa5 {
Unfortunately for Ernesto, the bishops of different colours do not offer Black
real drawing chances in the resulting endgame.} Re8 $2 ({It was necessary to
play} 31... a6 32. Bxf6 Bb5 33. Bd4 f5 $16 {activating the king.}) 32. g4 a6
33. Rc5 Bd3 34. Bxf6 {The Nf6 is gone, so Black's king feels less comfortable
now.} Re6 35. Bd4 Kf8 36. h4 Ke8 ({After} 36... Bb5 37. Rc8+ Re8 38. Rc7 Ra8
39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Bg7 $18 {White would obtain the h-passer soon.}) 37. Rc8+ Kd7
38. Rf8 $18 {Black has too many weaknesses.} Ke7 39. Bc5+ Kf6 40. Rh8 Kg7 41.
Bd4+ f6 42. Rd8 Bc4 43. Rd7+ (43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf7 45. gxf6 $18 {was also
good enough.}) 43... Kg8 44. Ra7 Bd3 45. Kg3 {White can slowly improve the
position.} Rc6 46. h5 Bc2 47. f4 Bd1 48. Kh4 Rd6 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 Kg7 51.
Rc8 Kf7 (51... Re6 {was the most stubborn, but still} 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Ra7 Re4
54. Kg3 Re6 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Rh8 Kg7 57. Rd8 Kf7 58. c4 {would secure White
the victory.}) 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Rc5 ({A simpler way was} 53. f5 Bc2 54. Be3 $18
) 53... Kf7 54. g5 $2 {This premature advance gives Ernesto some hopes.} ({
Once again,} 54. Rc7+ {was much stronger:} Kg8 55. f5 $1 $18) 54... fxg5+ 55.
fxg5 hxg5+ 56. Kxg5 Bc2 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. h6 Rd5+ (58... Rd7 59. Rc6+ Rd6 60.
Rc8 a5 $16) 59. Kg4 Rd7 60. Rc6+ Rd6 61. Rc7 Rd7 62. Rc5 Rd5 63. Rc8 a5 64.
Re8+ Kd7 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({The correct move was} 64... Kf7 65. Ra8
Bd1+ 66. Kg3 Rg5+ 67. Kf2 Rh5 68. Ra7+ Kg6 69. Be3 Bb3 $16 {and the result of
the game is still unpredictable.}) 65. Ra8 a4 66. h7 Bxh7 67. Ra7+ Kc6 68. Rxh7
{The rest is just an agony.} Ra5 69. Rh6+ Kd7 70. Kf4 a3 71. Rh1 a2 72. Ra1 Kc6
73. Ke4 Kb5 74. Kd3 Ra8 75. Kc2 Kc4 76. Kb2 Rb8+ 77. Kxa2 Kd3 78. Rh1 Kc2 79.
Ka3 Kd3 80. Rh5 Rb1 81. Ka4 Rb8 82. Rb5 Ra8+ 83. Kb4 Rc8 84. Rb7 Rc4+ 85. Kb5
Rc8 86. Bg7 Rd8 87. c4 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 $5 {After the game Grischuk mentioned that he had prepared this
move, which mainly leads to original game without much theory. In the past he
had played 1.c4 and his opponents had replied with 1...Nf6 and hence he
couldn't use this idea. But today Anand went 1...e5 and Grischuk could push
his pawn to d3 which is much less common than Nc3, Nf3, g3 or even e3.} Nc6 3.
Nf3 f5 $5 {Seeing that White hasn't gone for the most ambitious move order,
Vishy chooses an aggressive setup.} 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2
O-O 8. Nc3 d6 {Usually in this opening the bishop on b4 takes the knight on c3
and White is left with the dark-squared bishop. But here the knight on c3
remains and it is much more useful than the bishop because the knight can go
to d5 and attack the c7-pawn. If it is taken then after cxd5 the c-file is
opened up and the c7-pawn could become a weakness.} 9. O-O Bd7 (9... Qe8 {
[%cal Ge8h5,Gf5f4,Gc8h3,Gf6g4] is the usual idea in this opening with the plan
being Qh5, f4, Bh3 and Ng4 with a strong attack. But here we can see the
usefulness of the knight on c3.} 10. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd5c7]}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5
11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qb4 $5 (12. e4 $5 c5 $5 $11 (12... f4 $6 13. d4 $1 $14)) 12...
Nxd5 (12... a5 $5 {could have been an interesting option but leads to an edge
for White after} 13. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rxb2 15. Rab1 $1 Rxe2 $2 (15... Rxa2
16. Rfc1 $16) 16. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1] The rook on e2 will soon be trapped.})
13. Qxb7 c6 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Qa6 (15. Bxc6 Rb8 $19) 15... d5 16. Rac1 f4 17. Nf3
Qf6 18. Qa5 {As Grischuk correctly pointed out after the game: Black has a
perfectly sound position. Its only defect is that the knight on b6 is quite
passive. If that were not the case then Black would have had the advantage.}
Kh8 (18... g5 $5 {with a pawn storm on the kingside could have led to a very
tense battle with mutual chances.} 19. d4 $5 exd4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. b3 $13) 19.
b3 Bg4 20. Qc3 $1 {This move was missed by Vishy. Now the e5-pawn is attacked
and so is the one on c6. Black has to make the concession of giving up his
bishop on f3.} e4 $6 {But Vishy doesn't believe in taking a slightly inferior
position. He tries to complicate matters.} (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rac8 {would
have been better although here White has a clear edge.} 22. e3 $1 $14) 21. Qxf6
Rxf6 22. Nd4 $1 {The e4-pawn is falling and so is the one on c6. Black has to
play sharply to keep things together.} f3 (22... exd3 23. exd3 Rc8 24. Rfe1 $1
$16) 23. exf3 exf3 24. Bh1 {The bishop on h1 is not going to be trapped
forever. So next up is h3 and the f3-pawn will start to become pretty weak and
as we shall see it will most probably fall.} Rc8 25. Rfe1 h6 {Black takes care
of his back rank and threatens ...c5.} (25... c5 $2 26. Rxc5 $18) 26. b4 $1 {
...c5 is not possible and the knight on d4 sits like a boss.} Na4 27. Re3 Rcf8
28. h3 Bxh3 29. Rxf3 Bd7 30. Bg2 g5 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 {Material is equal but White
is clearly better. Let us try to understand why:  1. The knight on d4 is
excellently posted. In fact Grischuk improves it further with the Nf3-e5
manoeuvre. The knight on e5 is extremely strong hitting the weak c6-pawn.  2.
The bishop on d7 is highly passive and stuck to the task of defending the
sickly looking c6-pawn.  3. The knight on a4 doesn't really have a good square
where it can go to. All these things put together constitute White's clear
edge.} 32. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Kg7 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Bh3 h5 35. d4 Nb6 36. Rc3
(36. Rc5 {would have been even stronger as now ...Nc4 is not possible.} Nc4 37.
Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxg5+ $16) 36... Nc4 $5 {Vishy understands that the knight on e5
cannot be tolerated for long and gets rid of it even at the cost of a pawn.}
37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Rd6 39. a3 Bf7 40. Rc5 Rxd4 (40... Kf6 41. Bg2 Rxd4 42.
Rxc6+ Be6 $16 {would have made White's task a little more difficult than in
the game.}) 41. Rxg5+ Kf6 42. Rf5+ Kg6 43. Rc5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd5 45. Bg2 Rd2 46.
Bxd5 cxd5 47. Kg2 {What would be the precise evaluation of this endgame? Is
White winning or Black has decent drawing chances? Let's have a look.} Kf5 {
This move looks completely natural trying to use the king to shepherd home the
d5-pawn.} 48. Ra5 {White meanwhile tries to win the a7-pawn.} (48. Kf3 {
was not yet possible due to} Rd3+ {[%cal Gd3a3]}) 48... Ke4 {Vishy activates
his king and puts all his money on the d4-pawn.} 49. Rxa7 d4 {Of course
White's queenside pawns are extremely threatening, but we cannot discount the
d4-pawn which is just three steps away from queening. White's basic aim should
be to give up both his queenside pawn in order to win the d-pawn. Later the
h-pawn will fall giving White connected passers on the kingside.} 50. b5 (50.
Re7+ $5 Kd5 (50... Kd3 51. b5 Rb2 52. a4 Kc4 53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. b6 Kxa4 55. b7 d3
56. Rd7 d2 57. Rxd2 $18) 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. Rc7+ Kd3 (52... Kb3 53. b5 Kxa3 54. b6
Rb2 55. b7 Rb6 56. Ke4 $18) 53. b5 Ra2 (53... Rb2 54. a4 Kd2 55. Rc5 d3 56. a5
Kd1 57. a6 d2 58. a7 Ra2 59. b6 $18) 54. b6 $1 (54. Ra7 Rb2 55. a4 Kd2 $132)
54... Rxa3 55. Rc8 Rb3 56. Rb8 Kd2+ 57. Kg2 d3 58. b7 Kd1 59. Rd8 Rxb7 60.
Rxd3+ Ke2 61. Re3+ Kd2 62. Re5 $18) 50... Rb2 51. a4 $2 {A pretty bad mistake
by Grischuk which gives Anand excellent drawing chances.} (51. Re7+ $1 {
was a very important check forcing the king on to the d-file.} Kd5 (51... Kd3 {
would be too slow as after} 52. a4 Kc3 (52... Rb4 53. f4 $1 Rxa4 54. b6 Rb4 55.
b7 Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kb3 57. f5 d3 58. f6 d2 59. Rd7 Kc2 60. Rxd2+ Kxd2 61. f7 $18)
53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. b6 Kxa4 55. b7 d3 56. Rd7 $18 {White simply wins.}) 52. Rb7 $1
d3 (52... Ra2 53. Rd7+ $1 Kc5 54. b6 Kxb6 55. Rxd4 $18) 53. b6 d2 54. Rd7+ Kc6
55. Rd8 $1 Kxb6 56. Kf3 $18 {White will win the d2-pawn and later the one on
h5 and will finish off the game.}) 51... Kd3 $2 {An extremely bad move which
throws away the chance given to Anand. He shouldn't have brought the king in
front of the d-pawn. Instead he should have pushed his pawn to d3. After ...
Kd3 the position is just lost because the d-pawn is too slow,} (51... d3 $1 52.
Rb7 Kd4 $1 {The most accurate move to secure the half point.} (52... d2 $2 53.
Rd7 $1 $18 {The king on e4 is cut off from the game.}) (52... Rb4 $5 53. b6
Rxa4 54. Rb8 Rb4 55. b7 d2 56. Rd8 Rxb7 57. Rxd2 Rb1 {Here Black has some
chances to hold because his king is well placed on e4 and can get back to g6
in order to defend the h5 pawn.}) 53. a5 (53. b6 d2 $1 (53... Kc5 $2 54. Rd7 $1
$18) 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. a5 (55. b7 Rxb7 $19) 55... Kc2 {White doesn't really
have a good move.} 56. Kh3 (56. Kf3 d1=Q+ 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Ke4 Rb5 59. f4 Rxa5
60. f5 Rb5 61. f6 Rxb6 62. Kf5 Ke2 63. Kg5 Kf3 64. f7 Rb8 65. Kxh5 Kxg3 $11)
56... d1=Q 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Kh4 Ke2 59. f4 Kf3 60. Kxh5 Kxg3 61. f5 Rb5 62.
Kg6 Rxa5 63. f6 Rb5 64. f7 Rxb6+ $11) 53... d2 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. b6 Kc2 $11 {
As we have seen White is lost for a move and the game ends in a draw.}) 52. Rb7
$1 Ra2 53. b6 Rxa4 54. Rb8 {Anand threw in the towel. A very nice game by
Grischuk who started with the non-theoretical 1.c4 2.d3 and later played a
nearly flawless middlegame.} (54. Rb8 Rb4 55. b7 Kd2 56. Kh3 d3 57. f4 Kd1 58.
Rd8 Rxb7 59. Rxd3+ {followed by Kh4 and Rd5 picking up the h5-pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {In Stavanger, it seemed as if it was a compulsion to begin with 1.c4 if
you faced Jon Ludvig Hammer with the white pieces. Anand, Aronian, Grischuk
and Nakamura all opened with 1.c4.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3
$5 {This move in itself is not so weird but Nakamura has a new idea up his
sleeve.} (5. Nc3 {is the more usual way to play.} Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
is the main line.}) 5... Nc6 (5... e4 {is of course, an elementary pawn
blunder.} 6. Qa4+ $16) 6. O-O Nb6 {Hammer prevents the central break of d2-d4.}
(6... e4 {looks tempting but in this case you just over-extend your e-pawn
which can be exchanged by d2-d3.} 7. Ne1 f5 (7... Bf5 8. d3 exd3 $2 9. e4 $18)
8. d3 $14 {Black's centre falls apart.}) (6... Be7 {can be met with the direct}
7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 $14) 7. b3 Be7 (7... e4 8. Ne1 $14 {later on followed by Bb2
and d2-d3 is completely fine for White.}) 8. Bb2 f6 {A solid chain of pawns
has been erected against the b2-bishop. In order to make sense of this setup,
White must break with d4 now.} 9. d4 e4 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 $14 {is already
quite a pleasant edge for White. The pawn on f6 looks pretty silly.}) 10. Ne1
f5 {White is ahead in development and it is absolutely imperative for him to
destroy the e4- and f5-pawns.} 11. f3 $1 ({Not taking the break with f2-f3
would give Black a very comfortable position after} 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 13.
e3 Nb4 $11 {½-½ (24) Rukavina,J (2418)-Palac,M (2543) Zuerich 2004}) 11...
exf3 12. Nxf3 {White has the pawns in the centre but there are also a lot of
weaknesses in his position. Black can blockade on the d5-square thanks to his
f5-pawn which prevents White from going e4.} Nd5 13. Qd3 (13. Qd2 {was also
possible but Nakamura would like to leave that square free for his b1-knight.})
13... O-O 14. e3 Be6 15. a3 {Preventing Nb4 possibilities in the future.} Qd7
16. Nbd2 {This is the ideal square for the knight to develop. It can go to c4.
Also after b4 it has a nice square on b3 like in the game.} (16. Nc3 Nxc3 17.
Qxc3 Bd5 $11 {Black has a comfortable position.}) 16... Rad8 17. Rac1 {At the
post-game conference, Nakamura said that this was not his prepared move but he
played it because Jon Ludvig Hammer was playing just so fast. And this was
very surprising for Nakamura because the line with Nf3 and b3 in this English
setup is quite rare and it was almost impossible for Hammer to have expected
the American player to go for this line as White. Yet, the Norwegian was
prepared and blitzing out his moves. This really unsettled the Nakamura and as
he said after the game, made him angry.} Nb6 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Ba1 Bd5
21. Nbd2 (21. Nc5 {looks like a natural move but not so good.} Nxc5 22. dxc5 (
22. bxc5 Qe6 $15) 22... Qe6 {and even the opening of the a1-bishop doesn't
compensate for the firm control that Black has on this position.} 23. Nd4 Nxd4
24. Bxd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd5 $15) (21. Na5 $5 {was a very interesting option.
White accepts doubled pawns in order to gain control of the e5 square. Here
are some interesting lines.} Nxa5 22. bxa5 {Black must remain careful as his
a4 knight has no good squares to go to.} Qd6 (22... Bd6 $2 23. Nh4 $1 Bxg2 24.
Kxg2 g6 25. Qb3+ Kg7 26. Qxb7 $16) (22... c5 $5 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qc4 {The knight on a4 is in trouble but Black has things under control.} Bg5 $1
26. Rfe1 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6 28. Qxa6 {White has an extra pawn but Black is close
to equality.} f4 $1 $11) 23. Ne1 g6 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxc7 Bd6 $44) 21... Qe6
22. Rfe1 Nb6 23. e4 {Though the position is just equal, Nakamura was happy at
this point as he would take on e4 with his knight and then later plonk his
other knight on to the e5-square.} fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 (24... Qf5 25. Ne5 {
is similar to the game.}) 25. Qe2 Rfe8 {The commentators, Jan Gustaffson and
Dirk Jan Ten Guezendam felt that with the move Qg6 and Rfe8 Black was losing
the thread of the game. But in my opinion, it is quite difficult to suggest a
clear path of play for Black. He is well placed but without any real plan to
improve his position. That being said, White will undertake something and
Black will get his play. But till that point he should not spoil the
co-ordination of his pieces. To sit and do nothing is very difficult for human
beings.} (25... Nc8 {with the idea of Nd6 is met with} 26. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 27. dxc5
$14) 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 {White is comfortable here but Black also has his
trumps. The position should be around equal. The problem was the Jon Ludvig
Hammer thought that he had been substantially better leading up to this
position. That is the reason why he somehow lost his objectivity in the next
few moves.} c6 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Bf3 {White threatens to play Bh5.} Rf8 30. Bh5
Qh6 (30... Qe6 31. Bg4 Qg6 32. e6 $1 {would be quite a difficult position for
Black to handle.} Nf6 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6 34. Bc5 $16) 31. Be3 {At this point
Nakamura spent most of time calculating the consequences of the move ...g5.
But Hammer immediately played Qe6.} Qe6 (31... g5 $5 {was a very interesting
choice. In the post game conference Nakamura felt that Nxg5 was an interesting
move but he missed a very nice defensive idea for Black.} 32. Nxg5 $2 (32. Nf2
$5 {was the other move that Nakamura considered.} Nxe5 33. Bb6 Rd7 $13) 32...
Bxg5 33. Qg4 Rf5 $3 {The move that Nakamura missed.} (33... Nxe5 34. Qxg5+ Qxg5
35. Bxg5 Nd3 $11 {is dynamically balanced.}) (33... Bf3 34. Qxg5+ Qxg5 35. Bxg5
Bxh5 36. e6 $1 $18 {is just winning.}) 34. Qxf5 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1 Rf8 $19) 32. Bf4
a5 $6 (32... Qf5 $5 {was a much better move when according to Nakamura it is
very difficult for White to improve his position and most probably he would
have to repeat with Bg4-h5.} 33. Bg4 Qg6 34. Bh5 (34. Nd6 $2 Rxf4 $1 35. gxf4
Bxd6 36. exd6 Nf6 37. h3 h5 $19) 34... Qf5 35. Bg4 Qg6 36. Bh5 $11) 33. Ng5 $1
{Now White has a strong initiative.} Qf5 (33... Bxg5 34. Bxg5 Rde8 35. Bg4 Qxe5
36. Qd2 $14) 34. Bg4 Qg6 35. Bh5 {Nakamura repeats moves in order to gain time
on the clock.} Qf5 36. e6 $1 Nf6 (36... axb4 $5 {A very computer like solution
to come out of the mess.} 37. exd7 Bxg5 38. Bg4 Qg6 39. Bxg5 Qxg5 40. axb4 h5
41. Bh3 h4 $14 {The computer assesses this position in White's favour but
practically Black has decent counterplay.}) (36... Bxg5 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. e7
$16) 37. Bf7+ Kh8 38. Rf1 {The position is crazily complicated and impossible
for humans to play accurately. Funnily enough there was a way for Black to
avoid getting into a bad position. We must first try to understand what is
White's threat. If you look closely you will understand that the only threat
that White has is BPd6 uncovering an attack on the queen.} Ne4 $6 {The
critical mistake. After this Nakamura finishes off the game to perfection.} (
38... Bb3 $1 {Why is a random move like this the best one in the position? The
logic is simple. White would like to play Bd6 and uncover an attack on the
queen. After we take Qxg5, Bxe7 is a fork but if the bishop did not stand on
d5 then Rd2 can be played to attack the white queen. It is with this logic
that moving the d5 bishop is the best move. And b3 is the only available
square.} 39. Bd6 Qxg5 40. Bxe7 Rd2 $11 {and Black is right in the game, not
even a bit worse.}) 39. Nxe4 (39. g4 $4 {would be met with} Nxg5 $1 40. gxf5
Nh3# {A pretty mate!}) 39... Qxe4 (39... Bxe4 $2 40. Bd6 $1 $18) 40. Qxe4 Bxe4
41. Be3 axb4 $2 {This surprisingly turns out to be a blunder. Black had some
other possibilities but all of them lead to a nearly lost position.} (41... Rc8
42. Bc5 Rc7 43. Bb6 (43. bxa5 Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Re7 {is not so clear.} (44... Bg6
$6 45. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 hxg6 47. Re5 Re7 48. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3c4,
Gc4c5,Gc5b6]})) 43... Rcc8 44. Bxa5 $16 {and White is up a pawn without any
real compensation.}) 42. Bc5 {Suddenly the blockader of the e7-square is
removed and the game ends in a hurry.} Rd2 (42... Bxc5+ 43. Rxc5 $18) 43. Rfe1
(43. Bxe7 $2 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Rxg3+ 45. Rf3 Bxf3#) (43. Rf2 $2 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Rd1+
45. Rf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 b3 $1 $19) 43... Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 {e7 is
coming up and Black is completely lost.} b3 46. Rxe4 b2 47. Re1 Rxh2 48. Rce5
Rh1+ 49. Kg2 b1=Q 50. Rxb1 Rxb1 51. e7 Ra8 52. e8=R+ Rxe8 53. Rxe8# {A tense
and interesting game. Nakamura tried a new opening idea that was effectively
countered by Hammer. The position was always close to equal but the Norwegian
felt that he should be better somewhere. Due to this he played ambitiously and
drifted into a worse position when Nakamura's technique was near to flawless.}
1-0

[Event "Bourgoin Jallieu GM"]
[Site "Bourgoin Jallieu"]
[Date "1982.06.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spiridonov, Nikola"]
[Black "Stoica, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Stoica,V/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1982.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 Nc6 4. d3 (4. Nc3 {La grande ligne}) 4... Bb4+ 5. Nd2
a5 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. a3 Bc5 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Bf5 $11 {La position
Blanche n'est pas trés active mais les chances sont réciproques} 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Gc2b2,Gb3b4] Stoica,V} Ra6 {Un plan surprenant mais
peut-être un peu trop sophistiqué} 13. Qb2 Rfa8 $13 {Décourage la poussée
b4 mais les R Noires manquent un peu d'activité} 14. d4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Ra8]}
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Ra8,Rb7,Gg2]} Rb6 {
La suite logique de la manoeuvre Ra8a6 mais ce plan ne parait pas trés sain}
18. e4 Bd7 19. Rfe1 c5 $5 {Le Nd2 est mal placé pour exploiter la case "d5"}
20. Qd3 a4 $132 {Les Noirs vont finir par activer la Rb6} 21. b4 $1 cxb4 22.
axb4 Rxb4 23. Qa3 Rb6 24. e5 $44 {[%cal Ga3e7]} Ng4 25. h3 $1 Nxe5 26. f4 {
[%cal Ge1e7] "Spirou" pensait problement être gagnant à ce moment mais les
Noirs vont trouver une belle réponse} Ra5 $1 27. Kh2 $5 (27. Bd5 {[%cal Gf4e5]
} Qd8 28. fxe5 Bxh3 29. Qc3 (29. Qe3 $13)) 27... Qf6 28. fxe5 (28. c5 $5 Rxc5
29. Ne4 Qg6 {Stoica}) 28... Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Nf3 $6 (30. Ra2 $13) 30...
Qe2 31. Ra2 Qxc4 32. Rd2 Qb3 $1 33. Qxb3 axb3 34. Rb2 {[%csl Rb2,Gb6][%cal
Gd7f5,Gf5c2]} Rb4 (34... Bf5 35. Nd2 Bc2 {[%csl Rb2,Gb3]}) 35. Nd2 Be6 36. Ne4
$2 Ra4 (36... Rc4 37. Nxd6 Rc2) 37. Nxd6 (37. Rd2 Ra2 38. Rxd6 b2 39. Nc3)
37... Ra2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 {My opponent is a very famous expert in the Slav Defence, so I decided
to play another kind of position.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3
Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 {To use fresh ideas
from elsewhere is a big pleasure - in the previous round Wang Hao defeated
Rublevsky with this move.} O-O 11. Nb3 Bd6 $1 {Strong novelty.} ({Sergey
played too optimistically:} 11... Qd6 $6 12. Qc2 Qg6 13. Bd2 f4 14. Rfc1 Rf6
15. Na5 $1 f3 16. exf3 exf3 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. a3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 21.
Bg5 Rf5 22. h4 $18 {Wang Hao-Rublevsky, Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 12. Bd2 Qe8 13.
e3 $6 {White wants to play long game.} (13. Rc1 f4 $1 (13... e3 14. fxe3 Nxe3
15. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Rf2 $14)) ({The most principled move is} 13. Qc2 e3 14. fxe3
Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Rf2 (16. Kh1 Bd7) 16... f4 17. Qc1 Be6 $5 {and
probably, Black holds. For example} 18. Qxe3 fxe3 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bxc6 Rf2
21. Bf3 Bc4 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Bxb3 $11) 13... Be6 (13... Ba6 $5 {was more
active:} 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Rc1 Kh8 {and in my opinion, Black is a little bit
better.}) 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na5 Bd5 16. b3 $6 {Too slow.} (16. Nc4) 16... Rf6 17.
Qe2 h5 $1 18. h4 $2 {I thought 20 minutes about this move. Of course, it looks
very dangerous for White, but I didn't see how Black could take advabntage of
it.} ({The correct way is} 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 h4 20. gxh4 {with a
complicated position.}) 18... Qg6 {The answer was very easy - ...Qg6-h6 and
then ...g5 with a strong attack.} 19. Nc4 Re8 $2 (19... Qh6 $1 {and White had
to play} 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. f4 a5 $15 (21... exf3 22. Bxf3 $11)) 20. Ne5 {
Now the situation changes.} Bxe5 (20... Qh7 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 $36) 21. dxe5
Re6 22. Bc3 (22. Ba5 $2 Qh6 23. Bxc7 g5 $40) 22... Qh6 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rg6
25. Kh2 Bxf3 {Unfortunately, Black has to exchange his strong bishop.} (25...
Rg4 $6 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Kg1 g5 28. e4 Bxe4 29. Bd2 $16) 26. Rxf3 Rg4 27. Qd3
g5 $6 {Trying to find counterplay.} (27... Qe6 28. Bd4 $14) 28. Qd7 Qg6 29.
hxg5 h4 30. Be1 hxg3+ (30... Rxg5 $6 31. Rc4 hxg3+ 32. Bxg3 $16) 31. Bxg3 ({
The alternative was} 31. Rxg3 $6 Rh4+ 32. Kg2 f4 33. exf4 Rxf4 {with some
chances for Black.}) 31... Kf7 (31... Rxg5 32. Rc4 Kf7 33. Rh4 $16) 32. Rcf1 ({
After} 32. Rc4 {Black has a check:} Rh8+ $1 33. Kg2 {and then} Rxg5) 32... Rh8+
33. Kg2 Rxg5 34. e4 Rhh5 35. exf5 $2 $138 {Stupid mistake, after which the
position became drawish very soon.} ({Of course, I saw the correct} 35. Qxc7
Qh7 {and here I forgot about} 36. Rxf5+ $1 Rxf5 37. exf5 Rxf5 38. e6+ $18)
35... Rxf5 36. Qxc7 Qg4 37. Rxf5+ Rxf5 38. Rxf5+ (38. e6+ Kg6 39. Qxe7 Qe2+ 40.
Rf2 Qe4+ 41. Kf1 Qb1+ $11) 38... Qxf5 39. Qxa7 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Qh7+ {The score in
the match was equal, and we had two excellent positions, except mine, so I
didn't worry too much about the result of my game. It was depending on Alex's
play, not mine.} 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 Qf5+ 43. Ke1 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Ke6 $6 ({
The easiest way was the most strong} 44... Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qf5+ 46. Ke3 Qg5+ 47.
Kf2 Qf5+ 48. Ke1 Qb1+ 49. Kd2 Qb2+ 50. Ke3 Qc3+ {etc.}) 45. Qa6 $1 Qe4+ 46. Kf2
Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qh6+ 50. Kg4 Qg6+ 51. Kf3 Qf5+ 52. Ke3
Nd5+ $2 ({During the game, I guessed the endgame after} 52... Qg4 53. Qc4+ (53.
Kf2 Qd4+ $11) 53... Nd5+ 54. Kf2 Qxc4 55. bxc4 {is winning for me, but really
it is drawn:} Nc3 56. a3 (56. Ke3 Nxa2 57. Kd4 Nc1 58. Kc5 Kd7 $11) 56... Ne4+
$1 57. Kg2 Nd2 58. c5 Nc4 59. a4 Kd5 60. Kf3 Nxe5+ 61. Bxe5 Kxc5 $11) 53. Kd4
Qg4+ $2 $138 ({It looks impossible, but even here Black had very good chances
for a draw:} 53... Qc2 54. Qc8+ Kf7 55. e6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kh5 {and to make
progress for White is quite difficult. For example} 57. Ke5 Qc3+ 58. Kd6 Qb4+
$11) 54. Kc5 $18 Qb4+ 55. Kxc6 Qe7 56. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 a5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 f5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. g3 Kh8 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rfe1 {
[#] A reversed Sicilian. The stage is set, and Jorden takes a first step
forward.} e4 $1 15. Nd4 (15. Nh4 Be5 (15... f4 16. Nxe4 fxe3 17. fxe3 Nxe3 18.
Qc1) 16. dxe4 ({The immediate} 16. Ng2 {runs into a tactic based on an
overloaded white queen:} exd3 17. Bxd3 Ndb4) 16... fxe4 17. Ng2) 15... Nxd4 {
Too bad he stopped halfway through.} (15... f4 $3 {[#] would be consistent and
strong.} 16. exf4 (16. dxe4 fxe3 {Nothing to look at here.}) (16. gxf4 Nxf4 17.
exf4 Bxf4 18. Nf1 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Rxf2 {is curtains.}) (16. Nxe4
fxe3 17. fxe3 (17. f4 {appears to be White's best choice, but it doesn't
inspire confidence.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qc1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nf5 {is a critical
tempo illustrating the difference between 15.Nd4 and 15.Nh4}) 16... e3 17. Ne4
exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxf4 {with a raging attack.}) 16. Bxd4 exd3 17. Qxd3 Bxa3 18.
Bf3 $1 {White has good compensation for a pawn.} Nb4 (18... Nf6 19. Bxb7 Bb4 {
was a safer option for van Foreest.}) 19. Qc3 Nc6 20. Bxg7+ {Sam takes the
game into an endgame, counting on the strength on his kingside pawn formation.}
(20. Rxa3 Nxd4 21. Rxa5 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 c6 $11) 20... Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22.
Rxa3 {[#]} f4 {A logical move, getting rid of a weak pawn.} 23. Be4 (23. Bxc6
fxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Bxc6 26. Rxa5 Rd8 {has to be OK for Black.}) 23...
fxe3 24. Rxe3 Rf6 25. Ra1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Rf5 29. Kg2 {
[#] By all rules this position has to be about equal, but Jorden makes a
typical error on his next move.} Kf7 {Contrary to common wisdom one has to
respect the tactical potential of the remaining pieces. Bringing the king into
the mix is not always a good idea with rooks and knights still present on the
board.} (29... Rb5 30. Rc3 Kg6 31. f4 Rb4 $11) 30. Nc5 $16 Nb4 $6 {Time
trouble induced simplification only makes White's task easier.} (30... b6 31.
Ne4) ({Best was} 30... Nd4 31. Nxb7 Nxb3 32. Rxc7+ Kg6 33. Nd6 Rf6 34. Nc4 Ra6)
(30... Nd8 31. Nxb7) 31. Nxb7 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Nxc1 34. Nxa5 Ke6 35.
g4 $2 {[#] Shankland who earlier in the tournament had missed a knight endgame
win against Rapport, almost let it happen again.} ({Whatever happened to good
old centralisation?} 35. Ke4) 35... Na2 $2 {This one is pretty hard to
comprehend.} (35... Ke5 36. h4 c5 $14) 36. Kd4 Nb4 37. h4 Nd5 38. Nc4 Nf4 39.
Ne3 Ng6 ({The defender has to keep his knight active:} 39... Ne2+ 40. Ke4 c5
41. Nc4 Nc3+ 42. Kf4 h6 $16) 40. Nf5 Kf6 41. Ke4 Nf8 42. Ne3 c6 43. Nc4 $18 Ng6
44. g5+ Ke7 45. h5 Nf8 46. Ne5 Ne6 47. Nxc6+ Kd6 48. Kf5 $1 {Nicely calculated
to the end.} Ng7+ 49. Kg4 Kxc6 50. h6 Ne8 51. g6 Kd7 52. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. Rd1 {All well known,} (9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {gives
Black good chances to equalise.}) 9... Na6 10. b3 (10. Nf3 e4 11. Ng5 {(S.
Volkov-Fedorchuk, Legnica 2013), and now after the simple} Bxc4 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 d5 {Black is fine.}) 10... exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb4 $1 {More concrete than} (
11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Nge2 d5 14. cxd5 Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 {
(Reinderman-Giri, Groningen 2009), and after} 17. f3 {White can count on a
slight plus.}) 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. e4 Re8 $1 14. Nge2 {Development. Different
attempts to win material looked really clumsy:} (14. Nce2 Nxe4 (14... Bxe4 $5
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxb4 Qf6 17. f3 Nc3 18. Rd3 Nxe2 19. Nxe2 Qa1+ 20. Rd1 Qxa2
21. Qd2 Qxb3) 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qxb7 (16. Qa3 Nc3 17. Rc1 Qf6 {with an attack})
16... Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qxa2 (17... Nd2+ $2 18. Rxd2 Qxd2 19. Bd5) 18. Qd5 Qxb3 19.
Rc1 Qb2 20. Bf3 Bg6) (14. f3 $2 d5 $1 15. cxd5 (15. Nce2 Qa5 16. exf5 dxc4 {
with the decisive threat Rad8}) 15... cxd5 16. Nge2 (16. Nce2 Qa5 17. exf5 Rac8
{'with the idea' Rc2}) 16... dxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. fxe4 Nd3+
20. Kf1 Be6 {with a clear advantage for Black.}) 14... Nxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 Bxe4
16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Qxb4 Qe7 18. Rd2 Re8 19. O-O c5 {!} (19... Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxe2
21. Qxb7 Qxa2 22. Qxc6 {left White with hopes for an advantage.}) 20. Qa3 Rxe2
21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxa7 b5 {Draw, the position is completely equal. Curiously,
during the game I believed that I was facing a strong novelty - 11...Nb4. But
as it turned out that all this line has been played in 3 games before in 2011,
among others Kosten-Jones (Bunratty 2011) where after 19...c5 a draw was
agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 {Den här varianten
rekommenderas av Kosten i dynamic English. Jag matchade hans rekommendationer
mot Stellans öppningsrepertoar och fann att Kosten var för optimistisk
beträffande vits utsikter till fördel. Stellan är specialist på att utjämna
här.} d5 6. Nf3 (6. cxd5 {Är principiellt.}) 6... dxc4 (6... Be7 {Är det mest
solida enligt Carsten Hansens bok om 1.c4 e5.}) 7. Qxc4 (7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ke8 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Nxc6 Bd5 (12... bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Ke7
14. Bxa8 Nxa8 {Är oklart.}) 13. Na5 {Gav vit det bättre spelet i Suba,M-Sax,G,
Baile Herculane 1982}) 7... Na6 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Na6 10. Nc3 {
Spelades mellan Kortjnoj och Sokolov, Sarajevo, 1998.}) 8. a3 Be6 9. Qc2 Nc5
10. Nbd2 Bd5 11. O-O Be7 12. b4 Nce4 {[#] Stellan har nästan uppnått
fullständig utjämning, men vit kan fortfarande presentera små problem. Nu är
svarts bondeställning på damflygeln stabli, men om vit kan få spela b5 utan
att svart kan svara med ...c5 finns möjligheten att slå på c6. Vit vill gärna
byta en av sina springare mot löparen, för att g2-löparen skall förvandlas
till en polislöpare som håller svarts damflygel i lås och bom.} 13. Nc4 Nd6 {
Stellan uppfattade Se3 som ett hot.} 14. Nxd6+ (14. Ne3 {Ändå!} Be4 15. Qc3 {
Vit utgår från att svart skall rockera så därför står damen bra här.} O-O 16.
Bb2 Qb6 {Svart håller balansen.}) 14... Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 {Det här
är en bra ruta för damen. Svart vill gärna följa upp med ...a5.} 17. Be5 Be4
18. Qc4 Bd5 19. Qc2 Be4 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qf4 {Lasse visar att han har skakat av
sig de två förra partierna.} Bxf3 $6 {Stellan är extremt bra på att försvara
sig, och vet var gränserna går, mennu utsätter han sig för onödig fara.} 22.
Bxf3 O-O {[#] Vit har en underbar ställning. Han kan välja och vraka mellan
spelidéer. En enkel plan är att föra över löparen till d3 via e2 och spela på
kungsflygeln. en annan är att backa hem med löparen till g2, spela h3, Kh1 och
sedan e2-e2, f2.f4 och e4-e5, och i sådant fall har vit en överlägsen struktur
som med största sannolikhet leder till vinst. Det fina med vits ställning är
att han alltid har ett bra slutspel i bakfickan ifall svart skulle hitta på
något oväntat.} 23. e4 ({Innan vit avslöjade sin plan kunde han försämrat sina
motståndares pjäser och samtidigt förbättrat sina egna. En god Karpovregel är
att inte genomföra sin plan om man kan sabba motståndarens koordination.} 23.
Bd4 Qa6 {Svart blockerar a-bonden.} 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Rad1 {Vit har en härlig
koordination i centrum, och inom kort kan taktiska teman dyka upp.}) 23... Qb5
24. a4 Qc4 25. Rac1 Qe6 {Stellan söker tryggheten i centrum.} ({Det ser ut som
om vit offrar bonde, men han får tillbaka den ganska lätt.} 25... Qxb4 26. Rb1
Qxa4 27. Rxb7 Rfe8 28. Ra1 Qc2 29. Rc1 (29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Raxa7 {Är ett annat
sätt att få tillbaka bonden.}) 29... Qa4 30. Rc7 c5 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. R1xc5)
26. b5 cxb5 (26... Rad8 {Var lite bättre.} 27. bxc6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxc6 {
Vit står bättre, men måste komma upp med något.} (28... bxc6 $5 {Är ett mer
offensivt drag, men samtidigt lite farligt.})) 27. axb5 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Bxf6 {Lasse ger upp löparparet till förmån för torninvadering på d7.} Qxf6 30.
Rd7 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Kf8 32. Rxb7 Bc5 {Ett bra drag. I ställningar med
olikfärgade löpare är "endiagonalsprincipen" värdefull. Löparen skall gardera
och angripa längs samma diagonal. [#] I praktiska sammanhang (till exempel
Kramniks vinst mot Kasparov i VM-matchen förra hösten) brukar den här
materiella konstellationen leda till vinst för spelaren med merbonde. En
faktor i sammanhanget är att vit kan hålla på länge, och försöka pressa fram
något och små misstag av svart bestraffas hårt. Det var antagligen de här
resonemangen som var gruden till Lasses beslut att söka den här ställningen.
Han hade lite otur, eftersom svart har konkreta hot i ställningen vilka är
svåra att bemöta. Antingen får han tornbyte som i partiet, eller så får han
f2-bonden.} 33. Bd1 $2 (33. e5 Rd8 34. Bc6 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 g6 {Och svarts attack
mot f2 säkrar remin.}) 33... Re8 $1 {Stellan hittar en bra manöver i syfte att
byta torn och remin är i hamn.} 34. Bb3 Re7 35. Rb8+ Re8 36. Rb7 Re7 37. Rb8+
Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Kg2 f6 40. h3 Ke7 41. Kg3 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. f3 Kf6
44. h4 h6 45. Bc4 Bb4 46. Kg4 Be1 47. hxg5+ 1/2-1/2

