[Event "Rilton Cup 18th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 h5 {>= 13...
0-0-0 (!)} 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Kb8 (15... Ne5 $6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nh4 Rhg8
18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nf4 $16) 16. fxe6 $1 (16. Ne2 $6 Ne5 $1 17. Nfd4
Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 $1 $15) 16... fxe6 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nfd4 Nc4 (18... Ng4 $6 19.
Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nf4 $1 e5 21. Nd5 Qxd4 22. Qa5 $16) 19. Qd3 f5 $1 20. exf5 e5 21.
f6 (21. Ne6 $6 Bxe6 22. fxe6 d5 23. Nc3 e4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne3 $13) 21...
Bxh3 22. fxe7 Rc8 (22... Rde8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Ne3 25. Qf2 Rxe7 26. Rd3
Nc4 27. Qxb6+ Nxb6 28. Rxd6 $16) 23. Nf5 Bxf5 $6 (23... d5 $1 $10 24. Ng7 Bg2
25. Nc3 d4 26. Ne4 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 Qg6 28. e8=Q Rhxe8 29. Nxe8 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Nd2+
31. Kc1 Nxe4 32. Re1 Nf2 33. Re2 Nd3+ 34. Kb1 Rxe8 35. cxd3 $10) 24. Qxf5 Ne3
25. Qf2 Rxc2 26. Qf6 (26. Rc1 Rxb2+ $1 27. Ka1 Rxa2+ 28. Kxa2 Qa5+ $10) 26...
Rhc8 $2 (26... Re8 $1 27. Nc3 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Kc7 $10) 27. Rc1 $1
Qc6 28. Qg6 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Nc4 30. b3 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 {Another theoretical possibility is} (9... b5 {
1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Malakhov,V/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90/[Tyomkin,D] (50)}) 10.
Nf3 {preparing to carry out e4-e5.} b5 11. Bxf6 {White tried also the most
principle} (11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 (12... gxf6 13. Nd5 $1 fxg5 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. fxg5 $14) 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 d5 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bxa6 Rc7 17. Bb5 Nb4 18.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Qb3 Nxc2 20. Rc1 Na3+ 21. Ka1 Nc4 $17 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Greenfeld,
A/ch-ISR, Tel Aviv ISR 2002 (46)}) 11... gxf6 {Another option for black is to
sacrifice the d6 pawn:} (11... Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-San Segundo
Carrillo,P/Madrid 1997/CBM 59/[Gofshtein,L] (33)}) 12. f5 {Typical plan for
this pawn structure. White is going to press black's e6 pawn, trying to occupy
the d5 square.} Qb6 {occupying an important diagonal a7-g1, and, at the same
time, preparing long castle.} 13. g3 {preparing the transfer of light-squared
bishop to h3, from where it will press black's e6 pawn. The alternative to the
move in the game could be} (13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 {1-0 Kolev,A-Damljanovic,B/
Skopje 2002/CBM 88/[Gofshtein,L] (46)}) 13... b4 $1 ({Another legitimic
continuation is} 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 exf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5
18. exf5 Rg8 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Rhf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Granda Zuniga,J/
Buenos Aires 1993/CBM 35 (47)}) 14. Ne2 ({More principal continuation was} 14.
Na4 $5 Qa5 15. b3 Ne5 (15... Nd8 $5 {strengthening the e6 pawn.} 16. Nd4 Bxa4
17. bxa4 Qxa4 18. Bc4 $44) 16. Nd4 Bxa4 17. bxa4 Qxa4 18. Kb1 $36) (14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Ne2 Qf2 16. Nh4 a5 17. Nf4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Kf7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,
S-Sakaev,K/St Petersburg 1993/CBM 34 (53)}) 14... Qf2 $1 {Black succeeds to
trade the queens, that promise him at least equal chances.} 15. Ned4 Qxd2+ 16.
Rxd2 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.
In the previous game white continued} (16. Kxd2 Bf8 $1 17. Bc4 Ke7 18. Ke2 Bh6
19. Rhe1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 $15 {0-1 Cucka,J-Jansa,V/Ostrava 1960/
MCD (43)}) 16... Nxd4 ({Maybe black should have kept the knight on the board:} 
16... Ne5 {In this way, black takes control over some important squares, like
c4...  In case of} 17. Bh3 {black reacts with} Bf8 $1 $15 {and black has good
prospects...}) 17. Nxd4 Bd8 {transfering the bishop to diagonal a7-g1.} (17...
Bf8 18. Kb1 Bh6 $11) 18. Bc4 Ke7 19. Rhd1 {White's pieces are located on
active positions, but he cannot achieve anything special...} Bb6 20. Kb1 Rhb8
21. Ne2 {transfering the knight to f4, from where it presses the e6 square,
and, at the same time, it is ready to occupy d5 square sometimes...} ({Nothing
promises} 21. Nb3 Bc7 22. Nc5 Bc8 $11) 21... Bc7 {Black doesn't want to allow
white to change one of his bishops... Maybe black's position seems a bit
passive, but white hasn't any concrete plan. In opposite, black can push
forward his queenside pawns... Thus, white's position is unlikely for playing
for a win...} 22. Nf4 a5 23. Bf1 {White chooses the waiting strategy, trying
not to worsen his position.} a4 24. Rd4 Ra5 25. Bc4 Rb6 {Black doesn't hurry-
he is looking for good positions for his pieces...} 26. Bf1 Bb8 27. R4d2 {
What to do? White is continuing to wait...} Bc6 28. Bg2 b3 $5 {This move is
very responsible decision. If blacks doesn't get anything concrete, the b3
pawn will become weak... Thus, white will have some chances for "turnover"...
On the other hand, it is not so clear how to improve black's position.
Objectively, the position is equal.} 29. cxb3 axb3 30. a3 Ra4 31. Re1 Bb7 32.
Rde2 $1 {threatening with Nd5.} (32. Rd3 $5 Rb5 $13) 32... Ba6 {My opponent
offered me a draw, when I had something like 5-10 minutes.. The position is
unclear, the both opponents has counterchances, and it is quite dangerous to
play it on such time... Therefore, I accepted a draw.} (32... Ba6 33. Re3 Rd4
34. Rc3 Rd2 $13 (34... d5 35. exd5 e5 $13)) (32... Rd4 $2 33. Nd5+ Bxd5 (33...
exd5 34. exd5+ Kf8 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Rxb8 $18) 34. exd5 e5 35. Rc1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Bd3 Qc5 (13... b4
14. Ne2 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nf4 Qc5 {- 13..Qc5 14.f5}) 14. Rhf1 $146 (14. f5 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Nf4 a4 17. Nh5 $13 {Luther,T-Tukmakov,V/Lenk/1992/ Inf 57/(512)}
(17. Be2 $6 exf5 $1 $15 {Hellers,F-Sax,G/Haninge/1990/ Inf 49/(246)}) (17. Rhe1
$13 {Hartman,C-Schneider,L/Schweden m/1987 0-1 (35)}) (17. Rc1 {Fischer,
B-Spassky,B/Reykjavik/1972 0,5 (47)})) 14... Bd8 $6 {>< d6,f6} 15. Ne2 Bb6 16.
f5 Qe3 17. Qe1 {/\ 18.Qh4} Qh6 (17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qh4 $40) 18. g4 Rg8
19. Qg3 e5 20. Nc3 Ne7 21. Be2 Bc5 22. a3 Rc8 23. Nd2 Bd4 24. Na2 d5 25. Qd3
Rd8 26. Nb4 Be3 27. exd5 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 $16 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 a5 30. Na6 Kf8 31.
Rfd1 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rh8 34. Nc5 Rh2 35. d6 Nc8 36. Bf3 Rxd2 37. Rxd2
Nb6 38. Nxd7+ Nxd7 39. Rd5 Nb6 40. Rxb5 Rxd6 41. Rxa5 Rd4 42. Ra6 Nc4 43. Be2
Ne3 44. Rxf6 e4 45. g5 Nd5 46. Rc6 Nf4 47. f6 Rd8 48. Bc4 e3 49. Rc7 Ne6 50.
Re7 Rd6 51. Bxe6 e2 52. Rxf7+ Ke8 53. Re7+ Kf8 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-B 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 212]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 {
[%csl Ye6][%cal Yf5e6]} b4 {another possibilties are:} (13... h5 $5 14. g3 {
[%cal Yf1h3,Yh3e6]} O-O-O (14... Rc8 {[%cal Yc8c3]} 15. Bh3 Qc5 $132 {0-1
Maxion,D-Efding,O/Berlin-West 1987/EXT 98 (35)}) 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. fxe6 $1 fxe6
17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nfd4 Nc4 19. Qd3 f5 $1 $13 {1-0 Vogt,L-Schneider,L/Stockholm
1988/CBM 11/[ChessBase] (30)}) (13... Rc8 $5 14. fxe6 (14. g3 b4 15. Ne2 Qf2
16. Ned4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 e5 18. Nb3 Nb8 19. Na5 O-O 20. Be2 Rc5 21. Nb7 Rc7 22.
Na5 Rc5 23. Nb7 Rc7 24. Na5 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Balashov,Y/Odessa 1974/EXT
99 (24)}) 14... fxe6 15. Qh6 {[%cal Yh6g7]} Na5 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Qxh7 Rxc3 18.
bxc3 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Suetin,A-Lukin,A/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (27)}) (13... Ne5
14. Nd4 Rc8 (14... Nc4 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 $36) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Qh6 $36 {1-0 Vogt,L-Neckar,L/Zinnowitz 1974/EXT 99/[Vogt] (38)}) 14. fxe6 {
also possible 14.Ne2} (14. Ne2 e5 15. Qh6 O-O-O 16. Ng3 Na5 17. Nh5 $36) 14...
fxe6 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nf4 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gf4e6,Yf1c4,Rc4e6] with idea after 17.
Bc4 to make big trouble for black} Qc5 {[%csl Rc4] Defence against threat Bc4}
17. g3 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3e6] With idea, after 18.Bh3, to attack weak  pawn e6
from another side} a4 18. Bh3 Kf7 $2 {after this unaccurate move, position has
become difficult for black. Only 18...Qc4 gave chances for successful defence.}
(18... Qc4 $5) (18... Nd8 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nfe6 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 $36) 19. Rhf1 {
[%cal Gf1f6]} Qc4 $146 {This novelty does not change evaluation of this
position. 19...a3 is bad as well.} (19... a3 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Ng5+ $1 $18 (21.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qd5+ {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Langeweg,K/NLD-chT 1993/EXT 97 (47)}))
20. Nxe6 $1 b3 (20... Bxe6 21. Ng5+ $18) 21. a3 Rhc8 {Big advantage for white
also after:} (21... bxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 $16) (21... Kg8 22. cxb3
Qxe4+ 23. Qd3 $16) 22. c3 $1 {Strong move. There is nothing clear after 22.
Neg5:} (22. Neg5+ $6 Ke8 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 22... Ra5 (22... Qxe4+ 23. Ka1 Kg8 (
23... Qc2 24. Qd5 $18) 24. Neg5 $1 fxg5 25. Bxd7 $18) 23. e5 $1 {Decisive
break-black is helpless now.} Nxe5 (23... Kg8 24. Qh6 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 Qg6 26.
Qxg6+ hxg6 27. exd6 $18) 24. Nfd4 $18 Qd5 25. Rde1 Qc4 26. Bf5 Bf8 27. Qd1 {
[%cal Rd1h5]} Ke7 28. Qh5 h6 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Ng6+ Kd8 31. Bxd7 Qd3+ 32. Ka1
Kxd7 33. Qh3+ f5 (33... Kc7 34. Nxf8 $18) 34. Rxf5 Kc7 35. Nxf8 Nc4 36. Rf7+
Kb6 37. Nd7+ Ka6 38. Nb8+ Kb6 39. Nd7+ Ka6 40. Nb8+ Kb6 41. Rb7+ Kxb7 42. Qd7+
Ka8 43. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Black "Borriss, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g3 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O
{As the tournament practice shows it was better for black to play 13...b4 with
good counterplay} (13... b4 $1 14. Ne2 (14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Qf2 16. Nfd4 (16.
Ned4 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Kf7 (17... Bf8 $1 $15 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gf8h6]}) 18. Bc4 Rhc8
19. Nf5 Nb8 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rxd6 Rc7 $44 {0-1 Noritsyn,N-Bluvshtein,M/Toronto
CAN 2004/The Week in Chess 513 (34)}) 16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 Qxd2+ 18.
Rxd2 Bf8 $15) 17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bf8 19. Bc4 Ke7 $15 {0-1 Garakov,M-Anisimov,
P/Essentuki 2003/CBM 93 ext (39)}) 14... Qf2 (14... e5 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nc1 Rc8
17. Nb3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rhe1 O-O $11 {1-0 Brueggemann,J-Nijboer,F/
Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 15. Ned4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nxd4 (16... Bf8 $5 {
[%cal Gf8h6,Ge8e7]}) 17. Nxd4 Bd8 18. Bc4 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Bb6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Erenburg,S-Avrukh,B/Ramat Aviv ISR 2004/The Week in Chess 516 (32)}) 14. Bh3 {
[%cal Rf5e6]} Kb8 15. Ne2 {[%cal Re2d4,Re2f4,Yd4e6] White transfers the knight
in order to strengthen the pressure on the pawn e6} (15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Ne5
(16... Rhe8 17. Nf4 {Now white wins a pawn, but black gets open diagonals for
the bishops;} Bf8 18. Nh5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z-Tyomkin,D/Montreal 2004/CBM
103/[Tyomkin,D] (28)}) 17. Nfd4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 (18... f5 $1 19. exf5 e5 20. Ne6
Bxe6 (20... Rc8 $5 $132 {[%cal Gc4e3]}) 21. fxe6 d5 $44 {0-1 Polzin,
R-Tischbierek,R/Germany 1998/GER-chT (58)}) (18... Ne5 19. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Re6]}
) 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Aagaard,J-Schneider,L/Sweden 2003/EXT 2004 
(43)}) (15. Kb1 Bc8 16. Qh6 b4 (16... Ne5 17. Nd4 d5 18. fxe6 dxe4 19. Nf5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Rodin,D-Kalugin,S/Krasnodar 1999/EXT 2002 (37)}) 17. Ne2 e5 18. Rhe1
Bb7 19. Bf1 Na5 20. Nc1 Ka7 21. Nb3 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nokso Koivisto,A-Yrjola,J/
Tampere 1992/EXT 2000 (25)}) 15... Rhe8 {A typical maneouvre of the rook in
order to defend the pawn on e6} (15... Qc5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nfd4 Rc8 18. Nxe6
Qc4 19. b3 Qxe4 20. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Corral Blanco,J/Groningen 1981/
EXT 2000 (29)}) 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. Nh5 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Ne5 {Black is trying to
create maximal difficulties for white in converting his advantage} (17... Be7
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Ng7 $18) 18. Nxe5 (18. Nd4 Nc4 19. Qe1 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 e5 $132)
18... dxe5 19. Nxf6 Bc8 20. Qe2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. fxe6 {22.Nh7 deserved
attention} (22. Nxh7 $5 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Qe3 24. Qh5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxe4 26. fxe6
fxe6 27. Nf6 $16) 22... fxe6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Ng4 Bc5 {White has certain
difficulties in converting his advantage because of his opponent's bishop pair}
(24... Bb7) 25. Qd2 Qb6 {Of course black avoids the exchange of queens as it
is easier for him to create some counterplay with queens on the board} 26. Kd1
Bd6 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qb3 {Despite the doubling of the
pawns white exchanges queens. After this exchange black's many weaknesses give
white good chances to bring the game to a victory} (30. Kc1 Bb7) 30... Qxb3 31.
cxb3 {[%csl Ge5,Re6,Gh7][%mdl 4096]} Kb7 (31... Bb7 32. Bg2 $16) 32. Nf6 {
[%cal Rf6h7]} h6 33. Ng4 Bf8 34. Nxe5 $16 {So white has won another pawn. Now
his task is to consolidate his position} Kb6 35. Ng6 Bc5 36. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e6]}
Bb7 (36... Bg1 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. Nxe6 Bxh2 39. g4 $18) 37. Bg2 {White doesn't
want to simplify the position as with limited material black has more chances
for a draw} e5 38. Nd5+ Kc6 {The endgame with different coloured bishops is
won for white as he would have two passed pawns on the d and g files} (38...
Bxd5 39. exd5 Bb4 40. Ke2 Kc5 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ke4 a5 43. Kf5 Bd2 44. g4 Bg5 45.
Kg6 Ke7 46. Kh5 Kd6 47. h4 Be3 48. Kg6 Ke7 49. Be4 Bd2 50. g5 hxg5 51. h5 g4
52. h6 $18) 39. Ke2 a5 40. Bf1 Kd6 41. Nc3 Bd4 42. Kf3 {White has consolidated
his position} Kc5 43. Bc4 Kb4 44. g4 {White's plan is to create a passed pawn
on the kingside} Bc6 45. Bd5 {White throws away the black bishop even further.
If black exchanges white's passed pawns would become unstoppable} Be8 (45...
Bxd5 46. exd5 Kxb3 47. d6 Bb6 48. Ke4 a4 49. h4 Bd8 50. g5 hxg5 51. h5 g4 52.
h6 g3 53. Ne2 Kxb2 54. h7 Bf6 55. d7 $18) 46. h4 Kc5 47. Nd1 Bg6 48. Bg8 {
[%cal Rd1c3,Rc3d5,Rd5f6] White frees the d5 square for the knight route
d1-c3-d5-f6 with a decisive advantage} Kb4 49. Nc3 Kc5 {After the exchange on
c3 black loses, that's why he has to adopt a waiting strategy} (49... Bxc3 50.
bxc3+ Kxc3 51. h5 Be8 52. Kg3 Kd4 53. g5 hxg5 54. h6 Bg6 55. h7 Bxh7 56. Bxh7
$18) 50. Nd5 Bxb2 51. h5 Be8 52. Nf6 Bc6 53. g5 {After creating a passed pawn
white easily wins} Bc1 (53... hxg5 54. h6 $18) 54. g6 $18 Bg5 55. Nh7 Be7 56.
Bf7 Kd4 57. Bd5 Be8 58. Kg2 $18 (58. g7 Bxh5+ 59. Kg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Qd2 b4 14. Na4 (
14. Ne2 Ra7 15. Ned4 Qb6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Ba8 19. Kb1 O-O 20.
Bc4 a5 21. Qe3 Bc5 $44 {Fogt-Suetin,76Budapest}) 14... Nb8 (14... Ra7 15. Qe3
Qa5 16. b3 Rb7 17. Nd2 Na7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Nb5
22. e5 Qc7 23. Qxb4 Qe7 24. Qxe7+ $14 {Psakhis-Geller,Moskov86}) 15. Qd4 Qc7
16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Kb1 $146 (17. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bc6
21. Bd3 h6 22. Rdf1 Bg7 23. Rh5 Ke7 $44 {Gufeld-Simagin,Tallin1965}) 17... O-O
18. Nxd7 (18. Nc4) 18... Nxd7 19. e5 Rc8 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Nd2 $6 (21. f5 $16)
21... Qc6 22. Be4 Rd7 23. Qc4 Nxe4 24. Qxc6 Nc3+ $1 $16 25. Qxc3 (25. bxc3 Rxc6
26. cxb4 Bxb4 27. Nb3 Rdc7 28. Rd8+ Bf8 $44) 25... bxc3 26. Nb3 Rdc7 27. bxc3
Rxc3 28. Rd2 a5 $44 29. Rd7 (29. Nxa5 $2 Bb4 30. Nb3 Rxb3+ 31. axb3 Bxd2 $19)
29... Kf8 30. Ra7 Rxc2 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 g5 $1 33. Rxa5 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8
15. fxe6 {In such way white trying reach closer to weak points of black.} (15.
Bh3 b4 $5 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 $5 Qb5 17. b3 $13) 16... e5 $10) 15... fxe6 16. Bh3
{The best position for bishop from wich he" looking attentively" to black's
weaknesses.} Bc8 17. Qe1 (17. Qh6 $5) 17... Rhe8 {Bringing rook for defending
" e6".} 18. Rf1 {Vozmozen i drygoi pyt 18.Ne2} (18. Ne2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ye2d4,
Ye2f4,Yf4e6,Yd4e6][%mdl 4] Transfering the knight for attack to "e6". ' .} Qe3
$2 (18... Ne5 $5 19. Qc3 Bb7 20. Bxe6 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Groszpeter,A/
Bucharest 1993/EXT 97 (36)} 21. Bd5 $132) (18... Qc5 19. Nfd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf8
21. Rf1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Liberzon,V/Bad Lauterberg 1977/EXT 2002 (55)}) (18...
Bf8 19. Qc3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Kruszynski,W-Spassov,L/Polanica Zdroj 1979/MCD (19)})
19. Ned4 Qxe1 20. Nxc6+ Kc7 21. Rhxe1 Kxc6 22. Nd4+ $18) 18... Bf8 {Black
transfers his dark squared bishop from e7 to g7, mostly in order to defend his
weak pawns, e6 and f6} 19. Ne2 Bg7 {Precoshiously defending pawn"f6".} 20. Nf4
(20. Nfd4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Maki,V/FIN 1988/EXT 97 (20)}) 20... Bh8 {
defending against 21.Nh5 in advance. The practice showed that afetr 21...Qc5
white has a slight but a stable edge} (20... Qc5 {[%cal Rc5h5] Covering "h5"
spot.} 21. c3 $5 {[%cal Yc3d4] Taking under control squares "d4" and" b4"game.}
(21. Rf2 $1 Re7 (21... f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Re2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Balinov,
I-Bagaturov,G/Graz 1999/EXT 2001 (47)}) 22. c3 $1 d5 $8 (22... Ka8 23. Nd4 $1
Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. d5 $16) 23. Nd4 $1 $14 (23. exd5 exd5 24. Re2 Rxe2 25.
Qxe2 Bxh3 26. Nxh3 d4 $1 $10) 23... Nxd4 24. cxd4 $36 {Leko,P. 1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 46/[Leko] (51)} (24. cxd4 Qd6 25. exd5 exd5
26. Re2 $14 {Leko,P. 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 46/[Leko] 
(51)})) (21. Qf2 Kc7 22. Rd3 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 $13 {Oll,L-Maki,V/Helsinki/1989})
21... f5 (21... Bh6 $5 22. Nd4 Bxf4 23. Nxc6+ Qxc6 24. Rxf4 e5 25. Rh4 Bxh3 26.
Rxh3 d5 $132 {0-1 Enders,P-Rossmann,H/Fuerstenwalde 1981/MCD (38)}) 22. exf5
exf5 23. Qf2 $14 {[%cal Yf2c5] 1-0 Kolev,A-Damljanovic,B/Skopje 2002/CBM 88/
[Gofshtein,L] (46)} (23. Qd2 $5)) 21. Rf2 {[%cal Rf2d2] Bringing the rook via
the second rank} Na5 22. Re2 Nc4 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only this move is a novelty.
22...Nc6 was possible as was played in the game given below, where white got a
clear initiative} (22... Nc6 23. c3 b4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Nd4 $1 Qxe1 26. Nxc6+
Kc7 27. Rdxe1 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Re3 $36 {1-0 Chandler,M-Sax,G/Hastings
1990/CBM 22 (79)}) 23. c3 {White defends against the threat f5, with the
attack on b2} (23. Nd4 f5 24. c3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 fxe4 26. Rexe4 d5 27. Re2 b4
$132) 23... Re7 {Defending against the threat 24.Nd4 in advance} 24. Nd4 Rde8
25. Bg4 {[%cal Rg4h5,Re1f1,Rf1h3] Transfering the bishop to a more active
position. Sometimes it is also possible to transfer the queen to h3 via f1} Qb7
{Moving the queen from Nd5, oin case of e6-e5} 26. Nc2 {Retreating with the
knight, e6-e5 was already a threat} Rc7 27. Bh5 Rd8 28. Nd4 Re7 29. Nd3 {
White regroups his pieces and looks for weaknesses in the black camp} Qb6 30.
Bf3 Rc7 $2 {A mistake which could have cost dearly. 30...Ne5 was the right way,
decreasing white's options} (30... Ne5 $5 31. Bg2 Rc7 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Bh3 Rce7)
31. Nf4 Re7 {Black allows a decisive breakthrough. Although after 31...Re8
black is also having serious problems} (31... Re8 32. Bh5 Ree7 33. Bg4 f5 34.
exf5 Ne5 35. Bh5 exf5 36. Nd5 Qc5 37. Nxe7 Rxe7 38. Qf2 Ng6 39. Rxe7 Nxe7 40.
Qe1 $18) 32. e5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Nxe5 (32... d5 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Ndxe6 Bxe6 35.
Nxe6 Rd6 36. Bxd5 Red7 37. Nf8 $18) 33. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 34. Nc6+ Kc7 35. Nd5+ {
White had a good alternative 35.Ne7 as well. In both cases black's position is
lost} (35. Nxe7 $5 exf4 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Qxe6 $18) 35... exd5 36. Nxe7 Kb8 37.
Bxd5 Bd7 (37... Bb7 38. Qe4 Re8 39. Bxb7 Rxe7 40. Bd5 $40) 38. Qe4 {[%cal
Re4h7] Activizing the queen and attacking h7} Rf8 {Black gives the h7 pawn
trying to come up with some counterplay} (38... h6 39. Rf1 Bg7 40. g4 $36) 39.
Qxh7 b4 40. Qh6 $1 Re8 {Loses, but also after 40...Rd8 black's position is far
from pleasent} (40... Rd8 41. c4 $36) 41. Nc6+ $1 Kc7 (41... Bxc6 42. Qxd6+ Kb7
43. Qd7+ $18) 42. Be4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] An unbelievable mistake. After 42.cb
black may simply resign as after 42...Bc6 43.Rc1 decides} (42. cxb4 $18) 42...
d5 $1 43. Rxd5 {Perhaps 43.c4 was more stubborn} (43. c4 Qxc6 44. Qxc6+ Kxc6
45. Rxd5 Kc7) 43... Bxc6 44. Qd6+ Kb7 45. cxb4 Rc8 $19 46. Bf5 Rc7 {After the
blunder white is simply a piece down with no compensation whatsoever.} 47. Rd1
e4 $5 48. Qc5 e3 49. g4 Bf3 50. Qxb6+ Kxb6 51. Rd6+ Rc6 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 {[%cal Yb6g1]} 13. g3
{[%cal Yf1h3,Yh3e6]} O-O-O 14. f5 Kb8 15. fxe6 {In such way white trying reach
closer to weak points of black.} (15. Bh3 b4 $5 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 $5 Qb5 17. b3
$13) 16... e5 $10) 15... fxe6 16. Bh3 {[%cal Yh3e6] The best position for
bishop from wich he" looking attentively" to black's weaknesses.} Bc8 17. Qe1 (
17. Qh6 $5) 17... Rhe8 {Bringing rook for defending " e6".} 18. Ne2 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2f4,Yf4e6,Yd4e6][%mdl 4] Transfering the knight for attack to
"e6".} Bf8 (18... Qe3 $2 19. Ned4 Qxe1 20. Nxc6+ Kc7 21. Rhxe1 Kxc6 22. Nd4+
$18) (18... Ne5 $5 19. Qc3 Bb7 20. Bxe6 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Groszpeter,A/
Bucharest 1993/EXT 97 (36)} 21. Bd5 $132) (18... Qc5 19. Nfd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf8
21. Rf1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Liberzon,V/Bad Lauterberg 1977/EXT 2002 (55)}) 19.
Rf1 {[%cal Yf1f6]} (19. Qc3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Kruszynski,W-Spassov,L/Polanica Zdroj
1979/MCD (19)}) 19... Bg7 {[%cal Yg7f6] Precoshiously defending pawn"f6".} 20.
Nf4 {[%cal Rf4h5,Rf4e6]} (20. Nfd4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Maki,V/FIN 1988/EXT
97 (20)}) 20... Qc5 {[%cal Rc5h5] Covering "h5" spot.} (20... Bh8 21. Rf2 Na5
22. Re2 Nc6 23. c3 $16 {1-0 Chandler,M-Sax,G/Hastings 1990/CBM 22 (79)}) 21. c3
$5 {[%cal Yc3d4] Taking under control squares "d4" and" b4".Another line gives
white also better game.} (21. Rf2 $1 Re7 (21... f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Re2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Balinov,I-Bagaturov,G/Graz 1999/EXT 2001 (47)}) 22. c3 $1 d5 $8 (22...
Ka8 23. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. d5 $16) 23. Nd4 $1 $14 (23. exd5 exd5 24.
Re2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Bxh3 26. Nxh3 d4 $1 $10) 23... Nxd4 24. cxd4 $36 {Leko,P. 1/
2-1/2 Leko,P-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 46/[Leko] (51)}) (21. Qf2 Kc7 22.
Rd3 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 $13 {Oll,L-Maki,V/Helsinki/1989}) 21... f5 {Black opening
their bishop,but ruining the pawn structure.21...Bh6 was an alternative.} (
21... Bh6 $5 22. Nd4 Bxf4 23. Nxc6+ Qxc6 24. Rxf4 e5 25. Rh4 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 d5
27. Rxh7 dxe4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $132 {0-1 Enders,P-Rossmann,H/Fuerstenwalde 1981/
MCD (38)}) 22. exf5 exf5 23. Qf2 {[%cal Yf2c5] Trying to use all the drawbacks
in black's position in future endgame.} (23. Qd2 $5) 23... b4 {Widening the
space of action for bishop"g7".} 24. cxb4 Nxb4 (24... Qxb4 25. a3) 25. a3 Nc6
26. Rc1 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096]} Nd4 28. Rd1 Nxf3 29. Rxf3 {Numerous pawn
islands compensates by pair of bishops.} Re5 30. Rb3+ Ka7 31. Rc3 Kb8 32. Rb3+
Ka7 33. Nd3 Rb5 $2 {This move spoils all the results of persistent defence in
the past.} (33... Re2 $5) 34. Rxb5 axb5 35. Nb4 $5 {[%cal Yb4c6,Yb4d5]} Re8 36.
Bf1 {[%csl Yb5,Yd6][%cal Rf1b5,Yd1d6] The threats of white's rising move by
move and its tremendously difficult for black to defend their numerous
weaknesses.} Bb7 37. Bxb5 $16 Re5 38. Bc4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yc4d5,Yb4d5,Yd1d6]}
Rc5 39. Bd5 Bc8 40. Bg8 $18 h5 41. Rxd6 {White gained the decisive advantage
and all attempts of black pieces to use their activity crushing as" seewaves
by rocks".} h4 42. Bd5 hxg3 43. hxg3 Be5 44. Nc6+ Rxc6 45. Rxc6 Bd7 46. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev,I Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 (11. e5 b4 12. exf6
bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 $13) 11... gxf6 12. Bd3 (12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 (13. Bd3 {
Boensch} O-O-O 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 Bf8 15. g3 Kb8 16. Bf1 Bc8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5
Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 $14 {Almasi,I-Groszpeter,A HUN-ch (07) 1992 1-0 34}
) 14... Kb8 15. Qe1 Qc5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. f5 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 h5 20. Nb3
Qb6 21. c4 $14 {Anand,V-Timman,J Amsterdam 1992 1/2 40}) 13... O-O-O 14. g3 (
14. g3 Kb8 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc1 Na5 18. Nd3 d5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qe2
Bb5 $15 {Almasi,I-Groszpeter,A Kecskemet (03) 1993 1-0 39})) (12. f5 {Boensch}
b4 (12... Qb6 13. g3 b4 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 exf5 17.
Bxf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rg8 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Rhf1 Rc6 21. Qd3 Qc5 22. c3 $14 {
Zarnicki,P-Granda Zuniga,J Buenos Aires Najdorf (01) 1993 1/2 47}) 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Ne2 Qf2 $1 16. Nh4 a5 17. Nf4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Kf7 $15 {Tiviakov,
S-Sakaev,K St.Petersburg zt (7) 1993 1/2 53}) 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1
Qc5 16. Qh6 a5 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 a4 19. Qh3 a3 20. Be2 Qe5 $132 {Polgar,
J-San Segundo,P Madrid (09) 1992 1/2 41}) 12... Qb6 13. Rhe1 b4 $146 (13...
O-O-O 14. Nd5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qh6 $5 $36 (17. Qh6 {
Donev,I} Qa5 18. Kb1 $14)) (13... Qc5 $5) (13... Qa7 $5 {Donev,I und 13.Qc5
sind spielbar.}) (13... Rc8 $13 {Donev,I}) 14. Nd5 $5 (14. Ne2 $14) 14... exd5
(14... Qa5 15. Bc4 exd5 16. exd5 Na7 17. Nd4 $44) 15. exd5 Na7 (15... b3 $5 16.
axb3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 (17. Rxe7+ $1 {Donev,I} Kxe7 18. Qe3+ Kf8 (18... Ne5 19. fxe5
fxe5 20. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 21. Qxe5+ Be6 22. d6+ $18) 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd4 $36)
17... Nxa5 18. Nd4 $44 (18. b4 Nb7 19. Re2 Kf8 20. Rde1 Bd8 21. Nd4 $44)) (
15... Ne5 $2 {Boensch} 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qh6 $1 $16) 16. Qe2 Nc8 17. Nh4 Ra7
18. Bf5 (18. Qh5 Qa5 19. Kb1 Nb6 $132 (19... Nb6 {Donev,I} 20. Bxh7 {/\Ng6} Na4
$13 {/\Nc3})) (18. Nf5 $5 {Boensch} Bb5 (18... Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qc5 20. Qg4 Kd8
21. Qg7 $16) 19. Qg4 $13) 18... h5 19. Rd3 Kd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rc7 (21...
Kc7 {Boensch} 22. Re3 (22. Rb3 {Donev,I} Kb8 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. c3 $40
) 22... Bd8 23. Re4 $44) 22. Re3 Qb7 23. Qf3 Qb5 $6 (23... Re8 24. Nd4 $1 Na7
25. Qxh5 $40) (23... a5 $1 $13) (23... a5 {Donev,I} 24. Nd4 Na7 25. Nf5 Nc8 26.
Nd4 Na7 $10) 24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Nc6+ Rxc6 (25... Ke8 {Boensch} 26. b3 Qb5 27. Re4
a5 28. Qe3 Qb7 29. f5 $16) 26. dxc6 f5 (26... Qxa2 27. c7+ (27. Qh3 $1 $16 {
Donev,I}) 27... Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kxc7 29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxe7+ $18) (26... d5 27.
c7+ $1 Kd7 (27... Qxc7 28. Qxd5+ Bd6 29. Qd4 $1) (27... Ke8 {Donev,I} 28. Rd1
Qxa2 (28... Qxc7 $142 29. Rxd5 $16) 29. Qh3 $1 $18) 28. Qh3+ $16) 27. b3 $1 Qc5
(27... Qd4 28. Rd3 (28. c3 {Boensch} bxc3 29. Rxc3 Kc7 $13) 28... Qc5 29. Qd5)
(27... Qb5 28. Rd1 (28. c7+ {Donev,I} Kd7 29. c4 Qc5 30. Qb7 $36 {/\Re7}) 28...
Kc7 29. Rd5 Qxc6 30. Rxf5 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 $16) 28. Qe2 d5 (28... Re8 29. Qxa6 Na7
(29... d5 {Donev,I} 30. Qb7 Qd6 31. Re5 $18 {/\Rd5}) 30. Rd3 (30. a3 bxa3 (
30... Nxc6 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33. axb4 Nxb4 34. Qa8+ Kd7 35. Rxe7+ $1
$18) 31. Rc3 $3 Qxc3 32. Qb6+ $18) 30... Nxc6 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33.
Red1 $18) 29. Qxa6 Rg8 30. Qb7 Qd6 31. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 32. Rxe7 (32. Rxe7 Qxe7 (
32... Qxf4+ {Boensch} 33. Kb1 Qf1+ 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Qb8#) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 {A typical position for the
Richter-Rauser variation. In return for his slightly compromised structure
Black has a compact central position, two bishops (though they aren't exactly
radiating power at the moment), and there is the possibility of some play down
the g-file. perhaps Black's greatest long-term worry is the security of his
king. At the moment it is in no danger in the centre, but if the position
should ever open ...} 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 Qc5 15. g4 (15. f5 a5 16.
Nf4 a4 17. Rc1 Rb8 18. c3 b3 19. a3 Ne5 20. Rhf1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rce1 Kd8
23. Ka1 Rb5 24. Nd4 Ra5 {Fischer-Spassky (18) 1972.}) 15... a5 16. h4 a4 17.
Rhf1 Qa5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 20. Be2 O-O 21. g5 Kh8 22. f5 b3 23. cxb3
axb3 24. a3 Ra4 25. Rg1 Qe5 26. g6 fxg6 27. fxg6 Rg8 28. Qh6 Rg7 29. gxh7 Qxe4+
30. Ka1 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Rxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14.
g3 Kb8 15. fxe6 (15. Bh3 b4 $5 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 $5 Qb5 17. b3 $13) 16... e5 $10
) 15... fxe6 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Qe1 (17. Qh6 {Ernst}) 17... Rhe8 18. Ne2 $1 Bf8 (
18... Qe3 $2 19. Ned4 Qxe1 20. Nxc6+ Kc7 21. Rhxe1 Kxc6 22. Nd4+ $18) 19. Nf4
Bg7 20. Rf1 Qc5 21. Rf2 $1 (21. Qf2 {Ernst} Kc7 22. Rd3 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 $13 {
Oll,L-Maki,V/Helsinki/1989}) 21... Re7 22. c3 $1 d5 $8 (22... Ka8 23. Nd4 $1
Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. d5 $16) 23. Nd4 $1 $14 (23. exd5 exd5 24. Re2 Rxe2 25.
Qxe2 Bxh3 26. Nxh3 d4 $1 $10) 23... Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Re2
Rde8 27. Bxc8 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Rxc8 (28... Qe7 $6 29. Bxa6 (29. Bg4 Qe4+) 29...
Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. Bxb5 Rxh2 32. a4 $16) 29. Nf4 $2 (29. Nc1 $1 f5 30. Nb3
$16) 29... f5 (29... Qc6 $5 30. Qe2 $1 (30. Rc1 Qxc1+ $1 31. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 32.
Kxc1 Bh6 $10) 30... f5 31. a3 $14) 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. Nxe6 Bh8 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.
Kxc1 Kc8 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Nc5+ Kc6 36. Ke3 a5 37. b3 (37. Ne6 Kd6 38. Ng5 Bg7 $1
39. Nxh7 Bh6+ 40. Kf3 Bg7 $1 $10) 37... Bg7 38. h4 Bh6+ 39. Kf3 Bd2 (39... Kd6
$1 40. Nb7+ Kc7 41. Nc5 (41. Nxa5 Bd2 42. b4 Bxb4 43. Nb3 Bd6 $10) 41... Kd6
$10) 40. Ne6 $1 Bh6 $8 (40... Kd6 41. Ng7 $18) 41. Ng5 Bg7 $1 (41... Bxg5 $2
42. hxg5 Kd6 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. g4 fxg4 45. Kxg4 b4 46. Kf4 Kd6 47. Kf5 $18) 42.
Ne6 (42. Nxh7 Bxd4 43. Kf4 Kc5 $1 44. Kxf5 Kb4 45. h5 Ka3 46. h6 (46. Nf6 Bxf6
47. Kxf6 d4 48. h6 d3 49. h7 d2 50. h8=Q d1=Q $10) 46... Be3 $1 47. Ng5 Kxa2
48. h7 Bd4 49. Nf7 Bg7 50. Kg6 Bc3 51. Kf5 Bg7 $10) 42... Bh6 43. Ng5 Bg7 44.
Ke3 h5 $1 $10 45. Ne6 Bh6+ 46. Nf4 Kd6 47. Kf3 Bg7 48. Ke3 Bh6 49. a4 bxa4 50.
bxa4 Ke7 51. Kf3 Bxf4 {Leko,P} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eskilstuna m"]
[Site "Eskilstuna"]
[Date "2019.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.07.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,28,21,55,49,60,31,31,31,27,45,68,37,89,57,84,35,45,39,59,20,20,1,
16,-19,6,-4,-2,-18,-7,-13,-5,-11,1,1,1,21,18,16,40,-17,-51,-40,69,69,63,72,116,
68,94,95,88,84,77,77,87,87,122,137,139,108,125,121,175,102,141,123,119,126,119,
103,103,79,82,91,122,123,123,106,114,113,116,111,130,134,128,82,95,66,90,66,95,
109,131,108,78,96,78,63,58,49,84,73,66,9,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-91,-44,-33,0,0,0,0] I
enjoyed visiting Sweden to play a short match against Nils Grandelius. This
was the first classical game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 {
An interesting middlegame, which has been seen in a few hundred games} 12. f5 {
White normally prefers to play Kc1-b1 sooner or later, but in this game I
tried to do without it. In general, White strives to create pressure on the
light squares, whilte Black would like to open the game up for the bishop pair
and attack White's king.} ({Here's an extraordinary and instructive game,
where Black sacrifices a rook and more for the attack.} 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5
O-O-O 14. g3 Na5 15. Bh3 Nc4 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. Qh5 b4 19. fxe6 fxe6
20. Nce2 Kb8 21. Nf4 {Attacking e6 like this is highly thematic.} f5 22. exf5
Nxb2 23. Kxb2 Bg7 24. Nfe2 exf5 25. Kb1 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Be6 27. Nc1 Bxa2+ 28.
Nxa2 b3 29. Nc1 bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rc8+ 31. Kd2 Qb4+ 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34.
Rxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qxh1 37. Ne2 Qxh2+ 38. Ke3 Qh1 39. Qxf5 Re8+
40. Kd2 Qe4 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 {and Black went on to win. 0-1 (75) Ragger,M (2701)
-Salgado Lopez,I (2624) Kiel GER 2018}) 12... Qb6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Na5 17. Qf2 Qxf2 (17... Qc5 {was an interesting alternative.
}) 18. Rxf2 b4 19. Ne2 d5 $1 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Rff1 Bb5 (21... e5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7
23. b3 $1 (23. Nh4 Nc4 24. Rxf6 Ne3 {even without queens on, Black's active
pieces are very dangerous.}) 23... Rhd8 24. g4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Ng3 {
with a grip on the light squares}) 22. Nfd4 $1 {Committing to a piece
sacrifice.} (22. Rfe1 {is the alternative I was considering, but I overlooked
the simple move} e5 $1 {which leaves White's knights and rooks in a terrible
tangle.} ({I saw that} 22... Bf2 23. Bxe6 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 {gives White excellent
compensation for the exchange.})) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 exd5 $5 {Refusing the
sacrificed piece. An engine will tell you it was better to take it, but Nils
was counting on his active pieces for counterplay} (23... Bxe2 24. Rxb4+ Kc7
25. Rf2 Bh5 26. Bxe6 {is the line I was expecting. There were many options to
consider: The rook could go to e1 to allow dxe6, the bishop could retreat to
b5, and the king might prefer a7. Either way, with three healthy pawns for the
knight and better coordination, White has the advantage.}) 24. Rf2 Rhe8 25. Nf4
(25. Rxb4 {looked too greedy. Indeed, after} Nc6 26. Rb3 Ka7 27. Nf4 Re1+ 28.
Kd2 Rb1 $1 {preparing Bb5-c4, Black would cause lots of practical problems.})
25... Nc4 26. b3 Re1+ 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Ne3+ 29. Kd2 d4 30. Nd3 {I saw
that it was possible to win a pawn immediately, but I preferred to leave his
weak pawns on the board. It is very important that the Bh3 covers the c8
square.} (30. Ne6 {was an important alternative} Rd6 31. Nxd4 Nxc2 (31... Nc4+
$5) 32. Kxc2 Rxd4 33. Rxf6 {White is a clean pawn up, but I thought that Black
has reasonable drawing chances, perhaps starting with 33...Rd4-e4} (33. Bf1 $5)
) 30... Rd5 $1 {Swinging the rook to h5 creates a real nuisance.} (30... Rd6 {
is much less testing} 31. Nxb4 a5 32. Nd3 Rc6 33. c4 $1 $18) 31. Nxb4 (31. Rxf6
Rh5 32. Nf4 Rc5 $1 {is a key point, making full use of Black's powerful knight.
}) 31... Rh5 32. a4 {Probably the wrong way.} (32. Be6 a5 33. a4 $1 (33. Nd3
Rxh2 {is tricky, although} 34. c4 $1 {is still very promising}) 33... Bxa4 34.
Na6+ Ka7 35. bxa4 Kxa6 36. Kd3 {and the d-pawn is dropping}) 32... Bxa4 (32...
Rxh3 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nc6+ Kb7 35. Nxd4 Ng4 36. Rf5 $16) 33. bxa4 (33. Nxa6+
Kb7 34. bxa4 Rxh3 35. Nc5+ $16) 33... Rxh3 34. Rxf6 Ng4 35. Rb6+ Kc8 $1 (35...
Kc7 {is the move I was expecting} 36. a5 Ne5 {covering d3 before capturing the
pawn on h2} 37. Nxa6+ Kd8 38. Kd1 Rxh2 39. Nb4 {and White is doing well.}) 36.
Kd3 a5 37. Nd5 Nxh2 {Both captures are about equally good, but I didn't expect
this one.} (37... Rxh2 {is what I expected, and after} 38. Rb5 Rg2 {White will
be a pawn up, but the knight is a bit closer to the action.}) 38. Kxd4 Rxg3 39.
Kc5 Nf3 40. Rc6+ $2 {I thought this was a clever check, but the king was
better left on c8 where Rg3-g6 runs into a fork on e7.} (40. c4 $1 {was better
played right away. Black is in serious danger, but nothing is decided yet. The
key is to find a way to coordinate the rook and knight.} Nd2 41. Re6 $1 Rg4 42.
Nb6+ {and wins, e.g.} Kc7 (42... Kd8 $4 43. Rd6+) 43. Re7+ Kb8 44. Rxh7 {etc.})
40... Kb8 $1 {An unpleasant surprise} (40... Kd8 41. Ra6 {was my idea, since
the check on a8 can't be met with Kc8-b7}) 41. c4 Rg6 $1 42. Rxg6 $2 {I had
seen that the line with 43....Nd4 would be winning for me, so I thought this
looked promising. Unfortunately Nils found a better route for the knight.} (42.
Rc7 $1 {maintains decent winning chances.}) 42... hxg6 43. Kd6 Nd2 $1 {Nils
spotted my trap.} (43... Nd4 $2 44. c5 Kb7 45. Ne7 g5 46. c6+ Nxc6 47. Nxc6 g4
{This endgame looks like it might be drawn, and indeed it would be if White
captures on a5 with check, or returns with the knight to g1.} 48. Nd8+ $1 {
a lovely twist. Blocking the pawn on g2 makes all the difference.} (48. Nd4 g3
49. Ne2 g2 {is drawn.}) 48... Kb6 49. Ne6 g3 50. Nf4 {and since the g2 square
is not too far from a8, White wins. A sample line to show the method:} Kb7 51.
Kc5 Ka6 52. Kc6 Ka7 53. Kb5 Kb7 54. Kxa5 Ka7 55. Kb5 Kb7 56. a5 Ka7 57. a6 Kb8
58. Kb6 Ka8 59. Nd5 g2 60. Nc7+ Kb8 61. a7+ Kc8 62. a8=Q+ Kd7 63. Qe8+ Kd6 64.
Qe6#) 44. c5 Ne4+ 45. Kc6 g5 {Black still has to be a bit careful, but the
draw is within reach.} 46. Kb6 Kc8 47. c6 Nd6 48. Ne3 Ne8 49. Ng4 (49. Kxa5 Kc7
50. Kb5 Nd6+ 51. Kc5 Ne4+ {draws comfortably, e.g.} 52. Kd4 Nf6 53. Ke5 Kxc6
54. Kxf6 Kc5 $11) 49... Nd6 50. Ne5 Ne8 51. Ng4 Nd6 52. Nf6 Nf5 53. Kc5 Kc7 54.
Nd5+ Kc8 55. Kb6 g4 56. Nc3 g3 57. Ne2 g2 58. Ng1 Ne7 59. Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Syre Memorial op 34th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roser, Kevin"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {01h30} c5 {10mns de retard} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Un gambit
risqué} (11... gxf6 {la grande ligne}) 12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Qd2 b4 14. Na4 (14. Ne2
Ra7 {Guliyev,N (2510)-Shirazi,K (2440) Paris Apsap op 103rd 2008 (9) 1/2})
14... Nb8 {[%cal Gd7a4]} (14... Ra7 {Plus courant}) 15. Qd4 $1 $36 {[%cal
Gd4g7,Ga4b6] 01h21} (15. b3 $143 Qc7 {Gruenfeld,Y (2560)-Shirazi,K (2451) USA
op Fort Worth 1984 (7) 0-1}) 15... Qc7 {01h20} 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 18.
Kb1 Bf6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 {01h16} Bc6 {01h19} 21. Bd3 (21. Nc4 $5 Ke7 22.
e5 $14) 21... h6 22. Rh5 $5 $146 {Kamran SHIRAZI sait également jouer les
grandes lignes puisque les deux joueurs ont suivi la théorie pendant plus de
20 coups!} ({RR} 22. Rdf1 Bg7 23. Rh5 Ke7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rg8 26. Rf3 Rb7
27. Nc4 Rb5 28. Rxb5 Bxb5 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Kc1 Rg5 31. Nc4 Bb5 32. Nd2 Bc6 33.
Be2 a5 34. c3 Nd7 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Rb3 Bb5 {Gufeld,E-Simagin,V/Tallinn 1965/
URS-ch/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 22... Nd7 23. Nc4 {30 mns de réflexion sur ce coup!} Ke7
{57"} 24. Rdh1 Bg7 25. Re1 {(=)} Rc8 {refus des Noirs qui spéculent sur le
zeitnot а venir des Blancs} 26. Rh4 (26. b3) 26... Bb5 27. e5 $16 {[%cal Gh4c4]
} Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rc5 29. Bd3 a5 (29... Nxe5 {Semblait plus simple} 30. Rxb4 Nxd3
31. cxd3 Rac7) 30. Rhe4 Rb7 31. g4 Rb8 32. Rh1 Rg8 33. Rh5 Rd5 34. g5 {04"} Nc5
$132 {[%cal Gc5d3,Gc5e4] 21"} 35. Rc4 (35. Reh4) 35... Bh8 (35... hxg5 36. Rxg5
Rh8 $1 $40 {[%csl Rb1]}) 36. g6 (36. gxh6 Rxg2 37. Kc1 Nxd3+ 38. cxd3 Rxd3 39.
Rc7+ {[%csl Re7]} Rd7 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. h7 Ke7) 36... fxg6 37. Rxh6 Bxe5 38.
Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Rh7+ {01"} Kf6 40. Kc1 Rd8 41. Kd2 Rg5 {[%csl Rg2]} 42. g4 Rgd5 {
[%csl Rd3]} 43. Rh3 Kg5 44. Re3 e5 $36 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gd8d2]} 45. Ke2 Rh8 46. Be4
Rh2+ 47. Kf3 Rdd2 48. Kg3 Nxe4+ 49. Rcxe4 Rdg2+ 50. Kf3 Rxc2 51. Rxe5+ Kh4 52.
g5 (52. a4) 52... Rxb2 53. Rxa5 Rhf2+ 54. Ke4 {а partir de ce moment de la
partie, les deux joueurs n'avaient plus qu'une minute а la pendule plus
l'incrément} Rxa2 55. Rb5 Kg4 56. Rb3 $2 $138 (56. Kd4 Rf4+ 57. Kd3) 56... Rf4+
{Force le K blanc а venir en 03ème rangée pour pouvoir jouer le coup gagnant
Ra3} 57. Kd3 Ra3 $1 58. Rxa3 bxa3 59. Ra5 Rf5 60. Ra6 Kxg5 61. Ke2 Kh5 62. Rxa3
Kg4 63. Ra4+ Rf4 64. Ra5 g5 65. Ke3 {Les deux joueurs avaient jusqu'içi
utilisé avec maestria l'incrément malgré la fatigue d'une 02ème ronde dans la
journée mais içi les Noirs vont oublier la pendule!} 1-0

[Event "Paris Apsap op 103rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {La variante KOZUL également utilisée par GULIYEV dans le tournoi
correspond bien au style de SHIRAZI pour jouer une position aigüe avec des
chances partagées. C'est néanmoins une petite surprise car le MI n'avait pas
joué cette variante depluis plusieurs années} 9. f4 Be7 (9... b5 $142 {La
variante critique mais SHIRAZI ne joue que la ligne secondaire Be7} 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. f5 {Goldsztejn,G (2374)-Guliyev,N (2510) 103 ème open FIDE Club 608
2008 (4.2) 0-1}) (9... Qc7 $5) 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 $5 {[%csl Rd6]} (11...
gxf6 {plus courant mais ce n'est pas une surprise de voir le MI choisir la
ligne du gambit!}) 12. Qxd6 Be7 $44 13. Qd2 (13. Qd3 $144 b4 14. Na4 {[%csl
Rb6]} Ra7 (14... Rb8 $2 15. Qxa6) 15. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3a7]} Qa5 $1 {Force
l'affaiblissement des cases noires} 16. b3 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rc3]} Rb7 17. Nd2 Na7
18. Nc4 (18. e5) 18... Qc7 $132 {Psakhis,L (2555)-Geller,E (2525) Moscow 1986
1/2}) 13... b4 $1 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 $142 {[%csl Rb6]} Nb8 $6 (14... Ra7 $142 {
retombe sur les lignes normales de la partie PSAKHIS-GELER} 15. Qe3 Qa5) 15. b3
{Gruenfeld,Y (2560)-Shirazi,K (2451) USA op Fort Worth 1984 (7) 0-1} (15. Qd4
$142 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd4g7,Ga4b6]})) 14... Ra7 $1 15. Ng3 {Un peu lent et le Ng3
n'est pas trés actif. L'alternative Nd4 est plus populaire} (15. Ned4 $142 Qb6
16. Nxc6 (16. Kb1 {Amos,B (2420)-Shirazi,K (2275) Haifa ol (Men) 1976 (4) 0-1})
16... Bxc6 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Ba8 {RR} 19. Nd7 f6 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Nb6 Bb5 22.
Nc4 O-O 23. Kb1 Rc8 24. Bd3 a5 25. e5 Ra6 26. Qh3 f5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Bxb5 Rb6
29. exd6 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Rxb5 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qh4 Rbb8 33. Qe7 a4 {Pelle,G (2220)
-Shirazi,K (2410)/Bethune 1998/EXT 2001/1-0 (59)}) (15. Kb1) 15... Qb6 {
Dans cet ordre de coups, c'est une nouveauté mais c'est probablement une
simple interversion sans incidence.} (15... O-O 16. e5 {Ivanovic,B (2385)
-Tarjan,J (2490) Skopje 1976 (3) 0-1}) (15... a5 {[%csl Rb5]} 16. Nd4 $14 (16.
Qe3)) 16. e5 Bc5 $5 $146 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gc5e3,Ge3c1] Une nouveauté
interessante qui donnne le contrôle des cases noires en exploitant l'atout de
la paire de B} ({RR} 16... O-O 17. Ne4 a5 18. Qf2 Qb8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bd3 b3
21. axb3 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Nc3 Ra7 24. Qh3 h6 25. Rhe1 Nb4 26. Nd4 Na2+ 27.
Nxa2 Rxa2 28. Nb3 Ba4 29. Bf1 Bb4 30. Kb1 Qa8 31. Kxa2 {Van der Wiel,J (2465)
-Kunsztowicz,U (2460)/Bochum 1981/MCD/1-0 (56)}) (16... a5 $5 17. Ne4 {[%csl
Rd6]} O-O 18. Kb1 a4 $132 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 17. Kb1 O-O (17... Be3 $143 18. Qe1 (
18. Qd3 Ne7 $5 {[%cal Gd7b5,Ge7d5]}) 18... O-O (18... Bxf4 $2 19. Nh5 $36 {
[%cal Gh5f4,Gh5g7]}) 19. Rd3 Bxf4 $2 20. Nh5 Bh6 21. g4 $40 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Gg4g5]}) 18. Bd3 b3 $1 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gb3c2,Gb3a2] J'assistait а la partie et le
sacrifice me paraissait assez douteux devant l'échiquier tout comme au GMI qui
a accepté assez vite le gembit mais а l'analyse, les noirs ont des
compensations} 19. cxb3 {joué assez vite par le GMI} Nb4 {C'était l'idée du
sacrifice de dégagement} 20. Ne4 {Le GMI avait encore une cinquantaine de
minutes а la pendule et il rate une occasion de prendre l'avantage avec f4f5
qui est plus incisif.} (20. f5 $142 $1 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Be3 21. Qe2 Bb5 $5 {
[%cal Ga7a2]} 22. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e6]} Nd5 23. f6 (23. fxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Gf8]})
23... gxf6 24. Nf5 $3 fxe5 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Qxe3 $16))
20... Be3 $1 {Après Ne4, les noirs peuyvent maintenant prendre le Pf4 car les
blancs n'ont plus la réponse Nh5 gagnant un tempo important sur le Bf4} 21. Qe2
Bxf4 22. Neg5 $5 {force g6 qui affaiblit les cases noires} (22. Nd6 $5 Nxd3 23.
Rxd3 {[%cal Gh1d1]}) (22. Nf6+ $5 {[%cal Gd3h7] Joli mais les blancs n'ont
qu'une nulle par répétition de coups si les noirs jouent la défense correcte
Qh8 et malgré le zeinot du MI, il l'aurait probablement trouvée.} gxf6 23.
Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 (23... Kxh7 24. Qe4+ f5 25. Qxf4 Bc6 26. Qh4+ (26. Rd4 Be4+) 26...
Kg8 27. Qg3+)) 22... g6 23. Qe4 $2 (23. Ne4 $142 $1 {[%cal Ge4f6] plus logique
pour attaquer les cases noires} Bc6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Be4 Rc8 26. a3 Nd5 27.
Bxd5 exd5 28. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5,Rf4][%cal Gd4b3,Gd4c6]}) 23... Bxg5 $1 {
la Qe4 empêche la manoeuvre Ng5e4 et les noirs peuvent donc prendre sans
risque le Ng5 pour affaiblir l'attaque blanche} 24. Nxg5 h6 $1 $132 25. Nf3 $11
(25. Nxf7 $143 $5 {Peut-être jouable pour essayer d'exploiter le zeinot des
noirs mais objectivement , c'est égal et le GMI jouait pour le gain pour finir
second du tournoi.} Rxf7 26. Qxg6+ Rg7 27. Qxh6 $11) 25... Bc6 26. Qf4 {
[%cal Gf4h6]} Rd8 $1 (26... Kh7 $143 $6 27. h4 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Rd7 29. Ng5+ $1
$40 {[%cal Gh1h7]}) 27. Be2 (27. Be4) 27... Rad7 $11 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 $2 {
renversement de situation, après avoir raté des occasions de prendre
l'avantage dans la partie, le GMI va maintenant devoir lutter pour ne pas
avoir une position inférieure!} (29. Rc1 $142 {[%csl Rc2]}) 29... g5 $1 $17 30.
Qg4 $4 (30. Qc4 Bd5) (30. Nxg5 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke8
34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Qh7 Qf2 $36) 30... Qc5 $4 $138 {Le MI avait prés d'une heure
de retard а la pendule et il commençait а être en zeinot} (30... Qe3 $1 $19 {
[%cal Ge3e2,Ge2d1,Ge2c2]} 31. Qxb4 Be4+ $2 {[%csl Rb1] le coup intermédaire
oublié par le MI en zeinot} 32. Ka1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Qc1#) 31. Ne1 $6 {[%csl Rc2,
Re1] Va permettre aux noirs de placer une petite combinaison sur le N non
protégé} Qxe5 $15 {il restait environ 8 mns а la pendule du MI pour passer le
contrôle de temps} 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. a3 Bb5 $3 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge5e1] (5mns)
Une forte défense trouvée malgré le manque de temps.} 34. Qxb4 Qxe2 (34... Bxe2
) 35. Qc3 e5 {(1mn) Les noirs ont des bonnes chances de gain avec le B qui
domine le N mais il faut d'abord passer le contrôle de temps.} 36. Nf3 Qd3+ (
36... e4 $5 37. Ne5 e3 $17) (36... Qd1+ $1 37. Ka2 Bd3 {[%cal Gd3b1,Gd1b1]} 38.
Nd2 e4 {[%cal Gd1c2,Ge4e3]} 39. h3 (39. b4 $2 e3 $1) 39... Qc2 40. Qa5 Qc6 (
40... e3 $6 41. Qd8+ Kh7 (41... Kg7 42. Qd4+ {[%cal Gd4e3]}))) 37. Ka2 Qxc3 $2
(37... e4 $142 {[%cal Ge4f3] gagne un tempo important avant d'échanger les Q}
38. Nd4 (38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Ne5 Qd6 40. Qc3 {[%cal Gc3g7]} f6 $40 {[%csl Ge4]})
38... Qxc3 39. bxc3 Bf1 40. Kb2 Bxg2 41. c4 Kg7 42. b4 Kg6 43. Kc3 f5 $17) 38.
bxc3 Bf1 39. g3 (39. Nxe5 Bxg2 40. Kb2 f5 $11 {[%cal Gg8g7,Gg7f6]}) 39... f6
40. c4 Kf7 41. Kb2 Ke6 42. Kc3 f5 43. b4 f4 44. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gb4b5]} Be2 (
44... Bg2 45. Ne1 (45. Nd2 e4) 45... f3 {[%cal Gf3f2]}) 45. Nd2 Bd1 46. a5 Be2
47. b5 Kd7 48. b6 fxg3 {[%cal Gh6h2]} 49. hxg3 h5 $15 50. Ne4 h4 $1 51. Kd2 $2
{Joué assez vite} (51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Ng5 {[%csl Ge4,Gh3]} Kc6 (52... Bf1 $2 53.
Nf3 h3 54. Nxe5+) 53. Nf7 h3 54. Nxe5+ Kb7 55. c5 $1 Bb5 $1 (55... h2 56. c6+
Kc8 57. b7+ Kc7 58. Nd7)) 51... Bxc4 $17 52. Ke3 hxg3 $2 $138 {Les noirs
étaient en phase ko} (52... h3 $142 $8 53. Kf2 (53. Nf2 h2 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gd5h1,
Gh2h1]}) 53... h2 54. Kg2 Bd5) 53. Nxg3 {Sauvant la nulle} (53. Nf6+ Kc6 54.
Kf3 $11) 53... Bd5 54. Ne4 Kc6 (54... Bxe4 55. Kxe4 g4 $19 56. Ke3 Kd6 57. Ke4
$1) 55. Nxg5 {le B est de la mauvaise couleur pour gagner la finale et il faut
liquider les autres P pour annuler} Kb5 56. Nf7 Kxa5 57. Nxe5 Kxb6 58. Kd2 {
[%csl Ra1,Rd5][%mdl 4616] Une belle nulle de combat!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g3 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O {13...b4
is just better line for black- after Ne2 Qf2 the forthcoming ending is just
good for black, while after 13...0-0-0 black may suffer in a middlegame;} (
13... b4 $1 14. Ne2 (14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Qf2 16. Nfd4 (16. Ned4 Qxd2+ 17.
Rxd2 Kf7 (17... Bf8 $1 $15 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gf8h6]}) 18. Bc4 Rhc8 19. Nf5 Nb8 20.
Bb3 a5 21. Rxd6 Rc7 $44 {0-1 Noritsyn,N-Bluvshtein,M/Toronto CAN 2004/The Week
in Chess 513 (34)}) 16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bf8 $15) 17...
Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bf8 19. Bc4 Ke7 $15 {0-1 Garakov,M-Anisimov,P/Essentuki 2003/CBM
93 ext (39)}) 14... Qf2 (14... e5 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nc1 Rc8 17. Nb3 Nc4 18. Bxc4
Rxc4 19. Rhe1 O-O $11 {1-0 Brueggemann,J-Nijboer,F/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (35)})
15. Ned4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nxd4 (16... Bf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8h6,Ge8e7]}) 17. Nxd4 Bd8
18. Bc4 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Bb6 20. Kb1 Rhb8 21. Ne2 Bc7 22. Nf4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Erenburg,S-Avrukh,B/Ramat Aviv ISR 2004/The Week in Chess 516 (32)}) 14. Bh3
Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Rhe8 $146 {16...Rhe8 is a new approach in this
position, although old 16...Ne5 gives black comfortable play;} (16... Ne5 17.
Nfd4 Nc4 18. Qd3 f5 $1 (18... e5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Aagaard,
J-Schneider,L/Sweden 2003/EXT 2004 (43)}) (18... Ne5 19. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Re6]})
19. exf5 e5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 (20... Rc8 $5 $132 {[%cal Gc4e3]}) 21. fxe6 d5 22. Nc3
(22. Kb1 $142) 22... Qa5 23. Kb1 Qb4 24. b3 e4 25. Qd4 (25. Nxd5 Na3+ 26. Kb2
Bf6+ 27. Kc1 Bg5+ 28. Kb2 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Nc4+ 30. Kb1 Rc8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb1]
[%cal Gc4a3]}) 25... Bc5 26. Qg7 Rhg8 27. Nxd5 Rxg7 28. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1
Na3+ 30. Kb2 Bxb4 $15 {0-1 Polzin,R-Tischbierek,R/Germany 1998/GER-chT (58)})
17. Nf4 {Now white wins a pawn, but black gets open diagonals for the bishops;}
Bf8 18. Nh5 Bc8 {Black pieces are placed perfectly! In general, that's the
main setup of black pieces in this opening scheme of Rauzer Variation;} 19. Kb1
{Immediate 19.Nxf6 was definitely stronger, and white can hope for some
advantage in that line} (19. Nxf6 Re7 {[%cal Ge7f7]} 20. Rhf1 Bg7 21. Nh5 Bh8
22. Nf4 Na5 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 {- white is up a pawn, but black's position
is extremely hard to break;}) 19... Qc5 {Black provokes white to grab f6,
while d6-d5 central break could lead to interesting complications:} (19... d5
$5 20. Nxf6 dxe4 21. Qf4+ e5 22. Qxe4 Bxh3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Ng5 Bc8 25. Nxh7
Be7 {with mutual chances; Very complex position to evaluate;}) 20. Nxf6 Re7 21.
Qg5 $6 {Better for white was to stay in the middlegame; In the forthcoming
ending black ins't any worse;} (21. Rhf1 Bg7 22. Ne1 {but black has very nice
position as a compensation for sacrificed pawn;} (22. Nxh7 Bxb2 $1) 22... h6
23. Nd3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. e5 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4] white gets some advantage
here, but has counterchances everywhere;}) 21... Qxg5 $11 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Ngh7
{White knights are in the wrong stable! Although there is no way for black to
win those 2 knights for 1 rook;} (23. Nf3 $4 Rf7 $19) 23... Bg7 24. Rhf1 Ne5
25. b3 Bh8 26. Bg2 (26. Rf4 Ng6 27. Rg4 Ne5 28. Rh4 Bg7 {and white has
achieved nothing with this rook's monouevre;}) 26... Bb7 27. Rd2 a5 28. Rdf2
Kc7 {Black has full compensation for the pawn, and probably stands even
better- white pieces are stuck and no good plan;} (28... b4 $1 {White is stuck,
and can't realease white knights, while black can continue on the queenside.
So, this is very possible here that black is better;}) (28... Kc7 29. c3 (29.
a3)) 1/2-1/2

