[Event "Paris Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.07.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav Richard"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Arnous De Riviere,J"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1867.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 (9... Na5 {M Steinitz évite le coup habituel pour sortir
son adversaire de la théorie mais ce coup reste supérieur.}) 10. e5 $1 {
Coup juste} Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Nxe5 Nf5 15. Ng4 Kh8
16. Rb1 Qh4 17. Rxb6 axb6 18. Qa1+ f6 19. Ngxf6 Ng7 20. g3 Qh3 21. Re1 Qf5 22.
Be2 (22. g4 Qg6 $1) 22... h5 23. Nxh5 Qg6 24. Rc1 Rf7 25. Nhf6 Re7 26. f3 Bf5
27. Qb2 {[%csl Gb2,Rh8][%cal Gb2h8]} Rf8 28. g4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Qh6 30. Qa3 Qf4
31. Rf1 Qe5 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rd1 Ne8 34. Ng3 Nf6 35. f4 Qd6 36. Qb2 Qxf4 37. Rf1
Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxf6 Rexd5 {Après tous ces échanges, l'avantage Blanc
n'est peut-être pas suffisant pour gagner} 40. Kh3 c6 41. Bc4 R5d6 42. Rf5 b5
43. Bb3 b6 44. Ne4 Rh6+ 45. Kg3 c5 46. Bd5 Rg6 47. h4 (47. g5) 47... c4 48. h5
Rg7 49. Ng5 c3 50. Bb3 Rc8 51. Nf7+ Rxf7 52. Rxf7 c2 53. Bxc2 Rxc2 54. h6 Kg8
55. Rg7+ Kh8 56. Ra7 Kg8 57. g5 Rc4 58. Rg7+ Kh8 59. Rb7 Kg8 60. Rxb6 Ra4 61.
Rxb5 Rxa2 62. Rb8+ Kf7 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. Rg7+ Kh5 65. Kf4 Rf2+ 66. Ke5 Rf1 67.
Ke6 Rf2 68. Ke7 Rf5 69. Rxh7 Rxg5 70. Rh8 Rg6 71. h7 Kh6 {Le temps dépsensé
dans cette partie a été de plus de 07h} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Konikowski Ftacnik Kasparov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 (4...
Bxb4 {Kasparov-Anand/Amsterdam Euwe/1995/1-0/ ;CBM 47}) 5. a4 a5 (5... a6 6.
Nc3 $1 Nf6 (6... d6 7. Nd5 Ba7 8. d3 {/\Be3+/=}) 7. Nd5 Nxd5 (7... Nxe4 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nd2 $1 $16 {Kan-Botvinnik/Odessa/1929/}) 8. exd5
e4 9. dxc6 exf3 10. Qxf3 Qe7+ 11. Kd1 dxc6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bb2 $14) (5... a6 {
Ftacnik}) (5... a6 $142 {Konikowski}) 6. b5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Nxe5 $2 Qg5 (7...
Qf6 {Konikowski} 8. Nf3 $16 {Unzicker,W}) 8. Nxf7 Qxg2 9. Rf1 Qxe4+ 10. Be2
Nf3#) (7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kf8 9. c3 $13 (9. c3 {Ftacnik} d6 10. Ba3 Qe7 $17
)) (7. c3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Qf6 $10) 7... Bxd4 8. c3 Bb6 9. d4 exd4 (9... Qe7 10.
O-O d6 11. f4 Be6 12. Na3 $14) (9... Qh4 $5 {Ftacnik} 10. O-O $13) 10. O-O (10.
cxd4 d5 11. exd5 (11. Bxd5 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $10 (13... Qxf6 14. e5
Qf4 $17)) 11... Ne7 $10 (11... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Nf5 $132))
10... Ne7 11. Bg5 (11. cxd4 d5 $10) (11. Ba3 d6 {/^a3-f8}) 11... h6 12. Bxe7 (
12. Bh4 $5 $36 {Ftacnik}) 12... Qxe7 13. cxd4 Qd6 $6 (13... O-O 14. Nc3 c6 $132
(14... c6 {Ftacnik} 15. Rb1 Bc7 16. e5 d6 17. f4 Be6 $10)) (13... d6 {Ftacnik}
14. Nc3 Be6 15. Bd5 Rb8 $13) (13... Qb4 $5 {Kasparov} 14. Na3 d5 $5 15. exd5
O-O $132) 14. Nc3 Bxd4 (14... Qxd4 15. Nd5 $1 {Kasparov} (15. Qb3 {Ftacnik} O-O
16. Rad1 $44) 15... Qxc4 (15... Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 $16) 16. Rc1 Qa2 17. Nxb6 $1 (
17. Rc2 Qa3 $1 $8 (17... Qxa4 $2 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qxa4 $18) 18.
Rxc7 Qd6) (17. Rxc7 $5 Bxc7 18. Nxc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 $16) 17... cxb6 18. Qd6 Qe6
19. e5 Qxd6 20. exd6 Kd8 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Re1+ $18 (23. f4 $16))
15. Nd5 $1 Bxa1 (15... c5 {Ftacnik} 16. bxc6 dxc6 17. Qxd4 cxd5 18. Qxg7 $18)
16. Qxa1 O-O (16... f6 {Ftacnik} 17. b6 $1 cxb6 18. Rb1 $40) 17. e5 Qc5 18. Rc1
{/\Nc7,Bf7} c6 19. Ba2 (19. Nc7 Qa7 20. b6 Qxb6 21. Nxa8 Qa7 22. Nc7 b6 $17) (
19. Nf6+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 $1) 19... Qa3 (19... Qa7 20. b6 Qb8 21. Nc7 $18 (21. Nc7
{Ftacnik} Ra6 22. Qd4 $18)) (19... Qxc1+ {Ftacnik} 20. Qxc1 cxd5 21. Bxd5 $18)
20. Nb6 d5 (20... Rb8 21. Bxf7+ $18 {ףa3}) 21. Nxa8 $18 Kh8 22. Nb6 Be6 23. h3
(23. bxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 24. Rc3 Qb4 25. Rxc6 Rb8 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qd4 $3
) 23... Rd8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc3 Qb4 26. Rxc6 Rb8 27. Nxd5 Qxa4 28. Rc1 Qa3
29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2011.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Huschenbeths Spezialität ist eigentlich die
Spanische Abtauschvariante, dieser Zug dürfte für Gustafsson eine Überraschung
gewesen sein.} Bc5 (3... Nf6 {genießt derzeit unter GMs nicht die allerbeste
Reputation:} 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 {wegen} 8. Bd3 {
und Schwarz hat vielleicht nicht genug Kompensation.} h6 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O
10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5 12. b3 Rb4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15. g3 Rd4 16. Nf3
Rxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rxd4 22. Bc1 {
1-0 (22) Nakamura,H (2701)-Friedel,J (2516)/Saint Louis 2009/CBM 130}) 9. Ne4
Nd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ng3 Bd6 13. Bf5 Bb7 14. d3 Nf4 15. Nc3 c5 16.
Be4 Nc6 17. Nf5 Bc7 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Nd5 {1-0 (20) Fressinet,L 
(2693) -Bacrot,E (2718)/Nancy 2011/CB12_2011}) 4. b4 {Das Evans-Gambit.} Bxb4
5. c3 Be7 ({Die Hauptalternative ist} 5... Ba5) 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 {So spielte
schon Kasparov.} exd4 8. Qxd4 d5 $5 {Von Gustafsson auf seiner herausragenden
DVD zu den Offenen Spielen als einfachster Ausgleichsweg empfohlen.} ({Die
Hauptvariante ist} 8... Nf6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3 {mit guten
praktischen Erfolgen für Weiß.} g6 12. O-O Nb6 13. c4 d6 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Bh6
Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc3 f6 18. c5 Nf7 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qe3 Nxh6 21. Qxh6
Bf8 22. Qe3+ Kf7 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Nf4 Qe7 25. Re1 {1-0 (25) Kasparov,G (2805)
-Anand,V (2715)/Riga 1995/CBM 047}) ({Eine Alternative ist} 8... d6 9. Qxg7 Bf6
10. Qg3 Qe7 11. O-O {Hier schnitt Schwarz statistisch besser ab.} Bd7 (11...
Qxe4 $5) 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Qe3 h5 15. Rb1 Nh6 16. Qd3 b6 17. a4 Kb8
18. a5 Nxa5 19. Qa6 Ka8 20. e5 Qxe5 21. Bf3+ d5 22. Nc4 Bc8 23. Qxa5 Qxd4 24.
Qa2 Qxc3 25. Be3 Bb7 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Nxb6+ Kb8 28. Nxd5 {1-0 (28) Shirov,A 
(2695)-Timman,J (2590)/Biel 1995/CBM 049}) 9. Qxg7 (9. exd5 {wurde bisher als
beste weiße Möglichkeit angesehen.} Nf6 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 (
12... b6 $5 $11) 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rfd1 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bg4 16. Bb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Re7 18. Ne4 Nh5 19. Kh1 a6 20. Be2 Re8 21. Rg1 f5 22. Ng3 Nc6 23. Qd2 Nxg3+ 24.
Rxg3 Ne5 25. Rag1 Ng6 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Bc4+ {1-0 (27) Winants,L (2485)-Kremer,M/
Amsterdam 1996/EXT 1997}) 9... Bf6 10. Qg3 dxe4 11. Nd4 $5 {Dieser Zug wird in
einem sehr aktellen beitrag zum Evans-Gambit von Yelena Dembo in ChessBase
Magazin 142 (vor einer Woche erschienen) empfohlen. Niclas Huschenbeth ist
übrigens ein eifriger Leser des ChessBase Magazins und es würde nicht wundern,
wenn er diesen Beitrag schon kannte.} ({Gustafsson gibt} 11. Ng5 {an, wozu es
ein Partiebeispiel gibt:} Bf5 12. O-O h6 13. Nh3 Ne7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Nf4 Rg8
16. Qe3 Nac6 17. Nh5 Bh8 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Na3 Nd5 20. Qc5 Nxc3 21. Nb5 Qe5 22.
Qxe5+ Bxe5 23. Nxf5 Nxd1 24. Rb1 O-O-O 25. Bxh6 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxc3 27. Bb5 Rd5
28. Bxc6 Rxf5 29. Bxb7+ Kd7 30. Bxe4 Re5 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. f3 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Kxd8
34. Bf4 Ra5 35. Kf1 Rxa2 36. Bd5 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 f6 38. h4 Rh1 39. Bg3 a5 40. Bc6
Be5 41. Bf2 Ke7 42. g4 Kd6 43. Be4 Rh2 44. Kf1 Rh1+ 45. Ke2 Rh2 46. Kf1 Rh1+
47. Ke2 a4 48. f4 Bxf4 49. Bxh1 a3 50. Bd4 Be5 51. Bxe5+ Kxe5 52. Ke3 a2 53.
Be4 a1=Q {0-1 (53) Vasquez,R (2521)-Sundararajan,K (2446)/Dos Hermanas 2004/
CBM 099 ext}) 11... Ne7 {Von Dembo als Bestes empfohlen.} ({Zuvor gab es ein
Partienbeispiel:} 11... Bd7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Qe3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5
16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Re1 Ncxd4 18. Bf1 e3 19. fxe3 Qh4 20. Ba3 Nc6 21. Nb3 Nd6 22.
e4 O-O-O 23. Nc5 f6 24. Rab1 Ne5 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Qb3 Rg7 28.
Qxb7+ Kd7 29. Bb5+ Ke7 30. Qxc7+ Nd7 31. Re2 Qg5 32. e5 fxe5 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34.
Rxe5+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ {1-0 (35) Li,C (2548)-Recuero Guerra,D (2407)/Pamplona 2007/
CBM 121 Extra}) 12. Nb5 Nd5 $5 ({Dembo gibt auch} 12... Nac6 $5 {an:} 13. Nxc7+
Qxc7 14. Qxc7 Be5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11) 13. c4 a6 14. cxd5 axb5 15. Nc3 {Nun
geriet Gustafsson, der soweiso schon mehr Zeit als Huschenbeth verbraucht
hatte, ins Grübeln. Die schwarze Position ist alles andere als einfach.} Qd6 {
Nach diesem Zug hatte Schwarz weniger als 15 Minuten Restbedenkzeit.} ({
Dembo schließt ihre Analyse mit} 15... c6 {ab und bewertet die Position als
unklar. Rybka ist da für Weiß deutlich optimistischer.}) ({Auch sonst sind
keine guten Schwarz für Weiß zu sehen:} 15... Qe7 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 (16... Kf8 $2
17. Bh6+ Bg7 18. Qxg7#) 17. O-O (17. Rb1) 17... Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxa1 19. Nxc7+
Kd7 20. Bf4 $18) (15... Nc4 16. O-O Nd6 17. Bxb5+ Bd7 18. Re1 {mit der Idee}
Bxb5 19. Nxe4) 16. Bf4 ({Gut ist auch} 16. Bxb5+) 16... Qb4 (16... Qf8 17. O-O
Rg8 18. Bxb5+ c6 19. Qe3 $18) 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. O-O Bd7 (19... Kf8
20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Qf4 Rg8 22. d6 $18) 20. Nxe4 {Nun fällt die schwarze Stellung
endgültig zusammen.} Qd4 21. Qf4 Kd8 (21... Nc4 $2 22. Nf6+) 22. Rac1 Nc4 23.
Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Qf6+ Ke8 26. Re1 (26. Qxh8+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28.
Re1 $18) 26... Rf8 {Weiß gönnt Schwarz das Partieende durch Matt.} 27. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {#An Evans Gambit! Not often does one see
this at such a crucial point.} Bb6 {Declined. A disappointing decision for the
spectators, but quite reasonable by Black. It isn't that the white side is so
feared, otherwise we would see it regularly at the GM level, but rather that
there are quite a number of lines to study if one is to accept it, and quite
possibly Zhao preferred a less chaotic and less theory-heavy approach.} 5. a4
a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. a5 Ba7 10. d6 O-O (10... cxd6 11. c3
Ne6 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 Qc7 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Qd3 b5 16. axb6 Bxb6 17. Bd2 f5 18.
Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 a5 20. Rfe1 axb4 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. cxb4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24.
Rxe5 Bd4 25. Rxe6 Bxa1 26. Rd6 {0-1 Morozevich,A (2788)-Kamsky,G (2723)/Moscow
2008/CBM 126 Extra (46)}) 11. O-O Nf5 12. d4 (12. Nxe5 Nxd6 13. d4 Nxc4 14.
Nxc4 Qh4 15. c3 d5 16. Ne3 c6 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Ra2 {1-0 Zelcic,R (2460)-Rogic,D
(2390)/Djakovo 1994/EXT 1997 (37)}) 12... cxd6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Re1 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Ra3 d5 17. Bxd5 d6 {#Here White missed a decisive continuation,
which although hardly obvious, would have been a worthy ending had it been
played.} 18. Qf3 $2 (18. Bf6 $3 Bf5 ({Taking the bishop with} 18... gxf6 {
would be punished by} 19. Qh5 $1 {and Black is helpless against the threats.
Ex:} Kh8 20. Be4 f5 21. Rh3) (18... Kh8 19. Qh5 $1 {The threat is quite simply
20.Be4 and if h6 21.Qxh6+!}) 19. Rg3 Bg6 {#Leave it to an engine to come up
with this incredible continuation.} 20. Rxg6 $3 hxg6 21. Qg4 $1 {Threatening
Qxg6 and Qxg7 mate.} Kh7 (21... gxf6 $2 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Be4) 22.
Qh4+ Kg8 23. Qg5 {and Black must give up the queen to avoid mate.} Kh7 {
is met by} 24. Re4) 18... Kh8 19. Bf6 {Alas! Though solid, it no longer has
the same bite as in the previous move.} Qd7 20. c3 $4 {An oversight missing
Black's next move.} e4 21. Bxg7+ Bxg7 {Black is now just up a piece.} 22. Rxe4
Qf5 23. Qd3 Be6 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. b5 axb5 27. Bxb5 d5 28. Rea4 Qxd3
29. Bxd3 Bxc3 30. a6 d4 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. h3 Kf6 33. g4 Ke7 34. Bb5 Kd6 35. Be2
Rb8 36. Bf3 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Bb3 38. Be4 Rb2 39. Bxh7 Bxa4 40. Rxa4 Rd2 41. Be4 Kc5
42. Bf5 Rd1 43. Kf3 Kb5 44. Bd7+ Rxd7 45. a7 Rd8 46. a8=Q Rxa8 47. Rxa8 d3 48.
Rf8 d2 49. Rxf7 Re1 50. Rd7 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {#The romantic Evans Gambit has seen a
resurgence of respectability, and some players such as Short, Jobava, and
Petrosian (not the world champion, but his current namesake who sports a 2600+
rating) employ it with a certain regularity. Godena himself played it as white
in last year's Italian championship, which cannot have escaped the Spaniard's
notice.} Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 d6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 b5
11. Qc2 Nf6 12. a4 $146 (12. O-O Be6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd3
g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. e6 Bc8 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. a4 b4
23. cxb4 Nxb4 24. Qc5+ Qe7 25. Qxa5 Nxd3 26. Nxc6 Qf6 27. Ra3 Bf5 28. g4 Qxc6
29. gxf5 Rad8 30. Qb5 Qd6 31. Rb3 Nf4 32. Nf3 Rb8 33. Qc4 gxf5 34. Kh1 Rxb3 {
1/2-1/2 Godena,M (2537)-Brunello,S (2507)/Sarre 2009/CB00_2010}) 12... O-O 13.
O-O Be6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bxb5 Qc7 16. Nf3 Nb3 17. Ra6 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Rab8 19.
c4 Rfc8 20. Nc3 Qf4 21. Rxa7 Bb4 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nxe4 25. Rc7
Ba3 26. Rf1 Nf6 27. Rc4 Qd6 28. Rc6 Qxd5 29. Bc4 Qh5 30. h3 Rb7 31. Re1 Qa5 32.
Ra1 Ra7 33. Qb3 Rda8 34. Rb6 g6 35. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Match Blackburne-Bird +4-1=0"]
[Site "London (British CC)"]
[Date "1888.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1888.11.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 (7. O-O)
7... Bb4+ (7... Bb6 8. O-O d6 9. d5 (9. Nc3)) 8. Kf1 (8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d6
10. O-O Bg4 11. Qb3) 8... Qe7 9. a3 (9. e5) 9... Ba5 10. Ra2 (10. Bb2) 10... b5
11. Bd3 (11. Bxb5) 11... Rb8 12. Re2 d6 13. e5 d5 14. Qc2 Nd8 15. Bg5 Qd7 16.
Bxd8 $2 (16. e6 $142 $1 {Ranken in BCM} Nxe6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nc6 f6 19. Be3 Ne7
20. Nxa5 $16) 16... Qxd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxh7 (18. Rxe6+ fxe6 19. Ne5 Ne7 $17
20. Bxh7 Bb6 21. Bg6+ Kf8 22. Qd3 Rh6 23. Qf3+ Nf5 24. g4 Bxd4 25. Nc6 Qg5 26.
Nxb8 Rxg6 27. gxf5 exf5 $17) 18... Ne7 $15 19. Ng5 Rb6 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. h4 Rc6
$15 (21... f6 $17) (21... g6 $142 $19) 22. g3 Bg4 $2 23. f3 Rf6 $2 24. Kg2 $14
Bh5 25. Nd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Kd8 (26... Rxh7 27. Rhe1 $16) 27. Bd3 $16 Nf5 28.
Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Qe3 $14 (29. Qc3 $142 $18 Qd7 30. Rc1 Rd6 31. Qc5 Rb6 32. Re5 $18
) 29... Kc8 30. Rc1 Rd6 $2 (30... Qd7) 31. Qc3 $16 (31. Rec2 $18) 31... Qd7 32.
Qc5 (32. Rec2 $14) 32... Kb7 $11 33. a4 f6 34. Nh3 g5 (34... bxa4) 35. Rec2 Rh7
(35... bxa4 36. Qb4+ Rb6 37. Rxc7+ Qxc7 38. Rxc7+ Kxc7 39. Qxa4 Kb8 40. hxg5
$16) 36. axb5 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qxh3 38. Ra1 (38. Ra2) 38... Qf5+ $11 39. Kg2 Qe4+
40. Kh2 Rb6 41. Rca2 a5 42. bxa6+ $2 (42. Rxa5 Qe2+ $11) 42... Ka7 $17 43. Qc2
Qe7 44. Rc1 $2 (44. Rh1) 44... Qd7 (44... gxh4) 45. Qe2 (45. Kg2) 45... gxh4
$19 46. g4 Qd6+ 47. Kh1 Rb3 48. Rb2 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Match Blackburne-Bird +4-1=0"]
[Site "London (British CC)"]
[Date "1888.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1888.11.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Harding:Blackburne.2015.p.268. 2)BCM1889,p.24-27.3)Steinitz in ICM v.
V 1889 (Januar) p.22-24.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O
d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Kf8 11. Be3 h5 (11... Nge7 12. Bc4
$14) (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nge7 13. Kh1 $14) 12. a4 (12. Be2) 12... a6 (12...
Na5) 13. Be2 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. a5 Ba7 15. h3 Bc8 16. Re1 $16) 13... Qd7 14. d5
$2 (14. h3 $142) (14. Nd5 $142 Ba5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 $16) 14... Bxf3 (14...
Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nd8 $11) 15. Bxb6 $2 (15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxf3 Bxe3 17. Qd3 Bc5 $11
) (15. gxf3 {Steinitz}) (15. Bxf3 $142 Ne5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Bxh5 Qe7 18. Be2
$14) 15... Bxe2 16. dxc6 (16. Qxe2 cxb6 $17) 16... bxc6 17. Nxe2 cxb6 $17 18.
Qb3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Re8 (19... Ne7) 20. Qc4 Ne7 21. Qxa6 Rh6 22. Nc3 h4 23. f4 h3
24. g3 Re6 25. Rc2 c5 $2 (25... Qd8) 26. Rb1 (26. Rd2 $11) 26... Nc6 (26... d5
27. exd5 Re3 28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Nf5 $13 {f.e.} 30. Rc1 Nd4 31. Rb2 c4 32.
d6 Rd3 33. d7 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Nd5 Nxh2 36. Nb6 Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Rxg3+ 38. Kh1
Rb3 39. Rxb3 cxb3 40. Rb1 Nf6 $11) 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 Nd4 (28... Nb4 $11)
29. Ra2 f5 30. a5 (30. exf5 $2 Re1+ 31. Kf2 R1e3 32. Nd5 Rf3+ 33. Kg1 Re1#)
30... fxe4 31. a6 e3 32. Ne2 $2 (32. a7 Ra8 33. Kf1 e2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2
Rxa7 36. Reb2 Ra1+ 37. Rb1 Ra2 38. R6b2 Ra3 $11) 32... Nxe2+ $19 33. Rxe2 d5
34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. a7 Ra6 36. Rxe3 Rxa7 37. Re5 Rd7 $19 38. Kf2 c4 39. Rf5+ Ke7
40. Ke3 d4+ 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. Ra5 Rb7 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. g4 Re7 45. Kd2 Re3 46. Rg5
Rf3 47. Rxg7 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "GBR tour sim"]
[Site "Great Britain"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 $2 11. d5 Bg4 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Nf4 (
14. e5) 14... Qxg5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Nxg5 Bxd1 17. Raxd1 Rf8 (17... h6) 18. Rde1
h6 19. Nge6 fxe6 20. Ng6+ Kf7 21. Nxh8+ Kf6 22. f4 Ne7 23. e5+ Kf5 24. Bd3+ Kg4
25. Re3 Rxh8 26. Rg3+ Kh5 27. Be2+ Kh4 28. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Match Steinitz-Anderssen +8-6=0"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1866.07.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Deutsche Schachzeitung 1866, p. 274; 2)The Chess World 1866/67, p. 170
} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne2 f5 14. Rc1 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ned4 Rf6 19. Nxc6 Nexc6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. a4 d5 25. Rd1 d4 26. Rd3 Qf5 27.
Qc4+ Kh8 28. h3 Rc8 29. Qb3 h6 30. g4 Qf6 31. Qd5 Rc3 (31... Qc6 $142 32. Qf5
Qa8 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Qe5 $11) 32. Ne5 $14 Rc5 $2 (32... Rxd3 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34.
Qe4+ Kg8 35. Nxd3 $14) 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kg8 $2 (34... g6 $142 35. Nd7 Rc1+
36. Kg2 Qc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Nxb6 axb6 39. Rxd4 $16) 35. Ng6 $18 {/\ 36.Qe8+,
36.Rf3} Rc3 $2 (35... Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. Rb3 Qd8 38. Rb7 Re1 39. Qf5 Be7 40.
Rxa7 Bf6 41. Qf3 Qd6 42. Nf4 $18) 36. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Casuals Morphy-Bird +10-1=1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1858.07.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Maroczy: Paul Morphy. Partie 132, S146.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O d6 9. d5 Na5 10. e5 Nxc4 11.
Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Qg4+ Ke8 16. Bg5 Qg6 17.
Nc3 Nf6 18. Rae1+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Kg8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Kh1 h5 23. f4
h4 24. f5 Qh5 25. Rf4 f6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rg4+ Qxg4 28. Qxg4+ Kf8 29. Re6 Rh6
30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Re7+ (31. Re7+ Kf8 32. d6 cxd6 33. Rxb7 Rh5 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35.
Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qxf6+) 1-0

[Event "Match Steinitz-Anderssen +8-6=0"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1866.07.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Deutsche Schachzeitung 1866, p. 277; 2)The Chess World 1866/67, p.
174 3)Von Gottschall:Adolf Anderssen.S.301-302.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qxd3 ({Die bessere Fortsezung} 8. Ng5 {
war von Andersen selbst vor der Partie empfohlen worden.} Nh6 9. Nxf7 Nxf7 10.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxc5 d6 13. Qd5+ Be6 14. Qxd3 {Von Gottschall, S.
301:„Es ist daher unbegreiflich, daß er diese von ihm selbst empfohlene
Fortsetzung in einer so wichtigen Partie nicht wählte“}) 8... d6 9. Bg5 Nge7
10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bd5 Ng6 16. Bg3
Rae8 17. c4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Ng6 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5
Qf5 23. Nxb7 Re2 24. d6 cxd6 25. Nxd6 Qe6 26. a4 Bd8 27. Qc5 f5 28. Qxa7 f4 29.
Bh2 Nh4 30. Qb7 Qg6 31. Rd4 Bb6 32. Rdd1 Re6 33. a5 Bc5 34. a6 Re7 35. Qd5+ Kh8
36. a7 Bxa7 37. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Kh7 39. Qe4 Rf6 40. Nb5 Re6 41. Qxg6+ Rxg6
42. Nxa7 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Nxe1+ 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. Nc6
Kg6 48. Ke2 Nc5 49. Kf3 Ne6 50. Ne5+ Kf5 51. Nd3 g6 52. Ne1 Nd4+ 53. Kg2 Ke4
54. Kf1 f3 55. Kg1 g5 56. Kh2 h5 57. Kg3 Nf5+ 58. Kh2 g4 59. hxg4 hxg4 60. Kg1
Kd4 61. Nc2+ Kd3 62. Na3 g3 63. Nb5 g2 0-1

[Event "Match Alapin-Schlechter +1-1=4"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1899.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alapin, Simon"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1899.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Kf8 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nce7 13. Kh1 c6 14. Bd3
d5 15. e5 Qd7 16. Rb1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Na4 Qd7 $2 (18... Ne7 $11) 19. Rxb6
axb6 20. Nxb6 $16 Qd8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Qb3 g6 23. Rb1 b5 24. Qb4+ Kg7 25. Qd6
Qc8 26. Kg2 g5 27. Rc1 g4 28. Rxc6 Qf5 29. Qxd5 Qh5 30. Rc7 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qxf3
32. Qxf3 gxf3 33. h3 h5 34. d5 Nh6 35. Bxh6+ Rxh6 36. e6 1-0

[Event "London Casual Games"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1863.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Bachmann: Schachmeister Steinitz Bd1,S.54 2)Harding: Joseph Henry
Blackburne. p.50. 3)C,P.M.II (April 1964), p.100-112. Played at Pursell's.} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O d6 9.
Nc3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Qc2 Kxf7 14. e5 Bg4 15. Re1
Bxf3 16. Qf5+ Nf6 17. Qxf3 Re8 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. exf6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 gxf6 21.
Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bh6 Qd7 23. Re4 Kh8 24. Qh4 Qf7 25. Nd5 Qg6 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Qg3
Qd7 28. Nh5 (28. Nh5 Rg8 29. Bg7+ Rxg7 30. Re8+ Qxe8 31. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (5... Ba5) 6.
Qb3 (6. d4 Na5 $14 (6... Na5 {Schussler} 7. Nxe5 (7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 Bg4 $10)
7... Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. c4 b5 $1 $10 {
(Nunn,J)})) 6... Nh6 7. d4 Na5 8. Qb5 $1 (8. Qa4 $2 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Ng4 $10) 8...
Nxc4 9. Bxh6 gxh6 (9... Nd6 10. Qxe5 $14 (10. Qxe5 {Schussler} f6 11. Qh5+ Kf8
$13)) 10. Qxc4 exd4 (10... d6 $1 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxb7 O-O 14.
Nbd2 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Ndf3 $10 {Ernst-Wiedenkeller/Karlskrona-ch/1983/})
11. cxd4 Rg8 (11... d6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. e5 Bg7 15. Nb5 $44 {
Huddleston,D-Smith,T/USA-op Los Angeles/1991/}) (11... O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3
b5 14. Qd3 b4 15. Nd1 $1 $44) 12. Nc3 $5 (12. O-O d6 13. Rc1 $1 c6 14. d5 $44 {
Cafferty,Harding/}) 12... c6 (12... Rxg2 $5) 13. O-O d6 14. Rfe1 Bh3 15. g3 Kf8
16. d5 Rg7 17. Rab1 Qc8 18. e5 $16 Bf5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Kg8
22. Nd4 {Weakness f5/} Rg4 23. Qd3 cxd5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. h4 (25. Qxd5 Rg5 $1 (
25... Rg5 {Schussler} 26. Re5 $16)) 25... Qc4 26. Qf3 Re4 27. Ne3 Qc3 28. Rec1
Qe5 29. Rxb7 Qe6 30. Rc6 $1 Qe8 31. Rcc7 Qe6 32. Rxf7 d4 33. Nf5 Rd8 34. Kh2 d3
35. Nd6 Rxh4+ (35... d2 36. Nxe4 d1=Q 37. Nf6+ $18) (35... Re5 36. Qxd3 Qg6 37.
Qb3 $18) (35... Bxd6 {Schussler} 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rbg7#) 36. gxh4
Bxd6+ (36... Qxd6+ 37. Kh1 d2 38. Rg7+ $18) 37. Kh1 d2 38. Qg2+ $4 (38. Rg7+
Kh8 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rbg7# $18) 38... Qg6 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Qxg6 (40. Rxg6 {
Schussler} d1=Q+ 41. Qg1 Qf3+ $10 42. Rg2) 40... d1=Q+ $2 (40... hxg6 $1 41.
Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rbg7+ (42. Rhg7+ {Schussler} Kf8 $19) 42... Kf8 43. Rf7+ Ke8 $19)
41. Qg1 Qd5+ 42. Rg2 Rg8 (42... Qxb7 43. Qa1+ $18) 43. Rb5 $1 Qe4 (43... Qe4
44. Qa1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh6 Re8 14. c4 Nb6
15. Nc3 d6 16. c5 Nd7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Nxf7 Nxe2+ 21.
Nxe2 Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Re6 23. Nf4 Nc5 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qf3 Qxd6 26. Rad1 Qe7 27.
Rfe1 Rd8 28. g4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ke8 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. Bd6 Qd8 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Re3
Qb6 34. Ba3 Kg7 35. Qe4 Bf7 36. Be7 Qc6 37. Bxf6+ Nxf6 38. Qe5 Qd5 39. h3 Qxe5
40. Rxe5 Kf8 {Forcieren der Damenflügelmehrheit und Qualitätsgewinn u.a. mit
Hilfe der Springergabel. Einfache Vorteilsrealisierung.} 41. f4 Nd5 42. f5 b5
43. a3 a5 44. Kf2 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. fxg6 hxg6 47. Ke1 b3 48. Kd2 b2 49. Re1
(49. Kc2 Nb4+ 50. Kb1 Ba2+ 51. Kxb2 Nd3+ 52. Kxa2 Nxe5 $19) 49... Nb6 50. Kc2
Na4 51. Rb1 g5 52. Rxb2 Nxb2 53. Kxb2 Bd5 54. Kc3 Bg2 55. Kd4 Bxh3 56. Ke5 Kg7
57. Kf5 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Blatny,P Ftacnik Borngaesser} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (5... Ba5 {Blatny,P Classical line}) 6. d4 (6. Qb3 {Blatny,P}
Nh6 7. d4 Na5 8. Qb5 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 exd4 (9... Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. dxe5 d5 $1 $15)
10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. cxd4 d5 (11... d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rae1 $44) 12.
exd5 Rg8 13. g3 Bh3 14. Ne5 Bd6 $10) 6... Na5 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 {Ftacnik} d6 8.
Ba3 (8. dxe5 Nc6 (8... Bg4 {Blatny,P} 9. exd6 cxd6 10. O-O Nf6 $10) 9. exd6
cxd6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nd2 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Re1 Nc5
16. Bc2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Nb3 Rf7 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Qg6 Rxf2 22.
Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 {Losev,D-Frog,I/Moscow-C/1989/1-0 (35)}) 8...
Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rb1 Re8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Bf8 15.
Na5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nd4 exd3 18. Nxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Nb6 20. Qxd3 Nxd5 21.
Qc4 Qg5 22. Bc1 Qh5 23. Qc6 a6 24. c4 {Djurhuus,R-Henao,R/Thessaloniki olm (12)
/1988/0.5 (49)}) (7. Bxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kf8 (8... Ke8 {Blatny,P} 9.
Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Nf6 11. Qh4 Rg8 $17) 9. Qf3+ Nf6 10. g4 d6 11. g5 dxe5 12.
gxf6 Bxf6 13. dxe5 Nc4 (13... Nc6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qg3 Qe5 $10 {Inkiov,
V-Minev,N/BL/1977/}) 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6+ gxf6 16. Bh6+ Kf7 17. Rg1 Rg8 18.
Rxg8 Kxg8 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Ke2 Kf7 21. Rg1 Ng4 22. Bf4 Be6 23. c4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 {
Losev,D-Baikov,V/Moscow-C/1989/1-0 (42)}) (7. Nxe5 {Ftacnik} Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9.
exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 Qd8 (10... Qa5 11. O-O Nf6 12. c4 O-O 13. d5 {Timman-Tatai/
Amsterdam/1977/} b5 14. Nd2 bxc4 (14... Rd8 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Rb1 a6
18. Nef5 Bc5 19. Be3 c6 20. Qf3 cxd5 21. cxb5 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg5 Bxf5 24.
Nxf5 {Canda,D-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Camaguey/1986/0.5 (29)}) 15. Ndxc4 Qa6 16. Bb2
Re8 17. Rc1 Rb8 18. Be5 Rb7 19. Re1 Bd7 20. d6 cxd6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd5 Be6
23. Rc3 Kh8 24. Nxe7 {Timman,J-Tatai,S/Amsterdam/1977/1-0 (28)}) (10... Qd7 11.
O-O Nf6 12. d5 (12. c4 {Blatny,P} O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. d5 $14 {Nunn-Larsen/
London/1980/}) 12... O-O 13. c4 Ng4 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Re8 17.
Nc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Rf3 b6 20. a4 Bd7 21. a5 f6 22. e4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5
24. a6 {Minasian,A-Georgadze,G/Manila olm/1992/1-0 (35)}) 11. Ba3 Nf6 12. Qa4+
c6 $1 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. c4 b6
19. Nf3 c5 20. Qa3 Rae8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Red1 h6 23. Rbc1 Ne4 $2 24. Nd2 {
Sveshnikov,E-Short,N/Poliot-Solingen/1992/1-0 (49)}) 7... exd4 (7... Nf6 $5 8.
dxe5 (8. Qa4 $1 {Konikowski,J}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Ba3 c6 $14 {Schwarz,R}
) (7... d6 $142 $5) (7... d6 {Ftacnik} 8. Qa4+ (8. dxe5 Nc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 $10)
8... c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 $14 (10. Nxe5 {Blatny,P} Nf6 11. O-O b5 12. Qc2
O-O 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Bxb4 $13 {Bulochus-Melts/corr/1983-84/})) 8. Qxd4 $1 (8.
cxd4 Nf6 (8... d5 {Blatny,P} 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6
13. O-O O-O $17) 9. Qa4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bb2 c6 14.
Rad1 d6 $13 {Melts,MA-Usatchy,MV./corr ICCF Tournament/1989-91/CCYB4\205.})
8... Nf6 (8... Kf8 $5) (8... f6 {Ftacnik} 9. O-O $44) (8... Nc6 $5 {Blatny,P}
9. Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 d6 {/\Nge7,Rg8}) 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 (10. Qf4 Nh5 (10... Nd5
{Blatny,P} 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 d6 $17 {Pelc-Gaievski/USSR/1981}) 11. Qa4 g6 12.
Bh6 $16 {Melts-Gajevskij/USSR/1981/}) (10. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Ng4 11. Qe4 d6 12.
exd6 Qxd6 $132) 10... Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 (11... O-O {Ftacnik} 12. Bh6 g6 13. Bxf8
Bxf8 14. O-O $16) 12. O-O Nb6 (12... O-O {Ftacnik} 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. a4 Na5 (
14... a5 15. Be3) 15. Bh6 Re8 16. e6 (16. Nbd2 $40) 16... Bf6 17. exf7+ Kxf7
18. Bd3 $40) 13. c4 (13. Bh6 $142 $5 {Chandler} d6 14. Bb5 {Black s K will not
easily find shelter in the long term.}) 13... d6 (13... O-O 14. Bh6 (14. Rd1
$44 {Ftacnik}) 14... Re8 15. Nc3 d6 16. Rad1 $16) 14. Rd1 Nd7 (14... Bd7 $5 15.
Bh6 (15. c5 Na4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. exd6 Bf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nbd2
Nc3 21. Re1 O-O $13 {Borngässer,R}) 15... dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Qxe5 f6 18. Qe3 Kf7 19. c5 Na4 20. Bc4+ Ke8 21. Qb3 $18) 16. Nc3 f6 17. Ne4 Na4
$2 (17... Bf8 $5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. c5 Nc8 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. Rad1 Be6 22. h4 $44 {
Borngässer,R}) 18. Rd5 Nb4 19. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Rf8 21. Bxf8 Nc6 (21...
Kxf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Bg4#) 22. Qg7 Nc3 23. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 24. Kf1
Qxe7 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Qh8+ Be8 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Nxe8 $18 {Borngässer,R-Henk,M/
Düsseldorf/1995/}) (14... Be6 {Ftacnik} 15. c5 Nd5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Bc4 dxe5
18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 $16) 15. Bh6 $1 (15. Bf4 {Chandler} dxe5 (15... O-O 16.
exd6 Bf6 17. Bg5 $1) 16. Nxe5 Bh4 $1 17. Qe3 Ncxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O) 15... Ncxe5 (
15... dxe5 16. Nc3 (16. Bg7 {Ftacnik} Rg8 17. Bxe5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. f4
Qf6 20. Nc3 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qh4 $40) 16... Bf8 (16... f6 $13
) 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Be7 18. Nd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 O-O 20. Qh4 h5 21. Bxh5 $1 Kg7 (
21... gxh5 22. Qxh5 $18) 22. Bxg6 $18) 18. Be3 Bg7 19. c5 O-O 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Nh4 Ne7 22. Be6 f5 23. Bg5 $40) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 (16... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 17. Bg7 Bh4
18. Qf3 Rg8 19. Bxe5 $40) 17. Nc3 (17. Bg7 $5 {Ftacnik} Bf6 18. Bxh8 Bxh8 19.
Nc3 $16) 17... f6 (17... Bh4 {Ftacnik} 18. Qe3 $40) (17... Be6 {Ftacnik} 18.
Bg7 Bf6 19. Bxh8 Bxh8 20. c5 $16) 18. c5 Nf7 $2 (18... Be6 {Ftacnik} 19. cxd6
Bxd6 20. Ne4 $36) (18... Bd7 $142 {Blatny,P /\Bc6}) 19. cxd6 cxd6 (19... Bxd6
20. Bb5+ (20. Qe3+ {Ftacnik} Qe7 21. Nd5 Qxe3 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Nd5+ Kd8 24.
Bxe3 $36) 20... c6 21. Bf4 cxb5 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Qa5 24. Re1+ Kf7 25.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nd5+ Kg7 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Qe5 $18) (19... Nxh6 $2 {Ftacnik} 20.
dxc7 $18) 20. Qe3 Nxh6 (20... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bxf6 $16) 21. Qxh6
Bf8 22. Qe3+ (22. Bb5+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 $1 (22... Bd7 $2 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Bc4+ $18
) 23. Qe3) 22... Kf7 (22... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Nxf6+ Kf7 25. Ne4 Be7
26. f4 $40) 23. Nd5 Be6 (23... Bd7 $5) (23... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 24. Qb3 (24. Bc4
Be6 25. Qb3) 24... Be6 25. Bc4 Rc8 (25... Qd7 26. Nf4 (26. Nc7 $5 Qxc7 27.
Bxe6+ Kf8 28. Rac1 $40) 26... Bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Ke8 28. Ne6 $40) (25... Re8 26.
Nf4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kf8 28. Ne6+ Rxe6 29. Qxe6 $18) 26. Nb6 Rxc4 (26... Bxc4 27.
Nxc4 d5 28. Nd6+ Qxd6 29. Rxd5 Rc3 30. Rxd6+ Rxb3 31. axb3 $18) 27. Nxc4 Kf8
28. Qb4 $16) 24. Nf4 Qe7 (24... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 25. Qb3+ Kg7 26. Qxb7 $40) (24...
Qd7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb5 $1 Qxb5 26. Qxe6+) 25. Re1 (25. Re1 Re8 (25... Bd7 26.
Bc4+ Ke8 27. Qd2 $18 (27. Qb3 $18)) (25... d5 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28.
Qxe6+ (28. Bxd5 $18) 28... Rxe6 29. Bxd5 $18) (25... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bb5 $1
Qxb5 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Qf5 29. Rxb7+ Kh6 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Re3 $16) (25...
Bh6 26. Bc4 $18) 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 (27... Rxe6 28. Bc4 $18) 28. Bb5+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 {This unorthodox
move becomes more and more popular. Stohl: The Evans Gambit is already about
180 years old, White sacrifices a P for a strong [+] and development advantage.
Nowadays it's naturally not as popular, as in the days of Anderssen and
Chigorin, but it still has it's occasional fans among the elite, most notably
English GM Short. One example of the modern treatment:} (5... Ba5 {is the old
main line.} 6. d4 {Stohl} (6. O-O $6 {Stohl} d6 7. d4 Bb6 $1 {is Lasker's
defence, which became the main cause of the decline of the Evans in the 20th
century. Black returns the P to achieve a better _|_ after} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 Be6 $15) 6... exd4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O Bb6 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10.
Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Nb5 $1 d5 13. exd5 Bxa1 14. Ba3 Qe5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16.
Kh1 Qe3 17. Nxd4 Qxb3 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Be7+ Kd7 20. Nxb3 c6 21. d6 b6 22. Bxf7
$44 {Short,N-Nielsen,P/Skanderborg/2003/}) ({However, the Evans owes its
current revival mainly to Kasparov, who after} 5... Be7 {Stohl} 6. d4 Na5 {
came with the surprising} 7. Be2 $5 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 (8... d5 $142 $1 $132) (
8... f6 $5 $13) 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O Nb6 (12... O-O $142
13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rd1 $44 {~~}) 13. c4 d6 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Bh6 $1 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Nc3 f6 18. c5 Nf7 $2 (18... Bd7 $5 $16) 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qe3 Nxh6 21.
Qxh6 Bf8 22. Qe3+ Kf7 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Nf4 Qe7 25. Re1 {1-0,Kasparov,G-Anand,V/
Riga Tal mem/1995/ The paradoxical text-move is no novelty either, Pillsbury
used it successfully already in 1895! The B overprotects e5, so that Black can
quickly continue his development and castle. White must act energetically to
prevent further consolidation with, e.g., Re8 and Bf8.}) 6. d4 (6. O-O {Stohl}
Nf6 7. Re1 $6 {is simply too slow due to} (7. d4 {transposes into the game.})
7... Be7 $1 8. d4 d6 {and Black has a healthy extra P.}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O {
Stohl: 'The strongest, violent attempts backfire:' Stohl: 'transposes into the
game.'} (7. dxe5 {- Van der Wiel-I.Sokolov, NED-ch Leeuwarden 2004 CBM 102}
Bxe5 {Stohl} 8. Ng5 (8. Ba3 d6 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bd3 Re8
13. f4 Qa5 14. Qc2 b6 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 $17 {Van der Wiel,J-Sokolov,I/
NED-ch Leeuwarden/2004/}) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qa4+ c6 11. dxc6 O-O $32 {
suddenly leads to a position, in which not White, but Black has a lead in
development and attacking chances:} 12. Ba3 $6 (12. O-O $142 $132) 12... Nxc4
13. Qxc4 b5 $1 14. Qb3 Bf4 15. Bxf8 Qe8+ 16. Kf1 Bxg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Bc5 Qxc6
19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Qd1 Bb7 21. Rh2 Rd8 22. a3 Bf4 23. g3 Be5 $17 {->,Lie,
K-Stefanova,A/Drammen/2005/}) (7. Ng5 $143 $6 {Stohl} O-O 8. f4 (8. Nxf7 $2
Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. f4 exd4 11. e5 Be7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O d5 14. Nd2 dxc3
15. Nf3 Kg8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd6 $19 {Bird,
H-Pillsbury,H/Hastings/1895/}) 8... exf4 9. e5 Nxe5 $5 (9... Bxe5 10. Nxf7 Rxf7
11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxf4 $13) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 $15) 7... O-O {
/\ h6, Re8 overprotecting >< e5.} 8. Re1 (8. Ng5 $143 $6 {forgets about the
importance of the development.} Be7 (8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (8... h6 $2 {
runs into} 9. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 10. f4 $1) 9. f4 d6 10. Nd2 {White cannot continue
the -> against >< f7.} (10. Qd3 {(Quintero Velez-Valencia Obando, Medellin)}
exd4 $1 11. cxd4 d5 $17) (10. Qb3 Qe8 $15) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 {
(Seidman-Mengarini, USA-ch 1951)} Nxd5 $17 (12... Na5 $15) 13. Nxf7 $140 $2
Rxf7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. f5 Nf6 $19) (8. Bg5 $143 {'?!' Stohl. allows Black
regrouping his pieces.} Be7 {'=/+!' Stohl.} 9. Nbd2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 Nh7
12. Bg3 Bf6 13. Bb5 exd4 14. Bxc6 dxc3 $17 {Castano-Jonkman, Huila Centenary
2005}) (8. Nbd2 h6 (8... b6 $6 9. Bd3 {/\ Nc4} (9. Re1 Bb7) 9... Re8 10. Re1
Bb7 $5 (10... exd4 $6 11. cxd4 {Now White's advantage is the [+] is really
menacing.} Bf4 12. Qb3 $44 (12. Nf1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bb7 14. e5 $40 {
Johnson-Montecatini, corr 1996})) 11. Nc4 exd4 $5 (11... h6 12. Rb1 $5 $44 (12.
d5 Nb8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Ba3 $44) 12... Qc8 (12... exd4 13. e5 Nxe5 (13... Nd5
14. exd6 Nxc3 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qd2 $14) 14. Nfxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Rxe5 d5
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $13) 15... d6 16. Nf3 dxc3 (16... Bxf3 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qxf3
Qe1+ 19. Bf1 $16) 17. Rb3 (17. Nd4 $5 c5 18. Nf5) 17... Qd7 (17... Bxf3 18.
gxf3 $14) 18. Rxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bf1 $14) 13. Bc2 (13. d5
$5 Nb8 14. Nxd6 $1 (14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5 d6 16. Qf3 Nbd7) 14... cxd6 15. Nh4 $40
) (13. Nh4 $5 $44 {Stohl}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 (14. e5 Bxe5 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 d6 17. Nf3 Qg4 18. Bb2 $14) 14... Ba6 (14... Bb4 15. Re3 $1 d5 16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxh6 $16) 15. Nxd6 {'~~' Stohl.} (15. e5 $2
{'?!' Stohl. White unnecessarily complicates matters.} Bxc4 $1 $15 {
Ganguly-Harikrishna, Pune 2004 CBM 104} 16. exf6 {Stohl} Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Qd8 18.
fxg7 Qf6 19. Be3 Re8 20. Qg4 Nb4 {Ganguly,S-Harikrishna,P/Pune/2004/}) (15.
Nce5 $5 $44 {Stohl}) 15... cxd6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bb2 $40) 12. e5 (12. cxd4 Bb4 $1
) (12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. cxd4 Nb4) 12... Nxe5 13. Nfxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 d6 $13 {
Stohl: 'J.Bosch' and Black gets a lot of pawns for the piece.}) (8... Qe7 9.
Bd3 Ne8 (9... b6 10. Re1) 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2
d6 15. f4 {White has a phantastic advantage in the [+], now comes the >> ->.}
Ng7 16. f5 g5 17. h4 $1 $16 {Kennedy-Pillsbury, USA 1895}) 9. Bd3 (9. Re1 {
- 8.Re1}) 9... Re8 {Stohl: The main move until now was} 10. Re1 {Stohl: 'and
it's not so easy for Black to get out his << forces:'} Bf8 {'!?' Stohl.} (10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 (11... Bf4 $5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 $44) (11...
Bb4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bb2 $44) 12. d5 $1 {Now White gets a strong [+] and a quick
development for the P.} (12. e5 {is not so impressive:} Nd5 13. Bc4 (13. Qb3
Ndb4 14. Bc4 d5 $1 15. exd6 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qxd6 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 $15) 13... Nb6
14. Bb3 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ d5 16. exd6+ Be6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. d5 Qxd6 $17
) 14... d6 $17 {Sermek-Mikhalchishin, Bled 2002} 15. Qc2 {Stohl} dxe5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Bb2 Nd5 19. Qe4 Nb4 20. Rad1 Qc8 $17 {Sermek,
D-Mikhalchishin,A/Bled op/2002/}) 12... Nb4 (12... Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bb2
Re8) 13. Bf1 {'©' Stohl. Stohl: '()'} c6 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bb2 $36 {
Mikhalchishin}) (10... b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 {Stohl: 'leads to the
Ganguly-Harikrishna game above.'} 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Ba3 $44) 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 (13. f4 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qf3 {
(Markosian-Mukhaev, Moscow op 1995)} Nxc3 16. Bc2 $44) 13... Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bh7+ (15. Bc2 $5 $32 {Stohl}) 15... Kxh7 16. Qxd5 Kg8 17. Bf4 d6 18. exd6 Be6
$13 {P.Nielsen-Johannessen, SWE-chT 2003} 19. Qxb7 {Stohl} Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6
21. Qb4 $11 {1/2,Nielsen,P-Johannessen,L/SWE-chT Malmo/2004/}) 8... h6 {
Stohl: '/\Re8' Stohl: 'Black first prevents Ng5 or Bg5.'} (8... Re8 $2 9. Ng5
Rf8 10. f4 $1 $16) 9. Nbd2 (9. Nh4 $2 {This is refuted by energetic play.
Stohl: 'targets the vulnerable light squares, but ignores development and
fails to'} exd4 10. Nf5 (10. cxd4 {is strongly met by} Bb4 $1 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 {
Stohl: '/\d5-/+'} 12. Rxe4 (12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rxe4 d5 $19) 12... d5 $17) (10.
Ng6 b5 11. Nxf8 bxc4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {and all the white pieces are on the first
rank.} 13. Na3 Ne5 14. Qxd4 Nd3 15. Re3 Bc5 16. Qxc4 Nxc1 {0-1 Sidorenko-Golod,
Ramat Aviv 2004}) 10... Bc5 11. cxd4 d5 $1 {This counterblow changes the
course of the game completely, White loses material without any compensation.}
12. exd5 (12. Bxd5 Bxf5 13. dxc5 Bxe4 $17) (12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bb2
Bxf5 15. exf5 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exf5 Rd3 $19) 15... Ne4 $19) 12... Bxf5 13.
dxc5 Na5 14. Bb3 (14. Bf1 {was probably the lesser evil.} Qxd5 $15) 14... Nxb3
15. Qxb3 Qxd5 $17 {White's hopes for a ^- _|_ are not real.} 16. Nc3 Rfe8 $1 {
Stohl: 'mal cierny technicky vyhratu poziciu, Jobava-Griscuk, ME druzstiev
2003.'} 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qb5 (18. Bd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 $17) 18... Qxb5 19.
Nxb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Red8 {'-/+' Stohl. Stohl: 'Jobava,B-Grischuk,A/EU-chT Plovdiv/
2003/'} 21. Rac1 Bg6 22. a3 c6 23. Nd6 b6 $1 {blowing up immediately the
stronghold on d6.} 24. Nc4 f6 25. f3 Bd3 26. Nb2 (26. Ne3 Nf4) 26... Bg6 27.
Nc4 {(Jobava-Grischuk, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98)} (27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rxc6 Rxa3)
27... Rab8 $17 {was safe and good.}) (9. Bd5 $5 {Stohl: 'deserves attention.'}
Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. d6 Ng6 $13) 9... Re8 {Stohl: 'The idea
behind Black's set-up is more to hold, not give up the [+].'} (9... b6 10. Bb5
$1 $44 (10. Bd5 exd4 $5 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5 dxc3 13. Nf1 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6 $13
)) ({Stohl: After} 9... exd4 {Stohl: 'White doesn't have to accept the piece
sacrifice, simpler is'} 10. cxd4 $1 (10. e5 {is winning a piece again, but
Black gets too many pawns.} Nxe5 (10... dxc3 {'~~' Stohl.} 11. exd6 cxd2 12.
Qxd2 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne8 14. Qg3 d5 15. Bd3 $44 {Steinitz-Pillsbury, Boston 1892}
) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 d5 $13) 10... Bb4 11. Qb3 $1 $44 {'|^' Stohl. Other
tries are less impressive:} (11. e5 d5 $1 $132) (11. d5 Bc3 12. Ba3 Na5 13. Bd3
Bxa1 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Qxa1 Qa3 16. Qb1 d6 $13)) 10. Qb3 {'N!?' Stohl. Stohl:
'A novelty, designed to prevent Bf8.'} (10. Bb3 {Now White has a big threat of
Nc4 and the defence of >< e5 becomes a problem.} b5 $5 (10... b6 {'>=' Stohl.
Bosch} 11. Nc4 Bb7 $44 (11... Ba6 $13 {Stohl})) (10... Bf8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re7 14. e5 $36 {Sveshnikov-Zheliandinov, Bled 2000}) 11. a4
b4 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 $44) 12. Nc4 (12. Bb2 bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 $44)
12... bxc3 13. dxe5 $44 {- Short-I.Sokolov, Sarajevo 2004 CBM 101} Bxe5 {Stohl}
14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Re7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qd3 d5 {, teraz by sa
po silnejsom} 19. Bc2 $1 (19. Qxc3 Bf5 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. a5 c6 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23.
Qa4 Nc7 24. Be3 Ne6 $132 {Short,N-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo/2004/}) 19... f5 20. Qxc3
$36 {ciernemu nedychalo lahko, Short-Sokolov, Sarajevo 2004.}) (10. Bd3 {
- 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Re1}) ({It's too late for} 10. Bd5 $2 {Stohl} exd4 11.
Bxc6 dxc3 12. Nc4 dxc6 13. e5 Be7 $17) 10... Qe7 (10... Re7 11. Bd3 (11. Nh4 $6
{is strongly met by the exchange sacrifice after} exd4 $1 (11... Na5 12. Qa4
Nxc4 13. Nxc4) 12. Nf5 (12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Bb2 (14. e5 d5 $1) 14...
d5 15. exd5 b5 $15) 12... dxc3 $1 13. Nxe7+ (13. Nf3 Rxe4 14. Bxf7+ Kh8) 13...
Qxe7 14. Nf3 Ne5 $13) 11... b6 12. Bb2 $44 {and the ugly d6 B still causes
some headache for Black.}) 11. Bd3 (11. Nh4 $1 {now looks more frightening
than in case of 10...Re7.} Na5 12. Qa4 Nxc4 (12... b6 13. Nf5) 13. Nxc4 {
White`s knights are very strong.} exd4 (13... Qe6 14. d5 $16) 14. Nf5 Qe6 15.
Ncxd6 cxd6 16. Ba3 $36) 11... Na5 {Stohl: 'Prevents Nc4.'} 12. Qa4 {It is hard
to decide which is the best square for the Q.} (12. Qc2 $44 {deserved
attention.}) 12... b6 13. Nf1 {'?!' Stohl.} (13. Nh4 $142 $5 {Stohl} g6 14.
Ndf3 $44) 13... Bb7 14. Ng3 Qf8 {'?!' Stohl.} ({Stohl: This is too passive. As
Black can hardly retain his Pe5 anyway, the immediate} 14... exd4 {Stohl:
'deserves attention:'} 15. Nf5 (15. e5 {Stohl} Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 $5 {a zda sa,
ze cierny by mal mat navrch.} 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. cxd4 Bb4 {[%cal Rf6d5] /\Nd5=/+})
(15. cxd4 $2 {Stohl} Bxg3 16. hxg3 Bc6 $1 17. Qd1 Bxe4 {/\} 18. Nd2 d5 19. f3
Qb4 $19) 15... Qf8 16. cxd4 (16. Nxd6 {Stohl} cxd6 17. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Yc6e5] /
\Ne5=/+}) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. d5 {Black is already two pawns up, but
White`s pieces are extremely active.} Nc3 19. Qg4 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Re8 21. Bb2
$44) 15. dxe5 {It is time to solve the tension in the [+]. White gains some
tempi and advances in the [+].} Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. f4 $1 {The P storm is
the real threat.} (17. Bf4 Re6 18. e5 Rae8 {is less impressive.} (18... Nd5 $13
{Stohl})) 17... Ree8 18. e5 d6 {'?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Now the Q stays locked up
on f8 and the scales start to tip in White's favour. More principled was'} (
18... Nd5 19. Bd2 $40 {White has a strong [+], active ^^, Black`s knights are
far from impressive.}) (18... Qc5+ {Stohl} 19. Be3 $5 (19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. cxd4
Nd5 $13) 19... Qxc3 20. Qd1 Nd5 21. Nf5 $44 {->>>}) 19. Ba3 Bc6 (19... Nd5 20.
exd6 (20. Nf5 $5 {Stohl}) 20... c5 (20... cxd6 {Stohl} 21. Bxd6 $1 $14 {/\}
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxd6 $2 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Qf8 25. Bh7+ $1 $18) 21. Nf5 Bc6
22. Qd1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxf4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Be4 $36) 20. Qd1 {the Q quickly
comes to the >> for the ->.} Nd7 21. Qg4 Nb7 22. Nf5 {White has a strong
domination of pieces in the [+] and the >>.} Kh8 23. Re3 (23. Nd4 Ndc5 24. Bc2
$40 {keeping the ^^ looked promising.}) 23... Nbc5 24. Rae1 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 {
at first sight it looks that Black has achieved something, he exchanged the
dangerous light-squared B.} Re6 (25... Qg8 $5 {looks better}) 26. Qh4 Rg6 27.
Rd2 {now Black is close to collapse on >< d6.} Re8 28. exd6 (28. Nd4 $5 {Stohl}
) 28... cxd6 $2 (28... Rxe1+ {'>=' Stohl.} 29. Qxe1 Re6 {was the persistant
defence.} 30. Qh4 $36 {Stohl was pleasant for White, but the issue was still
open.}) 29. Ne7 $1 $18 {The material losses are inevitable.} Rg4 (29... Rxg2+ {
Stohl} 30. Rxg2 Bxg2 31. Bxd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg1g2,Re7g6] /\Ng6,Kg2} (31. Kxg2
$2 g5 $14)) 30. Qxg4 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qe2 Qf6 (32... Qxe2 $142 {Stohl}
33. Rxe2 $16 {/+-}) 33. Rxd6 (33. Rxd6 Qxc3 {Stohl} 34. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 (34...
Kg8 35. Qe8+) 35. Bb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 $6 {This is the so called
"Stoneware Defence". Black temporarily blocks the d P, but he can quickly
castle followed by Re8 and Bf8.} 6. d4 Nf6 $142 (6... Qe7 {is a bit too much
from odd moves.} 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2 $142 {/\ Bd3, Nc4 is the quiet positional
approach attacking the vulnerable >< e5.} (8. Ng5 {is a premature ->.} O-O 9.
f4 exf4 10. e5 Nxe5 $1 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Re1 Nxd4 $1 $132) 11... Qc5+ (
11... Qxe5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Bxf4 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 $40) 12. Kh1 Nxe5
13. Be2 $44 (13. Bb3 Neg4 $1)) 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $44 {and Black has a lot of pawns
for the piece.}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 Ne8 (9... b6 10. Re1) 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 g6
12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d6 15. f4 {White has a phantastic advantage in
the [+], now comes the >> ->.} Ng7 16. f5 g5 17. h4 $1 $16 {Kennedy-Pillsbury,
USA 1895}) (6... Qf6 {looks again unnatural.} 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 $1 {with
threats of Nb5, Nc4 and Nc2.} a6 (8... Bxa3 9. Bxa3 {^^} d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 (
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 (11... Qxe5 12. Qb3) 12. Rb1 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. e5
$36 {opening the position against the K in the middle.}) 11. Qb3 Nge7 12. Bd5
Rb8 13. Rad1 $16) 9. Nc2 $14 {/\ Ne3}) 7. O-O (7. dxe5 {is again premature.}
Bxe5 (7... Nxe5 $2 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. f4 Nxe4 10. Qh5 $18) 8. O-O (8. Ng5 d5 $1 (
8... O-O $6 9. f4 h6 $6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O d6
14. Bf4 $16 {Annageldiev-Najjar, Beirutt LIB-ch 2000}) 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qa4+ c6
11. dxc6 O-O {and suddenly Black is better developed.} 12. Ba3 $2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4
(13. Bxf8 Qd3 $1) 13... b5 $1 14. Qb3 (14. Qxb5 Rb8) 14... b4 $1 15. Bxb4 Rb8
16. Qc4 Rxb4 $1 17. Qxb4 Qd3 {0-1 Fioroto-Krantz, corr 1988}) 8... O-O 9. Bd5
Re8 $15) (7. Bg5 $5) (7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 $1 (8. O-O $6 {- 7.0-0}) (8. Nxf7 $6
Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. f4 exd4 11. e5 Be7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O d5 14. Nd2 dxc3
15. Nf3 Kg8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21.
Rh3 d4 22. Bc1 Qe6 23. Qc2 d3 $1 $19 {Bird-Pillsbury, Hastings 1985}) 8... exf4
$1 (8... exd4 9. e5 Bxe5 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd4
Nc4 14. O-O $14) 9. e5 Nxe5 $5 (9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nh3 {
(Anderssen-Kieseritsky, London 1851)} f3 $5 13. gxf3 Re8 14. O-O d5 15. Nf2 Qd6
) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O (11. Nf3 d6 12. O-O c6 $13) 11... d5 12. Bd3 h6 $44 {
and Black has again a lot of pawns and a good position for the sacrificed
piece.}) 7... O-O (7... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) 8. Re1 (8. Ng5 $6 {forgets about the
importance of the development.} Be7 (8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (8... h6 $2 {
runs into} 9. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 10. f4 $1) 9. f4 d6 10. Nd2 {White cannot continue
the -> against >< f7.} (10. Qd3 {(Quintero Velez-Valencia Obando, Medellin)}
exd4 $1 11. cxd4 d5 $17) (10. Qb3 Qe8 $15) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 {
(Seidman-Mengarini, USA-ch 1951)} Nxd5 $17 (12... Na5 $15) 13. Nxf7 $140 $2
Rxf7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. f5 Nf6 $19) (8. Nbd2 {is another logical continuation.} b6
(8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (8... h6) 9. Bd3 (9. Re1 Bb7) 9... Re8 10. Re1 Bb7 $5 {
Bosch} (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bf4 12. Qb3 $44 (12. Nf1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bb7 14. e5
$40 {Johnson-Montecatini, corr 1996})) 11. Nc4 exd4 12. e5 (12. cxd4 Bb4 $1) (
12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. cxd4 Nb4) 12... Nxe5 13. Nfxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 d6 $13) 8... h6
(8... Re8 $2 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. f4 $1 $16) 9. Nh4 $2 {This is refuted by energetic
play by Grischuk.} (9. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. d6 Ng6 $13) (
9. Nbd2 $142 {was required again, development first especially in gambit
positions.} Re8 (9... b6 10. Bb5 $1 $44 (10. Bd5 exd4 $5 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5
dxc3 13. Nf1 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6 $13)) (9... exd4 10. cxd4 $1 (10. e5 {is
winning a piece again, but Black gets too many pawns.} Nxe5 (10... dxc3 11.
exd6 cxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne8 14. Qg3 d5 15. Bd3 $44 {
Steinitz-Pillsbury, Boston 1892}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 d5 $13) 10... Bb4 11.
Qb3 $1 $44 {Other tries are less impressive:} (11. e5 d5 $1 $132) (11. d5 Bc3
12. Ba3 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxa1 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Qxa1 Qa3 16. Qb1 d6 $13)) 10. Bd3 {
Now White has a big threat of Nc4 and the defence of >< e5 becomes a problem.}
(10. Bb3 b6 {Bosch} (10... Bf8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re7 14. e5
$36 {Sveshnikov-Zheliandinov, Bled 2000}) 11. Nc4 Bb7) 10... exd4 (10... Bf8
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. f4 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qf3 {(Markosian-Mukhaev,
Moscow op 1995)} Nxc3 16. Bc2 $44) (10... b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nxd6
cxd6 14. Ba3 $44) 11. cxd4 Bf8 (11... Bf4 $5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1
$44) (11... Bb4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bb2 $44) 12. d5 $1 (12. e5 {is not so
impressive:} Nd5 13. Bc4 (13. Qb3 Ndb4 14. Bc4 d5 $1 15. exd6 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1
Qxd6 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ d5 16. exd6+
Be6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. d5 Qxd6 $17) 14... d6 $17 {Sermek-Mikhalchishin, Bled
2002}) 12... Nb4 (12... Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bb2 Re8) 13. Bf1 c6 14. a3 Na6
15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bb2 $36 {Mikhalchishin}) 9... exd4 10. Nf5 (10. cxd4 {
is strongly met by} Bb4 $1 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Rxe4 (12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rxe4 d5
$19) 12... d5 $17) 10... Bc5 11. cxd4 {[#]} d5 $1 {This counterblow changes
the course of the game completely, White loses material without any
compensation.} 12. exd5 (12. Bxd5 Bxf5 13. dxc5 Bxe4 $17) (12. dxc5 dxc4 13.
Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bb2 Bxf5 15. exf5 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exf5 Rd3 $19) 15... Ne4 $19)
12... Bxf5 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Bb3 (14. Bf1 {was probably the lesser evil.} Qxd5
$15) 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qxd5 $17 {White's hope for a ^- _|_ are not real.} 16.
Nc3 Rfe8 $1 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qb5 (18. Bd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 $17) 18... Qxb5 19.
Nxb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Red8 21. Rac1 Bg6 22. a3 c6 23. Nd6 b6 $1 {blowing up
immediately the stronghold on d6.} 24. Nc4 f6 25. f3 Bd3 26. Nb2 (26. Ne3 Nf4)
26... Bg6 27. Nc4 (27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rxc6 Rxa3) 27... Rac8 $2 {This tactical
inaccuracy allows White to create real counterchances.} (27... Rab8 $17 {
was safe and good.}) 28. Red1 $2 ({missing the last chance} 28. cxb6 $1 axb6
29. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 30. Ba5 Nd5 (30... Rd3 31. Bxb6 Rxa3 $15) 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32.
Rxc6 Ra8 $15) 28... Rd7 29. Be3 Rcd8 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Bf2 b5 $19 {Now the _|_
is hopeless again.} 32. Na5 Nf4 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Ra1 Rd6 35. Be3 Nd3 36. a4
Re6 37. Bd2 Re2 38. Ra2 Bf7 39. Rc2 b4 40. Kf1 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 b3 42. Rb2 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 $5 6. d4 (6. O-O Nf6 7. d4
O-O (7... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) 8. Re1 (8. Ng5 $6 {forgets about the importance of
the development.} Be7 (8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (8... h6 $2 {runs into} 9. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 10. f4 $1) 9. f4 d6 10. Nd2 {White cannot continue the -> against >< f7.}
(10. Qd3 {(Quintero Velez-Valencia Obando, Medellin)} exd4 $1 11. cxd4 d5 $17)
(10. Qb3 Qe8 $15) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 {(Seidman-Mengarini, USA-ch
1951)} Nxd5 $17 (12... Na5 $15) 13. Nxf7 $140 $2 Rxf7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. f5 Nf6
$19) (8. Nbd2 {is another logical continuation.} b6 (8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (
8... h6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 (11... Bf4 $5 12. e5
Nd5 13. Ne4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 $44) (11... Bb4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bb2 $44) 12. d5 $1 {
Now White gets a strong [+] and a quick development for the P.} (12. e5 {
is not so impressive:} Nd5 13. Bc4 (13. Qb3 Ndb4 14. Bc4 d5 $1 15. exd6 Rxe1+
16. Nxe1 Qxd6 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ d5
16. exd6+ Be6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. d5 Qxd6 $17) 14... d6 $17 {
Sermek-Mikhalchishin, Bled 2002}) 12... Nb4 (12... Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bb2
Re8) 13. Bf1 c6 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bb2 $36 {Mikhalchishin}) (10... b6
11. Nc4 Bb7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Ba3 $44) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5
13. Nf3 (13. f4 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qf3 {(Markosian-Mukhaev, Moscow op 1995)}
Nxc3 16. Bc2 $44) 13... Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5 Kg8 17. Bf4 d6
18. exd6 Be6 $13 {P.Nielsen-Johannessen, SWE-chT 2003}) 9. Bd3 {/\ Nc4} (9. Re1
Bb7) 9... Re8 10. Re1 Bb7 $5 {Bosch} (10... exd4 $6 11. cxd4 {Now White's
advantage is the [+] is really menacing.} Bf4 12. Qb3 $44 (12. Nf1 Bxc1 13.
Rxc1 Bb7 14. e5 $40 {Johnson-Montecatini, corr 1996})) 11. Nc4 exd4 12. e5 (12.
cxd4 Bb4 $1) (12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. cxd4 Nb4) 12... Nxe5 13. Nfxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 d6
$13 {and Black gets a lot of pawns for the piece.}) 8... h6 (8... Re8 $2 9. Ng5
Rf8 10. f4 $1 $16) 9. Nbd2 $142 {This is refuted by energetic play by Grischuk.
} (9. Nh4 $2 {This is refuted by energetic play by Grischuk.} exd4 10. Nf5 (10.
cxd4 {is strongly met by} Bb4 $1 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Rxe4 (12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13.
Rxe4 d5 $19) 12... d5 $17) 10... Bc5 11. cxd4 {[#]} d5 $1 {This counterblow
changes the course of the game completely, White loses material without any
compensation.} 12. exd5 (12. Bxd5 Bxf5 13. dxc5 Bxe4 $17) (12. dxc5 dxc4 13.
Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bb2 Bxf5 15. exf5 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exf5 Rd3 $19) 15... Ne4 $19)
12... Bxf5 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Bb3 (14. Bf1 {was probably the lesser evil.} Qxd5
$15) 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qxd5 $17 {White's hope for a ^- _|_ are not real.} 16.
Nc3 Rfe8 $1 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qb5 (18. Bd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 $17) 18... Qxb5 19.
Nxb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Red8 21. Rac1 Bg6 22. a3 c6 23. Nd6 b6 $1 {blowing up
immediately the stronghold on d6.} 24. Nc4 f6 25. f3 Bd3 26. Nb2 (26. Ne3 Nf4)
26... Bg6 27. Nc4 {(Jobava-Grischuk, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98)} (27. cxb6 axb6 28.
Rxc6 Rxa3) 27... Rab8 $17 {was safe and good.}) (9. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7
11. dxe5 Bc5 12. d6 Ng6 $13) 9... Re8 (9... b6 10. Bb5 $1 $44 (10. Bd5 exd4 $5
11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5 dxc3 13. Nf1 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6 $13)) (9... exd4 10. cxd4
$1 (10. e5 {is winning a piece again, but Black gets too many pawns.} Nxe5 (
10... dxc3 11. exd6 cxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne8 14. Qg3 d5 15. Bd3 $44 {
Steinitz-Pillsbury, Boston 1892}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 d5 $13) 10... Bb4 11.
Qb3 $1 $44 {Other tries are less impressive:} (11. e5 d5 $1 $132) (11. d5 Bc3
12. Ba3 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxa1 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Qxa1 Qa3 16. Qb1 d6 $13)) 10. Bb3 {
Now White has a big threat of Nc4 and the defence of >< e5 becomes a problem.}
b5 $5 (10... b6 {Bosch} 11. Nc4 Bb7 $44) (10... Bf8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5
13. Nf3 Re7 14. e5 $36 {Sveshnikov-Zheliandinov, Bled 2000}) 11. a4 b4 (11...
bxa4 12. Rxa4 $44) 12. Nc4 (12. Bb2 bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 $44) 12... bxc3
13. dxe5 $44 {- Short-I.Sokolov, Sarajevo 2004 CBM 101}) 6... Nf6 (6... Qe7 {
is a bit too much from odd moves.} 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2 $142 {/\ Bd3, Nc4 is the
quiet positional approach attacking the vulnerable >< e5.} (8. Ng5 {is a
premature ->.} O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. e5 Nxe5 $1 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Re1 Nxd4
$1 $132) 11... Qc5+ (11... Qxe5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Bxf4 Qc5+ 15.
Kh1 $40) 12. Kh1 Nxe5 13. Be2 $44 (13. Bb3 Neg4 $1)) 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $44 {
and Black has a lot of pawns for the piece.}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 Ne8 (9... b6 10.
Re1) 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d6 15. f4 {White
has a phantastic advantage in the [+], now comes the >> ->.} Ng7 16. f5 g5 17.
h4 $1 $16 {Kennedy-Pillsbury, USA 1895}) (6... Qf6 {looks again unnatural.} 7.
O-O h6 8. Na3 $1 {with threats of Nb5, Nc4 and Nc2.} a6 (8... Bxa3 9. Bxa3 {^^}
d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 (11... Qxe5 12. Qb3) 12. Rb1 Ne7 13.
f4 exf4 14. e5 $36 {opening the position against the K in the middle.}) 11. Qb3
Nge7 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Rad1 $16) 9. Nc2 $14 {/\ Ne3}) 7. dxe5 (7. Bg5 $5) (7. Ng5
O-O 8. f4 $1 (8. O-O $6 {- 7.0-0}) (8. Nxf7 $6 {White exchanges his only
developed pieces.} Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. f4 exd4 11. e5 Be7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13.
O-O d5 14. Nd2 dxc3 15. Nf3 Kg8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3
Qd6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rh3 d4 22. Bc1 Qe6 23. Qc2 d3 $1 $19 {Bird-Pillsbury,
Hastings 1985}) 8... exf4 $1 (8... exd4 9. e5 Bxe5 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7
12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd4 Nc4 14. O-O $14) 9. e5 Nxe5 $5 (9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Bb3 (11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Nh3 d5 $15 {Zapolskis-Asauskas, LTU-ch
Vilnius 2004}) 11... h6 12. Nh3 {(Anderssen-Kieseritsky, London 1851)} f3 $5
13. gxf3 Re8 14. O-O d5 15. Nf2 Qd6) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O (11. Nf3 d6 12. O-O
c6 $13) 11... d5 12. Bd3 h6 $44 {and Black has again a lot of pawns and a good
position for the sacrificed piece.}) (7. O-O {- 6.0-0}) 7... Bxe5 (7... Nxe5 $2
8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. f4 Nxe4 10. Qh5 $18) 8. Ba3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Bd5 Re8 $15) (8. Ng5
d5 $1 (8... O-O $6 9. f4 h6 $6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13.
O-O d6 14. Bf4 $16 {Annageldiev-Najjar, Beirut 2000}) 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qa4+ c6
11. dxc6 O-O {and suddenly Black is better developed.} 12. Ba3 $2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4
(13. Bxf8 Qd3 $1) 13... b5 $1 14. Qb3 (14. Qxb5 Rb8) 14... b4 $1 15. Bxb4 Rb8
16. Qc4 Rxb4 $1 17. Qxb4 Qd3 {0-1 Fioroto-Krantz, corr 1988}) 8... d6 9. Bb5 (
9. O-O $5 O-O (9... Qe7 {This is not necessary at all.} 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 (10...
Nxe5 11. Bb3 Nxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd2 f4 15. Nc4 Ngf7 16. Qd5 $16)
11. Bd5 (11. f4 {allows} Qa5) 11... O-O 12. f4 Qe7 13. Qd3 $44) 10. Re1 (10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 $17) 10... Re8 $17 {and White has nothing to show the sacrificed
material.}) 9... Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe5 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5
Qxe5 $17) 11... Qxe5 12. Bd3 {White at least wants to keep his ^^ alive.} (12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. f3 c5 $17) 12... Re8 13. f4 Qa5 14. Qc2 b6 15. Bb2 Ba6 {
eliminating White's last hope, the ^^.} 16. Bxa6 (16. c4 Nb4 $19) 16... Qxa6
17. Nd2 b5 (17... Qe2 $5 {bringing back the Q into action was possible, for
example:} 18. Rae1 Qh5 19. c4 Ng4 20. Nf3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 f6 $17) 18. c4 {White
opens up the long /^ for the B.} Nd7 19. Rac1 (19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Nb3 {opening
up the position looked better.}) 19... b4 {Now Black has a safe blockading
position.} 20. Rf3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nd4 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Nf6 25.
e5 Nd5 $6 (25... Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Nd5 $19 {and the _|_ is very good for Black.})
26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rc4 {Now White has real drawing chances in the _|_.} Rxa2 28.
Rxd4 Rc8 29. h3 Ne7 30. Rfd3 h5 (30... g5 $5) 31. Rxb4 $15 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rcc2
33. Rbd4 h4 {Black has a remote o^ and active rooks on the second rank, but
White's position looks defendable.} 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. g4 $2 {This creates
additional weaknesses in his own camp.} (35. Kg1 Ng6 36. R8d4 Nxf4 37. Rxf4
Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxh4+ Kg6 40. Rb4 $11 {and the R _|_ is drawish, as
usual.}) 35... Ng6 36. R8d4 b5 (36... Nxf4 37. Rxf4 Rxd2+ 38. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 39.
Kg1 Rd7 $17 {/\ Rb7, b5 with an effective Tarrasch R.}) 37. Kg2 Nxf4+ 38. Rxf4
Rxd2+ 39. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 40. Kf3 Kg6 $2 (40... Rd3+ 41. Ke4 Rxh3 42. Rxf7 Kg6 43.
e6 Rh1 44. Rf3 h3 45. Re3 Kf6 $17) (40... Rd7 41. Rb4 Rb7 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. Kd5)
41. Rb4 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rxh3 43. Rxb5 {Now the position is easy again.} Rh1 (43...
Rc3 44. Rb6+ Kh7 (44... f6 45. exf6 gxf6 46. Rb5 $11) 45. Kg5 h3 46. Rb2 $11)
44. Rb6+ Kh7 45. Kg5 h3 46. Rb3 h2 47. Rb2 g6 48. Ra2 Kg7 49. Rf2 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 6. O-O (6. d4 Nf6 $142 (
6... Qf6 {looks unnatural.} 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 $1 {with threats of Nb5, Nc4 and
Nc2.} a6 (8... Bxa3 9. Bxa3 {^^} d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 (
11... Qxe5 12. Qb3) 12. Rb1 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 $36 {opening the position
against the K in the middle.}) 11. Qb3 Nge7 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Rad1 $16) 9. Nc2
$14 {/\ Ne3}) (6... Qe7 {is a bit too much from odd moves.} 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2
$142 {/\ Bd3, Nc4 is the quiet positional approach attacking the vulnerable ><
e5.} (8. Ng5 {is a premature ->.} O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. e5 Nxe5 $1 (10... Bxe5 11.
dxe5 (11. Re1 Nxd4 $1 $132) 11... Qc5+ (11... Qxe5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7
14. Bxf4 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 $40) 12. Kh1 Nxe5 13. Be2 $44 (13. Bb3 Neg4 $1)) 11. dxe5
Bxe5 $44 {and Black has a lot of pawns for the piece.}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 Ne8 (
9... b6 10. Re1) 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d6 15.
f4 {White has a phantastic advantage in the [+], now comes the >> ->.} Ng7 16.
f5 g5 17. h4 $1 $16 {Kennedy-Pillsbury, USA 1895}) 7. O-O {- 6.0-0} (7. Bg5 $5)
(7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 $1 (8. O-O $6 {- 7.0-0}) (8. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.
f4 exd4 11. e5 Be7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O d5 14. Nd2 dxc3 15. Nf3 Kg8 16. Rb1 b6
17. Be3 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rh3 d4 22. Bc1 Qe6 23.
Qc2 d3 $1 $19 {Bird-Pillsbury, Hastings 1985}) 8... exf4 $1 (8... exd4 9. e5
Bxe5 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd4 Nc4 14. O-O $14) 9. e5
Nxe5 $5 (9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 (11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Nh3 d5
$15 {Zapolskis-Asauskas, LTU-ch Vilnius 2004}) 11... h6 12. Nh3 {
(Anderssen-Kieseritsky, London 1851)} f3 $5 13. gxf3 Re8 14. O-O d5 15. Nf2 Qd6
) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O (11. Nf3 d6 12. O-O c6 $13) 11... d5 12. Bd3 h6 $44 {
and Black has again a lot of pawns and a good position for the sacrificed
piece.}) (7. dxe5 {is again premature.} Bxe5 (7... Nxe5 $2 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. f4
Nxe4 10. Qh5 $18) 8. O-O (8. Ng5 d5 $1 (8... O-O $6 9. f4 h6 $6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7
11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O d6 14. Bf4 $16 {Annageldiev-Najjar,
Beirutt LIB-ch 2000}) 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qa4+ c6 11. dxc6 O-O {and suddenly Black
is better developed.} 12. Ba3 $2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 (13. Bxf8 Qd3 $1) 13... b5 $1
14. Qb3 (14. Qxb5 Rb8) 14... b4 $1 15. Bxb4 Rb8 16. Qc4 Rxb4 $1 17. Qxb4 Qd3 {
0-1 Fioroto-Krantz, corr 1988}) 8... O-O 9. Bd5 Re8 $15)) 6... Nf6 7. d4 O-O (
7... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) 8. Re1 (8. Ng5 $6 {forgets about the importance of the
development.} Be7 (8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (8... h6 $2 {runs into} 9. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 10. f4 $1) 9. f4 d6 10. Nd2 {White cannot continue the -> against >< f7.}
(10. Qd3 {(Quintero Velez-Valencia Obando, Medellin)} exd4 $1 11. cxd4 d5 $17)
(10. Qb3 Qe8 $15) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 {(Seidman-Mengarini, USA-ch
1951)} Nxd5 $17 (12... Na5 $15) 13. Nxf7 $140 $2 Rxf7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. f5 Nf6
$19) (8. Nbd2 {is another logical continuation.} b6 (8... Qe7 {- 6...Qe7}) (
8... h6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. e5
Nd5 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5 Kg8 17. Bf4 d6 18. exd6 Be6 $13 {P.
Nielsen-Johannessen, SWE-chT 2003}) 9. Bd3 (9. Re1 Bb7) 9... Re8 10. Re1 Bb7 $5
{Bosch} (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bf4 12. Qb3 $44 (12. Nf1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bb7 14. e5
$40 {Johnson-Montecatini, corr 1996})) 11. Nc4 exd4 12. e5 (12. cxd4 Bb4 $1) (
12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. cxd4 Nb4) 12... Nxe5 13. Nfxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 d6 $13) 8... h6
(8... Re8 $2 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. f4 $1 $16) 9. Nbd2 $142 (9. Nh4 $2 {This is
refuted by energetic play by Grischuk.} exd4 10. Nf5 (10. cxd4 {is strongly
met by} Bb4 $1 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Rxe4 (12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rxe4 d5 $19) 12...
d5 $17) 10... Bc5 11. cxd4 {[#]} d5 $1 {This counterblow changes the course of
the game completely, White loses material without any compensation.} 12. exd5 (
12. Bxd5 Bxf5 13. dxc5 Bxe4 $17) (12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bb2 Bxf5 15.
exf5 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exf5 Rd3 $19) 15... Ne4 $19) 12... Bxf5 13. dxc5 Na5
14. Bf1 {was probably the lesser evil.} (14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qxd5 $17 {
White's hope for a ^- _|_ are not real.} 16. Nc3 Rfe8 $1 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qb5 (
18. Bd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 $17) 18... Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Red8 21. Rac1
Bg6 22. a3 c6 23. Nd6 b6 $1 {blowing up immediately the stronghold on d6.} 24.
Nc4 f6 25. f3 Bd3 26. Nb2 (26. Ne3 Nf4) 26... Bg6 27. Nc4 (27. cxb6 axb6 28.
Rxc6 Rxa3) 27... Rab8 $17 {was safe and good.} (27... Rac8 $2 {This tactical
inaccuracy allows White to create real counterchances.} {missing the last
chance} 28. cxb6 $1 (28. Red1 $2 Rd7 29. Be3 Rcd8 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Bf2 b5 $19
{Now the _|_ is hopeless again, Jobava-Grischuk, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98}) 28...
axb6 29. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 30. Ba5 Nd5 (30... Rd3 31. Bxb6 Rxa3 $15) 31. Bxd8 Rxd8
32. Rxc6 Ra8 $15)) 14... Qxd5 $15) (9. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. dxe5 Bc5
12. d6 Ng6 $13) 9... Re8 {Black holds his e5 P until the last men standing.} (
9... b6 10. Bb5 $1 $44 (10. Bd5 exd4 $5 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5 dxc3 13. Nf1 Be7
14. exf6 Bxf6 $13)) (9... exd4 10. cxd4 $1 (10. e5 {is winning a piece again,
but Black gets too many pawns.} Nxe5 (10... dxc3 11. exd6 cxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd6
13. Qxd6 Ne8 14. Qg3 d5 15. Bd3 $44 {Steinitz-Pillsbury, Boston 1892}) 11. Nxe5
Bxe5 12. Rxe5 d5 $13) 10... Bb4 11. Qb3 $1 $44 {Other tries are less
impressive:} (11. e5 d5 $1 $132) (11. d5 Bc3 12. Ba3 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxa1 14. Bxf8
Qxf8 15. Qxa1 Qa3 16. Qb1 d6 $13)) 10. Bb3 {This allows the freeing move of
the game.} (10. Bd3 {Now White has a big threat of Nc4 and the defence of ><
e5 becomes a problem.} exd4 (10... Bf8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. f4 Re8
14. e5 Nd5 15. Qf3 {(Markosian-Mukhaev, Moscow op 1995)} Nxc3 16. Bc2 $44) (
10... b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Ba3 $44) 11. cxd4 Bf8 (11...
Bf4 $5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 $44) (11... Bb4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bb2 $44)
12. d5 $1 (12. e5 {is not so impressive:} Nd5 13. Bc4 (13. Qb3 Ndb4 14. Bc4 d5
$1 15. exd6 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qxd6 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 (14. Bxf7+
Kxf7 15. Qb3+ d5 16. exd6+ Be6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. d5 Qxd6 $17) 14... d6 $17 {
Sermek-Mikhalchishin, Bled 2002}) 12... Nb4 (12... Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bb2
Re8) 13. Bf1 c6 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bb2 $36 {Mikhalchishin}) 10... b5
$5 {fighting for the c4 square.} (10... b6 {Bosch} 11. Nc4 Bb7 $44) (10... Bf8
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re7 14. e5 $36 {with a big lead of
development for White, Sveshnikov-Zheliandinov, Bled 2000.}) 11. a4 b4 (11...
bxa4 12. Rxa4 $44) 12. Nc4 {Black now has to give up his stronghold on e5 and
White will advance in the [+]. However Black gets some pawns for this
concession.} (12. Bb2 bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 $44) 12... bxc3 13. dxe5 Bxe5
(13... Nxe5 14. Nfxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 {- 13...Be5}) 14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Rxe5 16. Bf4 (16. f4 Re8 (16... Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Kf8
20. Ba3+ d6 21. Qxa8 $16) 17. e5 Rb8 18. Bc2 Nh7 19. Be3 $44 {and White has a
nice compensation for the pawns.}) 16... Re7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qd3 d5 {Black has
to give back some material in order to finish his development.} 19. Qxc3 (19.
Bc2 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxc3 $44 {was the other way with an active ^^ for the
P.} (21. Be5 Ne4 22. Rxe4 Bf5)) 19... Bf5 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. a5 $2 ({It was time
to bring the B to the important diagonals by} 21. Be3 c6 {Now this freeing
move is not so forceful as in the game.} (21... a5 22. Qc6 Be6 23. Ba2 $14) 22.
Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qa6 Rb8 (23... Nc7 24. Qxa7 Ne6 25. Qb6 $14) 24. Ba2 d4 25. Bd2
$14 {and White's ^^ is still strong.}) 21... c6 $1 {Here we see the
difference! The black N comes out of passivity.} 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qa4 Nc7 24.
Be3 Ne6 $11 {Now Black has activated all of his pieces creating a blockade on
e6.} 25. a6 Nc5 (25... d4 $2 26. Bxe6) 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd4 {The blockade is
certainly important on d4, but the a6 P remains a target in the _|_.} (27. Qd4
Qb6 28. h3 Be6 $11) (27. Qf4 Be6 $11) 27... Ra5 (27... Qb6 $5) 28. Qc6 Qb6 29.
Qxb6 axb6 30. f4 Rxa6 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 b5 {This remote o^ saves the _|_.}
33. Rc1 Rb6 34. Kf2 b4 35. Bb3 g5 (35... Be6 36. Rb1 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 f6 38. exf6
gxf6 39. Ke3 $11 {and the R _|_ is drawish as usual.}) 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Ke3
Be6 38. Rb1 Bxb3 39. Rxb3 Rb5 40. Kd4 Kg7 41. g4 Kf8 42. Kc4 Rxe5 43. Rxb4 Re2
44. h3 Re4+ 45. Kc5 Re3 46. Kd4 Rxh3 47. Ke4 Kg7 {with a theoretical draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 {This ugly-looking move is
also a playable alternaive?!} 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O (7. dxe5 {- Van der Wiel-I.
Sokolov, NED-ch Leeuwarden 2004 CBM 102}) 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 (8. Ng5 $6 {forgets
about the importance of the development.} Be7 (8... Qe7) (8... h6 $2 {runs into
} 9. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 10. f4 $1) 9. f4 d6 10. Nd2 {White cannot continue the ->
against >< f7.} (10. Qd3 {(Quintero Velez-Valencia Obando, Medellin)} exd4 $1
11. cxd4 d5 $17) (10. Qb3 Qe8 $15) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 {
(Seidman-Mengarini, USA-ch 1951)} Nxd5 $17 (12... Na5 $15) 13. Nxf7 $140 $2
Rxf7 14. Qh5 Be6 15. f5 Nf6 $19) (8. Re1 h6 (8... Re8 $2 {weakens the vital f7
square.} 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. f4 $1 $16) 9. Nbd2 $142 (9. Nh4 $2 {This is refuted by
energetic play by Grischuk.} exd4 10. Nf5 (10. cxd4 {is strongly met by} Bb4 $1
11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Rxe4 (12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rxe4 d5 $19) 12... d5 $17) (10. Ng6
b5 11. Nxf8 bxc4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Na3 Ne5 14. Qxd4 Nd3 15. Re3 Bc5 16. Qxc4
Nxc1 {0-1 Sidorenko-Golod, Ramat Aviv 2004}) 10... Bc5 11. cxd4 {[#]} d5 $1 {
This counterblow changes the course of the game completely, White loses
material without any compensation.} 12. exd5 (12. Bxd5 Bxf5 13. dxc5 Bxe4 $17)
(12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bb2 Bxf5 15. exf5 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exf5 Rd3
$19) 15... Ne4 $19) 12... Bxf5 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Bf1 {was probably the lesser
evil.} (14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qxd5 $17 {White's hope for a ^- _|_ are not real.
} 16. Nc3 Rfe8 $1 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qb5 (18. Bd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 $17) 18...
Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Red8 21. Rac1 Bg6 22. a3 c6 23. Nd6 b6 $1 {blowing
up immediately the stronghold on d6.} 24. Nc4 f6 25. f3 Bd3 26. Nb2 (26. Ne3
Nf4) 26... Bg6 27. Nc4 {(Jobava-Grischuk, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98)} (27. cxb6 axb6
28. Rxc6 Rxa3) 27... Rab8 $17 {was safe and good.}) 14... Qxd5 $15) (9. Bd5 $5
Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. d6 Ng6 $13) 9... Re8 (9... b6 10. Bb5 $1 $44
(10. Bd5 exd4 $5 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5 dxc3 13. Nf1 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6 $13)) (
9... exd4 10. cxd4 $1 (10. e5 {is winning a piece again, but Black gets too
many pawns.} Nxe5 (10... dxc3 11. exd6 cxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne8 14. Qg3
d5 15. Bd3 $44 {Steinitz-Pillsbury, Boston 1892}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 d5 $13
) 10... Bb4 11. Qb3 $1 $44 {Other tries are less impressive:} (11. e5 d5 $1
$132) (11. d5 Bc3 12. Ba3 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxa1 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Qxa1 Qa3 16. Qb1
d6 $13)) 10. Bb3 {Now White has a big threat of Nc4 and the defence of >< e5
becomes a problem.} b5 $5 (10... b6 {Bosch} 11. Nc4 Bb7 $44) (10... Bf8 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re7 14. e5 $36 {Sveshnikov-Zheliandinov, Bled
2000}) 11. a4 b4 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 $44) 12. Nc4 (12. Bb2 bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd4
14. Nxd4 $44) 12... bxc3 13. dxe5 $44 {- Short-I.Sokolov, Sarajevo 2004 CBM 101
}) 8... b6 $6 (8... Qe7 9. Bd3 Ne8 (9... b6 10. Re1) 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 g6 12.
Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d6 15. f4 {White has a phantastic advantage in the
[+], now comes the >> ->.} Ng7 16. f5 g5 17. h4 $1 $16 {Kennedy-Pillsbury, USA
1895}) (8... h6 {/\ Re8 overprotecting the vital e5 square looks logical.} 9.
Bd3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 (11... Bf4 $5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4
Bxc1 14. Rxc1 $44) (11... Bb4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bb2 $44) 12. d5 $1 {Now White
gets a strong [+] and a quick development for the P.} (12. e5 {is not so
impressive:} Nd5 13. Bc4 (13. Qb3 Ndb4 14. Bc4 d5 $1 15. exd6 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1
Qxd6 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ d5 16. exd6+
Be6 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. d5 Qxd6 $17) 14... d6 $17 {Sermek-Mikhalchishin, Bled
2002}) 12... Nb4 (12... Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bb2 Re8) 13. Bf1 c6 14. a3 Na6
15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bb2 $36 {Mikhalchishin}) 11. Nxe5 {White now grabs the |^ in
the [+] .} Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 (13. f4 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qf3 {
(Markosian-Mukhaev, Moscow op 1995)} Nxc3 16. Bc2 $44) 13... Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5 Kg8 17. Bf4 d6 18. exd6 Be6 $13 {P.Nielsen-Johannessen,
SWE-chT 2003}) 9. Bd3 {/\ Nc4 and the d6 B cannot escape.} (9. Re1 Bb7) 9...
Re8 10. Re1 Bb7 $5 (10... exd4 $6 11. cxd4 {Now White's advantage is the [+]
is really menacing.} Bf4 12. Qb3 $44 (12. Nf1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bb7 14. e5 $40 {
Johnson-Montecatini, corr 1996})) 11. Nc4 h6 (11... exd4 12. e5 (12. cxd4 Bb4
$1) (12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. cxd4 Nb4) 12... Nxe5 13. Nfxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 d6 $13 {
and Black gets a lot of pawns for the piece.}) 12. Rb1 $5 $44 (12. d5 Nb8 13.
Nxd6 cxd6 {also ruins Black's P structure and >< d6 becomes a target.} 14. Ba3
$44) 12... Qc8 (12... exd4 {Now Black wants to get a lot of pawns for the
piece.} 13. e5 Nxe5 (13... Nd5 14. exd6 Nxc3 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qd2 $14) 14.
Nfxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Rxe5 d5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $13) 15... d6 16. Nf3 {However
in this middlegame White's ^^ outweights the numerous pawns.} dxc3 (16... Bxf3
17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qxf3 Qe1+ 19. Bf1 $16) 17. Rb3 (17. Nd4 $5 c5 18. Nf5) 17...
Qd7 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 $14) 18. Rxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bf1
$14 {and White's ^^ has a bright future.}) 13. Bc2 (13. d5 $5 Nb8 14. Nxd6 $1 (
14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5 d6 16. Qf3 Nbd7) 14... cxd6 15. Nh4 $40 {and Black's
pieces are very passive on the <<.}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 (14. e5 Bxe5 15. Nfxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 d6 17. Nf3 Qg4 18. Bb2 $14) 14... Ba6 (14... Bb4 15. Re3 $1 d5
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxh6 $16 {with good attacking
chances on the >>.}) 15. e5 $2 {White unnecessarily complicates matters.} (15.
Nxd6 cxd6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bb2 $40 {and the black pieces are far from the
defence of their K.}) 15... Bxc4 $1 16. exf6 (16. exd6 Rxe1+ $17) 16... Rxe1+
$1 (16... Bxa2 $6 {is a typical computer-type of move, but let's see!} 17. Ra1
Bd5 (17... Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 {- 16...Re1}) 18. Bxh6 $1 Rxe1+ (18... gxh6 $2 19.
Qd3) 19. Nxe1 gxh6 20. Qh5 Kf8 21. Qxh6+ Ke8 22. Qe3+ Be6 (22... Kf8 23. Nd3
$16) 23. d5 Qd8 24. Qg5 $1 {and the K in the middle feels himself very
uncomfortably.} (24. dxe6 Qxf6 25. exf7+ (25. exd7+ Kxd7 26. Rd1 Rh8) 25...
Kxf7 26. Bb3+ Kf8 $15) 24... Bxd5 25. Rd1 $1 (25. Qxd5 Qxf6) 25... Nb4 26. Be4
c6 (26... Bxe4 27. Rxd6 $1 $18) 27. Nf3 $16) 17. Nxe1 (17. Qxe1 Qe8 $1 (17...
Bxa2 $6 {is too greedy:} 18. Qe4 g6 19. Rb2 $40) 18. Be3 {and now finally
Black can take the P without an immediate punishment.} (18. Qd2 Qe2 $1) 18...
Bxa2 $17) 17... Qd8 $1 (17... Bxa2 $2 {is again useless in view of} 18. Ra1 Nb4
19. Qg4 $16) 18. fxg7 (18. d5 Ne5 19. fxg7 Qh4 $1 20. h3 Bxa2 21. Ra1 Bc4 22.
Bb2 a5 $17) (18. Bxh6 Qxf6 $1 $17 (18... gxh6 $2 {allows the mating -> after}
19. Qg4+ Kf8 20. Qg7+ Ke8 21. Nf3 $1 Bf8 (21... Be6 22. Re1) 22. Re1+ Be6 23.
Qg6 $1 Qc8 24. Qh5 $16)) 18... Qf6 $1 {Black's defence is on top.} (18... Qh4
19. Nf3 Qh5 (19... Qf6 20. Bb3 $44) 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Kxg7 22. d5 $44) 19.
Be3 (19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Rxb3 Qxd4 (20... Nxd4 21. Rh3 Re8 22. Bxh6 c5 23. Be3 Re6
$17) 21. Rd3 Qe5 $17) (19. Nf3 Re8 $17) 19... Re8 20. Qg4 Nb4 $17 {White's ->
is beaten off, and now Black begins to collect more material.} (20... Bxa2 $17)
21. Rxb4 (21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Re6 $17) 21... Bxb4 22. Nf3 {This exchange
sacrifice is rather desperate.} Be2 (22... Bd6 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25.
Qxd7 Qe6 $17) 23. Qxd7 Rd8 24. Qh3 (24. Qxc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kxg7 $17) 24... Bxf3
25. gxf3 Qxg7+ 26. Kf1 Bf8 {Black can slowly but surely convert his material
advantage into a win, but see what happens...} 27. Qh4 Rd6 28. Be4 Qf6 (28...
c5 29. d5) 29. Qg4+ Bg7 30. Qc8+ (30. d5) 30... Qd8 31. Qf5 Qd7 32. Qh7+ Kf8
33. Kg2 Rxd4 $2 {and all of a sudden Black blunders.} (33... Qe6 $19 {was
still winning.}) 34. Bxh6 $1 {White certainly doesn't take the R, but the P.}
Bxh6 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 d6 (7...
exd4 {- Short-Onischuk,Tan Chin Nam Cup 2000 CBM 78}) 8. Qa4+ (8. O-O $6 {
This quiet developing move is not forceful enough.} exd4 9. Qxd4 (9. cxd4 Nf6)
9... Nf6 {and Black can finish his development without beeing disturbed.} 10.
Ba3 O-O 11. c4 c5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Nfd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qe3 Bxc4
$19 {Zawadzka-Zayac, Wisla Hugart op 1999}) (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qa4+ c6 {- 8.Qa4})
(8. Ba3 {The most natural reply is} Nc6 $1 (8... c6 $6 {leaves the N on a5.} 9.
Bb4 {/\ Qa4} (9. Qa4 b5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Bb4 Nb7 {White has no
real compensation for the sacrificed P.} 13. c4 a5 14. Bc3 b4 15. Bb2 exd4 16.
Bxd4 c5 17. Bb2 a4 18. Rb1 {(Alexander-Euwe, Maastricht 1946)} O-O $1 19. O-O (
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd8 $17) 19... Ng4 $17 (19... Nh5 $5)))) 8... c6 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 {Black gave back the P, but he can finish his development.}
11. O-O b5 (11... O-O {looks satisfactory for Black.} 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 b5
14. Qc2 Qb7 (14... Bd6 $6 {is strongly met by} 15. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Ng6 Qd8 17.
Nxf8 Qxf8 18. a4 $14 {^^}) 15. Nd2 Be6 {White has weaknesses on the <<.} 16. a4
Qb6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Rdb1 a6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Rfd8 $15 {>< c3,
Hesse-Mottas, Pizol op 1997.}) 12. Qc2 O-O (12... Qc7 13. Nf3 O-O (13... Bg4
14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ba3 $14 {Melts-Jahkind, corr Ukraine
1991}) 14. Nbd2 Bg4 15. c4 Nxc4 (15... b4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bb2 $14 {
Angula-Santivanez, PER-ch 2002}) 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rab8 $13) 13. a4 Qc7 (
13... b4 14. cxb4 Bxb4 15. Rd1 $1 $13 {P.Blatny} (15. Nxc6 $2 {eliminates the
weak P instead of developing the pieces.} Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Qd4 17. Qc2 Bb7 $17 {
Bulloskus-Melts, corr Ukraine 1983}) 15... Qc7 16. Bb2 (16. Nd3 Bd6) (16. f4
Be6 $13) 16... Be6 $13) (13... a6 14. axb5 cxb5 $13 (14... axb5 $2 15. Nxc6))
14. Nf3 Bg4 $5 (14... a6 15. Bg5 {Black has many alternatives here.} Bg4 (15...
Rd8 16. e5 (16. Nbd2 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e5 (19. g3 Bh3
20. Rfd1 Nf6 $11) 19... Nf4 $132) 16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 (17. Bd3 Bxg5 {Black is
not afraid of losing his h P by check, he wants to eliminate White's central P.
} 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Nxg5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Be4 Nc4 $132) 17... Qxe7 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qe4 g6 20. Nd4 Bb7 $13) (15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. axb5 (18. Nd4 Nf4 19. Bf3 Bd7 $15) 18... axb5 19. Nd4 Nf4 20. Nxc6 (20. Bf3
Bd7 $15) 20... Qg5 21. g3 (21. Bf3 Bh3) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bg4 23. f3 Nxc6
24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. fxg4 Ne5 $44 {with an active piece play for the P.}) 16. Nbd2
Nb7 17. h3 (17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Bh4 Nc5) 18... Bh5 $13) 17... Bh5 18.
Rae1 (18. e5 $6 {throws away the important d5 square and activates Black's B
on the b1-h7 /^.} Bg6 19. Qb2 Nd5 $132) (18. Rad1 Nc5 $13) 18... Nc5 19. Nd4 $6
(19. axb5 cxb5 $15) 19... Bg6 {attacking White's [+].} (19... Bxe2 20. Rxe2
Nxa4 {Now White gets some |^ on the >>.} (20... Ng4 21. hxg4 Bxg5 22. N2f3 Bf4
23. e5) 21. c4 Qd7 22. Nf5 $44) 20. axb5 (20. f4 $6 {White doesn't sense the
danger!} Ncxe4 $1 ({and not} 20... Nfxe4 $2 21. Bxe7 Nxd2 (21... Qxe7 22. f5)
22. Qxd2 Ne4 23. Qe3 Qxe7 24. f5 $18) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfe8
24. Re5 (24. Qf3 Rac8 $17) 24... h6 $1 {was the solution!} (24... Qd7 25. Qf3
$44 {Now White is active enough to equalize, Short-Svidler, Internet 2000 CBM
76}) 25. Bh4 Nd5 $1 {Black wants to exchange as many pieces as he can.} (25...
c5 26. Nf5 $44) (25... g5 26. Bg3 $44) 26. Rfe1 {At first glance the pin is
annoying on the e <->.} f6 27. Ne6 Bc5+ $1 {This is the point!} 28. Kh1 Rxe6 $1
29. Rxe6 Nxf4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Qe4 Be7 $1 {the R is suddenly
trapped!} 33. Rxe7+ (33. Ra8 Qb7 34. Rh8 Ng6 $19) 33... Qxe7 34. Qxf4 g5 $17 {
with a very comfortable Q _|_.}) 20... cxb5 21. Bf3 Rad8 $15) 15. axb5 (15.
Nbd2 a6 16. Re1 Nd7 $11) (15. Bg5 a6 {- 15...a6}) 15... cxb5 16. Nd4 (16. Bxb5
{wins the P, but White's >> becomes shattered.} Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rab8 18. Ba4 (18.
Qa4 Qe5 19. Ba3 Rxb5 20. Bxe7 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. Qxb5 Qxf3+ $11 {with
perpetual check.}) 18... Bd6 19. h3 Bf4 20. Rd1 Rfc8 $44) 16... Bxe2 (16... a6
17. e5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd5 19. Qf3 {- 16...Be2}) 17. Qxe2 a6 18. e5 $1 {White
has to use his advantage in the [+], otherwise he can get into troubles in
view of his problems on the <<.} (18. Bg5 Rfe8 $15) 18... Nd5 {It is funny
that in a gambit White's complete << is still undeveloped.} 19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. e6
$1 {This P is White's only trumph.} (20. Nf5 $6 Nc4 $17) (20. Qg3 Bf8 $15)
20... f6 21. Re1 Nc6 $6 {This allows the following tactical blow, although
even here things are far from clear.} (21... Kh8 22. Ra2) 22. Nxb5 (22. Nf5 Ne5
23. Qg3 Ng6 $13) 22... Qb6 (22... Ne5 $6 23. Nxc7 (23. Qxd5 Qb8 24. Qe4 axb5 (
24... Qxb5 25. Ba3 Ra7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. c4 $5 $36) 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8
$44) 23... Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Nxc7 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Bd2 (26. Bg3 Rdc8) 26... a5 27.
Na3 $14 {and White has an extra P in the _|_.}) 23. c4 (23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4
Qxd4 25. Ra2 Qc4 $13) 23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 (24. Qh5 $5 Nc2 (24... g6 25. Qd1) 25.
Qf7+ Kh8 26. cxd5 Nxe1 27. Qxe7 Nd3 28. Be3 Qxb5 29. Nc3 Qb2 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31.
Rxa3 Rac8 32. Kf1 $44 {is a very romantic line.}) 24... Qxd4 25. Ra4 (25. Ra5
Qxc4 26. Nd2 Qd4 $1 (26... Qc6 27. Ba3 $14) 27. Nb3 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Nxc3 29. Ba3
Kf8 $13) 25... Nb4 (25... Nb6 $5 {deserves attention} 26. Be3 Qe5 27. Bd2 Qd4
$13 {with a possible repetition of moves.}) 26. c5 $5 (26. Ba3 Nd3 (26... Nc2
27. Rf1 Nxa3 28. Nxa3 $14) 27. Rf1 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Ne5 29. Qf5 Qxc4 30. Rh3 $14)
26... Qxc5 (26... Bxc5 27. Be3 Qd3 28. Bxc5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nd3 30. Be7 Nxe1 31.
Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxa6 Kf8 $11 {is a drawish _|_ as well.}) 27. Ba3 Qb6 28. Nc3 (
28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29. Qb3 (29. Nc3 Rac8 30. e7 Bxe7 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7)
29... Ba5 $1 (29... Bc5 30. Qa2 $14) 30. Qxb6 Bxb6 31. e7 Re8 32. Nc3 Bc5 33.
Nd5 Ra7 $11 {and the o^ on e7 will soon fall.}) 28... Rac8 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. e7
(30. e7 Bxe7 31. Nd5 Qe6 $1 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (5... Ba5 {is the old main
line.}) 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 d6 (7... exd4 {deserves attention as well.} 8. Qxd4 (
8. cxd4 {improves the P structure, but Black can quickly finish his
development attacking the [+].} Nf6 $1 (8... d5 9. e5) 9. e5 Ne4 {/\ d5 Bb4} (
9... Nd5 {looks playable as well.} 10. Bd2 {This doesn't look necessary, does
it?} Nc6 {The N goes back to the [+].} 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 d5 $1 {Now Black's
position is solid not mentioning his extra P.} 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Be3 O-O 15. h3
Bh5 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rb1 {(Van Heerden-D.Lau, AUS-ch 1999)} Bb4 $5 (17... Bg6
$15) 18. Rc1 Ba3 19. Rb1 Bg6 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 10. O-O d5 $1 $15 {
with a healthy P up.}) 8... d5 $5 {This is the idea of a quick counterattack,
characteristic of the gambit openings.} (8... Nf6 {- Kasparov-Anand, Tal mem
Riga 1995 CBM 47}) (8... d6 {- Shirov-Timman, Biel 1995 CBM 49}) 9. exd5 (9.
Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 dxe4 $36 {and Black grabs the |^ in the [+].}) 9... Nf6 {
Black gives back the P, but he can quietly finish his development and play
against White's [+].} 10. c4 (10. Qa4+ $6 {is useless because of} c6 11. c4 Ne4
12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 O-O 14. dxc6 Nxc6 $15 {Gunnarson-Sashikiran, Elista ol
1998}) (10. Bb5+ c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 $11) 10... c6 (10... O-O 11. Nc3 Bb4 $5) 11.
Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rfd1 cxd5 (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 (15. Qd2 Ng4)
15... axb6 $11 {and White has also defects in his P structure.}) 15. cxd5 {
White's position looks a bit better because of his strong o^.} Bg4 16. Bb5 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Re7 18. Ne4 Nh5 19. Kh1 a6 20. Be2 Re8 21. Rg1 $13 {Winants-Kremer,
Donner mem 1996}) 8. Qa4+ (8. O-O $6 exd4 9. Qxd4 (9. cxd4 Nf6) 9... Nf6 {
and Black can finish his development without beeing disturbed.} 10. Ba3 O-O 11.
c4 c5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Nfd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qe3 Bxc4 $19 {
Zawadzka-Zayac, Wisla Hugart op 1999}) (8. dxe5) (8. Ba3 {is answered by} Nc6 (
8... c6 $6 {leaves the N on a5.} 9. Bb4 {/\ Qa4} (9. Qa4 b5 {- 8.Qa4}))) 8...
c6 9. dxe5 (9. Ba3 $6 b5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Bb4 Nb7 {White has no
real compensation for the sacrificed P.} 13. c4 a5 14. Bc3 b4 15. Bb2 exd4 16.
Bxd4 c5 17. Bb2 a4 18. Rb1 {(Alexander-Euwe, Maastricht 1946)} O-O $1 19. O-O (
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd8 $17) 19... Ng4 $17 (19... Nh5 $5)) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5
Nf6 {Black gave back the P, but he can finish his development.} 11. O-O b5 (
11... O-O {looks satisfactory for Black.} 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Qc2 Qb7 (
14... Bd6 $6 {is strongly met by} 15. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Ng6 Qd8 17. Nxf8 Qxf8
18. a4 $14 {^^}) 15. Nd2 Be6 {White has weaknesses on the <<.} 16. a4 Qb6 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Rdb1 a6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Rfd8 $15 {>< c3, Hesse-Mottas, Pizol
op 1997.}) 12. Qc2 O-O (12... Qc7 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. a4 a6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ba3 $14 {Melts-Jahkind, corr Ukraina, 1991}) 13. a4 Qc7 (13... b4 14.
cxb4 Bxb4 15. Rd1 $1 $13 {P.Blatny} (15. Nxc6 $2 {eliminates the weak P
instead of developing the pieces.} Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Qd4 17. Qc2 Bb7 $17 {
Bulloskus-Melts, corr Ukraina 1983}) 15... Qc7 16. Bb2 (16. Nd3 Bd6) (16. f4
Be6 $13) 16... Be6 $13) (13... a6 14. axb5 cxb5 $13 (14... axb5 $2 15. Nxc6))
14. Nf3 a6 15. Bg5 Bg4 {There are plenty of alternatives for Black:} (15... Rd8
16. e5 (16. Nbd2 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e5 (19. g3 Bh3 20.
Rfd1 Nf6 $11) 19... Nf4 $132) 16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 (17. Bd3 Bxg5 {Black is not
afraid of losing his h P by check, he wants to eliminate White's central P.}
18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Nxg5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Be4 Nc4 $132) 17... Qxe7 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qe4 g6 20. Nd4 Bb7 $13) (15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. axb5 (18. Nd4 Nf4 19. axb5 (19. Bf3 Bd7 $15) 19... axb5 20. Bf3 (20. Nxc6
$2 {founders on} Qg5 21. Bf3 Bh3) 20... Bd7 $15) 18... axb5 19. Nd4 Nf4 20.
Nxc6 Qg5 21. g3 (21. Bf3 Bh3 $17) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bg4 23. f3 Nxc6 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. fxg4 Ne5 $44) 16. Nbd2 Nb7 17. h3 (17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Bh4 Nc5)
18... Bh5 $13) 17... Bh5 18. Rae1 (18. e5 $6 {throws away the important d5
square and activates Black's B on the b1-h7 /^.} Bg6 19. Qb2 Nd5 $132) (18.
Rad1 Nc5 $13) 18... Nc5 19. Nd4 $6 (19. axb5 cxb5 $15) 19... Bg6 {attacking
White's [+].} (19... Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nxa4 {Now White gets some |^ on the >>.} (
20... Ng4 21. hxg4 Bxg5 22. N2f3 Bf4 23. e5) 21. c4 Qd7 22. Nf5 $44) 20. f4 $6
{White doesn't sense the danger!} (20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bf3 Rad8 $15) 20... Ncxe4
$1 ({and not} 20... Nfxe4 $2 21. Bxe7 Nxd2 (21... Qxe7 22. f5) 22. Qxd2 Ne4 23.
Qe3 Qxe7 24. f5 $18) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfe8 24. Re5 (24. Qf3
Rac8 $17) 24... Qd7 (24... h6 $1 {was the solution!} 25. Bh4 Nd5 $1 {Black
wants to exchange as many pieces as he can.} (25... c5 26. Nf5 $44) (25... g5
26. Bg3 $44) 26. Rfe1 {At first glance the pin is annoying on the e <->.} f6
27. Ne6 Bc5+ $1 {This is the point!} 28. Kh1 Rxe6 $1 29. Rxe6 Nxf4 30. Re8+
Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Qe4 Be7 $1 {the R is suddenly trapped!} 33. Rxe7+ (33.
Ra8 Qb7 34. Rh8 Ng6 $19) 33... Qxe7 34. Qxf4 g5 $17 {with a very comfortable Q
_|_.}) 25. Qf3 $44 {Now White is active enough to equalize.} Nd5 26. axb5 axb5
27. Bxe7 ({or simply} 27. Nxc6 Bc5+ 28. Kh2 Qxc6 29. Qxd5 $11) 27... Nxe7 28.
Rfe1 Ng6 {Black has to leave the pin on the e <->.} 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Nxc6 Nh4 32. Qg4 Qxc6 33. Qxh4 f6 34. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 {This cautious move is also playable
in the Evans Gambit.} ({There is nothing wrong with the main line} 4... Bxb4 {
as well, but here one has to remember to the sharp theoretical lines.}) 5. a4
a6 6. Bb2 (6. Nc3 $5 Nf6) 6... d6 7. b5 axb5 8. axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Na5 {is
meant to be the worst possibility, but surprisingly enough the game shows that
even here Black has rich resources for a successful defence.} (9... Nb8 $143 {
is a bit old-fashioned.} 10. d4 exd4 $1 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qf6 $1 (12...
Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. h3 Re8 16. Ra1 h6 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Ra8 Nfd7 19.
Nf5 Nb6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 {Tartakower-Yates, Karlsbad 1929} 21. Bb3 {/\ f4 ©}) 13.
e5 $1 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Nd3 Qc8 $14 {
Tartakower}) (9... Nd4 $1 {is best according to theory} 10. Nxd4 (10. Bxd4 exd4
11. O-O (11. c3 $6 Nf6 12. d3 O-O 13. O-O (13. cxd4 d5 $1) 13... d5 14. exd5
Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. cxd4 Nxd5 $15 {A.Hansen-Korneev, Hamburg op. 1992}) (11. d3
Nf6) 11... Nf6 12. d3 O-O 13. Nbd2 d5 $1 $11 {is the typical method here.})
10... exd4 {White has problems with his developing because of the Pd4.} 11. O-O
(11. c3 Nf6 $1 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 (13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Na4 Ba7 16.
Qb3 d5 $11 {Nystrom-Hartman, Rilton Cup Stockholm 1994}) 13... d5 $1 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nc3 Ng4 18. Nd5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Ne5 20. Qg3
Nxc4 $11) 11... Nf6 12. d3 (12. Qf3 O-O 13. c3 Bg4 14. Qf4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6
16. cxd4 Qa8 $11 {Chandler-Keitlinghaus, BL. 1996}) 12... O-O 13. Nd2 d5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 $11 {Palkovi-Lukacs, Budapest FS 1996} (14... Bg4 $143 {is less
precise because of} 15. Qe1 $1 Re8 16. Ne4 {/\} Nxd5 $4 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf6+
$18) 15. Nf3 (15. Qf3 Nb4 $1 16. c3 Nc2 $1) (15. Re1 Be6 16. Bb2 Ne3 $1) 15...
Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 $11) 10. Ba2 (10. Be2 $5 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O c6 (
12... Bg4 $5) 13. d4 $14 {Breyer-Nyholm, Baden Baden 1914}) 10... Nf6 (10...
Bg4 11. d3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Be6 $1 (13... Bd7 $2 14. Nc3 Qe8 15. Qb1 Kh8
16. Na4 $1 Nh5 $6 (16... Bxb5 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Qb4 $16) (16... Be6 $1) 17.
Nxb6 $16 {Kostic-Yates, Rotterdam 1921})) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O c6 {White cannot
make use of the awkward N on the edge of the board.} (12... Bg4 13. h3) 13. d4
(13. d3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bd4) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Qd3 (15. Re1
Ng4 $1) 15... Qe7 16. Nf3 (16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 d5) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6
18. Na4 $1 Bd8 $1 (18... Ba7 $2 19. b6 Bb8 20. Qc3 $1 Nc4 21. Nd4 $18) 19. e5
dxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 cxb5 21. Qxb5 Qc6 $11) 20... Bc7 21. Nc5 $6 (21. Nf3
$11 {White has to realize that the dreams of an opening advantage after 9...
Na5 cannot be realized.}) 21... Qd5 $1 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. bxc6 Bxe5 $5 {Now
Black wants to try something avoiding the drawish} (23... Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6
$11) 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. cxb7 Re8 (25... Nc6 $2 26. Rd1 Nc3 $4 27. b8=Q+ $18) 26.
g3 Nf6 27. Rd1 Nc6 28. Nd7 {The strong o^ b7 saves the games for White.} Nb8 (
28... Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Kf8 30. Rc7 Nb8 31. Rc8 Ke7 32. Rc7+ (32. c4 Kd7) 32... Kf6
(32... Nd7 33. c4 Kd6 34. Rc8) 33. Rc8 (33. c4 $5) 33... Ke7 $11) 29. Nxf6+ (
29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. c4 g6) 29... gxf6 30. c4 Kg7 31. c5 Re7 32. Rb1 Rc7 33. Rb5
f5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kh3 (35. Kf3 Ke5) 35... Kg6 36. Kh4 f6 37. f4 Re7 38. Rb2
Rc7 39. Rb5 Kh6 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. Kh3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 (7. Nxe5 {
- Sveshnikov-Stefansson, Liepajas Rokade rapid 2004 CBM 103}) 7... exd4 (7...
d6 {- Jobava-Stefansson, EU-ch 5th Antalya 2004 CBM 101}) 8. Qxd4 d6 {Black
also sacrifices a P for development.} (8... Kf8 {doesn't look very witty.} 9.
O-O d6 10. h3 Bf6 11. Qe3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nd4 $44 {
Sermek-Luciani, Toscolano 1995}) 9. Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 Qe7 (10... Ne7 11. Bg5 ({
In case of} 11. O-O {Black will gain additional tempi chasing the enemy Q.} Rg8
12. Qf4 Ng6 13. Qe3 Bg4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Be3 O-O-O 18.
f4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh4 {blockading on the light squares.} 21. Rg1 Nf5
22. Qf2 Rg6 23. g3 {(Gunnarsson-Jensen, Politiken Cup 1997)} f6 $1 $15) 11...
Ng6 12. O-O Be6 (12... Bxg5 $5 {is the other healthy option.} 13. Nxg5 Qf6 14.
f4 (14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Nd2 Bd7 $11) 14... Bd7 {/\ 0-0-0} (14... h6 $2 {founders
on the pin after} 15. Nxf7 $1 ({and certainly not} 15. Nh3 $2 Bxh3 16. Qxh3 (
16. gxh3 Rg8) 16... Nxf4 17. Qe3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qg6 19. Qb5+ Nc6 20. Qxb7 Kd7
21. Qb5 Rab8 22. Qf5+ $11) 15... Kxf7 16. Bh5 {The K cannot escape from the
pin.} Kg7 17. f5 Qg5 18. Bxg6 $1 Qxg3 19. hxg3 $16 {Rajlich-Lukacs, Budapest
2000})) 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 {/\ f4} Nf4 (15... O-O-O $2 16. f4
$16) 16. Qe3 (16. Bb5+ c6) 16... Qg5 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ke7 $11
{Short-Onischuk, Beijing 2000 CBM 078}) (10... Be6 {is another safe option.}
11. Bg5 (11. O-O Qd7 12. Rd1 Qa4) 11... Qe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxe5
Bc4 $1 $11 {Rohde}) 11. Qf4 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (11. O-O $6 Qxe4 $1 {it is hard to
believe, but Black can bravely take the P.} (11... Bd7 $6 {Shirov-Timman, Biel
1995 CBM 49}) 12. Re1 (12. Nd4 Be5 $1 13. Qg5 (13. Nd2 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Bxg3 $17 {
with a healthy P up in the _|_.}) 13... Ne7 $17 {I.Sokolov}) (12. Bf4 Ne7 13.
Re1 Qg6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxg5 Rg8 $15 {Warakomski-L'Ami, Warsaw
2005}) 12... Kf8 13. Bb5 Qg6 14. Re8+ Kg7 15. Ng5 (15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 $15
{Rajlich-Nguyen Anh Dung, Budapest 2000}) 15... Nh6 (15... Ne7) 16. Re4 $5 (16.
Rxh8 Kxh8 {and the K has reached a quiet place.}) 16... Nf5 (16... Bxg5 17.
Qxg5 Bf5 18. Rh4 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Ng4 20. h3 {(Shetty-Ravi, IND-ch Kasaragad 1996)
} f6 $1 21. Bf4 (21. hxg4 fxg5 22. Rh5 Bg6 {and the g5 P is taboo.}) 21... Ne5
22. Bh6+ Kf7 $17 {and White cannot show anything real for the sacrificed P.})
17. Qf4 d5 $17) 11... Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Be3 Nc6 (13... Re8 14. Nbd2 Bxc3
15. Rac1 $40) 14. Bd4 $1 {If Black takes the B White's [+] becomes very strong.
} Re8 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Bd3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qf6 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 {activates
the white pieces.}) 18. Qg3 {The Q will be vulnerable on the g <->.} (18. Qe3
$5 Nge7 19. e5 Qg7 20. Rfb1 $40 {with good attacking chances on the <<, <-> b.}
) 18... Nge7 19. Ne5 (19. e5 Qh6 $1 {/\ Rhg8 comes with a vital tempo.}) 19...
Reg8 (19... Nxe5 $6 20. dxe5 Qh6 21. f4 $16) 20. Nxd7 $2 {liquidating to the
_|_ cannot be good for White.} ({Again} 20. Qe3 $5 {was the best practical
chance.} Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxa7 $1 Bh3 23. g3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 $44 {and the
black K is not safe at all.}) 20... Rxg3 21. Nxf6 Rxd3 22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4
Nxd4 $17 {White can win back the P, but the black pieces are more active.} 24.
Ne5 Ra3 25. Rfd1 (25. Nxf7 Rf8 26. Ne5 Nc2 $17 {and the a2 P falls.}) 25...
Nec6 26. Nxf7 Rg8 27. Nfg5 h6 28. Nf7 Rg6 29. Ng3 Ra5 {White has serious
problems with his trapped f7 N.} 30. h4 $2 (30. f4 Rf6 31. Ne5 Rxf4 $17 {
and Black has a healthy extra P.}) 30... Nf5 $2 (30... Rf6 $19 {wins outright,
because the N will be captured.}) 31. Re1 $1 (31. Rd2 Nxg3 32. Re1 $1 {This is
an important zwischenzug.} b5 33. fxg3 b4 $17) 31... Nxg3 (31... Rf6 32. Nxf5
Raxf5 33. Re8+ Kd7 34. Ree1 b5 $1 $17) 32. fxg3 Rxg3 (32... Rf6) 33. Nxh6 {
Now White has again good practical chances for the draw.} Nd4 (33... Rh5 34.
Rad1 b6 $15) 34. Re7 $1 (34. Kh2 Rg7 35. Re4 c5 $15) 34... Rg6 35. Nf7 Nf3+ (
35... Rg4 36. Rc1 Nc6 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Ree1) 36. Kf1 $2 {The K is more
vulnerable here than on h1.} (36. Kh1 $1 Nxh4 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Rae1 $1 $44)
36... Nxh4 37. Rd1 (37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Re5 Rf6+ 39. Kg1 Rxe5 40. Nxe5+ Kd6 $17)
37... Rf5+ 38. Ke1 (38. Kg1 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rg8 $19) 38... Nxg2+ $19 {and the
game is over.} 39. Kd2 Rd5+ 40. Ke2 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Rxd1 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rd8+ Ke7
44. Rxd1 Rf6 45. Nd8 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 6th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 exd4 (7...
d6 {- Short-Svidler, Kasparov Chess GP 2000 CBM75}) 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Qxg7 Bf6 10.
Qg3 Ne7 (10... Qe7 $5 {deserves serious attention.} 11. O-O Qxe4 $1 {it is
hard to believe, but Black can bravely take the P.} (11... Bd7 $6 {
Shirov-Timman, Biel 1995 CBM 49}) 12. Re1 (12. Nd4 Be5 $1 13. Qg5 (13. Nd2 Qxe2
14. Nxe2 Bxg3 $17 {with a healthy P up in the _|_.}) 13... Ne7 $17 {I.Sokolov})
12... Kf8 13. Bb5 Qg6 14. Re8+ Kg7 15. Ng5 Nh6 (15... Ne7) 16. Re4 $5 (16. Rxh8
Kxh8 {and the K has reached a quiet place.}) 16... Nf5 (16... Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Bf5
18. Rh4 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Ng4 20. h3 {(Shetty-Ravi, IND-ch Kasaragad 1996)} f6 $1
21. Bf4 (21. hxg4 fxg5 22. Rh5 Bg6 {and the g5 P is taboo.}) 21... Ne5 22. Bh6+
Kf7 $17 {and White cannot show anything real for the sacrificed P.}) 17. Qf4 d5
$17) (10... Be6 {is another safe option.} 11. Bg5 (11. O-O Qd7 12. Rd1 Qa4)
11... Qe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxe5 Bc4 $1 $11 {Rohde}) 11. Bg5 ({
In case of} 11. O-O {Black will gain additional tempi chasing the enemy Q.} Rg8
12. Qf4 Ng6 13. Qe3 Bg4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Be3 O-O-O 18.
f4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh4 {blockading on the light squares.} 21. Rg1 Nf5
22. Qf2 Rg6 23. g3 {(Gunnarsson-Jensen, Politiken Cup 1997)} f6 $1 $15) 11...
Ng6 12. O-O Be6 (12... Bxg5 $5 {is the other healthy option.} 13. Nxg5 Qf6 14.
f4 (14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Nd2 Bd7 $11) 14... Bd7 {/\ 0-0-0} (14... h6 $2 {founders
on the pin after} 15. Nxf7 $1 ({and certainly not} 15. Nh3 $2 Bxh3 16. Qxh3 (
16. gxh3 Rg8) 16... Nxf4 17. Qe3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qg6 19. Qb5+ Nc6 20. Qxb7 Kd7
21. Qb5 Rab8 22. Qf5+ $11) 15... Kxf7 16. Bh5 {The K cannot escape from the
pin.} Kg7 17. f5 Qg5 18. Bxg6 $1 Qxg3 19. hxg3 $16 {Rajlich-Lukacs, Budapest
2000})) 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 {/\ f4} Nf4 (15... O-O-O $2 16. f4
$16) 16. Qe3 (16. Bb5+ c6) 16... Qg5 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ke7 $11
20. Rab1 $5 (20. Nxe6 fxe6 {and White's P structure is rather ugly} 21. e5 (21.
Kg2 Ng5) 21... Ng5 $1 (21... dxe5 22. Nf3 e4 23. Ne5 Rhd8 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. Ng6+
Kd6 26. h4 $14)) 20... b6 21. e5 $6 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. e5 $1 (22. Kg2 Ng5 23.
Rf4 Raf8 24. Rbf1 Nc6) 22... Ng5 $1 (22... dxe5 23. Nf3 $14)) 21... Bxa2 $1 (
21... dxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nf3 $1 $14) 22. exd6+ cxd6 23. Rb5 (23. Nf5+ $1
Kf8 $1 (23... Kd7 $6 {runs into threats on the d <->.} 24. Rbd1 Be6 (24... Ng5
25. c4 d5 $1 26. h4 $1 (26. cxd5 Bxd5+ 27. Nf3 (27. e4 Bc6) 27... Ke6 $11)
26... Ne6 27. cxd5 Bxd5+ 28. Nf3 $18) 25. Ne4 $14) 24. Ra1 Be6 25. Nxd6 Kg7 26.
N2e4 Rhd8 {consolidating the position.}) 23... Be6 24. Rh5 (24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25.
Rbxf5 Raf8 26. Bh5 f6) 24... Ng5 25. h4 {[#]} Nh7 $2 {This simply loses the P,
and the N is also out of play here.} ({missing the strong intermediate move} 
25... Bh3 $1 26. Rf2 (26. Re1 Ne6 {Here the N stands OK.} 27. Kh2 Nxd4 28. exd4
Be6 $15) (26. hxg5 $6 {accepting the "sacrifice" leads to a better _|_ for
Black after} Bxf1 27. Bxf1 (27. Nxf1 hxg5 $15) (27. Nf5+ Kd7 28. Nxf1 hxg5 $15)
27... hxg5 $15) 26... Ne6 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 28. Rhxf5 Rh7) 26. Rxh6 Rag8 (26... Bh3
$2 27. Rf4 Rag8 28. g4 $18 {and the B is trapped.}) 27. Nxe6 $1 (27. Bd3 {
allows Black to organize his defence after} Nf8 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 $11) 27... fxe6
28. Bh5 $1 {/\ Rf7} (28. Bd3 Nf8 29. Rhf6 (29. Rxh8 Rxh8 $11) 29... Rg7) 28...
Rg7 $2 (28... Nf8 {was the lesser evil.} 29. Rf7+ Kd8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Be2 $16
) 29. Bg6 $16 {This is a really nasty pin.} (29. g4 Rf8 $11) 29... Nc6 30. Nf3
d5 (30... a5 $2 31. Kg2 b5 32. Rb1 b4 33. cxb4 axb4 (33... Nxb4 34. h5) 34. h5
Kf8 35. Ng5 $18) 31. h5 ({Immediate} 31. Ng5 $2 {founders on} Rf8 $1) 31... Kd6
32. Kg2 (32. Ng5 $2 Rf8 $1 33. Nf7+ Ke7 $15) 32... Ne7 33. e4 ({Here} 33. Ng5
$1 {was the effective solution.} Nxg5 $1 (33... Nxg6 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. Nf7+ $18
) 34. Rxh8 Nxg6 35. h6 $1 (35. hxg6 Rxg6 $17) 35... Rh7 (35... Rf7 36. Rg8 $18)
36. Rxh7 Nxh7 37. Rf7 Nhf8 (37... Ngf8 38. g4 {The knights are defending each
other, which is already a very bad sign.} a5 (38... e5 39. g5 Ke6 40. g6 $18)
39. g5 a4 40. Rxh7 $1 $18) 38. Rxa7 e5 39. h7 Ke6 40. Rb7 $16 {and the white K
will come, while Black can do nothing against it.}) 33... dxe4 (33... Ng8 $1
34. Rxh7 Rgxh7 35. Bxh7 Rxh7 36. g4 dxe4 37. Ng5 Rg7 38. Nxe4+ Ke5 39. Nf2 $14)
34. Bxe4 (34. Ng5 $6 {now doesn't work again due to} Nxg5 35. Rxh8 Nxg6 36. h6
Rh7 37. Rxh7 Nxh7 38. Rf7 Ngf8 39. Rxa7 Nf6 40. Rf7 N8h7 $17) (34. Rd1+ $1 {
was the last chance, for example:} Nd5 (34... Kc5 35. Bxe4 Ng5 36. Rxh8 Nxe4
37. Rd3 Rxg3+ 38. Kf1 Nd5 39. h6 $18) (34... Kc7 35. Nd4) 35. Bxe4 $18) 34...
Ng8 35. Rg6 (35. Rxh7 $5 Rhxh7 36. Bxh7 Rxh7 37. g4 $14) 35... Rxg6 36. Bxg6
Nh6 (36... Nf8 37. Rd1+ Kc5 (37... Ke7 38. Ne5) 38. Rd8 $14) 37. Kh3 (37. Rd1+
$5 Ke7 38. Ne5) 37... Nf8 38. Nh4 Nd7 39. g4 Rc8 40. g5 (40. Rc1 Rc5) 40...
Rxc3+ 41. Rf3 Rxf3+ 42. Nxf3 Ng8 {Now Black can sacrifice his N for the
dangerous P.} 43. h6 Ne7 44. Bd3 Nf8 45. h7 Nxh7 $1 46. Bxh7 a5 {This remote
o^ will save the day.} 47. Kg4 a4 48. Nd2 Kd5 49. Bb1 Kd4 50. Ba2 Kc3 51. Ne4+
Kb2 52. Bxe6 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Haznedaroglu, Kivanc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 (5... Be7 {and})
(5... Ba5 {are the popular lines these days.}) 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O (7. cxd4 Bb4+)
(7. Ng5 $6 {wins back a P, but exchanges the well-developed pieces.} Nh6 8.
Nxf7 Nxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxc5 d6 {looks also promising.} (11...
d5 $5 {and already Black is better developed!} 12. exd5 (12. Qxd5+ Be6) 12...
Re8+ 13. Kf1 Re5 14. c4 Qh4 15. Bd2 Qe4 16. f3 Qe2+ 17. Kg1 Rg5 18. g4 Ne5 $19
{and mate is inevitable.})) 7... d3 $6 {Usually this plan is slow in the Evans
Gambit.} (7... d6 $142 8. cxd4 Bb6 {leads to better examined lines.}) 8. Ng5 $1
(8. Qxd3 $6 {allows Black to consolidate his position.} d6 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. Nbd2
h6 11. Bh4 O-O $15 {Anderssen-Steinitz, London m1 1866}) 8... Nh6 (8... Ne5 {
is met by the same blow:} 9. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Qxc5+
d6 13. Qc4 Qe7 14. Ba3 Be6 15. Qxd3 {White has won back the P with good
chances of a >> ->.} c5 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Nh6 18. c4 b6 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. f4
$16 {E.Moser-Dumancic, Aschach 1999}) 9. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+
g6 (11... Kf8 12. Qxc5+ d6 13. Qd5 Qf6 14. Qxd3 Be6 15. f4 $16 {/\ e5 or f5,
Wills-Iqbal, Ahmad corr 1964-65.}) 12. Qxc5 d6 13. Qe3 (13. Qb5 {was also
successful in the old game} Ne7 14. Nd2 Re8 15. f4 Kg8 16. Qxd3 Be6 17. Bb2 d5
18. c4 $1 $16 {Ragozin-Ilyn Genevsky, SU m 1930.}) (13. Qd5+ {is also a
dangerous alternative:} Be6 14. Qxd3 Kg8 (14... Re8 15. f4 Kg8 16. Bb2 $1 {
/\ c4, and the B on the long /^ is irresistable} (16. Nd2 {This is not so
aggressive.} d5 17. f5 Bf7 18. fxg6 (18. exd5 Ne5 19. Qg3 Qxd5 $13) 18... Bxg6
19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. exd5 {White's advantage is undeniable in the _|_, but the
direct -> against the black K was more promising because of the ^-.} Ne5 21. c4
(21. Ba3 Rad8 22. c4 b5 $5 $132 {Tartakower-Spielmann, Hamburg, 1910}) 21...
Rad8 (21... Bd3 22. Rf4) 22. Bb2 $14) 16... d5 17. c4 $1 $16 {Duhrssen-Kramer,
Ebensee 1930}) (14... Qh4 15. f4 Rhf8 16. Nd2 Kg8 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Be3 $16 {
Sokolsky-Kopayev, Chernovitsi 1946}) 15. f4 Qe8 16. Bb2 h6 17. c4 {This is the
best plan here, as it was mentioned before.} Rh7 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Qe2 Re7 20. a3
Nc6 21. Qd3 Kh7 22. Nd5 $16 {Vertadier-Regnier, FRa-ch corr. 1946}) 13... Re8
14. Qxd3 Qh4 $6 {This may lead to losses of tempi in an opened position.} (
14... Kg7 $142 15. f4 Qf6 16. Nd2 $14 {/\ Rb1,Bb2,c4 with a dominating B on
the long /^.}) 15. f4 $1 Kg8 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. c4 $1 {/\ Bb2} Qf6 18. Nb3 {
White has to avoid the exchange of Q in an attacking position.} Qe7 19. Re1 g5
{Black wants to close the long /^ on e5.} 20. fxg5 Be6 21. Bb2 Ne5 22. Qg3 Bxc4
(22... Nxc4 23. Bf6 Qf7 24. Nd4 $40 {/\ Nf5}) 23. Nd4 Rf8 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. a4 (
25. Rac1 b5 $1 {strengthens the B's position on c4.}) 25... Kh8 $2 (25... Rae8
$2 26. Rac1 a6 {Now this is already late!} 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. g6 $1 {This is
point!} hxg6 29. Rxc4 Rxf5 30. exf5 Qxc4 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. f6 $18) (25... Rfe8
$2 {is met by the same plan:} 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. g6 $1 $18) (25...
a6 $1 {/\ b5 was the persistant defence.} 26. Rac1 b5 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Ng4 Rae8
29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra1 $16) 26. Rac1 $1 $18 Rfe8 (26... Rae8 27. Ne3 $18) (26...
Rac8 27. Rxc4 $1 $18) 27. Ne3 (27. g6 $5 {was also as good as winning.} hxg6
28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxg6 $18) 27... Ba6 28. Rxc7 Rac8 29. Nd5 Rf8 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. Qb3 (6. d4) 6... Nh6 7.
d4 Na5 8. Qb5 $5 (8. Qa4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 ({Here} 9. Bxh6 $2 {is bad because of
the intermediate move} Nb6 $1 10. Qb5 gxh6 11. Qxe5 O-O $19) 9... Ng4 $1 (9...
exd4 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. cxd4 {- 8.Qb5}) 10. h3 (10. dxe5 d6 $1 {and Black gives
back the sacrificed P for a quick development.}) (10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d6 $1
12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O dxe5 14. Bxe5 c6 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. f4 Be6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Kh1
c5 $15 {and White's N looks tragicomical, Skotorenko-Trapl, corr 1990.}) 10...
Nf6 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 O-O $11) 11... d5 $1 {This is the point!} 12. exd5 (12.
exd6 cxd6 $1) 12... Nxd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe4 (14. Rd1 $2 {is strongly met by}
Ne3 $1) 14... c6 15. Rd1 Qe8 $13 {and Black has the ^^.}) 8... Nxc4 9. Bxh6 (9.
Qxc4 {- 8.Qa4}) 9... Nd6 $5 (9... gxh6 $143 10. Qxc4 d5 $5 (10... exd4 11. cxd4
{- Wells-Lukacs, Budapest FS03 1993 CBM 37}) (10... d6 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Qb5+
Qd7 $1 (12... Kf8 $6 13. Qxb7 Kg7 14. O-O Qd7 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. e5 Rhb8 17. Qe4
$16 {and White has an extra P.}) 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. exd6 (14. Nbd2 dxe5 15. Nxe5
Qd6 $11 {and Black's excellent ^^ compensates the material losses,
Ernst-Wiedenkeller, Karlskrona-ch 1983.}) (14. Qa6 dxe5 (14... Rfb8 15. exd6
Rb6 16. Qe2) 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Qxd6 (16. Qa5 Rfd8 17. O-O Bf6 18. Nf3 Qb6 {
and Black's ^^ dominates the whole board.}) (16. Nc6 Bf6 $36) 16... Bxd6 17.
Nf3 Bc4 18. Nbd2 Bd3 19. Nd4 Rae8 $44) 14... Qxd6 (14... Bxd6 $6 15. Nbd2 Rfb8
16. Qa6) 15. Qb2 Rfd8 16. Nbd2 Rab8 $44) 11. exd5 exd4 {This seems to be the
simplest answer.} (11... e4 {is also exciting:} 12. Nfd2 (12. Ne5 {looks more
active, but Black will grab the |^.} f6 13. d6 fxe5 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. d5 Qg5
16. Nd2 e3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Kd1 Rg8 19. Re1 Bg4+ 20. Kc2 Bf5+ {1/2:1/2
Verney-Dabulawicus, corr 1993-95}) 12... f5 13. O-O a6 (13... Bd6 14. Qb5+ Kf8
15. Nc4 a6 $13) 14. Qb3 (14. Qe2 Qxd5 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Nbd2 b5 {
(Harding-Asaturyan, corr 1988-90)} 17. Ne3 Qc6 $17) 14... Bd6 15. Nc4 (15. c4
Qf6 $1 16. c5 Bf4) 15... Bf4 (15... Rg8 16. Ne5 Qg5 17. g3 f4 18. Nd2) 16. Ne5
$14) 12. O-O $5 (12. Qxd4 Rg8 $36 {^^}) (12. Nxd4 a6 13. O-O Rg8 $36 {^^})
12... Rg8 $1 {Black has ^^ and attacking chances on the g <->. His K is still
in the middle, but White's pieces are not active enough to exploit it.} (12...
Qd6 13. Qxd4 $13 {Harding-Turek, corr 1974-75}) 13. Qb5+ (13. Qxd4 $6 Bh3 14.
Ne1 Qd7 $17) (13. cxd4 $6 Bh3 14. Ne1 Qd7 $17) 13... Bd7 14. Qxb7 Qb8 $15) 10.
Qxe5 Nxe4 $1 {This is an important novelty of Gutman.} (10... f6 {was played
before, but without success.} 11. Qh5+ Kf8 (11... g6 12. Qh4 $1 f5 (12... Rg8
13. Bc1 $16) 13. Qh3 fxe4 14. Bg7 Rg8 15. Qxh7 Rxg7 16. Qxg7 exf3 17. O-O $18 {
G.Popov-Nekson, corr 1963}) 12. e5 $1 Nf7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 $14) 11. Bxg7
$1 {White is on the top as well.} ({Other tries are inferior:} 11. Qxg7 {
gives Black a lot of tempi.} Bf6 12. Qg4 d5 13. Qh5 Rg8 $17) (11. O-O {is
answered by} d5 $1 12. Bxg7 (12. Qxg7 $4 Bf6 $19) 12... Rg8 13. Nbd2 (13. Bh6
$2 Bh3) 13... Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Bf6 O-O-O $13 {with
counterplay on the g <->.}) (11. Qxe4 gxh6 12. O-O d5 13. Qf4 Qd6 $17 {Black
is a P up with a strong ^^.}) 11... Rg8 12. Qxe4 (12. Bh6 d5 $17) 12... Rxg7
13. O-O d5 14. Qe5 Kf8 $15 {Now the K is safe here, and Black's ^^ will play
an important role in the future.} 15. Re1 Qd6 $6 (15... Bh3 {weakening the
light squares on the >> was more to the point.} 16. g3 Qd7 17. Nbd2 Re8 $15) (
15... Bd6 {with the same idea was also temting.} 16. Qe2 Bh3 17. g3 Qf6 18. Ne5
(18. Nbd2 c6 (18... Bg4 $2 {runs into} 19. Ne5 $1) 19. c4 Be6 $15) 18... Qf5
$15) 16. Qe2 (16. Nbd2 Bh3 17. g3 c6 $15) 16... Bh3 17. g3 f6 $5 {Black wants
to control >< e5.} (17... Re8 18. Nbd2 c6 19. Rab1 Bc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 (
21. Nxc4 Qd5) 21... Bd8 (21... Be6 22. Qa4 $1) 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8) 18. Nbd2 (18.
Qb5 $6 {is useless in view of} b6 19. Nbd2 c6) 18... Kg8 (18... c6 {deserved
attention.} 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 (21. Nxc4 Re8) 21... Rd8) 19. c4
c6 20. Rab1 Bf8 21. cxd5 cxd5 $2 {Now the P structure is not so bad for the
knights as it was before.} (21... Qxd5 $5 22. Ne4 Qf7) 22. Nf1 Re7 23. Qd3 (23.
Ne3 Rae8) 23... Rxe1 24. Nxe1 (24. Rxe1 Qd7 25. Ne3 Re8 26. Qb3 Be6 27. Nh4 $11
) 24... Qd7 25. Qf3 $6 {This allows to activate the light-squared B with a
tempo.} (25. Ne3) 25... Bf5 $1 26. Rxb7 $1 {The positional exchange sacrifice
is the best chance.} (26. Rb3 Be4 27. Qxf6 Bg7 28. Qg5 Rc8 29. Nd2 Bf5 $44 {
and Black's ^^ dominates the board.}) 26... Qxb7 27. Qxf5 {White has
compensation for the exchange, because his knights have excellent blockading
squares.} Re8 (27... Bg7 28. Nd3 Rd8 (28... Re8 29. Nc5 Qf7 30. Ne3 $14) 29.
Ne3 Qb6 (29... Qb1+ $2 30. Kg2 Qxa2 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Nf5 $16) 30. Nc5 Qc6 $11)
28. Nd3 (28. Ne3 Re4 29. N1c2) 28... Re4 $1 29. Nf4 Rxd4 30. Ne3 Bh6 (30... Bg7
31. Nfxd5) 31. Qe6+ $1 (31. Nfxd5 Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Qc6 $15) 31... Qf7 32. Qc8+ Qf8
(32... Bf8 $2 33. Nf5 Rc4 34. Qd8 $1 $18) 33. Qg4+ Qg7 $2 {[#]} (33... Kh8 {
was the simple way of reaching the draw after} 34. Ng6+ hxg6 35. Qxd4 Bxe3 36.
fxe3 $11) (33... Bg7 {is answered by} 34. Qd7 $1) 34. Qf3 ({White was probably
not satidfied with the _|_ after} 34. Nf5 $1 Qxg4 35. Nxh6+ Kg7 36. Nxg4 Rd2 (
36... Ra4 37. Ne3 d4 $1 (37... Rxa2 38. Nexd5 $14) 38. Nf5+ Kf7 39. Kg2 Rxa2
40. Nxd4 a5 $14) 37. a3 $1 (37. a4 d4 $1 (37... Ra2 38. Nxd5) 38. Kf1 (38. f3
a5) 38... Ra2 39. Ke1 a5 40. h3 Rxa4 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 f5 43. Ne5 Rxf2 44.
Kxd4 a4 45. Nc4 Rf3 $11) 37... d4 38. Kf1 a5 39. Ke1 Ra2 40. Ne6+ Kg6 41. Nxd4
Rxa3 42. Ne3 $14) 34... Rxf4 $1 $11 {Now the draw is inevitable.} 35. Qxd5+ Kh8
36. Qd8+ Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. gxf4 Bxf4 39. Nd5 Be5 40. f4 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 Kf7
42. f5 Ke8 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Porto Rio"]
[Date "2014.06.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chania ADA"]
[BlackTeam "Irakleiou CN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{This season of the Greek team championship went successfully for my team from
Heraklion and for me personally. The current game was the only one where I was
in real danger of losing.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {My opponent
is in an aggressive mood!} Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 {I've played even the weird 5...Bd6
before, but in the current game I chose the more healthy line.} 6. d4 Na5 (6...
exd4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qa4 Kxf7 10. Qxa5 {has appeared numerous times
in practice with a murky position, but I didn't want to play with an unsecured
king.}) 7. Bd3 ({Another theoretical line goes:} 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9.
exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 {and here Black can choose between 10...Qa5 and 10...Qd8,
both are fairly safe.}) (7. Be2 {is a more common retreat. Here is the latest
example:} d6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
Bg5 Re8 14. Nbd2 b5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Kurmann,O (2412)-Godena,M (2525) Switzerland 2014}) 7... d6 {Typically giving
back the pawn and completing the development.} ({After} 7... exd4 8. cxd4 {
White has fine compensation.}) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 {
Black's structure is superior, but White is hoping to get some play on the
kingside.} (11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. e5 Nd7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Be2 Bg6 $15 {
1-0 (34) Shirov,A (2685)-Handke,F (2541) Germany 2013}) 11... Qd6 $5 $146 {
The only thing I knew that this is the first choice of Houdini, so decided to
give it a try. The queen is awkward in the centre, but the idea is concrete -
to kick away White's active minor pieces.} (11... c5 12. Nd2 (12. f4 $6 c4 13.
Be2 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 b5 15. Ba3 Qe7 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd2 Bb7 $15 {0-1 (57) Short,
N (2698)-Bruzon Batista,L (2713) Poikovsky 2012}) 12... Qc7 13. Nec4 Nxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd6 15. h3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Rae1 $2 Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Qd7
$17 {[%csl Rd2,Rh3][%cal Gd7h3,Gd7d2] 0-1 (47) Kryvoruchko,Y (2707)-Karjakin,S
(2771) Dubai 2014}) (11... Bd6 $6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. h3 h6 15. Nc4
$14 {1-0 (34) Wei,Y (2629)-Idani,P (2502) Sharjah 2014}) 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Be2
Qc6 14. Nbd2 {I had a feeling that Surya knew more than me in this position,
after all he was (is) in Anand's analysing team.} Be6 ({It is worth
considerating the advance of the b-pawn:} 14... b5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 b4 {
but that's an option for the next game.}) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 {Defending Pc3,
now the threat 17.Nd4 is annoying.} Nb4 $6 (16... Bf5 {was critical and seems
satisfactory for Black. However, it was practically impossible to calculate
the spectacular variations that could follow.} 17. Nd4 (17. Bd3 Nb4 $1 18. cxb4
Rxd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Bxe4 20. b5 (20. Qe2 Bxb4 {with sufficient play for the
exchange.}) 20... Bxd3 21. bxc6 Bxf1 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Kxf1 Rxb7 $11) 17... Bxe4
18. Qxe4 Qxc3 (18... Qc5 $1 {is more precise, capturing the Pc3 with the
knight.} 19. Bb2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. Nf5 Qb4 22. Qe3 Bf8 23. e6 fxe6 24.
Rab1 Qd2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 {White has compensation for a pawn, but not more than
that.}) 19. Nf5 $5 {This is very tempting, though not the strongest.} (19. Rb1
$1 Qc5 20. Bb2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Nf5 {Compared to the variation after 18...
Qc5, here White has an important extra move Ra1-b1.} Bf8 23. Rfc1 Qd2 24. e6
fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxc7 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 $14) 19... Qxa1 20. Nh6+ $1 gxh6
21. Bd3 Nf6 $1 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bxh6+ Ke8 25. Bf5 Bb4 $1 {
Black must cover the e1-square!} 26. Bg7 Qd6 27. a3 $1 Bd2 $1 {The variation
could be continued, but to sum it up: Black holds, but is under pressure and
has to find a bunch of strong defensive moves over the board.}) 17. Qb1 Bxa2 $2
{I realised that it's a very risky business, nevertheless decided to be
consistent. Objectively, it was necessary to go back with knight, admitting
the mistake.} (17... Nd5 18. Nd4 Qb6 {and still nothing disastrous has
happened to Black's position.}) (17... Nxa2 $2 18. Neg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 $18) 18.
Rxa2 Nxa2 {My knights are horribly far away from the kingside.} 19. Bg5 $6 {
I was concerned about this move and was quite pessimistic at this moment about
the outcome of the game.} (19. Neg5 $1 {was natural and, actually, strong, but
deep calculation was required.} Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nxc1 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bh5 $1 {
Both players underestimated this resource.} (22. Rxc1 $2 Qh6 23. Qf5 Qg6 24.
Qxg6 ({White should avoid the exchange of queens and play for the initiative by
} 24. Qf4 $1 {However, in this case the matter is far from clear, the rook on
c1 is misplaced and can fall prey the knight move Na5-b3 at some point.}) 24...
fxg6 25. Ne6+ Ke7 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 $11) 22... Ne2+ {Black is forced to sacrifice
the knight, to distract the bishop.} (22... Qh6 $6 23. Qf5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 $1 {
Black can't protect the Pf7 from falling under ferocious attack.}) 23. Bxe2 (
23. Kh1 $4 Nf4 $19 {[%csl Rg2,Rh5]}) 23... Qh6 24. Qf5 Qg6 25. Qf4 $1 {White
has overwhelming compensation for the exchange. If we continue for a few more
moves, it will become clear that White's attack is very strong in the long run.
} Kg8 26. Bf3 Rf8 27. Be4 Qh6 28. Re1 Rad8 29. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 30. Bb1 $1 Kg8 31.
Ba2 Qh5 32. h4 $40) 19... Nxc3 $1 {The only playable move that keeps Black
alive.} (19... Bxg5 $2 20. Nfxg5 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4f6,Gb1h7] The threat
21.Nf6+ is unanswerable.} h6 (20... Nxc3 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Qb4+ $18) 21. Nf6+
Kf8 22. Qxa2 hxg5 23. Qa3+ $18 {In both cases white's queen surprisingly joins
the attack along the a3-f8 diagonal.}) 20. Nxc3 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qg6 {From the
material point of view Black is doing fine, but White's initiative is still
the main factor in the position.} 22. Nce4 $6 {From a human point of view it's
logical for White to keep queens on the board, at least for a while. However,
actually now it was the most appropriate moment to swap queens.} (22. Qxg6 $1
hxg6 23. f4 {The march of the f-pawn yields White an overwhelming initiative,
his pieces are ideally placed. For instance:} Rd2 (23... f6 24. Ne6 Rd2 25. Bf3
{is also bad for Black.}) 24. f5 Rf8 (24... gxf5 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. e6 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Rf7]}) 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Bf3 c6 27. e6 $18) 22... h6 23. Nf3 (23. Bh5
$4 {If your engine is switched on, you will laugh at this, but during the game
I wasn't 100% sure that I don't get mated here. My opponent also spent a lot
of time, calculating the following variation:} Qxh5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8
26. exf6 (26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. e6 hxg5 29. Re1 Nc6 30. exf7+ Kf8 $19)
26... Qxg5 27. Qh8+ Qg8 28. Qxh6+ Ke8 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qh3+ Kc6 31. Qc3+ Kb6
32. Rb1+ Ka6 $19 {The king escapes!}) 23... Nc6 {I was sure that it's
necessary to bring the knight into play as soon as possible. The engine's
preference 23...Rd5!? is something which I didn't even consider.} 24. Bc4 (24.
Rc1 Nd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxb7 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bf3 f5 $1 29. exf6
Rae8 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. f3 Re6 $1 32. fxg7 a5 33. Rxc7 Ra6 {This endgame will
end in a draw, as White's rook will have to block the a-pawn and stay passive.}
) 24... Nd4 25. Nf6+ {Now the exchange of queens is practically forced.} Kh8 $8
26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Nd5 {Black's three connected passed pawns could be a real
force, but meanwhile White is in possession of an initiative. The e-pawn is
strong. The position is quite irrational and difficult to handle for both
sides.} b5 $5 {Not an easy decision. I decided not to swap knights, as I
thought that White's back rank might become weak in some lines. This, indeed,
became apparent later.} (27... Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 c6 (28... b5 $6 29. Ba2 c5 30. e6
c4 31. Nc7 Rab8 32. e7 Re8 33. Re1 Kg8 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Re5 a6 36. Re6 Kf7 37.
Rxa6 Rxe7 38. Kf1 $16) 29. Ne7 g5 30. Rb1 Rd7 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. e6 Rc7 33. Bd3
Kg8 $14) 28. Nxd4 $6 {This time it was a tough dilemma for my opponent. It
seems that keeping the bishop would offer White more dynamic options.} (28. Ba2
Ne2+ 29. Kh1 c6 (29... c5 30. e6 c4 31. Nc7 Rab8 32. e7 Rdc8 33. Nxb5 $1 Rxb5
34. Bxc4 Rb4 35. Bxe2 Re4 36. Bd3 Rxe7 37. Nh4 $16) 30. Ne7 c5 (30... Nc3 31.
Nxg6+ Kh7 32. Bf7 Rd7 33. Be6 Rc7 34. Bf5 $16) 31. Nxg6+ Kh7 32. Bf7 c4 33. e6
c3 34. Nge5 $16) 28... bxc4 29. Nxc7 Rac8 $6 {I played this automatically, but
29...Rab8 was actually stronger.} (29... Rab8 $1 30. Nce6 (30. Nc6 $4 c3 $1 $19
{[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3c2] The knight can capture only one of the rooks!}) 30...
Re8 31. Rc1 c3 32. f4 Rbc8 33. Kf2 a5 $1 34. Ke3 a4 35. Kd3 a3 36. Rc2 (36.
Rxc3 $2 a2 37. Ra3 Ra8 $17) 36... Kg8 37. g4 Re7 38. Ra2 c2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40.
Kxc2 Rb7 41. Nb3 Rb8 $1 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 30. Ncb5 Rd5 31. Nxa7
$6 {Grabbing a pawn, but wasting a tempo.} (31. e6 a6 32. Na7 Re8 33. Nac6 c3
34. Rc1 c2 35. f3 (35. Rxc2 Rxe6 $14) 35... Rxe6 $1 36. Rxc2 $14) 31... Rcd8 (
31... Rc7 {was also okay.}) 32. Ndc6 $2 {That's a tactical oversight, missing
my reply.} (32. Ndb5 Rc5 33. Nc3 Rd3 34. Rc1 Rxe5 $14) 32... c3 $1 33. Nb4 (33.
Nxd8 $2 c2 {[%cal Gd5d1] and the pawn can't be stopped.}) 33... Rd1 $2 (33...
Rc5 $1 {would suddenly force White to search for a draw.} 34. Nac6 c2 35. Nxd8
$1 c1=Q 36. Nd3 Qc4 37. Nxc5 Qxc5 38. e6 Kg8 39. Nf7 Kf8 40. Re1 {and it's a
sort of a fortress.}) 34. e6 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd6 {Capturing the
dangerous pawn.} 37. e7 Re6+ 38. Kd3 Rxe7 {After immense complications we
landed in an endgame which is objectively drawn, but I have to play accurately.
The fact that two knights do not deliver mate to the lone king is the main
guide for the defending side.} 39. Nb5 (39. Nac6 Re1 40. h4 $1 {would cause a
bit more trouble.}) 39... Re1 40. Nc2 Rf1 41. Ke2 Rg1 42. g3 g5 {Preventing
h2-h4. The rook is going to capture the Ph2.} 43. Ne3 c2 44. Nxc2 Rh1 45. Ne3
Rxh2 46. Nf1 Rh1 (46... Rg2 {would have been more accurate. The rook can't be
trapped.}) 47. f3 {Trying to trap the rook.} g4 $1 {The safest way to get out.}
48. fxg4 h5 49. g5 h4 50. Nd4 Kh7 (50... h3 $2 51. Nf3 Kh7 52. Kf2 Kg6 53. g4 {
is exactly what Black must avoid.}) 51. Nf3 hxg3 52. Nxg3 Ra1 {Now it's
already an easy draw. Black just needs to keep the king and the rook far from
each other, not to fall into a fork.} 53. Ke3 Kg6 54. Kf4 Ra4+ 55. Ne4 Rb4 56.
Ne5+ Kh5 57. g6 Kh6 58. Kf5 Rb5 59. Nd6 Rxe5+ 60. Kxe5 Kxg6 {Tough battle! I
was happy to save half a point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Donev Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 $5 Bxb4 (4...
Bb6 {Blatny,P} 5. a4 a6 (5... a5 6. b5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qh5 $40 {
Pyhala,A-Gruen,G/Nordic-chT Pohja ;MCL 04 1985/1-0 (40)}) 6. Bb2 (6. Nc3 Nf6 7.
Nd5 Nxd5 (7... Nxe4 $2 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nd2 $1 {/\Ne4+-}) 8.
exd5 e4 9. dxc6 O-O 10. O-O exf3 11. Qxf3 bxc6 {/\d5=}) 6... d6 7. b5 axb5 8.
axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Na5 10. Ba2 $14 {Schroeder,R-Maderna,C/Mar del Plata zt (11)
;MCL 03 1951/1-0 (73)}) 5. c3 Be7 (5... Bc5 {Blatny,P} 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
(7... Bb6 {Kortschnoj} 8. Nc3 $16) 8. Kf1 $44) (5... Ba5 {Kortschnoj} 6. d4 d6
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ (8. Qb3 $44) 8... Nxd8 9. Nxe5 $10) 6. d4 (6. Qb3 {
Blatny,P} Nh6 7. d4 Na5 8. Qb5 $1 (8. Qa4 $2 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Ng4 $10) 8... Nxc4 9.
Bxh6 gxh6 (9... Nd6 10. Qxe5 $14) 10. Qxc4 d6 $1 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Rg8 (
11... d6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. e5 Bg7 15. Nb5 $44 {Huddleston,D-Smith,T/
USA-op Los Angeles/1991/}) (11... O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Qd3 b4 15. Nd1
$1 $44) 12. Nc3 $5 c6 (12... Rxg2 $5) 13. O-O d6 14. Rfe1 Bh3 15. g3 Kf8 16. d5
Rg7 17. Rab1 Qc8 18. e5 $16 {Wells,P-Lukacs,P/Budapest ExpFS MarGM (09) ;CBM
37 1993/1-0 (43)}) 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Nbd2 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qd6 16. Ndf3 $10 {Ernst-Wiedenkeller/Karlskrona-ch/1983/}) 6... Na5 7. Be2
(7. Nxe5 {Blatny,P} Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 Qd8 (10... Qd7 11. O-O
Nf6 12. c4 b5 $1 $10) 11. O-O Nf6 12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 (13. Nc3 c6 14. d5 Re8 15.
Qf3 Qc7 $13) 13... c6 14. Nc3 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. d5 Bc5 18. Rad1
$14 {Nunn,J-Lukacs,P/Budapest/1978/}) (7. Bd3 {Blatny,P} d6 8. dxe5 Bg4 $10)
7... exd4 8. Qxd4 d6 {N} (8... Nf6 {Blatny,P Kasparov-Anand/Riga/1995/}) 9.
Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 Qe7 (10... Ne7 {Donev} 11. Bg5 $1 $36) 11. O-O $6 Bd7 $6 (
11... Qxe4 $1 12. Nd4 $1 (12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bb5 Qg6 $17) (12. Re1 $18 {Blatny,P})
12... Be5 $1 (12... Bh4 13. Nd2 $1 {I.Sokolov} (13. Qg7 Qe5 $17) 13... Qxd4 $1
(13... Bxg3 14. Nxe4 Be5 15. Nb5 $44) 14. cxd4 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Be6 $15) 13. Qg5 (
13. Nd2 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Bxg3 $17) 13... Ne7 $17) 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Nbd2 {Blatny,P}
Bxc3 13. Rb1 Nf6) (12. Ng5 {Donev} h6 (12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxe4 14. Re1 $36)
13. Nh7 $5 Qxe4 $2 14. Qxg8+ Rxg8 (14... Ke7 15. Nxf6 Kxf6 16. Bf3 $18) 15.
Nxf6+ $18) 12... O-O-O (12... Qxe4 13. Nd2 $44) 13. Nd2 {Im volgende
Mittelspiell führenden Plan für beide seiten ist Angriff des gegnerisches
König.Schwarz hat offene g-Linie auf Königsflügell,weiß offene b-Linie am
Damenflüggel.Es ist wichtig wer die Initiative zuerst erobert.} Nc6 (13... h5
14. Rb1 $1 {with the idea 15 Qd3! /\Qd3}) 14. Qe3 (14. Qd3 Ne5 $13 (14... Ne5 {
Blatny,P} 15. Qe3 c5 $132)) 14... h5 15. Rb1 Nh6 16. Qd3 $5 (16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17.
Qxa7 Qe5 $1 $44) 16... b6 (16... Rdg8 17. N2f3 $14 (17. Nc4 $14 {Blatny,P}) (
17. Rxb7 $6 Nxd4 18. Qa6 (18. Rxa7 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Kd8 (19... Kb8 $2 20. Qa6 Bc6
$8 21. Ba3 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 23. f3 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 $18) 20. Ra8+ Bc8 $17)
18... Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Qe6 {/\Kd8-e7-+})) (16... Ne5 $2 {Blatny,P} 17. Qa6 $1 $18)
17. a4 $1 Kb8 (17... Rdg8 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Qa6+ Kd8 20. Qxa7 Ke8 21. Nb5 Bxb5
22. Qa8+ Qd8 23. Bxb5+ Ke7 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 $14) 18. a5 {Mit dem
Bauernopfer öffnet weiß noch eine Linie gegen der schwarze Monarch.} Nxa5 19.
Qa6 {Der Anziehende beherscht die Initiative.} Ka8 $2 (19... Bxd4 20. cxd4 Ka8
21. Bb2 Bc8 22. Qb5 $44) 20. e5 $1 {Mit dem Bauernopfer räumt weiß die
Diagonale h1-a8 der von starke weißfarbige Läufer e2 besetz wird.} Qxe5 (20...
dxe5 21. Bf3+ {Gegen die abgeschwächte schwarze König bekommt weiß starke
angriff.} Kb8 (21... c6 {Blatny,P} 22. Rxb6 (22. Ba3 Bc8 (22... Qxa3 $2 23. Nb5
$18) 23. Qxa5 $1 Qb7 24. Qa4 $18) 22... exd4 23. Qxa5 dxc3 24. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 25.
Bxc6+ Kb8 26. Ba3 Qxa3 $8 27. Qb5+ Kc7 28. Qb7+ Kd6 29. Nc4+ $18) 22. Qxa5 exd4
23. Qxa7+ Kxa7 24. Ra1+ $18) (20... Bxe5 {Blatny,P} 21. Bf3+ c6 (21... d5 22.
Bxd5+ c6 23. Nc4 (23. Rxb6 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qe5+ 25. Kg1 Qxd5 $17) 23... Nxc4 24.
Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6+ Kb8 26. Qxc4 $36) 22. Rxb6 Bxh2+ (22... Qh4 23. g3 Bxd4 24.
Rxc6 $1 $18) 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Ng4 25. Bxc6+ $1 $8 Bxc6 26. N2f3 $18) 21.
Bf3+ d5 22. Nc4 Bc8 (22... Nxc4 23. Ra1 $1 (23. Qxc4 Bc8 $13 24. Qa4 $140 a6 (
24... a5 {Donev} 25. Nc6 Bd7 $8 (25... Qxc3 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Bb2 $18) 26. Bf4
$1 Qxc3 (26... Qe6 27. Qb5 $18) 27. Bxd5 $18) (24... Bb7 25. Nb5 a6 26. Bf4 $18
)) 23... Na5 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Be3 Qxe3 27. Qxc6+ Kb8 28. fxe3 Rd6
29. Rb1+ Kc8 30. Qb7+ Kd7 31. Bxd5 $16) 23. Qxa5 $1 Qxd4 (23... bxa5 $2 24.
Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc6 $18) 24. Qa2 Qxc3 (24... Qd3 25. Be3) (24... Qh4 25. g3 $18)
(24... Qc5 {Donev} 25. Be3 $1 Qc6 (25... Qe7 26. Bxb6 $18) 26. Nxb6+ cxb6 27.
Rxb6 $18) 25. Be3 $1 (25. Bb2 $2 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rhg8+ 27. Kh1 dxc4 $44 28. Bxf6
$140 $2 Bb7 $19 (28... Bb7 {Blatny,P} 29. h4 (29. Qe2 Rd3 30. Bg5 Rxf3 $19)
29... Bxf3+ 30. Kh2 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nxf6 $132)) 25... Bb7 {Fünf weiße Steine sind
zum schwarze Monarch gezielt.Es folgt die entscheidente schlag.} (25... Rhg8
26. Rfc1 Qd3 27. Bxb6 $18) (25... Kb8 {Donev} 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Bxb6 axb6 28.
Rxb6+ Bb7 29. Bxd5 $18) 26. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 (26... a6 {Donev} 27. Rfc1 $18) 27.
Nxb6+ Kb8 28. Nxd5 {Eine Musterhafte Partie zum Thema Angriff des gegnerische
König bei Entgegengesetzte Rochaden!} (28. Nxd5 {Blatny,P} Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rhg8+
30. Kh1 Bd4 31. Qc4 Ka8 $8 32. Qc6 $1 Bb6 33. Rxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th semifinal"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1992.05.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Sveshnikov,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.05.27"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 (9... Nf6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 (10... Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Bxd7 12. Ne3 {
+/-}) 11. Qb3 Nxd5 12. Qxb7 {+/-}) 10. Ne3 {+=} Qd8 (10... Qa5 {- 24/249}) 11.
Ba3 {N} (11. O-O) 11... Nf6 12. Qa4+ (12. O-O $142 O-O 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. c4 {
/\ Nc3, d5+/=}) 12... c6 $1 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 (14. Nd2 $5) 14... Re8 15. Nd2
Be6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. c4 b6 (18... b5 $5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5
Bxa2 {+=}) 19. Nf3 c5 20. Qa3 (20. d5 $2 Bd7 21. Qc2 Ne4 {/\ Nd6, Rae8=/+})
20... Rae8 21. dxc5 bxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. h3 {+/- K}) 22. Red1 h6
23. Rbc1 (23. h3 $142) 23... Ne4 $2 (23... Bg4 {+=}) 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Ndf1 $1
Qb6 26. h3 Rb7 27. Ng3 Qc6 28. Nh5 {+/- ->>>} Reb8 29. Nd5 (29. Qc3 $142 {!?}
Ne8 30. Nd5) 29... Nf5 $8 30. Qf3 Kf8 31. Nhf4 Bxd5 $8 (31... Nd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4
33. Ng6+ Ke8 34. Nf6+ {+-}) 32. Qxd5 $138 (32. Rxd5 Ne7 33. Rxc5 $1 Qxf3 (33...
Qxc5 $2 34. Ne6+ {+-}) 34. gxf3 {+/- K}) 32... Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Nd4 34. Rxc5 Rb2
$2 $138 (34... g5 35. Rd5 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Nf3+ $1 37. gxf3 Rxb1+ 38. Kg2 gxf4 {
+= K}) 35. Rd1 Ne2+ 36. Nxe2 Rxe2 {R 9/q} 37. Rd7 $1 {+-} Kg8 38. Rf5 $1 f6 39.
Ra5 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rxf2 41. Raxa7 Rbb2 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. a4 Ra2 44. c5 Rfc2 (
44... Rxa4 45. Rxa4 Kxg7 46. Rc4) 45. Raf7+ Ke8 46. Rxf6 Rxc5 47. Rxh6 Kf8 48.
Ra7 Kg8 49. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Den Haag International"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1921.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1921.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,107,5,14,0,0,-35,0,-2,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
308,306,298,119,119,119,111,114,145,145,156,138,145,139,138,142,144,128,135,
133,133,66,145,73,130,116,165,165,175,152,216,210,199,158,166,42,41,26,43,27,
112,114,114,114,114,114,209,195,195,195,493,617,29962,29954,29963,29948,29968,
29969,29970,29969] C51: Evans Gambit: Declined and Accepted without 5...Ba5
Sources: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 34-35;
Tartakower, My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1930, pp. 93-96. The more active
position of White's pieces enable him on the 28th move to effect material gain
(bishop and knight against bishop). On the 51st move he is a whole knight to
the good. The resulting end-game, rook against two minor pieces, does not
frequently occur in master practice. It results here in an instructive and
stubborn fight. Yet It is only by means of problem-like manoeuvres that he
succeeds in enforcing a win.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 {
This is perhaps more 'prudent', but in no way 'wiser' than accepting the
gambit pawn.} 5. Bb2 {With the double aim of attacking the adverse d pawn and
of protecting the rook on a1with a view to opening up lines later on.} ({
However, a more exact way of carrying out this idea is first} 5. a4 a6 {
, and only now} 6. Bb5 $1 {since after the text move, Black could have tried
to move the scene of the struggle to the centre by 5....Nf6 (instead of 5....
d6, as played);} ({Instead of the usual continuations} 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qb3 O-O 8.
d3 d6 9. Bg5 Qe7 $11) ({or} 6. O-O d6 7. a5 Ba7 8. b5 axb5 9. Bxb5 Nge7 10. d4
exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 $11) ({or} 6. Nc3 Nf6)) ({whereas after} 5. a4 $1 a6 6. Bb2
Nf6 {White could already make use of a new weapon with} 7. b5 $1 $16) 5... d6 (
{A more active defence arises from} 5... Nf6 6. a4 Nxe4) ({or} 5... Nf6 6. b5
Na5 7. Nxe5 O-O {, etc., with complications.}) 6. a4 a6 7. b5 {An interesting
skirmish, by means of which White maintains the initiative. 7....} axb5 {
with the aim of eliminating the rival rooks on the a-file.} ({Less sound is} 
7... Na5 8. Be2) 8. axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Nd4 {Here also 9....Na5 would have
unduly decentralised the knight. There is more justification in 9....Nb8,
returning later to the fray via d7.} 10. Nxd4 {The exchange by 10.Bxd4 also
has points, but White reckons that he will shortly be able to bring the black
bishop back into play.} ({There is much to be said for the other method of
exchanging:} 10. Bxd4 {, with the likely continuation} exd4 11. O-O Nf6 12. d3
O-O 13. Nbd2 c5 $1 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa1 c5 16. Rb1 Ba5 17. Rb5 Bc7 18. Qa7)
10... exd4 11. c3 {Instead of playing non-committal moves such as 11.d3 or 11.
0-0, White at once eliminates the troublesome hostile outpost. 11....} Nf6 ({
He speeds up his development, whilst} 11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 {would only help
that of his adversary.}) 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 d5 {Black, in a clever manner,
works for emancipation.} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 {But White maintains the
initiative by bringing his queen into active play. 15....} Nf6 16. cxd4 ({
A preliminary measure-useful, it is true, but hardly necessary, since it
concedes the opponent a tempo for consolidation-would be} 16. h4 {, with the
possible continuation} Re8 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Nc3 {, and White still has some
advantage in development.}) 16... Bxd4 17. Nc3 Ng4 18. Nd5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Ne5
20. Qg3 Re8 21. h3 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne3 g6 {More careful would have been
23....Bd7, for now the white Rook enters the enemy camp.} 24. Ra8 h5 {Hoping,
in good time, to drive the white queen from her excellent post of observation.}
({A mistake would be} 24... Nxd3 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bxd3) ({or} 24... Qc7 25. d4
) ({Similarly,} 24... Qe7 $2 {would call forth} 25. d4) ({For all these
reasons,} 24... Qd7 {would have been the least evil.}) 25. Ba6 h4 26. Qxe5 {
Forced and forcing. By this liquidatory sacrifice White wins two pieces for
the rook (or, looked at another way, a piece for the exchange), and at the
same time comes down to a simplified ending. 26....} Rxe5 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
Bxc8 {The resulting end-game, rook against two minor pieces, does not
frequently occur in master practice. It results here in an instructive and
stubborn fight. To summarise the above play, it was the more active position
of the white pieces that enabled him to score this gain in material.[#]} Ra5 {
So as to penetrate into the enemy camp. The relation of pieces now obtained 
(two minor pieces against a rook with equal pawns) is rare enough in
master-praxis, and here gives rise to a fight as hard as it is instructive.}
29. Kf1 Ra2 30. Bb7 Rd2 31. Ba6 ({It goes without saying that White will, as
far as possible, avoid pawn exchanges, each pawn representing chances for the
future. It is obvious that White wants to avoid as much as possible any
exchange in pawns, since each of these represent to him a possible chance that
can be eventually utilised. In fact, it is precisely White's d pawn that will
later on play a decisive role, whereas} 31. Bxc6 Rxd3 {would have
oversimplified the game, viz.: The remaining pawns would then be placed in the
same zone (and even on the same files), whilst now the heterogeneous structure
of the queen side pawns represents the best (possibly even the only) guarantee
of White's victory. 31....}) 31... Kg7 32. Ke1 Rb2 33. Nd1 Rb1 34. Ke2 f5 35.
d4 Kf6 36. Bd3 Rb4 37. Ke3 g5 ({After} 37... f4+ 38. Kxf4 (38. Ke4 {38.Kxf4 1.
53} c5) 38... Rxd4+ 39. Ke3 {, White can turn his pawn majority on the king
side to account, whilst keeping Black's passed but isolated pawn on the queen
side under restraint.}) 38. Be2 Rb3+ 39. Kd2 Rb4 40. Kc3 Ra4 41. Nb2 Ra1 42.
Bf3 g4 {A double pitfall: if 43.hxg4 h3, etc., and if 43.Bxc6Rc1+.} 43. Bd1 Kg5
44. Kc2 gxh3 45. gxh3 Kf4 46. Nd3+ Ke4 47. Nc5+ {A tactical finesse which not
only saves the threatened pawn (47....Kxd4 48.Nb3+), but also keeps the
hostile king at bay (47....Kd5 48.Bf3+ Kf4 49.Be2+ Kd5 50. Kc3, etc.). 47....}
Kf4 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kc3 Ra1 50. Ba4 $18 Rxa4 {An ingenious expedient, but an
insufficient one.} ({However, after} 50... Rh1 51. Nd3+ (51. Ne6+ Kf3 52. Bxc6+
Kxf2 53. Bxh1 f4 54. d5 Kg3 55. d6 f3 56. Bxf3) 51... Kg5 52. Bxc6 Rxh3 53. d5
Kf6 54. d6 {White wins also.}) 51. Nxa4 Kf3 52. Kd2 Kxf2 53. Nc5 Kg3 54. Ke2 ({
Black here exceeded the time limit, but play continued, and White's victory
was achieved without taking notice of this disagreeable circumstance in the
following way:} 54. Ke2 Kxh3 ({or} 54... f4 55. Nd3 f3+ 56. Ke3 {etc.}) 55. Kf3
Kh2 56. Ne6 Kg1 57. Nf4 Kf1 58. Ke3 Kg1 (58... Ke1 59. Ng2+) 59. Ke2 $1 Kh1 60.
Kf1 Kh2 61. Kf2 Kh1 ({or} 61... h3 62. Nh5 Kh1 63. Ng3+ {etc.}) 62. Ng6 h3 ({or
} 62... Kh2 63. Kf3 h3 64. Nf4 {etc.}) 63. Nf4 Kh2 ({or} 63... h2 64. Kf1 c5
65. Nh3 {, followed by mate}) 64. Nh5 Kh1 65. Ng3+ Kh2 66. Nxf5 Kh1 67. Ne3 Kh2
(67... h2 68. Nf1 {, with mate to follow}) 68. Ng4+ Kh1 69. Kf1 c5 70. dxc5 h2
71. Nf2#) 1-0

[Event "London Casual Games"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont/Reti"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1863.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,4,-15,2,-27,-31,-45,-42,-70,-17,-20,-23,-45,0,0,0,0,38,-20,40,28,
36,46,44,-15,-16,-9,48,-4,-14,-8,0,-18,0,-4,200,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-146,-20,
-245,-235,-222,-228,-347,-185,-250,-171,-187,-185,-179,0,-252,0,-985,-985,-956,
-935] C51: Evans Gambit: Declined and Accepted without 5...Ba5 Sources:
Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 33-35. Reti, Masters of
the Chessboard, pp.33-37. All comments are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted.
This game illustrates the triumph of patient defence in the face of all
dangers. Illustrated London News: 9 October 1863:" ..played at the Grand Cigar
Divan between Mr. Steinitz and an Amateur of Manchester." (Editor's note:
Tartakower places the date of this game in 1862. Multiple sources, including
Reti, place the date at 1863.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Bc5 6. d4 ({More incisive than} 6. O-O d6 7. d4) 6... exd4 7. O-O d6 ({
Approaching the "normal position," because if} 7... dxc3 {, White refrains
from 8.Qd5 Qe7 (guarding the two threatened points), but plays} 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7
9. Qd5+ Ke8 10. Qxc5 {, and White has a fine attacking game.}) 8. cxd4 Bb6 {[#]
} {Reti: In former times this position was designated as the normal position
of the Evans Gambit, the moves up to this point being considered the best
possible ones for both sides.} 9. Nc3 ({An effective, purely developing, move,
instead of 9.Bb2 or 9.d5, which we have seen before. An unsound try would be:} 
9. Qb3 Na5 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Qd5 Nf6 {; and White's queen can no longer defend
his volatile bishop.}) 9... Bg4 ({More usual is (or rather, was, at a time
when the Evans Gambit was still fashionable)} 9... Na5 {, after which the
Goring Attack,} 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 {secures White's initiative for a long time
to come.}) 10. Bb5 {Now the d pawn is again defended, and in addition there
arises the threat 11.d5 a6 12.Ba4. 10....} Kf8 ({An original parry. After} 
10... Bd7 11. e5 {, White gains more territory.}) 11. Bxc6 {Having effectively
prevented Black from castling, he should not have relieved his opponent's
position by exchanges. The proper continuation here or on the next move is 11.
Be3. 11....} bxc6 12. Ba3 {With the passing threat 13.e5, whilst his Bishop
could have continued to render valuable services on its original diagonal by
12.Be3. 12....} Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rg1 Qf6 17. Qd3
Kg8 {Making for h7, not having castled.} ({If instead} 17... Nf4 18. Nxf4 Qxf4
19. Rg4 Qh6 ({or} 19... Qf6 20. e5) 20. e5 {, and White's pressure becomes
well defined.}) 18. Bc1 h6 19. f4 Kh7 20. f5 {White has regained the
initiative by clever manceuvring. 20.e5 is also very strong. 20....} Ne7 21.
Bb2 d5 {The contest for central territory, here and in the sequel, is very
bitter.} 22. f3 Rad8 23. Nf4 {With the promising threat 24.Nh5, but, by
playing 23.Ng3, he could have added the threat of 24.e5 (thanks to the
protection of the pawn at f5). 23....} Rhg8 {A stubborn defence.} ({A very
complicated continuation is} 23... dxe4 24. fxe4 Bxd4 25. Nh5 Bxb2 26. Nxf6+
Bxf6 27. Qa3 Bxa1 28. Qxe7 Bf6 29. Qxf7 Rhe8 30. Qxc7 Rxe4 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32.
Qxd8 {, and White's chances should prevail.}) 24. Nh5 ({There is no time for
the preparatory} 24. Rg4 {, on account of 24....} dxe4 25. fxe4 Bxd4) 24... Qh4
25. f6 Qxh5 ({If} 25... gxf6 26. e5+ {dis.ch.}) 26. fxe7 Rd7 27. exd5+ g6 28.
Rae1 {Reti: Anyone following the play during these last moves must have gained
the impression that Blackburne is attacking with great verve while Steinitz is
just managing to defend himself. In reality the situation is quite different.
While Blackburne was swimming on the sea of combination, Steinitz very
characteristically had never lost sight of the essential positional element of
the game, the domination of the centre, in spite of the difficulties of the
defence. 28....} Re8 29. Re5 Qh4 30. Rf5 {Beautiful as this move is, Black
finds a sufficient counter.} ({Insufficient also was} 30. Re6 Rdxe7 31. Rexg6
fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. d6 cxd6 34. d5+ {dis.ch.} Bd4 35. Bxd4+ Qxd4 36. Qxh6+
Rh7 37. Qg6 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Re2+ {, and mate follows.}) 30... Qxe7
({Evidently not} 30... Rdxe7 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qxf7 Qe7 34. Rg8+
Rxg8 35. Qxe7 {, and White wins.}) 31. dxc6 Rdd8 32. Ba3 ({If, as a last
chance,} 32. d5 Bxg1 33. Qc3 Bd4 34. Qxd4 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+) 32...
Qe6 33. Rf4 f5 {Closing down.} 34. Rh4 h5 {Reti: Many a master would have
fallen into Blackburne's diabolical trap and would have made the seemingly
annihilating move 34....Qe2, apparently forcing the exchange of quuens and a
hopeless endgame. The consequence, however, would have been 35.Bf8!!. If Black
in reply takes the queen, White has a draw by means of perpetual check, or if
Black plays 35....h5, White would sacrifice the rook on h5.} 35. Bb2 Rd5 {
Obstruction.} 36. Qc2 Qe2 {Irruption. Disorganised, and weakened at various
points, White must give way.} 37. Qb3 Qb5 38. Qc3 Re2 39. f4 Rxd4 40. Qf3 {
Just before the end one last and interesting threat, 41.Qxh5+, and wins. 40....
} Qd5 {White resigns.} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Borlange"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:44"]
[BlackClock "0:07:12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nef3 Ng4 {
[#]} 15. Rf1 (15. Nd4 {is perhaps somewhat more efficient.} Bb6 16. Be2) 15...
f6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be2 Rd8 18. N2b3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Be3
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxa7 Qd7 24. Qc3 Rb8 {[#]This is the disadvantage with
the Evans Gambit. Sometimes the game gets rather dull and ends up in a drawish
position. From here Hector gradually puts himself into problems.} 25. Rc1 c6
26. Qe3 Rd8 27. h3 Qc7 28. Bf1 Rb4 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Qe5 31. Qa3 Qb2 32.
Qe3 Rb3 33. Qe1 Qd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd2 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Rc8 Ke7 37. Rg8 Kf7 38. Rc8
Rd7 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg3 Rd3+ 41. f3 Rdd2 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rg1 Rdc2 44. Kf4 Rxg2
(44... Rxc4 45. g4 Rc3 46. g5 Rf2 47. Rg3 b5 48. gxf6+ Kxf6 49. e5+ Ke6 50.
Rcxg7 {was difficult to judge.}) 45. Rxg2+ Rxg2 46. Rxb7 Rc2 47. Rb4 Rc3 48.
Kg4 h5+ 49. Kf4 Kh6 50. e5 fxe5+ 51. Kxe5 Rxf3 52. h4 Rh3 53. c5 (53. Rb6 $11)
53... Rd3 54. Ke6 Rd5 55. Rc4 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Rc1 h4 58. Rc3 Kg4 59. Rc4+
Kg3 60. Rc3+ Kf2 61. Rc2+ Ke3 62. Rh2 Rh5 63. Kd6 Rh6+ 64. Kc7 h3 65. Kb6 Kf4
0-1

[Event "Aachen Games"]
[Site "Aachen"]
[Date "1868.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Zukertort,JH"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1868.07.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[source: Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1868, p. 300-301]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2
Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 f6 15. Kh1 Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17.
Ng3 b5 ({Korrekter ist bekanntlich} 17... b6 {, um nach} 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
Ne5 20. Nxe5 {mit dem d-Bauer schlagen zu können, ohne den c-Bauer
preiszugeben.}) 18. Nf5 Rb7 19. g4 Bb8 20. Rg1 Ne5 {Schwarz will dem Zuge
g4-g5 zuvorkommen, da,} ({nachdem derselbe geschehen,} 20... Z0 21. g5 Ne5 {
zu spät ist; dann folgt nämlich} 22. gxf6 {und auf} Nxf3 23. Nh6+ {nebst
Matt in zwei Zügen.}) 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Rg3 h6 {Hierdurch bietet
Schwarz einen neuen Angriffspunkt.} 24. Nf3 Rf8 25. Rh3 Nc4 {Schwarz gibt
einen Bauer preis, um den Turm abzulenken.} 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Rg1 Qe8 $2 {
Ein Fehler, der aber wohl die Entscheidung nur beschleunigt.} 28. Nxh6+ Kh7 ({
Auf} 28... gxh6 {folgt nun} 29. Qxh6 Rg7 30. Ng5 $1) 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Qg5 {
Weiß droht 31.Dh4 nebst Matt in zwei Zügen.} Bxf5 31. gxf5 {Aufgegeben.
Schwarz hat keinen Deckungszug.} ({Auf} 31. gxf5 Qe7 {entscheidet} ({auf} 31...
Rff7 32. Nh4) 32. Qh5) 1-0

