[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Be2 {Diagramm [#] Ein Zug, der auf solch hohem Niveau noch nie
zuvor gespielt worden war.} d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. d3
Nh6 8. Be3 Nf5 9. Bf2 Be7 {Diagramm [#] Schwarz hat keinerlei
Eröffnungsprobleme - wirklich empfehlenswert ist die weiße Vorgehensweise
wohl nicht.} 10. Nbd2 h5 11. c3 ({Sofort} 11. c4 {war wohl stärker.}) 11... g6
12. c4 Qd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. d4 c4 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nxc4
{Diagramm [#] Dieses Figurenopfer auf Position dürfte tatsächlich spielbar
sein.} dxc4 19. Rxc4 Nb4 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. Rc5 Nc7 22. e6 $2 {Diagramm [#] Das
funktioniert nicht. Die richtige Vorgehensweise wäre gewesen, d4-d5
durchzusetzen, den Le2 (durch h2-h3) nach f3 zu befördern, die Türme hinter
die Zentrumsbauern zu stellen...} fxe6 23. Ne5 Nxd4 24. Qb2 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Bf6
26. Nxd7 Bxb2 27. Rxc7 {Diagramm [#] Stark, wie Nadjer alles abgewickelt hat.
Er hat jetzt schlichtweg eine Mehrfigur.} Rd8 28. Rb7 Bc3 29. Nb8 Rc8 30. Nd7
Rd8 31. Nb8 Rf8 32. h3 Rxf4 33. Nc6 Rd6 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Rc7 Bf5 36. Kh2 Rc4
37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d4 exd4 (6... dxe4 $2 7.
Nxe4 Bc7 8. dxe5 Bxe5 $2 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Nd6+ $18) 7. exd5 (7. Nxd4 Nf6 $10)
7... cxd5 8. Nxd4 {קd5} Nc6 9. N2b3 (9. N2f3 Bg4 $10) 9... Nf6 10. Qxe7+ (10.
Bd2 Bd7 (10... Bg4 11. f3 {><e4})) 10... Kxe7 (10... Bxe7 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bf4
$14) 11. Bd2 (11. Nxc6+ bxc6 12. Be3 {/\><d4,c5} Bf5 (12... a5 13. a4 {/\קa5})
13. O-O-O a5 $132 (13... Rhc8 14. Ba6 Rc7 15. Rhe1 $36)) 11... Re8 12. O-O-O {
><d4} Ng4 {קf2, Ne5-c4} 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Rxe8+ Kxe8 15. Bb5 Bd7 (15... Nxf2
16. Re1+ Kd7 17. Rf1 $36) 16. f3 Nge5 17. Bc3 {/^b2-g7} f6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bf1 {
<->d,e} (19. Bxc6 bxc6 {^^}) 19... Ne7 20. g3 (20. a3 {/\Bb4}) (20. Be1 $6 Nc4
21. Bg3 (21. g3 $2 Ne3) (21. Bf2 Bxh2 22. g3 h5 {/\h4}) 21... Be5 {[+]}) 20...
Rc8 {/\Nc4} 21. Be1 Nc4 22. Bf2 b5 {/\-><<} 23. a3 h5 24. Nd2 Ne5 25. Be2 g6
26. Nf1 Nc4 27. Be1 Be5 28. Bf2 Kf7 29. Nd2 Nf5 (29... Nb6 30. N4b3 {<->d,/
^g1-a7}) (29... Nd6 30. f4 $14) 30. Nxc4 (30. N2b3) 30... dxc4 (30... bxc4 $2
31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxd5 $18) 31. f4 Bxd4 (31... Bb8 32. Bf3 $16 {/^h1-a8,g1-a7})
32. Bxd4 Bc6 (32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Ke6 34. f5+ $1 $16) 33. Bf2 {^^} Re8 34. Re1
(34. Bf1) 34... Nd6 35. Bf1 Rxe1+ (35... Ne4 36. Bg1 {+/=/+/- _|_}) 36. Bxe1
Ne4 37. Kd1 Ke6 38. Ke2 Nd6 (38... f5 39. Ke3 Kd5 {/\^-} 40. Bg2 Bb7 $10) 39.
Bb4 Be4 (39... Ne4 $142) 40. Kd2 Kd5 41. b3 {/\K()} cxb3 $8 42. cxb3 f5 43. Kc3
{/\K[+]} Bf3 (43... Nf7 44. a4 $1) (43... Nb7 44. Bf8 {/\a4} (44. a4 a5 45. Bf8
b4+ 46. Kb2)) 44. Bxd6 {/\K[+]} Kxd6 45. Kd4 {_|_ B:B +-} Bd5 46. b4 {קa6,Pg6}
Bb7 (46... Bf7 47. Bg2 {קa6}) 47. Be2 Be4 (47... Bd5 48. Bd1 {--> main line})
48. Bd1 Bd5 $8 49. h4 Bg8 (49... Bc6 50. Bb3 {קg6} Be8 51. Bd5 $18 {/\קa6,g6}
) 50. Bf3 Bf7 51. Bg2 (51. Bb7 Kc7 52. Bxa6 Kb6 53. Bc8 (53. Bxb5 $5 Kxb5 54.
Ke5 Bc4 (54... Ka4 $2 55. Kf6 Be8 56. Ke7 Bb5 57. Kf7 Kxa3 58. Kxg6 Be8+ (58...
Kxb4 59. Kxh5 Kc5 60. Kg6 $18) 59. Kxf5 Kxb4 60. Kf6 Kc5 61. Ke7 (61. f5 $2 Kd6
62. Kg5 {/\g4 =} (62. Kg7 $2 Ke7 63. f6+ Ke6)) 61... Bg6 (61... Bc6 62. f5 $18)
62. Ke6 $1 Kd4 63. f5 Be8 64. Ke7 $18 Ke5 $8 65. Kxe8 Kxf5 66. Kf7 $18) 55. Kf6
Be2 56. Kxg6 Bg4 57. Kf6 Ka4 58. Ke5 Kb5 59. Kd5 Bf3+ $10) (53. Ke5 $2 Kxa6 54.
Kf6 Be8 55. Ke7 Bc6 56. Kf7 Bf3 57. Kxg6 Bg4 $19) 53... Kc7 $10) 51... Bb3 52.
Bf3 Bf7 53. Bd1 Bd5 54. a4 Bf7 55. Kd3 Bc4+ (55... Kd5 $4 56. Bb3+ $18) 56. Kc3
Bf7 (56... Kd5 57. Bf3+ Kd6 58. Bb7 $18) 57. Kd4 Bd5 (57... Be6 $142 58. Bc2 (
58. a5 Bd5 {Bd1:Bd5,Bd3:Bd7,Bc2:Be6,Be2:Bc6,Bb1:Bc4,Bf1:Be4} 59. Be2 Bc6 60.
Bf1 Be4 61. Be2 Bc6 62. Bd3 Bd7 63. Bc2 Be6 64. Bb1 Bc4 65. Bc2 Be6 66. Bd1 Bd5
$10) 58... Bc4 59. a5 Be6 60. Bb1 Bc4 $10 61. Bc2 Be6 62. Bd3 Bd7 63. Bf1 Bc6
64. Be2 Be4 65. Kc3 Bg2 $10) 58. a5 $18 Bc6 (58... Bg8 59. Bf3 $18) 59. Bb3 Bf3
60. Bf7 Be2 61. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Qe2 (5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 {
Philidor structure - white}) (5. g3 Ne7 (5... Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nc4 Bf8 $13 {Ljubojevic-Karpov,
Buenos Aires 1980}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 {/\f5} 8. c4 $5 f5 $6 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. exd5 {/\Nc4}) (5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Nge7 {--> French
Defence pawn structure 3.Nd2}) 5... Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9.
N2b3 {><d4} (9. N2f3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nge7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rhe1 f6
14. Be3 Bb8 $10 {Ljubojevic-Karpov, Bilbao 1987}) 9... Nf6 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.
Bd2 Re8 12. O-O-O {+/=/=} a6 13. f3 {><e4} Kf8 14. Bc3 Ne5 $1 {><c4} 15. Kb1 b6
16. Bd3 $5 Nxd3 {^^} 17. Rxd3 Bd7 18. Rdd1 Rac8 19. Nc1 $10 {><d4:^^} Nh5 20.
g3 g6 {/\Nh5-g7-e6} 21. Nd3 {/\Bb4, ><d5} a5 22. Bd2 f6 {/\Kf7} 23. Rhe1 Rxe1
24. Bxe1 {/\Be1-f2-b6} Ng7 25. Bf2 Bc7 26. b4 $6 $15 {><c4} (26. Re1 $10) 26...
Kf7 27. b5 Nf5 $1 28. a4 Ne7 {/\g6-g5,Ne7-g6-e5-c4} 29. Ne2 g5 $8 30. g4 $6 {
/\h2-h4,<->h,><f5} Ng6 (30... Bxh2 $2 31. Rh1 $16) 31. h3 Be6 32. Nd4 Bd7 33.
Rh1 Rh8 34. Rc1 Ne5 $1 $17 {><f3,/\h7-h5 <->h} 35. Nxe5+ fxe5 36. Ne2 h5 37.
Nc3 Be6 38. Rd1 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rd8 (39... Rh2 $2 40. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 (40... Rxf2
41. Nxc7 Rxf3 42. Rd6 {Pb5-b6-b7-b8Q}) 41. Rxd5 Rxf2 42. Rd7+ $16) 40. Be3 Kg6
41. Bc1 Rd7 42. Bb2 d4 43. Ne4 Rf7 44. Bc1 Bd8 45. Rh1 Rxf3 46. Rh8 Bf6 47.
Nxf6 (47. Rb8 Bd5 48. Nd2 e4 49. Rxb6 Rf2 50. Rd6 e3 51. Rxd5 exd2 (51... exd2
$1 52. Bxd2 Rxd2 53. b6 d3 54. cxd3 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rxb6 56. Rxa5 Rb4 $19)) 47...
Rxf6 48. Rd8 $1 $8 (48. Rh5 Rf1 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 50. Rh5 e4 {Pe4-e3-e2-e1Q}) 48...
Bxg4 {-+/-/+} 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rxg5 Bf5 51. Rh5 e4 52. Bb2 Kg6 53. Rh1 Rd6 54.
Rd1 d3 55. cxd3 e3 56. Be5 Re6 57. Bd4 e2 58. Re1 Bxd3+ 59. Kb2 Bf5 $4 (59...
Kf5 $142) 60. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 61. Rxe2 $10 {/\Re2-e7-a7,Re2-e8-a8,Kb2-c3-d4-c5}
Rd6 {Sealed move} 62. Kc3 Rd3+ 63. Kc4 Ra3 64. Kc5 Rxa4 65. b6 Rb4 66. Ra2 Rb1
67. Rxa5 Be4 68. Rb5 Rc1+ 69. Kd6 Bb7 70. Rc5 Rb1 71. Kc7 Bh1 72. Rc6+ Bxc6 73.
Kxc6 Kf7 74. b7 Ke7 75. Kc7 Rc1+ 76. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. g3 (3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nbd7
8. Nbd2 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. a5 d5 11. Qe2 g6 12. Rd1 Rb8 $10 {Ljubojevic-Bilek,
Bath 1973}) 3... d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Nbd7 9.
b3 (9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nf1 h6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne3 Nb6 $10 {Stein-Barcza, Tallinn
1971}) 9... a5 10. a3 dxe4 11. dxe4 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nc5 13. Re1 e4 $10)
11... Qc7 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. Bb2 $6 (13. h3 b5 14. Nb2) 13... Ng4 $1 $15 14. Re2
b5 15. Ncd2 Qb6 16. Qe1 Ba6 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Nf1 b4 19. Rd2 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Bxa3 (
20... Bb4 $1) 21. Rxa3 Nc5 22. Rd1 $1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 $1 (23. Bxf1 Ncxe4 {/\Nxg3}
) 23... Ncxe4 (23... a4 24. Rda1 Ra6 25. bxa4 Rea8 $15) 24. Rda1 Qc5 (24... h6
25. b4) 25. Rxa5 (25. Qe2 $5 {/\Ra4} Nc3 26. Qc4) 25... Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Qxc2 27.
Rxe5 Rb8 (27... Rd8 $2 28. Qe3 $1 Rd3 $4 29. Qxe4 $1) 28. Nd4 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 Qxd4
30. Bxe4 $1 Rxb3 31. Bxc6 $1 h5 (31... Rxg3+ $2 32. Kh2 $19) 32. Kg2 h4 33. Re3
Rb6 34. Qc3 Qd6 35. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bf5 (3... Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Qa4 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O $10 {Tolush,A-Goglidze,V/URS/1939/})
4. Nd4 $6 (4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Re1 c5 7. d3 Ne7 $10 {Bauer-Starck,B/1958/})
4... Bg6 5. e6 Qb6 6. Qg4 c5 $1 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qc8 (9. Ne5+ Kg8
10. Qd1 (10. Qc8 Bxc2) 10... Nc6 $17) (9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 11. Nxe6 Nbd7
12. d3 Bf7) 9... Qe6+ (9... Bxc2 $5 10. Nc3 (10. d3 Ba4 {/\ Bd7/}) (10. Ne5+
Kg8 11. Nc3 h6) 10... Qe6+) 10. Qxe6+ Kxe6 11. d4 (11. d3 Nc6 12. Be2 Kd7 13.
Bf4 e6 14. Nbd2 Bd6 $17 {/\ e5/}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4+ Kf7 13. c3 e5 14. Nf3
Bd6 $17 15. Nbd2 (15. Bg5 $5 Ne4 (15... h6 16. Bh4 {/\ Nbd2/}) 16. Be3) 15...
Nc6 16. Be2 Rhe8 17. O-O Bc5 (17... h6 $5) (17... a5 $5) 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Be3
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rad8 (20... Kg8 $5) 21. Nc5 Re7 22. e4 $6 (22. h3 $5 b6 23. Nb3
h6 24. Nh4 Bh7 25. Nf5 Re6) 22... Bxe4 23. Ng5+ Kg6 24. Ngxe4 dxe4 25. Rae1 Rd2
$1 26. Rf2 e3 27. Rf3 Rxb2 28. Rxe3 Kf7 (28... Rxa2 $2 29. Rg3+ Kh6 (29... Kf7
30. Bc4+) 30. Rh3+ $10) 29. Bc4+ Ke8 30. Rd1 $2 (30. Nd3 Rc2 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32.
Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5+ Kd7 34. Re3 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 (35. Kf2 Ng4+) 35... Kd6 $17)
30... Na5 $1 31. Bf1 (31. Bb3 Nxb3 32. axb3 b6 $19) 31... Rxa2 $19 32. Bb5+ Kf7
33. Nd3 e4 34. Nb4 Rb2 35. Ra1 b6 36. Rd1 Re5 37. Bf1 Rc5 38. Rd8 $6 (38. h3)
38... Rb1 39. Ra8 Rf5 40. Rxa7+ Kg6 41. h3 Rfxf1+ 42. Kh2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Match Reti-Euwe +3-1=0"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1920.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1920.05.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)De Jong,Peter: Max Euwe. Deel2A. S.40.} c6 2. b3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4.
Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Qe2 Qc7 (7... f6) 8. Nf3 f6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3
a6 (10... Qd7) 11. d4 Nge7 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Rad1 O-O-O 15. Rfe1
$16 h5 16. Na4 e4 17. f3 $16 h4 18. fxe4 hxg3 (18... d4) 19. exd5 $18 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qe6+ Kb8 (21... Qd7 22. Rxd5 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxd5 24. Nb6+ $18) 22.
Rxd5 Rde8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Ka7 25. Rdd8 b6 26. Ba3 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Qf7
28. Re7+ Nxe7 29. Rd7+ Ka8 30. Nxb6+ Kb8 31. Bd6# 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 (7. g3
Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 {Suetin,A-Georgadze,T/Kislovodsk/1972/} Nc5 $5 10. Qc4
b6 11. d4 Ba6 12. Nb5 Rc8 $1) 7... Bg7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11.
Nf3 Bg7 (11... e6 12. d6 $1 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxf6+ $14 Qxf6 15. Bb5 $5 a6
16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Be4 Nf4 18. O-O {/\g2-g3, Nf3-e5}) 12. Be2 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14.
Qb5 (14. Qd1 Nc4 15. Rb1 Rc8) 14... a6 (14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Qa5 $2 Nd5 16.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. O-O Rac8) 15... Qxd4 16. Rd1) 15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Qxb7 $5 Rb8 (16...
Qa5 17. O-O Rfb8 18. Qc6) 17. Qxa6 Rxb2 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. O-O Ra8 20. Qd3 Raxa2
21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Bf1 $1 Bb4 (23... Rxf2 24. Be2 $1) 24. Rc1 (24.
Re2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Bd5 $1 (25... Qa1+ 26. Bf1 Bd5 27. Qb5 $1 Bxf3 28. Qxb4 Be2
$2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ $18) 26. h3 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qe1 $10) 24...
Rxf2 $5 25. d5 $1 Rxf1+ $1 (25... Bxd5 26. Qd4 {/\Qf2,Rc8}) (25... Bf5 26. Qd4
Rb2 27. d6) (25... Qa7 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxd5) 26. Qxf1 Qxd5
27. Kh1 Be7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rb1 Qa7 30. Ra1 Qc5 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Re1 Qd4 33. Qe2
Bf6 34. Ne4 Bh4 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Qf3 h5 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Nxc3 Bf6 39. Ne4 Be5
40. Kg1 Bf5 41. Nc5 Bc7 42. Na6 Bf4 43. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
Bg4 {Geläufig ist hier 8...Nbd7, aber ich wollte eine Stellung aus der
Reti-Eröffnung aufs Brett bekommen.} (8... Nbd7) 9. c3 {Es war im jeden Fall
genauer, jetzt oder in den nächsten Zügen h2-h3 einzuschalten.} (9. h3 Bh5 10.
Nf1 (10. c3 a5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. b3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bc5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3 Qb6
16. a3 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. Nd2 $1 Nf8 15.
g5 N6d7 16. h4 h6 17. Nb3 hxg5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 $1 20. h5 $1 Bh7
21. Bxg5 f6 22. Be3 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y/Rotterdam 1989}) 9... Nbd7 (
9... Qd7 $5 10. Qc2 a5 {/\Na6} 11. d4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Bf3 $11) 10. Qc2 Qc7 (10... h6 $1 11. h3 Be6) 11. Nf1 $6 {Es war noch nicht zu
spät für 11.h3!} (11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 (12. Nf1 $5) 12... dxe4 (12... Rad8 13.
Nf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 a5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf8) 13. dxe4 a5 14. a4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6
16. Bg5 h6 17. Bc1 Nc5 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Nd2 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rad8 $11 {Csom,
I-Arnold,L/Paks 2000/}) 11... h6 $1 {Nun findet der Bg4 einen guten und
sicheren Platz auf e6, wo er nicht jeden Moment abgetauscht werden kann.} 12.
Ne3 Be6 13. Nh4 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 $15) 13... a5 $15 {
Die schwarze Stellung ist bereits vorzuziehen.} 14. Qe2 {Weiß hofft, durch die
Überführung seiner Dame etwas mehr Druck auf dem Königsflügel aufzubauen.} (14.
Nhf5 Bf8 $15 {/\g6}) (14. Nef5 Bf8 15. h3 Rad8 {/\Kh7,g6} 16. g4 dxe4 17. dxe4
Nc5 18. Bf1 Qd7 $17 {/\Nd3}) (14. b3 a4 15. b4 b5 16. a3 Bf8 17. Bb2 dxe4 18.
dxe4 Nb6 $15) 14... Rad8 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Bf1 (16. Nhf5 g6 17. g4 Nc5 $17) 16...
Kh7 {Ein Wartezug, der gleichzeitig g7-g6 vorbereitet.} (16... dxe4 17. dxe4
Nh7 $5 $15) (16... g6 $5 $15) 17. g4 $6 {Diese pseudoaktive Aktion vergrößert
bloß den weißen Nachteil. 17.h3 nebst Ne3-g4 hielt dagegen den Schaden in
Grenzen.} (17. h3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nc5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 f6 $15) 17... g6 (
17... dxe4 18. dxe4 Nc5 $6 19. Nef5 g6 20. Nxh6 Nfxe4 21. Qh3 $40) 18. Nef5 {
Die logische Fortsetzung des Angriffs, aber Schwarz hat eine Entlastungsidee
parat.} dxe4 19. dxe4 gxf5 $1 (19... b5 $6 20. Nxh6 Bxh6 21. g5 Bg7 22. gxf6
Bxf6 23. Qg3 $13) 20. gxf5 Bd5 21. exd5 cxd5 {Als Folge des Abtauschs bekam
Schwarz ein mobiles Bauernzentrum und Gegenchancen auf dem Königsflügel, da
der weiße Monarch kaum sicherer steht als der schwarze.} 22. Qh3 e4 $1 {
Verhindert das gegnerische Angriffsmanöver Nf3-g5 und bereitet das seine
Ne5-g4 (f3, d3) vor.} 23. Kh1 $2 $138 {Dieser naheliegende Zug in beginnender
Zeitnot schwächt lediglich den Bauern f2 und erlaubt die folgende Kombination.
Richtig war 23.Be2.} (23. Be2 Ne5 (23... Qb6 24. Ng2 Ne5 25. Rb1 d4 26. cxd4
Qxd4 27. Bg5 Bg7 $17) 24. Ng2 Bg7 25. Bf4 Qb6 26. Qg3 Nfd7 27. Rab1 Nc5 $17)
23... Ne5 24. Bf4 (24. Be2 Qb6 $17 {><f2, b2}) 24... Bd6 $1 {/\Neg4} (24... Qb6
$5 $17) 25. Be2 Nd3 $1 26. Bxd6 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler, aber 25.Bxd3 war
ebenfalls trostlos.} (26. Bxd3 Bxf4 27. Bb5 Rg8 $17) 26... Nxf2+ 27. Kg2 Qb6 $1
$19 {Diese taktische Finesse, in Zeitnot nur schwer zu sehen, gewinnt
zumindest einen Bauern.} 28. Qg3 (28. Bc7 Rg8+ 29. Ng6 Qxc7 30. Kxf2 fxg6 $19)
28... Rg8 29. Ng6 Rxd6 30. Qxf2 fxg6 {, und Nisipeanu ersparte mir edlerweise
die Gewinnumsetzung.} (30... fxg6 31. Qf4 Rd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 a5
9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. Bb2 d4 11. Nb3 {Black players have learned, how to handle
this position. Despite loss of flexibility closing the center was proven
promissing.} Qc7 12. c3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 c5 14. Nfd2 {Radjabov is playing general
moves without realizing, that Cheparinov is improving his position with each
move.} (14. Qc2 Na6 15. Na5 $5 b5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) (
14. a4 Rd8 15. Qb1 Na6 16. Rc1 Nc6 $11) 14... b5 $1 15. Qc2 (15. a4 $5 Rxa4 (
15... b4 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rd8 $15) 16. Rxa4 bxa4 17. Na5 Rd8
18. Qxa4 Rxd3 19. Qc2 Rd7 $15) 15... Na6 16. Rfc1 (16. Ba5 Qc6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18.
Nf3 Rfc8 $15) 16... Be6 17. Nf1 $6 {The knight is heading to d5 square, but
opponent will be quicker.} (17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Na5 Bd7 $15) 17... Nc6 18. Ne3 (
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Qxc5 Qb8 21. Kh1 (21. Rd1 Re8 $19) 21... Rc8 22.
Qe7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ra7 24. Qg5 Rxa2 $17) 18... c4 $1 {A very disturbing move
for White, since Black has great control of excellent tactical possibilities.}
19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Nd5 (20. Nd2 Nab4 21. Bxb4 (21. Qd1 Nxa2 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Nxc4
Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra2 $17) 21... Nxb4 22. Qb1 Rfb8 23. Ndxc4 Nxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxb1 25.
Rxa8+ Rb8 26. Raa1 $17) 20... cxb3 21. Nxc7 (21. Qxb3 Qd6 22. Qb6 Bd7 $19)
21... bxc2 22. Nxa8 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc2 Nd4 $19) 22... Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]
Radjabov was hoping to resist in the position with a rook for two light pieces.
Unfortunatelly just eliminating c2 pawn will prove very costly.} (22... Rxa8
23. Rxc2 Nab4 24. Rb2 Nxa2 25. Bd2 Bf8 $17) 23. Nb6 Rb8 (23... Ne2+ 24. Kf1
Nxc3 25. Rxc2 Rb8 $17) 24. Ba5 (24. Na4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Bc4 26. Ke1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1
Rb1 28. Kd2 Bh6+ 29. f4 exf4 $19) (24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rb1 28. Bd2 Nb4 29. Ke2 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nxa2 31. Kd2 Bh6+ 32. Kxc2 Nxc1 33.
d6 Kf8 $19) 24... Bh6 25. Bf1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 (26. Bxa6 Bb2 $19) 26... Nc6 $1 {
Due to the basic rank problems white is unable to save the piece.} 27. Rxc2 (
27. Bxa6 Nxa5 28. Nd5 Rb1 $19) (27. Nc4 Nxa5 28. Nxa5 Rb1 29. Rxc2 Bh3 $19)
27... Nxa5 28. Nd5 Nb4 29. Rc5 (29. Rb2 Nac6 30. Bc4 Kg7 $19) 29... Nbc6 30. a4
Kg7 {In the technical phase black does not have to hurry, any exchange of
pieces will be to his benefit.} 31. Kg2 Rb7 (31... Rb2 32. Ne3 Ra2 33. Bb5 Nd4
34. Rxe5 Nab3 $19) 32. h4 Ra7 33. Nc3 Bd7 34. Bb5 Nb3 35. Rd5 (35. Rxc6 Bxc6
36. Bxc6 Rc7 $19) 35... Nbd4 {Now Cheparinov is just a step from breaking free,
the game is over.} 36. f4 (36. Bf1 Bg4 $19) 36... exf4 37. gxf4 Nxb5 38. axb5 (
38. Nxb5 Rb7 39. Nc3 Be6 $19) 38... Ne7 39. Rc5 Rb7 40. h5 Nc8 41. hxg6 hxg6
42. Kg3 Na7 43. f5 (43. b6 Rxb6 44. Rc7 Bc6 45. Rxa7 Rb3 $19) 43... Nxb5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Harikrishna,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This match was crucial for the silver and bronze medals. Novy Bor and Shsm
from Moscow were in 2nd place before the last round.} 1. e4 c6 {GM Dreev plays
Sicilian also sometimes. However in this crucial match he sticks to his
favourite Caro-Kann which has served him well for many years.} 2. Nf3 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 $5 {Here we go! This is relatively rare variation. GM Dreev
has faced this variation, but only in rapid or blitz. So I decided to check
what he had prepared for the variation.} Nc6 5. d4 a6 (5... Nxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7.
Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf4 {I prefer White's position as he is
ahead in development.}) (5... Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 {This is the
whole idea of this line. To get the advantage of the two bishops and put
pressure on Black slowly. Although Black is not worse by any means.}) 6. c4 Nf6
(6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Be2 Nxd5 10. O-O {For computers it is
equal. I think the position is unclear and I would prefer to play White in
this position.}) 7. Nc3 Nxe5 (7... e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O
$14) 8. dxe5 d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. bxc3 (11. fxe7+ Bxe7 12. bxc3
Bf6 13. Kd2 Be6 $11) 11... exf6 {Until this point it is forced after 7...Ne5.}
(11... gxf6 12. Rb1 Rg8 13. Be3 e5 14. Be2 Rxg2 15. Bf3 $40) 12. Be3 {
Important move stopping Black's ...Bc5. If Black manages to develop the bishop
to c5, he gains the upper hand.} Bf5 13. Be2 Kc7 14. O-O Re8 $1 15. Rfd1 {
I spent a lot of time here deciding to play 15.Rfe1 or 15.Rfd1. I should have
played Rfe1 and stop Black from simplifying the position.} (15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. c5
Be5 17. Rac1 g5 18. Bf3 h5 19. Bd5 Bg6 20. g3 $13 {The position remains
unclear.}) 15... Bc5 16. Bxc5 (16. Bf4+ Kb6 $15) 16... Rxe2 17. Bd6+ Kc6 (17...
Kc8 {For a computer this move is natural! But for a human to let the bishop
come to b6 is not natural!} 18. Bc5 Rhe8 19. h3 (19. Bb6 Bc2 $1) 19... Rb2 20.
a4 Ree2 21. a5 Be6 22. Bb6 Red2 $15) 18. Bf4 Rhe8 (18... Be6 $5 {The
computer's suggestion. It is not easy for a human to make this move.} 19. Rd6+
Kc5) 19. Kf1 Bc2 {Dreev missed my 21st move I think. It is time for him to
realise the danger and play 19...R8e6.} (19... R8e6 20. Rd5 R2e4 21. Rxf5 g6)
20. Rd6+ Kc5 21. Rd7 Kxc4 (21... R2e4 $1 {After I played 21.Rd7 I considered
my position to be much better. Although according to Houdini the simple move
21...R2e4 is fine for Black!!}) 22. Be3 R8xe3 $8 (22... R2xe3 23. fxe3) (22...
Bd3 23. Rd4+ Kxc3 24. Rxd3+ Kxd3 25. Rd1+ $18) 23. fxe3 Bd3 24. Kg1 $8 Kxc3 25.
Rxb7 {This position is critical. Black has to play accurately to survive here.
In time pressure my opponent decided to exchange as many pieces as possible
and to build a fortress with his bishop. However, things are not clear as you
will see in the game. I think 25...g5 should be played and Black's rook is
much more active than White's rook!!} Rxg2+ (25... g5 26. Rc1+ (26. Rxf7) 26...
Kd2 27. Rf1 Rxe3 28. Rf2+ Kd1 $14 {things are far from over.}) 26. Kxg2 Be4+
27. Kf2 Bxb7 28. Rg1 $2 {This fancy looking move is a mistake. The idea is
right but the execution of the move order is wrong. 28.Rd1 should be played.} (
28. Rd1 $1 Kc4 (28... Be4 29. Rd7 Kb2 30. Rxf7 Kxa2 31. Rxg7 Kb3 32. Ra7 Bd3
33. e4 Bxe4 34. Rxa6 Kc4 35. Ke3) 29. Rg1 $1 g6 30. Rb1 Be4 31. Rb6 a5 32. Rxf6
{we transpose into the position of the game!}) 28... g6 $2 {Black returns the
favour. Dreev was playing with only seconds. So it is not possible to
calculate the entire variation starting with 28...Bd5.} (28... Bd5 $1 29. Rxg7
Bxa2 30. Rxh7 a5 31. Rh8 a4 32. Ra8 Kb4 33. h4 Bd5 {Black escapes with a draw.}
) 29. Rd1 Kc4 30. Rd6 a5 31. Rb6 Be4 (31... Bd5 32. a4 $1) 32. Rxf6 Bd5 33.
Rf4+ Kc5 34. a3 f5 (34... Be6 35. Rd4 Bd5 36. Kg3 Be6 37. Kf4 $18) 35. Rh4 (35.
Rd4 g5) 35... Bg8 (35... h5 36. Ra4 Kb5 37. Rd4 Bf7 38. h4 $1 $18) 36. Kg3 {
The remaining moves are not so important. White is clearly winning.} Kb5 37.
Rd4 g5 38. e4 fxe4 (38... Kc5 39. Rd8 $18) 39. Rxe4 h6 40. Kg4 Bf7 41. Re7 Bb3
42. Re5+ Ka4 43. Kh5 g4 44. Kxh6 Bd1 45. Kg5 Bf3 46. Kf5 Kxa3 47. Rxa5+ Kb4 48.
Re5 Kc4 49. Kf4 Kd4 {Setting up a last trap!} 50. Re1 {Black resigned.  At
this point I noticed that David was out of danger on the 2nd board and Radek
had also saved his game on Board 1. Finally we won 4.5-1.5 and secured silver
medal. This is the first time I had represented Novy Bor in the European Club
Cup and I was happy to win the silver medal in the team competition and win
gold on Board 3.} (50. h3 $2 gxh3 $11) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7...
Re8) 8. Qe2 {Chigorin's influence ? This move restricts white's possibilities
in the centre (d3-d4) and on the Q's side (e4xd5 /\ c2-c4); so it restricts
him to play on the K's side.} (8. h3) (8. Re1 {The usual move.}) 8... Re8 9.
Rd1 {White would be happy, if black would exchange on e4.} a5 {... but black
is not cooperative.} 10. Nf1 Nf8 $146 (10... Bf8) 11. c3 {White's intentions
in the centre are defensive at this moment. Any exchange or advance on his
side would only help black (to say the least).} Ng6 12. h4 {[%cal Rh4h5,Rh5h6]}
(12. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Ye3f5]} dxe4 $6 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nc4 $44) 12... h6 {
Essential: h5-h6 is not allowed.} 13. N3h2 Be6 14. Qf3 Bc5 15. Ne3 {/\ Nf5,Ng4}
Qc8 16. Bf1 (16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 (17. exf5 $2 e4) 17... Qxf5 18. exf5 Ne7 19.
g4 (19. Bh3 d4 20. Nf3 Rad8) 19... h5 20. g5 Ng4 $1 21. Nxg4 hxg4 22. f6 (22.
d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Ba7 24. f6 gxf6 25. gxf6 Nf5 $19) 22... gxf6 23. gxf6 Nf5 $19)
(16. a4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bb3 18. Re1 b5) 16... a4 17. Be2 b5 18. Ng2 $2 (18. Nhg4
Nxg4 19. Nxg4) (18. h5 Nf8 19. g4 N8h7 20. Nf5) 18... h5 $1 19. Ne3 (19. Bg5 $2
Ng4) 19... Bb6 20. Nef1 d4 $17 {Black has won the opening battle: he controls
the whole board, especially the Q's wing. By this logical advance he is going
to convert his advantage.} 21. Rd2 $2 (21. a3 Ng4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 $17) (21. c4 $5
$17) 21... a3 $19 22. Rc2 Nf8 {No need to hurry.} 23. Qg2 (23. bxa3 dxc3 24.
Ne3 Bd4 25. Nd1 Ng4 $19) 23... Ng4 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Kh1 Nh7 26. f3 gxf3 27.
Bxf3 Qd7 28. Be2 axb2 29. Bxb2 Bxa2 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Bf3 $6 (31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32.
Raxa2 b4 $19) 31... Bb3 32. Rcc1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 c5 34. Nd2 Bc2 35. e5 Rxe5 36.
Bc6 Qe6 37. Ra8+ Nf8 38. Re8 Qxe8 39. Bxe8 Rxe8 40. Qc6 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re2+ 42.
Kh3 Rxd2 43. Qxb6 Bxd3 44. Bc1 Bf1+ 45. Kg4 Rf2 46. Qd8 Be2+ 47. Kh3 Bf1+ 48.
Kg4 Be2+ 49. Kh3 f5 50. h5 Bxh5 51. Kh4 Bf7 52. g4 fxg4 53. Bg5 Re2 54. Kxg4
Re4+ 55. Kg3 Re8 56. Qb6 Ne6 57. Bf4 b4 58. Bd6 d3 59. Qb5 d2 60. Qd3 Ng5 61.
Bf4 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O
a5 9. a3 a4 10. b4 $6 {Nicht Weiss, sondern Schwarz erhält nun aktives Spiel
am Damenflügel.} axb3 11. cxb3 Bg4 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe3 d4 $1 15.
Qe1 b5 16. Qc1 Ra6 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Rfc1 Rea8 20. Nb1 Qd8 21. Bd1
Nf8 22. Qe2 Qe7 23. Kg2 Ne6 24. Rc2 Nc5 25. Nd2 Ne6 26. Nb1 h5 27. h4 g6 28.
Bc1 Qd7 29. Rca2 Ng4 30. Qc2 Be7 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. a4 Nf6 33. Bd2 Nc5 34. Be1 Qe6
35. Nd2 R6a7 36. Be2 Na6 37. Nf3 Nb4 38. Bxb4 Bxb4 39. Ng5 Qd7 40. axb5 Rxa2
41. Rxa2 Rxa2 42. Qxa2 cxb5 43. Qa6 Ne8 44. Nf3 f6 45. Ng1 Nd6 46. Qb6 Qb7 $15
47. Qd8 $2 $19 (47. Qxb7+ $1 $15 Nxb7 48. Bd1 Nc5 49. Bc2 $15) 47... Nf7 48.
Qe8 Be7 {Es droht Damenfang durch 49...Nd6} 49. Bxh5 gxh5 50. Nh3 f5 51. f3
fxe4 52. fxe4 b4 53. Nf2 Qc7 54. Kf1 Qd6 55. Kg2 Bd8 56. Nh3 Qg6 57. Kh2 Qg4
58. Qb5 Qe2+ 59. Kg1 Qd1+ 60. Kg2 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 Bd6 (5... Bc5 6. Ngf3
Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. exd5 (9. Kh2 a5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nb3
Bb6 13. Nbxd4 Ne4 $15 {Bilek - Geller, Havanna 1971 -11/2}) 9... cxd5 10. d4
$10 {ECO A00/6}) 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 (9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. Nh4
Re8 11. f4 (11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nf3 Nc5 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. N3h4 Qb6 15.
b3 Qa6 16. f3 Ne6 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Bb2 $10 {Gufeld-Lputian, Hastings 1986}) 13.
N3h4 a5 14. Rb1 Ne6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bd2 Nf4 $15 {Botterill - Hodgson, Bath zt
1987}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nd5 14. Nc4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 N7b6 16. Ne5
Nb4 17. Nf5 Bg6 18. Qc3 Bf8 19. Ng3 $13 {Ki.Georgiev-Torre, St.John 1988}) (9.
g4 Bg6 10. d4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. f5
Bf7 $132 {Shirazi - Goldin, New York 1993}) (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Re8
12. Nf5 Nc5 $1 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. Bd2 h5 $5 16. N3h4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nf4
18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qf3 Bxf5 $1 20. Nxf5 g6 21. Nh4 Nh7 $17 {Braga - Dolmatov,
Mexico 1980}) (9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. a4 Re8) (9. exd5 $6 cxd5 10. c4 Nc6 (
10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Qb3 $13 {Hodgson - De la Villa, Dos
Hermanos 1992}) 11. Qb3 dxc4) 9... Nbd7 10. exd5 $146 (10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Qc7 (
11... a5 12. a3 b5 (12... Qc7) 13. g4 (13. Nf1 $6 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. N1d2
Qc7 16. Qc1 Nfd7 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Ndf3 f6 19. Nf5 Bf8 $36 {<< Sturua - Kramnik,
Moscow 1992}) 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 d4 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. f4 c5 $13 {Nikolac -
Hodgson, Almada 1988}) 12. c3 a5 13. a3 Bf8 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. b4 b5 $15 {
Ardaman - Ibragimov, Philadelphia 1992}) (10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8
13. Nf1 Nc5 14. N1g3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 h5 17. f3 Rad8 18. Bg5 hxg4
19. fxg4 Na4 $15 {Stratil - Lputian, Uzhgorod 1988}) (10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Qc7 (
11... a5 $5 12. Nh4 (12. a4 Bf8 13. Nf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Bg6 16. Nh4
Qe7 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. N1e3 Nfd7 19. Bf1 Qb3 $15 {Romanishin - Psakhis, Moscow 
(active) 1982}) 12... a4 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4
dxe4 18. dxe4 Qd3 $15 {Pigusov-Lputian, Kharkov USSR ch(1l) 1985}) 12. Nf1 Rad8
13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bh7 $15 {Nazarov - Nasybbulin, Azov
tt 1991}) 10... cxd5 11. g4 (11. c4 Nc5 $5 {><d3}) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13.
Nb3 (13. Nf1 $13) 13... Ne6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c4 dxc4 16. dxc4 Rc8 (16... Qc7
$5 17. Be3 Rad8 $36 {/\b6} (17... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 18. Qc2 b6 19. Rad1 $13)) 17.
Bxb7 Rxc4 18. Ba6 $1 $10 Ra4 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. Be3 N6d5 21. Nd2 Rb4 22. a3 Nxe3
$6 (22... Rxb2 $1 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 (24. Rxe3 Rb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 $36 (25...
axb6 $44 {Ftacnik})) 24... Qh4 25. Nxb2 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Nxh3 $10 27. Bxh3 Qxh3+
28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 $10 (30. Kf2 $2 Qh2+ 31. Kf3 e4+ $5 $40 (
31... Qh3+ $10) 32. Kxe4 Qg2+ $44)) 23. fxe3 Rxb2 24. Ne4 $1 (24. Nc4 Qh4 $10)
24... Nxh3+ $2 (24... f5 $2 25. Qxd6 Qh4 26. Qxe5 fxe4 27. Qxb2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1
Nxh3 29. Bxh3 Rf2 30. Qxf2 Qxf2 $18) (24... Qh4 $6 25. exf4 (25. Qf3 f5 $40 26.
Nxd6 $140 fxg4 $19) 25... f5 26. Qd5+ (26. Bc4+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ Kh6 $13 (27... Kh6
{Ftacnik} 28. Re2 $18)) 26... Kh7 (26... Rf7 27. Bc4 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Qxd6
fxe4 28. Qxf8+ Kh7 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 exf4 32. Qb4 e3 33. Qe1
$18) 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29. Bxe2 $18) (24... Bc7 $142 $1 25. Qxd8 Rxd8
26. exf4 Bb6+ 27. Kh1 f5 (27... exf4 28. Ng5 Kf8 29. Rad1 $16) 28. Ng5 Rdd2 $13
) 25. Bxh3 Qh4 26. Qf3 $1 $16 (26. Qc1 Qxh3 27. Qxb2 Qxg4+ $17) (26. Bg2 f5 27.
Qxd6 (27. Qd5+ Rf7 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Nxd6 Qf2+ $10) 27... fxe4 $40) 26... f5 $2
(26... Bxa3 27. Rf1 $16) (26... Be7 27. Reb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1 $16) 27. gxf5 gxf5
(27... Be7 28. Reb1 $18) 28. Nxd6 e4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Be6+ Kh7 31. Qh3 $18
Qxh3 32. Bxh3 Rf3 (32... Rf6 33. Rab1 Ra2 34. Rb5 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 $18) 33. Bf1
Rg3+ 34. Kh1 Rb3 (34... Rb6 35. Ra2 $18) 35. Bg2 Kh6 36. Bxe4 Rgxe3 37. Rxe3
Rxe3 38. Bc6 Rc3 39. Bb5 Kg5 40. a4 Rc7 41. Rd1 $1 {/\Rd7} Rc8 42. Rd7 Ra8 43.
Rxg7+ Kf5 44. Bc6 Rh8+ 45. Kg2 Rh6 46. Bb5 a6 47. Bd3+ {Yusupov} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 (4... Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 (5... Qd8 6.
d4 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. d5
exd5 14. Nxd5 $16 {Keres-Radovici,Leipzig 1960}) 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nge2 e6 (7... g6
$5) 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. d5 exd5 12. O-O Bb4 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. a3 $14 {Sax}) 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 (6... g6 7. d4
Bg7 8. d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ (9. Bf4 $5) 9... Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 Ke7 12. O-O
Nb6 $10 {Nunn-Stean,Hastings 1979/80}) 7. Qa4 Rb8 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Qb3 (9. Qf4
e6 (9... b5 10. a3 e6 11. Nf3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Qe5 O-O 15.
Qxd5 Rb6 16. d4 Rd6 17. Qh5 Bc6 18. Ne5 Ba8 19. Be3 f6 20. Nd3 Rd5 $44 {
Vatter-Lehman,1BL 1988}) 10. Nf3 exd5 11. O-O Be6 (11... Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. d4
Rc8 14. Qg3 Bf5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Re5 Qd7 18. Rde1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4
20. R5xe4 dxe4 21. Bh6 Bf8 22. Rxe4 Bxa2 23. Rg4 g6 24. Be3 Bd5 25. h4 a5 $132
{Buecker-Traeger,2BL 1989}) 12. d4 Bd6 13. Qh4 Rc8 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Qh3 {0,5/Chandler-Speelman,Hastings 1986}) 9... b5 10. d3 Bc8 (10... e6 $5
11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Re8 $44) 11. Bf4 Ra8
12. a4 b4 (12... Bb7 13. axb5 Nxd5 14. bxa6 Nxf4 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. axb7 Nxd3+
17. Kf1 $18) 13. Ne4 (13. Qxb4 $2 e5 $19) 13... Bb7 (13... Nxd5 14. Nd6+ exd6
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qc6+ Bd7 17. Qe4+ Qe7 18. Ne2 Qxe4 19. dxe4 Bc6 20. f3 $14)
14. Qxb4 Bxd5 15. a5 Qd7 16. Qb6 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Nf3 f6 19. O-O e5 20.
Rac1 (20. Bxe5 $2 Bxf3 $1 21. gxf3 fxe5 22. Rfe1 Be7 23. Rxe5 O-O $19) (20.
Nxe5 $5 fxe5 21. Rfe1 Qc6 (21... Qf5 22. Ra4 $1) 22. Rac1 Qd5 $2 (22... Qxb6
23. axb6 exf4 24. Rxe4+ (24. b7 Kd7 (24... Rb8 25. Rc8+ $18) 25. Rcd1+ Kc7 26.
bxa8=Q Bxa8 27. Re8 Bc6 $19) 24... Kd7 (24... Kf7 25. Rxf4+ Kg6 26. Rc6+ Kg5
27. b7 Rb8 28. Rf7 a5 29. Rc8 Bb4 30. Rxg7+ Kh6 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Rc7 Rb8 33.
f4 Kg6 $13) 25. Rd4+ Ke6 26. b7 Rb8 27. Rc6+ Ke5 28. Rd7 Bb4 29. Rxg7 $13) 23.
Rcd1 Qc6 24. Bxe5 Be7 25. Qe3 Bg6 26. Bxg7 $18) 20... Be7 (20... exf4 21. Rfe1
f5 (21... Qd5 $2 22. Rcd1 $18) 22. Rcd1 Qc8 23. Qd4 (23. Ng5 Be7 24. Nxe4 fxe4
25. Rxe4 Rf8 26. Rd8+ Qxd8 27. Qc6+ Kf7 28. Qe6+ Ke8 29. Qc6+ Qd7 30. Qxa8+ Kf7
31. Rxf4+ Bf6 32. Qxa6 Qc7 33. Rc4 Qe7 $17) 23... Qb7 24. Ng5 Rc8 25. Nxe4 fxe4
26. Rxe4+ Kf7 (26... Be7 27. Qxg7 Qxe4 28. Qxh8+ Bf8 29. Qf6 Qe2 30. Qd4 Be7
31. Qh8+ Bf8 32. Qd4 Be7 33. Qh8+ Bf8 $10) 27. Rxf4+ Kg8 28. Qe3 h6 29. Qe6+
Kh7 30. Rf7 Qc6 31. Qf5+ Kg8 (31... Qg6 32. Qxc8 Qxf7 33. Qxa6 Bc5 34. Qd3+ g6
35. Qc2 Qe7 $13) 32. Rfd7 Rh7 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. h3 Qf6 $13) 21. Be3 O-O 22. Rfd1
Qg4 23. Ne1 Bf5 (23... Rfb8 $5 24. Qc7 Qe6 (24... Bf8 $2 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. f3
Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxb2 29. Rd7 $18) 25. Rd7 Bf8 26. Qc4 (26. Bb6 $2
Rc8 $19) 26... Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Bf5 28. Rdc7 Rxb2 $17) 24. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona UGA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qa4 Rb8 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 {"Le dernier cri". It is surprising that such a natural capture has
been tried very few times before.} (8... Bxd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. d3 Bc8 $5 11. Bf4
Ra8 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Bb7 $1 14. Qxb4 Bxd5 {did not bring White very much in
my game against Kramnik from Dortmund 1993, but there is clearly room for
improvement.}) 9. Qxd7+ {There is hardly any choice, as after 9.Qb3 b5, Black
would be a few tempi up on my game with Kramnik.} Bxd7 10. Nge2 Rd8 11. d4 Bf5
12. Nf4 g5 13. Nfe2 Rg8 14. Be3 (14. h4 gxh4 15. Nf4 Bh6 $1 $10) 14... Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Rc1 (16. O-O {Was more precise immediately, as this avoids the
pin on d3 after:} e6 (16... Bd3 $6 17. Nc3) 17. Rfc1 $1) 16... e6 17. O-O Bd3
$1 {Equalizes the position totally.} 18. Nc3 Bxf1 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Kxf1 Kd7
21. g4 $1 Bd6 22. Ke2 {In order to understand how White could possibly win
this position, one ought to know that this was the qualifying match for the
final rounds of the Euro- pean Cup. "The team spirit" eventually led Illescas
to overpress.} f6 $1 {A strong move, preparing to seize the h-file by a
further h5. White has to be energetic to keep a full balance.} 23. h4 $1 (23.
Rh1 h5 24. h4 hxg4 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Rh7+ Kc6 {And Black can keep playing for
the advantage.}) 23... gxh4 24. Kf3 f5 $1 {White was now threatening to be
slightly better after 25.Rh1, but this exact move ensures Black a full
equality.} (24... h5 $2 25. gxh5 h3 26. Rh1 h2 27. Bf4) (24... h3 $6 25. Rh1 h2
26. Bf4 $14) 25. gxf5 h5 26. Bf4 (26. Rh1 $2 Rg4 $15) 26... Rg4 27. Be5 Rg5 28.
Kf4 (28. f6 $2 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Kf4 Ke6 $17) 28... Rg4+ 29. Kf3 Re4 $6 {
The critical moment. Black could certainly force a repetition of moves by 29...
Rg5, but Black's last active moves had led him to believe he now had a slight
pull.} 30. Rg1 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Rg5 $1 {The move Black overlooked. White
is just in time to take the "h" pawns and stop the "d" pawn, leaving him with
a favourable ending, as he has the outside passed pawn. But of course, Black
still has the draw if he is careful.} Kd6 (32... d4 $6 33. Rxh5 d3 $2 34. Rxh4
d2 35. Rd4+ $18) (32... Ke7 $2 33. Rxh5 Kf6 34. Rxh4 Kxf5 35. Rh5+ Kf6 36. Rxe5
Kxe5 37. Ke3 $18) 33. Rxh5 d4 $2 {Black fails to notice that this pawn is
considerably weaker on d4 than on d5, as it is one square closer from the
White king, which now only needs to sit on d3 to cause Black serious trouble.}
(33... Re4 34. f6 (34. Rh7 Ke5 35. Rxb7 Kxf5 36. Rb6 Ra4 $10) 34... Ke6 35.
Rxd5 $5 Rb4 36. b3 (36. Rf5 $4 Kxf5 37. f7 Rf4+ 38. Ke3 Kg5 $19) 36... Kxf6 $10
) (33... h3 34. Rxh3 (34. Kg3 Re2 35. f6 Ke6 $10 {/\} 36. Rf5 $6 h2 37. Kxh2 $4
Kxf5 38. f7 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Ke6 $19) 34... Rxf5+ 35. Ke3 a5 $10 {/\ b6}) 34. Rxh4
Rxf5+ (34... Kd5 35. f6 d3 36. Rh8 $1 (36. f7 $2 d2 37. Rh1 Re1 38. Rxe1 dxe1=Q
39. f8=Q Qe4+ 40. Kg3 Qe5+ 41. f4 Qxb2 $10) 36... Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Rxf6 38. Rd8+
Kc4 39. Rd4+ $18) 35. Rf4 Rd5 $8 36. Ke2 Kc5 37. Rf7 (37. Kd3 $6 {Lets Black
activate his rook by:} Rh5 $1) 37... b5 38. Kd3 $6 (38. Rc7+ Kb6 (38... Kd6 $2
39. Ra7 $16) (38... Kb4 $2 39. Kd3 $16) 39. Rc1 Rf5 40. Rc2 {/\ Kd3} Rf4 41.
Kd3 a5 $14) 38... a5 $2 {The losing move.} (38... Rh5 $1 {Black should of
course take this chance to free his rook with both hands.} 39. Rc7+ Kd5 40.
Rd7+ Kc5 41. Ke4 Rh4+ 42. f4 Rh2 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Rxd4 Rxb2 $10 45. f5) 39.
Rc7+ $1 Kd6 40. Rc2 $1 Ke5 41. Rc6 (41. b3 $1 {Was a bit more precise, denying
Black the chance to improve his pawn structure on the queenside.} a4 (41... Kd6
42. Ke4 $1 $18) (41... Kf4 42. Rc6) 42. b4 $1 (42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Rc4 a3 44. Ra4
Rb5 45. Rxa3 Rb2 46. Ra5+ Kd6 47. f4 Rf2 48. f5 Rf4 $10) 42... Kf4 43. a3 Ke5 (
43... Rd8 44. Rc5 $18) (43... Kf3 44. Rc5 Rxc5 45. bxc5 b4 46. Kxd4 $18) 44.
Rc6 {And we get an improved version of the game.}) 41... a4 42. Rh6 Kf4 43.
Rf6+ Ke5 44. Rh6 Kf4 45. b4 $1 $18 (45. Rh4+ Kf3 46. Rxd4 Rc5 $1 $14 (46... Re5
$2 47. Kc3 $18)) 45... Rf5 (45... axb3 46. axb3 {/\ b4, Rh4+-}) (45... Kg5 46.
Rh8 {/\ a3, Re8-e4 or Rc8-c5+-} Rf5 {Transposes to the game}) 46. Kxd4 Kg5 (
46... Kf3 47. Rd6 Kxf2 48. Rd5 $18) 47. Rh8 Kg4 $6 (47... Rxf2 48. Rg8+ Kh4 49.
Kc5 {Transposes to the game}) (47... Kg6 {was more resilient} 48. Re8 (48. Ke3
Re5+ 49. Kd2 (49. Kd3 Re1 $132) 49... Rd5+ 50. Ke2 Re5+ 51. Kf1 $16) (48. a3
Kf7 $1 49. Rd8 Ke6 $132) 48... Rxf2 (48... Kf7 49. Re2 $18) 49. Kc5 Rxa2 (49...
Rf5+ 50. Kc6 Kf7 51. Rb8 Rf2 (51... Ke7 52. Rxb5 Rf2 53. a3 Rf3 54. Ra5 Rxa3
55. b5 Rc3+ 56. Kb7 a3 57. b6 Kd7 58. Ka7 Rb3 59. b7 Kc7 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61. Rc1
$18) 52. a3 Rf3 53. Kxb5 Rxa3 54. Ra8 $18) 50. Kxb5 a3 51. Re3 $1 {/\ Ka4} (51.
Ra8 Kf6 52. Ra4 Ke6 53. Ka6 (53. Ka5 Kd7 54. b5 Kc8 $10) 53... Rb2 $1 54. b5 a2
55. b6 Kd7 56. b7 Kc7 57. Rc4+ Kd7 $10) 51... Ra1 52. Ka5 a2 53. Re2 $1 Kf5 54.
b5 Kf4 (54... Rb1 55. Rxa2 Ke6 56. Rd2 $18) 55. b6 Kf3 56. Rb2 Ke3 57. Ka6 $18
{/\ b7}) 48. Re8 Rxf2 (48... Kf3 49. Re5 $18) 49. Rg8+ $1 Kh4 50. Rh8+ Kg4 51.
Rg8+ Kh4 52. Kc5 Rxa2 53. Kxb5 Ra1 54. Ra8 a3 55. Ra4 $1 Kg5 56. Ka6 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 a6 (8... O-O 9. d3 Nb6 (9... a6 10. Qa3 {- 8...a6}) 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5
12. O-O {Black has serious problems gaining back the d5 P.} Rc8 13. Re1 Ne8 {
If Black has to blockade d6, White's space advantage in the [+] becomes
annoying.} (13... Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bg5 $16) 14. Bf4 (14. a4 Nd6 $13 {
Gashimov-Szczechowicz, Bydgoszcz 1999}) 14... Nd6 15. h3 $14 {Panno-Tempone,
Argentina 1995}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 {/\ Bb7, b5, Nb6 winning back the
sacrificed P, but it costs precious time.} (10... Ne8 $143 {gives up the fight
for >< d5 forever.} 11. Bf4 Nb6 (11... Ndf6 12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. h3 $14
{and White has a strong pressure in the [+], Gagunashvili-Barnaure, Dubai 2004.
}) 12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfe1 {There is no need to defend the passive c4 B.} (13. Qb3
Bf5 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Rac1 $5 (15. Nd2 Nd7 $132 {Cicak-Larsson, SWE-chT 2002-03}
)) 13... Nbxc4 14. dxc4 Nxc4 15. Qb4 Nd6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxd6 $16) (10... Nb6
$142 11. Qb3 Bg4 (11... Bf5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bg5 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bd3 15. d6 $1
Qxd6 (15... exd6 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf1 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Nd5 Qxc4 18.
Rxf1 Qxb3 19. axb3 $16) 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxd6 exd6
$14 {and Black has some compensation for sacrificed Q, but probably not 100%,
Naer-Erenburg, Ashdod 2004.}) 12. Be3 (12. Ne5 Qc7 $13) 12... Nbd7 13. Qxb7
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rb8 15. Qxa6 {White has a lot of extra pawns, but his P
structure is seriously weakened, his K has no shelter.} Rxb2 16. Qa3 Rb8 17.
Ke2 (17. O-O Ne5 18. Kg2 Qd7) (17. f4 Ng4 18. O-O e5 $1 19. dxe6 Qh4 20. exf7+
Kh8 $44) 17... Ne5 $44 {Rahman-Neelotpal, Dhaka 1999}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Be3 (12.
Re1 Re8 (12... b5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Ng5 {- 12.Re1}) 13. Ng5 $5 (13. Bg5 b5 14.
Bb3 Nb6 15. Bxf6 (15. Re2 Nbxd5 $13 {Vaisman-D.Ross, FRA-chT 1989}) 15... Bxf6
{and White cannot hold his stronghold on d5 anymore.} 16. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 13... h6
$5 (13... b5 14. Bb3 Nb6 (14... Qb6 $143 {is not fighting directly against ><
d5.} 15. Qb4 Qd6 (15... a5 $5 16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 a4 18. Bc4 $16) (15... h6
16. Nge4 a5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a4 19. Bc4 $16) 16. Qh4 h5 (16... Rac8 17.
Nce4 $16) 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Re6 Qc5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. d6 Kf8 21. Bf4 {1-0
Rahman-Villamayor, Manila 1995}) (14... Rc8 $5 $13) (14... h6 {helps only for
White.} 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. d6 exd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 $14 {Naer-Mittelman, Ashdod 2004}) 15. d6 e6 {Now >< d6 becomes
vulnerable, Black's pieces are rather active.} 16. Nge4 (16. Qb4 h6 17. Nge4
Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $142 $13 (18... exd5 {closes the /^ of the light-squared B.}
19. Nc5 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qf8 21. d4 Nc4 $13 {Goreskul-Mokalets, UKR-ch 2004}))
16... Nxe4 {- Macieja-L.Dominguez, Bermuda 2005 CBM 106} (16... Nbd7 {-
Harikrishna-L.Dominguez, Bermuda 2005 CBM 106})) 14. Nge4 Ne5 15. Bf4 $14 {
Radjabov-Azmaiparashvili, Dos Hermanas 2005 CBM 107} (15. Qb3 $143 b5 16. Nc5
Qc7 $17) (15. Nxf6+ exf6 $44)) 12... b5 13. Bb3 Re8 {defending >< e7} (13... a5
$5 {sacrifices the b5 P, but gets back the d5 one and the d3 isolani remains a
target.} 14. Nxb5 Nxd5 15. Bc4 Nb4 $44) 14. Qb4 (14. Rfe1 Nb6 $13) 14... Nb6
15. Bxb6 (15. d6 exd6 $13) 15... Qxb6 {White gave up his important B, if he
loses >< d5 he can stand worse.} 16. a4 Red8 17. axb5 (17. Rfe1 Nxd5 (17... Bf8
$2 18. Ne5) 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxe7 Rxd3 21. Qe4 Rad8 $11) (17.
Qxe7 bxa4 18. Bc4 Nxd5 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Ng5 $6 (19. Qxe7 Bxf3
20. gxf3 axb5 $11 {is not nice but White can hold it.}) 19... h6 20. Nge4 e6
21. Nxd5 Rxd5 $15 22. Qe7 Bxb2 23. Ra2 (23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. bxa6 Qxa6 $15 {
and >< d3 will soon fall, but 4 versus 3 on the same flank is usually drawish.}
) 23... Be5 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rc1 (25. Rc2 Qd8 $15) 25... Kg7 26. g3 {[#]
White sacrifices the R but creates serious threats on the 8-th rank.} (26. Rac2
Ra7 $17) (26. Rxa6 Qxa6 27. Nc5 Qd6 $17) 26... Rxa2 (26... Rxd3 $1 27. Rc8 (27.
Rxa6 Qxa6 {and Black has a healthy extra P.}) 27... Rd8 $1 (27... Qb1+ 28. Kg2
Rd8 29. Qxd8 Qxe4+ 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 $11 {is no more than a draw by
perpetual.}) 28. Rxa6 (28. Rxd8 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ $19) 28... Qb1+ 29. Rc1
Qxc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc7 $17 {and a long-lasting _|_ will arise where White has to
defend himself carefully.}) 27. Rc8 $1 g5 28. Rf8 $1 {White's -> compensates
the material losses.} Ra7 $1 29. Rxf7+ (29. Qe8 $2 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxd3 31. Rg8+
Kh7 $19) 29... Kg6 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxd3 {Now the position is completely
drawish.} 32. Kg2 Rd4 33. Nc5 (33. f3 g4 $1) 33... Rd6 34. Ra4 (34. Re7 Kf6 $11
) 34... Bd4 35. Nxe6 (35. Ne4) 35... Bxf2 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Kxf2 $11 Rd2+ 38.
Kf3 (38. Kg1 Rc2 $11) 38... Rxh2 39. Kg4 Rb2 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. Kxg5 Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 a6 (8... O-O 9. d3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. O-O {Black has serious
problems gaining back the d5 P.} Rc8 13. Re1 Ne8 {If Black has to blockade d6,
White's space advantage in the [+] becomes annoying.} (13... Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Bg5 $16) 14. Bf4 (14. a4 Nd6 $13 {Gashimov-Szczechowicz, Bydgoszcz 1999})
14... Nd6 15. h3 $14 {Panno-Tempone, Argentina 1995}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 {
/\ Bb7, b5, Nb6 winning back the sacrificed P, but it costs precious time.} (
10... Ne8 $143 {gives up the fight for >< d5 forever.} 11. Bf4 Nb6 (11... Ndf6
12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. h3 $14 {and White has a strong pressure in the [+]
, Gagunashvili-Barnaure, Dubai 2004.}) 12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfe1 {There is no need
to defend the passive c4 B.} (13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Rac1 $5 (15. Nd2 Nd7
$132 {Cicak-Larsson, SWE-chT 2002-03})) 13... Nbxc4 14. dxc4 Nxc4 15. Qb4 Nd6
16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxd6 $16) (10... Nb6 $142 11. Qb3 Bg4 (11... Bf5 12. O-O Qc7
13. Bg5 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bd3 15. d6 $1 Qxd6 (15... exd6 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf1 (16...
Bxf6 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Nd5 Qxc4 18. Rxf1 Qxb3 19. axb3 $16) 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxd6 exd6 $14 {and Black has some compensation for
sacrificed Q, but probably not 100%, Naer-Erenburg, Ashdod 2004.}) 12. Be3 (12.
Ne5 Qc7 $13) 12... Nbd7 13. Qxb7 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rb8 15. Qxa6 {White has a lot
of extra pawns, but his P structure is seriously weakened, his K has no
shelter.} Rxb2 16. Qa3 Rb8 17. Ke2 (17. O-O Ne5 18. Kg2 Qd7) (17. f4 Ng4 18.
O-O e5 $1 19. dxe6 Qh4 20. exf7+ Kh8 $44) 17... Ne5 $44 {Rahman-Neelotpal,
Dhaka 1999}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 (12... b5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Ng5 {- 12.Re1})
13. Ng5 $5 (13. Bg5 b5 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. Bxf6 (15. Re2 Nbxd5 $13 {Vaisman-D.Ross,
FRA-chT 1989}) 15... Bxf6 {and White cannot hold his stronghold on d5 anymore.}
16. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 13... h6 $5 (13... b5 14. Bb3 Nb6 (14... Qb6 $143 {is not
fighting directly against >< d5.} 15. Qb4 Qd6 (15... a5 $5 16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17.
Nxb5 a4 18. Bc4 $16) (15... h6 16. Nge4 a5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a4 19. Bc4
$16) 16. Qh4 h5 (16... Rac8 17. Nce4 $16) 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Re6 Qc5 19. Be3
Qc8 20. d6 Kf8 21. Bf4 {1-0 Rahman-Villamayor, Manila 1995}) (14... Rc8 $5 $13)
(14... h6 {helps only for White.} 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. d6
exd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 $14 {Naer-Mittelman, Ashdod 2004}) 15. d6 e6 {
Now >< d6 becomes vulnerable, Black's pieces are rather active.} 16. Nge4 (16.
Qb4 h6 17. Nge4 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $142 $13 (18... exd5 {closes the /^ of the
light-squared B.} 19. Nc5 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qf8 21. d4 Nc4 $13 {Goreskul-Mokalets,
UKR-ch 2004})) 16... Nxe4 {- Macieja-L.Dominguez, Bermuda 2005 CBM 106} (16...
Nbd7 {- Harikrishna-l.Dominguez, Bermuda 2005 CBM 106})) 14. Nge4 Ne5 15. Bf4 (
15. Qb3 $143 b5 16. Nc5 Qc7 $17) (15. Nxf6+ exf6 $44) 15... Nh5 {Black
refrains from taking back the P.} (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Nc3 Qd6 {/\ Nf3} 19. Qa4 $14 {and the pin is still annoying.}) 16. Bxe5 Bxe5
17. Rad1 (17. Nc5 $5 {leads to an interesting tactical skirmish.} Bd6 (17...
Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qc7+ 19. Kg1 bxc5 20. Ne4 Rac8 21. Rac1 $14) 18. Nxb7 Bxa3 19.
Nxd8 Bxb2 20. Nxf7 Bxa1 (20... Kxf7 21. d6+ e6 22. d7 Re7 (22... Red8 23. Bxe6+
Kf8 24. Nd5 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Ng7 26. Bh3 $16) 23. Nd5 Bxa1 24. Nxb6 Rd8 25. Rxa1
a5 26. Bb5 Nf6 27. Kf1 Nxd7 28. Nxd7 Rexd7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Ke2 $14 {and the
extra P is not a guarantee for a win in the R _|_.}) 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Rxa1
Kxh6 $11) 17... Qc7 (17... Rc8 $6 18. Qb3 b5 19. a4 $16) 18. g3 (18. d6 $5 {
is a typical method to give back the P just in time.} Bxd6 (18... exd6 19. Nd5
Qd8 20. d4 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxd6 Re8 $14) 19.
Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Bd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 $14 {with the
more active pieces in the _|_.}) 18... Rad8 (18... Nf6 {was also interesting.}
19. d4 (19. Nxf6+ exf6 $44 {and the dark-squared B is very strong.}) (19. Rc1
Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rac8 $44) 19... Qxc4 20. dxe5 Nxd5 21. b3 Qb4 $13) 19. Bb3 (19.
Rc1 $5 b5 20. Bb3 Nf6 (20... Qb6 21. Qc5) 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Nc3
Bd4 $44 {and the black ^^ is very active.}) 19... Nf6 20. d4 Bd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Qxd6 Rxd6 {>< d5 can still be defended, but the repetition of moves is
inevitable.} 23. Re5 Ng4 24. Re4 Nf6 25. Re5 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 b5
14. Bb3 Nb6 15. d6 e6 16. Nge4 Nbd7 (16... Nxe4 {- Macieja-L.Dominguez,
Bermuda 2005 CBM 106.}) 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qb4 {The Q has to come out of
passivity.} Bc6 (18... Bf8 $142 {is the consistant reply, Black has to
eliminate the entruder as soon as possible.} 19. Bf4 Nh5 $1 (19... Bc6 20. Qd4
$14) 20. Be5 f6 21. Bg3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 (22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kg7 24. hxg3
Bxd6 {- 22.hxg3}) 22... Kg7 {avoiding the intermediate move 24.Qg4 in the
previous note.} (22... Bxd6 23. Rxe6 (23. Bxe6+ Kg7 (23... Rxe6 $2 {runs into
the pin after} 24. Qb3 $1 Bc8 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. d4 $16) 24. Qb3
Qb6 $1 25. Ne4 (25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Bc5 $132) 25... Be5 $44 {Black has a
strong ^^ and the d P is not a big worry.}) 23... Rxe6 $142 (23... Bxb4 24.
Rxe8+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 $14) 24. Qg4 $5 (24. Bxe6+ Kg7 {- 22...Kg7})
24... Be5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44) 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxe6 Bxd6 25. Qb3 (25. Qg4 Be5
$44) 25... Qb6 26. Bd5 (26. Ne4 Be5 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Rd8 29. Qb3 Bd4 $44)
26... Bxg3 27. Ne4 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Rd8 $13 {and Black can hold the _|_.}) 19. Bg5
(19. a4 $5 Qd7) 19... h6 $1 (19... a5 $2 {allows White to strengthen the pin by
} 20. Qh4 $16) 20. Bh4 g5 (20... a5 21. Qc5 Qd7 (21... Rc8 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23.
Qxb5 Qxd6 24. Qxa5 Nh5 25. Qd2 $16 {and White has two extra pawns.}) 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. d4 Rac8 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxd5 Bxb2 28. Rd1
$14 {White has a strong o^ and the ^- favours him, too.}) (20... Rc8 $5 21.
Rac1 a5 22. Qd4 a4 $44) 21. Bg3 Qb6 (21... a5 $5 {deserved attention again.}
22. Qc5 Rc8 $13) (21... Nh5 22. d4 $14) 22. Ne4 Nh5 23. Rac1 Nxg3 (23... Bxe4
$2 {is met by the forceful zwischenzug} 24. d7 $1 Bb7 (24... Red8 25. Bc7 $18)
25. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Bc7 $16) 24. Nxg3 Red8 $2 {This is the wrong R move! Now
White has good attacking chances on the >>.} (24... Rad8 $13 {was better
defending >< e6.}) (24... Bd4 25. Qd2 (25. Rxc6 $2 Bxf2+ $19) 25... Rad8 $13)
25. h4 $1 Be8 (25... Bxb2 $2 {is overoptimistic, Black ignores the dangers on
the >>.} 26. Bxe6 $1 {is the precise sacrifice ruining Black's defensive walls.
} (26. Rxe6 $5 a5 (26... fxe6 27. Bxe6+ $18) (26... Bxc1 27. Qc3 fxe6 28. Bxe6+
Kh7 29. Nh5 $18) 27. Rg6+ $1 Kf8 (27... Kh7 28. Bxf7) 28. Qd2 $1 $18) 26...
Bxc1 (26... Bf6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qb3+ Kf8 29. Nf5 $18) 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kh7 (
27... Kxf7 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Qc3 $18) 28. Re7 $1 $18) 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Qg4 Rxd6
(27... Qxd6 28. Qxg5 $40) 28. Qxg5 Qd8 29. Qg4 $1 {White has good attacking
chances, he declines the exchange of Q .} Kf8 (29... Rxd3 $2 {eliminating the
weak P is out of question:} 30. Nh5 Qd4 31. Qg5 $18) (29... Rd4 30. Re4 $40)
30. Nh5 Bxb2 31. Rc5 Qb6 $2 {Other moves also fail to impress, but this move
helps only for White.} (31... Qa5 32. Re4 $40) (31... Rc8 32. Rg5 $40) (31...
Rxd3 32. Rg5 $18) 32. Rg5 $1 {Now the R joins the -> against the black K.} Qd4
$2 (32... Ke7 33. Ng3 {bringing back the N into action.} Kd8 34. Ne4 $16) (
32... Bd4 33. Rg8+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ Kd7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Qxf6 Qd4 37. Qf3 $16) 33.
Nf4 $18 e5 (33... Ke7 34. Bxe6 $1 {White opens up the lines against the K in
the middle.} fxe6 (34... Kd8 35. Rg8 $18) 35. Rxe6+ Kd8 (35... Rxe6 36. Qxe6+
Kd8 37. Rd5+ $18) 36. Rxd6+ Qxd6 37. Rd5 $18) 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Bxf7 $1 Bxf7 36.
Rxa8 Rf6 37. Re4 Qb6 38. Qg7 Kd7 39. Ra7+ $1 Qxa7 40. Qxf6 Kc8 41. Ne6 Qd7 42.
Nc5 Qd5 43. Qxa6+ Kd8 44. Qxb5 Bd4 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ (5. Nc3 {is the main line
leading to the Panov Attack in many cases.}) 5... Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 (8. Qb3 a6 {/\ b5, Bb7} (8... O-O 9. Bc4 Nc5 {- Kacheishvili-Negulescu,
New York 1999 CBM 70} (9... a6 10. a4 Qa5 {- Becerra Rivera-Burmakin, Linares
op 1997 CBM 58})) 9. a4 Nb6 (9... Qb6 10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 {and it is not so
easy for Black to get back the sacrificed P.} Nc5 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. d4 Nd3+ 14.
Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Bf4 {/\ d6} O-O 16. O-O-O Bc4 17. d6 exd6 18. Bxd6 Rfc8 19. a5
Ng4 (19... Nd5 $5) 20. Bg3 $14 {Rodriguez Talavera-Lopez, Sevilla 1992}) (9...
O-O 10. Bc4 {- 8...0-0 9. Bc4 a6 10.a4}) 10. Bc4 {This move doesn't look
healthy, and later White has to give back the P anyway.} (10. a5 {gives back
the P immediately, but gets some |^, at least for a while.} Nbxd5 11. Bc4 e6
12. O-O O-O 13. d3 b5 (13... h6 {is a slow plan. Black has to solve the
problem of his c8 B.} 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qf8 18. h3
Kh7 19. Ng3 Bd7 {Perhaps it is too late.} 20. Ne4 Be8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxd5
Rxd5 23. Qxb7 $16 {winning an important P on the <<, G.Kuzmin-Kruppa, Nikolaev
1993.}) 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be3 Nfd7 $5 {This seems to be the logical
continuation.} (15... Nxc4 {This strengthens White's P structure.} 16. dxc4 (
16. Qxc4 $6 {is out of question because of} Bb7 $15) 16... Qc7 17. Bb6 Qb8 18.
Na4 {White has to concentrate all of his forces on the <<.} Bb7 $5 (18... Nd7
19. Rfd1 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Ra7 21. c5 Rc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Qa3 $14 {with a strong
o^ on c5, Fernandez Garcia-Silman, New York 1987.}) 19. Bc5 (19. Bd4 Ng4 $1 {
suddenly Black gets counterchances on the >>.} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 (20... Bxf3 $4 21.
Qxb8 Rfxb8 22. gxf3 $18) 21. g3 Qc7 $13) 19... Rc8 20. Rfd1 Be4 21. Qe3 Bc2 $13
) 16. Na4 (16. Rfd1 Bb7 $13) 16... Nxa4 (16... Nxc4 17. dxc4 (17. Qxc4 $6 Bb7
$15) 17... Rb8 18. Qc2 Bb7 $13 {^^}) 17. Rxa4 Qc7 (17... Rb8 18. Rb4) 18. Rc1
Nc5 19. Bxc5 (19. Bb5 $6 {is strongly answered by} Qxh2+ $1 20. Kxh2 Nxb3 21.
Rc7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 {1/2:1/2 A.Rodriguez-P.Schlosser,
Cienfuegos 1997}) 19... Qxc5 20. d4 Qd6 $11 {with a comfortable position for
Black because of the weaknesses on b2 and d4.}) 10... Nxc4 (10... O-O 11. O-O)
11. Qxc4 O-O 12. O-O b6 (12... b5 $5 {looks also tempting for example:} 13. Qc5
(13. Qb3 Bb7) 13... Bb7 14. axb5 (14. Re1 Nxd5) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16.
Re1 Nxd5 $13 {with a strong ^^.}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nc6 Qc7 {White cannot keep
his stronghold on c6 for long, Malakhov-Dreev, New Delhi/Teheran 2000 CBM 081.}
) 8... O-O 9. d3 (9. Qb3 {- 8.Qb3}) 9... a6 (9... Nb6 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5
12. O-O {Black has serious problems gaining back the d5 P.} Rc8 13. Re1 Ne8 {
If Black has to blockade d6, White's space advantage in the [+] becomes
annoying.} (13... Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bg5 $16) 14. Bf4 (14. a4 Nd6 $13 {
Gashimov-Szczechowicz, Bydgoszcz 1999}) 14... Nd6 15. h3 $14 {Panno-Tempone,
Argentina 1995}) 10. Qa3 b6 {/\ Bb7, b5, Nb6 winning back the sacrificed P,
but it costs precious time.} (10... Ne8 $143 {gives up the fight for >< d5
forever.} 11. Bf4 Nb6 (11... Ndf6 12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. h3 $14 {and
White has a strong pressure in the [+], Gagunashvili-Barnaure, Dubai 2004.})
12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfe1 {There is no need to defend the passive c4 B.} (13. Qb3
Bf5 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Rac1 $5 (15. Nd2 Nd7 $132 {Cicak-Larsson, SWE-chT 2002-03}
)) 13... Nbxc4 14. dxc4 Nxc4 15. Qb4 Nd6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxd6 $16) (10... Nb6
$142 11. Qb3 Bg4 (11... Bf5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bg5 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bd3 15. d6 $1
Qxd6 (15... exd6 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf1 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Nd5 Qxc4 18.
Rxf1 Qxb3 19. axb3 $16) 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxd6 exd6
$14 {and Black has some compensation for sacrificed Q, but probably not 100%,
Naer-Erenburg, Ashdod 2004.}) 12. Be3 (12. Ne5 Qc7 $13) 12... Nbd7 13. Qxb7
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rb8 15. Qxa6 {White has a lot of extra pawns, but his P
structure is seriously weakened, his K has no shelter.} Rxb2 16. Qa3 Rb8 17.
Ke2 (17. O-O Ne5 18. Kg2 Qd7) (17. f4 Ng4 18. O-O e5 $1 19. dxe6 Qh4 20. exf7+
Kh8 $44) 17... Ne5 $44 {Rahman-Neelotpal, Dhaka 1999}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8
(12... b5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Ng5 {- 12.Re1}) 13. Ng5 $5 (13. Bg5 b5 14. Bb3 Nb6
15. Bxf6 (15. Re2 Nbxd5 $13 {Vaisman-D.Ross, FRA-chT 1989}) 15... Bxf6 {
and White cannot hold his stronghold on d5 anymore.} 16. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 13... b5
14. Bb3 Nb6 (14... Qb6 $143 {is not fighting directly against >< d5.} 15. Qb4
Qd6 (15... a5 $5 16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 a4 18. Bc4 $16) (15... h6 16. Nge4 a5
17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a4 19. Bc4 $16) 16. Qh4 h5 (16... Rac8 17. Nce4 $16) 17.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Re6 Qc5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. d6 Kf8 21. Bf4 {1-0 Rahman-Villamayor,
Manila 1995}) (14... h6 {helps only for White.} 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17.
Rd1 Qc7 18. d6 exd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 $14 {Naer-Mittelman, Ashdod 2004}) (
14... Rc8 $5 $13) 15. d6 e6 {Now >< d6 becomes vulnerable, Black's pieces are
rather active.} 16. Nge4 (16. Qb4 h6 17. Nge4 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $142 $13 (
18... exd5 {closes the /^ of the light-squared B.} 19. Nc5 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qf8 21.
d4 Nc4 $13 {Goreskul-Mokalets, UKR-ch 2004})) 16... Nxe4 (16... Nbd7 {-
Harikrishna-L.Dominguez, Bermuda 2005 CBM 106.}) 17. Nxe4 (17. dxe4 $5 Be5 18.
Rd1) 17... Bxe4 $142 (17... h6 {/\ Bf8, defending >< g5.} 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Qa5 (
19. Ba5 {is less adequate:} Bxe4 20. dxe4 Bxd6) 19... Bxe4 20. dxe4 Bxd6 21.
Rad1 $14 {J.Vilela}) (17... Be5 {allows} 18. Bg5 $16) 18. dxe4 ({but not} 18.
Rxe4 $2 Nc8 19. Bf4 Bf8 $15) 18... Be5 19. Rd1 (19. Be3 Bxd6 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21.
Qxc5 $13) (19. Qc5 Bxd6 20. Qe3 Nd7 $13) 19... Qh4 20. g3 $6 (20. f4 $5 {
giving back the other P was better:} Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qc5 $14) 20... Qxe4
21. Be3 Nd7 (21... Nd5 22. Bc5 $14) 22. Rd2 Red8 (22... a5 23. Rc1 a4 24. Bc2
Qc4 $13) 23. Rad1 Nf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] The blockading N has to remain on the
blockading square!} (23... Rdc8 $44 {/\ Rc6, Rac8 and the b3 B cannot find his
place.}) 24. d7 $18 {Now White's o^ becomes a monster and White penetrates on
the dark squares.} Qb7 25. Qe7 $1 Qc6 26. Bg5 $1 Qf3 (26... Kg7 27. Re2 Ng8 28.
Qxd8 $18) 27. Bxe6 $1 {Finally this B joins the -> as well!} Kh8 (27... fxe6
28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qxe5 $18) 28. Rd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 (3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 {transposes to the Panov Attack.}
) 3... cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ {White wants to confuse the black pieces and
hang on the d5 P.} Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qb3 a6 {/\ b5, Bb7} (8... O-O
9. Bc4 Nc5 {- Kacheishvili-Negulescu, Manhattan March Int New York 1999 CBM 70}
(9... a6 10. a4 Qa5 {- Becerra Rivera-Burmakin, Linares Anibal op 1997 CBM 58})
) 9. a4 Nb6 (9... Qb6 10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 {and it is not so easy for Black
to get back the sacrificed P.} Nc5 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. d4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15.
Bf4 {/\ d6} O-O 16. O-O-O Bc4 17. d6 exd6 18. Bxd6 Rfc8 19. a5 Ng4 20. Bg3 $14
{Rodriguez Talavera-Lopez, Sevilla 1992}) (9... O-O 10. Bc4 {- 8...0-0 9. Bc4
a6 10.a4}) 10. Bc4 {This move doesn't look healthy, and later White has to
give back the P anyway.} (10. a5 {gives back the P immediately, but gets some
|^, at least for a while.} Nbxd5 11. Bc4 e6 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 b5 (13... h6 {
is a slow plan. Black has to solve the problem of his c8 B.} 14. Bd2 Qd7 15.
Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qf8 18. h3 Kh7 19. Ng3 Bd7 {Perhaps it is too
late.} 20. Ne4 Be8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxb7 $16 {winning an
important P on the <<, G.Kuzmin-Kruppa, Nikolaev 1993.}) 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be3
Nfd7 $5 {This seems to be the logical continuation.} (15... Nxc4 {This
strengthens White's P structure.} 16. dxc4 (16. Qxc4 $6 {is out of question
because of} Bb7 $15) 16... Qc7 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Na4 {White has to concentrate
all of his forces on the <<.} Bb7 $5 (18... Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Ra7 21.
c5 Rc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Qa3 $14 {with a strong o^ on c5, Fernandez
Garcia-Silman, New York 1987.}) 19. Bc5 (19. Bd4 Ng4 $1 {suddenly Black gets
counterchances on the >>.} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 (20... Bxf3 $4 21. Qxb8 Rfxb8 22. gxf3
$18) 21. g3 Qc7 $13) 19... Rc8 20. Rfd1 Be4 21. Qe3 Bc2 $13) 16. Na4 (16. Rfd1
Bb7 $13) 16... Nxa4 (16... Nxc4 17. dxc4 (17. Qxc4 $6 Bb7 $15) 17... Rb8 18.
Qc2 Bb7 $13 {^^}) 17. Rxa4 Qc7 (17... Rb8 18. Rb4) 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 (19.
Bb5 $6 {is strongly answered by} Qxh2+ $1 20. Kxh2 Nxb3 21. Rc7 Rb8 22. Bxa6
Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 {1/2:1/2 A.Rodriguez-P.Schlosser, Cienfuegos 1997}) 19...
Qxc5 20. d4 Qd6 $11 {with a comfortable position for Black because of the
weaknesses on b2 and d4.}) 10... Nxc4 (10... O-O 11. O-O) 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. O-O
b6 (12... b5 $5 {looks also tempting for example:} 13. Qc5 (13. Qb3 Bb7) 13...
Bb7 14. axb5 (14. Re1 Nxd5) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Re1 Nxd5 $13 {with a
strong ^^.}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nc6 Qc7 {White cannot keep his stronghold on c6
for long.} 15. d3 Rfc8 (15... Bxc6 {is less adequate:} 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 Rfc8
18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxe5 $14) 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Qd7 $11) (16. Re1
Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 (17... e6 $5) 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxe7 Rd8 {winning back the
P with an active position.}) 16... Bxc6 17. dxc6 {Now already White has to
fight for a draw.} Qd6 (17... Qxc6 $15 {and the isolated P on d3 is a
long-term target.}) 18. Ne4 Qxc6 (18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxc6 20. Rac1 Rac8 21.
Rxc6 Rxc6 $15 {>< d3}) 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qb3 Bd4 {This only
helps for White.} (21... b5 $15) 22. Rc4 $1 {improving White's P structure
saves the day.} Bxe3 (22... Rxc4 23. dxc4 $11) 23. fxe3 Qe6 ({or} 23... Rxc4
24. Qxc4 $11 {grabbing <-> c.}) 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxe6 fxe6 {The R _|_ is
drawish, as usual.} 26. Rf4 Rc1+ 27. Rf1 Rc5 28. Rf4 Rc1+ 29. Rf1 Rc6 30. Rf4
Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Qe2 Qe7 (5... Nf6 $5) 6. d4 $1 {
White immediately wants to solve the tension in the [+].} (6. g3 {/\ Bg2 is
the quiet King's Indian Attack setup.} Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 (8... dxe4 {
giving up the [+] early favours White, Nc4 may come.} 9. dxe4 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Bc7
11. b3 b5 12. Ba3 b4 13. Bb2 $14 {and White has created a stronghold on >< c4,
Ljubojevic-Lobron, Indonesia 1983.}) 9. Re1 Qc7 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bb2
dxe4 {Even here this exchange was not obligatory.} 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. Nh4 Nf8 15.
Nf5 g6 16. Ne3 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic-Kostic, Nis 1997}) 6... exd4 (6... dxe4
$2 {helps only for White to activate his pieces.} 7. Nxe4 Bc7 8. dxe5 $16) 7.
exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 {If White can maintain his blockade over >< d4, he has
better chances when the _|_ will come.} Nc6 (8... Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 {This
provocation is not a big deal.} 10. N2b3 Nc6 11. Be3 (11. Bg5 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 f6 14. Bh4 {/\ Bg3 eliminating the important dark-squared B.} Ne7
15. Bg3 Bxg3+ 16. hxg3 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rd4 {firmly
blockading the d5 isolated P. Black's B mayíalso become passive in the long
run.} Rhe8 20. Kd2 $14 {Balashov-Kharitonov, St Petersburg 2001}) 11... a6 12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Bd3 h6 18.
Bh4 Bc5 19. Bf2 $14 {Jo.Horvath-P.Kiss, Basel 2001}) 9. N2b3 (9. N2f3 {allows
the pin} Bg4 (9... Bd7 10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nge7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rhe1 f6
14. Be3 $14 {White's blockade looks successful.} Bb8 15. g3 Ne5 16. Bd2 {
1/2:1/2 Ljubojevic-Karpov, Bilbao 1987}) 10. h3 (10. Qxe7+ Ngxe7 11. c3 O-O 12.
Bd3 Nxd4 (12... Bc5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 d4 {Black wants to get rid of his
weakness of d5, but gave up the ^^.} 15. b4 Bd6 16. b5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c4
a6 19. Rb1 axb5 20. Rxb5 Nc6 21. a3 Bd6 {(Lendwai-Burmakin, Velden 1995)} 22.
c5 $14) 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. h3 Rfe8+ 15. Be3 Bh5 16. Kd2 $14) 10... Be6 {The B
looks rather ugly here.} (10... Nxd4 11. Qxe7+ Nxe7 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be3 $14)
11. Bg5 (11. g3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {giving up the ^^ is not
recommendable for White.} 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bg2 Bc5 $13 {Glek-Dreev, Saint
Vincent 2005}) 11... Nf6 (11... Bb4+ $2 12. c3 Nxd4 $2 13. Bxe7 $1 Bxc3+ 14.
bxc3 Nxe2 15. Bd6 $2 $16) 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qd2 $14) 9... Bg4 $1 (9... Bd7 10.
Bg5 {White wants to steer towards the _|_.} Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nge7 12. c3 (12.
O-O-O Rd8 13. Rhe1 f6 14. Be3 $14) 12... Ne5 13. O-O-O (13. Nb5 $5 Bb8 14. Nc5
Bc6 $13) (13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 f6 15. Be3 {/\ Nc4} Rac8) 13... f6 14. Be3 a6
15. Kb1 Kf7 16. h3 Rac8 17. Bc1 (17. g4 Nc4) 17... h5 18. Ka1 $14 {
Smagin-Karpov, Cap d'Agde 1996}) (9... Nf6 {The N is less effective against d4
than on e7.} 10. Qxe7+ $1 (10. Bd2 Bd7) 10... Kxe7 (10... Bxe7 11. Bb5 Bd7 12.
Bf4 $14) 11. Bg5 (11. Bd2 Re8 12. O-O-O Ng4 (12... a6 {(Anand-Karpov, Brussels
m/1 1991)} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Re1+ Kf8 $14 {Karpov}) 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Rxe8+ Kxe8
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. f3 Nge5 $14 {Ljubojevic-Seirawan, Beograd 1991 CBM 27}) 11...
Re8 12. O-O-O $14) (9... a6 10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 f6 12. Bh4 $5 (12. Be3 Nge7
13. O-O-O Ne5 {/\ Ng4 and c4 and it is not easy to parry both.} 14. h3 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 c3 $1 {corrupting White's P structure.} 17. bxc3 (17. Ne6
cxb2+ 18. Kb1 Bxe6 19. Rxd6 Kf7 $11 {Ye Jiangchuan-Adianto, Kuala Lumpur 1993})
17... Nd5 18. Nc4 Bc7 $5 (18... Be7 19. Kb2 $14) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxd5 Be6 $44)
12... Nge7 13. Bg3 Ne5 14. O-O-O $14) 10. f3 $6 (10. Qxe7+ {Exchanging the
queens helps for White to go for a slightly better _|_.} Ngxe7 11. Be3 (11. f3
{If White can avoid this weakening move he can get the clearly better
structure.} Bd7 12. c3 O-O 13. Be3 Ne5 {/\ b5, Nc4 with some counterplay.} 14.
O-O-O a6 15. Bf2 Rfc8 16. Kb1 b5 $132 {Movsesian-Pantsulaia, Warsaw 2005})
11... O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. c3 Rfe8 15. g4 $5 (15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2
Bf4 $11) 15... Bg6 16. Bg2 Bf4 17. Bxd5 Rad8 $11 {Gavrilov-Kharitonov, St
Petersburg 2001}) 10... Be6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 8] Black wants to avoid the
exchange of the Q.} (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bg5 (12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O
Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Ne7 15. Bc3 a6 16. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic-Ristic, Vrnjacka
Banja 1998}) 12... Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Ne7 14. O-O-O (14. Nb5 $5 Be5 15. O-O-O a6)
14... a6 15. Bd3 $14) (10... Bd7 {- 8....Bg4}) 11. Be3 Nf6 {White has problems
with his development, castles >> is not easy, with opposite castled kings the
isolated P is not the most important factor.} 12. Nb5 (12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qd2 a5
$132) 12... Nd7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. O-O-O O-O {White has won the ^^ and firmly
controls >< d4.} 15. g4 $2 {With opposite castled kings White wants to attack
on the >>, but this also weakens his P structure.} (15. Kb1 {was safer.} Rfe8
$13) 15... Rfe8 16. Qf2 Nde5 (16... a5 $6 {/\ a4-a3} 17. a3 Rac8 18. Bb5 $14 {
>< b5}) (16... Rac8 $5 17. Kb1 (17. Nd4 Nde5 $132) 17... d4 $1 {This
positional P sacrifice is hanging in the air all the times.} 18. Bxd4 (18. Nxd4
Nb4 $1 19. c4 (19. a3 $2 Nxc2 $1) 19... Bxc4) 18... Bxb3 19. axb3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Re1+ 22. Ka2 Ne5 $44) 17. Kb1 d4 $1 {This is the point again!
The isolated P has to be blockaded!} 18. Bc1 (18. Bxd4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Red8 {
with a nasty pin on the d <->.} 20. f4 Nxg4 21. Qg3 Nf6 22. Rg1 g6 23. c3 Nxd4
$15) 18... Nxf3 $1 $17 (18... Rad8 $15) 19. Be2 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nfe5 21. Bf4 Rac8
{White's ^^ cannot compensate the loss of the P and the [+].} 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23.
Bc4 Rf8 24. Rhf1 Qe7 25. h4 b5 {Why draw?} (25... b5 26. Bd3 a5 $17 {looks
clearly better for Black.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 (6... Nc6
$143 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 {In comparision to the normal
Tarrasch (or Caro Kann Panov Attack) the B is on b5 instead of d3 or c4.} Nf6
11. Bf4 {Here White wants to insert pressure on the \<<, and not on the >>.}
Nb4 {Black wants to blockade d5 square with the c6 N leaving f6 N for the
defence of the >>.} 12. Ne5 a6 13. Be2 {The B will work well on the long /^
from f3 in the future. Then the ^^ attacks the \<<.} Nbd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3 15. bxc3
Ne4 16. Qd3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qc7 (17... Bd7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Bf3 (19. a5 Bd6 20. Bf3
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Bc6) 19... Qc7 20. Reb1 Rb8 21. a5 Bd6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qe4 Rfc8
24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Rxc3 27. Bxa6 $14) 18. a4 $1 $14 {
Korchnoi-Serper, Luzern 1993}) 7. bxc3 g6 8. d4 (8. h4 $6 {is premature, White
has to finish the development and take the [+] before attacking directly on
the >>.} Bg7 9. h5 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. d4 $13 (11. Ba3 $6 Bf5 12. Rb5 a6 13.
Rc5 Qd7 14. Qb3 O-O 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bc4 Bf6 $1 17. d4 b5 $1 18. Bd5 Na5 19.
Qd1 Nb7 $1 $19 {A.Sokolov-Karpov, Linares 1987})) 8... Bg7 9. Bd3 Nc6 (9... O-O
10. O-O Qc7 $5 {Black is targeting the hanging pawns.} 11. Ba3 Re8 12. c4 $5 (
12. Qb3 $6 {looks promising, but Black can repell the first wave of attack.}
Nc6 13. Ng5 $5 e6 14. Rab1 (14. Ne4 Rd8) 14... Na5 (14... b6) 15. Qd1 b6 (15...
Nc4 $4 {was a terrible mistake because of} 16. Qa4 $18 {in Motwani-Lalic,
London 1989.}) 16. Qf3 (16. Ne4 Rd8 {Black doesn't want to give the important
light-squared B.} (16... Bb7 17. Nd6 Red8 18. Nxb7 Nxb7 $13) 17. Qf3 Bb7 18.
Nf6+ $2 {pushing too hard.} Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc4 $17) 16... Bb7 17.
Qh3 h6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Bc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Kh7 $13) (12. Rc1) 12... Nc6 13. d5
Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Na5 15. Qd4 $44 {with a similar idea to the Grunfeld exchange
sacrifice line.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Be4 (11. Re1 b6 $142 (11... Qa5 {
Korneev-Evseev, SU-Cup Novgorod 1997 CBM 60}) (11... Bg4 12. Be4 (12. h3 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Rac8 $142 {The best place for the rooks is c8 and d8
attacking the hanging pawns.} (14... Rad8 $6 15. Be4 e5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6
Rb8 18. Re2 Rb6 19. Qc5 Qa6 20. Rae1 Rc8 (20... Qxa2 21. Ba3 $16) 21. Qa3 Qb7
22. c4 $1 (22. dxe5 $2 Bf8 $1) 22... Ra6 23. Qb3 Rb6 24. Qc2 Rbc6 25. c5 $16 {
Nijboer-Korchnoi, NLD-ch 1994}) 15. a4 Rfd8 $11 {Ehlvest-Lobron, Groningen PCA
1993}) 12... Rc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 $1 (16... b6
$2 {allows the weakening move} 17. Bg4 $1 f5 (17... e6 {is met by the central
breakthrough based on the pin on the /^ h3-c8.} 18. d5 $1) 18. Be2 h6 19. Bc1
Kh7 20. d5 $16 {Nunn-T.Petrosian, Tilburg 1982}) 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.
Qxd5 Qc7 20. c4 Nd4 $1 $11 {Romero Holmes-Morovic, Leon 1995}) 12. Be4 (12. Ba3
$6 Bb7 13. Be4 Re8 14. Re3 $6 (14. Rc1 e6 $1 (14... Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. c4
$14) 15. Qe2 Rc8 $13) 14... e6 15. h4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Ng5 {White's play
is overoptimistic and lacks harmony.} Qd5 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Rf3 Nc4 20. Bc1 e5 $1
$17 {Morozevich-Vyzmanavin, St.Petersburg zt 1994}) (12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Qd6
$13) 12... Bb7 13. Bf4 e6 14. Rc1 Qd7 $5 (14... Rc8 {/\ Na5}) 15. h4 Rad8 16.
h5 Ne7 17. hxg6 Nxg6 (17... hxg6 18. Ne5 $16) 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f6 20. Bd2
e5 21. Qb3+ (21. Re1 Qg4) 21... Qf7 $11 {Thesing-Gipslis, Pardubice op 1995}) (
11. Bf4 $6 {is met by the agressive} Qa5 $1 12. Qb3 Be6 $1 13. Qxb7 Qxc3 14.
Be4 Nxd4 15. Qxe7 (15. Nxd4 Qxd4) 15... Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Nxf4 $19 {
Koznjak-Dizdarevic, CRO-ch Pula 1995}) 11... Bd7 (11... Na5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rc1
Nc4 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Bd5 {1/2 1/2 Shontier-Gipslis, A/NRW-I 1995} Nb6 (15... Nd6
16. Bf4 $14) 16. Bb3 Bg4 (16... e6 17. c4) 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14) 12. Re1 (
12. Rb1 Qc7) 12... Rc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rc1 (14. d5 $6 {ruins his own position
after} Na5 15. d6 f6 16. dxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Be3 b6 $15)
14... Na5 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Qe2 {was more to the point.} Be6 (16...
Qc7 $143 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxe7) 17. Rcd1 Qa5 $13)
16... b5 17. Bxc4 {The whole concept is dubious, if White has to give up his
wonderful B.} Rxc4 (17... bxc4 $6 18. Qb7 Rc7 19. Qe4) 18. Nd2 (18. Ne5 Bxe5
19. dxe5 Qc7 $15 {with a weak P on the c <->.}) 18... Ra4 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Rcd1
$2 {The hidden threat is easy to overlook.} (20. Nc5 Rc4) (20. Bf4 $142 {
This is best, and why? We will see it from the game.} Bxe4 $1 {Killing the
active N.} (20... Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Nd6 $1 Rd8 (22... Rb8 $6 23. Nf5 $1 $16
(23. Rxe7 Bf8 24. Re2 Rxa2)) 23. Nxb5 (23. Rxe7 Bf8) 23... Bxa2 24. Rxe7 $16) (
20... Qa5 $5 21. d5 Bd7 22. Bg5 (22. Re2 Rc8) 22... Rxa2 23. Nc5 Bf5 24. d6 $44
) 21. Rxe4 a6 $15) 20... Bd5 $1 {The vertical motifs are easy to overlook!} 21.
Qb1 (21. Qxb5 $4 Ra5 22. Qb4 Bxe4 $19 {and the B on g5 falls.}) 21... Rxa2 $19
{This way Black has won an important P and the game.} 22. Nc5 a6 23. Nd3 Ra4
24. Nb4 Bb7 25. f3 Qc7 26. Qb3 e6 27. Ra1 Rc8 28. Bd2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qd6 30. Be3
e5 31. Rd1 exd4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Qc5 34. Na2 Re8 35. Qd1 a5 36. Qd2 Kg7
37. Nc1 Bd5 38. Nd3 Qb6 39. h4 h5 40. Kh2 Bc4 41. Nf4 a4 42. Qf2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 (6... Nxc3 7.
bxc3 g6 {is suggested by many theoreticians.}) 7. Bb5 {By this move order
White can avoiod some lines of the Panov Attack.} Nxc3 (7... a6 $6 {helps only
for White, since he is happy to exchange on c6.} 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O g6 10.
Qa4 Bb7 {If Black cannot play c6-c5 his light-squared B remains in ethernal
passivity.} 11. Re1 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rxe7 $5 (14. Bg5 e6 15.
Rac1 Qb5 16. Qa3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxg5 18. Nxc6 {and the B works again!} Rfe8 $11
{Balashov-Guliev, Moscow 1998}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Bc6 16. Qc2 $16) (7... Nc7 $6
{leaves the [+] for nothing.} 8. Ba4 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. O-O e6 11.
Ne5 Nd5 12. d4 {White has a strong pressure on the dark squares, the
light-squared B is rather passive.} Be7 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Ne4 Be8 16.
Bb4 $14 {exchanging the vital e7 B, Delchev-Shirazi, Nice 2001.}) 8... Bg4 9.
h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Ne5 Ne6 13. Qc4 Ned8 14. d4 e6 15. Bf4 $16 {
A.Sokolov-Loeffler, Basel 2001}) (7... e6 {- J.Polgar-Dreev, RUS-The World
rapid 2002 CBM 91}) 8. bxc3 Qd5 $5 {/\ Bg4 is an active option for Black.} (
8... a6 $6 {is again only a loss of time.} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd5 11. O-O
Qb5 12. Qh4 e6 13. c4 Qb6 14. Qe4 Be7 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. d4 Bb7 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. c5
$16 {with a huge space advantage for White, Damaso-Peixoto, Loures 1998.}) (
8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Bd3 b6 {is a funny transposition
to D41 with good attacking chances for White on the >>.}) (8... g6 9. O-O Bg7
10. Re1 O-O 11. Ba3 Re8 (11... Bf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. d4 Bf5 15. Ne5
Rfc8 16. Bc5 $14 {with a nasty pressure on the dark squares, Tkachiev-Van der
Werf, Wijk aan Zee 1995.}) 12. d4 Bd7 13. Bd3 $5 $14 (13. Bc4 $6 {runs into}
Na5 14. Bd5 Bf5 15. Be4 Bxe4 {The exchange of the light-squared B weakens ><
c4 and d5.} 16. Rxe4 Nc4 $15 {Pokorna-Kachiani, Warsaw 2001})) (8... Bd7 9. O-O
e6 10. d4 $14) (8... Bg4 9. h3 (9. Qe2 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qe4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Qd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 {1/2:1/2 Lalic-Hodgson, Aberdeen 1996}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3
Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. d4 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rfe1 Bf6 $13 {Spanton-Ormsby, Port
Erin 2001}) 9. Qe2 (9. c4 Qe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 {The _|_ is nothing
special for White, he has some structural weaknesses.} Bg4 12. d4 O-O-O 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 g6 15. Rab1 Bg7 $11 {Pinski-Vanparys, Yerevan 1999}) 9... Bg4
(9... a6 $6 {is again feeble, this time in view of} 10. Bc4 Qh5 11. d4 Bg4 12.
Rb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 {White has an excellent ^^ and a lead of development.} b5 14.
Bd3 Qd5 15. a4 $16 {Arizmendi-Cid, Palencia 1999}) 10. Bc4 (10. c4 Qf5 11.
Bxc6+ bxc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 {and White's P structure is not
rosy either.} Rb8 15. d3 e5 16. Be3 c5 17. Kd2 Bd6 18. Rab1 Kd7 19. Rb3 {
1/2:1/2 Lalic-Rausis, Haarlem 1996}) (10. d4 e6 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. Rb1
$5 (12. Bf4 $6 Bd6 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qe4 e5 $15 {Goodger-Marusenko,
York 2000})) 11. O-O Bd6 12. c4 Qh5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16.
Be3 e5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Rfb8 20. Rd7 Rb2 21. Rfd1 h5 22.
R1d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 a5 $11 {R.Sergejev-Pingitzer, Matinhos 1994}) 10... Bxf3 11.
Bxd5 {Simplifying the position.} (11. gxf3 $5 {leads to a complicated
middlegame.} Qf5 (11... Qg5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bb5 Rc8) 12. d4 g6 13. O-O Bg7 $13)
11... Bxe2 12. Bxc6+ (12. Kxe2 $5 {at least leaves White with the ^^.} Rc8 (
12... e6 13. Be4 Rc8 $11) 13. Rb1 b6 $11) 12... bxc6 13. Kxe2 {This _|_ cannot
be significantly better for White.} e5 14. d3 (14. Rb1 Bd6 15. Rb7 {White is
not well-developed to exploit the temporary weakness of the 7-th rank.} O-O 16.
d3 Rfb8 $11) 14... Bc5 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Rb3 (16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Kc7 {
and the R _|_ is roughly equal.}) 16... Kc7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Rb8 19. g4 (
19. Rhb1 Rxb3 20. axb3 Rb8 $11) 19... Rb6 20. Ke4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pfalz op 01st"]
[Site "Neustadt an der Weinstrasse"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov is one of the few examples of a top player who
does not necessarily need to have a "killing" opening repertoire to achieve
very good results. It is more important to have good general chess
understanding and the ability to calculate variations correctly. The following
game however went less successfully for him.} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Qc7 4.
Qe2 {My opponent has now deviated from his previous games in this line. A
unique situation in modern chess - already on the 4th move the position is out
of theory!} (4. Ngf3 Nd7 (4... Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9.
Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bc5 13. c3 a5 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Nb3 Bb6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2663)-Mchedlishvili,M (2609)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (31)
}) 5. exd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 O-O
12. Bg5 e5 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qc6 17. Nc2 $14 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S (2678)-Dreev,A (2698)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (49)}) 4... dxe4 (
4... g6 {followed by Bf8-g7, e7-e5, Ng8-e7 is another way of development.}) 5.
Nxe4 $1 {Preventing the natural developing move Ng8-f6 which will now corrupt
black's pawn structure.} Bf5 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Bxe4 ({I didn't like to spoil my
pawn structure after:} 7... e5 $6 8. Nf3 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 $14) ({or} 7...
Ngf6 $6 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 $14) 8. dxe4 e5 {In this symmetrical setup
White has a slight edge thanks to the bishop pair.} 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. O-O Bc5 11.
b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Bh3 $6 {I think that the bishop has no business being
on h3.} (13. Rad1 {was a more natural continuation.}) 13... Bf8 {Vacating the
c5 square for the knight in order to attack the Pe4.} 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Nd2 Rad8
16. Bg2 b5 $11 17. f4 $6 {This is a risky decision from the strategical point
of view. On the one hand the queenside offensive is White's only way to fight
for an initiative here. On the other hand, the Pe4 will be a permanent
weakness.} (17. Rfe1 {followed by Nd2-f1 was possible.}) 17... Ncd7 18. Kh1 Bc5
19. a3 {This looks like a waste of time. It was more consequent to play f4-f5
right away.} (19. f5 {looks more in the spirit of the position. During the
game I thought about the following continuation:} Bd4 20. Bc1 (20. c3 Bb6 21.
b4 a5 22. a3 Ba7 $132 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6a4]}) 20... Nc5 21. Rf3 {[%cal Gc2c3]} b4
{followed by doubling my rooks along the d-file with the idea of Bd4-c3.})
19... a5 20. Qf3 {Threatening g3-g4-g5 as Black's Nf6 has no place to retreat
to.} h6 $1 21. h4 Qa7 22. Rfe1 (22. g4 $2 exf4 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25.
Qxf4 Ndf8 $17 {White has no real threats. Meanwhile, his position is ruined.})
22... Bf2 $1 23. Re2 $6 (23. Rf1 Be3 (23... Bd4 $6 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Nc4 {
The knight is heading to d6 which is very unpleasant for Black.}) 24. Rfe1 {
Here I would have a difficult choice of repeating moves or playing for a win
by 24...Bb6.}) 23... Bd4 {The exchange of dark-squared bishops is clearly in
Black's favour.} 24. Bc1 (24. Bxd4 Qxd4 $17 {Now 25.Nc4 is no longer possible
- this is the drawback of 23.Re2.}) 24... Bb6 {Moving the bishop away, so as
not to obstruct the d-file.} (24... h5 25. Bh3 Nc5 $2 {The idea of piece
sacrifice does not work out properly:} 26. c3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rd3 28. Qc2 Rxg3
29. Bg2 $16) 25. f5 {Consequently played. The continuation of the game proved
that White's kingside offensive is toothless. On the other hand, it is
difficult to suggest any other constructive plan for White.} h5 {Now White
will have to spend a lot of time to open the g-file.} 26. Bh3 a4 27. Rde1 (27.
b4 c5 28. c3 Ng4 $1 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Nf6 31. Qf3 c4 {[%cal Gd8d3] with
the decisive penetration to d3.}) 27... axb3 28. Nxb3 {White must take care of
the d3 square.} (28. cxb3 $2 Nc5 $19 {[%csl Yd3]}) 28... c5 29. g4 hxg4 30.
Bxg4 c4 31. Nd2 Nc5 ({I've considered also} 31... Kf8 {with an idea to move
the king to e7 out of potential danger. But, then I realized that there is no
necessity for it. White still has to make a lot of manoeuvres to create a
single threat along the g-file.}) 32. Bh3 Qb7 33. Rg2 $2 {This is just a
tactical oversight.} (33. h5 {could still keep some tension on.} Kh7 (33... Rd6
34. h6 gxh6 35. Rg2+ Kf8 36. Qg3 Ba5 {is in Black's favour as well.}) 34. Qg3
Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Nfxe4 36. Qg2 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nxe2 38. Qxb7 Nxb7 39. Rxe2 f6 {
with a healthy extra pawn.}) {[%tqu "En","White's last move was a clear
mistake. How can Black exploit it?","","","c5d3","",5]} 33... Nd3 $1 $19 34.
Rf1 (34. cxd3 Rxd3 $19 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd3h3]}) 34... Nf4 {The knight is
extremely strong on f4. White's position is collapsing as he won't hold the
Pe4.} 35. Rg5 c3 $1 36. Qxc3 Nxe4 37. Qf3 (37. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Bg2 Nxg2 39. Rxg2
Qxh4+ $19) 37... Nd6 $2 {A "cowardly" move but, in mutual time-trouble this
decision was rather practical.} (37... Rxd2 38. Bxd2 Nxh3 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.
f6+ Kh8 {and there is no mate but, during the game I wasn't sure about it.
Therefore, I decided not to take a risk and to transfer the game into a safe
endgame with good winning chances.}) 38. Qxb7 Nxb7 39. Bg2 f6 40. Rg4 Nxg2 41.
Kxg2 Nd6 $19 {All White's remaining pawns are weak, therefore Black's position
is winning.} 42. c4 (42. Ne4 Nxe4 43. Rxe4 Rc8 44. Re2 Rc4 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rh4]
[%cal Ge8c8]}) 42... e4 {This passed pawn is extremely strong.} 43. cxb5 e3 44.
Nf3 e2 45. Re1 Nxf5 {All Black's pieces are superbly placed compared to their
white counterparts.} 46. Ra4 {The only move to prevent Bb6-a5.} (46. Bd2 Rxd2
47. Nxd2 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Bf2 $19) 46... Rd5 47. Bd2 Rxb5 48. Rc4 Rb3
49. Rf4 Ne3+ 50. Bxe3 Rbxe3 51. Ra4 {Again, the only way to stop Bb6-a5.} Bc5
52. Rc4 Bxa3 53. Kf2 Bd6 54. Rc2 Kh7 55. Rc4 {The capture of the Pe2 is never
possible in view of Bg3+.} Kh6 56. Rc2 Kh5 57. Rc4 R8e7 58. Rc2 R7e4 59. Rc8
Bb4 60. Rh8+ Kg6 61. Rg1+ Kf7 62. Ne1 Bc5 63. Rg3 Rf4+ 64. Kg2 Rxg3+ 65. Kxg3
Rf1 {[%mdl 2080] This important win allowed me to join the leading group with
5.5 points out of 6.} 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8.
d4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Bxd5 11. Bf4 e6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. O-O (13. Bc7 Qc8 {
brings White little. The best he can do is to retreat the bishop to g3 and
then play similarly to the game:} 14. Bg3 Qd8 (14... Qb7 $4 {is a blunder in
view of} 15. Rc7) 15. O-O {and the bishop is on g3 instead of f4. This doesn't
seem to change the evaluation as equal.}) 13... O-O 14. b3 {Thanks to the
better pawn structure Black can be optimistic about the future. It is rather
White who must find a way to develop some initiative.} Ra7 {An interesting
plan - to bring the queen to a8. The drawback is obvious - the rook on a7
remains a bit out of play for a while.} (14... Rc8 {was actually a possible
alternative, since after} 15. Bxa6 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 ({or} 16. Qxc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Qa8 18. Be2 Nd5) 16... Qa8 {Black has some compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Ne5
Qa8 16. f3 Qd8 $5 ({After} 16... Rc8 17. Qd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 {Black has some
problems due to the awkward rook on a7.}) 17. Bd3 Ba8 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nc6 Bxc6
20. Rxc6 Nd5 21. Bg3 N7b6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. f4 {A very aggressive and
committing move.} ({After} 23. Rfc1 Nd5 (23... Qxd4+ $4 24. Bf2) 24. R1c4 {
the position remains about equal.}) 23... g6 24. Bf2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Bb5
Rd6 {The rook is back into play and Black's chances should be better now.} 27.
g4 {Continuing in the same aggressive style. But it is difficult to suggest a
sensible plan instead.} Qb8 28. Ba4 f5 $1 29. g5 Nc3 {The transfer of the
knight to e4 is very attractive. However, Black had another very attractive
possibility.} ({Here Gelfand could have played} 29... Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Qxf4 31.
Bxd5 Qxg5+ 32. Bg3 ({or} 32. Kh1 exd5 33. Qxd5+ Kg7 34. Qxa5 Bd6 35. Qd5 Qf4
36. Qg2 Qd2 37. Bg1 Qd3) 32... exd5 33. Qxd5+ Kg7 34. Qxa5 Bd6 {and White must
struggle to survive.}) 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Be3 {Black is still better, but White
has everything protected and it is not simple to break through without
allowing counterplay. After all, Black's king might become vulnerable as well.
Considering the severe time trouble (2 minutes for 10 moves) Gelfand's
decision is understandable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novy Bor m"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.09.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:15"]
[BlackClock "0:08:47"]

1. e4 c6 {Laznicka sticks to his favourite Caro Kann Defense. Rapport has not
been the most comfortable when facing it.} 2. c4 {The pseudo Panov Botvinnik.}
d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 {
Playing in Grunfeld spirit is also interesting.}) 7. Bb5 $5 {This move is very
interesting. Usually the bishop goes to either c4 or d3 in such lines but here
it goes to b5 pinning the knight and creating threats like Qa4 and Ne5 in
order to increase the pressure. Hence it will be better if Black forgets his
ambitions of developing his bishop outside the pawn chain and plays the solid
e6.} e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 (9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 {is just a transposition.}) 9...
O-O 10. d4 Bd7 11. Bc4 $5 {It is possible that Rapport is following the idea
of a fellow Hungarian player, Oliver Mihok. This puts pressure on d5 and
forces Black to make a decision.} (11. Bd3 {was tried by Carlsen against Jan
Smeets.} Rc8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 {And here Carlsen recommends} Nxe5 14. Rxe5
Bd6 $1 15. Rxd5 Bc6 $44 {With excellent play for Black.}) (11. Nxd5 {was
played by Ivanchuk against Topalov, But the game soon petered out into a draw.}
exd5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxb5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 $11) 11...
Bf6 $5 {This move shows that Laznicka has an excellent feel for such positions.
He gives up a pawn but in return gets extremely active play.} 12. Nxd5 (12.
Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. d5 Ne5 {Also retains a lot of
pressure on White's position.}) 12... exd5 13. Bxd5 Bg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3
$1 {Rapport hangs on to his d4 pawn here and shows a lot of fighting spirit.
Black's compensation does exist because of the bishop pair. But a pawn is a
pawn.} (15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 $11 {should be close to equal.}) 15... Rb8
16. b3 c5 17. Bf4 $1 {The most accurate.} (17. dxc5 Bxa1 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.
Rxa1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {White risks nothing here but I think Black's defensive
task is also not so difficult as the pawns can be blocked.}) 17... Rb4 18. Be5
{Rapport is playing very high quality chess and putting a lot of pressure on
Laznicka to prove his compensation.} cxd4 19. Qd2 $1 {coming out of the g4-d1
pin with a tempo.} a5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne5 $14 {Though the material is equal,
White has a stable edge because his pieces are much better co-ordinated.} Bf5
22. Nc4 d3 23. Nxa5 $6 {Rapport becomes greedy and allows the rook to be
transferred to the kingside. Combined with the d3 pawn, Black's kingside
attack is very dangerous.} Rg4 $1 24. f3 Rg6 25. Nc4 (25. Kh1 Bh3 $19) 25...
Bh3 {White has to give back the pawn. Material balance is established and
Black retains a dangerous kingside initiative.} 26. g3 Qxf3 27. Re3 (27. Qf2
Qa8 $17 {And it is difficult to play as White here. His king is just too weak.}
) 27... Qb7 28. Rae1 $6 (28. Rxd3 {was a better way to play.} h5 $40) 28... h5
(28... Re6 $1 $17 {A move that Laznicka might have missed. Now the d3 pawn is
untouchable.}) 29. Rxd3 {White is a pawn up now and has these two wonderful
queenside passers. But does it really matter? The Q on b7 is like a sniper
targetting the light squared weaknesses and combined with the infantry i.e the
Bishop on h3, Rook on g6 and pawn on h5, black has a rollicking attack. Even
though the engines assess this position as equal, I would anyday prefer to be
in Black's shoes here.} Rf6 (29... h4 {was also a logical way to continue the
attack.}) 30. a3 {Not seeing anything much to do, Rapport tries to advance his
queenside pawns. But it just shows that the initiative is with black.} Qa7+ 31.
Rde3 (31. Qe3 Re8 $1 $19) 31... Re8 {Bringing the last piece into the attack.}
32. Qe2 Ree6 {The time pressure was approaching by this point. Both players
had around 3 minutes left. In such a scenario it is very easy for White to go
wrong here.} (32... Rxe3 $5 {was strong.} 33. Qxe3 (33. Nxe3 h4 $40) 33... Qb7
$1 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe2 g6 {threat of Re6 is not so easy to meet.} 36. Ne3 Qxb3
$17) 33. a4 Rf5 $1 {A very strong idea by Laznicka to double the rooks on the
f file.} 34. Qd3 Ref6 {Six more moves to go before both players get 30 minutes
and White has his back to the wall. Only thing left was to finish him off.} 35.
Nd2 g6 $1 {an excellent calm move. The rook on f5 can now move as there will
be no mate on e8.} (35... Rf2 36. Re8# {is definitely something you want to
avoid as Black.}) 36. Kh1 (36. Qe2 Qa5 {White is paralysed. Black can take his
time to deliver the coup de grace.} 37. Rd3 Qc5+ 38. Re3 Kg7 $1 39. Nc4 Qd5 $19
) 36... Rf2 37. Kg1 Rg2+ (37... Qb7 $1 {was quite strong.} 38. Ne4 (38. Re4
Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Qxe4+ $19) (38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxd2 $19) 38...
Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rff2 $1 $19 40. Nxf2 Rxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Qg2#) 38. Kh1 Rff2 $2 (38...
Rgf2 {It was still not to late to repeat the previous position and find the
winning Qb7 idea.}) 39. Nf3 $1 {Rapport is alert and takes his opportunity.}
Bg4 $2 (39... Qb7 $2 40. Re8+ $1 Kh7 (40... Kg7 41. Qc3+ $18) 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42.
Rh8+ Kxg5 43. Qe3+ Kf5 44. Qe5+ Kg4 45. Qd4+ Kf5 46. Re5+ Kf6 47. Rc5+ Ke7 48.
Qd8+ Ke6 49. Re8+ $18) (39... Rc2 {was the right way to play.} 40. Re8+ Kh7 41.
Ng5+ Kg7 {and we see the benefit of Rc2. It controls the all important c3
square. Such ideas are not easy to be found when you have just seconds on your
clock.}) 40. Qc3 $2 (40. Re8+ $1 {It was a forced mate there.} Kh7 (40... Kg7
41. Qc3+ $18) 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. Rh8+ Kxg5 43. h4+ Kf6 44. Qc3+ Kf5 45. Qe5#)
40... Be6 $1 {Last move before the time control and Laznicka doesn't mess it
up. He finds the only move to defend his position.} 41. Rxe6 $1 {Even though
they got 30 minutes extra on their clock, Rappport thought for hardly 5
minutes to make his next move. That's confidence.} fxe6 42. Rxe6 {Once again
this is the best practical chance in the position.} (42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Rd1 {
When seeing the game live, I felt that this move ought to be winning. The rook
threatens to penetrate to d7 and the knight on f3 is doing the most perfect
job of defending the White king. But Black has an amazing defensive resource.}
Kh6 $3 {mind blowing! Luring the White rook ahead so that Black can deliver
the perpetual check.} (43... Rxh2+ $2 44. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+
47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kf2 Qf5+ 49. Kg1 $18) 44. Rd7 Rxh2+ $1 45. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 46. Kxh2
Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 42... Qf7 $2 {Laznicka messes up inspite
of having time on the clock. This is a clear case where both the players are
extremely tired.} (42... Qd7 {looked like a very natural defensive move. But
White retains the initiative thanks to} 43. Qe1 $1 {Now black has to find a
series of only moves to maintain the balance.} (43. Rxg6+ Kh7 44. Rh6+ Kxh6 45.
Qh8+ Qh7 46. Qf6+ $11) 43... Rxh2+ $1 (43... Kf7 44. b4 $1 $16) (43... Rxf3 44.
Kxg2 $18) 44. Nxh2 Qd5+ 45. Re4 Rd2 $3 {Fantastic move threatening Rd1.} 46.
Qe3 Rd3 47. Qf4 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Re1 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Re3 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3
$11 {What a variation.}) (42... Qg7 {was the best defensive move.} 43. Qc8+ Kh7
44. Qe8 Qa1+ 45. Re1 Qf6 (45... Qg7 46. Re7) 46. Re6 Qa1+ $11) 43. Rd6 $2 {
Rapport misses his chance and this one I think wasn't so difficult.} (43. Rc6
$1 Rxh2+ 44. Nxh2 Qd5+ 45. Nf3 Rxf3 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qg8+ Qxg8
49. Rxg8+ Kf7 50. Rb8 $18) 43... Qe8 $1 {Now there is no way for White to win.
And Rapport immediately realises this and makes a draw.} 44. Qc4+ Kh7 45. Qc7+
Kh6 46. Qc1+ Kg7 47. Qc3+ Kg8 48. Qc4+ Kh7 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qc1+ Kg7 51. Qc7+ {
A wonderful fighting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. g4 $5 {
a dashing assault, conceived by Victor Kortchnoi over the board; however not 
a novelty} Bg7 (7... h6 8. Bg2 $14) 8. g5 Nh5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3 e6 $1 (10...
Nb6 $2 11. Qh4 Nxd5 12. Nxh5 gxh5 13. Bg2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 $14) 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12.
d4 $5 {TN} (12. Qh4 Ne5 13. Bg2 Ng6 $17 {Gurevich-Rytov,USSR 1967}) 12... Nb6 (
12... exd5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bg4 $13) 13. Qd1 (13. Qc2 Nxd5 $15) 13... exd5
14. Qxh5 Bf5 15. Be3 Re8 $44 16. Bb5 (16. Bg2 $5 Bxd4 17. O-O Bg6 18. Qg4 Bxe3
19. fxe3 Rxe3 20. Rad1 Re5 21. h4 $44) 16... Re6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bxc4 (18. Qf3
$5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxg5+ 20. Qg3 Rg6 21. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 22. Kf2 $132) 18... dxc4 19.
d5 Rg6 20. f4 b5 21. Nxb5 $4 {Terrible blunder; after 21.a3! Qd7 22.Qf3 a5 the
position would have remained double-edged, although Black would've had a
tremendous compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} Qe8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. g3 {Shahriyar doesn't want to compete in theoretical knowledge.} Nf6 2. Bg2
d5 3. d3 e5 4. Nd2 c6 {Now we see the Caro-Kann Defence, the line 1.e4 c6 2.d3
White does not claim an opening advantage; Leko prefers playing complex
middlegame positions.} (4... Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. b3 h5 7. h4 Ng4 8. e3 g6 9. Bb2
Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Rb1 f5 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Bh6 14. Nf4 $2 Bxf4 15. gxf4
Re8+ 16. Kf1 Qd6 $17 {Shoker,S (2377)-Rozentalis,E (2582) Paris 2008 0-1 (58)})
5. e4 Bd6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {There are many games of strong players but
most of them were played in rapid and blitz tournaments.} 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. c3 (9.
b3 a5 10. a3 Bc7 (10... Nc5 11. Bb2 dxe4 12. dxe4 b5 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Qe2 Ba6 16. Kh2 $6 (16. Qe3 Ne6 17. Nhf3 c5 {Black is slightly better}) 16...
Ne6 17. Nhf3 c5 $15 {Andriasian,Z (2594)-Navara,D (2730) Minsk BLR 2015 0-1 
(38)}) 11. Bb2 d4 12. Qe2 Ra6 13. c3 c5 14. b4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 cxb4 16. axb4 Rc6
17. Rec1 axb4 18. Bxb4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nb8 20. h3 Nc6 $11 {Berkes,F (2653)
-Pinter,J (2539) Hungary HUN 2017 1/2 (62)}) (9. h3 $6 Qc7 10. Kh2 {After
moves of this kind White can't fight for an opening advantage.} Nf8 11. b3 a5
12. a3 Bc5 13. Re2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Rd8 16. Qe1 f6 $15 {Rivas
Pastor,M (2515)-Anand,V (2710) Oviedo 1993 0-1 (41)}) (9. a3 Nf8 10. b4 (10.
exd5 cxd5 11. c4 $5 Bf5 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Ng5 Rc8 $13) 10... a5 11. Bb2 Ng6 12.
c3 h5 13. Nb3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 h4 16. Bc1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Ng4 $11 {
Nevednichy,V (2495)-Guliev,S (2485) Nikolaev 1993 1/2 (48)}) 9... Nf8 (9... a5
10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Nh4 (13. h3 h6 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 $11) 13... g6 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Re2 h6 16. Bc1 Bf8 17. h3 Ngf6
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Kh2 b6 20. Rd2 Ba6 $15 {Halvax,G (2419)-Wagner,D (2568)
Austria AUT 2017 1/2 (96)}) 10. d4 $146 {This is a typical idea for the line 1.
e4 c6 2.d3. This move doesn't put difficult problems to the opponent and it
seems that he has many ways to get an equal position.} (10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Nf1 h6
12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. h4 Bc5 16. b4 Bb6 17. c4 Qb8 18. c5
Bc7 19. Bc1 Ng4 $11 {Adams,M (2729)-Dreev,A (2607) Moscow 2007 0-1 (73)} (19...
d4 $1 20. Nc4 b5 21. Ncd2 a5 22. a3 Qc8 $15)) 10... Nxe4 (10... Ng6 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c4 Nf6 $11) 11.
dxe5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 f5 $5 13. Re1 e4 14. Ng5 Ne6 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. f3 h6
17. Nh3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bd7 $11) 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bc7 13. Bg5 Qd7 $11 {
Peter could be satisfied with the opening results.} 14. Qb3 h6 15. Be3 Ng6 16.
Bd4 a5 17. a4 Rb8 ({Black could have played} 17... Qf5 {White cannot protect
the e5-pawn but he has enough compensation to get an equal position.} 18. Bb6 (
18. Nd2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. c4 $44 Rb8 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxd5
Be6 24. Qd4 Qf6 $11) 18... Qd7 ({The computer claims that White has no
advantage after} 18... Bxb6 $5 19. Qxb6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd8+ Kh7 22.
Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf1 Rb8 $11) 19. Rad1 (19. Bd4 Qf5 $11) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5
21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. c4 d4 ({It is a little bit risky to take on c4:} 22... dxc4
23. Qc2 Bd6 $8 24. Bf1 $44) 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Bxd4 Bg4 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd4 $11)
18. Rad1 (18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 $11) 18... Qe7 19. Nd2 {Black had a lot of
options and I don't think that 19...Bg4 20.f3 Be6 was the best one.} Bg4 (19...
c5 20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Bxd5 (21. Qxd5 Bg4 22. Bxc5 Qd7 23. Rb1 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bf5
25. Rbd1 Rbd8 26. c4 Bg4 27. f3 Be6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Kf1 Rc6 $11) 21... Bg4
22. f3 c4 23. Bxc4 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Bxf3 $11) (19... b6 $6 20. f4 Bg4 (20... Rd8
21. Nf1 $1 {The knight is heading to e3 and then White plays c4.}) 21. Nf3 b5 (
21... Rbd8 22. Bf2 {threatening c4} Qe6 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. b4 $14) 22. Rd2 b4 23.
Bf2 bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qd7 25. Nd4 Ne7 26. Nb3 $14) (19... b5 {If Peter wants to
play ...b5 then I believe he should play it immediately} 20. axb5 ({White
hasn't any advantage after} 20. Qc2 c5 $1 21. Be3 Nxe5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Be4 f5
24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 bxa4 $132 {Black's chances are not worse}) 20... Rxb5
21. Qc2 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. f4 Qd7 24. c4 Rb4 $13) 20. f3 Be6 ({My computer
prefers 20...Bf5. It seems that it's dangerous for Black due to Ba7:} 20... Bf5
21. f4 $1 ({White has no advantage after} 21. Nf1 Bxe5 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Ne3 Be6
24. Bxa5 b5 25. Bb4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 Bc7 $11) (21. Ba7 {Black has 2 options. He
can play 21...Rbd8 or he can even sacrifice an exchange} Rbd8 (21... b5 $5 22.
Bxb8 Rxb8 {Black has good compensation for the exchange. For example} 23. Kh1
bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qf2 26. f4 Bc2 27. Qd4 (27. Qxc6 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxb3
29. Rf1 Qb6 $2 (29... Qe2 30. Qxc7 Rxb2 31. Rg1 a4 $44) 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7
$18) 27... Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Ne7 $11) 22. Bf2 (22. Qxb7 $6 Bc2 23.
Rc1 Bxa4 24. Bb6 Rd7 $15) 22... Qd7 23. f4 Bg4 $13) 21... Nf8 {Black wants to
keep the bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal} 22. Nf1 b5 23. Ne3 Bh7 24. axb5 Rxb5 (
24... Ne6 $5 25. f5 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rxb5 27. Qc3 Qd7 28. Bh3 a4 $13) 25. Qa4 Ne6
$11) 21. f4 b5 22. Qc2 $1 {The point. In comparison with the line 19....b5
Black cannot play ...c5.} Bg4 (22... c5 $2 23. Bf2 Bg4 24. Ra1 $16) 23. Ra1 Qd7
24. Nf1 $14 Bf5 25. Qf2 bxa4 ({Black can't keep the bishop on the b1-h7
diagonal:} 25... Nf8 26. Ne3 Bh7 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. c4 $1 dxc4 29. Nxc4 $16) 26.
Ne3 Ne7 (26... Nf8 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. c4 dxc4 29. Rxa4 Rb4 30. Bxc6 $14 {
Black's position is unpleasant.}) 27. Red1 $6 {After this move Shahriyar lost
his advantage.} ({It's very tempting to play} 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28. Bh3 Rb3 29. Bc5
g6 30. Re2 h5 (30... Reb8 31. g4 Ng7 32. f5 $16) 31. Kh1 Reb8 32. Rxa4 $14 {
Black hasn't any counterplay, White can slowly prepare g4.}) 27... Be6 ({
Peter could have got an equal position after} 27... Bh3 $5 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29.
Rxa4 (29. f5 Nc8 30. Rxa4 Nb6 31. Rxa5 Bxe5 $11) 29... Nf5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 $11)
28. c4 Nf5 ({Another interesting move is} 28... Rb3 $5 29. Rac1 Nf5 30. Nxf5
Bxf5 31. cxd5 cxd5 {Black has at least equal chances and White should play
precisely to avoid any problems:} 32. Bc5 (32. Ba7 Bb8 33. Bc5 Qb5 34. Bd4 Be4
$11) 32... Qb5 33. Rxd5 Rxb2 34. Bd4 $8 Rb1 35. Rxb5 Rxc1+ 36. Bf1 Bh3 37. Rc5
$11) 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Ba7 Rb4 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Bxd5 ({White doesn't have any
advantage after} 32. Rxd5 Qe6 33. Rad1 Reb8 $1 34. R5d2 (34. Bxb8 Bb6 35. Rc5
Bxc5 36. Qxc5 Rxb8 37. Bd5 Qb6 $11) 34... Bb6 35. Bxb6 Qxb6 $11) 32... Qb5 33.
Rac1 (33. Rd2 Rd8 34. Qc5 Qxc5+ 35. Bxc5 Rb5 36. Bd6 Bb6+ $1 (36... Bxd6 37.
exd6 Rb6 $11) 37. Kf1 Rc8 38. Bb7 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Ba3 Bd4 $15 {White
needs to play precisely to make a draw.}) 33... Bb6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Qxb6 Rxb6
36. Rc7 Rf8 $6 {It's not easy to understand why Peter preferred ...Rf8 instead
of 36...Be6:} (36... Be6 37. Bxe6 (37. f5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxb2 39. e6 {Maybe
Peter didn't want to play this position.} fxe6 (39... Kh7 $1 {and White must
play precisely to make a draw:} 40. Rxa5 Rd8 41. Rd7 Rc8 42. Rd1 fxe6 43. fxe6
Rcc2 44. Re1 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rxh2+ 46. Kg1 Rbg2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rhg2+ 49. Kh1
Rge2 50. Rxe2 Rxe2 51. Rxa4 $11) 40. Rdd7 exf5 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 $11) 37... fxe6
38. Rd2 Reb8 39. Rcc2 Kf7 40. Kg2 Rb3 $11) 37. Rd2 $14 g5 38. Kf2 gxf4 39. gxf4
Be6 $1 {Better late than never.} 40. Be4 Rb4 41. Ke3 Rb3+ (41... Re8 $5 42.
Rdc2 Kf8 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44. Bxb7 Bf5 $14 {Black should make a draw.}) 42. Rd3
Rxb2 43. f5 Bc8 44. Rd1 $6 (44. Kf4 $1 Rf2+ 45. Rf3 Rxf3+ 46. Bxf3 Rd8 47. Rc5
Bd7 48. Rd5 a3 49. Rxa5 Rb8 50. Be4 Rb4 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52. Rxa3 Bc6 53. Re3 {
White has good chances to win the endgame.}) 44... a3 $6 ({This is a serious
inaccuracy, I think Peter should have played} 44... Re8 $1 45. e6 Bxe6 46. fxe6
Rxe6 47. Ra7 a3 48. Rxa5 a2 49. Kf3 Rxh2) 45. e6 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 (46. Kd4 $1 fxe6
(46... Rb4+ 47. Ke5 f6+ 48. Kf4 a2 49. Rg1+ Kh8 50. Rf7 Re8 51. Rxf6 Kh7 52.
Rf7+ Kh8 53. Ke5 Rb5+ 54. Kd6 $1 $18) 47. fxe6 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rxe4+ $8 (48...
Bxe6 $4 49. Rg1+ Kh8 50. Rh7#) 49. Kxe4 Bxe6 50. Rg1+ Kh8 51. Rc6 Re8 52. Kd4
a2 53. Kc3 $14 {White still has some chances to win the game.}) 46... Rb2+ 47.
Ke3 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 $6 (48. Kd4 $1) 48... fxe6 $11 49. f6 e5+ $1 50. Kxe5 Rb5+ 51.
Bd5+ Kh8 52. f7 a2 (52... Bg4 {looks safer:} 53. Rg1 a2 54. Kd6 Rd8+ 55. Kc6
Rbxd5 56. f8=Q+ Rxf8 57. Kxd5 Bd1 58. Rc1 Rd8+ 59. Ke5 Bb3 $11) 53. Rg1 Kh7 $6
{Now Black might have some problems.} (53... Bg4 $1 54. Kd6 Rd8+ 55. Kc6 Rbxd5
56. f8=Q+ Rxf8 57. Kxd5 Rb8 $11) 54. Kd6 Rxd5+ 55. Kxd5 Bf5 56. Ra1 $6 {
This leads to a draw.} ({The last chance was} 56. Ra7 Bb1 57. Rxa5 Rxf7 58. Ra6
Rf5+ 59. Kd4 Rf4+ 60. Ke3 Re4+ 61. Kf3 Re7 62. Rg4 Bf5 63. Rga4 $14 {and Black
still needs to play precisely to make a draw.}) 56... Bb1 $11 57. Ke6 Kg7 58.
Ra7 1/2-1/2

