[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kharitonov Bulletin} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6.
Bd3 {Not having achieved much with 6.Bc4 against Karpov two rounds earlier,
Garry changes tack} e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 (10...
Nf6 {Bulletin} 11. Qh4 (11. Qe2 {Kharitonov} c5 (11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O
Bb7 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Ba6 $14) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 11...
Ke7 $5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4
c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 $15 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A Dortmund 1993}) 11. Qg4 g5
$6 {Not the best move. Better is 11...Kf8} (11... Kf8 $5 {Kharitonov} 12. O-O (
12. Bd2 b6 {/\Bb7,c5 /}) 12... c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 $13 {
Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Munchen/1992/0,5 (30) Inf 54/143/}) 12. Qh3 $1 (12. Qe4 {
Kharitonov} c5 (12... Nf6 13. Qe2 $14) 13. Bd2 c4 14. Bf1 Nb6 $13) 12... Rg8 (
12... Bf4 {Bulletin} 13. O-O Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf4 15. Rce1 b6 (15... g4 16. Qh4)
16. Re4 Qf6 17. Rfe1 {/\18.Rxe6} Kd8 18. Qg3 $16 {Benjamin,J-Andruet,G Paris
1989}) 13. Nd2 $1 {With two simple moves Kasparov obtains an advantage - Black
can't castle} (13. Qxh6 $2 {Bulletin} Bf8 14. Qh7 Nf6 15. Qh3 g4 16. Qh4 gxf3
17. Qxf6 fxg2 18. Rg1 Qxh2 $19) 13... Bf8 (13... Rh8 $2 {Kharitonov} 14. Ne4)
14. Ne4 Bg7 (14... b6 {Kharitonov} 15. O-O Bb7 16. f4 g4 17. Qh4 $16 (17. Qh5
$16)) 15. O-O $1 (15. c3 {Bulletin} c5 (15... e5 {Kharitonov} 16. O-O Nc5 17.
Qg3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd7 $13) 16. O-O b6 $132 {/\17...Bb7,18...0-0-0}) (15. Qe3 $5
{Kharitonov} b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. f4 $1 $16) 15... Bxd4 (15... b6 {Bulletin} 16.
f4 $1 g4 17. Qh5 Bb7 18. c3 {/\19.f5}) 16. Be3 (16. Qxh6 $4 {Bulletin} Rh8 $19)
(16. Kh1 {Kharitonov} Be5 17. g3 $5) 16... Be5 (16... Bxb2 17. Rad1 {seems
like pushing your luck!} (17. Rab1 {Bulletin} Be5 (17... Bg7 18. f4 $36) 18. g3
$36 {/\19.Qxh6,20.Bxg5} (18. Rfd1 {Kharitonov} Rh8 $5 19. Be2 b6 20. Bd4 Ke7
$13)) (17. Rad1 {Kharitonov} Be5 18. g3 $5)) (16... Bxe3 $2 {Kharitonov} 17.
fxe3 $16) (16... Bg7 {Kharitonov} 17. f4 $36) 17. Rad1 Nf6 $2 (17... b6 {
Bulletin /\18...Bb7,19...0-0-0} 18. Bc4 $1 $36 (18. g3 {Kharitonov} Bb7 19.
Qxh6 O-O-O $13) (18. Be2 Bb7 19. Bd4 O-O-O 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxh6 g4 $13) 18...
Bb7 $2 19. Bxe6 $40) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bh7 $1 (19. Qxh6 {Bulletin} Rh8 20. Bh7
) 19... Rh8 20. Qxh6 Be7 (20... Qe7 {Bulletin} 21. Bc5 (21. Rd3 Bd7 22. Rfd1
O-O-O 23. Bxa7 Be5 24. Bb6 Bc7 25. Bxc7 Kxc7 26. Qg7 g4 27. g3) 21... Rxh7 (
21... Qxc5 {Kharitonov} 22. Qxf6 $18) 22. Rd8+ Qxd8 (22... Kxd8 {Kharitonov}
23. Bxe7+) 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qd6#) 21. Qg7 Rf8 22.
Rd3 Bd7 23. Bxg5 $18 (23. Rfd1 {Bulletin} O-O-O 24. Bxg5 $16) 23... Bxg5 24.
Qxg5 Qd8 25. Qe5 Qe7 26. Qc7 $1 {26.Rfd1 should also win of course but this is
more disruptive} Bc8 27. Qa5 b6 28. Qe5 $1 Ba6 (28... Bd7 {Bulletin} 29. Qc7
Qd8 30. Qb7 $18 Qc8 31. Rxd7) 29. Be4 Rc8 (29... Bxd3 {Bulletin} 30. Bxc6+ Kd8
31. Rd1 $1 $18) 30. c4 Rg8 (30... Bxc4 $2 31. Bxc6+ {Bulletin} Rxc6 32. Qb8+)
31. b3 Bb7 32. Rfd1 Ba8 (32... c5 {Bulletin} 33. Rd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35.
Bxb7 $18) 33. c5 {Flashy} bxc5 (33... Qxc5 {Bulletin} 34. Qxc5 bxc5 35. Rd7 c4
36. Rxa7 cxb3 37. axb3 {/\38.Rda1} Kf8 $8 38. Rdd7 Rg7 39. h4 $18) 34. Rd6 c4 (
34... Rg5 {Bulletin} 35. Qh8+ Qf8 36. Rd8+ $18) 35. bxc4 c5 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37.
Qxc5 Rb8 38. g3 Qb7 39. Qd4 Kf8 40. Qf6 (40. Qf6 {Bulletin} Qe7 41. Rd8+ Rxd8
42. Rxd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 a4 11. Bc2 Nbd5 (11... c5) 12. Bd2 Qb6 $1 13. Rb1 (13.
O-O-O $6 c5 {/\ a3|^}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Ngf3 Qc7 17. O-O
b6 18. Rbc1 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 (19... Bd6 $5 20. Bb1 (20. Nd4 Ba6) 20... Rfd8
21. Nd4 Ba6 22. c4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf4 25. Be3 Ng4 $1 $10) 20. Nd4
Bxd4 (20... Ba6 $5 21. Qf3 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Bd6 23. Nf3 a3 24. b4 Bf4 $10
) 21... Bd6 22. Ndc6 Bb5 23. Nxd8 Bxe5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Bd3 b5 26. b3 axb3 27.
axb3 Rxd8 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qd6 30. g3 Bd4 {/\ e5+/=}) 21. cxd4 Qd6 22.
Qf3 $1 $14 Ra7 23. a3 Ba8 24. Qh3 (24. Qg3 $5 Nh5 25. Qh4) 24... Qf8 $1 (24...
Ne7 $2 25. Qg3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Bxh6 Nh5 28. Qg5 $18) 25. Bb1 Rc8 26. Qd3
Rcc7 $1 27. Rxc7 (27. f3 {/\ g4}) (27. h4 $142 $14) 27... Rxc7 28. Qa6 $6 (28.
Qb5 Qe8) (28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 {/\ f3, g4, h4+/=}) 28... Qe8 29. Rc1 Bb7 30.
Qd3 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Ne7 $1 $10 32. f3 Qc8 33. Bd2 Ba6 34. Qc3 Nfd5 35. Qxc8+
Nxc8 36. Ba2 f6 37. Nc6 Kf7 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Nb4 Nce7 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 (11. Bd2 $5) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13.
Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. O-O-O $1 (15. O-O $6) 15... Bd7 (15... Nc3 16. bxc3
Qxc3 17. Nb5 $18) (15... Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Nb1 $1 $18) 16. Kb1
Qb6 $1 (16... Ba4 $5) 17. c4 Nb4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 $6 (19... Rfd8 $5
20. Qg4 Bf8) 20. Nc2 $1 Bc6 21. Qg4 f6 22. Bc3 a5 $1 (22... e5 $4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4
24. c5+ $18) (22... Rae8 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bf5 $40)
23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. f3 Rae8 (25... f5 $1 $44 {Khalifman,A}) 26. Qf5
Re2 27. Ne1 $1 Re5 28. Qc2 Be8 29. Ka1 Re3 30. Rd2 Bf7 31. Nd3 Bg6 32. Qd1 Bxd3
33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qd8 $2 (34... Qd6 $1 35. Qf5 Qe5 $14) 35. Qf5 Qc8 36.
Qg6 Qe8 37. Bc2 $1 $16 {עh8} Qxg6 38. Bxg6 {R 9/j} Rd8 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Kb1 Kf8
41. Kc2 Rc8 42. Kb3 Ra8 43. Re2 Bd6 44. g3 Bc5 45. h4 Bd6 46. h5 Bc5 47. Re6 $1
Kg8 48. Be4 Rb8 49. Ka4 Kf7 50. Bd5 (50. Bf5 {(Khalifman,A) /\} Re8 51. Kb5 $18
) 50... Kf8 51. Kb5 b6 52. Rc6 Re8 53. Rxb6 $1 $18 Bxb6 54. Kxb6 Re2 55. c5 Ke7
56. Bb3 $1 (56. Bc4 Rxb2 $1 57. c6 Rc2) 56... Kd7 57. Bc4 $1 Re5 (57... Rxb2
58. c6+ $18) 58. f4 Re7 59. f5 $1 Kc8 60. c6 Kb8 61. Be6 Ra7 62. a3 (62. a3
bxa3 63. bxa3 Rc7 64. a4 Ra7 65. a5 Rc7 66. a6 Ra7 67. Bc8 Kxc8 68. Kxa7 Kc7
69. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This game was played after the rest day. I was full of energy and
wanted to play aggressively, so I chose 1.e4. Diese Partie wurde nach dem
Ruhetag ausgetragen. Ich war voller Energie und wollte aggressiv spielen,
daher wählte ich 1.e4.} c6 {A small surprise. More often, Sanan chooses the
Najdorf Sicilian.  Eine kleine Überraschung. Häufiger wählt Sanan den
Najdorf-Sizilianer.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {This time, the move was a surprise for
my opponent. Usually I play the Panov, whilst in my last game, in the
Macedonian League, I chose 3.f3 and stood worse after 10 moves. Diesmal war es
eine Überraschung für meinen Gegner. Gewöhnlich spiele ich Panov, während ich
in meiner letzten Partie, in der mazedonischen Liga, 3.f3 wählte und nach 10
Zügen schlechter stand.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {The other possibility is 4...Bf5.
Die andere Möglichkeit lautet 4...Bf5.} 5. Bc4 $5 {The main line is Das
Hauptabspiel ist} (5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 (6... h6 $2 7. Ne6 $1 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 $16)
7. Qe2 Bd6 8. N1f3 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O b6 13. b3
Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Rad1 f6 $132 {6 years ago, I won
this position, as Black, against Sana's trainer, Andrey Zontakh. 6 Jahre zuvor
gewann ich diese Stellung, als Schwarzer, gegen Sanas Trainer Andrey Zontakh.})
5... Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 {A cunning move. Now Black has to put his knight on
b6, where it brings few benefits. Ein schlauer Zug. Nun muss Schwarz seinen
Springer nach b6 stellen, wo er wenig Nutzen bringt.} Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 {Black can
take on d4, but it looks extremely dangerous. Schwarz kann auf d4 nehmen, aber
es sieht extrem gefährlich aus.} (8... Qxd4 $6 9. N1f3 Qd5 $8 (9... Qd8 $4 10.
Ne5 $18) 10. O-O $5 (10. Ne5 $6 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Nexf7 O-O 13. Qh5 $1 g6
14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. Qh4 e5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 18. Be2 Nfd5 19. Nhf7 h5 $8
20. Bxh5 Nxe3 21. Be2 Qh3 $1 22. Qxe4 Qh4+ $1 23. Qxh4 Ng2+ 24. Kd2 Nxh4 25.
Bd3 $11) 10... h6 11. c4 Qa5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Bc2 Be7 15. Bd2 Qb6
16. Bc3 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 (18... Nf6 19. Qd3 O-O 20. Ne5 $40) 19.
Qh4 $40) 9. N5f3 c5 $1 {The correct reaction. With the bishop on c8, Black's
position looks too passive, so he must do something active. Die korrekte
Reaktion. Mit dem Läufer auf c8 wirkt die Stellung von Schwarz zu passiv,
daher muss er etwas Aktives tun.} 10. dxc5 $6 {I played this move quickly, but
I am far from sure it is best. The alternatives were 10.c3 or 10.Be3 as in the
game below: Diesen Zug spielte ich schnell, bin aber bei weitem nicht sicher,
dass er der beste ist. Die Alternativen waren 10.c3 oder 10.Be3 wie in der
Partie unten:} (10. Be3 a6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Bd6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Bd7 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Ke2 Qb6 20. Qd4 Qa5 21.
Ne5 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rac8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. Rhd1 Kf8 26. Bc2 Ke7 27.
Rd4 Be8 28. f4 Rb8 29. g3 Rc5 30. Rbd1 Rbc8 31. Bb3 R5c7 32. R1d2 Nd7 33. Ng4
Nb8 34. Ne3 Nc6 35. Re4 Kf8 36. f5 Bd7 37. fxe6 Bxe6 38. c5 Nd8 39. Red4 Ke8
40. Ba4+ Ke7 41. Re4 Rxc5 42. Nd5+ Rxd5 43. Rxd5 b5 44. Bb3 Rxc3 45. Rd2 Nc6
46. Re3 Rc5 47. Rd5 Rc1 48. Rd1 Rxd1 49. Kxd1 Kd6 50. Bxe6 fxe6 51. Rd3+ Ke7
52. Rc3 Kd6 53. Rd3+ Kc7 54. Rf3 Kd6 55. Rd3+ Ke7 56. Rc3 Kd6 57. Rd3+ {
1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Bologan,V (2645)/Tomsk 2006/}) 10... Bxc5 $2 {
This natural move is the start of all Black's problems. It is necessary to put
the knight on c5, after which the bishop d3 is uncomfortable. Dieser
natürliche Zug ist der Beginn aller Probleme von Schwarz. Nötig ist es, den
Springer nach c5 zu stellen, wonach der Läufer d3 unbequem steht.} (10... Nbd7
$1 {Then the following interesting variation is possible: Dann ist die
folgende interessante Variante möglich:} 11. Nh3 $5 Nxc5 (11... Bxc5 $5 $11)
12. O-O Nxd3 13. Rd1 $1 g5 14. Ne5 $5 Qc7 15. Qxd3 Be7 16. f4 $40) 11. Ne5 $1 {
Now the white knight seizes the centre. White has a very comfortable position
with many possibilities. Nun besetzt der weiße Springer das Zentrum. Weiß hat
eine sehr bequeme Stellung mit vielen Möglichkeiten.} O-O {The attempt to
improve his position with tactics fails: Der Versuch, seine Stellung mit
Taktik zu verbessern, scheitert:} (11... Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qa5+ 14.
Bd2 Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 Qd5 (15... Qc7 16. Ng6 $1 $16) 16. Ng6 $1 fxg6 17. Bxg6+ Ke7
18. Kxf2 Qd4+ 19. Kg3 $1 h5 20. h4 $16) 12. Ngf3 a6 $2 {Losing a valuable
tempo. I think this is the decisive mistake. Black has to settle for passive
play and exchange queens urgently. Verliert ein kostbares Tempo. Ich denke,
dies ist der entscheidende Fehler. Schwarz muss sich mit passivem Spiel
begnügen und dringend die Damen tauschen.} (12... Nbd7 13. O-O {I doubt I
would have prepared long castling. Ich bezweifle, ob ich die lange Rochade
vorbereitet hätte.} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 b6 15. Rd1 (15. Qf3 Qd5 $1) 15... Bb7 $5 $14
{Black is ready to give the queen for rook and bishop. White is slightly
better, but no more than that. Schwarz ist bereit, die Dame für Turm und
Läufer zu geben. Weiß steht leicht besser, mehr aber auch nicht.}) 13. g4 $1 {
I decided to take advantage of the fact that I have not yet castled. After
this energetic move, the black king feels serious discomfort. Ich beschloss,
Nutzen aus der Tatsache zu ziehen, dass ich noch nicht rochiert habe. Nach
diesem energischen Zug verspürt der schwarze König ernstes Unwohlsein.} Nbd5 {
Analysing the game, I failed to find a satisfactory defence for Black: Bei
Analysieren der Partie vermochte ich es nicht, eine befriedigende Verteidigung
für Schwarz zu finden.:} (13... Nbd7 $5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qa5+ (15... Qb6
16. O-O-O $40) 16. Kf1 $40) (13... Nfd5 14. g5 f6 15. gxh6 $1 fxe5 16. Rg1 $18)
(13... Nfd7 14. g5 h5 15. Qe4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qg6 Qe8 18. Qg5 $18) 14. Rg1
$1 {I like this move. For the moment, I hold back the threat of g4-g5 and wait
to see what Black will play. The direct variation Dieser Zug geällt mir. Für
den Moment halte ich die Drohung g4-g5 zurück und warte ab, was Schwarz
spielen wird. Die direkte Variante} (14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 {also gives White
good chances of a successful attack. gibt Weiß ebenfalls gute Chancen auf
einen erfolgreichen Angriff.}) 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1 (15. c3 $4 Nxc3) 15... Be7 {
I was sure Sana would choose exactly this idea.  Ich war sicher, dass Sana
genau diese Idee wählen würde.} 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 {This is the point of my
last move. Now I can take with the knight, after which all the white pieces
take part in the attack. Just looking at the position is enough to make it
clear that Black cannot hold for long. Dies ist die Pointe meines letzten
Zuges. Jetzt kann ich mit dem Springer nehmen, wonach alle weißen Figuren am
Angriff teilnehmen. Ein einfacher Blick auf die Stellung reicht aus, um
klarzumachen, dass Schwarz sich nicht lange halten kann.} Bd6 18. Nh7 $1 Qc7 {
After this move, Black comes under a mating attack. It was only possible to
prolong resistance at the cost of a rook. Nach diesem Zug gerät Schwarz in
einen Mattangriff. Die Verlängerung des Widerstands war nur auf Kosten eines
Turmes möglich.} (18... Bxe5 19. Qxe5 g6 20. Nxf8 $18 {However, even here it
is clear that Black can resign. Doch selbst hier ist klar, dass Schwarz
aufgeben kann.}) (18... Nxh7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.
Bh6+ $18) 19. Bh6 $1 {At first I calculated a simpler win: Zunächst berechnete
ich einen einfacheren Gewinn:} (19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bh6 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg4+ Kf6 {but here I could not find a mate: , aber hier konnte
ich kein Matt finden:} 24. Qh4+ Kxe5 25. c4 $5 Qa5 $8 26. Qg5+ f5 27. Qg7+ Rf6
28. Qg3+ f4 29. Qg5+ Rf5 30. Qg7+ Rf6 31. Qg5+ Rf5 $11) 19... Ne8 (19... g6 20.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ $18) 20. Bxg7 $1 {Now there follows a
series of forcing moves, at the end of which Black is mated. Nun folgt eine
Serie forcierender Züge, an deren Ende Schwarz mattgesetzt wird.} Nxg7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Nf6 $1 {Mate in 10 is unavoidable. It is so simple
that my opponent preferred to resign at once. Matt in 10 ist unvermeidlich. Es
ist so einfach, dass mein Gegner lieber sofort aufgab.} (23. Nf6 Nxf6 (23...
Rd8 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qxf7#) (23... Ne7 24. Qh5+ Kg7
25. Qh7+ Kxf6 26. Ng4+ Kg5 27. Qh6+ Kxg4 28. h3+ Kf3 29. Qe3#) 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25.
Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Konikowski Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5.
Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 $6 (
11. Qe2 $142 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 (12... O-O 13. O-O-O c5 14. g4 $5 Nd5 15. g5 $1 Nf4
16. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 17. Kb1 $40 {Malisauskas-Oll/Vilnius zt/1993/}) 13. O-O-O Bb7
14. Kb1 (14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Ba6 Rhe8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7
19. h4 c5 $10 {Woda-Sapis/Poland/1989/}) 14... O-O-O 15. Ba6 b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7
17. c4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Rxc4 Ka8 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qd7
23. f3 Rb6 24. Ba5 $14 {Chandler-Speelman/Hastings/1988/}) (11. Qe2 $14 {
Kortschnoj}) 11... Ke7 $3 $146 {/\12...g7-g5 13.Qh3 e5(g4) -+ ף} (11... Nd5) (
11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O-O c5 (15... Nf6 $142)
(15... Nf6 $5 {Konikowski}) 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nd5 (18... cxd4 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rdg1+ Kh8 21. Rg3 Bxe5 22. Rh3+ Kg7 23. Rg1+ $18) 19. Nc4 Bc7 20.
dxc5 $16 {Hector-Hodgson/London/1991/}) 12. Ne5 (12. O-O {Ftacnik} g5 13. Qh3
g4 $19) (12. Nd2 $5 {Konikowski} g5 13. Qh3 Bf4 14. Nb3 e5 15. Bf5 Bxc1 (15...
g4 16. Qd3) 16. Rxc1 exd4 17. O-O $36) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+
15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 (17. Qh3 c5 18. Rhe1) (17. Qh3 $5 {Konikowski /
\ Rh1-e1}) 17... c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 20. g3 (20. f4 $5 gxf4 21. Bd4
Qg5 $1 (21... Qd5 22. Re5 Qxg2 23. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 24. Qxc5+ Ke8 25. Bxf6 $18) (
21... Qc7 22. Be5 Qc6 23. Bxf6+ (23. Bxf4 $5 Qa4 $4 24. Bd6+ $1 Ke8 (24... Kxd6
25. Bb5+ $18) 25. Rxe6+ $3 fxe6 $8 26. Bg6#) 23... Kxf6 24. Be4) 22. Re5 Qh4 $1
{פf6} (22... Qxg2 $2 23. Rxc5 $1 $40) 23. g3 (23. Rf1 {Konikowski} Bc6 24. g3
Qxh2 25. gxf4 Rd6 26. Re2 Qh4 $19) 23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Qxg3 25. Rxc5 $140 $2
bxc5 26. Qxc5+ Ke8 27. Bxf6 Qf4+ $19) (20. b4 $5 {Kortschnoj} Ke8 21. Bxc5 Qxh2
22. Bd4 $16) 20... Qc7 21. Bd4 (21. f4 Ng4 22. Bd4 gxf4 23. h3 Ne3) 21... Be8
$1 22. Kb1 (22. Be5 Qc6 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Be4 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ $17 (25...
Rd8+ {Konikowski} 26. Kc1 Qd7 $17)) 22... Rd5 (22... Bc6 $5 23. Be5 Qd7 24. Bc2
Qb7 $17) (22... Bc6 $5 {Konikowski}) 23. f4 $1 Rad8 (23... gxf4 24. gxf4 Qxf4
$2 25. Rf1 $18) 24. Bc2 $1 (24. Be5 Qc6 $1 (24... Qd7 25. Bc2 {/\c4 [+]}) 25.
c4 R5d7 26. Qc3 Ng4 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rf1 Rd4 $1 $15) (24. fxg5 {Ftacnik} hxg5
25. Rf1 e5 26. Rde1 Kf8 27. Rxf6 exd4 $17) 24... R5d6 25. Bxf6+ (25. Be5 {
Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qd7 $17) 25... Kxf6 26. fxg5+ hxg5 27.
Rxd6 Rxd6 28. c4 Ke7 29. Qe3 f6 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Qd7 (31... Qd8 32. Qh6) (
31... Qd8 $5 {Konikowski}) (31... Kd8 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 32. Qh6 e5 $2 (32... Rd2
33. Rf1 (33. Qg7+ Bf7 34. h5 (34. Bg6 Rd1+ 35. Kc2 Qd2+ 36. Kb3 Qb4+ 37. Kc2
Rd2+ $19 (37... Rd2+ 38. Kc1 Qxb2#)) 34... Qd4 $17 (34... Qd4 {Konikowski} 35.
Rc1 Rh2 36. h6 f5 $19)) 33... Qd4 $17) 33. h5 Qg4 (33... Rd2) (33... Rd2 $5 {
Konikowski}) 34. Qh7+ Kd8 35. h6 (35. Qxa7 {Ftacnik} Bxh5 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+
Qd7 $17) 35... Rd2 36. Qf5 (36. Qxa7) (36. Bf5 {Ftacnik} Qd4 37. Bc2 Qxc4 38.
Rc1 Qf7 $17) (36. Qxa7 $5 {Konikowski}) (36. Qxa7 $1 $13 {Kortschnoj}) 36...
Qxf5 37. Bxf5 Bd7 38. Bg6 $2 (38. Kc1 Rd4 39. Bxd7 Rxc4+ $1 (39... Kxd7 $4 40.
Rd1 $18 {Ph}) (39... Rxd7 $2 {Ftacnik} 40. Rd1 $1 $18) 40. Kb1 Rh4 $8 (40...
Kxd7 41. Rh1 $18) 41. Rd1 Rxh6 $14 (41... Rxh6 {Konikowski} 42. Bf5+ Kc7 43.
Rd7+ Kc6 44. Rxa7 $16)) 38... Rh2 39. h7 Ke7 40. Bd3 Be6 41. Rg1 f5 $19 42.
Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 e4 44. Be2 f4 45. b3 f3 46. Bd1 Bf5 47. Kc1 Bxh7 48. Rb7 Ke5
49. Rxb6 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O
Bb7 14. Rhe1 (14. Kb1 Rd8 (14... Rc8 15. Rhg1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 O-O 18.
Bd4 Qc7 19. g4 Nd5 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 Nf4 22. Qe3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 24. Bxe5
Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Wolff,P-Orlov,G/USA-ch Modesto (09)/1995/ (30)}) 15.
Rhe1 (15. c4 O-O 16. Bc3 Qe7 (16... Rfe8 17. Ne5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. f3 a5 20.
Bc2 Ba6 21. Ba4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bc2 Qd6 {Almasi,Z-Karpov,
An/Groningen (08)/1995/0-1 (74)}) 17. g4 c5 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2
Nd7 21. Qe4 f5 22. gxf5 Nc5 23. Qe2 exf5 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Bxh6 Rf7 26. Kc2 a5
{Almasi,Z-Adams,M/Groningen (04)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 15... O-O 16. Ne5 (16. g4 Bf4
17. Ne5 Rxd4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. h4 $2 (19. Qe3 Nd5) (19. Qd2 $5) (19. Qd2 $5 {
Ftacnik}) 19... c5 20. Qd2 Rd4 21. c3 Rd5 22. Qe2 $2 (22. g5) (22. g5 {Ftacnik}
) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxg4 25. Ree1 Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3
Bd5 $19 {0-1 Adams,M-Speelman,J/New York PCA-qual (08)/1995/ (39)}) 16... c5
17. f4 cxd4 18. g4 Nd5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 f5 21. Ng6 Nf6 22. Qxg5 Nh7 23. Qh5
Rf6 24. Rg1 Be4 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Rdg1 $2 Bxd3 27. Rh3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Nf8
$1 $17) 26... Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Epishin,V/Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ 
(36)}) 14... O-O $146 (14... O-O-O 15. Ba6) 15. g4 $5 c5 (15... Nxg4 $2 16. Rg1
f5 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Bxh6 (17. Qe3 Kh8 18. Rxg7 Bf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Kxg7
21. Rg1+ Ng4 (21... Kh8 22. Be5 Rg8 23. Bxf6+ Rg7 24. Rxg7 $18) 22. Rxg4+ Kf6
23. Bxh6 $18) 17... Bf4+ 18. Bxf4 Qxf4+) (16... h5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qe3) 17. h3
Nf6 18. Bxh6 $40) 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 (17. Bxg5 $2 Bf4+) 17... Bf4 $1 (17...
cxd4 18. Rg1 Bxh2 19. Nh7 Nxh7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Bh6+ $18) 18. h4 $2 (18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rg1 Bxh2 20. f4 Bxg1 21. Rxg1 Rfd8 22.
Qh2 $40) 18... Rad8 $1 (18... cxd4) (18... cxd4 {Ftacnik}) 19. dxc5 bxc5 20.
Be3 (20. Rg1 c4 21. Bxc4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ (23... Qf4+ 24. Kd1
Rd8+ 25. Bd3) 24. Ke1 Qh2 $15) 20... Rd4 $1 21. Rg1 (21. h5 Qe5 $1 22. Rg1 c4
$1 23. Bxc4 (23. Bh7+ $2 Nxh7 24. Rxd4 Qxd4) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 (24. Kxd1
Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxb2) 24... Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kb1 Nxh5 $17) 21... Bxe3+
22. fxe3 Rxh4 23. Rdf1 Qe5 $1 (23... Rh2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 c4 26. Be2 $13 (
26. Qxf6 cxd3 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxe6+ Kf6 29. Nxc7 Rc8 $17)) 24. Qf2 (24. Nf3
Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nd5 $1) 24... Rh6 $5 (24... Rh2 $5 25. Qxf6 (25. Qg3 Qxg3 26.
Rxg3 Nd7 $17) 25... Qxe3+ $1 26. Kb1 gxf6 27. Nf3+ Kh8 28. Nxh2 Rg8 29. Ng4 Qg5
$19) 25. Rg3 Be4 (25... Rb8 $5) (25... Rb8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 26. Rfg1 g6 (26...
Bxd3 27. cxd3 g6 28. d4 {פf6}) 27. Rf1 Kg7 (27... Rh1 28. Rxh1 Bxh1 $15) 28.
Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Bxd3 (29... Kxf6 $2 30. Nxe4+ $16) 30. Rxf7+ $6 (30. Rxe6
Rh1+ (30... fxe6 31. Nxe6+ Kf7 32. Nxf8 Bf5 33. e4 Bxe4 34. Nd7 Rh1+ 35. Kd2
Rh2+ 36. Ke3 Bxc2 37. Nxc5 Bb1) 31. Kd2 Bf5 $15) (30. Nxe6+ Kxf6 31. Nxf8 Bb5)
(30. Rf2 $142 Bc4 (30... Bf5 31. e4 f6 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Ne6+ Kf7 34. Nxf8 Kxf8
35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rc3) 31. b3 Bd5 (31... f6 32. bxc4 fxg5 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34.
Rxg5 $14) 32. e4 Bc6 33. Rgf3 {/\Rf7,Ne6}) 30... Rxf7 31. Nxf7 Rh1+ $1 32. Kd2
Bxc2 33. Nd8 (33. Kxc2 Kxf7 $17) 33... Rh2+ (33... Rd1+ 34. Kxc2 Rxd8 35. Kc3
Rd5 36. Kc4 $132) 34. Kc3 Kf6 35. Nb7 Bf5 36. Nxc5 Rc2+ 37. Kd4 Rd2+ 38. Kc3
Rc2+ 39. Kd4 e5+ (39... Rxb2 40. e4 $10) 40. Kd5 Rd2+ (40... Rxb2 41. e4 Bc8 (
41... Rd2+ 42. Kc6 Bc8 43. Rf3+ Kg5 44. Ra3) 42. Rf3+ Kg5 43. Kxe5 $132) 41.
Kc4 Rc2+ (41... Rxb2 42. e4 Bc8 43. Rf3+ Kg5 44. Ra3 a6 45. Rg3+ Kf6 $15) 42.
Kd5 Rd2+ 43. Kc4 g5 44. e4 $1 Bc8 (44... Rd4+ 45. Kc3 Bxe4 46. Rg4 $1 Kf5 (
46... Bd5 47. Rxd4 exd4+ 48. Kxd4 Bxa2 49. Ne4+ Kf5 50. Nxg5 $1 Kxg5 51. b4 Kf6
52. b5 Ke7 53. Kc5 Kd7 54. b6 a5 55. b7 Kc7 56. Kb5 $10) 47. Rxg5+ $1 Kxg5 48.
Ne6+ Kf6 49. Nxd4 exd4+ 50. Kxd4 $10) 45. Kc3 $1 (45. Ra3 $2 g4 $1 46. Rxa7 g3
47. Ra3 g2 48. Rg3 Bh3 $1 $19) 45... Rd1 $6 (45... Rf2 46. Nd3 Rf1 47. Nxe5
Kxe5 48. Rxg5+ Kxe4 49. Rg7 $10) 46. Rf3+ Kg7 47. Nd3 g4 48. Rg3 Kf6 49. Nf2 $1
Rc1+ 50. Kd2 Ra1 51. Nxg4+ Bxg4 52. Rxg4 Rxa2 53. Kc3 Ra4 54. b4 (54. b4 a5 55.
bxa5 Rxa5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd2 $1 Nbd5 $6 12. c4 Nc7 13. Bc2 O-O $6 (
13... b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c5 Ncd5 16. Ngf3 $16) 14. Ne5 $5 Qxd4 15. Bc3 (15.
O-O-O Bxa3 $1 $13) 15... Qd8 16. Ngf3 (16. Rd1 $1 Qe8 $8 17. Qd3 $14) 16...
Nce8 17. g4 b5 18. g5 $1 (18. Nxc6 $5 Qc7 19. cxb5 $16) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 Ra6
20. Qf3 b4 21. Qh3 $1 g6 22. Bxg6 bxc3 (22... fxg6 23. Nxg6 Kg7 24. Qh7#) 23.
Nexf7 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ $1 (25. Nxf7 $2 Kf8 $1 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Bh7
Nef6 28. Rg1 Bc5 $1 $13) 25... Kg7 26. Rg1 {/\Nf3+} Qxg5 (26... cxb2 27. Nf3+
Ng4 28. Qxg4+ Bg5 29. Rb1 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 $18) 27. Rxg5+ Kxf7 28. bxc3 $1 e5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bd2 (11. Qg4 $6 Kf8 12. O-O c5 $1 13. b3 $6
(13. c3 $142) 13... cxd4 (13... e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 $1 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 $13
{Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Muenchen/1992/}) 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3
Bxh2+ 17. Kg2 f6 $1 $17) 11... b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 (12... g5 $142 $1 {--> Sion
Castro-Karpov}) 13. O-O-O $5 (13. Qe4 Bb7 14. Qe2 c5 $36) 13... Bb7 14. Rhe1
Rd8 (14... c5 15. dxc5 (15. Bc3 $6 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd5
$15) 15... Nxc5 16. Bc3 $1 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bf4+ $8 18. Kb1 $40 Rh7 19. g3 $1 Bg5
20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 $16) 15. Kb1 (15. c4 $6 c5 16. Bc3 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17.
Bc3 (17. Bc2 $15) 17... f5 $1 18. Qg6 Bf4+ $17) 16... Nf6 17. Qh4 Bxf3 {
/\Bf4-/+}) 15... Nf6 16. Qh4 Ke7 $1 {/\g5-g4} 17. Ne5 c5 18. f4 (18. Ng4 cxd4
$10) (18. Bc3 g5 19. Qh3 Nd5 (19... Bxe5 $142 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 $8 Bxe4 $13
) 20. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. dxc5 Nxc3+ 23. bxc3 Bxc5 (23... Be7 24.
Bxg6 $18) 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28. Rd6 $3 Bxd6
(28... Rxd6 29. Re7+ Qxe7 30. Qxe7+ Kg6 31. Qf7#) 29. Re6 $1 $18) 18... cxd4
19. g4 (19. Re2 $5 {/\Rde1->}) 19... g5 $1 20. Qf2 (20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Rdg8
22. Qf4 Rxg4 $19) 20... Rhg8 (20... Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nxg4 22. Bb4+ $1 Ke8 23. Qf1
$44 Ne3 $140 $2 24. Bb5+ Bc6 25. Qf6 Kd7 (25... Bxb5 26. Qxh8+ Kd7 27. Rxd4+
$18) 26. Bd6 $1 Qb7 27. Ba6 $1 $18) 21. h3 a5 (21... Nd5 $142 $36) 22. Re2 Nd5
23. Rde1 (23. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 24. fxg5+ Ke7 $13) 23... Ne3 $5 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25.
Qxe3 (25. Rxe3 $2 Bc5 26. fxg5 Qxe5 $19) 25... Qc5 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 {
[%csl Gc5,Rc6,Gd4,Rd5,Ge5,Re6]} (6... h6 $6 7. Ne6 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 fxe6
10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. O-O c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. c5 $1 Nxc5 15. Ba5 $18 {
Tal-Oll, USSR 1986}) (6... g6 7. N1f3 Bg7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne6 fxe6 10. Bxg6+ Kf8
11. Qe2 $40) (6... c5 7. N1f3 $16 cxd4 8. O-O h6 9. Ne6 Qb6 10. Re1 $1 Nc5 11.
Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Nxd4 a6 13. c3 e6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Bc2 {/\15...0-0 16.Qd3} Bd7 16.
Nf5 $1 Bc6 17. Re5 $40) (6... Nb6 7. N1f3 h6 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bg4 10. O-O e6
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {^^}) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... h6 8. Nxe6 $5 {Geller}) (7... Be7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O-O $132 {Shirazi-Neamtu, Biel (op) 1987})
(7... Qc7 $2 8. Qe2 h6 9. Bg6 $1 hxg5 10. Bxf7+ $1 $40 {Van der Wiel-Karpov,
Amsterdam 1987}) 8. Qe2 (8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. c3 e5 $132 {
1-0 Ulibin,M-Georgadze,G/URS-FL56 Simferopol 1988 (41)}) 8... h6 9. Ne4 (9.
Nxe6 $2 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 $17 {
Arnason-Ostenstad, Torshavn 1987}) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 {[%csl Yc5,Yd4,Yd5,
Ye5]} (10... Nf6 11. Qh4 (11. Qe2 $142 Qb6 {N} (11... O-O 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. g4 $5 e5 $8 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Kharitonov,A/Sverdlovsk
1987 (27)} (15... Nxg4 16. Rdg1 {/\ Rhg1->})) 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 $6 (13. c3 {N}
c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Bd4 Nd5 17. g3 $14 {+/= Almasi,Z-Kallai,G/
Magyarorszag (ch) 1992}) 13... Qc7 14. c4 b6 15. b4 c5 $13 {~~ Smirin,I-Dreev,
A/Vilnius 1988}) 11... Bd7 (11... Ke7 $5 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/ Dortmund/1993/0:1/
(49)}) (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O-O c5 {
Hector-Hodgson/London/1991/ (19)}) (11... Nd5 $1 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. c3 Ke7 $14)
12. Bf4 $13 {1-0 Svidler,P-Burmakin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (37)}) (10... Qc7 {N}
11. Qg4 (11. Bd2 b6 12. Qg4 g5 $1 {0-1 Sion Castro,M-Karpov,A/Leon 1993 (35)})
11... g5 {N} (11... Kf8 12. O-O (12. Bd2 $5) 12... c5 13. b3 e5 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Munchen 1992 (29)} (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bb2 Nxf3+
16. gxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kg2 f6)) 12. Qh3 $1 Rg8 $1 $8 13. Nd2 $1 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Kamsky,G/Linares 1994 (39)}) 11. O-O (11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bb5+ (12. Qh4 Qc7 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 Bd4 {Luther,T-Gelpke,
P/Linares op 1995/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Ke7 13. Qe2) 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qa6 (15. Qxa7 Rxb2 $44) 15... Rb6 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18.
Bc3 $36 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Meduna,E/Trnava 1988 (41)}) (11. Qg4 g5 12. dxc5 Nxc5
13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bd7 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. Bd2 Rg8 $13 {0-1 Lobron,E-Vatter,H/
BL 1988 (40)}) 11... Nf6 (11... a6 12. c3 Nf6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 $132 {
1-0 Markovic,G-Dimitriadi,A/Thessaloniki olw 1988 (21)}) 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Qe2
Qc7 (13... Bd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Anastasian,A/Erevan 1996 (33)} (16... Qb6 {Finkel,A} 17. Bd2 Rhc8 18. c4 $14
{Akopian,V-Anastasian,A/Erevan 1996 (33)})) (13... a6 $5 {Finkel,A} 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. c4 Rd8 17. b3 b6 18. Bb2 Bb7 $11 {Wang Zili-Arlandi,E/
Open, Geneva SUI 1997 (19)}) 14. dxc5 Qxc5 (14... Bxc5 {Finkel,A} 15. Be3 Bxe3
16. Qxe3 (16. fxe3 $5 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Bd3 Rhd8 18. Rad1 $14) 15. Be3 Qc7 (
15... Qh5 16. Bd4 $14) (15... Qh5 $5 {Finkel,A}) 16. Bd4 $14 Rd8 17. c3 (17.
Rad1 Bd7 18. Bd3 $14 (18. Bd3 {Finkel,A} Rac8 19. Ne5 Ba4 $5 20. b3 Bc6 (20...
Nd7 $6 21. Nxf7 $1 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Qxh2 $16) 21. c4 $14))
17... Bd7 18. Bc4 {Hoping in the future to play Ne5,f4-f5 and in this case
bishop is very good placed on c4.Unfortunetly this plan is not so easy to
carry out,so it was better to put a bishop on d3 keeping small opening
advantage} (18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rad8 22. Rxd7+
Rxd7 23. a3 $14) 18... Bc6 19. Ne5 Be4 $11 {[%cal Re4g2,Rd6h2,Re4g6,Re4c6,
Rc7d6]} 20. Ng4 {After this move almost by force arises equal endgame,but
white has nothing better} Nxg4 21. Qxe4 (21. Qxg4 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qf4 $2 (22...
Rxd4 $5 23. cxd4 Bf4 $14) (22... Be5 $1 {Finkel,A} 23. Qxe4 Bxd4 24. Bxe6 fxe6
25. cxd4 Qb6 $11) 23. Qh3 $18) 21... Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Gd4g7,
Gc4e6,Ge4e6,Ge4g4]} Be5 {[%csl Ye5]} 23. Bxe6 $1 $14 fxe6 24. Qxg4 {[%csl Ge6,
Gg7]} Bxd4 25. cxd4 {[%csl Gc5,Yd4,Rd5,Ge5,Ye6,Rf5,Rf6,Yg7][%cal Gg4e6,Gg4g7,
Gg4d4,Rd8d4,Re7f7,Rf7g8,Rc7b6,Rb6d4]} Kf7 26. Rac1 Qb6 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Rc7
Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb7 $11 a5 31. Rc1 Rad8 32. f3 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Kh2 a4 35. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 {[+]} Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 {/\c4,ץb3} 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O-O (14. c3 O-O $2 (14... Qb6 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. b4 (16. Bxg7
Rg8 17. Bxh6 Rxg2 18. Ne4 Bb7 $13) 16... Bf8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Ngf3
f6 20. Bd4 Qc6 21. b5 Qd7 $13) (14... Bb7 $5 15. Ngf3 Qb6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1
Rad8 {Eichhorn-Morgado/corr/1994/} 18. Bc2 Ng4 $13) 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. b4 $18)
14... Bb7 (14... O-O 15. h4 Bb7 16. Rh3 $40 {/^b7-h1, /\g4-g5->>>}) 15. Ne4 Be7
(15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Ne3 $1 (17... Nc3 $4 18. Bxc3 $18) 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. Qf4 Nf5 $1 $17 (19... Nxg2 $2 20. Qxf7 (20. Qg3 $2 Nh4 $1 $19) 20...
Bd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxg7 $18) (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qxf3 Qd2+ 21. Kb1 Qd1+ $8
22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nxd1 24. Bxg7 $16 {^^ _|_})) 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rd8
(17... Qb6 18. Be5 O-O 19. Nf3 $14) 18. Be5 (18. Qe5 Qb6 19. Bxd5 Rxd6 (19...
Nxd5 $2 20. Qxg7 Kd7 21. Bg3 Rdf8 22. Nf3 $18) 20. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Qxb7 22.
Nf3 O-O 23. Kc1 {=/=/+ _|_}) 18... O-O 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Bd6 (20. Bd4 Nf4 21. Qf1
(21. Qe1 $2 Qxe1 22. Nxe1 Ne2+ 23. Kb1 Nc5 $1 24. c3 Nxb3 25. axb3 e5 $19)
21... e5 $1 (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 e5 $15) 22. Nxe5 $6 (22. Be3 $142 $15) 22...
Nxe5 (22... Bxg2 23. Qe1 $1) 23. Bxe5 Bxg2 24. Rg1 $1 b4 $3 (24... Bxf1 $4 25.
Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Re7+ $18) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe1 (26.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qc4+ Ne6 $19) 26... Re8 27. Bxf4 $8 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 {/\Re7-/+ _|_
}) 20... Rfe8 21. Nd4 a6 (21... Qb6 22. Qxb5 Qxd6 23. Qxb7 Nc5 24. Qc6 (24.
Qxa7 Ra8 $19) (24. Qb5 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Ne4 {/\Nc3}) 24... Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Qf4+ 26.
Kb1 Qxf2 $15) 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Qg3 Rc8 (23... Nc5 24. Bxd5 Rxd6 25. Bxb7 Nxb7
$15) 24. Rhe1 N5f6 25. f3 Bd5 (25... a5 26. a4 $132) 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Re4 Kh7
28. Rh4 Rc4 $17 29. b3 (29. Rg4 Rg8 30. Re4 (30. Nf5 $4 exf5 31. Rxc4 Qe3+ $1
$19) 30... N5f6 $19 {פd4}) 29... Rc3 30. Bf4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Nf6 32. Re1 $2 (32.
g4 e5 33. Qf5+ g6 34. Qg5 Ng8 35. Ne2 Rxf3 $19) (32. Ne2 $142 {/\Qd4-/+ _|_})
32... Rd8 33. Re5 $6 Qc7 34. Kb1 Nd5 35. Qg3 $2 (35. Qe4+ $8 Kg8 36. Qe1) 35...
Ne3 $19 36. Qe1 Nxg2 37. Qe4+ Kg8 38. Rg4 Re3 $1 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 (10. c3 a4 {:/^a2-g8}) 10... c5 {><b5} 11. Be3 Qc7 12.
Ne5 {[+]} cxd4 13. Bxd4 $14 {3P:2P<<} Bc5 14. Ngf3 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. c3 Bd7
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 {[+]} Be8 19. Kh1 Nbd5 20. f4 (20. Rad1 $5) 20... Nxc3 $5
(20... Rac8 21. f5 (21. Rad1 {+/=}) 21... exf5 22. Nxf5 $40) 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22.
Nxe6 $8 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 (23... Kf8 $6 {ע}) 24. Rac1 Qa3 (24... Rd2 25. Qe1
{+/=/+/-}) 25. Qc2 Rd4 26. Qf5 (26. Qc7 $5) 26... Qxa4 27. Bf7 Bxf7 (27... Rd6
28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Ne5+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ $10 (30. Ra1 $5)) 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+
Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Rc7 $18) 30. Nf7+ (30. Rc7 Rd1 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ $10)
30... Kg8 31. Ne5 (31. Nh6+ $10) 31... Qe8 $13 32. Rc7 a4 33. Qg5 Nd7 34. Ng6
$6 (34. Rxb7 a3 $15 {Pa _|_}) 34... Qe2 35. Kg1 $2 (35. Rg1 $142 Rd1 (35... Re8
$5) 36. h3 $8 Re8 $13) 35... Re8 $1 $40 (35... Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe2 37. Rg1) 36.
Ne5 $2 $138 (36. Qf5 Rd1 $1 (36... Rd2 $2 37. Qh3 Qxf1+ (37... Rd1 $2 38. Qh8+
Kf7 39. Rxd7+ Rxd7 40. Ne5+ $18) 38. Kxf1 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 $10 (40.
Kg3 $2 Re3+ 41. Kh4 Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 b5 $19 {_|_}) (40. Kf3 $2 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Nf6+
42. Kh4 Rxh3+ 43. Kxh3 a3 $1 44. Rxb7 Ra8 45. Rb1 a2 46. Ra1 Nd5 {/\Ne3-c2 -+})
) 37. Rxd1 (37. Ne7+ Qxe7 $1 38. Rxd1 Qe3+ $19) 37... Qxd1+ 38. Kf2 Qe1+ 39.
Kf3 Re3+ 40. Kg4 Nf6+ 41. Kg5 Rg3+ $19) (36. h4 $8 {ףg5, (/\Kh2)} a3 $17 37.
Ne5 $140 $2 a2 $1 38. Nxd7 Qxf1+ $1 39. Kxf1 a1=Q+ $19) 36... a3 $4 $138 (36...
Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Rxe5 $19) 37. Nxd7 Qe7 (37... Qe3+ $142 38. Kh1 Qxf4 $1 39. Qxf4
Rxf4 40. Ra1 b5 {+/-/+- _|_}) 38. Qb5 $18 {/\Nf6+;Ne5} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 (5... Ndf6 {--> De
Firmian-Karpov, Biel 1990 INF 50/163}) 6. Bd3 e6 (6... h6 $6 7. Ne6 Qa5+ 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Nf3 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. O-O c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. c5 $1 Nxc5
15. Ba5 $18 {Tal-Oll, USSR 1986}) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. h4 c5 10.
Be3 a6 11. O-O-O $132 {Shirazi-Neamtu, Biel (op) 1987}) (7... Qc7 $2 8. Qe2 h6
9. Bg6 $1 hxg5 10. Bxf7+ $1 $40 {Van der Wiel-Karpov, Amsterdam 1987}) 8. Qe2
h6 (8... Qe7 9. Ne5) 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 $17 {Arnason-Ostenstad, Torshavn 1987}) 9... Nxe4
10. Qxe4 (10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 {--> 10.Qe4 Nf6 11.Qe2}) 10... c5 {[%csl Yd4,
Rd5,Ge5]} (10... Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 $5 (11... Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Be5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Burmakin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (37)}) (11... Qc7 12. Bd2 Bd7 13.
O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qa4 Qb8 17. Rhe1 Nd5 18. c4 Nf4 19.
Be4 $44) 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17.
Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 $15 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A Dortmund 1993}) 11. O-O
(11. Bd2 Qc7 $146 (11... Nf6 {- 45/153}) 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qe4 c4 14. Bf1 Rb8 15.
a4 b6 16. Qe2 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Gulko,B/Novgorod 1995 (25)}) 11... Nf6
12. Qh4 (12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qb6 17.
Bd2 Rhc8 18. c4 a5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Anastasian,A/It, Erevan ARM 1996 (33)}) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 (13. dxc5 Bxc5 (
13... Qxc5 14. Be3 {/\Bd4/^a1-h8}) 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rad1 $14) 13... Bd7 14. Bg5
(14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 $36) 14... Be7 (14... c4 {/\0-0-0} 15. Bxf6 $5 cxd3 16.
Bxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh6 dxc2 18. Qh7 $18) 15. dxc5 Qxc5 (15... O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qxc5 17.
Be3 $40) 16. Ne5 Bc6 (16... Rd8 17. Rad1 $14) 17. Qh3 Rd8 (17... O-O 18. Bxh6
gxh6 19. Qxh6 {/\Re3+-}) (17... Ng4 18. Bxe7 $4 (18. Qxg4 Bxg5 (18... hxg5 19.
Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Bc4 Be8 22. Re5 $18) 19. b4 $36) 18... Qxf2+ 19.
Kh1 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxh3+ 22. gxh3 Kxe7 $19) 18. Rad1 Ne4 $6 (18...
O-O 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Be4 (20... Ne4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 (21... Qxf2+ 22. Kh1
Bg5 (22... Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bg5 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Bxe4 $18) 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24.
Rxe4 Qf5 25. Rg4+ $18) 22. h4 f5 $13) 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Re3 $18) 19. Bxe4 $14
Rxd1 20. Bxc6+ (20. Rxd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 (21... Qxe5 22. Qa3 Bd5 23. Bd8
Kxd8 24. c4 Qe2 25. Qb3 Kc8 26. cxd5 $14) 22. Qe3 {קa7,Pb7}) 20... bxc6 21.
Rxd1 Qxe5 (21... Bxg5 22. Qd3 Qd5 23. c4 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 $14) 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23.
Qa3+ $14 Kf6 24. Qf3+ Kg6 25. h4 Rb8 (25... Qxb2 26. h5+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ f5 28.
Qxe6 $16) 26. b3 Rb7 27. c4 Rc7 28. c5 f5 29. b4 $2 (29. Qd3 $142 Rb7 $14)
29... Kf6 $11 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qc2 Qe4 32. Qc3+ (32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Rd6 Rb7 34.
a3 a5 35. bxa5 Rb5 36. Rxc6 Rxa5 {/\Ra3-c3 =}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 (8... a5 {-->Kasparov-Speelman}) 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 (10. Be3
{Hansen,Cu}) (10. dxc5 {Hansen,Cu}) (10. c3 {Hansen,Cu}) 10... Bd6 $6 (10... a6
{--> Watson-Spiridonov ,Palma de Mallorca 1989 (INF 48/211)}) (10... Nfd5 {
--> Kupreichik-Speelman ,Hastings 1981 (INF 33/188)}) (10... Nbd5 {-->
Short-Speelman ,Hastings 1988 (INF 47/193)}) (10... Nfd5 {Hansen,Cu} 11. Be5 (
11. Bg3 c4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bd7 15. Qd3 Rc8 $13 {
Kuprejchik-Speelman Hastings 1981}) 11... c4 12. Bxc4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 O-O $44 {Watson,W-Adorjan Esbjerg 1988/Arnason,A-Adorjan Akureyri 1988})
11. Bg3 $1 {N} (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Ngf3 (14. Rxd6 $2
Qxd6 15. Ng6 Qb4 $1 16. a3 Qe4 $19) 14... Nbd5 15. Bg3 b5 $132 16. Nd4 a6 17.
f4 $2 Nc3 $1 $17 {Sherzer-Nemeth ,Budapest Spring op 1990}) 11... Qe7 12. dxc5
Bxc5 (12... Bxg3 $2 13. cxb6 $18 {_|_}) 13. Ne5 $14 {()} Bd7 14. Ngf3 Nh5 {
/\^^,/^ h2-b8} (14... O-O-O $2 15. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 16. Qe5 Bxf2+ $8 17. Bxf2 $18 {
^^ עc8}) 15. O-O-O Nxg3 16. hxg3 O-O-O 17. Rh5 $1 Be8 (17... Rhf8 {Hansen,Cu})
(17... g6 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (18... Qxd8 $4 19. Nxf7 $18) 19. Qd2+
Bd6 (19... Qd6 $2 20. Nxf7+ Bxf7 21. Rxc5 $18) (19... Nd7 $2 20. Ba4 $1 Bd6 $8
21. Qa5+ $18) (19... Kc8 {Hansen,Cu} 20. Qc3 $18) 20. Nd3 {/\Ra5,Nc5->} Qc7 (
20... Kc8 {Hansen,Cu} 21. Qc3+ Kb8 22. Qxg7) 21. g4 Kc8 $8 (21... f5 $2 22. Nd4
$1 $18) 22. g5 $1 Bf8 23. Rh4 {<<} Kb8 24. a4 $1 Be7 $2 (24... a6 $142 {+/=/+/-
}) 25. a5 Nd5 26. Kb1 $1 (26. a6 Bb5 27. axb7 Rd8 $132) 26... Bd8 (26... a6 27.
c4 $18) 27. a6 Qa5 (27... b6 28. c4 Ne7 29. gxh6 $18) (27... bxa6 28. c4 Nb6
29. Nb4 $40 Kb7 30. c5 Nc8 31. c6+ Bxc6 32. Rc4 Ne7 33. Nxc6 Nxc6 34. Ba4 $18)
28. Qe2 $1 Nb6 (28... Qxa6 $2 29. Qe5+ Ka8 30. Qxg7 $18) 29. axb7 Bxg5 (29...
Kxb7 30. Nfe5 $40 Bxg5 31. Qf3+ Nd5 32. Rd4 {/\Nf7}) 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Rh5 Qf6
(31... Qxg2 {Hansen,Cu} 32. Ra5 $18 {/\Nd3-c5+Qa6/Qe5+}) 32. Ra5 Bc6 33. Nc5 {
/\ 34.Rxa7} Bxb7 34. Nxb7 Kxb7 35. Qa6+ Kc6 36. Ba4+ Kd6 37. Qd3+ Nd5 38. Qg3+
(38. c4 $18) 38... Qe5 39. Qa3+ Kc7 40. Qc5+ Kd8 41. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7
8. h3 (8. Qd3 Bg4 9. Nf3 e6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Qf3 h5 {
Mokry,K-Meduna,E/Tirnavia 1986}) (8. Qf3 Bg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. Ne2
e6 12. f3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Dortmund 1995}) 8... Bf5 9. Nf3 e6 {
[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Rc6,Gd4,Rd5,Ge5,Re6]} 10. O-O (10. Bg5 Bd6 {/\h6-g5}) 10... Bd6
11. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e6,Gc4e6,Gd4d5]} h6 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. Bg5
$14) 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. a4 {/\-><<} (13. Be3 Ne4 {[+]}) 13... g5 $132 14. Ne5
Nd5 15. a5 (15. Bxd5 exd5 {/\f7-f6}) 15... f6 (15... Rhf8 16. Qh5) 16. Nd3 (16.
Bxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 $36) 16... h5 17. Bd2 {/\b4} a6 (17... g4 18. h4) 18. Bb3 Kb8
19. c4 Nf4 (19... Ne7 20. Bc3 g4 21. h4 Ng6) 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Bc3 (21. Bxf4
Qxf4 {קd4}) 21... g4 22. h4 g3 $40 (22... Bh2+ 23. Kh1 g3 24. f3) 23. f3 Rhe8
24. Bc2 (24. Ba4 $142) 24... Bxc2 25. Qxc2 f5 $1 {/\Qc7-e7-h4-h2} 26. Rad1 (26.
Bb4 Rxd4) 26... Qe7 27. Bd2 (27. d5 Qxh4 28. Bd4 c5 29. Bxc5 Bd6 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6
$19) 27... Bxd2 (27... Qxh4 28. Bxf4+ Qxf4 $40) 28. Qxd2 Qxh4 $19 29. Qe3 {
[%cal Ge3g1,Ge3e5]} f4 30. Qe5+ Ka8 31. Rd2 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kd1 Qxf3+ 35. Kc2 h4 (35... h4 36. Rd3 Qg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. O-O Be7 (8... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 9. Nxd4 Bc5) 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11.
c4 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (12... Bxc5 {Ftacnik} 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nxc5 bxc5 $132) 13.
Bc2 Ncd7 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. N3e4 Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qd3 Bxg5 (17... g6 $5) (
17... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nxh7) 18. Bxg5 Rac8 (18... Qe5 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. b3 f6
21. Be3 Rad8 22. Qe2 Ng6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. f3 a6 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. h4
$14 {_|_ Tiviakov-Adams (9)/PCA-WchQual4 New York/1994/}) 19. Rac1 (19. b3 b5 {
<->c}) 19... Qe5 (19... Qxc4 $2 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (21... Nxh7 22.
Rxc4 Nxg5 (22... Bb5 23. Rc5 $18) 23. Rxd7 $18) 22. Rxc4 $18) 20. Qd2 $14 {^^}
Bc6 21. b4 $1 b6 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qe5 24. Re1 Qb8 25. a4 Ng6 26. f3 Bb7 27.
Bb1 h6 28. Be3 e5 29. Qf2 e4 30. f4 Qd6 31. Qd2 (31. c5 {Ftacnik} bxc5 32. Bxc5
Qxf4 $132) 31... Qf6 32. b5 Nh4 33. a5 $1 bxa5 (33... Nf5 $142 34. c5 Nxe3 35.
Qxe3 bxc5 36. Rxc5 $16) (33... Red8 $1 {Ftacnik} 34. Qf2 Rd3 $1 $132 35. axb6
$140 axb6 36. Bxb6 Nf3+ 37. gxf3 Rxf3) 34. c5 $16 a6 35. c6 Ba8 36. Bd4 Qd8 (
36... Qg6 $1 {Ftacnik} 37. Qf2 (37. Re3 Nf5) (37. Rc3 Nf5 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 $1 39.
Rxe4 axb5 $132) 37... Nf5 (37... Nf3+ 38. Qxf3 exf3 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Bxg6
fxg6 41. bxa6 $16) 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Bxe4 axb5 $13) 37. Rxe4 axb5 38. c7 $1 Qd7
(38... Rxc7 $4 39. Rxe8+ $18) 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (39... Qxe8 {Ftacnik} 40. Bf2 Nxg2
41. Bf5) 40. Qd3 Ng6 (40... g6 41. Bf2 $1 Qg4 (41... Qxd3 42. Bxd3 $18 {
פh4,c8Q}) 42. Qg3 $18) 41. Bf2 Bc6 (41... Nxf4 $4 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Bc5+ Re7
44. Qh8#) (41... Qxd3 42. Bxd3 Rc8 43. Bxb5 Bb7 (43... Nf8 44. Ba6 $18) 44. Bd7
$18) 42. Qxd7 Bxd7 43. Rd1 Nf8 44. f5 (44. Bc5 Bg4 $1 45. Rd8 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rxb1
47. Rxf8+ Kh7 48. c8=Q Bxc8 49. Rxc8 $13 (49. Rxc8 {Ftacnik} b4 $132)) 44...
Rc8 45. Bg3 b4 46. Bd6 Nh7 (46... a4 47. Bxf8 Kxf8 48. Rxd7 Ke8 49. Rd4 Rxc7
50. Rxb4 a3 51. Kf2 a2 52. Re4+ $18 {/\53.Ba2 Rc2 54.Re2 +-}) 47. Be4 Nf6 48.
Bb7 Re8 49. Be5 $1 Bxf5 (49... Rxe5 50. Rxd7 $18) 50. Rd8 Kh7 (50... Rf8 51.
Bd6 $18) 51. Rxe8 (51. Bxf6 $142 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Rc1 53. c8=Q Rxc8 (53... Bxc8 54.
Be4+ $1 $18) 54. Bxc8 $18) 51... Nxe8 52. Be4 $1 $18 Nxc7 53. Bxf5+ g6 54. Bxc7
gxf5 55. Bxa5 b3 56. Bc3 Kg6 57. Kf2 Kg5 58. Kf3 h5 59. h4+ $1 (59. h4+ {
Ftacnik} Kxh4 60. Bf6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 (11... Qc7 $5 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O {
-> 13.000}) 12. Bd2 (12. Ne5 $142 $5 Qc7 13. f4) 12... Bb7 $6 (12... Qc7 $5 13.
O-O-O Bb7 {-> 13.000}) 13. Ne5 $1 (13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. c4 c5 16.
Bc3 Rhg8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. Bc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. g3 Ka7 21. f4 Rc8 22. Nf3
Rgd8 23. Ne5 Ne8 24. h3 a5 25. b3 Bc5 26. Bb2 g6 27. g4 g5 28. fxg5 hxg5 {
Svidler,P-Vyzmanavin,A/Novgorod op (07) ;EXP 49 1995/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 13... Qc7 (
13... c5 {Dieser sofortige Gegenstoß führt zu einer für Weiß vorteilhaften
Stellung.} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O-O (15. f4 $5)) (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 {überläßt
Weiß Raumvorteil und das Läuferpaar.}) 14. f4 $1 {Die konsequente Fortsetzung
des mit 13.Ne5 begonnenen Planes: Weiß befestigt seinen Vorposten.} (14. O-O-O
c5 $1 {Unterminierung des Springervorpostens.} 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17.
Bc3 Rhd8 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. c3 a6 21. Bd3 b5 22. Kb1 b4 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Karpov,An/Dortmund (08) ;CBM 48 1995 (56)}) 14... c5 (14... O-O-O 15.
O-O-O {und Weiß hat dauerhaften Vorteil wegen der Schwäche von f7.}) (14... O-O
{Die sofortige kurze Rochade ist riskant. Schwarz gerät in heftigen Angriff:}
15. O-O-O {Weiß braucht kein Risiko einzugehen.} (15. g4 $5 c5 16. Rg1 (16. g5
$6 hxg5 $1 17. fxg5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 {ist ein Schlag ins Leere.}) 16... cxd4
17. g5 {mit starkem Angriff.}) 15... c5 16. dxc5 (16. Rhg1 $5 cxd4 17. g4 {
mit der Idee g4-g5 sieht einladend für Weiß aus, ebenso wie}) (16. Rhe1 $5 cxd4
17. g4) 16... Bxe5 $6 {wird widerlegt:} (16... Qxc5 $142 {führt zur mit
Zugumstellung zur Partie.}) 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Rhe1 $1 (18. Bxh6 $6 {ist zu
überstürzt.} gxh6 (18... Nxe5 $5 $13) 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qf4 (20. Qh4 Kg7) 20...
Kg7 21. Qg4+ $10 (21. Rhe1 $5)) (18. cxb6 Qxe5 (18... axb6 19. Bb4) 19. bxa7
Rxa7 20. Kb1 $16 (20. a3 $2 Rxa3 $1)) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxh6 $1 f5 (19... gxh6 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 (21. Qf4 $6 f5 22. Qxh6+ Qh7) 21... Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 $18 f5 (
22... Kh7 23. Rh3) 23. Qxh6+ (23. exf6 $5) 23... Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rd7+)
20. exf6 gxh6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 $18) 15. dxc5 (15. Bb5+ $6 Ke7 $1 $13) 15...
Qxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. O-O-O $16) (15... Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bc3
$18) 16. O-O-O (16. Bb5+ $6 Ke7 $1) 16... O-O 17. Kb1 (17. Rhe1 $6 Qd5 $1) (17.
Rhg1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 $132 {xe5}) 17... Rfd8 (17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rhe1
$16) 18. Rhe1 {/\ g2-g4-g5} Rac8 (18... Nd7 $4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21.
Bc4 $18) (18... Bxe5 19. fxe5 $40 {/\ g2-g4-g5}) 19. g4 {/\ 20.Nxf7} Bxe5 20.
fxe5 Ne4 $1 (20... Nd5 21. g5 $40) (20... Nd7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 $40) (20...
Nh7 21. h4 {/\ g4-g5}) 21. Bc1 $1 (21. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd4 23. Be3 (23.
Qe2 $2 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Rcd8 $19) 23... Rxe4 24. Bxc5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxc5 $15) (21.
Bxh6 Nc3+ (21... Qxe5 $2 22. Bc1 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Bc4+ $16) 22. bxc3 gxh6
23. Qd2 Ba6 $1 24. Qxh6 Bxd3 25. Qg5+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Qh4+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ $10)
26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ $10) 21... Qb4 (21... Ng5 22.
Rf1 {/\ h2-h4, g2-g4-g5}) (21... Nf2 $2 22. Be3 $18) (21... Qxe5 $2 22. Bxe4
Rxd1 (22... Bxe4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxe4 $18) 23. Bh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxe5 $18) 22.
Ka1 (22. Bxe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 24. Rd2 Bd5 $17) 22... Nc5 23. c3 Qa5 $6 (
23... Qa4 $142 24. Bc2 Qc6 $5 {Tiviakov} (24... Ba6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Qe8
27. Qf3 Bb7 $132) (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 (25. Qxd1 $5) (25. Bxa4 Rxe1 26. Qxe1
Nxa4 27. Qd1 Nc5 28. Be3 Bd5 29. h4 Nd7 30. Bd4 $16) 25... Qc6 (25... Ba6 26.
Qd2 {/\} Qxg4 $4 27. Qd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8#) 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qh5 $40) (24... Bf3
$5 25. Bxa4 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxa4 27. Red2 $14)) 24. Bc2 {/\ b2-b4} (24. b4 $4
Nb3+ 25. Kb2 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Qd5 $17) 24... Rxd1 $6 (24... Ba6 $142 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rf8 (26... Rxd1 27. Qxd1 $16) (26... Nb3+ $2 27. Kb1 (27. Bxb3 $4
Bxe2 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 $19) 27... Rc8 (27... Nxc1 $4 28. Rxd8#) 28. Qe4 Nxc1 29.
Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rd7 $1 Qxa2+ (30... Ke8 31. Rxa7 $18) 31. Kxc1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Ke8
33. Qg8+ Kxd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc6 (34... Kd8 35. Qf8+ Kc7 36. Qd6+ Kb7 37. Be4+ Rc6
38. Bxc6+ Kc8 39. Qd7+ Kb8 40. Qd8+ Bc8 41. Qd6#) 35. Be4+ Kb5 36. Qd7+ Kc4 37.
Qxe6+ Kb5 38. Qb3+ Kc5 39. Qd5#) 27. c4 $16) 25. Rxd1 Ba6 26. Qd2 $1 {/\ 27.b4;
27.Qd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8#} Nb7 (26... Qb5 27. Qd8+ Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. b4 Nb7 30.
Rd7 $18) 27. Qd7 $1 Rf8 $6 (27... Qc5 $8 28. Be3 $5 (28. g5 $5) 28... Qc7 (
28... Qf8 29. Qa4 $18) 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 $16) 28. Qd4 $18 {/\ 29.Qe4} Rc8 29. Qe4
g6 30. Bxh6 Bc4 31. a3 Bd5 32. Qf4 $1 Rxc3 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Qf6 (34. e6 $18)
34... Rxa3+ 35. bxa3 Qxa3+ 36. Kb1 Qb4+ 37. Kc1 Qe1+ 38. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 {A new move in Peter's
practice. He always sticked to 5.Ng5 which played Naiditsch in the first round
against me.} Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 {Much more
offen was played} (10. dxc5) 10... Qc7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 cxd4 {A novelty
which later will lead to already played 12...Nbd5} 13. Bxd4 Nbd5 14. O-O Bc5 $6
{After this the game transpose to the famous Roublevsky-Karpov game. For some
uknown reasons I rejected the most essential} (14... Nf4 $1 15. Qd2 Nxd3 {
Here Sergei in his informant comments sugests as the best} 16. cxd3 (16. Qxd3
Be7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. c3 O-O {=}) 16... Qd8 $1 {
Improvement to Rublevsky's analysis} 17. Rac1 (17. Nc4 b5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8
Rxc8 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Be5 Qa8 $1 $11) 17... Bd6 18.
Nc4 Bc7 {=}) 15. Bb5+ Kf8 $6 {The paradox is that after} (15... Ke7 16. Nc6+
Ke8 $1 {the best what white can achieve is slightly better position after} (
16... bxc6 17. Bxc5+ $16) 17. Nb4+ (17. Nce5+ Ke7) 17... Kf8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxc5+ Qxc5 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Ne5 $14) 16. Bxc5+ Qxc5 17. Bc4 $1 {
Actually this idea I underestimated by playing Bc5. Now white won't loose
tempos on retreating his bishop to b3 - he will take on d5 and fight for the
d-file.} Ke7 {Improvement to Karpov's game but not too important.} (17... g6
18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. a3 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Be8 22. b4 Qe7 23. Qb2 $16 {
Rublevsky Sergei(2685) - Karpov Anatoly(2725), Polanica Zdroj 1998 Memorial A.
Rubinstein (cat.17)}) 18. Bxd5 $6 {Better was to exchange a couple of rooks
too. That what Leko told me after the game. Later home I couldn't find any
comfortable settlement for black.} (18. Rad1 Rd8 (18... b5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nd4 $16) 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxd5 21. Rd1 Nf6 (21... b5 22. Qe4 $16) 22. Qd3
Qc7 23. Nc4 Kf8 (23... Bd7 24. Qa3+) 24. Nfe5 $18) 18... Nxd5 19. c4 Nf6 20.
Rfd1 (20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Nd4 Rhd8 22. Qe3 Ke8 23. Nxe6 Qxe3 24. Nc7+ Kf8 25. fxe3
Rac8 26. Nd5 Be6) 20... Bd7 21. b4 $6 {This move doesn't harme black at all.
Even worse it weakens the queeneside pawns and improves the position of black
queene.} (21. Nd4 Rhd8 22. Qe3 Ke8) (21. Rd3 Rhd8 22. Rad1 Be8 23. Nd4 Rdc8 24.
Nf5+ Kf8 25. Nd6 Rc7 $14) 21... Qc7 22. Nd4 Rhd8 23. Rd3 {Interesting was the
exchange sarifice after} (23. Nf5+ $5 Kf8 24. Nd6 Ba4 25. c5 {!} (25. Nexf7
Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd7) 25... Bxd1 26. Rxd1 {with good compensation for white.})
23... Kf8 24. Rad1 Be8 $13 {At this moment started to fall into a deep
thoughts. It's difficult to find a direct plan for white so he decides to
seccure his king first.} 25. h3 Nd7 $5 {Sharpening the game. I was afraid of
playing} (25... Kg8 {because of white attack on the king. But now I see that
it's not so easy for white to attack because his center is not seccured.} 26.
Rg3 (26. g4 Qe7 27. a3 Nd7) 26... b6 27. Qe3 Nh5) 26. Ng4 {After} (26. Nxd7+
Bxd7 27. c5 Ba4 {Black holds.}) 26... Qxc4 27. Qd2 $6 {Later Raj Tischbierek
told me that perhaps} (27. Qe4 $5 {was winning. Now I see that} h5 $1 {keeps
black into the play.} (27... e5 28. Ne3 {!} Nf6 (28... Qc8 29. Qh7 $18) 29.
Nxc4 Nxe4 30. Ne6+) (27... Kg8 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. Qf4 f6 31. Re1
e5 32. Qxh6+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ Bf7 34. Nf5+ Ke6 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qe7+
Kd5 38. Qd6#) 28. Ne3 Qc7 29. Qh7 (29. Qxe6 Nf6 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Nxc4 b5) 29...
Nf6 30. Qh8+ Ng8 31. Nef5 exf5 32. Nxf5 Qe5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Qxf5 35.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Qxg8+ Ke7 37. Qxg7 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb4 {=}) 27... Rac8 $2 {
General consideration move after which black knight on d7 get's pinned for a
good part of the game. Better was} (27... a5 28. Nxh6 (28. Nb3 Qxb4 29. Qxb4+
axb4 30. Nc5 Ke7) (28. bxa5 Nc5 29. Rc3 Qb4) (28. a3 axb4 29. Ne3 Qc5 30. axb4
Qc7) 28... Qxb4 29. Qe3 Qe7 $15) 28. Nb3 (28. Qf4 e5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Rd5
) 28... Qc7 29. Rc1 Qb8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. b5 $1 {Now white wants to penetrate
to e7 where his queene will create many threats.} Qc4 (31... h5 32. Ne5 f6 33.
bxa6 fxe5 (33... bxa6 34. Rc3) 34. Qb4+ Kf7 35. axb7 Qc7 36. Qa5 Qb8 37. a4 $36
) (31... axb5 32. Qb4+ Kg8 33. Nxh6+ Kh7 (33... Kh8 34. Qh4) 34. Qe4+ g6 35.
Qh4 Kg7 36. Ng4 $18) 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rd6 $4 {If Leko would play} (33. Ne5 {
the tournament would go different for him.} Qc7 (33... Qb5 34. Qa5 $1) 34. Qb4+
Kg8 35. Qe7 $18) 33... Qb5 34. Nd4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Rc8 36. Nb3 Nc5 (36... h5 37.
Rxd7 hxg4 38. Qd6+ Kg8 39. Rd8) 37. Nxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxa6 (38. Rxe6 Qb8+ 39. Qd6+
Qxd6+ 40. Rxd6 Ra5 41. Rd2 f5 42. Ne3 Bf7 $17) 38... Qb8+ 39. Kg1 {'time'} (39.
f4 Rb5 $15) (39. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 40. Rxd6 Rc2 41. Kg3 Rxa2 $17) 39... Rb5 40. Ne3 $4
{The loosing move. Last chance was to go for a very unpleasant position rook
and bishop against knight and bishop.} (40. Qd6+ Qxd6 41. Rxd6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rb2
$17) 40... Rb1+ 41. Nd1 {Here I took a cup of tee let the 10 minutes pass and
made the first of two winnings moves.} Qe5 {!$19} 42. Ra3 (42. Ra8 Qd5) 42...
Qg5 $1 {Mister second!} 43. Re3 (43. Qd4 Qd5 44. Rd3 Ba4) (43. Qd6+ Qe7) 43...
Ba4 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. g3 Rxd1 $1 46. Qd8+ {Desperation!} Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 $2 {Blatny,P} fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8
12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 15. c4 Kc7 $17 {Arnason-Ostenstad/Torshavn/
1987/}) (9. Nh3 {Blatny,P} g5 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Ng1 Nbd5 $10 {
Borkowski-Sapis/Hradec Kralove/1987/}) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 (10. Qxe4 {Blatny,P}
Qc7 $5 (10... Nb6) (10... c5 $6 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qa6 $1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 Rb7 19. Qg4 Bf8
20. O-O $14 {Psakhis - Meduna/Trnava/1988/}) 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 $1 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 $14 {Gelfand-Speelman/Munich/1992/})
10... Nf6 11. Bd3 Qc7 (11... b6 {Blatny,P} 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Ba6 Rd7 16. Bxb7+ Qxb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Be3
Rhd8 $14 {Thorsteinsson-Kamsky/Reykjavik/1990/}) 12. Bd2 (12. c3 {Blatny,P} b6
13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 $14 {Arnason,J-Karlsson,A/Hafnarfirdi (04)/1992/}) 12... b6
(12... O-O $6 {Blatny,P} 13. O-O-O c5 14. g4 $1 $16 {Malisauskas,V-Oll,L/
Vilnius zt/1993/}) (12... Nd5 {Blatny,P} 13. g3 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16.
Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O $132 {Tolnai,T-Schwarz,M/Budapest Elekes (07)/1994/})
13. Ne5 (13. c4 {Blatny,P} Bb7 14. Bc3 c5 (14... O-O-O 15. b4 Rhe8 16. O-O Ng4
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. a4 $40 {Tiviakov,S-Dahl,I/Gausdal AC (06)/1992/})
15. d5 O-O-O 16. dxe6 Rhe8 17. O-O-O Bf4+ $36 {Nevostrujev,V-Galkin,A/St.
Petersburg op2 (09)/1994/}) (13. O-O-O {Blatny,P} Bb7 $14) 13... c5 $146 {
Normally Black does this move with the bishop on 'b7'.I don't think that it
makes much difference especialy when White shaws an fresh reaction to it.} (
13... Bb7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O $14) (13... Bb7 $14 {Blatny,P}) 14. Bb5+ Ke7 (
14... Bd7 {Blatny,P} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $14 {^^}) 15. c3 {Gata had a long thought
in this position because it's obvious that the same thing may happen in his
match against Karpov. So should he show all his home analysis or just play
something regular.} Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 (16... Rac8 {Blatny,P צh8}) 17. f4 (17.
Bf4 {Blatny,P} Nd5 18. Bg3 cxd4 $15) 17... Ne4 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc2 $1 $13)
18. Be3 Kf8 (18... Rac8 $13 {Blatny,P}) 19. Rae1 $14 Kg8 20. Qg4 {->K} Nf6 21.
Qg3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 (22... Ne4 $5 {Blatny,P}) 23. Bd2 a6 24. Bd3 {/\f5->} f5
25. Qg6 Re8 {[#]} (25... Bc8 {Blatny,P /\Rf8<->f}) 26. g4 $1 $16 {Alekhin
would be proud of what Kamsky did. Every White's piece is in the optimal
position for the decisive attack.} Nf6 27. gxf5 Bxe5 (27... exf5 {Blatny,P} 28.
Bxf5 $16) 28. fxe5 Qc6 29. Re3 $1 $18 (29. exf6 {Blatny,P} Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+
31. Ke3 exf5+ 32. Be4 Rxe4+ 33. Kd3 Rxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Bd5+ 36. Kc3
Qc7+ 37. Kd3 Be4+ 38. Ke2 Qc4+ 39. Kf2 Rxd2+ 40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kh4 Bd5+ 42. Kh3
Qd3+ 43. Re3 Qxe3+ 44. Rf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kh4 Rh2#) 29... Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1
Ne4 (31... Qh4+ {Blatny,P} 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3 exf5 34. Bxh6 $40) 32. Bxe4
Qh4+ 33. Kd1 Bxe4 34. Be1 Qh2 35. Rxe4 Qh3 36. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 (2. Nc3) 2... d5 3. Nc3 (3. exd5) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 (4...
Bf5) 5. Nf3 (5. Qe2 Ndf6 $10 (5... Ngf6 6. Nd6#)) (5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 Nd5 7.
N1f3 h6 8. Ne4 N7b6 9. Bb3 (9. Bd3 {>=} Nb4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. Ne5 $1
$36) 9... Bf5 10. Ng3 Bh7 11. O-O e6 $10 {Fischer,R-Portisch,L/Stockholm izt/
1962/}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Ng3 $14) 6... Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5
Bg4 $1 (9... Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 $5 12. g4 Bh7 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. fxg3
Qc7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. h4 $36 {Tal,M-Fuester,G/Portoroz izt/1958/}) 10. O-O-O Be7
11. h3 (11. Kb1 {>=} Nd5 12. Bc1 $1 O-O (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Qg3 $1)
13. Bd3) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 $1 13. Bxe7 (13. Bd2 Bg5) 13... Qxe7 14. Kb1
Rd8 (14... O-O-O) 15. Qe4 b5 $1 16. Bd3 a5 {/\ a5-a4-a3} 17. c3 (17. a3 b4)
17... Qd6 (17... a4 18. a3) 18. g3 b4 $1 19. c4 Nf6 {>< d4} 20. Qe5 (20. Qe2
O-O (20... Qxd4 $2 21. Bxh7) 21. Bc2 c5 $17 {B <=> N}) 20... c5 (20... Qxe5 21.
dxe5 Nd7 22. f4 Nc5 $10) (20... Qxd4 21. Qxa5) 21. Qg5 h6 $1 22. Qxc5 (22. Qxg7
$2 Ke7 $1 23. dxc5 Qc6 $1 (23... Qxc5 24. Rhe1 Rdg8 25. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 26. Re1+
$18) 24. Bg6 $8 Rdf8 25. Bxf7 Qe4+ $1 26. Ka1 Rh7 $19) 22... Qxc5 23. dxc5 Ke7
$2 (23... Rc8 $15) 24. c6 $1 Rd6 25. Rhe1 $1 Rxc6 26. Re5 Ra8 27. Be4 (27. Rb5
Ra7 $10 {/\Nf6-d7-c5}) 27... Rd6 $2 (27... Nxe4 $10 28. Rxe4 Rc5 29. Red4 Ra7
$10) 28. Bxa8 $16 (28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Bxa8 Kc5 31. b3 Nd7 32. Kc2
Kd4 $44) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Kc2 Rf1 (29... Rd8 30. Rxa5 $18) 30. Rxa5 Rxf2+ 31.
Kb3 Rh2 32. c5 Kd8 (32... Rxh3 33. Ra7+ Kd8 34. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 35. Kxb4 $18) 33.
Rb5 $1 (33. Ra7 Nd7 $1 34. c6 Nb6 $16) 33... Rxh3 (33... Nd7 34. c6 $18) 34.
Rb8+ Kc7 (34... Ke7 35. Kxb4 (35. c6 $2 Nd5) 35... Rxg3 36. a4 $18) 35. Rb7+
Kc6 (35... Kc8 36. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 37. Kxb4 $18) 36. Kc4 $1 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bf5
$6 (7... Be6 8. c3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 {
Timoschenko-Razuvaev, USSR 1971}) 8. c3 e6 (8... Nd7 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Qf3 e6
11. g4 Qf6 12. gxf5 Qxf5 13. Qe3 $14 {Kavalek-Barcza, Caracas 1971} (13. Qxf5+
exf5 14. Bc4+ Kf6 15. Rg1 $16 {Boleslavsky})) 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h5 (10... Bd6
11. Qe2 $1 c5 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Rh3 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 Qxe5+ 15. Re3 $18
{Mecking-Miles, Wijk aan Zee 1978}) 12. Bg2 $1 (12. dxc5 $5 Be4 13. cxd6 Bxh1
14. Bf4 $13) 12... cxd4 13. h5 $16) 11. g5 Nd5 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qc2 Kf7 (13...
Ne7 14. Bc4 {/\Qe4}) 14. Rh3 Ne7 15. Bc4 Nf5 16. Rf3 Qd7 17. Rxf5+ $1 $18 gxf5
18. Qxf5+ Ke7 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Bf4 Kd8 21. Qe5 Rg8 22. O-O-O g6 23. Re1 Bg7 24.
Qb8+ Ke7 (24... Qc8 25. Qxa7) 25. Rxe6+ $1 (25. Rxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qc7+ Qd7 27.
Bd6#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6
15. b4 $5 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ngf3 cxd4 $1 20. O-O
$5 (20. Bxd7+ $5 Nxd7 21. O-O $13) 20... Rd8 $1 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Nxd4 Kf8 23.
Rfd1 f5 24. Ng3 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Nd5 26. Rb3 h5 27. Nd4 Nf4 28. Qf1 Qxa2 29. Rf3
h4 30. Ngxf5 $6 exf5 {Remisangebot von Schwarz} 31. Rxf4 {Weiß lehnt
Reisangebot ab!} Rh6 $1 {Der Turm guckt nach d6 und b6} 32. Ra1 Qd2 33. Ne2 Re6
34. Rxf5 Qxe2 35. Qc1 Red6 0-1

[Event "Linares cf"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2
Bd6 15. Nxd7 (15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Bc4 a6 $10) 15... Bxd7 16. Rae1 Rfd8 $1 (16...
Bc6 17. Ne5 Be4 $10) 17. Ne5 Bb5 $1 $10 18. Bxb5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
Rxd2 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Ree1 b5 (22... Nd5 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nf4 $10) 23. a3
Nd5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 a5 26. g3 b4 27. axb4 Nxb4 28. c3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rb8
30. Rd2 a4 31. Kf1 Rb3 32. Ke2 a3 33. bxa3 Rxa3 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Kc4 Ra8 36. Kb3
Rb8+ 37. Kc2 Rc8 38. Rd7 Ke8 39. Rb7 Rc5 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 h6 10. N5f3 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be5 (12. Bg3) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O
c4 14. Bxc4 Nxa4 {[#]} 15. Nh3 (15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Kb1 a4 17. c4 Be7 $17) (15. Bd3
Nd5 $15) 15... Nb6 $17 16. g4 $2 (16. Bd3) 16... a4 $19 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nhxg5
a3 19. b3 Bb4 20. Rdg1 a2 21. Kb2 Nxc4+ 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 f6 24. Bf4 Ba3+
25. Ka1 Nxf4 26. h4 Rf7 27. Rg4 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA (7-3) (5,5-4,5)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1946.09.11"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {Niemzowitsch} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 $2
(6. Ng3 $142 {Kashdan-Kotov/URS-USA/1946}) 6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 $1
{/\ Bf3, Qd4} 9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be2 (11. O-O $6 Bd6 {/\ Qc7, 0-0-0, -> >>
}) 11... Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. f4 $6 (14. Nd3) 14... O-O 15. O-O c5
$1 16. dxc5 (16. Be3 Nd5 17. dxc5 Bxe5) 16... Bxc5+ 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rae1 (18.
Rad1 $8 {=}) 18... Nd7 $1 19. Bxc5 $6 (19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qe3
Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Rd2 23. Rf2 $10) 19... Qxc5+ 20. Kh2 (20. Kh1 $1) 20... Nxe5 21.
fxe5 (21. Qxe5 Rd5 22. Qe2 Rfd8) 21... Rd5 22. c4 Rd4 23. b3 Rfd8 {/\ Rd2} 24.
Qe3 (24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxe5+ $17) 24... Qc7 {/\ 25... f5} 25.
Kh1 a5 $1 26. Qf3 {/\ 27.Rd1 Qe5?? 28.Qf7+-} h6 $1 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Rd2
29. a4 Qc6 $1 30. Qg4 (30. Qxc6 {-/+/-+}) 30... Rd3 31. Qh5 $2 $19 (31. Rf3)
31... Rxb3 32. Qxf7+ Kh7 {/\ 33... Rh3} 33. Kh2 Qxc4 34. Rf6 (34. Rf5 Qh4 $1 (
34... Qd3 {34... Qc3} 35. Rg5 $1 $10) 35. Qxe6 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Rf1 Qe3+
$19 {Flohr}) 34... Qd3 35. Rf3 Qd5 36. Rxb3 (36. Rf5 $5 {Steiner} Qd2 $1 37.
Qxe6 Rb2 $19 {Flohr}) 36... Qxb3 37. Qd7 Qc4 38. Qd6 (38. Qxb7 Qf4+ 39. Kh1
Qxe5 $19) 38... Kg6 39. Kg1 Qd5 40. Qc7 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 (41. Kh1 Qxa4 42. Qxb7
Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares cf"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1987.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Be6
8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Be3 Ne4 $5 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. b3 (13. Rad1 Qa5
14. f4 $13) 13... c5 $1 $10 14. Rad1 Nf5 15. d5 (15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qc8 17.
Nd3 Bf5 18. b4 Bh6 19. Qc1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2 $36) 15... Bxe5 16. dxe6
Qc7 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. g3 Raf8 (18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxg3+ $10)
19. Bg4 $1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares cf"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1987.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Nd7
8. Be3 $5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bf5 (9... Qxd1+ $6 10. Rxd1 Bf5 11. Bd3 $16) (9... Qa5+
$6 10. Qd2 Qxe5 11. O-O-O $36) 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Bxa7 (11. c3 a6 12. Bb6 Rd7
13. Bc4 e6 14. Ke2 $13) 11... Bxc2 12. Bb6 Ra8 13. Bc4 e6 14. f3 Ra4 $1 15. b3
Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Ra3 17. Bd4 (17. Bd3 $6 Bxd3+ 18. Kxd3 Ra6 $1 {/\ Ke8-d7=/+})
17... O-O 18. Bb2 Raa8 19. a3 Be7 20. Rhc1 Bg6 21. Rd1 Rfb8 $1 $15 22. b4 Kf8
23. Bb3 Ke8 24. Rd4 b5 25. Rdd1 Rc8 26. Rdc1 c5 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29.
a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4+ Kf8 31. Bc3 h5 32. Bc6 Rxa1 33. Bxa1 Bg1 34. h3 Bh2 35. Ke3
Bc2 36. f4 Bg1+ 37. Ke2 Bb3 38. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2
Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 (10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bf4 (12. c3 {Ernst}
cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 $1 14. Be3 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qa5+ $10 {
Ernst,T-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik/1994/}) 12... Nbd5 13. Be5 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 b5 15.
Ngf3 b4 16. Bc4 Ba6 $10 {->Ivanchuk-Karpov (1)/Tilburg (7)/1993}) 10... c5 11.
dxc5 {N Uebliche Fortsetzungen sind 11.Bf4 und 11.Be3} (11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg3) (
11. Be3 Qc7 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Ngf3 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. c3 Bd7 17.
Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Kh1 Nbd5 20. f4 $14 {->Ivanchuk-Epishin (1)/Tilburg 
(4)/1993}) 11... Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 (12... Nxc5 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. Bb5+ $14) 13.
Qxe5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Bxc5 $1 (14... Nxc5 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Be3 $14) 15.
Nf3 b6 16. O-O O-O $10 17. c3 {Schwarz kann mit den Eroeffnungsergebnissen
zufrieden sein.} (17. Bf4 Ba6 18. Bc4 Qf6 19. Bxa6 Qxf4 $10) (17. Bc4 Bb7 18.
Bb5 Qc7 19. Be3 $6 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nf6 $36 {/\Qc2,/\Ng4}) 17... Qc7 18. Be3 Ba6
$1 19. Bc4 Bxe3 20. Bxa6 Bc5 21. Bd3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nf6 {Der Laeuferabtausch
war zu Gunsten von Schwarz,da sein Bc5 wesentlich gefaehrlicher als der weisse
Bd3 ist.Ausserdem sind die weissen Bauern am Damenfluegel 'fast' festgelegt.}
23. Nd2 (23. Ne5 Rd5 24. Rfe1 $2 Bxf2+ $1 25. Qxf2 (25. Kxf2 $2 Rxe5 $19) 25...
Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxb6 Rb8 $17 28. Bc2 $2 g6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 $19) (23. Bc2 $5
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ng4 25. Rf1 Rd8 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 g6 29. Qd2 Kg7
{Die Stellung ist etwas angenehmer fuer Schwarz.Solange die Damen auf dem
Brett sind,kann sich der weisse Monarch nicht sicher fuehlen.}) 23... Qf4 24.
Bc2 Rd5 25. g3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 {Weiss ist froh,die Damen abzutauschen.Damit
sichert er seinen Koenig ab, dafuer wird die schwarze Bauernmajoritaet auf dem
Koenigsfluegel eine wesentlich groessere Rolle spielen.} (26. Qf3 $5 Rfd8 27.
Nc4 Qc7 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qe2 g6 {=/+/=}) 26... Rxe5 27. Rfe1 (27. Nc4 $5 Rd5
28. Rxd5 exd5 $5 (28... Nxd5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Bb3 Kf8 31. Ne5 $10) 29. Nd2 Re8
30. Bd3 Ne4 $36) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rc8 $1 {Der schwarze Turm zieht die
'offene' 5.Reihe der offenen d-Linie vor.Hier wird er den Vormarsch der
schwarzen Bauern unterstuetzen,ohne sich in Abtauschgefahr zu befinden.} 29.
Ne4 (29. Nb3 Kf8 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 $15) 29... Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Re1
{Beliavsky spielt ohne Plan.Er sollte unbedingt jetzt oder spaeter h2-h4
spielen,was in solchen Stellungen fast immer zu empfehlen ist.} Bd6 33. Rd1 Rc5
34. Bd3 g5 $15 35. Bb5 h5 {!=/+ Ernst} 36. Kg2 Rf5 {Ohne Eile! Fruehzeitig
waere 36..g4,denn nach 37.h3 koennte Weiss ein    Bauernpaar abtauschen und
damit seine Verteidigung erleichtern.} 37. Bd3 Re5 38. Kf1 $2 {Noch eine
Nachlaessigkeit.Weiss laesst die schwarzen Bauern zu weit vor- ruecken.
Notwendig war 38.h3.} (38. h3 h4 $5 39. g4 $1 (39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Kf3 Bc5 $17)
39... f5 (39... Bc5 40. Kf1) 40. gxf5 (40. Kf3 Bc5 41. Bb5 $6 fxg4+ 42. hxg4
Bd6 $17 {o^h4}) 40... exf5 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Bc2 $15 (42. Bb5 $6 Re4 $1 $17 {><f2
})) (38. h3 f5 39. Kf1 Rc5 $15) 38... g4 $1 39. Re1 Rd5 40. Bc4 Rg5 41. Kg2 (
41. f3 $2 {Ernst} gxf3 42. Kf2 h4 $1 $19) 41... h4 $1 $17 42. gxh4 $2 {Schwarz
macht Fortschritte und die weisse Lage wird immer schwieriger.Der neue Fehler
von Beliavsky beruht wohl auf einer Verrechnung.} (42. Re4 {>=} h3+ 43. Kf1 Rg6
$1 (43... e5 44. Bd3 f5 45. Rc4 e4 46. Bc2 Rg8 47. b4 Rb8 48. Ke2 axb4 49. cxb4
b5 50. axb5 Rxb5 51. Ba4 Rb8 52. b5 $10) 44. Bd3 f5 45. Rc4 Rf6 46. b4 (46. Rc6
f4 $36) 46... f4 47. Ke2 Rf8 48. Re4 fxg3 49. fxg3 Bxg3 50. Rxg4 Bxh2 51. Rh4
Be5 52. Rxh3 Bxc3 53. bxa5 bxa5 $17) (42. Kg1 $1 {Ernst} h3 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Bd3
f5 (44... e5 45. Re2 Bd6 {With the plan f7-f5 and e5-e4.} (45... Kd6 46. Rd2 $1
$132) 46. f3 $1 gxf3 47. Re3 f2 (47... f5 48. Rxf3 e4 49. Re3 Bc5 50. Re1 Kf6
51. Bc2 Ke5 52. Re2 $1 (52. Ke2 $2 f4 53. gxf4+ Kxf4 54. Rf1+ Ke5 $17) 52... e3
{With the threat f4} 53. Re1 $1 (53. b4 axb4 54. cxb4 Bd4 $17) 53... f4 54.
gxf4+ Kxf4 55. Re2 $1 $10 (55. Bb3 $2 e2+ $1 56. Kxe2 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 Rxh2 $17))
48. Rf3 Bc5 49. Rf5 Rxf5 50. Bxf5 $10) 45. Bc4 Rg6 46. Bb3 Bd6 {With the plan
e6-e5-e4.} 47. f3 $1 gxf3 48. Kf2 $1 (48. Re3 $4 Bxg3 $1 $19) 48... e5 (48...
f4 49. g4 $10) 49. Kxf3 e4+ 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Rf1 Kf6 52. Ba2 Ke5 53. Bb3 $10)
42... Rh5 43. Re4 $2 (43. Rh1 Rxh4 44. Be2 f5 45. Bd1 {/\h3} Bc5 $17) 43...
Rxh4 44. Kf1 {/\h3} e5 $1 {Das hat Weiss wahrscheinlich uebersehen.Er verliert
jetzt einen Bauern.} (44... Bxh2 $2 45. f3 $15) 45. Bd5 (45. f4 f5 46. Re2 e4
47. Rf2 e3 $19) 45... f5 46. Rc4 Rxh2 47. b4 e4 $19 48. Rc6 g3 49. fxg3 e3 $1 {
Die technische Phase der Partie spielt Karpov wie ueblich sehr sicher.} 50. Bc4
Rf2+ 51. Ke1 (51. Kg1 axb4 52. cxb4 Rc2 53. Bb5 e2 $19) 51... axb4 52. cxb4
Bxb4+ 53. Kd1 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Kd7 55. Rxb6 (55. Re6 Rd4 56. Bb3 Rd3 57. Ba2 Ra3
58. Bd5 Bc5 $19) 55... Ba3+ 56. Kb1 e2 57. Bxe2 Rxe2 58. a5 Bd6 59. a6 Re5 (
59... Bxg3 {Ernst} 60. a7 (60. Rb5 Re1+ 61. Ka2 Be5 $19) (60. Rf6 f4 61. a7 Re8
$19) 60... Re8 61. Rb5 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Kd5 $19) 60. Kc2 Ra5 61. Rb7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Super"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. c3 (18. Ne5 Rfd8 19.
c4 Bc6 20. Rac1 Nd7 $10 {Rigo-Eperjesi, HUN-ch 1978}) 18... Rfd8 19. a4 Rac8
20. a5 Qc5 $10 {Ceskovskij-Haritonov, Soci 1981}) (17. Ne5 Rfd8 (17... Rad8 18.
Rad1 Qb6 19. c3 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6 {1/2 Adorjan-Vadasz, Hungary 1977}) 18. Rad1 Qb6
19. Nxd7 (19. c3 Ba4 20. Rd2 Rd5 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Bc6 23. h4 Rad8 24. Rfd1
Qa5 25. Qe2 Qa4 (25... Qxa2 $5 26. c4 R5d7 27. b4 Rxd3 $1 28. Rxa2 Rxd1+ 29.
Kh2 a6 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Be8 {and Black has no problems.}) 26. b4 a6 27. Bc2
Qa3 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bb3 {1/2 Velikov-Spiridonov, Baile Herculane 1982}) 19...
Rxd7 20. c3 Rad8 21. Bc2 g6 $10 {Jansa-Holmov, Budapest 1976 - 23/204}) 17...
Qb6 18. c3 (18. c4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Be8 (19... Bc6 20. Rfd1 Kf8 21. b3 a5 $6 (21...
Bxf3 $5 22. Qxf3 Rd7 $10) 22. Ne5 $14 Rd4 $6 23. Bc2 Rad8 $2 24. Qe3 $1 {>< Qb6
} Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Qc7 (25... Qxe3 26. Rxd8+ Ke7 27. fxe3 Kxd8 28. Nxf7+ Ke7 29.
Ne5 $16) 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Qc5+ Kg8 29. Qxc6 $16 {
Santo-Roman-Spiridonov, Toulouse 1990}) 20. Rfd1 Kf8 21. Bb1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rc8
23. Ne5 a5 24. h3 Ke7 25. b3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Be4 b6 28. Bf3 Qd4 29. g3
Kd6 30. Nd3 e5 31. Bg2 e4 32. Nf4 Bc6 $10 {Przewoznik-Tomaszewski, Naleczow
1985}) 18... Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Ba4 21. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2
(14. Kf1 Bd6 15. Rd1 (15. Bg3 O-O 16. Rd1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 $1 $8 18. Nc4 Bxg3
19. hxg3 Bd7 20. Qe5 Rac8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Ne3 Kf8 23. Rh4 Bc6 $10 {
Timman-Karpov, Amsterdam 1988 - 45/161}) (15. Re1 O-O 16. c3 (16. g4 Nxg4 $1)
16... b6 17. h4 Bb7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Rh3 Nd5 21. Bc1 Rfd8 22. Rg3
Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Kf8 25. Re1 {1/2 Mestel-Hodgson, Great Britain (ch)
1989}) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Nxe5 a6 19. Bd3 b5
$13 {Gallagher-Morrison Blackpool, ch-GB 1988}) 16... O-O 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Nc4
Bxg3 19. hxg3 b6 $1 {/\ Ba6} 20. Ne5 Bb7 $1 21. Re1 Qe7 {/\ Nd7}) (14. Bd2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd5 16. Rhe1 Nf4 17. Qe4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd7 20. Qe5
Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Ke7 $10 {Leluashvili-Simonenko, cr 1988/92}) (14. c3 $2 Bxc3+)
14... Bxd2+ (14... Nxe5 $5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7
19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Qe3 a6 23. g4 Kc8 24. h3 f5
25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Bg5+ 28. Kb1 Bh4 29. Rh2 Re8 $17 {
Diaz-Kudrin, Las Palmas 1989}) 15. Kxd2 O-O 16. Rhd1 Nd5 $146 (16... Nc5 17.
Ke1 (17. Bc4 b5 {1/2 SandÉn-Wessman, Sweden (ch) 1994}) 17... Nd5 18. Bg3 Nxd3+
19. Rxd3 b5 20. c3 Qb7 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Rd4 $14) (16... Qb6 17. Kc1 (17. Nc4
Qc6 18. Qf3 $5 Nd5 $1 19. g3 (19. Bd6 $2 b5 $19) (19. Bg3 Nc5) 19... Nc5 20.
Bd6 (20. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Ne5 Qa4 $1 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. Ng4 Qb4+ $1
25. Ke2 Qf4 26. c4 e5 27. Nxe5 Re8 $19) (20. Ne5 Qa4 $1 21. Ke2 Nxd3) 20... b5
$1 21. Bxf8 bxc4 22. Bxc5 cxd3 23. b4 dxc2 24. Rdc1 a5 25. a3 {Karpov}) 17...
Nd5 18. Bg3 Nc5 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. Qxe5 Bd7 {/\ Bb5=}) 19... f6 20. Bd4
(20. Bg3 $5) 20... Qc7 21. g3 $14 {Timman} (21. Qe4 $5)) 19. Bc4 Na4 (19... Bd7
20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. a4 $1 Rac8 22. Ra3 Qb4 (22... Qc5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Qb4
25. Qb5 $16 {Timman}) 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qb5 Qe4 25. Qd3 Nf6 $8 26. Qxe4 dxe4
27. Rb3 $16 {Timman-Karpov, Zwolle (m/3) 1993 - 59/161}) 20. Rb1 $1 (20. Bb3
Nc5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Be6 $44) 20... Qc5 (20... Qb4 21. c3 Naxc3 22. bxc3
Qxb1+ 23. Kxb1 Nxc3+ 24. Kc2 Nxe2 25. Bxe2 $16 {Enders}) 21. Qd3 Nab6 22. Bb3
Nf6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nbd5 25. a4 $1 $16 {Enders-Engqvist, Budapest 1995})
17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa5+ 19. Kc1 f6 20. Bg3 Bd7 21. c4 Nb4 22. Bb1 Ba4 23.
Rd2 Rad8 24. Bd6 Rfe8 25. h4 Nd5 26. c5 f5 27. a3 Bb5 28. Qe5 Bc4 29. g4 Bb3
30. a4 Qa6 31. Bd3 Bc4 32. Bc2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 {This is the most principled
line to fight for an opening advantage.} Ngf6 (5... h6 $2 6. Ne6 $1 {is the
point of 5.Ng5.}) 6. Bd3 (6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 {is another theoretical line.})
6... e6 ({Again} 6... h6 $2 {is met by} 7. Ne6 $1) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... h6 $2 {
allows White to sacrifice a piece for a very strong and long-lasting
initiative. We all remember the historical defeat of Garry Kasparov:} 8. Nxe6
Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Bf4 {[%csl Rd8,Yf8,Yh8]} b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1
Nd5 14. Bg3 Kc8 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Bf5 exf5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 {
1-0 Comp Deep Blue-Kasparov,G (2785)/New York 1997/EXT 1998}) 8. Qe2 h6 {
Now, this move is ok!} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 ({The move} 10... Nf6 {is
tempting, but loses control over the important e5 square, which becomes
apparent after} 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]})
11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7] Forcing Black to make a concession, either to
weaken his kingside, or to lose the right to castle.} Kf8 {Black loses his
right to castle, but, on the other hand White can't make use of it immediatly.
Meanwhile, Black is going to complete his queenside development and push c6-c5.
The alternative 12...g5 disappeared from top tournaments after following
brilliant win of Vishy Anand:} (12... g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Qf5 $1 Bg7
16. h4 Kf8 17. Qh3 Rh8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxg5 cxd4 21. Rad1 Bb7 22.
Rxe6 $3 fxe6 23. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25. Nxd4 Qc5 26. Bf5 $1 Qe5 27.
Nf3+ $18 {1-0 Anand,V (2774)-Bologan,V (2650)/Dortmund 2003/CBM 097 (36)}) 13.
Bd2 $6 {In my opinion, this way of development is not the best one. The main
alternative is 13.b3 developing the dark-squared to b2, where it can press
Black's vulnerable Pg7. Recently, White successfully employed also the move 13.
Qh4. Here, few recent examples:} (13. Qh4 Bb7 (13... c5 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rd1 Ba6
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b3 f5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rb1 $14 {
[%csl Re6] 1-0 Jakovenko,D (2708)-Sasikiran,K (2690)/Foros UKR 2007/The Week
in Chess 659 (69)}) 14. Re1 Kg8 (14... c5 $5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rd8 17. dxc5
Nxc5 18. Qh4 Kg8 19. b3 Be7 20. Qc4 Bf6 21. Bf4 Qb7 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bxf6 Nxf6
24. Rad1 Kh7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2693)-Sasikiran,K (2690)/Foros UKR 2007/
The Week in Chess 660 (33)}) 15. Qh3 Re8 (15... c5 $2 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 17.
Qxe6+ Kf8 18. Nh4 $18) 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bd2 c5 18. d5 e5 19. Bc3 g6 20. Qh4 Kg7
21. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Leko,P (2738)-Bareev,E (2643)/Elista RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 657 (41)}) (13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Ne5 g5
18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Be4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe4
24. Qxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2779)-Wojtaszek,R (2637)/Baden Baden GER 2007/
The Week in Chess 647 (35)}) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 ({Deserves further
investigation:} 14. c4) 14... Rd8 15. Rad1 c5 $1 $146 {[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Gd6,Rf3,
Rh2] Black successfully completed his queenside development and opened
diagonals for his bishops. White's kingside is under pressure. Meanwhile,
White didn't create any threats against the black monarch, while his queen is
actually misplaced. White should already fight for equality.} (15... Nf6 16.
Qh4 (16. Qh3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 $11) 16... c5 17. Ne5 (17. dxc5 $142 bxc5 18. Be2
$11) 17... cxd4 18. Bf4 Kg8 19. c3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qe7 21. Qh3 Nd5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Jakovenko,D (2596)-Adams,M (2738)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (53)}) 16.
dxc5 bxc5 {Black is now threatening to take on f3, so White's reply is
understandable.} 17. h4 {Now, the "h" pawn is not hanging.} (17. Bc3 Nf6 18.
Qh3 Bxf3 (18... Nd5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4 21. Qg3 g5 (21... Nxg2 $4 22.
Ng6+ $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) 22. f3 $11) 19. Qxf3 Bxh2+ (19... Nd5 $2 20. Rxe6 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qf4 23. Bg6 $3 Rb8 24. Re3 $1 fxg6 25. Qd5 Qg5 26. Kxh2
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 $14) 20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Bc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke7 {White's compensation
for a pawn is rather murky.}) (17. Qh3 $2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rh2]
This is strategically bad for White.}) 17... Nf6 18. Qh3 c4 $6 ({Black could
win an exchange nearly by force!} 18... e5 $1 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 19. Bc3 e4 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bh2+ 23. Nxh2 Rxd1+ 24. Nf1 Qc6 $15) 19. Bf1
Bd5 {[%csl Gd5] Black is at least not worse, as he is very solid in the center.
} 20. h5 Kg8 21. Be3 (21. Bc3 Kh7 22. Ne5 Ne4 (22... Rhf8 $5 $11) 23. Nxc4 (23.
Rxd5 $2 {is parried by} Ng5 $1 ({but not} 23... exd5 $2 24. Qf5+ Kg8 {[%tqu
"En","Please enter a move for White.","","","c3a5","",5]} 25. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 26.
Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Rxe4 $1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 $16)) 23... Nxc3 (23... Bc5 $4
24. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 25. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Re4,Rg7]}) (23... Bxc4 $2 24. Rxe4 Bxf1 25.
Kxf1 $16) 24. Qxc3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Rhe8 {Black's pair of bishops compensates the
lack of pawn.}) 21... Kh7 {Black has completed an artificial castling.} 22. Bd4
Rhe8 23. b3 {The exchange on f6 at any time favours Black. So, Svidler is
trying to get rid of the Pc4 in order to make his light-squared bishop more
active.} cxb3 $6 {This exchange helps White, because it opens the diagonal for
the white light-squared bishop and also opens the "a" file.} (23... Bc5 24.
Bxf6 (24. Be5 Qb6 $15 {[%csl Rf2]}) 24... gxf6 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qf4 $15)
24. axb3 Ne4 $2 {This is too optimistic.} ({Again, solid} 24... Bc5 {was
perfectly playable.}) 25. Bb5 $2 (25. Bd3 $2 f5 {gives White nothing.}) ({But,
} 25. Qg4 $1 {could punish Black for his mistake.} f5 (25... e5 26. Bxe5 $1
Bxe5 27. Rxd5 Nf6 (27... Nxf2 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Rxd8 gxf5 30. Rxe8 Bc3 31. Kxf2
Bxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Qxc2 33. Re3 $16) 28. Rxd8 Bh2+ $1 29. Nxh2 Nxg4 30. Bd3+ g6 31.
hxg6+ Kg7 32. Rdxe8 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. Ke2 Qxf2+ 35. Kd1 $16) (25... Nf6 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","d1d5","",10]} 27.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 28. Bd3+ Kh8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qf5 {and so on.}) 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27.
c4 Ba8 28. c5 $1 Nxc5 (28... Bxc5 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Rxe4 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 29.
Bf6 {winning an exchange.}) 25... Re7 26. Qg4 f5 (26... e5 $2 27. Rxe4 Be6 28.
Qh4 exd4 29. Rexd4 $16) 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. c4 Ba8 29. Be3 $2 {Attacking Ph6, but
missing a simple reply.} ({I don't see any better option for White than the
repetition of moves after} 29. Be5 Qb6 30. Bd4 Qc7 $11) 29... Rf8 $1 {[%csl
Rg6][%cal Gf8f6]} 30. Bd4 {White is forced to admit the mistake and come back
with the bishop, not to lose his queen.} a6 $2 {At this stage of the game,
both players were short on time, so, it was obviously extremely difficult to
calculate everything in such a messy position. White's queen is actually stuck
on g6, all Black needs to do is to remove the Bd4 and then to trap the queen
by Rf6.} (30... e5 $2 31. c5 $1 Bxc5 (31... Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34.
Nh4 {with strong play on the light squares.}) 32. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kf1
$2 Rxe5 34. Rd7 Nd2+ $1 35. Kxf2 Qc5+ 36. Nd4 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 Re7 38. Rxe7 Qxe7
$17) 33... Rxe5 34. Rd7 Qxd7 35. Bxd7 Ng3+ 36. Kh2 Bxf3 $1 37. Rxe5 Nf1+ 38.
Kh1 (38. Kh3 $4 Bg4+ $19) 38... Ng3+ {with nice perpetual check.}) (30... Bc5
$1 {was as simple as strong!} 31. b4 (31. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rg6][%cal
Gf8f6]}) 31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 e5 33. Rd3 Rf6 34. Red1 Rxg6 35. hxg6 Bc6 $8 36.
Rd8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bf7 Nf6 $17) 31. c5 (31. Bxa6 $5 {
Looks very risky, but actually possible.} Bc5 (31... e5 32. c5 $1 Nxc5 (32...
Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Re2 $13) 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Nh4 {[%csl Re7,
Rf8,Rh8] is annoying for Black.}) 32. Bb5 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 e5 (33... Rf6 $2 34.
Red1 $1 Rxg6 35. hxg6 $18 {The threat 36.Rd8+ forces Black to give another
piece.}) 34. Rdd1 Rf6 35. Rd7 $8 Qxd7 36. Bxd7 Rxg6 37. Bxf5 Rxg2+ $1 38. Kxg2
Nd2 39. Bg4 Rf7 40. Be6 (40. Re3 Kh7 41. Kg3 Nf1+ 42. Kg2 Nxe3+ 43. fxe3 g6 {
with slight winning chances for Black.}) 40... Nxf3 41. Ra1 Be4 42. Bxf7+ Kxf7
43. Kg3 {This complicated endgame should end in a draw.}) 31... Bxc5 (31...
Bh2+ $5 32. Nxh2 axb5 33. Nf3 Bd5 {was another playable option for Black.}) 32.
Bc4 Qb6 $4 {This move is just a tactical oversight.} ({Necessary was} 32... Bd5
33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qxa6 {with approximate equality.}) 33. Bxc5 $4 {Wrong moves
order!} ({By} 33. Bxe6+ $1 Qxe6 (33... Kh8 $4 34. Qxh6#) 34. Bxc5 {White could
win an exchange without any compensation.}) 33... Qxc5 $6 {It's not clear why
Morozevich gave his Pe6.} ({After} 33... Nxc5 {White still has to prove his
compensation.}) 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Rd4 Bc6 36. Bxf5 Nf6 37. Rc4 (37. Rxe7 Qxe7 {
followed by 38...Be8, Black will equalize.}) 37... Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Qe7 39. Nd3
Be8 40. Qg3 Nxh5 41. Qg4 {After a tense time-trouble a totally equal position
arised.} Bf7 42. Rc5 Qd6 43. Qb4 Bg8 44. Ra5 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 {Probably the most precise move.Although 10...
Nf6 also leads to absolutely playable position where nevertheless white's
chances should be prefered.} 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. c3 (13. Re1 $5 b6 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf1 e5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Bd2 f6 $13 {De Firmian,N-Gulko,
B/USA-ch 1996 (36)}) 13... b6 14. Qh4 {After this move black equalises very
easely,but it is not so clear what to do instead.Black has very unpleasent
threat Bb7,Nf6 and B:f3 and white tries to prevent it.} Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 Rd8 17. dxc5 (17. Be3 Nf6 18. Qc2 Ke7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5+ Qxc5 21.
Rad1 $11) 17... Nxc5 18. Qe2 Ke7 $11 19. h3 Rhe8 20. Qc2 {Trying to keep black
king in the center.} (20. Be3 Kf8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Bd4 Red8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24.
Bxe5 Qc6 $11) 20... Nd3 $1 {After this unexpected move white has to play
carefully to keep the balance.} 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 Bf6 24. f5 Kf8
25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf4 (26. Rae1 Kg8 27. Bf2 Be5 28. Kh1 b5 $15) 26... Qc4 27.
Qh7 $5 Ke7 28. Rae1 (28. Qc2 $11) 28... g6 $1 {Black tries to get something
out of the position.It was dangerous to take on a2 because of} (28... Qxa2 29.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 30. Qxh6 Bh8 31. Qh4+ $1 Kd7 32. Rd1+ $18) 29. Rxe6+ Qxe6 30. Bg3
$1 (30. Bxh6 $6 Rh8 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Qg7 Rd8 $17) 30... Rh8 $15 31. Qxh8 Bxh8
32. Re1 b5 {In the arising endgame black has slightly better chances,but white
holds the position without any problms.} 33. Kf1 f5 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. Ke2 Kd5
36. Kd3 Bf6 37. b3 a6 38. Bf2 h5 39. c4+ bxc4+ 40. bxc4+ Kc6 $11 41. Be3 g5 42.
Bf2 Be5 43. Be3 Bf6 44. Bf2 Be7 45. Be3 Kd6 46. Bd4 Ke6 47. Bb6 Kd7 48. Bd4 Kc6
49. Be3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 42-22"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1957.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1957.07.03"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Ne5 e6 9. Bb3 {/\10.g4} (9. g4 Be4 10. f3 Bd5 $1 11. Bd3 Qb6 $10) 9... Bd6
10. Qe2 (10. g4 Bxe5) 10... Nd7 11. Bd2 (11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. g4 Nf6 13. gxf5 Qa5+
14. Bd2 Qxf5) 11... a5 $2 (11... Bxe5 $142 12. dxe5 Qc7) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. g4
Qf6 14. gxf5 Qxf5 15. O-O-O a4 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Rhg1 {/\18.Be6 Qe6 19.Rg7} Rae8
18. Rg5 Qe4 19. Be3 a3 20. Rdg1 g6 21. Bd3 Qh4 22. Qf3 axb2+ 23. Kb1 {/\24.Re5
25.Bg5} Ke7 24. Ra5 Ra8 25. Re5 Rhf8 (25... Rxa2 26. Kxa2 Bxe5 27. c3) 26. Bg5
Qxd4 27. Re4 Qc5 (27... Qc3 $2 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Bf5+ $18) 28. Qh3 $2 (28. Bc4
$142) 28... e5 $2 (28... Qf5 $142 $1) 29. Bc4 Kd8 30. Qe6 $16 Kc7 31. Bxf6 Qxf2
32. Rf1 Qg2 33. Rg4 Qh3 34. Rd1 $2 $138 (34. Rgg1 $142 $18) 34... Rxf6 35. Qxf6
Qxg4 36. Qxd6+ Kb6 37. Be6 Qe4 38. Kxb2 g5 39. Bb3 $2 (39. Rd3 $142 $40) 39...
g4 40. Rf1 h5 41. Rf7 Qd4+ 42. Qxd4+ exd4 43. Rf4 Rd8 (43... Re8 $142) 44. Bc4
Kc5 45. Kb3 b5 46. Rf5+ (46. Bd3 Rd5 47. a4) 46... Kb6 47. Bf1 c5 48. Rxh5 c4+
49. Kb4 d3 50. Rxb5+ Ka7 (50... Kc7 51. cxd3 cxd3 52. Rc5+ {/\Rc1}) 51. cxd3
cxd3 52. Rg5 d2 53. Be2 d1=Q 54. Bxd1 Rxd1 55. Rxg4 Rd2 56. h4 Rxa2 57. Kc5 $1
$8 Rh2 58. Rb4 (58. Kd6 Kb7 59. Ke6 (59. Rc4 $142) 59... Kc7 60. Kf6 $2 (60.
Rd4 $142 $18) 60... Kd6 61. Kg5 Ke7 $10) 58... Ka6 59. Kc6 Rc2+ 60. Kd6 Rc1 61.
Ke6 Rc5 62. Kf6 Ka5 63. Rf4 Kb6 64. Kg6 Rc1 65. h5 Rg1+ 66. Kf7 Kc7 67. Rf6 Kd7
68. h6 Rh1 69. Kg7 Ke7 70. Rg6 Rf1 71. h7 Rf7+ 72. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 24,5-15,5"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1959.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.07.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 (5. Bc4 $5 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Ne2 $1 {Simagin} Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. c3 Be7 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 $16 {
Simagin-Kortschnoj/ URS/1960/}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Ng3 $5) 6... Nxf6 7. Bc4
Bf5 (7... Bg4 $4 8. Bxf7+ $18) (7... g6 {Panov} 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1
O-O 11. Be3 $14) 8. Qe2 (8. Ne5 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Nd7 $13 {Simagin}) 8... e6
9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Bg4 $1 $10 (10... O-O $2 11. Ne5 $1 $16) 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 (13. Bd2 b5 14. Bb3 a5 $40 {<< Simagin}) 13... Qxe7 14. Rhe1
O-O 15. Kb1 (15. Bxd5 Qg5+ $10) 15... Rad8 16. Bb3 Qf6 17. Qe2 $6 (17. Qxf6
Nxf6 $10) 17... Rd7 18. c3 b5 19. g3 Rfd8 20. f4 (20. Bxd5 $10 {Simagin}) 20...
b4 21. Qf3 (21. Bxd5 $142 Rxd5 22. cxb4 {Simagin} Qg6+ (22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4
Qxd4 24. a3 $15 {Neikirch}) 23. Qd3 Rxd4 24. Qxg6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kc2
hxg6 27. Kxd1 $13) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 c5 $1 $17 23. Re5 (23. c4 Nb4 $1 24.
dxc5 Nd3 $1 $17 {Simagin}) 23... cxd4 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 $1 (25...
Rxd5 26. Rxd4 $1 $10) 26. Rxd4 h6 27. g4 (27. Rxd5 Rb8+ 28. Kc2 Qb6 $19 {
Simagin}) (27. Qd3 Qe6 $1 $17 {Neikirch}) 27... Qe7 28. Qf2 (28. Qd1 Rb8+ 29.
Ka1 Qa3 $19) 28... Rb8+ 29. Ka1 Qa3 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Rb4 d4 $1 32. Rxd4 Re1+ 33.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Qxc3+ 35. Kb1 Qxh3 $19 {_|_} 36. a4 h5 $1 37. gxh5 Qf5+ 38.
Kb2 Qxf4 39. Kb3 Qf5 40. Kc4 Kh7 41. Qd2 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 (13. c4 bxc4 (
13... Nb6 14. cxb5 c4 15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Ngf3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Be4 19.
Qe2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V (02)/Moscow PCA 25' (03)/
1994/ (36)}) 14. Bxc4 Nb6 (14... cxd4 15. Ngf3 Bb4 16. O-O Bxd2 17. Nxd2 O-O
18. Nb3 Qb4 19. a3 Qe7 20. Nxd4 Bb7 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Bb5 Rdc8 {Stockfleth,
R-Lorenz,R/FRG-chTJ/1989/1-0 (60)}) 15. b4 $5 (15. Bd3 c4 $1) 15... Qxb4 16.
Rb1 Qa5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ngf3 cxd4 $1 20. O-O $5 (20. Bxd7+ $5
Nxd7 21. O-O $13) 20... Rd8 $1 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Nxd4 {0-1 Short,N-Speelman,J/
Hastings A2/1988/ (35)}) (13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Ngf3 cxd4 15. O-O Bd7 16. Nb3 Qa4
17. Rfd1 Qc4 18. Qe4 d3 19. Bd4 dxc2 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Nf6 22. Qf4 Qa4 23.
Rdxc2 Rd8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. b3 Qb4 26. Rxc5 O-O {0-1 Georgiev,Kr-Lehmann,Kl/
Heraklio op (03)/1993/ (39)}) 13... Bxc5 14. a4 $5 $146 (14. Ngf3 O-O (14...
Bb7 15. a4 (15. O-O O-O 16. Ne4 (16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qd8 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rfd1
Rc8 20. Rac1 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Manik,M-Meduna,E/Hlohovec op/1995/ (28)
}) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Be7 18. c3 Qb6 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Qf4 Rac8 21. Rad1 a6 22.
Qg3 Bd5 23. Rd4 Rc4 24. Rfd1 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Neumann,A-Schmidt,F/Giessen op (06)/
1995/ (46)}) 15... a6 16. O-O Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 bxc4 20.
Ba4+ {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Meduna,E/Novy Smokovec/1992/}) 15. O-O (15. O-O-O Bb7
16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nc3 19. Qg4 Nxa2+ 20. Bxa2 h5 21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22.
Nb3 Bxf2 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. Rh3 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rc8+ {1-0 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/
London PCA (04) 5'/1994/ (42)}) 15... Ba6 16. Bxd5 (16. c3 Qb6 17. Bc2 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Speelman,J/Reykjavik WCup/1988/}) 16... Nxd5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5
Qxc5 19. Bd4 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Speelman,J/Reykjavik WCup/1988/}) (14. O-O-O
Bb7 (14... O-O 15. h4 Bb7 16. Rh3 $40 {/^b7-h1, /\g4-g5->>>}) 15. Ne4 Be7 (
15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Ne3 $1 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Qf4 Nf5 $1 $17) 16.
Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rd8 18. Be5 O-O 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Nd4 a6 {
0-1 Shabalov,A-Karpov,An/Tilburg (04)/1994/ (40)}) (14. c3 Bb7 $1 (14... Qb6
15. a4 bxa4 (15... Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nxe5 19. Bxd5
exd5 20. axb5) 16. Bxa4+ Bd7 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Nf3 O-O 19. O-O Qc8 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. Bxd6 Rd8 22. Bg3 (22. Be5 a5 23. Bc2 Bc6 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26. Bg3 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Gulko,B/Riga Tal (05)/1995/ (43)}) 22... a5 23. Bc2 Qc5 24.
Ne5 Bb5 25. c4 Ba6 26. Rfd1 Nb4 {Ivanov,AV-Yermolinsky,A/New York Syracuse (04)
/1995/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (14... O-O $2 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. b4 $18) 15. Ngf3 Qb6 16.
O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Rad8 {Eichorn,E-Morgado,J/corr/1994/}) 14... Bb7 $6 (14... a6
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. c3 Qb6 17. axb5 O-O 18. Ne4 $14) (14... O-O $5 15. Qxb5 $2 (
15. c3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qb6 17. Ngf3) 15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 17. Ne2 Ng4+ $19)
15. Qxb5+ Qxb5 16. axb5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Ng4+ 18. Ke2 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 $1 (19. Ngf3
Nxf3 20. gxf3 Nf4+ $132) 19... Bxd5 (19... exd5 20. Ngf3 $16) 20. Ngf3 Nc4 (
20... Nxf3 21. gxf3 Rc8 $6 22. Rhc1 $1 Rc7 23. c4 $16) 21. b3 Nxd2 (21... Nd6
22. c4) 22. Kxd2 Bb7 23. Ra5 a6 (23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ke7 25. Rha1 Rhd8+ 26. Ke3
$16) 24. bxa6 Bxa6 (24... Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Ra7 $16) 25. Rha1
Rd8+ 26. Ke3 Bc8 (26... Bb7 27. Ra7 Bxf3 28. gxf3 $16) 27. Ne5 O-O (27... f6 $5
28. Ng6 Rg8 29. Ra7 Rd7 30. c4 Kf7 31. Nf4 $14) 28. Ra7 Rd5 (28... f6 29. Nc6
Rd6 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Rdd8 32. R1a7 $16) 29. Nc6 Kh7 30. c4 Rc5 (30... Rd6
31. Ne7 $16) 31. Rc7 Bd7 (31... e5 32. Ra8 $18) (31... Bb7 $5 32. Rxb7 Rxc6 33.
Raa7 Kg6 34. Kd4 $16) 32. Rxd7 Rxc6 33. Raa7 Kg6 (33... Rb6 34. Rab7 Rxb7 (
34... Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rd3 $18) 35. Rxb7 Kg6 36. c5 $18) 34. Kd4 e5+ (
34... Rb8 35. Rxf7 Rxb3 36. Rxg7+ $18) (34... Rb6 35. Rab7 (35. Kc3 Rfb8 36.
Rxf7 Rxb3+ 37. Kd4 Rg8 38. c5 Rb2 $132) 35... Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Rd8+ 37. Kc3 $16)
35. Kxe5 Re6+ 36. Kf4 (36. Kd4 Re2) 36... Re2 37. Kf3 Rc2 (37... Rb2 38. Rd6+
f6 39. Rb7 $18) 38. Rd6+ Kh7 (38... f6 39. Rdd7 $18) 39. Rd3 Re8 40. Re3 $1 (
40. Rxf7 Ree2 41. Rfd7 Rxg2 $16) 40... Rxe3+ (40... Rf8 41. h4 $18) 41. Kxe3
Rc3+ 42. Kd4 Rxb3 43. Ra2 $1 (43. Rxf7 $6 Rb2) 43... Kg6 44. c5 Kf5 45. c6 Ke6
(45... Rb1 46. Rc2 Rd1+ 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Re2+) 46. Rc2 Rb8 (46... Rb4+ $2 47.
Kc5 Rb8 48. Re2+ Kf5 49. c7 $18) 47. Kc5 Rb1 (47... Rc8 48. Re2+ Kf6 49. Kd6
$18) 48. Re2+ Kf5 49. c7 Rc1+ 50. Kd6 Rd1+ (50... g5 51. Re5+ Kf4 52. Rc5) 51.
Ke7 Rc1 52. Kd7 Rd1+ 53. Ke8 (53. Ke8 Rc1 54. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m3"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 (10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 Be7 (11... c5 12. c3 Bd7
(12... Bd6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Ngf3 Nbd5 16. O-O b5 17. Bd2 Ba6 18.
Rfc1 b4 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Qe1 Bb7 21. Bd3 b3 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qe5 {
Renet,O-Arkell,S/Hastings-B/1987/0-1 (52)}) (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Ngf3
O-O 15. Bf4 Nbd5 16. Be5 Ng4 17. Bg3 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Re8 20. O-O b6
21. Rfe1 Bb7 22. Qh5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nf5 $16 {Sherzer,A-Linn,G/Saint
John op-2/1988/1-0 (34)}) 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Ngf3 O-O 16. O-O Be8
17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Re1 Nc7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bf4 Ncd5
23. Be5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 {Karpov,An-Petrosian,T/Tilburg/1982/1-0 (42)}) 12. c3 c5
13. Bf4 (13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Bxc5 15. Ngf3 O-O 16. Bf4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nd5 18.
Bd6 Re8 19. O-O N7f6 20. Be5 b5 21. Rfc1 Ba6 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rc5 Nd7 24. Bxd5 {
Cabrilo,G-Spiridonov,N/Varna/1983/0-1 (30)}) 13... Bd6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Ngf3 Qc7 18. O-O-O Ra5 19. Rde1 Rc5 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Nb5
Qe7 22. Kb1 Nbd7 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Ka1 {Suetin,A-Ciric,DM/Budva/1967/0.5 (41)})
10... c5 11. a3 Qc7 (11... Be7 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxc5 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Ngf3
Bd7 16. O-O Ba4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 a4 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. Qxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd7 Rfc8 24. Nxc5 {Tisdall,J-Ostenstad,B/Nordisk-ch/1987/0.5
(39)}) 12. Nh3 (12. Ne5 $6 {Blatny,P} cxd4 13. cxd4 {Kasparov-Karpov/Linares/
1994/} Bxa3 $1) 12... Bd7 (12... g5 {Blatny,P} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 {/\f4})
13. O-O Bd6 (13... cxd4) 14. dxc5 Qxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. Rad1 $16) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 $1 Ng4 $2 (16... Be7 $16) (16... O-O-O {
Blatny,P} 17. Ne5 $14) 17. Nd2 $1 (17. Bxg7 $2 {Blatny,P} Rg8 18. Bd4 Nxh2 {
/\Bc6->}) 17... Nf6 (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bg1 (18... h5 {Blatny,P} 19. f3 f5 20.
Bxe6 (20. Ng5 $16) 20... O-O-O 21. Rfd1 $1 $16 Rhe8 $140 $2 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Nc4+ $18) 19. g3 Nxf2+ 20. Bxf2 $1 (20. Nxf2 Bc6+ 21. Nde4 Bxf2
22. Bxf2 f5 $13) 20... Bxf2 21. Qxf2 $18 (21. Qxf2 Bc6+ 22. Kh2 O-O 23. Nf4 $18
)) (17... Nxh2 18. Rfd1 $1 (18. Bxb6 {Blatny,P} Qxb6 19. Nc4 Qc5 (19... Qxb3
20. Nxd6+ Ke7 21. Rfd1 $18 {פh2}) 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. g3 $18)
18... O-O (18... h5 $2 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4 $18) 19. Ne4 $18) (17... h5 $5 18.
f4 Bc5 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rad1 $14) (17... h5 $5 {Blatny,P}) 18. Kh1 O-O $2 (18...
Bxh2 $2 19. Bxb6 $18 (19. Bxb6 {Blatny,P} Qxb6 20. Kxh2 a4 21. Bc4 Qxb2 22. Ne4
$18)) (18... Bc6 19. f4 (19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4 Qc7 (20... Qxb3 $6 21. Nxd6+ Kf8
22. Rad1 $36) 21. Nxd6+ Qxd6 22. Rad1 Qc7 $10) 19... Nbd7 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. f5
$36) (18... Be7 19. f4 $40) (18... O-O-O $142 {Blatny,P} 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4
{/\b4-> <<}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh7 (20... Kh8 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Ne4 Be7 23.
Nf4 $18) 21. Ne4 f5 (21... Be7 22. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 (22... Kh8 {Blatny,P} 23. Qe4
{/\Qh7#} Bxf6 24. Bc2 $18) 23. Bc2+ Kh8 24. Qe4 $18) 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7
24. Rad1 Be5 (24... Bb5 25. Nh5+ Kh7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 (26... Bxf1 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28.
Qd4 $18) 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Bxe6 $18) 25. Nh5+ Kh7 26.
f4 Bh8 27. Ng5+ $1 (27. Ng5+ Kg6 (27... hxg5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Qxg5#) (27... Kg8
28. Nf6+ Bxf6 (28... Kg7 {Blatny,P} 29. Ngh7 {/\Qg3#}) 29. Qxh6 Bxg5 30. Qxg5+
Kh7 31. Rf3) 28. Rd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m3"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O (8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O $5 {Tiviakov,S-Adams,M/New York PCA m-3/
1994/}) 8... e6 9. h3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 (11... Qc7) 12. Bf4 Be4 $5 13.
Rad1 Bxf3 (13... Qb6) 14. Qxf3 Qb6 15. dxc5 (15. b3 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Rfd8 $10)
15... Bxc5 (15... Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Rxb7 $14) 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be7 (
17... Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qxb7 Qd1+ 21. Kh2 Bxf2 $4 22. Qc8+
$18) 18. b3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 a6 (19... Rd8 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bd4 a6
23. a4 $14) 20. g3 (20. g4 $5) 20... h6 21. Be5 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bf1 (23.
a4 $5 Qa5 $5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxb7 Qxc3 26. Bxa6 (26. Qxa6 Bd4 27. Kg2 Qd2 28.
Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qf3 Kg8 $13) 26... Bd4 27. Kg2 Qd2 28. Qa8+ $1 Kh7 29. Qf3 Kg8 $14
) 23... Qa5 $1 24. Bxf6 (24. Bd4 e5 25. b4 Qc7) 24... Bxf6 25. Qxb7 Qxc3 (25...
Qxa2 $2 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Bd3+ g6 28. Qf8 $16) 26. Qxa6 Bd4 $1 27. Kg2 (27. Qd3
Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Bc5 29. a4 Bb4 $10) 27... Qd2 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qf3 (29. Qe4+ g6)
29... Kg8 (29... f5 $2 {xe6} 30. Bc4 Qe1 31. a4 $16) 30. a4 (30. a3 $5 Qb2 31.
b4 Qc3 $14 (31... Bc3 $6 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Bd3+ f5 (33... g6 $2 34. Qf8 $18) 34.
Bc4 (34. g4 $5 Be1 35. Qf3 g6 36. Bc4 Qe5 37. Kf1 {/\ Qe2+/-}) 34... Be1 $1 (
34... Bd4 $2 35. Qf3) 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Kf1 $1 Kg6 (36... Bc3 37. Bxe6) (36...
Qa1 37. Bxe6 Bxb4+ 38. Kg2 Bxa3 $1 39. Bxf5+ g6 40. Qb7+ Qg7 41. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6
42. Qa6+ Qf6 43. Qxa3 $18) 37. Qc6 $1 $16)) 30... g6 31. Bb5 Qc3 (31... h5 32.
Be8 $1) 32. Qxc3 (32. Qe4 $5) 32... Bxc3 33. Kf3 Kf8 34. g4 (34. Ke3 Ke7 35.
Kd3 Be1 $1) 34... Ke7 35. Ke2 f5 $1 36. Kd3 Be1 37. f3 (37. gxf5 exf5 38. f3 g5
) 37... fxg4 38. fxg4 (38. hxg4 h5) 38... h5 39. Kc4 (39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Kc4 h4
$10) 39... hxg4 40. hxg4 Kd6 41. b4 g5 $1 42. Be8 (42. a5 Bd2) 42... Bd2 43.
Bf7 Be1 44. a5 Bd2 45. Kb5 (45. a6 Be3 $10) 45... Kc7 $1 (45... e5 $2 46. Kb6
Bxb4 47. a6 Bc5+ 48. Kb7 e4 49. Bb3 Ke5 50. a7 Bxa7 51. Kxa7 Kf4 52. Bd1 Ke3
53. Kb6 Kd2 54. Kc5 Kxd1 (54... e3 55. Kd4 e2 56. Bxe2 Kxe2 57. Ke4 $18) 55.
Kd4 $18) 46. Bxe6 Be1 47. Bf7 Bd2 48. Be8 Be1 49. Ka4 Kd6 50. b5 Kc5 51. b6 (
51. a6 Kb6 $10) 51... Bd2 52. b7 Bf4 53. Kb3 Bb8 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Bb5 Kc7 56. a6
(56. a6 Kb6 57. Bd3 Bf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qh4 Bb7 14. Re1 {
Leko also won against Bareev in the first game of their match. After thorough
homepreparation he probably understood, that in the fight against artificial
castling patience is the key issue.} (14. b3 c5 15. Be4 Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 hxg5 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qxg7 Bxe4 20. Qxg5+ Nf6 21. f3 Bxc2 22. dxc5 Rg8
23. Qd2 Qxc5+ 24. Rf2 Bf5 {1/2 David,A (2548)-Schlosser,P (2534)/France 2003/})
14... Kg8 (14... Re8 15. Bd2 c5 (15... Kg8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Be4 g5 18. Qh3 Bxe4
19. Rxe4 f5 20. Ree1 g4 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qg6+ Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. dxc5 Bxc5
25. Ne5 Ne4 {0-1 Salazar,J (2150)-Abdulla,A (2350)/Calicut 1998/ (59)}) 16. Be4
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 c4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. a4 Rc8 {0-1
Arakhamia Grant,K (2440)-Speelman,J (2605)/England 1998/ (51)}) 15. Qh3 Re8 (
15... g5 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kf8 (17... Kg7 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Bc4 $18)
18. Bc4 Nb8 19. Bf4 gxf4 20. Qf6+ Ke8 21. Re1+ $18) 16. c4 Nf6 (16... c5 17. d5
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $13) 17. Bd2 c5 18. d5 $5 {The critical moment of the whole
opening. Bareev had to find courage to accept the challenge and the sacrificed
pawn.} (18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 $14) 18... e5 $6 (18... exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bc3 Rd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 $13) 19. Bc3 g6 (19...
e4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Bxe4 $16) 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Nd2 Qd8 (21... b5
22. b3 b4 23. Bb2 g5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Qe3 $16) 22. Bc2 Bc8 23. Ba4 g5 $6 {
The defender's plight lies in the imperfect coordination of forces, but the
weakening of the kingside will not help him in his search for harmony.} (23...
Re7 $2 24. f4 $1 $18) (23... Bd7 $1 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Re3 f6 27.
Rae1 $14) 24. Qg3 Nh5 (24... Bd7 25. Bc2 Qb8 26. h4 $16) 25. Qf3 g4 26. Qd1 Re7
(26... Bd7 27. Ne4 Bb8 (27... Bxa4 28. Qxg4+) 28. h3 $16) 27. h3 (27. Ne4 Nf4
28. Qd2 f6 29. Nxf6 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Kxf6 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qg3 $16) 27... Nf6 28.
hxg4 Bxg4 (28... Nxg4 29. Ne4 Bb8 30. d6 $18) 29. f3 (29. Qc1 Rg8 30. Ne4 Nxe4
31. Rxe4 f5 32. Qf4 fxe4 33. Qxg4+ Kh8 34. Qxe4 $16) 29... Bc8 (29... Bd7 30.
Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 $16) 30. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 32] The key move in the
decisive phase of the advance of the white pieces. The rook on e3 is excellent
in several variations and white queen has got a chance of a speedy transfer to
the kingside.} Nh5 (30... a6 31. Qe1 b5 32. Bc2 bxc4 33. Nxc4 Nxd5 34. Rd1 $18)
31. Qe1 f6 32. Qh4 (32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Qh4 Nf4 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Bc2 $16) 32...
Nf4 33. Ne4 Rf7 (33... Rf8 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Bc2 $16) 34. g3 Ng6 35. Qh5 Bb8
36. Bc2 f5 37. f4 $1 {Leko insists on opening the game uncompromisingly, just
at the moment when Black is ill prepared for the direct clash of the armies.}
Re8 (37... fxe4 38. Bxe4 Rf6 (38... Qd6) 39. fxe5 Nxe5 40. Bxe5 $16) 38. Nf2
Rf6 (38... Qf6 39. Nd3 Kg8 40. Rae1 Rfe7 41. Qe2 $18) 39. Rae1 e4 40. Bxe4 $1
fxe4 41. Nxe4 (41. Nxe4 Rxe4 (41... Ref8 42. Nxf6 Rxf6 43. Re8 $18) 42. Rxe4
Bd7 43. f5 Ne5 44. Rxe5 Bxe5 45. Rxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 (6... h6 $2 7.
Ne6 fxe6 $4 8. Bg6#) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8
11. Bf4 {DeepBlue-Kasparov/New York (6)/1997/1-0/}) 8. Qe2 h6 (8... Qc7 $4 9.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Qxe6+ Be7 12. Qf7+ Kd8 13. Ne6#) 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6
$2 fxe6 10. Qxe6+ Qe7 $19) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 (10... Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 $5 {
Karpov. /\g7-g5} 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O
g5 17. Qh3 $1 (17. Qa4 $17 {Kamsky-Karpov/Dortmund/1993/}) 17... c5 18. Rhe1
Bb7 19. Bc4 $1 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Iordachescu,V/Chebanenco mem 1st 1998/CBM 64 
(38)}) 11. Qg4 Rg8 $5 $146 {Finding a novelty in such often played position is
not easy. Anand's move is much less commital than the known alternatives.} (
11... g5 12. Qh3 (12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nc4 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. h4 c5 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. hxg5 Ne4 20. Qf3 cxd4 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Nxh8 Bb4+ 23.
c3 Nxc3 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Nxb5+ 26. Bd2 Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kxf7 28. Rxh6 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Maki Uuro,M/Arnold Cup 1994 (31)}) 12... Rg8 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Ne4
(14. Nc4 b6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Bb7 17. Bh7 Rh8 18. Be4 O-O-O 19. c3 Be7 20.
Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 c5 {1-0 Spangenberg,H-Giardelli,S/Buenos Aires PRENAJ 1994/ 
(40)}) 14... Bg7 15. O-O Bxd4 16. Be3 Be5 (16... Bxb2 17. Rad1) 17. Rad1 Nf6
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Qxh6 Be7 21. Qg7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/
Linares 1994 (39)}) (11... Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3 Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16.
h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Linares (6)/1998/CBM 64 (40)})
12. Nd2 $5 {/\Nc4} (12. Bxh6 Nf6 13. Qg5 (13. Qh4 Rh8) 13... Bf8 $1 (13... Nd5
14. Qg4 (14. Bxg7 Qa5+ 15. c3 Bf8 $19) 14... Nf6) 14. Qe5 Bd6 15. Qg5 Bf8 $11)
(12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 $11) 12... Nf6 13. Qf3 e5
14. dxe5 (14. Nc4 Be6) 14... Bxe5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17.
Be3 (17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 O-O-O 19. Re1 Rge8 20. Kf1 $14) 17... Ng4 (17...
Bd5 18. Qh3) (17... Qxb2 18. O-O) 18. O-O-O Nxe3 $11) 16... O-O-O $2 {Playing
against Kasparov even Anand multiplies the danger he sees in different
variations. It must have been better to bite the bullet and accept the pawn
sacrifice.} (16... Bxb2 17. Nxb2 (17. Bf4 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Qe7 19. Nd6+ Kf8) 17...
Qe5+ 18. Qe2 (18. Be3 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qe5+) 18... Qxb2 19. O-O O-O-O 20. a4 Rge8
21. Rfb1 Qd4 22. Be3 $40) (16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxb2 18. Qe3+ (18. Rb1 Be5 $1 (
18... Qe5+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bxf7 (21. Qb3 Rd4) 21... Qxc2 22. Be6+
Nd7 23. Rd1 $16) 19. Qe3 O-O-O 20. Qxa7 Rge8 21. Be3 Ng4 $17) (18. Rd1 O-O-O
19. O-O Be5 $17) 18... Kd8 (18... Kd7 19. Qh3+ (19. Rd1 Rae8 20. Ba5+ Qd6 21.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 22. Bb4+ Kd7 23. Bxf7 Rxe3+ 24. fxe3 $14)) (18... Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7
20. Rb1) 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Qb3 $13) 17. O-O-O Nd7 $6 (17... Bg4 18. Bf5+ Bxf5 19.
Qxf5+ Nd7 20. Be3 $16) (17... Bxh2 18. g3 Ng4 19. Bf4 $16) (17... Rd7 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Qe3 (19. Bf4 Qa5) 19... Qxe3 20. Bxe3 $14) 18. Rhe1 (18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19.
Bf4 Qf6 $4 20. Qxc6+ $1 bxc6 21. Ba6#) (18. Ba5 Nb6) 18... Rge8 (18... Bf6 $5
19. Bf4 Bg5 (19... Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Bg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nd6+ $14) 20. Bxg5 hxg5
21. h3 Rh8 $11) 19. Kb1 (19. Qe3 $2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxe3 $19)
19... g5 $2 {Even in the symmetrical structures like this one the pawn
weaknesses on the flanks play a great role.} (19... Kb8 $4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 $1 Bxa2+ 22. Kxa2 Rxe5 23. Bf4 $18) (19... f6 $5) (19... Qb8 $16) 20. h4
$1 (20. Qe3 Bf4 21. Qxa7 Bxc4 22. Rxe8 (22. Bxf4 $2 Qxf4 23. g3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1
Qd2 $19) (22. Bxc4 Bxd2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxd2 Re1+ 25. Rd1 Rxd1#) 22... Rxe8
23. Ba5 Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qb8 $13) (20. Ba5 b6 21. Bd2 Bg7) (20. Qe3 $2 Bf4 21.
Qxa7 Bxc4 $17) 20... Bf4 (20... g4 21. Qe3 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nb6 23. Bd3 $16) (
20... Bd5 21. Qe3 Kb8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Rg8 24. Qf5 $14) 21. Bxf4 gxf4 (
21... Qxf4 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Nd6+ $18) 22. Bf5 $1 {Strictly speaking the
punishment for black's mistakes is rather positional and very convincing.} Nf8
(22... Bxc4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 (25... Re1+ 26. Rd1) 26.
b3 Bd5 27. Qxf4 $18) (22... Bxf5 23. Rxe8 (23. Nd6+ $4 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 25.
Rd1 Ne5) 23... Rxe8 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Nxf5 $18) 23. Qh5 $1 Kb8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25.
a4 $1 {World champion doesn't want to give his opponent any chance for real
counterplay. Isolated pawns f7,f4,h6 will not run away.} (25. Qxh6 b5 26. Nd2
Rg8 $14) 25... Qe7 26. Qe5+ Qc7 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. b3 (28. Qxh6 $2 Rh8 $17) (28.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxh6 $2 Qb4 $19) 28... Qf6 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Ng4 Rxd1+ (30... Qg6
31. Qe5+ Rc7 (31... Kc8 $2 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. Ne5#) 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8
33. Nf6 Kc8 34. Qd6 Ne6 35. Qf8+ $1 Nd8 36. Qxd8+ Kxd8 37. Re8#) 31. Rxd1 Qg7 (
31... Qg6 32. Qe5+ Kc8 (32... Rc7 33. Nf6 Kc8 34. Ne8 Rd7 35. Nd6+ $18) 33. Nf6
Qg7 34. Rd8+ $3 Nxd8 (34... Kxd8 35. Qb8#) 35. Qxe7 Ne6 36. Ne8 Qd4 37. Nd6+
$18) 32. f3 $1 (32. Nxh6 Qh8 33. Qa5 b6 34. Qh5 $16) 32... Re8 (32... f6 33.
Qf5 $18) 33. Qf5 $1 (33. Qxh6 Qxh6 34. Nxh6 Rh8 35. Nxf7 Rxh4 $16) 33... Ka8 (
33... Qg6 34. Qe5+ Ka8 35. h5 (35. Rd7 h5 $1 36. Nf6 Rf8 $14) 35... Qg5 36.
Qxg5 Nxg5 37. Nxh6 $16) (33... h5 34. Qxh5 Rh8 35. Qa5 $16) 34. h5 Rf8 35. Rd7
$138 (35. Rd7 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 (36... Nxg5 37. Nxh6 $18) 37. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m3"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 c5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. O-O cxd4 14.
Bf4 (14. Nxd4 {Blatny,P} Bd6 $132) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 {
Short,N-Gulko,B/New York PCA-m (5)/1994/}) (16. Nxd4 {Blatny,P} O-O $10) 16...
O-O 17. Rxd4 Qc5 18. Nf4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 (19. Qc2 Bc6 (19... e5 20. c4 Qc5 21. Nd3
Bf5 22. Nxc5 Bxc2 23. Nxe5 $16) (19... a4 {Blatny,P} 20. Ba2 Bc6 21. c4 Qc5 22.
Nd3 Qf5 {=/=/+}) 20. c4 Qc5 21. Nd3 Qf5 22. Nde5 Be4 $13) (19. Qd1 Bc6 20. a4
$6 Bxf3 21. axb5 Bxd1 22. Rdxd1 (22. Raxd1 a4 (22... e5 23. Rd6 Nc8 24. Rxf6 $1
gxf6 25. Ng6 a4 $1 (25... Re8 26. Rd7 Nb6 27. Rxf7 $18) 26. Ba2 a3 $1 27. b4
Nb6 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. c4 Ke7 30. Kf1 Na4 31. Rd3 Nb2 32. Rc3 $16 Ra4 33. c5
Rxb4 34. c6 bxc6 35. bxc6 Rb8 (35... Kd8 36. c7+ Kc8 37. Bxf7 Rb6 38. Bg6 $18)
36. Rxa3 $18) 23. Ba2 a3 $1 24. b4 e5 25. Rd6 Na4 26. Ne2 Ne4 $19)) 19... Bxb5
20. Re1 Nbd7 $1 {xe5} 21. Rdd1 Bc6 (21... Nc5 22. Bc2 Ba4) 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Bc2
(23. Nxc6 Nxb3 24. Ne5 Rfd8 $10) 23... Be4 24. Bxe4 (24. b4 Bxc2 25. Nxc2 Nce4
26. c4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2 $132) 24... Nfxe4 25. f3 (25. b4 $2 Nxc3 26. bxc5 Nxd1
27. Rxd1 e5 $17) 25... Nf6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rfd8 28. Re5 (28. Red1 Rd5 $10
) 28... Rd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Nb5 (30. c4 Nf4 31. Rd2 Rc8 $10) 30... a4 (30...
Rc8 31. Nd6 Rc7 32. c4 Rc6 33. Nxb7 Rxc4 34. Nxa5 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ $10) 31.
Rd4 (31. Kf2 Kf8 32. c4 Nb6 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Ke2 $14) 31... Kf8 32. Kf2 (32. c4
Nb6 33. Nd6 $1 (33. Rd6 Nxc4 34. Rd7 Rb8 35. Rc7 Nxb2 36. Nd6 b5 $17) 33... Rd8
34. c5 Nc8 $10) 32... Ke7 33. Ke2 g5 $1 34. g3 f5 35. Kd3 h5 36. c4 (36. Kc4 g4
37. f4 h4 $132) 36... Nf6 37. Rd6 (37. Nd6 $2 e5 38. Nxf5+ Ke6 39. Ng7+ Kf7)
37... Nd7 (37... g4 38. f4 h4 39. Rb6 Ne4 40. gxh4 Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Rd7 42. Nd4 $16
) 38. Kc3 (38. Rxe6+ $2 Kxe6 39. Nc7+ Kd6 40. Nxa8 b6 (40... Ne5+ $17 {Blatny,P
}) (40... Kc6) 41. Kd4 Kc6 42. f4 g4 43. Nxb6 (43. Kc3 Kb7 44. Kd4 Kxa8 45. Kd5
Kb7 46. Ke6 Kc6 47. Kxf5 Kd6 48. Kg6 Ke6 49. Kxh5 Kf5 $19) 43... Nxb6 44. Ke5
Nxc4+ 45. Kxf5 Nxb2 46. Ke6 Nc4 47. f5 Nd6 48. f6 Kc5 $19) 38... Rc8 39. Kb4
Ne5 $1 40. c5 (40. Kxa4 $2 Nxc4 41. Rd4 e5 $19) 40... Nxf3 41. Rb6 Ne5 (41...
Nxh2 42. Rxb7+ Kf6 43. Na7 Rd8 44. c6 $18) 42. Rxb7+ Kf6 43. Kxa4 (43. Na7 Ra8
(43... Nd3+ $2 44. Kc4 Nxc5 45. Rh7 Rb8 46. Kxc5 Rxb2 47. Rh6+ Kf7 48. Rxh5 $18
) 44. Kb5 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 $132) (43. Nd6 Nd3+ 44. Kc4 Rxc5+ 45. Kxd3 Rd5+ $19)
43... f4 $1 (43... Rxc5 44. Nd6 (44. b4 Rc2 $36) 44... Nd3 45. b4 Rc3 46. Ra7
Ke5 $15) (43... Rxc5 {Blatny,P}) 44. gxf4 (44. b4 fxg3 45. hxg3 Rh8 $1) (44.
Nd6 $5 f3 $1 45. b4 Rd8 46. Rc7 (46. Ne4+ Kf5 47. Nf2 Rd2) 46... Kg6 $1 47. Re7
(47. Ne4 Rd4 48. Nf2 Rd2 49. Ne4 Re2 $19) 47... f2 $1 (47... Rxd6 $6 48. cxd6
f2 49. Rxe6+ Kf7 50. Rxe5 f1=Q 51. Rxg5 $10) 48. Rxe6+ Kg7 49. Nf5+ (49. Re7+
Kf6) 49... Kf7 50. Re7+ Kf6 $19) 44... gxf4 45. b4 f3 46. Nd6 (46. Nc3 Kf5 47.
Nd1 Rd8 $19) 46... Rg8 (46... Rf8 $5 47. Ne4+ Kg6 48. Ng3 (48. Nf2 Ng4 49. Nd3
e5 $19) 48... f2 49. Re7 $1 (49. b5 Rf4+ 50. Ka5 Nc4+ 51. Ka6 Rf3 52. Rb8 Rxg3
53. Rf8 Rxa3+ 54. Kb7 Ra2 $19) 49... h4 50. Nf1 Kf6 51. Rh7 $17) (46... Rd8 $1)
47. Kb3 (47. b5 Rg4+ 48. Kb3 f2 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg6 $19) (47. Ne4+ Kf5 48.
Nd2 f2 49. b5 Rg4+ $1 50. Ka5 $5 (50. Kb3 Rd4 51. Nf1 Rd1 52. Ng3+ (52. Ne3+
Ke4) 52... Kg4 53. c6 Rd3+ 54. Kc2 Rxg3 $19) 50... Rd4 51. Nf1 Rd1 52. Ng3+ Kg4
53. c6 h4 54. Rg7+ Kh3 55. c7 Rc1 (55... hxg3 $6 56. c8=Q f1=Q 57. Qxe6+ Kxh2
58. Qxe5 $13) 56. Nf1 $1 Nc4+ 57. Kb4 (57. Ka6 Nd6 58. b6 (58. Rd7 Rxf1 59.
Rxd6 Rc1 60. Rc6 Rxc6+ 61. bxc6 f1=Q+) (58. Ne3 Re1) 58... Rxf1 59. b7 Rc1 60.
b8=Q f1=Q+) 57... Nd6 58. b6 Rxf1 59. b7 Rb1+ $19) 47... Rg4 $6 (47... Rg2 48.
Rb8 (48. b5 $1 {Blatny,P} f2 49. Ne4+ Kf5 50. Nd2 $5 (50. Nxf2 Rxf2 51. c6 $36)
50... Rg1 51. c6 f1=Q (51... Rc1 52. c7 $1 (52. Rb8) 52... Nf3 $5 53. Nf1 $1
$16 Rxf1 $140 54. c8=Q Rb1+ 55. Ka2 f1=Q 56. Rf7+ Ke5 57. Qc5+ Ke4 58. Qc2+ $18
) 52. Nxf1 Rxf1 53. c7 Rc1 54. b6 Nc4 $1 (54... Nd7 $2 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxd7
Rb8 57. b7 e5 58. a4 Ke6 59. Rh7 Kd5 60. a5 Kc5 61. a6 Kb6 62. Rh6+ Ka7 63. Rc6
e4 64. Rc8 $18) 55. a4 $5 Na5+ (55... Nxb6 $1 56. Rxb6 Rxc7 $10) 56. Kb2 Rc6 (
56... Rc5 57. Rb8 Nc4+ 58. Kb3 Nxb6 59. Rxb6 (59. a5 $2 Rb5+ $1) 59... Rxc7 $10
) 57. Rb8 Nc4+ 58. Kb3 Nxb6 59. a5 Rxc7 60. axb6 Rc1 61. Ka4 Rb1 62. Ka5 e5 63.
Ka6 (63. b7 Ke4 $10) 63... Ra1+ 64. Kb5 Rb1+ 65. Kc6 Rc1+ 66. Kd6 (66. Kb7 e4
67. Rf8+ Kg4 $10) 66... Rd1+ 67. Ke7 Rb1 $10) 48... f2 49. Rf8+ Ke7 50. Rf4
Rxh2 51. Ne4 Rh4 $17) 48. Rb8 (48. c6 f2 49. c7 f1=Q 50. c8=Q Qd1+) 48... Kg7 (
48... Rf4 49. Rf8+ (49. b5 Kg7 (49... f2 50. Rf8+ Kg5 51. Ne4+ Rxe4 52. Rxf2
$13)) 49... Kg5 50. Rg8+ Ng6 51. c6) 49. Rb7+ Kf6 (49... Kg6 50. Rb8 f2 (50...
Kg7 $10 {Blatny,P}) (50... Rf4 $2 51. Rg8+ Kh6 52. Rg1 f2 53. Rf1 Ng4 54. c6
Nxh2 55. Rxf2 Rxf2 56. c7 Rf8 57. b5 $1 (57. Nf7+ Kg6 58. Nd8 Rf3+ 59. Kc4 Rf1
60. Kb5 Rc1 61. Nc6 Nf3 62. c8=Q Nd4+ 63. Ka4 $18) 57... h4 58. b6 $18) 51.
Rg8+ Kh6 52. Rf8 Rg2 53. Ne4 $18) 50. Rb8 (50. Ne8+ $2 {Blatny,P} Kg5 51. Rg7+
Kf4 52. Rxg4+ hxg4 53. Ng7 f2 54. Nh5+ Kf3 55. Ng3 Kg2 56. b5 Kxh2 $19) 50...
Kg7 (50... Rf4 51. Rf8+ Kg5 52. Rg8+ (52. h4+ Kg4 53. Rg8+ Kxh4 54. Rg1 f2 55.
Rf1 Kg3 56. b5 Kg2 57. Rxf2+ Rxf2 58. c6 Rf8 59. c7 Nd7 60. c8=Q Rxc8 61. Nxc8
h4 $19) 52... Ng6 (52... Kh4 53. Rg1 f2 54. Rf1 $10) 53. c6 f2 54. c7 f1=Q 55.
c8=Q Qb1+ $1 (55... Qd3+ 56. Qc3 Qd1+ 57. Qc2 Rf3+ 58. Kb2 Qxc2+ (58... Qd4+
59. Ka2 Rf2 60. Ne4+) 59. Kxc2 Rxa3 60. b5 $14) 56. Ka4 Qd1+ 57. Ka5 Qxd6 $19)
(50... Rh4 51. b5 Rxh2 52. c6 f2 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. c7 $18) (50... Kg5 51. Rg8+
Kf4 (51... Ng6 52. c6 f2 53. c7 f1=Q 54. c8=Q Qb1+ 55. Ka4 Qd1+ 56. Kb5 Qxd6
$17) 52. Rf8+ (52. Rxg4+ hxg4 53. c6 $5 (53. b5 f2 54. c6 f1=Q 55. c7 Qb1+ $19)
53... Nxc6 (53... f2 54. c7 f1=Q 55. c8=Q Qd1+ $19) 54. Nc4 f2 55. Nd2 Nd4+ 56.
Kc3 Nf3 57. Nf1 Nxh2 58. Nxh2 g3 $19) 52... Ke3 53. b5 (53. c6 Nxc6 54. b5 Na5+
55. Kc3 Rf4 $19) 53... Nd7 $1 54. c6 Nxf8 55. c7 f2 56. c8=Q f1=Q $19) 51. Rb7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m3"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 c5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. O-O cxd4 (
13... Bd6 {Short,N-Gulko,B/New York PCA-m (3)/1994/}) 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Rad1 O-O 17. Rxd4 Qc5 {xb5} 18. Rfd1 Bc6 (18... Bb5 $5 19. c4 (19. Qe5 Nbd7
20. Rxd7 $2 (20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 Be2 $10) 20... Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Qxe5 22. Nxe5
Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Rfd8 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Nc4 b5 26. Ne3 Rd2 27. Bc2 b4 $17) 19... Bc6
(19... Ba4 $5) 20. Ne5 a4 21. Bc2 Ra5) (18... Bb5 $5 {Blatny,P}) 19. Ne5 Bd5 (
19... Bb5 {Blatny,P} 20. Qe1 $14 (20. c4 Ba6 (20... a4 21. Ba2 Ba6 22. Nf4 {
/\->0-0}) 21. Nf4 $36)) 20. c4 Bc6 21. Qe3 a4 22. Bc2 Ra5 23. Nd3 (23. Nxc6
Qxc6 $10) (23. f4 Nbd7) 23... Qe7 24. Nb4 Qc5 (24... e5 $5 25. Qe2 (25. Rh4 Rc5
26. Bd3 Rc8 $15) (25. f4 Ng4 26. Qe2 Qc5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 $15) (25. Nxc6 {Blatny,P
} bxc6 {/\Rc5,Qe6->Pc4}) 25... Qe6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 $36) 25. Nd3 Qe7 26. Re1 Nbd7
27. Qd2 Raa8 28. f4 Rfd8 29. Nhf2 (29. f5 Nc5 (29... e5 $5) 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (
30... Qxd8 {Blatny,P} 31. fxe6 Nxe6 $13) 31. Qb4 Nfe4 $5) 29... Nb6 (29... Nc5
30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qb4 Nfd7 32. Ne4) 30. Ne5 Qc7 31. Rd1 (31. f5 $5 Rxd4 32.
Qxd4 Rd8 33. Qe3 exf5 34. Bxf5 $13) 31... Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Rc8 (32... Be8) 33. Qd6
(33. f5 $5 Nbd7 (33... exf5 34. Bxf5 Re8 35. Nfd3 (35. Nxc6 Qxc6 36. c5 Nbd7
37. Ne4 $14) 35... Nbd7 $14) (33... Be8 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Bd3 $14) 34. Nxc6
Qxc6 35. fxe6 Qxe6 36. Bxa4 Rxc4 37. Bxd7 Rxd4 38. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 39. Nxd1 fxe6 $14
) 33... Be8 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Rd4 Kf8 36. Nfd3 Nfd7 37. Nxd7+ Rxd7 38. Rxd7
Bxd7 39. Ne5 (39. c5 Nc4 40. Ne5 Nxe5 41. fxe5 f6 42. exf6 gxf6 43. Kf2 e5 $10)
39... Be8 40. c5 Nd5 41. g3 b6 $1 42. cxb6 (42. c6 $2 b5 43. Bd3 Nc7 $17) 42...
Nxb6 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 f6 45. Nd3 Kd6 46. Kd4 Bg6 47. Bd1 Be8 48. h4 Bc6 49.
b3 (49. b3 axb3 50. Bxb3 Nd7 51. a4 e5+ 52. fxe5+ fxe5+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2
(14. Kf1 Bd6 15. Bg3 (15. Rd1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Nc4 Bxg3 19.
hxg3 b5 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Re1 b4 22. g4 Rd4 23. g5 hxg5 24. Ng6 Nh7 25. Rxh7 {
1-0/Popovic,P-Kosic/Novi Sad/1992/}) 15... O-O 16. Rd1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18.
Nc4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bd7 20. Qe5 $10) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O 16. Rhd1 Qb6 17.
Nc4 $6 Qc6 $1 18. Qf3 Nd5 (18... Qxf3 19. gxf3 $14) 19. g3 Nc5 $1 (19... Nxf4
20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. gxf4) 20. Bxh6 $5 (20. Bd6 Nxd3 $1 21. Bxf8 Qxc4 22. cxd3 Qd4
23. Ba3 b5 $1 24. Re1 (24. Rac1 a5 25. Bc5 Qxb2+ $17) 24... a5 (24... b4 $6 25.
Re4 Qb6 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxa8 Qxf2+ $13) 25. Re4 Qb6 26. b3 Bb7 $17) 20...
gxh6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Ne5 Qa4 $1 23. Qh5 (23. c4 Nf6 24. Qf3 Kg7 $19) 23... Kg7
24. Ng4 Rh8 (24... Qb4+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kc1 Rh8 $1 (25... Nxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rh8 27.
Rxd5 $5 (27. Ne5 Qe1+ 28. Rd1 Qxf2 $19) 27... f5 (27... exd5 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29.
Nf6+ $13) 28. Ne5 Qe1+ 29. Qd1 $1) 26. Ne5 Nxd3+ 27. cxd3 Qe7 $19) 25... Qf4 $3
26. c4 (26. gxf4 Nxf4+ 27. Kf1 Nxh5) (26. Qxd5 exd5 27. gxf4 Bxg4+ $19) 26...
e5 $1 27. Qxe5+ (27. Nxe5 Re8) 27... Qxe5+ 28. Nxe5 Re8 29. f4 Nb4 30. Kf3 Rxe5
31. fxe5 Nbxd3 $19) 25. Ne5 Rf8 26. Ng4 Rh8 27. Ne5 Qe8 (27... Qa5+ 28. Ke2 Qc7
) 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd4 Nxd3 30. Ng6+ fxg6 31. Qxh8+ Ke7 32. Qxe8+ Kxe8 33. Kxd3
b5 $1 $15 34. Re1 $6 (34. c4 bxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Ba6+ 36. Kb3 $15) 34... Ke7 35. Re5
$6 g5 36. Rae1 Kf6 37. R5e4 Bd7 38. h4 Rf8 39. c3 a5 40. Kd4 Rc8 41. f3 $2 (41.
Kd3 $17) 41... a4 42. Rc1 Ne7 43. Kd3 e5 $1 44. Ke2 Be6 45. Kf2 (45. a3 Bd5 46.
Re3 (46. Rb4 Bc4+ 47. Kf2 Nd5 $19) 46... Nf5 $19) 45... Bxa2 46. Rce1 Rc5 $1
47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. f4 Ng6 49. fxe5+ Nxe5 50. Rd4 Rd5 51. Rxd5 Bxd5 52. Ke3 Bc4
53. Rd1 Kf5 54. Rd4 Nd3 55. g4+ Ke5 56. Re4+ (56. Rxd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 Kf4 $19)
56... Kf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O 16. Rhd1 Qb6 17. Kc1 $1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Bc4 Bd7 $6 (
19... Na4 $5 20. Rb1 (20. Bb3 Nc5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Rd2 Rac8 $132)
) 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. a4 $1 (21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rd6 Qc5 $132) 21...
Rac8 22. Ra3 Qb4 (22... N7f6 23. Rb3 Qc6 24. Bb5 {/\ Kb1, c4}) 23. Bxd5 exd5
24. Qb5 $1 Qe4 (24... Qxb5 25. axb5 $16) 25. Qd3 Nf6 (25... Qxg2 26. Qxd5 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Nb6 28. Rb5 $16) 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rb3 b6 28. Rb5 Rc6 29. Rd6 (29. a5
$1) (29. Rd4 $5) 29... Rxd6 30. Bxd6 $16 Rc8 31. h3 Rc6 32. Bf4 (32. Bb8 $5 a6
33. Rb4 Nd7 34. Ba7 {/\ a5+/-}) 32... Nd7 33. Be3 Kf8 34. Rb4 Nf6 (34... f5 $2
35. g4 $1 g6 36. Bxh6+ $18) 35. b3 (35. a5 $5 Nd5 (35... bxa5 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37.
Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rxa7) 36. Rxe4 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 bxa5 38. Re5 $16) 35... Re6 36. Rb5
Ke7 37. a5 Nd7 38. axb6 axb6 39. c4 Rg6 40. g3 Rd6 41. Kc2 $2 (41. h4 $1 $16)
41... g5 42. h4 f6 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Kb4 Ke7 45. Kc3 Rd3+ 46. Kb4 Rd6 47. c5
bxc5+ 48. Rxc5 Ke6 49. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch32 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1964.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 $5 e6 7. Bd3 c5 (
7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 (9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 Re8 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. Ng5 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Adams,A/New York(m/12)/1994/0,5 (58)}) 9... c5 10.
Rd1 Qc7 11. c4 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Ncd7 14. Ng5 $1 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Adams,
A/New York(m/10)/1994/o,5 (59)}) 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 (10. Nb3 Be7
11. Re1 O-O 12. Qf3 a5 13. a4 Nb6 14. Bd2 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Adams,A/New York(m/1)
/1994/0:1 (59)}) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 (11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qc7 $10 {
Spassky,B-Filip,M/Nice(ol)/1974/1:0 (64) Inf 17/222/}) 11... b6 (11... Qc7 $5)
12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nd5 (13... Qc8 $5 14. Kh1 a6 $10) 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nh5 $1
Kh8 $1 16. Be4 (16. c4 N5f6 $1 17. Nxf6 gxf6 $6 (17... Nxf6 18. Ne5 Rad8 $14)
18. Bh4 Rg8 19. Be4 Be7 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. Nd4 $16) 16... f6 17. Bh4 Bd6 (17...
Rac8 $5) 18. c4 Ba6 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 (19... Bxc4 20. Nxe6 Bxe2 21. Nxc7 $16)
20. Nd4 Nc5 $8 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6 $16 Rae8 (23... Bxh2+ 24.
Kh1 Nb4 25. Bxf6+ $18) 24. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 (25... Qxc4 $5 26. Rfe1 $14)
26. Qh5 Qxe4 27. Rfe1 $6 (27. Rde1 $142 Qg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Bxf6+ Kg8 30.
Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kxh2 Bxc4 32. Rc1 Bxa2 33. Rc7 $16) 27... Qg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 $2 (
28... Rxe1+ $5 29. Rxe1 hxg6 30. Kxh2 Bxc4 $14) 29. Bxf6+ $1 Kg8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8
31. Kxh2 Bxc4 32. Rd7 $1 $16 Re6 33. Bc3 Bxa2 34. Rxa7 Bc4 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. f3
Kf8 37. Bd4 b5 38. Kf4 Bc4 39. Kg5 Ke8 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. b4 Bd5 (
42... Bf1 43. g4 Be2 44. f4 $16) 43. Ra3 $1 Kf7 44. g4 Re2 45. Bc5 Re5+ 46. Kh6
Re6 (46... g5 47. Bd4 $18) 47. Rd3 Bc6 48. Rd8 Re8 49. Rd4 Re6 50. f4 Ke8 51.
Kg7 $1 Be4 52. Bb6 $1 $18 Bf3 (52... Rxb6 53. Rxe4+ Kd7 54. f5 $18) 53. Rd8+
Ke7 54. Rd3 Be2 55. Bd8+ Ke8 56. Rd2 Re3 (56... Bxg4 57. Bg5) 57. Bg5 Bd3 $8
58. f5 (58. f5 Rg3 59. f6 Bc4 60. f7+ Bxf7 61. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Blatny,P Badminov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5
Ngf6 (5... h6 $2 {Blatny,P} 6. Ne6 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Bd3 Ngf6 (8... fxe6 $2 9.
Qh5+ Kd8 10. Ba5 $18) 9. Nxf8 Kxf8 10. Nf3 $16) 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6
(8... O-O 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Qxe6+ Kh8 11. Qxd6 {V.}) 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 (
10... Qc7 {Blatny,P} 11. Qg4 g5 12. Qh3 Bf4 13. O-O $14 {Jansa-Meduna/CR(ch)/
1996/}) 11. Qe2 (11. Qh4 {Kamsky-Karpov Dortmund 1993}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6
13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 c5 (14... O-O-O {Ftacnik} 15. f4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Kb1
Kb8 18. Rhe1 h5 $6 19. h3 h4 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Bf2 $2 22. Rf1 Bg3 23. Qa4
$1 {><c6} Rc8 24. Bb4 Nd5 $8 25. c4 $1 Bxf4 26. Nd7+ Kb7 27. cxd5 $18 {De
Firmian,N-Spiridonov,N/Lugano op/1989/}) 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 (16. Bf4 {
Ftacnik} Rhd8 17. Rhe1 Bd5) 16... Qxc5 (16... Bxe5 17. cxb6 Qc5 (17... Bxb2+ {
Ftacnik} 18. Kxb2 Qc5 19. a3 $1 Nd5 $8 20. c4 axb6 21. Qd3 $18) 18. Qxe5 Qxe5
19. Bb4+ $18 {V.}) 17. a3 {/\Bb4} (17. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Rhd8 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Rhe1
Kf8 (19... Bc5 $5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Bxf6 Qf4+) 20. c3 a6 $1 (
20... Bc5 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5 22. f4 $10) (20... Bxg2 21. Ng4 $40) 21. Bd3 b5 (21...
Bc5 $142 22. Bxc5+ Qxc5 23. f3 b5 24. Qe3 Rac8 $15) 22. Kb1 (22. Qe3 Ng4 $1)
22... b4 23. Nc4 {Leko,P-Karpov,An/Dortmund (08)/1995/1/2-1/2 (56)}) (17. Bc6 {
Ftacnik} Rac8 $1 (17... Bxc6 18. Bb4 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxb4 20. a3 Bc5 21. b4) 18.
Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rc7 20. Ba6 Bc5 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5 $15) 17... Qc7 $5 {TN} (17...
Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb4+ $18 (19. Bb4+ {Ftacnik} Bd6 20. Rxd6 $18)) (17...
a5 18. Bc3 Bd5 (18... Rhd8 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. Be5 Qc8 22. Bxf6+ gxf6
23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne3 $14 {Anand,
V-Karpov,A Monaco(blindfold) 1996}) 19. Rhe1 Rhc8 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kb1 Qc7 22.
Bd4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Monaco rapid/1996/}) 18. Bf4 {Played after 8 min
of thinking.} (18. Nc4 {Blatny,P} Bc5 19. Bc3 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Rhd8 $132) 18... Nd5
{Played after 10 min of thinking. Clear indication that the theory stoped here,
and the players started to create at the board...} 19. Bg3 Rhd8 20. Rd4 $1 {xc6
} Kf8 21. Kb1 a6 22. Rc4 (22. Bd3 b5 $132) 22... Qe7 (22... Bxe5 {Ftacnik} 23.
Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Bc4 $16) 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Ra7 25. Bxd5 (25. Re1 {Ftacnik}
Bxg3 26. hxg3 Nf6 $14) 25... exd5 (25... Bxg3 26. Bxe6 Bxf2 27. Rf4 Re8 28.
Bxf7 $1 Qxe2 29. Bc4+ Ke7 30. Bxe2 $16 {Sergey Badminov (Iliumzhinov`s advisor)
.}) 26. Bxd6 (26. Qxe7+ {Ftacnik} Rxe7 27. Bxd6 dxc4 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $10) 26...
Qxd6 (26... Rxd6 {Ftacnik} 27. Rc8+ Rd8 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Rxd8+
Kxd8 31. Kc1 $14) 27. Rd4 b5 (27... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Rd1 $16) 28.
Qd3 Kg8 29. g3 Qe6 30. Rd1 Rad7 31. h4 Rd6 32. Rd2 (32. g4 $5 {(/\33.g5) /\33.
g5} Qe7 33. Qg3 $36) 32... Qe1+ 33. Ka2 Qe7 34. Qf3 Qe6 35. Re2 Qc8 36. Qd3 Rc6
37. Kb1 (37. Rxd5 {Ftacnik} Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41.
Qxa6 Qc4+ $10) 37... Re6 38. Re3 (38. Rd2 $5) (38. Rd2 $5 {Blatny,P}) 38... Qc6
39. Qd2 {[/\40.Rc3] /\40.Rc3} Rxe3 40. Qxe3 (40. fxe3 {/\e4} Re8 {(/\41...Re5=)
/\41...Re5=} 41. Rxd5 Rxe3 42. Rd8+ (42. Rxb5 Rxg3 $10) 42... Re8 $10) 40...
Qe6 41. Qd2 Rd6 42. g4 Qf6 43. g5 Qf3 44. Ka2 (44. gxh6 Rxh6 45. Rxd5 Rxh4 $10
(45... Rxh4 $10 {Blatny,P} 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. Rd6 (47. Rh8+ {Ftacnik} Kxh8 48.
Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxh4+ Kg6 $10) 47... Rh2 48. Rxa6 Rxf2)) 44... Qf5 45. c3 (45.
gxh6 {Ftacnik} gxh6 46. Rd3 Kh7) 45... Qf3 46. Rf4 Qh3 47. gxh6 $6 {Blows the
last hopes for advantage. [#]} Qe6 $1 {A nice strategical manoeuvre,missed by
the Challenger,I presume.} (47... Rxh6 48. Qxd5 Rxh4 49. Qd8+ $18) 48. Qd4 (48.
hxg7 d4+ 49. Kb1 (49. c4 {Ftacnik} bxc4 $17) 49... dxc3 $132 50. Qxc3 $2 Rd1+
51. Kc2 Qe2+ 52. Kb3 Rd3 $19) 48... Qxh6 49. Rf5 Qe6 $10 {[><f2,h4] קf2,Ph4}
50. Re5 (50. Rg5 {Ftacnik} f6 51. Rg3 Qe4 $10) 50... Qd7 51. Ka1 f6 52. Re3 Rc6
53. h5 Rc4 54. Qb6 d4 55. Rd3 Qf5 56. Rxd4 Rxd4 57. cxd4 (57. Qxd4 Qxh5 $10 (
57... Qxh5 {Ftacnik} 58. Qd6 Qf3 59. Qxa6 Qd1+ 60. Ka2 Qd5+ $10)) 57... Qxf2
58. Qe6+ Kf8 59. Qd6+ Kf7 60. Qd7+ Kf8 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 (8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. c3 c5 (11... e5 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Re1
exd4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Nf8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Nd4
{Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Amsterdam Optiebeurs 1988/1-0 (62)}) 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Re1
Rd8 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1991/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 8... h6 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 $2
fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 15. c4 Kc7 $17
{Arnason-Ostenstad/Torshavn/1987/}) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 $6 (10... Qc7 $5 11.
Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 $1 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 $14 {
Gelfand-Speelman/Munich/1992/}) (10... Nf6 $1 11. Qe2 $142 (11. Qh4 $6 Ke7 $3
$146 {/\12...g7-g5 13.Qh3 e5(g4) -+} 12. Ne5 (12. Nd2 $5 g5 13. Qh3) 12... Bxe5
13. dxe5 Qa5+ {0-1 Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Dortmund 1993 (49)} 14. c3 Qxe5+) 11...
Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. O-O O-O (12... Bd7 $5 {/\0-0-0}) 13. c3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 (
14... Bxc5 15. b4 $5 Be7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bd4 $14 {()}) 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Bd4 Nd5
17. g3 Ne7 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qe3 e5 $6 (20... Bc7 $142 $14) (20...
Nxd4 $2 21. Nxd4 Qf7 22. Bc4 $18 {><e6,/^a2-g8}) 21. Bxa7 $1 {1-0 Almasi,
Z-Kallai,G/HUN-ch 1992 (33)}) (11... b6 12. Ne5 $142 $5 Qc7 13. f4) 12. Bd2 b6
(12... O-O 13. O-O-O c5 14. g4 $5 Nd5 15. g5 $1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 17. Kb1 $40
{Malisauskas-Oll/Vilnius zt/1993/}) (12... Nd5 13. g3 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. O-O-O
Bd7 16. Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O $132 {Tolnai,T-Schwarz,M/Budapest Elekes (07)/
1994/}) 13. Ne5 (13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Ba6 b5 (15... Rd7 16. Bxb7+
Qxb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Be3 Rhd8 $14 {
Thorsteinsson-Kamsky/Reykjavik/1990/}) 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Rb8
19. Rxc4 Ka8 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. f3 Rb6 24. Ba5 $14 {
Chandler-Speelman/Hastings/1988/}) 13... c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O
Rhd8 (16... Rac8 {Blatny,P צh8}) 17. f4 Ne4 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc2 $1 $13)
18. Be3 Kf8 (18... Rac8 $13 {Blatny,P}) 19. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Dos
Hermanas 1996 (35)}) 11. Bd2 Qc7 (11... Nf6 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qa6 $1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 Rb7 19. Qg4 Bf8
20. O-O $14 {Psakhis - Meduna/Trnava/1988/}) 12. O-O (12. Qg4 $2 Kf8 13. O-O (
13. Qe4 c4 14. Bf1 Rb8 15. a4 b6 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. g3 Bb7 18. Bg2 Bd5 19. O-O g6
20. Nh4 Nf6 21. c3 Kg7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rae1 Rhe8 24. Qd1 Qd7 25. Ng2 Rxe1 {
1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Gulko,B/Novgorod 1995}) 13... c4 14. Be2 b5 15. a4 b4 $15)
12... c4 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bd7 (14... Rh7 $6 {/\g7-g5} 15. d5 $1) 15. Ne5 $1
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf3 {Das weiße Läuferpaar verspricht mehr als
ausreichende Kompensation.} O-O $6 {Eine überraschende Entscheidung. Der
Nachziehende plant ein Qualitätsopfer, welches aber keine ausreichende
Kompensation bietet.} (17... Bc6 $142 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Bc3 Qf5 20. Qxc4 O-O
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. b3 Rac8 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ $14 {Almasi,Z-Kallai,T/
HUN-ch/1996/}) 18. Bxb7 Rab8 (18... Rad8 19. Bc3 $16) 19. Bf4 (19. Bc3 $5 {
Ist interessant.} Qf5 20. Bf3 Rfc8 21. Rad1 Ba4 $5 22. Rd2 Bxc2 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Bg4 $36) 19... Qb5 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Bf3 Qxb2 22. Qf4 $1 e5 23. Qe3 a5 24.
h3 (24. c3 $5 e4 25. Bxe4 Re8 26. f3 Bc6 27. Qa7 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Qxc3 29. Rab1
$16 {/\Rb1-b7}) 24... Re8 25. Be2 (25. c3 $5 e4 26. Rfb1 Qc2 27. Bd1 Qd3 28.
Rb7 {Mit weißem Druckspiel.}) 25... Be6 26. Qc1 c3 27. Rb1 $5 {Setzt auf die
aktive Zusammenarbeit der weißen Figuren.} (27. a3 $5) 27... Qxa2 28. Ra1 Qd5
29. Qe3 e4 30. Ra3 (30. Rfd1 $5) 30... Qf5 31. Qxc3 Rc8 32. Qd2 $5 {Hält den
Pc2.} (32. Qxa5 $5 Qxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxc2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Re1 {Auch jetzt hat es
Schwarz nicht leicht.}) 32... Rc5 33. Rfa1 Rd5 34. Qe1 Qg6 35. Rg3 (35. c4 $5
Rg5 36. Bf1 {Müßte ebenfalls zum Sieg reichen.}) 35... Qf5 36. Bc4 Rc5 37. Bxe6
Qxe6 38. Qd2 Nh5 39. Rb3 (39. Rga3 $142 $1) 39... Qe5 40. Rba3 Qc7 (40... Nf4
$142 {Verspricht mehr Aussicht auf Rettung. z.B.} 41. Qe3 $5 Rxc2 42. Rxa5 Ne2+
43. Kh1 Qd4 44. Qxd4 Nxd4) 41. R1a2 Rb5 42. Qe1 Qb7 43. Ra1 Nf4 44. Qe3 Ne6 45.
Rb3 Rxb3 46. cxb3 $18 Qd5 47. Qc3 Nf4 48. Qxa5 Ne2+ 49. Kh1 Qd4 50. Re1 Nc3 51.
Rc1 Nd5 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5
e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 O-O $5 $146 (11... Qc7
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 $13) (11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Nh3 g5 (13... a6
$5) 14. Ne1 Qe5 $5 15. Qf1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Nd3 {/\f4+/= Rodriguez}) 12.
O-O-O Na4 $5 {/\Qb6/} (12... Qc7 {Blatny,P Ftacnik}) 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 (14.
Bxa4 $2 Bxa4 15. Bxh6 (15. Qc4 b5 $1 16. Qxc5 Rc8 17. Qd4 Bxc2 $40) 15... Nd5 (
15... Qb6 {Blatny,P} 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Ne4 $40) (15... Qc7 $5 16. Bg5 Nd5 {
/\Rac8,Nb4->}) (15... Qc7 {Ftacnik}) 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Nh3 Rac8 $40) (14. Ne5 $5
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. Nd3 $10) (14. Bxh6 {Ftacnik} Nxb2 $1 15.
Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bxd7 Qxa2 $40) 14... Qxd7 $1 15. Nh3 $6 (15. Bxh6 Qc7
(15... Qe7 $1 {Blatny,P} 16. Bg5 Ba3 $3 17. Bxf6 (17. bxa3 Qxa3+ 18. Kd2 Qb4+
19. Kc1 Nc3 {/\ Na2#}) 17... Qxf6 18. bxa3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qc3+ 20. Kc1 Qxa3+ 21.
Kd2 Rfd8+ 22. Ke1 Nc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qd2 $8 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Ne4+ $19) (15...
Qc6 {Ftacnik} 16. Be3 Qb6 17. c3 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Rac8 $40) 16. Bg5 (16. Bd2 Qb6
17. b3 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Nd5 19. Qe1 Rac8 $36) 16... Qb6 $44) (15. Ne5 $5 Qc7 (15...
Qd4 16. Nd3 Ba3 $2 17. c3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Kb1) 16. Nd3) 15... Rac8 $5 (
15... Qc6 $5) 16. Kb1 $2 (16. Bxh6 Qc7 $44 (16... Qe7 {Blatny,P /\Ba3->}))
16... Qc6 17. Bc1 (17. Rc1 $2 Ba3 $1 18. bxa3 Qb6+ 19. Bb4 Nc3+ $19) (17. Be1
$5) 17... Nd5 $17 18. Qc4 (18. Rd3 Qa6 19. Re1 Nb4 $1 (19... Bb4 20. Bd2 Nxb2
$2 21. Rxd5 $1) 20. Ra3 (20. Rb3 Nc3+) 20... Nxc2 $1 21. Rxa4 Qxa4 22. Qxc2
Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bxf2+ 24. Kd1 Bxe1 25. Nxe1 Rfd8+ $17) 18... Rfd8 (18... b5 $1 {
Ftacnik}) 19. Ka1 b5 20. Qe4 (20. Qb3 $142 {Blatny,P} Bb6 $40) 20... Be7 (20...
b4 $5) 21. c3 (21. Rd2 Qa6 {/\ Nac3}) 21... Qa6 $1 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Ng4 $2 (23.
f4 $8) (23. Rhe1 {Blatny,P} Nc5 24. Qc2 b4 $40) 23... Naxc3 $1 $19 (23... Bxc3
$5 {Blatny,P} 24. bxc3 (24. Qf3 Nxb2 $1 25. Bxb2 Bxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rc2+ 27. Kxc2
Qxa2+ 28. Kd3 Qc4+ 29. Kd2 Nb4+ $19) 24... Naxc3 25. Qc2 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxa2+
27. Kxa2 Nc3+ 28. Kb3 Nxd1 $19) 24. bxc3 (24. Nxf6+ {Blatny,P} Nxf6 $19) 24...
Bxc3+ 25. Bb2 (25. Kb1 Rc4 26. Qe2 Rb4+ $19) 25... Rc4 (25... f5 {Blatny,P} 26.
Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Qh4) 26. Qf3 (26. Qe2 Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 (27. Qxb2 Rxg4) 27... Rdc8
$19) 26... Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Rc2+ $1 28. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 29. Kd3 (29. Kc1 Rc8+) 29...
Qc4+ (29... Qc4+ 30. Kd2 Nb4+ 31. Ke3 (31. Ke1 Nc2#) 31... Nc2#) 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 (10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 c5 12. Be3 Nbd5 13. Ne5
(13. c3 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Ngf3 O-O $10 {Karpov,A-Kavalek,L/Torino/1982/0,5 
(55) Inf 33/187/}) 13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa7 $1 $10 {Gurevich,
I-Epishin,V/Biel(izt)/1993/0,5 (58) Inf 58/173/}) 10... c5 (10... a4 11. Bc2
Nbd5 (11... c5 $5) (11... c5 {Blatny,P} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qb5+ $16) 12. Bd2 Qb6
$1 13. Rb1 (13. O-O-O $6 c5 14. a3 $36) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 O-O 16.
Ngf3 Qc7 17. O-O $14 {Anand,V-Epishin,V/Biel(izt)/1993/0,5 (40)}) 11. a3 Qc7
12. Ne5 (12. Be3 $5) (12. dxc5 {Blatny,P} Bxc5 13. Ne5 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxe5 15.
Qxe5 Ng4+ $19) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 a4 (13... Bxa3 $5 14. Bxh6 $1 (14. Rxa3 {
Blatny,P} Qxc1+ $19) (14. bxa3 Qc3+ 15. Qd2 Qxa1 16. Ngf3 {/\16.Nf3,17.0-0,18.
Bb2} (16. Ne2 Qb1 {/\Qb5} 17. Qe3 Nbd5 18. Qg3 (18. Ba4+ b5) (18. Qf3 Qf5 $19)
18... a4 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxg7 Qh7 21. Qg3 Rg8 $19) 16... Ne4 {/\Qc2 -+})
14... Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Rxh6 16. Ngf3 $44) 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Nxd7 $5 (15. Ngf3 $5 Rc8
16. Bd1 Bd6 17. O-O O-O $13) 15... Nbxd7 16. Qd1 $6 (16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Bd1 (17.
Bxa4 {Blatny,P} Qa5+ $19) 17... Bd6 $10) 16... Bd6 17. Ne2 $6 (17. Nf3 O-O 18.
O-O Nb6 $10) 17... Nd5 18. Bd2 (18. g3 $5) 18... b5 19. Nc3 (19. g3 N7b6 {
/\ Nc4}) 19... Nxc3 20. Bxc3 (20. bxc3 Nb6 $15) 20... Nf6 $15 21. Qd3 Nd5 $1
22. Bd2 (22. Qxb5+ $2 Ke7 23. Qd3 Rhc8 $17) 22... Ke7 23. Rc1 Qc4 $1 24. Ke2 $2
(24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Bd1 $5 Rhc8 26. O-O Rab8 27. Rc2 {/\Be2,Rfc1=/+/} Rb3 28.
Be2 Rcb8 $10) 24... Rhb8 $2 (24... Bf4 $5) (24... Nf4+ $5 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26.
Qxc4 (26. Rcd1 Qa2 $5 27. d5 (27. Rb1 Rab8 $17) 27... Rhd8 28. Qxb5 Rab8 29.
Qc5+ Bd6 $17) (26. Rb1 Rhc8 $17) 26... bxc4 27. Rb1 Rhb8 $17) 25. g3 Qxd3+ 26.
Bxd3 b4 27. Ra1 $1 (27. axb4 $2 Bxb4 28. Bxb4+ Rxb4 29. Rc2 Rab8 30. Rb1 a3 $19
) 27... bxa3 28. bxa3 Rb3 29. Bc2 Rxa3 (29... Rb2 30. Rhc1 $10) 30. Rxa3 Bxa3
31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Bxa4 Bxd4 34. f4 Kd6 35. Kf3 $10 f5 36. h4 Bb2
37. g4 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Nf6+ 39. Kf3 Nd5 40. Bc2 Bf6 41. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the rather recent, nice Karpov's book about Caro-Can and his own big
expirience in the line 5.Nf3-g5 the present game is like an opening survey
showing partialy its developement since 1983 so far:} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 $5 {Semenova 1983} Ngf6 (5... Ndf6 6. Bc4 Nd5 {0-1
Spassky,B-Karpov,A/Belfort 1988/CBM 08 (22)}) 6. Bd3 e6 (6... h6 7. Ne6 Qb6 8.
Nxf8 Nxf8 {0-1 Semenova,L-Muresan,M/Bad Kissingen 1983/MCD (47)}) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (
7... h6) 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 {''!?' Speelman,J. ' 'Finkel,A:
'Probably the most precise move.Although 10...Nf6 also leads to absolutely
playable position where nevertheless white's chances should be prefered.''} (
10... Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 {Copar,A-Sapundjiev,G/EM ICCF 14 ol 200/2001})
11. Qg4 (11. a4 Nf6 12. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R-Galkin,A/Anibal Open, Linares
ESP 2001 (20)}) 11... Kf8 {'Lukacs: 'Karpov's favourite K move.''} 12. O-O c5 {
'Lukacs: 'Soon or later Black has to attack White's [+].''} (12... b6 {has a
similar idea to play c6-c5 after Bb7.} 13. Re1 {Yandemirov-Kharitinov, RUS-Cup
1996 CBM 56} (13. b3 {Arakhamia-Portisch, Cancan Veterans-Women 1996 CBM 67}))
13. dxc5 {'Lukacs: 'The Q is vulnerable on g4.''} (13. Re1 cxd4 {0-1 Finkel,
A-Yevseev,D/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext (64)} (13... b6 14. Ne5 $2 (14. b3) (14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf1 (15. Bd2 h5 $1 16. Qh4 Bb7) 15... e5 16. Qh5 {De Firmian,
N-Gulko,B/USA-ch 1996 (36)}) 14... cxd4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Speelman,J/
Hastings 1996/CBM 51/[Speelman,J] (31)})) (13. c3 b6 14. Re1 {'Finkel,A:
'After this move black equalises very easely,but it is not so clear what to do
instead.Black has very unpleasent threat Bb7,Nf6 and B:f3 and white tries to
prevent it.''} (14. Qh4 {After this move black equalises very easely,but it is
not so clear what to do instead.Black has very unpleasent threat Bb7,Nf6 and B:
f3 and white tries to prevent it.} Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rd8 17. dxc5 (17.
Be3 Nf6 18. Qc2 Ke7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5+ Qxc5 21. Rad1 $11) 17... Nxc5 18.
Qe2 Ke7 $11 19. h3 Rhe8 20. Qc2 {Trying to keep black king in the center.} (20.
Be3 Kf8) 20... Nd3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Karpov,A/Dos Hermanas 1997/
CBM 59/[Finkel,A] (49)}) 14... Bb7 15. h4 Rd8 (15... c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (49)}) 16. Bd2 {1-0
Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (54)}) (13. Qh4 {Lukacs: 'The Q
is vulnerable on g4.'} b6 14. Be4 Bb7 (14... Rb8 15. Rd1 $1 $146 {0-1
Sadvakasov,D-Karpov,A/Hoogeveen 1999/CBM 74/[Lukacs] (65) White puts pressure
on the d <-> especially against Bd6.} (15. Bg5 {Eismont-Gutov, RUS-Cup 1996
CBM 56}) (15. b3 Nf6 $6 (15... c4 $6) (15... cxd4 $142 $5 {appears to be the
best here.} 16. Nxd4) (15... Be7 16. Qf4 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Karpov,A/Buenos
Aires 2000/CBM 80 no vc (19)}) 16. dxc5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Bali
2000/CBM 77/[Lukacs] (62)} ({If} 16. Bd3 {then Black occupies the long /^ after
} Bb7))) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 Lautier,J-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/
CBM 63 ext (48)}) 13... Nxc5 14. Be3 $146 (14. Re1 {0-1 Luther,T-Anastasian,A/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 e5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Rac1 Qe7
18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Qa4 Kg7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxe5 Rc1+
24. Bxc1 Qxe5 $11 {^-} 25. Be3 (25. Qd1 Qd4) 25... f6 26. Qb4 b6 27. h3 g5 28.
Qa3 Qc7 29. b4 Qd7 30. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament} 1.
e4 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6
7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 (11. Qh4 {Dolmatov} Ke7
$5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5
18. Rhe1 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Dortmund/1993/}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O (
13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rae1
Kg8 20. Qg4 {with attack, Kamsky,G-Anand,V/It, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996}) 13...
Bb7 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 c5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {Black equalized, Kamsky,
G-Karpov,A/w-ch (8) Elista RUS 1996}) (14. Rhe1 O-O (14... O-O-O {Dolmatov} 15.
Ba6 b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Kb1 Ka8 18. Bc1 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. c3 Bd6 21. Nb3
Nd5 $10 {Chandler,M-Adams,M/Blackpool/1990/}) 15. g4 $5 c5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5
Bf4 18. h4 {with initiative, Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/w-ch (12) Elista RUS 1996})
14... Rd8 (14... O-O-O $5 {Dolmatov} 15. Ba6 (15. Ne5 $6 c5) (15. c4 c5 16. Bc3
Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. g3 Ka8 19. Bc2 a6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 $14 {Sokolov,
A-Spraggett,K/St.John/1988/}) 15... b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Rc1) (14... Rc8 {
Ftacnik} 15. Rhg1 (15. c4 $5) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Bd4 Qc7
19. g4 Nd5 (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qxf3 Be5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxd4 23. Rxg7+
$1 $18) 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 (21. g6 $2 Nf4 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 $17) 21... Nf4 22. Qe3
Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 (23... Qc2+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 25. g6 $13) 24. Bxe5 Qc2+ 25. Ka1
Bd5 26. b3 {1/2-1/2 Wolff,P-Orlov,G/USA-ch Modesto (09)/1995/ (30)}) 15. Rhg1 (
15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Ne5 (16. g4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Rxd4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. h4 $2
(19. Qd2 $5) 19... c5 20. Qd2 Rd4 21. c3 (21. g5 $2 Ne4) 21... Rd5 22. Qe2 $2 (
22. g5) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxg4 25. Ree1 (25. Re2 Bf3) 25...
Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bd5 $19 {0-1 Adams,M-Speelman,J/New York PCA-qual 
(08)/1995/ (39)}) 16... c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. g4 Nd5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 f5 21.
Ng6 Nf6 22. Qxg5 Nh7 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Rg1 Be4 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Rdg1 $2
Bxd3 27. Rh3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Nf8 $1 $17) 26... Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Epishin,V/
Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ (36)}) (15. c4 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Bc3 (16. g4 Bf4
$1 17. Rhg1 c5 18. h4 $13) 16... Rfe8 (16... Qe7 17. g4 (17. Rhe1 Bb4 $1 18.
Qd2 $5) 17... c5 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb4 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Rxg5
Bxc3 22. Rdg1 $1 g6 23. bxc3 $16) 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 (21. g5 Ne5
22. gxh6 Nxf3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rh7+ $10) 21... f5 22. gxf5 Nc5 23. Qe2 exf5 {
Almasi,Z-Adams,M/Groningen (04)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 17. Ne5 (17. g4 c5 18. Rhg1
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 g6 $1) 17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. f3 a5
20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Ba4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bc2 {Almasi,Z-Karpov,
An/Groningen (08)/1995/0-1 (74)}) (15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik}) 15... c5 (15... Nd5 {
Ftacnik} 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. c5 $16 {Leko}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Bxc5
$5 {Dolmatov} 17. Ne5 Bd4 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Bb4+ Bc5) 17. a3 {/\ 18.Bb4} O-O (
17... a5 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Bxh2 (20... g6) 21. Nf5+
Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Bd4 e5 (24... exf5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd7 Qe5
27. Rxb7 (27. Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Ka2 Qe6 29. Rxb7) 27... Qxe2 28. Bxe2 $16) 25. Bxb6
Qxb6 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qc4 {1-0 Timman,J-Leko,P/Groningen (01)/1996/ (34); CBM 57
}) 18. g4 {The methodical advance /\ 19.g5+-} Qd5 $2 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd5
$11) (18... Nd5 {Dolmatov} 19. g5 (19. Qe4 $2 Nc3+ 20. Bxc3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $17)
19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. g6 $14 Qh5 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bg6 $16) 19. g5 $1 (
19. Nh4 {Ftacnik} Bxh2 20. Rge1 Bd6 $15) 19... Qxf3 20. gxf6 g6 {It is
understandable why Ivanchuk didn't take on f6: White's attack looked very
strong, yet Black could hold} (20... Qxf6 $142 21. Bc3 e5 22. f4 Qxf4 (22...
Rfe8 23. Rdf1) 23. Rdf1 Qh4 (23... Qa4 24. Bxe5 (24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ $18)
24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5 $18) 24. Rg4 (24. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 25. Qxe5 g6 (25... f6
26. Qe7 $18) (25... g5 26. Qf5 $18 (26. Rf4 $5 {/\ h4->})) 26. Bxg6 $18) (24.
Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ f6 26. Bxd6) 24... Qe7 (24... Qh3 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Rfg1
g5 27. Rg4 Qh3 28. Rxg5+ {wins}) 25. Qe3 g5 (25... f5 26. Qxh6 Bd5 27. Bxf5 Rf6
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Bg8 30. Rfg1 {wins}) 26. Rf5 f6 27. h4 Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Rfxg5+ fxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kf7 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf4 33. Qxf4+ exf4 34. Rg7+
Ke6 35. Bc4+ Kf5 36. Bd3+ $11) (20... Qxe2 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rh7+
Kg8 23. Rg1+ $18) 21. Bxh6 $6 {There was an interesting 'Tal's style' Rook
sacrifice 21. Rxg6+ which lead to wild complications. We spent a lot of time
analyzing this continuation and still cannot be sure that it is 100% sound;
the sacrifice can be a theme for a special analytical article. We invite the
interested readers to follow our steps!} ({Meanwhile} 21. Bxg6 {is not
dangerous in view of} fxg6 (21... Qxe2 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Bxe2 Bxh2 24. Rg4 {
is in White's favor}) 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg7+ Kxf6 24. Bc3+ Kf5 $1 {and White's
attack vaporises} ({Of course not} 24... e5 $4 25. Rxd6+ Kxg7 26. Qxe5+ {wins})
) (21. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ {White sacrifice the Rook for dangerous attack.
There are three replies: 22... Kh7, 22... Rf7 and 22...Kh8} Kh8 (22... Kh7 $1 {
As we will see later, this is the best reply. Now 23.Bxg6+ is unclear} 23.
Bxg6+ ({White has a forced draw at this point:} 23. Rg1 Bc8 24. Rxg6 Bxe6 25.
Rg7+ {draw by perpetual check}) 23... Kh8 (23... Kxg6 $2 24. f7+ Qf6 25. Rg1+ {
winning}) 24. f7 $1 Bc8 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Bc3+ Qxc3 26. Rxd5 Qg7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6
28. Qxd6 Rc8 29. f4 Qf8 30. Qe5+ Qg7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. f5 Rd8 33. f6 h5 34. h4
Rc8 35. b4 Rd8 36. c4 {and White's pawns decide the matter}) (24... Qxd1+ 25.
Ka2 {and Black has no defense against double threat 26.Bc3+ and 26.Qf6+}) 25.
Qe1 Kg7 (25... Be7 26. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 27. Ka2 {wins}) 26. Be4 Qf6 $1 (26... Qh5 $2
27. Bc3+ Kxf7 (27... Be5 28. Bf3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {wins}) 28. Bd5+ Kg6 29. Qe4+
Bf5 (29... Kg5 30. Rg1+ Bg4 31. f3 {and Black has no defense}) 30. Rg1+ {
winning}) 27. Qg1+ Kxf7 (27... Kh8 28. Bc3 Be5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bd5 $1 {
threatening 31.Qg8+} Be6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. Bxe5+ Kxf7 34. f4 {
and White stays better}) 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bc3 Rg8 30. Bxf6 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Kxf6
32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Rg6+ Kf5 34. Rxh6 Bc5 35. Rh7 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd2 37. Rxa7 Rxc2
{White is fighting for a draw}) (22... Rf7 23. Rg1 g5 (23... Rdf8 24. Rxg6+ {
easy winning}) 24. Bc4 Qh5 (24... Rdf8 25. Qxd6 Qxf2 26. Rg3 {White is on top}
Qc5 27. Qf4 $1 Kh8 28. Qg4 Bd5 29. Bd3) 25. f4 Qg6 26. f5 Qh7 (26... Qh5 27. h4
g4 28. Rxg4+ Qxg4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Bg5 $1 {and mate follows}) 27. Re1 (27. h4
Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5 (28... Bxe6 29. fxe6 hxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kh8 31. exf7 {winning})
29. Rxg5+ ({if} 29. Bxg5 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Rdf8 {and White has only draw after} 31.
Bh6+ Kh8 32. exf7 Rxf7 33. Bg7+ Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7) 29... Kh8 (
29... Kf8 30. Qd5 (30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 Rg8 33. Rh5 Rg2 $10)
30... Rdd7 31. Rg6 Ke8 32. Bb5 $14) 30. Qxf7 {and the game is over}) 27... Bf8
28. Bb4 Bc8 29. Qe8 $1 {Unbelievable position of zugzwang! White is winning})
23. Rg1 Rc8 (23... Rxf6 24. Bc3) 24. Qxd6 Rxf6 (24... Qxf6 25. Rxg6 $1 Qxd6 26.
Rxd6 Rc6 27. Rd7 Bc8 28. Rxa7 {with advantage}) 25. Qe7 $1 Qxf2 26. Be3 Rf7 27.
Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bd4 {winning}) 21... Bxh2 (21... Rfe8 $2 {Ftacnik}
22. h4 $16) 22. Rh1 (22. Bxf8 {Dolmatov} Bxg1 23. Be7 (23. Qxf3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3
24. Rxg1 Kxf8 25. Rg3 Bh5 $15) 23... Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxf2 $17) (
22. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 fxg6 $13) 22... Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxd1+ (23...
Bxh1 {Dolmatov} 24. Rxh1 Be5 25. Bg7 $18) 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f3 (25. Rd7 {Ftacnik
} Be4 $15) (25. Bg7 $5 {Ftacnik} Kh7 (25... g5 26. Rd7 Be4 (26... Bc6 27. Rxa7
Rd8 28. Bh5 (28. Bd3)) (26... Rc7 $2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bd3+) 27. Bd3 $1 (27. Bh5
Kh7 28. Rxf7 Rxc2 29. Rf8 Rxf2+ (29... Rc8+) 30. Kc1 Bf4+ 31. Kd1 Bf3+ 32. Bxf3
Rxf3) 27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 {/\ Rh3} g4 (28... Rc4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31.
Rxh2) 29. Rd1 $18 {/\ Rh1}) (25... Be4 26. Ka2 $1 g5 (26... Bd5+ 27. c4 Rxc4
28. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. b3 Bd5 30. Rd3 $1 $18 {/\ Rh3}) 27. f3 Bh7 28. Rh1 Bg3 (
28... Bf4 29. Bd3) 29. Rh5 $1 $18 (29. Bd3 Bh4)) 26. f3 Rc5 27. c4 $18 {
/\ b4, Rd8; Rh1} (27. Rd7 Rc7)) (25. Ba6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxa6 26. Rh1 Rc5 27. Rxh2
Rh5) 25... Bg3 26. Bg7 {threatening 27.Rh1} (26. Rh1 {Dolmatov} Rc5 27. Bg7 Rh5
28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rh1 Rh5 $10) (26. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bg7 Rc8
29. Rd1 Rc5 $8 (29... g5 30. Rd7 Rc7 31. Bd3+ Kg8 32. Rd8#) 30. c4 $1 {/\ b4,
Rd8; Rh1} a5 (30... Re5 31. Rd8) 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 $18) 26... g5 27. Rd7 $6
{This natural move withdraws the Rook from the K-side. Correct was} (27. Bh6 $1
{and now} Bf4 $2 {fails. Correct is} (27... Kh7 28. Bxg5 Kg6 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3
Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Bf2 32. Rd7 {White has some winning chances}) (27... Bh4 {
Dolmatov} 28. Rg1 Rc5 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Kh7 $15) 28. Rh1 Bg3 29.
Rh5 {and White is winning}) (27. Rh1 {Ftacnik} Bh4) 27... Bc6 28. Rxa7 Rd8 29.
a4 ({Perhaps better was} 29. Bh6 Bf4 30. Ra6 Be3 31. a4) (29. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bc7
(29... Bf2 30. Ra7 Rd2 $5 (30... Bg3 $10) 31. Rc7 Rxe2 32. Rxc6 Kh7 $13) 30.
Bh6 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rg2 $15) (29. Ka2 $5 {Ftacnik} Rd2 $140 (29... Bd5+ 30. b3) 30.
Bd3 Bxf3 $2 31. Rd7 $18) 29... Be5 (29... Rd2 $2 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd3 Bd5 31. b3
(31. c4 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 (31... Rxd3 32. cxd5 exd5 $17) 32. Rd7 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Be4
34. Kc2 g4 $17) 31... Be5 (31... Rd1+ 32. Kb2 Be5+ $19) 32. Kc1 Bf4 33. Kb2
Be5+ 34. Ka3) 30. a5 (30. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Rd2 31. Rxb6 (31. Bd3 Bd5) 31... Bd5
32. c4 Ba8 $13) 30... Rd2 $1 {Black's counterplay is quite sufficient;
moreover, White must give up his f-pawn, and Black g-pawn begins to run...} 31.
Bc4 (31. Bd3 {Dolmatov} Bd5 (31... bxa5 $6 32. Be4 $1 Bxe4 33. fxe4 g4 34. Rxa5
g3 (34... Bf4 35. Rh5) 35. Rxe5 g2 36. Rg5 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39.
b4 $16) 32. c4 Bxf3 (32... Rxb2+ $1 {Ftacnik} 33. Kc1 Bc6 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4
g4 $17) (32... Rxd3 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. a6 Ra5 35. b3 $13) 33. Bc2 (33. Rd7 Rxd3
34. Rxd3 Be4 35. Kc2 bxa5 36. Kd2 Bxd3 37. Kxd3 Bxb2 38. c5 Be5 $19) 33... bxa5
34. Rxa5 Re2 35. Rc5 (35. b4 $13) 35... Bb7) (31. axb6 {Ftacnik} Rxe2 32. b7
Re1+ 33. Ka2 Bd5+ $19 (33... Bd5+ 34. Ka3 Ra1+ 35. Kb4 Rxa7)) 31... b5 32. Bb3
(32. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 33. Bxb5 Be4 34. Ba4 g4 $17) (32. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $1)
32... Bxf3 33. Re7 (33. a6 {Ftacnik} g4 34. Bh6 Rd6) 33... Rd6 (33... g4 $2 {
Dolmatov} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 (34... Rd1+ {Ftacnik} 35. Ka2 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 37.
Bf5+ Kg8 38. Be6+ $10) (34... Bxf6 35. Rxf6) 35. Bxe6+ Kh7 36. Bf5+ $10 (36.
Bf5+ Kg8 37. Be6+ $10)) 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 (35. Rc8 {Ftacnik} Kg6 36. Rc5
Bxf6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxb5 g4 $17) 35... Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Bxf6 37. a6 (37. c4 {
Dolmatov} Rd2 38. cxb5 Bxb2 $17) 37... g4 {Suddenly, White realized that he
must stop the Black passed pawn. But how?!} 38. c4 (38. a7 {Ftacnik} g3 39. c4
(39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 g2 41. Bc5 Bd4) 39... Rc1 40. a8=Q Bxa8 41. Rxa8 g2 42.
Bc5 bxc4 43. Ba4 g1=Q 44. Bxg1 Rxg1 $19) 38... Rd2 39. cxb5 (39. a7 {Ftacnik}
bxc4 40. Bxc4 g3 41. a8=Q Bxa8 42. Rxa8 g2 43. Bc5 Bd4 $19) 39... g3 40. b6 (
40. Bc5 Bxb2 41. Rc8 Bd4+ (41... g2 42. Bg1 Bd4+ 43. Rc2 Bxg1 44. Rxd2 Bc5 45.
Rxg2 Bxg2 $19) 42. Ka3 g2 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Rh4 (44... Rd3 {Ftacnik} 45.
Kb4 Bd1 $19) 45. Rg1 Rh1 46. Rxg2 Bxg2 {and Black is winning}) 40... g2 41. Bc5
Bxb2 {and there is no defense against deadly discovered check! White resigns.
This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament.} (
41... Bxb2 {Ftacnik} 42. Be3 Bd4+ 43. Bxd2 g1=Q 44. Ka3 Qa1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Preparing for Anatoly Karpov, especially with the white pieces, is not too
difficult a task, his opening repertoire being relatively restricted and
immutable for about ten years now. The nonchalance with which he seems to play,
for the first twenty moves of the game, the role of the almost immobile target
before artfully repulsing the enemy assaults somewhat reminds me of the
bull-fighter. As I was smelling blood that day, I was all set to gore my
opponent before the ending.} 1. e4 c6 {The theme of my theoretical discussions
with Karpov has successively touched upon the English Opening, the classical
Nimzo, the Catalan Opening, the Petrosian variation of the Queen's Indian, and
now, the Caro-Kann. A varied diet is good for one's appetite of knowledge, but
that was not the only reason of my choice: Karpov's recent games have
witnessed an undeniable fragility in that opening.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {No
Advance Variation this time, as I had tried earlier in Monaco this year. I had
a few ideas in what has become the main line of Karpov's fetish system.} dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5
{There we are. This move has replaced 10...Nf6 followed by 11...Qc7 and ...b6,
...Bb7 in Karpov's weaponry since the beginning of this year. It has allowed
my opponent to hold out against Topalov in Dos Hermanas and against Ivanchuk
in Dortmund, roughly two weeks before our game. I was particularly curious to
find out what improvement Black would have in store over that last game, as
Karpov owed his survival only to Ivanchuk's inaccuracy.} 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4
cxd4 {After a short think, Karpov does not repeat his game with Ivanchuk which
continued by 12...Qc7. The text move was not a surprise though, and I replied
quickly.} 13. Re1 $1 {Black's chronic disease in this line is that the king's
usual shelter, the short castle, is impossible due to an immediate onslaught
on the kingside. In this position, 13...0-0? would be punished in elementary
fashion by the thematic sacrifice 14.Bxh6! and the reader will have no trouble
convincing himself that Black is defenceless. For that reason, it is important
not to take back on d4 at this moment, for it would deviate either the queen
or the knight from its attacking post and would permit the short castle. The
text is the most natural strenghtening of White's position, and in the
meantime, Black should develop his queenside in order to provide a haven for
his king by long castling. It should be noted that in the race characteristic
of opposite castling, Black is by no means at a disadvantage, since White's
queen, which is aggressively placed on h4 in the event of short castling by
Black, would then soon be harassed by black pawns on the kingside with ...g5, .
..h5, etc. White's strategy is therefore clearly defined: he must use his lead
in development to dissuade Black from castling long.} Bd7 14. Nxd4 {I used
about twenty minutes over that important decision. The options were 14.Bd2 or
even 14.Bg5, both of which I had incidentally given more attention to during
my preparation. The text seemed at first to ease Black's task, as he disposes
of 14...Qa5 gaining a tempo on the Re1, followed by long castling. However, a
deeper evaluation convinced me that after 15.Be3 0-0-0?, White would obtain a
clear edge by means of 16.Nb3, as Black's queen has to give up the defence of
the a7-pawn. It is legitimate to wonder if Black could then use the removal of
white's knight to castle on the kingside, but a brief analysis before the game
had been enough to demonstrate that White's attack after 14...0-0 15.Bxh6!
would still be unstoppable, mainly due to the arrival of the white rook along
the third rank.} Qa5 15. Be3 Kf8 $6 {After a prolonged reflection, Karpov
could not come up with anything better than what I believe Kortchnoi would
call a 'half-move'. Speaking of the moves ...Kf8 and ...Ke7 in the Caro-Kann,
we would be justified in appending the registered trademark symbol to them, as
they are truly Karpov's patent. The classic model that springs to mind is the
game Kamsky-Karpov from Dortmund 1993, and the fact is, I can't remember a
game of Karpov castling either side in that variation of the Caro from the
twenty odd games of his that I've seen. Here, in any event, this move is no
miracle, since it is purely defensive and does nothing to improve Black's
position. It still manages to contain a little trap: 16...g5 17.Qh3 e5 18.Nf5
e4 would win a piece on any careless move by White.} (15... O-O-O $2 16. Nb3
Qc7 17. Bxa7 g5 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qf3 (19. Bf5 {allows} b6) 19... e4 20. Qxf6 exd3
21. cxd3 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 $18 {with an easy win}) (15... g5 $6 {prepares the long
castle, but against precise play, Black should not solve his problems.} 16. Qh3
O-O-O 17. Nb3 (17. Qf3 {leaves Black too much counterplay for the pawn after}
Qe5 18. g3 Nd5 19. Qxf7 Nxe3 20. fxe3 h5) 17... Qa4 18. Bd4 e5 19. Qf3 exd4 (
19... Ng4 20. Bc5 $16) 20. Qxf6 Bc6 (20... Be6 21. Bf5 $16) 21. Qxf7 $16 {
and compensation is inadequate}) (15... Qh5 {was certainly the lesser evil in
an inferior position. The ending after} 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Nf5 {does not
precisely look engaging, but it seems White has no devastating blow at his
command} Bf8 (17... exf5 $2 18. Bc5+) 18. Rad1 Nf6 {is more solid} (18... O-O-O
$6 {would be risky, as White can transpose to a pleasant ending after} 19. Bxa7
exf5 20. Bb6 Nf6 (20... Bd6 $2 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 $18) (20... g6 $2 21. Bxd8
Kxd8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. Rd1 $18) 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Bxf5 {with the
threat of Rxd7 followed by Rd1} g6 (22... Kc7 $6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re8 $16) 23.
Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re3 Rh7 $1 25. Rde1 {and White's advantage is beyond doubt,
although the technical obstacles are not easily overcome}) 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20.
Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 $14 {with a better ending, though the drawing probability
is quite high.}) 16. Bf4 $1 {A typical instance of an intuitive move that
should be played 'with the hands'. There is no need for a long cogitation here
to perceive that the exchange of dark-squared bishops will bring White large
dividends: elimination of an important defender of Black's king, control of
the dark squares and notably of the e5-square, and last but not least, the
white queen will acquire total freedom of movement on the kingside and thus
become pretty threatening for the Black king.} Bxf4 (16... Be7 {Retreat by 16..
.Be7 could not be contemplated as after} 17. Be5 $16 {White's domination is
complete.}) (16... e5 {Needed to be calculated, as White has a choice between}
17. Nb3 {I would have opted for the quiet 17.Nb3, leading to an ending after} (
17. Bg5 Nh7 $1 {an excellent attempt to muddy the waters} 18. Nb3 hxg5 19. Qxh7
Rxh7 20. Nxa5 e4 (20... Rh6 {introduces a forced sequence that nets White a
pawn} 21. Nxb7 e4 22. Nxd6 exd3 23. Nc4 dxc2 24. Rec1 Bf5 25. Ne3 $16) 21. Bxe4
Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Bxb7 Rb8 {and Black has managed to shuffle the cards to
such an extent that his counter-chances appear very real}) 17... Qb4 18. Bg5
Qxh4 19. Bxh4 $16 {where White has all the trumps to exploit the clumsy
disposition of Black's forces.}) 17. Qxf4 $16 Rc8 {Preparing to retreat the
queen on c7. Black is trying to rebuild some coordination between his pieces,
but as long as the rooks can't be properly connected, his army will remain
dislocated.} 18. Nf3 {The logical follow-up to the exchange of the
dark-squared bishops: occupation of square e5. That plan was so self-evident
that I played it instantly.} Ke7 {The second TM by Karpov & Co is used yet
again. Black now has a 'strategic threat' in one move that can't be allowed:
19...Rhd8 followed by the unstoppable 20...Kf8 when White can only beg for a
draw. So...} 19. Qg3 Qb4 {Creating a new 'strategic threat': trading queens by
20...Qg4 and neutralizing White's advantage. So...} (19... Nh5 $2 {is refuted
by} 20. Re5 Nxg3 21. Rxa5 $18) 20. Ne5 g5 {Obviously saving the g7-pawn, but I
think} (20... Rhg8 {was more reasonable}) 21. c4 $1 {Once again, this move was
dictated by purely positional considerations: shutting out the fourth rank
deprives Black of any queen-trading ideas, and taking control of the d5-square
confines the f6-knight to total immobility. Calculations were still necessary
to make sure that the indirect defence of the b2-pawn was working properly.}
Rhd8 $6 {This move and the next surprised me quite a bit, since they basically
rush Black into defeat. It is not easy to understand what Karpov might have
missed.} (21... Qxb2 {was a better fighting chance, as it would oblige White
to show some exact tactics} 22. Rab1 Qxa2 (22... Qa3 $2 23. Nxf7 {wins by
virtue of the discovered check by Bg6 winning the Black queen - a recurrent
tactical motif in the game}) (22... Qd2 $2 23. Red1 Qf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25. Rxb7
{with an easily won endgame}) 23. Rxb7 Rhd8 24. Qh3 $1 {with a powerful double
attack on h6, and ...} (24. Qe3 {was my first intention, but} Qa5 25. Rxa7 (25.
Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Qe7+ Kg8 $19 {and the e1-rook stays en prise})
25... Qc5 $14 {keeps Black's disadvantage at a minimum}) 24... Qa6 {The
sturdiest defence: protecting e6 and hitting the rook on b7. White
nevertheless keeps his attack going by} (24... Qd2 $2 25. Ng6+ $1 {there it is
!} Kd6 (25... fxg6 26. Qxe6+ $18) (25... Ke8 26. Rxe6+ $1 Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ fxe6
28. Re7#) 26. Qg3+ Kc6 27. Qf3+ Nd5 28. Reb1 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) (
24... Qa5 $2 25. Ng6+ $1 Kd6 26. Qg3+ Kc6 27. Re5 $1 $18 {looks even stronger,
with Qf3 coming up} (27. Qf3+ Nd5 28. Reb1 fxg6 29. R7b5 $16 {etc.})) 25. Rbb1
$1 {with two possible lines} h5 (25... Rh8 26. c5 Qa5 (26... Qa2 27. Bc4 {
followed by c6}) 27. c6 Rxc6 (27... Bxc6 28. Nxf7 $18) 28. Nxc6+ Bxc6 29. Ra1 {
regaining the a7-pawn and White stays the exchange up}) 26. Qe3 g4 27. Ra1 Qb6
{and now not} 28. Qh6 $1 (28. Qg5 $2 {because of the unexpected} Rc5 $1 {
planning to counter} (28... Rg8 $2 29. Qxf6+ $18 {wins a piece - another
tactical theme that will crop up in the game}) 29. Qg7 $2 {by} Rxe5 $1 30. Rxe5
Qd4 $19 {and Black wins}) 28... Be8 (28... Rc5 $2 {is here meaningless} 29.
Nxf7 $18) 29. Qg7 $16 {and White's attack triumphs}) 22. Qh3 {Giving Black no
respite, White rubs it where it hurts} h5 $2 (22... Rh8 {Black was actually
forced to go back with 22...Rh8, to which I would have quietly replied 23.b3
followed by Rad1} 23. b3 $16) 23. Qe3 $18 {Black already loses at least a pawn}
g4 24. a3 $1 {It was of course possible to snatch the pawn, but I had spotted
a way to force the win} (24. Qxa7 b6 25. b3 Qc5 {leaves Black vague hopes of
resistance based on harassing the White queen.}) 24... Qxb2 (24... Qc5 {
allows the tactical spring already mentioned to snap shut on the black queen}
25. Qg5 {threatening Qg7} Rg8 26. Qxf6+ $18) (24... Qd6 {here the attack can
be switched on automatic pilot with} 25. Rad1 Qb8 (25... Qb6 26. Qg5 $18) 26.
Bf5 Rc7 27. Qh6 $18 {->}) 25. Rab1 Qxa3 26. Nxf7 $1 (26. Rxb7 Qd6 {is not that
clear}) 26... Qc5 (26... Kxf7 27. Bg6+ {is now a familiar sight to the reader})
27. Nxd8 {I paused a little before accomplishing this obvious enough reply.
Tempted to finish the game with a good old bloody attack, I almost fell for
Black's last trick} (27. Qh6 $2 {seems to force resignation, but the horrifying
} g3 $1 {saves Black ! For instance:} 28. hxg3 Ng4 29. Qf4 Nxf2 (29... Rf8 $2
30. Rxb7 Rxf7 31. Rxd7+ $18) 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Kxf7 32. Rxb7 a5 $11)
27... Qxe3 28. Rxe3 (28. fxe3 $5 {was probably cleaner, activating the second
rook on the f-file} Kxd8 29. Rxb7 a5 30. Rf1 $18) 28... Kxd8 29. Rxb7 a5 30.
Ra7 (30. Re5 {It would be queer to allow Black to support his passed pawn from
the rear} Ra8) 30... Rc5 31. f4 {Threatens Re5 and opens up the necessary
files to convert white's extra exchange. The rest needs no particular comment.}
gxf3 32. Rxf3 Ne8 33. Rf7 Nc7 34. Rh7 Be8 35. Kf2 Kc8 36. Rh8 Kd7 (36... Kb8
37. Rxc7 $18) 37. Ke3 e5 38. Be2 Bg6 39. Bxh5 Bf5 40. Be2 Be6 41. h4 Kc6 42.
Rh6 Kd7 43. h5 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A game against Karpov is always something special. I prepared thorougly on
this game, because I wanted to play an interesting variation.} 1. e4 {Blatny,P
Von Gleich} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3
Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 {This is clearly better than 10...Qc7
11.Qg4, which led to better play for white in Kasparov- Kamski, Linares 1994.}
(10... Qc7 {Blatny,P} 11. Qg4 $1 g5 12. Qh3 Rg8 (12... Bf4 13. O-O Bxc1 14.
Raxc1 Qf4 15. Rce1 b6 (15... g4 16. Qh4) 16. Re4 Qf6 17. Rfe1 {/\18.Rxe6} Kd8
18. Qg3 $16 {Benjamin,J-Andruet,G Paris 1989}) 13. Nd2 $1 (13. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 14.
Qh7 Nf6 15. Qh3 g4 $19) 13... Bf8 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. O-O $1 (15. c3 c5 16. O-O b6
$132 {/\17...Bb7,18...0-0-0}) 15... Bxd4 (15... b6 16. f4 $1 $40) 16. Be3 $1
Be5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Qxh6 Be7 (20... Qe7 21. Bc5 $1
Rxh7 $8 22. Rd8+ $3 Qxd8 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qd6#) 21.
Qg7 Rf8 22. Rd3 $1 {/\23.Rfd1->} Bd7 23. Bxg5 {+/-/+-Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/
Linares/1994/}) 11. Qe2 (11. Qh4 {Blatny,P} Ke7 $5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+
14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 $15 {
Kamsky,G-Karpov,A Dortmund 1993}) 11... b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Ne5 $5
{This continuation is not played very often. More often you see 14.Kb1 Rd8,
which I don t like for White at all . My move is leading forced to a very
strange position.} (14. Rhe1 {Blatny,P} O-O-O 15. Ba6 b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Kb1
Ka8 18. Bc1 (18. Rc1 $5) 18... Qb7 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. c3 Bd6 21. Nb3 Nd5 {
Chandler,M-Adams,M/Blackpool zt/1990/}) (14. Kb1 $5 {Blatny,P} O-O-O (14... Rd8
$5) 15. Ba6 b5 $6 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Rc1 $1 Rb8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rhc8 20.
Bb4 $1 Bxb4 21. Qxb4+ Ka8 22. Qa3 $16 {Benjamin,J-Thorsteins,K/ Saint Martin
op/1993/}) 14... c5 $1 {A forced novelty by Karpov and Epishin. But already in
my preparation I was considering this move only. After 14...0-0-0 15.f4 Kb8 16.
Rhe1 White has a good position.} (14... O-O-O {Blatny,P} 15. f4 (15. Rhe1 Kb8
16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. f3 Nd5 18. a3 f6 19. c4 $5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Bf8 21. cxd5 exd5 22.
f4 c5 $132 {Gelfand,B-Adams,M/Sydney/1988/}) 15... c5 (15... Kb8 16. Rhe1 $14)
16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rhe1 h5 $6 19. h3 h4 20. Ba6 Bxa6 (20... Ba8 $5)
21. Qxa6 Bf2 $2 (21... Rc8 $142 {/\Rhd8+/=/+/-}) 22. Rf1 Bg3 23. Qa4 $1 {><c6}
Rc8 24. Bb4 Nd5 $8 25. c4 $1 Bxf4 (25... Nxb4 26. Rd7 $18) 26. Nd7+ Kb7 27.
cxd5 $18 {De Firmian,N-Spiridonov,N/Lugano op/1989/}) 15. Bb5+ Ke7 {Diesen
verblüffenden Königszug scheint Karpov mit Vorliebe in Dortmund zu spielen;
1993 spielte er gegen Kamski - ebenfalls Caro-Kann eröffnet - schon einmal Ke7
im frühen Mittelspiel.} 16. dxc5 {Originally I intended to play 16.Bf4, but
after 16...Rhd8 17.Rhe1 Bd5 Black has a very good position. He is protecting
all and can make progress on the queens-wing. Maybe the whole variation is not
as good as it s looking..} (16. Bf4 {Blatny,P} Rhd8 17. Rhe1 Bd5 {[+]}) 16...
Qxc5 {In this position is a trap- of course not for Karpov- which is very nice:
16...Bxe5 17.cxb6 Qc5 18.Qxe5! Qxe5 19.Bb4 and White is winning.} (16... Bxe5
$2 {Blatny,P} 17. cxb6 Bxb2+ (17... Qc5 18. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 19. Bb4+ $18) 18. Kxb2
Qc5 19. a3 $1 (19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd5) 19... Nd5 $8 20. c4 axb6 21. Qd3 $18)
17. Bc3 {Interesting is also 17.Bc6 with the idea of 17...Bxc6 18.Bb4. But
Black has 18...Qxe5! 19.Qxe5(19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Kxd6 is better for Black too)
19...Bxb4 20.Qc7 Bd7 with three pieces for the queen.} (17. Bc6 {Von Gleich
findet Fritz beim ersten hingucken ganz prima.} Bxc6 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. Qxe5
Bxe5 19. Bb4+ $18) (17... Rac8 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rc7 (19... Ba3 $1 20. bxa3
(20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Ra4 Rc7 22. Rxa7 b5) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Qxa2+
$19 23. Kd3) 20. Ba6 Bc5 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5 {Karpov, mit sehr angenehmer Stellung
für Schwarz.}) 18. Bb4 Qxe5 (18... Qxb4 $2 19. Nxc6+) 19. Qxe5 (19. Bxd6+ Qxd6
20. Rxd6 Kxd6 $17 {_|_}) 19... Bxb4 20. a3 (20. Qc7+ {Blatny,P} Bd7 $13) 20...
Bc5 21. b4 {reingelegt}) 17... Rhd8 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Kf8 {Moving his king
from the "dangerzone".} (19... Bc5 $5 {Von Gleich} 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8
22. Bxf6 Qf4+) 20. c3 {In this position they agreed on a draw in
Morovic-Epishin, New York. After the game I thought that it could be only
black, who had the better position.} a6 $1 {This is stronger than 20...Bc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22.f4 with a balanced position.} (20... Bc5 {Blatny,P} 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5
22. f4 $10) (20... Bxg2 {Blatny,P} 21. Ng4 $40) 21. Bd3 b5 {In the post mortem
Karpow told me, that he should have played 21...Bc5! with a clearly superior
position; e.g. 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.f3 b5 24.Qe3 Rac8. I agree on his verdict.} (
21... Bc5 $142 {Blatny,P} 22. Bxc5+ Qxc5 23. f3 (23. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Kf8
25. Bg6 $4 Qg5+ $19) (23. f4 $5) 23... b5 24. Qe3 Rac8 {=/=/+}) 22. Kb1 b4 {
Now 22...Bc5 was impossible due to 23.Nxf7! and White is going to win the game.
} (22... Bc5 {Blatny,P} 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (23... Bxd4 24. Nxd8 $18) 24. Qxe6+
Kf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qxh6 $18) 23. Nc4 {After 23.c4 Bc5 Black
has the superior position.} (23. c4 {Blatny,P} Bc5 $17) 23... Bc5 {The
exchange-sacrifice 23...Be7 is not good because of 24.Bb6 Qxh2 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.
cxb4 Qxg2 27.Rg1 Qh2 28.Na5! with advantage for me.} (23... Be7 $5 {Von Gleich
war ein interessantes Qualitätsopfer, vorgeschlagen von Karpow, das ihm in der
Analyse aber vor allem Probleme brachte, die fällige Kompensation nachzuweisen.
} 24. Bb6 Qxh2 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. cxb4 Bxb4 (26... Qxg2 27. Rg1 Qh2 28. Na5 (28.
a3 $2 Rxd3 $1 $19)) 27. Bc2 $1 Rb8 28. Rg1 Bd5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5
$16) 24. Bxc5+ {I didn t want to give my bishop for the knight after 24.Bxf6
gxf625.Qh5 Bd5! 26.Qxh6 Ke7. Here I don t have any attacking possibilities and
he will wipe me off the board with his pair of bishops.} (24. Bxf6 {Von Gleich}
gxf6 25. Qh5 Bd5 (25... Bxf2 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Rxe6+ (27. Re2 Rxd3 28. Rxd3
Qxc4)) (25... bxc3 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Rxe6+ Kxe6 28. Qh3+ $40) (25... Bd5 $5 {
Blatny,P} 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 $132 {^^})) 24... Qxc5 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. a3 Qc5 27. f3
a5 $6 {Much better was 27...Rd4! 28.Rc1 Rad8 29.Red1 Nd5 and the black pieces
are much more active.} (27... Rd4 {Von Gleich} 28. Rc1 Rad8 29. Ne5 (29. Red1
$1 Qh5 $6 (29... Nd5 30. g3 a5 31. f4 Nf6 {Karpov: Nachdem der Königsflügel
gelockert wurde, kann der N zurückkehren.} 32. Ne5 Qb6 33. Qc2 (33. Bc2 Ne4 34.
Qe3 R8d6 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Re1 Nd2+ 37. Kc1 f6 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Ng6+ Kf7 $17)
(33. Qe3) 33... Nd7) 30. Ne5 Nd5 31. g3 $14 {Qh5 steht abseits.}) 29... Qd6 30.
Red1 Nd5 (30... Nd7 31. Nxd7+ Rxd7) (30... Be4 31. fxe4 Qxe5 $17) 31. g3 a5 32.
f4 a4 33. Qh5 Qe7 34. Bc4 Ne3 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Bb5) 28. Rc1 Rd4 (28... Ba6 {
Von Gleich} 29. Ne5 Bxd3+ 30. Qxd3 $1) (28... Bd5 {Von Gleich}) 29. Ne5 Qd6 30.
Qc2 $1 {This strong move helps me to balance the position.} Nd7 $1 (30... Rc8
31. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 (32... Ne8 $2 33. Bb5 Rd1+ 34. Ka2 $1 Qd5+ 35.
Nc4 $18 (35. Nc4 {Blatny,P} Qxb5 $8 36. Rxd1 Ke7 $16)) 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34. Rd8+
Kxc6 35. Rxd6+ $10 (35. Rxd6+ {Von Gleich} Kxd6 $10)) (30... Nd5 {Von Gleich}
31. Bf1 Kg8 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Rxc5 $10) 31. Nxd7+ Qxd7 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Bb5 Qd8
(33... Qd5 {Blatny,P} 34. Qxd5 Bxd5 (34... Rxd5 35. Bc6 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 $10) 35.
Bc6 $10 {_|_}) 34. Qc7 Bd5 $1 {The only move to fight for an advantage.} 35.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rc3 $1 (36. Re3 Rd2 37. Re2 (37. Rc2 Ba2+ $1 $19) 37... Bb3 $17)
36... a4 $6 {This makes my task easier. After 36...g5! I had to play
accurately to reach a draw.} (36... g5 {Von Gleich} 37. Rec1 (37. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 (
37... Bc4 38. Be4 Kg7 39. b3 Bd5 40. Bxd5 R8xd5 41. Kb2 $15)) 37... Kg7) (36...
f5 {Von Gleich} 37. Rec1 Kf7 38. Bc4 Kf6 39. Bxd5 R8xd5 40. Rc4 a4 41. Ka2 (41.
Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Kc2 g5 43. b4 $1 $10) 41... e5 42. b4 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Rxd4
Rxd4) 37. Rec1 f5 (37... Bb3 {Von Gleich} 38. Bc4 Bd1 {mit der Idee, von Rc2
unbedrängt mit Rd2 in die weiße Stellung einzudringen.}) 38. Bc4 Kf7 (38...
Bxc4 {Blatny,P} 39. Rxc4 Kf7 (39... e5 $5) 40. R1c3 $10) 39. b4 axb3 40. Bxd5
R8xd5 41. Rxb3 {The Worldchampion is trying everything to win the position,
but I discovered the easiest way to the draw.} Kf6 (41... Rd2 {Blatny,P} 42.
Rc2) 42. Kb2 e5 43. Rb4 $1 {Of course White has to exchange rooks.} e4 (43...
Rd2+ {Blatny,P} 44. Rc2 $10) 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Rxd4 Rxd4 46. Kc2 Ke5 (46...
Rc4+ {Blatny,P} 47. Kd1 (47. Kb2) (47. Kd2 $4 e3+ 48. Kd1 e2+ $19) 47... Ra4
48. Ra1 $10) 47. Rd1 Ra4 48. Ra1 g5 (48... Kd4 {Blatny,P} 49. Kd2 e3+ 50. Ke2
Ke4 51. Rb1 $1 (51. Ra2 Ra7 $2 (51... g5 $1 52. Ra1 Ra7 $5 53. a4 (53. Ra2 $2
Rf7 54. Ke1 Kd3 55. a4 Rb7 $1 56. Ra3+ $8 Ke4 57. a5 (57. Ra1 Rb2 58. Kf1 Rf2+
59. Kg1 Rf6 60. a5 e2 {-/+/-+ _|_})) 53... Rf7 $1 54. Rf1 $8 Rb7 $1 55. Rf6 $1
$8 (55. Ra1 Rb2+ (55... Rf7 $10) 56. Kf1 Rf2+ 57. Kg1 Rf6 58. a5 e2 {-/+/-+ _|_
}) 55... Rb2+ 56. Kf1 h5 57. Rf7 Kd3 58. Rd7+ Kc3 59. Rc7+ Kd2 60. Rd7+ Kc1 61.
Rd3 $1 Rf2+ (61... e2+ 62. Ke1 $14) 62. Kg1 Re2 63. Kf1 $8 Rf2+ $8 64. Kg1 Re2
$10) 52. a4 Rf7 53. Ke1 $1 {/\a5+/=/+/-}) 51... Rxa3 52. Rb4+ {/\Kf3=_|_}) 49.
Kd2 Kd4 50. Ke2 h5 (50... e3 $2 {Blatny,P} 51. Rd1+ {/\Rd3+/- _|_}) 51. h3 h4
52. Ra2 Kd5 (52... Kc4 {Blatny,P} 53. Ke3 Kb3 $2 (53... Kd5 $10) 54. Rf2 Kxa3
55. Rf5 {+/=/+/- _|_}) 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Ra1 Kd5 55. Rd1+ Ke5 56. Ra1 {After
this big fight we agreed on a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 (10... Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7
$14) 11. Qg4 Kf8 (11... g5 12. Qh3 Rg8 13. Nd2 $1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/
Linares/1994/}) 12. O-O c5 13. c3 (13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3
Ne6 $13 {Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Munich/1992/}) 13... b6 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 Rd8 17. Re1 $14 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Qh3 g5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd2 h5
22. Nc4 Bf4 23. g3 $6 (23. Bxf4 gxf4 (23... Qxf4 24. Ne5 $14) 24. Ne5 $14)
23... Bxc1 24. Raxc1 h4 25. Ne5 g4 $1 26. Qg2 Rd5 $6 (26... Rd6 $13 27. Rcd1)
27. Nxg4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rdh5 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Rc2 Qd8 31. Rce2 (31. Qe4 $5)
31... Kg7 32. Re4 Qd2 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. Qf3+ Rf5 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Qe4 Qd2 $10 37.
Qe3 Qd5 38. Qe4 Qd2 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4 Rh5 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club m"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 (11. a3 {Is the other main line covering
b4 and preparing Ba2 in case.} Qc7 12. Nh3 (12. Ne5 {Kasparov-Karpov, Linares
1994 CBM 40}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O Bd6 {Short-Gulko, PCA 1994 CBM 42} (13... cxd4
{Short-Gulko, PCA 1994 CBM 42})) (11. Bf4 $5 {is a provokative move in order
to threaten with c3-c4 the N on d5.} a4 12. Bc2 Nbd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a3 (14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nh3 Bd6 17. Nd4 O-O $13 {Robovic-Spiridonov, Paris op
1994}) 14... Bd7 15. g3 $5 cxd4 (15... Bd6) 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Ngf3 {White (or
Black?!) has solved the problems of the knights, this is the ideal position
for them.} Qb6 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. g4 {This is the typical -> on
the >>, while Black cannot do much on the <<.} Bc6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxd4
23. Nxd4 e5 24. Rhg1 $1 {White has got an irresistable ->.} exd4 25. Bh6 dxc3 (
25... g6 26. Rxg6+ $1) 26. bxc3 Nf4 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rg6+ $1 Ke7 29. Re1+ Ne6
30. Rxe6+ $1 $18 {Thorhallsson-Salo, Poltiken Cup 1997}) 11... Bxc5 12. Ne5 O-O
13. Ngf3 {White has solved the problem of his knights.} Nbd7 {Black has to
exchange the N on e5.} (13... Nbd5 {leaves the strong centralized N unattended,
while the black N on d5 is not that dangerous.} 14. Bc2 b6 15. a3 Ba6 16. c4
Qc7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Bc3 $14 {and White's pieces look
very harmoniously.}) 14. O-O Nxe5 (14... a4 {drives the B to the right /^.} 15.
Bc2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nh5 $1 (16... Bd6 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qd3 Ndf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 Nxf4 21. a3 {Now the weakness on a4 is unpleasant in the _|_.} N4d5 22. c4
Nc7 23. Rfd1 $16 {A.Rodriguez-Ramirez, Bogota 1992}) 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Nxe5
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 {After the mass exchanges White has got
the ^^, and good chances on the <<.} Nf6 22. c4 $14 {A.Rodriguez-Becerra,
CUB-ch Las Tanas 1996}) 15. Nxe5 b6 {/\ Bb7} 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Ng4 (17. Qxa8 $6
Bb7 {captures the Q.}) 17... Nxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 $5 (18... e5 {was also possible,
because Black can neutralize White's activity on the >>.} 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Re1
Bd6 21. Qh4 Kh7 $1 {Black has to play carefully, for example:} (21... f5 $4 22.
Bxh6 $1 $18) (21... Be7 $2 22. Qh5 $16) 22. Bd5 (22. Qe4+ $6 f5 23. Qxa8 {
is again met by} Bb7) 22... Ra7 $13) 19. Qf3 Bd6 (19... f4 $2 {is a
miscalculation:} 20. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 21. Qxa8 Kh7 22. Bc2+ g6 23. Rad1 Bb7 24. Qd8
$18) 20. Qxa8 $5 {This idea is usually bad in this type of position.} (20. Re1
$142 {was the correct answer neglecting the threat on h2, but attacking the
important ><e6.} Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rb8 (21... Bb7 $2 {is out of question here:} 22.
Qh5 Bf4 23. Rxe6 Kh8 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxb6 Be4 (25... Qe4 $4 26. Rxh6+ $18)
26. f3 $18) (21... Bd6 $6 {is not advisable as well:} 22. Qxa8 Bb7 23. Bxe6+
Kh8 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bxf5 $16) 22. g3 (22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc4 $1 {/\ Qh4
}) (22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. g3 Qe5 25. Bb3 f4 $1 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4
Qxf4 28. gxf4 Bxf4 $11) 22... Bb7 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxg3 26.
fxg3 Qxg3 27. Qe5 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 {with immense complications, for
example:} f4 $1 (29... Rbe8 $2 30. Qf4 (30. Qxe8 $2 Qh4+ $11) 30... Qh3 31.
Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Be3 $18) 30. Rg1 (30. Rh1 $2 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rbe8 $1
33. Rxh6+ Kg8 $19) 30... Qh4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Rg2 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1
Rb7 $13) 20... Bb7 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qxf8+ {White has to take the R.} ({
Inferior is} 22. Qa7 $2 Bxh2+ (22... Qc6 23. f3 Bb8 $17) 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2
Qxa7 25. Kxh2 Qe7 26. Bb3 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh2 f4 $1 29. Rg1 Qh4+ 30. Kg2
f3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke1 Qg2 $1 $19) 22... Bxf8 23. c4 $1 (23. Bxf5 {leaves
the vital /^ h1-a8 in Black's hand, after which the -> cannot be repelled.} Qe5
$1 24. Bh3 (24. Bc2 Bd6 25. g3 Qe6 26. Be3 Qh3 27. f3 Bxg3 $1 $19) 24... Bd6
25. g3 Qd5 26. f3 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kg2 Qd3) 27... Ba6 28. Bf4 (28. Re1 Be2 $1
29. Bg2 Bf2 $1) 28... Bxf1 29. Bxf1 (29. Rxf1 Qxa2) 29... Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qf2 $19
) 23... Qe5 24. Bd5 {Now White can exchange the strong B on the long /^.} Bxd5
25. cxd5 f4 $1 (25... Qxd5 {allows White to finish development:} 26. Bf4 $11)
26. Bd2 f3 $8 27. Rfe1 $4 {After this blunder White's position is hopeless.} (
27. gxf3 {White has to eliminate the mating threats.} Qxd5 28. Be3 Qxf3 29.
Rfe1 (29. Bxb6 Bd6) 29... Bd6 $15) 27... Qd4 $1 $19 {/\ Qg4} 28. g3 (28. Bc3
Qg4 29. g3 Qh3 $19) (28. Re8 Kg8) 28... Qxd2 {and the rest is easy.} 29. Rad1
Qb4 30. a3 Qa4 31. Rd3 Bc5 32. Rxf3 Qd4 33. b4 axb4 34. Rf4 Qd2 35. Re8+ Kh7
36. axb4 Bd6 37. Rf5 Qd3 38. Rf7 Qg6 39. Re6 Qxf7 40. Rxd6 b5 41. h4 Qe7 42.
Rb6 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 (13... cxd4
14. Qxd4 Ne5 $5 {- Leko-Karpov, Linares SuperGM 2001 CBM 82}) 14. c3 $5 {
This novelty doesn't change the common opinion on this variation.} (14. dxc5 {
leads only to equality after} Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qg3 {
The Q cannot find her place!} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. c4
Kg7 23. Nd4 Rhd8 $11 (23... Bf6 24. Nb5 (24. Rad1 Rcd8) 24... Qc5 $11 {
Gelfand-Speelman, Munich 1992})) 14... b6 (14... cxd4 $6 {opens up the
position only for the white pieces.} 15. cxd4 Qc3 {wants to win material, but
White's lead of development will become rather dangerous.} (15... Nc5 16. Bf5
Bxf5 17. Qxf5 exd4 18. Ba3 Qa5 $1 (18... b6 19. Rac1) 19. Bb2 $1 (19. Qd5 Rd8
20. Bxc5 (20. Ne5 Qc7 $1) 20... Qxc5 21. Qxb7 d3 $13 {and the strong o^ gives
Black sufficient counterplay.}) 19... Kg8 (19... d3 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 f6
22. Qd6+ Kg8 23. Qd5+ $16) 20. Nxd4 {and White wins back the pawn with a
better development.} (20. Bxd4 Nxb3 $1) 20... Re8 21. Nf3 Bc7 22. Rfe1 $14) (
15... exd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 (16... Ne5 $2 {founders on back rank motifs after} 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Rfe1 $1 $18) 17. Qh4 $14 {and Black has problems
with his development.}) 16. Bc4 $1 Nf6 (16... Nb6 17. Qh4 Bf5 (17... Be7 $2 18.
Ba3 $1 $18) 18. Bd2 Qb2 19. dxe5 Be7 20. Qf4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qf4 $16) 17.
Qg3 Qxa1 (17... Ne4 18. Qh4 Bf5 19. dxe5 Qxa1 20. Qf4 g6 21. exd6 $16) 18. dxe5
Ne4 (18... Qxa2 19. exd6 Bg4 20. Re1 b5 (20... Bxf3 $2 21. Qxf3 $18) (20... Rc8
21. Nd4 Kg8 22. h3 $44 {and White has more than enough compensation for the
exchange.}) 21. Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Ne5+ Kg8 23. Nxg4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 $16) (18... Be7
19. Ba3 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Bxa3 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qc7 $16) 19. Qf4 f5 20. exd6 $14
{with good attacking chances and better development for the sacrificed
material.}) (14... exd4 $5 15. cxd4 Ne5 (15... cxd4 $143 {- 14...cxd4}) (15...
Nf6 16. Qh4 Bg4) 16. Qe4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 cxd4 18. Bb2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 {with a big
lead of development for the pawns.}) 15. Re1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc5 (16... Qc3 $2
17. Qe4 $1 $16) (16... Nf6 $2 17. Qg3 e4 $2 18. Ba3 $1 $18) (16... Bb7 {
deserved attention as well.} 17. Bb2 Nf6 18. Qg3 e4 (18... exd4 {is again
running into} 19. Ba3 Rd8 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Bxd6+ Qxd6 22. Qxd6+ Rxd6 23. Rc7
$14) 19. Ba3 $1 Rd8 20. Nh4 $1 Kg8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Nf5 Rd8 24.
Bc4 g6 $15) 17. Bf5 h5 (17... Bxf5 $143 18. Qxf5 exd4 {is met by} 19. b4 Na4
20. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Kg8 (21... Qc3 22. Be3 $16) 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. Nc6 $16) 18.
Qg5 Be7 (18... exd4 {leads to lively complications:} 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Bb2 Nd3
(20... f6 21. Qf5 $36) 21. Bxd4 f6 22. Bxf6 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Kg8 $1 {Black has to
defend himself very carefully.} (23... Rh7 {is answered by the phantastic} 24.
Be7+ $3 Bxe7 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Ne5 $1 Rh6 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Nxh6 $16
) 24. Qd5+ (24. Be7 Qc5 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. h4 $44 {is the other way of getting
compensation for the exchange.}) 24... Qf7 25. Qxd6 Qxf6 26. Qd5+ (26. Qd7 Kh7
$13) 26... Qf7 27. Qb5 $44) 19. Qd2 Bxf5 (19... exd4 $143 20. Nxd4 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 $14) 20. dxc5 Rd8 21. cxb6 axb6 (21... Qxb6 22. Qb2 f6 23. Be3 Qb7 {
looks also tempting for Black because of his strong ^^ and [+].}) 22. Qb2 f6
23. Be3 Kf7 {Black has solved all of his opening problems, and now White has
to fight for the draw.} 24. Rac1 Qb7 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. a4 b5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28.
Nc4 Be6 29. Qc2 Rb8 $15 {winning the P, but White still has drawing chances.}
30. f4 Qxb3 31. fxe5 Qxc2 (31... Bxc4 32. Qxc4+ Qxc4 33. Rxc4 fxe5 {- 31...Qc2}
) 32. Rxc2 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 fxe5 34. Rf1+ Kg6 {Black is a P up, but converting it
to a win seems to be extremely difficult especially against Leko!} (34... Bf6
35. g4 $15) 35. g4 Bf6 36. gxh5+ Rxh5 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Bf2 Rd8 39. Re1 Rd2 40.
Rge4 Ke6 41. Bg3 Kd5 42. Ra4 Rf5 43. Ra5+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Rd6 45. Ra5 Rd5 46. Ra6+
Kf7 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Re2 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 38th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2003.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 {White wants to finish his development
quickly, and according to Black's plan he will decide between 0-0 or 0-0-0.}
Nbd5 (10... Qc7 11. Ne5 {/\ Ngf3} Nbd7 {This looks a bit passive. Black has to
finish his development quickly.} (11... Bd7 12. Ngf3 (12. O-O-O $5 Rc8) 12...
cxd4 (12... Rc8 13. c4 Bd6 14. O-O O-O (14... Na4 $2 {allows White to
breakthrough in the [+].} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 $16 {Rantanen-Sarsa, corr 1980})
) 13. Bxd4 Bc5 (13... Bd6 14. O-O-O Nbd5 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 {In the CK
the K is not always badly placed on e7!} 17. g3 $14 {Faibisovich-Rybak, Riga
1975}) 14. Bxc5 (14. O-O-O O-O {The K on the >> is rather vulnerable in view
of g4-g5.} 15. Bc3 Nbd5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. g4 $40 {Fuglevic-Bernard, corr 1971})
14... Qxc5 15. O-O O-O 16. c4 Rfd8 17. a3 $5 {/\ b4 deserves attention
mobilizing White's << P majority.} (17. Qe3 $5 Qxe3 18. fxe3) (17. b3 Be8 $11 {
Hector-Blecken, BL 2000})) (11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Bb5+ {leads only to
unnecessary simplifications.} Bd7 13. Bxd4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5+ Nbd7 15. O-O-O a6 16.
Qe2 Bc5 17. Nxd7 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxd7 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rhd1 Nf6 21. Ne5 Rad8 $11 {
Hector-Gausel, Nordic-ch VISA 1997}) 12... a6 (12... Bc5 13. Ngf3 (13. Bxc5
Qxc5 14. Ngf3 O-O 15. c3 Nbd5 16. g3 b5 17. O-O b4 18. c4 Ne7 19. Rad1 Bb7 $13
{Ristoja-Koskinen, FIN-ch Tampere 1989}) 13... Bd7 {- 11...Bd7}) 13. Ngf3 (13.
Ng6 $143 $2 {- Hector-H.Olafsson,VISA Nordic GP Final Gentofte 1999 CBM 73})) (
11... a6 12. Ngf3 Nbd5 (12... Bd6 13. O-O Nbd5 14. c3 (14. Nc4 Be7 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe5 O-O 18. a3 {White wants to make profit from his <<
P majority.} Rd8 19. b4 Qf8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Na5 b6 22. Nb7 Rdb8 23. Nd6 Ba4
24. Ne4 Ra7 $11 {Hector-Speelman, Politiken Cup 2001}) 14... O-O (14... b5 {
creates only a target for White.} 15. a4 $1 (15. Bd2 O-O {- 14...0-0}) 15... c4
16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Nh4 {/\ f4 strengthening the centralized knight's
position and preparing for the -> on the >>.} Ne7 19. f4 Rae8 $14 {
Wedberg-Enqvist, Stockholm 1995}) (14... b6 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 $5) 15... O-O
16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 b5 19. a3 Rac8 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nh4 $1 cxd4 22.
cxd4 Qb7 $142 {Ftacnik} (22... Bf8 $2 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Ng4 $14 {Karpov-Balashov,
Tilburg 1977})) 15. Bd2 {White is preparing to take back with the P on d4 with
a complicated isolani type of middlegame.} (15. Rac1 {Wedberg-Akesson, Skara
2002 CBM 91}) 15... b6 (15... cxd4 16. cxd4 {creates an isolated P structure,
where White has good attacking chances in view of >< h6.} Qe7 17. Rac1 Bd7 18.
Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne5 Qa4 20. Nc4 {White's chances are on the >>, here he follows
a false plan.} Bf4 21. b3 Qd7 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Qf3 Bb8 24. Ne5 Qe7 $15 {
Shaposhnikov-Sargissian, Wch U20 Athens 2001}) (15... b5 16. Rac1 {White now
wants to change the P structure and activate his pieces on the <<.} (16. dxc5 {
- Rublevsky-Lastin, RUS-ch Elista 1993 CBM 59}) 16... Bb7 (16... c4 {avoiding
the opening up the position looks safer.} 17. Bb1 Bb7) 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qe7
19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. a3 {White's possibilities of creating a remote
o^ give him the better chances.} a5 22. h3 a4 23. R4c2 Nb6 {[#]} 24. Nxf7 $1 {
This is the nice "petit combination"!} Kxf7 25. Ne5+ Kg8 26. Ng6 Qd6 27. Rxc5
$18 {Wedberg-Backstrom, SWE Cup qual 1999}) 16. Rfe1 (16. Rac1 {According
Rublevsky this is the right place for the R.} Bb7 17. Rfe1 b5 {running into
the motif we have seen before!} (17... Rfd8) 18. c4 $1 {This is the point,
White changes the P structure and grabs the |^ on the << as well.} bxc4 19.
Rxc4 Qe7 20. Rec1 Rfc8 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. a3 {White has a << P
majority and better developed pieces.} Bd6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 {White has
the ^^ and the better P structure.} a5 26. g3 Bc7 27. Ne5 $16 {Rublevsky-Gulko,
Rubinstein mem Polanica Zdroj 1996}) 16... Bb7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bc1 b5 19. Bb1
Rad8 20. h3 Ba8 $11 {Torre-Barus, IND-ROW m Bali 1999}) (12... cxd4 13. Bxd4)
13. O-O (13. c3 Bd6 14. O-O {- 13.0-0}) (13. Bd2 $6 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd6 15. f4
Nb4 16. O-O-O Nxd3+ 17. Nxd3 O-O 18. Kb1 b6 $15 {Liberzon-Rogoff, Biel
Interzonal 1976}) 13... cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nf4 {exchanging the light-squared B is
an achievement for Black.} (14... Bc5 $6 15. Bb5+ $1 $16 {Rublevsky-Karpov,
Rubinstein mem Polanica Zdroj 1998 CBM 67}) 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bc5 $13 (
16... Be7 $6 17. Nc4 $1 Bc5 (17... O-O $2 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Be5 $18) 18. Be5 Qc6
19. Nd6+ Ke7 (19... Bxd6 20. Bxd6 $16) 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. Nxc8+ Raxc8 22. Nf5+
exf5 (22... Kf8 23. Qxd5) 23. Bxf6+ Kd6 24. Rad1 $16)) (11... Bd6 12. Ngf3 Nbd5
(12... Nbd7 {- 11...Nbd7}) (12... O-O $6 {is again answered by the thematic}
13. g4 $5 c4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxg4 16. Rg1 e5 17. O-O-O Nxe3 18. Qxe3 $40
{Shamkovich-Kholmov, SU-ch29 Baku 1961}) 13. O-O (13. Bb5+ $5 {is not so
decisive because of Karpov's favourite reply} Ke7 $1 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 b5 16.
c3 Bb7 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rhc8 $13 {Svidler-Karpov, Fontys Chess Tournament
Tilburg 1996}) 13... O-O 14. c3 b6 {and at least Black has spared the
weakening move a6.} 15. Bd2 Bb7 $13 {- Rublevsky-Galkin, RUS-Cup6 Krasnodar
1997 EXT 2000}) 12. Ngf3 Bd6 (12... b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5
16. Bb5 Bd5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Rd4 Qc5 19. Rhd1 $18 {Kaiumov-Panbuda, Asia
Cities-ch 2000}) 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Nc4 Be7 14. a4 b6 15. O-O Bb7 $11 {
Gruener-Stabenov, DDR-FSM 1974}) 13... O-O {The opposite side castles give
White good attacking chances.} (13... a6 14. Rhe1 b5 (14... b6 {- 13...b6}) 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. f4 $16 {Mestel-Flesch,
London 1982}) (13... b6 14. Rhe1 a6 15. Kb1 (15. Nxd7 $5) (15. Nc4 $5) 15...
Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 (17... Qxe5 $5 18. Qf3 Qb8 {was far from clear!
}) 18. Bc1 $14 {Shamkovich-Bleiman, Netanya 1975}) 14. g4 $1 {Now White's ->
is strong because of his better developed pieces and >< h6.} cxd4 (14... Nd5 $5
) 15. Bxd4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rd8 (16... Nd7 17. f4 f6 18. Ng6 $16) 17. Rhg1 $1 {
Konguvel-Mohota, Calcutta 2002 CBM 88} (17. f4 Nd5)) 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 cxd4
$6 {This solves White's development, although gets the ^^.} (12... Qc7 {
- 10...Qc7 11.Ne5 a6}) 13. Bxd4 Qa5+ (13... Nf4 14. Qd2 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 {
Black has won the important d3 B, but lost a couple of tempi.} Be7 16. O-O (16.
O-O-O $5 O-O 17. g4 Nd5 18. c4 Nb4 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne5
Qe8 23. f4 b5 24. c5 Bb7 $132 {Lastin-Guliev, Moscow 1997}) 16... O-O 17. c4
Qc7 $14) (13... Be7 14. O-O $14 (14. O-O-O Nf4 15. Qd2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 O-O 17.
Rhe1 $14)) 14. c3 Nf4 15. Qd2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qd5 {[#]} (16... Be7 17. Nc4 Qc7
18. Nb6 Rb8 19. O-O-O $1 O-O (19... Bd6 20. Kb1 $16) 20. Be5 $16) 17. O-O-O $1
{This is the point, development first!} b5 (17... Qxa2 $2 {is punished by} 18.
Ng6 $1 Ba3 19. c4 $18) (17... Be7 {is also met by the devastating} 18. Ng6 $1
$18) (17... Bd6 18. c4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Qc3 O-O 20. Rhe1 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 b5)
19... Nxe4 20. Rhe1 $16) 18. Rhe1 Bd6 ({On} 18... Qxa2 19. Ng6 $1 {comes again.
} Ba3 20. Re2 $1) (18... Bb7 19. Ng6 $1 Rg8 20. Nf4 Qd7 (20... Qc4 21. Rxe6+ $1
$18) 21. Nxe6 $1 $18 {and the K in the middle cannot survive the assault.}) 19.
c4 $1 (19. Ng6 $5 Rg8 20. Bxf6 Qxd3) 19... bxc4 (19... Qb7 20. c5 Be7 21. Kb1
O-O 22. g4 $16) 20. Nxc4 Bb7 $2 (20... Bf4+ 21. Kb1 $16) 21. Nb6 $18 {Now
Black is completely lost.} Qxa2 (21... Qc6+ 22. Kb1 Rb8 23. Bxf6 Qxb6 24. Rxe6+
fxe6 25. Qg6+ $18) 22. Bxf6 O-O 23. Qxd6 gxf6 24. Re3 Rac8+ 25. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 26.
Kd2 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club m"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 {This is
one of the most popular lines in the Caro Kann these days.} 14. Kb1 (14. Rhe1
O-O-O 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 (16... Qb7 17. Qe2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bc3
$14) 17. Qe2 b5 $5 {Black wants to build up a strong post for his N on d5, but
after c2-c4 he has problems on the <-> c.} (17... Qb7 {or}) (17... Ka8 {
/\ Rb8 Nd5 Rb7 Spasov seem to be sufficient for Black.}) 18. Kb1 Ka8 19. c4 $1
bxc4 20. Rc1 $1 Rb8 21. Rxc4 $14 {Spasov-Seirawan, Elista (ol) 1998}) 14...
O-O-O 15. c4 (15. Ba6 {is the thematic exchange here, but Black has a
rock-solid position.} Bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. Qe2 Qb7 (17... Nd7 18. c4 Rhe8 19.
Bc3 Be7 {The B changes for a better /^ to neutralize his opponent's B.} 20.
Rhe1 Bf6 $11 {Palac-Malakhov, Porto San Giorgio 1997}) 18. Rhe1 (18. Ne5 $6 {
is not a good change in the structure here.} Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 {The position
resembles to the 4...Bf5 Caro Kann.} 20. h4 {/\ h5 fixing the target on g7 and
h6.} (20. Qg4 h5 $1) 20... c5 21. h5 Ne7 $1 22. f3 Rd7 $11 {Adams-Seirawan,
Mermaid Beach Club Match 1999})) 15... c5 (15... Kb8 16. Bc3 Rhe8 (16... c5 {
- 15...c5}) 17. Ne5 c5 18. f4 Qe7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bc2 {White wants to
exchange the strong B on the long /^.} Bd6 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. Bc6 {The plan is
accomplished.} Bxe5 23. Bxe5+ Ka8 24. Qf3 Bxc6 25. Qxc6+ Qb7 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27.
Kc2 $14 {Antoniou-Soot, Tallinn (op) 1997}) 16. Bc3 Kb8 (16... Rhg8 17. Rhe1
Kb8 18. Bc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 {leads to a complicated middlegame.} a6 20. g3 Ka7
21. f4 Rc8 22. Nf3 Rgd8 23. Ne5 Ne8 24. h3 a5 25. b3 g6 26. g4 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5
$11 {Svidler-Vyzmanavin, Novgorod (op) 1995}) 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc2 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Ne5 Qc7 (21... Bxg2 $4 22. f3) 22. f4 Bd6 23. a3 $1
{This is an important prophilactic move here.} Kc8 24. g4 Bxe5 (24... g5 $6 {
is overoptimistic due to} 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5+ Kb8 27. Qd3 $1 $16 {/\ Nf7}) (
24... Ne8 25. g5 $14) 25. Bxe5 Qc6 26. Ka2 {The white K is in safety now
against any checks.} Qf3 (26... Ne8 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 f6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30.
Bc3 $14 {and White has the ^^ and a distant o^.}) 27. Bd1 $5 ({It was time to
create some weaknesses on the >>.} 27. Qxf3 $1 Bxf3 28. g5 $1 Ne8 (28... hxg5
29. fxg5 {gives White some perspectives for creating a distant o^ on the <-> h.
} Ne4 (29... Ne8 30. Ba4 f6 (30... Kd8 31. Bb8 $16) 31. Bxe8 fxe5 32. Kb3 $16)
30. Bxg7 $5 {creating the distant o^.} (30. h4 $14) 30... Nxg5 31. h4 Ne4 32.
h5 f5 33. h6 Ng5 34. Bf6 Nh7 35. Be5 Bh5 36. b4 $16) 29. Ba4 (29. Bxg7 $2 hxg5)
(29. h4 $14) 29... f6 (29... Kd8 30. Bb8) 30. Bxe8 fxe5 31. gxh6 $1 gxh6 32.
fxe5 $16) 27... Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Ne8 29. h4 (29. g5 $5) 29... f6 30. Bd4 Kc7 {
Now White cannot breakthrough on the >> so easy.} 31. b4 Nd6 32. Kb3 (32. c5
Bd5+ $1 33. Ka1 (33. Kb2 Nc4+ $11) 33... Ne4 $11) 32... Nf7 $1 {/\ e5} 33. c5
e5 34. fxe5 Nxe5 $1 (34... fxe5 35. Be3 $14) 35. cxb6+ axb6 36. a4 g5 $1 $11 {
fixing the weakness on g4.} 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Kd6 $2 {Now
Black has to defend himself for another 50 moves.} (39... Bc8 {was the
simplest way to hold the position.} 40. Bxe5+ fxe5 $11) 40. a6 Bxa6 $1 $11 (
40... Bd5+ 41. Kb4 $16) 41. Bxa6 Nxg4 {eliminating the last white P. Black has
to protect his pawns, otherwise White has a theoretically winning position
having the ^^ against the N.} 42. Bc8 Ne5 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. Bg1 Ne7 45. Bh2+ Kd5
46. Bb7+ Ke6 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. Ba6 Ke6 49. Bc4+ Kf5 50. Bd6 Ng6 $1 51. Bd3+ Ke6
52. Bb4 Nf4 53. Bc2 f5 54. Ba5 Ne2+ 55. Ke3 Ng3 56. Bc3 Kf7 57. Be1 Ne4 58. Kd4
Kf6 59. Ba5 Nf2 60. Bd8+ Kg6 61. Bb1 Ng4 62. Be7 Nh6 63. Ke5 Kh5 64. Bd3 f4 65.
Be2+ Kh4 66. Ke4 Ng4 67. Bd1 Nh2 68. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 {
This setup doesn't yield any real advantage for White.} (6. Ng5 {is the
interesting main line.}) 6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 $5 {The B is
usually not well-placed here.} (9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O (11. Be2 {is
extremely passive.} Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. Nd3 (14. f4 O-O 15. O-O
c5 $1 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Be3 Rad8 $11 {H.Steiner-Flohr, Moscow 1946}) 14...
O-O-O $13 {and Black has nothing to fear.}) (11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 {/\ 0-0-0} a5
13. a3 (13. O-O-O a4) 13... Qd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 {The bad dark-squared
B has remained.} 16. c4 Qe4 $11 {Velimirovic-Smagin, Zenica 1987}) 11... Bd6 {
/\ Qc7, 0-0-0, -> >>} (11... Be7 {is not so aggressive.} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne5
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 {is a drawish line.} 15. Bf4 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica-Zelcic,
Solin 1998})) (9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 e6 {- 9.c3}) 9... e6 10. c3 (10. Qe2 {/\ 0-0-0}
Bd6 (10... Qa5+ $5 {against 0-0-0 deserved attention.}) 11. O-O-O Qc7 {/\
0-0-0 and the position remains balanced.} 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. c4 Kb8
15. g4 Bg6 $11 {V.Kotov-Sargissian, Bor 2000}) 10... Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 (
12. O-O O-O $11) 12... Qa5 $1 {fighting against 0-0-0} 13. a4 $6 {This is a
highly unusual plan.} (13. O-O O-O $11 {acknowledging that White has nothing
was wiser.}) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 $2 {White pushes it too hard. The plan with
0-0-0 doesn't look healthy at all.} (14. O-O Rfe8 $11 {/\ e5}) 14... Bxf3 {
corrupting White's P structure, there is no -> on the g <->.} 15. gxf3 Qh5 16.
O-O-O $5 {This was the main idea, but the white K is more exposed because of
the weakening a4 move.} (16. Qe2 Nd5 $15) 16... Nd5 $142 {Black immediately
goes for a counterattack.} (16... Qxf3 {White certainly doesn't bother with
the weak P.} 17. Kb1 $1 (17. Rdg1 Bf4 $1) 17... Rfe8 (17... Bf4 $2 {is already
met by} 18. Be2 $1) 18. Rdg1 e5 (18... Kh8 19. Be2 Qf5 20. Bd3 Qa5 21. Bg5 Nd7
22. Bxh7 g6 23. h4 Kxh7 (23... Qf5 24. h5 $1 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Kxh7 26. hxg6+ $16)
24. h5 Kg8 25. hxg6 f6 26. Rh7 fxg5 27. Rxd7 (27. Rgh1 $2 Nf6) 27... Rad8 28.
Rf7 Re7 29. Qe2 g4 30. Qxg4 $40) 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 $13) 17. Kb1 b5 $1 {
opening up the lines against the white K.} (17... Qxf3 {is again useless.} 18.
Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Nxe3 20. Bxf3 (20. fxe3 Qxe3) 20... Nxc2 21. Kxc2 a5 $11) 18.
Rdg1 f6 {defending against Rg5.} (18... Nxe3 $6 {doesn't loook logical, the N
is excellent on d5.} 19. fxe3 bxa4 20. f4) 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc1 (20. Qe2 Rfe8)
20... Rab8 {Black's attacking chances on the << look more realistic than
White's on the other flank.} 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Qe4 (22. Rg4 $5) 22... Kh8 (22...
f5 23. Qe2) 23. h4 (23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Qh4 (24. Rg2 f5 25. Qh4 a5 26. Rhg1 Rg8 $17
) (24. f4 f5 25. Qf3 a5 $17) 24... f5 $17) 23... f5 $1 24. Qe2 Qf7 {bringing
back the Q towards the <<.} 25. Rg2 Bf4 $1 {Black has a rock-solid position on
the >>, g7 can easily be defended.} (25... e5 $5) 26. Rhg1 Rg8 (26... Bxc1 $2 {
allows the nice zwischenzug} 27. Rxg7 $1 Qf6 28. Kxc1 e5 29. Bxb5 Nf4 30. Qc4
$18) 27. Be3 {The B is not very impressive here...} Qd7 28. Qd2 (28. h5 Bd6)
28... Bd6 {Now Black can avoid already the exchange of the bad B.} 29. Bc2 Qb7
$1 {/\ b4-b3} (29... a5) 30. Bg5 (30. Qd3 b4 31. c4 b3 $1 {and Black's ->
crashes through.} (31... Nc3+ 32. Kc1 $1 (32. bxc3 b3 $17)) 32. Bd1 Nf4 33.
Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Qc3 a5 $1 35. h5 a4 $19) 30... b4 31. c4 {[#]} b3 $1 $19 {
This is the point, White is helpless against the threats on the <<.} 32. Bd3 (
32. cxd5 bxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxd5 $19) (32. Bxb3 Qxb3 33. cxd5 Ba3 $19) 32... Bb4
33. Qe2 Qa6 34. Bh6 (34. Kc1 Rgc8 $19) 34... Nc3+ $1 {The nice finish!} 35.
bxc3 Bxc3 36. Kc1 Qa3+ 37. Kd1 Qa1+ 38. Bc1 b2 39. Qe3 Bxd4 40. Qd2 bxc1=Q+ 41.
Qxc1 Qa2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 {This line is still very popular
these days. Black has got some problems with his development on the >>,
especially with his R, but this is his only weakness.} 12. O-O c5 13. Qh4 (13.
c3 b6 14. Qh4 (14. Re1 {- 13.Re1}) 14... Bb7 15. Be4 Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nf3 {1/2 Andreev-Galkin, Rotterdam 1998}) (13. Re1 b6 14.
c3 Bb7 15. h4 (15. Bd2 {It is not easy to create a target in Black's camp.} Rd8
(15... Re8 $5 16. Rad1 $6 (16. h4 $142) 16... c4 17. Bc2 Bd5 18. Ba4 b5 $1 19.
Bc2 (19. Bxb5 Nf6 20. Qh3 Rb8 $44) 19... g5 $1 {Now Black solves the problem
of his K, and his centralized bishops will decide the game.} 20. Qh3 Kg7 21.
Ne5 $6 {Desperation.} Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Qh5 Bf6 $19 {Shankar-Speelman,
Calcutta (op) 1998}) 16. h4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 {White has an isolated P, which
can easily be blockaded by Black.} 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Be7 21.
Bf4 Qd5 $11 {Nevednichy-Papaionnoa, Elista (ol) 1998}) 15... Re8 {It is hard
to see which is the best place for the R.} (15... Rd8 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qh3 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. a4 Be7 21. Bc3 Qd5 22. Qh3 Bd6 $13 {
Shirov-Karpov, Amber blindfold Monte Carlo 1998}) (15... c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Bd2
a5 18. h5 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rb8 20. b3 b4 21. bxc4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc4 23. Nd2 Qc7 24.
Bb3 Nb6 $13 {Anand-Karpov, Amber rapid Monte Carlo 1998}) 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2
Rd8 18. Re2 {It is hard to find a clear-cut plan for White.} Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6
20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Be3 Kf8 26.
Rc1 Qb4 27. b3 Nd5 28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7
a5 33. a4 Kg8 $11 {Topalov-Anand, Linares 1998}) 13... b6 14. Be4 Bb7 (14...
Rb8 {See Eismont-Gutov, Russian Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. b3 Be7 (
16... Nf6 $6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bb2 Be7 19. c4 $14 {and Black has problems in
connecting his rooks.}) (16... g6 $6 17. Bb2) (16... Qc6 $5 17. c4 (17. Bb2 Be7
(17... c4 $5) 18. Qg3 Bd6 {/\} 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. d5+ Be5 21. Bxe5+ Nxe5 22.
dxc6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rac8) 17... Be7 (17... cxd4 {is simply met by} 18. Nxd4)
18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 $14 {and White will take the d <-> quickly.})
17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Be3 (18. Ba3 g6 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. dxc5 bxc5 $13 {and the B is
misplaced on a3.}) (18. Bb2 g6) 18... g6 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. c4 Rad8 21. d5 (21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 $11) 21... exd5 (21... Nf8 $6 22. Ne5 exd5 23. cxd5 $14
{/\} Rxd5 $4 24. Qf3 $18) 22. Rxd5 (22. cxd5 Rhe8 23. Bf4 b5 $1 $13 {/\ c4})
22... Nf8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. h4 ({More to the point is} 24. Rd1 $142 Ne6 (24...
Bf6 25. Ne5 Qe4 (25... Ne6 $4 {loses to} 26. Rd7 $18) 26. Ng4 $14) 25. h4 ({
Here} 25. Ne5 {is met by} Qe4) 25... h5 (25... Bf6 26. h5) 26. Bg5 $5) 24... h5
25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bg5 Nh7 $1 {Black is defending himself very carefully.} 27. Rd5
(27. Qf4 Re8) 27... Re8 28. Bf4 Rd8 $1 (28... Kh8 29. Ne5 $1) 29. Bd6 (29. Rxh5
Kh8 30. Rd5 (30. Rh6 $6 Bg7 31. Be5 Kg8 $1 (31... f6 $2 32. Qxg6 $1 Bxh6 33.
Bxf6+ $18) 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qf4 Nf6 $17) 30... Rxd5 31. cxd5 Qxd5 32. Bh6 Qd8
33. Qf4 $11) 29... Qc6 30. Kh2 (30. Rd2 $11) 30... Kg8 {[#]} 31. Nd2 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] This is a serious blunder, White is pushing too hard, and forgets
about the possibility of losing the game.} (31. Ne5 $6 Qe8) (31. Rd2 $11) 31...
Bxh4 $1 $19 {A blow from the blue!} 32. Qd3 $2 {losing a piece at the end.} (
32. Qxh4 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6+ $19) 32... Nf6 33. Be7 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 (11. O-O) 11... Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 (
13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 {- Stefansson-Karpov, Reykjavik 2004 CBM 100}) 13... e5
14. c3 (14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 {- Fressinet-Schandorff, Germany 2003 CBM 095})
14... exd4 (14... b6 15. Re1 cxd4 {- Shirov-Karpov, Moscow 2002 CBM 091} (15...
Bb7 {- Leko-Karpov, RUS-The World rapid 2002 CBM 91})) 15. cxd4 Ne5 16. Qe4
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxh2+ (17... cxd4 18. Kh1 Qc3 19. Rb1 $14) 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Bb2
$142 {White has sacrificed his h2 P for a better development, the black K on
f8 poses a lot of problems.} (19. dxc5 Qxc5 $142 (19... Bxc5 20. Bb2 Qe7 21.
Kg1 Be6 22. Rae1 {White has an enormous lead of development, Black cannot
connect his rooks.} Re8 (22... Kg8 23. Bf5) 23. Bf5 $16) 20. Bb2 (20. Be3 Qe5
21. g3 h5 $1 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bxd6+ Qxd6 24. Bc4 Qc7) 20... Qg5 21. Kg1 Bg4 {
Black sacrifices back the P in order to accomplish his development.} (21... Rb8
22. Bc4 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Bxf4 24. g3 Bd6 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Be5 Ra8 27. Rfe1 $44) 22.
Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qc6 Rb6 24. Qa8+ Rb8 25. Qc6 Rb6 26. Qc3 f6 $13 {
Bellaiche-Brochet, Evry 2003}) 19... Qe7 20. Kg1 (20. g3 h5 $1 $132 {and
finally Black can make use of his bad R on h8!}) 20... Qh4 21. g3 Qg4 22. Qd5 {
White wants to avoid the exchange of queens.} Qe6 (22... Be7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24.
Qc4) 23. Qg2 Qh3 24. Ba3 {So, he can't stop Black from exchanging queens, but
Black has not fully equalized yet.} Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 b6 26. Be4 Rb8 27. Rac1 Bb7
(27... Ke7 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 $14 {and White has the P majority on the <<,
and the more active pieces.}) 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Rcd1 $1 {This
intermediate move is really important.} (30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Ke7 32. Re1+
$14) 30... Be7 31. Bxc5 g5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Bd4+ f6 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Rc1 {
White is slightly better because of his << P majority and the better pieces,
but this cannot be enough for a win.} (35. Kf3 $5) 35... Kg7 36. Kf3 a5 {/\ a4}
37. Rc6 (37. Rc4 h5) 37... a4 $1 {liquidating the weak a P, and minimizing the
material.} 38. bxa4 Rb4 39. Ke4 (39. Re6 Rxd4 (39... Kf7 $4 40. Rxe7+) 40.
Rxe7+ Kg6 41. Re4 Rd2 $11 {and the R _|_ is drawish, as usual.}) 39... Rxa4 40.
Rc7 Kf8 41. Ra7 Rxa7 42. Bxa7 h5 $1 {Black can also create a o^, although this
is not so dangerous as his colleague on a2.} 43. Kf5 h4 (43... Kf7 44. a4) 44.
gxh4 gxh4 45. Kg4 f5+ 46. Kh3 (46. Kxf5 h3 47. Bb8 Bc5 48. Kg4 Bxf2 $11) 46...
Kf7 47. f3 Ke6 48. Bf2 Kd5 49. Bxh4 {White has won the P, but there is not
much material left on the board, and Black has activated his K. The colour of
the a8 square gives extra drawing possibilities because of the bad B.} Ba3 50.
Bf2 Bc1 $11 51. Kg3 Kc4 52. a4 (52. Kh4 $5 Bd2 53. Kh5 Kd3 $1) 52... Bg5 53.
Be1 Bc1 54. Kf2 Bg5 55. Ke2 Bf6 56. Bd2 Bh4 57. Be1 Bg5 58. Bd2 Bf6 59. Kf2
Bh4+ 60. Kg2 Kc5 61. Kh3 Bf2 62. Kg2 Bh4 63. Kf1 Kc4 64. Ke2 Bf6 65. a5 Kb5 66.
Kd3 Bg7 67. Bc3 Bh6 68. Bd2 Bg7 69. Ke3 Bh6+ 70. Ke2 Bg7 71. Kf2 Be5 72. Kg2
Bc7 73. Kh3 Ka6 74. Kh4 Bd8+ 75. Kh5 Bc7 76. Kg6 f4 77. Kf5 Kb5 78. Ke6 Ka6 79.
Kd7 Be5 80. Kc6 Bb8 81. Bb4 Be5 82. Bd6 Bc3 83. Bxf4 Kxa5 84. Bc7+ Kb4 85. f4
Kc4 86. Be5 (86. f5 Bg7 87. Kd6 Kd4 88. Ke6 Ke4 89. Bd8 Bc3 90. Bf6 Bd2 91. Bb2
Bg5 $11) 86... Bd2 87. f5 Bg5 88. Bb2 Bh4 89. Kd6 Kd3 90. Ke5 Ke3 91. Bc1+ Kf3
92. Bh6 Kg4 93. Ke6 Be7 94. Be3 Bh4 95. Bd4 Be7 96. Bf6 Bb4 97. Bd8 Bc3 98. Bc7
Kg5 99. Be5 Bb4 100. f6 Kg6 101. f7 Ba3 102. Bf6 Bf8 103. Bd8 Bg7 104. Be7 Bh6
105. Bb4 Bg7 106. Bc3 Bf8 107. Bf6 Bh6 108. Ke7 Kf5 109. Bc3 Kg6 110. Ke8 Kf5
111. Bd2 Bg7 112. Ke7 Kg6 113. Ke8 Kf5 114. Bc3 Bh6 115. Ke7 Kg6 116. Bd4 Kf5
117. Bf6 Kg6 118. Bb2 Kf5 119. Ba3 Kg6 120. Ke8 Bg7 121. Bf8 Bc3 122. Bh6 Bb4
123. Bd2 Bc5 124. Be3 Bb4 125. Bf2 (125. Bb6 Kf6 126. Bd8+ Ke6 $11) 125... Kf6
126. Be1 Bc5 127. Bd2 Ke6 128. Bh6 Bd6 129. Bf8 Be5 130. Bc5 Bg7 131. Be3 Kd6
132. Bd4 Bh6 133. Bf6 Ke6 134. Be7 Bg7 135. Bg5 Kf5 136. Bc1 Ke6 137. Bd2 Kd6
138. f8=Q+ Bxf8 139. Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 (13... cxd4
14. Qxd4 Ne5 $5 {- Leko-Karpov, Linares Super GM 2001 CBM 82}) 14. dxc5 (14. c3
$5 {- Leko-Timman, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2002 CBM 87}) 14... Nxc5 15. Bf5 {
White's only advantage is the inferior position of the black K, and if Black
accomplishes his development the game is completely even.} h5 (15... Ne6 16.
Bb2 h5 17. Qh4 f6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. c4 Bg4 20. h3 Bf5 $13 {Stellwagen-Nep,
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2002}) (15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 e4 17. Nh4 Kg8) (15... e4 16.
Bb2 Rg8 17. Nd4) 16. Qh3 Ne6 17. Rd1 $5 $146 {This is the first new move, and
now Black is at the crossroad.} (17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qg3 {The Q has also problems
in this line.} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qh3 {White wants to get exactly this
position by playing 17.Rfd1, but with an extra Rfd1!} g6 (20... Bf6 $5) 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. c4 {The P structure is better for White, he has to improve his
Q's position.} Kg7 23. Nd4 Rhd8 $11 (23... Bf6 24. Nb5 (24. Rad1 Rcd8) 24...
Qc5 $11 {Gelfand-Speelman, Munich 1992})) 17... Be7 (17... g6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19.
Qh4 Be7 (19... Kg7 20. Bg5 $16 {/\ Bf6 is annoying}) 20. Qe4 Bg4 21. Bb2 $14 {
and >< e5 is severly attacked.}) (17... Kg8 18. Qh4 $5 {may again lead to
similar consequences after} (18. Ng5 $143 Nd4 $142 {is the strong centralizing
reply.} (18... Nf8 19. Bxc8 (19. Qf3 e4 $5) 19... Rxc8 20. Qf5 $14) 19. Bxc8
Qxc8 20. c4 Qxh3 21. Nxh3 Rd8 $11) 18... Be7 19. Qg3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qh3)
18. Qg3 $1 ({The hyper-aggressive} 18. Rd5 $6 g6 19. Nxe5 $5 {founders on} Bf6
$1 (19... gxf5 $2 20. Qxf5) 20. Nxg6+ (20. Bb2 $2 Nf4 $1) 20... fxg6 21. Bxe6
Bxa1 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Rd7 Qc6 $1 $19 {Speelman}) 18... Nf4 $1 (18... Bd6 {
seems to be a loss of a tempo, White has improved his Q's position.} 19. c4 Bd7
20. Bxe6 (20. Bb2 {allows} Nf4 $1) 20... Bxe6 21. Bb2 f6 22. Qg6 $14 {with
some pressure on the weakened light squares.}) (18... Bf6 19. Ba3+ $1 {
penetrating on >< d6} Kg8 20. Bd6 (20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd6 Qxc2 22. Bxe5) 20...
Nf4 21. Kh1 $5 (21. Bxc7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Bxf5 24. Bxe5 $14) 21...
h4 (21... Bxf5 $2 22. Bxc7 Ne2 23. Qxe5 $1 $18) 22. Qg4 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc8 24.
Qe4 $1 {and Black hasn't finished his development yet, Speelman.}) 19. Bxf4
exf4 20. Qh3 Bf6 (20... g6 21. Bxc8 (21. Bd7 $5 Bf6 22. Rac1 Kg7) 21... Rxc8 {
is almost the same position as in Gelfand-Speelman, but with an extra Rfd1,
which helps for White.} 22. Rd7 $1 {This is the big difference!} (22. c4 Rd8 $1
(22... Bf6 23. Rac1 Kg7 24. Rd7) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 22... Qxc2 23. Re1 {
Now White's heavy artillery is in action.} Bb4 (23... Bf6 24. Rxb7 $16) 24.
Red1 Kg7 25. Ng5 (25. Ne5 Be7 $1) 25... Be7 26. Ne6+ $1 Kh7 27. Qf3 $16) 21.
Rac1 g6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 $6 (22... Rxc8 {is more natural, of course.} 23. Rd7 Qc6
24. c4 Kg7 25. Nd4 $14 {was the lesser evil.}) 23. Qxc8+ {The _|_ is certainly
better for White because of the virtual P majority on the << and the
possession of the d <->.} (23. Rd7 $5 {looks also tempting penetrating on the
7-th rank.} Kg7 (23... Qc6 24. c4) 24. Qe6 Rf8 (24... Qe8 25. Qd5) 25. c4 $16)
23... Rxc8 24. Rd7 Rb8 $14 {Black can still hold his weaknesses on the 7-th
rank, more penetrations cannot be seen yet.} (24... Bb2 25. Rcd1 Rxc2 26. Rxb7
$16 {and soon both rooks will penetrate on the 7-th rank.}) 25. c4 Kg7 26. Kf1
g5 27. Rcd1 (27. Nd4 Kg6) (27. c5 Rhd8) 27... Rhe8 28. R1d5 Kg6 (28... g4 29.
Ng5 Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Ne4 Kg6 $14) 29. h3 a6 (29... g4 $14) 30. R5d6 (30.
c5 $5 $14) 30... Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 {Now Black's P structure has been improved
a bit.} 32. Nd2 (32. Ke2 $5 {/\ Nd2 avoiding the exchange of his active R was
worthy of consideration.}) 32... g4 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Ne4 Be7 35.
Ke2 $14 {looks a bit better for White, but it is far from clear.}) 33. Ne4 {
Now White's pieces dominate the board, the N is much better than the passive B.
} b6 34. f3 $1 {clarifying the situation on the >> fixing the P on the colour
of the B.} gxf3 35. gxf3 Bb2 36. Re7 Kf5 37. Ra7 a5 {another weakness has been
created.} 38. c5 $1 {Now White is simply winning a P.} bxc5 39. Rxa5 Bd4 40.
Nxc5 $18 Rc8 41. b4 (41. Ne4+ Kg6 42. Ke2 $18) 41... e5 (41... Bxc5 $2 42.
Rxc5+ Rxc5 43. bxc5) 42. Ne4 Ke6 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rh2 45. Ra6+ Kd7 {
Black's last hopes are based on a remote o^ on the h <->.} 46. Ng5 Rg2 47. h4
Rh2 48. Ne6 Bf2 49. Nf8+ Kc7 50. Ng6 Be1 (50... Bxh4 51. Nxh4 Rxh4 52. Ke4 $18)
51. b5 {White connected passed pawns look decisive.} Rb2 52. a4 Rb3+ {Now the
target is >< f3.} 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kf5 Rxf3 55. Nxe5 Rb3 56. Kxf4 $6 {It was
absolutely not necessary giving away the h P.} (56. Rc6+ Kd8 57. Kg5 $1 f3 58.
Rf6 f2 59. Kxh5 $18 {was the winning plan.}) 56... Bxh4 57. Ke4 {Now White has
some technical difficulties.} Bg3 58. Rc6+ Kd8 59. Nd3 h4 60. Rh6 (60. Nc5 Rb4+
61. Kd5 Rb1) 60... Ra3 61. Nc5 Bf2 62. Kd5 Bxc5 63. Kxc5 Rxa4 64. Kc6 {The R
_|_ is winning, because the black K cannot reach b8.} Rc4+ 65. Kb7 Kd7 66. b6
Rb4 67. Ka7 Ra4+ 68. Kb8 Rb4 69. b7 Ra4 70. Rh7+ Kd8 (70... Kd6 71. Kc8 Rc4+
72. Kd8 Rb4 73. Rh6+ Ke5 74. Kc7 $18) (70... Ke6 71. Kc7 Rc4+ 72. Kb6 Kf6 73.
Kb5 $18) 71. Rh8+ Kd7 72. Rh6 $22 {White has deliberately lost a tempo in
order to create zugzwang.} Kd8 73. Rh7 $22 {This already the last zugzwang.}
Rb4 74. Ka7 Ra4+ 75. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8
14. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 8] [#] This phantastic idea is connected with a series of
sacrifices against the K in the middle.} (14. Nd2 {- Moreno Carnero-Galkin,
EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001}) ({The P on h6 is taboo:} 14. Qxh6 $4 Bf8 15. Qh7 Nf6 16.
Qh3 g4 $19) (14. Bh7 $6 {leads nowhere after} {However Black can try to fight
for more, for example:} g4 $5 (14... Rh8 {and the B has to go back.} 15. Bd3 (
15. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 16. Qh3 g4 $19) 15... Rg8 $11) 15. Qxh6 Bf8 $5 (15... Rh8 $2
16. Ng5 $18) 16. Qh4 (16. Bf4 $5 Qd8 $1 (16... Bxh6 17. Bxc7 Rg7 18. Be4 gxf3
19. Bxc6 $16)) 16... Rh8 17. Re1 (17. Ng5 Nf6 $17) 17... Be7 $1 (17... gxf3 $2
18. Rxe6+ $1 $18) (17... Rxh7 18. Qxh7 gxf3 19. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21.
Bg5+ Nf6 22. Bxf6+ Be7 23. Qg8+ Kd7 24. Qf7 Qd6 25. c4 $1 fxg2 26. c5 $1 $18 {
P.Blatny}) 18. Rxe6 (18. Ng5 Nf8 $17) 18... Nf8 $17 (18... fxe6 $4 19. Bg6+))
14... Bf8 (14... g4 15. Qxh6 $1 gxf3 16. Rxe6+ $1 {[#] is the first one!} fxe6
(16... Be7 17. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 18. Bf4 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 $18) 17. Qxe6+ Be7 (17...
Kf8 18. Bh6+ Rg7 19. Bg6 Nf6 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Qxd6 Bf5 $1 23.
Qxc6 Rd8 24. Qxf3 Qxg6 25. c3 $16) 18. Qxg8+ Nf8 19. Bg6+ Kd7 (19... Kd8 20.
Bg5 $1) 20. Bf5+ Ke8 {[#]} 21. Bh6 $3 {This brilliant idea is the point!} Qd6 (
21... Bxf5 22. Re1 Kd7 23. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 24. Qg7+ $18 {winnimng back
everything.}) 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qf7 Be7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxf3 $16
{Anand}) (14... Bb7 $2 {is met by the similar sacrifice:} 15. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 16.
Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Qxh6+ Rg7 18. Bc4 $18 {Kovalev-Ushenina, Alushta 2003}) 15. Qf5 (
15. Rxe6+ $1 {was probably even stronger!} Kd8 (15... fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17.
Qxg8 $18) 16. Rxh6 $5 (16. Re1 $2 Ne5 $1 17. Bf5 g4 18. Qh5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf5
(19... gxf3+ 20. Kh1 $16) 20. Qxf5 Qd7 $1 $13) (16. Re3 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nxd3 18.
Rxd3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Rc3 Be4 $44) (16. Bh7 {!} Nc5 $1 (16... Rh8 17. Rxh6
Nf6 18. Bxg5 Bxh3 19. Bxf6+ Kd7 (19... Be7 20. Bxh8) 20. Rxh3 $18) (16... Rg7
17. Rxh6 $1 (17. Qxh6 fxe6 18. Bxg5+ Rxg5 19. Qxg5+ Be7 20. Qg8+ Nf8 21. Be4
$14) 17... Nf6 18. Bf5 g4 19. Qh4 gxf3 20. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Bxf5 22. Rxf5+
$18) (16... Nb8 17. Bxg8 Bxe6 18. Qh5 $142 (18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Nd7 20. Bh7
Nf6 21. Bd3 Kc7 $14) 18... Nd7 19. Bxf7 Nf6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qh8 Qxf7 22. Nxg5
Qg8 23. Nxe6+ $16) (16... Nf6 17. Rxf6 $1 Bxh3 18. Bxg8 Be6 19. Bxf7 $1 Bg7 (
19... Bxf7 20. Ne5 $18) 20. Rxe6 Qxf7 21. Rxc6 $16) 17. Bxg8 Bxe6 18. Qg3 Qxg3
19. hxg3 Ne4 $1 20. Bh7 Nf6 $14 {Anand}) 16... Ne5 (16... Nf6 $5 17. Bf5 g4 18.
Qh4 Bxh6 $1 (18... gxf3 19. Rxf6) 19. Qxf6+ Qe7 20. Qxc6 gxf3 21. Qd5+ Ke8 22.
Bxh6 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Bb7 24. Qb5+ Kd8 25. Bf4 Rxf2 26. Bg5 $18) 17. Qg3 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Bxh6 19. Qf6+ Qe7 20. Qxc6 $16) 15... Bg7 (15... Rg6 16. Bd2 (16. h4 Be7)
16... Bb7 17. c4 Rf6 18. Qh7 O-O-O 19. Ne5 $16) 16. h4 $1 Kf8 (16... Nf6 17.
hxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $16) 17. Qh3 (17. Rxe6 {is now not so effective in view of}
Nc5 $1 {Anand} (17... Nb8 18. Bc4 $16) (17... Nf6 18. Qe5 $1 $16) 18. dxc5 Bxe6
19. Qe4 Bd5 20. Qg4 Re8 21. hxg5 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 hxg5 23. Be3 Rh8 $15) 17... Rh8
$1 18. hxg5 (18. Bd2 Bf6 (18... Nf6 19. Ne5)) 18... hxg5 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxg5 $1
(20. Qxg5 Bb7 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. Qg3 (22. Bd6+ Kg8 23. Be7 Qe8) 22... cxd4 23.
Bd6+ Kg8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 $14) 20... cxd4 21. Rad1 $3 (21. Rxe6 {is again
premature:} Nc5 (21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe6 23. Qf3 Bxe5 24. Qxa8+ Kg7 25. Qf3
Bh2+ 26. Kf1 Qe5 $13) 22. Re7 $1 (22. Be7+ Kg8 $1 $17 (22... Qxe7 $2 23. Qxg7+)
) 22... Bxg4 23. Rxc7 Nxd3 24. Be7+ $14) (21. Be7+ Kg8 $13 22. Be4 Rb8 $13)
21... Bb7 $2 {[#]} (21... Nc5 22. Bf4 e5 (22... Qe7 23. Qg3) 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Bxe5+ $16) (21... a5 $142 {which is very difficult to find in a practical game.
} 22. Bb5 $1 (22. Rxe6 Ne5 $1 (22... Nc5 23. Re7 Bxg4 24. Rxc7 Bxf3 25. Be7+
Kg8 26. gxf3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 $14) 23. Nxe5 (23. Be7+ Qxe7 $1) 23... Bxe6 24. Qf3
Bxe5 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Qe4 Bh2+ 27. Kf1 $14) (22. Nxd4 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Qe4
Ra7 $13) 22... Nc5 (22... e5 23. Be7+ Kg8 24. Qg3 $16) (22... Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5
24. Qe4 Bh2+ 25. Kf1 $16) 23. Bf4 $16) 22. Rxe6 $3 $18 {This time this
sacrifice destroys Black's defensive walls.} fxe6 (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rc8 (
23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1 $18) 24. Re7 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 f6 (25... Ne5 26. Qf5 $18) 26. Bf4
(26. Rxd7 Re8 27. Be4 Qe5 28. R1xd4 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg5 30. Rd8 $18) 26... Qh1+
27. Ke2 Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Kxe7 29. Bf5 $18) 23. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25.
Nxd4 $1 {and the K in the middle is doomed.} Qc5 (25... Qd8 26. Nxe6 $1 (26.
Nb5+ Kc6 27. Be2 $18) 26... Qh4 (26... Kxe6 27. Bc4+ Kf5 28. Rxd7 $18) 27. Be4+
Bd5 28. Rxd5+ Kxe6 29. Qxd7+ $18) 26. Bf5 (26. Nb5+ $142 $1 Kc6 27. Be2 $3 Rad8
28. c4 $18 {was even more beautiful.}) (26. Bb5 $4 Rh1+ $19) 26... Qe5 (26...
Bd5 27. Nxe6 Rag8 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Nxc5+ Kd6 30. Be4 $16) 27. Nf3+ Qd5 28.
Qg3+ Ke7 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Qg5+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Be4 {and materially White
is winning.} Rh5 (32... Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rad8 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. Qe5 $18) 33. Nh4 Rg8
(33... Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Rg8 35. Ng6+ Kf7 36. Nf4 Re5 37. Qb7 $18) 34. Ng6+ Kd8 35.
Qf7 Re8 36. Bd3 {This game belongs to all the books on combination.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 (10. Qxe4 {- Perelsteyn-Yudasin, New
York 2003 CBM 95}) 10... O-O (10... Qc7 11. Bd2 {White's main idea is a quick
0-0-0 and if Black castles >> a P storm will come.} Nf6 (11... b6 {/\ Bb7,
0-0-0 securing the K's position.} 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bd3 c5 (
14... Kb8) 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Qb7 17. Qxb7+ Kxb7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {
and the _|_ is completely equal, Kulaots-Ehlvest, Tallinn 2000}) 12. Bd3 b6 (
12... O-O $6 13. O-O-O c5 14. g4 $1 $16 {is the main fear of Black,
Malisauskas-Oll, Vilnius zt 1993.}) (12... Nd5 13. g3 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. O-O-O
Bd7 16. Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O $14 {Tolnai-M.Schwarz, Budapest 1994}) 13. c4 (
13. Ne5 Bb7 (13... c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 (14... Bd7 15. Nxd7 $14) 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O
{- Kamsky-Anand, Dos Hermanas 1996 CBM 53}) 14. f4 O-O-O (14... c5 15. dxc5
Qxc5 16. O-O-O O-O {The opposite castled kings give White extra opportunities
for an ->.} 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Rhe1 Qd5 (18... Rac8 19. g4 {Here we see the
drawback of the weakening move h6.} Bxe5 20. fxe5 Ne4 (20... Nd5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qb4 23. Bd2 Qh4 24. Rg1 $40 {Malisauskas-Olsen, Yerevan olm 1996}) 21.
Bc1 Qb4 22. Ka1 Nc5 23. c3 Qa5 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ba6 26. Qd2 $16 {
Tiviakov-Adams, Wijk 1996}) 19. g4 Qg2 {1/2-1/2 Perdomo-Kutirov, Yerevan olm
1996}) 15. O-O-O Kb8 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba6 {White has to exchange
the strong B on the long /^.} Rd5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rhd8
$11 {Leko-Bacrot, Yerevan olm 1996}) (15... Kb8 16. Rhf1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18.
Kb1 Nd5 19. Be4 Rhe8 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Red8 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bc3
$14 {and after Black's uncertain play White has produced an ideal setup for
his pieces similarly to the 4...Bf5 line, Ginsburg-Klimm, Berliner Sommer 1994.
}) 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. Rhf1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bb5 Rg8 21. Bc1 Bd6
$13 {Rowson-Arkell, Edinburgh Challenge m 1996}) (13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 (14.
Rhe1 O-O (14... O-O-O) 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. f4 Nd5 18. c4 (18. g4 $5)
18... Nb4 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. g3 {This plan is too positional instead of
attacking on the >>.} Rfe8 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Qc2 f5 23. Qe2 Nd4 24. Qf2 Qb6 25.
Re3 a5 $13 {Ehlvest-Abdulla, Dhaka 2001}) 14... O-O-O 15. c4 (15. Ba6 Rd7 16.
Bxb7+ Qxb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 {This exchange was clearly favourable for
White.} Ng8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Be3 Rhd8 $14 {Thorsteinsson-Kamsky, Reykjavik 1990})
15... c5 16. Bc3 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Qc6 18. Qc2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Be4 {This P structure looks bad for Black, but this is not that seroius.} Bb4
22. Rf1 f5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. a3 Bc5 25. Qc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2 Be7 $11
{Bologan-Adianto, Beijing 2000}) 13... Bb7 14. Bc3 {is a rather flexible setup
waiting for Black's castles.} c5 (14... O-O-O {is too early and White can
castle to the other flank.} 15. b4 Rhe8 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7
19. a4 $40 {Tiviakov-Dahl, Gausdal 1992}) 15. d5 O-O-O 16. dxe6 Rhe8 17. Bf5 (
17. O-O-O Bf4+ $36 {Nevostrujev-Galkin, St Petersburg op 1994}) 17... Kb8 18.
Ne5 fxe6 19. Bg6 Rf8 20. f4 $14 {S.Polgar-Morovic Fernandez, North Bay op 1996}
) (10... Nf6 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 {- 10...Qc7}) 11. Bd2 {
/\ 0-0-0, but the whole plan is slowish.} e5 $5 {Black immediately begins the
fight for the [+].} 12. dxe5 (12. O-O-O exd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Bf3 Re8 $11)
12... Nxe5 13. O-O-O Nxf3 (13... Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Bc3 Nxf3 17.
Qxf3 Be5 {looks as a dead draw.} 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11 {Vyskocil-Meduna, Pribram
2002}) 14. Qxf3 (14. Bxf3 {Ftacnik} Be6 15. a3 Re8 16. Be3 Qe7 $15) 14... Qh4 {
Now it is Black who wants to infuse some life to the drawish position.} (14...
Be6 $11) 15. h3 (15. g3 Qh3 $11) (15. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 16. Qxc6 Bf5 17. Qxd6
Rac8 (17... Qa4 $6 18. Qc5 $1 Bg6 19. Ba5 Rac8 20. Bc7 Qxa2 $15) 18. Bc3 Qa4
19. Qd2 Rcd8 20. Qe2 Qxa2 $19) 15... Be6 16. Kb1 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'In a
symetrical position without knights the long castling seems disadvanturous for
white. Bologan can try to grab initiative with the help of his bishops.'} (16.
g3 $142 Qd8 $11 (16... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 17. Rhe1 $11)) 16... f5 $1 {with
energetic measures White grabs the |^.} 17. Bd3 (17. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Rad8 18. Bf3
Qxf2 $17) 17... Bd5 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Qf1 Bc5 (19... b5 $1 {Ftacnik} 20. Rg1 Be5
$15) 20. f3 (20. g3 {Ftacnik} Qa4 (20... Qh5 21. Bc4 Qf3 22. Bf4 Rd8 $15) 21.
b3 Qd4 22. Rh2 a5 $15) 20... b5 $15 {and the black pieces are very active.
Ftacnik: 'Black is already visibly dominating over the board with active
pieces, Naiditsch is being saved only by the absence of clear weaknesses.'} 21.
Re1 Rd8 {Black wants to avoid the unnecessary simplifications, he has
attacking plans on the <<.} 22. Bc3 a5 23. Be5 Bd6 {exchanging White's best
piece.} 24. Qg1 Qa4 25. b3 Qb4 26. Bxd6 (26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 c5 $15) 26...
Qxd6 27. Qd4 a4 $17 {'!' Ftacnik. Black comes first, there is no sign of
White's -> on the >>.} 28. Qb2 Rde8 29. Rd1 {'?!' Ftacnik. The situation has
been changed, now White avoids the exchange of the rooks. Ftacnik: 'Giving up
the e file will have dire consequences, black can improve his position without
any risk.'} (29. Rxe8 {Ftacnik} Rxe8 30. Bxf5 Re2 $15) 29... axb3 30. axb3 (30.
cxb3 Ra8) 30... Qb4 31. Rhg1 Rf7 (31... f4 $1 $17 {looked crisper.}) 32. f4 $2
{White throws away the P unnecessary.} (32. g4 Bxf3 33. Rdf1 Be4 34. gxf5 Bxd3
35. cxd3 Re3 $17) 32... Qxf4 $19 {Now Black is a healthy P up.} 33. g4 Be4 34.
Rde1 Rd8 35. Rgf1 Qg3 36. Rg1 Qxh3 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Qe5 Qf3 39. g5 hxg5 40.
Qe6 Qf6 41. Rxe4 Ra8 42. Re5 Qxe6 43. Rxe6 Rf6 44. Re5 Rg6 (44... Kf7 45. Rexg5
g6 $19) 45. Rexg5 Rxg5 46. Rxg5 Rf8 {Ftacnik: 'The rook endgame is very
unpleasant for white, since his king cannot get under the black passed g pawn.
'} 47. Kb2 Kh7 48. Rh5+ Kg6 49. Rh3 Rf5 50. Kc3 c5 51. Kd3 Re5 52. c4 b4 53.
Rh1 Kf6 54. Rf1+ Ke6 55. Rg1 g5 56. Rf1 Rf5 57. Rh1 Ke5 58. Re1+ Kf6 59. Rh1
Re5 60. Rf1+ Kg6 61. Rg1 Kh5 62. Rh1+ Kg4 63. Rh8 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7.
Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O {
White is not afraid of losing the ^^, he wants to finish development as soon
as possible and attack from the [+].} (13. c3 Bd6 14. O-O {Rublevsky-Lastin,
Rus-ch Elista 1993 CBM 59}) 13... cxd4 (13... Bd6 14. c3 b5 {This allows the
weakening move} (14... O-O 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rac1 {preparing for cxd4 with an
isolated P, but a strong N on e5.} Bb7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. c4 {White wants to blow
up the structure in order to activate his pieces to the maximum.} bxc4 19. Rxc4
Qe7 20. Rec1 Rfc8 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. a3 Bd6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6
a5 26. g3 Bc7 27. Ne5 $16 {with ^^, \<< P majority and active position,
Rublevsky-Gulko, Polanicza Zdroj 1996.}) (14... b6 15. Rad1 {preparing the
retreat for the B.} O-O 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 {The ^^ can also be
very agressive from the first rank!} b5 19. a3 Rac8 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nh4 cxd4 22.
cxd4 $14 {with good attacking chances on the >>.}) 15. a4 $1 c4 16. Bc2 {
Now there is no more pressure on d4. The d5 square is in Black's hand, but the
N on e5 will help to create an -> on the >>.} Bb7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Nh4 Ne7 19.
f4 Rae8 $14 {Wedberg-Enqvist, Stockholm 1995}) 14. Bxd4 Bc5 $6 {[#]} (14... Nf4
$142 {was better to eliminate the dangerous B just now.} 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3
Bc5 $13 (16... Be7 $6 {allows to attack the weaknesses on the \<<.} 17. Nc4 $1
Bc5 (17... O-O $2 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Be5 $18) 18. Be5 Qc6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 (19... Bxd6
20. Bxd6 $16) 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. Nxc8+ Raxc8 22. Nf5+ $1 exf5 (22... Kf8 23. Qxd5)
23. Bxf6+ Kd6 24. Rad1 $16)) 15. Bb5+ $1 {Karpov in his good old days would
never miss a move like that! '!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'A nasty surprise for
black, he is virtually forced to give up hope for natural castling.'} Kf8 {
Black has to give up the possibility of castles.} (15... axb5 $2 16. Qxb5+ Nd7
(16... Bd7 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Rc8 19. Ba3 Rxc2 20. Rac1 Re2 21. Rfd1 $16)
17. Nxd7 Bxd4 (17... Bxd7 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Rc8 20. Bd4 (20. Ba3
Rxc2 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 f6 $11) 20... Rxc2 21. Bxg7 Rh7 (21... Rg8 22. Bxh6
Rxb2 23. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Bc6 25. Rb3 $16) 22. Bd4 Nf4 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Rac1
Re2 25. Rfd1 $16) 18. Nb6+ Bd7 19. Nxa8 Bxb5 20. Nxc7+ Nxc7 21. Nxd4 Bxf1 22.
Kxf1 $18 {with a winning _|_.}) 16. Bxc5+ Qxc5 17. Bc4 g6 {/\ Kg7} (17... b5
18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rad1 Kg8 20. Rfe1 $16 Bb7 $2 21. Nxf7 $1 Nf4 22. Qe5 $18) 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. a3 ({Or} 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. a3 $16) 20... Bd7 21. Rfd1
Be8 {Black wants to keep the B.} (21... Bc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Ne5 $16) 22. b4
Qe7 23. Qb2 $1 $16 {Ftacnik: 'Rublevsky has much more than usual in similar
positions. The Ne5 is dominating, black still struggles to safeguard his king
and the Rh8 is far away from the battleground.'} Kg8 24. Rd4 Kh7 25. Rad1 Rf8
26. R1d3 Rc8 27. h3 Rc7 28. Qd2 {After tripling on the d <-> White's pieces
has reached their maximum of strength.} Kg7 29. Rd8 Ng8 (29... Bc6 $6 30. Rxf8
Qxf8 31. Rd8 Qe7 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Ne5 Rc7 34. Qd4 $18) 30. R3d6 Ba4 31. Rxf8
Qxf8 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. Rd8 Qe7 34. c5 {Ftacnik: 'Slowly but steadily white is
winning ground for converting his huge advantage into a whole point.'} (34. Ng4
$6 Rd7 $1) 34... Be8 35. Qd6 Ba4 $2 {This loses outright.} (35... Nf6 36. Nd2
$1 $18 (36. Nd4 Nd5 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38. Ra8 {/\ c6 +/-}) (36. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Nd5 (
36... Bc6 37. Nxf7 Qxf7 38. Rf8 Qg7 39. Rxf6 Rd7 40. Qxe6 Re7 41. Qd6 Rd7 42.
Qf4 $18) 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Nd6 Ba4 40. Rb8 f6 41. Nec4 Bc6 42. Na5
$18)) 36. Rf8 $1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik.} f6 37. Rf7+ Qxf7 38. Nxf7 Rxf7 39. Qxe6 {
'+-' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The material relations in the endgame are very
unfavourable for Karpov and even heroic defense can not prevent the worst.'}
Rd7 40. Kh2 h5 41. Qe3 Ne7 42. Nd2 Nf5 43. Qc3 Bc6 44. Nc4 Kg7 45. Na5 Bb5 46.
Qa1 Ba4 47. Nc4 Rd8 48. Qe1 Rd7 49. Qe6 Bc6 50. Na5 Re7 51. Qc8 Re8 52. Qc7+
Re7 53. Qb8 Rd7 54. Qc8 Ne7 55. Qb8 Kf7 56. a4 h4 57. Nxc6 Nxc6 58. Qh8 Ke7 59.
Qg8 {'?!' Ftacnik.} g5 60. b5 axb5 61. axb5 Nd8 62. Qh7+ Nf7 63. f4 Rd4 64.
fxg5 fxg5 65. Qg6 Rd7 66. Qb6 Ke8 67. c6 bxc6 68. bxc6 Rd8 69. c7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4] McShane} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 {McShane:
'Speelman's pet line in the Caro-Kann involves this odd king move (11...0-0 12.
Bxh6), not so odd when you consider how awkward the white queen looks on g4.'}
12. O-O c5 13. Qh4 b6 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rd1 c4 {Black is still holding his own
in this variation. The K is certainly badly placed on f8 ruining the
connection between the rooks. However Black can get space on the << securing
the vital blockading square d5 for his pieces. White cannot organize a direct
->, and opening the position is a double-edged operation.} 16. c3 {Slow play
allows Black to finish his development. McShane: 'Black was threatening f7-f5
trapping the bishop'} (16. d5 e5 {Black has to avoid the early opening of the
position.} 17. Bf5 Kg8 18. Nd2 (18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. a4 Qd7 21. c3 Rc7
22. Nd2 Ng4 {/\ f5} 23. h3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 f5 25. e4 f4 26. Nf3 {White has to
blockade the >> on the light squares.} g5 27. Qh5 Qf7 28. Qg4 Qd7 $11 {
Timman-Galkin, Hoogeveen Essent 2000}) 18... Nf6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Nf1 Qb7 21.
b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Kh7 {Black has finally finished his development.} 23. Ng3 Bc5
24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4+ f5 26. Qxe5 Rhe8 27. Qb2 Re4 {White has won the P, but
his pieces are rather undeveloped.} 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 $11 {
Wells-Speelman, GBR-ch Millfield 2000}) (16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7
19. b3 (19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qd7 22. Re1 f6 23. Bg3 Kf7 24. Re2 b5
25. Rae1 Rb6 {and the excellent blockading N on d5 is superior to the B.})
19... cxb3 20. cxb3 Nd5 21. Bf4 {White is happy to get rid of his "bad" B.} Qe7
22. Qg3 Nxf4 (22... Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qg5 24. Qd3 Rd7 {and if Black can finish his
development by f6 and Kf7 he can already think on a better _|_.}) 23. Qxf4 Kg8
24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Rac1 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Rd8 $11 {><d4 and ><e6 are
equally weak.}) 16... Kg8 17. Re1 (17. Ne5 g5 $1 {Black can bravely play these
sort of moves, as Karpov has demonstrated it.} 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4 Bb7 $15) 17... g5 $1 {White's Q poses a problem here.} 18. Qh3 Kg7 {
McShane: 'Gradually Black's position becomes coherent, beating down on white's
kingside, while mainly because of his queen, White's position becomes more and
more contorted.'} (18... Nf6) 19. Bc2 Bb7 {Both black bishops are excellent
now.} 20. Nd2 {White cannot exploit the weakness of the >> because of his
passive pieces.} Nf6 21. f3 $2 {This is already a mistake!} (21. Nf1 {
finishing development was required.} Rbd8 $11 (21... e5 $2 22. Ne3 $1)) 21...
e5 $1 $15 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'The signal that Black is fully mobilised and
looking to grab the initiative completely.'} 22. dxe5 Bxe5 {Now Black grabs
the |^.} 23. Nf1 (23. Nxc4 $1 {was better minimizing the demage.} Bc8 24. g4 (
24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Bxh2+ $19) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc4 $15) (23. Ne4 {
McShane to swap some pieces is the move White wants to play, but} Bc8 {is
embarrassing.}) 23... Rbe8 24. Ne3 Bc8 $1 $17 {In this whole variation White
has at least as many problems with his Q as Black has with his K.} (24... Qc5
25. Kf1 Bc8 26. Bf5 Bf4 $15) 25. Bf5 (25. g4 $2 h5 $19) 25... Bf4 26. Bxc8 Qc5
$1 {'!!' McShane. This is an important intermediate move! McShane: 'It is more
important to deal with the knight, because of the check on f5, and it cannot
be defended here, as 27.Kf2 Nd5! is bad news.'} 27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Bd7 (28. Bxe3
Rxe3 29. Bf5 Rhe8 $17 {getting control over the e <->.}) 28... Re7 (28... Bxc1
29. Raxc1 (29. Bxe8 Bxb2 30. Rab1 Bxc3 $17) 29... Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rd8 31. Bf5
Rd2 $17 {was also tempting penetrating the second rank.}) 29. Bxe3 Rxe3 30.
Rxe3 Qxe3 {McShane: 'White's position is a picture of bad coordination. Black
has a free reign on the d- and e-files, and his king is much safer.'} 31. Bb5 (
31. Ba4 Rd8 32. Qg3 Rd2 $19 {and the black pieces dominate the whole board.})
31... Qe2 32. Rg1 Rd8 33. f4 $2 (33. Qg3 {was not escape from trouble either:}
Rd1 (33... Qxb2 34. Qc7 Rd5) 34. h4 Nh5 $1 (34... Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qxb2 36. Qe5)
35. Qg4 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Qxb5 39. Qxh5 Qxb2 40. hxg5
Qc1+ $19) (33. f4 $2 Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Qg4 (11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 (12.
Bb5+ {Topalov-Karpov, Dos Hermanos 1997 CBM 59}) 12... cxd4 (12... Qc7 {
Ivanchuk-Karpov, Dortmund 1997 CBM 60}) 13. Re1 {- Lautier-Karpov, Credit
Suisse Bllel 1997 CBM 60}) 11... Qf6 $5 {This is completely new on top level
tournaments. Other possible moves include:} (11... g5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O (
13. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 (13... Bd7 $2 {is inferior due to} 14. Qd4) 14. O-O (14. Qd4 f6
15. O-O e5) 14... e5 $13) 13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 {Now White's P structure is also
weakened.} Bd7 15. Qh5 (15. Qd4 Ke7 16. Bd2 Qb6 {and the _|_ can only be
better for Black}) 15... Qf6 16. Bd2 Rg8 17. Rfe1 Bc6 {(Lobron-Vatter,
Bundesliga 1987)} 18. Rxe6+ $5 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Rg6 21. Bc3 $11) (
11... Kf8 12. O-O (12. Bf4 $6 {runs into} e5 {and the black pieces come out of
passivity.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qe7+ 16. Kd2 Bxf4+ 17. Qxf4 g5
18. Qc4 Kg7 19. Qc3+ Qf6 20. Rhe1 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Be6 $15 {Palac-Dizdarevic,
Pula op 1996}) 12... Qc7 {10....Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.0-0 c5}) 12. c3 ({The simple
developing move} 12. Be3 $5 {looks more natural.} cxd4 (12... b6 13. Be4 $1 {
occupying the long /^ first is the best answer.} (13. O-O-O {allows Black to
fianchetto his B.} Bb7 (13... a6 $2 {is losing precious time.} 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Be4 Bd5 $2 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Ne4 $1 $18 {1-0 Levitt-Piankov, corr 1991}) 14.
Bb5 (14. Nd2 {is strongly met by} h5 $1 {for example:} 15. Qh3 cxd4 16. Ne4
Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe3 18. Bxa8 (18. Rxd6 exf2 19. Qd3 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Nc5 21. Bc6+
Ke7 22. Rd7+ Nxd7 23. Qxd7+ Kf6 $19) 18... Ba3 $19) 14... O-O-O $13) 13... Rb8
14. O-O-O $14) 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 {As in many cases in this
variation the K on e7 is not so badly placed as it looks like at first sight.}
15. Qe4 Qg6 $132) 13... e5 14. Qe4 Qe7 15. Bc3 a6 16. Qe2 O-O (16... Bb4 17.
Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. c3 $14) 17. O-O-O $14 {and White has a significant lead of
development.}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Qxd4 {allows the push in the [+]} e5)
13... b6 $1 {/\ Bb7 successfully blockading >< d5. In the long run the
isolated P on d4 may become a real weakness.} 14. O-O (14. Be4 Rb8 (14... Bb4+
$5 {Shipov}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Bc6 (16. d5 $2 Nc5) 16... Rd8 17. Qe4 Qe7 {
/\ Nf6 solving Black's opening problems.}) 14... Bb7 15. Be3 h5 (15... Bxf3 $5
{immediately gives the white Q extra possibilities,} 16. gxf3 O-O 17. Qe4 {
although after} Rfd8 $132 {there is no real mating threat.}) 16. Qh3 Bxf3 {
Now the Q is much worse than before.} 17. gxf3 Rd8 {White's P structure is
corrupted, his ^^ is his only chance.} 18. Rac1 g5 $5 {Black's chances are
already better.} 19. Be4 Ke7 {The K is safe in the [+] again.} 20. Rfe1 Bf4 (
20... g4 {continuing the advance on the >> was the other plan.} 21. Qg2 Rhg8
22. Kh1 gxf3 (22... Qh4 23. f4 Qf6 $5 {weakening >< f4 deserves attention.})
23. Qxf3 Qh4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Bd3 Nd5 $15 {with an excellent blockading N on d5.}
) 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 (21... gxf4) 22. d5 $1 {White has to open up the position,
otherwise Black's task is much easier.} Ne5 23. dxe6 (23. Rc7+ $5 Kd6 24. Rxa7
$1 exd5 25. Rd1 Kc6 26. Bc2 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 g4 28. Qg3 {and at least White's
pieces are more active than before.}) 23... f5 $1 {Now White is forced to
sacrifice the B.} 24. Rc7+ (24. Qxf5 $2 Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf3+ $19) (24. Bb7 Nd3
$17) 24... Kd6 25. Rxa7 fxe4 26. e7 {White is finding new and new tactical
threats in this critical for him position.} (26. Rd1+ Kc6) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Kf1
Rde8 28. Qd7+ Ke5 29. Rd1 (29. Qb5+ Kf6 30. Qxb6+ Kg7 $19 {and the K is in
safety.}) 29... Kf6 30. Qc6+ Kf7 31. Rd8 Nxh2+ 32. Ke1 Ng4 ({missing the strong
} 32... e3 $1) 33. Qxb6 e3 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ Qf6 (35... Kf7 $5 36. Qb3+ Kf6
$1 37. Ra6+ (37. Qc3+ Qe5) 37... Kg7 {triangulating with the K as in the P _|_!
} 38. Qc3+ Qe5 39. Qxe5+ Nxe5 {looks also tempting for Black.}) 36. fxe3 Qxc3+
37. bxc3 Ne5 $6 {Black goes astray with this move followed by another mistake.}
(37... Nxe3) (37... h4 $1) 38. Rd5 Kf6 $2 (38... Nf3+ {was still winning after}
39. Kf2 g4 40. Kg3 h4+ 41. Kxg4 h3 42. Kxf3 h2 43. Rd1 h1=Q+ $19) 39. e4 $1
Nf3+ 40. Kf2 g4 41. Kg3 Rh7 (41... h4+ {and push the P was a real alternative,
for example:} 42. Kxg4 h3 43. Ra6+ Kf7 $1 (43... Kxe7 44. Ra7+) (43... Kg7 44.
Kxf3 h2) 44. Rf5+ Kg7 45. Rxf3 h2 46. Ra5 Rh4+ $1 $19) 42. Rf5+ Kg6 (42... Ke6
{is already met by} 43. Raa5 $1 Rexe7 44. Rxh5 Rxh5 45. Rxh5 Ne5 46. Kf4 Rf7+
47. Rf5) 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ra7 Kg6 (44... h4+ $1 {was the last chance for Black.
} 45. Kxg4 h3 46. Rf8 (46. Rxf3 h2 47. Ra5 Rh4+ $1) 46... Ne5+ 47. Kf4 h2 48.
Rxe8 h1=Q 49. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 50. Rf8+ (50. e8=N+ Ke6 $19 {Shipov}) 50... Rf7 51.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 52. Kxe5 Qh8+) 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ra7 Rh6 47. Rd7 Re6 48. Rxh5 Rxe4
49. Rf5 Ne5 50. Rc7 Re1 51. a4 Nf7 52. a5 Nh6 53. Rf4 R8xe7 54. Rxe7+ Rxe7 55.
a6 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Rxc3 57. Ra4 Rc8 58. a7 Ra8 59. Kg3 Kf6 60. Kf4 Ke7 61. Ra6 Nf7
62. Kxg4 $11 {eliminating the last P White can easily hold the R versus R+N
_|_.} Kd7 63. Kf5 Nd6+ 64. Kf4 Nb5 65. Ke5 Kc7 66. Kd5 Kb7 67. Ra1 Nxa7 68.
Rb1+ Kc7 69. Rc1+ Kb6 70. Rb1+ Nb5 71. Kc4 Rc8+ 72. Kd5 Rc5+ 73. Ke4 Kc6 74.
Ra1 Nd6+ 75. Kd4 Rd5+ 76. Ke3 Kd7 77. Ra8 Ke6 78. Ra7 Kf5 79. Rc7 Re5+ 80. Kd3
Rd5+ 81. Ke3 Ne4 82. Rc4 Nc5 83. Rc3 Ke5 84. Ra3 Rd4 85. Rc3 Kd5 86. Ra3 Re4+
87. Kf3 Re8 88. Re3 Rf8+ 89. Ke2 Kd4 90. Re7 Rf6 91. Re8 Ne6 92. Ra8 Nf4+ 93.
Kf3 Nd3+ 94. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 cxd4 $5 $146 {
This is an interesting new idea of Karpov, one of the greatest expert of this
variation.} (13... e5 {was the old continuation, for example:} 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qg3 {The Q has many problems in this
line, she can hardly find a suitable place.} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qh3 g6 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. c4 {The P structure is better for White because of his virtual P
majority on the <<, but his Q is still out of play.} Kg7 23. Nd4 Rhd8 $11 (
23... Bf6 24. Nb5 (24. Rad1 Rcd8) 24... Qc5 $11 {Gelfand-Speelman, Munich 1992}
)) 14. Qxd4 Ne5 $1 15. Bb2 $1 {The activity of the pieces, the development is
more important for White than the corruption of the P structure.} (15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Qb4+ Kg8 17. Ba3 Bd7 $17) 15... Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 f6 ({accepting the P
sac gives White extra tactical possibilities.} 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kg2 (17. Kh1)
17... f6 18. Bg6 $1 Bd7 $1 (18... b6 $6 19. Ba3+ Kg8 20. Qe4 Rb8 21. Rad1 $44 {
with an enormous lead of development for White.}) 19. Rad1 Be8 $1 (19... Bc6
20. Qb4+ (20. Ba3+ Kg8) (20. Rd3 Be5 21. Ba3+ Kg8 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qh5 $44) 20...
Kg8 21. Qg4 $40) 20. Bxe8 (20. Qb4+ Kg8 21. Qg4 Bxg6 (21... f5 22. Qh5) 22.
Qxg6 Bf4 $1 (22... Rf8 23. Ba3 Rf7 (23... Rc8 24. Rd3) 24. Rd3 $44 {and the R
on h8 is really pathetic.})) (20. Ba3+ Kg8) (20. Qe4 Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Bf4) 20...
Rxe8 21. Qa4 $44) 17. Qh4 Be5 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rfe1 b5 (20... g5
$5 {is Karpov's favourite move in this variation.} 21. Qh3 (21. Qh5 Be8 22. Qh3
(22. Bg6 Kg7) 22... Bf7 23. Bc4 Re8 $13) 21... Kg7 22. c4 $13) 21. c4 $1 g5 $1
{Just in time!} (21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 $14) 22. Qh5 (22. Qe4 Bc6 23. Qg6+ Qg7 24.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Rd7+ Kg6 27. fxe4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rhd8 $11 {and the
_|_ is not worse for Black.}) 22... Be8 23. Qh3 (23. Bg6 Kg7) 23... Bf7 24.
cxb5 Kg7 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Bc5 (26. Rxe5 $5 Qxa3 ({accepting the exchange
sacrifice leads to fatal consequences after} 26... fxe5 $2 27. Bb2 $16) 27.
Ree1 (27. Rc7 $2 fxe5 28. Qxe6 {is strongly punished by} Qc1+ $1 $19) 27...
Rac8 28. Bc4 (28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxe6 $5 Bxe6 30. Qxe6 $44) 28... Rhd8 $1 (28...
e5 29. Rcd1) 29. Rb1 (29. Rcd1 Qxa2 $1) 29... Qxa2 30. Bxe6 Rc7 $14) 26... Qxa2
27. Re2 Qa5 28. Rxe5 $1 {The B on e5 was simply too strong. White has
sufficient compensation for the exchange, but is it more than that?} Qd2 $1 {
This is an important inserting of moves.} (28... fxe5 29. Bd6 $44) 29. Qf1 fxe5
30. Be4 (30. Bd6 {deserves attention.} Rhd8 (30... Kf6 $2 31. Rc2 Qa5 32. Rc5
$16) 31. Bxe5+ Kg8 32. Bc4 $1 $44 (32. Be4 Rac8)) 30... Rac8 31. Rd1 Qa2 (31...
Qb2 32. Rb1 Qd2 33. Bxa7 {and the b o^ is very dangerous.}) 32. b4 Rhd8 33. Ra1
Qb3 34. Qe2 Rc7 $6 (34... Rd7 {was simpler.} 35. Kg2 $1 Rcd8 (35... Qc3 $6 36.
Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Bxa7 Rd8 38. Bc5 Rd2 $2 39. Qe1 $16 {and the b o^ has a bright
future.}) 36. Bc2 $1 Qc3 37. Qe4 $11) 35. b6 $1 $14 (35. Kg2 $5) 35... axb6 36.
Bxb6 Qc3 37. Qe1 Rb8 38. Bxc7 Qxc7 {White now has a remote o^, but the
position is very difficult.} 39. Ra5 $6 (39. Bd3 $14 {was the best chance with
many threats.}) 39... Kf6 $1 $11 40. Bc6 Be8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 {The _|_ with Q and
R is rather drawish.} 42. Rc5 Qd6 43. Qe4 Re7 44. Kg2 Ra7 45. Ra5 Rc7 46. Ra1
Qd5 47. Rb1 Rc4 48. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 {This is Karpov's favourite line
against the modern variation.} 12. Nd2 {There are certainly many other tries
here. White wants to activate his N on c4.} e5 13. Nc4 Nb6 $1 $146 {This is an
important novelty here.} (13... Nc5 {- Anand-Karpov, Dos Hermanas 1999 CBM 71})
14. Qh4 (14. Qe4 Nxc4 ({In case of} 14... f5 $6 15. Qh4 {is already stronger,
because White has created some weaknesses on the >>.} Nxc4 (15... e4 16. Be2
$14) 16. Bxc4 $36) 15. Bxc4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bf5 (16... Be5 17. Qh4 Bf5 {- 14.Qh4}
) 17. Bb3 Re8+ 18. Be3 c5 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Qc3 Bxb3 21. axb3 b6 22. O-O-O Be5
23. Qd3 g6 24. Qd7 Kg7 $11) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf5 $1 {Now Black is playing
for an advantage!} (15... exd4 16. Qxd4 {- 14.Qe4}) 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O $2 {
White gives a P for some activity, but this is not quite sufficient.} (17. Bb3
Rd8 18. O-O Rd4 19. f4 Re4 20. c3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bf6 $15 {and suddenly White has
problems with his development.}) 17... Bxc2 (17... g5 $5 18. Qh5 Bxc2 {is also
interesting.}) 18. Re1 Bg6 (18... Re8 19. Be3 (19. Bd2 g5 $1) 19... g5 $1 $19 {
with a healthy P up.}) 19. f4 $5 {White has to play actively.} (19. Re2 Kg8 20.
Be3 Kh7 $17 {and connecting the rooks on the eights rank, Black can begin to
convert his P advantage.}) 19... Bd4+ (19... Bf6 {was also tempting.} 20. Qh3 (
20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Be3 Qxb2 $19) (20. Qg4 h5 21. Qg3 h4) 20... Qa5 21. Be3 Kg8)
20. Be3 Qb6 (20... Bxb2 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. Qg4 Qa5) 21. Qf2 Bxe3 (21... c5 22.
Rad1 Rd8 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Re5 $44) (21... Rd8 22. Rad1) 22. Rxe3 {White has
to keep the queens on the board.} (22. Qxe3 $6 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Re8 24. Rae1 Rxe3
25. Rxe3 h5 26. Kf2 h4 27. b4 Rh5 $17) 22... Re8 23. Rae1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 {
and Black is still suffering because of his undeveloped R.} Bf5 25. Kf1 $6 {
This is a serious inaccuracy.} (25. Kh1 Qd8 26. Re5 g6 27. Qxa7 {gets back the
P.} Kg7 $11) 25... Qd8 26. Qe1 (26. Re5 Bd3+ 27. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Kg1 b6) 26...
b6 27. Qb4+ c5 (27... Kg8 {allows the penetration after} 28. Qe7) 28. Qa4 (28.
Qc3 Kg8 29. h3) 28... g5 $2 {Black gives back the material without any fight.}
(28... a5 {was the last chance to fight for an advantage in the _|_.} 29. Qc6 (
29. Bd5 g5 $1 30. Qc6 gxf4 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Rxf4 Qg5 33. g3 Rd8 $17) 29... g6
30. Bd5 (30. Qb7 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 (31. Re1 Bd3+) 31... Qc2+ 32. Be2 Qxb2 $19) 30...
Bd7 (30... Kg7 31. Qb7 Bd7) 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32. Kf2 Ba4 33. Qe5+ Qf6 $17) 29. fxg5
hxg5 30. Qxa7 {Now materially it is equal again.} Bg6 (30... Qd1+ 31. Re1 Bd3+
32. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 33. Re2 $11) 31. h3 Kg7 32. Qe7 Qd4 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rh4
35. b3 g4 36. hxg4 Rxg4 37. Re7 Rf4+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 39. a4 Bf5 40. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qh3 (14.
Bd2 Nf6 (14... c5 $6 {opens up the position too early.} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 {
and the B is strong on the opened long /^.} f6 17. Nh4 $36 {Khalifman}) (14...
Re8 $6 15. Bc3 $142 $5 {preparing against c5.} (15. Qh3 c5 {After this freeing
move Black can calmly look to the future, Zelcic-Speelman, Mallorca 2004 CBM
104.}) 15... Nf6 16. Qh3 $36) 15. Qh4 {is the main line.} (15. Qh3 $143 {
The Q is not particularly well-placed here.} Rd8 (15... c5 $5 {Here looks
better than in case of 15.Qh4.} 16. Bc3 (16. Bg5 c4 $13) (16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bc3
c4 18. Bf1 $5 (18. Bxf6 cxd3 19. Bc3 dxc2 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Rxc2 Qb7 22. Be5
Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Kg8 24. Rec1 Kh7 $13 {and the K has reached safety,
Pein-Sasikiran, BCF-ch 1997.}) 18... Ne4 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3) 16... c4 {
creating a stronghold on d5 which can be used by various pieces.} 17. Bf1 b5
18. Ne5 Kg8 $13) 16. Ne5 (16. Bg5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {ruins
Black's P structure, but gives up the important ^^.}) 16... c5 {-
Motylev-Galkin, Sochi 2004 CBM 101}) 15... c5 16. Ne5 {Here we see the
difference to the text, the d4 P is proteceted.} cxd4 (16... Rd8 17. Rad1 a5 (
17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 $14 {^^}) 18. Bc3 Bxe5 19. dxe5
{The change of the P structure is clearly favouring White.} Nd5 20. Bd2 Qe7 21.
Qh3 {White certainly has to avoid the exchange of queens because of the bad K
on f8.} Nb4 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Bf1 $14 {Yandemirov-Vyzmanavin, RUS-Cup9
Novgorod 1997}) 17. Qxd4 Rd8 18. Bb4 Bxb4 (18... Ke7 19. Rad1 Bxb4 20. Qxb4+
Qc5 {- Yandemirov-Kharitonov, RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996 CBM 56 ext}) 19. Qxb4+ Kg8 (
19... Qd6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rad1 $16) 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. a3 h5 23. Qa4 a6
24. Rad1 b5 25. Qa5 $14 {and the black K still poses some problems,
Shankar-Sasikiran, Goodricke 10th op 1999.}) (14. h4 c5 15. c3 {- 14.c3}) (14.
c3 c5 15. h4 (15. Bd2 Rd8 16. h4 {- 15.h4}) (15. Be3 c4 {securing the
stronghold on d5.} 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. Qh3 Rd8 (17... Ke7 $2 {looks a bit
premature.} 18. Ne5 $5 {White has to open up the position against the K in the
middle.} g5 {This again looks rather risky.} (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxb6
Qb5 21. Bd4 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxc2 23. Rxb7+ Kf8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh5 Rh7 26. Qc5+
Kg8 27. Qxc4 $14 {and the black pieces are somewhat disorganized.}) 19. f4 $1
Rag8 (19... gxf4 $6 {The opening of the position helps only for White.} 20.
Bxf4 Bd5 21. Re2 Rag8 22. Rf1 Qb7 23. Bg3 $18 {with lethal threats on the f
<->, Ryan-Arlandi, EU-ch Rapid Athens 1997.})) 18. Ne5 Kg8 19. Qh4 b5 $11) (15.
Qh3 {- 14.Qh3}) 15... c4 (15... Rd8 16. Bd2 (16. Qh3 Bf4 {The exchange of the
undeveloped white B doesn't look necessary.} 17. Be4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Bxe4 19.
Rxe4 Nf6 20. Ree1 g6 21. Ne5 h5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Qb7 Rhf8 25. b4
Qd6 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qb7 Rxa2 {(Marjanovic-Cioara, Bucharest 1999)} 28. Rcd1
$14) (16. h5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Qh3 Qc6 {centralizing the Q, since d5
cannot be easily attacked by White.} (18... Bxf3 {gives up the strong B for a
P hunt against >< h5.} 19. Qxf3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Rd5 21. g3 Rxh5 22. Kg2 $1 $16 {
and the B is trapped.}) 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. exf6 gxf6 {
Now Black can organize his counterplay on the g <-> against >< g2.} 23. Rac1
Qd7 24. f3 Ke7 25. Qh4 Rhg8 26. Kh1 Qd5 {/\ Rxg2!} 27. Re2 Qb5 28. Rc7+ Ke8 29.
Rf2 {(Lane-Conquest, BCF-ch Scarborough, 1999)} Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. Bf4 Qe1 (
31... Rd4 $15) 32. Kh3 Qb4 33. Bh2 Qxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Rd7 $15) 16... Nf6 (16...
cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Be7 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Qe2
Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Be5 Nf6 $11 {Nevednichy-Papaioannou, Elista ol (Men) 1998
}) (16... a6 17. Rad1 b5 18. dxc5 (18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bd5 {
Black has successfully blockaded >< d5.} 21. b3 Qb6 $15 {Markidis-Nikolaidis,
GRE-chT 2001}) 18... Nxc5 19. Bc2) 17. Qh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20.
a4 Be7 {/\ Qd5} 21. Bc3 a5 (21... Qd5 22. Qh3 Bd6 $11 {and again the Q is
well-posted blockading the isolated P, which is a rare occasion, Shirov-Karpov,
Amber-blind rapid Monte Carlo 1998.}) 22. Re5 Nd5 23. Bb5 Qd6 24. h5 Bf6 25.
Re4 Rc8 26. Rae1 {1/2:1/2 Nevednichy-Cosma, ROM-ch 1998}) (15... Re8 16. h5 Bd5
17. Bd2 Rd8 {If Black has time for changing his mind like that, his position
cannot be worse.} 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7
23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 $11 {Topalov-Anand, Linares 1998}) 16. Bc2 b5 {
is the typical counterplay for Black securing >< d5.} 17. Qh3 (17. Bd2 a5 18.
h5 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rb8 20. b3 b4 21. bxc4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc4 23. Nd2 Qc7 $11 {
Anand-Karpov, Amber-rapid Monte Carlo 1998}) 17... Ke7 {The K is not so bad on
e7 in this variation.} 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rhe8 21. Qf3 Rab8 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Re4 Kf8 24. Bf4 Bxf4 $11 {Gallagher-Sasikiran, BCF-ch Torquay
2002}) 14... c5 15. c3 Rc8 (15... Bf4 $2 16. Ne5 $1 {-T.Petrosian-Galkin,
Moscow 2004 CBM 100}) (15... c4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc6 (17... Nf6 18. Re1
Qb7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 (20. dxe5 {closes the position in favour of Black.}
Nd5 21. b3 Qc6 22. Qg4 Rc8 $13) 20... Kg8 21. Bd2 Kh7 22. Rae1 Rhd8 23. g4 $1 {
White has to react aggressively.} (23. Bg5 Rg8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 {corrupts the P
structure, but opens up the g <->.} 25. R5e4 (25. Rh5 Rg6) 25... Rg6 26. Rg4
Rxg4 27. Qxg4 Rg8 28. Qh3 Qd5 $11) (23. f4 Nd7 24. Rg5 (24. R5e2 Qd5 $13) 24...
Nf8 $1 (24... Nc5 $6 {leaves the K alone on the >>, and the punishment will
come quickly.} 25. f5 $1 exf5 26. Rxg7+ $1 {ruining the last defensive lines.}
Kxg7 27. Bxh6+ Kg6 28. Bf4 Rh8 (28... Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Be5 f6 31. Bxf6 Qh7
32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Be7+ $18) 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Re3 $18)
25. f5 exf5 (25... f6 26. Rh5 $40) 26. Rxf5 (26. Rxg7+ $5 {looks very tempting,
but after} Kxg7 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Bg5 {Black has a good defensive move:} Re8 $1
(28... Nh7 $2 {founders on} 29. Bf6 $1 Nxf6 30. Qg5+ $1 Kf8 31. Qxf6 Kg8 32.
Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Re3 $18) 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bf6 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Re2+ $3 {
This is the point!} 32. Kxe2 Qxg2+ $11) 26... Ng6 27. Ref1 Rd7 28. R5f2 Re8 29.
Qf5 $14 {Asrian-Danielian, Yerevan 2000}) 23... Rd5 (23... Nd7 24. Rh5 Qc6 25.
Bxh6 $1 $18) (23... Kg8 24. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Nh7 26. Rh5 f6 27. Rxe6 $16 {
with already three pawns and a strong -> for the piece.}) 24. g5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5
Ng8 26. gxh6 gxh6 (26... Nxh6 27. Rh5 $16) 27. Rh5 Qe4 28. Bxh6 Qe1+ 29. Kg2
Qe4+ 30. Kf1 $16) 18. Re1 Re8 19. b3 Nf6 20. Nd2 b5 21. a4 cxb3 22. axb5 Qxb5
23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 g6 25. Rxb3 $14 {Asrian-Sasikiran, Yerevan 2000}) (15...
Ke7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rad8 (18... Rhd8 19. dxc5 $5 (19. Ne5 $6
{leads to unnecessary exchanges after} Bxe5 (19... cxd4 $5) 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21.
Bxh6 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bg5+ Nf6 $11)) 19. dxc5 (19. Be3 c4) 19... bxc5 $5 {
Black wants already more than a comfortable equalization.} (19... Bxc5 {
was simple and good.} 20. Qh4 (20. Nh4 $143 Rd5 21. Nf5+ Kf8 $15) (20. Ne5 $143
$4 Qxe5 $1 $19) (20. b3 $143 Rd3 $15) (20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd5 22. Nd4 Rhd8
$11) 20... Rhe8 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bxd6+ Rxd6 {and Black has evened out
completely.}) 20. Nd2 {/\ Nc4} Bf4 {Black exchanges his strategically bad B
just in time.} (20... Rd7 21. Nc4) 21. Nc4 Bxc1 (21... Rd5 $5) 22. Raxc1 Qf4
23. b3 Rd5 24. Qg3 (24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Rd3 $11) 24... Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rhd8 {
Now Black has active rooks on the only opened d <->, which gives him some
chances for an advantage, Asrian-Sargissian, Yerevan 2000 CBM 79.}) 16. Be4
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re1 (18. Rh4 {The R is not that dangerous here.} c4 $13)
18... Kg8 {If Black can solve his problem of his K, he can bravely look into
the future.} 19. Bd2 (19. dxc5 Bxc5) 19... g5 {This weakening move is not easy
to exploit.} 20. c4 (20. Ne5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qb7 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Kg7 24.
Qg3 Rc8 $11 {and in the _|_ the isolated P may cause a lot of headache for
White.}) 20... Be7 21. Ne5 cxd4 22. f4 {White pushes it too hard.} (22. Ng6
$142 $5 {was better, and after} fxg6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 25. Qxf6+
Kg8 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ $11 {and White has to give perpetual
checks.}) 22... Rh7 (22... Bd6 $5) 23. Re2 $6 (23. b3 $13) 23... Bd6 $1 24.
Rae1 $6 {Continuing the wrong plan.} (24. b3 Rd8 25. Rf1 $13) 24... Nd7 25.
Nxf7 $6 {White's -> is not enough for the sacrificed material.} (25. b3 Rd8 26.
Nxd7 Qxd7 $1 $15 (26... Rxd7 27. f5 $1 $36)) (25. Nxd7 Qxd7 $15) 25... Rxf7 $1
(25... Kxf7 26. Rxe6 Kg8 27. Rg6+ Kh8 28. Rxh6 Nf8 29. fxg5 Rxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8
$44) 26. Rxe6 Bf8 27. fxg5 (27. Rg6+ Bg7) 27... hxg5 28. Bxg5 (28. Rg6+ Bg7 29.
Bxg5 d3 $1 (29... Qxc4 {- 28.Bxg5}) (29... Qc5 {allows the perpetual after} 30.
Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 (30... Kxg7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qe6+ $11) 31. Qe6+ $11)
30. Qxd3 Ne5 $19 {and White's -> is repelled.}) 28... Qxc4 $2 ({missing} 28...
Rh7 $1 29. Bh4 (29. Bh6 Kh8 $19) (29. Rg6+ Kh8 $1 $19 (29... Rg7 $4 30. Rh6) (
29... Bg7 30. Re7)) 29... Qxc4 30. Qg4+ Rg7 $19) 29. Rg6+ Bg7 (29... Rg7 $4 30.
Rh6) 30. Bh6 {Now White's -> becomes more dangerous.} Ne5 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32.
Rxe5 d3 $5 (32... Rg6 33. Re7 $1 (33. Qf5 Qc6) 33... d3 34. Bd2 Qc5+ (34... Rg7
35. Re4) 35. Be3 Qxe7 36. Qxc8+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Rf6 38. Qxd3 $11) 33. Qe3 $5 (33.
Bxg7 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qf4+ 35. Qf3 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ $11 {and it is
Black, who has to give perpetual checks.}) 33... Rg6 34. Bg5 Rgc6 (34... Rf8 {
- 34...Rgc6}) 35. Qg3 Rg6 36. Qe3 Rgc6 37. Qg3 Rg6 38. Qe3 {and draw by
threefold repetition.} (38. Qe3 Rgc6 $11 (38... Rf8 39. h4 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Qc7 41.
Bf4 Qd7 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rh8 $44)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Qh4 b6 14. Be4 Rb8 (
14... Bb7 {Topalov-Timman, Elista ol (Men) 1998 CBM 66 ext}) 15. b3 (15. Rd1 $5
c4 {Sadvakasov-Karpov, VAM Hoogoveen 1999 CBM 74} (15... Ba6 {The B has good
perspectives on this /^.} 16. c3 Nf6 17. dxc5 (17. Bc2 Be2) 17... bxc5 18. Bd3
Bb7 {Now the light-squared B has found his real /^.} 19. Nd2 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21.
Nc4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe3 Rhd8 $11 {Ramesh-Sahikiran, IND-ch Nagpur 1999}))
15... Nf6 $6 (15... c4 $6 16. bxc4 Ba6 17. Nd2 g5 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Bb2 $14 {
with threats on the long /^.}) (15... cxd4 $142 $5 {appears to be the best
here.} 16. Nxd4 Be7 17. Qg3 (17. Qh5 Nf6 {with double ->.}) (17. Qh3 Nc5 18.
Bf3 e5 19. Qg3 Bd7 $11) 17... Qxg3 (17... Bd6 18. f4 $5 (18. Qh4 Be7 $11 {
is only repetition of moves.}) 18... Nf6 (18... Nc5 $5 19. Bf3 Ba6 20. c4 g5
$13) 19. Bd3 a6 {against Nb5} (19... Qc3 $143 20. Be3) 20. Bb2 Bb7 $13 {
and Black's ^^ is also rather active.}) 18. hxg3 Bb7 19. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (19... Ra8
{is very passive.} 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Ba3+ Nc5 22. Rad1 $14) 20. Bxc6 Ne5 $1 (
20... Nf6 21. c4 {^^}) 21. Bb5 {Now the B is not so active on this /^.} (21.
Be4 f5 22. Bb2 Bf6 $11) 21... Rc8 22. Re1 (22. Bb2 Bf6 23. Ba3+ Kg8 24. Rac1
Kh7) 22... Bf6 23. Ba3+ Kg8 24. Rac1 Kh7 {with only slightly better chances
for White because of his ^^.}) 16. dxc5 $1 ({If} 16. Bd3 {then Black occupies
the long /^ after} Bb7) 16... bxc5 (16... Nxe4 $6 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Ba3 $14) (
16... Qxc5 $6 17. Bb2 Be7 18. Rad1 $14) (16... Bxc5 17. Bb2 (17. Bf4 Bd6 18.
Bxd6+ Qxd6 19. c4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb7) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bb7 19. Qg4 (19. Qe5
Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Ke7 $11) 19... f5 20. Qh5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 $14) 17. Bb2
{The B is very strong on the long /^.} (17. Bd3 Bb7) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bb7
19. Qg4 (19. Qe3 $2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 {winning the P.}) 19... f5
{Black cannot avoid this weakening move.} 20. Qh5 $14 Bxf3 $6 {giving up the
^^ doesn't seem good here.} (20... Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. Ne5+ $1
(23. Be5 Bxf3 24. Rxd6 Be4 $11) 23... Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rbc8 25. c4 $14 {and
despite of the ^- White has somewhat better chances in the _|_.}) 21. Qxf3 (21.
gxf3 {is certainly not logical.} Qf7 22. Qxf7+ (22. Qh4 $6 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qg5)
22... Kxf7 23. Rad1 Rhd8 $11) 21... Kf7 (21... Bxh2+ $6 {hunting for pawns
allows White to penetrate with his R on the seventh rank.} 22. Kh1 Be5 (22...
Bf4 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qh4 e5 (25... Bg5 26. Qc4 $16) 26. g3 Bg5 27.
Qc4+ $16) 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rfe1 Qf6 (24... Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Re5 {and
there are many pawns hanging on the fifth rank.}) 25. Rad1 Kg8 26. Rd7 $44) 22.
Qh5+ $1 (22. h3 Rhe8 23. Rad1 Kg8 24. Rfe1 Rbd8 (24... c4 25. Rd4) 25. c4 $14)
22... g6 (22... Kg8 23. Rad1 Kh7 24. Rfe1 Rhd8 25. h3) 23. Qh4 Be7 (23... e5
24. f4 $1) (23... Be5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rad1 Rb7 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Rfd1 $16 {
occupying the opened d <->.}) 24. Qh3 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Rae1 $16 {Black's
K is not so safe, and his pawns are also vulnerable.} (26. f4 Rbd8) 26... e5
27. Qc3 Rhe8 28. f4 Rb4 29. g4 $1 {White wants to open lines against the black
K.} (29. fxe5+ Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kxe5 32. c4 a5 $11) (29. Re2 Rd4
30. fxe5+ Rxe5 $11) 29... Rd4 30. Qh3 Qg7 (30... e4 31. gxf5 $40) 31. fxe5+
Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Kxe5 33. Qg3+ f4 (33... Kf6 $2 34. gxf5 $18) 34. Qe1+ Kd6 35. c3
Rd3 36. Qe4 Qxc3 37. Qxg6+ Kc7 38. Qf7+ Kb6 39. Qxf4 Ka5 {The black K has
arrived to the <<, but this is not a relief yet.} (39... Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 (
40... cxd4 41. Rf6+ Kc5 42. Rxh6 Kd5 43. Ra6 $18) 41. Rf6+ Kb5 42. Rxh6 $18)
40. Qc7+ {chasing the K into safety.} ({missing} 40. Qa4+ $1 Kb6 41. Qe4 Rd6
42. Kh1 $18) 40... Kb4 41. Qb7+ Ka3 42. Qxa7+ Kb2 {The black K had a wonderful
journey in this game!} 43. Rf2+ (43. Qf7 $5) 43... Rd2 44. Rxd2+ Qxd2 45. Qxc5
Qd1+ 46. Kf2 Qxg4 47. Qd5 (47. Qe5+ Kxa2 48. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 49. Kxe2 Kxb3 50. Kf3
Kc4 51. Kg4 Kd5 52. Kh5 Ke6 53. Kxh6 Kf6 $11) 47... Qh4+ 48. Ke3 Kxa2 {Now the
Q _|_ looks drawish.} 49. b4+ Ka3 50. b5 Qxh2 51. Qc6 Kb4 52. b6 Ka5 53. b7 h5
54. Qc8 Qe5+ 55. Kd3 Qd5+ 56. Ke3 Qe5+ 57. Kf3 Qd5+ 58. Kf4 Qd2+ 59. Kf5 Qf2+
60. Kg6 Qg3+ 61. Kf6 Qh4+ 62. Kf7 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nf6
(14... c5 $6 {opens up the position too early.} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 f6 17.
Nh4 $36 {Khalifman}) 15. Qh3 $143 {The Q is not particularly well-placed here.}
(15. Qh4 {is the main line.} c5 16. Ne5 {Here we see the difference to the
text, the d4 P is proteceted.} cxd4 (16... Rd8 17. Rad1 a5 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4
Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 $14 {^^}) 18. Bc3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 {The change of the
P structure is clearly favouring White.} Nd5 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. Qh3 Nb4 22. Bxb4
axb4 23. Bf1 $14 {Yandemirov-Vyzmanavin, RUS-Cup9 Novgorod 1997}) 17. Qxd4 Rd8
18. Bb4 Bxb4 (18... Ke7 19. Rad1 Bxb4 20. Qxb4+ Qc5 {- Yandemirov-Kharitonov,
RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996 CBM 56 ext}) 19. Qxb4+ Kg8 (19... Qd6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rad1
$16) 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. a3 h5 23. Qa4 a6 24. Rad1 b5 25. Qa5 $14 {
and the black K still poses some problems, Shankar-Sasikiran, Goodricke 10th
op 1999.}) 15... Rd8 (15... c5 $5 {Here looks better than in case of 15.Qh4.}
16. Bc3 (16. Bg5 c4 $13) 16... c4 {creating a stronghold on d5 which can be
used by various pieces.} 17. Bf1 b5 18. Ne5 Kg8 $13) 16. Ne5 (16. Bg5 c5 17.
dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {ruins Black's P structure, but gives up the
important ^^.}) 16... c5 17. c3 (17. Bc3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 (18... bxc5 $6 19.
Bc4 $14 {and the P structure is at least better for White.}) 19. Qg3 Kg8 (19...
Nxc3 $4 {loses the Q after} 20. Ng6+) 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. c3 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nb4 $1 {
Black wants to deprive White from his ^^.} 23. cxb4 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxe5 {^-} 25.
Bc3 Qg5 26. f3 h5 27. Rd1 Bd5 $11) 17... Kg8 18. Rad1 (18. Bf4 {is again met
by the typical blockading method} c4 $5 19. Bc2 b5 $13) 18... Bd5 (18... a6 19.
f4 b5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 g6 $5) 19. c4 (19. b3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb7 $13 {
with a typical isolated P structure, where Black's only defect is his bad K.})
19... Bb7 20. Re2 (20. Bf4 $5 {deserved serious attention.} cxd4 21. Bb1 Bb4 (
21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxc4 23. Qg3 $44 {and White's ^^ is dangerous.}) 22. Re2
Bd6 23. Bg3 (23. Rxd4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxc4 $13) 23... a6 24. Rxd4
Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxc4 27. Qe3 Ng4 28. Qd2 Qc7 (28... Qd5 29. f3) 29.
f4 $14 {and despite of the sacrificed P White's ^^ yields him a good play.})
20... cxd4 $13 21. Rde1 Bc8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qg3 Bd6 24. Qh4 Be7 25. Qg3 Bd6 26.
f4 {White wants to avoid the threefold repetition} g6 27. Qh4 {but soon
accepts the inevitable...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 {This is a somewhat
passive defence.} (5... Ngf6 $142 {is the main line.}) 6. Bd3 Be7 (6... h6 $6 {
can be met by the aggressive} 7. Qh5 $1 Qe7 {The Q is hindering the
development of his own pieces.} 8. N1f3 Ngf6 9. Qh4 Rg8 10. Ne4 g5 11. Nxf6+
Nxf6 12. Qg3 $16 {Djurhuus-Agdestein, NOR-ch Oslo 1998}) 7. N1f3 h6 8. Ne4 (8.
Nxe6 $6 {can't be correct.} fxe6 9. Bg6+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Bf6 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Bh5
Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. O-O Nbd5 15. Bg3 Nf5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Be5 Nf6
19. Bf3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 $17 {Antoniou-Rodrigues, ITA tt 1998}) 8... Ngf6 9.
Nxf6+ {Now Black has to decide which piece will take back on f6.} (9. Qe2 Nxe4
(9... c5 {is the quick way to attack the [+].} 10. Nxf6+ (10. Nxc5 Bxc5 (10...
Nxc5 11. dxc5 {- 10.Nxf6}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O a6 14. Bxd7+
Ncxd7 15. c4 O-O 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Ne5 $14 {and White is only slightly better,
Palac-Dizdarevic, Zadar op 1995.}) 10... Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13.
O-O-O {White has the lead in development.} Bd7 14. Kb1 a6 15. a3 Qb6 16. Be3
Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Rd3 $16 {Ivanchuk-Karpov,
Amber-blind rapid 1995}) 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 c5 (11... b6 {is too slow.} 12.
Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 {White has a strong N in the [+].} Rf8
16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Bb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 bxc5 20. Bb5 O-O-O 21. Rxd7 Rxd7
22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qxg7 Qc8 24. Rd1+ Bd5 {(Wolff-Adams, Preston 1989)} 25. Ba3
$1 Kc6 26. b3 $18) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd2 {/\ 0-0-0} Qb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Ne5
Bc6 16. f4 Bd5 17. c4 Bd4 18. b3 Bc6 19. Rhe1 O-O {Kwiatkowski-Arkell,
Hastings Challengers 1998}) (9. c3 O-O (9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12.
Re1 Re8 {This looks again a bit passive.} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bc2 a6 15. Qg4 {
White has good prospects of an ->.} Kh8 (15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. Qe5 $14 {
^^}) 16. Re3 {bringing the R into the -> on the third rank.} Nf8 17. Rh3 e5 18.
Nf5 g6 19. Bxh6 Kg8 20. Rg3 $16 {King-Adams, London 1989}) 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 (
11. Re1 $5) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 {putting pressure on the isolated d P.} 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. d5 Qd6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19.
dxe6 Qxe6 20. Bc4 {^^} Rc7 21. Bxe6 Rxc2 22. Bd5 Rxb2 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1
Rd8 25. Bxb7 Bd4 $11 {eliminating White's ^^, Kasparov-Ivanchuk, Novgorod 1995.
}) 9... Bxf6 10. O-O b6 {This looks a bit slow now.} (10... c5 11. c3 cxd4 (
11... O-O 12. Bc2 {/\ Qd3 >< h7}) 12. Nxd4 $5 (12. cxd4 {creates an isolated P,
but Black is suffering from the lack of development.} Nb6 (12... O-O 13. Qe2
Re8 14. Re1 $36) 13. Ne5 (13. Re1 Nd5 {blockading >< d5.}) 13... Bd7 14. Be4 $1
Nd5 $5 {Cvetkovic} (14... Bxe5 $6 15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qg4 Kf8 18.
Be3 $16 {Chandler-Speelman, Reykjavik 1991}) 15. Re1 O-O 16. Qh5 $14 {>< h6})
12... a6 $1 (12... Nc5 13. Bc2 e5 14. Nf5 $14) (12... O-O {can be dangerous
because of the typical threats on the b1-h7 /^.} 13. Bc2 $1 a6 (13... Ne5 14.
Qh5 $40) (13... Re8 14. Nb5 {>< d6}) 14. Qd3 Re8 {Sad, but true.} (14... g6 $2
{founders on the devastating} 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxg6+ Bg7 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18.
Bg6+ Kf6 19. Bh5 $1 $18) 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Re1 $16) 13. Re1 (13. Bc2 Qc7) 13...
O-O 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qg4 {- 9.c3 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4} (15. Qd3 Nf8 {
defending >< h7})) 11. Bf4 (11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 {- 11.Bf4}) 12... c5 (
12... O-O $2 {is again dubious because of} 13. Qe4 $18) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 $5 (13...
bxc5 14. Bb5 {with threats against the pinned N.} a6 (14... Qc7 15. Ne5 Bxe5
16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 $14) (14... O-O 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. c4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18.
Qh5 Qb6 19. Bf4 $36) 15. Ba4 O-O 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. c3
Rfd8 20. Be3 $14 {^^ and weaknesses on the <<.}) 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. c3 a6 $1 16.
Bc4 b5 $11 {and the B is gone.}) 11... Bb7 12. Be4 (12. Bd6 {is simply met by}
Be7) (12. Qe2 $142 $1 {is more flexible.} c5 (12... Qe7 13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. Rfe1
$14 {with pressure on the [+].}) 13. dxc5 bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
Rad1 $16) (13... Bxb2 14. Rad1 $1 $36) 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6
17. b3 $14 {and Black has weak pawns on the <<.}) 12... Qc8 (12... Be7 13. Re1
Nf6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qe2 $14) 13. Qe2 (13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 c5 {This is the
problem. If White exchanges his light-squared B, his -> is not dangerous
anymore.} 15. Bc2 Rd8 {vacating the square for the N.} (15... Ba6 $6 {is
illogical.} 16. d5 $14) (15... cxd4 $6 16. Qd3 $1 g6 17. Bxh6 $16) 16. Qd3 Nf8
$11) 13... O-O 14. c4 (14. Rad1 c5 $11) 14... c5 15. d5 (15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11)
15... exd5 16. Bxd5 (16. cxd5 $2 {is a mistake because of} Ba6 17. Bd3 Re8 18.
Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxb2 20. Rae1 Nf6 $17) 16... Re8 17. Qc2 b5 $5 (17... Bxd5
18. cxd5 Qa6 $1 {was a serious alternative activating the Q.} 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 $6 (20. Nxe1 Re8) 20... Qxa2 {Black can bravely take the P.} 21.
Qf5 Nf8 22. Bxh6 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qa4 24. Re1 Qd7 $17) 19... Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Rxe5 22. d6 Re6 23. Bf4 Qe2 $15 {successfully blockading the d o^.}) 18.
Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 bxc4 20. Bxf7+ {White is going for a draw by perpetual
checks.} (20. Qxc4 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qd2 Qf5 {is not giving anything for
White either.}) 20... Kxf7 21. Qxc4+ Kg6 22. Qd3+ Kf7 23. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 (12... Qc7 {-
Ivanchuk-Karpov, Dortmund 1997 CBM 60}) 13. Re1 {The whole variation looks a
little bit better for White.} Bd7 14. Nxd4 (14. Qxd4 $5 Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16.
Qxe5 Qd5 $14 {Bologan-Svidler, Poikovsky 2005}) 14... Qa5 15. Be3 g5 $5 (15...
Kf8 $6 {- Lautier-Karpov, Credit Suisse 1997 CBM 60}) (15... O-O-O $2 {loses
the a7 P.} 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bxa7 g5 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qf3 $18) (15... O-O $6 {
founders on} 16. Bxh6 $1 $16) (15... Rd8 $2 {runs into} 16. Nf5 $1 Bf8 {
This is a sad retreat.} 17. Bd4 Bc6 18. Qg3 Kd7 19. Nxg7 $18 {L.
Dominguez-Rasmussen, Copenhagen 2002}) (15... Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Nf5 Bf8 (
17... exf5 $2 18. Bc5+) 18. Rad1 {White wants to get the ^^, which is a big
advantage in an open position.} Nf6 (18... O-O-O $6 {is met by the witty} 19.
Bxa7 $3 exf5 20. Bb6 $1 Nf6 (20... Bd6 $2 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 $18) (20... g6
$2 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. Rd1 $18) 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Bxf5
g6 (22... Kc7 $6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re8 $16) 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re3 Rh7 $1 25.
Rde1 $14 {White has a R and two pawns for B and N, so the _|_ is better for
him.}) 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 $14 {White's ^^ is very strong.})
16. Qh3 O-O-O (16... Be5 17. c3 Qd5 18. Rad1 $14) 17. Qf3 (17. Nb3 {deserved
attention as well.} Qa4 (17... Qd5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Be2 $16) 18. Bd4 $1 {
White gives up the ^^, but ruins Black's P structure.} (18. Qf3 Be5 19. Nc5 Qc6
20. Qe2 $13) 18... e5 19. Qf3 exd4 (19... Ng4 20. Bc5 $16) 20. Qxf6 Qc6 $1 (
20... Be6 21. Bf5 $16) (20... Bc6 21. Qxf7 $16) 21. Qxf7 (21. Qxd4 Kb8) 21...
Qc7 22. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qb6 24. c3 Kb8 25. Qb3 Qf6 26. Be4 Qa6+ 27. Re2 Rhe8
$14 {with some compensation for the sacrificed P.}) 17... Be5 (17... Qe5 $5 {
was the critical question.} 18. g3 g4 {deserved attention.} (18... Nd5 19. Nf5
$1 (19. Qxf7 Nxe3 20. c3 (20. fxe3 h5) 20... Rdf8 21. Qg6 Be8 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6
23. Nxe6 Nd5 24. Rad1 $44) 19... g4 (19... exf5 20. Bxa7 $16) 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6
21. Qxf7 (21. Qxg4 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bc6) 21... Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qd4 23. Rd1 $16) 19.
Qe2 Qh5 (19... Bc5 20. c3 h5 $13) 20. c4 Kb8 $13) 18. a4 $1 Nd5 $6 (18... Qd5
19. c3 g4 (19... a6 20. Qe2 $36) 20. Qe2 Qd6 21. g3 $14) 19. Nb5 $1 {This is
the point! The N is very annoying, and as we will see, Black cannot get rid of
him easily.} (19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Bxa7 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 {is not that clear.})
19... a6 (19... Bxb2 $2 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nc4 Qc3 22. Rab1 $18) (19... Nxe3 20.
Qxe3 Bf4 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Nxa7+ Kb8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 $14 {leads to ^-, but White
has an extra P and the rooks are still on the board.}) 20. c3 $1 {The N
doesn't want to leave this excellent square.} Nxe3 (20... axb5 $2 21. axb5 $18)
21. Qxe3 (21. b4 $1 {is the phantastic zwischenzug!} Qb6 22. a5 Bc6 (22... g4
23. Qe4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 g3+ 25. fxg3 f5 26. axb6 fxe4 27. Nd6+ Kb8 28. Bxe4 $18)
23. Qh5 Bxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Ng4 25. axb6 Nxh2 26. Na7+ Kb8 27. Nxc6+ bxc6 28. Be2
$18) 21... Bc7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Nd6+ Kb8 (24... Kc7 25. Nxf7 Rhf8
26. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6+ $1 Bxe6 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Bf1 {It is
advisable to avoid the R _|_.} (30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. h4 Rxc3) 30... Bb3 31. a5 Rd2
32. Kg1 $14) 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 ({missing the liquidation to the R _|_ after} 25...
Bxf2+ $1 26. Kxf2 Rhf8 27. Bg6 Be8 28. Rxe6 Bxf7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7+ 30. Ke2 Rdf8 {
and Black has the well-known drawing chances in the R _|_.}) 26. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6 $1 {This important zwischenzug White the edge in the _|_.} (
28. Rxe1 Rxd8 29. a5 Bc6 $11) 28... Bxe6 29. Rxe1 $16 Bb3 (29... Rd8 30. Bf1 $5
(30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rxh6 Rxc3 33. Rxh4 $16) 30... Bb3 31. a5 Rd2 32.
Kg1 Rc2 33. Re3 $16) 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bc4 $6 (31... Rd8 $5 32. Bf5 Rd2 33.
Kg1 Bc4 $14) 32. Be4 $1 {White still wants to avoid the R _|_.} (32. Bxc4 Rxc4
33. Kg1 Kc7 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Ke3 Rh4 $14) 32... Re8 33. Bf3 Kc7 34. Kg1 Re3 35.
Kf2 Rd3 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Ke3 Bb5 (37... h5 38. Rc2 h4 39. Rf2 $18) 38. Rc2 (38.
c4 Bc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Re6 $16) 38... Bc6 {Now finally
Black exchanges the bishops, but White has significantly improved his K.} 39.
Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Kd4 Rf6 41. Ke5 Rf1 42. h3 Kc6 43. Rd2 Re1+ (43... Kb5 44. Rd6
Rf2 45. g4 Kc4 46. Rxh6 Kxc3 47. Rb6 Rf7 48. Ke6 Rh7 49. Kf6 $18) 44. Kf5 Rc1
$2 (44... Re3 {looks more persistant.} 45. Rd8 $1 (45. c4 Rb3 46. Kg6 Rxb4 47.
Kxh6 Rxc4 48. Kxg5 Rc5+ 49. Kg6 Rxa5 50. h4 Ra4 $1 51. h5 Rg4+ 52. Kf5 Rh4 53.
Kg5 Rh2 $1 54. h6 b5 $132) (45. Kg6 Rxc3 46. Kxh6 Rg3 $132) 45... Rg3 $1 (45...
Kc7 46. Rh8 Rxc3 47. Rh7+ $18) (45... b6 46. axb6 Kxb6 47. Kg6 Rxc3 48. Kxh6
Rg3 49. Rb8+ Kc7 50. Rg8 Rxg2 51. h4 $1 $18) (45... Kb5 46. Rd7 Rxc3 47. Rxb7+
Ka4 48. Rb6 Rg3 49. Rxa6 Kxb4 50. Rxh6 Kxa5 51. Rg6 Rxg2 52. Rxg5 Rh2 53. Kg4+
Kb6 54. Rd5 $1 $18) 46. c4 Rxg2 47. Rh8 Rf2+ 48. Kg6 $1 (48. Ke5 Rb2 49. Rxh6+
Kc7 50. Rb6 Rb3 $11) (48. Ke4 Rf4+ $1) 48... Rb2 49. Rxh6 Rxb4 50. Kxg5+ Kc7
51. h4 $1 Ra4 (51... Rxc4 52. Rf6 $18) 52. Rf6 Rxa5+ 53. Kg6 $18) 45. Rd3 $1
$18 Kb5 46. Rd7 Rxc3 (46... Kc6 47. Rh7 Rxc3 48. Rxh6+ $18) 47. Rxb7+ Ka4 48.
Kg6 Rg3 (48... Rb3 49. Kxh6 Rxb4 50. Rxb4+ Kxb4 51. Kxg5 $18) 49. b5 $1 {
Kramnik's technique is excellent.} axb5 (49... Kxa5 50. bxa6 Kxa6 51. Rb2 $18)
50. a6 Re3 51. Kxh6 Re6+ 52. Kxg5 Rxa6 53. h4 Ra8 54. g4 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56.
Kg3 Ka5 (56... b4 57. h5 b3 58. h6 $18) 57. h5 Ka6 58. Re7 b4 59. h6 b3 60. Re3
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 (12. Re1 Bb7 {-
Zakhartsov-Lastin, RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk 2003 CBM 98}) 12... Kf8 (12... g5 {
- Anand-Bologan, Dortmund 2003 CBM 97}) 13. b3 (13. Qh4 Bb7 14. b3 (14. Re1 Re8
15. Bd2 c5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 c4 {fighting for >< d5.} 19. Ne5
Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. a4 Rc8 $11 {Arakhamia-Speelman, BCF-chT 1997}) 14... c5
15. Be4 (15. Qh3 $5) 15... Be7 $1 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 {[#]} hxg5 $1 {This is
the solution!} (17... cxd4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rad1 e5 20. f4 $1 $40) 18. Qxh8+
Ke7 19. Qxg7 Bxe4 20. Qxg5+ Nf6 21. f3 Bxc2 22. dxc5 Rg8 23. Qd2 Qxc5+ 24. Rf2
Bf5 $17 {David-Schlosser, France 2003}) (13. Re1 c5 (13... Bb7 14. Bd2 {
This idea is against a quick c6-c5.} (14. h4 {doesn't look very necessary here.
} c5 15. c3 Rd8 {Black wants to secure the stronghold on d5.} (15... c4 {
Black wants to secure the stronghold on d5.} 16. Bc2 b5 17. Qh3 Ke7 18. Nd2 Nf6
19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rhe8 21. Qf3 Rab8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {Gallagher-Sasikiran,
BCF-ch Torquay 2002}) 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20.
a4 Be7 21. Bc3 a5 $11 {Nevednichy-Cosma, Bucharest 1998}) (14. b3 Nf6 15. Qh4
Rd8 16. a4 a5 17. Bb2 Nd5 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Qh3 Nf4 20. Qf3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Kg8 23. Rae1 $14 {Skipchenko-Danielian, EU-ch 2001}) 14... Nf6 ({
Immediately} 14... c5 $6 {is answered by} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 $1 {creating
more weaknesses on the >>.} f6 17. Nh4 $36 {Khalifman}) 15. Qh4 c5 16. Ne5 Rd8
(16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rd8 $14 {- Yandemirov-Kharitinov, RUS-Cup Moscow 1996 CBM
56 ext}) 17. Rad1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {Yandemirov-Vyzmanavin, RUS-Cup Novgorod 1997}
) 14. Qh3 $5 {The Q is always vulnerable on g4.} (14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 Rd8 17. c3 cxd4 18. cxd4 {Here the isolated P is weak without having any
compensation for it.} Nf6 19. Qe2 Rc8 $15 {Ganguly-Sundaranjan, IND-ch U20
Sivakasi 1999}) (14. Bd2 {is again met by the standard} c4 15. Bf1 Bb7 16. Rad1
Bd5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 {(A.Horvath-Tsiamas, WJun Athens 2001)} Kg7 $11) 14...
Bb7 15. Bd2 Nf6 (15... c4 $5 {deserves attention again.}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bc3
c4 18. Bxf6 cxd3 19. Bc3 dxc2 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Rxc2 {It is still not easy for
Black to connect his rooks because of the bad K on f8.} Qb7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23.
Nxe5 $14 {Pein-Sasikiran, BCF-ch Hove 1997}) 13... Bb7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bb2 e5 16. Bf5 h5 17. Qh3 Ne6 18. Nh4 Rh6 {Black has repelled the first
wawe of ->.} 19. Qe3 Bb7 20. Rad1 Nd4 21. Be4 Kg8 {1/2:1/2 Geenen-Bagheri,
BEL-chT 2003}) 14. Bb2 (14. Re1 {- 13.Re1}) 14... Nf6 15. Qh4 (15. Qh3 Nd5 $1)
15... c5 (15... Bf4 $6 {helps only for White to execute his standard plan.} 16.
Ne5 g5 17. Qh3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Be4 c5 20. Qf3 Rg8 21. Rfe1 Rb8 22. Rad1
$16 {El Taher-Ezat, Tanta op 2000}) (15... Ke7 $6 {is premature here:} 16. c4
$1 (16. Ne5 Rae8 (16... c5 17. Rae1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bb2 Rag8 20. Bc4 Kd8
21. Re2 Rf8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Nxf7 $1 $18 {Luther-Yevseev, Groningen op 1998})
17. f4 Kd8 {So the K leaves surprisingly enough to the <<!} 18. Rad1 Kc8 19. c4
c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5+ Kb8 24. Nd3 Qc6 25. Qg3+
Bd6 26. Be5 Ka8 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Bellia-Arlandi, Porto San Giorgo 1997})
16... Rae8 (16... c5 {opens up the position against his own K in the middle.}
17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Rfe1+ $18) (16... Rhe8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. d5 $1 $18) 17. Rad1
Kd8 (17... c5 {is again answered by the standard} 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. Rfe1+ Kd8
20. Bxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxf6+ Be7 (21... Kc8 $2 22. Bf5+ Kb8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. cxd5
$18) 22. Qf5 d4 23. Be4 $16 {with many holes on the light squares.}) 18. c5 $1
Be7 19. Ne5 $16 {with good attacking chances due to the space advantage.}) (
15... Nd5 $1 {is probably the best answer here.} 16. Rfe1 (16. c4 $2 Nf4 17.
Be4 g5 18. Nxg5 Be7 $19) (16. Ne5 c5 17. Qg3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nb4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20.
c4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Ke7 23. Qg3 g5 24. h4 Rg8 $11 {
Pikula-Sundararajan, Biel MTO op 2000}) 16... Nf4 17. Rad1 Kg8 (17... g5 $2 {
is now parried by} 18. Nxg5 Be7 19. Re5 $1 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bf6 (20... Kg7 21. Qg3
$18) 21. Nh7+ $18) 18. c4 {[#]} g5 $1 {- Arakhamia Grant-Portisch, Roquebrune
1998 CBM 67. Black has always serious threats here against the Q.} (18... Nxd3
$6 19. Rxd3 c5 20. d5 $16)) 16. dxc5 (16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5) 16... Qxc5 (
16... bxc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf3 18. Bb2 Bd5 19. c4 Bb7 20. Rad1 $14 {and Black is
still suffering from the awkward position of his K, Brynell-Vernersson, SWE-ch
Orebro 2000.}) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bd4 Qa5 (17... Qc6 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Qh3 g4 20. Qh4)
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Qh5 {- 17.Bxf6}) 17... gxf6 (17... Bxf3 18. Bd4 (18. Bb2
Qh5 19. Qxh5 Bxh5 20. h3 f6 $14 {is an only slightly worse _|_ for Black.})
18... Qh5 19. Qxh5 Bxh5 20. a4 $14) 18. Qxf6 Qh5 $1 (18... Rg8 $6 19. Rfe1
Bxh2+ (19... Qh5 {- 18...Qh5}) 20. Kf1 $1) 19. Rfe1 {[#]} (19. Qxh8+ Ke7 {[#]}
20. Bg6 $1 {This is by the way a wonderful intermediate move!} (20. Qd4 Bxf3
$19) 20... Qxg6 (20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxh8 22. Be4 $18) 21. Qc3 Rg8 22. g3 Qe4
23. Kg2 Rc8 $5 (23... Be5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Rf1 {
White is a healty P up, although Black still has some practical chances.} f5
28. Kf2 Be4 29. c4) 24. Qd3 Rxc2 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rfc1 Rd2 $44 {and Black has
sufficient counterplay because of the nasty pin and the active pieces.}) (19.
Qd4 $1 {was the strongest continuation.} Ke7 20. Be4 {White has to neutralize
the pressure on the long /^.} Rad8 21. Qe3 $14) 19... Rg8 $2 {Black clearly
overestimates his chances.} ({missing the simple} 19... Bxf3 $1 20. Qxf3 (20.
Qxh8+ $2 Ke7 $19) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bd6 23. Re4 $11) 20. Be4
$16 {Now Black has no real compensation for the P.} Rxg2+ $2 {This leads to a
quick loss.} (20... Be7 21. Qe5 $16) (20... Qg4 21. Ne5 $1) 21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 22.
Kh1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qh7 (24... Qg4 25. Rg1 Qe4 26. Rg7 $18) (24...
Qg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe6 Bc5 27. Ne5 $1 Rd8 28. Nd3 $18) 25. Nd4 $18 Ke8 26.
Nxe6 $1 Kd7 27. Qf3 Rb8 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Qh3+ f5 30. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 (10... Nf6 {is the other main line.}) 11. Qg4
Kf8 {Black cannot castle anymore, but this is his only problem. White's Q has
to lose some tempi as well.} 12. O-O c5 13. Qh4 b6 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rd1 c4 {
Black wants to blockade the vital d5 square with his N.} 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bf3
Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. b3 {White has to open up the position for his rooks.}
cxb3 20. cxb3 Nd5 {The N is excellent on d5 blockading the isolated P.} 21. Bf4
Qe7 22. Qg3 {This line doesn't yield any advantage for White.} Nxf4 {At least
White has exchanged his "bad" B for the good N.} (22... Bxe5 {-
Sadvakasov-Karpov, VAM Hoogeveen 1999 CBM 74}) 23. Qxf4 Kg8 {/\ Kh7 with the
same idea is slower.} (23... g5 $5 {weakens a bit the position, but Black can
finish his development bringing his rooks into action.} 24. Qe4 Kg7 25. Rac1
Rc7 26. Nc6 Qf6 $11) 24. Qe4 (24. Rac1 Kh7 25. Qe4+ g6 (25... f5 26. Qe3 Bxe5
27. Qxe5 Rd8 28. Rc6 Rd5 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rbd7 {- 24.Qe4}) 26. Nc4 (26.
Nc6 Qg5 $11) 26... Rd8 $11 {and White has also some problems with his isolated
P.}) 24... f5 {at least provoking some weakness.} 25. Qe3 (25. Qc6 Kh7 (25...
Rc7 $2 26. Qa8+ Qf8 (26... Kh7 $4 {is a serious blunder because of} 27. Qxh8+
$18) 27. Qxf8+ Bxf8 28. Rac1 $14 {penetrating on the c <->.}) 26. Nc4 Rd8 27.
Re1 Rc7 28. Qf3 Qh4 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 $11 {and White has nothing.}) 25... Kh7 (
25... Bxe5 {is also enough for equality:} 26. dxe5 (26. Qxe5 Rd7 27. Re1 Qd6
28. Rad1 Kh7 $11) 26... Kh7 27. Rd6 Rc7 $11) 26. Rac1 Bxe5 ({or} 26... Rc7 27.
Rxc7 Qxc7 (27... Bxc7 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Qg3) 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. g3 (30.
Nc4 $2 Bc5 $1 {with back rank motifs.}) 30... Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rd5 $11 {and dead
draw.}) 27. Qxe5 (27. dxe5 Rd7 $11) 27... Rd8 28. Rc6 Rd5 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30.
Rxe6 Rbd7 31. Kf1 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11 {The R _|_ is an easy draw.} 33. Re7 (
33. Ke2 Rd7 $11) 33... a5 34. Ke2 (34. Re6 Rb4 35. Ke2 a4 $11) 34... a4 35. Re3
axb3 36. axb3 Rd6 37. Rd3 Rc6 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. h4 Kh5 40. Rd4 Rf6 41. Ke3 g5 42.
hxg5 hxg5 43. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda m"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.02.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 {This sophysticated idea
was always a side-line. Black opens up the /^ for his B, but his other N
remains undeveloped for a while.} (5... Ngf6 {is the main variation.}) 6. N1f3
Bg4 {Now Black can activate his "bad" B.} 7. Be2 (7. Bc4 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6
10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Nf3 Ngf6 15. O-O-O Nd7
16. Bb3 $14 {with an active position for White plus the ^^.}) (7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 e6 9. Bd3 (9. g3 $5 {White wants to fianchetto his B against the central
push c5, after which the B works well on the long /^.} Bd6 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. c4 b6 14. b3 Rad8 15. Bb2 {Both bishops have their
perspective on the long diagonals.} Rfe8 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Ng5 Ng6 18. Qf3 Nb8
19. h4 $14 {with an advantage in the [+], De Firmian-Fernandes, New York op
1993.}) (9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. c4 O-O 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Be3 Re8
15. Bf1 $14 {Ziska-Pedersen, DEN-chB 1992}) 9... Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. c4 Qc7 (
11... O-O 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rab1 {/\ b4 with play on the <<.} a5 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. a3 Ng6 17. Qc2 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 {The exchange of the bishops
cannot be bad for Black.} 19. Re1 {with only slightly better chances for White,
Van den Doel-Campbell, Isle of Man op 1997.}) 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qe2
Rh5 (14... O-O $5) (14... O-O-O $5) 15. Bb2 Kf8 16. Rad1 b5 {Black is playing
too aggressively here.} 17. Ne5 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Rc1 $16 {>< c6 which was
created by Black himself, Nevednichy-Iordachescu, ROM-chT Sovata 1998.}) (7. c3
{/\ Qb3 is not aggressive enough.} e6 (7... h6 8. Nh3 e6 (8... Bxh3 $5) 9. Nf4
Bd6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd3 Ne7 12. Nde5 {This was an interesting N manoeuvre.} O-O
13. Bc4 c5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ng6 16. Ng4 Re8 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxg4 19.
hxg4 Bxf4 20. g3 e5 $2 21. Ne6 $1 $16 {This is the point! Black has only
weakened his own position, Smirin-Kumaran, Oviedo rapid 1993.}) 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9.
Nxf3 Qb6 (9... Rb8 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. h4 Nfd5 13. g3 b5 {This weakens
Black's P structure.} 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Qd1 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qe2 $14 {
Kruppa-Kovalev, Kherson 1990}) 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. Nc4 Qxb3 (11... Qc7 $2 {is a
big blunder:} 12. Qxb7 $18 {Ponomariov-Kovalev, Kherson 1990}) 12. axb3 Ned5
13. b4 $14 {and White has the ^^ and his pawns can be better mobilized.}) 7...
Bxf3 8. Nxf3 (8. Bxf3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. g3 Ne7 11. b3 O-O 12. c4 Nf5 (12... h6
13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. Bb2 $14 {^^}) (12... Qa5 $6 13. a3 {and the Q has
only problems here.} Rad8 14. Qe2 Nf5 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Bb8 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18.
Qb2 Rd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfd8 21. c5 Qc7 {The Q has lost too many tempi,
the punishment is close!} 22. d5 $1 $18 {opening up the long /^,
Chandler-Ledger, BCF-chT 1997.}) 13. Bb2 Bc7 14. Bg2 Bb6 15. Nf3 Qd7 {and
Black has some pressure against >< d4.}) 8... e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 (10. Bg5 {
White has to keep the ^^, but here the B can easily be exchanged.} Ne7 11. c4
Ng6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. dxc6 bxc6 {Black has got some
weaknesses on the <<, but he has play on the dark squares because of thr ^-.}
16. Qd4 (16. Qc2 O-O) 16... Ne5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 {Gligoric-Rabar,
JUG-ch Belgrade 1948}) (10. c4 Ne7) 10... Ne7 {Black's position is a bit
passive, but rather safe.} 11. Bd3 (11. c4 O-O 12. b3 Bb4 $1 {gaining a vital
tempo.} 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nf5 $11 {and White has lost his ^^.}) 11... O-O (
11... Ng6 12. Bg5 O-O {- 11....0-0 12.Bg5 Ng6} (12... h6 {allows the brave} 13.
Rxe6+ $1 (13. Bxg6 $6 hxg5 14. Rxe6+ $2 Kf8 $17) 13... fxe6 14. Bxg6+ Kf8 15.
Bh4 $44 {with a good compensation in view of the bad K.})) 12. Bg5 Qc7 (12...
Ng6 13. Ne5 $1 (13. c4 c5 14. Be4 {is simply answered by} Rb8) 13... c5 (13...
Be7 14. c3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Rad1 $14 {with
some space advantage on the >>.}) (13... Qc7 $5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Nd7 17. Qe4 (17. Rad1 {is bravely met by} Nxe5 $1 18. Qg3 f6 19. Bf4 Rad8
20. Rxd8 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 $1) 20... Rxd8 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5) 17... a5
18. Rad1 $14 {with threats on the d <->.}) 14. Bxg6 $1 (14. Bxf6 gxf6) 14...
hxg6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qf3 $14 {with a slight _|_ advantage.}) 13. g3 ({
Crisper is} 13. Ne5 $142 Ng6 {- 12....Ng6} (13... c5 $6 {allows the destroying
of the >>.} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 $1 Ng6 (15... f5 $6 16. Nf3 $1 (16. Re3 Bxe5
17. dxe5 (17. Rh3 $6 {leads nowhere after} Rfd8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. dxe5 Qxe5)
17... Ng6 ({but not} 17... Nd5 18. Rh3 f6 19. Qh6 $1) 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Rae1 (
19. Rh3 Qxe5 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 {and Black defends himself successfully.}) 19... Rd4
20. b3 Rad8 21. Rh3 Nf8 $13 {and White's dreams of -> cannot be realized.})
16... Nd5 (16... Bf4 $2 17. g3 $18) (16... Ng6 $2 17. Ng5 Kg7 18. Rxe6 $1 $18)
17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Qh6 Qd8 19. d5 $1 $16) 16. Ng4 f5 (16... cxd4 17. Nxf6+ Kg7 18.
Ng4 f5 19. Rxe6 $1 {The black K cannot escape!} fxg4 20. Bxg6 $18) 17. dxc5 Bf4
(17... Bxc5 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Rxe6 $1 {opening the seventh rank!} Bxf2+ 20. Kh1
Rh8 21. Nd5 $16) 18. g3 fxg4 19. gxf4 Qxf4 20. Re4 Qc7 21. Rxg4 f5 22. Rg3 Qxc5
23. Rxg6+ $1 {and the -> crushes through.} hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26.
Re1 $18) (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nfd5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 $14 {and the bishops
dominate over the knights.})) 13... c5 14. c3 (14. Bxf6 {now is less effective.
} gxf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 f5 $11) 14... Rad8 15. Qc2 (15. Bxf6 {is again
not so dangerous.} gxf6 16. Qd2 Kg7 $11) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {Now Black has
nothing to fear, White cannot make profit from the weaknesses on the >>
because of the ^-.} 17. Qd2 (17. dxc5 Bxc5 (17... Qxc5 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Qa4 f5
20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Qh5) 18. Rad1 f5 $11) 17... Kg7 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20.
Nf3 (20. Nb3 Bb6 21. Qe2 f5 $11) 20... Ng6 21. Qe2 f5 22. Ne5 {liquidating for
a draw.} Nxe5 23. Qxe5+ Qxe5 24. Rxe5 b6 25. Ree1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Nd2 $6 {[#]} (12. Be3 {- J.
Polgar-Karpov, Budapest m 30' rapid 1998 CBM 65}) (12. O-O {looks more natural.
} b6 {Yandemirov-Kharitinov, RUS-Cup2 Moscow CBM 56}) 12... e5 $1 {This seems
to be the best reply, after which it is far from easy to find any advantage
for White.} (12... Nf6 13. Qh4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O $14 {/\ Nc4}) 13. Nc4
Nc5 $1 14. Qg3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 (15. Qxd3 {is less exciting:} Be6 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. O-O Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Rfe1 a6 22. a4 Bf5
23. axb5 Rc8 {1/2:1/2 Ljubojevic-Karpov, Amber Blinfold 1993}) 15... f6 (15...
Bb4+ $5 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 (17. Nxd2 Qb6 $1 $15) 17... Be6 18. Qxe5 Qd7 19.
Qd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Rb8 $44 {/\ Ke7 and Black has compensation for the P in the
_|_, because the double d pawns cannot pose a serious threat.}) 16. Bd2 (16.
O-O Be6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $5 (19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Re1 Rd8 21.
Rxe5 Kf7 {In this _|_ with ^- Black has sufficient counterplay because of the
isolated d P.} 22. Re3 (22. Be3 Rxd3 23. Bxa7 Ra8 $11) 22... Bf5 23. Rf3 Kg6
$11) 19... Qd5 20. Rfe1 Kf7 21. Re4 Bf5 22. Re3 Rhe8 23. Rae1 Qxd3 $1 (23...
Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Be6 25. Bb8 Qd8 $11) 24. h3 {(Zagrebelny-Abdulla, Asia-ch Tehran
1998)} Qd7 $1) 16... Be6 17. Nxd6 (17. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) 17... Qxd6 18. Bc3 Rd8
19. O-O Kf7 $1 {Black has fully equalized because of the ^-.} (19... exd4 $4
20. Qxd6+ Rxd6 21. Bb4 $18) 20. dxe5 Qxd3 21. exf6 gxf6 (21... Qxg3 $2 22. fxg3
$1) 22. Qh4 Qg6 23. f3 Rhg8 24. Rf2 Qg5 25. Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 {This idea is still in the focus
of interest. Black has some problems with developing the R on h6, but White
has to lose some tempi with his Q as well.} 12. O-O c5 13. c3 (13. Qh4 b6 (
13... Be7 $6 14. Bg5 {Now White can exchange his undeveloped B.} Qd8 15. Bxe7+
Qxe7 16. Qg3 {White certainly has to avoid the exchange of queens.} g6 {/\ Kg7}
17. Rfe1 {/\ d5} Nf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne5 g5 (19... Kg7 $4 20. Bxg6 $18) 20.
Rad1 $14 {and Black has serious problems with his development,
Sivokho-Barwinski, Polanica Zdroj op 1999.}) (13... c4 $5 {Black wants to
build up a stronghold on d5.} 14. Be2 b5 {/\ Bb7} 15. a4 b4 $1 16. Bxc4 g5 $1 {
Now Black can get back the P.} (16... Bb7 {allows White to hold the P,
although Black has some activity for it.} 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rd8
20. Re1 Kg8 {(Kummerov-Speelman, Bundesliga 1998)} 21. c4 $1 bxc3 22. bxc3 e5 (
22... Qxc3 $4 23. Bh7+) 23. Bf5 $5 $14) (16... Qxc4 $4 17. Qd8#) 17. Qe4 ({Both
} 17. Bxg5 $2 Qxc4 18. Bxh6+ Ke8) ({and} 17. Nxg5 $2 Qxc4 18. Qh5 e5 {are
incorrect sacrifices.}) 17... Bb7 18. Qe2 {(Sleich-Pachmann, CzE-chT 1997)}
Bxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Bxh2+ {winning back the P.} 20. Kh1 Qxc4 21. Qxa8+ Kg7 {
is satisfactory for Black.}) 14. Be4 (14. c3 {- 13.c3}) 14... Bb7 (14... Rb8
15. Rd1 $5 (15. Bg5 {- Eismont-Gutov, RUS-Cup 1996 CBM 56}) 15... Ba6 (15... c4
{- Sadvakasov-Karpov, Hoogeveen 3rd 1999 CBM 74}) 16. c3 Nf6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18.
Bd3 Bb7 19. Nd2 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Nc4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe3 Rhd8 $11 {
Ramesh-Sashikiran, IND-ch Nagpur 1999}) 15. Bxb7 (15. c3 {- 13.c3}) 15... Qxb7
{Topalov-Timman, Elista ol 1998 CBM 66 ext}) (13. Re1 b6 {- Vorobiov-Gutov,
Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 13... b6 (13... e5 $6 {opens up the position only for
the white pieces.} 14. Qh4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 b5 {Black has no time to
organize a successful blockade on d5.} 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Be4 Be7 19. Bg5 $1 Nf6
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Re2 Rg8 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Qh5 $16 {and the R on g8 is still
buried, Marjanovic-Ciora, Bucharest Cup GM 1998.}) 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4 (
15... Be7 16. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (16... Nf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rad1 Kg8 19. Bc1 Kh7 20.
Ne5 Rhf8 {finally Black has finished his development.} 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rd3 {
Now White wants to invade the d <->.} Rad8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. h3 Qc7
(25... Ne4 $5 26. Qh5 Bd6) (25... Qa6 $2 {is met by the witty} 26. Nd7 $1 Rc8
27. Bxh6 $1 Qe2 28. Bc1+ Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qg4 $16 {winning a healthy P,
Ekstroem-Speelman, WchT 4th Luzern 1997.}) 26. Nd7 {This looks nice, but after
the cold-blooded} (26. Qg3 Qb7) 26... Rd8 $1 $11 {White has no advantage at
all.}) 17. Nxg5 Nf6 (17... hxg5 $5 {seems to be the clear-cut solution now.}
18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qxa8 (19. Qxg7 $5 Bxe4 20. Qxg5+ Nf6 21. f3 {is interesting
with R and two pawns versus two pieces.}) (19. Qh7 $2 Nf6) 19... Bxa8 20. Bxa8
Nf6 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Bf3 Qa6 {and although White has two rooks versus the Q,
Black's pieces are rather active, Madl-Molnar, Budapest FS11 1997.}) 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Nf3 $11 {1/2:1/2 Andreev-Galkin, Rotterdam 1998.}) 16. Qxe4 Ke7 (16...
Rd8 17. Re1 (17. h3 Kg8 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qc2 c4 {creating the stronghold on d5.}
20. b3 Nd5 21. Bb2 b5 $13 {and the N is very strong on d5, Z.Almasi-Palac,
Vienna op 1996.}) (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Ke7 $11 {and the black K is
relatively safe in the [+], Illescas-Karpov, Dos Hermanos 1997 CBM 59.}) 17...
Nf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Qh3 g5 {Black is very aggressive now.} 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Nd2 h5 22. Nc4 Bf4 {(Z.Almasi-Speelman, Yerevan ol 1996)} 23. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 (
23... Qxf4 24. Ne5 $14) 24. Ne5 $14 {and Black's pawns are rather weak,
Lempert.}) 17. dxc5 bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 (18... g5 {is strongly met by
} 19. h4 $1) 19. Rd1 $14) (17... Qxc5 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Bf4 {simplyfies matters
only.} Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rhd8 $11) 18... Rhd8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Kf8 21. Qh7 $1 {
This penetration is rather nasty, is the R's real place on h8?!} e5 22. Nh4 Nf6
23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. Nf5 $16) 18. Re1 (18. Rd1 Nf6) 18... Nf6 19. Qe2 Rhd8 (19...
Nd5 20. c4 (20. g3 Rhd8 21. c4 Nb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Bd2 {/\ Bc3} Kf8 24. Bc3 Re8
25. Qe4 (25. Rad1 $5) 25... Kg8 26. Qg4 e5 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. Nf5 g6 $13 {
Hossain-De Wachter, Wch U20 Calicut 1998}) 20... Nf6 (20... Nf4 21. Qe4 $14) (
20... Nb4 21. b3 {/\ Bb2} Rhd8 22. Rd1 (22. Bb2 {immediately is met by} Nd3 $1
23. Red1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Kf8 $11) 22... Kf8 {and only now comes} 23. Bb2 $14 {
and the B is very strong on the long /^.})) 20. h3 (20. Qc4 Kf8 21. Qh4 Nd7 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ $11 {yields no more than a draw.}) 20... Kf8
21. Nd2 {White wants to put his N on c4, but this plan is a bit slow.} (21. c4
$5 {fixing the weakness on c5 and preparing to bring the B to the long /^
comes into consideration.} Rd7 22. b3 Rad8 23. Bb2 Kg8 24. Rad1 $14) 21... Bh2+
(21... Rd7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c4 Kg8 25. b3 {/\ Bb2}) 22. Kh1 Bf4
$1 (22... Bd6 {is passive because of} 23. Nc4 $14) 23. Nc4 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Rd5 (
24... Qf4 25. Rcd1) 25. Ne3 {The N has left his ideal position.} Rd7 26. Rcd1
Rad8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kg1 {Now White has really nothing.} (28. Nc4 Qf4) 28...
Nd5 29. Nc4 (29. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11) 29... Nb6 (29... Nf4 $5 {comes into
consideration, for example:} 30. Qf3 (30. Qe4 f6 31. Qh7 e5 {and the Q cannot
find a real target.}) 30... f6 31. Kh1 e5 32. g3 Rd3 $1) 30. Ne5 Rd6 31. Qe4
Kg8 32. g3 c4 $1 ({or first} 32... Rd2 33. Re2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 {and then} c4 $1)
33. Qf4 Rd5 (33... f6 $5 34. Nf3 (34. Ng6 e5 35. Qf5 Qd7) 34... e5 35. Qe4 Na4
$132) 34. Re4 Rb5 (34... Rd1+ $1 35. Kh2 Qb7 $15 {and now already White has to
defend himself.}) 35. Nxc4 $11 {liquidating for a drawish R _|_.} Qxf4 36. Rxf4
Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxb2 38. Ra4 Rc2 39. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch26"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Qe7 $5 (
7... Nb6 $142) 8. Bd2 (8. N1f3 h6 9. Nh3 g5 $5) 8... b6 (8... h6 $142) 9. O-O-O
$5 (9. N1f3 $14) 9... Bb7 10. N1f3 h6 (10... O-O-O 11. Ne5 $14) 11. Bb4 $5 (11.
Ne4 $14) 11... c5 $1 (11... Qxb4 $2 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qxe6+ Kg6 14. Bd3+ Kh5
15. Qh3#) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 (13... Qxc5 $2 14. Nxf7 $18) 14. Ne5
Nfd7 $2 (14... hxg5 $1 {Gufeld: ?} 15. Bb5+ Nfd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rxd7 Qxd7
18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Bd6 (19... Kc8 $2 20. Qc4+) (19... Ke7 $2 20. Qb5 Bd5
21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qb7+ $18) (19... Kc7 $2 20. Qe5+ Kb6 21. Rd7 Rc8 22. Qe3+ Kc6
23. Rxf7 $18) 20. Qb5+ (20. Qe5 Bd5 21. Qxg7 Rxh2 (21... Rhf8 22. Qxg5 $36 {
Gufeld}) 22. Qxf7+ Kc6 $17) 20... Bc6 21. Qxg5 $14) 15. Ngxf7 $18 Nxe5 (15...
Rh7 16. Bb5 Bc8 17. b4 $18) 16. Nxe5 $18 Qg5+ (16... Qf6 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Ng6+
Kf7 19. Nxh8+ Kg8 20. Ng6 $18) 17. f4 $1 Qxf4+ (17... Qf5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19.
Rhe1 Bd6 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Nxg6 Ne4 22. Nxh8+ Ke7 23. Ng6+ Kd7 24. Qxh6 $18) 18.
Kb1 Be4 $5 (18... Bd6 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21. Nxd6 $18) 19. Qh5+ $6 (19.
Bb5+ $142 $1 Ke7 20. Nd7 Bf5 21. Nxc5 $18) 19... g6 20. Bb5+ $2 (20. Nxg6 $142
$1 Qg5 $1 (20... Bxc2+ $2 21. Kxc2 Qxc4+ 22. Kb1 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5
25. Nxh8 $18) (20... Bxg6 $2 21. Qxg6+ Qf7 (21... Ke7 22. Rhf1 $18) 22. Bb5+
Ke7 23. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rg3c7,Rh1f1]}) 21. Bb5+ Kf7 22. Ne5+ (22.
Nxh8+ Kg7) 22... Kf6 23. Rhf1+ Kxe5 $1 (23... Bf5 $2 24. Qf3 $1 (24. Qf7+ $2
Kxe5 25. Rde1+ $1 Kd6 (25... Ne4 26. Rxe4+ $18) 26. Rd1+ Ke5 27. Rde1+ $11)
24... Bd6 25. Rxd6 Kxe5 26. Rd7 Ne4 27. Re1 Rhc8 28. Bd3 $18) 24. Qh3 $3 Bd5
25. c4 (25. Qc3+ Kd6 26. Qxh8 Qe5 $1 (26... Qg7 $2 27. Qxg7 Bxg7 28. Rf7 $1)
27. Qxe5+ Kxe5 $13) 25... Be4+ 26. Ka1 Nd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 $16 {[%csl
Re5]}) 20... Ke7 21. Nxg6+ Bxg6 22. Qxc5+ (22. Qxg6 $2 {[%cal Yh1f1]} Qg5 $19)
22... Kf7 23. Qc6 Qe4 24. Qd7+ Kg8 25. Bd3 Qg4 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qxe6+ Bf7 28. Qc6
(28. Qa6 $5) 28... Rb8 29. Qc7 Rb6 30. Bc4 $6 (30. Qxa7 Qc5 $1 (30... Qf6 31.
b3) 31. Qa8 Qa3 32. Qxa3 Bxa3 33. b3 Kg7 $13) (30. Rhf1 $1 Bxa2+ $1 (30... Qg7
$2 {[%cal Rf7a2,Rg7c7]} 31. b3 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Ba3 32. Qc8+ {=Gufeld} Qf8 (32...
Bf8 33. Bc4 $18) 33. Qg4+ Qg7 34. Bc4 Qxg4 35. Bxf7+ Kg7 36. hxg4 $18) (30...
Qd5 $2 31. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 32. Bc4 Re6 33. Qc8 $18) (30... Rf6 $2 31. Rxf6 Qxf6
32. Qxa7 Kg7 33. Rf1 Qe6 34. b3 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Qe7 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Qg4+ $1 (
36. Rxf7 {Gufeld: !} Kxf7 37. Bc4+ (37. Qxh8 $2 Qe1+ 38. Kb2 Bg7+ $19) 37...
Kg6 38. Bd3+ $11) 36... Bg7 37. a4 $18) 31. Ka1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} (31. Kxa2 $2
Qa5+ 32. Kb1 Rxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Qxc7 $19) 31... Be6 (31... Qa5 32. Bh7+ Rxh7 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rd8#) 32. Qxa7 Bc5 $13) 30... Rh7 $1 31. Rhf1 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Qxf6
33. Rf1 $4 (33. Qc8 Bxc4 34. Qxc4+ Rf7 $15) (33. a3 $13) 33... Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 {Morozevich is striving for more complicated play.} ({The safe
choice is} 8... Bxf3 {which appeared a couple of times even in the world
championship match Kasparov-Karpov in Sevilla 1987.} {After} 9. Qxf3 Qd5 {
Black is only slightly worse and his position is free of weaknesses.}) 9. g4
Bg6 10. Ne5 Be4 {A novelty on a high level.} (10... Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d5
Qc7 13. Bg2 Qe5+ 14. Be3 cxd5 15. Qxd5 $16 {0-1 Nikolenko,O (2475)-Galkin,A 
(2430)/Moscow 1995/CBM 050 ext (34)}) (10... e6 11. h4 Bd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Qb5+
Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Be4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. f3 Bg3+ (17... Bxf3 $2 18.
Rh3 Bxg4 19. Rd3 $18) 18. Ke2 Bd5 19. Be3 b6 20. Rh3 Be5 21. f4 Bc7 22. Rd1 Kc6
23. cxb6 axb6 24. a3 Ra4 $132 {0-1 Filipenko,A (2360)-Ovetchkin,R (2511)/Ufa
1999/CBM 070 ext (37)}) (10... Qd5 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Qd7 15. Qe2 e6 16. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Campora,D (2541)-Burmakin,V (2519)/Dos
Hermanas 2006/CBM 111 ext (28)}) 11. f3 (11. Qb3 Bd5 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd5
$11) 11... Bd5 12. Be3 {This is a bit passive.} (12. Bf4 $1 {This is a better
place for the bishop. If Black exchanges White's active knight, the bishop
might replace it on e5.} g6 13. c4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rh2 $14) 12... g6 {
Black's light-squared bishop is going to be kicked away to e6, so the
fianchetto is the only reasonable way to develop.} 13. c4 Be6 14. Qd2 $6 {
Again Alekseev chooses a solid way of development, but it is not ambitious
enough.} ({The idea} 14. Qa4 $6 {does not work in view of} Bg7 15. d5 $2 Nxd5
$17) ({But} 14. Qb3 $1 {seems right to the point.} Qc7 (14... Qa5+ 15. Kf2
O-O-O 16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1+ Nc7 19. Nc4 $40) 15. O-O-O Bg7 16.
f4 b5 17. f5 bxc4 (17... gxf5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Rg1 {with fine compensation.})
18. Qc2 $1 ({The idea of a queen sacrifice is creative, but not very promising:
} 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Qxb8+ (19. fxe6 Rxb3 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Bxb3 Nd5 $15) 19...
Qxb8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Qd6 22. Bf7+ Kd8 23. Bxg6 Kc7 $13) 18... Nd5 19.
Bd2 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bd7 21. Re1 $14) 14... h5 15. Rg1 (15. Rh2 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nxe5
17. dxe5 Qxd2+ 18. Rhxd2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bg7 20. Bf4 a6 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 15...
hxg4 16. hxg4 Nd7 {Exchanging white's most active piece.} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18.
O-O-O Rd8 19. Rg2 Bg7 20. Rh2 {The manouevre Rh1-g1-g2-h2 is amusing, but not
more than that.} Qd6 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 {Black has no problems. The king feels
quite comfortable on e8. Actually White should already look for equality.} 22.
Qc2 (22. Qa5 $2 Qg3 23. Be2 Bxg4 24. Rg1 Qh2 $17) 22... a6 $1 23. Be2 $6 (23.
b3 $1 b5 24. c5 $1 {was the right way to equalise. Black will get the d5
outpost at his disposal, but not more than that. The potential weakness Pd4 is
well protected.}) 23... b5 24. Kb1 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 $15 {White's pawn
weaknesses are more apparent than the black ones.} 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Bxd5 Rxd5
28. Qh2 Bf6 $6 {The exchange of bishops was actually fine for Black.} (28...
Qxe3 $1 29. Qxh8+ Kd7 30. Qa8 Qxf3 31. Qb7+ (31. Re1 e6 $17 {Black's king will
escape to g7.}) 31... Ke8 32. Qxc6+ Kf8 $17) 29. Bc1 $6 {Missing the chance to
activate his pieces.} (29. Rd3 $1 c5 30. Rb3 cxd4 31. Rb8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8
33. Qb8+ Qc8 34. Qb6+ Qc7 35. Bxd4 $11) 29... c5 30. Qb8+ Rd8 31. d5 {The only
way to save the pawn.} Qe2 32. Qb3 c4 33. Qa4+ Kf8 34. Rd2 Qxf3 35. Qxc4 a5 (
35... Bg5 36. Rd4 Qh1 $17) 36. a3 Qh1 37. Qd3 Kg8 {Black is clearly better.
His king is much safer and Pd5 and Pg4 are targets.} 38. Rd1 Qg2 39. Qc4 Qf3
40. Rd3 Qf1 41. Ka2 Qe2 42. g5 Be5 43. Kb1 e6 $4 {After fine play, achieving a
clearly better position, Morozevich throws all away with a one move blunder.} (
{After, let's say} 43... Qf1 {or any other normal move Black could continue
torturing his opponent, even though it's not so easy to achieve progress.}) 44.
dxe6 $1 Kg7 $8 (44... Rxd3 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. exf7 $18) (44... Qxd3+ 45. Qxd3
Rxd3 46. e7 $18 {Could Morozevich miss this one?}) 45. e7 $1 Re8 46. Qd5 $1
Rxe7 47. Re3 Qh2 48. Bd2 f6 (48... Kh7 49. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge1h1]}) 49. gxf6+
Kxf6 $2 {This weird recapture is the last mistake.} ({After} 49... Bxf6 50.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 51. Bxa5 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Bf6 {Black could still put up a stubborn
resistance.}) 50. Qf3+ {Now White wins by force.} Kg7 51. Bc3 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Qg5
53. Rxe5 Rxe5 54. Qd5 Kf6 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {The Chinese star plays this
variation often.} 5. Nf3 (5. Ng5 {is another story.}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nc3 $5 {
This is rare. Normally White either swaps knights or retreats to g3.} Nb6 {
Usually Black chooses 6...e6, followed by c6-c5 later on. But, Ding Liren
wants to keep the diagonal open for his light-squared bishop, and has already
played it before.} (6... e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bf4 (12. Bc4 $5 $14) 12... Bd7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Ncxd7 15. Rd3
Re8 16. Nb3 Qc8 17. Rad1 Nb6 $11 {0-1 (66) Sipila,V (2425)-Shimanov,A (2630)
Stockholm 2013}) 7. h3 $1 {Limiting Black's bishop; definitely prepared by
Inarkiev beforehand.} (7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Bf3 Bd6
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rad1 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 $11 {1/2-1/2
(49) Yu,Y (2615)-Ding,L (2660) Beijing 2012}) 7... Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6
10. O-O Be7 $146 (10... Bd6 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c4 $14 {1-0 (29) Kravtsov,V (1961)
-Krabbenbos,J (1551) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) (10... Qc7 11. Bd2 Bd6 12.
Rfe1 Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Ne2 Qe4 15. Qd2 $14 {1-0 (60) Kistler,D-Campbell,J
USA 1985}) 11. Ne2 O-O 12. c4 $14 Nbd7 (12... c5 {doesn't solve Black's
problems.} 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Nexd4 Rc8 15. b3 $14 {The Nb6 is misplaced.}) 13.
Bf4 a5 14. a4 $6 {Probably Ernesto didn't want the black pawn to go forward to
a4, or even a3, so decided to block it forever. However, the move weakens the
b4-square, which becomes apparent right away.} (14. Rad1 {was natural.} a4 15.
Nc3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 (16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20.
Rxd5 Nc5 {Here Black should equalise.}) 16... Rfe8 17. d5 $1 Nc5 18. Qc2 cxd5
19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Re3 $1 {and this position is not
comfortable for Black at all.}) 14... Nc5 $1 15. Qe3 Na6 {Heading to the
stable b4-square.} 16. Rfd1 Nb4 17. Rd2 b5 {Searching for counterplay.} 18. b3
{Keeping the position intact.} ({The engine suggests} 18. axb5 cxb5 19. c5 {
, but I find it strategically risky.}) 18... bxc4 19. bxc4 Qb6 20. Nc3 Rad8 21.
Rad1 Nd7 22. Qe2 {It wasn't necessary to defend the Pc4 before Black plays ...
Qa6.} (22. Ne4 Qa6 23. Bc7 $1 Rc8 ({The exchange sacrifice is not sufficient:} 
23... Qxc4 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne5 $16) 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Rcd8 26. Ng5 h6 $6
(26... Nf6 $14) 27. Ngxf7 $1 Rxf7 28. Qxe6 Rdf8 29. Re1 Qb6 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31.
Qe8+ Nf8 32. Re7 Rxe7 33. Qxe7 $16) 22... Rfe8 23. Bg5 $6 {The exchange of
bishops improves Black's position. On the other hand, it's easy to criticise,
but rather difficult to offer anything constructive. I'll try, nevertheless.} (
23. Ne5 Nxe5 (23... Qa6 24. Ne4 $14 Nxe5 $6 25. dxe5 $1 $16) 24. Bxe5 Qa6 25.
Ne4 {White keeps chances to create some threats on the kingside.}) 23... Bxg5
24. Nxg5 h6 25. Nf3 Qc7 (25... c5 $6 {may harm only Black.} 26. Ne4 {[%cal
Gd4c5]} Na6 (26... cxd4 $6 27. Rxd4 Ne5 28. c5 Qc7 29. Nd6 $16) 27. d5 exd5 28.
Rxd5 Nf8 29. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gh4f5]}) 26. Ne4 Rb8 27. Qe3 Nb6 (27... Nd5 $5 {
was also an option. Black is not worse.}) 28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Rcd1 Nb6 30. Qb3 Nd7
31. Qe3 {It's difficult for either side to make any progress, so the players
decided to call it a day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 g6 7. h4 h5 8. Bc4
Bg7 9. Qd3 Nd5 10. O-O N7f6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Ne5 Qc8 $2 (12... O-O 13. Bg5 Nh7
$14) {[%tqu "En","","","","e5g6","",10]} 13. Nxg6 $1 $18 fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 {
[%tqu "En","","","","e1e7","",10]} 15. Rxe7 $3 Kxe7 16. Qxg7+ Kd6 17. Bxd5 cxd5
18. Qxf6+ Qe6 19. Bf4+ Kc6 20. Qxe6+ Bxe6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Re3 Kd7 23. Ra3 a6
24. Rb3 b5 25. Be5 Rh7 26. a4 Kc6 27. a5 Kd7 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. c3 Rf7 30. Re3 Rh7
31. b4 Rg8 32. Ne2 Rh6 33. Nf4 Bf7 34. Nd3 Kd8 35. Nc5 Rhg6 36. g3 Re8 37. Rf3
Bg8 38. Rf5 Rh6 39. f3 Be6 40. Rg5 Bc8 41. Bf4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O (13. Bd2 $4
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxf2+ $1 15. Kxf2 Qxe5 $17) (13. Bf4 $6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 (14. Nd2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O $13 {Timman}) 14... Bd6 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Rd1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Rd8 $1 $15 {Timman-Karpov,Amsterdam 1988}) 13... O-O 14. Re1 (14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 $10 {Jansa-Kholmov,Budapest 1976}) (14.
Bd2 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Rae1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bb5 $1 $10 {Sokolov,A-Karpov,
Linares(m/7)1987}) 14... b6 {TN} (14... Re8 $6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 a6 18. Bg3 b5 19. Ng4 $1 $16 {Horvath-Navarovszky,Hungary(ch)1980}) 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 (16... Bc8 $5 17. Qf3 (17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qf3 Nh7 $8 (
18... Qe7 $2 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Qxf6 Qxc6 21. Be4 $18) 19. Qg3+ Ng5 20. h4 f6 21.
hxg5 fxe5 22. gxh6+ Kh8 $19) 17... Bd6 $1 $8 (17... Bb7 18. Qg3 $40) 18. Bf4 (
18. Qxa8 $2 Bb7 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qxa8+ Bxa8 21. Nf3 (21. f4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Ng4
23. h3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ $19) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxh2+ 23. Kg2 Bf4 $17) 18...
Bb7 19. Qh3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Ne4 $1 $10) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf4 $16 Rad8 19. Rad1
Bd6 20. Bd2 $6 (20. Bc1 $142) 20... Qc7 21. g3 Qc6 22. a3 Be7 23. Bc3 Qc7 24.
Be5 Bd6 25. Bc3 (25. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Re4 f5 29. Rh4
Rh8 $10) 25... Be7 26. Bc4 Qc6 27. Rd3 Rxd3 (27... Qxc4 $4 28. Rxd8 $18) 28.
Bxd3 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Qf3 b5 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Re5 $14 Bf8 33. Rxd5 Nxd5 34.
Qe4 f5 35. Qd4 a6 36. Bd2 $2 (36. b4 $1 Qc6 37. Bb2 Nb6 38. g4 $1 $14) 36...
Be7 37. Qe5 Bf6 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qa8 Qd6 40. b3 Bc3 (40... Bg5 41. Bxg5 (41.
Bb4 $5 $10) 41... hxg5 42. c4 Nc3 43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Bf1 $10) (40... Qxa3 41.
Bxb5 $1 (41. Bxf5 $2 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qd1 43. Bxe6+ Kxe6 44. Qc6+ Ke5 45. f4+ Kd4
46. c3+ Kd3 47. Qxd5+ Kc2 $19) 41... Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qd1 43. Qb7+ $1 Kg6 44. Ba5
$10) 41. Bxc3 Nxc3 42. Qc8 Nd5 (42... Qd4 $2 43. Qxa6 Nd1 44. Qb7+ Kf6 45. Qf3)
(42... Nd1 43. Be2 $10) 43. b4 $10 Ne7 44. Qb7 Kf6 45. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Schlosser,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... Nbd5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6
14. c3 b6 (14... b5 15. a4 $1 (15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 $132 {
0-1 Hellers,F-Khalifman,A/Biel izt 1993 (45)}) 15... c4 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Bd2 O-O
18. Nh4 Ne7 19. f4 Rae8 $14 {Wedberg,T-Engqvist,T/Stockholm 1995/1/2-1/2 (99)})
15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 $11 19. a3 a5 20.
Rfe1 Ba6 21. Qd1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g4 $5 $36 {1-0 Hellers,F-Adorjan,A/
Thessaloniki olm 1988 (40)}) 15... O-O 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 b5 19.
a3 Rac8 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nh4 $1 cxd4 22. cxd4 $15 {1-0 Karpov,A-Balashov,Y/
Tilburg 1977 (36)}) 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Ngf3 Nbd5 $1 {Ein in dieser Stellung
offenbar neuer Zug, der nach den Entwicklungen der letzten Jahre jedoch nicht
mehr sehr überrascht: Hat sich doch die freiwillige Aufgabe der Rochade zu
einem Standardmotiv im Karpov-Petrosian-System der Caro-Kann-Verteidigung
entwickelt.} (12... O-O $2 13. g4 $1 c4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxg4 16. Rg1 e5
17. O-O-O Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Kh8 19. Rxg7 $1 $40 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Kholmov,R/
URS-ch29 Baku 1961 (27)}) 13. Bb5+ {Verzichtet Weiß auf dieses Schach, so kann
Schwarz versuchen, sich gegenüber der Variante 10....Nbd5 11.Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3
Qc7 0-0 Bd6 14.c3 b6 das Tempo a6 zugunsten der Rochade zu sparen.} Ke7 14. O-O
a6 {Allerdings gewinnt Schwarz auch so gegenüber der alten Hauptvariante 10...
Nbd5 11.Ne5 a6 ein Tempo: Durch die weißen Läuferzüge zunächst zwei, von denen
später eines mit der künstlichen Rochade wieder "verloren" geht.} 15. Bd3 b5
16. c3 Bb7 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 {In der Variante 10.Be3 kommt es oft zu
dieser eigenartigen Isolanistruktur: beide Seiten haben ohne nennenswerte
Berührungspunkte "ihre Springerfelder" fest unter Kontrolle; jeder steht "für
sich" gut... Die Partien, die ich zur alten Hauptvariante zitiert habe, geben
meines Erachtens die Chancen und Gefahren für beide Parteien recht gut wieder.}
Rhc8 19. Rfc1 (19. Rfe1 Kf8 20. Rac1 Qb6 $13 (20... Qe7 $2 21. Bg6 $18)) 19...
Qb6 20. Re1 {/\ 21.a4 >< c4} Bb4 $1 {Da nicht zu sehen ist, wie ein weißer
Springer nach c5 gelangen kann, ist der Läufertausch günstig für Schwarz, da
das weiße Angriffspotential reduziert wird - so ist ein Bauernsturm ähnlich
der Partie Hellers - Adorjan (s.o.) nicht mehr zu befürchten.} 21. a4 Bxd2 22.
Qxd2 Kf8 23. Bf1 Rab8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Qa3 b4 27. Qb3 Bd5 $15 {
Offensichtlich war Karpov in Tilburg nicht in besonderer Form und Spiellaune,
sonst wären wir hier sicher Zeuge einer der für ihn typischen "Massagen"
geworden.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schlosser,P"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Leko} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2
Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Ne5 $6 {Mit dieser neuen Idee stellt Weiß nur
sich selbst vor Probleme!} cxd4 (10... Qxd4 11. Ngf3 Qd8 12. Bf4 $32) 11. Bd2 (
11. Ngf3 {Leko} Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Nxd4 Nbd7 $1 $10) 11... Bd6
$1 {Wenn sich Schwarz stattdessen in aller Ruhe seines Mehrbauern auf d4
erfreut, könnte es nach einem Bauernsturm am Königsflügel (Angriffsmarke h6!)
schnell ein böses Erwachen geben. Es ist als wichtig, schnell den weißen
Vorposten auf e5 zu unterminieren.} 12. Ngf3 {Konsequent im Sinne von 10.Ne5
wäre 12.f4. Es fällt jedoch schwer, an den weißen Angriff zu glauben.} Nbd7 13.
O-O-O O-O (13... Nxe5 {Leko} 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. f4 $1 $36 {/\g2-g4}) 14. Nxd7 {
Damit gesteht Weiß praktisch das Scheitern seines Experiments ein und bemüht
sich um Schadensbeschränkung.} (14. g4 $6 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd5 $1
$17 (16... Nxg4 $2 17. Qg3 {/\ Rhg1 ->})) 14... Bxd7 15. Nxd4 (15. g4 $5 Bc6 (
15... e5 16. g5 e4 (16... hxg5 17. Bxg5 $44) 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc6 19. Qd3
Re8 20. Rhe1 $1 $13 (20. gxh6 $2 Be4 $1 21. Qxd4 Be5 $17)) (15... Nxg4 $2 16.
Rhg1 e5 17. h3 Re8 18. Be4 $1 $40 (18. hxg4 $140 $2 e4 19. Bxe4 Bc6 $17)) 16.
Rhg1 (16. g5 Nh5 $1 17. gxh6 Nf4 $17) 16... e5 17. Nxe5 (17. g5 e4 18. gxf6
Qxf6 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 $17) 17... Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Be4 $5 {/\ 19...Te8 <=>}) 15... Qc7
16. g3 (16. g4 {Leko} Bf4 $1) 16... Rac8 17. c3 a6 18. f4 b5 19. Kb1 Rfd8 (
19... Rfe8 $5 {Leko} 20. Nf3 e5 $1 21. fxe5 Bxe5 $10) 20. Rhe1 Bc5 $1 21. Nf3
Ng4 22. Rf1 (22. Nd4 $1 {Leko} Bxd4 $5 (22... Nf6 23. Nf3 Ng4 $10) 23. cxd4 Nf6
24. g4 Nd5 $13) 22... Bc6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nf6 $17 {>< d5 Es folgt eine
Massage auf den weißen Feldern ganz im Sinne Nimzowitschs.  STRATEGIE
FELDERSCHWÄCHE} 25. Bc3 (25. g4 {Leko} Rxd4 26. g5 Rxd3 $1 27. gxf6 Be4 $1 28.
Qxe4 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Rxd2) 25... Bd5 26. f5 Re8 $1 27. Qd2 exf5 28. Ba5 (28. Bxf5
{Leko} Qc4 $1) (28. Rxf5 {Leko} Ne4 29. Qc2 Qd7 $1) 28... Qb7 29. Bxf5 Be4+ {
Im Spiel gegen das Läuferpaar ist es stets sinnvoll dieses beizeiten zu
halbieren.} 30. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Qd3 Nd5 32. a3 (32. Qxe4 {Leko} Rxe4 33. Rf5 Ne3
34. Re1 Rxd4 $1) 32... Qxd3+ 33. Rxd3 g6 34. Rf2 f6 35. Bb4 Kf7 36. Bc5 Re1+
37. Ka2 Rce8 38. a4 R8e3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. axb5 axb5 41. Kb1 h5 42. Kc1 h4 43.
gxh4 Rh3 44. Re2 Rxh4 45. Kd1 g5 46. Ke1 Kg6 47. Kf1 Kf5 48. Kg1 Re4 49. Rc2
Re3 50. b4 Ke4 51. Ra2 g4 52. Rb2 Nf4 (52... f5 {Leko}) 53. Rb1 Re2 54. Rf1 Nd5
55. Rf2 Rxf2 (55... Re1+ $1 {Leko} 56. Kg2 Ne3+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kh4 g3 $1 59.
Ra2 (59. hxg3 Rh1+) 59... gxh2 $1 60. Rxh2 Nf5+ 61. Kh3 (61. Kh5 Rg5#) 61...
Rg3#) 56. Kxf2 f5 57. Ke2 f4 58. Kf2 Kd3 59. Bd6 Kxd4 60. Ke2 Nc3+ 61. Kf1 Ke3
0-1

[Event "New York PCA-qual"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1
Rd8 $5 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. g4 (16. Ne5 c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. g4 Nd5 19. g5 hxg5 20.
Qh5 f5 $13 {Kasparov-Epishin Moscow PCA Quickplay 1995}) 16... Bf4 17. Ne5 Rxd4
18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. h4 $2 (19. Qe3 Nd5) (19. Qd2 $5) 19... c5 20. Qd2 Rd4 21. c3
(21. g5 $2 Ne4) 21... Rd5 22. Qe2 $2 (22. g5) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24.
Rxe5 Nxg4 25. Ree1 (25. Re2 Bf3) 25... Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bd5 $19 28.
b3 f5 29. Kb2 b5 30. c4 $5 bxc4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rc1
Bd5 35. Rxc5 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 (38. Kc3 {puts up more
resistance but obviously must be losing.} Bxa2 (38... g4 39. Kd4 Bxa2 40. Rxa7
Bd5 41. Ke3 Ke5 (41... Kg5 42. Rg7+) 42. Rf7 Be4 43. Rf8 Kd6 44. Kf4 e5+ 45.
Kg3 Ke6 46. Re8+ Kf6 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rb8 Kf6 49. Kh4 Bf3 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Kg5
Be4 52. Kh4) 39. Rxa7 Bd5 40. Kd4 f4 $1 41. Rc7 g4 42. Rc8 g3 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44.
Ke5 f3 45. Rg8+ Kh4 46. Rg7 f2) 38... g4 39. Kc3 g3 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 a5 9. c3 $5 a4 10. Bc2 a3 11. b3 Nbd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5
14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Be3 $1 $8 Qa5 16. Kf1 b6 17. Qd2 $18) 13. N1f3 (13. g3) 13...
Nf4 14. Qf1 h6 15. Ne4 (15. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 16. Ne5+ Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qa5 $1 18. exf6
Qe5+ 19. Kd1 Rd8 {Kasparov}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. g3 Nd5 18. Qe2 c5 19.
dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne5 $1 $8 Qc7 21. O-O $1 $10 Be3 $6 {?!?} 22. fxe3 $1 (22. Bxe3
Nxc3 $1 (22... Qxe5 $2 23. Bd4 Nxc3 $2 24. Bh7+ $1) 23. Qh5 (23. Bh7+ $5) 23...
Nxe4 (23... Ra5 {><c5}) 24. Rac1 Qa5 25. b4 Qb5 26. Bc5 Nf6) 22... Qxe5 23. Qd3
(23. Bc2 b5 (23... f5 24. Qd3 Nf6) 24. Qd3 f5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27.
Bxe4 Ba6) 23... Ra6 $8 24. c4 Nf6 25. Bg2 Rd6 26. Qc3 $1 Qg5 27. Qa5 $1 $16 {
><a3, ><b7;} e5 28. Bb4 Ra6 29. Qb5 Bd7 $6 $138 (29... Rd8) 30. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 31.
Kh1 Ra7 (31... Rb6 32. Qa7 $18) 32. Bd2 $2 (32. Qf3 $16) 32... Qd4 33. Bc3 Qc5
34. Qb4 $2 Qc7 35. c5 Bc6 $6 (35... Rb8 $17) 36. Qb6 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Nd5 38.
Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Bxe5 Rxc5 40. Bd6 Rc2+ 41. Rf2 Rfc8 $1 (41... Rd8 42. Rxc2 Ne3+
43. Kf2 Nxc2 44. Rd1 Nb4 45. Rd2 Nxa2 46. Bf4 $1 $18) 42. Bxa3 Ne3+ 43. Kg1 Ra8
(43... Ng4 44. Rxc2 Rxc2 45. Bc1 Nxh2 46. a4 Nf3+ 47. Kf1 $18) 44. Bb2 $1 (44.
Bb4 $4 Raxa2 45. Rxa2 Rc1+ $19) (44. Bc1 $2 Raxa2 45. Rxc2 Rxa1 46. Rc8+ Kh7
47. Kf2 Nd5 $10 (47... Ng4+ $5)) 44... Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Nc2 46. Rc1 Nb4 47. Rb1
Rxa2 48. Ke3 $16 f6 49. Kd4 (49. Ke4 {/\ Bc3}) 49... Nc2+ 50. Kc3 (50. Kc5 Ra8)
(50. Kc4) 50... Na3 $1 51. Bxa3 Rxa3 $16 {But possibly drawn with good defence.
} 52. Kb2 Ra7 53. b4 Kf7 54. b5 Ke6 55. Kb3 Kd7 $1 (55... Kd6 56. b6 Ra8 (56...
Rb7 57. Ka4 $18) 57. Kc4 $1 Kc6 (57... Rb8 58. Kb5) 58. Kd4 Kd6 59. Ke4 Ke6 60.
g4 $18) 56. h4 $2 (56. Rc1 {Gives good winning chances, though perhaps Black
can hold.} Ra5 (56... h5 $5) 57. Kb4 Ra2 58. b6 (58. h3 Rb2+ 59. Ka5 $6 (59.
Ka4 $1) 59... Rb3 60. b6 Rxg3 61. b7 Rb3 62. Ka6 f5 63. Ka7 Ra3+ $10) (58. h4
Rb2+ 59. Ka5 h5 60. b6 g5 61. Rc5 Rb3 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. Rxg5 Kc6 $16) 58...
Rxh2 59. Kb3 (59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rxg7 Kc6) 59... Rh5 60. Ka4 Rh2 61. Kb5 Rb2+ 62.
Ka6 Ra2+ 63. Kb7 g5) 56... h5 $1 57. Rc1 Rc7 $1 58. Rd1+ (58. Rxc7+ Kxc7 59.
Kc4 Kb6 60. Kd5 g5 61. Ke6 gxh4 62. gxh4 Kxb5 63. Kxf6 Kc6 64. Kg6 Kd7 65. Kxh5
Ke8 66. Kg6 Kf8 $10) 58... Kc8 59. Rd5 Re7 60. Kc4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 $5 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. Ne5 $2
(14. b3) 14... cxd4 $1 15. Qf3 (15. Ng6+ fxg6 16. Qf3+ Nf6 (16... Ke7 17. Qxa8)
17. Qxa8 Bxh2+ $5 (17... Kf7 18. h3 Re8 19. Qf3 Bb7) 18. Kf1 $1 Kf7 19. g3 Bxg3
(19... Bb7 20. Qxh8 Qc6 $13 21. Bf4 (21. Bxh6 Qg2+ 22. Ke2 Bf3+ 23. Kd2 Qxf2+
24. Be2 (24. Re2 $4 Ne4+) 24... gxh6 25. Qxh6 Bxg3 $19) 21... Qg2+ 22. Ke2 Bf3+
23. Kd2 Qxf2+ 24. Be2 Bxg3 $1) 20. fxg3 Bb7 21. Qxh8 Qxg3 22. Re2) 15... Bxe5 (
15... Nxe5 16. Qxa8 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd6) 16. Qxa8 Bxh2+ 17. Kf1 $1
Bd6 (17... Ke7 18. g3 $5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bb7 20. Qxh8 Qxg3 21. Re2 {Unclear but
I suspect that White has too many men to be in trouble.} Ne5 (21... Qh3+ 22.
Ke1 Qg3+ 23. Rf2 Ne5 24. Bf4 (24. Be2) 24... Nf3+) 22. Bg5+ Qxg5 23. Qb8) 18.
Bd2 (18. Re4 e5 19. f4 Qb7) 18... Ke7 (18... Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qb7 21.
Qxb7 Bxb7 $15 {Khalifman}) 19. Qe4 Qc5 20. b4 (20. c3) (20. c4) 20... Qh5 $6 (
20... Qe5) 21. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 $6 (21... Qh1+ $1 22. Ke2 Qh5+ 23. Kf1 $10 (23. f3
e5)) (21... Bxb4 22. Qxd4 Bxe1 23. Bd6+ Kd8 24. Qxg7) 22. Qxf4 Bb7 23. Kg1 Qg5
24. Qxg5+ hxg5 25. Be4 $1 (25. a4 $5) 25... Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rc8 (26... e5 $2 27.
c3 $1) 27. Rxd4 Rxc2 28. Rad1 $2 (28. Rdd1 $3 {to force a pair of rooks off.})
28... Nf6 $1 $10 29. R4d2 Rc4 (29... Rc7 30. Re2 $1 Rc4 31. a3 Rc3 32. Re3) 30.
Rd4 Rc2 31. R4d2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 (5. Bd3 {isn't
necessarily only an innocent transposition, as Black can play also} Ndf6 $1 6.
Ng5 Bg4 7. N1f3 Bh5 $1 8. c3 e6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Ne5 Nd7
13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. g3 Rd7 19.
Bf4 Qc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Qa5 Bg6 22. Bf3 O-O 23. Rad1 h6 $11 {Van der Wiel,
J-Karpov,A/Amsterdam/1988/}) 5... Ndf6 $6 {An inferior alternative.} (5... e6
$142 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 (
11... Rg8 $6 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares/1998/}) 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3
Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 $132 {Topalov,V-Anand,V/Linares/
1998/}) 6. Bc4 (6. N1f3 $142 $5 {has a much better reputation.} Bg4 (6... e6 7.
Ne5 $1 Nh6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4
Nf5 14. Be3 Nxe3 {Nunn,J-Tal,M/Brussels/1988/} 15. Qxe3 $1 Nd5 16. Qg3 f6 17.
Ne4 $40) (6... h6 $2 7. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Bd3 $18) 7. Bc4 (7. Nxf7 $2
Bxf3 8. Nxd8 Bxd1 9. Ne6 Bxc2 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 e6 $19 {[%csl Ra8] פa8}) (
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 e6 9. g3 $5 $14) 7... e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,
Gc4,Gd4] White has ^^, more space and a permanent edge.}) 6... e6 7. Qe2 $5 {
[%cal Ye1c1] /\0-0-0 An unusual move.} (7. N1f3 {is not so effective anymore:}
h6 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 a6 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14.
g3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 $132 {Huebner,R-Karpov,A/Belfort WCup/1988/}) 7... Bd6 ({
Risky is} 7... Qxd4 $6 8. N1f3 Qd8 (8... Bb4+ $2 9. c3 Bxc3+ 10. Kf1 $18) 9.
Nxf7 $5 (9. Ne5 Nh6 $13) 9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Be7 13.
O-O $44 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 8. Bd2 ({Interesting was also} 8. N1f3 h6 9. Nh3 Ne7
10. Ne5 $5) 8... Qc7 9. O-O-O b6 (9... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 10. N1f3 h6 11. Ne4 $14)
10. N1f3 h6 11. Nh3 $5 {True to his nature, Shirov avoids exchanges.} (11. Ne4
Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 (13. Qh4 {Ftacnik} Bb7 14. Bg5 Nd5 $13) 13... Bb7 ({
More promising probably is} 13... b5 $5 14. Bd3 a6 {[%cal Yc6c5] /\c5}) 14. Ne5
c5 (14... O-O-O $2 15. Nxf7) 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 $14 {leads by a
huge transposiion to a well-known position, in which Black's problems are not
quite solved.}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne5 c5 $1 {[] Brave, but almost forced.} (12...
Bb7 $2 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Ke8 (14... Kg6 15. Qf7+ Kh7 16. Bd3+) 15. Qf7+
Kd7 (15... Kd8 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxf6 $18) 16. Be6+ $18) (12... O-O
$143 $6 13. f4 {could well mean castling "into it".} (13. g4 $5 c5 14. g5 $40))
13. Bb5+ Kf8 $13 {Karpov has already taught us that Black's K can survive such
a position, active counterplay is more important.} (13... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qg4 $14) 14. Nc4 (14. Bf4 $143 Nfd5 (14... Ned5 {Ftacnik} 15.
Rhe1 Bb7 16. Bg3 Rd8 $13) 15. Bg3 Nf5 $36) (14. Be3 Bb7 $15) 14... cxd4 (14...
Nf5 {Ftacnik} 15. dxc5 Nd4 16. Qd3 Bxc5 17. Bf4 $14) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4 {
Logical} (16. Bc3 $5 e5 $142 (16... Nf5 $6 17. g4 dxc3 (17... Bb7 18. gxf5 Bxh1
19. Rxd4 Qxh2 (19... Nd5 20. Bb4 $1) 20. fxe6 $1 $40) 18. Rxd6 cxb2+ 19. Kxb2
Nxd6 20. Bc6 $16) 17. f4 $1 Bg4 18. Qxe5 (18. fxe5 Qe6 $1 19. Qd3 Nfd5 20. Qxd4
Bxd1 21. Rxd1 $15 Nxc3 $4 22. Qd8+ $1 $18) 18... Qxe5 19. fxe5 dxc3 (19... Bxd1
$6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bb4 $1 Bg4 22. Re1 Be6 23. Nf4 $44) 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rd4
$11 {In this endgame Black's extra pawn doesn't carry too much weight and a
draw is the most probable result.}) (16. a3 Ned5 $15) 16... Qd5 $1 (16... Qc5
$143 17. Be5 Nc6 (17... Nf5 18. Qf3 (18. Bd3 $1 {Ftacnik} Ne3 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20.
fxe3 $16) 18... Qxe5 19. Qxa8 Qc7 20. Bd3 $36) 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxd4 $32 {
[%csl Rf8,Rh8] עf8,Rh8}) 17. Be5 {Both players deserve credit for inventive
play. White can claim compensation, but he is currently pawn down and on top
of it a2, g2 pawns are exposed.} (17. Kb1 $6 Ng6 $17) (17. Bc4 $2 Qxg2) (17.
Rxd4 $5 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bb7 $13 (19... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 20. f3 Nfd5
$13)) (17. Rhg1 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 18. Rxd4 Bb7 19. Ra4 Qd5 20. f3 $13) 17... Nf5 (
17... Qxg2 $6 18. Nf4 (18. Rxd4 {Ftacnik} Qxh1+ 19. Rd1 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bb7 $15)
18... Qe4 (18... Qg4 19. f3) 19. Rxd4 (19. Qxe4 $5 Nxe4 20. Rxd4 Bb7 21. Rhd1
$44) 19... Qxh1+ 20. Rd1 $40 {gives White an extra tempo, compared to the line
above.}) (17... Qxa2 18. Rxd4 (18. Bxd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rd8 $17) 18... Bd7 $5 (18...
Bb7 19. Ra4 Qd5 20. Nf4 $16) 19. Qf3 $1 $40 {is extremely risky.} (19. Ra4 {
Ftacnik} Qd5 $15)) 18. c4 $6 {[%csl Rb5] Dislodges the Q from it's central
position, but also cuts off the Bb5.} (18. g4 $2 Nxg4 $17) (18. Bc4 $2 Qxg2 19.
Nf4 Qe4 $17 {and White can't avoid disadvantageous exchanges.}) (18. Nf4 Qxa2
19. g4 (19. Bc6 Ba6 {[%cal Ra8c8] /\Rc8}) (19. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+
21. Kc1 Nd5 22. Bc6 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Bxa8 Qc3+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+
27. Kd2 Qc3+ $11) 19... Nxg4 $1 20. Qxg4 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. Kc1 Qxb5 23.
Rxd4 Qxe5 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 g5 $17 {gives Black at least two extra pawns.})
(18. Kb1 $142 $5 {Unquestionably the best is} Bb7 $1 (18... Nd7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7
20. g4 (20. Nf4 $143 Qb5 $5 $13) 20... Bb5 21. Qe1 Ne3 (21... f6 $2 22. Nf4 $1
$18) 22. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. fxe3 Qf3 24. exd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e5] /\Qe5}) (
18... Bd7 19. Bd3 {and tactical attempts fail:} Ng4 (19... Ne3 $2 20. Bxf6 Nxd1
21. Be4 $18) 20. Bxg7+ $1 Nxg7 21. Be4 Qe5 22. f4 $16) (18... Qxg2 $6 19. Nf4
Qb7 (19... Qe4 $2 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Bc6 $18) 20. Bd3 Bd7 (20... Nd5 {Ftacnik}
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rhe1 Be6 24. Qa6 Rc8 25. Rxd4 $14) 21. Rhg1 $1
$40 {[%cal Gg1g7] <->g}) 19. Nf4 (19. Bd3 $6 Qxg2 20. Nf4 Qf3 $17) 19... Qe4
$132 {White will get his pawn back, but he will have to exchange Q and quite
probably also his ^^, so his chances for an advantage are dubious.}) 18... Qc5
$1 {An interesting exchange sacrifice.} ({Also possible was} 18... Qxg2 19. Qd3
$5 (19. Nf4 Qb7 $13 (19... Qb7 {Ftacnik} 20. Rhg1 Bd7 $13)) (19. Rhg1 Qxh3 20.
Bc6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. Rd3 Qh4 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Rhg1 Qb7 21. Qa3+ Ke8 22.
Ba6 $44) 19. Qf3 (19. Nf4 $143 Bb7 $5 (19... Bd7 20. Nd3 Qc8 21. Kb1 $132) 20.
Nd3 (20. g4 {Ftacnik} Bxh1 21. gxf5 $13) 20... Qc8 $17 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4}) (19.
g4 {Ftacnik} Nxg4 $1) 19... Qxe5 (19... a6 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxa8 axb5 21. Rhe1 $14
(21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxc8+ Ne8 24. cxb5 Qd5 25. Qc6 Qxa2 $13)) (
19... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nf4 Bb7 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Kg8 23. Rhd1 a6 24. Ba4
Qc7 25. Bc2 $14) 20. Qxa8 Qc7 21. Qc6 $6 (21. Qf3 $5 e5 $44 (21... a6 $2 22.
Bxa6 $1 Bxa6 23. Qa3+) (21... Bb7 $6 22. Qa3+)) (21. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} g5 22. Qc6
Qb8 $13) (21. Ba6 {Ftacnik} Ke7 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17) 21... Qb8 $1 {Ivanchuk
needs to preserve his queen for the coming attack against the white king.
Suddenly white realizes, that his light pieces occupy rather sorry positions.}
(21... Qxc6 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxc6 Ba6 23. b3 Ke7 24. a4 $14) 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. Qa3+
$6 (23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Ke7 $44 (24... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 25. b3 Rc8 26. Qb5 Rc5
27. Qb4 Qd6 $13)) (23. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Qxf4+ 24. Nxf4 g5 25. Nd3 Bxg2 $17) 23...
Kg8 24. f3 g5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rh3] ץb5,Nh3} 25. Ba4 (25. g4 Nh4 26. Rhf1 (
26. Qe7 Kg7 27. Rxd4 Bxf3 {[%csl Rg4,Rh2] ׻}) 26... e5 $17) (25. Nf2 $142 $5 {
In the game White will not be able to activate the N in time.}) (25. Ba6 {
Ftacnik} Kg7 (25... Bc6 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rxd4 Nxf3 28. Rd6 $14) 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
$132) 25... e5 26. Rhe1 (26. Nf2 Ne3 $17) 26... Kg7 27. Bc2 Nh4 {Black has
improved his central control, but he also masterfully uses his pieces for
generating unpleasant threats.} (27... Ne3 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 29. Qxe3
Rc8 30. Nxg5 Rxc4 31. Kb1 $14) 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kb1 (29. Qe7 Rc5 $1 {[%csl Re7]
ףe7} (29... Rc5 {Ftacnik} 30. b3 Bc6 31. Nxg5 (31. Nf2 Ng8 $19) 31... hxg5 $17
)) (29. Qd3 Ba6 $36 {/\} 30. Qe2 $2 Bxc4 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 d3 $1 $17) (29.
Qb4 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nxf3 31. Rde2 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 e4 $1 $17) 29... Rxc4
30. Ng1 Rc5 31. g3 Ra5 ({Black rightly avoids exchanges.} 31... Ng6 $143 $6 32.
Bxg6 $132) 32. Qd3 (32. Qb3 $2 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $19) 32... Ng6 33. Bb3 (33. Ne2
Nd5 $36) (33. h4 {Ftacnik} gxh4 34. gxh4 Ba6 (34... Nf4 35. Qf1 Bd5 36. a3 Rc5
37. Nh3 $13) 35. Qb3 Rc5 36. Rg2 Bc4 $17) 33... Qd6 34. Rc2 $2 (34. a3 $142 $17
) (34. h4 {Ftacnik} gxh4 35. gxh4 Nf4 36. Qf1 Qb4 $17) 34... e4 $1 {Starts an
impressive final attack. Two pawns and excellent piece play have long favoured
black. With a clever tactics his advantage becomes even bigger.} 35. Qc4 (35.
fxe4 $2 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Rb7e4] /\Be4} (35... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 36. Qd1 Bxe4 $19))
35... Ne5 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Rd1 (37. Rcc1 Ba6 $1 38. fxe4 Bd3+ 39. Bc2 Nc4 40. b3
Qa3 $19) (37. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Qxe1+ 38. Rc1 Qe3 $19) 37... Bd5 $1 $19 (37... d3
{Ftacnik} 38. Rc3 e3 39. Rcxd3) 38. Bxd5 (38. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxb3 39. Qxd4 Qxd4
40. Rxd4 Bxa2+ 41. Kc1 Bb3 $19) 38... Rxd5 39. fxe4 (39. f4 d3 40. Rcc1 gxf4
41. gxf4 Ng6 {[%cal Re4e3] /\e3-+}) (39. h4 {Ftacnik} d3 40. Rcc1 exf3 $17)
39... Nxe4 40. a3 (40. Ka1 d3 41. Rcc1 (41. Rg2 {Ftacnik} d2 42. Qc2 Rc5 43.
Qb1 Nc4 $19) 41... Nf2 $19) 40... Qb5 {[%cal Re4c3] /\Nc3} (40... Qb3 $2 41.
Rxd4 $1 $16) 41. Ka2 d3 {The difference in piece coordination is now very
striking.} 42. Rcc1 (42. Rg2 Nc4 43. Qe7 (43. Rf1 Rd7) 43... d2 44. Qb4 Qxb4
45. axb4 Ne3 $19) 42... d2 43. Rc2 (43. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Nf2 $19) 43... Nd3 44.
Rcxd2 (44. Rdxd2 Rd7 $1 (44... Nxd2 45. Rxd2 Nb4+ $2 46. axb4 Rxd2 47. Qc3+) (
44... Nb4+ {Ftacnik} 45. axb4 Rxd2 $19) 45. Qc8 Nb4+ 46. axb4 Qa4+ 47. Kb1 Rxd2
48. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 49. Kc1 Qxb4 $19) (44. Qc4 {Ftacnik} Qxc4+ 45. Rxc4 Ndf2 $19)
44... Rc5 45. Qd8 Qc4+ 46. b3 (46. Ka1 Nxd2 47. Rxd2 Qc1+ $19 (47... Qc1+ {
Ftacnik} 48. Ka2 Qxd2 $19)) (46. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Nc3+ 47. bxc3 (47. Kc2 Nxd1+ 48.
Kxd1 Qa4+) 47... Rb5+ 48. Ka1 Qxc3+ 49. Ka2 Rb2+ $19) 46... Nc3+ 47. Ka1 Ra5 $1
(47... Qxb3 48. Qd4+ Re5 49. Qd6 Ra5 50. Qd4+ Ne5 $19) ({Now Black achieves
the same position one move earlier.} 47... Ra5 48. Qd6 (48. Ra2 {Ftacnik} Qxb3
49. Qd4+ Re5 $19) (48. Qxd3 Rxa3+ 49. Kb2 Qxb3+ 50. Kc1 Ra1+ 51. Qb1 Rxb1#) (
48. bxc4 Rxa3+ 49. Ra2 Rxa2#) 48... Qxb3 49. Qd4+ Ne5 $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m1"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Qe2 (8. O-O e6 9. h3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bf4 $14 {
Short,N-Gulko,B (1)/PCA WchQual New York/1994/}) 8... e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O
$5 (10. O-O) 10... Bg4 (10... b5 $1 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd5 13. Kb1
O-O $10) 11... Bg4) (10... O-O {Blatny,P} 11. Ne5 {/\g4->>>}) 11. Kb1 (11. h3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $14 {Fischer,R-Petrosian,T/Bled/1961/}) 11...
O-O $6 (11... Nd5 12. Bc1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Qg3 $1 $16) (11... b5 $5 12.
Bb3 (12. Bd3 Qd5 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxf6 15. Be4 Qd6) 12... O-O $10) 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b5 (13... Nd5 14. Bc1 Bg5 15. Be3 $5) 14. Bd3 Qd5 (14... Nd5 15.
Qe4 (15. h4 $5)) 15. Qe3 Rac8 $6 (15... Rfd8 $1 $16) (15... Rfe8 $142 {Blatny,
P /\Nd7-f8}) 16. g4 Rfd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. f5 h6 (18... exf5 19. Bxf5) (18... Qxd4
19. Qe2 $16 (19. fxe6 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 fxe6 21. Bxa7 c5 22. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Ra8 24. Bb6 Rb8 $19)) (18... exf5 $5 {Blatny,P}) 19. Bxh6 $1 Qxd4 $2 (19...
gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Ke8 (20... Kg8 21. fxe6 Rd6 (21... fxe6 22. g5 $18) (21... Qxe6
22. Rhe1 Qd6 23. Re5 $18) 22. g5 $1 Ne4 (22... Bf8 23. Qh4 $18) 23. g6 $18) 21.
g5 (21. fxe6 fxe6 (21... Qxe6 22. Rhe1 Qd6 23. Bf5 $18) 22. g5 $16 (22. g5 {
Blatny,P} Ng8 23. Qg6+ Kd7 24. h4 $36 {/\Be4, h5-h6-h7-h8})) 21... Ng8 22. Qh7
$18) 20. Bxg7+ (20. Qxd4 {Blatny,P} Rxd4 21. Be3 Rd7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rhf1 {
/\g5} Kg8 24. c4 Rcd8 25. Kc2 $14 {_|_}) 20... Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kf8 (21... Kh8 22.
Qh6+ Kg8 23. g5 $18) 22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. fxe6 Bf8 (23... fxe6 $4 {Blatny,P} 24.
Bg6+ $18 {ע,Pg,Ph}) 24. exf7+ Ke7 (24... Kxf7 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Rhe1+ Kd6 27.
Bf5 $18) (24... Kd7 {Blatny,P} 25. Qxf8 $1 Rxf8 26. Bf5+ $18) 25. Qg6 Rd5 26.
c3 Qf4 27. Rhe1+ Re5 (27... Kd6 {Blatny,P} 28. Bf5) 28. Qf5 $1 (28. Qf5 {
Blatny,P} Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxe1 30. Rxe1+ Kd8 31. Bxc8 Kxc8 32. Re8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m1"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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. e4 {Hecht} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3
c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 (10. Nf3 O-O 11. b3 $14) 10... Be7 (10...
Bb6 {xBc8}) 11. Re1 (11. a4 $5 b6 (11... a5 {xb5}) 12. a5 Bb7 13. a6 Bd5 14. c4
Bc6 15. Nd4 $16) 11... O-O 12. Qf3 a5 13. a4 Nb6 14. Bd2 (14. Bb5 Qc7 15. c3
Bd7 $14) 14... Nbd5 $8 15. Bb5 (15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 (16...
axb4 17. Nb5 $16) 17. c3)) (15. c3 $5) 15... Bd7 (15... Qc7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bf4
Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 $16) 16. c4 Bxb5 (16... Nb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Red1
Qc7 19. Ne4 $1 Bxb5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. cxb5 $16) 17. axb5 (17. cxd5 Bc4 18.
dxe6 Bxe6 (18... Bxb3 $2 19. Qxb3 Qxd2 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Rxe7) 19. Nf5 $14)
17... Nb4 18. Qxb7 (18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Red1 Qc7) 18... Nc2 19. Rxa5 $2 (19. Bxa5
Qd3 (19... Rxa5 20. Nxa5 Nxa1 21. Nc6 $18) 20. Qxe7 Qxb3 $17) (19. Bc3 $1 $44)
19... Nxe1 20. Rxa8 (20. Bxe1 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Qd1) 20... Qxa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22.
Bxe1 Ra4 (22... Nd7 $2 23. Na5 $18) 23. c5 (23. Nd2 $2 Bb4) 23... Rc4 24. c6
Nd5 25. Nf1 (25. Ne2 Bb4 26. Kf1 (26. Na5 Bxa5 27. Bxa5 Rc5 $19) 26... Bxe1 27.
Kxe1 Rb4 28. Nc3 (28. Ned4 e5) 28... Nc7 $19) 25... Kf8 $2 (25... Bb4 $1 26.
Ne3 (26. Na5 Rc5 (26... Bxa5 27. Bxa5 Rc5 28. Ne3 $1 $132) 27. Bxb4 Nxb4 $17) (
26. Nfd2 Rc2 $19) (26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Ne3 Nc7 $19) 26... Nxe3 27. Bxb4 Nd5 (
27... Rxb4 $2 28. fxe3 $18) 28. Bc5 (28. Bd6 $5 $17) (28. Ba5 Rc2 29. b6 (29.
g3 Rxb2 $19) 29... Rxb2 $19) 28... Rc2 29. Bd4 $17 (29. b6 Rxb2 30. g3 Rxb3 31.
c7 Nxb6 32. Bxb6 Rc3 $19)) 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Ke8 28. Bc3 (28. Na5 $2 Rc1
29. Kf2 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Bb4+ $19) 28... Bc5 (28... Bd8) 29. Kf2 Bb6 30. Kf3 (30.
Ke2 Rg4 (30... Re4 $6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 $36) 31. Bd4 Rxg2+ (31... Bxd4 $2
32. Kf3 $1 Rg5 33. Nxd4) 32. Kf3 Rg5 33. Bxb6 Rxb5 34. c7 Kd7 35. Nc5+ Kc8 36.
Na4 Rb4 37. b3 Rxb3 38. Bd4 $10) 30... Kd8 31. Bxg7 $4 Rb4 32. Nd4 (32. Nd2
Rxb5 33. Nc4 $17) (32. Nc1 Rxb2 33. Nd3 Rxb5 34. Ne5 $17) 32... Bxd4 33. Bxd4
Rxb5 34. Ke4 Kc7 35. Bc3 Kxc6 36. g3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Rf5 38. Ke4 Rf2 39. Be5+ Kc6
40. g4 (40. h4 {Hecht} f5+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Bc3 Rg2 $19) 40... f5+ 41. gxf5
exf5+ $19 42. Kd4 (42. Kd3 Kd5) 42... Rxb2 43. Bg3 Rb5 44. e4 (44. Kd3 Rb2) (
44. Bf4 {Hecht} Rd5+ 45. Kc4 Rd1 $19 {/\ Kd7-e6-f7-g6-h5}) 44... Rb4+ 45. Ke5
fxe4 46. Bf4 Rc4 47. Bh6 Rc2 48. Kxe4 Rxh2 49. Bf4 Rg2 50. Kf3 Rg6 51. Bg3 h5
52. Kf4 Kd5 53. Be1 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Bg3 Kf5 56. Bb8 h4 57. Bh2 h3 58. Bg3
Rg6 59. Kf2 Ke4 0-1

