[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. a3 {Old move I could have remembered from
Browne's succesful games of 1978.} Nac5 $6 (11... c5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Qc2 c5
14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Be1 $11) (11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. Rfd1 $14) 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 $6 (15. Nd4 a5 (
15... c5 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Nc2 Rad8 19. Qe1) 16. Nb5 axb4 17.
axb4 Ra2 18. Rc2 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 exd5 20. cxd5 $14) 15... a5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17.
Qxd2 axb4 18. axb4 d6 19. c5 {What else.} dxc5 20. bxc5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22.
Qf4 (22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qf4 $11) 22... Rxd5 23. Qxc7 bxc5 24. Rxc5 $11 Rxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 10th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lajthajm, Borko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 $5 {
The forgotten line.} 8. cxd5 $5 (8. Ne5 Na6 {used to be very popular in the
late 70's.}) 8... Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. Bf4) 9. Nxd5 $6 (9. Qc2 $142 Nd7 10. Nxd5
exd5 (10... Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bf4 $16 {Kortschnoj-Karpov,
Brussels (Blitz) 1987}) 11. Rd1 $16 {Karpov-Spassky, Riga 1975.}) 9... Bxd5 $1
{I have always been sceptical about this position.} (9... exd5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11.
Qb3 $1 $16) 10. Qc2 f5 $1 11. Bf4 c6 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nb4 14.
Qa4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 $13) 12. Rfd1 (12. Ne5 g5 $1 (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Qxd4 14. Rfd1 $44) 13. Bd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c5) (12. Bxb8 Rxb8) 12... Nd7 13. Ne5
$2 {The final mistake.} (13. Ne1 $142 $1 $14) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe8 $1 15. e4
(15. f3 $6 c5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bb7 (17... Qg6 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. d5 exd5 20.
exd5 Rae8 21. Qc4 (21. d6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 (22. Qxg2 Bg5) 22... Qe6 $3 23. dxe7
Rxe7 24. Re1 Qd5+ 25. Kh3 Rfe8 $17) 21... Bd6 $11) 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rd8 20.
d6 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Bf6 $11) 15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qh5 $1 17. f4 (17. Re1 $5) (17.
Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 $1 19. Qxc8 $140 Qxd1+) 17... Bf6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 $11 {
Black equalises easily.} 19. Re1 (19. Bxf6 Rxf6) 19... Rac8 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21.
Rxe2 Rc6 $11 (21... Be7 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2
Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bc1 d5 11. Bb2 (11. Ne5) (11. cxd5) 11... Qc8 (
11... c5 {Avrukh,B} 12. Ne5 Nc7 $6 (12... Qc8 $5) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 {
[%csl Rc5]} Rc8 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. e3 $16 {Quinteros,M-Portisch,L/
Luzern olm 1982/1-0(30)}) 12. cxd5 $146 (12. Rc1 {Avrukh,B} Rd8 13. Ne5 c5 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. e3 Bf8 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Qb1 Rac8 19. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2f4]} Bd6 20. a3 Na6 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Qa1 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Psakhis,L/
Leeuwarden op 1993}) (12. Ne5 $1 {Polugaevsky,L} Re8 (12... dxc4 13. Nc6 $1 Bd6
14. bxc4 $16) (12... Rd8 $5 $14) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 c5 $2 (14... Qe6 15. Nd3
$16) (14... Bf8 $5 15. Nd3 $14) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Polugaevsky,
L-Greenfeld,A/Biel 1986 (34)}) 12... exd5 (12... Nxd5 $5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {
[%cal Gc8b7]}) 13. Rc1 c5 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Qb1 Qe6 {[%csl Ye4] The best place
for the queen in this structure.} 16. e3 Ne4 $5 (16... Rac8 $5) (16... Bf8 $5)
17. Rfd1 f5 $2 {[%csl Re5]} (17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 $14) 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Ne2 $16
g5 20. f3 Nd6 21. f4 g4 22. dxc5 bxc5 {[%tqu "En","","","","b3b4","",10]} 23.
b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ye2d4]} d4 (23... Nxb4 24. Rxc5 Ne4 25. Rb5 Qe7 26. Nd4 $18 {
[%cal Gd4f5]}) 24. bxc5 Bxg2 25. Nxd4 Qe8 26. Kxg2 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Ne4 28. Qd3 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3c4]} (28. Nxf5 $18) 28... Nc7 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Rf1 Nd5 31.
Nxf5 Nd2 32. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 f5 11. d5 Na6 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. a3 Nc5 15.
Nf4 e5 16. Nh5 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bh4 19. b4 Ne4 20. Rb3 Qf7 21. Ng3 Bxg3
22. hxg3 Rae8 23. Bb2 d6 {[#]This is quite an instructive position: although
the Bishop is not bad here, the Knight is superior nevertheless, occupying a
nice outpost in the very centre. In the game Black manages to exploit his
advantage convincingly.} 24. Re3 Re7 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Rdd3 Qg6 27. Qc1 h5 28.
Qf1 Kf7 29. Qg2 Qg4 30. Bd4 Rh8 31. Qf3 Rh6 32. c5 Qg6 33. cxd6 cxd6 34. Qg2 h4
35. gxh4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxh4 37. Rd1 Rxf4 38. Rf3 Rg4+ 39. Kh2 Re8 40. Rdd3 Ng5
41. Rg3 Rxe2+ 42. Kg1 Ree4 43. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 44. Kf1 Ne4 45. a4 Nf6 46. Bc3 Rc4
47. Be1 a6 48. Ke2 g5 49. Rh3 0-1

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. h4 $5 {[#]Here, as in the previous
game, White also wants to find a better diagonal for his bishop. The text
prepares some play on the kingside as well.} g6 13. Bh3 Bg7 14. h5 $1 Nd7 15.
Kg2 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rh1 c6 18. Ng5 cxd5 {Perhaps, opening the c-file was
something that Black later regretted.} 19. cxd5 Nh5 20. Nce4 Re8 21. Bg4 Nf6
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rc7 $18 Re7 24. Ne4 Rxc7 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. e4 Bc8 27. Be2
a5 28. Rc1 Rc5 29. a3 Bd7 30. b3 Kg7 31. a4 Rac8 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. b4 axb4 34.
Qxb4 Bd8 35. Bb5 Bc8 36. Bc6 Bc7 37. Qd2 Bd8 38. Qe2 Bg5 39. Qb2 Bd8 40. f4 Bf6
41. Qxb6 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Bg4 44. a5 exf4 45. gxf4 Bh4+ 46. Kg2 Bf3+
47. Kh2 Be1 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. a6 Bg4 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Bh4 52. Bb5 Ra2 53. a7
Bf3 54. Qe3 Bxe4 55. Qxe4 Rxa7 56. f5 Bf6 57. fxg6+ fxg6 58. Be8 Rg7 59. Qe6
Be5 60. Kg2 g5 61. Qf5+ Kh8 62. Bg6 Rg8 63. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 (7...
c6) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rad1 (11. Bf4 Na6 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1
$142) 12... Nb4 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Be5 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxc5 d4 17. Nb5 bxc5
18. Qxc5 Qa5 $1 $13 {Korchnoi,V-Gligoric,S/Belgrade/1987/ Inf 44/674/}) 11...
Na6 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Be5 Rd8 (13... Ne4 $5 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 (15. Qxc3 f6
16. c6 $13) 15... bxc5 16. Ne5 $14) 14. Ng5 h6 $6 (14... g6 15. Qd2 $14) 15.
Bh3 Qc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Nf3 $16 Nc7 19. Rfe1 $1 Re8 (19... Ne6
20. e4 cxd4 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 $8 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bg2 $16) 20. e4 g6 $8 (20...
dxe4 21. d5 $16 Qd7) 21. Qxh6+ (21. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 22. dxe5 d4 $13) 21... Bg7 22.
Qf4 dxe4 23. Ng5 f5 24. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 25. Qxf5+ Kg8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. d5 Qf6 28.
Qh5+ (28. Qxc7 Re7 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 $16) 28... Kg8 29. Ncxe4 $18 Qe5 (
29... Qf5 30. Nd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxd5 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Re7 $18)
30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Kg8 32. f4 Qxb2 33. Re2 $1 (33. Re2 Qxe2 34. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. a3 (11. Be1 Nac5 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13.
Rxc3 Nc5 14. Ne1 Qf6 15. Nd3 Nxd3 $10) 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Nb3 a5 $1 $15 {Gausel,
E-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal/1993/0:1 (56) Inf 57/522/}) 11... Nac5 (11... exd5 $5 12.
cxd5 c5 $1 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Be1 Nc7 $10 {Panno,
O-Hjartarson,J/Dubai(ol)/1986/0:1 (33) Inf 42/710/}) 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 (15. Qd4 $142 Ng5 16. Qxf6 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rxf6 18. Rfd1
e5 (18... d6 19. c5 e5 20. e4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Prandstetter,E/Warsaw(zt)/1987/})
19. e4 $14 {Chiburdanidze,M-Donaldson_Akhmilovskaya,E/Sofia_Borzhomi(m/5)/1:0 
(37) Inf 42/709/}) 15... c6 $1 (15... a5 16. Nb5 axb4 17. axb4 $14 {Browne,
W-Najdorf,M/Buenos Aires/Inf 26/640/1:0 (59)/}) 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. c5 (17. e3 c5
18. Ne2 Rfd8 $15) 17... Rad8 18. e3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Ba6 $1 20. Re1 e5 21. Qb3+ $8
Kh8 22. Nf3 (22. Ne6 $2 Qf7 $19) 22... g5 $1 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Skalik, Przemyslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Qc2 Bxc3 (10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 a5 12. Rad1 Na6 13. Nb3 Qc8 14.
Nd4 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Timman,J/Las Palmas(izt)/1982/}) 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. Be5 $5
$146 (12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Be5 (13. Rfd1 c6 14. Bb4 d6 15. Nh4 Na6 16. Ba3 Qg5 $1
17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Bxd6 Rf7 $10 {Adams,M-Tiviakov,S/New York(m)1994/0:1/44/})
13... d6 14. Bf4 Nc5 (14... Qe7) 15. b4 Be4 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxe4
Nh3+ 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxa8 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 $13 {Antonsen,
M-Rozentalis,E/Liehtenstein/1990/}) 12... d6 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4+ Kh8 14. Qxc7
$16) 13. Bf4 Qe7 (13... dxc4 $5 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 (14... d5 15. Qxc7) 15. Nd4 Qe7
$13) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Nd4 Na6 $146 (16... g6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfe1
Nh5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. e4 $44 {Hulak,K-Naumkin,I/Palma de Mallorca/1989/}) 17. f3
Nec5 18. Nxf5 Qf7 19. Bh3 (19. e4 Qxa2 20. Qc3 Rf7 $13) 19... Qxa2 20. Qc3 Rf7
21. Nd4 (21. b4 $5 Na4 (21... Nd7 22. Nd4 Nf8 23. e4 $16) (21... Ne6 22. Rd2
Qa4 23. Nh6+ $18) 22. Qd4 $36 (22. Qa1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Nc3 24. Nd4 Re8 $13))
21... Qa4 22. b3 Qb4 23. Qb2 (23. Qc2 Re8 24. e4 $44) 23... Na4 24. Qa1 (24.
Qc2 $5 N4c5 25. e4 $36) 24... Nc3 25. Rd3 c5 $1 (25... Nd5 26. Be6) 26. Qxc3 $8
Qxc3 27. Rxc3 cxd4 28. Rd3 Re8 29. Rf2 Nc5 30. Rxd4 d5 31. b4 (31. b4 Ne6 32.
Bxe6 Rxe6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
(8. Ne5 Na6 $1 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Ne4 $1) 8... exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5
10. Qc2 Nc6 $1) 9. Bf4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Nc4 $1 Qd7 13. Na5 Rad8
14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Be5 c4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 Rd6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. Qxc4 Rd4 21. Qc3 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Rd2 23. Qc4 Qe6 24. Bf3 Rxa2 $4 (24... Qxc4
25. Rxc4 Rxa2 26. Rb1 $1) 25. Bd5 $1 $18 (25. Rfd1 $2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ra1 $1)
1-0

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
(8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 $10) 8... Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 $1 c5 12.
Be3 Qd7 {>=} (12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc8) 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 d4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. e3 $1
dxe3 21. Bxe3 Rab8 22. Rfd1 a4 $1 {XPb2} 23. Kg2 h6 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Nf4 Nf6 26.
Kf3 Rfb8 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Bf4 R8b7 29. Be3 f6 $2 {>=} (29... Bf6) 30. h4 h5 31.
Rc4 Nb6 32. Rcc2 c4 (32... Nd7 33. Nf4) 33. Bxb6 cxd3 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Bd4 $16
g5 $1 $36 36. Rc4 Rb4 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Bc3 Rc4 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Rxd3 Bf6 41.
a3 h4 42. gxh4 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Rxh4 44. Rc5 Kf6 45. Rb5 Rf4+ 46. Ke3 Rh4 47. Rb4
Ke5 48. Kd3 (48. Rxh4 $10) 48... Ke6 49. Rb5 Kf6 50. Ke2 Re4+ 51. Kf1 Rh4 52.
Kg2 Rg4+ 53. Kh2 Rh4+ 54. Kg2 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rh4+ 56. Kg3 Rd4 57. Kf3 Rf4+ 58.
Ke3 Rh4 59. Rb8 Ke6 60. Re8+ Kf6 61. Kd2 Kf7 62. Re3 Rf4 63. f3 Rh4 64. Kc3 Rh3
65. Kd4 Rh2 66. b4 axb3 67. Rxb3 Ke6 68. Kc5 Kd7 69. Kd5 Re2 {>=} (69... Kc7)
70. a4 (70. Rb7+ Kc8 71. Rf7 Ra2 72. Kc6 Kb8 $10) 70... Kc7 71. a5 Ra2 72. Rb5
Ra4 73. Ke5 g4 74. f4 g3 75. Rb3 Rxa5+ 76. Ke6 Ra6+ 77. Ke7 Rg6 78. Rc3+ Kb6
79. Rc1 g2 80. Rg1 Kc7 81. f5 Rg3 82. f6 Re3+ 83. Kf7 Rg3 84. Ke6 Re3+ 85. Kf5
Rg3 86. f7 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.04.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d5 (9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 $1 {- Game 3}) 9... Bf6 $1 10. Ne1
(10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2) 10... Bxg2 11. Nxg2 exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. dxc6 (13. Ne3
$5 d6 (13... g6 14. Nc4) 14. Ng4) 13... dxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Bf4 (
16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Nd4 $1 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Bh6 Qc8 $1 21. Qe4
Rd8 $17) 16... Nc6 17. Bd6 Be7 (17... Nd4 18. Rxd4) 18. e3 Rd8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Nf4 g6 21. Qa4 (21. Nd5 $142 $6 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nb4 $15) (21. Rxd8) 21... Ne5
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 c4 $1 24. e4 (24. Nd5 Qe6 25. Nf4 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qc6 27.
Nd5 Qd6 $15) (24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxa7 g5 26. Ne2 (26. Nh3 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Qd5 {
; >= 26.Nh5}) 26... Nf3+ 27. Kg2 (27. Kf1 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 g4) 27... Qd5 28. Nc3 $2
Ne1+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Nd3 $19 {; 28.e4 Qd3! [28...Qxe4 29.Nc3! Nh4++ 30.
Kf1] 29.Nc3 Ne1+ 30.Kg1 Qf3! 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qe5+ Kh6 33.Kf1 Nd3}) 24... b5 $1
25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb5 (26. Qc2 $6 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Qd4 $1 $15) 26... Qd1+ 27. Kg2
Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qxe4 31. Qd5 Qxd5 {>=} (31... Qb1+ 32.
Kg2 Qxb2 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qxa7 Qb5 (34... c3 35. Qe7 $1) 35. Qd4 Qc6+ 36. Qd5
Qc7 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. Qc3 Qc6+ 39. f3 f6 $16) 32. Nxd5 Nd3 33. b4 cxb3 34. axb3
f5 35. b4 Kf7 36. b5 Ne5 37. b6 a5 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. b7 Nc6 40. Nc7+ (40. Nb6 $5
Kd6 (40... Ke7 41. Ke2 Kd8 42. Nd5) 41. b8=Q+ $10 Nxb8 42. Nc4+ $10) 40... Kd6
41. Na6 $10 a4 42. Ke2 a3 43. Nb4 Nb8 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. Kc2 Kxb7 46. Kb3 Kb6 47.
Kxa3 Kc5 48. Kb3 Kd4 49. Kc2 Ke4 50. Kd2 Kf3 51. Ke1 Kg2 52. h4 Kf3 53. Nd3 Nd7
54. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 (5. d3) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7.
Bd2 (7. Nxe4) (7. Qc2) 7... c5 (7... d6 8. d5 $16) (7... f5 8. d5 $16) (7...
Bf6 8. Qc2 $14) (7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d5 9. Ne5 $14) (7... Nxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $14) (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11.
Qb3 $14) (7... O-O 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 $14) 8. O-O (8. d5 $5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bf6
10. Rc1 $14) 8... O-O 9. Rc1 Bf6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 $10 11. Bc3 Nc6 12. e3 (12. dxc5
bxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6) 12... cxd4 (12... d6 $5) (12... Qe7 $5) (12... Rc8 $5 $10)
13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxd4 $1 15. Bxd4 d5 16. b3 (16. Bc3 dxc4 17. Qg4 Ne5 $1
18. Qd4 f6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rxc4 Rd2 $15) 16... e5 (16... Nxd4
17. Qxd4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 $36) 17. Bb2 d4 18. Qf3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 (
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 (9... Bxd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Rd1 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Rxc8 15. Bf4 $16 {Ivkov-Radulov, Porec 1974}) 10. Ne1 Nd7 11.
Nd3 $16 {Ivkov}) 8... Na6 (8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nd3 Re8 12.
b4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5 $16 {Ivkov-Damjanovic, Banja Luka 1974}) 9. Bg5 (9.
Be3 c5 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
b4 Ne6 $10 {Browne-Tal, Las Palmas 1977}) 9... c5 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 (13. Rc1 Nc7 14. Qa4 $6 (14. Nd3 $10) 14... Rfe8 15. Rfd1
Nxc3 16. Rxc3 c4 $15 {Smeykal-Byrne, Biel 1976}) 13... Qe8 $6 14. Bxe4 Qxa4 $1
(14... dxe4 15. Nd7 cxd4 16. exd4 e3 17. Rae1) 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxa4 c4 17.
Nc3 Nc7 18. b4 (18. e4 $2 f6) (18. a4) (18. f3 $5) 18... f6 $14 19. Nf3 b5 20.
a4 a5 $1 21. Rab1 (21. Rfb1) 21... Bc6 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. bxa5
Rxa5 25. Rfc1 Rfa8 26. g4 Be8 27. Nh4 R8a7 28. Nf5 (28. Rb6 Ra1 $1) (28. Rb8) (
28. Kg2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5
Na6 9. Bg5 (9. Qa4 Qe8 10. Qxe8 Rfxe8 11. Rd1 Ne4 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. c4 Rac8 $10 {Kochiev-Karpov, Leningrad 1977}) 9... c5 10. e3 Ne4
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 Rfe8 $1 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa6 cxd4 16.
exd4 Qe6 17. Qb5 Red8 18. Rfc1 Ng5 $1 19. Nc6 $2 Bxg2 20. Nxd8 Qe4 $1 {/\Nh3}
21. h3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 (7. d5 $5
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bf6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Rb1 $14 (10. Ba3 $5 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 f6 12. Ng5
$16)) 7... d6 8. d5 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 (9. Qxd2 e5 10. h4 Nd7 11. e4 a5 12. Bh3 $14)
9... O-O 10. O-O Kh8 (10... e5 11. f4 $1 exf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Nf3 $14) 11. Qc2
Nd7 12. b4 (12. Rac1 $14) (12. f4) 12... Bf6 13. Nde4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qe7 $10 15.
Rfd1 (15. Nb5 Nf6) 15... Nf6 16. a3 e5 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. e3 (18. Na4 $10) 18...
g6 19. Ne2 f5 20. c5 Rd8 21. a4 Nf6 $15 22. Qc4 a6 $1 23. Rbc1 Rf7 24. cxb6
cxb6 25. Qd3 Kg8 26. Rc2 Qe8 $1 $17 27. Qb3 (27. b5 $5 axb5 28. axb5 Nd7 29.
Rc6) 27... Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qa8 $1 30. h3 Kg7 $2 (30... Kf8) 31. f4
Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Rc6 Rd7 35. a5 $1 bxa5 36. bxa5 Nxe3 37.
Rxa6 Nc4 38. Ra8 Rb7 39. a6 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. a7 Nd2 42. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Black "Blatny, Frantisek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d6 (8... f5 9. Rc1 Bf6) (8... Bf6) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 (9... f5 10. Ne1 Nxc3 11. Bxb7 (
11. Bxc3 Bxg2 12. Nxg2) 11... Nxe2+ 12. Kg2 Nxd4 13. Qd3 Nbc6) (9... Nxd2 10.
Qxd2) 10. Bxc3 c6 (10... Nd7 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 $14) (10... Qc8
$5) 11. Rad1 (11. a4) 11... Nd7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 (13... d5 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
) 14. f4 b5 (14... d5 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 $14) 15. f5 (15. Kh1) 15... e5 16.
Kh1 Qb6 (16... b4 17. Bxb4 exd4 18. Nb3 c5 19. Ba5 Nb6 20. Nc1 $14) (16... exd4
17. Bxd4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 $13) 17. c5 dxc5 (17... Qc7 18. b4 (
18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Nf3) 20. f6 $40) 18... exd4 19.
Bxd4 dxc5 20. bxc5 Ne5 $14) 18. dxe5 f6 (18... b4 19. Nc4 (19. f6 Bf8 20. Nc4)
19... Qa6 20. Bd2 $16) 19. exf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. e5 Nxe5 22.
Ne4 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. Qb3+ $16) (19... Nxf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. f6) 20. Qb3+ (20.
e5) 20... c4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kf8 (22... Kg7 23. Qe6 $16) 23. Bd2 Kg7 (
23... Qc5 24. Bh6+ Ke8 25. Qg8+ Bf8 26. Bf3 $18) 24. Qe6 Qc5 (24... Bc5 25. e5
Nxe5 26. Bh6+ Kxh6 27. Qxf6+ Kh5 28. Qxe5 $18) 25. Be3 Qe5 (25... Qxe3 26.
Qxe7+ Kg8 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. Rxd7 Qxe6 (26... Rxd7 27. Qxd7 $18) 27. fxe6 Rxd7
28. exd7 Rd8 29. Bh3 c5 30. Bf5 Bc6 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. b3 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rfe1 g6 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. h4 h5 15.
Ng5 Qe7 16. f4 f6 {#} 17. e5 $3 fxg5 (17... Bxg2 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rxe6 Qg7 20.
Kxg2) 18. Bxb7 gxf4 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe6 $1 Qd8 (20... Qxe6 21. Bd5) 21. Bxa8
Qxa8 22. Nd5 fxg3 23. Qg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Inheritance"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 ({Die Haupt-Alternative ist} 8... f5 {z.B.:} 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11.
Bxc3 Be4 12. Qb3 d6 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ng2 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. Bxa5
bxa5 18. Qc2 exd5 19. cxd5 Rb8 20. b3 Rf7 21. Nf4 Re7 22. f3 Rb4 23. Ne6 c5 24.
fxe4 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd3 Be5 27. Qf3 h6 28. Qf8+ Kh7 29. Rf7 Qg6 30.
Rxa7 Qxe4 31. Qf3 Qg6 32. Rxa5 Rf4 33. Qd3 Re4 34. Ra4 Bd4+ 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rf1
Qg4 37. e3 {1-0 (37) Kamsky,G (2724)-Alekseev,E (2716) Kemer 2007}) 9. Qc2 ({
Eine andere Möglichkeit ist} 9. Rc1 {z.B.:} c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12.
Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be5 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rfe1 g6 16. g4 Qe7 17. f4 Bg7 18. g5 Nd7
19. a4 Rae8 20. e3 Rd8 21. h4 Rfe8 22. b3 Nf8 23. Ng3 Bc8 24. Bf3 h6 25. Nce4
Nh7 26. Qd3 f5 27. Nd2 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nxg5 29. fxg5 Qxg5 30. Ndf1 Kf7 31. Rc2
Rh8 32. Rg2 Be5 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Ree2 Rh3 35. Bg4 Rh4 36. Bf3 Rh3 37. Bg4 fxg4
38. Ref2 Bf5 39. e4 Qh4 40. exf5 g5 41. Qd3 Rh8 42. Re2 Bd4+ 43. Re3 Re8 44.
Kf2 Rh1 45. Ke2 Qh3 46. Kf2 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Bxe3 48. f6 Qh6 49. Re2 Qxf6+ 50.
Qf5 Re5 {0-1 (50) Sjugirov,S (2635)-Alekseev,E (2673) Moscow 2012}) 9... Nxd2
10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. Rfe1 ({Oder} 13. h4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bg7 15.
Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bf3
Qc7 22. Red1 Nd7 23. Bg2 Rbc8 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Nde2 Bf8 26. h5 Nf6 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. Bg2 Ba8 29. Bf3 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Na4 Rc7 32. Nxb6 Bxe4 33. Kg2 Rb8 34.
Na4 d5 35. cxd5 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Nxd5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Rb5 39. Nb2 Rf5 40.
Nc4 g5 41. Rd4 Kg7 42. Rg1 Bc5 43. Re4 Kf6 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Ne3
Ba7 47. Rc4 Rxc4 48. Nxc4 Kf6 49. b4 e5 50. a4 Ke6 51. b5 e4+ 52. Kxe4 axb5 53.
axb5 Bxf2 54. b6 f5+ 55. Kf3 Bxb6 56. Nxb6 f4 57. Nd5 Kxd5 58. Kxf4 {1/2-1/2 
(58) Anand,V (2780)-Carlsen,M (2843) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012}) 13... Bg7 14. d5 {
Ein neuer Zug.} (14. h4) (14. b3) (14. Qc2) 14... e5 {Meist spielt Schwarz
erst e5 und Weiß dann d5. Hier war es umgekehrt, aber das Ergebnis ist das
gleiche.} 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Ba6 17. Nb5 (17. Bf1) 17... Nf6 ({Nach} 17... Bxb5
18. cxb5 axb4 19. axb4 {wäre der Bauer c7 ein lohnendes Angrifssziel.} (19.
Qxb4 $2 Nc5 {ist günstig für Schwarz.})) 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Ra1 axb4 20. Qxb4
Bxb5 21. cxb5 Bh6 22. Qc4 Ra5 23. a4 Rfa8 {Der Angriff auf den Bauern a2
erweist sich als Utopie. Die schwarzen Türme kommen auf der a-Linie bald ins
Gedränge.} 24. Re2 Kg7 25. Ne1 {Der Springer strebt nach c6.} Bg5 26. Nd3 h5
27. Rc2 R5a7 (27... Ne8 28. Rca2 Qf8 29. Nb4 $18 {gewinnt eine Qualität.}) 28.
Rca2 Rh8 (28... Ra5 29. Nb4 $18) 29. Nb4 Qe8 30. Nc6 Ra8 31. Rf1 {Weiß wendet
sich nun der anderen Seite zu.} Bh6 32. f4 exf4 33. Re2 Nd7 (33... fxg3 $2 34.
Rxf6 Kxf6 35. Qc3+ $18) 34. gxf4 Nc5 35. a5 {Weiß unterbindet ohne
Zeitverlust das Gegenspiel auf der a-Linie.} Rxa5 (35... bxa5 36. e5 $18 {
mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 36. Nxa5 bxa5 37. e5 Qd8 38. f5 Qg5+ 39. Kh1 Re8
40. e6 a4 41. Qd4+ (41. Qd4+ Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 44. Rg2+ Bg5 45.
Rxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxd2 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14.
f4 exf4 $5 15. gxf4 a5 16. e4 Qf6 $6 (16... c6 $5 $132) 17. Nb3 $16 {
Magerramov,E-Naumkin,I/Sankt-Peterburg/1992/Inf 55/525/}) 11. Nxd2 (11. Qxd2 $5
e5 (11... Qe7 $5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 a5 16. f4 Nc5 17.
f5 f6 18. Bf3 $14 {Karpov,A-Salov,V/Reykjavik/1991/1:0 (67)/Inf 52/534/}) 12.
h4 Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. h5 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Rh1 $14 {
Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Terrassa/1991/1:0 (38)/Inf 52/535/}) 11... e5 12. e4 $14
Nd7 13. Bh3 (13. b4 $5) (13. h4 $5 {/\Bh3/}) 13... a5 14. a3 Bg5 15. b4 g6 16.
Qc2 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Ba6 (17... Bc8 $5) 18. Qd3 (18. Qb3 $5) 18... Bc8 {/\Nc5/} 19.
Kg2 Kh8 (19... Kh8 20. Nb3 axb4 21. axb4 Nf6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5
Qa6 25. Qf3 (25. Nb5 Nxe4 $1) 25... Kg7 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5
8. O-O (8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Bxd6 cxd6 (11... Qxd6 12. O-O Na6
13. e4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 fxe4 15. Ng5 exd5 16. cxd5 O-O 17. Nxe4 $14 {Gelfand,
B-Hjartarson,J /Munich/1993 Inf 57/519/}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Nd4 e5
15. Ndb5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Salov,S /Linares/ 1993 Inf 57/518/}) 8... Bf6 9. Qc2 (
9. Rc1 O-O 10. d5 Na6 11. a3 exd5 12. cxd5 c5 $1 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. Be1 Nc7 $10 {Panno,O-Hjartarson,J /Dubai/1986 Inf 42/710; 10...
c5!?/}) 9... O-O {Hulak,K-Naumkin,I /Palma de Mallorka/1989 Inf 48/701/} 10.
Rad1 $146 (10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Be5 d6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. Nd4 g6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. e4 $44) 10... Nxc3
(10... Nxd2 $5) 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qc1 (12. Qa4 {Dautov} Qc8 13. Rd2 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Nxa6 15. Rc1 d6 16. b4 c6 17. a4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Ra2 Nc7 20. c5 Nd5 21.
Be1 dxc5 22. Rxc5 a6 $10 {Skembris-Engqvist/Gausdal TM/1993}) (12. Qd2 {Dautov}
d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5
19. f4 Bf6 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Nd5 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 $14 {
Tisdall-Engqvist/Gausdal TM/1993}) 12... d6 (12... Qe8 $5 {/\13.Bh3 Qh5!/}) 13.
Bh3 $1 Nd7 (13... Bxf3 14. exf3 $16 (14. exf3 {Dautov} Nd7 15. f4 $16)) (13...
Qe7 $5 {Dautov} 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Rfe1 (15. d5 $6 exd5 16. Bg2 Qxe2 17. Rfe1 Qh5
18. cxd5 Na6 $15) (15. e4 $6 fxe4 16. Rfe1 d5 17. f3 c5 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. e5
dxc3 20. exf6 Qc5+ $19) 15... e5 (15... Nc6 16. d5 $14) (15... c5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. e4 $14) 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 (17. f4 $2 Bxf4 $1 18. gxf4 Qe3+ $19) (17. e4
f4 $132) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nd7 $10) 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. e4 Qe8 $1 (15... fxe4 $2
16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Bh3 $16 (17. Qc2 {Dautov} Re8 18. Bf5 e3 19. fxe3 Rxe3 20.
Bxh7 Re2 21. d5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 $16)) 16. exf5 (16. Bg2 {Dautov} f4 $1 17. gxf4 (
17. Rfe1 e5 $132) 17... Bd8 18. Nb3 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Nh5 20. f5 Bh4 $44) (16. d5 $5
{Dautov} Qh5 17. Bg2 f4 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. gxf4 $6 Nd3 20. Qc2 Nxf4 $40) 16...
Qh5 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxf5 (18... exf5 {Dautov} 19. Qc2 $1 {/\Qa4-c6} Rf7
20. Qa4 f4 21. Rde1 $14 {/\Qc6}) 19. Qb1 $5 (19. Rde1 {Dautov} d5 20. b3 c5 $5
$10) 19... Rae8 (19... Qxb1 $5 {Dautov} 20. Rxb1 d5 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 $10 {/\c5})
20. Qe4 Qxe4+ 21. Nxe4 d5 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. b3 (23. c5 $6 {Dautov} Ne4) 23...
Rf7 24. f3 Rd7 25. Rfe1 Kf7 (25... dxc4 {Dautov} 26. bxc4 Kf7 27. a4 Red8 28.
Rb1 Ne8 29. g4 Nd6 30. c5 Ne8 31. Re5 {+/=/=}) 26. c5 (26. Re2 $5 dxc4 27. bxc4
c5 28. Red2 cxd4 29. Rxd4 $14) 26... bxc5 (26... c6 {Dautov} 27. cxb6 axb6 28.
Bb4 Rc8 29. Rc1 $14) 27. dxc5 c6 28. Be5 (28. b4 {Dautov} Rb7 29. a3 Nd7 30. f4
a5 $10) 28... Rb7 29. Rd4 Rb5 30. Bd6 Nd7 31. Rf4+ Kg8 (31... Kg6 $5 {Dautov})
32. b4 a5 (32... e5 33. a4 Rb7 34. Rh4 (34. b5 {Dautov} Rc8 35. bxc6 Rb2+ 36.
Kh3 Rxc6 37. Rxe5 $18) 34... a6 $13) 33. a4 $1 (33. a3 $2 {Dautov} axb4 34.
axb4 e5) 33... Rxb4 34. Rxb4 axb4 35. Rb1 Ra8 $10 36. Rxb4 Ra5 37. Rb6 Nxc5 38.
Rxc6 Nd7 (38... Nxa4 39. Be5 $36 (39. Rc8+ {Dautov} Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Bf8
$36)) 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7 Ke8 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7 Ke8 43. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nd3 $5 (10. Qa4 Qe8 11. Qxe8 Rfxe8 12. e3 {main line})
10... c5 $6 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Nf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c6 13. e4 $16 {Bukic,E-Lengyel,
L/Stip/1977/1-0/25/}) (10... h6 $5 {Loginov,V-Psakhis,L/URS/1981/0-1/38/}) 11.
dxc5 bxc5 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qa4 c4 $6 (13... Qe8 $142) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf4 Nc5
(15... Qd6 16. Nfxd5 $1 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxb2 18. Rad1 $16) 16. Qxa7 Qd6 17. Ncxd5
Bxb2 18. Rad1 Nd7 $2 (18... Ra8 $142 19. Qb6 (19. Nf6+ $6 Qxf6 (19... gxf6 $2
20. Qxa8 $1 Qb6 21. Nd5 $1 Qb5 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nh5+ Kg8 24. Qd8 $18) 20. Qxc5
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rfc8 $132) 19... Qxb6 20. Nxb6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxa2 (21... c3 $2
22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd4 {/\Rc4}) 22. Nxc4 $14) 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qa4 Nc5 21. Qxc4
$16 Ba6 22. Qc2 Rfc8 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qg4 Re8 (24... Bg7 $142) 25. Rb1 Qa7 26.
Bd5 $18 Kh8 27. Nc4 (27. Nxg6+ fxg6 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Qd4+ Qg7 $1 $19) 27...
Bxc4 (27... Bg7 28. Nd6) 28. Bxc4 Ne4 29. Nd3 f5 30. Qf4 Qd4 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32.
Nxb2 Qxb2 33. Rd1 $1 Qb6 (33... Qc2 $2 34. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 $2 35. Qe5+ Nf6 36.
Qxf6#) 34. Rd7 Qc5 35. Rc7 Qd4 36. Bd3 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Qh6
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Re8 14. Qd2 a6 15.
b4 Be7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Rb1 Bxd5 20. Nb6 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Ra7 22. Nc8 $1 Nc6 (22... Rxc8 23. Qf5) (22... Rc7 {>=} 23. Rxb8 Bf8 24. Nxd6 (
24. Rfb1) 24... Rxb8 25. Nc4 $18) 23. Nxa7 Nxa7 24. Bd5 (24. Bd5 Bf6 25. Rb7)
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 Qe8 $5 12. Ne1 Bxc3 (12... e5 $6 13. e4 {
/\ Nd3, f4+/- Pinter,J}) 13. Rxc3 e5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Nd3 a5 16. f5 f6 17. h4 Nc5
18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. g4 Bc8 20. Be4 $14 Bd7 21. Rg3 a4 22. Rf2 Kh8 23. Rfg2 Qe7
24. Qc2 Rg8 25. g5 Raf8 26. Qd3 Qd8 27. Qf3 Qc8 28. Rf2 Qb8 29. b3 axb3 30.
axb3 Qd8 31. Qg2 Qe7 32. Rff3 Qe8 33. Qh2 Qa8 34. Rf1 Qa2 35. Qg2 Rb8 36. Rff3
Rbf8 37. Kh2 Qa8 38. Rf1 Qc8 39. Rgf3 Qd8 40. Bc2 Qe7 41. Rg3 Ra8 42. Bb1 Raf8
43. e3 Ra8 44. Rg1 Raf8 45. Qf3 Rb8 46. Bc2 Ra8 47. R1g2 Ra2 48. Qe4 Be8 49.
Qg4 Bd7 50. Qf3 Rb2 51. Qd1 e4 52. Qg4 Re8 53. gxf6 Qxf6 54. Qxg7+ Qxg7 55.
Rxg7 Bxf5 56. Rxc7 Bg6 57. Rd7 Ra8 58. Bxe4 Rxb3 59. Bxg6 hxg6 60. Rxd6 Rxe3
61. Rdxg6 Ra7 62. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 (13... Na6 14.
Qd2 Nc7 15. Rfe1 $14) 14. Qb3 (14. b3 $6 b5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 14...
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 $14 a6 {><b6, a6} (15... Nd7 {>=}) 16. a4 Nd7 17. e3 Ne5 18. Qe2
c4 (18... g6 $5 19. Ne4 Be7 (19... Bg7 $6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qxg4 f5 22. Qe2 fxe4
23. Rc4 $1 Qf6 24. b3 Rae8 25. Re1 $16) 20. b3) 19. Be4 $1 {><d3} Re8 20. Bc2 (
20. f4 Nd7 (20... Ng4 $2 21. Qxg4 Bxc3 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxc3 $16) 21. Qxc4
Nc5 $15 (21... Rc8 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Qc2 g6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6
Rxe3 $13)) 20... Rc8 (20... b5 $6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Nd4 $16) (
20... Rb8 $6 21. Ne4 (21. f4 Nd7 22. Qxc4 Rxe3 23. Qxa6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nc5 $44)
21... b5 (21... Be7 $2 22. f4 $16) 22. b3 $14) 21. Ne4 Be7 (21... b5 22. b3 $14
) 22. b3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 (24. Qxa6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Rxc1 (25... Qg4 26.
Rxc8 Nh4+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Rxc8 29. Bd1 $1) 26. Rxc1 Qg4 $44) 24... Qxc8
25. Rb1 Qf5 26. Nd2 Rb8 (26... Rc8 27. Bd1) 27. Bd1 Qc8 (27... Qd3 $6 28. Qxd3
(28. f4 Nf3+ $1 29. Qxf3 Qxd2 $132) 28... Nxd3 29. Nb3 {/\ Nd4} Bf6 30. Na5 $16
) 28. Nb3 Bf6 29. Nd4 Qb7 30. Qc2 $1 g6 (30... Qxd5 $6 31. Rxb6 {/\ Ra6+/-})
31. Be2 Kg7 (31... Qxd5 32. Bxa6 Nf3+ 33. Nxf3 Qxf3 34. Qc7 $16) 32. Qb3 Nd7
33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Qb4 Qc7 35. Kg2 (35. Bg4 Nc5 36. Qxb6 Qxb6 37. Rxb6 Nxa4 $132)
35... h5 36. h3 Kg8 37. Bd1 Re8 (37... Kg7 {>=}) 38. g4 $5 hxg4 39. Bxg4 $1 Kg7
(39... Nc5 40. Qxb6 Qxb6 41. Rxb6 Nxa4 42. Rxa6 $16) 40. Bxd7 Qxd7 41. Qf4 (41.
Qxb6 $6 Qf5 $13) (41. Qg4 $5 Qc7 $14 (41... Qxg4+ 42. hxg4 Re4 43. Rb4 Rxb4 44.
Nxb4 $16)) 41... Rh8 42. Qg4 Qe8 (42... Qc7 43. f4 $16) 43. Rxb6 Rh4 44. Qf3
Rxa4 45. Rb8 Qd7 $6 (45... Qe4 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Ra8 Ra4 48. Nb8 Ra5 (48... a5
49. Ra6 $16) 49. e4 $14 (49. Nxa6 $6 Rxd5 50. Nc7 Rg5+ $10 {[]})) 46. Ra8 Bh4
47. e4 Bf6 48. Qd3 Qb7 49. Rb8 Qd7 50. Qc2 Ra3 51. Rb3 Ra1 $2 (51... Rxb3 52.
Qxb3 {/\ Qa3+/-}) 52. Rf3 $1 $18 {Karpov,An;Zaitsev,I} Qb7 53. Rxf6 Qb5 54. Qc3
Qf1+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kh4 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch34"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "1979.02.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Janosevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1979.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rfe1 a5 $6 (12... g6 $5 {/\ Bg7})
13. b3 e5 $6 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nd5 $1 $14 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. f4
Qd7 19. e5 Rad8 (19... dxe5 $2 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxb7 $18) 20.
Qc3 $1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 $16 Qb5 (21... Qf5 22. a3 {/\ b4}) 22. Bf1 $1 Qd7 (22...
Qb4 $2 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Bc6 {/\ Rd4}) 23. a4 Re7 24. Bb5 Qc8 (
24... Qf5 $2 25. exd6 $1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 cxd6 27. Qe7 Rf8 28. Qxd6 Qc2 29. Re1
$18) 25. Qf3 g6 26. Re2 $2 (26. g4 $1 $16) 26... dxe5 27. fxe5 Qf5 $1 28. Qf4 (
28. Qe3 $2 f6 $1 29. e6 Rxe6 $19) (28. Qc3 $2 Ne4 $19) 28... Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nxb3
$14 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Kf3 Kf8 32. Red2 Nb3 33. Rd3 Nc5 34. Rd4 Nb3 35. R4d3 Nc5
36. Re3 g5 $2 $138 37. fxg5 $16 Re6 $6 38. h4 $5 (38. dxe6 Rxd1 39. exf7 Kxf7
$14) 38... Rg6 39. Ree1 h6 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. Rh1 Rh8 42. Kf5 Rg8 43. Rhg1 Kf8 44.
Rd4 Ke7 45. Rg3 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rh8 47. Rf4 Rh1 48. Rgg4 Rg7 49. Rh4 Rh7 50. Rxh7
Rxh7 51. Rd4 Rh2 52. d6+ Kd8 53. dxc7+ Kxc7 54. Be8 $1 Rf2+ 55. Rf4 Rxf4+ 56.
Kxf4 $18 Kd8 57. Bxf7 Ke7 (57... Nxa4 58. g6 Ke7 59. Bb3 Nc5 60. g7) 58. g6 Kf8
59. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nc6 14.
d5 Ne5 15. b3 {+/=/=}) 10. Rad1 d6 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4) (10... c5 $6 11.
d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Rxf6 16. e4 $1 fxe4
17. Ng5 $16) (10... Na6 11. a3 Qe7 12. d5 Nac5 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd4 a5 17. Nb5 axb4 18. axb4 c6 19. Nc7 Rac8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. d6
$14 {Gronn-Diesen/NOR-ch/1991}) 11. Ne1 $1 {N} (11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13.
Qxc3 e5 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Nb3 a4 $6 (17... axb4 18. axb4 Nf6
$132) 18. Nc1 e4 19. f4 exf3 20. exf3 f4 21. Rde1 Qf6 22. Ne2 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Ne5
24. Re4 g5 25. Nb5 $14 {Larsen-Levitt/London WFW/1990}) 11... d5 (11... Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 $14) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 (12... fxe4 $5 13. Bb4 Rf7 (13... c5
14. dxc5 Na6 15. Ba3 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bxe4 $16) 14. f3 c5 (14... Nc6 15.
Bc3 exf3 16. Nxf3 dxc4 17. Qa4 $14) (14... Bxd4+ 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 cxb4 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. fxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 $14) 15. dxc5 Na6 16. Ba3 exf3 17. Nxf3 bxc5
$132) (12... fxe4 13. Bc3 Nd7 14. f3 (14. cxd5 exd5 15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 c5 17.
f4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 $13) 14... exf3 15. Nxf3 (15. Bxf3 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 $10) 15... c5 (15... dxc4 16. e4 $44) 16. cxd5 exd5 $10) 13. Bc3 Nd7
14. f3 Bg5 (14... e3 $2 15. f4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 $18) (14... exf3 $6 15. Bxf3 Bxf3
16. Nxf3 Qe7 17. e4 $16) 15. d5 $1 (15. fxe4 Be3+ 16. Kh1 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8
18. d5 $2 Qf2 $19) 15... exd5 (15... Be3+ 16. Kh1 exf3 $2 17. Rxf3 $16) (15...
exf3 $5 16. Nxf3 (16. dxe6 $6 Be3+ 17. Rf2 Be4 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. exd7 Bxc2 20.
exf3 Ba4 $19) 16... Be3+ 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Nh4 $1 (18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 $14)
18... f4 (18... g6 $2 19. d6 Bxg2+ 20. Nxg2 Qg5 21. dxc7 $16) 19. Be4 $40) 16.
cxd5 Qe7 (16... exf3 17. Nxf3 Be3+ 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 $16) 17.
fxe4 Be3+ 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qb3 $1 Nc5 $2 (20... Kh8 $1 21. Nc2 (
21. Bxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qxe3 Nf6 $132 {/\Ng4,Bxd5}) 21... Bh6 22. Nd4 $14) 21. d6+
Qf7 $2 (21... Qe6 {>=} 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6 23. Bh3 Ng5 24. d7 Rd8 25. Bg4 Nf7 26.
Ng2 Bc5 27. Nf4 $16) 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 (22... Kxf7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Be5 Ke6 25.
Bh3+ Kxe5 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rd8 $18) 23. b4 $18 Nd7 (23... Ne6 24. Bh3 Bc8 25.
d7 $18) 24. dxc7 (24. dxc7 Nf8 25. Be5 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Qc2 (11. d5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. Nh4 d4 14.
Qxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 $10) (11. Rad1 $142 Nd7 12. d5 (12. e4) 12... e5 13. h4
$1 g6 14. h5 Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. e4 $14) 11... g6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14.
d5 e5 15. h5 Bg7 16. e4 Nf6 $1 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh3 (18. Qd2 $6 Bc8 {/^h3-c8})
18... Bh6 $1 (18... a5 $6 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Kg2 $14 {/\Rh1,Rh2,
Rdh1}) 19. Kg2 Kg7 $10 20. Rh1 c6 $5 (20... Rh8 $10) 21. dxc6 (21. Qd3 $5 cxd5
22. cxd5 a6 23. a4 $10) 21... Bxc6 22. Rh2 (22. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bd7 24.
Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qc6 Rfd8 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rh3 Rc8 28. Rdh1 Bc1 $15 {<->c}) 22...
Nxe4 $5 23. Nxe4 Qb7 24. Rd5 (24. Re1 f5 25. Nxd6 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qc6 27. Qc3
Qxd6 28. Qxf3 Rad8 $15) 24... Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 {/\f5-/+} 26. Bd7 $1 f5 27.
Nc3 Qc5 28. Qd1 Rad8 29. Be6 $6 (29. Rxh6 $1 Kxh6 (29... Rxd7 $2 30. Qh1 $16)
30. Qh1+ Kg7 31. Ng5 Rh8 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. Qf1 $1 (33. Qc1 $2 Rh2+ $1 34. Kxh2
Qxf2+ $19) (33. Qxh8+ Rxh8 34. Nxc5 dxc5 $10) 33... Qa5 $8 34. b4 Qa3 $8 35.
Nd5+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ (36. Qb5 $5 Qc1 37. Nxd8+ Rxd8 $13) (36. Nxd8+ $5 Rxd8 37.
Bc6 $36 {/\Qh1}) 36... Kg7 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Ng5+ $10) 29... Rde8 30. Bb3 b5 31.
a3 a5 32. Rh1 (32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 Rc8 $15) 32... b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Nd5 f4
$1 (34... e4 $2 35. Nd4 (35. Qd4+ $2 Re5 $1 36. Qxc5 exf3+ 37. Kxf3 dxc5 $19)
35... Re5 36. Nf4 $16) 35. gxf4 (35. g4 e4 36. Nd4 Re5 $17) 35... Bxf4 $15 {
><f2} 36. Nh4 $2 (36. Nxf4 Rxf4 $17 {/\Ref8}) (36. Rh3 {>=} e4 $2 (36... Bh6 $5
) (36... Bc1 $5) 37. Nd4 Be5 (37... Re5 $6 38. Qg4 $40) 38. Qg4 $40 {/\Qd7})
36... Bg5 $17 37. Nf3 $6 (37. f3 e4 $17) (37. Qe2 e4 $1 38. Ne3 (38. Nxg6 Rf3
$1 39. Ba4 Re6 $19) 38... Bxe3 39. Qxe3 Qxe3 40. fxe3 g5 $19) (37. Qc2 Qxc2 38.
Bxc2 e4 $17 {/\Rh8}) 37... e4 $19 38. Nd4 (38. Qd4+ Re5 $1 $19) 38... Re5 39.
Qg4 Qxd4 40. Qd7+ Re7 0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O (10. Rd1 Na6 11. O-O Nd6 (11... Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nb5
$16) 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Ng5+ Bxg5 17.
Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bc6 Rxb2 19. Qxa7 Bf6 20. Nb5 Rxe2 21. Qxc5 Rd8 22. Bf3 Rxa2 23.
Nxc7 Rc8 $10 {Petursson-Rozentalis/Malmo/1993}) 10... Na6 (10... Bxc3 $5 11.
Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 (12. Nd4 O-O $13) 12... Bxd5 13. Be5 d6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rad1
Bb7 16. Nd4 g6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. e4 $44 {Hulak-Naumkin/
Palma-GMA/1989}) 11. Rad1 O-O $6 (11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 $14) (11... Nd6 $142 $1)
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Rae8 (13... Bxb2 $2 14. Ng5 g6 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Qxb7 Nc5
17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxa8 $16) (13... Nc5 {>=} 14. Qb1 $1 (14. Qc2 exd5 15. cxd5
Qxe2 16. b4 Qe4 17. Rc1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nd3 19. Rxc7 Bxd5 20. Rxd7 Rfd8 $14)
14... exd5 15. cxd5 Qxe2 16. Ng5 Bxg5 (16... g6 17. b4 $16 (17. Rfe1 $2 Qxf2+
18. Kxf2 $2 Bd4+ 19. Ke2 Ba6+ $19)) 17. Bxg5 a5 (17... Rae8 18. b4 $16) 18. Bf4
d6 19. Rfe1 $14) 14. Be3 $1 $16 exd5 (14... Nc5 15. Qb1 $16) (14... Qb4 15. b3
(15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxb2 $13) 15... exd5 16. Qb1 dxc4 (16... c6 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Ne1 $16) 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Bxe3 19. Bxa6 Bg5 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21.
Rxd7 $16) 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Nd4 Bxd4 (16... c5 17. Nf5 Re5 18. Nd6 Ba8 19. cxd5
Nc7 20. Nc4 $16) 17. Rxd4 Nb4 18. Rd2 $1 Rf5 (18... Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Rxa7
$18) 19. g4 Rfe5 20. a3 Na6 21. cxd5 d6 22. b4 $18 Bc8 23. Bf3 Rf7 24. Rc1 Bd7
25. Kg2 Bb5 26. Kg3 Re8 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be7 14. f4 Bc8 (
14... Nd7 15. g4 a6 16. a4 $14) 15. Kh1 $5 {N} (15. e3 Nd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 (
17. Nf2 $5) 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. h4 g6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. Qd3 a6 22. Rf2
fxg5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxg5 26. Ne4 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Bf5 28. Rf1
Re8 29. Rf4 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Re5 31. Qc3 $14 {Shneider-Karpman/URS/1988}) 15... Re8
16. Bf3 a6 (16... f5 $6 17. Nf2 Bf6 18. e4 (18. g4 $5 $36) 18... Bd4 19. Qd2
fxe4 20. Nfxe4 Ba6 21. Rfe1 $16 {><e6}) (16... Na6 $5 17. g4 Nc7 18. g5 b5 19.
Ng3 b4 (19... Bb7 20. e4 b4 21. Nce2 Bf8 $14) 20. Nce4 Bb7 21. Nf2 Bf8 22. Ng4
$36) 17. a4 Bf8 (17... Nd7 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nf2 $1 (19. g5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 b5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bg2 Bf8 23. f5 Re5 $132) 19... h6 20. h4 $40 {/\g5}) (17... Ra7
18. g4 Rb7 19. g5 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ng3 b4 22. Nce4 Bf8 23. Nh5 Nd7 24. Qe1
$40) 18. g4 h6 $6 (18... Nd7 {>=} 19. g5 Rb8 20. Ng3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 $14) 19.
Rg1 Qh4 (19... Nd7 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Nf6 22. Qg1 $1 $16 {/\Qg3,Rg1}) 20. Qd2
$16 f5 (20... Nd7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Rxg5 $16) 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Ng3 Bg4 (22...
Bh7 23. Be4 Bxe4+ 24. Ncxe4 {/\Nf5} Qg4 $2 25. Nh5 $1 $18) (22... Bc8 23. Be4
$16) 23. Be4 Nd7 24. Bg6 Nf6 $5 (24... Re7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Nf6 27. Rg6
Rae8 28. Rcg1 $16) 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 {/\Qh3,h5-h4} 26. Rcf1 Qh3 (26... Bh3 27. Rf3
Bg4 28. Re3 $18) 27. f5 $1 b5 (27... h5 28. Rf4 h4 29. Nge4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 $18)
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rf4 $1 (29. Nxb5 $6 h5 $132) 29... Re5 30. Nce4 $1 $18 h5 $6
(30... Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Bxf5 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Rg3 $18) (30... Nxd5 31. Nf2 $18)
31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Nxh5 Qxh5 33. Rfxg4+ Kf7 34. e4 Qh3 35. Qe2 c4 36. R1g3 Qh6
37. Kg2 Qc1 38. Rg8 Ke7 39. Qh5 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 Qh6 41. Qxh6 Bxh6 42. Rh8 Bg5 43.
Ra3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bf6 11. a3 c6 $1 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6)
(11... Nac5 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6) 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Qc2 c5
14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ne1 (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nc6 19.
Rcc1 {1/2-1/2 Heyken-Pliester/Groningen op 1988}) 15... Nxd2 {N} (15... Nd6 16.
Bf4 Nf7 17. Nb5 Rad8 18. Rb1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nb8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22.
Rd1 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a4 Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Levitt,J/
Augsburg 1988}) 16. Bxb7 (16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Bg5 $1 18. f4 Bf6 19. Bxb7 $2
Bd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qf3 Nc5 $17) (16. Rxd2 $10) 16... Qxb7 17. Qxd2 Rad8 18.
Qe3 Qe7 19. Qf3 $6 (19. Nf3 Nb8 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Ne5 $10) (19. Nd3
$5) 19... Nb8 20. Nd3 $2 Bxc3 $1 21. bxc3 (21. Rxc3 e5 22. e4 (22. b3 e4 23.
Qe3 Nc6 24. Nb2 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nd4 $17 {/\g5,f4}) 22... Nc6 (22... Rd4 23. exf5
e4 24. Re1 Nc6 25. Qg2 Rxf5 $15) 23. Qg2 (23. Qe3 f4 $17 (23... Rd4 $5 24. exf5
$2 e4 25. Re1 exd3 26. Qxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxe7 d2 $19)) 23... Nd4 24. Kh1 f4 $36)
21... e5 $17 22. e4 Nc6 23. Ne1 (23. Re1 f4 24. gxf4 exf4 25. e5 Qe6 26. Re4 g5
$17) (23. Qe3 Qf7 24. exf5 Qxf5 $17) 23... fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qf7 25. Qe2 (25. Nd3
Qf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Nb2 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Rd3 $17) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Na5 27.
Ng2 Nxc4 28. Ne3 Nxa3 $19 29. c4 {/\Qa2} b5 30. Rd5 (30. cxb5 Nxb5 $19) 30...
Nxc4 31. Rxc5 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 a6 33. Rxe5 Qf3 34. Qb6 h6 35. Re7 Qd1+ 36. Kg2
Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Rc8 38. Re1 Qc6 39. Qd4 Qb7 40. h4 b4 41. Kh2 b3 42. Re2 Rc1 43.
Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ g6 45. f3 b2 46. h5 b1=Q 47. hxg6+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kxg6 49. Qd6+
Kf7 50. Kh3 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. h4 (13. Rfe1 e5 $5 14.
Nd5 Bg7 15. b3 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 a6 18. Nc2 b5 19. Nce3 bxc4 20. bxc4
Rb8 $10 {Pinter-Gruenfeld /Ch Europe (team) Haifa 1989}) 13... Bg7 14. h5 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Rfd8 (15... Rad8 16. hxg6 (16. Bh3 a6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne2
Bc8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nc1 Bg7 22. Nd3 exd5 23. exd5 Qf6 $10 {Christiansen,
L-Khalifman,A/BL 9091}) 16... hxg6 17. b3 a6 18. d5 e5 $6 (18... Ne5 $142) 19.
Bh3 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Qf8 {Vadasz,L-Tukmakov,V/Erevan 1980} 21. Qc2 $14) (15... c5
$5 16. d5 Ne5 $10) (15... gxh5 16. Nh4 $14) 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bh3 c5 18. d5 (
18. dxc5 $6 dxc5 $15 {/\Ne5}) 18... Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne2 (20. dxe6 fxe6
21. Qh6 (21. Ne2 $2 Bxe4 22. Nf4 Bf5 $17) 21... Qf7 $15) (20. Kh2 Kg7 21. f4
Bd4 22. Nb5 e5 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. fxe5 dxe5 $13) (20. Kg2 $5) 20... exd5 21.
exd5 (21. cxd5 $6 Kg7 22. f4 Bf6 $15) 21... Qf6 $10 22. Nc3 (22. b3 Qf3 23. Bg2
Qg4 $10) 22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 Kg7 24. Re4 Rh8 25. Rf4 Qd8 (25... Qe5 $2 26. Re1
Qh5 (26... Qg5 27. Rxf7+ $18) 27. Re7 $18) 26. Bg2 (26. Kg2 $2 Bc8 27. Bxc8
Qxc8 $15) 26... Qd7 27. Re1 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 (28... Qxe8 29. Re4 Qd7 30. Qg5
Re8 31. Rh4 Rh8 $10) 29. Rh4 Rh8 30. Re4 {/\Qg5} Re8 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Re4 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bg5
(8. Bf4 d6 9. d5 c5 10. e4 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. b3 Re8 14. Rad1 exd5
15. exd5 Bc8 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Ng5 $14 {Tisdall,J-Tiviakov,S Gausdal Arnold Cup
1992}) (8. Ne5 $5 Bxg2 (8... d5 9. cxd5 $14) 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. e4 $5 Bb4 11. f3
Bxc3 12. bxc3 $14) 8... c5 9. d5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5
12. dxe6 Bxg2 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Kxg2 $16 Nc7 15. e4) 10. cxd5 d6 11. Nh4 $1 (
11. Nd2 $5 Nc7 (11... h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nc4 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 $14) 12.
Nc4 $14) 11... Qd7 {/\Nd5} 12. Qd2 b5 13. e4 b4 14. Nd1 Bd8 $5 15. f4 (15. Nf5
$1 Re8 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Bh3 $16) 16. f3 $36) 15... h6 16. Bxh6 $5 (16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Ne3 (17. Nf5 c4 $13) 17... Bxh4 18. gxh4 {/\Kh1,Rg1|^}) 16... gxh6 17.
Nf5 Re8 (17... Kh7 18. Nde3 {/\e5} Re8 19. Qd3 $44) 18. Nf2 (18. Nxh6+ Kh7 $17)
18... Bxd5 $1 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Bh3 $16) 19. Nxh6+ (19. Bh3 $5 Be6 20. Nxh6+
Kh7 21. f5 (21. Nf5 d5 $17) 21... Bc4 22. Rfe1 $44) 19... Kh7 20. exd5 Kxh6 21.
f5+ Kh7 22. g4 Ng8 $1 23. f6 $6 (23. g5 f6 (23... Qxf5 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Bh3 Qh5
26. Qg2 $44) 24. h4 Qxf5 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Nxd6 $44) 23... Bxf6 24. Ne4 $6 (24.
Qd3+ Kg7 25. Qxa6 Bd4 26. Kh1 Nf6 27. g5 Nh5 $15) 24... Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 $17
26. g5 (26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 $19) 26... Re5
27. Qd3 (27. Nf6 Qe7 $17) 27... Qg4 $1 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. gxf6+ Kh8 $19 30. Rf3
Rg8 31. Rg3 Qxg3 32. hxg3 Rh5+ 33. Bh3 Rxh3+ 34. Kg2 Rgxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 $6 (7...
c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Ng5) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O (9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. e4 Nb4
12. Qb1 Bb7 (12... Bc4 13. Rd1 Be2 14. Rd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bg5 16. Rd1 $14) 13.
a3 Nc6 14. Be3 Na5 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 $16 {Drasko,M-Ilincic,Z
Belgrade GMA op 1988}) 9... Na6 {N} (9... Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 (10... exd5 11. Rd1
Nf6 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 $14 {Karpov,An-Spassky SSSR 1975}) 11. e4
Bb7 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Be3 Rc8 15. d5 Bd6 16. Nc4 exd5 17. exd5 Qe7
18. a3 Rfe8 19. Rac1 $16 {Ribli,Z-Unzicker,W BL 8788 Erlangen-Bayern 1988}) (
9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 $16 {Geller.E}) 10. Rd1
Nab4 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. c4 Qe8 14. Bd2 $1 $16 Rd8 15. d5 Nb8 16. e4
Nd7 (16... exd5 17. cxd5 Bf6 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxe4 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Qxc7
$16 {Vyzmanavin,A}) 17. Bf4 exd5 (17... Nc5 $142 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qc8 20.
Nd4 $16) 18. cxd5 Bd6 19. Qe3 $1 {/\e5} f6 $6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Qa3 $1 Nc5 (
21... Qxe4 22. Ng5 $18) 22. Qxa7 f5 (22... Qxe4 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Nc6 $18) 23. e5
(23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nd4 Rxd5 25. Bxd5+ Bxd5 26. Nf5 $18) 23... dxe5 24. Qxb6 Rc8
25. Rac1 Rf6 26. Qb4 $18 e4 27. Rxc5 exf3 28. Bxf3 f4 29. g4 h5 30. gxh5 Rxc5
31. Qxc5 Ra6 32. Qc7 Ba8 33. Rb1 Kh7 34. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. d5 (12. Rfe1 g6 13. h4 h5 $6 (13...
Bg7 $142 14. h5 Nf6 15. hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Anand}) 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bg7 16.
Qd3 Qe7 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 $14 {Speelman,J-Anand,V Novi Sad(ol) 1990
50/554}) 12... Bxc3 (12... e5 13. h4 $5 g6 14. h5 Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. e4 {
/\Bh3,Kg2,Rh1}) 13. Qxc3 e5 14. e4 a5 {N} (14... Qe7 15. Ne1 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 {
1/4:1/4 Damjanovic,M-Smyslov,A Hastings 1976 23/(583)}) 15. Ne1 Ba6 16. Nc2 b5
17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Rfe1 Nc5 (18... a4 $5) 19. b3 Bd7 20. a3 $13 (20. f4 $5 Re8
21. f5 $36) 20... Qb8 (20... f5 $5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd7 (
23... Ra2 $6 24. Ne3 Nd7 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 $16) 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. Ra1 Rxa1
26. Rxa1 Nf6 27. Ra7 Ne8 28. Bh3 $14) (20... a4 $1 21. b4 Nb3 22. f4 f6 {
/\Rc8,c6}) 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Qd2 Nb6 (23... f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ne3
Bg6 (25... Nb6 $6 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bh3 Rf6 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Ra1 $16) 26. Ra1
$14) 24. Ne3 $14 Ra4 25. Rb1 Qb7 26. Rec1 Rfa8 27. h4 Rb8 $6 (27... Nc8 28. Bf3
Ne7 $132) (27... Nc8 28. Nc4 Ne7 29. Na5 Qb6 30. Qc3 Ra7 {/\f5<=>}) 28. h5 h6
$6 {><f5} 29. Qd1 $1 Qc8 30. Bf3 Rba8 31. Bg4 Bxg4 32. Nxg4 R8a7 33. Ne3 $16 g6
34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. Rc6 Qd7 37. Rh1 Nc8 38. b5 Ne7 39. hxg6 fxg6 (39...
Nxc6 40. Qh5 $18) 40. b6 $1 cxb6 41. Rxb6 Ng8 42. Rc1 $18 {עg7,d6} R3a6 43.
Rb8 Nf6 44. Rcc8 {/\Rg8} Qe7 (44... Qf7 45. Rf8) 45. Ng4 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4
8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 (11. Be3 {Belov} Na6 12. Qa4 (12.
Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Bh3 Rfd8 15. Qb1 Bc8 $10 {Yusupov,A-Van der Wiel,J/
Rotterdam/1989/}) 12... c5 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Qa3 Nxc3 (14... Nd6 $5 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Qxa6 Nf5 $13) 15. Qxc3 $14 {Karpov,A-Van der Wiel,J/Amsterdam/1988/1:
0/39/}) 11... Na6 12. Nd2 $6 {N} (12. Be5 Re8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 c5 15. Ne5
Qe7 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Nd3 $6 (17. Qa4 $5) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 c4 19. Nf4 Qd6 20.
f3 Re7 21. e4 f6 22. Rc2 Rae8 23. Rce2 b5 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Salov,V/Beograd
1987}) (12. Qa4 c5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qe7 $1 17.
Rfc1 c4 {Ftacnik,L-Hjartarson,J/Thessaloniki (ol) 1988 Ftacnik,L-Hjartarson,J/
Thessaloniki(ol)/1988/0,5/33/} 18. b3 $1 $14) (12. Qc2 {Belov} c5 13. Rfd1 Qe7
14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc5 16. Nd4 g6 $10 {Velikov,P-Sturua,Z/Frunze/1985/})
12... Re8 $2 (12... Bxd4 $1 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4
Bxb2 16. Rc2 Qe7 $15) 14... Bxb2 15. Rc2 (15. Rb1 Qxd1 (15... Ba3 {Belov} 16.
Nf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxb7 $16) 16. Rfxd1 Rad8 $15) 15... Qxd1 (15... Re8 16. Nf6+ Qxf6
17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. Rxb2 Nxb7 20. Bxc7 $10) 16. Rxd1 Rad8 17. Rb1
Bxe4 (17... Rfe8 18. Bxc7 $10) 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxc7 Nxc7 20. Rxc7 Rd2 $10) (
12... Nxd2 {Belov} 13. Qxd2 c5 $6 (13... Re8 $14) 14. dxc5 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 bxc5
16. Rd1 $16) 13. Nb5 $1 Re7 (13... Nxd2 $2 14. Qxd2 Re7 15. Rc2 $16 {פa6}) (
13... c6 {Belov} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd6 Re7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxe4 $16) 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Qa4 Rd7 16. Rfd1 c5 (16... c6 17. Nc3 Rxd4 (17... Bxd4 18. Bh3) 18.
Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxe4 $1 (20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bf3 Ne6 $10) 20... Bxb2
21. Rd1 $36 {/\} Nb4 $2 22. Rb1 Ba3 23. Rb3 Nc2 24. Rc3 $18) 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18.
Qc2 $14 {/\Nd6,><e4} Be7 $2 (18... Bc6 19. Rxd7 (19. Nd6 $2 g5 $1 20. Nxe4 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 (21... gxf4 $2 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qf5 $18) 22. Rxd7
Qxd7 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 $10) 19... Qxd7 20. Rd1 (20. Nc7 Rc8
21. b4 Ba4 22. Qc4 Ne6 23. Bh3 e3 $13) 20... Qf5 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 $14) (
18... a6 {Belov} 19. Nd6 $16) 19. Nc7 Rc8 (19... Rb8 20. b4 $18) 20. Bh3 $1
Rcxc7 (20... Ne6 {Belov} 21. Nxe6 Rxc2 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 fxe6
24. Bxe6+) 22. Nxd8 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. Rc7 $18) 21. Bxc7 Rxd1+ (21... Qxc7
{Belov} 22. Rxd7 $18) 22. Rxd1 Qxc7 23. b4 e3 (23... Na6 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Rd7
$18) 24. f3 $18 g6 $2 (24... Bc6 {>=} 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Qd8+ Bf8
28. Qc8 Bb5 29. Rd8 Qe7 30. Bf5 g6 31. Bd3 $18) 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd7 Qc6 27.
Qb3 Qxf3 28. exf3 e2+ 29. Kg2 (29. Kg2 {Belov} e1=Q 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxh7#)
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th Group4"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dakovo SK Slavonska Banka"]
[BlackTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4
8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 (9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 {=} 11. Be1 Nac5 12. Nd4 Qe7 {=}) 9...
Nxc3 (9... Bf6 $142 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qd2 d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
{+/=/=}) 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 a5 (13... Nc6 14. d5
Ne5 15. b3 Ng4 16. f3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Nf6 20. dxe6
dxe6 21. Nf4 Kf7 22. Rd1 a5 23. Re3 Rfe8 {= Groszpeter-Almasi/Kecskemet/1993})
14. Qd3 Nc6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe7 (16... Qe8 $5 17. Ne3 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19.
Qxg6 hxg6 20. Rad1 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Ng4 Rfe8 {=}) 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 {+=
} d5 (18... Qf7 {/\d5} 19. Ng4 {+=}) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6
22. f4 Nxd4 23. Rad1 c5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 (24... Rxd4 $2 25. Rxd4 Qxd4+ (25... cxd4
26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Re6 Qf7 28. Rd6 {+/-}) 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Re6 Rf6 (27... Rd8
28. Kf1 {+/-}) 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. g4 {+-})
25. Qe6+ Rf7 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Qxf6 gxf6 (26... Rxf6 27. Rxd4 $1) 27. Re4 d3
28. Re3 d2 29. Re2 {+/-}) (25... Qf7 26. Rd2 Kh8 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Re6 {+/-}) (
25... Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Rc1 (29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3
Kf5 $132) 29... h5 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Kd3 {+=}) 26. Rd2 d3 $6 (26... b5 27. Qb3
Qc6 (27... b4 28. Qc4) 28. Rc2 {+=}) (26... Kf8 27. Re4 Qxe6 (27... d3 $2 28.
Rxd3) 28. Rxe6 Rf6 {+=}) 27. Qc4 b5 28. Qxb5 Re7 (28... Qd4+ 29. Kg2 {+/-}) 29.
Re5 $1 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qf3 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Qf4 Qd5 33. Qe3 $1 Qxa2 34. e6 Re8
35. e7 h6 (35... Qb1+ 36. Kg2 h6 37. Rf2 {+-}) (35... Qb3 36. Rxd3 Qxb2 37. Rd8
Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. g4 Qf7 41. Rxe8+ Qxe8 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Qd5+
Kh8 44. Qd8 {+-}) 36. Qxd3 {+-} Qe6 (36... Qf7 {Hecht} 37. Re2 Rxe7 38. Qd8+ {
+-}) 37. Re2 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 Qb7+ 39. Kh3 Qc8+ 40. g4 Qb7 (40... h5 41. Qf5 hxg4+
42. Kxg4 Qxf5+ 43. Kxf5 {+-}) 41. Qf5 Qb3+ 42. Kg2 Qb7+ 43. Kg1 Qb6+ 44. Kg2
Qb7+ 45. Kg3 Qb3+ 46. Qf3 Qb8+ (46... Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Kg8 48. Re5 Kf7 49. Ke4
Rxe7 (49... a4 {Hecht} 50. Kd5 {+-}) 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Kd5 Kf6 52. Kc5 Kg5 53.
Kb5 Kxg4 54. Kxa5 Kh3 55. b4 {+-}) 47. Kg2 Qb4 48. g5 $1 Qd6 49. gxh6 Qg6+ 50.
Kf1 gxh6 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Re4 h5 $2 (52... Qc6 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Rg4 Qc1+ 55.
Kg2 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qa3+ 57. Rg3 Qxe7 58. Rg8+ {+-}) (52... Qa6+ $142 53. Kf2
Qb6+ 54. Kf3 Qg6) (52... Qxe4 {Hecht} 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxe8+ {+-}) 53. Re2 Qb1+
54. Kf2 Qg6 55. Qf3 {><h5} Kh8 56. Re5 h4 57. Re4 Qh6 58. Qc3+ Kh7 59. Qd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magerramov, Elmar S"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Bxc3 (10... Nxd2 $142) 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nd2 (
13. e4 a5 (13... Nd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. f4 a5 16. f5 f6 17. h4 Nc5 18. g4 c6 19.
Rg3 $40 {Krogius,N-Unziker,W Moscow Veterans 1991}) 14. Ne1 Nd7 15. f4 Re8 16.
f5 Ba6 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. h4 Rec8 19. Nc2 h6 20. Ne3 $14 {Xu Jun-Ionesky
Thessaloniki(ol) 1988 46/735}) 13... Nd7 14. f4 exf4 (14... a5 15. f5 Nf6 16.
Ne4 Bc8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. b3 h6 19. h4 Kh7 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Be4 $16 {Tukmakov,
V-Petrosjan,T Las Palmas(izt) 1982 34/654}) 15. gxf4 a5 (15... f5 16. e4 fxe4 (
16... g6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Ng5 $16) 17. Nxe4 Nc5 (
17... h6 18. Bh3 $16) 18. Ng5 Qf6 (18... h6 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qe7 22. Qd5 $16) 19. Qc2 $16) 16. e4 Qf6 17. Nb3 Rae8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Re3 $16
Bc8 (19... Qh6 20. Qe1 $16 (20. Nf5 Qf6)) 20. e5 Qh4 21. Qe1 Qh6 (21... Qxe1
22. Rfxe1 Bd7 $2 (22... Re7 $2 23. exd6 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 cxd6 25. Nb5 Nb7 26. Re7
$18 {/\Rc7}) (22... Ba6 $142 23. b3 $16) 23. e6 fxe6 24. dxe6 Bc8 25. e7 Rxf4
26. Nb5 $18 Ne6 27. Bd5) 22. Kh1 Re7 23. b3 Bd7 (23... Rfe8 24. Nc6 Rd7 25.
exd6 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxd6 27. Qe8+ Qf8 28. Re1 $18) 24. e6 fxe6 25. dxe6 Be8 26.
f5 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qg5 28. Rg3 Qf6 29. Nc3 c6 30. a3 $1 $18 Qe5 (30... Kh8 31. b4
axb4 32. axb4 Na6 33. b5 $18) 31. Re3 Qd4 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Na6 34. Re4 Qf6
35. b5 Nc7 (35... Nc5 36. Re3 $18) 36. Rg4 cxb5 37. Ne4 Qe5 38. f6 Rxe6 39.
Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Qh4 Qh5 1-0

[Event "Altensteig-A"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hansen,Cu} (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4
Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Nb3 Rb8 13. a5
e6 14. Be3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Boensch,U/Altensteig (11)
1993}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 Bxc3 (11... Nac5 12. Nd4 Qe7 $132 (12...
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 a5 14. Qc2 g6 15. Nb3 Na4 $2 16. Nxa5 $16 {Martin-From,S/
Guernsey/1987/}) (12... a5 13. Nxe4 (13. b3 c6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. dxc6 dxc6 16.
Bc3 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Gruenfeld,Y/Manila OL/1992/}) 13... fxe4 14. dxe6 (14.
Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 e3 $13 {Fauland,A-Landenbergue,C/Leukerbad ch/1992/}) 14...
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxe6 16. Qe3 $16 {Sorin,A-Steingrimsson,H/Biel op/1992/ +
Petursson,M-Plaskett,J/Reykjavik/1992/})) (11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. Nxe4 fxe4
14. Nd2 e3 15. fxe3 Bxb2 16. Qb3 Bxc1 17. d6+ $13) (11... Qe7 {Hansen,Cu} 12.
Nd4 Nac5 13. Nxe4 (13. Ndb5 {Hansen,Cu} a6 14. Nxc7 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rac8 16. b4
Rxc7 17. bxc5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc5 $10 {Browne,W-Dzindzichashvili,R/Amsterdam/
1978/}) (13. b4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne4 15. Rd3 a5 16. a3 Rfd8 $10 {Rajkovic,
D-Rozentalis,E/BL/1992/}) (13. Nb3 a5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 d6 16. e4 $6 f4 $15
{Gausel,E-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal AC/1993/}) 13... Nxe4 14. f3 Ng5 (14... Bxd4+ 15.
Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 $14 {Stern,R-Schwing,HE/Baden-Baden open/1991/})
(14... Nc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nc2 $14 {Kishnev,S-Moutousis,K/Dortmund op/1992/})
15. Bf2 c5 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Qb3 c5 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Tukmakov,V/Moskva/1985/ +
Illescas Cordoba,M-Ehlvest/Terrassa/1992/}) 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc5 14. Nd2
(14. Qd4 {Hansen,Cu} a5 15. Rd1 d6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Qh4 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Bxg2 19.
Nxg2 $10 {Appel,R-Stoering,V/2.BLW/1993/}) (14. Ne1 {Hansen,Cu} Qf6 15. Nd3 Ne4
16. Rc2 exd5 17. cxd5 c5 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. b4 $14 {Huzman,A-Tukmakov,V/USSR/
1986/}) 14... Qf6 15. Nb3 $5 {N} (15. e4 a5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Rxe8
Rxe8 19. Nf1 d6 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Bh3 g6 22. b3 Bd7 23. Re3 $2 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 f4
25. Bxd7 fxe3 26. Ba4 Nd3 $17 {Tukmakov-Anand/Bhilwara/1986}) 15... Nxb3 (15...
e5 $2 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Qa4 d6 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Bc8 20. Qa5 $16) (15... d6
16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Re3 $5 (17. Qc2 exd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. b4 Rac8 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rc1 $14) 17... Qxb2 18. dxe6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8
20. Qa4 $36) (15... Ne4 $5 16. Bxe4 (16. Rc2 {Hansen,Cu} Rae8 $5 (16... c5 $5)
(16... Rad8 $5)) 16... fxe4 17. Qd4 $1 Qf5 (17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 exd5 19. cxd5
$16) (17... Rae8 18. Qxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd4 $1 $16) 18. Qe3 $5 (18. Rd1 Rae8 $13)
18... Rf6 19. Nd4 Qh5 $13) 16. Qxb3 d6 (16... e5 $5 17. c5 d6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19.
Rfc1 (19. Rc7 Ba6) 19... e4 $1 20. Rc7 Rac8 21. e3 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Rf7 $10) 17.
c5 dxc5 (17... e5 $5) 18. dxe6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 (19. e7+ $2 {Hansen,Cu} Rf7 20.
Kxg2 Qxe7 $17) 19... Rae8 20. Re3 Re7 (20... f4 21. e7+ Rf7 22. Re6 Qf5 23. Rd1
fxg3 24. fxg3 Qf2+ 25. Kh3 Qf5+ 26. g4 Qf2 27. Rd8 Qf1+ 28. Kh4 Qf2+ 29. Qg3
$18) 21. Rd1 f4 22. gxf4 (22. Rf3 {Hansen,Cu} Qxe6 $17) 22... Qxf4 23. f3 Qg5+
(23... c4 $1 24. Qc3 Rfe8 25. Re4 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 (26. Rg4 Qf5 $10) 26... Rxe6 (
26... b5 $5) 27. Qxc4 Qe7 $10) 24. Kh1 h6 25. Rd7 $14 c4 $1 (25... Rfe8 26. Re4
$14) (25... Rfe8 $10 {Hansen,Cu}) 26. Qxc4 (26. Qc3 Rfe8 27. Re4 $14 {>=})
26... c5 $2 (26... Qxe3 27. Rxe7 Qf2 28. Qg4 (28. h4 Qf1+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh3
Qf1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kg3 $4 Rxf3+ $19) 31... Qf2+ $10) 28... g5 $10) 27. Qe4 $16
Rfe8 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. f4 (29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qxf6 $2 gxf6 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke7
$14) 29... Qf6 30. b3 g6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Re7 33. Qd5 Qf5 34. Re5 (34. Qxf5
$2 {Hansen,Cu} gxf5 {/\Kf6=}) 34... Qf8 35. e4 (35. e3 $5 {Hansen,Cu /
\Kf3-e2-d2-c2-b1 + e3-e4,f4-f5}) 35... Qf6 36. h4 $18 Qf8 37. h5 $6 (37. a4 Qf6
38. a5 bxa5 39. Qxc5 Rb7 40. Qd5 Qe7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rf5 $18) (37. Qd6 {
Hansen,Cu} Qf6 38. Qd8 $18 Kh7 39. Kh3 (39. Rd5 $2 Qc3+ (39... Qxe6 40. Re5 Rd7
41. Rxe6 Rxd8 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. h5 $18) 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kg5 Qg7 {/\42..Qh6 43.
Kf6 Qg7+ =} 42. Qxe7 Qxe7#) (39. Kg4 Kg7 40. h5 gxh5+ 41. Kh3 Kh7 $16) 39...
Kg7 40. f5 {/\Rd5-d7} gxf5 41. exf5 Qxe5 (41... Kh7 42. Rd5 Qc3+ 43. Rd3 Qf6
44. Qxe7+ $18) 42. Qxe7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qxh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+
$18) 37... Qf6 (37... gxh5 {Hansen,Cu} 38. Rxh5 Qf6 39. Qe5 $18) 38. hxg6 $2 (
38. Qd1 $1 g5 (38... gxh5 39. Qxh5 Rxe6 40. Qg4+ Kf7 41. Rf5 $18) 39. Qg4 Qxf4+
40. Qxf4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Kf6 42. Rf5+ Kxe6 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 45. Ke5
Kd7 46. Kd5 $18) (38. Qd8 $2 {Hansen,Cu} g5 39. Rf5 gxf4+ 40. Rxf4 Qxe6 $13)
38... Qxg6+ 39. Kf3 (39. Kf2 {Hansen,Cu} Qg4 $132) 39... Qg1 $132 40. Qd2 Kh7
$1 {/\Rg7} 41. Qg2 Qd1+ 42. Qe2 (42. Ke3 Qd4+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+ $10)
42... Qh1+ $10 43. Qg2 (43. Ke3 $2 Rg7 44. e7 Rg3+ 45. Kd2 Qa1 $19) 43... Qd1+
44. Qe2 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rfe1 (12. h4 $5 g6 13. d5 e5 14. h5
Bg7 15. Bh3 $14) 12... g6 13. b4 (13. h4 h5 14. d5 e5 15. b4 Bg7 16. Bh3 Qe7
17. a3 Nf6 18. Nh2 Kh7 19. Qb2 Bh6 20. Rc2 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rfxc8 22. Nf3 Ng4 $10 {
Sahovic-Abramovic/Cetinje/1992}) 13... Bg7 14. a3 Qe7 15. h4 h5 16. Bh3 c5 $5
17. d5 $6 (17. bxc5 $1 bxc5 (17... dxc5 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd4+
21. Kh2 $14) 18. d5 e5 (18... Nb6 $5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ng5 Bh6 21. Nb5 $14) (
18... exd5 19. exd5 $14) 19. Rb1 Nb6 (19... Ba6 20. Nb5 $14) (19... Rfb8 20.
Nb5 $14 a6 $6 21. Nc7 Ra7 22. Qa5) 20. Qa2 $14 {/\a4-a5}) 17... e5 18. Qc2 (18.
bxc5 Nxc5 $15) (18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Rae8 21. Nb5 Bc8 22. Qa5
Re7 $15 {/\Bh6,f5}) 18... Bh6 19. Rb1 Bc8 $10 20. Kg2 $2 (20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Bf1
Bg4 22. bxc5 bxc5 $10) 20... cxb4 $1 21. axb4 Nf6 $36 {/^c,><c4} 22. Bxc8 Rfxc8
23. Qd3 a6 (23... Qc7 24. Nb5 Qxc4 $2 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Nxd6 Rc2 27. Nxe5 $16)
24. Re2 $6 (24. Na4 {>=} Nd7 (24... Qc7 $2 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Nb6
$16) 25. Re2 Rc7 26. Rc2 Rac8 27. c5 bxc5 (27... b5 28. Nb2 dxc5 $4 29. d6 $18)
28. bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Qxa6 $10) 24... Qc7 25. c5 $2 (
25. Na4 $8 Nd7 26. Rc2 (26. Nb2 a5 $15) 26... b5 27. Nb2 a5 28. c5 axb4 29. c6
Nc5 30. Qxb5 Nxe4 31. Qxb4 Nf6 $15 {><d5}) 25... bxc5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Na4 Qa5
$17 28. Ra2 (28. Nb6 Rc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Nxa8 Qd3 $17) 28... Nd7 29. Qe2 Qd8
30. Ne1 a5 31. Nc2 Rab8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Na3 Rb4 34. Nc2 Rb3 35. Na3 Qb8 36.
Nc4 Qb4 37. Qc2 (37. Nab2 Bc1 $17) 37... Rb1 38. Rb2 Rxb2 39. Naxb2 Nb6 40.
Nxb6 Qxb6 41. Qc8+ Bf8 42. Nc4 (42. Na4 Qd4 43. Qc2 Bh6 $17 {/\Bd2}) 42... Qb4
43. f4 $2 (43. Qa6 a4 44. f3 $17 {>=}) 43... exf4 44. gxf4 Qe1 $1 45. Nxd6 Qe2+
46. Kg3 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qxf4 $19 48. Ne8 Qxe4+ 49. Kg3 Qe5+ 50. Kf2 a4 51. d6 a3
52. d7 a2 53. Qa8 (53. d8=Q a1=Q $19) 53... Qd4+ 54. Kf3 Qg4+ 55. Kf2 Qxh4+ 56.
Ke2 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 (11. a3 exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qc2
c5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 $10 {Panno,O-Hjartarson,J/Dubai/1986/ Inf 42/710/}) 11... Nac5
(11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. e4 $13 {Tukmakov,
V-Anand,V/New Delhi/1986/ Inf 41/627/}) 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Nxe4 (13. Ndb5 a6 14.
Nxc7 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rac8 16. b4 Rxc7 17. bxc5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 $10 {Browne,
W-Dzindzichashvili,R/Amsterdam/1978/ Inf 26/639/}) 13... Nxe4 14. f3 Ng5 15.
Bf2 c5 $1 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Qb3 (17. c5 $2 Rfd8 $1 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qb4 a5 20.
Qc3 b4 $17) 17... c5 $15 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Bc6 20. a3 (20. h4 $5 Nf7) 20...
Nf7 21. Nc3 {/\ f4} Qb7 22. Rxd8+ (22. h4 $5) 22... Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1
g5 25. h3 h5 26. Ne3 $17 Bd4 $6 (26... Kg7 $17) 27. Nc2 Be5 28. Ne1 Qc7 29. g4
h4 (29... hxg4 $5 30. hxg4 (30. fxg4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ 32. Nf3 Bf6 $15) 30...
f4 31. Qc2 Kg7 $17) 30. Qc2 Qd7 31. b4 Bd4 32. e3 Bf6 33. gxf5 exf5 34. bxc5
bxc5 35. Nd3 Qd6 36. e4 $1 fxe4 37. fxe4 Bd4 38. e5 $1 Bxf2+ (38... Nxe5 39.
Nxe5 Bxg2 (39... Bxe5 40. Bxc6 Qxc6 41. Qf5 $10) (39... Qxe5 40. Qg6+) 40. Kxg2
Bxe5 41. Qf5 $10) 39. Nxf2 Nxe5 40. Qf5 Bxg2 41. Qxg5+ Kf7 42. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bc1 Qc8 $6 (10... d5 11. Ne5 c5 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. Rc1 $14 {
Portisch,L-Timman,J/Amsterdam/1984/1/2-1/2/46/}) 11. Bb2 d5 12. Ne5 Re8 (12...
dxc4 13. Nc6 Bd6 14. bxc4 $16) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 c5 $2 (14... Bf8 15. Nd3
$14) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 (17... Rd8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qc2
$16) 18. Qxd5 Qf5 19. Qb7 $1 f6 20. Nd3 (20. Qxa6 fxe5 21. b4 $16) 20... Nb4
21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. a3 Rab8 23. Qxa7 Nd5 (23... Nc6 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxb3
26. Bxf6 $18) 24. Rxc5 Qe6 (24... Rxb3 25. Qa4 $16) 25. Rc2 Rxb3 26. Qd4 $18
Rbb8 27. Rd1 Rbd8 28. Rcd2 Nb6 29. Qb4 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Nc4 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. a4 h5
33. h4 Kh8 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Ne1 Nac5 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 (14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd3 a5 16. b5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20.
Qc2 $10 {Plachetka,J-Prandstetter,E/CSSR/1986/}) 14... fxe4 15. Ng2 Bg5 16. Qd4
Qe7 17. Rcd1 exd5 18. cxd5 c5 19. dxc6 dxc6 20. h4 Bf6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Bxf6
Rxf6 23. Ne3 Raf8 24. Rd2 (24. Rd4 $5 c5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rd2 $14) 24... Bc8
25. Rd4 Be6 26. Qc2 (26. Qxc6 $2 Bh3 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxf1 29. Nxf1 Rxf2
$17) 26... Qf7 27. Rxe4 Bh3 (27... Rxf2 28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qe7 30. Rxf8+
Qxf8 31. Qxc6 Bxa2 $14) 28. f3 (28. Rd1 Rxf2 $17) 28... Bxf1 29. Nxf1 Re8 $17
30. Nd2 Rd8 $6 (30... Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Re6 32. Ng5 Qg6 33. Qc4 Re7 $17) (30... h6
$5 $17) 31. Kg2 h6 32. Nc4 Re6 33. Ne5 Qf5 34. g4 Qf6 35. f4 Rf8 (35... Rf8 $10
36. g5 (36. e3 $2 Qxh4) (36. h5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Qxf4 38. Qe4 Qf1+ 39. Kg3 $10) (
36. Nd7 $2 Qg6 37. f5 Rxf5 $17) 36... hxg5 37. hxg5 Qf5 38. Qd3 Rxe5 39. Rxe5
$10) 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-05"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1985.03.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d6 $6 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 (10... c6 11. Rc1 exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. f4 Bf6 14.
e3 Na6 15. Nde4 Nc7 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Oll,L/Tallinn/1983/}) 11. f4 c6 12. a3 a6
13. Kh1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. Rc1 (15. dxe6 $5 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 fxe6 17. e4 Rc8
18. Qg4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Nd3 20. Qxe6 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Rxc3 22. Rxb2 $14) 15... Rc8 16.
Nb3 Nf6 17. e4 exd5 (17... Qd7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 $14) 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Qd3
b5 20. h3 Bd8 21. g4 Bb6 22. Nd2 Rfe8 23. Nde4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 h6 (
25... f5 $6 26. Ng5 Re3 27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28. gxf5 Kg8 29. Ne4 Bxd5 $2 30. Rc8+ $18
) 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. g5 $16 Bc8 (27... hxg5 $6 28. Nxg5 g6 29. Qg3 $16) 28. gxh6
g6 29. Qd2 $1 Bxh3 30. Rc1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qa7 32. Nxd6 Be3 33. Qc3+ Bd4 34.
Nxf7+ Kg8 (34... Kh7 35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Qc7 $16) 35. Qc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Bxb2 37.
h7+ 1-0

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 ({A solid variation and less adventurous than} 9. d5) 9... Bf6 10.
Rad1 {[%cal Yd4d5]} Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 {This is an interesting position, where
is the queen to move? White has tried all the playable responses.} 12. Qc1 $1 {
[%cal Yg2h3,Yf3d2,Ye2e4] Probably the best move. White is planning expansion
in the centre with Bh3, Nd2 and e4. The other moves 12.Qb3 or 12.Qa4 are more
provocative and 12.Qd2 has the slight disadvantage of disturbing the harmony
in White's position. After all, the queen on c1 is not in the way for its own
pieces. Compair with the queen on d2 which prevents Nd2.} (12. Qb3 a5 {[%cal
Ya5a4] Tisdall}) (12. Qa4 Qc8 $6 (12... d6 $142 $11) 13. Rd2 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Nxa6
15. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]} d6 16. b4 $6 (16. b3) (16. a4) 16... c6 $1 17. a4 b5 (
17... Nc7 18. c5) 18. axb5 (18. d5 $1 $13 {Skembris}) 18... cxb5 19. Ra2 Nc7
20. c5 Nd5 21. Be1 dxc5 22. Rxc5 (22. dxc5 a5 $1) 22... a6 $15 {
Skembris-Engqvist, Gausdal Troll Masters 1993}) (12. Qd2 {The second best
choice, now White cannot play Bh3 and Nd2 which is the most effective plan.} d6
13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 {[%cal Yd2c2,Ye2e4]} Qe7 $1 {It important to play the
Queenmove before the natural Knightmove.} (14... Nd7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. e4 $14
fxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Nd5
Bxc3 23. Nxc3 $1 $14 {Tisdall-Engqvist, Gausdal Troll Master 1993} (23. bxc3
Nf6 24. Nxc7 Rac8 25. Nb5 Rxc4 26. Rxd6 Rc5 {[%csl Rc3]})) 15. Nf4 (15. Qc2 Qf7
$1 {This is the reason black has to play 14...Qe7 before 14...Nd7. After} 16.
e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 {Black has the strong reply} d5 {for instance} 18. Qd3 Nc6 $11
{with pressure on the centre.}) 15... Nd7 16. d5 Bg5 17. dxe6 Bxf4 18. Qxf4
Qxe6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 {1/2 Karpov-Polugaevskij, Amsterdam 1981}) 12... d6 (12...
Qe8 {[%cal Ye8h5] is aimed at preventing 13.Bh3 but after} 13. Rfe1 {[%cal
Yg2f1,Yf3d2,Ye2e4]} Qh5 14. Bf1 {Black cannot hinder White's plan anyway.}) 13.
Ne1 ({Maybe Romanishin doesn't like} 13. Bh3 {because of Gulko's suggestion}
Nd7 $5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. e4 c5 $1 $13 (15... Qe8)) (13. Rfe1) 13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2
Nd7 15. Qc2 {If White plans to exchange the centralized bishop in this manner
it doesn't matter if he plays 12.Qd2 or 12.Qc1 but 12.Qc1 is still more
flexible.} Re8 $146 (15... Qe7) 16. Nf4 {[%cal Yd4d5]} (16. e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 e5
{[%csl Re4]}) 16... Bg5 17. e3 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5]} g6 ({The exchange} 17... Bxf4
{immediately without the weakening g6 looks better.}) 18. d5 Bxf4 19. exf4 Nf6
(19... e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. f4) 20. Rfe1 exd5 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. cxd5 $16 {
[%csl Gc3,Rc7,Rg8][%cal Gc3h8] Black has problems both on the Kingswing and
the Queenswing.} Qd7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Kf8 26. Re1
Qg8 27. h3 {[%cal Yg3g4]} Rd8 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rd7 30. Re3 Re7 31. Rg3 {
It is important to avoid the exchange of rooks.} Qg7 32. Qd2 Qh6 33. Qd4 Qg7
34. Qd3 Qf7 35. f5 $1 {[%csl Rf8]} gxf5 36. Rf3 Ng7 37. gxf5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Nh5
38. f6 Re8 39. Qf5 Qg6+ 40. Kf1 Rd8 41. f7 $18 Ng7 42. Qf6 Qb1+ 43. Be1 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6
8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be7 (13...
Be5 $1 {Anand}) 14. f4 $1 Nd7 (14... Bc8 $1 {Anand has been tried here} 15. Nf2
a6 16. g4 b5 17. g5 Nd7 {At least the knight is not on e4}) 15. g4 a6 16. a4
Re8 (16... Nf6 17. Nf2 h6 18. h4 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. e3 $16) 17. g5 Bf8 18.
Kh1 $1 $16 b5 $5 (18... g6 19. Bh3 $16) (18... Rb8 19. b3 $16) 19. axb5 axb5
20. Nxb5 Qb6 (20... Nb6 21. Nbc3 Nc4 22. Qd3 Ba6 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Qb5 $18)
23. Qg3 {/\ 24.f5, g6}) 21. Nbc3 (21. Na3 Ba6 $1 $132) 21... Qb4 (21... Ba6 22.
Rf3 {/\ Rh3, Qe1-h4}) 22. Qd3 Nb6 23. Qg3 $1 Kh8 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25.
Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6+ Kh8 27. Bxd5 $18) 24. Rcd1 Nc4 (24... Na4 25. Rb1 $5) (
24... Bc8 25. f5 Re5 26. g6 Bxf5 27. Ng5 $1) 25. b3 $1 (25. f5 Ne5 $1) 25...
Nb6 26. g6 $1 (26. f5 Ra3 27. g6 f6 $1) 26... fxg6 (26... hxg6 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28.
Ng5 $18) (26... f6 27. gxh7 {/\ Nf6}) 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Nd7 29. Rdf1 (29.
Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxc3 (30... Nf8 31. Qg3 Ng6 32. e4 $16) 31. Qxd7 Ba6 32.
Rdf1 Rg8 33. d6 Bxe2 $13) 29... Ne5 30. R5f4 (30. Ng5 Qg4 31. Rxe5 $6 Qxg3 32.
Rxe8 Qxg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 Rxe8 $13) 30... Qb6 (30... Ng6 31. Rg4 Bc8 32. Rxg6 hxg6
33. Qxg6 {/\ Ng5+-}) 31. Ng5 Ng6 (31... Be7 32. Nf7+ Nxf7 33. Rxf7 Bf8 34. Be4
Kg8 35. Bxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rg1 $18) 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qxg6 $1 (33. Qxg6 $1 hxg6 34.
Rh4) 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. b4 {Vallejo Pons is coming up
with a new strategic plan, after b4-b5 black will experience some problems
with the sensitive square c6.} g6 13. a4 (13. d5 $6 a5 $1 14. a3 $140 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd5 $15) 13... a5 14. b5 Bg7
15. Rac1 Qe7 (15... Re8 16. e3 Rc8 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nd2 $14) 16. Qg5 $1 {The
exchange of the queens aims to diminish the importance of the bishops pair,
for the endgame type of battle white pieces are already perfectly prepared.}
Nf6 (16... Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Nf3 $14) (16... Rae8 17. Qxe7
Rxe7 18. e3 $14) 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rac8 (18... Rfe8 19. e4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. f3 $14) 19. Ne4 Rfd8 (19... c5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Rd3 $13) 20.
Ne3 h6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Qxh6 Bg5 23. Qh3 c5 24. f4 $14) 22. Qxf6
Bxf6 23. c5 $1 dxc5 (23... bxc5 24. dxc5 d5 25. Rc2 Rb8 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. Nf1 $14
) 24. dxc5 Bg5 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 bxc5 26. Nc4 Kf8 27. Rc1 Ke8 28. Kg2 Ra8
29. Kf3 $14) 25. c6 (25. f4 $5 Be7 (25... Bf6 26. c6 Bb2 27. Rb1 Bd4 28. Kf2
Rd6 29. Kf3 Rcd8 30. Nc4 Rd5 31. e4 $14) 26. c6 Bc5 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Kf3 Bxe3
29. Kxe3 Ke7 30. Ke4 $14) 25... Kf8 26. Rd7 {White is unduly avoiding the
possibility of 26.f4!, since in that case the defense would be more
problematic for Ponomariov.} (26. f4 $1 $14) 26... Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rxd7 28. cxd7
Rd8 29. Rxc7 Ke7 30. Rb7 Rxd7 31. Rxb6 (31. Rxd7+ $2 Kxd7 $19) 31... Rd1+ 32.
Kf2 Ra1 33. Rb7+ (33. e4 Rxa4 34. e5 Rb4 35. Rb7+ Kd8 36. b6 a4 37. h3 a3 38.
Kf3 a2 (38... Ra4 39. Ra7) 39. Ra7 Rb2 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. b7 $11) 33... Kd6 34.
Rb6+ (34. Rxf7 Rxa4 35. Rf6 g5 36. Rxh6 Rb4 37. h4 Rxb5 38. Rh8 $11) 34... Kd5
35. e4+ $2 {The frustrated Spaniard feels, that he completely have lost the
advantage, but this pawn sacrifice will be dangerous for him.} (35. Rb7 Rxa4
36. Rxf7 Rb4 37. Rf6 Rxb5 38. Rxg6 a4 39. Rxh6 a3 40. Rh4 Ra5 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42.
Rd1 a2 43. Ra1 Kd5 44. h4 Kc4 45. g4 Kb3 46. h5 $13) 35... Kxe4 36. Ra6 (36.
Rb7 f5 $15) 36... Rxa4 37. b6 e5 38. b7 Rb4 39. Ra7 (39. Rxa5 Rxb7 40. Ra4+ Kf5
41. h3 Rb6 $17) 39... h5 40. h3 (40. b8=Q Rxb8 41. Rxf7 Ra8 42. Rf3 a4 43. Ra3
Kd4 $19) 40... f6 41. Rxa5 (41. g4 $1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf4 43. Rxa5 Rxb7 44. Ra4+
Kg5 45. e3 Rh7 46. Kg3 Rh4 47. Re4 f5 48. Rxe5 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 $17) 41... Rxb7
42. Ra4+ (42. g4 $1 hxg4 (42... Kf4 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Ra4+ Kf5 45. e3 $17) 43.
Ra4+ Kf5 44. hxg4+ Kg5 45. e3 $17) 42... Kf5 43. e4+ $2 {It seems most likely,
that after this move white is beyond hope. Brilliant technician from Ukraine
will realize the advantage with great confidence.} (43. g4+ $1) 43... Kg5 44.
Ra6 (44. h4+ Kg4 45. Ra3 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 f5 $19) 44... Rf7 45. Kf3 h4 $1 46. Rb6 (
46. g4 Rc7 47. Ra2 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 Re3 50. Ra4 Kf4 51. Ra6 Re2+ 52.
Kg1 Rxe4 $19) (46. gxh4+ Kxh4 47. Ra8 Rh7 48. Rg8 Kg5 49. Kg3 Rh6 50. Rg7 Rh8
$19) 46... Rh7 47. Re6 (47. g4 Ra7 $19) 47... hxg3 48. Kxg3 Rh4 $1 49. Rxf6 $8
Rxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf6 51. Kg4 Kf7 52. Kh4 Kg8 53. Kg4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Kish 2nd"]
[Site "Kish"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Sharbaf, Mohsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxb7 Bxc1 (11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 (12. Rxe2 Nd7
13. Bxa8 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qxa8 15. Qe4 c6 16. b4 Qc8 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Qxd6 Nc5 19.
dxc5 Rxd6 20. cxd6 {1-0 Cramling,P-Balbutin,N/Kapuskasing 2003/ (27)}) 12...
Bxc1 13. Raxc1 Nd7 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Qe4 Qc8 16. b4 d5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. c5 Qd7
19. a4 h5 20. b5 Qe7 21. Kg2 h4 {1/2-1/2 Bodiroga,P-Savic,M/Jahorina 2001/ (52)
}) (11... Nd7 12. Bxa8 (12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxa8 Nxe2+ 14. Rxe2 Rxa8 15. Qe4 Rb8
16. Qc6 Qd8 17. b4 Nf6 18. Rc1 h5 19. h3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,Z-Radivojevic,I/
Petrovac 2004/ (39)}) 12... Bxc1 13. bxc3 Bb2 14. Qxb2 Qxa8 15. e4 e5 16. Qb5
Qc8 17. Rad1 h5 18. h4 g6 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. f3 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M-Meczynski,W/
Lublin 1999/ (30)}) 12. Bxa8 $1 {Kunte chooses an exact move, that improves on
the older 12.bxc3.} (12. bxc3 Bh6 13. Bxa8 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 e5 16. a4 f5
17. Bc6 Na6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc5 20. Ree1 Qf6 21. Bb5 e4 {1/2-1/2 Konopka,
M-Szurovszky,E/Hungary 1996/ (62)}) 12... Nxe2+ (12... Bh6 13. Qxc3 $16) 13.
Rxe2 Bg5 14. Bg2 Bf6 (14... c5 15. d5 e5 16. Rf1 $16) 15. Rd1 Qc8 (15... d5 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. b4 c6 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Red2 Ne7 21. Qxb5 $16) 16. b4 {
Black doesn't seem to get any real compensation for the missing exchange.} c5 (
16... c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 $18) 17. bxc5 bxc5 (17... dxc5 18. d5 exd5 19.
Bxd5 $16) 18. d5 exd5 (18... e5 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qa4 $18) 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Qa4 (
20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rd5 Be5 22. Re3 $16) 20... Nd4 21. Re3 {White is in complete
control of the whole board, the knight on central square notwithstanding.} Nf5
(21... Qc7 22. Rb1 $18) 22. Re4 Ne7 (22... Qc7 23. Rb1 $18) 23. Qxa7 Nxd5 24.
Rxd5 Qc6 (24... Be5 25. Re3 $18) 25. Re3 h6 26. Rb3 Bd4 27. Rb8 {The last task
is to prevent counterplay for black.} g6 28. h4 Kg7 (28... Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kg7
30. Qxd6 Qa4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. c5 $18) 29. Rxf8 Kxf8
30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. a4 Qa6 (31... Qxa4 $2 32. Qxd6+ Ke8 33. Qd8#) 32. a5 Kd7 33.
Qb5+ (33. Qb5+ Qc6 34. a6 Kc7 35. Qxc6+ Kxc6 36. Rxd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 c5 11. d5 (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14.
b3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 a5 17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Rf7 19. e3 a4 {1/2-1/2
Chehlov,A-Rosen,W/Rowy/2000/ (53)}) 11... Bxc3 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13.
Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Rxf6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Na6 18. Nxe4 Rh6 19.
Rfe1 Nc7 20. Ng5 {1-0 Tisdall,J-Groenn,A/NOR/1991/ (41)}) 12. Bxc3 exd5 13.
cxd5 d6 14. Nh4 (14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 f4 18. Nf3 b5
19. e5 b4 20. Qd2 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 f3 23. Bh3 {1-0 Rumiancev,
B-Novikov,V/Vilnius/1996/ (61)}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Na6 $11) 15...
Qf6 16. f4 Na6 17. Bh3 g6 18. e4 {White has to get some play on the kingside,
since if black manages to complete the development his position will be sound.}
Nc7 (18... fxe4 19. Be6+ Kg7 20. Rfe1 Nc7 21. Rxe4 Rae8 22. Rde1 b5 23. f5 $36)
19. Rfe1 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Rae8 (20... Bxd5 $2 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bxd5
$16) 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. c4 b5 (22... Qe7 23. Ng2 Qg7 24. Qb3 Re2 $13) 23. Bd7
Re7 $6 (23... Rb8 $1 24. cxb5 (24. Bxb5 Bxd5 25. Qd3 Bf7 26. Bc6 Rb6 27. Bg2
Qb2 $15) 24... Bxd5 25. f5 g5 26. Ng2 Qf7 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. bxc6 $13) 24. Bxb5
Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 1024] There was no need to go into extreme and accept position
with rook for the two pieces.} (24... Nxb5 25. cxb5 Bc8 26. Kg2 g5 27. fxg5
Qxg5 $44) 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qd4+ 27. Kf1 Rb7 (27... Qxd5 $2 28. Bc4 $18) (
27... Kg7 28. Bc6 Re3 (28... c4 29. Nf3 Qe3 30. Qd1 c3 31. Qd4+ $16) 29. Kg2 c4
30. Nf3 Qd3 31. Qxd3 cxd3 32. Bb5 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rxa2 34. Bxd3 $16) 28. Qe2 c4 $2
{The pawn push comes too early, white will be able to deliver mating attack.} (
28... Kg7 $1 29. Qe6 (29. Nf3 Qxd5 30. Bc4 Qf5 31. Qd2 Qf6 $14) 29... c4 30.
Nf3 (30. a4 a6 31. Bd7 Qd3+ 32. Kg2 Rb2+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kg4 Qd1+ 35. Kh3 $11)
30... Qd3+ 31. Kg2 Rxb5 32. Qd7+ Kg8 33. Qxb5 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 35. Qxc4 $16)
29. Nf3 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 c3 (30... Rxb5 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qxb5 $18) 31. Kh3 $1 Kg7 (
31... c2 32. Qxc2 Rxb5 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qxb5 $18) 32. Nd4 Qb2 (
32... c2 33. Nxc2 Qxa2 34. Bc6 $18) 33. Qe8 c2 (33... Rxb5 34. Ne6+ $18) 34.
Ne6+ Kh6 35. Qd8 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4
d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 Ne6 (13... Bd6 14.
Nc4 (14. Nd3 Ne6 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qa3 Qe7 18. Na4 {1/2-1/2
Jirovsky,P-Nun,J/CZE/2000/ (18)}) 14... Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. Na5
Ba8 18. Qc2 c4 19. a3 Rfd8 20. e3 {1/2-1/2 Polak,T-Nun,J/CZE/2000/ (45)}) 14.
Rfd1 (14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qa4 d4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxf4 19. gxf4
Qd6 20. e3 dxe3 21. fxe3 Qd2 {0-1 Freisler,P-Votava,J/CSR/1992/ (39)}) 14...
Nxf4 (14... g5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bxd5 Qxe5 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5 Rxb2 19. Bb3 Rc8
20. Qa3 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd4 22. Qc4 {1-0 Sadriev,T-Semakin,A/Yerevan/1983/ (33)})
15. gxf4 Qd6 16. e3 {The new move, that neglects the possibility to grab the
central pawn with a small combination starting with 16.Nxd5.} (16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Qh6 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 Rae8 21. Qf5 f6 22. Nd3 {1-0
Tukmakov,V-Langeweg,K/Ostend/1990/ (31)}) 16... Qe6 (16... Rfb8 17. b4 $1 cxb4
18. Nb5 $14) 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxb3 20. Bxe6 Rxb2
21. Bb3 $16) 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 (20... Rxb2 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. a4 $14)
21. Rxd5 Rxb2 22. a4 Ra2 23. Rc4 g6 24. Kg2 Bh4 (24... Re8 25. Rd7 a6 26. Ra7
Bh4 27. Rxc5 Bxf2 28. Kf3 $14) 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. f5 $1 {White takes some
advantage of the strange location of bishop h4, but the position is close to
equality.} (26. Rdxc5 $2 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxa4 $15) 26... g5 (26... Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. Nxc5 (28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Nxc5 Bb6 $11) 28... gxf5 29. Nb3 $14) 27. e4
h5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kf3 Rb8 (29... g4+ $2 30. hxg4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Bxf2 32. f6+ $1
Kh6 33. Rh5+ Kg6 34. Rh2 $18) 30. Rdxc5 Rb3 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxa4 33. Rc7
$1 Ra3 (33... g4+ 34. hxg4 hxg4+ 35. Kf4 $14) (33... a5 34. e5 g4+ 35. hxg4
hxg4+ 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. Rd7 $14) (33... Kf6 $5 34. Rc6+ Ke7 35. e5 $13) 34. Ke2
Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Pushkov has not understood, that his position
is under grave danger, white central pawns can do lot of harm.} (35... a5 36.
e5 Kf8 37. f6 Ke8 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf5 Bxf2 40. e6 fxe6+ 41. Kg6 $18) (35...
Kf6 $5) 36. e5 Kg8 (36... a5 37. e6 $16) (36... Kf8 37. f6 Ke8 38. Ke4 $16) 37.
f6 Bxf2+ (37... a5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. e6 $18) 38. Kxf2 Rxd3 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. e6 (
40. e6 Rd6 41. e7 Rxf6+ 42. Kg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Na6 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Bxb7 $2 Nxe2+ 13. Kg2
Nxd4 14. Qd3 Bxe5 15. Bxa6 c5 $19) 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 (13... d6 14. Nc6
Qe8 15. d5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 f4 (16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qxe2 18. Rfe1 Qg4 19. Re7 $14)
17. Rfe1 fxg3 18. hxg3 e5 $13) 14. Rfe1 Qb7+ (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 f4 16. Rd4
fxg3 17. hxg3 Qe8 18. Red1 $14) 15. Kg1 (15. d5 Nc5 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rae8
$13) 15... Bxe5 $6 {[%mdl 16] Black understimates the dangers of a cramped
nature of his d pawn.} (15... c6 16. Qc1 d6 17. Nd3 Qe7 $13) 16. dxe5 Rf7 17.
b4 c6 18. Rd6 b5 (18... f4 19. g4 $14) 19. Red1 bxc4 20. a3 Rc8 (20... Nc7 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qc8 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qa6 25. Rc1 $14) (20... Rd8 21. Rxe6
Nc7 22. Red6 Nb5 23. R6d2 Nxa3 24. Qa2 Nb5 25. Qxc4 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rb8 27. Rd4
$14) 21. Be1 Nb8 $6 (21... Qb5 22. a4 Qxe5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 $14) 22. a4
c5 (22... f4 23. Qxc4 fxg3 24. hxg3 $16) 23. b5 Qe4 (23... a6 24. Qxc4 axb5 25.
axb5 $16) 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Bc3 Kf8 $6 {Timman misses the last chance to stirr
trouble for white, without counterplay is black position completely lost.} (
25... Rcf8 $5 26. Rf1 g5 27. a5 g4 28. a6 (28. e3 Kg7 29. a6 Kg6 30. Rd2 Kf5
31. Ra1 h5 32. Ra4 d5 33. exd6 Nd7 34. Rxc4 Rb8 35. Rb2 $14) 28... e3 29. f4
gxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. exf3 Rxf3 32. b6 Nc6 33. Rxd7 axb6 34. Rc7 e2 35. Rxc6
Rxc3 36. Kf2) 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Bd2 Rc8 28. g4 c3 29. Be3 (29. Bxc3 Ke8 30. Rc1
$18) 29... a6 30. Rc1 axb5 31. axb5 Ke8 (31... c4 32. Rxc3 Ke8) 32. Rxc3 c4 33.
h3 (33. Rd4 d5 34. exd6 Rb7 35. Rxe4 Kd7 36. b6 $18) 33... Rf8 34. Ba7 $1 Ke7 (
34... Rf7 35. Rb6 $18) 35. Rd4 e3 (35... d5 36. exd6+ Kd7 37. Rxe4 $18) 36.
fxe3 Rc7 37. Bb6 Rb7 (37... Rcc8 38. Rdxc4 $18) 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. b6 $1 (39.
Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Rdxc4 Rxb5 $16) 39... Rg8 40. Ra3 d5 (40... Nc6 41. Ra8+ Rb8 42.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 43. Rxc4 $18) 41. exd6 e5 42. Ra7 $1 (42. Ra7 $1 Rd7 43. Rxc4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Nxc3 {Exchange of the knight on c3 is very
risky, Ponomariov will be quickly exposed to the severe test.} 12. bxc3 Na6 13.
e4 $1 dxe4 14. Nd2 g5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This maddeningly courageous move is
dubious for two reasons. Simple logic is teaching, that it is not very smart
to tease the tiger ready to attack and on top of it 14..g5? is objectively
very weak solution of the problems.} (14... Re8 $1 15. Re1 g5 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 (
16... Bxe4 17. Rxe4 gxf4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qf1 (19. Bb7 fxg3 20. hxg3 c5) (19.
Qd3 b5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. a4 c6 22. axb5 Nc7 $11) 19... b5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21.
Qxb5 Qc8 22. Re1 c6 $11) 17. Rxe4 gxf4 18. Re8+ Qxe8 19. Bxb7 fxg3 (19... c5
20. Qg4+ Bg7 21. Qxf4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rd8 23. Bxa6 Rxd4 24. Qf5 $14) 20. hxg3 c5
21. Bxa6 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rd8 $11) 15. Be3 (15. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 gxf4 17. Qh5
Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bb7) (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Qg4 h6 19. h4 $16) 16. Bxe4 gxf4 17. Qh5 Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bb7 c5
20. Bxa6 cxd4 21. Rfd1 fxg3 22. hxg3 $16) 15... Re8 16. f4 exf3 (16... gxf4 17.
Rxf4 Bg7 (17... Bg5 18. Rg4 f6 19. Nxe4 $18) 18. Nxe4 $16) 17. Bxf3 Bd5 (17...
c6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Qb3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bxg5 $16) (17... Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Re6 19. Ne4 Qe8 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 $18) 18. Bxd5
Qxd5 19. Rxf6 Rxe3 20. Qg4 {Ponomariov is fighting with the problems of
exposed kingside pawns, but also with the miserable location of the knight on
a6.} Re6 (20... Rae8 $5 21. Rf5 (21. Nf3 R3e4 (21... h6 22. Qh5 $16) 22. Qxg5+
Qxg5 23. Nxg5 Re2 24. Nxf7 Rxa2 25. Ne5 Nc5 26. Re1 $14) 21... Qe6 22. Qxg5+
Qg6 23. Qf4 $14) 21. Rf5 Qc6 (21... Qxa2 22. Qxg5+ Rg6 23. Qf4 c5 24. Rf1 Rf8
25. Ne4 $16) 22. Qxg5+ Rg6 23. Qh5 Rf8 (23... Nb4 24. Nf3 Nxa2 25. Ne5 Qe4 26.
Rxf7 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 $18) 24. Nf3 f6 (24... Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Ng5 Rh6 (26... h6
27. Nxf7 $18) 27. Qxh6 Qxf5 28. Re4 $16) 25. Nh4 Rg7 26. Qh6 Nb8 27. Rh5 f5 (
27... Re8 28. Nf5 Rf7 29. Rh4 Kh8 30. Qh5 Qd7 31. Rf1 $16) 28. Qf4 Qe4 (28...
Nd7 29. Rxf5 $16) 29. Rf1 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Rg4 (30... Rgf7 31. Nxf5 Kh8 32. Ne7
Rxf4 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Nxf4 $18) 31. Rfxf5 Nd7 {The knight has finally managed
to join the playing orchestra, but in the meantime black's position has become
hopeless.} (31... Re8 32. Re5 $18) 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Nf5 Kh8 (
34... Re4 35. Rg5+ Kf7 36. Rg7+ Ke6 37. g4 Nf6 38. Kf3 $18) 35. Kf3 Rg8 (35...
Rg6 36. Ne3 $18) 36. Rh6 Rf8 37. g4 Nf6 38. c4 Kg8 (38... c5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40.
Kf4 $18) 39. Kf4 Rf7 40. g5 Ne8 (40... Nd7 41. Re6 $18) 41. Ke5 Rd7 (41... Ng7
42. Rf6 Nxf5 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Kxf5 $18) 42. Ke6 Rf7 (42... Rd8 43. Ke7 Rb8 44.
Rf6 Nxf6 45. gxf6 $18) 43. Rf6 $1 {The spirited final combination is
shortening defender's suffering, white's dominating pieces will force the f
pawn through.} Nxf6 (43... Nxf6 44. gxf6 Rf8 (44... Kf8 45. Nh6) 45. f7+ Rxf7
46. Nh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Barrientos Chavarriaga, Sergio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Columbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 Nac5 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 c6 $1
$146 {[%mdl 4] Very sound idea, Black will enjoy strong centralised pieces and
a pleasant pawn structure.} (14... c5 15. Qb3 Rf7 16. Nd2 exd5 17. cxd5 c4 18.
Nxc4 Bxd5 19. Qd3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 d5 21. Qd3 g6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Bd2 Ne6 24. f4 Rd7
25. g4 {1-0 Sorin,A-Quiroga,F/Buenos Aires 2004/ (53)}) 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Qb3
c5 17. a3 Rc8 (17... Qc7 18. Rc2 f4 $15) 18. Rc2 Qc7 19. Nd2 Nd6 (19... Nxd2
20. Bxd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Qf3 Qa4 23. Rfc1 a6 $15) (19... Ng5 20. f3 Rcd8
21. Bf2 Bd4 $15) 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. f3 Qc6 (21... Qf7 22. Bf2 Rfd8 $15) 22. Bf2
e5 {Slightly double edged pawn advance. Now White will get the chance to
exploit the weakness of d5 square.} (22... Rcd8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qe3 Nb7 25.
Nb3 $11) 23. Rd1 (23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. cxd5 c4 27. Rfc1
$11) 23... e4 24. Nf1 Nb7 (24... exf3 25. exf3 f4 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rd5 $13)
25. Rd5 Qe6 26. Qa4 (26. Rcd2 a6 $11) 26... cxb4 27. axb4 Rxc4 {It was safer
to exchange on f3 first, but Black should have no real problems to reach
equality.} (27... exf3 28. exf3 (28. Qa2 $5 a5 (28... fxe2 29. Rxe2 Qf7 30.
Qxa7 Rxc4 31. Red2 $11) 29. b5 f4 30. exf3 fxg3 31. Nxg3 Nc5 32. Re2 $13) 28...
Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxd5 30. Rc7 (30. Ne3 Qxf3 31. Rf4 Qe2 32. Qd7 Nd8 $15) 30...
Qxf3 31. Qxa7 Nd8 32. Qxb6 $11) 28. Rxc4 Qxd5 29. Ne3 (29. Rc7 Nd6 30. Ne3 Qd2
$15) 29... Qe6 $2 {Unfortunate decision, Black queen will get pinned on this
square.} (29... Qf7 30. Qxa7 f4 31. gxf4 exf3 32. exf3 b5 33. Rc6 Qg6+ 34. Ng4
Nd8 $11) 30. Qxa7 b5 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Qb6 exf3 (32... f4 33. gxf4 exf3 34. exf3
Be7 35. Rd1 $14) 33. exf3 Rd8 (33... f4 34. gxf4 Bd8 35. Qd4 $14) 34. Rd1 $1 {
Suddenly Barrientos is completely tied down.} h5 (34... Be7 35. Nd5 Rd7 36.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 37. Qc6 $18) (34... Rd7 35. Nd5 $16) 35. Nd5 Kf7 36. Nf4 (36. Nf4
Qe7 37. Bc5 Nc4 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Qe6#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Kirchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. O-O
Bf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. d5 Nd6 {The knight occupies rather unnatural
square, on the other hand the pressure against the c4 pawn is not pleasant for
white.} (11... Na6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Rae8 14. Be3 exd5 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16.
Nd4 Nb4 17. a3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc2 19. e3 c6 20. Bc3 Ba6 21. Rc1 {1-0 Barkhagen,
J (2415)-Marin,M (2527)/Gothenburg 1999/ (34)}) (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Na6 13.
Nd4 Nc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 17. d6 Bxe4 18. dxe7 Rxe7 19.
Nb5 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bc6 21. f3 d6 22. e4 g5 {0-1 Hempson,P (2219)-Barton,R (2145)
/Millfield 2000/ (51)}) 12. Bf4 (12. b3 Na6 13. a3 $13) 12... e5 (12... Nxc4
13. Nb5 Nxb2 14. Rb1 e5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. d6 $1 $18) 13. Bc1 Na6 (13... Nxc4
14. Qxf5 Nd6 15. Qg4 $14) 14. b3 Nc5 (14... Nb4 15. Qb2 a5 (15... Rae8 16. a3
Na6 17. Qc2 c6 $13) 16. a3 Na6 $11) 15. b4 Nce4 (15... Na6 16. a3 c6 17. Qb3
Kh8 $13) 16. c5 $1 {Romanishin understands the need to break the position and
exploit black´s exposed pieces.} bxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 (17... Nxc3 $2 18. cxd6 $1
Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qxd6 20. Qc2 $16) 18. Ba3 Nce4 $2 {[%mdl 2048] The direction to
the center is now distinctly wrong, Gschnitzer had to consider modest retreat
to a6.} (18... Na6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxf5 Nc5 21. Nd2 $13) 19. Nxe4 (19. Rb1 $5
Ba6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nd2 (21. Qxc7 exf3 22. Bxf3 (22. Bxd6 Rac8 $1 23. Bxe7
Rxc7 24. Bxf8 fxg2 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Kxf8 $17) 22... Nb5 23. Rxb5 Qxa3
24. Ra5 Qxf3 25. exf3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Bd8 27. Qc3 Bxa5 28. Qxa5 Rxf3 29. d6 Raf8
30. Qxa7 Rxf2+ $11) 21... e3 22. fxe3 Rac8 23. Ne4 $16) 19... fxe4 20. Nd2 (20.
Qxc7 exf3 21. Bxd6 Rfc8 22. Bxe7 (22. Qxb7 Qxd6 23. Bxf3 Rcb8 $19) 22... Rxc7
23. Bxf3 Bxe7 24. d6 Bxf3 25. exf3 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 $11) 20... Qf7 $2 (20... Rac8
21. Nxe4 a5 22. Rd3 $1 Ba6 23. Rc3 $16) 21. Qxc7 Nb5 22. Qxb7 Nxa3 23. Qb3 {
The knight on a3 is such a misserable piece, that white will be able to win
without much effort.} Be7 24. Nxe4 (24. d6 Qxb3 25. axb3 Bxd6 26. Nxe4 Be7 27.
Nd6 Bxd6 28. Bxa8 Bc5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rc1 d6 31. e3 $18) 24... Rab8 25. Qd3 (
25. Qa4 Nb5 26. d6 Bf6 27. e3 $16) 25... Bb4 26. d6 (26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Qg6
28. d6 $16) 26... Kh8 27. Rc1 (27. Bh3 $1 Qe8 28. Rc1 $18) 27... Nb5 28. e3 {
Even on b5 black knight still cuts the sorry picture.} (28. f4 Qh5 29. e3 exf4
30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Qf5 32. Qb3 $18) 28... Qg6 (28... Qxa2 29. Ng5 g6 30.
Rc4 Qa3 31. Qd5 Bxd6 32. Rh4 h5 33. Rxh5+ gxh5 34. Qe4 Kg7 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Bh3
$1 $18) 29. Rfd1 Rb6 (29... Na3 30. Rc7 $18) 30. a4 Nxd6 (30... Na3 31. Rc7 a5
32. Rxd7 $18) 31. a5 $1 {If there is any justice in chess it is surely
manifested here. The small pawn advnace is simply underlining the artificial
nature of black defense.} Bxa5 (31... Rc6 32. Rxc6 dxc6 33. Nxd6 Qxd3 34. Rxd3
$18) 32. Nxd6 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Rb2 (33... Bb4 34. Nc4 Re6 35. Rxd7 $18) 34. Nc4 (
34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Rxd7 $18) 34... Rc8 35. Rdd1 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Rc1 Bf6 10. d5 Na6 11. a3 c6 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. b4 (13. Qc2 c5 (13... Nxd2
14. Nxd2 Qe7 15. e4 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Qc5 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Rcd1 Qc7 19. f4 e5 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 21. exf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qf7 23. Nd4 Qxc4 24. Ne6 Re8 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26.
Bxe4 {1-0 Mortensen,H-Gabrielsen,S/Copenhagen 1999/ (56)}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qa4 Nb8 {1/2-1/2 Ovsejevitsch,S-Brodsky,M/Donetsk/1998/ (15)}) 14...
Qe7 15. Ne1 (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Bc3 (17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Nd8 19. Bc3
Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nf7 21. Ne1 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Brodsky,M/Koszalin/1998/ 
(27)}) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nc6 19. Rcc1 {1/2-1/2 Heyken,E-Pliester,L/Groningen
1988/ (19)}) 15... Nd6 (15... Nxd2 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qxd2 Rad8 18. Qe3 Qe7 19.
Qf3 Nb8 20. Nd3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 e5 22. e4 Nc6 23. Ne1 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qf7 25. Qe2
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Na5 27. Ng2 Nxc4 {0-1 Hansen,C-Kortschnoj,V/Malmo 1996/ (50)})
16. Bf4 Nf7 17. Nb5 Rad8 18. Rb1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nb8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxb8 Rxb8
22. Rd1 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a4 Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Levitt,J/
Augsburg 1988/ (25)}) 13... c5 (13... Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qe7 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bxb7
Qxb7 17. b5 Nc7 18. Rcd1 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Ne8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Nd6 {0-1 Cech,
P-Novikov,Y/Frydek Mistek 1995/ (43)}) 14. Nxe4 (14. b5 Nc7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16.
Bc3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Rd7 20. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 De Lange,
D-Levitt,J/Hamar 1983/ (20)}) 14... fxe4 (14... Bxe4 15. Qa4 Qc8 16. Qb3 e5 (
16... Rd8 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nb8 $11) 17. Rfd1 Rd8 $11) 15. Ne1 cxb4 (15...
Qd7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd2 19. b5 Nc7 20. f3 $11) (15... Qd6
16. b5 Rad8 17. bxa6 Bc6 18. Rc2 (18. Bh3 e5 19. Nc2 Qxd2 20. Qxd2 Rxd2 21.
Be6+ Kh8 22. Rfd1 $11) 18... Ba4 19. Bxe4 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qxd2 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22.
Nf3 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 g5 $15) 16. axb4 Rc8 {Black can rely on this solid line to
bring him equality, but he has to play good moves. Due to the doubled pawn on
e file his actions should be rather forceful.} (16... Qd6 17. b5 (17. Nc2 Rad8
18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qe1 Qxc4 $17) 17... Nc5 18. Bf4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Bc7 (20.
Rd6 Bd8 $15) 20... axb5 21. cxb5 Ra5 22. Bxb6 Rxb5 $11) 17. Bh3 Qe7 (17... Qd6
18. Bf4 Qxd1 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Rxd1 $16) (17... Rc6 18. Qc2 Rd6 19. Bc3 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 Qg5 21. Ra1 $11) 18. Ng2 Rcd8 19. Qe1 Be5 (19... Bd4 $5 20. Rc2 (20.
Rb1 Rc8 21. Nf4 Nc7 22. Bc3 Rcd8 23. Ra1 a6 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qc3 $11) 20...
Nc7 21. Ne3 a6 $11) 20. Rb1 Rc8 (20... Qf6 21. Ne3 Bd4 22. Bg2 $11) 21. Bc3 Qf6
$6 (21... Bd6 22. Ne3 Rcd8 $11) 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Ne3 Nb8 (23... Nc7 24. Qd2
Rfd8 25. Qa2 $14) 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Excellent strategical
solution, Aronian fights for the domination on the dark squares. Black has his
hands full with defense of all weaknesses on the white squares.} bxc5 (25...
Rc6 26. Rfc1 bxc5 27. bxc5 Ba6 28. Rb4 $16) (25... Red8 26. Qb2 Qxb2 27. Bxe6+
Kf8 28. Rxb2 $16) 26. bxc5 Bc6 (26... Ba8 27. Qd6 (27. Rfc1 Rxc5 28. Bxe6+ Kh8
29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Bf5 $14) 27... Nc6 28. Nc4 Qf6 29. Qd2 $16) 27. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 (
27... Nd7 28. Ra1 Rc7 29. Rfb1 $16) 28. cxd6 a5 (28... Rcd8 29. Rfd1 a5 30. Nc4
$16) 29. Rfc1 Nd7 (29... Bd7 30. Bg2 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bc6 32. Nc4 $16) 30. Rc3
Kf7 31. Rbc1 Ne5 32. Bg2 $1 (32. Rc5 Bd7 33. Bg2 a4 34. Bxe4 $18) 32... Bd7 (
32... Red8 33. Bxe4 Rxd6 34. f4 $18) 33. Bxe4 {White's pieces are controlling
the center and many squares on the queenside.} Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rc8 (34... a4 35.
f4 Ng6 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. Bc6 Ke8 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Bxa4 Kd8 40. Bxd7 Kxd7 41. Nc4
$18) 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. f4 Nd7 (36... Ng6 37. Nc4 a4 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Bxg6+ hxg6
40. Ne5+ Ke8 41. d7+ Kd8 42. Nc6+ Kxd7 43. Nb8+ Kd6 44. Nxa6 $18) 37. Nc4 Ba6 (
37... a4 38. Bc6 Ba6 39. Bxd7 Bxc4 40. Bxa4 $18) 38. Nxa5 Bxe2 39. Kf2 Bg4 (
39... Bb5 40. Ke3 e5 41. fxe5 Nxe5 42. Kd4 $18) 40. Nc4 Kf6 $6 (40... Bf5 41.
Bc6 Bd3 42. Bxd7 Bxc4 43. Ke3 $18) 41. Ne5 $1 (41. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 42. fxe5+ Kf7
43. Bxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 (4... Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Nc3 b5 $5 7. cxb5
cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nc6 $132) 5. Bg2 Be7 (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7)
6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 $5 (7... d5 8. Ne5 Na6) 8. Bg5 $5 (8. d5 Bb4 $1) (8. b3
d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bb2 Ne4 $2 (10... Qb8 {Furman-Huebner, Bad Lauterberg 1977,}
11. e3 $14) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 $16 {Sosonko-Van der Sterren,
NLD-ch 1978}) (8. Qa4) 8... d5 (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa4) 9.
Ne5 c5 10. e3 (10. Rc1 Ne4 $1 {Petrosian-Tal, Chigorin Memorial, Sochi 1977}
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. b4 (14. Ng4 $2 f5 15. Ne3 a5 $16
{Garcia Padron-Karpov, Las Palmas 1977}) 14... Rad8 15. Qc2 Qg5 16. bxc5 Qxe5
17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Rb5 Rd2 20. Qb1 Qxa2 $10) 10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 $5 (13. Rc1 Nc7 (13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c4 15. Qa4 f6 (15...
Nc7 16. Rxc4 $1 {e.g.} b5 17. Qb4) 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Bxd5+) 14. Qa4 (14. b3 $14)
14... Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 c4 $1 $15 {Smejkal-Byrne, Biel (izt)1978}) (
13. Nd3 Nc7 14. Nf4 Rfd8 $6 (14... Nxc3 $142 15. bxc3 c4) 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Qc2
N8f6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Red1 $16 {Beliavsky-Kopeka, 1977}) 13...
Nc7 $1 (13... Qe8 $6 14. Bxe4 Qxa4 $1 (14... dxe4 15. Nd7) 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.
Nxa4 c4 17. Nc3 Nc7 18. b4 f6 $14 {Ivkov-Huebner, Bugojno 1978}) (13... Rfe8 $2
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa6 cxd4 16. exd4 Qe6 17. Qb5 Red8 18. Rfc1 $2 (18. Rfe1 $1)
18... Ng5 19. Nc6 $2 Bxg2 20. Nxd8 Qe4 21. h3 Nf3+ {0:1, Huebner-Timman,
Bugojno 1978}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Nd3 $142) 14... Rfe8 15. Rac1 $2 (15. Nd3 $142)
15... Nxc3 $1 16. bxc3 $5 (16. Rxc3 c4 $1 $15 {Smejkal-Byrne, Biel (izt) 1978})
16... f6 (16... c4 $6 17. Nxc4 $4 (17. Rb1 $1 {/\Nc4}) 17... b5 $1) 17. Nd3 c4
18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Rb1 (19. e4 $2 b5 $1 {/\de}) 19... a5 (19... b5 $6 20. Qa5) (
19... Bc6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 b5) 20. e4 $5 b5 (20... dxe4 21. Qxc4+ Nd5 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qb5 Rac8 $10) 21. Qc2 dxe4 22. a4 $1 g5 (22... b4 23. cxb4 axb4
24. Qxc4+ Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxb4 $16) 23. Nh5 b4 (23... f5 $5 24. axb5 (24.
g4) (24. d5 $5) (24. h4) 24... Qg6 25. g4 f4 $13) 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rxb4 $1 (
25. Qxc4+ Nd5 $13) 25... Qxb4 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 (26... Kg7 $5 27. Rb1 Qe7 28. Nxe8+
Nxe8 29. Rxb7 $2 Qxb7 30. Bxe4 Qb3 $1 31. Qd2 Ra7 (31... Rb8 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33.
Qf5+ Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kd8 35. Qd5+ $14) 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 (32... Kh8 $2 33. Qe5+ Ng7
34. Qd6 $1 $18) 33. Qf5+ Rf7 34. Qc5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh8 $17) (26... Kh8 27. Rb1
Qxa4 (27... Qe7 28. Rxb7 Qxf6 29. Rxc7 Qxd4 30. Rxc4 $10) 28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29.
Nxe8 Nxe8 30. Rxb7 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 c3 32. Rb8 c2 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Rc8 c1=Q 35.
Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Kg2 Rd1 {+/-/+-}) 27. Nxe8 (27. Rb1 Qxa4 (27... Qe7 28. Rxb7 Kxf6
29. Qxc4 $14 {/+/-}) 28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Nxe8 Kxe8 30. Rxb7 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Nd5 $17)
27... Nxe8 28. Rb1 Qe7 29. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 30. Bxe4 Qb3 $1 (30... Qc8 31. Bxa8
Qxa8 32. Qxc4+ $10) 31. Bd5+ $1 (31. Qxb3 $4 cxb3 32. Bxa8 Nf6 $1 $19) 31...
Kg7 $1 (31... Kf6 $2 32. Qxb3 $1 cxb3 33. Bxa8 Kf5 34. Bd5) (31... Ke7 $4 32.
Qe4+) (31... Kf8 $4 32. Qf5+ (32. Qxh7)) 32. Qf5 Ra6 $1 (32... Ra7 $2 33. Qxg5+
Kf8 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qf7+ Kd6 36. Qe6+ Kc7 37. Qe7+ $1 $18) (32... Rb8 $2 33.
Qf7+ Kh6 34. Be4 (34. Qf8+ Ng7 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Bf7+ Kg4 37. Kg2 $18) 34... Ng7
35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Bf3+ g4 37. Bxg4+ Kxg4 38. h3+ Kh5 39. g4#) 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34.
Qxe8 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxd4 36. Qf8+ Qg7 37. Qc8 Qa7 38. Qf8+ (38. Qxc4 $5) (38.
Bxc4 $5) (38. Be4 {/\ 39.Qh3+}) 38... Qg7 39. Qc8 Qa7 40. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 (10... c5 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb2 Bf6
14. Rac1 Na6 15. Rfd1 Qf5 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rac8 18. Rdc1 c4 {0-1 Davis,
E-Large,P/Brighton/1980/ (43)}) 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Qc8 (13...
Be4 14. Qb2 Qd5 15. Bf1 Rad8 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 c5 19. Bg2 Nf6
20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. b4 Be7 22. Qb3 {1-0 Novikov,I-Jazbinsek,S/Ljubljana/1997/ 
(30)}) 14. Ne5 (14. Bf1 Qb7 $11) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 (16. f3 c5
17. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 (18... Qe4 19. Qb2 Be7 20.
Nd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Rfe8 22. Bxg7 $14) 19. b5 $1 {White is finding a way to
create at least some problems for his opponent.} Nd5 (19... a6 20. a4 Nd5 21.
Bd4 $14) 20. Bd4 Rac8 (20... Rfc8 21. Nc6 a6 22. Qb2 Bf8 23. a4 $14) 21. Nc6
Nb4 (21... a6 22. Qb2 Bf6 23. e4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 $14) 22. Qb2 Nxc6 23. bxc6 Qxc6
(23... Rxc6 24. Bxg7 Rfc8 25. Bh8 Bf8 26. Rd2 Rc5 $11) 24. Bxg7 Rfd8 25. Bh8
Bf8 26. Bf6 Rd5 (26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qe4 (27... Qc2 $2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rd8
Rc7 30. Bb2 f5 31. Ba3 Rf7 32. Re8 $16) 28. f3 Qf5 29. Rd3 $14) 27. e3 Qd7 (
27... Rc5 28. Rd4 Qf3 29. Rf4 Qh5 30. Qd4 $14) 28. Qe2 Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The
open position of black's king was unpleasant, but this blunder loses exchange.}
(28... h6 29. e4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qa4 31. Rd4 Qc6 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. e5 $14) 29.
Bd4 $1 Rcxd4 (29... b5 30. Qg4+ $18) 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Qxd4 32. Rd1 Qf6 (
32... Qc5 33. Rd7 Qc1+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 a6 36. Ra7 a5 37. a4 $18) 33. Rd7
a5 34. Qg4+ Qg6 (34... Bg7 35. Rb7 $18) 35. Qd4 (35. Qxg6+ hxg6 36. a4 $16)
35... Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qb4 (36... Qxa2 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qf3 e5 39. Rxf7 $18) 37.
Qe3 Qc5 (37... Qc5 38. Qf3 f5 39. Ra7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Na6 11. d5 Nac5 {A real model for the clash of two
concepts. Jakovenko enjoys active pieces, solid control of the centre and so
far no weaknesses.} 12. e3 (12. Be1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qe5 d6
16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Nd4 Bc8 $17 {1-0 Grabliauskas,V (2395)-Macionis,A (2295)/
Vilnius 1995 (36)}) 12... a5 13. Nd4 Qe7 (13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 g6
16. Be1 Qe7 $13) 14. Nde2 {Sakaev decides on the patient plan with the
transfer of the dark-squared bishop to the diagonal a1-h8.} (14. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 exd5 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 $15) 14... Qf7 (14... Nd6 $5 15. dxe6
(15. b3 e5 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 dxe6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Nd4 $11) 15. Bc1 Nxc3
(15... Rfe8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nf4 Be5 $13) 16. Nxc3 Rae8 {Even though the
completion of the development is very desirable, Black had to concentrate also
on the concrete problems of the position.} (16... c6 $5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6
dxc6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qc7 21. e4 Rad8 $11) 17. Nb5 Bd8 (17... d6 18. dxe6
Rxe6 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qxf5 $14) (17... Be5 18. f4 Bd6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. dxe6
Qxe6 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Qb3 Nc5 23. Qxb6 Ne4 $44) 18. b3 d6 (18... e5 $5) 19. a3
Ne4 $6 {If Jakovenko was willingly provoking his opponent into the typical
occupation of the centre he probably committed an error of judgement. The
dance of the black knight leaves the impression of helplessnes.} (19... exd5
20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 $14) 20. f3 Nc5 (20... Nf6 $2 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Qxf5 $16
) 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nd7 23. e4 $1 {[%mdl 32] White's progress is obvious.
Sakaev could only have dreamed of being able to execute the plan with the
improvement of the position of his pieces and control of the centre.} fxe4 (
23... exd5 24. exd5 Ne5 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. f4 $16) 24. fxe4 Qg6 25. Nd4 (25. Bh3
Nf6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. dxe6 Re8 28. Nd4 $16) 25... Rxf1+ (25... exd5 26. Rxf8+
Rxf8 27. cxd5 $16) 26. Rxf1 Nf8 (26... exd5 27. cxd5 Ba6 28. Rf5 $16) 27. Bb2
Bc8 28. Qf2 Bd7 29. Ne2 {White belongs to the class of very strong strategic
players. This sometimes leads to the neglect of very useful tactics. The
artistic nature of the knight's transfer cannot compete with the impact of the
attractive advance 29.e5!? leading to opening of the centre.} (29. e5 $5 dxe5
30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 exd5 33. Bxd5+ Be6 34. Bxc7 $16) 29... exd5
$6 (29... e5 $1 30. Nc3 h5 $14) 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. exd5 Ng6 $2 {Jakovenko is
failing to manage his defensive tasks at a high enough level. The move 31...
Bg5 would make things harder for White.} (31... Bg5 32. Qc2 $16) 32. Ne6 $1
Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Ne5 (33... Bxe6 34. dxe6 Nf8 35. Bd5 Nxe6 36. b5 h6 37. h4 Re7
38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kh3 $16) 34. Bxe5 dxe5 (34... Bxe6 35. Bxd6 $16) 35. Nxd8 Rxd8
36. Ra2 Bf5 37. Ra7 Rd7 $2 {On d7 the rook would apparently occupy a more
active square, but for the purposes of the defence it was much better to grit
his teeth and put it on c8.} (37... Rc8 $1 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 $14
) 38. Kf2 Bd3 $2 {Most likely time trouble combined with the feeling of giving
up. Nearly any sensible move was stronger.} (38... c5 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. b5 $16)
(38... Kf8 39. c5 $16) 39. c5 (39. Bh3 $1 Rd8 (39... Re7 40. d6 $18) 40. Be6+
Kh8 41. Rxc7 $18) 39... bxc5 40. bxc5 Kf8 (40... Bf5 41. g4 Bxg4 42. c6 Rf7+
43. Kg3 Bf5 44. d6 $18) 41. d6 {The crisis was over and Black could find no
reason to continue with his futile resistance.} (41. d6 Rf7+ 42. Ke3 cxd6 43.
Ra8+ Ke7 44. cxd6+ Kxd6 45. Rd8+ Rd7 46. Rxd7+ Kxd7 47. Kxd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. a3
Ne4 9. Bd2 f5 10. b4 (10. d5 Bf6 11. Rc1 c5 $11) 10... Bf6 11. Rb1 (11. Rc1 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Nc7 $11) 11... Nxc3 (11... c5 12. bxc5 Naxc5 $1 13. dxc5
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qd6 Bc6 $11) 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Rb3 (13. Rc1 c6 $11) 13...
c6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Chernyshov plays the position in a novell and rather
unpleasant way for white. His white squared bishop is out on e4 , so he can
affor to build up with pawns on the squares of the same colour.} (13... c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 bxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. Qxd7 cxb4 18. axb4 $14) 14. Bb2 (14. b5
$6 cxb5 15. cxb5 Nc7 $15) 14... Nc7 15. Bh3 (15. a4 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. c5 Nd5
18. e3 a5 $1 $15) 15... b5 $1 16. Nd2 (16. c5 Bd5 17. Rd3 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19.
Qd2 Ra4 $15) 16... bxc4 17. Nxc4 (17. Nxe4 cxb3 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxb3 a5 $1
20. bxa5 Nd5 $19) 17... Bd5 18. Qd3 Qb8 19. Bg2 (19. f3 $5 Qb5 (19... f4 20.
gxf4 Nb5 21. f5 Nd6 22. Ne3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 $14) 20. Rc1 Rfb8 21. e4 Bxc4 22.
Qxc4 fxe4 23. fxe4 a5 $1 $11) 19... Qb5 20. Rc1 (20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Rfb8 22.
Qf3 Qa4 23. Rd3 a5 24. bxa5 Bd8 $15) 20... Rfb8 21. f3 a5 $1 {The initiave
clearly belongs to black pieces, white barely manages to hold all weaknesses.}
22. e4 (22. Nxa5 $2 Rxa5 $19) (22. e3 Na6) 22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 (23. Qxc4 Qxc4
24. Rxc4 Be7 25. Bc1 axb4 26. axb4 Nb5 $17) 23... d5 $1 24. exd5 (24. Rc5 Qxd3
25. Rxd3 axb4 26. Rxc6 bxa3 27. Bxa3 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Nb5 $17) 24... exd5 25. Rc5 (
25. Rcc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ne6 27. Qxb5 Bxd4+ 28. Kf1 cxb5 $17) 25... Qxd3 26. Rxd3
axb4 27. Rxc6 bxa3 28. Bxa3 (28. Rxa3 Rxb2 29. Rxa8+ Nxa8 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rxa8
Bxd4+ 32. Kf1 Rf2+ $19) 28... Rb1+ 29. Bc1 (29. Kf2 Nb5 30. Bc5 Ra2+ $19) (29.
Rc1 Rxa3 30. Rxb1 Rxd3 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Rb7 Bxd4+ 33. Kf1 Rc3 $19) 29... Nb5 {
Black pieces are literally springing to life with powerful effect.} 30. f4 (30.
Kf2 Nxd4 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. f4 Re8 33. Rxd4 Rxc1 34. Rxd5 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Ree2 $19)
30... Bxd4+ 31. Kf1 (31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32. Bxd5+ Kf8 $19) 31... Raa1 32. Bxd5+ Kf8
33. Rd1 Bc3 (33... Nc3 $2 34. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 35. Kg2 $11) 34. Ke2 (34. Rc5 Rxc1 35.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. Kd3 Bf6 $19) 34... Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Kd3 Bb2
37. Rb6 (37. Bc4 Rc3+ 38. Kd2 Bc1+ 39. Kd1 Nd4 $19) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kc4 Na3+ (
38... Na3+ 39. Kb3 Rxd5 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Kxb2 Rb5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Nd7 15. e4
{White enjoys more space while black can claim a "good" bishop, that is a bit
limited on b7.} Qe7 16. Ne1 c6 17. dxc6 (17. Nd3 axb4 18. axb4 Rfc8 $11) 17...
Bxc6 18. Nc2 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 (19... Qb7 20. f3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Ne3 axb4
23. axb4 Ra2 24. Rcc1 $14) 20. Ne3 axb4 21. axb4 g6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5
23. cxd5 Nd7 24. Bh3 $16) 23. cxd5 Bd7 24. Qe3 Rdb8 (24... b5 25. Rc7 Rdc8 26.
Rb7 $14) 25. Rfc1 Qd8 {Quezada seems to be suviving fine, despite active
posturing by white rooks.} (25... Ra4 26. Rc7 Rxb4 27. Qa3 Rd4 28. Qa7 Rd8 29.
Bh3 $16) 26. Bf1 (26. f4 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qc3
f6 31. Qc4 $14) 26... Ra4 27. Rc7 $5 Rxb4 28. Qa3 Rxe4 29. Qxd6 Bf5 30. Qa3 (
30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Rd8 32. Bg2 Kf8 33. Rcc7 Re1+ 34. Bf1 Bh3 35. Rxf7+ Kg8
36. Rg7+ Kf8 $11) 30... Ra8 (30... Rd4 31. Qa7 Ra8 32. Qxb6 Rxd5 33. Qe3 Ra1
34. Rxa1 Qxc7 $17) 31. Qb2 Rd4 32. Bg2 Rb8 (32... Raa4 33. h3 (33. Qxb6 Rac4
$19) 33... Rab4 34. Qc3 h5 $15) 33. h3 h5 34. Qa3 Rxd5 $5 {Black's only task
was to get rid of the dangerous d5 pawn and he adresses the task head on.} (
34... e4 35. Qa7 Ra8 36. Qb7 (36. Qxb6 Rxd5 $15) 36... Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38.
g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bxg4 (39... Kg7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Bf1 $14) 40. Bxe4 Rad8 $11)
35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Qe3 (37. Rd1 Rxa3 38. Rxd5 Ra2 39. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 40.
Kg1 Rb2 $11) 37... Ra2 38. Qxb6 Qf3 $4 {The greedy move by black, who must
have believed that white has gone too far.} (38... Qd4 $1 39. Qxd4 exd4 40. Kg2
Be4+ 41. Kg1 d3 42. Rd7 $11) 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Rxf7+ $1 Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0304 79th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Qc2 (10. e3 d6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. d5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 e5 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Funk,P-Schmidt,T/Stade 1992/ 
(41)}) 10... d6 11. Rad1 Nxc3 (11... Qe7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd4 Rae8
$13) 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qa4 {Epishin is well prepared for any activity in the
center, Lahno has yet to complete the development.} (13. Qd2 Qe7 14. d5 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 e5 $11) 13... Qe8 (13... c6 $6 14. Bh3 Qd7 15. Nd2 b5 16. Qa3 $16) 14.
Qxe8 Rxe8 15. Bh3 $5 Bb7 (15... Bxf3 16. exf3 Kf7 17. f4 $14) 16. Nd2 Nd7 (
16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 dxc5 19. e4 Rf8 20. exf5 exf5 21. Re7 Bc6 22.
Nb3 g5 23. Rd6 g4 24. Bg2 $14) 17. e4 g6 (17... c5 18. d5 (18. dxc5 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Nxc5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Re5 22. Bc2 Rae8 $11) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6
20. dxe6 fxe4 21. Bf5 $14) 18. Bg2 Rab8 (18... c5 19. Nb1 (19. exf5 Bxg2 20.
fxe6 cxd4 21. Bb4 Bc6 22. exd7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 $11) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8
21. Nc3 $14) 19. f4 Kf7 20. e5 $1 {White's strategy has brought him space
advantage and access to black's forces.} Bxg2 (20... Bg7 21. d5 $1 dxe5 22.
fxe5 $16) 21. Kxg2 dxe5 (21... Be7 22. d5 dxe5 23. fxe5 $16) 22. fxe5 Bh8 (
22... Bg7 23. Nf3 h6 24. d5 $16) 23. d5 $1 h6 (23... exd5 $2 24. Nf3 Nc5 25.
cxd5 $16) 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nd4 a5 (25... exd5 26. Nc6 d4 27. Bxd4 Ra8 28. Bxc5
bxc5 29. Rd7+ Ke6 30. Rh7 a5 31. b3 $18) 26. dxe6+ Nxe6 27. Nc6 Rbc8 (27... Ra8
28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4+ Nc5 31. e6 $16) 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. b4 $1 {
The knight on c6 completely paralyses black forces and white still has ways to
improve his position.} a4 (29... axb4 30. Bxb4+ Nc5 31. e6 Ra8 32. Bxc5+ bxc5
33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Ne7+ $18) 30. Red1 Bg7 31. R1d5 Ra8 32. a3 (32. b5 Kg8 33. Bb4
$16) 32... Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Rd1 Rad8 35. Nc6 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kg8 (36... Kh8
37. Ne7 Kh7 38. h4 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Nxd8 40. h5 gxh5 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. Nxf5 Kg6 43.
Nh4+ Kf7 44. Ke4 $16) (36... h5 37. h4 Kh6 38. Kf3 Kh7 39. b5 Kh6 40. Bd2+ Kh7
41. Bf4 Kh8 42. Ne7 Kh7 43. Nd5 $18) (36... g5 37. Ne7 f4 38. Nf5 Kg6 39. Nxg7
Nxg7 40. Rxc7 $18) 37. Ne7+ Kh7 (37... Kf7 $2 38. Nxf5+ Kf8 39. Nxg7 Nxg7 40.
Rxc7 $18) 38. Nd5 Kh8 (38... Kg8 39. b5 Kh8 40. Nxc7 Nxc7 41. Rxc7 Bxe5 42.
Bxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rc6 $18) 39. Nxc7 {Epishin is impatient, it might have been
easier to fix the b6 pawn first with} (39. b5 $5 g5 40. Nf6 Rd8 41. Re7 Nc5 42.
Ne8 Ne4 43. Nxg7 Nxc3 44. Nxf5 $18) 39... Nxc7 40. Rxc7 Bxe5 41. Bxe5+ Rxe5 42.
Rc6 Re2+ (42... Kg7 43. Rxb6 $1 (43. Kf2 $6 Re4 44. c5 bxc5 45. Rxc5 Kf6 46.
Ra5 Rc4 47. Rxa4 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Rxh2 49. Ra6+ Kg5 50. a4 $14) 43... Re3 44. Ra6
Rxa3 45. b5 Kf7 46. b6 Rb3 47. c5 a3 48. c6 $18) 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Rxg6 Rc2 (
44... Ra2 45. Rxh6+ Kg7 46. Rxb6 Rxa3+ 47. Kf4 $18) 45. Rxh6+ Kg7 46. Rc6 $1 {
The key move in this rook endgame, white pawns on b,c files will decide.} Rc3+
47. Kf4 Kf7 48. Kxf5 Rxg3 49. Rxb6 Ke7 (49... Rxa3 50. Rb7+ Ke8 51. c5 Rb3 52.
Ke6 Kd8 53. Kd6 Kc8 54. Kc6 a3 55. b5 Rh3 56. Rc7+ Kb8 57. Kb6 a2 58. Rb7+ Kc8
59. Ra7 $18) 50. Ke5 Kd7 51. Ra6 Rxa3 52. Kd5 Ra1 53. c5 a3 54. Ra7+ Kc8 55. b5
Kb8 56. b6 Rd1+ 57. Kc6 Rd3 58. Rh7 Rd8 59. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Schoeneberg, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Leipzig Gohlis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Ne5 {White is rushing
to fight the hanging pawns by pressure with all his pieces.} (13. Rfd1 Na6 14.
Nh4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5
20. Rxa6 Bxb3 {0-1 Vanstreels,L-Tonoli,B/Worriken Buetgenbach 2004/ (36)})
13... Qxb3 (13... Rd8 14. Rfd1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8
18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Rd1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rxd7 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 Sikanjic,B-Troselj,T/Pula 2001/ (28)}) 14. axb3 Na6 15. Nc4 $1 Nb4 16.
Nd6 Bc8 (16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rfc8 18. Ra5 Nd7 19. Bh3 Rc6 20. Be7 d4 21. Na4 d3
22. exd3 Ne5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. Bxc5 Nbxd3 25. Bd4 {1-0 Oll,L-Handoko,E/Sydney
1991/ (42)}) 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 $6 {It might have been more promissing not to
leave the rook under the fire by the bishop from g2.} (17... Raxc8 18. Rxa7
Rfe8 19. Rfa1 $14) 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Be5 (19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Ba5 Rb8 21. Bxb4 cxb4
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bf6 24. Rab1 Rc8 25. Rd2 $16) 19... Rd7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. e4 {Dautov is afraid, that the nice advantage with opposite coloured
bishops might not be sufficient for win.} (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5
Rd8 24. e4 Rd7 25. Rc1 $16) 21... Rb8 (21... Bd4 22. exd5 Kf8 23. Ra5 $16) 22.
exd5 Nc2 (22... Bd4 23. Ra5 Rbd8 24. Kf1 $16) 23. Ra5 $1 Nd4 (23... Rxb3 24.
Rxc5 Kf8 25. Ne4 Rxb2 26. d6 $18) 24. Rxc5 Nxb3 25. Rc4 (25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Nxb5
a6 27. Nc3 $16) 25... Na5 26. Ra4 Rxb2 27. Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 2048] In the end the
material balance was reestablished, but white was left with dangerous passed
pawn and much better coordination of pieces.} (27. Ne4 Bd8 28. d6 Bb6 29. Bh3
$16) 27... Rd8 28. Ne4 Rb5 (28... Nb7 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Rxa7 Nd6 31. Bd7 $16)
29. d6 Kf8 (29... Bb2 30. Bf1 Rf5 31. Rb1 $16) 30. Bf1 Rf5 31. f4 Nb7 (31... h5
32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. d7 $18) 32. Rxa7 Nc5 33. Ra5 (33. Bc4 Nd7 (33... Nxe4 34.
Rxf7+ Ke8 35. d7+ Rxd7 36. Rfxd7 $18) 34. Kg2 $16) 33... Nxe4 {This accepts
the defeat, black's last chance was to try defending the position without
bishop. dautov would have problems to win due to "wrong" corner h8.} (33...
Rxf4 $5 34. Nxf6 (34. Nxc5 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Kg2 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxd6 $16) (
34. gxf4 Nxe4 35. d7 $16) 34... Rxf6 35. Rxc5 Rfxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 $16) 34. Rxf5
Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Nxd6 36. Ra5 g6 37. Kg2 Nf5 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Bc4 Nd4+ (39... h5
40. Ra7 Nd6 41. Bd5 Kf8 42. h3 Ke8 43. Bc6+ Kf8 44. Rd7 Be7 45. Bd5 Ke8 46. Rc7
$16) 40. Ke4 Nc6 41. Ra6 Ne7 42. g4 h6 43. Ra7 g5 (43... Kf8 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45.
Re8 Bh4 46. h3 f5+ (46... Bf6 47. Bb5 Bh4 48. Ke5 $18) 47. Ke5 $18) 44. f5 {
The rest is easy, white has to dance around with his king to break the
fortress.} Kf8 45. h3 Kg7 46. Bb3 Kf8 47. Rb7 Kg7 48. Ba2 Kf8 49. Bc4 Kg7 50.
Kd3 Kf8 51. Kc2 Kg7 52. Kb3 Kf8 53. Ka4 Kg7 54. Kb5 Kf8 55. Kc5 Be5 56. Bb3 Ke8
57. Bc4 Kf8 58. Ra7 Bf6 (58... Bd4+ 59. Kxd4 Nc6+ 60. Kc5 Nxa7 61. Ba6 Ke7 62.
Kb6 $18) 59. Ra8+ Kg7 60. Kd6 h5 61. Kd7 hxg4 62. hxg4 Ng8 63. Ke8 Nh6 64. Ra7
Nxg4 (64... Kh8 65. Bxf7 Nxg4 66. Bg6 $18) 65. Rxf7+ (65. Rxf7+ Kh8 66. Be2 $18
) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Paide MK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rc1 (10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
Qc2 Nc5 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. f4 $36 {1-0 Vescovi,G-De Dovitiis,A/op, Mar del Plata
ARG (2) 1996 (30)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qa4 {[/\12.Rfd1,13.Ne5]} Nh5 $5 12. Be3 (12.
Rfd1 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd6 14. e3 Re8 $13) 12... Bd6 (12... f5 13. Ne5 $14) 13. Bg5
f6 (13... Qe8 14. Rfe1 {(/\15.e4)}) 14. Bd2 f5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. e3 Ndf6 17. Bf4
$1 $14 {[><e5]} Nxf4 18. exf4 Rf7 19. Ne5 Re7 20. b4 Rc8 (20... b5 21. Qb3 a5
22. a3 $14) 21. Rfd1 (21. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 22. Qxb6 Ra6 $19) 21... g6 22. Qb3 Kg7
23. Rc2 Rec7 {[/\24...c5]} 24. Na4 Qe7 25. a3 Ba6 $5 26. Nc3 (26. Rdc1 Bc4 $1
$13) 26... Bb7 27. Re2 Qf8 28. Rde1 $6 (28. Nf3 $5 h6 29. Ne5 $36 {(/\30.Qb1,
31.h3,32.g4)}) 28... Ba6 29. Re3 Bb7 30. Nf3 h6 31. Ne5 Ba6 32. Qb1 Rd8 33. h3
$6 (33. Rd1 $5 {(><d4,/\34.h3)}) 33... c5 $5 34. bxc5 $6 $138 (34. dxc5 bxc5
35. Nxd5 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 cxb4 37. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 (37... Rdc8 38. Nd4 $16) 38. Bxc6
bxa3 39. Re6 $36) 34... bxc5 $13 35. Nf3 Bc4 36. Qd1 Ne4 37. Bf1 $6 Bxf1 38.
Kxf1 Be7 $5 {[/\39...Bf6]} 39. dxc5 Bxc5 40. Nxd5 $5 Bxe3 (40... Kh7 $1 41.
Rxe4 fxe4 42. Ne5 (42. Rxe4 Rcd7 43. Re5 Qf7 $19) 42... Qd6 $19) 41. Qa1+ Kh7
42. Nxc7 Qc5 $2 (42... Bxf2 $1 43. Ne6 Qe7 44. Nxd8 Bxe1 45. Qxe1 Qxd8 46. Qe3
Qd1+ (46... Nxg3+ 47. Kg2 Ne4 48. Qxa7+ $10) 47. Ne1 $10) (42... Qc5 {[#]}) 43.
Ne6 $1 (43. Rxe3 Qc2 $5 (43... Qxc7) 44. Rxe4 Rd1+ $17) 43... Qc4+ 44. Kg2 Qxe6
45. Rxe3 $16 Qc6 (45... Qd5 $142) 46. Qb2 a5 47. Rb3 a4 48. Ne5 $1 (48. Rb7+
Rd7 49. Rb8 Rg7 $16) 48... Qe6 (48... axb3 49. Nxc6 Rd2 50. Qxb3 Rxf2+ 51. Kg1
Rf1+ 52. Kxf1 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Nxb3 54. a4 $18) 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. Nc6 $1 (50. Nc6
Rd7 51. Rb8+ Kf7 52. Qh8 Qxc6 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Qg7+ Kd6 55. Qe5#) 1-0

[Event "Nord West Cup 12th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d5 ({
Die klassische Erwiderung ist} 7... Ne4) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 ({Schwarz
wählt für die entscheidende Partie der letzten Runde überraschenderweise eine
ziemlich schwierige Variante. In Andersson-Karpov, Bad Lauterberg 1977, folgte
solider} 9... exd5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5) 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. e4 Bb7
13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qe8 $5 ({Ein neuer Versuch die Variante zu rehabilitieren.
Nach} 14... c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxa7 $16
{gewann Weiß leicht in Kachiani-Jahn, Dresden 1994.}) 15. Rac1 Bd6 $6 ({
Völlig inkonsequent gespielt. Die Idee des letzten Zuges liegt in} 15... c5 $5
16. d5 Bd6 {, und jetzt} 17. dxe6 (17. Ng4 Bxf4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. gxf4 exd5
20. exd5 Qd7 21. Rd3 Kh8 22. Rh3 f5 23. Rh5 Rce8 24. Rxf5 f6 25. Bf3 Re7 26.
Rh5 Rfe8 27. h3 Ba6 28. Qc3 Qd6 {mit genügend Gegenspiel}) 17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5
Qxe6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f3 ({oder} 20. Qa4 Rc7 21. a3 Bc6 22. Qc2 Rcc8 23. b4
cxb4 24. axb4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5) 20... Rcd8 21. a3 Ba6 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Bb5
$11 {und Schwarz kann sich verteidigen.}) 16. Bg5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qa4 Nc5
({Auf} 18... Nxe5 {käme} 19. Qxa7 Bc6 20. Bf4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. f3 $16 {
mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 19. Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. Be3 Na6 21. Bf1 Nb8 22. Bb5 c6 ({
Nach} 22... Rf8 $5 23. f3 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rc4 Nb8 26. b4 c6 27. a4 Rc7
28. a5 Nd7 29. f4 bxa5 30. bxa5 c5 31. Rb1 Rd8 $14 {konnte Schwarz durch
Abtausch der Läufer den Druck etwas vermindern .}) 23. Ba4 Kf8 $2 ({Der
entscheidende Fehler. Notwendig war} 23... Red8 $5 24. Rd6 c5 25. Rcd1 Rxd6 26.
exd6 Bc6 27. Bc2 Kf8 28. f4 $14 {mit Plus für Weiß.}) 24. Rd6 Red8 25. b4 $1 h6
26. f4 Ke7 27. Rcd1 Nd7 28. Kf2 Rc7 29. h4 Ra8 30. Bb3 c5 31. Ba4 Nf8 32. bxc5
bxc5 33. Bc2 Nd7 34. Bd2 Bc6 35. Bc3 Rb8 36. f5 c4 37. Ke3 exf5 $2 38. exf5 Nb6
39. f6+ gxf6 40. exf6+ Ke8 41. Be5 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov Dautov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7.
Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 {Belov} c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2
d6 13. Nde4 Be7 14. f4 Bc8 15. Kh1 $5 $146 (15. e3 Nd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 f6 19. h4 g6 20. Ng3 $14 {Shneider-Karpman/SSSR/1988/}) 15... Re8 16.
Bf3 Ba6 17. a4 Bf8 18. g4 h6 19. Rg1 Qh4 20. Qd2 $14 {Savchenko-Timoshenko/
Nikolaev/1993/}) 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 (11. Rad1 {Belov} Nd7 12. d5 Bxc3
13. Qxc3 e5 14. e4 a5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. b3 c6 $1 17. dxc6 Bxc6 $10 {
Dokhoian-Razuvaev/BRD/1992/}) 11... Nd7 12. Rfe1 (12. d5 Qe7 (12... Ne5 13. b3
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 g6 15. Bg2 Bg7 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. f4 c6 $10 {Mecking,
H-Polugajevsky,L/Luzern m/1977/}) (12... e5 13. b4 g6 14. Na4 Bg7 15. c5 c6 $13
{Tesic,D-Abramovic,B/Yug ch/1991/}) 13. Rfe1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 e5 15. b4 a5 16. a3
Ra7 $10 {Petrosian,T-Karpov,A/Milano/1975/}) (12. Rfd1 g6 13. d5 e5 (13... Qe7
14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qe3 a5 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ne2 Bc8 {0,5/Mohr,G-Savon,V/
Bled op/1992/}) 14. b4 Bg7 15. h4 h5 16. Bh3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bh6 $10 {Levin,
D-Abramovic,B/Belgrade IKO/1992/}) (12. Rad1 Qe7 (12... c5 13. Rfe1 Qb8 14. d5
e5 15. a4 Be7 16. Ra1 Bd8 17. Reb1 $14 {Baumbach,F-Omelchenko,L/corr 9-WCH/
1977/}) (12... e5 13. d5 a5 14. Ne1 g6 15. Nd3 Bg7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Qc2 Nf6 18.
Bxc8 Qxc8 19. f3 h5 $10 {Kozma,K-Sutovskij,E/Konsumex Kupa/1992/}) (12... Rc8
13. Rfe1 e5 14. Bh3 exd4 15. Nd5 c5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nh4 Qg4
19. Nf5 {0,5/Schultze,J-Kesseler,H/2.BL/1988/}) (12... g6 13. Rfe1 (13. h4 Qe7
14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. b3 Bg7 16. Qc2 c5 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nh2 h5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nxg4
hxg4 21. e5 $16 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Pliester,L/Gronningen open/1992/}) (13. b3
Bg7 $10 {Mecking,H-Polugajevsky,L/Manila izt/1976/}) 13... Bg7 (13... e5 14.
Nd5 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 $14 {Joksic,S-Borkovic,V/Borovo/1991})
14... Bg7 15. b3 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 $14 {Pinter,J-Gruenfeld,Y/Haifa EU
chT/1989/}) 14. Qc2 (14. Qe3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 $16 {Hansen,LB-Harandi,K/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) (14. h4 Qe7 15. h5
Rad8 16. Bh3 a6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne2 Bc8 $10 {Christiansen,
L-Khalifman,A/BL/1991/}) (14. Qe2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 c6 18.
Ne3 Qe7 $10 {Gheorghiu,F-Giertz,N/SWZ-GP Suhr/1992/}) 14... Qe7 15. b3 Rfd8 16.
Re2 c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 e5 $10 {Bjork,C-Bergstrom,C/Rilton Cup/1987/}) 13.
d5 c5 $2 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qxd6 $16 {Ribli,Z-Harandi,H/Manila izt/1976/}) 12...
g6 (12... a5 13. b3 e5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 $14 {
Vukic,M-Janosevic,D/Jugoslavija/1979/}) 13. h4 Bg7 (13... e5 14. d5 h5 15. b4
Bg7 16. Bh3 a5 17. a3 Ba6 $132 {Fedorowicz,J-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk/1991/}) 14. h5
gxh5 (14... Qe7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. b3 a6 18. d5 e5 19. Bh3 $14 {
Vadasz,L-Tukmakov,V/Erevan/1980/} (19. Bh3 {Dautov} Rfe8 20. Kg2 Qf8 21. Bxd7 (
21. Rh1 $5 Bh6 22. Qc2 $14 {/\b4}) 21... Bh6 22. Qd3 Rxd7 23. Rh1 Kg7 24. b4
Bc8 25. Rh4 Qe7 26. Rdh1 Rh8 27. Nd1 Rdd8 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 f5 $13 {
Vadasz-Tukmakov/Erevan/1980})) (14... Re8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. b3
Rad8 18. d5 e5 19. Bh3 $14 {Georgadze,T-Agzamov,G/Erevan/1982/} (19. Bh3 {
Dautov} Bf6 20. Bxd7 $6 (20. Kg2 $14) 20... Qxd7 21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Qh4 f6 23. Kg2
Bc8 24. Rh1 Kf7 $17 {Georgadze,T-Agzamov/Erevan/1982})) (14... Qe8 {Belov} 15.
hxg6 hxg6 $14) 15. Rad1 a6 (15... Qe7 {Dautov} 16. Qe2 Bf6 {/\h4} 17. e5 $1
dxe5 (17... Bg7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Nd5 $1 Qd8 20. Nf4 Nf6 21. Nh4 Bxg2 22. Nhxg2
Rc8 23. b3 $14) 18. Nxe5 (18. dxe5 Bg7 $13) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxe5 20. dxe5
$16 h4 21. Rh1 hxg3 $2 22. Qd3 $18) 16. Qe2 (16. Qf4 Qf6 $13 (16... e5 17. dxe5
(17. Qf5 exd4 18. Nxd4 h4 $13) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qh6 $14)) 16... Qe7
(16... Kh8 $5 {/\} 17. Nh4 Qg5) (16... Re8 $5 {Belov} 17. Nh4 Qg5) 17. Nh4 Qg5
18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qh6 $6 (19... dxe5 $5 20. dxe5 Rad8 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. f4
$18) (20... Rfd8 21. Nf3 (21. f4 $16 {Belov}) 21... Qg6 22. Rd4 Nf8 23. Rh4 $1
$16 {/\Reh1}) 21. f4 (21. Nf3 {Dautov} Qg6 (21... Qf5 $2 22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. Nc6
Qxe2 24. Rxe2 $18) (21... Qg4 $2 22. Rd4 Qg6 23. Red1 $18) 22. Rd4 (22. b4 $5)
22... Nc5 23. Red1 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 (24. Rxd4 a5 $13 {/\f6}) 24... f6 (24... a5
25. Nc6 Re8 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxg6+ hxg6 $14) 25. b4 fxe5 26. Nc6
Qe8 27. Nxe5 Nb7 $13) 21... Qg4 $13 (21... Qg4 22. Nf3 $14)) 20. f4 $16 {ףh6}
Rfd8 21. Ne4 Nf8 22. exd6 (22. Rh1 $5 {קh5} Ng6 (22... dxe5 23. fxe5 {><f6,
><f7}) 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Nfg5 $16) 22... cxd6 23. d5 Ng6 24. Rh1 (24. Nxg6 {
Dautov} Qxg6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 $132) (24. dxe6 {Belov} Nxh4+ 25. gxh4 Qxe6 $13)
24... Ne7 (24... Nxh4+ {Dautov} 25. Rxh4 Qg6 26. Rxh5 h6 $16) 25. Ng5 $1 e5 $8
26. Ngf3 {/\fxe5} Qf6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rhf1 Ng6 29. Qe4 Rac8 30. Rc1 {
/\b2-b4+c4-c5} (30. b3 {Dautov} b5 31. Rc1 $16) 30... Qd6 31. Nf5 Qb4 32. Rc2 {
/\33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Nxe5} f6 33. Ne1 {/\Ne1-d3+b2-b4} (33. N3h4 $5 $16 {Dautov})
(33. d6 $5 $16 {Dautov /\Qd5-f7}) (33. Rd1 $5 {Belov /\ d6}) 33... b5 34. b3
bxc4 35. bxc4 Rc7 (35... Rd7 {Belov}) 36. Nd3 Qa4 (36... Qf8 37. c5 $18) 37.
Rfc1 (37. Rff2 $5 {Dautov} Rdc8 (37... Bf8 38. d6 Rcc8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. c5 $18)
38. d6 Rxc4 39. d7 $18) 37... Bf8 38. d6 $1 Rcc8 (38... Bxd6 39. Qd5+ Kf8 (
39... Kh8 {Belov} 40. Nxd6 $18) 40. Nxd6 $18) 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. c5 {/\c5-c6} (
40. Nc5 $1 {Dautov} Qc6 (40... Qa5 {Belov} 41. Ne4 Qxd5 42. cxd5 $16) 41. Qxc6
Rxc6 42. Ne4 $18) (40. Nf2 {Belov} h4 $1 $132) 40... Qg4 41. Rf2 (41. Qf3 Qg5
42. Nf2) (41. Qf3 $1 $16 {Dautov}) 41... Qg5 (41... h4 42. Rc4 $16) 42. Rc4 {
/\c5-c6} h4 $8 43. d7 $2 (43. Nxh4 $16) (43. Nxh4 {Dautov} Nf4+ 44. Nxf4 exf4
45. Qxg5 fxg5 46. Nf5 Bxd6 47. Nxd6 Rxd6 $10) 43... hxg3 44. Nxg3 (44. dxc8=Q {
Belov} gxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rxc8 $13) 44... Rc7 45. c6 Be7 $13 {/\Rg8<->g} 46. Rf5 (
46. Qa5 Bd6 $1 $13 (46... Rdxd7 47. cxd7 Rxc4 48. d8=Q+ Bxd8 49. Qxd8+ Kg7 50.
Qxf6+ Qxf6 51. Nh5+ $18) (46... Rg8 47. Qxc7 Nh4+ 48. Kf1 Qxg3 49. Ke2 Ng2 50.
Qb6 $18)) 46... Qd2+ (46... Nh4+ $2 47. Rxh4 Qxh4 48. Nxe5 $16) 47. Rf2 Qg5 48.
Rf5 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 (49. Rf2 $10) (49. Rf2 $10 {Belov}) 49... Rg8 50. Rg4 (50. Rh5
$16 {Dautov}) 50... Qc3 51. Rh5 (51. Rc4 Qd2 $132) (51. Rc4 $10 {Belov}) 51...
Qxc6 52. Qf7 Rg7 53. Qe8+ (53. Qxe7 $2 {Belov} Rxe7 54. d8=Q+ Re8 $19) 53...
Rg8 54. Qf7 Rg7 55. Qe8+ Rg8 56. Qxe7 $4 (56. Qf7 $10) (56. Qf7 $10 {Dautov}) (
56. Qf7 $10 {Belov}) 56... Nxe7 57. Rxg8+ Nxg8 58. d8=Q Rc8 $19 {ףd8} (58...
Rd7 {Belov} 59. Qe8 $16) 59. Nxe5 $8 (59. Qa5 {Dautov} Qd7+ $19) 59... Qe6+ 60.
Nf5 {/\Ng6#} fxe5 (60... Rxd8 {Belov} 61. Ng6#) 61. Qd3 Ne7 62. Qb3 Nd5 {/\Nf4+
} (62... Qxb3+ {Belov} 63. axb3 Ng6 $19) 63. Kh2 Qg6 64. Ng3 Nf4 (64... Qc2+
$19 {Belov}) 65. Rxe5 Rc2+ (65... Qc2+ $19 {Belov}) 66. Kg1 (66. Kh1 Qc6+ 67.
Re4 Qh6+ $19) 66... Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Rxg3 (67... Qxg3 {Belov} 68. Re8+ Kg7 69. Rg8+
$10) 68. Qb8+ Qg8 {Hansen,Cu} (68... Qg8 $19 69. Re8 Rf3+ 70. Ke1 Re3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O
Ne4 8. Nc3 b6 9. d5 Bb7 10. Nd4 Bf6 11. Be1 exd5 12. cxd5 Nd6 13. Ncb5 Nxb5 14.
Nxb5 Na6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Rc1 a6 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. b4 d6 19. bxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2
Stahlberg,G-Alekhine,A/Dresden 1936 (52)}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 Bf6 11. Be1 Nac5 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. dxe6 c5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe6 15. Qe5 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Wohlfahrt,H-Schwing,H/Balatonbereny op 1994
(32)}) 14. Nxf5 dxe6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. Bc3 (17. Qd2 Qc7 (17... Bd4
18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf6 20. Rb1 $14) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qe5 20. Rb1 Qe4
21. Rc1 Qa4 22. b4 (22. b3 Qxb5 $11) 22... cxb4 (22... Rfd8 23. Qc2 Qxb5 24.
bxc5 bxc5 25. Qe4 Qa6 26. Rxc5 Qxa2 27. Ba5 $14) 23. Qxb4 Qxa2 24. Qg4 $11)
17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qf6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Ne4 Qf5 23.
Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nd2 h5 25. f3 Rd6 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. Kf2 e5 28. Ke1 h4 29. g4 Qf4
30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Rd1 Re6 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Nb1 Ke7 34. Rd3 g5 35. e3 b5 36. exf4
bxc4 37. Re3 gxf4 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {[#] Schlechte schwarze Bauernstruktur mit
mehreren Schwächen. Beweglicher weißer S aber Raumnachteil. Taktik (S-Opfer).}
39. Nd2 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5,Rh4][%cal Rd2e4,Re4c5,Rd2c4,Rf2g2,Rg2h3]} Kf6 (39... Kd5
40. Kg2 {-h3xh4}) 40. Ne4+ Ke5 41. Nxc5 Bc6 42. Ke2 Be8 43. Ne4 Bg6 44. Nf2 Bb1
45. a3 Bg6 46. Kf1 Bf7 47. Kg2 Bd5 48. Kh3 $1 Bxf3 49. Kxh4 Be4 50. Kg5 f3 51.
h4 Bd3 52. h5 Bc2 53. Kh4 Kf4 54. g5 Bf5 55. a4 a5 56. g6 Ke3 57. Kg3 Ke2 58.
g7 Bh7 59. h6 Ke3 60. Ng4+ Ke2 61. Kf4 f2 62. Nxf2 Kxf2 63. Ke5 (63. Ke5 Ke3
64. Kf6 Kd3 65. g8=Q Bxg8 66. Kg7 Kxc3 67. Kxg8 Kd2 68. h7 c3 69. h8=Q c2 70.
Qh6+ $1 Kd1 71. Qh5+ $1 $18 {und a5 fällt mit Schach oder wenn c2 verstellt ist
}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Temse"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. b4 Nd7 12. e4 g6 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Bh3 Kh8 15. Nd2
a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nb3 Ra8 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Nc5 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxb3
22. Qxb3 cxb6 23. Ra7 Bg5 24. Qb2 Bh6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Na4 f4 27. Ra8 Qc7 28.
Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxb6 Qxc4 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxd6 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 f3+ 33. Kxf3 Qd1+
34. Kg2 Qxa4 35. Qxh6 Qe4+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. Kh4 Qxf2
40. Kh3 Qf5+ 41. Kh4 Qe4+ 42. g4 Qxd5 43. Qf8+ Qg8 44. Qf6+ Qg7 45. Qd8+ Qg8 {
Übergang in ein elementares Remisendspiel "2-1 Bauern auf einem Flügel".} 46.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 47. Kg5 Kf7 48. Kf5 e4 (48... h5 $2 49. g5 h4 50. Kxe5 Kg6 51. Kf4
h3 52. Kg4 $22 $18) 49. Kxe4 Kg6 50. h4 Kf6 51. Kd5 Kg6 52. Ke6 Kg7 53. Ke7 Kg8
54. Ke8 Kg7 55. Ke7 Kg8 56. Kf6 Kf8 57. Kg5 Kg7 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Ke4 Kg6 60. Ke5
Kg7 61. Ke6 Kg6 62. Ke7 Kg7 63. h5 Kg8 (63... Kh6 $2 64. Kf7 Kg5 65. Kg7 Kxg4
66. h6 $18) 64. Kf6 Kf8 65. g5 Kg8 66. Ke7 Kg7 67. h6+ Kg8 68. Kf6 Kh8 (68...
Kf8 69. g6 Kg8 $11) 69. g6 hxg6 70. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Be3 d5 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Ne1
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rd3 Bxe3 19. Rcd1 Bg5 20. Rxd7
Kf8 21. R1d3 Ke8 22. Rb7 Bf6 23. b3 Rdb8 24. Rdd7 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Be7 26. Nd3 Bd6
27. h4 h5 28. Kf3 g6 29. Nb2 Bc5 30. Nc4 Rd8 31. Rxa7 b5 32. Ra5 bxc4 33. Rxc5
cxb3 34. axb3 Rb8 35. Rc3 Kd7 36. Ke4 Ra8 37. Ke5 Ra5+ 38. Kf6 Rf5+ 39. Kg7
Rxf2 40. Rf3 Rxe2 41. Kxf7 e5 42. Kxg6 e4 43. Rc3 Ke6 44. Kxh5 Rd2 45. Kg4 Ke5
46. Rc8 Kd4 47. h5 e3 48. Rd8+ Ke4 49. Re8+ Kd3 50. h6 Rh2 51. Kg5 e2 52. g4
Rh3 53. b4 Re3 54. Rxe3+ Kxe3 55. h7 e1=Q 56. h8=Q Qxb4 57. Qe5+ Kf3 {
Approaching the pawn is as good a way of holding the draw as heading into the
long grass in the direction of a1. Die Annäherung an den Bauern hält ebenso
Remis wie das Abwandern in die Südwestecke Richtung a1.} (57... Kd3 58. Qd5+
Kc2 $11 {is neverthesless more to be recommended ist gleichwohl
empfehlenswerter}) 58. Qd5+ Kg3 59. Qd3+ Kg2 (59... Kf2 $2 60. Kh5 $1 $18) 60.
Qe2+ Kg3 61. Qe3+ Kg2 62. Kh4 Qb2 63. Qh3+ Kg1 64. Qe3+ Kg2 65. Qe4+ Kh2 66. g5
Qh8+ 67. Kg4 Qh3+ 68. Kf4 Qf1+ 69. Ke5 {At this point, and taking into
consideration the possible error on move 59, the problems with the defence
Black has chosen become clear. Only an immediate Kg3, limiting the
opportunities for counter checks holds the draw according to TABLEBASE.  An
dieser Stelle und am möglichen Fehlgriff im 59. Zug wird die Problematik der
gewählten schwarzen Verteidigung deutlich sichtbar. Nur das sofortige Kg3, was
die Gegenschachchancen minimiert, hält laut TABLEBASE remis.} Qa1+ 70. Kf5 $1
$18 {[%csl Ye5,Yf4][%cal Re5h2]} Qa3 71. g6 Qf8+ 72. Kg5 Qd8+ 73. Kg4 Qd1+ 74.
Kf5 Qd7+ 75. Qe6 Qd3+ 76. Kf6 Qf3+ 77. Ke7 Qb7+ 78. Kf8 Qb8+ 79. Kf7 Qc7+ 80.
Kg8 Qd8+ 81. Kg7 Qc7+ (81... Kg3 $142 {even if it is too late in the day. wenn
auch zu spät}) 82. Kh6 Qf4+ 83. Kh7 Qh4+ 84. Kg7 Qd4+ 85. Kf7 Qf4+ 86. Qf6 Qc7+
87. Qe7 Qf4+ 88. Kg8 Qc4+ 89. Kh7 Qd3 90. Qe5+ Kg2 91. Kh6 {[%csl Yg5][%cal
Rg5g2] Only now does White move a good deal closer to the win. Up till now the
moves resembled someone stumbling through a jungle without actually
relinquishing all hope of a win.  Erst jetzt kommt Weiß dem Gewinn ein gutes
Stück näher. Die Zugfolgen zuvor erinnerten mehr an das Umherirren im dunklen
Wald, ohne dass der Gewinn aus der Hand gegeben wurde.} Qa6 92. Qd5+ Kg3 93.
Kh7 Kg4 94. g7 Qa7 95. Qe4+ Kg5 96. Qe5+ Kg4 97. Kg6 $6 (97. Kh8 $1 {wins at
once. gewinnt sofort}) 97... Qb6+ 98. Qf6 Qb1+ 99. Kf7 ({Blackouts such as
Blackouts wie} 99. Kh6 $4 Qh1+ 100. Kg6 Qh5# {are not as rare as all that.
sind gar nicht einmal so selten.}) 99... Qb3+ 100. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 {Die
moderne Behandlungsweise des klassischen Dameninders, und wohl die einzige,
mit der sich auf Gewinn spielen lässt.} O-O {Öfter gespielt wird f5 oder Lf6.}
8. Rc1 $5 {Die Theorie bevorzugt d5, um Schwarz nicht selbst zu d5 kommen zu
lassen.} d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Na6 {Anscheinend Peters Lieblingszug, denn
diesen Aufbau wählte schon auf der Deutschen Meisterschaft 98 in Bremen gegen
mich. Natürlicher und besser dürfte der Hauptzug Sd7 sein.} 11. Ne5 c5 {
Einerseits logisch, um sich am Damenflügel so schnell wie möglich "Luft zu
verschaffen". Anderseits stellt sich die Frage, ob die schwarze
Zentrumskontrolle nicht noch etwas zu wacklig ist.} (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 c6 {
war die solidere Alternative.}) 12. Be3 $1 {Hält die Spannung im Zentrum noch
einen Moment aufrecht und nimmt die Punkte d4 und c5 ins Visier.} Re8 $6 {
Schon die erste Ungenauigkeit. Allerdings musste Schwarz schon sehr vorsichtig
agieren.} (12... Bf6 $5 13. Ng4 Be7 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 bxc5 16. Bf4 $14)
13. Bxe4 $5 {Auf den ersten Blick überraschend, auf den zweiten logisch, weil
Weiß im Gegenzug für den Fianchetto-Läufer zwei wichtige Tempi gewinnt.} dxe4
14. Qb3 Rf8 {Nur so kann sich Schwarz den Einschlag auf f7 parieren.} 15. Rfd1
{Stellt Schwarz bereits vor die erste schwere Entscheidung.} Qc8 $6 {Ein
Fehler, da Schwarz die Kontrolle über den wichtigen Punkt d5 aufgibt.} ({
Der einzige schmale Pfad zum Ausgleich bestand in dem überraschenden} 15...
cxd4 $1 16. Bxd4 ({Ein zunächst recht unübersichtliches taktisches Gemenge
ergibt sich nach} 16. Rxd4 Qe8 $1 (16... Qc7 $2 17. Nd7 Rfc8 18. Rcd1 $16) 17.
Nxe4 Nc5 (17... Bc5 $2 18. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 19. Rg4+ Kh8 20. Bh6 $18) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. Rdd1 Qxe5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 (20... Rfd8 21. Be3 $13) 21. Qxb7 Qxe2 {mit
schlußendlichem Ausgleich.}) 16... Qd6 $1 {Da Weiß keinen vernünftigen
Läuferabzug hat, ist dies gut spielbar.} 17. Nb5 Qh6 (17... Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4
$13) 18. Be3 Qh5 $13) ({Die Alternativen De8 und Dc7 sind dagegen deutlich
schwächer.} 15... Qe8 $2 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd7 $16) (15... Qc7 $2
16. Nb5 Qc8 17. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd7 $18) 16. d5 $2 {An sich
logisch, da der Bauer die schwarzen Verteidiger einschnürt und die weißen
Reiter recht munter werden. Viel stärker war aber die sofortige Öffnung der
c-Linie.} (16. dxc5 $1 {war der schmale Pfad, in klaren Vorteil zu kommen.}
Nxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nd7 $16) (16...
bxc5 $2 17. Rd7 $18) 17. Nd5 $1 {Ohne diesen schönen Springerzug würde die
ganze Abwicklung keinen Sinn machen. Trotzdem war es in einer praktischen
Partie nicht leicht, die psychologische Barriere zu überwinden, dass die vom
Sc5 angegriffene Dame von b3 ja gar nicht wegziehen muss!} Bd6 (17... Bxd5 18.
Qxd5 Qe6 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. b3 $18) 18. Bxc5 bxc5 (
18... Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Rxc8 $18) 19. Nc4 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Be7 21. Re5 $16) (
{Verlockend war natürlich auch} 16. Nd5 $6 {doch ich hatte richtig
eingeschätzt, dass nach dem einfachen} Qe6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {die Stellung sofort
verflacht.}) 16... Qf5 {Danach ist Schwarz doch wieder ganz gut aus den
Löchern gekommen.} (16... Bf6 17. Nc4 Bxc3 $13 {war die Alternative.}) 17. Nc6
Bf6 ({Nach} 17... Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nb4 19. c7 {ist die große Frage, ob der Bauer
auf c7 stark oder schwach ist. Meine Intuition sagte mir "stark" oder
zumindest "lästig".}) 18. Nb5 {Der Tanz der Vampire...} Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qc8 $2 {
Verstößt gegen die Schachlogik, da "Rückentwicklung" meist keine
empfehlenswerte Strategie ist. Andererseits war der Angriff auf die "Krücke
c6" natürlich verlockend.} (19... Be5 $1 20. a3 $1 {Nimmt endlich die Drohung
Sb4 aus der Stellung.} Nc7 21. Nxc7 Bxc7 22. Rd7 Rac8 23. Qa4 a5 24. b4 cxb4
25. axb4 b5 26. Qc2 $14) 20. Qa4 Nb4 {Scheinbar hat Schwarz seine Ziele
erreicht, da der c6 nicht mehr zu halten ist. Ich hatte aber noch einen
giftigen Pfeil im Köcher.} (20... Bxb2 $2 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Qxa6 Bxc1 23. Qb7 $1
$18) 21. a3 $1 {Paradoxerweise ist es hier am stärksten, den Springer auf das
Feld zu treiben, auf das er ohnehin will!} (21. Bf4 a6 $1 $13) (21. Nd6 $2 Qxc6
22. Qxb4 Qxd6 23. Qxe4 $15) 21... Nxc6 22. Nd6 $6 {Dieser folgerichtige Zug
kann eigentlich unmöglich ein Fehler sein, aber leider bekommt Schwarz eine
taktische Gegenchance. Stärker war daher der sofortige Vorstoß b4.} (22. b4 Ne5
(22... Bb2 23. Rc2 Be5 24. bxc5 Qf5 25. Nxa7 $1 $16) 23. bxc5 Qh3 24. Qxe4 Ng4
25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rfd8 29. Rd3 $16) 22... Qc7
23. b4 $2 {Konsequent aber das Abspiel hat leider ein taktisches Loch.} (23.
Bxc5 $1 {Diese Alternative verwarf ich nur deshalb, weil ich den Textzug für
stärker hielt.} bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxb2 25. Rxc6 Qe7 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxa3 28.
Ra6 {mit besserem Endspiel für Weiß, auch wenn bereits drohende Remiswolken (4
gegen 3 Bauern am Königsflügel) aufziehen.}) 23... a6 $2 {Läßt die unverhoffte
Chance vorübergehen. Nach Lb2! hätte sich der weiße Vorteil mehr oder weniger
in Luft aufgelöst, da der Turm mit Tempogewinn auf ein schlechtes Feld
getrieben wird, wonach sich ein schwarzer Stützpunkt auf d4 errichten lässt.
Ich hatte nur gesehen, dass sofortiges Sd4 oder Ld4 an Lxd4 nebst Txd4
scheitert.} (23... Bb2 $1 24. Rc2 (24. Rb1 Bd4 25. bxc5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rfd8 $13)
24... Nd4 $1 (24... Bd4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Bf4 g5 27. Nb5 $16) 25. Rxb2 Qxd6 26.
bxc5 bxc5 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rxd4 $14) 24. bxc5 {Danach hat Weiß alle seine
Ziele erreicht und steht strategisch auf Gewinn.} b5 {Verhindert zwar die
gefährliche Öffnung der c-Linie, aber das ist natürlich nur noch ein schwacher
Trost.} 25. Qxe4 Bb2 {Ein letzter Versuch, im Trüben zu fischen.} 26. Rb1 Bxa3
27. Rd3 $1 {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug, um dem Läufer den Rückzug abzuschneiden.
} b4 28. Bf4 {Der Gewinnzug, da die weißen Springerabzüge nicht mehr
vernünftig zu parieren sind.} Na5 (28... Rad8 29. Nc4 Qc8 30. Nxa3 $18) (28...
Qd7 29. Nb5 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Nxa3 bxa3 32. Rxa3 $18) 29. Nf5 Qxc5 (29...
Qa7 30. Bh6 $18) 30. Rd5 $1 {Scheinbar macht Weiß nur Jagd auf den Sa5, doch
insgeheim strickt er schon an einem Mattnetz.} Qb6 (30... Qc4 {erlaubt bereits
ein schönes Matt in 3 Zügen} 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rh5#) 31. Ne7+ ({
Einfacher war} 31. Be3 $18) 31... Kh8 32. Rh5 $5 {Ich muss gestehen, dass mich
hier der Teufel ritt, denn natürlich hatte ich gesehen, dass Le3 oder Lc7 viel
einfacher gewinnt. Ich wollte aber nicht mal mehr ein verlorenes Endspiel
zulassen, sondern direkt auf Matt spielen.} (32. Be3 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Rxa5
$18) 32... h6 $2 ({Die beste praktische Chance war natürlich} 32... f5 33. Qg2
$1 {erneuert die Drohung Txh7+} (33. Qf3 h6 34. Qxa3 bxa3 35. Rxb6 {sollte
zwar auch gewinnen, ist aber in einer praktischen Partie zu unübersichtlich,
da der Freibauer auf a3 viel zu gefährlich wird.}) 33... h6 34. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
35. Nxf5 Rad8 (35... Rxf5 36. Qxa8+ $18) (35... Kh7 36. Rxh6+ Qxh6 37. Nxh6
Kxh6 38. Qd5 $18) 36. Qh3 $18 {In dieser Variante zeigt sich besonders schön,
dass der Läufer auf a3 überhaupt nicht mehr mitspielt.}) (32... g6 33. Be5+ f6
34. Rxh7+) 33. Rxh6+ {Und nach diesem hübschen Schlussakkord gab Peter die
Partie entnervt auf.} (33. Rxh6+ gxh6 34. Be5+ f6 35. Qg6 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amantea op"]
[Site "Amantea"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Komarov,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Nc3 (
8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rc1 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $14) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Nb5 Rc5 15. Nd4 {Novikov,I-Komarov,D/Anzio/1994/0,5/15/}) 8... c5 (8...
Nbd7) (8... Ne4 $1 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 $10 {Novikov,I-Sturua,Z/Amantea/
1994/}) 9. Ne5 cxd4 $2 (9... Na6 $5) 10. Qxd4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Nc5 (11... Bc5 12.
Qf4 Nh5 (12... Bd6 13. Nxf7 $1) 13. Qf3 $16) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 Ne6 (13...
Nce4 $6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd7 $1 Re8 16. Qa4 $1 $18) 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rac1 (15.
Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc2 $132) 15... Bd6 $1 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 (16... Rxc1 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rxc1 Bxe5 (18... Bxg2 19. Nc4 $18) 19.
Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxb7 $18) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8
21. Bd6 Qc2 $1 22. Rd2 Qc1+ 23. Rd1 (23. Kg2 Nc7 24. Qd3 Ne8 (24... Qc6+ 25.
Qf3 $1) 25. Rc2 $1 Qb1 (25... Qa1 26. Be5) 26. e4 $1 h6 (26... Rxd6 27. Rc8 $1
$18) 27. e5) 23... Qc2 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. b4 f6 26. h4 $2 (26. Qd3 {/\e4-e5/})
26... Nc7 27. Rc1 $8 Rxd6 (27... Rxd6 28. Rxc6 Rxd2 29. Rxc7 Rxa2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d5 {The most solid move in this position - white hardly can pretend for a
substantial advantage.} 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Qc8 $1 {Not 13...Qe8 14.Qg4, where the white initiative can become very
dangerous.} 14. Rfd1 Qe6 15. Rd2 c5 16. e3 ({It seems, the most natural move
would be} 16. Rad1 {, but white has another plan in mind - first to put the
queen to f1!}) ({And after the immediate} 16. Qd1 {one has to reckon with} d4
17. Bxb7 dxc3 18. bxc3 Rab8 19. Bd5 Qxe5 20. c4 b5 $14) 16... Bc6 17. Qd1 Rfd8
18. Qf1 b5 ({If} 18... a5 {then} 19. a4 {looked unpleasant to me.}) 19. Ba5 Re8
20. Rad1 Bd8 ({Better was} 20... Qxe5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bc3 (22. Rxd5 Qxb2 23.
R1d2 Qa3 24. Qxb5 a6) 22... Qe6 23. Rxd5 a6 {with only a slight edge to white.}
) 21. Bxd8 {From the first glance 21.Bc3 was bad because of b5-b4.} ({Still,
it was the best move in the position!:} 21. Bc3 b4 22. Rxd5 $1 {The best move
for black is} Be7 $1 {After} (22... bxc3 23. Rd6 Qxe5 24. Bxc6 c2 25. R6d5 $1
cxd1=Q 26. Qxd1 Qxb2 27. Bxe8 {white has clear positional advantage. In many
variations white threatens to sacrifice on f7. Say,} Bf6 28. Bxf7+ $5 (28. Bc6
Rc8 29. Rxc5 Qxa2 30. Bd5 Qa6 $2 (30... Rd8 $14) 31. Qa4) 28... Kxf7 29. Rd7+
Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Rd5 {with strongest attack.}) ({Instead of taking on c3
black has some other moves. After} 22... Qe7 23. Be1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rc8 25. Qc4
{white has an overwhelming position.}) 23. Be1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxe5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8
26. Qb5 {with threats Bb4 or Qb7 white stood better.}) 21... Raxd8 22. f4 f6 {
Black decided to sacrifice an exchange. After the obvious move 22...g6 white
could gradually strengthen his pressure in the centre - Bf3, Qg2, preparing at
the same time an assault on the king's side.} 23. Bh3 {Taking on f6 was worth
of consideration.} Qf7 24. e6 Rxe6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rc1 $6 ({The only chance
to try to refute the sacrifice was} 26. f5 $5 {forcing practically after} Qxe3+
27. Qf2 {the exchange of queens and subsequently still having a slight
advantage in the endgame.}) 26... d4 $1 27. Rxc5 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Qe4 29. Rxc6
Qxc6 30. Rxd4 Re8 {Now, due to the weakened by the move f2-f4 position of the
white king, black stands a bit better. But white has enough resources to
defend himself successfully.} 31. Rd1 h5 32. Rf1 a6 33. Qf3 Qc5+ 34. Qf2 Re3
35. Rd1 Kh7 36. b3 Kh6 37. Kf1 Qc3 38. Qd2 h4 39. gxh4 Rf3+ 40. Kg2 Qxd2+ 41.
Rxd2 Rxf4 42. Rd8 Rxh4 43. Ra8 b4 44. Rxa6 Kg5 45. Rb6 Rd4 46. Kg3 f5 47. Rb5
g6 48. Rb6 Rg4+ 49. Kh3 Kh5 50. Rb8 Rg1 51. Rb5 {Microscopic plus of black is
not possible to convert into a win.} Kg5 $2 {In the heat of the battle black
overestimates his chances. 51...Ra1 was the right move.} 52. Rxb4 f4 53. Rb8
Kf5 54. a4 f3 55. Rf8+ Ke4 56. a5 Ke3 57. a6 f2 58. a7 Ra1 {Here I dared to
offer a draw to my partner, and he accepted it without much thinking. Instead
he could enjoy playing the rook endgame with an extra pawn, where black had to
find several exact moved, for not to lose the game.} (58... Ra1 {Continuation
could be:} 59. b4 Rxa7 60. Kg3 Rb7 61. Rf3+ (61. Rxf2 Rxb4 62. Rf3+ Ke2 63. Rf6
Rb1 {and black saves the game.}) 61... Ke4 62. Rxf2 Ke5 63. Rb2 ({Or} 63. Rf4
Rb5 64. Kg4 Ke6 {The Normal outcome of the game is a draw.})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. Rc1 f5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A curious combination of ...Na6 and ...f5 works
in this game.} (9... c5 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 exd5 12. Ne1 Qc8 13. cxd5 Bf6 14.
Rb3 c4 15. Rb5 Re8 16. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,E-Loginov,V/Tomsk 2001/CBM 082
ext}) (9... d6 10. Qc2 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. Rfd1 Qb7 13. d5 e5 14.
Be3 Rae8 15. Bh3 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 $13 {1-0 Karkanaque,I-Grivas,E/Varna 1994/
EXT 97 (88)}) 10... Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qa3 Rfe8 14. b4 e5 15.
b5 Nc5 16. dxc5 exf4 17. c6 Bc8 18. gxf4 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. e3 $16 {1-0
Chernyshov,K-Gavrilov,A/Voronezh 2004/EXT 2005 (32)}) 10. a3 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11.
Qa4 Qc8 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 {needs checking.}) 10... Bf6 11. Be5 {A harmless
move.} (11. b4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 $13) 11... d6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e3 c5 {This
pawn set-up (f5 and c5) is quite common. The usual question is about White's
most principal reply: d4-d5 - and here Black's a6 knight proves useful!} 14.
Nb5 (14. d5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Rxc3 exd5 16. cxd5 Nc7) 15... exd5 16. cxd5 b5
17. Nd2 Nc7 18. c4 Ba6 $132) 14... Bc6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Nc7 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. d5 {Finally! Black must now close the centre.} e5
21. f3 Ne8 22. Qd3 $6 {[%mdl 32]} (22. b4 {was more logical. White's attempt
to stabilize the kingside first proves unsuccessful.}) 22... g6 23. e4 f4 24.
g4 h5 $1 25. h3 (25. gxh5 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qxh5 27. Rg1 Kh7 28. Nd1 $5) 25... Qh4
26. Rh1 Nf6 27. Rcg1 Kg7 28. Qe2 Rh8 29. Qf2 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qg5 {White must now
carefully watch the h-file. b3-b4 is out of question.} 31. Kf1 a6 32. Ke1 Rb8 {
[%cal Yb6b5] On the contrary, Black's b6-b5 is a real positional threat.} 33.
Qf1 Rh4 34. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 35. Qf2 Rh8 36. Qxh4 Rxh4 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Rg2 Rh1 39.
Rg1 Rh2+ 40. Rg2 Rh3 {Black doesn't want a draw!} 41. Na4 Nd7 42. Rg1 {... The
further course of the game given in the tournament database is clearly
distorted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 c5 {A very old line, played by top players
back in the 60s-70s.} 12. Nd2 {A very uncommon and hardly dangerous move.
White ousts Black's knight from e4 but his own knight will be passive on d2.
Practice has seen:} (12. dxc5 Ndxc5 (12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3 (13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Be5
Re8 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Qa4 a6 17. c4 Bc5 $15 {0-1 (30) Uhlmann,W (2570)-Smyslov,V
(2620) Moscow 1971}) 13... bxc5 14. Ne5 (14. Qc1 Bf6 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {0-1 (34) Livshits,R (2350)-Rozentalis,E (2610)
Montreal 1995}) 14... Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. Rc2 Re8 16. b3 Rc8 17. a4 {0-1 (36)
Garcia Padron,J (2435)-Gomez Esteban,J (2425) Mesa 1992} Bd6 18. Nd3 a5 $132)
15... Bf6 (15... Qc8 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. b3 (17. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]}) 17... d4
18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rf3 Qd5 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Bc7 Rd5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. a4 Re8 $13
{1/2 (37) Postny,E (2651)-Alekseev,E (2725) Novi Sad 2009}) 16. h4 Re8 17. Re3
Bxe5 (17... Qc8 $142 $13 {[%cal Rd5d4]}) 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bf4 Re8
21. Bf3 h6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qf5 Qe6 24. Qe5 Nd7 25. Qd6 $14 {1-0 (66)
Khairullin,I (2575)-Tomashevsky,E (2646) Serpukhov 2008}) 13. Nd4 (13. Be5 a5
14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Qf5 19. Ned4 Qd7 20.
Ne2 Qf5 $11 {0-1 (40) Johannessen,L (2520)-Landa,K (2641) Schwetzingen GER 2013
}) 13... Bf6 14. Bh3 (14. Be3 Qd7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Kh2 Qe8 17. b4 Ne6 18. Ncb5
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 {1-0 (31) Stahlberg,G-Tan Hiong Liong Beverwijk 1963} Rac8 $11) (
14. Ndb5 {1-0 (73) Villamayor,B (2447)-Juswanto,D (2465) Shenyang 1999} Nxc3 $1
15. Nxc3 $140 g5 $1 16. Bd2 d4 $132) (14. b4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Ne6 16. Qe5 Re8 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bd2 f6 20. Qb2 Red8 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 (30) Mackensy,T-Kholmov,R (2445) Moscow 1991}) (14. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 15. Nf5)
14... Re8 15. Ncb5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qf6 17. b4 Ne6 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
f4 Rac8 21. Qd3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bd4 Qe6 {1/2 (23) Lubczynski,R (2414)
-Rozentalis,E (2599) Karpacz 2008}) (12. Nxe4 {(another frequently played move)
} dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 (13... Nf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Qxd8 (16. Rc7 Bd5
17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc3 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (31) Wellens,J (2340)-Merino
Araguas,C (2360) ICCF 1996}) 16... Rfxd8 (16... Bxd8 17. Nd4 $1 Re8 18. Nf5 Bd5
19. a3 a5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Nd6 $16 {1-0 (42) Dzindzichashvili,R-Furman,S Gori
1971 EXT 1999 [ChessBase]}) 17. Rc7 Rd7 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Nd4 Nc5
21. b4 (21. Nf5 $142 $14) 21... Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a3 a6 24. Be5 b5 25. Bd4
{1/2 (25) Adamski,J (2425)-Spassov,L (2460) Warsaw 1983}) 14. b4 (14. Nb3 Bd5
15. dxc5 {1/2 (15) Kortschnoj,V (2640)-Polugaevsky,L (2645) Moscow 1972}) (14.
Nc4 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qd7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qb3+ Qd5 (
19... Kh8 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Qb5 g6 22. e3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Bf1
Rd7 26. Rc6 Rc7 27. Qc4 Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (53) Sakaev,K (2640)
-Tomashevsky,E (2646) Moscow 2008}) 20. Qxd5+ Nxd5 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. f3 Ne3 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. fxe4 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd2 26. exf5 Rxe2+ 27. Kh3 Rxb2 28. Rc8+ Kf7
29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxa7 h5 $11 {1/2 (40) Grachev,B (2655)-Tomashevsky,E (2664)
Budva 2009}) 14... g5 $1 (14... Kh8 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Rc2 Be7 21. Rfc1 Rad8 22. Nb5 $14 {
1/2 (44) Meier,G (2663)-Anisimov,P (2519) Rijeka 2010}) 15... bxc5 16. Nc4 Ba6
17. bxc5 (17. Ne3 $1 cxb4 18. Nd5 $36) 17... Nxc5 18. Bd6 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (28)
Riazantsev,A (2661)-Tomashevsky,E (2708) Moscow 2009}) 15. dxc5 gxf4 16. c6 Ba6
17. b5 Nc5 18. bxa6 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qd6 20. e3 Rad8 21. Nb3 Qxc6 $11 {1/2 (32)
Andreikin,D (2705)-Tomashevsky,E (2710) Saratov 2011}) ({Other, rarely tested
continuations:} 12. Qa4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Rxc3 Nf6 $5) 13... a6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. d5 b5 17. Qc2 g5 18. d6 gxf4 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 Qxg5 21.
Bxb7 Rc7 22. Bxa6 c4 $132 {1/2 (31) Shulman,Y (2632)-Ivanov,A (2516)
Philadelphia 2009}) (12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bf6 14. e3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Re8 16.
Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxe5 {1/2 (17) Van Wely,L (2655)-Piket,J (2630) Monte Carlo
1997}) (12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qd7 $11 {1/2 (30) Nikolic,P (2515)-Farago,I (2535) Banja Luka 1981}) ({Two
following options deserve serious attention:} 12. Be3 $5 Ndf6 (12... Re8 $5)
13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne4 15. Rb3 Nxc5 16. Rc3 Bf6 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 (34) Arbakov,V (2471)-Zvereva,M (2254) St Petersburg 2000}) (12. Qc2 $5 Rc8
13. Rfd1 g5 $6 14. Be3 f5 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. Be5 Bc5 18. e3 $14 {
1-0 (41) Berg,K (2375)-Weill,R (2245) Sindelfingen 1984}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
Rc8 (13... Nf6 {looks even more solid:} 14. dxc5 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. e3 Qd7 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 d4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Re1 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Ne4 Qc6 $11 {1/2 (32) Stein,L-Polugaevsky,L Kislovodsk 1972}) 14... Bxc5 15.
Nb3 Ba3 16. Rc2 Rc8 {1/2 (16) Petrosian,T (2640)-Karpov,A (2540) Moscow 1971})
14. Re1 Re8 15. e4 {This attempt to complicated matters is quite harmless.}
cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nf8 18. e5 Qd7 19. Qb1 Rc8 20. Be3 g6 21. h4 Qc6 {
Black has enough queenside counterplay against White's kingside attacking
attempts.} 22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Nf3 Qc2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qb5 Rc6 $6 (25... Qc6 26.
Qf1 Qe8 {[%cal Yc8c4,Yc8c2] was more solid. After the text move White obtains
some chances.}) 26. Rc1 a6 27. Qf1 $6 (27. Rxc2 $5 axb5 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 29. Bg5
Bb4 30. Bd8 Ba5 {is hardly sufficient for a victory but White can torture
Black for a while in this ending. Instead, Anish Giri decides to continue his
kingside attack. Hardly a wise decision!}) 27... Qxa2 28. h5 Rxc1 (28... gxh5 {
was quite possible. If} 29. Bg5 {then Black can simply reject the offer to
trade the bishops:} Bf8 {White's counterplay could only be enough for a draw.})
29. Qxc1 Qc4 30. Qd1 a5 $2 {This looks like a blunder.} (30... gxh5 {was still
possible although White now had a forced draw:} 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. Qxh5 (32. Bxg5
Bc6 $1 33. Qxh5 Qxd4) 32... Bxe3 33. Qe8+ $11) 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qb1 $6 {
White goes for a line giving him an extra pawn.} (32. Nh4 $1 Bxh4 33. Qg4 {
(M.Golubev) was much stronger, e.g.} Qc8 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxh4
Qe8 37. Bh6 $1 Qf7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Bg5 Ba6 $1 {(the only way to create
counterplay)} 40. Bf6 Be2 $1 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Qc8 $1 $16) 32... Kf7 33. Qxb6
Ba6 $1 34. Qxa5 {White has regained the sacrificed material with a profit but
Black creates counterplay against the opponent's king and secures a draw:} Qf1+
35. Kh2 Be2 36. Nd2 Qe1 37. Qc7 Bg4 38. Qb7 (38. Kg2 {can be met with} Bh3+ $1
{, and the king, to avoid mate, must go back to h2.}) 38... Qe2 39. Kg2 Qe1 40.
Qb8 ({In the event of} 40. Nf3 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Qf1 {White can't make any
further progress since} 42. Bg5 $4 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qh5+ {loses a piece.}) 40...
Bh3+ 41. Kh2 Qd1 42. Qh8 Bf5 43. Kg2 Qh5 44. Qb8 {White avoids the exchange of
queens but soon he will offer it himself.} Bh3+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Bf5 47.
Qb7 Ke8 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qb7 Ke8 50. Qb5+ Kf7 51. Qf1 Qxf1 52. Nxf1 g5 53. f3
g4 54. Kg2 Kg6 55. fxg4 Bxg4 56. Nh2 Kf5 57. Nxg4 Kxg4 58. Bf2 Bf8 59. Be3 Be7
60. Bf2 Bf8 61. Be3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 d6 (9... c5 {is more popular nowadays.}) 10. d5 Nxd2 (10... Nxc3 11.
Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 {is the main alternative.} 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 $5 15.
gxf4 a5 16. e4 Qf6 $6 (16... c6 $5 $132) 17. Nb3 $16 {Magerramov,E-Naumkin,I/
Sankt-Petersburg/1992/Inf 55/525/}) 11. Nxd2 $1 (11. Qxd2 e5 {brings Black
good results.} (11... Qe7 $5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 a5 16.
f4 Nc5 17. f5 f6 18. Bf3 $14 {Karpov,A-Salov,V/Reykjavik/1991/1:0 (67)/Inf 52/
534/}) 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. h5 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 Qe7
18. Rh1 $14 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Terrassa/1991/1:0 (38)/Inf 52/535/}) 11... e5
(11... Kh8 12. Nde4 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 (13. Nxc3 e5 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 a5 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. Be4 f6 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Bg2 Bc8 20. Rc3 Bd7 21. b3 b5 $132 {1/2 (30) Hebden,
M (2530)-Adams,M (2555) London 1990}) 13... Nd7 14. f4 (14. h4 Qe7 15. Qc2 Nf6
16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Karpov,An/Dubai(ol)/1986/}) 14... Qe7 15.
Qc2 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 $14 {1/2 (34) Ftacnik,L (2475)-Karpov,A (2725)
Dubai 1986}) (11... Bxc3 $5 12. Rxc3 e5 (12... Kh8 13. e4 $14) 13. f4 Nd7 14.
f5 $14 {1/2 (31) Hakki,I (2429)-Mansour,S (2269) Amman 2008 needs more tests.})
12. b4 (12. e4 Nd7 13. Bh3 a5 14. a3 Bg5 15. b4 g6 16. Qc2 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Ba6 18.
Qd3 Bc8 19. Kg2 Kh8 {1/2 (19) Hort,V (2595)-Najdorf,M (2510) Buenos Aires 1980
MCL [Chekhov]}) (12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nd7 14. Nde4 (14. e4 Re8 15. b4 a5 16. a3
Ba6 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Rf3 {1-0 (30) Inkiov,V (2470)-Hoeksema,H (2380) Groningen
1989} g6 $15) 14... Bh4 15. Ng3 f5 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Bh3 g6 17. e4 fxe4 18.
Be6+ Kh8 19. Ncxe4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rc2 Bf6 {1/2 (21) Huzman,A (2475)
-Tsarev,V (2415) Kiev 1989}) (12. Nce4 Be7 13. c5 {1/2 (75) Gonda,L (2528)
-Kovacevic,A (2549) Hungary 2012} dxc5 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxb7 Nd7
17. Bxa8 Qxa8 $13) (12. Nde4 $5 {may be the most promising:} Be7 {[%cal Yf7f5]}
(12... Nd7 13. f4 Be7 (13... exf4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. gxf4 Rae8 16. e4 $14) 14.
f5 $1 (14. Nf2 exf4 15. gxf4 Re8 16. e4 Bf8 17. Qf3 {1-0 (39) Lerner,K (2495)
-Platonov,I (2435) Tashkent 1980 MCL [Moiseev]} g6 $132) 14... Bg5 15. Nxg5
Qxg5 16. Ne4 $14 Qe7 (16... Qe3+ $142 17. Kh1 Nc5) 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6
19. Be4 $16 {1-0 (28) Erdelyi,T (2330)-Gelfer,I (2315) Kobanya 1988}) 13. c5 $5
bxc5 (13... f5 14. c6 Bc8 15. Nd2 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8]}) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. d6 (15.
Qb3 $5) 15... Bxg2 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20. Qd5
Qxd5+ 21. Nxd5 Nb6 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Rfd1 $14 {1/2 (69) Delchev,A (2622)
-Feller,S (2640) Belfort 2012}) 12... a5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Nb3 {[%cal Yc4c5]}
Ba6 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bg5 16. Rc2 f5 17. c6 Nb6 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e4 f4 $132 {
0-1 (52) Ibrahimli,M (2203)-Shevchenko,K (2438) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2016}) 13.
a3 axb4 (13... Nd7 14. Nb3 Be7 $6 (14... Ba6 $5) 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17.
bxc5 Ba6 18. c6 Nb6 19. Ra1 f5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Ra5 Bc4 22. Rfa1 $16 {1-0 (45)
Ponomariov,R (2738)-Alekseev,E (2640) Sochi 2006}) (13... Bg5 $5 14. c5 (14.
Rb1 {1-0 (41) Antic,D (2505)-Jakab,A (2412) Budapest 2006} Nd7) (14. e3 $5)
14... axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Na6 17. cxd6 (17. c6 Bc8 18. Ra1 Rb8) 17...
cxd6 18. Rb1 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Bc8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Qd3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
Nc5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf5 g6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qxd5 29. Qh6+
Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ {1/2 (32) Sriram,J (2430)-Friedel,J 
(2519) Manchester 2016}) 14. axb4 Na6 $2 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 16384] Not a good
square for the knight, which will be out of play for the rest of the game!} (
14... Bg5 $142 15. e3 f5 $13) 15. Qb3 Bg5 (15... g6 16. Nde4 Be7 17. Nb5 f5 18.
Nec3 Qd7 19. Ra1 h5 20. Ra4 h4 21. Rfa1 Kg7 22. R1a3 Rh8 23. Qa2 Qc8 24. e4 Bg5
25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ne2 hxg3 27. Rxg3 Kf6 28. f4 $16 {1-0 (50) Laznicka,V (2657)
-Socko,B (2624) Grosseto Prugna 2015}) 16. e3 f5 17. f4 Bf6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19.
Nf3 {[%mdl 32] White is fighting for the centre.} Kh8 $6 {Black's position is
difficult but this voluntary exchange of his only active minor piece
aggravates his problems.} (19... Bf6 20. Nb5 {[%cal Yf3d4]}) 20. Nxe5 dxe5 {
After this modification of the pawn structure c4-c5 becomes a serious threat.}
21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Qc3 Rae8 23. Rcd1 Rf6 (23... e4 24. Bh3 {[%cal Yb5d4]}) 24. e4
$1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 {[%csl Re5]} c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This loses at once.} (25...
Rxf1+ $142 26. Rxf1 g6 $16) 26. dxc6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxc6 28. Qf3 $1 {[%cal
Re4c6,Rf3f8]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 {For this line - see CBM 061, 078.}
12. Qb3 {This move can bring some fresh air.} (12. Qc1 {is more common.}) (12.
Qd2 {and}) (12. Qa4 {are also played.}) 12... d6 (12... a5 13. a4 d5 14. Ne5
Qd6 15. f3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bd5 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd8 19. f4 c6 20. exf5 Rxf5
21. Rde1 Rf6 22. f5 Ra7 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. fxe6 Re7 25. Kh1 {1-0 Weber,K-Mauro,
L/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 101}) 13. Ne1 Qe8 $6 (13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2
Qe7 {was probably more accurate.}) 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ng2 {[%csl Re4] Black has
now serious problems: additionally to his weakened queenside, he has a weak e4
pawn.} Nc6 (15... Nd7 16. Qc2 Qg6 17. Qa4 $1 $16) 16. d5 Na5 (16... Ne5 17. Nf4
$16) 17. Bxa5 bxa5 18. Qc2 exd5 (18... c6 19. Nf4 $1 {doesn't solve the
problems.}) 19. cxd5 Rb8 20. b3 Rf7 21. Nf4 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7,Rc7,Re4] Black has
a lot of weaknesses. In such a situation a knight is often more useful than a
bishop.} Re7 (21... Qe5 22. e3) 22. f3 (22. Ne6 $6 c6) 22... Rb4 (22... exf3
23. Rxf3 {[%cal Yf4e6]}) 23. Ne6 c5 $6 (23... exf3 24. Rxf3 a4 $14 {was
relatively better, getting rid of some of the weaknesses.}) 24. fxe4 {[%cal
Re4e5] White is a pawn up; moreover, Black must give up an exchange. Still, he
creates a kind of fortress.} Rxe6 (24... a4 25. e5 $1 Bxe5 26. Rf8+ Qxf8 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Qxh7 $18) 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd3 Be5 (26... Qxe4 $2 27. Qxe4 Rxe4
28. Rxd6 Rxe2 29. Rf2 $18) 27. Qf3 h6 28. Qf8+ ({After} 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. exf5
Kf7 {White can hardly break through Black's defence.}) 28... Kh7 29. Rf7 Qg6 $2
(29... Qg4 $142 $1 30. Rxa7 Rxe4 31. Qf3 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Qg6 $132 33. Rxa5 $6 Re3
34. Qg2 $2 Qc2) 30. Rxa7 Qxe4 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (30... Rxe4 $142 31. Ra8
Qg5) 31. Qf3 $1 {After the queen exchange Black's position is hopeless but
otherwise he just loses his a5=pawn.} Qg6 32. Rxa5 Rf4 33. Qd3 Re4 34. Ra4 Bd4+
35. Kg2 h5 36. Rf1 Qg4 37. e3 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 {This line was examined in CBM 154,
annotations to Aronian - Grischuk by GM M.Marin.} 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 cxd4 13.
Bxd4 Be7 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. b3 a6 18. Rfd1 d6 19. Qe2 Rd7
20. a4 Rad8 21. Rd2 h6 22. Rad1 Na5 $5 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. e5 Qc6 25. exd6 Rxd6
$11 {1/2 (41) Potkin,V (2645)-Berkes,F (2673) Germany 2013}) 12... bxc5 13. Qd6
{The idea of this invasion is to provoke ...Bf6-e7 and therefore keep White's
c3-bishop from exchange. However, it is quite harmless.} (13. Qd3 d5 $5) 13...
Qb6 (13... Be7 {is quite possible, too:} 14. Qd3 f6 (14... Qc7 15. f4 (15. Qf3
f6 $1 {- 14...f6}) 15... d6 16. Ng4 f5 17. Nf2 Nc6 18. e4 Bf6 19. exf5 exf5 20.
Qxf5 Bxc3 21. Qd5+ Qf7 22. bxc3 Na5 $1 $11 {1/2 (36) Kovalenko,I (2650)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2700) Poland 2015}) 15. Qf3 $6 (15. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 15... Qc7 $1
16. Qxa8 Nc6 17. Qxf8+ Bxf8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 19. f3 Qa6 20. b3 d5 21. e3 dxc4 22.
Kf2 Qa3 23. Rfb1 Bd6 $15 {0-1 (40) Salem,A (2615)-Duda,J (2632) Martuni 2015})
(13... a5 {[%cal Ya8a6] is also enough for equality:} 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 Be7
15. Qd3 d6 16. Qf3 Ra6 17. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {1-0 (46) Saduakassova,D (2406)
-Severina,M (2233) Moscow 2015}) 14... Be7 15. Qd3 d6 (15... Qc7 16. f4 d6 17.
Nf3 Nc6 18. a3 Rad8 19. e4 Qb7 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Bf8 22. Rfd1 Qa6 23. Re3 a4
$11 {1/2 (30) Schandorff,L (2519)-Hracek,Z (2609) Reykjavik 2015}) 16. Qf3 Ra6
17. Nd3 (17. h4 $6 Bf6 18. h5 h6 19. Nd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd7 21. Kg1 Qa8 $15 {
[%csl Rc4] 0-1 (42) L'Ami,E (2618)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Germany 2015}) 17...
Nd7 $11) 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 Qxd6 (14... Rd8 $5 15. e3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Qf4
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qe5 Qb6 $11 {1/2 (41)
Grachev,B (2669)-Lysyj,I (2686) Kazan 2014}) 15. Rxd6 Be7 16. Rd2 d6 17. Nd3
Nc6 (17... Nd7 18. Ba5 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Rc6 20. b3 Bf6 21. Ne1 Be7 22. e4 Kf8 23.
f4 Nf6 24. Kf3 $14 {1-0 (56) Bachmann,A (2629)-Di Berardino,D (2484)
Florianopolis 2015}) 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 f5 (19... g6 20. Nb2 f5 21. f4 Kf7
22. e3 h6 23. Na4 Rab8 24. h3 Rb7 25. g4 Rbb8 26. Kf3 a6 27. e4 fxe4+ 28. Kxe4
Rbc8 29. h4 $14 {1/2 (60) Fridman,D (2639)-Quesada Perez,Y (2649) Tromso 2014})
20. f4 Kf7 21. Nb2 h6 $1 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh1 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rg8+ 26.
Kf1 Raf8 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Rh6 Kf7 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Rh6 Kf7 {1/2 (30) Grachev,B
(2669)-Khismatullin,D (2679) Kazan 2014}) (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 $1 (15...
Ra7 16. Rd6 Rb7 17. a4 Be7 18. Rd3 d6 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. e4 Ra7 22.
b3 Rad7 23. Ne1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc2 Ne7 26. Na3 Kg7 27. Nb5 d5 28. exd5
exd5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Nd6 $14 {1-0 (47) Shirov,A 
(2683)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2646) Caracas 2014}) 16. Rd6 Ra6 $11 {[%cal Yf6e7]
}) 14... Qxd6 (14... Rd8 $5 {deserves attention here, too.}) 15. Rxd6 Be7 16.
Rd2 d6 17. Nd3 a5 {This queenside action is useful in any case:} (17... Nc6 18.
e4 $5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. f4 a5 (20... Rac8 21. b3 Bf6 22. e5 Be7 23. exd6
Rxd6 24. Nb2 Rcd8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5] 1-0 (68)
Kovalenko,I (2611)-Berkes,F (2665) Zalakaros 2014}) 21. g4 Bf6 22. e5 dxe5 23.
Nxe5 Rxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Nb4 26. b3 Ke7 27. a3 Nc6 28. Rd6 {1/2 (28)
Sjugirov,S (2669)-Stupak,K (2567) Moscow 2015}) 18. f4 Nd7 {Planning ...Nd7-b6
b2-b3 a5-a4!} 19. Ne5 $5 Nb8 (19... Nb6 $6 20. Nc6) 20. Ng4 f5 (20... Nd7 21.
e4 Nb6 22. Ne3 Na4 23. Nc2 $5 {[%cal Yc2a3,Ya3b5]}) 21. Nf2 Nd7 22. e4 $1 Nb6
$1 23. exf5 Nxc4 24. Re2 Rxf5 25. Rxe6 Bf8 $11 {As a result of pawn exchanges,
the position remains equal: Black has a passed d-pawn as a compensation for
White's kingside pawn majority.} 26. Rfe1 Rf7 27. Ne4 (27. Re8 $5 Rfa7 $5 $11)
27... d5 28. b3 Na3 29. Ng5 Rfa7 30. Be5 $6 {White underestimates Black's
queenside counterplay.} (30. Rc1 a4 31. Rb6 $11) 30... h6 31. Nf3 a4 32. Rb6
Ra6 (32... axb3 $5 33. axb3 Nc2 34. Re2 Ra2 $36 {[%cal Yd5d4]}) 33. Rb7 R6a7 {
A draw was satisfactory for Ernesto Inarkiev in this game as he was leading
the tournament.} 34. Rb6 Ra6 35. Rxa6 $6 {White had no reason whatsoever to
play for a win.} Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096]} 36. Kf2 Rb6 37. Rd1 d4 38. Nd2 Nc2 {
[%cal Yc2b4]} 39. Kf3 Rb7 (39... Nb4 $5 40. a3 Nd5 41. bxa4 Ra6) 40. Rb1 Nb4
41. a3 Nd5 42. bxa4 Ra7 43. Rb8 Kf7 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Rxa4 46. Nc4 (46. Rb7+
Kg8 47. Rb8 $11) 46... Nd1 47. Rxf8+ (47. Bxd4 $5 cxd4 48. Ne5+ Kg8 49. Ng6 Kf7
$1 $11) 47... Kxf8 48. Bd6+ Kf7 49. Bxc5 Ne3 50. Nb6 $6 {A strange decision.} (
50. Nxe3 dxe3 51. Bb4 Ke6 52. Kxe3 $11 {_|_}) 50... Ra5 51. Bb4 Rh5 52. a4 $2 (
52. h4 {may be enough for a draw after all although now a detailed analysis is
required.}) 52... Rxh2 {Black's rook is very active, and White's passed a-pawn
doesn't give him enough counterplay.} 53. a5 Ra2 (53... Rb2 $1 54. Bc5 (54. a6
Ra2) (54. Be1 Rb1 55. Bd2 Nf1) 54... Ra2 55. Bb4 Nc2 {is probably even
stronger.}) 54. Na8 (54. Kxd4 Nc2+ 55. Kc5 Nxb4 56. Kxb4 Ke6 {must be winning
for Black, too.}) 54... Ke6 55. Ke4 Ra4 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Na6 Kc6 58. Bf8 (58.
Kxd4 Nf5+ 59. Kc4 Nxg3 $19) 58... Rxa5 59. Nb4+ Kb5 60. Nd3 Kc4 $6 (60... Nf1
$1 $19) 61. Bxg7 $2 (61. Ne5+ {was the only but insufficient attempt:} Rxe5+ $1
62. fxe5 Ng4 $1 63. Ba3 $8 d3 64. Bc1 Kc3 65. e6 Kc2 66. Bf4 g5 $1 67. Kf5 $1 (
67. e7 Nf6+ 68. Kf5 Ne8 69. Be3 d2 70. Bxd2 Kxd2 71. Kg6 Ke3 72. Kxh6 g4 $19)
67... gxf4 68. e7 Ne3+ $1 69. Kg6 (69. Ke4 Nc4) 69... f3 70. e8=Q Kd2 {, and
Black's knight and two passed pawns prevail over White's queen.}) 61... Nf5 62.
Ne5+ Rxe5+ 63. Bxe5 d3 64. Kxf5 d2 65. Kf6 d1=Q 66. f5 Kd5 67. Bf4 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qc1 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bf1 {
[%cal Rf3d2]} Bb7 {For this line - see CBM 61, annotations by GM J.Tisdall to
the game between the same players.} 15. b4 (15. d5 Nc5 16. dxe6 (16. Bg2 Bxc3
17. Qxc3 e5 18. Nd2 a5 19. b3 Qf6 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. gxf4 Re8 $15 {
1/2 Foisor,C (2393)-Pokorna,R (2342)/Athens 2006/CBM 113 ext (61)}) 16... Nxe6
17. Bg2 Bxc3 (17... Qe8 $5 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. e3 Qh5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Re8
22. Nxe6 Rfxe6 $11 {1/2 Dziedzina,M (2170)-Kordts,W (2380)/IECG 2003/Telechess
CBM 99 (28)}) 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc5 22. Nb1 a5
23. b3 Ne4 24. f3 Nc5 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. h4 $14 {/= 1/2 Van Wely,L 
(2655)-Tiviakov,S (2590)/Beijing 1997/CBM 061/[Tisdall] (48)}) 15... Qe7 16.
Qc2 (16. Nd2 e5 $1) 16... c5 17. Bg2 Be4 {Black has absolutely no problems
after the opening.} 18. Qb2 (18. Qb3 $142) 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Nd2 (
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rc1 $11 {[%cal Ye1d1]}) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 22. Bc3 Qe6 (
22... e4 $1 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 $36 24. f4 $140 exf3+ 25. exf3 Re6) 23. e4 $1 f4 24.
Qb3 $13 Rf7 $6 {Not the most appropriate move in view of White's reply.} (24...
Be7 $5 25. c5 Qxb3 26. axb3 bxc5 27. Nc4 f3+ 28. Kg1 Rf6 29. Ra1 $44) (24... a5
$5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc5 $44) 25. c5 $1 {Now, after Nd2-c4, White will
threaten the Nc4-d6 fork.} Qxb3 26. axb3 fxg3 27. hxg3 b5 (27... bxc5 28. Nc4
Be7 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 cxb4 31. Bxb4 Rb8 32. Bc3 Rxb3 33. Rc6 $44) 28. Nf3
dxc5 29. Rd5 $1 cxb4 $6 (29... a6 30. Red1 Rc7 31. bxc5 $140 Rxc5 $1) 30. Bxb4
a6 31. Red1 Nb6 32. Rd6 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Gd6,Re5] Despite Black's extra pawn, he
must fight for equality as his pawns are weak, and his pieces are passive.} Rb7
$6 (32... Be7 $142 33. Rxb6 Bxb4 34. Rxa6 (34. Nxe5 $2 Rxf2+ $1) 34... Bc3 35.
Ra2 Rcf8 36. Rd3 b4 {and it is difficult for White to make any progress.}) 33.
Ba5 Rcb8 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rdd6 Nd7 $5 (35... Nc8 36. Re6 Re7 37. Rxe7+ Nxe7 38.
Rxa6 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 36. b4 (36. Bc7 $5 Rc8 37. Rxd7+ Ke8 38. Rd5 Rbxc7 39.
Rxa6 Rc5 40. Rdd6 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re5]}) 36... Ra8 37. Ne1 Be7 38. Rd5 Ke8 39.
Nd3 Bf6 40. Rdd6 h6 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 $16 {[%csl Ga6,Rb5,Rb7,Re5][%mdl
4096]} Be7 43. Kf3 {White misses his opponent's 44th move and unnecessarily
allows Black to improve his pawn structure.} (43. f4 $142 $16) 43... Kf7 44.
Kg4 h5+ $1 45. Kf3 (45. Kxh5 Nf6+ 46. Kg5 Nxe4+ 47. Kf5 Nd6+ 48. Kxe5 Rd7 49.
Nc5 Nc4+ 50. Ke4 Rd2 $132) 45... g6 (45... g5 $5) 46. Ke2 Rb8 (46... g5 $142)
47. Rc6 h4 {Why?} (47... Rg8 $142 48. Rc7 Ke6 49. Rb7 $140 Rb8) 48. gxh4 Rh8
49. Rc7 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kf7 51. Rc7 Ke6 52. Rxd7 {This leads to an interesting
endgame, in which Black can apparently hold his ground.} (52. f4 $142 Bf6 $1 (
52... Rxh4 $2 53. f5+ $1 gxf5 54. exf5+ Kd6 55. Nc5 $1 Nf6 56. Nb7+ Kd5 57.
Rxe7 $18) (52... Bd6 53. Rc6 Ke7 54. Bc7 $1 Bxc7 55. Rxc7 Kd6 56. Rxd7+ Kxd7
57. Nxe5+ Ke6 58. Nxg6 $18 {- a better version of the exchange sacrifice than
the game}) 53. fxe5 Nxe5 54. Nf4+ Kd6 55. h5 $1 gxh5 56. Rc5 $1 Kd7 57. Nd5 $1
(57. Rxb5 h4 58. Rb7+ Kc8 59. Rc7+ Kb8 $132 {[%csl Gh4]}) 57... Bg5 (57... Bd8
58. Bxd8 Rxd8 59. Rxb5) 58. Rxb5 h4 59. Bc7 $1 {keeping good winning chances.})
52... Kxd7 53. Nxe5+ Ke8 54. Nxg6 Rh6 55. Nxe7 Kxe7 56. Ke3 Rxh4 57. Bb6 Ke6
58. f4 Rh1 59. f5+ Kf6 60. Bd4+ {White starts lengthy manoeuvring in order to
exhaust his opponent.} (60. Bd8+ Ke5 61. Bc7+ Kf6) 60... Kg5 61. Bc3 Rd1 62.
Bd2 Kf6 63. Bc3+ Kg5 64. Bg7 Rd7 {Unnecessary making his rook passive.} (64...
Rb1 $142 $1 65. Bf8 Kf6 66. Bc5 Re1+ $1 $11) 65. Bf8 Kg4 66. Bc5 Kg5 {An
important position - a reciprocal zugzwang! Being on move, White can't make
any progress.} 67. Kf3 (67. Bb6 Rd1) 67... Rh7 $1 68. Kg3 Kf6 69. Bd4+ Kg5 70.
Bc5 Kf6 71. Bd6 Kg5 72. Bf4+ Kf6 73. Kg4 Rg7+ 74. Kf3 Rh7 (74... Rg1) 75. Bg3
Kg5 76. Bf4+ Kf6 77. Ke3 Rd7 78. Bg3 Kg5 (78... Rd1 $1) 79. Be5 Rd8 $2 ({After
} 79... Rd1 80. Bc3 {Black must retreat anyway, due to the zugzwang, but he
plays} Rd7 $1 81. Bd4 Rd8 82. Bc5 Rd7 $1 {repeating the position after move 66.
After the text continuation White obtains it with Black to move!}) 80. Bd4 $1
Rd7 {To any other move White replies 81.Bc5, too, except, of course,} (80...
Rd6 $2 81. e5) 81. Bc5 $22 {Black must now let the white king forward.} Kg4 $2
{This is definitely losing. Surprisingly, despite all the progress White has
made, I don't see a win after} (81... Rc7 82. Kd4 Kf6 $1 83. Kd5 Rc8 $1 84.
Bd4+ Kg5 {Here is an amazing possible line:} 85. Bg7 $5 (85. Be5 Rg8 86. Kc6 (
86. Bd6 Kf6 87. Kc6 Rg4 $1) 86... Re8 87. Kd6 Kh5) (85. f6 Kg6 86. e5 Rd8+ 87.
Kc5 Kf7 {[%csl Rd4]}) 85... Rg8 86. f6 Kg6 87. e5 Rc8 88. Kd6 (88. e6 Rc4)
88... Rc4 89. Ke7 $1 Rc7+ 90. Kd8 Ra7 91. e6 {White has made tremendous
progress but...} Ra8+ 92. Kc7 Ra6 $1 93. Kd7 (93. e7 Kf7) 93... Ra7+ 94. Kc6
Ra6+ 95. Kxb5 Rxe6 $11) (81... Rd1 $143 $2 82. Be7+ Kh6 83. e5) 82. f6 $1 {
[%cal Rc5e7]} Kg5 (82... Rh7 83. Be7 {[%cal Ye3d4]}) 83. e5 Kf5 84. Bd6 {
[%csl Gd6,Rd7] White has obtained the optimal arrangement of his bishop and
pawns. Now he wins the b5-pawn and the game:} Ke6 85. Kd4 Rxd6+ {Desperation.}
86. exd6 Kxd6 87. f7 Ke7 88. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 {No suprises, we are following Tiviakov's main defence against 1.d4.} 9. Ne5
$5 {But this move takes the game into uncharted territory! Since White now
threatens to take on e4 Black's reply seems obvious.} Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11.
Kxg2 Bf6 ({White had two alternatives. a)} 11... d6 12. Nd3 Qe8 13. Re1 $5 (13.
Nf4 Bg5 $1 $132) 13... Qc6+ {when both} 14. d5 ({and} 14. e4 {give rise to
interesting complications.})) ({b)} 11... Nc6 12. Qa4 {retains some pressure.}
(12. Nf3 $5) (12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. e4 $5)) 12. Qd3 {Connecting the rooks while
vacating the d1-square for one of them. Also e2-e4 is prepared and the
possibility of Qd2-f3 may come in handy sometime.} d5 ({In itself this is
logical, with light-squared bishops on the board a stonewall setup suggests
itself. However,} 12... d6 13. Qf3 c6 $1 {deserves attention, as} 14. Nxc6 Nxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Kg1 $5 {getting out of the check on c6.} (17. b3
d5 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. cxd5 Qb7 $1 20. e3 Qxd5+ 21. Kg1 f4 $1 {is at least a
perpetual.}) 17... Qxc4 18. Qxa7 b5 (18... Bxd4 $5) 19. Qa3 Qxe2 20. Qxd6 Rfd8
{gives enough compensation.}) 13. Rfd1 Qd6 ({After} 13... Bxe5 $6 14. dxe5 c6
15. Bb4 {the bishop will become a monster on d6 because} c5 $2 16. Bc3 d4 17.
e3 $1 {wins a pawn. With the text move Sergey is preparing ...Nd7.}) 14. Qf3 c6
({In Schaakmagazine Jeroen Bosch analyses} 14... Nc6 15. b4 $5 {but after} Bxe5
({the idea becomes clear after} 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxe5 (16... c5 17. bxc5
bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd7 Qxc4 20. Nxf8 Bxa1 21. Nxe6 $16) 17. c5 $1) ({or} 
15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. c5 $1) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. c5 Nxf3 18. cxd6 Ng5 $1 (
18... d4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. dxc7 Rxc7 {is drawish.})
19. dxc7 Rac8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Rdc1 Ne5 {White is - at the very least - not
better.}) ({(} 14... Nc6 {) A better try may be} 15. cxd5 Nxd4 (15... Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 (17. dxe6 $5 Qxe6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd7 Qxb2 20. Rad1 Qxa2
21. Rxc7 Rac8 $1 22. Rcd7 Rf7 $1 {may not be more than a draw.}) 17... Qxe5 {
transposes.}) 16. Bxd4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 (18... Rae8 19. Rd7
Rxe6 20. Rad1 f4 21. g4 {is unpleasant.}) 19. b4 {with slight pressure.}) ({
After} 14... Nd7 {White has the additional option of going} 15. Bb4 $5 (15.
cxd5 Nxe5 {would transpose to the lines above.}) 15... Nxe5 (15... c5 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ba3 $1 (18. Bxc5 Rfc8 {wins the pawn back.}) 18... Rfd8
19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rac1 {with pressure.}) 16. Bxd6 (16. dxe5 Qxb4 17. exf6 Qxc4
18. Rac1 Qe4 $15) 16... Nxf3 17. Bxf8 Nxd4 18. e3 Kxf8 19. exd4 dxc4 20. Rac1
Rd8 21. Rxc4 c5 {and if White has something here, he should start with} 22. b4
$5) 15. Rac1 Nd7 $2 ({The most logical move in the position, but it fails
tactically. It had to be prepared with either} 15... a5) ({or} 15... Re8 {.})
16. Bb4 $1 Nxe5 (16... Qxb4 17. Nxd7 Rf7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc2
$1 {is much better for White. The only open file on the board is under control
and Black's kingside structure gives additional targets for attack (pawn on e6,
7th rank). Tiviakov decides his chances are better in the endgame. I could
have prevented this by playing 16.cxd5, but during the game I considered the
upcoming ending to be the worse option for him and saw no reason to prevent it
from happening.}) 17. Bxd6 Nxf3 18. Bxf8 Nxd4 19. e3 ({I thought that} 19. Bxg7
$5 Kxg7 20. e3 c5 21. exd4 Bxd4 {would be less precise.}) 19... Ne2 20. Rc2
Kxf8 21. Rxe2 Ke7 ({Taking a second pawn allows the rook to enter} 21... dxc4
22. Rd7 c5 23. Rc2 b5 (23... Ke8 24. Rb7 Kd8 25. Rxc4 Bxb2 26. Rc2 $16) 24. Rc7
$16) 22. Rc2 Kd6 23. b4 {Important! If Black wants to push c5 and d4 White
wants to be ready to take on c5 so as to create space for his rook.} a5 $6 {
It was better to wait passively.} 24. cxd5 exd5 (24... cxd5 25. b5 $16) 25.
Rdc1 $1 Rc8 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 {Now that the b-file is opened and in
White's possesion I believe the position is technically winning.} d4 $6 {
Opening yet more files.} 28. Kf3 dxe3 29. Kxe3 Re8+ 30. Kf4 Bd4 31. Kxf5 ({
I didn't want to allow any practical chances Black might get after} 31. Rd2 c5
32. Kxf5 Kd5 {.}) 31... Bxf2 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Rdd2 $1 Bb6 34. Re2 Rf8+ 35. Kg4
Bd4 36. Re6 c5 37. Ra6 Kb7 38. Rxa5 Kc6 39. a4 Kd5 40. Ra7 Ke4 {With
time-trouble behind, the win is now easy.} 41. a5 Rc8 42. a6 c4 43. Rd7 c3 44.
a7 Ra8 45. Ra2 (45. Rc1 $1 Rxa7 46. Re1+ Kd3 47. Rd1+ {would have saved some
time.}) 45... Ke3 46. Ra3 {Zugzwang!} h6 (46... Kd3 47. Ra4 $1) (46... Bf6 47.
Ra6 $1) 47. Ra2 Bf6 (47... c2 48. Rxc2 Rxa7 49. Rxa7 Bxa7 50. Rc7 Bd4 51. Rf7 {
is an easy win now the pawn is on h6.}) 48. Kf5 Bd4 49. Ke6 Bf6 50. Kf5 Bd4 51.
g4 Bf6 52. h3 Bd4 53. h4 Bf6 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Bd4 56. Kg6 $22 {The final
zugzwang.} Be5 57. Re7 {Black resigned. The first step in what would become a
good tournament for me!} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 67th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bf4 $6 ({More popular is} 10. Bb2) 10... Rc8 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 $2 (13. Qd1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 $11) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 $1
{I missed this strong move. Now Black gets a slightly better position in a
forced line.} 15. Bd4 $8 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Bxd4 17. e3 Bxc3 $2 ({Correct was} 17...
Bf6 $1 18. Qxd8 (18. Qe2 Rc7 $15) 18... Rcxd8 19. bxc4 $15) 18. Qxc3 Rc5 {
It looks like White gets into troubles, however my opponent missed} (18... Rc7
19. Bf3 $11) 19. Qd4 $1 {Now the position equalises. However, Black finds the
last chance.} Qxd4 20. exd4 Rc7 21. Bf3 Nh6 $1 {Black wants to attack the
d4-pawn and later on block it with a knight on d6. That would give Black
better chances, thus White needs to hurry.} 22. Rxc4 $1 {It is neccessary to
exchange a pair of rooks.} Rxc4 23. bxc4 Nf5 24. d5 e5 25. Rc1 $6 ({I saw a
forced draw after} 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rc1 Nd4 27. Kg2 Rc8 28. d6 f6 {(to protect
the e5-pawn, otherwise White plays d7)} 29. Bb7 Rd8 30. Rxc5 Rxd6 31. Ra5 $11 {
, however I decided to play 25.Rc1 wrongly thinking that it would be smarter.})
25... Nd4 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. d6 Kf8 $1 {This is the move which I missed.} (27...
f6 28. c5 bxc5 29. Bb7 $11 {was leading to a transposition of moves.}) 28. d7
$6 {Perhaps not losing yet, but not necessary at all.} (28. Bd5 {was keeping
good chances for a draw.}) 28... Rd8 29. c5 Rxd7 30. cxb6 axb6 {I believe the
ending should be drawn, however White must play precisely. The simplest plan
is to exchange pawns (a for b). Also the majority of rook endings are drawn.}
31. a4 $2 {Now the bishop loses a good protected square on b3.} (31. Rc8+ $15)
31... f5 $1 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Rh8 $2 {The final mistake. I wanted to provoke ...
h6, so my bishop would gain a good square on h5, however I completely missed
my opponent's possibility.} e4 34. Bh5 Rd8 $3 35. Rxh7 (35. Rxd8 Kxd8 {is
hopeless}) 35... Kf6 {Now White loses a piece.} 36. h4 Ne6 37. g4 Nf4+ 38. Kh2
g6 39. g5+ Ke5 40. Bxg6 Nxg6 41. h5 Nf4 $19 42. h6 Rd3 43. Re7+ Kd6 44. Rf7
Rh3+ 45. Kg1 Ke5 46. Re7+ Ne6 47. h7 Kd6 48. Rf7 Nxg5 49. Rxf5 Nf3+ 50. Kg2
Rxh7 51. Kg3 Nd4 52. Rf6+ Ne6 53. Kg4 Ke7 54. Rf5 Rg7+ 55. Kh4 Rf7 56. Rb5 Rxf2
57. Rxb6 Ra2 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. Ra6 Ke5 60. a5 Rg2+ 61. Kh4 e3 62. Rb6 e2 63. Rb1
Kf4 64. Kh5 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 (6. O-O {La grande
ligne de la Catalane}) 6... b6 {Retombe sur une Ouest-Indienne mais l'ordre de
coups des Noirs est assez douteux} (6... c5 $142) (6... c6 $142) 7. O-O Bb7 (
7... c6 {Plus souple}) 8. cxd5 $1 {L'Ouest-Indienne avec d7d5 n'a pas trés
bonne réputation théorique} exd5 (8... Nxd5 {Plus souple} 9. Nc3 $14 (9. a3 Nd7
10. e4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. d5 $5 (12. Rd1) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nh4 $44
) 9... Nd7 10. Nxd5) 9. Nc3 {[%cal Gc1f4,Gf4c7]} (9. Bf4 Na6) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4
{[%csl Rc7]} (10. Rd1 {L'alternative} c5 11. Bf4 $14) 10... a6 $6 {trop passif}
(10... c6 $142 {Nguyen,N (2530)-Bui Vinh (2466) Budapest FS09 GM 2007 (5) 1/2})
(10... c5) 11. Rac1 $16 {[%csl Rc7]} Re8 {[%csl Ge4]} (11... c5 12. Rfd1 {
[%cal Gd1d8]}) 12. Rfd1 Nf8 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf8e6,Ge6f4,Gf8g6,Gg6f4] La
position Noire est très passive} (12... Bd6 $5 13. Bxd6 cxd6 $13 {[%csl Gc4,
Gc5,Ge4,Ge5] Les P doublés sont plutôt forts en millieu de partie en
protégeant des cases centrales}) (12... Rc8) 13. Na4 $1 $146 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5,
Rc7]} ({RR} 13. Nh4 Ne6 14. Nf5 Nxf4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. gxf4 Rad8 17. e3 Rd6
18. Ne2 Rc6 19. Qb3 Rc4 20. Ng3 h5 21. Qd3 g6 22. b3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc8 24. h3
h4 25. Nf1 Ne4 26. Nd2 g5 27. Nxe4 dxe4 {Nasir Ali,S (2190)-Chokshi,M (2248)/
Chennai 2004/CBM 098 ext/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 13... c6 {Autant le jouer au 10ème
coup!} 14. Ne5 $36 {[%csl Ge5]} b5 $6 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]} (14... Rc8 15. Bh3 $1
Ne6 16. Qb3 b5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Ge5,Re6]}) 15. Nc5 Bxc5 {
[%csl Gf4] L'allemand va maintenant souffrir sur cases Noires} 16. Qxc5 {
[%csl Rb7]} (16. dxc5 $5 g5 17. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 18. Bxg5 Re5 (18... N8d7 19. Bxd5)
19. f4 Rxg5 20. fxg5 Ng4 21. Qd2 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16... Ne6 {[%cal Ge6f4,Ge6c5]}
17. Qc2 Nxf4 {Récupère la paire de B mais le Ne5 sera difficile а déloger.} 18.
gxf4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]} Re6 19. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3g3] Les Blancs ont davantage
d'espace pour manoeuvrer} Rd6 20. Rg3 Rc8 21. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Gc1g1]} Nh5 22. Rh3
{[%csl Rh5,Rh7][%cal Gc2h7]} g6 23. f5 $1 Rc7 24. Rg1 $40 Nf4 (24... Ng7 {
[%cal Gg7f5]}) 25. Rf3 Nxg2 $6 {Accelère l'attaque des Blancs sur la colonne
"g" et le N va manquer en défense} (25... Nh5 {Un moindre mal}) 26. Rxg2 c5 $2
(26... Bc8 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 27. Qd2 $2 (27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nxg6 $1 $18 {[%csl
Gf3,Gg2,Rg8][%cal Gc2g6,Gg2g6]}) 27... cxd4 28. Nd3 {Les Blancs étaient
peut-être en zeitnot car non seulement, ils ont raté un gain mais ils vont
laisser les Noirs revenir dans la partie} (28. Qh6 $142 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf3h3]
} f6 29. fxg6 $1) 28... Qh4 $1 29. Rf4 Qh6 $1 $13 {[%cal Gh6d2]} 30. Ne5 Rc2 $5
(30... d3 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gb7h1]} 31. Nxd3 d4 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Rg2,Rh1][%cal
Gb7h1]}) 31. fxg6 $1 {L'expérimenté GMI ne panique pas} hxg6 (31... Rxd2 32.
gxf7+ Kf8 33. Rg8+) 32. Qxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Rg7][%cal Ge5f7,Gg2g6]} Rc1+ (32... f5
$5) 33. Rg1 Rc4 (33... Rc7 $142 {[%cal Gc7f7]}) 34. Nxf7 $1 Qxf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4
36. Nxd6 $18 Bc6 {Il est instructif de voir que ce B n'a joué aucun rôle actif
dans la partie} 37. Rxg6+ {[%cal Gg6g8,Gg6c6]} Kh7 38. Re6 d4+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40.
Re7+ Kg6 41. Ra7 $1 Rf6 42. Rxa6 Re6 43. e3 Bc4 44. exd4 Kh5 45. f3 b4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
({This looks more normal than} 8. Ne5 {Before starting actions in the centre,
white is finishing his development.}) 8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 $5 $146 ({
After} 10. Qa4 Qc8 {followed by c5 black has a comfortable game.}) 10... Bf6 ({
This move might be oveambitious.} 10... exd5 $5 11. cxd5 c5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13.
Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 $13 {might be a safer solution.}) 11. Nd4 ({White has
the typical} 11. Bh3 $5 {suggested by Rogozenko and black has to look for some
counterplay in lines like} exd5 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. cxd5 Nb4 $132) 11... Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 {Black has a slight lead in development but he has to act quickly in
order to avoid e4-e5.} c5 13. Nb5 (13. dxc6 $6 dxc6 14. Nxc6 Qc7 $17) 13...
exd5 14. Qxd5 (14. cxd5 d6 {(/\Nc7)} 15. Bf4 $6 Bxb2 $1 16. Rb1 Be5) 14... Nb4
15. Qd1 a6 16. Nd6 (16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 $132 {><c4}) 16... b5 {The white
knight is very strong and white only needs one consolidating move in order to
obtain a crushing advantage.} 17. e4 (17. a3 Nc6 18. cxb5 Nd4 19. bxa6 Rxa6 $44
) 17... bxc4 18. e5 Nd3 $1 {The only way to keep the balance.} 19. exf6 Qxf6
20. Bf4 g5 21. Qg4 (21. Be5 $5 Nxe5 22. Qd5 $44) (21. Ne4 $6 Nxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qc6
$17) 21... Nxf4+ 22. gxf4 Qxd6 23. Qxg5+ Qg6 (23... Qg6 24. Rad1 $44 Rfe8 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxd7 Re2 27. Rc7 Rxb2 28. Rxc5 Rxa2 29. Rxc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Ne5 $5 {Not really a new move, it had been played almost 30 years ago
in a correspondence game. It came into the limelight only recently, though,
and Aronian had used it last year to get an advantage against Carlsen. So,
hardly a surprise for Grischuk in this game.} (9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1
Nd7 {Vallejo Pons,F (2629)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Linares 2003/CBM 094/[Ftacnik] 
(0-1, 53)}) (9. Rc1 {Kasparov,G (2847)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Linares 2003/CBM
094/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 43)}) 9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 {After a few more
or less forced exchanges, White retains a considerable space advantage and
active pieces. The main question is whether the central knight will prove
effective or just cause problems of stability.} c5 {The most logical way to
question the stability of the knight in the centre.} (11... d6 12. Ng4 ({
Just one week after the main game, White tried:} 12. Nf3 d5 $6 13. Qd3 a5 14.
e4 c6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 Be7 17. h4 c5 18. Ng5 $14 {Wirig,A (2490)-Gajewski,
G (2650)/Deizisau 2013/ (1-0, 65)}) 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 e5 15. d5 g6
$6 {This weakens the dark squares without any reason.} (15... h5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. f4 Qh6 18. f5 h4 $5 $132) 16. Nxf6+ (16. f4 $5) 16... Qxf6 17. f4 Qg7 18.
b4 $16 {Steigerwald,L-Timar,Z/HUN-ch H488 corr 1984/Corr 2000 (1/2, 35)}) (
11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 {is too simplistic to solve Black's problems.} 13. Qd3
d6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rfd1 $14 {L'Ami,E (2620)-Brunello,S (2488)/
Bratto 2010/CBM 138 Extra (1/2, 74)}) (11... d5 {is the most frequent answer,
but it seems that White has better chances to stabilise in the centre.} 12. Ng4
(12. Qa4 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 a5 $11 {Melkumyan,H (2649)
-Wojtaszek,R (2733)/Germany 2013/CBM 153 (0-1, 46)}) 12... Nd7 (12... Be7 13.
Qa4 c6 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5+ 16. f3 f6 17. e4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd7 19. Rfd1
Rfd8 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Ne3 $14 {Sjugirov,S (2646)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2646)/
Moscow 2013/CBM 152 Extra (1-0, 96)}) 13. Qa4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Ne5 (15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qc6 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bb4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Ba3 b5 22. b3 b4 23. Bb2 Rdc8 {In Oms Pallisse,J (2506)-Fluvia Poyatos,J (2490)
/Barcelona 2012/ (1/2, 48) White's advantage proved rather symbolic.}) 15...
Qe8 16. Nc6 Kh8 17. f3 $5 $14 {Aronian,L (2816)-Carlsen,M (2843) Sao Paulo/
Bilbao 2012 (1/2, 44)}) 12. Nf3 $146 (12. Ng4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 {
leaves the white knight still looking for a safe location.} Nc6 15. Qd6 f5 (
15... Rc8 16. Rad1 f5) 16. Ne3 (16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Rc8 18. b3 Rc5 19. Qd6
Qc7) 16... f4 $132 {Bogdanovich,S (2286)-Kravtsiv,M (2516)/Odessa 2008/CBM 123
Extra (0-1, 56)}) ({Maintaining the tension with} 12. Qd2 {allows Black to
equalise at once:} cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 $11) 12... cxd4 {This looks like a well
timed release of the tension.} (12... d6 13. Qd2 Nc6 {may be more principled
abstractly, but White can maintain the initiative with} 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. d5 $14
) 13. Bxd4 Be7 $5 {In the Hedgehog, the e7-bishop has a clear task: defending
the d6-pawn. Besides, the d4-bishop somewhat stands in the way now, so the
last move cannot be considered a loss of time.} 14. Qd3 d6 15. Qc3 {The only
way to bring some life into the position and prove that the d4-bishop is
active after all.} e5 $1 {The safest defence; it would make litle sense to
weaken the kingside. With the f3-knight far from d5, the central weakness is
not too relevant.} 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 f5 {This is double-edged,
but entirely viable. Black creates some sort of kingside threats, but weakens
a few squares in his camp.} ({I would probably have focussed on the d5-square
starting with} 18... Qc7 {planning ...Qb7, ...h6 and ...Nf6 possibly followed
by ...d5.} 19. Qb3 {This way of removing the queen from the c-file looks a bit
artificial, but natural regrouping moves offer Black counterplay:} (19. Nd2
Qb7+ 20. f3 d5) (19. Qd3 Nf6 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 20. Nd2 Qb7+ 21. f3 d5) (19. Qc2 b5
) (19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qc6 $11) 19... h6 {/\...Nf6}) 19. b4 Kh8 {
Maybe a bit too modest.} ({In for a penny, he should have gone in for the
pound too:} 19... f4 20. Bd2 Qe8 $132) 20. c5 $1 {A thematic pawn sacrifice.
White opens files on the wing where Black does not have enough pieces.} bxc5
21. bxc5 e4 (21... Nxc5 22. Nxe5 Bf6 23. Bxc5 Bxe5 (23... Rxc5 $2 24. Qxc5 dxc5
25. Rxd8 Bxd8 $8 26. Rxc5 $18) 24. Qa3 Qe7 25. Be3 $14) 22. Nd4 Nxc5 23. Nb5 {
White has consiedereably activated his position. All his pieces are working.
Black's position has somewhat lost its harmony, but the extra pawn helps to
resist the first wave of attack.} Qb6 (23... a6 {leads to a somewhat
unpleasant ending:} 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Rxc5 g6 29. e3 $14 {Pawns are equal, but White's rook is more active. Black
should probably find a good moment to give up the a6-pawn and place his rook
behind the white a-pawn, but this is a tough decision to make at such an early
stage of the middlegame.} Rd2 (29... Rd7 30. Rc6 a5 31. a4 Kg7 32. Rc5 Ra7 33.
h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 30. Ra5 Rd6 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 24. Qc4 ({Another way of
invading the light squares would be} 24. Rb1 Qa6 25. Qc4 $44) 24... a6 25. Nc3
Qd8 26. Na4 {This will lead to simplifications making Black's defence much
simpler.} ({The c5-knight is not such a threatening piece, so} 26. Nd5 {
makes sense. The following line leads to a similar ending to that from the
previous comment.} Bg5 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Nd3 29. Qxc8 Qxc8 30. Rxc8 Nxf4+
31. gxf4 Rxc8 32. Rxd6 {True, White does not have the pawn break g3-g4 anymore,
so Black's chances to reach a draw by giving up the a6-pawn are higher.}) 26...
Nxa4 27. Qxa4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 a5 29. Qb5 h6 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. Bb6 Qb8 32. a4 f4
$132 {While White was preparing to retrieve the pawn, Black finally launched
his kingside attack.} 33. h4 f3+ 34. exf3 exf3+ 35. Kh2 Bf6 36. Bxa5 Be5 37.
Qxb8 Rxb8 38. h5 (38. Be1 h5 {[%cal Gb8b3,Gb3a3]}) 38... Ra8 39. Rd5 Kg8 40.
Kh3 Kf7 41. Kg4 Ke6 42. Rb5 Bd4 43. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{Round four was under the spell of the Ukraine-Russia match! Two of the
top-guns in the Olympiad since the fall of Soviet Union and two countries in
political conflict! That would be enough tension to attract most of the
attention on the fourth round at the Baku chess Olympiad. On a 'Black' day in
this match, ex-FIDE world champion, Rusal Ponomariov, delivered one of the two
victories for Ukrainian team to let his teammates edge Russia 2.5-1.5.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 {Ponomariov adapts this classical system in
the QID rather than 4...Ba6.} 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O {} O-O 7. Nc3 (7. Re1 {
is another common move in this opening.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5
11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Bd4 (14. Nb5 Bf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qb3
a6 (16... a5 17. Nc7 $5 (17. bxa5 $6 Rxa5 $15) 17... a4 18. Qe3 Nxc7 19. Qxb6
Na6 20. Qxb7 Nxb4 21. a3 Re7 22. Qb5 Ra5 23. Qxb4 Rxe5 24. Rc8 Qxc8 25. Qxa5
Re8 26. Qxa4 Nc3 27. Qc2 Bxa3 {and Black should be able to hold equality.}) 17.
Nc7 Nxc7 18. Bxc7 Qf6 $13) 14... Bf8 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18.
Red1 Red8 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Nb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxd4 22. Nbxd4 g6 23. Qf4 Qd6 24.
Ne5 f5 25. Nd3 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bd6 27. e3 Kf7 28. Bf1 Kf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Kf2
Nxd3+ 31. Bxd3 Bc5 32. b4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Bb5 Ke7 36. Kg3
Bd7 37. Bd3 b5 38. Kh4 Kf6 39. Bc2 a6 40. Bd3 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Gelfand,B 
(2734)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Almaty 2016}) 7... Ne4 8. Bd2 {} Bf6 (8... f5 {
is considered the main line. Ponomariov goes for a less theoretical, yet more
passive continuation.} 9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3
Nd6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (52) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Oparin,G
(2575) Sochi 2016}) 9. Rc1 {Surprised by Pono's choice, Tomashevsky goes for
the main line after thinking for a while.} Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. e4 {
Here comes the typical position which arises after 8...Bf6. White has given up
on his pair of bishops but he manges to have more space and Black's bishop
pair is not doing much in this position. To put it all in one sentece: Black
does not have any weaknesses but he is passive and has less space.} Nd7 13. h4
(13. b4 a5 14. a3 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. Bh3 Nf6 {could have been an alternative
continuation here. There are not so many games in this line in the database.})
13... a5 {This stops White's play on the queenside but now white has enough
time to shut down any black activity on the kingside and plan a long-term
campaign thanks to his space advantage.} 14. Bh3 Nc5 15. Kg2 (15. Ne1 Bc8 16.
Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Kh2 g6 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Kg2 f5 21. f3 h5 22. Rf2 Kh7
$11 {0-1 (47) Riazantsev,A (2688) -Korobov,A (2694) Sochi 2015}) 15... Bc8 16.
Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 {Some quick evaluation: White has a small edge thanks to
Black's passive bishop on f6. The idea that White might lose this game is
almost unthinkable.} Be7 18. Nd2 Nd7 (18... f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Nde4 {would
only give away the beautiful square of e4 to White's knights.}) (18... g6 19.
h5 {and White is faster at mobilising his pieces on the h-file.}) 19. Rh1 {
White prepares an assault on the kingside. Black's position is very unpleasant.
He does not have any counterplay and White is gradually grinding out his
advantage with no risk to himself.} Nf6 20. Nf1 {This knight is going to land
on e3. This is too typical to earn an exclamation mark!} (20. h5 h6 21. Rcg1
Ng4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Ke1 Bg5 {and Black's bishop starts breathing.
That is why Tomashevsky does not include h4-h5 in his plan.}) 20... h5 21. Ne3
g6 {[%csl Gf5]} 22. Rcg1 $1 {[%cal Gg2f1,Gf1e1,Ge1d1,Gd1c2] Now we know about
Tomashevsky's long-term plan. He is preparing a king-march to the queenside in
order to keep his king safe before the final attack. This theme was first
introduced by 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosian.} Kg7 23. Kf1 Rh8 $1 {
Ponomariov is ready to face g4.} 24. Ke1 Qd7 25. Kd1 Kg8 26. f3 Bf8 $1 {
The QID position has transformed into a KID position. Now Black's King's
Indian bishop finds a nice spot: the bishop goes to g7 or h6 to cover his
mighty king.} 27. g4 {Tomashevsky starts his attack.} Rh7 28. Kc2 Be7 {} 29.
Rg2 (29. g5 Ne8 30. Kb1 Bf8 31. Rf1 Bg7 32. Nb5 Rh8 33. f4 {I wonder how Black
is going to defend f7.} exf4 34. Rxf4 Be5 35. Rf3 Kg7 36. Rhf1 Rf8 37. Qf2 Kg8
38. Nc2 Ng7 39. Ncd4 Rae8 40. Nc6 Qg4 41. Qc2 $1 {Black seems to be completely
out of any useful moves.} Qd7 (41... Qxh4 42. Nxc7) 42. Qd3 Qc8 43. Nxe5 Rxe5
44. Nd4 a4 45. Nc6 Ree8 46. Rf4 Qd7 47. Qf3 $18) 29... Qd8 30. Kb1 Kh8 31. Nf1
(31. g5 {[%cal Ge3d1,Gd1f2,Gf2d3,Gc3b5,Gh1f1,Gf3f4] should be considered as a
strong alternative.}) 31... Nd7 32. Rgh2 Kg7 33. Rh3 $4 {I do not understand...
Doesn't it lose a pawn?!} (33. Nb5 Nf6 34. Rg1 Bf8 35. Nd2 {with an unpleasant
position for Black.}) 33... hxg4 34. fxg4 Rxh4 {Ponomariov grabs the pawn and
he is simply a pawn up now!} 35. Rxh4 Bxh4 36. Qh2 Bg5 $1 {Ponomariov keeps
his head, the bishop goes to f4 and covers everything including the f-file.
Black is much better now.} 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Nh2 Qf6 39. Rf1 Bf4 40. Nf3 Ke7 {
Tomashevsky manages to get his position from much better to slightly better
and in 5 moves he is totally lost!} 41. Rh1 Bg3 {} 42. Nd2 Qf4 {} 43. Qh3 Nf6
{Mercilessly, Pono grabs the second pawn. The game is practically over.} 44.
Qg2 Qxg4 45. Ne2 Bf4 46. Nxf4 exf4 47. Qf1 Nh5 48. Qd3 Kf8 49. a3 Re8 {} 50.
Ka2 Kg7 51. Nf3 Nf6 52. Re1 Nd7 {The final phase: Black trades the knights and
he will gradually pushes his extra pawns.} 53. Qc3+ Ne5 54. Rf1 Qh3 {} 55. Qc1
Nxf3 {} 56. Qc3+ {} f6 {} 57. Rxf3 Qg4 58. Qd3 Rh8 {Tomashevsky had enough.
Ponomariov's passive strategy of 'waiting' rewarded him very well. What can I
say about Tomashevsky's blunder? Well, when the tension is high we all can
make mistakes. After all, we are all humans!} 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bielicki, Carlos"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rd1
Rfe8 15. Bf4 c6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rc2 Nf8 18. Kf1 Ne6 19. Be3 Red8 20. Rcd2 g5
21. g4 Rf8 22. Kg1 f5 23. f3 Bd6 24. Rc2 a5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Bf2 Rf6 27. Bg3
Nf4 28. Nxf4 gxf4 29. Bf2 Kf7 30. Kh1 Ke6 31. Rg1 Rg6 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Kg2 c5
34. a4 c4 35. Be1 Rb8 36. Bc3 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Kf2 Bb4 39. Rc1 a4 40. Bxb4
Rxb4 41. Ra1 Rxb2 42. Rxa4 Rd2 43. Ra6+ Kd7 44. Rxg6 Rxd4 45. Rg1 Rd2 46. Rc1
Ke6 47. Ke1 Ra2 48. h4 Kf6 49. h5 Ra4 50. Rb1 Ke5 51. h6 Ra6 52. h7 Rh6 53. Rb7
Kd4 54. Kd2 Rh2 55. Re7 Kc5 56. Rf7 Rh4 57. Kc3 d4+ 58. Kd2 Rh2 59. Rf5+ Kb4
60. Rxf4 d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Rxh7 61. Rxd4 Kb3 62. Rd8 c3+ 63. Kd3 Rb7
64. f4 c2 65. Rc8 Rd7+ 66. Ke4 Rd1 67. f5 $11) 61. h8=Q $1 Rxh8 62. exd3 Kc5
63. Rxc4+ Kd5 64. Re4 Rh1 65. d4 Ra1 66. Ke3 Ra3+ 67. Kf4 Ra8 68. Kg5 Rg8+ 69.
Kf4 Ra8 70. Kg3 Rg8+ 71. Kf4 {and a draw because of a threefold repetition of
the position, but White is still winning: und Remis durch dreimalige
Stellungswiederholung, aber Weiß steht immernoch auf Gewinn:} (71. Kf4 Ra8 72.
Re5+ Kxd4 73. Rg5 {and the strong vertical barrier is decisive. und die starke
vertikale Sperre entscheidet:} Rf8+ 74. Kg4 Ke3 75. Re5+ Kd4 76. f4 Rg8+ 77.
Rg5 Rf8 78. Rg6 Ke4 79. Re6+ Kd5 80. f5 Rg8+ 81. Kh5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 bxc5 14. Rb3 Qc8
15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Bh3 Qxh3 17. Rxb7 Qe6 18. Qa4 Rdb8 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxa6 Rxb2
21. Nd3 Rc2 22. Bd6 Qe8 23. Bxc5 Qc8 24. Qa3 Rxe2 25. Nf4 Rc2 26. Bd4 h6 27.
Nxd5 Qe6 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. Nf5 f6 31. Bxa7 Rxa2 32. Be3 Ra5 33. Nh4
Rda8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nf4 Qe5 36. h4 Ra1 37. h5 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Qb5
40. Qe4+ f5 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Nxd3 Rd1 43. Nf4 Kg8 44. Ng6 Kf7 45. Kf3 Ke6 46.
Bf4 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Rd5 {[%tqu "De","Wie verwertete Weiß seinen Vorteil?","","",
"f4h6","",3]} 48. Bxh6 $1 Kf6 (48... gxh6 49. Nf4+ Ke5 50. Nxd5 Kxd5 51. Kf3
Ke5 52. Ke3 Ke6 (52... f4+ 53. gxf4+ Kf5 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. f3 Ke6 57.
f5+ Kf6 58. Kf4 $18) 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. g4 fxg4 55. Kxg4 Ke5 56. f3 Ke6 57. Kf4
Kf6 58. Ke4 Ke6 (58... Kg5 59. f4+ Kxh5 60. f5 Kg5 61. Ke5 h5 62. f6 Kg6 63.
Ke6 h4 64. f7 h3 65. f8=Q $18) 59. f4 Kf6 60. f5 Ke7 61. Ke5 Kf7 62. f6 Kf8 {
und nun entscheidet das bekannte Dreiecksmanöver:} 63. Ke4 Ke8 64. Kf4 Kf8 65.
Ke5 Kf7 (65... Ke8 66. Ke6 Kf8 67. f7 Kg7 68. Ke7 Kh7 69. Kf6 Kh8 70. f8=Q+ Kh7
71. Qg7#) 66. Kf5 Kf8 67. Kg6 $18) 49. Be3 Ra5 50. Bd4+ Kf7 51. Nh4 Rd5 52. Nf3
Kg8 53. Kh3 Kh7 54. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Noyabrsk"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 (11. d5 e5 12. h4 $1 Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4
Bg7 15. h5 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 $14 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Terrassa/1991/1:
0/38/}) 11... Nd7 12. d5 (12. Rfe1 g6 13. b4 Bg7 14. a3 Qe7 15. h4 h5 16. Bh3
c5 $10 {Granda Zuniga,J-Abramovic,B/Biel/1993/0:1/56/}) 12... e5 13. Ne1 (13.
b4 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Bh3 Bg7 16. Kg2 Nf6 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Re1 $14 {Damljanovic,
B-Abramovic,B/Kladovo,1991/0,5/54/}) 13... Bg5 14. f4 Bh6 15. Nd3 exf4 (15...
g6 16. Rce1 exf4 17. gxf4 Ne5 $5 18. Qe2 $5 Nxc4 19. Nc1 b5 20. Nxb5 Nb6 21.
Nd4 Bg7 $13 {Gostisa,L-Abramovic,B/Pula/1990/0:1/46/}) 16. gxf4 Ne5 17. Ne2 (
17. Qe2 $5 Nxc4 18. Nf2 Bxf4 (18... b5 19. Nxb5 Nb6 20. Ng4 $16) 19. Qxc4 Qh4
20. h3 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 f5 $132) 17... c5 (17... g6) 18. Nxe5 (18. dxc6 $6 Nxc6
19. Rcd1 (19. Nf2 Qh4 20. Qxd6 Rad8 21. Qc7 Ba8 {/\Rd2, /\Rs8,Rfd8}) 19... Qh4
20. Ng3 g6 $15) 18... dxe5 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Rce1 (20. fxe5 Bxc1 21. Nxc1 Rae8
22. Nd3 $44) 20... Rae8 21. f5 (21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Be3+ $1 23. Kh1 Rxe5 24.
Nc1 Bd4 25. Nd3 Re7 $13) 21... Bg5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. Nc1 Re8 25. Rf3
Rh6 26. Nd3 Bc8 27. Rdf1 Rh4 28. Rg3 f6 29. Qe1 Kh8 30. Rh3 Rh6 31. Rxh6 Bxh6
32. Rf3 g6 $6 (32... Bg5 $14 {/\Rh3 g6/}) 33. Bh3 Ba6 34. b3 Bg5 (34... b5 35.
b4 $1) 35. Qf2 Kg7 36. Bg4 Qd6 (36... Bc8 37. h4 Bh6 38. a3 $16) 37. h4 Bh6 38.
Qg1 $1 g5 39. Rh3 Rh8 40. Be2 {/\Nf2-g4/} Kf8 41. Qh2 Qe7 42. a3 gxh4 43. Rxh4
Bg5 44. Rh5 h6 $2 (44... Be3 45. Qh3 Bd2 46. Nf2 $16) 45. Rxg5 $1 fxg5 46. Nxe5
Kg7 47. Bd3 Qd6 48. Ng6 Qxh2+ 49. Kxh2 Re8 50. e5 Bc8 51. Ne7 $1 Rxe7 52. f6+
Kf7 53. fxe7 Kxe7 54. Be2 Bf5 55. Kg3 Kd8 (55... Bc2 56. d6+ Kd8 57. e6 $18)
56. Bd1 $1 (56. Bg4 $2 Bc2 57. d6 Bxb3 58. e6 Bxc4 59. e7+ Ke8 60. Bh5+ Bf7)
56... a5 (56... a6 57. d6 Kd7 58. Bg4 Bxg4 59. Kxg4 Ke6 60. b4 cxb4 61. axb4 a5
62. c5 bxc5 63. bxc5 $18) 57. d6 Bg6 58. e6 h5 59. Bf3 Be8 60. a4 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. h4 Bg7 14. h5 Nf6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. e5 Nd7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. d5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 e5 21. Nd4
Rac8 22. Qa3 Rxc4 23. Qxa7 Qd8 24. Qxb7 exd4 25. Qa6 Rc2 26. Qd3 Rxb2 27. Qa3
Rc2 28. Qxd6 Re8 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxa2 31. Rxd4 Qc8 {[%tqu "En","Can you
find the winning move for White?","Black is weak on the White squares. Can you
break up his defenses and attack him directly?","Sacrifice your bishop!",
"e4g6","",12]} 32. Bxg6 Nf8 (32... fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Rf4+ Ke7 35. Re4+ Kf8
36. Qd6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Rh4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Rg5#) 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7
34. Rf4+ Kg8 $8 35. Qe7 Nh7 $8 36. Rf7 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qh6 38. Rf4 Qg6 (38... Ra8
$8 39. d6 Kh8 40. d7 Qg5 41. Qe4 $1 Rd8 42. Rg4 Qf6 (42... Nf6 43. Qe7 Qd5+ 44.
f3 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qh6+ 46. Rh4 $18) 43. Rg6 $1 Qf8 44. Qe5+ $18) 39. d6 Rd2 {
BLACK RESIGNED because of} 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qc3+ Nf6
44. Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 {
In this particular position this exchange is not very common. Normally Black
castles or plays 7...Bf6. Other options are 7...d5 and 7...f5.} 8. Bxc3 Be4 {
Not allowing White to seize more space in the centre by Qd1-c2 followed by
e2-e4. Grandmaster Eduardas Rozentalis has a lot of experience in this line
from the black side.} 9. d5 {I wanted to benefit from the fact that both sides
haven't yet castled, so I can attack the Pg7. Instead, 9.0-0 0-0 would lead to
a standard position in this line.} (9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Bf6 11. Rc1 {would
actually lead to an identical position to that which arose in the game.}) (9.
Nh4 $5 {Exchanging Black's only active piece might be a better try to fight
for an opening advantage.} Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. e4 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 O-O
13. Nf4 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bb4 Nf6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rc2 Rfe8 19.
Rfc1 $14 {1-0 (119) Burmakin,V (2580)-Rozentalis,E (2631) Koge 2013}) 11... c6
12. Ne3 dxc4 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. O-O-O b5 16. d5 $36 {1-0 (43) Navara,D
(2687)-Rozentalis,E (2588) Kallithea 2009}) 9... Bf6 (9... O-O $4 10. Qd4 $18 {
[%csl Re4,Rg7]}) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O a5 {Preventing b2-b4, so the black knight
may be established on c5.} (11... c6 $6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 exd5 14. cxd5 Qe7
15. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (84) Huebner,R (2592)-Kosteniuk,A (2527) Switzerland 2014}
) (11... c5 {was twice chosen by Hungarian grandmaster Istvan Csom. Both games
ended in quick draws. White should ignore it and continue the development.} 12.
Qd2 exd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. Qf4 $14) 12. Qd2 Na6 13. d6 $146 {I wanted either to
grab more space or to open the d-file in such way that I will get some targets
to attack. Objectively, it's not an improvement over the previously played 13.
Rfd1.} (13. Qf4 {was another option, but also here Black has sufficient
resources.} Bxc3 14. Rxc3 exd5 15. cxd5 (15. Rd1 c6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne5 Nb4
18. e4 Bxa2 19. Rxd7 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 Rfc8 23. Rdd6
Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 $1 $132) 15... Bxd5 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ra7 18. Bc6 Nc5 19.
Rxc5 bxc5 20. Rxd7 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 {White has sufficient compensation for
the exchange, but not more than that.}) (13. Rfd1 Nc5 (13... Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nc5
15. Qe3 Qf6 {is also satisfactory for Black}) 14. Qf4 Rc8 $6 (14... Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 d6 $11) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (49) Sriram,J (2408)-Vijayalakshmi,S (2399) Nagpur 2002}) 13... cxd6 {
Probably not the best response, at least I was hoping for this.} (13... c6 14.
Ne5 (14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nc5 $11) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 {
seems okay for Black. The queen will be coming out via e8.}) 14. Qxd6 Bxc3 (
14... Nc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne5 (16. Qxb6 $2 {is not a good pawn to take. After
} Rfc8 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga8b8] the queen is misplaced and Pb2 is hanging.}) 16...
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf5 18. f3 $14) 15. Rxc3 Nc5 16. Rd1 Rc8 (16... Na4 $6 17. Rcc1
Nxb2 $2 {would be too naive.} 18. Rd4 Bc6 ({Black's knight will get trapped
after} 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rc8 20. Qa3 e5 21. Rh4 g5 22. Rh5 Nxc4 23. Qd3 $18 {
[%csl Rc4,Rh7]}) 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {and White is gaining back the pawn
with benefits.}) 17. Re3 (17. Rcc1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 {might lead to a similar
ending to that which arose in the game.}) 17... Bxf3 $1 {The most practical
way to solve the problem of the bishop is to exchange it!} ({In the event of} 
17... Bc2 18. Rd4 $1 {Black's bishop is misplaced.}) 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. b3 ({
It was possible to keep the queens on the board by} 19. Qd4 {However, after
let's say} Rfd8 {I didn't know what my plan should be. I have some space
superiority, but I am not targeting anything and my bishop is shooting into
empty space.}) 19... Rfd8 20. a3 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 {Now at least Pb6 is a target,
forcing Black to stay in passivity for a while.} Rb8 22. b4 axb4 (22... Na4 {
Probably my opponent was concerned about putting the knight slightly far away
from his forces, but it actually works for Black.} {After} 23. Rb3 Kf8 $1 {
Black equalises. The exchange sacrifice} 24. bxa5 $6 Ke7 25. Rdxb6 Nxb6 26.
axb6 Rdc8 27. Rb4 Rc5 {doesn't really work. The passed pawns are safely
blocked and only Black can play for a win here.}) 23. axb4 Na6 24. Rb3 {
I had to choose between this and the immediate 24.c5. Both are tempting, but,
unfortunately do not yield an advantage. In all lines Black is just in time to
bring his king and neutralise White's activity.} (24. c5 Kf8 25. Ra3 (25. cxb6
$2 Ke7 $15) (25. Re4 Nc7 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. cxb6 Ne8 $1 28. Rc4 Rb8 29. b7 d5
30. Rc8 Rxb7 $11) 25... Nxb4 26. Rxb6 (26. cxb6 $2 Ke7 $17) 26... d5 $1 27. Ra4
Rxb6 28. cxb6 Nc6 29. e4 Rb8 $11) (24. b5 $6 Nc5 25. Ra3 Kf8 26. Ra6 $6 {
I considered this idea too, but it's not good.} Nxa6 27. bxa6 Ke7 28. Rd3 Rbc8
$1 29. a7 d5 30. cxd5 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. a8=Q Raxa8 33. d6+ Kd7 34. Bxa8 Rxa8
$15) 24... Kf8 $1 25. c5 Ke7 26. e3 (26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. cxb6 Rb8 28. b7 d5 {
is fine for Black.}) 26... Nc7 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. cxb6 Nb5 29. Be2 Nd6 30. Ba6 {
At this point I saw that my teammate Maxim Rodshtein was winning on second
board, while the other games were drawn. So, I decided to swap the minor
pieces and reach the drawn rook ending, even though it's objectively
preferable to keep the bishop.} Rb8 31. b7 Nxb7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 {Here my
opponent offered a draw that was accepted. So, we won the match 2.5-1.5.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Dinamo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O b6 {Une ligne
secondaire assez douteuse de l'Ouest-Indienne} (6... dxc4 $142 {La grande
ligne de la catalane}) 7. Nc3 (7. cxd5 $1 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Qc2
$14) (7. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} (
9. Bf4 Na6 10. Ne5) (9. Re1 {la ligne moderne} c5 10. Bf4 Na6 (10... Nc6 11.
dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 (12. Rc1 h6)) 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 {[%csl Ge5];
Csom,I (2535)-Barczay,L (2470) HUN-ch Budapest 1977 1-0}) 9... c5 10. Rd1 $14 {
[%csl Rd5]} Na6 (10... Nbd7 {Palatnik,S (2490)-Bronstein,D (2570) URS-ch sf
Daugavpils 1978 1-0}) 11. dxc5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1d5]} Nxc5 12. Ng5 $1 $146 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc3d5] Une tentative d'amélioration sur Nd4 grâce а une menace
tactique sur d5} (12. Nd4 $143 {Palatnik,S (2490)-Velikov,P (2430) Kiev 1978 
(1) 1-0}) (12. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5,Gf5e7]}) 12... g6 (12... Rc8 $2 13. Bxd5 $1 {
L'idée de Ng5}) 13. b4 (13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Bh3 Ncd7) 13... Ne6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. a3
Rfd8 $6 (15... Rac8) 16. e4 $1 $36 Rac8 17. exd5 Nxg5 18. Bf4 $5 (18. Bxg5)
18... Qd7 (18... Rxc3 $143 $5 19. Qxc3 Nxd5 20. Bxd6 Nxc3 21. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 22.
Rxd1 Nxd1 23. Bxb7 $16) 19. Bxg5 Qf5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Rd4 Qe5 23.
Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gd5] la position est déjà critique pour les noirs car le B
est mauvais et la Rd6 n'est pas une bonne bloqueuse.} Ba6 24. Qb2 Re8 25. Qd2 (
25. h4 $5) 25... Kg7 $2 26. Ne4 $1 $40 Rdd8 27. d6 Qf5 28. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gc3g7]} Nxe4 $4 (28... Kg8 29. Qc7 {[%csl Ra7]}) 29. Rxe4+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+
Kxf6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bc6 Rd8 33. b5 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:06:14] Une petite
hésitation du français} (3... Bb4 4. Qc2 (4. g4 $5)) (3... d5) (3... c5) 4.
g3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:
01:51]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:01:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]
Retombe sur une Ouest-Indienne mais l'ordre des coups des Blancs permet
d'éviter la variante Ba6} (7. Re1 {[%cal Ge2e4] L'alternative}) 7... Na6 {
[%emt 0:00:35][%cal Gd7d5] Une variante solide souvent jouée par Tiviakov} (
7... Ne4 {La grande ligne} 8. Qc2) (7... d5 $143 8. Ne5 $16) 8. b3 {[%emt 0:04:
59]} (8. Bf4) 8... d5 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:26][%cal Gg2b7]} (9.
Bb2 c5 10. Ne5 $14 Re8 (10... Nc7 11. Rc1)) 9... c5 {[%emt 0:09:31]} (9... c6 {
Plus solide mais aussi plus passif} 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Nd3 $14 {Andersson,U (2605)
-Tiviakov,S (2575) Haninge 1992 (7) 1/2}) 10. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (10. Bf4)
10... Qb8 {[%emt 0:11:22][%cal Gc5d4,Gb8e5,Gf8d8]} (10... Nc7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12.
dxc5 $14 {Smyslov,V (2565)-Psakhis,L (2615) Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 (7) 1-0}
) 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} exd5 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 12. e3 {[%emt 0:06:49]} (12.
Nd3 Rd8 13. Rc1 $32 {[%csl Ra8];Llorente Zaro,A (2324)-Narciso Dublan,M (2464)
Pamplona op 2005 (4) 1/2}) 12... Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:13:12]
Les deux adversaires sont hors préparation} (13. Rc1) 13... Nb4 $5 $146 {
[%emt 0:04:28] Un plan original car le N est plus souvent recyclé vers c7 et
e6} (13... Qd6 14. Nf4 Nc7 15. Rc1 Ne6 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 (18) Furman,S (2535)-Huebner,R (2600) Bad Lauterberg 1977}) (13... Nc7
14. Nf4 Ne6) 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} (14. a3 Nc6 15. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gd4c5]} (15. Nd3 c4 $1)) 14... Nc6 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 15. Rc1 $14 {[%emt 0:04:42]
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge5c6,Gd4c5]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 16. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 17. Qg4 $36 {[%emt 0:02:13][%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5e6,Gg4g7]} (
17. e6) 17... g6 {[%emt 0:00:56][%csl Gb2,Rf6,Rh6]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:08:57]} (
18. h4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Qc8) (18. e6 f5 19. Qe2 Qc8 $2 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. Qg4) 18... Qc8 $1 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 19. e6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:
48]} 20. Qh3 $5 {[%emt 0:15:14][%csl Rh8][%cal Gf4g6]} (20. Qe2 $142 Bg5 21. f3
Nd6 22. Nxd5) 20... Bg5 $4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} (20... Bf6 $8 {Le seul coup pour
parer la menace Qh8}) 21. Nxg6 $2 {[%emt 0:10:27] Avec 20 mns à la pendule
pour jouer 20 coups, la pression du temps commençait à se faire sentir mais
les Blancs vont se tromper dans l'ordre de coups} (21. Bxe4 $8 {Un coup
intermédiaire indispensable afin d'éviter un repli Bf6 ou Nf6} dxe4 (21...
fxe4 22. Nxg6) 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxg6 $18 {[%cal Gh3h8]}) 21... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:
00:58]} 22. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 23. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:54]}
(23. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 23... Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 24. Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (
24. gxf4 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gd1g1,Gf3e4]}) 24... Qe6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 25. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:01:01] Malgré la paire de B , les Blancs ont perdu tout avantage et
ils préfèrent proposer la nulle avant de continuer à détériorer leur
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Calistri, Tristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {Une petite surprise car le MI joue d"habitude
l'Est-Indienne} 4. g3 Bb7 (4... Ba6) 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O (7... Bf6
{Plus solide} 8. O-O O-O) 8. Rc1 f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 (11. Be1 Nac5
12. Nd4) 11... c5 (11... c6 $5 {Doit transposer} 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Qc2 {
Huebner,R (2604)-Gulko,B (2597) Curacao op Willemstad 2003 (7) 1/2}) 12. dxc6 (
12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 d6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nc7 17. Nb1 Rae8
18. Be1 Qf7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe2 21. c4 f4 22. Qf3 Re7 23. Bd2 Qe8 24.
Re1 b5 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qb3 fxg3 28. hxg3 Ba6 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30.
Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Bg5 Rb8 33. Bf4 Rd8 34. Bg5 Rb8 35. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Conquest,S (2530)-Bruzon Batista,L (2648) Calvia 2006}) 12... Bxc6 $6 (12...
dxc6 $8 13. Qc2 (13. b4)) 13. b4 $40 Nc7 $146 (13... Rc8 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5
Nc7 16. Qa4 Ra8 17. Rc2 a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. b5 Ra7 21. Bb4 Nxb4
22. axb4 Qe7 23. Rfc1 Rfa8 24. Qe3 Ra2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Qxb6 Rxe2 27. Qb8+ Kf7
28. b6 Rb2 29. Qc7 Rxb4 30. b7 Qd6 31. Qc8 Qb6 32. Qxd7+ Kg6 33. Rf1 Nc5 34.
Qe8+ Kh6 35. Nd2 Nxb7 36. Bxb7 Qxb7 37. Qxe6 Qb5 38. Nf3 Re4 39. Qc8 Qd5 40.
Qc1+ Kg6 41. Rd1 Rc4 42. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Codenotti,M (2357)-Saim,M (2040)
Pune 2014}) (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3) 14. Qb3 a5 15. h4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne8 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Be3 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Nd6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $1 exd5
22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Ra3 $2 (23... Qe7 $13) 24. Ne6 Qe7 25. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An important game for me as I had managed to win the game against Li Chao
right after the loss to Tomashevsky. This game, should I win it, would give me
the chance to qualify by winning the last game. I was trying to complicate
matters.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {The King's Indian was for sure what he expected,
but...not this time :)} 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 $5 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Rad1 Nd7 11. Rfe1 c5 12. e4 a6 {An interesting move,
but maybe ...cxd4 is better practically speaking. I was expecting d5 and then
the position would be looking like a King's Indian :) I was much better on
time here already.} (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. f4 Qc7 (14... Rc8 $5) 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxd7 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 exf4 $11)
13. d5 e5 {Now it reminds one of a King's Indian: the plan is clear, but Boris
is also aware of plans in the King's Indian, a fair fight!} 14. b3 g6 15. Rf1
Bc8 {Bringing pieces into play, ...b5 is also in the air.} (15... b5 16. cxb5
axb5 17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. a4 $11) 16. Ne1 {Here is the interesting moment, I felt
sure I was doing everything right, but maybe...} Rb8 (16... Bg5 $5 17. Qc2 Bh6
18. Nd3 Nf6 $5 {and this is very tricky for both, this is an interesting way
to play the position for Black.}) (16... b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Ba6 19. a4
Bxb5 20. axb5 Qb6 21. Qc2 Qxb5 22. Nf3 $11 {I thought it's close to a draw,
and rightly so.}) 17. a4 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 {It looks like
I did everything right, but where are the chances? My thoughts were going over
the lines, over and over again, but I could not find the right way to
complicate the position, but anyway I thought I had to play this:} b5 21. a5 $1
{Practically the move is good (it gives me chances) and I was happy about it,
I can get positions where I am a pawn up, and come what may, what happens,
happens, as a fight lies ahead.} (21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nf6 24.
Nfg5 {and I am not sure I would have chances to win the game!}) 21... bxc4 22.
bxc4 Rb4 $1 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Ng5 {I think we played very strongly up to this
moment, both of us. Now I was not sure how to continue, but I thought, ok, I
will grab the pawn, if I lose I lose, but I will do that. As Korchnoi said,
grab the pawn... if you don't see you are lost, just grab it, you can win as
well, it's what he taught me in the training sessions and did it quite nicely
in our rapid training games :)} Qxa5 $6 {Not a great move objectively but
great practically :) it proved to be at least!} (24... Bf5 $1 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26.
dxe6 d5 $1 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. cxd5 Rd4 {is slightly better for
Black, but come on let's be fair, it's a draw.}) 25. Nd3 Ra4 26. Qe3 Qd8 27.
Rce1 Bf5 {I found this idea from far back with ...Nxd5! and was going for it,
but actually I was worried about Ne6, even though my position is still fine
and fighting which suited me at that moment.} 28. Bh3 (28. Ne6 $1 Qc8 29. Nxf8
Bxf8 30. Ne5 $1 {I must tell you the truth: This would be very hard to meet
over the board and I am lucky I did not get this position. But objectively
Black is good.} dxe5 31. fxe5 Ng4 32. Qf4 Bh6 33. Qg3 Rxc4 34. e6 {Oh oh oh,
can you imagine how pleasant it is? pawns are coming! Mass! but...} Bg7 $1 35.
Rxf5 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 gxf5 37. e7 Qe8 38. d6 Kg7 $3 39. h3 Rc3 40. Qf4 Qh5 41. Re2
$1 $11) 28... Nxd5 $1 {This came as a surprise for Boris.} 29. cxd5 Bxg5 30.
Bxf5 (30. fxg5 $5 {Maybe it was easier for White} Re4 (30... Bxh3 31. Rxf8+
Kxf8 32. Qxh3 Qxg5+ 33. Kh1 Qxd5+ 34. Kg1 {and it seems equal as Black's king
is also vulnerable}) 31. Qg3 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Bxh3 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qxh3 Qxg5+
35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 a5 37. Kf3 a4 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Na3 $11) 30...
Rxf5 31. Qe6+ (31. fxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 33. Kh1 Rxd5 34. Nf4 Rf5 35. Ne6
c4 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Kg2 {The computer claims that it's drawish, but it's not
easy to assess.}) 31... Kg7 32. fxg5 Qxg5+ 33. Kh1 Ra2 34. Qe7+ (34. Qe4 $1 {
was the easiest way to secure equality:} Qd2 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Nf2 (36. Qh4+ Rh5
37. Qf2 $11)) 34... Qxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kf8 {Here it's already tricky and the pawns
are nasty.} 36. Ree1 {I was hesitating here on the move orders. It is hard to
decide: should you leave the rook on f5, should you go for ...Rxf1 and bring
in the king. The game was important but at the last moment I decided on ...
Rxf1.} Rxf1+ (36... a5 37. Nf4 a4 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Ng5+ Kg7 40. h4 $11) 37.
Rxf1+ Ke7 {And when we discussed it with Boris, the computer shows a very
strong and non-human way of handling this position, which was really hard to
find.} 38. Re1+ $2 (38. Nf2 $3 {The point is that if Black takes on d5 with
Rd2xd5, White attacks on a6 at the last moment!} a5 (38... Rd2 39. Kg2 Rxd5 40.
Ra1 $1 $11 {It's easy when you put it all on the screen and watch the lines
unfold, but during the game we both missed it and it's not obvious at all
believe me :)} c4 41. Rxa6 Rg5+ 42. Kf1 d5 43. Ra7+ $11) 39. Kg2) 38... Kd7 {
Still holdable but now it's more like a study rather than a practical game.}
39. Re3 (39. Nf4 $3 a5 40. Ng2 $3 a4 41. Ne3 $1 {and White draws the game!!!!
Amazing geometry!}) 39... a5 40. Rh3 $4 {This seems to be losing.} (40. Nf4 $3
{But here it's already very hard to play with White:} a4 (40... Rd2 41. Rh3 Kc7
42. Kg1 $1 a4 43. Ra3 g5 44. Ne6+ $11) 41. Kg1 a3 42. Ne2 {Great plan, now if :
} Rc2 43. Kf2 a2 44. Ra3 Kc7 45. Ke3 c4 46. Ra4 Kb6 47. Nd4 Rxh2 48. Ne2 $11)
40... h5 $1 41. Nf4 (41. Kg1 {would still put up much more resistance:} Kc7 42.
Ne1 Rd2 43. Kf1 Rxd5 44. Ra3 Kb6 45. Ke2 $17) 41... a4 {I am very proud of
this game because of the level of tension, even if White could draw with the
right play or Black could be in trouble in the event of White playing the best
moves, I had achieved what I needed to in a very fighting manner and it was
that which really matters. Bravo to Boris for putting up the great fight he
did. It is really a game to look back on and enjoy the emotions and the fight
again and again.} 42. Nxg6 a3 43. Rf3 c4 $1 44. Nf4 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 a2 46. Ra3 c3
47. Ne2 c2 48. Kf2 Rh1 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qc1 d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qe8
15. Nf4 Bg5 16. e3 Nc6 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. d5 Nd8 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. f4 e5 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Rf1 Qh5 ({After Auf} 22... g6 {White can rip open the position with
kann Weiß die Stellung aufreißen mit} 23. g4 $1 {(23...fxg4 24.Bxe5) (23...
fxg4 24.Bxe5)}) 23. Qc2 Qh6 ({But now Doch nun war} 23... g6 {was well
playable. gut spielbar.}) 24. Rxf5 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Nf7 26. Bb4 Rfe8 {Here or in
the following move, Black should definitely play...Nd6. Hier oder im nächsten
Zug sollte unbedingt ...Sd6 geschehen.} 27. Rdf1 e4 $2 {Opening the long
diagonal... for the white Bb4! Öffnet die lange Diagonale... für den weißen
Bb4!} 28. Nf4 Nh6 ({Now Nun käme} 28... Nd6 {would come too late: zu spät:} 29.
Bxd6 cxd6 30. Ne6 {and White dominates. und Weiß dominiert.}) {[%tqu "En",
"What should White do with his attacked rook?","White has a move here which
destroys the black pawn structure and enhances both his light pieces.","",
"f5f6","Correct!  After this sacrifice, White will get overwhelming positional
advantage.",10,"De","Was soll Weiß mit seinem angegriffenen Turm tun?","Weiß
hat hier einen Zug, der die schwarze Bauernstellung herstört und seine beiden
Leichtfiguren aufwertet","","f5f6","Korrekt!  Nach diesem Opfer erhält Weiß
überwältigenden positionellen Vorteil.",10]} 29. Rxf6 $1 {Destroying Black's
pawn structure and creating a nice attacking target on f6. Zerstört die
schwarze Bauernstruktur und schafft ein schönes Angriffsobjekt auf f6.} gxf6
30. Nh5 $1 f5 (30... Ng4 31. h3) 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Bc3 $1 {White is in no hurry
to win back the exchange. Weiß hat es nicht eilig, die Qualität
zurückzugewinnen.} Kg6 (32... Kf7 {was more stubborn, but positionally
hopeless as well. war zäher, doch positionell gleichermaßen hoffnungslos.}) 33.
Qd1 $1 {Threatening 34.Qh5+. Droht 34.Qh5+.} Qg5 34. h4 {There she goes... Da
geht sie hin...} Qxf6 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 36. Qh5 Ng8 37. Rxf5+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. Ne5 Qc8 (9... Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 $5) 12. d4
Rfd8 13. e3 Rac8 14. Re1 c4 15. bxc4 dxc4 $13 {Reyes,R-Wedberg,T New York op
1989 CBM/12  -> A 14}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Rd8 12. Rc1 Na6 13. e3 Bf8 14. Ne2
$1 Qc7 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. h4 Ne4 17. Bh3 (17. Re1 $5) 17... Rd6 18. Re1 Rad8 19.
Bg2 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rc7 (20... Rcd8 $10) 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Nf3 f6 23. Nd2 $1 g5 24.
hxg5 fxg5 25. Nh5 $36 Nb4 26. Bf1 Nxa2 27. Nxe4 $1 Qxe4 28. Bg2 Qg6 29. Ra1 Nb4
30. Be5 a6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxd6 Rd7 (32... Bxd6 33. Bxe4 $1) 33. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4
34. Rxe4 Rxd6 35. Qe2 $16 h6 36. Re8 Qf7 37. Qc4 (37. Rd1 $1 $18) 37... Qxc4
38. bxc4 Kf7 39. Re4 Nc2 40. Rc1 Nb4 41. Rc3 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd3 43. Rxd3 Nxd3 44.
Re3 Nb2 45. Rf3+ Ke7 46. Rf5 Nxc4 47. Rxc5 Nb2 48. Rc6 a5 49. Ra6 a4 50. f4
gxf4 51. gxf4 Kf7 52. f5 a3 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Nf6+ Kd8 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Ne4 Nc4
57. Ra7+ Kd8 58. f6 Nb6 59. Kh3 Kc8 60. Nc3 Nd7 61. f7 Bc5 62. Ra4 Kb7 63. Re4
Bf8 64. Re6 Bg7 65. Na2 Bf8 66. Kg4 Nc5 67. Re3 Nd7 68. Kf5 Kc6 69. Re8 Kd5 70.
Rd8 Kc6 71. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 {The most common. Provoking the d4-d5 advance would make the Bf6
more powerful, but it would also lock in the other bishop for a while.} ({
In the following important encounter White was able to get some advantage
after:} 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. e4 Nd7 13. h4 a5 14. Bh3 Nc5 15.
Kg2 Bc8 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Nd2 $14 {Tomashevsky,E (2731)-Ponomariov,
R (2709) Baku AZE 2016}) 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be7 {
This retreat looks somewhat passive, but Black wants to keep both bishops on
the board.} ({The more ambitious} 13... Be5 $5 {looks perfectly playable too:}
14. f4 (14. e3 Ba6 15. Re1 g6 16. f4 Bg7 17. g4 b5 $132 {Marin,M (2549)
-Brunello,S (2468) Edinburgh 2007}) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. g4
Nd7 18. Rfe1 g6 19. g5 Bg7 $132 {Gelfand,B (2703)-Almasi,Z (2644) Monte Carlo
2002}) 14. f4 f5 {This move is very committal - the e6-spot is permanently
exposed now.} ({There was also the interesting} 14... Nd7 $5 15. g4 a6 16. a4
Nf6 $1 (16... Re8 $6 17. g5 Bf8 18. Kh1 $14 {Karpov,A (2725)-Salov,V (2660)
Linares 1993}) 17. Nf2 b5 $132) 15. Nf2 Ba6 $146 {This innovation hardly can
be considered successful.} ({The previously played} 15... Na6 {looks more
natural and offers Black adequate counterplay:} 16. Re1 Nc7 17. e4 (17. a3 $6
Bf6 18. Qd2 Qd7 $15 {Malakhatko,V (2546)-Lutz,B (2292) Basel 2011}) 17... fxe4
18. Nfxe4 Bc8 $132) 16. a4 {This natural restricting move yields Black an
important tempo for consolidating.} ({A more energetic approach would be} 16.
Re1 $1 b5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. e4 b4 19. Ncd1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bf5 $36 {
and Black would suffer from the vulnerablity of his light squares.}) 16... Bf6
17. Re1 Nd7 18. e3 ({For some reasons, Magnus deviates from the tempting} 18.
e4 $5 Bd4 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bh3 Rf8 21. Nce4 Nf6 22. Ng5 $14) 18... Rb8 ({After
} 18... g6 19. e4 Bd4 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qc2 $14 {the weakness of the e6-spot
starts to tell.}) 19. Qc2 (19. Bh3 $5) 19... g6 20. Nb5 ({Now Black is better
prepared to meet} 20. e4 Bd4 21. Kh1 (21. exf5 g5 $1 $132) 21... Bxf2 22. Qxf2
fxe4 23. Nxe4 Ne5 $132) 20... Bxb5 21. axb5 Bg7 $1 {An excellent prophylactic
move - now the Pf5 is over-protected.} (21... Re8 22. Ra1 Qc7 23. e4 fxe4 24.
Nxe4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Ng5 $36) 22. Bh3 ({The immediate} 22. e4 Bd4 23. exf5
{also can be met with the same approach as in the game:} g5 $1 (23... Rxf5 24.
Bh3 Rf8 25. Kh1 $14) 24. Re4 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe8 26. Kh1 Nf6 $132 {with
double-edged play.}) ({However,} 22. Ra1 $5 {deserved serious attention:} Rb7
23. e4 {Now, when Black's rook is tied down to protecting the Pa7, this
advance becomes more effective.} Bd4 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qxf2 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Nf6
27. Ree1 $14) 22... Kh8 23. e4 g5 $1 {GM Cordova manages to make use of having
the dark-squared bishop - now neither king is safe.} 24. fxg5 ({Black's
tactical idea was based on the following line:} 24. Bxf5 gxf4 25. gxf4 Qh4 $1
26. Bxd7 Bd4 27. Bf5 Rxf5 28. exf5 Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 Rg2
$11) 24... f4 ({Another possibility was} 24... Ne5 25. Qe2 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf3+
27. Kg2 Nxg5 $1 ({The ''greedy''} 27... Nxe1+ $6 28. Rxe1 Qe7 29. Be6 $14 {
leads to a passive position.}) 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 $11) 25. Bf5 fxg3 26. Nh3 {
White was able to keep the Pg5, so the position remains quite sharp.} gxh2+ 27.
Kh1 {As often happens, the Ph2 only makes White's monarch safer!} ({Correctly
refuting} 27. Qxh2 $6 Be5 28. Qg2 Rg8 29. Kh1 Nf8 $15 {and White's king is in
a real danger.}) 27... Be5 28. Qe2 Rf7 (28... Qe7 29. Qg4 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31.
Ng5 Nf6 32. Qh4 $13) 29. Rc2 Rg7 (29... Nf8 30. Qh5 Rg7 31. Rf1 Qe8 32. Qh6 $13
) 30. Rf1 {Both sides have time for mobilising their forces now.} Qe8 31. Qd3
Nf8 32. Rg2 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Qxg6 {Keeping the pawn on h7 looks safest for a human
eye.} ({However, there was nothing wrong with} 33... hxg6 {either:} 34. Nf2 Qe7
35. Ng4 Qxg5 36. Rf3 Qc1+ 37. Rf1 Qg5 $11) 34. Nf4 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Qh5 ({Black
would also obtain sufficient counterplay after} 35... Rf7 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. e5
Qf4 38. e6 Rf8 $11) 36. Qc3 Kg8 {This move isn't that bad,} ({but} 36... Qd1+
37. Kxh2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ {was a more convincing way of securing a draw:} 39.
Rf1 Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 cxd4 41. Rd1 Rf8 42. Rxd4 Rf4 43. Rc4 Re7 $11) 37. Qf6 Rf7 $2
{Letting White pin the Rf7 is a bad decision.} ({The correct move was} 37...
Qg6 38. Kxh2 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 Re8 40. Rg4 h5 41. Rgf4 Rxg5 42. Rxd6 Rge5 $11) 38.
Qe6 ({Another winning way is less obvious:} 38. Qh6 Qd1+ 39. Kxh2 Rxf4 40. g6
$18) 38... Rbf8 39. Rgf2 $2 {Such mistakes in the winning positions are
untypical for Magnus!} ({The correct} 39. Rf5 {would have put Black in a
hopeless situation:} Qd1+ 40. Kxh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg3 Qg6 42. Rgf2 Qxe6 43. dxe6 Rxf5
44. exf5 $18) 39... c4 $2 {GM Cordova doesn't stand the pressure till the end
and loses on the spot.} ({At the same time, after} 39... Kg7 40. Qh6+ (40. Qxd6
Rxf4 41. Rxf4 Qd1+ 42. Kxh2 Qd2+ 43. Kg3 Qe3+ $11) 40... Qxh6 41. gxh6+ Kg6 42.
Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Kxh2 Kf6 45. Kg3 Kg5 46. b3 Kxh6 47. e5 Kg7 48. e6
Kf6 {the resulting endgame seems drawish. For instance,} 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Kf3 h5
51. Kf2 Kf6 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. Kh3 Kf6 $11) 40. g6 $1 Qd1+ (40... Qxg6 41. Rg2 $18
) 41. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 {I had
prepared this line, since Edouard never chooses the principal continuation
here.} Na6 ({In my opinion, the best move here is} 7... d5 {but it's not to
everyone's taste!}) 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 {is more popular nowadays.}) 8... Ne4 9.
Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qe8 $6 $146 {That new move is too passive and
hardly may be an improvement of Black's play.} ({Edouard's previous choice was
more successful:} 11... c6 12. e4 Qc7 13. Qg4 Rfe8 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. Qg4 Rfe8 16.
Qh5 Rf8 17. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Rozentalis,E/Germany 1999/GER-chT}) (11...
Qc8 12. e4 Qb7 13. Nxd7 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 b5 17. Bg5 Rd7
18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rad1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxb2+ 21. Rd2 Qb7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jeremic,
V-Tadic,B/Zlatibor 2006/EXT 2007}) (11... c5 12. d5 Qc7 13. Nf3 d6 14. e4 Rab8
15. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Saldano Dayer,H-Tiviakov,S/Linares 1999/CBM 068 ext (54)})
(11... f5 12. Qa4 Nb8 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Qf3 Na6 15. b3 c5 16. e3 Nb4 17. Qe2 Qc7
18. Bb2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rac8 21. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Perun,
S-Chernyshov,K/Smolensk 2000/CBM 077 (54)}) (11... d6 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxe7+
Qxe7 14. e4 c6 15. Bd2 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. a4 Rfb8 18. axb5 Nc7 19. Bb4 Nxb5
20. d5 $14 {1-0 Hansen,C-De Firmian,N/Malmo 2001/CBM 084 (89)}) 12. e4 d6 13.
Nf3 {White has a stable centre, while Black's Na6 is out of play - according
to chess logic White must be better!} b5 {Probably that was the point of
Edouard's idea - at least he is looking for some queenside counterplay.} (13...
c5 14. d5 e5 $14 {was possible, but White has a clear advantage without any
risk.}) 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. b3 (15. Bd2 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb5 17. Qxb5 Rxb5 {leads to
the same position.}) 15... bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb5 {The resulting endgame is quite
unpleasant for Black, since his pawn structure has clear drawbacks.} ({Black
could try:} 16... Nb4 $5 17. Ba3 c6 18. Bxb4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qa6 Bxb4 21.
Rec1 $14) 17. Qxb5 Rxb5 18. Bd2 c5 {The move is very natural, but Black fails
to solve his strategical problems - his Na6 is still out of play, while the
c6-spot is quite vulnerable in his camp.} (18... f5 19. Rac1 (19. e5 d5 20.
Rac1 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rc2 $14) 19... fxe4 20. Rxe4 Rbf5 21. Re3 $14) 19.
Rac1 Rb7 20. Re2 {Protecting the Pa2 in case of Na6-b4 and preparing the
possible doubling of rooks along the c-file.} (20. Rc4 $5) 20... h6 21. Be3 {
Now Black is practically forced to take on d4.} cxd4 22. Nxd4 {In my opinion
this promises more than 22.Bxd4, as it's not easy for Black to keep control of
c6.} (22. Bxd4 e5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 $14) 22... Nc5 23. f3 {White has
enough time.} ({There is no reason to go for complications:} 23. Nc6 Nxe4 24.
Bxa7 d5 $14) 23... Bg5 $6 {Edouard is trying to provoke some weakening of
White's position, but it would hardly be possible to exploit that.} ({I would
prefer the rather passive:} 23... Rc8 24. Rec2 a5 $14) 24. f4 ({Maybe even
stronger would be the energetic:} 24. Bxg5 $5 hxg5 25. Rc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ce6e5,
Ce5d4,Gb3b4] and 26.b4 is unstoppable in view of:} a5 $2 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5
Nd3 28. Rxa5 $18) 24... Bd8 25. Kf3 Bb6 26. Rd1 $1 {That was a tough move for
me, since I didn't want to remove my rook from c1. On the other hand, it was
very important to prevent Black's possible counterplay.} (26. Rd2 $6 f5 27.
exf5 exf5 $14) 26... g6 ({After} 26... f5 27. exf5 exf5 28. Rc2 $16 {White's
rooks are placed perfectly and Black is in trouble.}) 27. Rc2 (27. Nb5 $2 Nxe4
28. Kxe4 d5+) (27. b4 $5 Na4 28. Rc2 $16) 27... f5 {What else? Black couldn't
keep control of the c6-square anyway.} 28. exf5 exf5 ({After} 28... gxf5 29. b4
Na6 30. Nxe6 Nxb4 31. Rc4 $16 {Black has too many weaknesses.}) 29. Nb5 Nxb3 $2
{An unsuccessful tactical attempt to simplify the position.} ({Objectively
better was:} 29... Ne4 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Rc6 $16) 30. Nxd6 $2 {This move was
played rapidly.} ({At this point, there was the much stronger:} 30. Bxb6 $1
Rxb6 31. Nxd6 Na5 32. Nc8 $1 Rb8 (32... Re6 33. Rd5 Nb7 34. Rd7 $18) 33. Ne7+
Kf7 (33... Kh7 34. Rd7 Rb7 35. Rxb7 Nxb7 36. Rc7 $18) 34. Rd7 Rfd8 35. Rdc7 $18
{and White wins a pawn and gets a technically winning position.}) 30... Bxe3
31. Kxe3 Re7+ 32. Kf3 ({After} 32. Kf2 Na5 33. Rd5 Nb7 34. Nc8 Ref7 35. Nxa7
Nc5 $16 {Black still has some chances due to his strong outpost on e4.}) 32...
Na5 $2 ({We both missed:} 32... Re1 $1 33. Rd3 ({After} 33. Rd5 Rf1+ 34. Ke2
Rc1 35. Rb2 Rc5 36. Rxc5 Nxc5 37. Rb5 Rf6 38. Rxc5 Re6+ 39. Kf3 Rxd6 40. Rc8+
Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rxa7 g5 $14 {Black has excellent drawing chances.}) 33...
Rf1+ 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 $16 {and it's
not easy for White to convert his great positional advantage to a full point.})
33. Rd5 Rd7 $2 ({More stubborn was:} 33... Nb7 34. Nc8 Ref7 35. Nxa7 Ra8 36.
Nb5 $18) 34. Nxf5 $1 {This simple tactical blow immediately decides the game.}
Rxd5 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nxd5 Rd8 37. Ne3 ({Or} 37. Rc5 Nc6 38. Rxc6 Rxd5 39. Rc7+
Kf6 40. Rxa7 $18) 37... Ke6 38. Rc7 a6 39. Rh7 h5 40. Rh6 Kf7 41. f5 Rd3 42.
Ke4 Ra3 43. fxg6+ Kf6 44. Nf5 Ra4+ 45. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bf4 d6 $146 {Alexander comes up with a novelty, which doesn't really
help Black to solve all the problems.} ({Black has a wide choice of
alternatives, but usually White is able to develop some initiative, mainly due
to a poor Na6:} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Nd2 (11. Bf1 Nb8 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. e4
d6 $11 {1-0 Tkachiev,V (2649)-Riazantsev,A (2708)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013 (40)
}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 d6 13. e4 Nb8 14. a4 Nc6 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. h4 Qd7 17. Qg4
Rfd8 18. h5 $14 {1-0 Sargissian,G (2671)-Abasov,N (2517)/Minsk BLR 2014 (50)})
(9... f5 10. Qb3 c5 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bf6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2
Bd4 16. Nxe4 $14 {0-1 Wojtaszek,R (2701)-Predke,A (2494)/Legnica POL 2013 (48)}
) (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qe7 15.
Nd4 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2714)-Tiviakov,S (2643)/Heraklio 2007/CBM 121 (62)})
10. Qc2 {Fighting for control over the key central square is typical for such
positions.} Nb4 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 {could hardly suit Black, but Grischuk's
move has a concrete problem.}) 11. Qb3 Nxc3 ({Unfortunately, the natural} 11...
c5 {fails to} 12. dxc5 $1 dxc5 13. Ne5 Nd6 (13... Nd2 14. Bxd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Qxd2 16. Red1 Qg5 17. f4 $16) 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. a3 $16) 12. Qxc3 c5 13. e4 $1 {
Exploiting the awkward placement of Black's knight in order to seize the
centre.} Nc6 {This move looks natural, but Black is spending much time trying
to attack White's centre.} (13... Bf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Bxe5
17. Nxe5 {is quite unpleasant for Black, as White's major pieces are very
active.}) 14. d5 (14. Rad1 $5 {was another good possibility, keeping the edge
in all cases:} g5 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qb8 17. e5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 (
18. exd6 $5 Bf6 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qd7 22. b4 $14) 18... Qb7+
19. Kg1 dxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bd6 e5 22. Rd5 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rad8 24. Red1 $14)
15. Bd2 g4 16. d5 Bf6 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 exd5 (18... Bxe5 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20.
Qxe5 exd5 21. Bc3 f6 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Qxg4+ Rg7 24. Qe6+ Rf7 25. cxd5 $16) 19.
Bf4 d4 20. Qd3 dxe5 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Be4 Re8 $14) 14... Bf6 {
Grischuk's move is not bad, but it gives White some additional options.} (14...
exd5 15. cxd5 Bf6 {forces some simplifications, but after} 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
dxe5 (17... Qb8 18. Re3 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Re8 21. f4 $14) 18. Bxe5
Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. f4 $14 {White's strong passed Pd5 is
extremely strong.}) 15. Qd2 {Boris decides to avoid the isolated pawn and
keeps a small, but stable edge as well.} (15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Rxe5 exd5 19. cxd5 {could have transposed to the above mentioned line.
}) 15... Nd4 ({The following alternative led to a solid, but passive position:
} 15... exd5 $5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bh3
Rae8 (20... Rfe8 21. Bd7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $14) 21. Bd7 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Ba4
$14) 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. e5 {Obviously, White shouldn't give Black time for
consolidating.} dxe5 ({Alexander could have tried} 17... Re8 $5 18. dxe6 Bxg2
19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. e6+ $1 Kg8 21. Kxg2 Qf6 $14 {winning the pawn back, but his
structure would be permanently worse.}) 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 exd5 20. Rae1 {
White is not obliged to take the pawn back immediately, so there is time for
mobilising all his forces.} Qd6 21. Re7 {As before, Boris prefers to deviate
from creating an isolated pawn.} (21. cxd5 $5 Rad8 22. Qe2 $14) 21... Bc6 22.
Bxd5 Rad8 (22... Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 {leads to a very difficult rook
endgame:} Rad8 ({after} 24... Rfd8 25. d6 Kf8 26. d7 b5 27. Kf1 $16 {Black is
paralysed.}) 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Rxa7 Kf8 27. Ra6 Rd6 28. Rd2 $16) 23. Rxa7 {
This move leads to a rook ending with an extra pawn.} ({After} 23. R1e5 Bxd5
24. cxd5 b5 $14 {White could put some pressure on the opponent's king, but
Black's queenside pawns may offer some counterchances.}) 23... Bxd5 24. Qxd5 $6
{A somewhat inaccurate move.} (24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rb7 {would
transpose to the game.}) 24... Qxd5 $6 {Alexander mised a golden opportunity
to avoid the loss of a pawn.} (24... Qf6 $1 {was much better:} 25. Qe5 Rd1 $1
26. Kg2 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qxb2 28. Qe4 g6 29. a4 Kg7 $14 {and Black should be able
to hold this position with a precise defence.}) 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Rb7 Rd6 27.
Re3 g6 (27... f5 $5 28. Ree7 Rg6 $14 {keeping the material balance was an
option worth considering, but it is a difficult decision, especially when you
are in time trouble.}) 28. Rb3 c4 29. R3xb6 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 {Finally White has
won a pawn, but now Black can activate the rook.} Ra8 31. a3 c3 32. bxc3 Rxa3
33. Rc6 h5 34. h4 Kf8 35. Kg2 (35. Rc7 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke5 {is hardly
an achievement for White.}) 35... Ke7 36. Kf3 Ra2 (36... Kd7 $5 37. Rc4 Kd6)
37. Ke3 Rc2 38. Rc4 ({After} 38. c4 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rf3 40. Ke2 Rc3 {it would be
difficult to make a progress.}) 38... Kf8 (38... f6 $5 {deserved serious
attention, with the intention to exchange the k-side pawns.}) 39. f3 Ke7 40.
Kf4 Rf2 {For some reason, Alexander delays the f7-f6 advance.} ({After} 40...
f6 $5 41. Rc7+ Ke6 {it looks like White has nothing better than} 42. Rg7 Rxc3
43. Rxg6 Rc4+ 44. Ke3 Rc3+ 45. Ke4 Rc4+ 46. Kd3 Rc1 {with a drawish position.})
41. Re4+ Kd6 42. Re3 {Now the Pf3 is protected, so Back must prevent White
from bringing the king to f6.} f6 ({Another way to stop White's king was:} 
42... Rg2 $5 43. Rd3+ Ke6 44. c4 f6 (44... Rc2 45. Re3+ Kf6 46. Re4 Rc3 47. g4
$16) 45. Rc3 Kd6) 43. Ke4 Ra2 ({It looks like} 43... Kc5 $1 44. Kd3 Rg2 {
was an easier way:} 45. f4 f5 46. c4 Ra2 47. Re5+ Kd6 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49. Kc3 Rg2
{I don't see how White can make any progress here.}) 44. Rd3+ Ke6 45. c4 Rc2
46. Kd4 Kd6 $6 ({Once again,} 46... g5 {starting some counterplay was possible:
} 47. Re3+ Kd6 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 Rd2+ 51. Rd3 Rc2 52. Rh3 Rd2+
53. Ke4 Rc2 $11) 47. f4 Rc1 48. Rf3 $1 {Boris Gelfand finds an excellent
resource - now the threat of f4-f5, breaking up Black's pawns is very
unpleasant.} Rd1+ (48... f5 49. Ra3 Rd1+ 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. Ra5+ Kb6 52. Rb5+ Kc6
53. Re5 Rf1 54. Kd4 {looks dangerous now.}) 49. Kc3 Rb1 $2 {Finally Alexander
makes a decisive mistake and allows White to achieve his goal.} ({Black's task
was difficult, but the position still was drawish had he played:} 49... Ra1 $1
50. Kb4 Kc6 51. f5 {and now} g5 $1 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. f6 Ra8 54. Rf5 Rf8 55.
Rxg5 Rxf6 56. Rxh5 Rg6 57. Rh3 Rg5 $11) 50. f5 gxf5 ({Now it's too late for} 
50... g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. f6 Rb8 {as White's king is closer than before:} 53.
Kd4 Ke6 54. c5 Rb4+ (54... h4 55. gxh4 g4 56. Re3+ Kxf6 57. c6 $18) 55. Kc3 Ra4
56. Kb3 Ra8 57. Kc4 Rf8 58. c6 Kd6 59. Kd4 $1 h4 60. gxh4 gxh4 61. c7 Kxc7 62.
Ke5 $18) 51. Rxf5 Ke6 52. Rxh5 (52. Rf3 $1 Ra1 53. Kb4 Rb1+ 54. Kc5 {was
convincing enough:} Rb8 55. Re3+ Kd7 56. Kd5 Rb1 57. Rf3 Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Rd6 59.
Rf5 Ra6 60. Kb5 Ra3 61. Rxf6 Rxg3 62. Rf5 $18) 52... Rg1 53. Rh8 $2 {Returning
the favour.} ({White loses priceless time and deviates from:} 53. c5 Rxg3+ 54.
Kc4 Rg1 (54... Rg8 55. Rd5 Rg2 56. Rd8 f5 57. c6 Rc2+ 58. Kb5 Rb2+ 59. Ka6 Rc2
60. Kb7 $18) 55. Rh8 f5 56. h5 f4 57. h6 Rc1+ 58. Kd3 Kf7 59. Rc8 Kg6 60. Kd2
$1 Rc4 61. Rc6+ Kh7 62. Kd3 Rc1 63. Ke4 Rc4+ 64. Kf3 $18) 53... Rxg3+ 54. Kb4
f5 $1 {As a result, Black is just in time to push the pawn now.} 55. h5 (55. c5
f4 56. Rf8 Ke5 57. h5 Rh3 58. Re8+ Kd5 59. Rd8+ Kc6 60. Rd6+ Kc7 61. h6 f3 $11)
55... Rg7 $2 {Both players had to find precise moves under time pressure.
Mistakes are practically unavoidable in such a situation.} (55... f4 56. c5 f3
57. Rf8 Kd5 58. h6 Rh3 59. Kb5 Ke4 60. Rf6 Ke5 $1 61. Rf7 Ke6 62. Rf8 Rxh6 63.
Rxf3 Kd7 $11) 56. h6 Rf7 57. Re8+ $2 ({For the second time, Boris Gelfand
misses a clear win and refuses:} 57. c5 f4 58. c6 Kf5 59. Rg8 Rh7 60. Kc5 Ke4
61. Rg6 f3 62. Rf6 Ke3 63. Kb6 f2 64. c7 Rh8 65. Kb7 $18) 57... Kf6 $11 {
Now the position is completely drawish!} 58. Re1 (58. c5 Kg5 59. c6 Kxh6 $11)
58... f4 59. Kc5 f3 ({There was nothing wrong with} 59... Kg6 {either:} 60. Kd6
Kxh6 61. c5 Kg5 $11) 60. Kd6 Kg6 {Unfortunately for Alexander Grischuk, he ran
out of time for the 1st time in his career. A dramatic end to this spectacular
game!} 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 3rd"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2016.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Romanov,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:21"]
[BlackClock "0:08:35"]

{I came to Catalonia some days after the tournament in Rome, which I
successfully managed to win. Of course, it brought positive emotions, but
energy level, whenever you're playing in several tournaments in a row, goes
down. I had to keep this fact in mind before every game in Sitges, but
unfortunately, some strange and ridiculous mistakes have been done during 4th
hour of several games... Therefore I'd like to thank organizers for perfect
conditions they provide us with! Not many strong open events held in beautiful
resort hotels on the seaside with an opportunity to watch waves and sunset
directly from playing venue!} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:45] The game vs legend Julio
Granda was played in round 6. We shared 1st place with 4.5 points before this
game. I can't say my mood and emotions were good enough. The reason of this is
the previous game with GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel (who played decent chess
in this tournament from my perspective), where I destroyed absolutely normal
position with a couple of blunders and won the game only because of luck. So,
the plan vs Julio was to play calm chess, not entering into huge complications
and trying to get a little plus.} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
00:14] This opening takes a leading position in the recent repertoire of my
opponent. But before next move, he turned into deep thought. Definitely, he
tried to avoid my preparation in his usual line with 9...d6. But maybe the
choice of black is not the best.} c5 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3 $6 {[%emt 0:04:29]} ({
11...Nd2 happened in some GMs games. But from my humble perspective after} 
11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be7 14. f4 $1 {white's play is easier, that
was proved by Magnus on last Olympiad.} f5 15. Nf2 Ba6 16. a4 Bf6 17. Re1 Nd7
18. e3 Rb8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Kh8 23. e4 g5 24. fxg5
f4 25. Bf5 fxg3 26. Nh3 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Qe2 Rf7 29. Rc2 Rg7 30. Rf1 Qe8
31. Qd3 Nf8 32. Rg2 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Qxg6 34. Nf4 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Qh5 36. Qc3 Kg8 37.
Qf6 Rf7 38. Qe6 Rbf8 39. Rgf2 c4 40. g6 Qd1+ 41. Rf1 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2857)
-Cordova,E (2638) Baku AZE 2016}) 12. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} d6 {[%emt 0:05:28]
The black's plan is doubtful but understandable. He'd like to advance pawns
on q-side controlling the centre at the same time. In case of success, the
light-squared strategy of black might get very dangerous. However, I had a
feeling, that exchange of Benoni bishop can't promise black equal chances.} 13.
Be1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:33] Beginning of the plan in memory of Mark Dvoretsky. Both
black knights tend to control e4 square and attack d5 pawn. It reminded me the
conception of the extra piece- even (White Bishop on dark squares has no
opponent!). Also, 13. Nd2 would have given white easy play.} Re8 {[%emt 0:12:
40]} 14. Nh4 $1 {[%emt 0:09:47]} Ba6 $5 {[%emt 0:07:32] Here black had
realized my ambitions and try to make e4 difficult.} (14... Nd7 15. f3 Nef6 16.
e4 Ba6 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rc3 {-leads to the same type of position, but B on c1
is arrested for some more moves} b5 19. Bf1 $1 Qb6 (19... b4 20. Bxa6 bxc3 21.
Bxc3 $16) 20. b4 $1 {-and white is winning the fight for control over dark
squares}) 15. f3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 16. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bc3 {[%emt 0:06:14] This will give tempo when the b
pawn advances but bishop must take a diagonal!} b5 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 18. b3 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 19. Ba1 {[%emt 0:00:06] Here on next move
I seriously considered c4, as it is the only one active and fast plan for
counterplay. But it seems it doesn't give black enough compensation.} Ne5 {
[%emt 0:01:51]} (19... c4 20. bxc4 Ne5 21. e4 Nxc4 (21... Rc8 22. Nf5 Bxc4 23.
Rfc2 Ba6 24. f4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd3 26. Bf1 $18) 22. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 23. Qa4 $18)
20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:14:25] Protecting f5.} (20... c4 21. Qxb4
Nxd5 (21... cxb3 22. Qxb3) 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Nf5 d5 24. Qg5 Ng6 25. bxc4 dxc4 26.
e4 $16 {With complete domination}) 21. e4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Qb6 $5 {[%emt 0:07:
48] The problem of black is f4 coming at once.} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} (22. f4
$6 Neg4 23. Re2 c4+ 24. Bd4 c3 $1 25. Qd1 Qd8 $13) 22... a5 {[%emt 0:02:52]}
23. f4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:09] Easy to see without exact
calculation, that black's play is too late.White gained maximum from their
position, and it's time for crucial attack now.} (23... Ned7 24. Re1 a4 25. e5
$18) 24. e5 {[%emt 0:13:43]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 25. gxh4 {[%emt 0:13:34]}
Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:02] To be honest my energy was very low at this moment already,
and I missed a couple of my opponent's options, giving him practical chances..}
26. Bf3 $2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} (26. Kh2 $2 Qd8 $1 {-first blunder}) (26. e6 {
-was declined, because of following} fxe6 27. dxe6 Bxe6 28. f5 (28. Bf3 $1 Bf7
29. Bxh5 Bxh5 30. Qd5+ Bf7 31. Qg5 $18 {-was also missed}) 28... Bf7 29. Bxa8
Rxa8 30. Rg2 d5 {-with practical chances for black}) (26. Qd1 $3 {-the simplest
} Ng3 (26... g6 27. e6 fxe6 (27... f5 28. Qd2 Ra7 29. Qb2 Ng7 30. h5 $18) 28.
dxe6 Bxe6 29. f5 Bf7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxf7 $1 $18) 27. e6 Nf5 28. Qh5 g6 29.
exf7+ $18) 26... Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} fxe6 $4 {[%emt 0:
05:22] This is exactly what white was hoping for. Both bishops are in play now.
} (27... Nf5 $1 {-second missed opportunity} 28. Re1 fxe6 29. dxe6 Bb7 30. Bg4
Qc6 31. Kh2 Nd4 32. f5 {must be also completely winning for white, however, it
could be not easy over the board to allow the knight to jump on d4 :)}) 28.
dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:24]} (28... Bxe6 29. f5 {I suppose in
calculations black missed,that after} Nxf5 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxf5 $1 {is coming
} Bxf5 32. Qd5+ $18) 29. f5 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Qg5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:57] Intermediate move destroys all black's hopes!} Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:
19]} (30... Nxf5 31. Qxf5 Rf8 32. Qg5 Qb7 33. Rcf1 h6 34. Qg3 Rae8 (34... Bd5
35. Rf7) 35. Qxd6 a4 36. Qd7 $18 {Black is losing his bishop anyway}) 31. Qxg3
{[%emt 0:01:42]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. f6 {[%emt 0:09:32]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 33. fxg7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra8 34. Rcf1 c4 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One of the biggest mistakes, in my opinion, made by Rapport is that he didn't
play for a win or even put the slightest of pressure on Ding Liren with the
white pieces. Now Ding had the white pieces and he wasn't going to take it
easy!} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:04] This is all well known and
has been seen many times and now Ding Liren comes up with a move that has been
played only once before.} 9. Re1 $5 {[%emt 0:00:09] According to the databases
this move has been played only once before between Adamski and Kruszynski.} a6
{[%emt 0:11:43] This is a weird move, the main idea is to make a waiting move,
threaten ...b5 in some instances and also play ...d6 followed by ...Nd7,
without having to worry about Ng5 ideas.} (9... d6 {might have been Rapport's
idea, but it leads to an inferior position after} 10. Ng5 $1 Nxc3 11. Qc2 $16)
10. Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:16:55] This is a good practical decision, White maintains
slight pressure on the position.} (10. Rc1 {was also possible, but it leads to
normal positions.}) (10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 {[%cal Gb8d7] Followed by ...Nd7
gives Black the bishop pair.}) 10... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:09:05]} 11. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03] White is better
developed. It is a slight edge, but still not so easy to extinguish.} d6 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} 13. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 14. e4 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:43] The problem with Rapport is that he can never play
normal chess! He will always try to go for activity.} ({In this position it
could have been better to just finish development with} 14... Nd7 {although
after 15.f4 Black is still worse. But now Ding plays very strong chess.}) 15.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:10:54]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:13:22]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (16. Qxc4 {
was also possible and perhaps not at all a bad idea, but Ding wanted more.})
16... Qc8 {[%emt 0:05:33]} (16... e5 17. Ne3 $16) 17. e5 $1 {[%emt 0:21:52]
The Chinese player made this move after 22 minutes of thought. He invested a
lot of time in this idea and was able to calculate that he gets a good
position in all lines.} (17. Qxc4 {was also possible.}) 17... exd5 {[%emt 0:04:
22]} (17... Qb7 18. Rad1 $16) (17... dxe5 18. Qxe5 $18) 18. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} cxd6 $1 {[%emt 0:09:38]} (18... Bxd6 {which looks the most natural is
refuted by a very brilliant little queen move that was seen by Ding.} 19. Qf3
$3 Nd7 (19... Nc6 20. Bxg7 $1 $18) 20. Nh6+ $18) 19. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:08:35]} (19.
Rad1 $16 {was also possible keeping all the advantages intact.}) 19... d4 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} (19... Qxg4 20. Qb7 Nd7 {looks normal but White is better after
} 21. h3 Qf5 (21... Qg5 22. Qxd7 d4 $1 {and now White has to find the only
move to hold the advantage.} 23. Bb4 $1 $18 (23. Bxd4 $2 Qd5+ $17)) 22. g4 {
The knight is lost.} Qg5 (22... Nc5 23. Qxa8 $18 Qd7 24. Qxd5) 23. Qxd7 d4 24.
Bb4 $16) 20. Qe4 $6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} (20. Bxd4 Qxg4 21. Qxd6 Nc6 $1 22. Bc3 $16
{also gives White a very pleasant position.}) 20... Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:22] This
move was missed by Ding. But luckily it spoils nothing. White still has many
ways to keep his advantage.} (20... dxc3 21. Qxa8 cxb2 22. Rab1 c3 (22... Qxg4
23. Rxb2 Nd7 24. Re8) 23. Ne3) 21. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (
21... Qxe4+ 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Re7 $1 Nc6 (23... Rf7 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Ne3 $18) 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 26. Nh6# {A nice variation
suggested by Surya Sekhar Ganguly on Twitter.}) 22. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nxc6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} (23. Bxg7 {was also possible, but
Ding decides to keep things simple.}) 23... Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:00:06] White is a pawn down, but all of Black's pawns are weak and
they are soon going to fall one by one.} f4 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 25. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:
01:11]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02] Such positions are Ding
Liren's forte. As he said after the game, the endgame might not be winning,
but it is extremely unpleasant to play as Black here.} Rab8 {[%emt 0:21:00]}
27. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (27... d5 28. Rxd5 $16) 28. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 29. Rb4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:
01:58]} 30. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 33. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} d5+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:
08]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 36. f4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} 37. b5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:34] This move shows good confidence in
your calculation.} (37. Kd4 {was also possible.}) 37... axb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
38. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 39. Rc2+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 40. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00] White has given up the pawn, but
cut off his opponent's king.} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 41. Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:55] It
might be a case of premature resignation, but I was quite sure that White
would have been able to convert his advantage.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 $6 (11... e5 12. h4 $5 (12.
b4 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. e4 g6 15. h4 Ba6 16. Nb5 h5 17. Rc2 {1/4-1/4,
Kasparov-Salov,Skelleftea 1989}) 12... Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. h5 Nf6 16.
hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 $36 {Epishin-Ehlvest,Terrassa 1991}) (11... Nd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4
13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 a5 15. b3 Qe7 16. e4 Nc5 17. Rce1 g6 18. f4 f6 19. f5 $1 g5
20. Bf3 c6 21. Rd1 $16 {Pinter-Ribli,Hungary(ch)1981}) 12. e4 $1 Nd7 13. Nd4 $1
Bxd4 (13... a5 $2 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $1 dxe5 $8 16. Nxe6 $1 Bxg2 17. Nxf8
Bxf1 18. Qd5+ $18) (13... Kh8 14. f4 $16) (13... e5 {Schussler} 14. Nc6 $5 {
14.Sf5 + =} Bxc6 15. dxc6 Nb8 $6 16. Qd5 Qe8 17. Nb5 $16 Qd8) 14. Qxd4 e5 15.
Qd2 a5 (15... g6 {Schussler} 16. f4 $5 $14) 16. f4 Nc5 17. f5 f6 18. Bf3 $1 g5
19. b3 Bc8 (19... c6 20. Rfd1 $16) 20. Bd1 Bd7 21. a3 Ra7 (21... a4 $2 22. b4
Nb3 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Qb2 $18) 22. b4 Nb7 23. Rf2 Nd8 24. Qe3 axb4 (24... Nf7
$5) 25. axb4 Nf7 26. h4 Kh8 27. Kf1 Rg8 28. Rcc2 $1 Qf8 29. Ra2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2
gxh4 31. gxh4 Qg7 32. Ke1 Nh6 33. Ra7 (33. Kd2 $6 {Schussler} Qg2+ 34. Kc1 Ng4
35. Rxg2 {(35. xg4! xg4 36. h6)} Nxe3 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Be2 Ng2 $15 {(Karpov)}
) 33... Be8 (33... Ng4 34. Qg3 $1 Qh6 35. Bxg4 Qc1+ 36. Nd1 $16) (33... Bxf5
34. exf5 Nxf5 35. Qf2 Nd4 36. c5 $1 (36. Ne4 f5 37. Nxd6 Qg6 $1 $44 (37... Qg1+
$2 38. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 39. Kf2 Rxd1 40. Nf7+ Kg7 41. Nxe5 f4 42. Nf3 $1 $18)) 36...
bxc5 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. d6 $18) 34. Kd2 Qg2+ 35. Kc1 Nf7 $1 (35... Ng4 36. Bxg4
Qxg4 37. Qh6 $18) (35... Rg3 36. Qd2 $1 (36. Qxh6 Rxc3+ 37. Kb1 Qxe4+ 38. Kb2
Rg3 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qxf6+ Rg7 41. Rxc7 (41. Ra8 {Schussler} Qd4+ $10 {(Karpov)
}) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kc1 Qa1+ $10) 36... Qh3 37. Qxh6 Rxc3+ 38. Kb2 $18) 36. Rxc7
Rg3 37. Qd2 Qh3 38. Kb2 Kg7 $4 (38... Rd3 $1 $44) 39. Rc8 $4 $138 (39. Be2 $142
) 39... Bd7 $2 $138 (39... Rd3 40. Qc1 (40. Qc2 $2 Qe3 $1) 40... Qg2+ 41. Be2 (
41. Kb3 Bd7 42. Rc7 Be8 $44) 41... Ba4 $3 $44) 40. Rc7 Be8 $2 (40... Rd3 $142
$1) 41. Be2 $1 Qxh4 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Kf8 44. c6 $18 Qh2 45. Rc8 $6 (45. Rb7
$18) 45... Qf2 46. Rb8 (46. c7 $6 {Schussler} Qb6+ 47. Bb5 Kg7 $5 $13) 46...
Qc5 47. Qc2 Ng5 48. Rb3 $6 (48. Bh5 Kg7 49. Ne2 $1 (49. Bxe8 Nxe4 50. Rb3 Nxc3
51. Rxc3 Qb4+ 52. Qb3 Rg2+ 53. Rc2 Qd4+ 54. Ka2 Rg1 $40) 49... Qa3+ 50. Kb1 $18
) 48... Rg2 49. Rb5 Qa7 (49... Qd4 {Schussler} 50. Kb3 Rg3 51. Rb4 $18) 50. Qd3
h5 51. Qc4 Qd4 52. Kb3 Rg3 53. Kc2 Rg2 54. Kb3 Rg3 55. Kc2 $138 Rg2 56. Qd3 Qa7
$2 $138 (56... h4 $1 57. c7 Bd7 58. Rb8+ Ke7 59. c8=Q Bxc8 60. Rxc8 Qxd3+ 61.
Kxd3 h3 $44) 57. Rb7 Qc5 58. Rb5 Qa7 59. Rb7 Qc5 60. Kb3 $1 h4 61. Qc4 $1 $18
Qxc4+ 62. Bxc4 Nf3 (62... h3 63. c7 h2 (63... Bd7 64. Bb5 $18) 64. c8=Q h1=Q
65. Bb5 $18 (65. Qd8 $1 $18 {Schussler})) 63. Bb5 $1 Nd4+ 64. Kc4 h3 65. c7
Nxb5 66. c8=Q h2 67. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 Nxd2 {9. - c5, 9. - d5} 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f4
exf4 14. gxf4 a5 15. Nd3 Bxc3 $1 16. Rxc3 f5 17. b3 Qe7 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Nf2
Rae8 20. a3 Bc8 21. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
{8.Nh4!? (Ivantjuk)} Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O c5 $5 {10. - d6 11.Rad1 Nd7 is
more solid.} 11. d5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Na6 13. Rad1 Nc7 14. dxe6 $5 dxe6 15. Qf4 Qc8
16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Nc6 e5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qe4 Qe6 21. Nf5 $10 Rfd8
22. Ne3 Ne8 23. Rd3 Nd6 24. Qd5 Qxd5+ 25. Rxd5 Ne4 26. Rfd1 Rxd5 27. Nxd5 Rd8
28. h4 Rd7 29. a4 Kg8 30. f3 Nd6 31. a5 Kf7 32. Ne3 Ke6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rb1
Rb7 35. Ra1 f5 36. Ra4 f4 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Nd5 Ke5 39. Kh3 Nxc4 40. Nxf4 Kxf4
41. Rxc4+ Ke3 42. Re4+ Kd2 43. c4 b5 44. cxb5 Rxb5 45. Re5 Rb7 46. Rxc5 Kxe2
47. Kg4 Rf7 48. Re5+ Kd3 49. Re4 Rf6 50. h5 h6 51. Re7 g6 52. hxg6 Rxg6+ 53.
Kf5 Rg8 54. f4 Kd4 55. Re4+ Kd5 56. Re6 Rh8 57. Ra6 Rf8+ 58. Rf6 Rxf6+ 59. Kxf6
h5 60. Kg5 Ke6 61. Kxh5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. h4 $1 {Probably a strong novelty.
White is ready to answer g7-g6 with h4-h5 opening up the h-line.} Nd7 13. Bh3
g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. h5 $1 $14 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Rh1 Rfe8 19. Rh2
Qf8 20. Rch1 Bh6 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Bd7 $1 Qxd7 23. Rxh6 Kg7 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Qg5
Qe7 26. Nb5 $1 $16 Qd8 27. Nh4 Nxe4 28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. Nxg6+ $1 $18 Ke8 30. Qf5
Qd7 31. Qxe4 Rxg6 32. Nxc7+ $1 Qxc7 33. Qxg6 Qe7 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36.
Rh7 Rf8 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Qxf7 b5 40. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "SUI-GP"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Bf4 $5 {9.Nh4 =} d6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rfd1 f5 13. b4 Nf6 $10
14. a4 Qe8 15. Qa2 Qh5 16. Rc3 Rf7 17. a5 Raf8 18. Ra3 g5 19. Bc1 f4 20. gxf4
Ng4 21. h3 gxf4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Kf1 Kh8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qd2
R4f6 27. Qe3 Rg8 28. Ke1 d5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 10. Ne1 $5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 $5 (
13... Be7 $14) 14. Bxf6 (14. Bc3) 14... Qxf6 15. Qxd7 $5 (15. Qd2 $10) 15...
Rac8 16. Rc3 (16. Qd2 $5 Rfd8 17. Qc2 {/\} Nd4 18. Qe4 Qf5 19. Qe3) 16... h5 $5
(16... Rfd8 $5 17. Qb7 g6 (17... h5) (17... Qe5 $2 18. Rd3 $1 Na5 (18... Nd4 $2
19. Rfd1 $18 Qxe2 20. Nf4 $1 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3) (18... Rf8 19. Rd2 $1) 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. Qxa7 Qxb2 21. c5)) (16... h6 $5) (16... g5 $5) 17. h4 $5 {/\ Nf4} (17.
Qd2 $5) 17... Rfd8 18. Qb7 Qe5 $1 19. Nf4 (19. Rd3 $2 Nd4 $1 20. e3 (20. Rfd1
Rc7 $1) 20... Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Rxd3 $17) 19... Rc7 20. Qa6 Nd4 $1 $44 (20... Rd2 $2
21. Qb5 $1) 21. Re3 (21. Re1) 21... Qf5 22. Qa4 Qc5 (22... g5 $5) 23. Rd1 Rcd7
24. Rc1 g6 $6 (24... b5 $5 25. Qa5 $1 (25. Nd3 $2 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Rxd3 27. Qxb5
Rxg3+ $1)) (24... e5 $5 25. Nxh5 $13) 25. b4 $1 Qf5 26. c5 b5 27. Qa5 e5 28.
Nd3 $8 (28. Ng2 $4 Nc6 $1 29. Qxb5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Qh3+ $3 32. Kxh3
Rh1# {Marjanovic,S}) 28... Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxd3 30. c6 $1 Qg4 (30... Rd1+ 31.
Re1 R8d2 32. Qxa7 $1) 31. c7 $2 (31. Re3 $1 Rxe3 (31... Rd1+ 32. Kg2 $1) 32.
Qxd8+ Kg7 33. Qd2 $1 $18 {Speelman,J}) 31... Rxg3+ $1 32. fxg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 $1
Qxh4+ 34. Rh2 Qe4+ 35. Rg2 Qh4+ 36. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc8
15. Rac1 Na6 16. Nf4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfd8 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 Nb4 20. a3 e5 21.
axb4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bxb4 23. Rc7 h6 24. Ra1 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Ra3 a5 27. Rb7
b4 $4 {At this point Polu was pretty irritated: why didn`t his opponent agree
to a draw? He moved the pawn with a bang to b4 - and suddenly the game was
more or less lost.} (27... Rd5 $10) 28. Rxb4 Re8 29. Rxa5 Rxe2 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31.
Rf5 Rd7 32. g4 g6 33. Rf4 Kg7 34. Kg2 Re5 35. h3 h5 36. b4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38.
Rc4 Re2 39. Rb5 f6 40. Rf5 Rb2 41. b5 Rb7 42. Rcc5 Rb4 43. Kf3 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Rb4
45. f3 Ra7 46. Kd3 Ra3+ 47. Rc3 Ra5 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6 Raxb5 50. Rcxf6+ Kh7
51. Rf7+ Kh8 52. Rxb5 Rxb5 53. Rf5 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 d6 {The most solid. Other moves are 9. - c5 and 9. - d5.} 10. d5
Nxd2 $5 11. Qxd2 g6 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc6 Qd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxb8 Raxb8 16. gxf4
Rbe8 17. e4 Qd8 18. Rce1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 Nxc3 $6 {9. - Bxc3!} 10. Bxc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Ng5 $1
$16 e5 14. f4 exf4 15. Qxf4 f6 16. Ne4 Re5 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Rf2 d6 19. Raf1 Nd7
20. Nxd6 Rb8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. d6 h5 23. Qh3 Qc8 24. Rf5 Rb8 25. Rxh5 Rxh5 26.
Qxh5 Qe8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh7 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Qh5+ g6 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Bc6
Qe6 33. Qxg6+ Kd8 34. Qg7 Qf7 35. Qg4 f5 36. Qh4+ Kc8 37. Qe7 Qxe7 38. dxe7 Re8
39. Rd1 Rxe7 40. Bxd7+ Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 {10.Le1!?.} exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 (13.
Nc4 Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 a6 16. a4 Nd7 $13) 13... Be7 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 $1
$14 a6 16. g5 b5 17. Ng3 Re8 18. h4 Bf8 19. h5 c4 (19... Nb6 $142) 20. Nce4 Nb6
21. Nf2 g6 (21... f6 $2 22. g6 h6 23. e4 {/\ Bh3-e6, Nf5+/-}) (21... Qc7 $5)
22. h6 Re3 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qc8 25. Kh2 a5 26. e3 Qc7 27. Ng4 Nd7 28. f5
Be7 29. Ne4 Qb6 30. Bh3 Rf8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Ngf6+ $18 {Shneider,A
} Bxf6 34. gxf6 Re8 35. h7+ Kh8 36. Ng5 Ne5 37. Qg3 (37. Qg3 Bxd5 38. Qh4 {
/\Qh6}) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Ne4 Be7 $5
(14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 $14) 15. g4 b5 16. b3 (16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5) (16. a3 a5
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bxb4 Na6) 16... Nd7 17. f4 b4 18. Ba1 Nb6 (18...
Nf6 19. Nf2 $1 {xNf6}) 19. g5 $5 (19. Ng3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 {threatening Qd4+}
21. e4 $1 g6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Qd8 $13) 19... Bxd5 20. Qd2 (20. Qd3 Qd7 $5 {
Rogers,I}) 20... Bf8 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 d5 22. Bg2 $44 (22. Rfd1 dxe4 $1 23.
Qb2 Bf8 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 {is very pleasant for Black})) 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxd5 $1
(22. Bxf6 $2 Qd7 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qg4+ $17) 22... Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxe2 $5 (
23... f5) 24. gxf6 (24. Rfe1 Qe8 $1) (24. Rce1 $1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 f5 (25... fxg5
$2 26. Re8 $3 $18 {Rogers,C}) (25... Rb8 26. gxf6 $36) 26. h4 (26. Bf6 Qc8 27.
h4 Rb8 28. h5 Qd7 (28... Qb7 $2 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Re8 d5 31. h6 $18) 29. g6)
26... Rc8 27. h5 (27. Qxf5 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. h5 $36) 27... Qd7 28. g6 hxg6
(28... Re8 $2 29. gxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qg2+ $18) (28... Bg7 $5) 29. hxg6 Re8 30.
gxf7+ Qxf7 31. Qg2+ Kh7 32. Qh3+) 24... Qe8 25. Rf3 Re1+ (25... Rc8 $5 26. Rcf1
Kh8 27. Rg3 h6 28. Qh5 Re3 29. Rg2 Re1) 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Rf2 Qe6
29. Qxa8 (29. Qxa8 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 ({Subsequently Rapport tried
} 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 {with greater success:} 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4
10. Qc2 (10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. e4 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 a4 15. h4
Ra5 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Nh2 Qa8 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. d5 Bf8 20. Ne3 a3 21. f4 Ra4 22. e5
Nd7 23. h5 Nc5 24. Qf1 h6 $13 {Ding,L (2760)-Rapport,R (2692) Sharjah 2017 In
the end White's impressive centre turned out to be exposed.}) 10... Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 d6 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Be4 14. Qc1 Qe8 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 e5
18. Qb3+ Qf7 19. Bg5 Qxb3 20. axb3 h6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nd2 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Nc6 25. Nc4 Nd4 $11 {Giri,A (2773)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017}
) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 {The most popular reaction in high-level
practice, but lately Black seems to be having some problems here.} (8... Nxd2
9. Qxd2 d6 10. b4 $5 {is promising for White - he has more space and will soon
swap the light-squared bishops, ridding Black of the ^^ (our game will also
follow a simialr pattern).} Nd7 11. Rfd1 a5 12. b5 Bf6 13. Rac1 g6 (13... Qe7
14. e3 g6 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bg7 17. Nd3 f5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Qb7
Nf6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. c5 bxc5 23. Qc6 $16 {Markus,R (2649)-Beliavsky,A (2605)
Hungary 2017}) 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. e3 Re8 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Nf3 exd4 19.
exd4 Nf6 20. c5 Bh6 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. c6 $14 {Van Wely,L (2674)-Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2650) Monzon 2016}) ({Perhaps} 8... f5 {can be revived again:} 9.
Ne5 $5 {has the reputation of an effective antidote, White swaps 2 pairs of
minor pieces, but retains some pressure:} (9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 (11.
Ne1 Nac5 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. exd3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c6 15. d4 Qc7 16. dxe6 dxe6 17.
Rfd1 Rad8 18. d5 Qd7 19. d6 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe2 Qf7 22. b4 Bd4 23. Nb5 e5
24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qe5 f4 27. Qxc5 {½, Frey Beckman,K (2700)
-Novikovas,A (2358) email 2005} fxg3 28. fxg3 Qf2+ $11) 11... Nac5 12. Nd4 (12.
b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 c6 $1 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Qb3 c5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rc2
Qc7 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. f3 {Sorin,A (2509)-Barrientos Chavarriaga,S 
(2435) Mallorca olm 2004} Qf7 22. Bf2 Rfd8 $15 {See the notes to this game in
CBM 104 by Ftacnik.}) 12... Qe7 13. e3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Ng5 15. Bf2 c5 16.
dxc6 dxc6 17. Qb3 c5 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Bc6 20. a3 Nf7 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 g5 25. h3 h5 $36 {(), Ftacnik,L (2545)-Tukmakov,V 
(2570) Moscow 1985}) 13... a5 14. Nde2 Rae8 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bxc3 (16...
c6 $5 $132 {[%cal Rc6d5,Rb7a6]}) 17. Bxc3 d6 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Rcd1 Qf7 20. Qd3
Qh5 21. Kg1 Ng5 22. f3 h6 23. b3 Bc8 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Rde1 Re7 26. Qd2 e5 27.
Qe2 Qg6 28. Bd2 Ree8 $11 {Karpov,A (2670)-Adams,M (2729) Moscow blitz 2007})
9... Nxc3 (9... Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nd6 14. b3
Qe7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf7 20. Rfe1
Qf8 21. Re2 g6 22. Kg2 Bg7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. f4 Qf5 25. Nb5 h6 26. Nf3 Qxe4 27.
Rxe4 $16 {(), Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Oparin,G (2575) Sochi 2016}) 10. Bxc3 Bxg2
11. Kxg2 Bf6 (11... Qe8 12. Re1 d6 13. Nd3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 fxe4 16.
Rxe4 e5 17. f4 Qc6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Kg1 Bf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5
Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Rd1 $16 {Bacrot,E (2686)-Korobov,A (2709) Reykjavik 2015
}) 12. Qd3 a5 $5 (12... d5 $6 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. Qf3 c6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb4 Nxe5
17. Bxd6 Nxf3 18. Bxf8 Nxd4 19. e3 Ne2 20. Rc2 Kxf8 21. Rxe2 Ke7 22. Rc2 Kd6
23. b4 $16 {L'Ami,E (2596)-Tiviakov,S (2677) Wijk aan Zee 2012 See the notes
to this game in CBM 147 by L'Ami.}) 13. Rad1 (13. e4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. exf5
Nc5 16. Qd4 Rxf5 17. f4 Rf7 18. Kg1 Qc8 19. Rae1 Qb7 20. b3 Qc6 21. Re2 Raf8
22. Bb2 g5 $1 $132 {Berczes,D (2526)-Abasov,N (2465) Richardson 2013}) (13. Nf3
Nc6 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Qb3 dxc4
20. Qxc4 Qd5 21. Bf4 Nxa2 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxc7 Rad8 24. e3 Rb5 $11 {Sergiev,
S (2352)-Evstigneev,S (2291) email 2012}) 13... Na6 14. a3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5
16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Bd4 a4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd3 d6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h4 Rab8 22.
R1d2 h6 23. Qf3 Rb6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 $14 {/<=>, Zuev,D (2439)-Primakov,V 
(2397) email 2012 White has an edge, but Black defended well and held the
major piece endgame.}) 9. Rc1 ({White has had some recent success with} 9. Be1
$5 d5 ({A principled reaction is} 9... c5 {, but here White gets a safe edge:}
10. Qc2 (10. Rc1 Na6 (10... cxd4 $6 11. Nxd4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 d5 14.
cxd5 Qxd5+ 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Na6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc4 Rfc8 19. Ra4 Nc5
20. Rg4+ Kf8 21. Rh4 Kg7 22. Rdd4 f5 23. g4 $16 {Xu,Y (2523)-Zeng,C (2549)
Xinghua 2016}) (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Nba6 14. Ndb5 Qe7
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxe2 17. Qc4 Rae8 18. b4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Nd3 20. Bc3 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Ndxb4 22. a3 Re5 23. Nxa7 Nd5 24. Rc6 Nb8 {Timoscenko,G (2505)
-Timoshenko,G (2540) Moscow 1990} 25. Rfc1 $1 $36) 11. a3 Nc7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13.
Bc3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 d5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Kf8 20. Kf3 f5 21. h3 Rd8 22. e3 Kg7 23. g4 fxg4+ 24. hxg4 $14 {Ehlvest,J
(2600)-Timoshenko,G (2460) Tallinn 1989}) (10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3
d6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Nd2 $14) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd3 d5 (14... Nc6 15. Rad1 $36)
15. Rad1 (15. cxd5 $16) 15... Nd7 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. h4 Rae8 18. Ng5 $2 h6 19. Nf3
Re7 20. Rd2 Ba6 $17 {Gunina,V (2520)-Ushenina,A (2458) Hancheng blitz 2016})
10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} a6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Bg2 Bf6 15.
Rfd1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Qd2 $14 {Timoscenko,G 
(2455)-Naumkin,I (2440) Riga 1988}) (9... Re8 $6 10. Qc2 d5 (10... Nxc3 $142
11. Bxc3 d6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 $14) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bxd4 (12... Qxd4 13.
Nxe4 $36) 13. Rd1 $1 Qc8 14. Nxe4 Bc5 15. Ng5 $5 ({Plays for the attack
instead of the technical} 15. Nxc5 $16) 15... f5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bc3 Bf8 (
17... h6 18. Nxe6 $18) 18. e4 h6 19. exf5 hxg5 20. f6 c5 21. f4 g4 22. f5 $18 {
->, Aronian,L (2780)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 10. Qc2 Na6 $5 (10...
c5 11. dxc5 $14) (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 c5 $6 (13... c6
$14) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh3 $1 Rfd8 17. bxc5 Rac8 18. Qa4 Nxc5 19.
Qxa7 Rc6 20. Rab1 Qd6 21. Qa3 d4 22. Bg2 Ra6 23. Qb2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Na4 25. Qd2
Nc3 26. Rb2 $14 {/+/-, Vitiugov,N (2724)-Inarkiev,E (2723) Moscow 2017}) 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qxd4 13. Nxe4 Nc5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb7 17.
Bc3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 c5 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Be1 a5 21. f3 h6 22. Rab1 cxb4 23. axb4
axb4 24. Rxb4 Rc6 $11 {Grabowski,E-Haag,R (2015) email 2012}) 9... Nxd2 (9...
c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d6 13. Be1 Re8 14. Nh4 Ba6
15. f3 Nf6 16. Rf2 Nbd7 17. Bc3 b5 18. b3 b4 19. Ba1 Ne5 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. e4 Qb6
22. h3 a5 23. f4 Ng6 24. e5 Nxh4 25. gxh4 Nh5 26. Bf3 Ng3 27. e6 $40 {[%csl
Ga1] Romanov,E (2622)-Granda Zuniga,J (2646) Sitges 2016}) 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4
{was long considered the main line. Although White's attacking chances
certainly can't be underestimated and in practice he scores well, objectively
the position remains rather unclear after both B moves:} Be5 $5 (13... Be7 14.
f4 Nd7 (14... f5 15. Nf2 Ba6 (15... Na6 16. e4 $14) 16. a4 Bf6 17. Re1 Nd7 18.
e3 (18. e4 $5 $14) 18... Rb8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Kh8
23. e4 g5 $1 $13 {Carlsen,M (2857)-Cordova,E (2638) Baku olm 2016 For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 175 by Roiz.}) 15. g4 a6 16. a4 Nf6
$1 (16... Re8 17. g5 Bf8 18. Kh1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nbc3 Qb4 22.
Qd3 Nb6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Nc4 25. b3 Nb6 26. g6 $1 fxg6 27. f5 $40 {Karpov,
A (2725)-Salov,V (2660) Linares 1993}) 17. g5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. h4 Bc8 20.
e3 Qe8 21. b3 Bd7 $13 {Ruhle,E (2050)-Gebhardt,U (2088) email 2010}) 14. e3 (
14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rfe1 g6 16. h4 $5 {is another interesting idea:} b5 17. a3 Qb6
18. h5 Nd7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qh6 Bg7 21. Qh4 Rfe8 22. Bh3 Rad8 23. b4 {Timman,
J (2610)-Malek,D (2391) Germany 2015} Re5 $5 $13) 14... Ba6 (14... g6 15. f4
Bg7 16. g4 Ba6 17. Rf3 b5 18. Qd2 b4 (18... Qe7 $5) 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Ndf2 Nd7
21. g5 Rae8 22. h4 Bb7 23. Bh3 Nb6 24. f5 gxf5 $2 (24... f6 $5 $132 {/=/+}) 25.
Rxf5 Bc8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qxe3 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Bxc8 Nxc8
31. Ng4 $40 {Gajewski,G (2631)-Urkedal,F (2494) Fagernes 2014}) 15. Re1 g6 16.
f4 Bg7 17. Qa4 (17. g4 b5 18. Bf1 Qe7 19. Qf3 {Marin,M (2549)-Brunello,S (2468)
Edinburgh rpd 2007} b4 $36) 17... Bd3 18. Rcd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 a6 20. a4 Nd7 21.
Qc4 Qe7 22. e4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. e5 dxe5 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qd5
Qxd5+ 28. Nxd5 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf8 $11 {Andreev,T (2050)-Zorr,S (2144) email 2011
}) ({In Gibraltar Nakamura was twice successful after} 9... d6 10. d5 Nxc3 (
10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Na6 15. Qb3 Bg5 16. e3 f5
17. f4 Bf6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Qc3 $16 Rae8
23. Rcd1 Rf6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 c6 $2 26. dxc6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxc6 28. Qf3 $1
{[%cal Re4c6,Rf3f8] 1-0, Nakamura,H (2785)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652) Caleta
2017}) 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. e4 (13. Nd2 a5 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 f6 16.
Ne4 Nc5 17. g4 Bc8 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rg3 Qe7 20. h4 a4 21. Kh2 Kh8 22. Qe3 Rab8
23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. b4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Ra4 27. Qd2 b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29.
g5 Rfa8 $132 {Potkin,V (2597)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650) Tallinn blitz 2016})
13... a5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. f4 $14 {White's space advantage outweighs his poor
Bg2, Black faces a long defence.} Qe7 16. Nf3 f6 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Rce3 Bc8 19.
Qc2 Bd7 20. b3 Rfb8 21. a3 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Nd2 Rb7 24. Rb1 Be8 25. b4 axb4
26. axb4 Nd7 27. Nc4 Nf8 28. Na5 $36 {Nakamura,H (2785)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650)
Caleta rpd 2017}) 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 ({Another version of the
aforementioned 9...d6 lines is} 11... Qe7 12. e4 $5 (12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e5
14. Qd2 {and now:} {Black's defence held after} f5 $5 (14... Nd7 15. e4 a5 16.
f4 Nc5 (16... exf4 17. gxf4 Rae8 18. Rce1 Ba6 19. b3 Qh4 20. Ne2 Bc8 21. Nd4
Kh8 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. a3 Nf6 24. Nb5 Re7 25. e5 $16 {Shimanov,A (2664)-Ponkratov,
P (2605) Ekaterinburg 2013}) 17. f5 f6 18. Bf3 g5 19. b3 Bc8 20. Bd1 Bd7 21. a3
Ra7 22. b4 Nb7 23. Rf2 Nd8 24. Qe3 axb4 25. axb4 Nf7 26. h4 $14 {Karpov,A 
(2730)-Salov,V (2665) Reykjavik 1991}) 15. f4 e4 16. g4 Bc8 17. Qd4 Re8 18.
gxf5 Bxf5 19. Nd1 Bg4 20. Nf2 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 e3 22. Ne4 Bg4 23. Rxe3 Nd7 24.
Rce1 Qf8 25. Ng5 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Re8 27. Ne6 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. h3 Bxe6 30.
dxe6 a5 31. f5 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2744)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2695)
Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 {seems to be a more accurate move-order}
Ne5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 $14 {- see Karpov-Salov above}) 14. b3 Ng6
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Bg5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Bf6 20. Qe4 Bxd4+
21. Qxd4 Rad8 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Rce1 Qc5+ 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Kg2 $36 {Fages,J-Do
Amaral,R email 2006}) 12. e4 ({Very similar is} 12. h4 a5 13. Bh3 Na6 14. e4
Bc8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Qe2 g6 19. h5 Qg4 20. Rh1 Be7 21.
Rce1 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nd2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Kg7 25. Nb5 Rac8 {Berkes,F (2669)
-Zhao,J (2578) Doha 2014} 26. f4 $5 $14) 12... Nd7 13. h4 a5 14. Bh3 Nc5 15.
Kg2 $14 {[%mdl 32] White's idea is to use his space advantage to play on the
kingside, leaving the opposite flank intact for the time being and ignoring
the well placed Nc5.} (15. Ne1 $143 Bc8 (15... g6 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. b3 h5 18.
Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qd3 Bg7 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. Rce1 Bh6 22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Qd3
Rab8 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Qd3 {½, Shimanov,A (2650)-Khismatullin,D (2674)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Kh2 g6 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20.
Kg2 f5 21. f3 h5 22. Rf2 Kh7 23. Rh1 Bh6 24. Qd3 f4 $15 {Riazantsev,A (2688)
-Korobov,A (2694) Sochi 2015 Here on the contrary Black grabbed the initiative
on the kingside and is doing fine.}) 15... Bc8 16. Rh1 $5 $146 {So adopts a
slightly different plan of kingside expansion.} ({However, it seems no less
effective than Tomashevsky's} 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Rh1 Nf6
20. Nf1 h5 21. Ne3 g6 22. Rcg1 Kg7 23. Kf1 Rh8 24. Ke1 Qd7 25. Kd1 Kg8 26. f3
Bf8 27. g4 $36 {Tomashevsky,E (2731)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Baku olm 2016 For
details see the notes to this game in CBM 175 by Moradiabadi.}) 16... Bxh3+ 17.
Rxh3 Qd7 18. Nh2 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yg3g5]} h5 (18... Be7 19. g4 $14 {is unpleasant,
but Ponomariov's setup also isn't without danger.}) 19. f3 {White doesn't need
this move to get in g4.} (19. Rh1 $142 $1 g6 (19... Be7 20. Qe2 g6 21. g4 hxg4
22. Nxg4 Kg7 23. h5 $40) 20. g4 Kg7 $5 (20... hxg4 21. Rg3 $40) (20... Kh7 21.
gxh5 gxh5 22. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Rh5] This shows the drawback of 19.f3}) 21. gxh5
Rh8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Nf1 $14 {/+/-}) 19... g6 20. g4 Kh7 $1 21. Rh1 {[%cal
Yh2f1,Yf1g3,Yd2d1,Yd2e2] It isn't often that one see both sides preparing for
major offensive operations on the kingside like this. Who is attacking whom?
White's plan is Nf1-g3 prepared by protecting g4 with the queen and taking the
king out of the x-ray attack on the g-file.} (21. gxh5 $2 gxh5 22. Nf1 Bg7 $15
{is not good, so opening up the kingside now requires some heavy preparation.
The idea is to protect g4 with the Q and transfer the N to g3. But this takes
time, which Black uses to get counterplay.}) 21... Rg8 22. Qd1 Bg7 23. Nf1 Bh6
$1 24. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 64] Now White's slow strategy runs into tactics.} (24. Ng3
{[%cal Yg2f1]} Bf4 $132) (24. g5 Bg7 25. Ng3 {[%cal Yf3f4,Yg3h5]} Rgf8 $132 {
[%cal Yf7f6]}) 24... Bc1 $1 $36 25. Ng3 (25. Qxc1 $4 Nd3+ $19) (25. b3 Bb2 26.
Nb5 f5 $1 $15 (26... hxg4 27. fxg4 Nxe4+ 28. Kg2 $13)) 25... Bxb2 26. Nb5 Bc1
$1 {After taking an important pawn to safeguard the Nc5, the B returns the way
it came.} 27. gxh5 Bf4 28. Nc3 ({More resilient was} 28. Kf1 $5 Bxg3 29. Rxg3
gxh5 30. Rhg1 $15 {or}) (28. Qc2 {, taking the sting out of the following move.
}) 28... f5 $1 $17 {he sacrifices a pawn to develop his attack.} 29. hxg6+ (29.
Qc2 $5) 29... Rxg6 30. Nxf5 Rag8 31. Kf1 b5 $3 {[%csl Gg6,Gg8,Rh1,Rh3] A great
idea to blow open the position. Compare the effectivity of Black's and White's
rooks. The former are on an open file, the latter are out of play.} (31... Rg2
$6 {is less convincing:} 32. Ne2 Qe8 $5 (32... b5 33. Nxf4 exf4 34. R3h2 $11)
33. h5 (33. Nxf4 exf4 34. R3h2 Qg6 35. Qd4 Qh5 $17) 33... b5 34. Nxf4 exf4 35.
R3h2 $15) 32. cxb5 Rg2 $1 $40 33. Qb1 (33. Ne2 Qxb5 $19 {[%cal Rc5d3]}) 33...
Qf7 $2 {Rapport loses the thread.} ({The simplest was} 33... Rd2 $1 34. Ne2 (
34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qe8 $19) 34... Nd3 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 35. a4 Nb2 {[%cal
Rd2d1]} 36. Kf2 Nxa4 {[%cal Rd2e2]} 37. Rc1 Rb2 $19 {etc.}) ({A more artistic
way was} 33... c6 $5 {, e.g.} 34. dxc6 Qa7 35. b6 Qa6+ 36. Qb5 Qxb5+ 37. Nxb5
Nd3 $19 {[%cal Rg2f2] with a mating attack}) 34. Ne2 Qg6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A
final blunder, which completely turns the game around.} ({The computer move} 
34... c6 $1 {was probably already the only way to hold the balance, but this
is almost impossible to find once Black hadn't played it one move earlier.} {
A sample line is} 35. b6 (35. bxc6 $2 Qa7 $19) 35... cxd5 36. exd5 Kh8 37. b7
Nxb7 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. Qa1+ Kh7 40. Qb1 Kh8 $11) 35. Ne7 $18 Rf2+ ({A last
desperate try, but} 35... Qg7 36. Nxg8 Qxg8 37. Rg1 $18 {gives White a
decisive material advantage.}) 36. Kxf2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Rg3 38. Rxg3 (38. Nxg3 $2
Bxg3+ 39. Kd1 Qxf3+ 40. Kc1 Qe3+ 41. Kd1 (41. Kb2 $2 Qd4+ 42. Ka3 Qc3+ $19)
41... Qf3+ $11 (41... Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Qf2+ $11)) 38... Qxh1+ (38... Bxg3+ 39. Nxg3
Qxg3+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Ke3 $18) 39. Rg1 $8 Qxf3 40. Nxf4 $8 Qe3+ 41. Ne2 Nd3+
42. Qxd3 $8 Qxd3 43. Ng8 $1 {Although White had to make a series of only moves,
they were quite straightforward. Now Black's play is over and his K in a
mating net.} Qf3 44. h5 Kh8 45. Rg6 Qh1+ (45... Qxe4 46. Nf6 $18) (45... Qxh5
46. Rh6+ $18) 46. Kd2 Qxe4 47. Nf6 Qb4+ 48. Ke3 (48. Ke3 Qa3+ 49. Kf2 Qc5+ 50.
Kf1 {and the checks are over}) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch15 playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1960.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Szabo,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1960.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d5 9. Ne5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 c6 11. e4 $1 dxc4 $1 12. Nxc4 Ba6 $1 13. b3 Nd7 14.
Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bf1 $1 Bb7 16. Qf4 b5 $2 (16... Nf6 $5) 17. Nd6 g5 $1 18. Nxb7
gxf4 19. Nxd8 Rfxd8 20. gxf4 Nf6 21. f3 $2 (21. Bg2 $142) 21... Nh5 22. Ne2 (
22. f5 $2 Rxd4 $1) 22... c5 $1 $44 23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Ng3 Nxg3+ $2 (26... Nxf4 $1 27. Bxb5 Bb6 28. Nf1 Kh8 $44) 27. hxg3 b4 28.
Re1 Bb6 29. Re2 $14 Rd1 30. Kg2 Kg7 $2 (30... Bd4 $1 $11) 31. Rc2 Be3 32. Rc7
$1 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 h5 $1 34. f5 exf5 35. exf5 Bg1 36. Kh4 $1 Bb6 37. Rb7 Kh6 $1
38. Kh3 $1 (38. Rxf7 Rh2+ 39. Bh3 Bd8+ 40. f6 Kg6 41. Rg7+ Kh6 42. Rf7 $11)
38... f6 39. f4 Bg1 40. Bg2 h4 $1 41. Rf7 Bd4 42. gxh4 Rf2 (42... Rxa2 $11) 43.
Rb7 Bb6 $4 (43... Rxf4 44. Rxb4 Kh5 $14) 44. Bd5 Rxf4 (44... Rf1 $5 $16) 45.
Bg8 1-0

[Event "Legion-AdW match"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1988.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hass, Roman"]
[Black "Thormann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Thormann,W"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 9/1988 Seite 20} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6.
d4 {Durch diese Zugfolge hat Weiß die aktuelle La6-Variante verhindert.} Ne4 7.
Bd2 O-O {Eine selten gespielte Fortsetzung.} ({Üblicher ist} 7... f5) ({oder} 
7... d5) 8. Rc1 d6 9. O-O f5 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. c5 $5 dxc5 (12... bxc5
13. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. Qxb7 {mit Vorteil.}) 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. e4 $2 ({
Besser} 14. f4) 14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bc3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bxf6 {
Um nicht in Nachteil zu geraten, muss Weiß sich vom Läuferpaar trennen.} Qxf6
19. Qd3 h6 20. b4 {[#]} a5 $1 21. bxc5 ({Besser} 21. b5) 21... Ba6 22. Qb3 a4 {
Diesen Zug hatte mein Gegner in der Vorausberechnung übersehen.} 23. Qa3 Bxf1
24. Rxf1 Qd4 {Schwarz steht klar besser.} 25. Bg2 Rae8 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. Bh3 {
Noch eine Falle.} Qd4 ({Jetzt würde} 27... Re2 $2 {nach} 28. Be6+ {den Vorteil
aus der Hand geben.}) 28. Bd7 Rb8 29. Qe7 Kh8 30. Bc6 Rf6 31. Kg2 {Zeitnot} Rb2
32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Kh3 Qd3 34. Kg2 Qf3+ 35. Kh3 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Groningen Festival (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Darchia, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Bf4 (10. Qa4 $5 {has a better theoretical pedigree, but
the move in the game has also scored well.}) 10... c6 (10... Nxe5 $5 11. dxe5
Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 {looks good for white, but he could not prove an
advantage after} f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 {as the pressure against b2 creates
counterplay.} 15. Bxc7 Rc8 16. Qb3+ Qd5 17. Bf4 Qxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Bh3 Rc2
20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Rxc1 Bd4 23. e3 Bxb2 24. Rc7 Ba8 25. Bd6 Rd8 26.
Be7 Rb8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Be7 Rb8 29. Bd6 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Castillo,S-Aguirretxe,J/
ESP-ch 1993/TD (29)}) 11. Rc1 Nh5 $6 {Black is fortunate that this does not
lose by force.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 14. Rc7 Qe6 15. Rxb7 Nxf4 16.
gxf4 Bd6 $2 $146 {Surprisingly, a novelty and definitely an error. Now the
weakness of d5 prevents black from gaining time against the rook on b7.} (16...
Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} 17. Rc7 Qd6 18. Rc3 Qxf4 19. e3 $14 {and white's pressure
against d5 and control of the c-line give him a tangible superiority, though
eventually 1/2-1/2 in Delchev,A-Kalka,A/Copenhagen 1991/EXT 97 (64)}) 17. e3
Rfd8 18. Qh5 Bb8 $6 (18... Bf8 $142 {allows black to prolong resistance but
white's advantage is winning after} 19. Rc1) 19. Rc1 h6 (19... g6 20. Qg5 {
does not help.}) 20. Rc6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]} 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 (11... Qe7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Na6
14. Nd4 Nc5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. b5 Qf6 19. Qe3 a6 20.
Nc6 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa2 22. Rd7 Ra1 23. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Ba8 25. Qxb6 Qh6 26.
Kg2 Qh5 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qxe5 {1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S-Rehm,M/Berliner Sommer 1997/
EXP 59}) 12. Qc1 (12. Qd2 d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Nd7 16. d5 Bg5
17. dxe6 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxe6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Polugaevsky,L/
Amsterdam 1981/MCL 08}) 12... d6 13. Rfe1 {A more ambitious plan than seeking
to regain control of e4 by offering an exchange of light-squared bishops.
White tries to isolate the bishop on e4, but it is difficult to make much of
an impression on black's solid position.} (13. Bh3 Qe8 14. Ng5 $5 {was an
unsuccessful adventure, though the idea could merit a few more tests;} Qh5 (
14... Bb7 $5) 15. Nxe6 Qxh3 16. f3 Bb7 17. Nxc7 Nd7 18. Nxa8 Re8 19. Rf2 Bxa8
20. Bb4 $6 (20. Qf4 $5) (20. d5 $5) 20... d5 21. Bd6 Nf8 22. Be5 Be7 23. cxd5
Bxd5 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Qf4 Bd5 27. Bxg7 Ng6 {Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Gulko,B/Elenite 1995/CBM 50/0-1 (81)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bf1 Bb7 {Black retreats
before the d5 advance can leave the bishop stranded on e4.} 15. d5 Nc5 16. dxe6
Nxe6 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc5 22. Nb1
a5 23. b3 Ne4 24. f3 Nc5 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. h4 {White can claim a
very small advantage since the d5-outpost is conforting and he has the option
of trying to expand on either flank. However, with vigilant defence black is
not in real danger.} g6 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kf2 Rb8 {This rook moves into sentinel
position. While there is no reason to take action (by say ...b5), the rook is
ready to switch to control the b- or a-line, depending on circumstances. Since
white's main plan of a3/b4 will open a line here, black prepares for this
eventuality.} 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Rc3 Ke8 32. a3 Kd7 33. b4 Ne6 (33... axb4 $6 34.
axb4 {would let the a-line fall into enemy hands.}) 34. Rb3 Ra8 {Now the
a-line is more important.} 35. Rdd3 Ra7 36. Rb1 Ra8 37. Rg1 axb4 38. axb4 Ra2
39. Rc1 Kc8 40. Rcc3 {Now black clarifies the situation with a nice tactical
sequence.} f4 $1 41. g4 c6 $3 42. Nxb6+ Kb7 43. c5 (43. Rxd6 Nf8 44. c5 Re7)
43... Nxc5 $1 44. bxc5 Re7 45. Kf1 (45. Rb3 $4 Raxe2+ 46. Kg1 Re1+ 47. Kg2
R7e2+ 48. Kh3 Rh1#) 45... Ra1+ $1 ({Simpler than} 45... Rexe2 46. Rb3 $5) 46.
Kf2 Ra2 47. Kf1 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,M} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 (10. Ne1 Bxd4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13.
Qxe4 Nc6) (10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 12. Kg2 Nxd4) 10... Qe7 $5 {A dynamic
alternative to the traditionally solid choice} (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 (11...
Qe7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Na6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. dxe6 dxe6
18. b5 Qf6 19. Qe3 a6 20. Nc6 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa2 22. Rd7 Ra1 23. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 24.
Kxf1 Ba8 25. Qxb6 Qh6 26. Kg2 Qh5 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qxe5 {1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S-Rehm,
M/Berliner Sommer 1997/EXP 59}) 12. Qc1 (12. Qd2 d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qe7
15. Nf4 Nd7 16. d5 Bg5 17. dxe6 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxe6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2
Karpov,A-Polugaevsky,L/Amsterdam 1981/MCL 08}) 12... d6 13. Rfe1 (13. Bh3 Qe8
14. Ng5 $5 Qh5 (14... Bb7 $5) 15. Nxe6 Qxh3 16. f3 Bb7 17. Nxc7 Nd7 18. Nxa8
Re8 19. Rf2 Bxa8 20. Bb4 $6 (20. Qf4 $5) (20. d5 $5) 20... d5 21. Bd6 Nf8 22.
Be5 Be7 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Qf4 Bd5 27. Bxg7 Ng6 {
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Gulko,B/Elenite 1995/CBM 50/0-1 (81)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bf1 Bb7
15. d5 Nc5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nc5 22. Nb1 a5 23. b3 Ne4 24. f3 Nc5 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Van Wely,L-Tiviakov,S/Beijing 1997/CBM 61/[Tisdall] (48)}) 11. d5 $5 (11. Ne1
$5 Bxd4 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Bxb7 $2 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 Nxd4 $15 {gives black
too good a deal, with two solid center pawns for the exchange.}) 12... Bxg2 13.
Nxg2 {is an inferior version of the ...Nxc3 lines since white's queen has not
been misplaced with ...Be4 and so is ready to support action with e2-e4.
Compare this with the notes above.}) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc6
15. b3 {and the return of the knight to f3 should give white a tiny plus.} (15.
b4 $5)) 11... Na6 $1 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Rae8 $2 (13... Nc5 14. Qc2 (14. Qe3
$5 Bxb2 (14... exd5 {is safer:} 15. Qxe7 (15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. b4
Ne4 (17... Ne6 {may be the same.}) 18. Bg5 Nxg5 19. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 $14 {
white still has a slight initiative thanks to his more active pieces, but it
is not much.}) 15... Bxe7 16. Bg5 $6 (16. cxd5 {may transpose into the main
sub-variation.}) 16... Rae8 {[%csl Re2]}) 15. Bb4 Bf6 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Bh3 $5
{and white's superior pawn structure should guarantee him an initiative,
though black will get a powerful bishop pair in return for eventual damage on
c5.} (17. Nd2)) 14... exd5 15. b4 $1 Ne4 (15... Ne6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. e4) 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 (17. Qxc7 Bxa2 18. Qc2 {Marin. This exchange does not appear
to help white.}) 17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $11 Qb5 (20...
d6 21. Qc6 Qg4) 21. Rd5 (21. Qb7 d6 22. Qxc7 Qxe2 23. Rxd6 Qxa2 24. Rd7 Rf7)
21... Rae8 22. Qd4 Qxe2 23. Rxd7 Re7 {Marin}) (13... Bxb2 $2 14. Ng5 Rf5 (14...
g6 15. d6 $1 cxd6 16. Qxb7 Nc5 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxa8 d5 19. cxd5 Qe8 20. dxe6
Qxa8 21. exd7 Nxd7 22. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 23. Bc1 $18 {jt}) 15. Qb1 {[%csl Rb2,Re6,
Rh7][%cal Yd5d6,Yg2b7,Yb1h7] and white has too many threats - d6, b2 e6 and h7
on the kingside.}) 14. Be3 $1 (14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. d6 Qxd6 (15... Bxe4 16. dxe7
Rf7 $14) 16. Qxb7 Nc5 17. Qxa7 Bxd2 18. b4 Na6 19. Qxa6 (19. a3 Nxb4 20. axb4
Qxb4 21. Qxc7 Rf7 $11) 19... Qxb4 $13) (14. Nd4 $6 Nc5 15. Qe3 exd5 16. cxd5
Qf7 {Marin}) 14... exd5 (14... Nc5 15. Qc2) 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Nd4 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gg2b7] The omission of ...Nc5 allows white to regain the initiative.} Nb4
(16... c6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rd2 $16) 17. a3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc2 19. e3 c6 (19...
Ba6 $5 {is also insufficient, but offers a variety of technical problems.} 20.
Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Rd2 (21. Bc3 c6 22. Bg2 (22. Rc1 cxd5 23. Rxc2 Bxc4 24. Bb4 Bxf1
25. Bxe7 Bd3 26. Rc7 $16) 22... Bxc4 23. Rc1 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe3
$13) 21... Nxd4 22. Rxd4 c6 23. Bg2 d5 24. b3 dxc4 25. bxc4 c5 26. Rg4 $16 {
is the most convincing.}) 20. Bc3 Ba6 21. Rc1 (21. Rd2 $5 {looks even stronger:
} d4 (21... Bxc4 22. Rxc2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 $16) 22. exd4 Ne1 23. Bb4 $1 $18 c5 24.
Bd5+ Kh8 25. dxc5 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. cxb6) 21... d4 22. Rxc2 (22. exd4 Re2)
22... dxc3 23. Rxc3 d5 24. Rd1 $1 {ruling out any bids for activity after} (24.
Rfc1 d4 $5 {or} (24... dxc4 25. Bxc6 Rd8)) 24... Bxc4 25. b3 Be2 (25... Bb5 26.
a4) 26. Rd2 Bf3 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Rxc6 Rd7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. e4 $18 {The weak
d-pawn is too big a handicap to allow black to mount real resistance.} d4 (
30... Rfd8 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+) 31. f4 g5 32. Kf3
gxf4 33. gxf4 {Besides this duo of passed pawns, the d-pawn is due to be
absorbed.} d3 34. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen Festival"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. Qc2 (
8. d5 $5 {has made more of an impression on the black position in the past:}
exd5 (8... Na6 $2 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13.
Ne5+ Kc8 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba
1992/CBM 30/[Dautov] (55)}) (8... Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Nd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Bxd6
Qxd6 12. O-O Na6 13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd5 $14 {ECO}) 10. Rd1 Na6 (
10... exd5 11. cxd5 c5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nh4 Bxh4 15. gxh4 O-O
16. Qc4+ $1 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Korchnoi,V/St Petersburg 1997 (47)}) 11. O-O
Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nxc7 Rac8 15. a3 Nc5 (15... Rxc7 16. axb4 Nxd2
17. Nxd2 Qxb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. d6 Bxg2 20. dxc7 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 Bxb2 22. Rxd7
Bf6 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rxb6 Rxc7 25. Rxb4 $16 {1-0 Shneider,A-Cosma,I/It 1995 (45)
}) 16. Bxb4 Rxc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne1 $16 {Magerramov,E-Marinelli,T Budapest
Spring op 1990}) (8... Nxc3 $5 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. b4 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6
13. e4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Hakulinen,E-Saren,I/FIN 1991/EXT 97 (59)}) (8... O-O 9. Qc2
Nd6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O Na6 13. Ne1 c6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. e4 Nb4 16.
Qb1 c5 17. Bf4 Nf7 $13 {1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Salov,V/Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee
NED 1998 (49)}) 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14.
b5 Na5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Tiviakov,S/San Giorgio 1995/EXT
98 (69)}) 8... Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Rfd1 {
Traditionally white has preferred centralizing rooks and aiming to extract an
advantage by gradually realizing the advance e2-e4.} (12. Rad1 d6 13. Ne1 (13.
b3 Nd7 14. Qb2 Qe8 15. Rfe1 Qh5 16. Bf1 f4 $5 $36 {1-0 Hoelzl,F-Miniboeck,G/
AUT-chT9495 1995/CBM 45 ext (37)}) 13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfe1
Qf7 17. f4 Rae8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd8 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bf6
23. Ne1 g5 $6 24. Nd3 gxf4 $2 25. Nxf4 e5 26. Rde1 Rc8 27. Nd5 exd4 28. Bxd4 $1
$16 {1-0 Stempin,P-Gizynski,T/Gdynia 1987/EXT 98 (62) are two successful
examples of the white approach, though one has to admit that white did not
accomplish so much in the opening phase of these games.}) 12... d6 13. Rac1 Nd7
14. b4 Qe7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qa2 Kh8 17. a5 {White has revealed an interesting
plan, grabbing space on the queenside. Nevertheless, black is still rock solid,
with no weaknesses and a firm grip on the center.} e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 (18... dxe5
$2 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qa7 $5 {would justify white's strategy and clearly shows
that the Nd7 needs to be moved.}) 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 (19... Bxe5 $5) 20. Kxg2 (20.
Ng6+ $5 hxg6 21. Kxg2 Rde8 {was an option, though here black may be able to
use his new g-pawn aggressively.}) 20... Bxe5 21. e3 Qe6 22. Bd4 Rde8 23. Qb3
Qg6 24. Qc2 h5 25. c5 $5 (25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rd4 {is a very
sensible continuation. White can meet} (27. Ra1 {is certainly the most obvious
way to play here. Black can start a race with} h4 28. Ra7 Qg4 {when white must
weaken his king position to avoid an invasion on the light squares.}) 27... Ra8
{with} 28. Qd1 {to oppose the a-file or pressure the h-pawn, when the position
must be level.}) 25... dxc5 26. bxc5 bxa5 $5 {An extremely double-edged
continuation - black banks on creating trouble on the light squares around the
white king before white can round up the queenside.} 27. h4 $6 {Hard to
understand - this seems to invite more trouble on this flank than it prevents.
White should just get on with it:} (27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc3 {is a much better
version of the game.}) 27... Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qf3 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Qc3 Re4 $5 (
30... Rfe8 $5 {was also possible:} 31. Rd7 (31. Qxa5 Rxe3 $1 $40 {and the
offer cannot be accepted:} 32. fxe3 Qxg3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qxe3+ 35. Kg2
Qe4+ {and the black rook will enter the game with decisive effect.}) 31... Qc6
$13) 31. Rd7 (31. Qxa5 f4 $1 (31... Rxe3 $11) 32. exf4 Rfxf4 $3 (32... Re2 33.
Rf1 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 33. gxf4 Rxf4 $1 (33... Qg4+ $11) 34.
Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qa2 (35. Qd2 Rg4+ 36. Kf1 Re4 $1 (36... Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Re4+ 38. Kd3
Qf3+ 39. Qe3 $17 (39. Kc2 Rc4+ 40. Kb1 Qb7+ 41. Qb2 Rb4 $17 {[%csl Rh4]})) 37.
Kg1 (37. Qg5 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Rg4+ $17 {[%csl Gg7,Rh4,Gh5][%cal Ga7a1]}) 37... Qg4+
38. Kh2 Qxh4+ 39. Kg2 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Re4+ {and black reaches a
winning queen vs. two rooks ending.}) 35... Rg4+ 36. Kf1 Qg2+ (36... Re4 $5)
37. Ke2 Re4+ 38. Kd3 Qf3+ $19) 31... Rg4 32. Qe5 $2 (32. Rxc7 $4 Rxg3+ $17) (
32. Rc2 $5) 32... f4 $1 $17 {It doesn't seem fair that white can grab a pawn
and exchange queens here without breaking black's attack, but it's true.} 33.
Qxh5+ (33. exf4 Rxg3+ 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kf1 Rxf4+ $19) 35... Qxh4+
36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qxd7 $17) 33... Kg8 34. Qd5+ Qxd5 35. Rxd5 fxe3 36. Rf1
exf2+ 37. Kg2 a4 38. Rd3 (38. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 a3 $19) 38... Rc4 39. Ra3 a5
40. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. g4 Kd5 44. h5 Kxc5 45. Ra1 Rc3+ 46.
Kf4 a3 47. g5 Kb4 {The black king and queenside pawns overpower the white rook
even if white manages a distracting passed pawn on the other flank.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tisdall} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1
Na6 $1 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Barsov,
Alexei-Ligterink,Gert/Hoogeveen (Netherlands) 1997 (28)}) 9... Bxe4 10. Qa4 (
10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc8 $5 12. e4 Qb7 $11 13. Nxd7 (13. Qa4 {- 10.Qa4 Qc8 11.
Ne5 Bg2 12.Kg2 Qb7 13.e4}) 13... Rfd8 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17.
Bf4 e5 18. Bd2 Rxd4 $15 {0-1 Bator,Robert-Stefansson,Hannes/Mariehamn (Sweden)
1997 (55)}) (10. Nh4 $5 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 d5 $140 12. Qa4) 10... Qc8 11. Ne5 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 c5 $1 $146 {'N!?' Tisdall.} (12... Qb7+ 13. e4 c6 $11 {1-0 Piket,
Jeroen-Renet,Olivier/Moscow (Russia) 1994 (44)}) 13. d5 $6 (13. Be3 $142 Qb7+
$5 (13... d6 $5 14. Nc6 $140 Bf6) 14. Nf3 $5 cxd4 (14... d6) (14... Rac8) 15.
Bxd4 $11) (13. Qxd7 Qxd7 14. Nxd7 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rac8 $1 (15... Bf6 16. Ng4 Bxd4
17. e3 h5 $5 (17... Bf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 $11) 18. exd4 hxg4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Be3
$11) (15... cxd4 16. Nc6 Rd7 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bf4 $5) 17... Rxe7 $11) (15... Rxd4
16. Nc6 Rd7 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11) (15... Nb4 {Tisdall} 16. Rd1 Nc2 17. Rb1 $11)
16. e3 (16. dxc5 Rxc5 $15 17. Bf4 $140 $2 g5) 16... cxd4 17. exd4 Rxd4 $15 (
17... Nb4 $5)) (13. Nxd7 Rd8 14. Ne5 cxd4 (14... Rxd4 15. Nc6 Rd7 16. Nxe7+
Rxe7 $11) 15. Nc6 Rd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $15) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 $1 15. Rd1 $1
(15. Nxd7 $6 Rd8 (15... b5 {Tisdall} 16. Qxb5 Rd8 17. Ne5 Nc2 $17) 16. Ne5 Rxd5
$32 (16... b5 17. Qb3 Rxd5 $36)) (15. e4 b5 $1 (15... f6 $5) (15... Bd6 $5) (
15... d6 16. a3 $5 (16. Nf3 $15 {><d3}) 16... b5 $5 (16... dxe5 17. axb4 cxb4 (
17... f5 $5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 f4 20. Bxc5 f3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3 22. Rg1 bxc5 $13)
18. Be3 $44 {o^d5}) 17. Qxb5 (17. Qb3 dxe5 18. axb4 cxb4 $15) 17... Nc2 18. Nc6
Bf6 $15) 16. Qd1 (16. Qxb5 Nc2) (16. Qb3 c4) 16... d6 $15) (15. Qxd7 $2 Qxd7
16. Nxd7 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Rxd5 $19 {/\Nc2}) (15. Qd1 d6 16. a3 (16. Nf3 Qb7 17. e4
f5 $1 $17 {ה, ><d5}) 16... dxe5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 (17. Nxf7 Qe6 (17... Qc6
18. e4 $8 Nf6 (18... Rxf7 19. exd5 $13) 19. Ng5 $8 d5 $5 (19... h6 20. Ne6 Rf7
(20... Nxe4 21. Nxf8) 21. Nf4 $1 $13 (21. f3 d5 $36) 21... Nxe4 $140 $2 22. Qd5
$1 (22. Qf3 d5 23. Nxd5 $11) 22... Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 $16 {פe4, ץe7}
) 20. e5 d4+ 21. Kg1 Nd5 22. Qd3 $13) (17... Qb7 18. e4 $8 Rxf7 19. Qxd5 (19.
exd5 {(><d5)} Raf8 {/\Rf5}) 19... Qxd5 20. exd5 {- 17...Qe6 18.e4 Rf7 19.Qd5
Qd5 20.ed}) (17... Qf5 18. e4 $8 Qxf7 19. Qxd5 $8 Qxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 $15 {_|_})
18. e4 $8 (18. Ng5 $2 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qf5) 18... Rxf7 (18... Qxf7 {- 17...Qf5 18.
e4 Qf7}) 19. Qxd5 (19. exd5 Qf5 $36 {><d5}) 19... Qxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 $15 {_|_})
17... dxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf6 $32) 17. axb4 cxb4 $15) (15. Qb3 d6 16. Nf3 $15 (16. a3
dxe5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 $8 {- 15.Qd1 d6 16.a3 Nd5 17.Qd5} (17. Nxf7 $4 Qe6
$19 {/\Nf4})) 17. axb4 cxb4 $15) (16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. exd3 {><o/od3, d5}
) 17... c4 $15 {/\Bf6})) 15... d6 16. Nf3 (16. a3 $2 Nxd5 (16... b5 $2 17. Qxb5
Nc2 18. Nc6) (16... dxe5 $6 17. axb4 cxb4 $140 18. d6 {o^d6}) 17. Rxd5 (17. Nc6
$2 Qe6 $8 18. Nxe7+ (18. Qb3 Nf4+ $19) (18. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 19. e4 Qe6 $19) (18. Qc4
Ne3+ $19) 18... Nxe7 $19 {>}) (17. Nxf7 Qf5 $1 18. Qb3 Rxf7 19. Qxd5 Qxf2+ $17)
17... dxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6 $17) (16. Nc6 {Tisdall} Nxc6 17. dxc6 Qc7 {[%csl Rc6]})
16... Qb7 $5 (16... Qf5 $2 17. a3 b5 $8 (17... Nc2 18. e4 $18) (17... Nxd5 18.
e4 $18) (17... Qc2 18. axb4 $18) 18. Qxb5 (18. Qb3 Qc2 $1 $13) 18... Nc2 (18...
Nxd5 19. Qb7 $18) 19. Ra2 $16) 17. a3 (17. e4 b5 18. Qb3 a5 $5 $15 {|^<< /\c4,
Nd3}) 17... b5 (17... Nxd5 $4 18. Qe4 $18) 18. Qb3 Na6 $8 {[/\c5, Nc4]} 19. Qc2
$5 (19. Bg5 Rfe8 (19... c4 20. Qc2 {- 19.Qc2 c4 20.Bg5}) (19... Bxg5 $5 20.
Nxg5 Rfe8) 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 $15) (19. a4 {Tisdall} Nb4 20. Bf4 a5 21. axb5 Qxb5
22. e4 {looks like a more active continuation for white than the game, but
black still has very comfortable play after} Rfe8 (22... f5 $2 23. e5 c4 24.
Qa4 $16) 23. e5 $5 a4 24. Qc3 Rad8 {[%csl Rd5]}) 19... Rfe8 (19... c4 $5 {
(/\Nc5)} 20. Bg5 $1 (20. a4 Nb4 $17) 20... Bxg5 (20... Nc5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22.
Nd4 $132) 21. Nxg5 g6 22. a4 $1 $132 (22. Ne4 Qe7 {/\Rfe8} (22... f5 $5 23.
Nxd6 $140 $2 Qb6 $19))) 20. Bf4 $6 (20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Bf4 h6 $15 {/\c4, Nc5} (
21... c4 $2 22. Ng5 g6 23. Ne4)) (20. Ng5 g6 $15 (20... Bxg5 $5 21. Bxg5 c4 {
/\Nc5} (21... Re5 $2 22. Bf4 Rxd5 23. Qe4 Nc7 $8 24. Bxd6))) (20. b3 $142 $5 {
/\Bb2}) ({It looks more natural to bolster the sensitive d-pawn, even if this
risks an intrusion on d3:} 20. e4 {Tisdall} Bf6 $1 (20... c4 21. a4 $5 Nb4 22.
Qc3 a5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Be3 Bf6 26. f3 {and white has
consolidated his position since} Nd3 {is met by} 27. b3) 21. Be3 (21. Bf4 Qd7
$5 (21... Qe7 $5)) 21... Qe7 22. Nd2 c4 $5 {and black's position is more
active.}) 20... c4 $1 21. a4 $6 (21. e4 Nc5 22. Nd4 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3
$15) (21. b4 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nc5 $15) 21... Nb4 22. Qd2 a5 (22... bxa4 $5 23.
Rxa4 a5) 23. axb5 Qxb5 $17 {[><d5] Tisdall: 'The weakness of d5 prevents white
from improving his position by transferring his N to d4.'} 24. Ra3 (24. e4 Nd3)
(24. Rac1 Bf8 {/\Re4, Rae8}) 24... Bf8 {[/\25...c3, ><e2, ><d5]} (24... Bf6 $6
25. Bxd6 Rad8 (25... c3 26. bxc3 Rxe2 27. cxb4 $1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 a4 29. Bc5 $44
{o^d5}) 26. Rxa5 $1 Qxa5 27. Bxb4 $13) 25. Be3 (25. Re3 $5 h6 $5 (25... Reb8
26. Ng5 $5 {/\Ne4-c3}) (25... Rxe3 26. Bxe3 h6 $17 {><d5}) 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 $22
$17 {><d5} (26... Rxe8 {Tisdall} 27. h4 a4 $5 {and white has little to do.})) (
25. Nh4 {Tisdall} c3 $1 26. Rxc3 Rxe2 27. Qd4 Rae8 $17) 25... h6 $5 {(.)} (
25... Re4) 26. Kg1 $138 (26. Nh4 Re5 $19) (26. Bf4 c3 $5 $19) (26. Qd4 Nc2 $19)
(26. Nd4 Qxd5+) (26. Rda1 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Nxe3+ 30.
fxe3 Rxe3 $19) 26... Re4 27. Kf1 (27. Rda1 Qxd5 $5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxa5 Rxa5
30. Rxa5 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 $19) 27... Rae8 28. Kg2 (28. Rda1 Nxd5 29. Rxa5
Nxe3+ $19) 28... Be7 {[/\Bd8-b6, <->e, ><e2]} 29. Kg1 Bf6 $5 (29... Bd8) 30. h4
Bd8 31. Kg2 Kh7 $19 {[/\Bb6] Tisdall: 'Ruling out any funny business on h6 and
so preparing Bb6.'} (31... Bb6 $2 32. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (32... Rxe2 $4 33. Qg5 Rxf2+
34. Kh1 g6 35. Qf6) 33. Qxh6 $13) 32. Nd4 {Tisdall: 'It was probably better to
continue doing nothing:'} (32. Kg1 Bb6 33. Bxb6 Rxe2 34. Qd4 (34. Rxa5 Qxb6 $19
) (34. Qf4 {Tisdall} Qxb6 35. Nd4 R2e7 {keeps black a pawn up with full
control.} (35... R2e4 {is messier, but perhaps even better:} 36. Qxf7 (36. Qf5+
Kg8) 36... Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Qxd4 39. Qf5+ g6 40. Qd7+ Qg7 41. Qxd6
Nd3 42. Rxa5 Re2 {and black breaks through before white mounts real threats.}))
(34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Nd4 Qxb6 36. Nxe2 Nd3) 34... Nc2 $19 (34... Nc2 35. Rxa5
Nxd4 36. Rxb5 Nxb5)) (32. Kf1 Bb6 33. Bxb6 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 (34. Rxa5 Qxb6 $19) (
34. Qd4 {Tisdall} Nc2 $19) 34... Rxe2 35. Kxe2 (35. Nd4 Qxb6 (35... Rxf2+ 36.
Kxf2 Qxb6 $19) 36. Nxe2 (36. Kxe2 Nd3 $19) 36... Nd3) 35... c3+ $19) 32... Qxd5
33. f3 R4e7 34. Bf2 (34. Bf4 Nd3 $5 $19) 34... Qe5 $5 35. g4 $6 (35. e4 $142 {
(/\Nf5)} g6 $5 (35... Nd3 $2 36. Nc6) (35... Rb7 $6 36. Nf5 {/\Nd6, /\Bd4}) (
35... Bb6 $5 36. Nf5 (36. Nc6 Nxc6 37. Bxb6 Rb7 38. Bd4 $8 Nxd4 39. Qxd4 Rxb2+
$19) 36... Bxf2 37. Qxf2 (37. Kxf2 Rb7 $19 {/\Nd3}) (37. Nxe7 Qxg3+ 38. Kf1
Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2 $19) 37... Rd7 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 d5 $19) 36. Be3 (36. g4
Bb6 $19) 36... Bb6 {(/\Nd3)} 37. Bf4 $2 (37. Nc6 $2 Bxe3 $19) 37... Qxd4 38.
Qxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Nc2) 35... Bb6 36. Nf5 $6 (36. e4 Rb7 $5 37. Bg3 (37. Nf5
Bxf2 38. Qxf2 Nd3 $19) 37... Qxd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Nc2 $19) (36. Re3 Qxd4
37. Qxd4 Bxd4 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Rxd4 Rxe2 $19) 36... Bxf2 37. Kxf2 (37. Nxe7
Qg3+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kh1 Qh3#) 38... Qg1#) 37... Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m1"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O
Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Qc2 (10. Rc1) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5
Bxd5 13. Rfd1 (13. Be5 $5 {Antonsen-Rozentalis/Lichtenstein/1990/}) (13. Be5 $1
{Dautov >=} d6 14. Bf4 Qe7 (14... Nc5 15. b4 Be4 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18.
Bxe4 $14) 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Nd4 g6 (16... g5 $5 $13) 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19.
Bh6 Rf7 20. e4 $44 {Hulak-Naumkin/Palma de Malllorca/1989}) 13... c6 (13... Bb7
14. b3 (14. Be1 $5 {/\ Rac1, Nd4}) (14. Nd4 {Dautov} Qe7 15. Nb5 d5 16. Qb3 Kh8
17. Rac1 c6 18. Bb4 c5 19. Be1 Na6 20. e3 Nc7 $17 {Shvidler-Levitt/Tel Aviv/
1989}) 14... Qe7 15. Be5 Na6 16. Rac1 {Parma,B-Bukic/Skopje/1968/}) 14. Bb4 d6
(14... Rf7 15. Nh4 $5 (15. Ne5 {Dautov} Rf6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bc3 $44 (17. e4 fxe4
18. fxe4 Be6 19. Bc3 Nh3+ 20. Bxh3 Bxh3 21. Nd3 Rf8 22. Nf4 Bg4 23. Rd6 $44)))
(14... Re8 $5 {Dautov} 15. Nh4 Na6 16. Ba3 Qg5 $15) 15. Nh4 Na6 (15... Qg5 $2
16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Rxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Bxa8 $16) (15... g6 $6 {/^ a1-h8}
) 16. Ba3 Qg5 $1 (16... Qf6 $2 {Dautov} 17. f3 Ng5 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Be6 20.
Bxd6 $16) 17. Bxe4 (17. f3 $2 Qe3+) 17... fxe4 18. Bxd6 Rf7 19. Ng2 Qf6 20. Bf4
g5 (20... Nc5 21. Qc3 Qe7 22. Qe5 $10) 21. Be3 Nc7 22. Qc3 Qf5 (22... Qxc3 {
Dautov} 23. bxc3 h6 24. h4 Ne6 25. a4 $10) 23. a4 (23. b4) 23... Ne6 24. b4 (
24. a5 b5 $15) 24... Raf8 (24... h5 25. h4 $1) 25. b5 (25. Rd2 h5 26. h4 Qh3 $1
27. hxg5 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 e3 $19) 25... cxb5 (25... c5 26. g4 Qxg4 27. Rxd5 Rxf2 (
27... Qxe2 {Dautov} 28. Qe5 Qg4 29. Qg3 $18) 28. Bxf2 Nf4 29. Rxg5+ (29. Qg3
Nxe2+) 29... Qxg5 30. Qc4+ Kh8 (30... Rf7 31. Bg3 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 $18) 31. Bg3 (
31. Qxe4 $2 Nh3+) (31. Qc3+ Rf6) 31... Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Qc1 $1 $18 (33. Rd1
$2 Qf1+ $1)) 26. axb5 (26. g4 Qxg4 27. Rxd5 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 Nf4 29. Rxg5+ Qxg5
30. Qb3+ Rf7 31. Bg3 Nxe2+ $44 (31... Nxe2+ {Dautov} 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Rd1 bxa4
$15)) 26... Rc7 27. Qb2 Bc4 28. Rd6 (28. Rab1) 28... Re8 29. Rb1 Rg7 {/\ Nf4}
30. Rc6 Bd5 31. Rd6 Bc4 32. Rc6 Bd5 33. Rd6 Bc4 34. Bxb6 $2 (34. Rc6 $10 {
Dautov}) 34... Nf4 $1 (34... axb6 35. Ne3 Qc5 (35... Qh3 36. Nxc4 Nf4 37. Ne3)
36. Rc6 Qxb5 37. Rxc4 (37. Qxb5 $2 Bxb5 38. Rxb5 Nd4)) (34... Qf8 {Dautov} 35.
Rc6 Bd5 36. Bd4 Nxd4 37. Qxd4 Bxc6 38. bxc6 h6 39. Ne3 Rc7 40. Rb7 $44) 35. Be3
(35. gxf4 gxf4 $19 (35... gxf4 {Dautov} 36. Bd4 Qg4 37. Bxg7 f3 38. Kf1 Qxg2+
39. Ke1 e3 40. fxe3 f2+ 41. Kd2 f1=Q 42. Rxf1 Qxe2+ 43. Kc3 Rxe3+ 44. Kb4 Rb3+
45. Qxb3 Bxb3 46. Rc1 Kxg7 47. Kxb3 Qxb5+ 48. Ka3 Qa5+ 49. Kb3 Qb5+ $10)) (35.
Nxf4 gxf4 36. Bd4 f3 (36... e3 $1 {Dautov} 37. Rf1 Rg6 38. Rxg6+ Qxg6 $44 39.
Bxa7 exf2+ 40. Rxf2 fxg3 41. hxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Rg2 Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rxe2+ $10) (
36... f3 37. Qc2 $1 Bxe2 38. Qb3+ (38. Bxg7 $2 Qh3 39. Qa2+ Kxg7 40. Qxa7+ Kg8
41. Qa2+ Kg7 42. Qb2+ $10) 38... Rf7 39. Rf6 (39. Rd5 $5 Qg4 40. Be3 $40) 39...
Qd7 40. Rxf7 Qxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Bxa7 $16)) (35. Ne3 Nh3+ $19) (35. Bd4
Nh3+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kf1 e3 $1) 36... Nxf2+ 37. Bxf2 Qxf2 $19) 35... Nxe2+ (35...
Nh3+ 36. Kf1) 36. Kh1 Bd3 37. Ra1 Qxb5 38. Qxb5 Bxb5 39. Rxa7 $2 (39. Rd5 a6
40. Rxg5 Rxg5 41. Bxg5 $15) (39. Bxa7 {Dautov} Ra8 40. Bd4 Rxa1+ 41. Bxa1 Rc7
42. Rd1 $10) 39... Rxa7 40. Bxa7 Ra8 41. Rd5 Rxa7 42. Rxg5+ Kf7 43. Ne3 (43.
Rxb5 Ra1+ (43... Ra1+ {Dautov} 44. Ne1 Rxe1+ 45. Kg2 Nd4 46. Rb7+ Kg6 47. Rb6+
Kg5 $19)) 43... Ra1+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kg2 {Dautov} Rg1+ 45. Kh3 Bd7+ 46. g4 Nf4+
47. Kh4 Ng6+ 48. Kh3 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Fun fact. This was the 19th edition of Karpov Poikovsky Tournament and
Bologan was participating for the 18th time! I don't know any other player who
has participated in the same tournament for so many years. Local people must
really love him there!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6.
O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 (7... d6 {I was once lucky enough to trap a fellow GM in
this line.} 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 $1 Nxc3 10. Qc2 $1 $16 {The entire point of Re1
is to protect against ...Nxe2+ in this position.}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 {On the
advice of my coach, I took the decision to play this line at the very last
moment. Experience does bring a lot of wisdom!} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nb8 (10... Be4 {
is the most popular move}) 11. e4 d6 12. e5 {I felt that White has to act
'fast'. Black doesn't have any long-term weaknesses, so it makes sense to
utilise the temporary initiative quickly.} dxe5 $2 {Horrific. I didn't even
consider this move. After this White has total domination} (12... Nd7 {was
much more normal} 13. d5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 exd5 16. cxd5 {with ideas
like Qg4/Qd4 and connecting the rooks. White still has some initiative.}) 13.
Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {The main problem of Black's position is the co-ordination.
It's not so easy to bring the b8-knight into the game.} Bd6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16.
Rad1 {I was tempted with the chance to organise a kingside attack, which could
happen after 16...Bxe5.} (16. Nc6 Qf6 17. Re4 Nb8 18. Ne5 {would be similiar
to the game}) 16... Qe7 {Strange move. Inviting Nc6 with a tempo?} (16... Bxe5
17. dxe5 Qc8 (17... Qe8 18. Rd4) 18. Rd4 {with ideas of Bg5-Rg4/Rh4.}) 17. Nc6
Qf6 18. Re4 Kh8 (18... g5 {falls to a cute tactic} 19. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 20. Rg4)
19. Qe2 {Not the best. Probably it was better to play h4 and gain more space
on the kingside. Being 'greedy' is not always bad :)} (19. h4 $1 {When the
engine says that the best move is ...a5 or ...a6, It's a sign that something
is wrong with Black's position.}) 19... Qg6 {With idea of ...Nf6.} 20. Bc1 (20.
Be5 {This looked prettier, but I didn't want to allow the liberating move ...
f5:} f5 21. Rh4 $14) 20... Nf6 $2 {Probably the last mistake. In bad positions
the defending side has to walk a very thin line! After this White's pieces
co-ordinate with amazing ease.} (20... Rae8 {Again being persistent with the
ideas of ...f5 was called for.} 21. Re1 {The computer's first line is 21...a6
and 22.h3 h6! If I could, I would rationalise them.}) 21. Rh4 {Ne5 is actually
a very serious threat.} Qf5 22. Rd3 $1 g5 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Ne5 $1 Qg7 25. Rxf6
$1 {The point of the entire combination.} gxh4 (25... Qxf6 26. Rh5 {It gives a
lot of pleasure when you can play such slow moves after sacrificing an
exchange :)} Rg8 27. Bxg5 $1 {The black king is way too weak.}) 26. Qf3 Bxe5
27. dxe5 hxg3 28. Bh6 Qg8 29. hxg3 Rad8 30. Qf4 {Black is unable to move any
piece! He is helpess against the slow invasion of queen or bishop to f6.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch60 Championnat"]
[Site "Clermont Ferrand"]
[Date "1985.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernard, Christophe"]
[Black "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Villeneuve,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 (7...
d5 $6 {les problèmes de cette structure seront exploités le lendemain par G.
ANDRUET contre R.WEILL} 8. cxd5 $1 {Andruet,G (2390)-Weill,R (2240) FRA-ch
60th Clermont Ferrand  1985 (5.5) 1-0}) 8. Bd2 (8. Qc2 {L'alternative} Nxc3 9.
Qxc3 (9. Ng5 $4 Nxe2+ {[%cal Ge2g1] Avec gain en 10 coups!} 10. Kh1 Bxg2+ {
[%cal Ge7g5,Gg2h1];O'Sullivan,B-Rossolimo,N Hilversum zt (7) 0-1})) (8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 (9. Nh4 $143 f5 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge7h4]}) 9... Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5
11. Qa4 {[%csl Rc6] Sur un jeu précis, les noirs égalisent assez vite et cette
varainte 8.Ne4 a disparu de la pratique du haut niveau sauf lorsque les blancs
se contentent de la nulle rapide.}) 8... Bf6 (8... f5 {[%cal Ge7f6] Cette idée
de STAHLBERG est plus ambitieuse mais aussi plus risquée}) 9. Rc1 (9. Qc2 $5 {
[%cal Gc2e4]} Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 (11. Rad1 $1 {plusieurs alternatives
sont possibles mais Rad1 semble le plus souple.} Nd7 12. e4 g6 13. Rfe1 Bg7 14.
b3 Qe7 15. Nh4 $14 {[%cal Gg2b7]}) (11. e4 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rg2] Les deux B de
cases blanches sont autant gênés l'un que l'autre par le Pe4}) 11... Bxc3 12.
Qxc3 exd5 13. Nh4 {[%cal Gg2b7]} d4 $1 14. Qxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 $11) 9...
Nxd2 (9... c5 10. d5 {[%csl Rb7]} exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 $14 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gd2e4];Kasparov,G (2595)-Ligterink,G (2455) Malta ol (Men) 1980 (6) 1-0
On voit l'intérêt de ne pas pousser e2e4 trop tôt car la case "e4" peut-être
accessible dans cette position а un N blanc.}) 10. Qxd2 d6 11. h4 $6 $146 {
[%csl Rd2] Cette idée serait plus logique avec une Q blanche en "c2" pour
menacer mat alors que dans la partie, "h4" semble assez peu dangereux.} (11. d5
$142 {[%csl Rb7,Re6][%cal Gf3d4,Gg2b7];Pinter,J (2550)-Ribli,Z (2585) HUN-ch
Budapest 1981 1-0}) 11... Nd7 12. Ng5 $6 Bxg2 $11 13. Kxg2 h6 14. Nf3 {Les
blancs n'ont rien obtenu avec h4 et Ng5} (14. Nge4 Be7) 14... Qe7 15. e4 c5 16.
Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Rcd1 Rac8 18. b3 a6 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb8 $1 21. Rd2 Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Gb6b5,Rc7c3]} 22. Nce2 Qb7 23. Red1 b5 $132 {le ressort du hérisson se
détend et les noirs prennent l'initiative.} 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qf3 {[%cal Ge4e5,
Gf3b7]} Nd7 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 26. e5 $6 Qxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5
29. f4 (29. Rxd6 $143 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gc2a2,Gc2g2]}) 29...
Ng4 30. Kf3 Nh2+ 31. Kg2 Ng4 32. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {Aside from the first round game against Eljanov
Rapport has been very solid with his opening choices for Black in this
tournament.} 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 ({In the previous game Richard went for} 5...
Bb4+ {and held Anish Giri to a draw!}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Be1
$5 {A very interesting choice. Aronian decides to avoid the closed formations
characteristic of this line, and, instead, invites a more typical QID game
even gifting Black a tempo in some lines.} ({Obviously Levon studied
So-Rapport from Round 3, the game that could have been Richard's great victory
if it wasn't for a few errors toward the end. It went} 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6
11. d5 e5 {In the resulting closed position Wesley claimed his spatial
advantage, but, remarkably, Rapport didn't seem to mind his "bad" dark-squared
bishop. In fact he used it to invade the c1-square not once but twice!}) 9...
Re8 $6 {The purpose of this move remains unclear to me.} ({Since White doesn't
have his rook to support c3 the most logical reply appears to be} 9... c5 {
Indeed, it was played in Sokolov-Salov, 1996 and even earlier in
Timoschenko-Naumkin, 1988. Neither game showed White getting anything out of
the opening. I wonder if Levon in that case planned to take a strategic risk
and continue} 10. d5 $5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5) ({Another type of play
may arise after} 9... d5 10. Qc2 c5 {which is similar to the game continuation,
but offers Black a tempo for counterplay.}) 10. Qc2 d5 $2 {Black practically
begs White to play the most natural moves and take over the game.} (10... Nxc3
11. Bxc3 d6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 {is Rapport's favorite formation, so why didn't
he go for it?}) 11. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bxd4 ({Understandably Rapport didn't
trust} 12... Qxd4 {because after} 13. Nxe4 {he'd have to play the unsightly
move} Bc6 {Indeed, White gets a lot of play with simple means:} 14. Bc3 ({
Also possible is} 14. Rb1 a5 15. b3 {preparing Bc3.}) 14... Qxc4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6
16. b3 Qc5 17. e4 Nd7 18. Rfc1) 13. Rd1 Qc8 ({Let's see if Black could keep
his queen a little closer to the kingside:} 13... Qe7 14. Nxe4 Nc6 15. e3 Bf6 (
15... Be5 16. f4 Bd6 {is very awkward for Black, and White would go on with}
17. Ng5) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bc3 Qg6 18. Qa4 Na5 {This means giving up a pawn
for no compensation at all, just some practical chances to escape to a draw in
some rook endgame. Computers don't like this strategy, but the best human
players relied on it for for decades and it worked in some percentage of cases.
Today it's called "suffering", but the only alternative to it is to lose the
game quickly, which is pretty much what happened in this game. From a certain
philisophical point cutting one's losses and hitting the restart button
tomorrow is the right approach, but there are others who take the path of
maximum resistance however hopeless it seems.}) 14. Nxe4 Bc5 15. Ng5 $5 {
Every good player welcomes a chance to attack the king rather than deal with a
routine technical task. OK, maybe Magnus is an exception, but he's rumoured to
be from another planet anyway.} ({It is remarkable how Aronian rejects a safe
advantage promised by} 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Be4 h6 17. f3 {etc.}) 15... f5 16.
Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bc3 Bf8 (17... h6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd8+ Bf8 20. Qxf5 {is not so
difficult to see.}) 18. e4 $1 h6 19. exf5 $1 {This one is quite a bit harder,
as White would need to bring up to speed the rest of his pieces. Levon
correctly judged he'd have the time for it.} hxg5 (19... exf5 20. Rfe1 $1 {
Every move just brings another white piece into action, and Black is always on
the back foot.} Rxe1+ (20... Na6 21. Ne6 {requires no calculation.}) 21. Rxe1
hxg5 22. Qxf5 c6 (22... c5 23. Re8 Qf7 24. Qe4 {is easier.}) 23. Re8 Qf7 24.
Qc8 {The back rank pin will keep Black paralysed until White is ready with the
mop-up plan of Bd2xg5-e7 etc.}) 20. f6 c5 ({In this case as well as in the
previous note} 20... c6 {appears slightly more resilient. Still,} 21. f4 g4 22.
fxg7 Bc5+ (22... Bxg7 23. Qg6 Qf7 24. Qxg4) 23. Kh1 Bb4 24. f5 {should bring
the point home.}) 21. f4 $1 g4 22. f5 {Blowing it wide open. The game is truly
over.} gxf6 23. fxe6 Qh7 24. Qg2 Na6 25. Rd7 Qh5 26. Rxf6 Rad8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8
28. Qf1+ {One of those game the young player has to lose once and only once
and never again!} 1-0

