[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13.
O-O-O Bc5 $1) 11... Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 $1 $146 (13... Qa4 14. Kb1)
14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 Qxc5 $1 (14... Qxg2 $2 15. Nd7 $1 $16 Rfd8 $140 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 $1 $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ (16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1
Rfd8) 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 $44) 14... Rfd8 $10 15. Rhe1 (
15. Ne5 Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qe7 18. Qb5 (18. Qd3 Rxd7 19. Qxd7 Qb4 $17)
18... a6 $10 19. Qxb7 $140 Rdb8 $19) 15... Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rxd1+ (16... Qb6 $5) (
16... Qb4 $5 17. c4 a5 $13) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Bg3 Nd5
21. a3 Bf6 $6 (21... Be7 $10) 22. Be5 $1 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qg4 $4 (23... Qc8 $10)
24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7 $18 f5 (25... Qd1+ 26. Nc1 $18 {Ivanchuk missed this move
}) 26. Qc6 $1 (26. Qxa7 Qxg2 27. Qb8 $18) 26... Qe4 27. g3 a5 28. Qd6 a4 29.
Qe5 Qc4 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Nb4 $1 {The queen ending is fairly simple} Qc5 32. Qxe6
Nxb4 33. axb4 Qxf2 34. c3 g5 35. Ka2 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. b5 f3 38. b6 a3 39.
Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kh5 41. Kxa3 Qe3 42. Qd5+ Kh4 43. b7 Qa7+ 44. Kb3 Qb6+ 45.
Kc2 f2 (45... Qg6+ 46. Qd3) 46. Qf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 $5 Nxe4
(6... Be7 {Dolmatov} 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. d5 $14) 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 $1 {
The point. Seirawan showed me this idea. 8.Bd3 would just transpose to 6.Nf6
Nf6 7.Bd3} Be7 (8... Qd6 $5 {Anand-Speelman Linares 1991}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bd3 {
Dolmatov} h6 10. Bh4 c5 $10) 9... gxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. Qd3 (10. c3 {Dolmatov}
Qd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. f4 $16)) 10. Qe2 c6
$6 (10... Qd6 $1) (10... f5 $2 {Dolmatov} 11. Bxb7) 11. O-O $1 {He had
forgotten that I could still castle (or want to!) short.} (11. O-O-O Qc7 {
/\ Bd7,0-0-0.}) 11... Qb6 {Now 11...Qc7, Bd7 and 0-0-0 could be met by a
queenside pawn advance.} (11... Qc7 $32 {Dolmatov} 12. c4 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 $14)
12. c4 Bd7 13. c5 (13. Rfd1 $1) 13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 h5 (14... b6 {Dolmatov} 15.
b4 $16) 15. Nd2 Rd8 (15... O-O-O 16. Nc4 {+/- Black should have gone in for
this nevertheless since in the game he loses without a fight.}) 16. Nc4 Bc8 17.
Qe3 $16 {Black can't castle and White's plan of expansion on the << will
slowly decide the game. Black decides to lash out.} (17. Rac1 $5 {Dolmatov} b5
18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Ne3 Rc8 21. d5 $18) 17... b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19.
Rac1 Bb7 (19... c5 20. d5 (20. Qb3 $5 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Nxb6
Ba6 $16)) (19... b5 {Dolmatov} 20. Na3 Bb7 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. Nc3 $16) 20. Qf3 $1
{Now there is no defence against Ne3.} (20. Qg3 Bd6 $16) 20... f5 $2 {A simple
oversight, but Black's position was beyond rescue.} (20... Rc8 $32 {Dolmatov})
21. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {The Burn Variation, a good choice assuming
Black is trying to play solidly but it really does not work out that way.} 4.
Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 c5 8. O-O Nd7 9. Qe2 {Black's next
move starts to open up the game before he is ready for it. 9..Nf6 is
reasonable.} cxd4 10. Rd1 Nc5 (10... e5 {As you might expect this is bad.
Anand analyses the following:} 11. c3 O-O (11... dxc3 12. Nxe5 $40) 12. cxd4
exd4 13. Nxd4) 11. Rxd4 $16 (11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Bxe6) 11...
Qb6 {This is brilliantly refuted but the natural 11..Qc7 runs into even bigger
trouble} (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Bc6+ bxc6 14. Rxf4) 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Rad1
Bf6 (13... Bd7 14. Ne5 $18) (13... Nxe4 14. Rxe4 O-O (14... f6 15. Bd4 Qxa2 16.
Qb5+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Qd5 19. Ne5+ fxe5 20. Rf4+) 15. Bd4 Qxa2 (15...
Qa3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rg4+ Kh8 18. Ne5 $1 {The threat is 19.Nxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qe5+
Bf6 21.Rd8+ Rf8 22.Qxf6+!}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rg4+ Kh8 18. Ne5 Qa3 (18... b6
19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qe5+ Rf6 21. Qg5 Rg6 22. Qxe7) 19. Rg3 $40) (13... O-O 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ne5 {! (Robatsch)}) 14. Rd8+ (14. Bc1 Qb6 15. Rd6 Qc7 16. Bg5
$18) 14... Bxd8 15. Bxc5 Bd7 (15... Be7 16. Qd2) 16. Qd3 Qb5 (16... Bb5 17.
Bxb7 $18) (16... Ba4 17. Nd4 Be7 18. Nc6 $18 Bxc5 (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6+ Kf8 20.
Qd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8#) 19. Qd8+ $40) 17. c4 Qxc5 (17... Qa4 18. Ne5) 18. Qxd7+
Kf8 19. Qxb7 g6 (19... Rc8 20. Bc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8
Rxc4 24. g3 $18) 20. Qxa8 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smith, Bryan G"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {After all these years I have
learned the name of this line: Fort Knox!} 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 $5 {
The move is more popular after Jobava's only last and possibly only loss to
Svidler in Fort Knox.} Be7 8. O-O $6 {Accepting the tempo loss.} (8. Neg5 Bxg5
9. Nxg5 h6 10. Nf3 (10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Nxf7 $2 Ngf6 $19 {I had to check this line
again over the board.}) 10... Qf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O-O 13. Be3 Qxe5 $1 {
Jobava had to exchange the queens for sure.} 14. dxe5 Ne7 15. O-O Rd5 16. f4
Bb5 $15) 8... Ngf6 9. Ng3 Bxf3 {He succeeded to make me put Be7 but now he
loses a tempo due to Qe2-f3.} 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 {
A slight surprise} ({I was only thinking about} 13. Bf4 g6 $5 (13... Nd5 14.
Bd2 Bg5 15. Qh5 (15. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Bh6 17. Bxh6 N5f6 18. Qh3 gxh6 $19)
15... h6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Ne4 g4 $14)) {after which I have
reacted brutally with} 13... e5 $6 $146 (13... Bd6) 14. Qh3 $2 {He had to sac
an exchange and he would possibly have a crushing attack after my bluff.} (14.
dxe5 $1 Bd6 15. e6 $1 (15. Bf4 Bxe5) 15... Ne5 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18.
Bc4+ Kf8 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Ng3 $40) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 16. Bf4 Qh5 17. Qg3
Nd5 18. Bd6 Bf6 19. Red1 (19. Ne3 Bxd4 20. Be2 Qh6 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bb5 Rxe1+
23. Rxe1 Qd2 24. Re7 Qxb2 25. Bf1 Nf6 $19) 19... Re6 20. Ba3 Rae8 21. Bc4 N7b6
22. Bb3 Bh4 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 $17 {The position gives someone the idea
that White should lose in some moves but the reality is White is still kicking.
} a5 $1 25. Ng3 a4 26. Bc2 g6 27. Kf1 f5 28. b3 Ra8 29. Bc5 a3 30. b4 Na4 31.
Bb3 Nac3 $2 {I could have won a piece!} (31... b6 32. b5 bxc5 33. dxc5 (33.
bxc6 c4 $1 $19 {I have missed this intermezzo, which was the reason for me to
reject this line.}) 33... Nxc5 34. Bc4 Bf6 35. Rac1 Nc3 36. Rd6 cxb5 37. Bxe6+
(37. Rxe6 Nxe6 38. Bxe6+ Kf8) 37... Nxe6 38. Rxe6 Nxa2 39. Rce1 Kf7 $19) 32.
Rd3 Nb5 33. Ne2 Bg5 34. Nc3 Nbxc3 35. Rxc3 Nxc3 36. Bxe6+ Kg7 37. Re1 Bd2 38.
Re5 Bf4 39. Re1 Re8 40. b5 $1 {The only way to mess things up.} Nxb5 41. d5 Bd6
42. Be3 $2 (42. Bb6 $142 {I have thought that he should directly play} cxd5 43.
Bxd5 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Bxh2 45. Bxb7 Bd6 $15) 42... f4 43. Bb6 Bc7 $1 {The start
of the winning maneuver.} 44. Bc5 $6 (44. Bxc7 Nxc7 45. Rb1 cxd5 46. Rxb7 Re7
$17) 44... b6 45. Bb4 c5 46. Bd7 (46. Bd2 Kf8 $1 (46... Nd4 $2 47. Bc3) 47. Re4
Nd4 48. Bxf4 Bxf4 49. Rxf4+ Ke7 50. Rf7+ Kd6 51. Rxh7 Nxe6 52. dxe6 Rxe6 $19)
46... Rxe1+ $1 (46... cxb4 $6 47. Bxe8 Nc3 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rxc7 Kxe8 50. Ke1
Nxa2 51. Ra7 Nc3 52. Kd2 Nb5 53. Ra8+ Kd7 54. Kc2 Nd4+ 55. Kb1 Kd6 56. Rd8+ Kc7
57. Ra8 Nxf3 58. Ka2 {and it was not clear to me if White could win this.}) 47.
Bxe1 Na7 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd3 Ke7 50. Be6 (50. Ba4 Be5 51. Kc4 Kd6 52. Be8 b5+
$19) 50... Be5 51. Kc4 Kd6 $19 {The last step is to start the march of the
queenside pawns.} 52. h4 h6 53. Bd2 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kb3 Bb2 (55... Nb5 {
wins as well.}) 56. Ka4 b5+ 57. Ka5 {No matter what he does White loses due to
the coming b4 and Nb5.} (57. Kb3 b4 58. Kc4 Nb5 $1 $19) 57... b4 (57... b4 58.
Ka4 Nb5 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Dambacher, Martijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. c4 Qe8 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5
15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa4 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rab1 Bd6 21.
Rxb8 Bxb8 22. Qb3 $1 (22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qb7+ Rc7 25. Qxb8 {
also deserved attention, but the text move is stronger.}) 22... Qa6 23. Qb5 $1
Qd6 (23... Qxb5 {Perhaps,} 24. cxb5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nd5 {promised somemore
chances to escape, although Black's position is critical anyway.}) 24. Qb7 Rf8
25. Qf3 Qc7 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. Nc6 f6 (27... Kh8 {was more stubborn.}) {[%tqu
"En","White's positional advantage is overwhelming, but how to convert it into
a full point?","Exploit a shaky position of Black's minor pieces.","Use your
rook to deliver decisive strike.","b1b7","This remarkable rook thrust causes
Black's huge material losses and wins the game.",4]} 28. Rb7 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Rb8,
Gc6,Rc7,Rd7,Gf3,Rg8] This imressive rook move breaks Black's defense and wins
the game.} Qd6 ({The rook is invulnerable:} 28... Qxb7 29. Ne7+ {, winning the
queen.}) 29. c5 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7] Winning a piece and the game.} Nxc5 30. Bxc5
Qxc5 31. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Queens-Kings"]
[Site "Jinan"]
[Date "2002.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.07.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 Ngf6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rad1 Re8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ne5 g6 16. Be4 Qc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Rad8
21. Nh5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nf6+ $4 ({A terrible mistake losing the game.
After} 23. Rxd8 {or 23.Ng3, the chances are about equal.}) 23... Bxf6 24. Bxf6
{[%tqu "En","How can Black conclude the game?","Exploit the weakness of
White's back rank and a shaky position of the white rook.","Sacrifice your
queen!","b7e4","A classical example of deflection!",4]} Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rg1,
Rg4][%cal Gd8d1,Gd1g1]} (24... Qe4 $1 {This impressive queen thrust wins on
the spot. White cannot avoid huge material losses, since the black queen is
invulnerable.} 25. Qxe4 Rxd1+) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Kelecevic, Nedeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {. A very rare move in my opening repertoure,but in this game i felt i
have to start with king's pawn,because i nedeed to win this game to qulify to
semifinal. Finkel,A:} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ned2
Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 (10. c3) 10... b6 (10... Bxf3 {
The second plan in this variation- to give up lightsquared bishop,to put pawn
on c6 and to play a little bit passive ,but very solid position.} 11. Qxf3 c6
12. c3 a5 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Qh3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Rad1
a4 19. a3 b5 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h4 f5 23. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,
V-Ionescu,C/Calimanesti 1999/CBM 70 (23)}) (10... Bb5 11. c3 (11. a4 Ba6 12. c3
c5 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bf1 $14 {Brodsky,M-Lauridsen,J/Vendrell op
1996 (24)}) 11... c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Nf5 $1 Bc5 16.
Bg5 $14 {Gelfand,B-Godena,M/Moscow olm 1994 (30)}) (10... Nb6 11. Nfe5 (11.
Nce5 $142 $14) 11... Be8 12. Na5 $6 Qd5 13. Nb3 Bb5 14. Bg5 Bxd3 $11 {Wahls,
M-Chabanon,J/Bad Endbach 1995 (44)}) 11. Nce5 Bb7 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 (12.
Nxe5 Bb7 13. c4 c5 $11 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Aagaard,J-Westerinen,H/
Hafnarfjordur ISL 1999 (15)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qg4 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Re8
15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nf8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxc6 Rb8 22. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Chernin,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 40 ext (38)}) 12.
Bb5 $146 {[%csl Gc6]} (12. Qe2 Nxe5 $6 (12... c5 $142 13. Ng5 $140 $6 Qc7 $1 (
13... Qe8 $140 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nexf7 Rxf7 17. Qxe6 Nf8 18. Qxb6
$36) 14. Ngxf7 (14. Nexf7 Qc6 $1) 14... Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Qc6 $1) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
c3 (14. Rd1 $5) 14... c5 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Ng5 (16. Bg5 $5) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5
Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Bb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,
Y-Rustemov,A/Minsk 1996/CBM 54 (43)}) 12... Nb8 $6 (12... Nxe5 $142 13. dxe5 (
13. Nxe5 $2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ $19 {[%cal Gd5b5]}) 13... Qxd1 (13... Nd5 14. c3
(14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd3 (15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Qd7 $13) 15... Nb4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qd5)) 14. Rxd1 Ng4 $1 (14... Ne4 15. Nd4 {[%csl Gc6]} a6 (15... Rad8 16.
Be3) 16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Bc5 18. Be3 $1 $14) 15. Rd7 (15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Bg3 (
16. Nd4 $2 f6 $1 17. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 fxe5 19. Bg5 (19. Nxf8 exf4 20. Ne6 f3
21. Bf1 Ne3 $19) 19... Be3 $17) 16... Rad8 $11) 15... Bc5 (15... Rad8 16. Rxe7
Rd1+ 17. Bf1 Ba6 18. Nd2 Rc8 {[%cal Gg8f8]} (18... Rd8 19. c4 $18) 19. b3 Kf8
20. Rxe6 (20. Rd7 Ke8 $1 (20... Bxf1 $2 21. Ba3+ $18 {[%cal Ga1d1]})) 20...
Rxf1+ (20... fxe6 $2 21. Ba3+ $18 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 21. Nxf1 fxe6 22. Bf4 $16)
16. h3 (16. Rxc7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxe5 18. Kg2 Ng6 $11) 16... Bxf3 17. hxg4 Bxg4
18. Rxc7 $11) 13. Qe2 a6 $2 (13... c5 $142 14. dxc5 bxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Bg5)
15. Bg5 $14 (15. Bf4)) 14. Bd3 Nc6 (14... c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. Bg5
$40) 16. Bg5 {and white is clearly better}) 15. c3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4
$16 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qd7 (18... a5 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Nd4 {[%cal Ge2g4,Ge1e3,Ge3g3,
Gh2h4,Gh4h5] and white attack looks unstoppable}) 19. Rad1 (19. Nd4 {was
another strong option} Qd5 20. Qg4 h5 (20... g6 21. b4 $18) 21. Qg3 (21. Qh3 g5
22. Nf3 $1 (22. Bc1 g4 23. Qg3 f5 {and black gets very active play}) (22. Qg3
Qxg2+ $1) 22... gxf4 23. Qxh5 f5 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. b4 Ne4 26. Bb3 $18) 21... Bh4
(21... h4 22. Qg4) 22. Qh3 g5 23. Nf3 $18) 19... Qc6 (19... Qb5 20. b4 (20. c4)
20... Na4 (20... Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nb7 23. Rd7 $18) 21. c4 Qxb4 (
21... Qc6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qd7 $18) 22. Rb1 Nc3 23. Qd3 Be4 24. Rxe4 Nxb1 25. Re1
g6 26. Rxb1 $16) 20. b4 Na4 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd7 {[%csl Ga4,Ge7]} Qxd7 23. Rxd7
Nxc3 24. Rxe7 Bxf3 ({More stubborn was -} 24... Nd5 25. Be4 Nxe7 26. Bxb7 Ra7
27. Be4 c5 (27... Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rc1 $16) 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30.
Bd3 Nd5 31. Bh6 $16) 25. gxf3 Nd5 26. Bg5 Nxe7 (26... h6 27. Bf6) 27. Bxe7 Rfe8
28. Bg5 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Bd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga6]} Reb8 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 31.
Re2 {[%csl Gb2]} Rb4 32. Rc2 Ra4 33. Bc4 Rc8 (33... Rb8 34. Be7) 34. Be7 $1 (
34. Be3) 34... h6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Bd6 {[%csl Gc8]} Rb4 (36... g5 37. Rc3 $18 {
[%cal Ga2a3]}) 37. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 {This move might be necessary, but on the
other hand it creates a target, which can be used by White later. Usually any
pawn advance from the king's castled position makes it more vulnerable when it
comes to opposite flank attacks.} 11. h4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3
Qd5 {[#] The strategic plans have become clear: White will attack on the King
side, where his pieces are pointing, the presence of the black pawn on h6
should help White to open the files after an eventual g2-g4-g5. Black tries to
hold the white King in the center, keeping an eye on the a2-pawn. However,
White can afford to sacrifice it, his lead in development and clear prospects
of the King side attack make it possible.} 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17.
Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. g5 {The pawn storm goes ahead smoothly.}
b5 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. gxh6 Nc4 23. hxg7 Rd8 24. Qh5 Na3+ 25. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Bb5 O-O 8. Qd2 Na5 ({Probably Black should have played} 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bd7 {
instead of the text.}) 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 b6 {Black takes too much risk - his
kingside lacks protection and to allow White to seize more space with e4-e5
looks like a very dubious idea.} 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. e5 Be7 13. Ne2 $1 {By
relocating this knight to the kingside, White greatly increases his advantage
in force on that flank, improving his chances for a successful attack there.}
Nc4 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Nf4 c5 16. Nh5 cxd4 17. b3 Na5 18. Qf4 $1 {It seems that
Black's position can no longer be saved - there are too many White' pieces
pointed at the black king, who is all alone.} Rc7 {This move allows Black to
use this rook in defence along the 7th rank in some lines, but has other
drawbacks.} ({Also hopeless is} 18... Nc6 {because of} 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 20.
Qg4+) 19. Nf6+ $1 ({Here the strike on g7 would be wrong, as after} 19. Nxg7 $2
Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 {the c7-rook works fine in defence.}
) 19... gxf6 ({Black cannot surivive after} 19... Bxf6 20. exf6 g6 {either -
for example because of} 21. Re5 $1 Nc6 22. Rh5) 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. exf6 Rg8 22.
Qh4 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 (7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qd3 b6 10. Ne5 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E Hastings
1992/} Bxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxe5 Bb7 {/\13...0-0-0 /}) 11... Qxd3
12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 $14 {Polgar Inf 56/301/}) 8... c5 (8... Be7 9. Bc4 c5 10.
Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 $10 {
Sax,G-Psakhis,L Aruba 1992/}) 9. Bb5+ (9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 $10 {Sax,G-Psakhis,L Manila ol 1992/}) 9... Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 $1 14. Kb1 Rfd8 $10 {Anand,
V-Ivanchuk V Linares m/2 1992 Inf 55/283/}) 7... Nxf6 8. Nxf6+ $5 (8. Bd3 Be7
9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. c3 Qd6 12. Re1 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf6 15.
Rad1 Rb8 16. Ne5 $14 {Gligoric,S-Akopian,V Erevan 1989/}) 8... Qxf6 9. Bb5+ $1
$146 c6 10. Bd3 $14 g6 (10... Bd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. O-O c5 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11. c3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 {/\Kb1,h4,h5/})
13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 $16 Qe7 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. b4 b6 19.
Ba6 Rc7 (19... Rb8 $5) 20. Bc4 $1 c5 21. dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 bxc5 23. b5 g5 $1
24. g3 Rc8 25. a4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 (27. Rb1) 27... Qxd8 28. Qxc5 Qd1+
29. Bf1 Qxa4 30. c4 Qa1 31. Qd6 (31. Qe3 $16) 31... Qc1 32. Qd8 (32. Qd4 $16)
32... Bxe5 $1 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 34. fxe5 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 $5 {This interesting, but strange-looking move I
played for the first time in Corus C 2007, against Nadezhda Kosintseva, just a
few weeks before this game. So it was not very surprising for my opponent,
even though unexpected.} 4. Bd3 $1 {This move I consider as the strongest
reply for White as now it's difficult to make use of the move ...h6.} Nc6 (4...
c5 $6 {was played in the game Kosintseva-Berg, Corus C 2007 that became rather
famous after Black having placed all his pieces on there starting position
after 17 moves! However, there is a drawback with this move. Instead of the
played 5.dxc5 White should go} 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 {and Black cannot win back
the pawn at once because of Bb5+ and d5 will go lost. The play might continue}
Nf6 7. Be3 $1 {It's a good idea to hold on to the c5 pawn as long as possible
as then Black will at least need to waste some time on winning it back.} Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O $1 {A relatively forced line. White has
maintained to keep the extra pawn and also completed his development. Of
course, Black has some chances for a counterattack on the queenside, but
objectively speaking White has a clear advantge.}) 5. Nf3 Nb4 {This is an idea
of Vereslav Eingorn which was first played in 2002.} 6. Bb5+ $1 {A strong move
that prevents Black's original plan. Unfortunately during my preparation I
hadn't considered this move as any threat to Black's position. But during the
game when facing the position at the board everything became clear.} ({In
Gashimov,V - Eingorn,V ,Bled 2002 there followed} 6. Be2 Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8. a3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 {1-0 Gashimov,V (2580)-Eingorn,V (2600)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 
(56) with a perfectly playable position for Black even though White managed to
win the game later on. Black has an easy plan playing for the c4-square with ..
.Na5, ...Bd7, ...c5 and ...Rc8.}) 6... c6 {By playing this move the important
c6-square is no longer available for the knight on b4.} ({The very natural
exchange of the "bad French Bishop"} 6... Bd7 {which strategically favours
Black is very risky here as after} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne5 Qd8 9. a3 Nc6 10. exd5
exd5 11. Qh5 {White has a powerful initiative.}) 7. Be2 dxe4 {Here I decided
to go for another plan as now} (7... Nf6 8. e5 Ne4 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na6 {
is very passive for Black and regrouping the knight to a better square will
cost too much time. White will simply castle and try to open up with f4-f5 at
some point.}) 8. Nxe4 Nd5 $1 {Not to risk that the knight will get offside
after} (8... Nf6 {can now be met with} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. c4 $1 {and after a3
the knight will be forced to a6.}) 9. O-O (9. c4 {is also possible, but after}
Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ngf6 {Black has been able to trade some pieces and
despite a worse position he is still very solid.}) 9... Ngf6 10. Ng3 $5 {
An interesting move. White decides to place his knight a bit passive for the
moment in order to keep more pieces on the board.} ({After} 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {
White has a slight edge because of Black's problems with his "French Bishop".})
10... Bd6 {Black eyes the f4-square where his knight is ready to jump after
c2-c4 and the game will now be rather forced.} 11. Ne5 {Stops ...Nf4 and now
White is again ready for c4.} Qc7 12. f4 c5 $5 {A risky move for Black which I
was totally aware of during the game. However, I had underestimated the double
pawn sacrifice that was comming. With the answers in the hand I would probably
have gone for the more solid} ({Perhaps it was better to play the solid} 12...
b6 {completing development at first.}) 13. c4 Ne7 $5 {After this White is able
to force the game the way he likes too. There was still time to prevent
White's idea playing} (13... Nb4 {This is a lot safer than the game
continuation. White is better here too, but now at least there are no
immediate threats.}) 14. b4 $1 cxd4 ({If Black tries to defend with} 14... b6 {
he will be in trouble after} 15. Bf3 Rb8 (15... Bb7 $4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 {
and White wins.}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 {White has a strong initiative and a
clear advantage. Moreover all is protected as} Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 {looses to}
19. Bf4 $1 Qxf4 20. Bc6+ {loosing the queen.}) 15. c5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.
Bf4 Qd5 {All this I had seen when playing 13...Ne7. Of course, it's clear that
White has good compensation for the sacrificed material, but I thought Black
would at least be OK with two pawns up as I could see no immediate threats.}
18. Bd6 $1 {A strong move preventing castle for Black and also gives some
problems for the black queen.} Nc6 $4 {A very bad move that means the loss of
the game. Black must play active to have a chance to survive.} (18... d3 $1 {
This was my other idea during the game, but I got too greedy and thought I
could maintain to be alive keeping both the extra pawns.} 19. Bf3 $1 (19. Qxd3
{Black will at least get the queens off with reasonable chances getting out
alive.}) (19. Bxd3 {gives Black some extra time to consolidate as now White
doesn't have the threat of Bf3 any longer.}) 19... Qd4+ 20. Kh1 {Black is
under continous heavy pressure and as long as his king not comes into safety
the two extra pawns doesn't mean that much.}) 19. Bf3 ({Even stronger was} 19.
Nh5 Nxh5 20. Bxh5 g6 21. Bf3 Qg5 (21... Qc4 $4 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Qf3 {wins at
once.}) 22. Qa4 {Everything is falling apart in Black's position and there is
no chance of rescue.}) 19... Qg5 ({The planned} 19... Qc4 {looses to} 20. Bxc6+
bxc6 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Qf3 {with double threats against c6 and f6 and Black
is lost.}) 20. Qa4 $1 {White doesn't give Black any chances at all.} Nd5 (20...
Bd7 21. b5 Nd8 22. c6 $18) 21. Rae1 $1 {A nice move that puts pressure along
the e-file and takes away the queen check on e3. Now there threatens both Re5
and h4 winning a piece.} Bd7 22. h4 $1 {Winning a piece and the game.} (22. b5
Nc3 23. Qc4 {would also be winning.}) 22... Nc3 23. Qxc6 $1 Bxc6 24. hxg5 hxg5
25. Nf5 $1 d3 26. Bxc6+ bxc6 27. Nxg7+ Kd8 28. Rxf7 d2 29. Nxe6+ Kc8 30. Rc7+
Kb8 31. Rh7+ Kc8 32. Rxh8+ Kb7 33. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Qc7 {Diagramm [#] Hier haben sämtliche Koryphäen (Nakamura, Caruana...
) es vorgezogen, ihre Dame nach e2 zu stellen.} 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. c3 c4 11. Bc2
Bd6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qh4 Bf4 17. Be4 Bxd2 18.
Nxd2 Rab8 19. g3 a5 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Re1 b4 22. Qh6 Nd5 23. Rac1 bxc3 24. bxc3
Nf6 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qg5 {Diagramm [#]} Kg7 ({Mit} 26... Rb2 {hätte Schwarz
seine leichte Initiative unterstreichen können.}) 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Nd5
29. Nxc4 Rc7 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. Nb3 Rxc3 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Rb2 {Diagramm [#]} Nb4
$2 34. a4 $1 Nd5 (34... Rxa4 $4 35. Nc5 {Hat Schwarz diese Gabel womöglich
einfach übersehen?}) 35. a5 Rb8 36. Rcb1 Ra8 37. a6 $1 {Diagramm [#] Dasselbe
Motiv wiederholt sich noch einmal, und jetzt wird der weiße a-Bauer dem
Schwarzen langsam unheimlich.} Rxa6 38. Nc5 Raa3 39. Rb7 $5 (39. Nxd3 {war gut
genug.}) 39... Rd2 40. Nxe6+ Kf6 41. Nd8 {Aber so geht es natürlich auch.} Kf5
42. Rxf7+ Ke4 43. Re1+ Kxd4 44. Ne6+ Kc4 45. Rc1+ Nc3 46. Rxh7 Kb5 47. Rb7+ Kc6
48. Rxc3+ Rxc3 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rxc3 Kxe6 51. Rf3 Rd4 52. h4 Ke5 53. Kg2 Ke6
54. Kh3 Ke5 55. g4 Rd1 56. g5 Rd6 57. h5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 (10... Nd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. Bxh6 Qe7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20.
Qe3 Kg7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rh8 23. g3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Qe3 Rh3 26. Kg2
Rh5 27. Rd4 Nd7 28. f4 {1-0 Karpov,A-Bouchon,D/Gonfreville 1999/EXT 2002}) 11.
c3 Qc8 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 c5 {is almost the same.}) 12... c5 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. f4
$5 {Too optimistic.} (14. Re1 $6 cxd4 15. Nxf7 Qc6 $1 16. Qf1 Kxf7 17. Rxe6
Qxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qc4+ Bd5 20. Re1+ Kf7 $15) (14. Rac1 $142 Bd5 $1 (14...
Qc7 $2 15. Bxf6 (15. Nxf7 Qc6 $1 16. d5 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxf7 (17... Nxd5 18. Ne5)
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Rg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 $14) 15... Bxf6 16. Nxf7 Qc6 (
16... Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kg6 18. Bd3+) 17. d5 $1) 15. Ba6 (15. Bd3 Bxa2 $13) (15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rd4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Qd5 $11) 15... Qc7 16. c4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18.
dxc5 bxc5 19. b3 $14) 14... Bd5 15. Bd3 (15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Nf6 $11) (15. b3
Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 15... Qc7 16. Re1 (16. f5 $142 exf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Qf2
$13) 16... b5 $5 {Interesting solution, Black tries to seize the initiative.} (
16... cxd4 {would have been easier for Black.} 17. c4 Bb7 18. f5 (18. Nxf7 $2
Kxf7 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Bxh7 Bc8 $1) 18... exf5 19. Bxf5 Re8 $15) 17. Bxb5 cxd4
18. c4 $2 {Overlooking ...d4-d3.} (18. cxd4 Rab8 19. a4 Qb6 {with excellent
compensation.}) 18... d3 $1 19. Nxd3 Bxc4 $15 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne5 Qxe2 22.
Rxe2 Rac8 23. Bh4 {Black got a pleasant endgame, but here he should have
played ...Rd5, ...a6 and so on, although it is not easy to break down White's
position, who would play Be1, g3 and transfer the king to f3.} Rd4 $5 24. Bf2
Rxf4 25. Bxa7 Nd5 26. a3 Ra4 27. Bf2 h5 (27... f6 {was the right plan} 28. Nf3
Kf7 29. Rd1 Nf4 30. Red2 e5 $15) 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. g3 Bf6 30. Rd4 Ra8 31. Rd3
Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1 {Black somehow lost direction, he lacks coordination.} (32...
Bxe5 $142 33. Rxe5 Rc2 34. Rb3 Nf6 35. h3 Rd8 36. Kf3 Rdd2 37. Be1 Rxb2 38.
Rxb2 Rxb2 39. a4 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 $15) 33. Nd7 $1 Bg5 34. Rb3 Rd8 35. Rb7 $14 {
White has managed to activate his pieces and obtains a small advantage.} Rc8
36. Ne5 Be7 37. a4 Rc7 $2 (37... Ra1 {would have been more stubborn.} 38. b3 h4
39. Nc4 hxg3 40. hxg3 $14 {And the two connected pawns on the queenside might
prove decisive some day.}) 38. Rb8+ Kh7 (38... Bf8 39. a5 Ra1 40. b4 $1 Nxb4
41. Bb6 $18) 39. Nxf7 $16 Bf6 40. Nd8 $1 e5 $6 (40... Rc4 $142 41. a5 Ra1 42.
b3 Rb4 43. Rxb4 Nxb4 44. Nb7 Nc6 45. Bb6 Bc3 46. Rxe6 Nxa5 47. Bxa5 Bxa5 48.
Re5 Be1 49. Rxh5+ Kg6 50. Re5 $16) 41. a5 $18 Ra1 42. Ne6 Re7 (42... Rc4 43.
Rb5 Nc7 44. Nxc7 Rxc7 45. b4) 43. Nf8+ Kh6 44. Rb5 (44. Rd2 $142 e4 (44... Rxa5
45. b4 $18) 45. Rxd5 e3 46. Rbb5 g6 47. Rb6 $1 exf2 48. Rxf6 $18) 44... Nc7 45.
Rc5 Rf7 46. Be3+ g5 47. h4 Rxf8 48. hxg5+ Bxg5 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7
(7... c5 8. Bc4 cxd4 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rad1 $14 {
Tal-Portisch (m) 1965}) 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 $5) 8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11.
c3 Nd5 $2 (11... Qd5 $1 12. Bh4 b6 $10) 12. Qh5 g6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf3 $16 {@
} Nf6 (14... Bd7 15. Be4 Bc6 16. c4) 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Re5 Bd7 17. Rae1 b6 18.
Qf4 (18. Nf5 $6 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Ne8) 18... Rbc8 19. Qg5 Kh8 $1 20. h4 Ng8 21. Qg3
$16 Nf6 22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Nb3 Kg7 25. Bf1 $2 (25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Ba6
Rc7 27. Qe5 $16) 25... Ba4 $1 26. Na5 Qc7 27. Nc4 Rb8 $10 28. g3 Bb5 29. b3
Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd8 31. Qe2 h5 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Nd7 35. Re2 Nb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Nxe5 $1 (13...
Nc5 $6) 14. Qxe5 Qxd3 15. Bh6 f6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Rfd1 Qc2 18. Rd2 Qa4 19. b3
(19. Rad1 Qxa2 $1 $13) 19... Qa5 20. Rad1 Bd6 $1 $10 21. Re2 Bd7 22. Qe4 Bc6
23. Qe6 Bd7 24. Qe3 Bc6 25. Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Bukic, Enver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 (6. Neg5 Be7 7. Bc4
Bd5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 Bxg5 11. c4 Qf5 12. Bxg5 Ngf6 13. d5 O-O {
Planic-Bukic, YUG-ch 1978}) 6... Nd7 (6... Bxe4 7. Bxe4 c6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd3
Nbd7 10. c4 Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14 {Spassky-O'Kelly, San Juan 1969}) 7. O-O
Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $2 9. Be2 (9. Bg5 Bxf3) 9... Bd6 10. c4 Qf5 11. Re1 O-O (
11... O-O-O 12. a3 $16) (11... Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O $14) 12. Ng5 $1
$14 (12. Bd3) 12... Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. d5 Qxg5 $2 (14... Bxd5 $2 15. Nh3) (
14... exd5 15. cxd5 Ba4 16. Qc1 $16) 15. dxc6 Nb6 16. cxb7 Rab8 17. Bf3 $16 Qc5
18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 c6 20. a3 Rxb7 21. b4 Qg5 22. Bxc6 Rc7 23. Bf3 Rd4 24. c5
Nd5 25. Qb5 Rc8 26. Qb7 Qd8 27. Red1 $18 Rc7 28. Qb5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd7 30. c6
Rd6 31. Bxd5 (31. Bxd5 exd5 32. c7 $18) (31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. c7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 81st"]
[Site "Norwich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. b3 Bb4 12. Re2 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bc3 14. Rb1 Bxd4
15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc3 19. Re1 (19. Re3 Nxb1 20.
Nxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Bxb1 $14) 19... Nxb1 20. Bxb1 Ba4 21. Be4 c6 22. g4 Red8 23.
Be3 Rd7 24. h3 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Rb1 f5 $6 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Bxf5 $2 (28.
Nxf5 $14) 28... Rxf5 29. Nxf5 Bc2 30. Nh6+ gxh6 31. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Wockenfuss, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hof SK"]
[BlackTeam "Milbertshofen (SG Schwabing)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Qd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. Be4 Qd6 14. Qg5
h6 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Kf1 (19. Rxd7 $3
Rxd7 20. Bxc6 $18) 19... f5 20. Rxd7 fxe4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4
Rxd4 24. Rxb7 Rc4 25. Rxa7 Rxc5 26. Ke2 Rxc2+ 27. Ke3 Kh7 28. a4 Kg6 29. h4 Ra2
30. g4 Kf6 31. Ra8 Ke5 32. Ra5+ Kf6 33. Ra7 Ke5 34. Ra5+ Kf6 35. h5 Kf7 36.
Ra7+ Kf6 37. a5 Ke5 38. g5 hxg5 39. Rxg7 Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Kf4 41. h6 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 (
42. Kf1 e3 43. fxe3+ Kf3 44. Rf7+ Kxe3 45. h7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Be7 8.
O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Re1
Nd7 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Bh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. Qe4+ Qg6 20. Qb4
Rd8 21. c4 b6 22. Bg3 Bb7 23. c5 Bd5 24. cxb6 Rdb8 25. Qd4 Rxb6 26. b4 Rc8 27.
a3 Rc4 28. Qe3 h5 29. f3 h4 30. Be5 Rbc6 31. Re2 h3 32. g3 f6 33. Bd4 Qf5 34.
Bc5 a5 35. Rf1 axb4 36. axb4 Ra6 37. Rd2 Rc2 38. g4 Qg6 39. Rfd1 Rxd2 40. Rxd2
Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Kg8 42. Kg3 Rb1 43. Qd3 f5 $1 {/\ 44...Rb3} 44. Bd4 Rxb4 45. Bc3
f4+ 46. Kf2 (46. Kxh3 $2 Qxd3 47. Rxd3 Rb3 {/\ 48...Kh7, 49...Bc4}) 46... Qxd3
47. Rxd3 Rb3 48. Ke1 Kf7 49. Kd2 Rb1 50. g5 Rh1 51. Rd4 Rxh2+ 52. Kd3 Rf2 53.
Rxf4+ Kg6 54. Be5 Kxg5 55. Ke3 h2 56. Rg4+ Kf5 57. Rh4 Rxf3+ 58. Kd4 Rb3 59.
Rh5+ g5 60. Bxh2 Kg4 61. Rh8 Ra3 62. Bd6 Ra7 63. Rg8 Rf7 64. Be5 Rf5 65. Rg7
Kf3 66. Rg8 g4 67. Rg6 Rf8 68. Bd6 Ra8 69. Rf6+ Ke2 70. Rg6 Ra4+ 71. Kc5 Kf2
72. Rf6+ Kg2 73. Rg6 Rc4+ 74. Kb5 Re4 75. Kc5 Bb3 76. Bc7 Bc2 77. Rg8 Bd3 78.
Kd6 Rd4+ 79. Ke7 Bf5 80. Kf6 Ra4 81. Kg5 Kf2 82. Bb6+ Kf3 83. Kh4 Kf4 84. Bc7+
e5 0-1

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+1100"]
[WhiteClock "0:11:39"]
[BlackClock "0:13:30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 {ist die Hauptvariante}) 8... Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11.
Qe2 Bd7 {Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, steht dafür allerdings passiv und muss
versuchen sich mittels ...c5 oder ...e5 zu befreien.} 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1
Kb8 14. Be4 {Diagramm [#]} e5 $5 $146 (14... g5 {die Koryphäe der
Französischen Verteidigung, Viktor Kortschnoj, behandelte die Stellung weniger
konkret und fuhr damit ebenfalls gut.} 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nc4 f5 17. Bd3 c5 18.
dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Rhg8 20. Nxd7+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Svidler,P (2695)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2617) Biel 2001}) 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Rhe1 Bh3 {
Weiß hat etwas Initiative, Schwarz jedoch die bessere Struktur und einen
potentiell sehr starken Läufer} 19. c4 $2 {Ein unerklärlicher Aussetzer
Naiditschs} (19. b3 Rhe8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qe3 Be6 {und die schwarze Stellung
gefällt etwas besser}) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. Rd5 Be6 {und die weiße
Stellung ist bereits schwierig} 22. Ra5 $2 (22. Rd4 Bf5+ {[%cal Gf6e5]}) (22.
Qe3 $142 Qh4 $13 (22... Bxd5 23. Nd7+ Kc8 24. Qxe8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nc5
Bxc4 27. Nxb7+ Kd7 $15)) 22... Qf5+ 23. Ka1 Qf4 {[%cal Gf4c1]} 24. Qd1 Qxf2 25.
c5 Bd5 26. Nd3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7
Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 {was flagged as an inaccuracy by Meier, who'd
missed Anand's later zwischenzug 20.Qg3!} (16... f5 $5) 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Kb1
Be4+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qg3 $1 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. b3 {White was on top, and
there were flashes of the Anand of old as he moved quickly and confidently.}
Qc6 23. Bc3 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qxf5 Bxf5
29. Ba5 {playing 29.Ba5 instantly and with a flourish. It was clear the
champion felt it would just be a matter of time before he picked up one or
more of Black's pawns and converted a full point. The curious thing for this
observer, at least, was that Meier was also playing quickly, with the players
reaching the time control with 30 minutes to spare each. He explained
afterwards that it wasn't a case of confidence in his position but simply that
it was relatively straightforward to play, and his one idea was to push his
h-pawn as he did in the game.} Rf7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rcf8 33.
R1d6 Kg6 34. Bd2 e5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Ra5 Rd7
40. Bxc5 {Anand regretted playing this, since it allowed Meier to play} ({
it seems Meier was correct to point out that} 40. Kc1 {wouldn't be a huge
improvement after} Be4 $1) 40... Rd1 $1 {and use his rook to harass White's
kingside pawns.} 41. Ra6 Bc8 42. Rxa7 Rh1 43. Rc7 Bf5 44. h3 Rh2 45. a4 Rxg2
46. a5 g4 47. hxg4 Bxg4 {Despite Anand's disappointment it's not clear that
either player went far wrong in the ending. When Adams and Fridman discussed
the game in their press conference they realised it was White who had to be
careful as the h-pawn couldn't be stopped. It looked daunting, but both
players had seen the drawing lines.} 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Bf3 50. Rd7 h2 51. Rd5 $1
{ensured White also queened and Meier was unable to prevent the white queen
and bishop from delivering perpetual check. All in all, despite the misgivings
of the participants, it seems it was objectively a well-played game.} Bxd5 52.
cxd5 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rg1 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bd6 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {[#]} h6 $2 {Lädt zum nächsten Zug ein.} (10...
c6) 11. Nxe6 (11. Rxe6+ fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb8 13. Bg6+ Ke7 14. Qe2 $18 {war auch
eine Überlegung wert.}) 11... fxe6 12. Rxe6+ Kf7 13. Bc4 Kf8 14. Qf5 Nb6 15.
Bb3 {[#] Schwarz steht einfach dauerhaft unter Beschuss.} Be7 16. Bd2 c5 17.
dxc5 Qxd2 18. cxb6 Qg5 19. Qf3 axb6 20. Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Qxb7+ Kd6 {[#] Der
König im Zentrum: Überlebenschance = 0.} 22. Qxb6+ Ke5 23. Qe6+ Kf4 24. g3+
Kf3 25. Bc4 Ne4 26. Be2+ Kxe2 27. Qxe4+ Kd2 {[#]} 28. Qd3# 1-0

[Event "Seville op 41st"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2016.01.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 Bb7 12. O-O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd5 14. Rdg1
Kh8 {Diagrama [#]} 15. Be4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nd6 17. Rxg7 (17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Kb1
$16) 17... Nf5 (17... Kxg7 18. Rg1+ $18) 18. Bxf8 Nxg7 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rg1+
Kf6 21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Qf4+ Ke7 {Diagrama [#]} 23. Rg7 (23. Qxc7+ Rd7 24. Qf4 Qxa2
25. Rg7 Kd8 26. Rg8+ Ke7 27. Qxh6 $18) 23... Qf5 24. Qxf5 $6 (24. Qxc7+ Rd7 25.
Qc6 $18) 24... exf5 25. Rh7 $16 Rg8 26. Kd2 Rg2 27. Ke2 Rg1 28. Rxh6 Rb1 29. b4
(29. b3 Rb2+ 30. Ke3 Rxa2 31. h5 $18) 29... Rb2+ 30. Ke3 Rxa2 31. Rc6 $6 (31.
h5 f4+ 32. Kxf4 Rxf2 33. b5 Rh2 34. Rh8 Rb2 35. c4 Rd2 36. d5 Rc2 37. Kg5 $18)
31... Kd7 32. Rf6 Ke7 33. Rxf5 Rc2 34. Kd3 Rxf2 35. d5 (35. h5 f6 36. c4 Ke6
37. Ke4 Rh2 38. c5 $16) 35... a5 $14 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Rf4 a4 {Diagrama [#]}
38. Rxa4 $6 (38. Ke3 Rc2 39. Re4+ Kd6 40. Rxa4 Kxd5 41. c4+ Ke5 42. f4+ Kf5 43.
Ra5+ Ke6 44. Kd4 Rh2 45. h5 $14) 38... Rxf3+ $11 39. Kc2 Kd6 40. Rd4 Rh3 41.
Kb3 Kc5 42. Kb2 Rh2+ 43. Ka3 Rh1 44. Kb3 Rh3 45. Rf4 Kxd5 46. Rxf7 Rxh4 47.
Rxc7 Kd6 48. Rc8 Kd7 49. Rc5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5
8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 f6 {So far we've been
following theory. This last move looks a little bit strange, but it makes
sense to prevent Ne5. Georg had played it before so I had checked it a bit
before the game.} ({If Black plays a standard move like} 12... Be7 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ {he will be forced to move his
king.}) 13. O-O {In another game White took on c5 immediately, but I see no
reason to facilitate Black's development.} cxd4 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qb3 {
Indirectly attacking e6 and preparing to play c5.} ({After} 15. Qe2 e5 {
the sacrifice doesn't offer much:} 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qxe5+ Kf7 {, and Black's
king escapes.}) 15... Be7 {I hadn't expected this because I thought it would
be very dangerous for Black to play with his king in the center. However, as
the game shows, the move isn't a mistake.} (15... e5 $2 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Rxe5+
{is devastating now.}) ({After} 15... Kf7 16. Qd3 {the position is very
unclear, but White will have long-term compensation. I don't plan on capturing
on d4 immediately, first I'll try to kick Black's knight with b4 and c5.}) 16.
c5 Rxc5 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Nxd4 e5 18. Nb5 {leaves Black's knight hanging on d5.
} Bxc5 (18... O-O 19. Nd6 {wins}) 19. Red1 {, and Black is losing material.})
17. Rxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe6+ Kd8 19. Re1 {It's actually only here that my
preparation finished. I thought that White's initiative is very unpleasant to
face, but over the board I realized Black has a lot of defensive resources.
Objectively it's very likely he can defend.} Qd5 20. Qd3 Nd7 $6 {This move is
too slow and doesn't meet the demands of the position.} ({Black has to think
about how to get his king to safety as fast as possible, so} 20... Kc8 $1 {
was logical and correct.} 21. Bf4 (21. Rc1 Kb8 {leads nowhere.}) 21... Bd6 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd4 Kb8 {is slightly better for White but no more.}) 21. b4 Bb6
22. a4 a6 $2 {Another careless move.} ({Black urgently had to trade rooks with
} 22... Re8 {, with good chances to defend. If} 23. Rc1 Re4 $1 {is a
satisfactory response.}) 23. a5 Ba7 $2 {Surprisingly, this is already the
losing move.} ({However, Black is already in deep trouble. For example,} 23...
Bc7 24. Nxd4 Kc8 25. Rc1 Kb8 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Qe2 {, and Black will come under
a strong attack after b5.}) 24. Bf4 $1 {A nice position. Black can hardly move!
} Nb8 ({Georg mentioned a nice variation after the game:} 24... g5 25. Bg3 g4
26. Qe2 $1 gxf3 27. Qe7+ Kc8 28. Qe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8#) ({I was mainly concerned
about the logical} 24... Nf8 {, transferring the knight to e6, after which
White has to find} 25. Qc2 $1 Ne6 (25... Qc6 26. Qb3 {, and next Rc1 finishes
Black off.}) 26. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Qxb7 {, and Black will lose his
bishop, with a hopeless position.}) 25. Bxb8 Bxb8 26. Nxd4 {The material
balance has been restored, but Black's king is still stuck in the center. I
could have finished it off faster, but the advantage is so overwhelming it's
hard to ruin it, even for me!} Qd6 27. Ne6+ Ke7 28. Nc5+ Kf7 29. Qc4+ Kg6 30.
g3 h5 31. Qe4+ Kh6 32. Qxb7 Qd2 33. Re7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 h4 35. Qd7 Bd6 36. Ne4 {
A good start to the tournament. I wish I could say that about the rest of it.}
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 {This is a very popular variation. Other possibilities are 8.Bh4 and 8.
Bxf6.} Nd5 {Black pursues the bishop, but simple development is also possible.}
(8... Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 {is
another possible strategy.}) 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4
Bxf4+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qd5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf1 Qa5 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bb7
20. Be4 Ba6 21. Bd3 {, with a draw in Leko=Ivanchuk, Amber rapid 08}) 9. Bd3 ({
Black usually was able to achieve equal play after} 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7
11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. c4 c5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17.
Qd3 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bf4 19. Qe2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rdc8 {, and Black had good play in
Kritz=Shirov, Bundesliga 05}) (9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6
13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19.
Nc4 {is a critical position for the entire variation. Leko=Gurevich,
Candidates 07 continued} h5 20. O-O h4 21. h3 Rh5 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Qb3 Rd8 24.
a3 Kg8 25. Rc2 Rf5 {, and Black had a comfortable position.}) 9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 c5 {I consider this to be stronger than 11...e5, which leads
to an endgame where White is slightly better, although Black has good chances
to equalise.} (11... e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16.
a4 (16. c3 Rd8 17. a4 a6 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Kxe6 20. Rhf1 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 a5 23. Ne1 Bg1 24. g3 Bb6 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. g4 Rd8 27. Rf1 Bc7 28. h4
Re8 29. h5 Kf8 30. Rf5 {was much better for White in Gashimov=Akobian,09})
16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Rhd8 (18... Rad8 19. Rad1 Bb6 20. Rd3 Bc7 21.
Rf1 Rhf8 {is a better defence.} 22. Nd4+ Kxe5 23. Rf5+ Kxe4 24. g4 g6 25. Re3+
Kxd4 26. Rd3+ Kc4 27. Rc3+ Kb4 28. Rb3+ $11 {is an entertaining draw.}) 19.
Rhd1 (19. c3 {, as in Gashimov=Akobian, is probably stronger.} a5 20. Ne1 Rd7
21. Nd3 Bb6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rhf1) 19... Bb6 ({I would prefer to trade rooks
immediately with} 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bb6 21. Ne1 (21. Rd6+ Ke7) 21... Rd8 22.
Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Nd3 b6 $11) 20. Rd3 {, and White was better and eventually won
in Landa=Vaisser,09} Bc7 21. Rf1 {prevents Black from capturing on e5.}) 12. e5
Be7 13. Qe2 {My opponent played this after a long thought. He was obviously
not very familiar with this position.} (13. c3 Bd7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16.
Rf2 {is another possible setup for White.}) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O Qc7 {This is
probably the best move order for Black, although 14...Bc6, as in Li Chao=Lysyj,
is also satisfactory.} (14... Bc6 15. Be4 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. c4
(18. Bxf7 Bxf3 19. Be6+ Kb8 20. gxf3 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Rhe8) 18... Rhf8 19. Rd3 Kb8
20. Rhd1 Bd7 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rb3 b6 25. g3 g5 26. e6 g4
27. Ne5 Bg5+ 28. Kc2 Rd6 29. Rd3 Bxe6 30. Bh1 f4 31. gxf4 Bf5 32. Qg2 Kc8 33.
fxg5 Rxd3 34. Qa8+ Qb8 35. Qc6+ Qc7 36. Qa8+ {0.5 Li Chao=Lysyj,09}) 15. Bb5 {
A very cautious move. My opponent was taking a lot of time and playing very
harmlessly, which gave me confidence that I might be able to win.} ({In
Bacrot=Akobian, Montreal 09, a similar position to the game was reached:} 15.
Rhf1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Bc6 17. Be4 Rd7 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Ne1 Rd8 22. Nd3 Bd4 23. Rf1 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Qg4 Qb6 27.
Qc4+ Kb8 28. c3 {, with a slight but almost insignificant advantage for White.
The game was drawn after 72 moves.}) 15... O-O-O {There is also nothing wrong
with castling kingside.} (15... O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qc7 $11) 16. Bxd7+
Rxd7 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ ({I also considered} 17... Rhd8 18. b4 b6 {, but abandoned
it due to} 19. Qa6+ Kb8 20. Qb5 $1 {, when I didn't see a satisfactory
continuation for Black.}) 18. Rxd1 Qxc5 19. Rd3 ({Now} 19. Ne1 $5 {, as in the
Bacrot=Akobian game, is possible, but Black shouldn't be worse.} Rd8 20. Nd3
Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 {looks roughly equal.}) 19... Kb8 20. Qe4 Rd8 {
Trading rooks. The position becomes completely equal.} 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qh7
Qf8 ({I also calculated} 22... Qf2 23. Qxg7 Bg5+ 24. Kd1 Qf1+ 25. Ne1 {, but
saw no ideas for Black.}) (22... Bg5+ 23. Kb1) 23. Qe4 {Now Black has no
reason to avoid the draw with 23...Qc5 24.Qh7, but my opponent was low on time,
so I decided to continue the game.} Bc7 24. c3 a6 25. Qd4 ({For instance} 25.
Qg4 $5 {, trying to force the g-pawn forward, was quite good.}) 25... f6 {
I took my chance to unbalance the position.} 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qd7 $6 {The
first risky move, after which White starts to encounter problems.} ({White
could try} 27. Qe4 Qg8 28. g4 {, when Black has nothing better than} f5 29.
gxf5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Qxa2 {, with an inevitable draw.} 31. Qf8+ Ka7 32. Qxh6 $6
Qa1+ 33. Kc2 Qa4+ 34. Kd3 Qb5+) 27... e5 $6 (27... Qg8 28. g3 (28. Nd4 Qg5+ 29.
Kb1 Qg6+ 30. Ka1 Qxg2 $19) 28... e5 {was a better version of the game.}) 28.
Qe6 h5 {A move with a hidden point, which will be revealed in a few moves time.
} (28... Qc5 29. Qxf6 Qe3+ (29... e4 30. Nd4) (29... Qf2 30. Qxh6) 30. Nd2) 29.
Kc2 Qg7 {Now White's problems become more concrete.} 30. g3 ({I had also
calculated} 30. Nh4 Qg5 31. g3 Qe3 {, when it seemed to me that my position
was promising.}) 30... Qg6+ 31. Kb3 Qd3 {Suddenly I felt like I would win! The
position is very sharp, and with very limited time Jan couldn't navigate his
way to safety.} 32. Qxf6 Qd1+ 33. Kc4 $2 (33. Ka3 $1 {was the only way to make
a draw:} a5 (33... Bd6+ 34. b4 Qc1+ 35. Kb3 Qb1+ $11) 34. Nxe5 (34. b3 Qc1+ 35.
Ka4 Qxc3 $19) (34. Qf8+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ Bb6 $19) (34. b4 Qc2 35. Qf8+ Ka7 36. Qc5+
Bb6 37. Qxe5 Qc1+ 38. Kb3 Qd1+ $19) 34... Bd6+ (34... Qd6+ 35. Qxd6 Bxd6+ 36.
Ka4 Bxe5 37. Kxa5) 35. b4 axb4+ 36. cxb4 Qc1+ 37. Kb3 $1 {A move I greatly
underestimated during the game.} ({Instead,} 37. Ka4 Qc2+ 38. Kb5 Qe2+ 39. Nc4
Qe8+ 40. Ka5 Bc7+ 41. Nb6 Ka7 $19 {was the end of my calculations; on the
basis of this variation I considered 33.Ka3 to be losing for White.}) 37...
Qe3+ 38. Ka4 (38. Kc4 $2 Qe4+ 39. Kb3 Qxb4+ 40. Kc2 Qc5+ $19) 38... Qxe5 (38...
Bxe5 39. Qd8+ Ka7 40. Qa5+ $11) 39. Qxe5 Bxe5 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. a4 $11 {, with
an easy draw, a fact which I hadn't understood over the board.}) 33... Qa4+ (
33... b5+ 34. Kc5) (33... Bd6 34. Nd4) 34. b4 (34. Kd5 Qxa2+ {should be slowly
but surely losing for White.}) 34... Qxa2+ {A move played too quickly in my
opponent's time trouble.} (34... e4 $1 {was more accurate and seems to win on
the spot.} 35. Nd4 (35. Qh8+ Ka7 36. Qd4+ Bb6 37. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ $19)
35... Qxa2+ 36. Kc5 b6+ 37. Kc6 Qc4+ 38. Kd7 Qd5+ 39. Ke8 e3 $19) 35. Kd3 Qb1+
36. Kd2 (36. Ke3 Qc2 $19 (36... e4 37. Ne5)) 36... e4 37. Ng5 (37. Ne5 Qb2+ 38.
Kd1 Qb3+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 e3 $19) (37. Ne1 e3+ (37... Ka7 $1 {is even more
devastating.}) 38. Ke2 Qb2+ 39. Kxe3 Qxh2 40. Nf3 Qh3 $17 {, when White will
lose the g-pawn and probably the game as well.} (40... Qxg3 $2 41. Qh8+ Ka7 42.
Qxh5 Qf4+ 43. Kd3 $11)) 37... Qd3+ {I burned up a lot of time to find the
following manouver.} (37... Ka7 38. Qd4+ Bb6 39. Qxe4 Qb2+ 40. Kd3 Qxh2 41. Qf3
$11) 38. Ke1 Qe3+ (38... e3 39. Qh8+ Ka7 (39... Bd8 40. Nf3 e2 41. Nd2) 40.
Qd4+ Qxd4 41. cxd4 Bd6 42. Ke2 Bxb4 43. Kxe3 $11) 39. Kf1 (39. Kd1 Qg1+ $19)
39... Qc1+ $1 {This was the point I had to see on move 37. I seem to be
chasing the king to safety, but a closer look reveals that my e-pawn will be
unstoppable.} 40. Ke2 {Capitulation, but there was already little hope for
White.} (40. Kg2 e3 $1 $19 {, and the e-pawn is far too strong.} (40... Qd2+
41. Kh3 e3 42. Nf3 Qd7+ 43. Kg2 e2 44. Qh8+ Ka7 45. Qd4+ Qxd4 46. cxd4)) 40...
Qc2+ 41. Kf1 e3 0-1

[Event "Kemeri International-02"]
[Site "Kemeri"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1939.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. O-O c5 9. c3 (9. dxc5 Qc7 {(Czerniak)}) 9... cxd4 (9... Nb6 {(Suetin)}) 10.
cxd4 O-O (10... Nb6 $14 {(Lilienthal, Schwarz)}) 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Bf4 Qh5 13.
Rac1 Nb6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Be4 (16. Rc4) 16... Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5
18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Nd4 Rac8 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qb3 Qg6 24.
Qxd5 Bxh3 25. Qxb7 Rd8 26. Ne2 Bg4 27. Ng3 h5 28. Qxa7 h4 29. Qe7 Rd2 30. Qxh4
Rxb2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. a4 Ra2 33. a5 Qc2 34. Qd4 Be6 35. Ra1 Rxa1+ 36. Qxa1 Bc8
37. a6 Qc6 38. a7 Bb7 39. f3 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 Ba6+ 41. Ne2 Qxa7 42. Ke1 Qb6 43. Qd4
Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2 45. Qe4+ Qxe4 46. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Steinitz-Blackburne +7-1=2"]
[Site "London (London CC)"]
[Date "1862.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1862.12.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Hüber,Robert: Der erste Wettkampf zwischen Blackburne und Steinitz.
in Caissa 1/2016,S.6 2)IHarding: Blackburne.p.42: It seems strange that
Blackburne's only win went unpublished.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c4 5. Bd2
Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8. exd5 exd5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Na2 (11.
Nb5 $142) (11. Na4 $142) (11. Re1 $142) 11... Bd6 12. c4 Bg4 13. Bc3 Re8 14.
Nc1 (14. h3 $1 Bh5 15. Re1 {Jetzt geht nicht} Nf5 $2 {wegen} 16. g4 $18) 14...
Rc8 (14... Nf5 $1 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxc4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. bxc4 Bc7 {
Mit guter Stellung für Schwarz}) 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nd3 Bb8 17. g4 $5 (17. Re1) (
17. c5) 17... Bg6 18. Re1 h5 (18... Be4) 19. gxh5 (19. Nde5 hxg4 20. hxg4 Be4
21. Nd2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nc6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxd8 Rcxd8 25. Bf1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Rxe5 27. Bg2 Rde8 $15) (19. Nc5) 19... Bxh5 20. Nfe5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 dxc4 22.
bxc4 Nxd4 23. Qh5 (23. Qg4 Nef5 24. Re4 Nh6 25. Qg2 Ndf5 26. Rae1 $44 Rf8 $11)
23... g6 24. Qg4 Ndf5 (24... Nc2 25. Nd7 $1 $18 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Nf5 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Nf6+ $18) (24... Nef5 $142 25. Ra5 b5 $1 26. Ra6 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxc4
28. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qc8 30. Rxa7 Qxc4 31. Rd7 b4 32. Kh2 (32. Qe4 Ne2+)
32... Qd3 (32... b3 33. Qe4 $11) 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Bxb4 $11) 25. h4 (25. Rad1)
25... Nh6 26. Qg2 Nef5 27. Nxg6 (27. h5 Nh4 28. Qh3 (28. Qxb7 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Bxe5
30. Nxe5 Qf5 31. Ra3 (31. Rxa7 Qh3+) 31... Ng4 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Nxf7 Nh2+ 34.
Kg1 N2f3+ 35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Kxf7 37. Rxa7+ Ke6 38. hxg6 Nxg6 {Weiss muss
um das Remis noch kämpfen.}) 28... Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qxh5 31. Nd7
Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qf3+ 33. Qxf3 Nxf3 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nd5+ Kh7 36. Nf6+ $11) 27...
fxg6 $2 (27... Kh7 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Nge5 $11 (29. Re1 Qg8 30. Nge5 Qxg2+ 31.
Kxg2 Nxh4+ 32. Kf1 Bd6 $15) 29... Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Qe7 31. Kf1 Qxh4 32. Qf3 Rg8
33. Ke2 Re8 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Kc2 Nd4+ 36. Bxd4 Qxd4 37. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 38. Nxd3 a6
39. Rb1 Rd7 40. Kc3 {Mit sehr guten Remischancen für Weiss.}) 28. Qxg6+ Kf8
29. Rxe8+ (29. Bb4+ $18 {Gewinnt auf der Stelle} Bd6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Bxd6+
Nxd6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Kh2 $18) 29... Qxe8 30. Qf6+ $4 {Verliert anstatt mit} (
30. Bb4+ {sofort zu gewinnen.} Ne7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Ra5 $18) 30... Qf7 $19 31.
Qg5 Qxc4 32. Rc1 Qe6 33. Kh1 Kf7 34. Re1 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation ENG-URS"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.09.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.09.20"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 (7.
Bd3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Nxc6 (10. Bxc6+ Bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qd5 12. Qf3 Qxf3
13. gxf3 Rc8 14. Nxa7 Rxc2) 10... Qd5 11. c4 Qxg2 12. Ne5+ Kd8 $17) 7... Bd6 $6
(7... b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3) (7... c5) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2
Re8 $6 (11... Qd5 $142) 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Ba4 $6 {
This move isn't linked to any plan.} (15... Rb8 $142 {P b5}) 16. Rd2 f5 $6 {
<-> e5} 17. h4 $1 {P 1.Occupation of the square g6 2. h5, h4, g4~/=} Bxe5 $2 (
17... f4 18. Qe4 $18) 18. Bxe5 Nf6 19. f3 Qe7 20. g4 Bc6 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Rg1
(22. Bxf5 Nd7) 22... Bd7 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. Rdg2 Rg8 25. Bc4 g6 26. Bxg8+ Rxg8 27.
Qf2 (27. c4 $1 c6 28. Qc3 {P 29.d5 +-}) 27... Bc6 28. Re1 Bd5 29. b3 b5 30. Qf1
a6 31. Rge2 {P 32. c7 c7 33. e7+-} Rg7 32. Re3 Rf7 33. Qg2 $6 $138 (33. c4 bxc4
34. bxc4 Qb4+ 35. Rb3 Qxc4 36. Qxc4 Bxc4 37. Rc3 $18) 33... Ng4 34. R3e2 Qd7
35. Qg3 Nxe5 36. dxe5 Qc6 (36... Qe6 $142) 37. e6 Re7 38. Rg1 Qe8 39. Rge1 Qc6
40. h5 g5 41. Qe5 $1 (41. Qe5 $1 Bxe6 (41... Bxf3 42. Qxf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Rg7
44. e7 $18) 42. Qf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 (4... Nd7) 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 b6 7.
Bf4 Bb7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1
h5 $2 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. c3 Rdg8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g3 Qc7 18. h4 Rd8 19. Bc2 Rde8
20. Bb3 Rd8 21. Ka1 Nf8 22. Bc2 Re8 23. Ng1 Ng6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bc2 Bc8 (25...
f4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. g4 $1 $16) 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Qg5 f4 28. Bxg6 fxg3 29. Qxg3
Qxg3 30. fxg3 fxg6 31. Nf3 Kc7 32. Ne5 Rhg8 33. Rf1 Rdf8 34. Nf7 Rg7 35. Ng5
Rf5 36. Rde1 Kd6 37. b3 Re7 38. Ne4+ (38. Kb2 $142) 38... Kc7 39. Ng5 Kd6 40.
Ne4+ Kc7 41. Ng5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 $5 (10. dxc5) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7
13. O-O Qh5 $10 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. f4 g6 17. Rae1 Kd6 18. g3 Rhd8
19. Nf3 Nf6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rf3 Nd7 22. g4 Nxe5 23. fxe5+ Ke7 24. Kf2 Rac8 25.
h4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Trifunov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6
8. O-O (8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bb5+ c6 $1 10. Qf3 (10. Bxc6+ $2 Bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qd5 12.
Ne5 Qxg2 $17 {Shlehter-Rubinstein1912S.Sebast}) 10... Qd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12.
Bxc6+ Bxc6 13. Nxc6 Rc8 14. Nxa7 Rxc2 $13) 8... Bb7 9. c4 (9. c3 Be7 10. Qe2
O-O 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne5 {Keres-Foltys 1952
StavniZdruy}) 9... Be7 (9... c5 $5 10. d5 exd5 (10... Be7 11. dxe6 O-O 12. Bg5
Qd6 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Ne5 Qxe6 15. Qe2 {oO}) 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qe2) 10. b3 O-O
11. Bb2 Be4 $6 (11... c5 $5) 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rad1 $14 Bf6 15. Ne5
Nf5 16. Rd3 Qd6 17. Rfd1 $6 Rfd8 (17... Rad8 $1) 18. Qe4 Ne7 19. g3 g6 $2 20.
Qf3 $1 (20. Rf3 Kg7 21. Rxf6 Kxf6 22. d5 Kg7 23. Ng4+ f6 24. Nxf6 Kf7 (24...
Kf8 25. Qf4 $13) 25. dxe6+) 20... Kg7 21. Ng4 Ng8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. Re1 Nd7 24.
Rde3 Re8 25. Qe2 c6 26. d5+ e5 27. Rxe5 $1 {# + -} Rxe5 28. Bxe5+ Nxe5 29.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf6 31. f4 Rc8 32. Kf2 b5 33. c5 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc6 35. Ke3
Ra6 36. Rd2 Re6+ 37. Kd3 Re1 38. Re2 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Rd5 40. b4 Rd4 41. Kc3 Rc4+
42. Kb3 Rd4 43. a4 a5 44. bxa5 Rxa4 45. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14.
Bxf5 $4 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Re3 f4 17. Re5 O-O 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rg5+ Kh8 20.
Qh6 Rg8 21. Rc5 Qb6 (21... Bxc5 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Rd8+) (21... Qb6 22. Qxf4 Bxc5
) 0-1

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5
Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 Qh4 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Be8 21.
f4 b5 22. c5 Nd5 23. Be1 Nxf4 (23... Qh6 $16) 24. Qe4 Qh6 25. Rxf4 f5 26. Qe3
Ra3 27. g3 (27. Bg3 Bf6 28. Ng4 fxg4 29. Bxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qxa3) 27... Bf6 28. c6
(28. Rc3 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxd3) 28... Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Raxd3 30. Qxb5 e5 31. Qxe5
Bxc6 32. Qxf5 R3d7 33. Bc3 Qd6 34. Rcf1 h6 35. Rd4 Qe7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Re1
Qf7 38. Qe6 Ba4 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Ra1 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Bxd1 42. b5 g6 43. b6 Bf3
44. Kf2 Bb7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kf4 Kd7 47. Ke5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qd4 $5 (9... Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 c6 $14) 10. Qg4 Qxe5
11. Bf4 Qxb2 12. Qg3 Bxe4 13. Be5 Qa3 14. Qxg7 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Qxd3 16. Qxh8
O-O-O 17. Rac1 c6 18. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 14.
Ne5 (14. Kb1 Rfd8 $11 15. Rhe1 (15. Ne5 {Anand} Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qe7
18. Qb5 (18. Qd3 Rxd7 19. Qxd7 Qb4 $17) 18... a6 $10 19. Qxb7 $140 Rdb8 $19)
15... Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rxd1+ (16... Qb6) (16... Qb4) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8
19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Bg3 Nd5 21. a3 Bf6 (21... Be7 $11) 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qg4 $4
(23... Qc8 $11) 24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7 {1-0 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares m 1992/
CBM 31 [Anand] (45)}) 14... Qxc5 $1 (14... Qxg2 $2 {Anand} 15. Nd7 $1 $16 Rfd8
$140 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 $1 $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+
(16... Qg5+ {Anand} 17. Kb1 Rfd8) 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 (19. Kd2
Rfc8 $1 $44 {Anand}) 19... Qb4+ 20. Kc1 Qa3+ {1/2-1/2 Kulaots-Zifroni/
EUchJM-U18 Hania/1994/      Kindermann-Psakhis/Baden-Baden/1992/} 21. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Counties CA-15 Masters"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1885.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1885.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Harding: Joseph Henry Blackburne. Game 468., p,226.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. O-O Nf8 10. a3
Ng6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nd8 13. b4 b5 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nc3 a6 16. Bxf5 Nf7 17.
Nxf7 Qxf7 18. Bg4 O-O 19. f4 c6 20. Ne2 Ne7 21. Nc1 Nc8 22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Nc5 Nc4
24. Qc3 a5 25. Qh3 Rae8 26. f5 Nd2 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 28. fxe6 Qa7 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8
30. Qd3 Ne4 31. Rf1 axb4 32. axb4 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qe7 34. Qa3 Qf8+ 35. Bf3 Ng5
36. e7 Qe8 37. Qa7 Kf7 38. Qb7 Ne6 39. c3 Nf4 40. Bg4 Qxe7 41. Qxc6 Qa7 42.
Qd7+ Qxd7 43. Bxd7 Nd3 44. Bxb5 Nc1 45. Ke1 Nb3 46. Kd1 Na1 47. Ba4 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Hecht"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 (5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. Ne5
O-O $5) 5... Bb4 (5... Nb4 $5) 6. e5 (6. Bg5) 6... Ne4 7. Bd2 (7. O-O $6 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 h6 10. Ba3 a5 $5 (10... g5) 11. Bc1 Bb4 12. a3 Be7 13. c4
dxc4 14. Bxc4 a4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxa4 Na5 $15 {|^<<}) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bd7 (
8... Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Bd7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Ne2 a5 13. b5 Na7 $13) (8... f6
9. Bb5 $5 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 fxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. O-O Bd7 $15) 9... Bd7 10.
Bxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O-O) 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 11. exf6 {N} (11. O-O-O fxe5 12.
dxe5 Qe7 13. h4 $36 {>>}) 11... gxf6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. g3 Qd6
$11 {[#]} 15. Kb1 $6 (15. Bf1 {/\ Bg2, Nh4 ><d5}) (15. Bb5 $5 Nb8 16. Bf1)
15... a6 (15... Rde8 $142 {/\ Nd8-f7, Kb8=}) 16. Bf1 Rhe8 $6 (16... Rde8 $1)
17. Qd2 Kb8 18. Qh6 Bc8 19. Bh3 $14 {[><f6, h7]} Rf8 $1 {[/\ e5 פf3, f2]} 20.
Qh5 $1 Na5 21. Bf1 $6 c5 22. c3 $6 {[><b3, c4]} Bd7 23. Qxh7 e5 $1 $44 {
[#] [/\ cd4, e4, /^b1-h7]} 24. dxe5 $2 (24. dxc5 $142 Qxc5 25. Qc2 $11) 24...
fxe5 25. Rxe5 d4 $1 $17 26. Qh5 $8 Rxf3 27. Rxc5 Nb3 28. Qxf3 Qxc5 29. cxd4
Nxd4 30. Qf4+ Ka7 31. Bd3 Bb5 $1 {[#] [/\ Bd3, Qc2]} 32. Qc1 $2 $138 (32. Qd2
$2 Nf3 33. Qe2 (33. Qc2 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Qxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Ne1+ $19) 33... Rxd3 34.
Rxd3 Ne5 35. Rc3 Qxc3 $19) (32. Qe3 $8 Re8 33. Qc1 Qxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Ba4 $17)
32... Qxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Ba4 $19 34. Re1 Nb3+ 35. Kc2 Nc5+ 36. Kc3 Nxd3 (36...
Rxd3+ 37. Kc4 Kb6) 37. Re4 Bc6 38. Re2 Rc8 39. Kxd3 Bb5+ 40. Kd2 Bxe2 41. Kxe2
Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Rxb2 43. h4 Rb3+ (43... Rb3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. h5 Ra1 46. g4 Rh1 {
/\ a5}) 0-1

[Event "Munich Schach-Olympia (No FIDE event)"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1936.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Schlage,Willi"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1936.08.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 (5... Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd8 $1 7.
Qe2 $13) 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8. Bxe4 Ngf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. c4 (10. Qe2 {
[%cal Gf3e5]}) (10. Re1 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. b3 Rfe8 13.
Bb2 e5 $1 14. c5 $2 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxe5
18. Qe1 $11) 14... e4 $1 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bc2 exf3 17. Qxf3 Nd5 $1 18. Qh3 g6
19. Rad1 Re7 20. g3 (20. Bc1 $142) 20... Rae8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kf1 $2 (22. Bd3
Nb4 23. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3b4]}) 22... Nb4 $1 23. Bb1 (23. Ba3 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5h1]}
24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re2 26. Bxb4 Rxc2) 23... Qd5 $1 24. Kg1 (24. Qg2 Qxg2+ (
24... Qb5+ $1 25. Kg1 Qe2 $19 {[%cal Ge2b2] Fritz}) 25. Kxg2 Re2) 24... Qf3 $1
25. Rf1 (25. Qf1 Re2 26. Ba3 Rxf2 $1) 25... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 26. Qg2 Qe2
27. Ba1 (27. Bc1 Nc3 $1 28. Bg5 f6 29. Be3 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxa2 31. Qf1 Qc2 $1)
27... N7f6 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 28. Rc1 $2 Ne3 $1 29. Qh3 Nfg4 $1 30. d5 Qxf2+ 31.
Kh1 Qd2 $1 0-1

[Event "Munich Schach-Olympia (No FIDE event)"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1936.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Richter, Kurt Paul"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Von Hennig,Heinz"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1936.08.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (5... Qxf6 6. Bd3) 6.
Nf3 c5 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Be2 {'=/+'} (8. dxc5 $142 $5 {ist vielleicht stärker} Bxc5
9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd4 $14) 8... Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. c3 {'Sichert b4'} (10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 10... Be7 {'+/='} (10... Qxb2 $5 {ist nicht von der
Hand zu weisen} 11. Rb1 Qxc3 12. Rxb7 Rd8 $11) 11. d5 $3 {'='} (11. dxc5 Qxb2
12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Rxb7 Rd8 $16) 11... exd5 12. b4 $1 d4 $1 {'+/-' 'Schwarz
gewinnt Raum'} (12... Be6 $5 $11) 13. bxc5 (13. cxd4 $6 cxd4 (13... cxb4 $143
14. d5 Qc7 15. Qc2 $18) (13... Qxb4 $143 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rxb7 $14) 14. Nxd4
Bxb4 $11) 13... Qxc5 14. Nxd4 $1 {'='} (14. cxd4 $5 {ist die kritische
Fortsetzung} Qd5 15. Qb3 $14) 14... Qxc3 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Rc1 Qa5 $2 (16... Qb4
17. Bxc6 $1 (17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rxd1) 17... bxc6 (17... Bxc6 18. Qg4) 18.
Qf3 O-O 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rd3 (20... Rc8 $2 21. Bh6) 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. h3)
17. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 {'Befestigt b5+d5'} ({Schlechter scheint} 17... Bxc6 18. Nxc6
Rxd1 19. Nxa5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 $18) 18. Nxc6 Qf5 {'+-?'} (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6+
Kf8 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qg4+ $18) (18... Qa6 $142 $5 19. Nxd8 Bxd8 $16) 19. Re1 {
'!' 'ist die Überraschung!'} Bb4 {'?'} (19... Be6 20. Nxd8 Bxd8 21. Bc6+ Ke7
22. Qd7+ $3 Bxd7 23. Bc5#) (19... Bxc6 20. Bxc6+ Rd7 21. Bxa7 Rg8 $18) 20. Bd2+
Kf8 21. Bxb4+ Kg7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Bc6 $18 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Black "Dokutchaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Surgut Fakel-Surgutgazprom"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 $6 (8. Bd3) 8... Qd6 $6 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ $10
) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 $5 f5 (10... Bd7 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Be4 Rxb2 13.
O-O Bg7 14. Qc3 Rb6 $14) 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne5 $16) 10... Bd7 11.
O-O (11. Bxb7 $2 Qb4+ $19) 11... O-O-O 12. Rad1 Bg7 (12... f5 13. Bd3 (13. Ne5
$2 fxe4 14. Nxf7 Qf4 15. Nxh8 Bd6 $17) 13... Bg7) 13. Qe3 (13. d5 $6 f5 (13...
e5 $2 14. Nh4 $16) 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Bd3 $15 (15. Ng5 Qg6 $17)) 13... f5 14.
Bd3 Bc6 15. d5 (15. c3 Rhg8 16. Rfe1 Bh6 $40) 15... Qxd5 16. Qxa7 Bd4 $1 17.
Qxd4 (17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Qa3 Qxf3 $19) 17... Qxf3 18. gxf3 (18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.
gxf3 Rg8+ $19) 18... Rxd4 (18... Rhg8+ 19. Qg4 fxg4 (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qg3) 20.
f4 Rd4 21. Bxh7 Rgd8 $15) 19. Be2 Rf4 20. Rd3 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Bb5 22. Re3 Bxe2 23.
Rxe2 Rxf3 24. Rd1 $6 $17 (24. Rg1 $5 Rg6 (24... Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Kd7 26. Kg2 Rf4
27. f3 $17) (24... Rd8 25. Rg7 $132) 25. Rg3 $17) 24... Rf4 25. h3 Re4 26. Red2
f4 27. Rd3 Re2 28. Ra3 $2 (28. R3d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 e5 $17) 28... Kb8 $19 29. Rd4
Re1+ (29... Rxf2 $2 30. Rda4 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 $10) 30. Kh2 Reg1 31. h4 R1g2+ 32.
Kh3 (32. Kh3 Rxf2 33. Rda4 Rg3+ 34. Rxg3 fxg3 35. Kxg3 Rxc2 36. Rf4 f5 $19) (
32. Kh1 R2g4 33. Rh3 Rg1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 (7.
Bg5 $6 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 $10) 7... b6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O (9.
Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 $14) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 h6 $14 {Rogers,
I-Vaganian,R/Manila(ol)/1990/}) 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bg5 (9. c3 $6 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 Qd5 $13 {Kamsky,G-Kortchnoi,V/Tilburg/1991/}) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O Qd6 11.
Ne5 (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Ne5 Rhf8 13. Ba6 $14) 11... O-O 12. Kb1 Rad8 13. c4 $6 (
13. Bf4 $5 Qd5 (13... Nd5 14. Bg3) 14. c4 Qxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17.
Be3 $16) 13... h6 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Be3 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. Bc2 $14) 14... Qxd4 $1
$8 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Re4 18. Nf3 Rd8 (18... Ba6 $6 19. Nd2
$14) 19. h3 Kg8 20. b3 a5 $6 (20... b5 $5 21. cxb5 Nd5 22. Rc1 Bf6 $132) 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 b5 23. Nd2 (23. cxb5 $6 Nd5 24. Bd4 Bb4 $44) 23... Rh4 24.
f3 Rh5 25. Qf1 bxc4 26. bxc4 (26. Nxc4 a4 $44) 26... a4 27. Bf4 (27. Qd3 Bd6
28. Bd4 Nd7 $132) 27... Rc5 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. a3 Ba6 $2 (29... Bd6 $1 30. Bxd6 (
30. Be3 Nd7 $132) 30... cxd6 $132) 30. Be5 Bd6 31. Bb2 Rb6 (31... Nd7 $5 32.
Qd4 Be5 33. Qxd7 Rb6 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Rxb2+ 36. Kc1 Rb6) 32. Qc3 Bf8 33.
Ka2 Nd7 34. Qa5 Nc5 $16 35. Bd4 Nb3 36. Nxb3 axb3+ 37. Kb2 Rc6 38. c5 (38. Qa4
$2 Rxc4 39. Qxa6 Rxd4 $14) 38... Bc4 39. Qa8 Ra6 40. Qd8 Bd5 $6 (40... c6 41.
Be5) (40... Rc6 $32 41. a4 Ra6 $16) 41. Qxc7 $18 f6 42. Qd7 Rc6 43. Qe8 Ra6 44.
a4 Ra8 45. Qb5 Rd8 46. a5 Ba8 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. a6 Rd5 49. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Liechtenstein op 13th"]
[Site "Liechtenstein"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Kelecevic, Nedeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Re2 c5
15. g3 Nf8 16. d5 Re8 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Rxe6 fxe6 (19... Rxe6 $6
20. Ng5 Re8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxh7 Be5 23. Rd1 $16) (19... Nxe6 $2 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qxh7+ $18) 20. Rd1 $14 Be7 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Ng5 Bd8 24. Rd1
h6 25. Be5 Qc8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bc7 28. Bc3 Re7 29. Rd3 b6 30. Re3 Rf7 31.
Bf3 Bd8 32. Bg4 Re7 33. Be5 $16 Bc7 34. Bxc7 Qxc7 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Nxe6
37. Qxe6+ Kh7 38. h4 h5 39. Kg2 Qb7+ 40. Kg1 g6 41. a4 Qc7 42. Qe4 Kg7 43. Kg2
Kh7 44. g4 hxg4 45. h5 Qd6 46. Qxg4 gxh5 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48. Qg4+ Kf7 49. Qf3+
Ke6 50. Qh3+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Landesliga Nord 9798"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jirovsky, Petr"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Donev/Atanasov"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bamberg SC II"]
[BlackTeam "Regensburg DJK II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6
$1 $11 {Atanasov}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Qd5 $1 $146 {[%cal Yd5e5,Yd5c5,Yd5g2] Es ist
wichtig, dass die Dame den starken weißen Springer zurückdrängt.} (10... Qa5+
11. c3 Qxc5 12. Qe2) (10... Qc7 11. Qe2 Qxc5 12. O-O) 11. Nf3 Qxc5 12. Qe2 Bd7
(12... b6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ (14. Qe4 Qb4+ 15. c3 Qxe4+ 16. Bxe4 Rb8 $14)
14... Kxh7 15. Qe4+ f5 16. Qxa8 Ba6 17. Qxa7 Qb4+ $13) (12... Nd5 13. Qe4 f5
14. Qh4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 e5 $1 {Atanasov}) 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qe4 Rfd8 $1 $15) 14... Rfd8 (14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Qd4 {[%cal Yd4b2,Yd4h4]
} 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c3 $11) 15. Rfd1 Qh5 {/\Bc6} 16. Qe5 Qxe5 (
16... g5 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Be2 $14) 17. Nxe5 Be8 18. Ng4 Nd5 (18... Kf8 19. Nxf6
(19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxh6 f5 {nebst Bg5}) 19... gxf6 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 f5
22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bf3 (23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bf3 Rxb2 $17) 23... Rc8 $13) 19. Bxe7
Nxe7 20. Rd2 Kf8 21. Rad1 Nc6 22. Be4 Ke7 23. Ne3 (23. Bxc6 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxc6
$15) 23... Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 (24... f5 25. Bxc6 {[%tqu "De","Wie werden Sie
auf c6 schlagen?","","","e8c6","",10]} Bxc6 {[%tqu "De","Wie werden Sie das
Feld e5 kontrolieren? a) mit dem f Bauer(f2-f4) oder b) Mit dem Springer (Sc4)
","","","e3c4","",10,"f2f4","",0]} 26. Nc4 $1 (26. f4 $2 g5 $1) 26... Bd5 27.
Ne5 $14) 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. f4 f5 (26... g5 27. g3) 27. Bf3 g5 28. g3 g4 29. Be2
(29. Bg2 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Nc4 Nb4) 29... Bc6 {Schwarz plant Be4 nebst Nc6
um die schwarzen Leichtfiguren zu aktivieren.} 30. Bd3 Nf7 31. Nc4 Bb5 32. Kf2
Bxc4 $1 33. Bxc4 Nd6 34. Be2 Nc8 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. b4 $6 (36. Kd4 Ne7 37. Bb5 $1
Ng6 38. Be8 e5+ 39. fxe5+ Nxe5 $13 {/\Nf3}) 36... Ne7 37. c4 Nc6 38. a3 (38.
c5+ Kd5 39. Bd1 (39. a3 a5 40. b5 Nd8 $17) 39... Nxb4 40. Bb3+ Kxc5 41. Bxe6
Nc2+ 42. Kd3 Nd4 $17) 38... a5 $1 {Wenn jetzt der weiße König auf c3 stehen
würde, hätte der Anziehende weniger Sorgen. Nach dem Textzug wird das Feld c5
geschwächt.} 39. b5 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yc6b8,Yb8d7,Yd7c5]} Nb8 40. Kd4 Nd7 $1 {
Jetzt ist die weiße Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel wertlos. Mein Plan in diesem
Endspiel war einfach: a) Das Feld c5 fest unter Kontrolle zu nehmen, um das
weiße Spiel am Damenflügel zu neutralisieren. b) In einem günstigen Augenblick
muss der Springer zum Königsflügel wandern, wo er den Bauernmarsch h6-h5-h4
unterstützen muss. So können in einigen Varianten Motive zum Durchbruch
vorkommen.} 41. Bd3 Nc5 42. Bc2 b6 43. Bb1 {Es ist schwer, dem Weißen einen
Rat zu geben, weil er seine Stellung nicht verbessern kann. Er kann nur
abwarten.} h5 44. Bc2 Nd7 45. Bd3 Nf8 46. Bc2 Ng6 47. c5+ {Die letzte Hoffnung
des Anziehenden ist es auf jeden Fall Gegenspiel zu bekommen.} bxc5+ 48. Kc4 h4
$1 $19 {Die schwarze Bauernlawine am Königsflügel ist schon sehr gefährlich
geworden. Schwarz droht 49... hg3 50.hg3 Nf4! 51.gf4 g3} 49. Bd3 h3 {es droht
wieder Nf4!} 50. Bf1 {Armer Läufer!} e5 51. b6 (51. fxe5+ Nxe5+ 52. Kc3 Nf3 $19
) 51... exf4 52. Kb5 fxg3 53. hxg3 Ne5 54. Kxa5 c4 55. Ka6 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Yc4c1,
Yh3h1] Die c- und h-Bauern sind unhaltbar.} (55... c3 $6 {die letzte Falle:}
56. Bb5 $1 c2 57. b7 {hier muss Schwarz auch gewinnen, aber in mehreren Zügen.
Darum ist die Partiefortsetzung genauer.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 (4. Nf3 {is the main move.}) 4... f6 (4...
Nge7 $5 {was played recently by Jobava, with quite good results.}) 5. Bb5 Bd7
6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Bf4 {A move I had already played.} (7. O-O Qf7 8. Re1 {might be
a better try. White's only aim should be to be able to put a strong piece on
e5 every time Black wants to exchange the f6 and e5. As Black almost never
wants to go ...f5, it somehow blocks any kind of counterplay.}) 7... O-O-O 8.
Qd2 Qf7 9. h4 h5 $1 {Black should not let White push a pawn to h5.} (9... Kb8
10. a3 Nge7 $6 11. h5 $14 {1-0 (29) Edouard,R (2620)-Galyas,M (2464) GER 2010})
10. a3 Nh6 11. O-O-O (11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. O-O-O {might actually have been the
best option, as this knight on g4 quickly became particularily annoying.})
11... Ng4 $146 12. Bg3 a6 (12... Ne7 $2 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qf4 Bh6 15. Ng5 $18)
13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rhe1 Re8 $1 (14... Be7 {looks suspicious due to} 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Qe2 $1 {but after} Kd7 $8 {Black may be more or less fine.} (16... Bd7
$6 17. Nxd5 $16)) 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Rc1 (16. Qf4 {looks temping but after} Bd8
17. exf6 gxf6 {nothing happens.}) 16... Rhf8 17. Nd1 Bd8 (17... Kb8 {seemed
more natural.}) 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Bf4 {Trying anything to prevent ...Qh6.} (19.
Ka2 Qh6 {would threaten ...f5 and force White to go} 20. exf6 gxf6 {which is
absolutely fine for Black.}) 19... fxe5 $5 {An interesting idea, though not
forced at all.} 20. Bxe5 (20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Bg3 {was my initial idea but after}
Rxf3 $1 (21... e4 $6 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Qa5 $40) 22. gxf3 Qxd4 {Black should be
fine.}) 20... Rxf3 $1 {A typical move, as in the previous line (20.Nxg4).} 21.
gxf3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxh4 (22... Qf7 {seemed possible to prevent f4 but after}
23. Qd4 $1 Qxf3 24. Rg1 $1 {White would be pressing. The h4 pawn is too
important to activate the black pieces.} (24. c4 {was my initial idea:} Kb8 (
24... dxc4 $6 25. Qa7 $1 $40) 25. cxd5 exd5 $13)) 23. f4 Qh6 $5 (23... Qe4 24.
Nf1 Qf3 25. Ng3 g6 $44) 24. f5 Qf4 $1 (24... exf5 25. Qd3 $1 g6 26. Nxd5 Bxf2
27. Re2 {should be dangerous for Black.}) 25. Rcd1 $8 Bxf2 (25... d4 $5 26.
Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxf2 28. Re2 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 exf5 {Black wants to play ...g5
and... win!} 30. Rg3 Rxe5 31. Rxg7 b6 $11) 26. Rf1 Bxe3 (26... Qxe3 27. Rxf2
Qxd2 28. Rdxd2 exf5 29. Rxf5 {leads to the same.}) 27. Rxf4 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 exf5
29. Rxf5 g6 30. Rg5 Re6 31. Rf2 $6 (31. Kc1 {was more precise, in order to be
able to face} Kd7 $6 {with} 32. c4 $14) 31... Be8 32. Kc1 Kd7 33. Kd2 Ke7 34.
Ke3 Rc6 35. b3 Rc3+ $6 (35... Bd7 {followed by ...Bf5 would be almost better
for Black.}) 36. Kd4 Rh3 37. Kxd5 Rh4 38. Rd2 ({My first intention was to go} 
38. e6 {but after} Bc6+ 39. Kc5 Be4 40. Rf7+ Kxe6 41. Rxc7 Kf6 42. Rg1 Rf4 {
Black is definitely not worse and his position is easier to play.}) 38... Bf7+
39. Kc5 Re4 40. a4 Ke6 41. Rf2 ({I was considering} 41. a5 {but, while it
cannot improve much compared to the game if Black just stays, I had to
calculate tough lines like the following one, that I considered dangerous and
definitely not winning:} Rxe5+ 42. Rxe5+ Kxe5 43. Rd7 Be6 44. Rxc7 h4 45. Rxb7
g5 46. b4 h3 47. b5 g4 48. bxa6 h2 49. Rh7 g3 50. a7 g2 51. Rh5+ $1 Kf4 52.
a8=Q g1=Q+ 53. Kb5 {and the position is a draw, luckily for White.}) (41. Rd8
$2 Rxe5+ 42. Rxe5+ Kxe5 43. Rd7 b6+ $17) 41... Ke7 42. a5 Be8 43. Rf3 Bf7 44.
c4 Be8 45. Kb4 (45. b4 {wouldn't have given me any winning chance, e.g.} Bf7
46. Rc3 h4 $5 47. b5 axb5 48. cxb5 Ra4 49. a6 bxa6 50. bxa6 Rxa6 51. Rg4 $11)
45... Re1 46. Kc3 {Trying to turn around with my king in order to later push
my queenside pawns.} Ra1 47. Kb4 (47. e6 {is too slow:} Re1 48. Rc5 Bc6 $132)
47... Re1 48. Rd3 Rh1 49. Re3 Rf1 50. Kc3 (50. e6 Rf6 51. Rc5 Bc6 {is still
too slow, as here I need to be able to go b4.}) 50... Rf4 $6 ({There was
nothing wrong with} 50... Ke6 $11) 51. e6 {Now Black is in danger, though the
position is still holdable.} Rf6 ({Before this White was just weakening, now} 
51... h4 {was a very decent option:} 52. Rc5 Bc6 53. Kd3 (53. b4 $4 Rf3 $19)
53... Rf6 {and probably the best for White is to "go back" and play something
like} 54. Rh3 (54. b4 Rxe6 55. b5 Rxe3+ 56. Kxe3 h3 $1 57. bxc6 h2 58. cxb7
h1=Q 59. Rxc7+ Ke6 60. b8=Q Qe1+ $11) 54... Rf4 55. Rg5 Kf6 56. Rg1 g5 57. e7
Rf5 58. Re3 Be8 59. b4 {in order to keep the pressure.}) 52. Rc5 Bc6 (52... c6
$6 53. Rce5 {followed by Kd4(b4)-c5 and Black is in trouble.}) 53. b4 Rxe6 54.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 55. b5 Bf3 $2 (55... Bg2 $1 {would make a draw:} 56. Rxc7 (56. Kd4
h4 57. Rg5 $6 h3 58. Rxg6+ Kf5 59. Rh6 Kf4 $11) 56... h4 57. Rh7 h3 58. Kd4 g5
59. Ke3 Kd6 $11) 56. Rxc7 h4 57. Rh7 Bh5 (57... g5 58. Kd4 $18) 58. Rxb7 $1 (
58. c5 axb5 59. a6 bxa6 60. c6 Kd6 61. c7 Bg4 $11) (58. bxa6 bxa6 59. c5 Kd5
$11) 58... h3 59. bxa6 h2 60. a7 h1=Q 61. a8=Q {Black has no perpetual.} Qe1+
62. Kb2 Qd2+ 63. Ka3 Qd6+ (63... Qc3+ 64. Rb3 Qa1+ 65. Kb4 Qe1+ 66. Kb5 $18) (
63... Qc1+ 64. Kb4 Qb2+ 65. Kc5 Qa3+ 66. Rb4 Qe3+ 67. Kb5 $18) 64. Ka2 Bf3 65.
Qe8+ Kf5 66. Rf7+ Kg4 67. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest Epitok op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1988.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Lovass, Imre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Enders,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 4/1988 Seite 22} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6.
Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 $1 ({Das Bauernopfer} 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 {wäre zu
riskant.}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. Nd2
b6 13. Qg4 $1 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 $1 O-O-O {Es wurde höchste Zeit für die
Rochade.} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 Qg7 {Auf d6 stünde die Dame wegen des zu
ewrwartenden c2-c4-c5 unsicher.} 18. Rfe1 Kb8 ({Nach} 18... Rhe8 19. Rxe8 ({
Es scheitert} 19. Qxd5 $4 {an} Bc6) 19... Bxe8 20. Qh3+ {erobert Weiß den
Bauern h7}) 19. Re3 Be8 20. Rbe1 Bg6 21. Bb5 $1 {Besser} ({als} 21. Ba6 Nc6 22.
c3 {und Schwarz kontrolliert Feld e7 bzw. den Vorstoß c4.}) 21... Qh6 22. c4 $1
Bh5 ({Wenn} 22... Qg5 23. c5 $1 {mit starkem Angriff.}) 23. Qh3 Qg5 24. cxd5 $2
{Geschieht, um keine Bedenkzeit zu vershwenden.} ({Stärker war jedoch} 24. c5
$1) 24... Qxd5 25. Ba6 Rhe8 $1 ({Nach} 25... Qxa2 $6 26. Ne4 Qf7 27. Nxf6 Qxf6
28. Qxh5 Qxd4 29. g3 $1 {behält Weiß gute Angriffsauschancen gegen den
gefährdeten Kb8.}) 26. Ne4 Bg6 27. Nxf6 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30.
Nxh7 c5 $1 31. Nf8 Bf7 $1 32. h3 Rd8 $1 (32... Bxa2 $2 33. Re8+ Kc7 34. Ne6+
Kd7 35. Bb5+) 33. Nh7 Bxa2 34. Nf6 $1 Nc6 $2 ({Verpaßt die Chance} 34... Bc4 $1
35. Bxc4 Nxc4 36. g4 Nd2 $1 ({nicht} 36... b5 $2 37. g5 b4 38. g6 b3 39. g7 b2
40. Ne8 $1) 37. Kg2 c4 38. g5 Nb3 $1 39. g6 c3 40. g7 c2 41. h4 Kb7 {mit
Aussichten auf erfolgreiche Verteidigung.}) 35. h4 Nb4 36. h5 $1 {[#]In
spannender Stellung unternimmt Weiß einen erfolgreichen Versuch zur schnellen
Überrumpelung des Gegners. Denn Schwarz findet nicht die beste Verteidigung,}
Nd5 $5 ({nämlich} 36... Nxa6 37. h6 Rh8 38. h7 Nc7 $1 39. g4 Bf7 40. f4 Bg6 41.
Re7 c4 42. Kf2 a5 $1 43. f5 Bxh7 44. Nxh7 a4 {und seine Bauern sind auch nicht
von Pappe.}) 37. Nxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({Auch} 37... Rxd5 38. g4 {sollte wegen der
schnelleren Bauern für Weiß zum Siege reichen.}) 38. Rd1 Kc7 39. g4 Kc6 ({
Das nach} 39... Be4 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. f4 Kc7 42. Kf2 {mögliche Läuferendspiel
ist ebenso hoffnungslos für Schwarz wegen seiner festgelegten Bauern, während
es jetzt sofort zu Ende ist.}) 40. Bc4 $1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Abdel Razik, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 {Quite a rare move. More popular ones are 4...Nf6
and 4...Bb4.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 cxd4 {The most dangerous move.} (
6... exd5 {leads to typical French isolated pawn. The key difference is that
White's queenside knight is already on c3, while more typically White prefers
to bring it to b3 via d2.} 7. dxc5 O-O 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf5 Nxc5 10. Bxc8
Rxc8 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bd4 a6 13. Re1 Nfe4 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. Be3 Nd6 16. c3 Nc4 17.
Bc1 Bf6 $11 {0-1 Pikula,D-Stojanovic,M/SRB-ch Vrsac 2007 (40)}) 8... Nbd7 9.
O-O Nxc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Bd4 Bd7 12. Re1 Bc6 13. Rb1 (13. Ne5 $142 $14) 13... a6
14. Bf1 Ne6 $11 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Belov,V (2627)-Nikolenko,O (2511)/Moscow 2009/
CBM 128 Extra}) (6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 (9... Nd7 10.
Nb5 Qc6 11. Qe2 a6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. c4 Bd6 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 O-O
17. Re1 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. b3 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Kaminski,M 
(2455)-Krivoshey,S (2420)/Katowice 1995/EXT 2000 (45)}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Qa5
12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 Qe5 14. Nxc6 (14. Nf3 $142) 14... Bxc6 15. Qc2 Qh5 (15... g6
$5) 16. Be4 Rfc8 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Keskisarja,T (2255)-Westerinen,H (2410)/
Finland 1997/EXT 1999 (49)}) 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ ({White did not get anything
special after} 8. Nxd4 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13.
Nf3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Sarwat,W (2388)-Abdel Razik,K (2372)/Windhoek 2007/CBM 120
ext (42)}) 8... Qxd7 {Sacrificing a central pawn for the sake of pieces
activity.} (8... Nbxd7 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf5 Nb6 (
12... Nf6 13. Bg5 $14) 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nh6+ $6 (14. Bh6 $1 Re8 15. Ng7 Rf8 16.
Rae1 f5 (16... Bf6 17. Nh5 Bxb2 18. Bxf8 $16) 17. Qd1 $14) 14... Kh8 15. Re1 f5
16. Qg3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L (2550)-Seirawan,Y (2630)/Chandler 1997/
CBM 061 (44)}) 9. dxe6 Qxe6+ 10. Ne2 Nc6 (10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bc5 {does not
save the pawn in view of} 12. O-O Qd7 (12... Nc6 13. Nexd4) 13. Bg5 (13. Nexd4
$1 Bxd4 14. Re1+ $16) 13... Ne4 14. Qd3 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Nc6 16. Qe4+ Qe7 17. Rad1
h6 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Nf3 Rhd8 $11 {0-1 Lukin,A (2460)-Romanishin,O (2610)/
Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11. O-O O-O $146 ({In the preceding game,} 
11... O-O-O {was played. However, White still can capture the pawn:} 12. Nexd4
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe4 (13... Qc4 14. c3 $16) 14. c3 Bc5 15. Qf3 $2 (15. Be3 $1 Ng4
16. Re1 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Rd1+ 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1
Nxe4 $11 {0-1 Pedersen,D (2344)-Larsen,P (2277)/Denmark 2003/EXT 2006 (41)})
12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. c3 $14 {White is pawn up and it does not seem
that Black can get any kind of compensation for it.} Rfe8 (14... Bc5 {is met
by the simple} 15. Nb3) 15. Qf3 Bf8 {This is too passive.} (15... Bc5 {gives
Black more chances:} 16. Nb3 ({But not} 16. Be3 Qxb2) 16... Ne4 17. Nxc5 Qxc5
18. Be3 Qb5 $14) 16. a4 Rac8 17. a5 {Driving away Black's queen from b6, which
enables White to develop his dark-squared bishop.} Qa6 18. Bf4 $16 {White is
fully developed and is a pawn up.} Ne4 19. h3 {Good prophylactic move.} Nc5 20.
Rfd1 {Covering the d3 square.} Qc4 21. Be3 g6 22. Qe2 {Expelling Black's queen
from her active position.} Qd5 $6 ({White still has an obvious advantage after
} 22... Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Nb3 24. Ra4 Bc5 25. Rd3 Re5 26. Nd4 $16) 23. Nb5 Qe5 24.
Qf3 (24. Nxa7 $5 Ra8 25. Nb5 Nb3 26. Ra4 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Nxa5 28. b4 Nc6 29. Qc4
$16 {/+-}) 24... a6 25. Rd5 Qe4 26. Nd4 $6 {This is less convincing than} (26.
Nd6 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $16) 26... Nd3 27. Rd7 Qxf3 28. Nxf3 Nxb2 29.
Rxb7 Nc4 {Black's active pieces and White's weak a5-pawn give Black obvious
chances to survive.} 30. Bd4 Rb8 $1 {exchanging White's active rook.} 31. Ra7
Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Kf1 Re8 {Preventing the transfer of white monarch to the
centre.} 34. g4 {Fixing Black's pawn structure on the kingside.} Bd6 35. Ra4
Rc8 36. Ne1 (36. Ke2 {is met by} Re8+) (36. g5 $5) 36... Nb2 $6 ({Perhaps more
natural was to activate the king with} 36... f5 $14 {[%cal Yg8f7]}) (36... Nd2+
37. Ke2 Nb3 38. Nf3 (38. Bf6 Bc7) 38... Nxd4+ (38... Bc7 39. Bb6) 39. Rxd4 Be7
$14) 37. Ra2 Rb8 38. Nc2 $6 (38. Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kf3 $1 Nc4 40. Nd3 Bc7 41. Nc5
$16) 38... Nd3 39. Ra1 Bc7 (39... Rb2 40. Rd1 Rxc2 41. Rxd3 Kf8 42. Bf6 Bc7 43.
g5 $16) (39... g5 40. Rd1 Nf4 41. Ba7 Ra8 42. Rxd6 Rxa7 43. Nb4 $18) (39... Nf4
$5 40. Rd1 {[%cal Yd4a7]} (40. h4 h5 $14) 40... Rb3 $14) 40. Ne3 {Bringing the
knight to c4, from where it protects the a5-pawn.} Rb2 41. Nc4 Rb5 {This is
somewhat inconsistent.} (41... Rc2 {was more active and probably stronger.} 42.
Rd1 (42. h4 $5) 42... Nf4 43. Bb6 Rxc3 44. Bxc7 Rxc4 (44... Ne6 45. Bg3 Rxc4
46. Rd6 Nc5 47. Rc6 $16) 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rd6 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Rxa6 Ra4
$14 {with excellent chances to draw the game.}) 42. Bb6 Bh2 {The only square
available for the bishop...} (42... Bb8 43. Rd1 Nf4 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. f3 $18)
43. Rd1 (43. Kg2 Bb8 44. Rd1 Nf4+ 45. Kf3 Ne6 $16) 43... Nf4 44. Ne3 {
Preparing the advance of the c-pawn.} Rb3 45. g5 {Threatening with Ng4 and
Rd8+.} ({Somehow Black keeps survival chances after} 45. c4 Ne6 46. c5 Rc3 47.
Nd5 Rc4 $16) 45... Ne6 46. Ng4 Bf4 47. h4 Rxc3 48. Rd7 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Kf8 50. Ra7
Rc8 $2 {Again too passive.} ({Better was} 50... Rc4 51. Nh6 (51. Rxa6 $2 Bxg5)
51... Nc7 (51... Bd2 {[%cal Yc4h4]} 52. Rxa6 Rxh4 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55.
Nxf7 Ra4 56. Nd6+ $16) 52. Kf3 $16) 51. Rxa6 Bd6 52. Be3 $18 {With a passed
pawn up and Black's vulnerable king, nothing can prevent White's victory.} Bc5
53. Bxc5+ Rxc5 54. Nf6 Nf4+ 55. Kf3 Rf5 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Ng8+ {With Nh6 to
follow.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Aung, Aung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Myanmar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MYA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ned2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 (
7... Ne7 $1 {Patrik Lyrberg.}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 b6 11. a4 a5 12.
c3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Na3 Rad8 18. Nb5
Qb8 19. Qc1 Bf6 20. Ng5 g6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 e5 23. Qc2 Bg7 24. Bg5 f6 25.
Rad1 Kh8 (25... fxg5 $2 26. Qb3 $16) 26. Bh4 Nf4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. f3 Qc6 29.
Bg3 Ne6 30. Qe2 Rfe8 31. Bf2 Bf8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Bc5 34. Bxc5 Rxd1 35.
Rxd1 Nxc5 36. Rd6 Nxa4 $2 (36... Nxe4 37. Rxb6 Rd8 $132) 37. Rxf6 Kg7 38. Rd6
Re7 39. b4 $16 axb4 40. cxb4 Kf7 $2 (40... Nb2 41. Rxb6 $16) 41. Rd2 $18 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 b6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bb7
(14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kh6 18. Bxg5+ Kxg5 19. Re3 $44
) 15. Bf4 $16 c5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. h4 Bxf3 (17... Bxh4 $2 18. Bb5 $18) 18. Qxf3
Qc7 19. Bb5 $18 Rad8 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Bxc6 Nb8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. h5 Rc8 24. g4
Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke8 26. Re4 Rc7 27. Be3 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rf4 Ke8 30. b4 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bulletin} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bf4 (6. Bd3
Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 c5 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13.
Be4 Nd5 14. Be5 $16 {Speelman - Hodgson, New York 1990.}) 6... Ngf6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Nd5 (12... b6 {
Bulletin} 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Nc6) 13. Bg3 g6 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Be8
17. Qb3 b5 18. Rad1 a5 19. a3 Ra7 (19... Rac8 {Bulletin} 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nxg6 Bxa3 24. Nf4 Bxb2 25. Nxd5 Ba3 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Bf4
$18) 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nd3 $14 f6 24. f3 Kf7 25.
Bf2 Rb7 26. b4 Rb8 27. bxa5 Ra8 28. Bb6 Bxa3 29. Ra1 Bd6 30. a6 $1 {Ein
gefährlicher Freibauer.} Bc6 31. Bd4 Ke6 32. a7 Rc8 33. Ra6 Kd7 34. Bxf6 $16
Ba8 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Bd4 Rb7 37. Ra6 b4 38. Bc5 $1 $18 bxc3 39. Rxd6+ Kc7 40.
Re6 Rb1+ 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6 {
Eine Nebenvariante, die Kortnoj zweimal in Tilburg mit Erfolg gespielt hat.} 8.
Qe2 Bb7 9. c3 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd5 12. Ne5 Nd7 (12... Qxg2 13. O-O-O Qd5
$15) 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxg2 15. O-O-O Kxe7 16. Rhg1 Qxh2 17. Qe3 g5 18.
Rg4 Rad8 19. f4 Qh5 20. Rdg1 Rhg8 21. Be2 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxg4 23. Qf6+ Kd7 24.
Rd1+ Bd5 25. Bb5+ Kc8 (25... c6 $4 26. Rxd5+ $1 exd5 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Bxc6+ Rd7
29. Bxd7+ $18) 26. Ba6+ Kd7 27. Rxd5+ exd5 28. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valby K41"]
[Site "Valby"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 $1 {Hector will um jeden Preis die französische
Verteidigung vermeiden, und es gelingt ihm auch!} c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6.
Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd2 $1 (7. Qd1 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bb4 $17) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd4 (12... h6 13. Rb1 Be7 14.
Bd2 O-O 15. Bc3 $14) 13. Bxd7+ Rxd7 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. c3 Qd3 16. Qe5 Qd6 17.
Qg5 h6 18. Qh5 Qd5 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qa4 h4 $6 (20... Qb5 21. Qxb5 axb5 $14) 21.
h3 Bd6 22. Be3 Rh5 23. Rfd1 Qe5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Rac1 $1 Bc7 $2 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27.
Qf3 Ke7 28. Qxb7 Qd6 (28... Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Rb5 30. Qxa6 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxb2+ 32.
Kf3 Qh2 33. Qa3+ $18) 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. cxb4 Kd7 31. Kf1 Rh8 32. Ke2 Be5 33. b3
Rb8 34. Rc4 Bf6 35. Rf4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adair, James"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While maybe not the most thrilling encounter, this game serves to illustrate
the divide between the two halves of the English school of chess, and had
competitive importance in that it ensured White did not become a grandmaster
this weekend.} 1. e4 e6 $1 {Not 1...c6- Keith is mixing it up today.} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 (6. Neg5 {This line is meant to be
the hardest for Black to deal with, and the immediate practical problems
associated with sacrifices on e6/f7 are actually considerable.} Nd7 ({A later
game improved somewhat:} 6... Be7 7. Bc4 Bd5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3
Nf6 11. O-O Nbd7 $14 {and Black had a normal Fort Knox position in Jones,
G-Taylor,A Reading 2016}) 7. Bc4 (7. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Bd3 $13) 7...
Bd5 $2 (7... Qe7 $5 8. O-O O-O-O {White is clearly a bit more comfortable, but
the position remains hard to play for both sides.}) 8. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8
10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 $16 {Jones,G-Fernandez,D England 2016}) 6... Nd7 7. O-O
Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 {Back to known territory for Keith.}
11. c3 O-O 12. Bc2 (12. Nh5 {Stylistically, it makes sense to me to trade a
pair of knights, even if principles indicate Black would like this trade due
to his lack of space.}) 12... Re8 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Rad1 c5 {The
engine doesn't like this move, but in terms of cold, hard realities, Black has
to either a) play ...c5, b) play ...e5, or c) exchange dark-squared bishops
somehow. The other two are inconvenient to arrange right now.} 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Ne4 {Now White goes for the knight trade.} Be7 (17... Nxe4 {is given by
the engine as '0.15', but I cannot see a good reason why after the very simple}
18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Ree1 {White should not keep his '+/=' status.}) 18. c4 Qa6 {
The position becomes much more tense after this move, which should normally
favour White; however, the dynamics in this position are such that White can
no longer profitably do absolutely nothing, and yet he must use considerable
creativity to come up with a non-trivial plan.} (18... Rcd8 19. Bc3 h6 $14 {
or something was possible, tightening the bolts that keep Black's position
together and playing with ideas like ...Bb4 in the near future.}) 19. Bc3 (19.
a4 Red8 20. a5 $14 {is rather loosening, but keeps White's advantage, if only
because Black must play some kind of ...b6 break in many lines in order to
free his pieces.}) 19... Red8 20. Qg3 g6 (20... Ne8 $5 {was at least equally
good and avoided the fairly intuitive extra option that White obtained in the
game on the subsequent move.}) 21. a4 {Now this misses the mark very slightly.}
(21. Nd6 $5 {This fits the bill as far as White's needs are concerned:
concrete, forcing, directionally forwards.} Rb8 (21... Nh5 22. Nxc8 Nxg3 23.
Nxe7+ Kf8 24. Bb4 $3 $18 {is close to winning for White, although this is not
necessarily obvious to the unaided eye.}) 22. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (22... fxg6 23. Rxe6
Bf8 24. Qh3 $1 $18) 23. Rxe6 $1 Bf8 (23... Bxd6 {is a challenging line, but
not beyond human scope:} 24. Rexd6 Ne4 25. Qh3 $1 Nxc3 $1 26. Qxc3 Qxa2 27. h3
$1 $16) 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxa2 26. h4 $16 {White has an extra pawn and
Black faces continuing difficulties on the kingside.}) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qb6
$1 23. a5 Qc7 24. Qxc7 $11 {Now Black may not be worse. From this point
onwards, his play is almost perfect.} (24. Qe3 $142 b6 25. axb6 axb6 $14 {
White still has his plus, but Black's co-ordination is getting slightly better.
}) 24... Rxc7 25. g3 Rdc8 (25... b5 $5) 26. Re3 (26. a6 b6 27. Bb7 {could make
Black regret ...Rdc8.}) 26... b6 27. Bc2 Nf6 28. Be5 Rc5 (28... Ng4 $5 {
was possible, if Black was satisfied with a draw. However, I suspect he was
already going for more.} 29. Bxc7 Nxe3 30. Rd7 (30. axb6 axb6 31. fxe3 Rxc7 $11
) 30... Nxc2 31. Rxe7 Nd4 $11) 29. axb6 axb6 30. Bd4 R5c6 31. Re5 {With this
and the next move, James fails to appreciate that Black's favourite exchange
here is the dark-squared bishop swap, and that if successful in this then
Black will obtain a slight practical plus.} (31. Bxf6 {was a reasonable move
with which to offer a draw.}) 31... Ng4 32. Rb5 Bc5 33. h3 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Nf6 {
Now, Black's next exchange to try will be a pair of rooks - preferably without
ever allowing the white king to c3.} 35. Bd1 Rb8 36. Bf3 Rc5 37. Rb4 Ne8 38.
Rd7 (38. Kf1 $11 {The correct plan was to try and bring the white king to the
queenside with as little delay as possible.}) 38... Rc7 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. c5 (
40. Kf1 $11 {is again a good idea. If Black isn't careful then the queenside
majority may start moving fast, e.g.} Na6 41. Ra4 Nc5 42. Ra3 Rd8 43. b4 Nd3
44. c5 bxc5 45. b5 $44) 40... b5 41. Rd4 Na6 42. c6 ({The most obvious
alternative was} 42. b4 Kf8 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Bc6 Rd8 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. Bxb5 Nxb4
$11 {and with a bit of care White should be able to avoid losing the c5-pawn.})
42... Rc8 43. Rd6 Nb4 44. Be2 Nxc6 45. Bxb5 Na5 46. Ba4 Rb8 47. Rd3 Kg7 48. Kf1
Rb4 49. Ke2 Nb7 50. Rc3 Nd6 51. Rd3 $2 {In an increasingly difficult position,
White makes his first 'computer-sanctioned' error.} (51. Kd3 {clings on to the
b3-pawn, though there is little doubt in my mind that Black is very seriously
playing to win after} e5 $36) 51... Ne4 $1 {Just like that, the queenside pawn
is gone.} 52. Ke3 Nc5 53. Rc3 Nxa4 54. bxa4 Rxa4 55. h4 h6 56. Rc7 g5 57. hxg5
hxg5 58. Rb7 (58. f3 {and g4 would be the ideal setup, but here Black counters
with} g4 $1 {and is close to winning.}) 58... Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Kg6 60. Re7 g4 {
In this phase of the game, Black makes all his logical improving moves, but
then they run out, and he has to play ...f4.} 61. Kd2 Kf6 62. Rb7 e5 63. Ke2
Ke6 64. Rb6+ Kf5 65. Rb7 f6 66. Rb6 Rc3 67. Ra6 Rc5 68. Ke3 Rb5 69. Ke2 Kg5 70.
Ke3 Rb2 71. Ra8 Rc2 72. Rb8 f5 73. Rg8+ Kf6 74. Rf8+ Ke6 75. Re8+ Kd6 76. Rd8+
Ke7 77. Ra8 Rc3+ 78. Ke2 Ke6 79. Rd8 f4 {The computer evaluation drops
drastically, but in reality this just exchanges one draw for another.} 80. gxf4
exf4 81. Kd2 Ra3 82. Rg8 Kf5 {Here, I expect both players thought Black was
rounding up the f2-pawn and winning, and thought very little of the subsequent
moves. However, engine analysis shows that the position is still a draw, and
White didn't do anything wrong either before or just after ...f4.} 83. Ke2 f3+
84. Ke1 Ra1+ 85. Kd2 Rf1 86. Rf8+ {Here is the issue.} Ke5 (86... Kg5 {gets
checked endlessly, but the text is different, for an important reason.}) 87.
Re8+ $4 (87. Ke3 {is vital, so that Black can't ever play ...Re2.} Re1+ 88. Kd3
$11) 87... Kf6 $1 {Making the most of his sudden chance. Black definitely
created his own luck here...} 88. Rf8+ Kg7 89. Rf5 {There was no way to defend
the f2-pawn.} Kg6 90. Rf8 Rxf2+ 91. Ke3 Rg2 92. Rg8+ Kf5 93. Rf8+ Kg6 94. Rg8+
Kf7 95. Rg5 Kf6 96. Rg8 Re2+ 97. Kf4 f2 98. Kg3 Kf7 {Promoting to a knight
also wins.} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 {The famous Fort Knox,
which I have tried myself, but with nothing like the results of my younger
compatriot. Though as we shall see, this result had little to do with the
opening.} 6. Bd3 (6. Neg5 {is probably the most critical move.} Nd7 $1 ({After
} 6... Bd6 {even the cavemanesque} 7. Nxf7 {causes problems:} Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8
9. Bc4 Qf6 10. Nxe6 $40) (6... Be7 {is uninspiring:} 7. Bc4 Bd5 8. Bb5+ c6 (
8... Bc6 9. Qe2 $14) 9. Bd3 c5 (9... Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf6 11. O-O $14 {Jones,
G-Taylor,A Reading 2016}) 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 $14) 7. Bc4 Qe7
$146 {This might be one way to go if I had to play this again.} (7... Bd5 $2 8.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 $2 (9... Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Bxc4 11. b3 Ba6 12. c4 Ngf6 13.
O-O $16) 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 {Jones, G-Fernandez,D England 2016, White was
already basically winning.}) 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Ne4 Ngf6 {White might
have a tiny something but Black is out of the danger zone and should not be
too worried.}) 6... Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. Nc4 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 {
is more standard but Black is fine here; he can continue with ...Bb7 and try
for ...c5, or else just push the a-pawn straightaway.}) 9... O-O (9... Be4 $5 {
deserves consideration.}) 10. Na5 Bd5 {On a 'culture' level it is a good idea
to drag White's c-pawn forward two squares before giving up the bishop pair.}
11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rad1 b6 (15... Rfd8 16. Bf4
$1 {was the point}) 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Ra8 18. c5 {Probably a bit of a
surprise, though White is still better after this.} (18. a4 a6 19. g4 $14 {
suggests itself, and Black must be careful not to run out of oxygen.}) 18...
Nd5 19. Rc1 bxc5 $6 (19... b5 20. a4 a6 $14 {forces White to be extremely
careful about his next few moves, otherwise Black will suddenly manage to
co-ordinate all his forces against the weak d4-pawn.}) 20. dxc5 Bf6 21. Be4 (
21. Qe4 g6 22. b5 $1 $16 {is what my engine screams for; suddenly d5 is no
longer so much of an outpost.}) 21... Ne5 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Na5 (23. b5 $16)
23... Rac8 24. Re2 Ng6 25. Nc4 Bh4 26. Qf3 Bg5 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. a3 Bxd2 29. Rxd2
Qg5 30. Rcd1 Rb8 31. Bxg6 {It isn't clear to me why White believed so much in
his mating ideas, because there are actually multiple ways to meet them.} (31.
g3 $16) 31... hxg6 32. Nc4 Rd8 33. Rd4 Rcd7 34. Nd6 (34. Na5 Rc7 35. g3 $14)
34... Qf6 35. Qg3 Ra8 (35... a5 $5 $11 {is also possible immediately.}) 36. Rh4
$6 {The first step on the very short road to disaster.} (36. Qh3 $14) 36... g5
$1 {Otherwise mate follows on the h-file!} 37. Rg4 $4 {And this loses a
further half-point!} (37. Rhd4 a5 $11) 37... Nc3 $1 {Just like that, White
loses an exchange and one of the biggest upsets of the tournament thus far has
been pulled off.} 38. Qd3 Nxd1 39. Qxd1 a5 40. h3 axb4 {Having passed move 40,
White was able to repent at leisure.} 41. Rxb4 Qc3 42. Qh5 Qxa3 43. Rc4 Qa1+
44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. g3 Qd5 {Good tenacity and awareness by the rising young
English talent.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]
[WhiteClock "0:48:53"]
[BlackClock "0:24:45"]

{Now we shall try and 'compensate' for having 'excessively' praised Duda for
two previous games, and criticised Nepomniachtchi for one...} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 {Chosen by
almost all top players who have reached this position. The rationale is that
White likely wants a queenside fianchetto, and this is best countered by
developing our bishop to the same diagonal.} (8... Be7 {is the most played
move.}) 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. c4 {Almost universally chosen,
though it seems to not be well understood that c4 in such positions validates
Black's whole construct by weakening the d4 pawn.} (12. b4 $5 b6 (12... O-O $6
13. b5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14 {gives White no trouble at all, since he can choose
not to play c4 if he is afraid of counterplay against d4.}) (12... Nb6 13. b5
Na4 14. bxc6 Nxb2 15. Qb1 Nxd3 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Qb5+ Qd7 18. Qxd3 Rxb7 19. Ne5
$14) 13. c4 (13. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (13... Bb7 $1 $11) 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qe2 $14 {
Tikkanen,H (2528)-Westerberg,J (2488) Lund 2016}) 13... O-O 14. Bc3 $5 $14 {
Black should still take on f3 at some point, but it can no longer be connected
with re-grouping against the d4-pawn.} (14. a4 a5 $11)) 12... O-O 13. b4 (13.
Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Rfe1 Qa5 {Huebner,R (2611)-Stojanovic,M (2552)
Switzerland 2015, with good play against the d4-pawn.}) 13... Bxf3 $1 (13... b6
{could again be played, when as above} 14. Bc3 {should be good for White.}) 14.
Qxf3 c6 15. a4 Qc7 {It was necessary to play a little more forcefully, either
now or soon.} (15... Re8 $5 16. Rfe1 (16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. a5 e5 $11) 16... Qc7 17.
Qe2 {White is well advised to stop ...e5, but now comes} a5 18. b5 c5 $132) 16.
a5 a6 $6 (16... Rad8 {calls White's bluff: he actually should not play a6.} 17.
Rfe1 (17. a6 b5 $1 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Nd5 $11) 17... Rfe8 18. Bc2 e5 $132)
17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rad1 $14 {Now White has a measure of control
over the position, and his opponent is at risk of slowly suffocating to death.}
Re7 20. Bb1 Nf8 {Thematically trying for ...Red7, ...Ne8-d6-f5, as in
Fernandez-Arkell, 4NCL 2014...} 21. Qf3 $1 Ne8 (21... Red7 22. d5 $1 $14 {
is the problem, but the cure turns out to be worse.}) 22. Ne4 Red7 (22... Nd6
23. Nf6+ Kh8 $14 {should maybe have been chosen.}) 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Qe2 Nd7 (
24... Nd6 25. Bc1 $1 $16 {was the intention, simultaneously threatening Bf4
and d5.}) 25. Nb3 Ndf6 26. Bc1 Red7 27. g3 Bf8 28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Bd2 Bg7 30. Bc3
Re7 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. Bd2 Nh5 33. Bg5 Nhf6 34. Nc5 {As we can see, White has
made a modest gain over the last 10 moves while Black has been stuck without
active ideas.} h6 35. Bf4 Qc8 36. h4 Nh7 37. Be5 (37. d5 $1 $16 {deserved
serious consideration.}) 37... Nef6 38. Na4 Qd7 (38... Nd7 39. Bd6 Ree8 40. h5
$16) 39. Nb6 Qe8 40. c5 (40. Bc2 {White could have hurried a little bit less
with something like this.}) 40... Qf8 41. Bd6 {Cashing in.} Rxd6 42. cxd6 Re8
43. b5 axb5 44. a6 Nd5 $2 $18 (44... Qxd6 45. a7 Qc7 46. a8=Q Rxa8 47. Nxa8 Qa5
{was practically the best chance, but after} 48. Bxg6 fxg6 49. Ra1 $16 {
the outcome is not in much doubt.}) 45. Nxd5 cxd5 46. d7 Rd8 47. axb7 Nf6 48.
h5 Qd6 49. hxg6 Qxd7 50. gxf7+ Kxf7 51. Qd3 Rb8 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Bd3 Rxb7 54.
Ra1 Qf7 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Ra6 Qxg6 57. Bxg6 Ne4 58. Bxe4 dxe4 59. Rxe4 Kf7 60.
Rexe6 Bxd4 61. Red6 Bc5 62. Rxh6 Bd4 63. Rad6 Kg7 64. Rh5 Bc3 65. Rhd5 b4 66.
Rd7+ Rxd7 67. Rxd7+ Kf6 68. Rd3 Ke5 69. Kf1 Bd4 70. Ke2 Kd5 71. Kd2 Kc4 72.
Rxd4+ {A great display of how to play against the small centre!} 1-0

[Event "ASEAN GM 2nd"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Aung, Aung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 (8. Neg5) 8... Be7 9. Qe2 $6 {This careless move is just a loss of a tempo,
since black is forced to take on f3 at some point anyway. However the loss of
a tempo is of minor importnace, since black can't make a use of it.} (9. c4
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. h4 (13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. h4 $5 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Ng6 $5 16. h5 Nh4 17. Qe3 Bd6 $1 {Shirov,A-Huebner,R/Munich 1993}) 13...
Qa5 (13... g6 14. h5 Qa5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. a3 Qg5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Epishin,V/Tilburg 1992}) 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Re3 Nf8 17.
Rae1 Rd7 18. b4 a5 19. d5 $1 $14 {Krasenkow,M-Lyrberg,P/Aalborg 1995}) (9. b3
O-O 10. Bb2 a5 (10... b5) 11. c4 a4 12. Ne5 $14) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3
O-O (11... a5 $5 12. Bb2 a4 13. c4 O-O $13 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd8b6]}) 12. Bb2
Re8 13. c4 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne2 {Another possibility was to play Ne4
trading the knights, however it's better to keep as many pieces as possible on
the board.} (15. h4 Ng6 16. h5 Nf4 17. Bc2 $14) 15... Rad8 16. g3 Qa5 17. a3
Qh5 18. Qg2 $6 {After Ng6 it's hardly possible for white to prevent e5, so it
was better to trade the queens keeping small positional plus.} (18. Qxh5 Nxh5
19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 N6d7 21. f4 $14) 18... Ng6 19. Rfe1 Rd7 $6 {Black doesn't
take the chance to seize the initiative with 19...e5!} (19... e5 $1 20. dxe5 (
20. h3 exd4 21. f4 c5 22. g4 Qh4 $15) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 (21. Nf4 Nf3+ 22. Kh1
Nxe1 $19) 21... Qxe5 22. b4 a5 $15 {[%csl Rb4]}) 20. h3 Red8 21. Bc2 $14 Qa5 (
21... c5) 22. b4 Qc7 23. Ba4 Qb6 24. Qf3 Qa6 $6 {[%csl Ra6]} 25. Bb3 b5 $6 {
Getting the control over d5, but creating to himself a wekness on c6, which
proves to be far more important.} 26. Rc1 Qb7 (26... bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd5 28. Rec1
Rd6 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. R1xc3 $14) 27. h4 Nf8 28. Nf4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 {[%csl Rc6]
All white has to do is to attack a pawn on c6.} a5 30. Nd3 axb4 31. axb4 Nd5 $6
(31... Rc7 32. Ba4 Nd5 33. Rec1 Nxb4 34. Nxb4 Bxb4 35. Bxc6 Qb8 36. d5 $36) 32.
Rec1 (32. Ne5 Bxb4 33. Rec1 Rc7 34. Nxc6 Rdc8 $11) 32... Bxb4 (32... Nxb4 33.
Ne5 Bd6 34. Nxd7 Nxd7 35. Ba3 Nb8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Bc2 Be7 38. Be4 $16) 33.
Ba4 $18 {[%csl Rb4] Winning an exchange.} Rc7 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Bd6 36.
Qe2 h6 37. R6c2 Nh7 38. Nc5 Qe7 39. Ne4 Nhf6 40. Nxf6+ Qxf6 41. Rc8 {Going for
an easily winning endgame.} Rxc8 42. Rxc8+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Qg6 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45.
Kg2 h5 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Ra8 f6 {It would be better to refrain from moving the
pawns, but it could just prolong the agony.} 48. Ba3 Bc7 49. Bc5 g6 50. Ra6 e5
51. dxe5 Bxe5 52. Ra4 g5 53. Bd4 Bc7 54. Rc4 gxh4 55. gxh4 Bd6 56. Rc8 Be7 57.
Bc5 Kg6 58. Ke4 Bxc5 59. Rxc5 Ne7 60. f4 Ng8 61. f5+ Kf7 62. Kd5 Nh6 63. Rc7+
1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bar, Roman"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2080]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ (9. Bc4) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. O-O-O Bc5 $1) 11... cxd4 (11... Be7 12. O-O-O (12.
O-O cxd4 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Nxd4 Qa4 15. a3 Rfd8 $11 {Lau,R-Vaganian,R/BL9394}) (
12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7
$11 {Chandler,M-King,D/London WFW 1990}) 12... O-O (12... Qa4 13. Kb1 g5 14.
Bg3 g4 15. Ne5 cxd4 $13) 13. dxc5 (13. g4 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Kb1 b5 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. Ne5 $11 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/BL9596}) 13... Qa4 (13... Qc6 14. Ne5 (
14. Kb1 Rfd8 $10 15. Rhe1 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.
Nd3 Qc4 $11 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares m 1992}) 14... Qxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Nd7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 (19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 $44) 19... Qb4+
20. Kc1 Qa3+ {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Psakhis,L/Baden Baden 1992}) 14. Kb1 Rac8 (
14... Rfd8 15. a3 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Nb3 f5 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {Benjamin,J-Psakhis,L/New York Reshevsky 1992}) 15.
Rd4 Qa5 16. Ne5 Qxc5 17. Rc4 Qb5 $11 {Mainka,R-Chiburdanidze,M/Lippstadt 1995})
12. O-O-O Be7 $5 ({Another possibility was} 12... Bc5 13. Qe5 Be7 14. Nxd4 Qa4
15. Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Bg3 a6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 b5 {1/2-1/2 Ninov,
N-Benkovic,P/28th It 1999}) 13. Rxd4 ({Nothing promises} 13. Nxd4 Qa4 14. Kb1 (
14. Qb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 (16. Rxd5 Bxh4 17. Rd3 (17. Nc7+ $6 Ke7 18.
Nxa8 exd5 19. Nc7 Kd6 20. Nb5+ Kc5 $17) 17... Ke7 18. g3 Bf6 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. f4 Kd7 $11) 16... Kxe7 17. Rhe1 Rhd8 18. Nd4 Rac8
$11) 14... O-O 15. Rd3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rd5 $132) 13... Qc6 $1 {Keeping square b5
under control} 14. Rhd1 (14. Ne5 $5 Qxg2 15. Qb5+ Kf8 16. Rhd1 $44) 14... a6 $5
15. Kb1 (15. Ne5 $5 Qxg2 16. Ng4 g5 17. Qe5 Qf3 18. Bg3 $36) 15... Rc8 16. c4
O-O 17. Ne5 $1 {The only chance to fight for the advantage.} Qxg2 $5 {During
the game I thought that this exchange should be in black's favor, but as it
turns out the position is far from being clear.} (17... Qc5 18. Nd7 (18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Nd7 Qf5+ 20. R4d3 Rfd8 $11) (18. g4 Rcd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8
$11) 18... Qf5+ 19. Ka1 Rfe8 20. g4 Qg6 21. Ne5 Qh7 22. f4 $36) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Rg4 Qxh2 20. Nd7 Bg5 (20... Kh8 $2 21. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Qf3 $1 Qe5 (22...
f5 23. Rg3 Qh4 24. Rh1 Qf6 25. Qf4 Kh7 26. Rgh3 $18) 23. Rh1 $18 {[%csl Rh8]})
21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Rgd4 Rc5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc5f5,Gf5f2]} (22... Qc7 $5 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 23. Rd7 Rf5 24. Rxb7 g6 25. Qd3 $1 $36 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 (6... Be7 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Ng3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 $140 $2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qd5 11. f3 Qxe5 $17) 7. O-O
Be7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Ng3 O-O {A dubious continuation passing the initiative into
white's hands getting nothing in return.} (9... Bxf3 $5 10. Qxf3 c6 {is
considered to be the main line.}) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 (11... Qd5 12. f4 (
12. f3 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 $11 {Fernandes,J-Cardoso,C/BRA 1999}) 12... Ng4 (12...
Nd7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. c3 Ba4 15. Re1 (15. b3 $5 Bxb3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxd7 Bc5+
18. Kh1 Ba4 (18... Bd5) 19. Ne4 Bxd7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Rfc8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8
23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. f5 $18) 15... Rfd8 16.
Kh1 Nf8 17. Be3 c5 18. Be4 $36 {Adams,M-Kortschnoj,V/Enghien les Bains 2003})
13. Kh1 Nh6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Bc3 a6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19.
exf6 $14 {Berndt,S-Bonacic,N/Germany 1989}) 12. Kh1 {Intending to play f4
later on, however it's hardly a dangerous plan for black. More logical is} (12.
Rd1 {with comfortable advantage.} Qc8 13. c4 a5 14. Bc2 a4 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Ne4
$14 {Kovacs,L-Merlini,D/corr 1998/MegaCorr2} (16. h4 Nf8 17. h5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1
Qe8 19. h6 g6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 c6 22. Qd4 $14 {Bashkov,V-Bus,M/Polanica
Zdroj 1995})) 12... Qe8 (12... Nc5 13. Rd1 (13. Bc4 $6 Qd4 14. f4 (14. c3 Qh4)
14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Be3 Qg6 $11) 13... Nxd3 14. Rxd3 Qe8 15. Nh5 Kh8
16. Rh3 Rd8 17. Bf4 $14) 13. c3 Rd8 14. f4 $6 {Underestimating black's
counterplay, which proves to be pretty strong.} f5 $1 15. exf6 Nxf6 $1 $44 (
15... Bxf6 16. Be3 e5 17. Qc2 h6 18. f5 Nb6 19. Be4 Nc4 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. Rad1
$14) 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bc5 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gg4f2] Black pieces are
perfectly placed, so white is the one who should be thinking about an
equalizing.} (18... Bd6 $5) 19. f5 Rd3 20. Qxe8 (20. Bf4 Ng4 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22.
h3 $2 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Rexe3 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge3h3]}) 20... Rxe8 21. Bg5 Ng4
$1 ({White manages to keep the balance after} 21... Rxg3 $5 22. hxg3 Re2 23.
Rf3 (23. Rg1 Bxg1 24. Rxg1 Rxb2 25. Rd1 h6 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bd5
Bxd5 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rxd5 h5 $15) 23... Ne4 24. Bf4 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Bxf3 26. gxf3
h5 27. Kg2 Nd3+ 28. Kh3 Nxf4+ 29. gxf4 $11) 22. f6 gxf6 $6 {Inaccuracy hrwoing
away black's advantage. After correct} (22... Rxg3 $1 23. hxg3 Re2 24. fxg7+
Kxg7 25. Rg1 a5 $17 {white's defensive task would've been very difficult.}) 23.
Rxf6 Rd6 (23... Bd5 24. Rf5 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Ne4+ 26. Kh1 $11) 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 (24...
cxd6 25. h3 $16) 25. Rf1 h6 (25... Bxg3 $5 26. hxg3 Kg7 27. Bd1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2
Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rxd1 $11) 26. Bd1 hxg5 ({It was safer to play} 26... Nf2+ $5 27.
Rxf2 hxg5 28. Bf3 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Bxg3 30. Rxe1 Bxe1 31. Bxc6 b4 $11 {securing a
draw}) 27. Bxg4 Bd5 (27... Bxg3 28. hxg3 Kg7 29. Rf5 Bd7 30. Rc5 Bxg4 31. Rxg5+
Kf6 32. Rxg4 Re2 33. Rb4 c6 $14) 28. Nf5 Bf4 $6 (28... Bxa2 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30.
h3 Bc4 31. Rd1 d5 32. Kg1 Kg7 $11) 29. a3 $14 Bc4 30. Rd1 Bb3 31. Ra1 Rd8 32.
g3 Rd2 33. Bf3 $1 (33. gxf4 $6 Bd5+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxg4 36. Ne3 Rxf4+ 37.
Kg1 Be6 $11) 33... g4 34. Bc6 Be5 35. Re1 Bf6 36. Ne3 Rxb2 37. Nxg4 Bxc3 38.
Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kf8 (39... Kg6 40. h4 Kf5 41. Ne3+ Kf6 42. Rxc7 Bd4 $132) 40.
Rxc7 a5 41. Ne3 Be5 $6 (41... b4 $1 $13) 42. Rc8+ Ke7 $2 (42... Kg7 43. Bxb5
Be6 44. Rc5 Bd6 45. Rc6 Bxa3 46. Rxe6 Rxb5 47. Ra6 $14) 43. Re8+ Kd6 44. Bxb5
$18 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Re1 46. Kf2 Rc1 47. Nf5+ Kd5 48. Rd8+ Ke6 49. Nd4+ Bxd4+ 50.
Rxd4 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Ke5 52. Rh4 Ra2 53. a4 Bd5 54. Bc4 Ra1+ (54... Rxa4 $2 55.
Rh5+ $18) 55. Kf2 Be4 56. Bb3 Ra3 57. Bd1 Bc6 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Rxa5 Ra2+ 60.
Be2 Rxa4 61. Rxa4+ Bxa4 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kf6 64. Kf4 Bd7 65. Bg4 Bb5 66. Bf5
Kg7 67. g4 Be2 68. g5 Bh5 69. h4 Be8 70. Bg4 Bf7 71. h5 Be8 72. h6+ Kh8 73. Ke5
Bf7 74. Kf6 Be8 75. Be6 (75. g6 $2 Bxg6 $11) 75... Bg6 76. Bf7 Be4 77. Be8 {
[%cal Ge8d7,Gd7f5,Gg5g6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Bd6 ({Another popular continuation is} 8... Nd5) 9.
Bd3 Bd7 (9... Nd5 $5) 10. Qe2 Bc6 {Intending to trade the knight which might
be quite annoying on e5.} (10... Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 (12. c3 c5 13. Rad1
Rfd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg3 a6 $11 {Blatsky,L-Ramik,J/
Czechia 2002}) (12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Qf3 Nd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bc3 {
1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Nogueiras,J/Havana 2002}) 12... c5 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bb1
Ba4 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne5 $14 {Huebner,R-Nogueiras,J/Elista 1998}) 11. O-O-O $5 {
Opting for queenside castling is the only way to fight for an opening
advantage since after} (11. O-O Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Rad1 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gershon,A-Huzman,A/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000 black has no problems what so ever;})
11... Qe7 $6 {A very dubious plan which leads to a disaster.} ({Much better
was the typical} 11... Bxf3 $5 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. g3 O-O-O $11 {
[%cal Gd8d7,Gh8d8,Gc6c5] and black is doing ok.}) 12. c4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c5 ({
It wasn't too late for} 13... c6 {even though white seems to get better
chances after} 14. Kb1 O-O-O (14... Bc7 {Ftacnik} 15. h4 O-O-O 16. g4 $14) 15.
d5 $1 {[%cal Ge3a7]} c5 (15... cxd5 $6 16. Bxa7 b5 (16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bc5 $2
18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxe6+ $18) 17. c5 Qxa7 18. cxd6 Rxd6 19. Qg3 Ne8 20. Bxb5 $14
) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rhe1 $14 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf3h3]}) 14. d5 e5 (14... exd5
15. cxd5 (15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 (16. Bxc5 $6 Qc7 $11) 16... Qc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. Qxf6 $14) 15... c4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Bd4 $14) 15. Rde1 a6 $6 {A desperate
attempt to get counterplay on the queenside, but the black king is far less
secure than the white one, so black had to accpet that his plan failed and go
for} (15... O-O-O $5 {with a slightly worse, but defendable position.} 16. Bd2
{Ftacnik} Kb8 $14) 16. g4 $1 b5 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The typical striving
for opening up the queen's flank will end up in complete disaster. Nisipeanu
will be out of any danger with his hands free for mounting of the attack of
his own.'} (16... e4 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd2 $16) (16... Qd7 $5 {
Ftacnik} 17. g5 (17. h3 Qa4 18. Kb1 b5 19. b3 Qb4 20. Bf4 $14) 17... hxg5 18.
Bxg5 Rh3 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20. Qc2 e4 21. Bf1 $14) 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $16 bxc4
19. Bxc4 Rb8 20. b3 Kf8 21. Re4 $5 {'!' Ftacnik. White doesn't want to allow
black to simplify the position by pushing e4.} (21. h4 e4 $1 22. Qf5 Qe5 23.
Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxe4 $16) 21... Rb6 (21... a5 $5) 22. Rg1 Bc7 23.
Qg3 Qd6 24. Rh4 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The correct quest to eliminate the most valuable
defender of the black's kingside. The tactical shot 24.Bf4!? was very
interesting, but black would surely have had better chances for resistance.'} (
24. Bf4 $6 Nxe4 25. Qxg7+ Ke7 26. Qxh8 exf4 27. Re1 Qg6 (27... f5 $2 28. Rg1 $1
Ng3 29. hxg3 Qe5 30. Qh7+ Kd8 31. Kc2 $18) 28. f3 f5 29. Bd3 Rb4 $132) 24...
Rxh4 25. Qxh4 e4 $6 (25... Kg8 26. Rg3 Bd8 27. Rh3 Kf8 $16) 26. Be3 g6 27. Kc2
$1 Rb8 28. Bg5 Nh5 (28... Ng8) 29. Bh6+ Ng7 30. Rg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh6f4,Gh4h8]}
Qxh2 $2 (30... Qb6 31. Bg5 Kg8 32. Bf6 Qd6 33. Rxe4 $18) 31. Qf6 $1 (31. Qf6 $1
Qxh6 32. d6 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[BlackTeam "Timisoara AEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%mdl 640]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 (8. Bh4 $5) 8... Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Qd2 (9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qe2
Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bd7 12. Be4 O-O (12... c5 $6 13. O-O-O $6 (13. dxc5 $5 Qa5+ 14.
c3 Bxc5 15. b4 $1 Bxe3 16. bxa5 Bf4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. a6 $14) 13... Qc7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Qe2 Kb8 $11 {Krakops Maris-Kaminski Marcin/Ch World (cadets) (under
1995 (42)}) 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 $14) 13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rab8 16.
g3 Be8 17. Nc4 {Hernandes-Hergott,Linares,1994,1/2-1/2}) (9. Qd3 {Finkel,A} b6
(9... O-O 10. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 (10... b6 11. f4) 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2
$14) 10. Ne5 Bb7 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxe5 Bb7 {/\ 0-0-0~~})
11... Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O) 11. Qb5+ Nd7 12. O-O-O a6 13.
Qb3 (13. Qe2 $1 O-O 14. f4 {/\ Rg1, g4|^}) 13... b5 14. c4 (14. f4 Bd5 15. Qd3
O-O) 14... O-O 15. f4 $13 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E,1992,1-0}) 9... Bd7 (9... O-O 10.
O-O-O b6 $13) 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Ng4 $5 {Yermolinsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/WchT 4th
1997}) (8... Nd5 $6 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Qd2 Bd6 (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 c5 11. Bd3 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. exd4 $11 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/
Geneve op 1994 (42)}) 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bc6
14. f4 O-O-O $13 {Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1993 (21)}) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3
Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 $14) 9. Bd3 $5 {The following game is very
good example of ''how white should play against the french defense!''-the fact
that with black pieces played nt just anyboy,but Loek Van Wely makes it even
more valueable} (9. Qd2 a6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne5 $1 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Be4 Qc8
14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. g4 $40 {Grabics Monika-Maric
Mirjana/It (w), Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1995/1-0 (83)}) (9. Qd3 $5 a6 10. Ne5 b6
11. g4 $6 Bb7 12. Rg1 Nd5 13. Bg2 Nb4 $1 14. Qd2 Bxg2 15. Rxg2 Qd5 $15 {
Grabics Monika-Vuksanovic,S/It (w), Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1995/1-0 (60)}) 9...
O-O 10. Qe2 b6 (10... Nd5 11. c3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 (12. fxe3) 12... Bd7 13. Ne5 Rb8
14. O-O-O $14) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Qc8 (12... Qd5 13. Kb1 Qxg2 14. Rhg1 Qh3
15. f3 Nd5 16. Rg3 Qh4 17. Rdg1 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. Rhg1 $1 {Starting an
attack against black king. At this stage it's hard to believe that in the game
were played less than ten movs} c5 14. g4 cxd4 15. Bd2 $1 Nd7 (15... Nh7) 16.
g5 $1 Nxe5 (16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe5 (17... hxg5 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qxg5 Ne8 20.
Qh4 f5 21. Ng6 $18) 18. Qxe5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 g6 20. Bxg6 f6 21. Qh6 $18) 17. gxh6
$1 $18 {The last touch!} Nxd3+ (17... Bf6 18. hxg7 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Qh3
$18) (17... Ng6 18. hxg7 (18. Qh5) 18... Kxg7 19. Qe5+ $1 Bf6 (19... Kg8 20.
Bh6 f6 21. Qh5 $18) 20. Qh5 Rh8 21. Rxg6+ Kf8 22. Bh6+ Ke7 23. Rxf6 $18) 18.
Qxd3 Rd8 (18... g5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Rxg5+ Kh8 21. Rg7 f5 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Qxe5
Qb8 24. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qg7#) (18... g6 19. Rxg6+ Kh8 20. Rg7 f5 21. Rxe7 $18)
(18... Bf6 19. Rxg7+ Bxg7 20. Qg3 $18) 19. Rxg7+ Kf8 20. Rdg1 Bf6 21. Rxf7+ $1
1-0

[Event "Morso"]
[Site "Morso"]
[Date "2002.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 {Rustemov is a big expert in this variation and
it's very difficult to get an advantage against him!} (10. Nc4 $5 Bb5 (10... b6
$5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. c3 c5 15. Bc2 Qc7 $11 {Kruppa,
Y-Rustemov,A/Minsk 1996 (42)}) (10... Nb6 11. Nfe5 Be8 12. Na5 $6 Qd5 13. Nb3
Bb5 14. Bg5 Bxd3 $11 {Wahls,M-Chabanon,J/Bad Endbach 1995 (44)}) 11. c3 (11. a4
Ba6 12. c3 (12. Bg5 c5 13. Ne3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 $15 {Bertona,
F-Herman,D/Buenos Aires 2000/CBM 79}) 12... c5 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Bf1 $14 {Brodsky,M-Lauridsen,J/Vendrell op 1996 (24)}) 11... c5 12. Bf4 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bg5 $14 {Gelfand,B-Godena,M/Moscow
olm 1994 (30)}) 10... b6 {In the following position black has two different
plans:one is to give up the lightsquared bishop,then to put a pawn on c6 and
to start the manouvering with the pieces and to wait for white to do something;
and the other one is to keep the bishop in the game by playing b6 and then
transfering c5.It's very hard to say which one is better,it depends only on
taste:for those who prefer to defend solid,but slightly passive positions
suits the plan with B:f3,for those who prefer more lively aand open game it's
better to play 10...b6.} (10... Re8 11. a4 (11. Nc4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. a4 a5
14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Bg3 Nd5 16. Ne5 $14 {Kudrin,S-Shapiro,D/Philadelphia 1998/EXT
2000}) 11... a6 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Nc4 a5 15. Qh3 $14 {Forster,R-Hug,
W/Winterthur 1996 (21)}) 11. Nc4 (11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3
Bb7 15. Bf4 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Giaccio,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) (11. a4
a6 (11... a5 12. Nc4 Qc8 (12... Bb7 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bc2 Qc7 17. Na3 $14 {Polgar,J-Aung Aung/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) 13. Nfe5 Bb7
14. Re3 g6 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rh3 Re8 18. Bf4 $14 {Hector,
J-Westerinen,H/Gausdal 1998/EXT 99}) 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Nc4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bc2 Be4 16. Bxe4 Ncxe4 $11 {Hector,J-Westerinen,H/Gentofte 1999/CBM 73}) 11...
Bd5 $5 (11... Bb7 12. b4 $5 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na5 Bd5 15. c4 $5 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 cxb4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bb2 a5 19. Bc2 $1 $44 {Nijboer,F-Bauer,C/Wijk aan
Zee 1999/CBM 69}) 12. Nce5 c5 13. c4 Bb7 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 h6
$6 {[%csl Rg8]} 17. Qe2 $6 {Permitting black to play Bd6. Much stronger was} (
17. Bc2 $1 Qd7 $140 $6 (17... Bd6 $2 18. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rd8]}) 18. Qd3
g6 (18... Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Nf5#) 19. Qh3 $16)
17... Bd6 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qb8 $1 {Now the position is balanced} 20. Qxb8
(20. Qe3 $5 Rd8 $11) 20... Raxb8 21. Bc2 Rfc8 22. b3 a6 23. Rd2 Rc5 24. Red1
Kf8 25. Bd3 (25. f3 $5) 25... a5 26. a3 Ba6 27. Be2 {White is careful not to
weaken c4.} (27. b4 $6 {[%csl Rc4]} axb4 28. axb4 Rc7 29. b5 Bb7 30. f3 Nd7 $15
{[%cal Gd7c5,Gf8e7]}) 27... Ne4 28. Rc2 Rbc8 29. f3 Nf6 30. Rdc1 R5c7 31. b4
Nd7 32. Nb3 (32. Kf2 e5 33. Nb3 axb4 34. axb4 Ke7) 32... axb4 33. axb4 e5 34.
Kf2 Ke7 35. c5 $5 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 bxc5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. bxc5 (39.
Rxc5 $2 Rxc5 40. bxc5 Ke6 41. Kd3 Kd5 $19) 39... Ke6 40. Ke3 Rc6 (40... Kd5 41.
Rd1+ $1 $11) 41. f4 Kd5 42. Rd1+ Ke6 43. Rc1 Kd5 44. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 $5 {
This variation has become extremly popular lately.} c5 8. Be3 {Very logical
move.White has tried 8.Bg5 and 8.Bb5,but did'nt reach any opening advantage} (
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13.
Bxe7 Kxe7) 9... gxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Rd1 Bxb5 13.
Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxd4 Ke7) 10. Qa4+ (10. Qb3 Qc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. Bc4
Qf4 13. O-O Rg8) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Kc7) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8) 8... Qc7 (8... cxd4) (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Qxd4
) 9... Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 $14) 9. Ne5 $5 a6 (9...
cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Nc4) (9... Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. d5) (9...
Bd6 10. Bb5+ Ke7 (10... Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5) 11. Nc4 Bd7
(11... Bf4 12. dxc5 Rd8 (12... Bxe3 13. Qd6+ Qxd6 14. cxd6+ Kd8 15. fxe3) 13.
Qf3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. b4) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14.
dxc5 Qxd1+ (14... Nxc5 15. Qxd6+ Kxd6 16. O-O-O+ Kc6 17. Bxc5 Kxc5 18. Rd7) 15.
Rxd1 (15. Rxd1 Rhc8 16. Ke2 Nxc5 17. Rd4 Rc7 18. Rhd1 f6 19. c4 Rac8 20. b3 Rd7
)) 10. Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O)
12. O-O-O) 11. O-O-O cxd4 (11... Bd6 12. Bb5 (12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3
$14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod (open) 1997(Inf 70/275)} (14. Nxe3 O-O
15. d5 b5 $6 16. d6 $1 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60}))
12... axb5 13. Qxa8 cxd4 14. Nxd7 dxe3 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Qxb7
Qd2+ 18. Kb1 Qd3+ 19. Ka1 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1+ $16 {Yakovich,Y-Yagupov,
I/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99}) (11... Rb8 $6 $146 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 12. dxc5 Qxe5
13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Bxb8 b5 15. Qa5 (15. Qf4)) 12. Nxd7 $5 {A new move. However
it doesn't pose black special problem, so Anand's loss is not a result of an
opening!} (12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qb3 (14. Qc4 $1 $14) 14... O-O 15.
Bb6 Qc6 16. Kb1 Bc7 17. Be3 Qa4 18. Qxa4 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (18)}) 12... Qxd7 $1 (12... Bxd7 13. Qxd4 $14 {
[%csl Rf8]}) 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 (17.
Bxh7 $5 O-O-O (17... g6 $2 18. Bxg6 $18) 18. Be4 Rxh2 19. Rhd1 Rhh8 20. Qd3 $14
) 17... h6 18. Rd1 O-O-O (18... O-O $4 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Bh7+ $18 {[%csl Rd7]})
19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4 $1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5]}
Kb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. h5 $14 {White has slightly better chances
in the endgame due to better pawn structure, but it's hard to believe he is
going to win it in 15 moves!} Kb7 27. Kc2 f5 $6 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qe2 f4 (29...
Qf6 30. f4 $1 g6 31. hxg6 Qxg6 32. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Ga2a5]}) 30. g4 g6 31. Qe5 $1
$16 g5 $2 {Now the pawn h6 disappears from the board.} (31... gxh5 32. gxh5 $16
) 32. Qh8 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} e5 33. Qxh6 (33. Qxe5 $5 Qxa2 34. Qg7+ Kc8 35. Qxh6
Qa4+ 36. Kd2 Qb5 37. Qe6+ Kb7 38. b3 $18) 33... e4 (33... Qe7 34. Qg6 Qc5 35.
Qg7+ Kb8 $1 $16) 34. Qg6 $1 {Winning a tempo.} Qc4 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qh8+ Kb7
37. Qg7+ Kc8 38. Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qe7+ Kc8 40. Qe8+ (40. Qxg5 $2 Qd3+ 41. Kb3 e3
42. fxe3 fxe3 $132) 40... Kc7 41. Qe7+ Kc8 42. h6 c5 (42... Qd3+ 43. Kb3 Qb5+
44. Qb4 Qd5+ 45. Ka3 $18) 43. Qe8+ $1 {[%csl Gb5]} Kc7 44. h7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sretenskij, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 (9. Bd2 $5 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Bc3 $6 Qg5+ $5 (11... Qxg2
$5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 (12... Qxh1 $2 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nf3 $18) 13. Bxh7+ (13. Nf3 $2
Qxf2 14. Rhg1+ Kh8 $19) 13... Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg7 15. Qxc5 Qxh1 16. Ne2 Qxh2 17.
Rg1+ Qxg1+ 18. Nxg1 $15) 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 14. Qh5 f5 $6 (14... g6 $1)
15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 $3 $36 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/ch-GBR (Playoff), Hove ENG 1997 
(35)}) (9. Nf3 O-O (9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rad1 $5 (12. Ne5 Bb7
13. Bxf6 (13. Rae1 Rfd8 14. Ng4 $6 Qc6 15. Ne3 Bd4) 13... gxf6 {[#]} 14. Bxh7+
{The simpliest way to draw here.} (14. Qh5 $6 f5 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nf3 Qf7 17.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bc4 Rfe8 19. Nh4 Be4 $15) 14... Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Karpov,A/Supertorneo Las Palmas 1996}) (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qxa8 Bb7
15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 12... Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a3
Rac8 17. c3 $14 {Spraggett,K-Nogueiras,J/Canadian Open, Winnipeg CAN 1997 (41)}
) (9... h6 $6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. g4 $5 Nxg4 13. Rhg1 f5 14. h3 Nxf2
15. Bxh6 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxg1 17. Rxg1 $36 {Ulibin,M-Orlov,G/Minsk 1990 (31)})
10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O (13. O-O-O b6 14. Kb1 $5
Rd8 $140 $1 $13 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Ng4 Bg5 $1 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qxa7
Ra8 20. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $44) 13... Rd8 14. Rad1 h6 (14... Bd7 $4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Bxh7+ $18) 15. Bf4 $6 (15. Bh4 $5) 15... Bd6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Bg6 $5 Be8 $8 (
17... fxg6 $2 18. Nxd7 $18) 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 (18... Qxd6 $2 19. Nxf7 Qd2 20. Qxe6
Bxf7 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxb7 $18) 19. Nc4 Bb5 20. Bxf7+ $13 {Rublevsky,
S-Anastasian,A/Balatonbereny 1994 (34)}) 11. h4 $1 (11. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 12. O-O-O
g6 13. h4 h5 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ng5 $5 e5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxc5 $14 {Hjartarson,
J-Kacheishvili,G/Linares op sp 1996/1-0 (67)}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5
Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 $16 {
Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Qc7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Ne5 $2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge1c1]} Bxf2+ $1 13. Kxf2
Qxe5 $17) 12... b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 $5 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5
17. g5 $5 Bd4 $1 18. c4 Bxe5 19. cxd5 (19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Ne7 21. b3 Red8
$11) 19... Bd6 20. Qe4 g6 $132 {Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/Russian Cup 8th Leg,
Smolensk RUS 1997 (39)}) 14... Nd5 (14... Rfd8 15. Rhf1 Rac8 16. Kb1 Bd4 (16...
Nd5 17. a3 $1 Bd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. g4 Rxd3 $1 21. Rxd3 Be4 22. g5
Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Ne8 24. Rf3 $14 {Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares (op) 1996 (43)}) 17.
Nf3 Ba6 $2 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxa6 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rcd8 21. Bc1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1
23. Kb1 $16 {Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/Vienna 1996 (37)}) 15. Rhf1 $1 (15. c3 f6 $5 (
15... Rfd8 $5 $13) 16. Qe4 fxe5 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Qg6+ (18. Bg6+ Kf6 19. fxe5+
Qxe5 $17) (18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qg5+ Ke8 20. Bg6+ Kd7 $17) 18... Kg8 19. Qh7+ Kf7
20. Qg6+ $11) 15... Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 {Giving up the bishop white wins time
to develop the initiative on the kingside.} Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19. h4
$36 Bxe5 {Sooner or later black must take this knight because otherwise
white's initiative may become lethal.} 20. fxe5 Rd5 21. Rde1 Rc8 (21... Rfd8
22. Kb1 Rc5 23. h5 Rdd5 24. g6 $5 $40) 22. Rf4 $5 {[%csl Rf7]} Qd7 23. Kb1 $5 (
{Even better was} 23. Ref1 $1 Rxd3 (23... f5 $2 24. gxf6 $1 Rxd3 25. fxg7 Rg3
26. Rf8+ Kxg7 27. Qf2 $3 $18) 24. Rxf7 Qd5 25. Qf2 $1 (25. Rxb7 $6 Rdc3 $1 26.
bxc3 Qxb7 $13) 25... Rf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. R1xf3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 $16) 23... Rcc5
24. Ref1 Rxe5 25. Qf2 Rc7 26. Qg3 $1 $16 Qd6 (26... Rec5 27. h5 $1 (27. Rxf7
Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxh7 (29. g6+ $6 hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qxe6 Re7 $132)
29... g6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Qh4 Bf3 32. Qf4+ Kg7 33. Qxf3 $16) 27... Qd5 (27... g6
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Qh4 Qd1+ 32. Rxd1 Kxf8 33. Qh8+
Kf7 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rh8#) 28. g6 hxg6 (28... Qxh5 $2 29. gxf7+
Kf8 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. f8=Q#) 29. hxg6 f6 30. Qh3 e5 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Qg8
33. Rxf6+ $1 gxf6 34. Rxf6+ Ke7 35. Qxg8 Kxf6 36. Qf8+ $18) 27. h5 Rd5 28. g6
$1 f5 $8 (28... hxg6 29. hxg6 f6 30. Qh3 $18) 29. h6 $1 $18 {Fedorov carries
out the attack in very nice style.His last move is very elegant and strong at
the same time.} Ba6 {This move loses by force,but what else black can do!?} (
29... gxh6 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rg1 Qf8 32. Rxf5 $1 $18) (29... hxg6 30. Qxg6 Qe7
(30... Rxd3 31. h7+ Kh8 32. Qe8+ $1 Kxh7 33. Rh4#) 31. hxg7 Rd6 32. Qh5 Rc8 33.
Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bxf5 $1 $18) 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. hxg7 Rxg7 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Qxd6
Rxd6 34. Bxa6 Rg2 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. a4 a5 37. Rfh1 Kg6 38. Rh8 Kg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 (5. e5 $5 cxd4 6. Nce2 Nc6 7.
Nf3 Qc7 8. Bf4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Bc5 10. a3 a5 11. h4 $13 {Biolek,R-Vavra,P/CSR-ch
1992 (22)}) (5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 $6 (6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. c4 Qh5 $11) 6...
Nfd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 a6 $15 {Kraus,O-Paehtz,T/Mondorf op 1991 (23)}) 5...
exd5 $6 (5... cxd4 $5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe6 $1 dxc3 (7... Bxb5 $2 8. Qh5 $1 $18)
8. exd7+ Nxd7 9. bxc3 Ngf6 10. Ne2 $14) 6. dxc5 $14 Nf6 (6... Bxc5 $2 7. Bb5+
Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxd5 $16 {Hofmann,C-Larius,T/PF-op Eisenberg 1993 (16)})
7. Nge2 Bxc5 (7... Nbd7 $6 8. Bb5 $1 O-O 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3
Nxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qh5 $16) 8. O-O Be6 9. Bg5 $1 {It turns out that black
can't defend the pawn on b5.} Nc6 (9... O-O 10. Nf4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ncxd5
Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Qe5 14. Qf3 $5 Bd6 15. g3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 $16) 10. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Gg5d8]} O-O 11. Ncxd5 $1 $16 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 13. Qh5 g6
14. Qxd5 Bb6 $11) 12... Qxd5 13. Bxf6 Qd6 (13... gxf6 $4 14. Bxh7+ $18) 14. Qh5
g6 (14... h6 $6 15. Bc3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. c3 Qc5 19. Qf3 Be5
20. Qxb7 $18) 15. Qh4 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe4 $5 ({Another promising
possibility was} 17. Rad1 $5 Qb4 $8 18. Qe4 Rae8 19. c3 Rxe4 20. cxb4 Ne2+ 21.
Kh1 Re7 $16) 17... Rfe8 $1 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rab8 $1 (20...
Reb8 $2 21. Qe4 $18) 21. Qa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 23. c3 $6 {This logical move
is practically throwing away the victory!The only way was} (23. Bd3 $1 Nxc2 $6
(23... Ra8 $1 24. Rfc1 $1 (24. a4 $2 Nxc2 25. Rac1 Na3 26. Rc3 Ra2 $11) (24.
Bc4 $6 Rxc2 25. Rfc1 Raxa2 $1 26. Bxa2 Ne2+ $1 27. Kf1 Nxc1 $11) 24... Raxa2 (
24... Ra3 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. c3 $18) 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. f4 $16) 24. Rfb1 $1 Rxb1+ (
24... Nxa1 $2 25. Rxb2 Re1+ 26. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Ga2a6]}) 25. Rxb1 Nd4 26. a4 $18
{in both cases with nearly wining position.}) 23... Ne2+ 24. Bxe2 (24. Kh1 $6
Nxc3 25. a3 Ra8 26. Bd3 Rd2 27. Bc4 Rc8 $14) 24... Rexe2 {Now black's
defensive resources prove to be sufficient to hold the position.} 25. a4 Ra2
26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. c4 $6 (27. g3 $5 Rxa4 28. Re1 Ra2 $1 29. Kg2 Rc2 $1 30. Re3
h5 $14) 27... Rxa4 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. c5 {Admitting the fact that the game is
drawn.} (29. g3 Ke7 30. Kg2 Kd6 31. Kf3 Kc5 32. Ke4 Ra2 $1 $11) 29... Ke7 30.
g3 Ra7 31. Kg2 Kd7 32. c6+ Kc7 33. h4 Ra6 34. Re1 Kd6 $1 35. h5 Rxc6 36. Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 (9... e5 10. Be3 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2
Storchak,V-Lavrov,A/Prokojevsk 1997/EXT 2001 (11)}) (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6
12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 c6 16. Qb3 $14 {Shirov,A-Ehlvest,
J/Tallinn 1996/CBM 50 ext}) 10... c6 (10... exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13.
Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rab8 $11 {Ivanov,
A-Christiansen,L/Chandler 1997/CBM 61}) 11. Re1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 (12... Nb6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. a4 a5 17. Nb3 $14 {Bezgodov,
A-Dokutchaev,A/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99}) 13. Qxd4 Nf6 14. a4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4
Rd8 16. c3 a5 17. Re5 Nd7 18. Re7 Kf8 $11 {Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Germany
1997/GER-chT}) 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 {White gets very flexible position with no
danger of losing- perfect one to play for win against Morozevich!} a6 (11...
Qb6 12. Qb3 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb6 15. Ra5 Rd8 $11 {Magem Badals,J-De
la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona 1991/CBM 28}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nf3 Re8
15. Rad1 e5 16. Bg5 $5 $14 {Not a bad move, since white bishop has nothing to
do on e3.} (16. Ng5 Nc4 17. Ne4 Be7 $13) 16... Nd7 17. Rfe1 h6 $2 18. Be3 $6 {
Too solid! After logical} (18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (18... Nxf6 19. Nxe5 Ng4 20. Qc4 $1
$18) 19. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4,Gc4d6,Ge4d6] white has pretty serious
advantage.}) 18... Nf8 19. Nd2 Be6 $11 20. a4 Rab8 21. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]}
Be7 22. a5 Nd7 23. Qf3 Red8 24. Ba7 Rbc8 25. Red1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Qe2 Rd7
28. Ne4 Rcd8 $6 {Morozevich is trying too hard, and as it oftenly happens
manages to lose this dead equal position.} (28... Nxe4 29. Bxe4 (29. Qxe4 $2
Qxa5 $3 30. Rxa5 Rxd1+ 31. Bf1 Bh3 32. Qe2 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 f6 $17)
29... Rcd8 $11) 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxb7 $1 Bc4 $1 (30... Rxd1+ $2 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Qxa5 33. Qe2 $16 Qa1+ $140 34. Kg2 a5 35. Qxe5 Qxb2 $2 36. Qb8+ Kh7
37. Be4+ $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 31. Qe1 $6 (31. Rxd7 $5 Rxd7 32. Qf3 Rd2 33. b4 Qd6
34. Re1 $14) 31... Qb5 $2 {Insisting on playing with a pawn down!} (31... Rxd1
32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Qxa5 $11) 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Be4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gh7]} Bb3
(33... Qxb2 $4 34. Rb1 Qa3 35. Rb8+ $18) 34. Bf3 Rd6 35. Qe2 $6 (35. Qe3 $1)
35... Bc4 $2 {Missing last chance for a draw after} (35... Rd3 36. Re1 (36. Be4
$2 Rxg3+ $1 $19) 36... Bc4 37. b3 Qxb3 $8 (37... Bxb3 38. Be4 Rd6 39. Qxb5 axb5
40. Bb7 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1a1,Ga5a8]}) 38. Qxe5 g6 $1 (38... Qxc3 $2 39. Qe8+ Kh7
40. Be4+ $18) 39. Qf6 Kh7 $11) 36. Qe4 $1 Bd5 $2 (36... Rd2 $5 37. b4 $16) 37.
Qxe5 $1 $18 Qxb2 38. Rf1 Bxf3 39. Qxd6 Qxc3 40. Qf4 Be2 41. Rc1 Qd3 42. Qb8+
Kh7 43. Qb1 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10240]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 {During the last couple of years this strange
move has become the most popular way to meet black's set up.} (9. Bxf6 gxf6 $5
10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7
$11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/Manila olm 1992 (49)}) (9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7
11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O
Rhc8 17. Rhe1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila olm 1992}) (9. Bd3 $5 cxd4
10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 $14 {
Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest FS06 IM 1993/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,V-Zifroni,D/
EUchJM-U18 1994 (42)}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12.
Ne5 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Kaminski,M/
WchJM-U18 1995 (42)}) 10. c3 (10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bxc5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rd2 Bc6 18. Rg1 Rhg8 19.
g3 f5 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 h5 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Ke3
Rd8 26. c4 e5 27. Rc1 Rd4 28. Rc3 f4+ 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. Rb3 {1/2-1/2 Beikert,
G-Zlochevskij,A/BL2-S9596 1996}) 10... Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 g5 13. Bg3
Ne4 $132 {Stisis,Y-Zifroni,D/Rishon le Zion YM-IM 1995 (52)}) 9... cxd4 (9...
a6 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxc5 13. a4 Ke7 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bb3
Rhd8 $11 {Svidler,P-Gurevich,M/Ordix Open 2000}) (9... Qa5+ 10. c3 Be7 11. Qe2
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11 {Kovacevic,
A-Benkovic,P/28th It 1999}) 10. O-O ({Nothing promises} 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4
a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/
Miskolc 1990/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 10... Bc5 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13.
Bb3 Nd7 $6 14. Qe4 $1 $16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Russian Club Cup 1998}) (10...
Bd6 11. Qxd4 g5 $5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. fxg3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf1f7]
Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/Russian Club Cup 1998}) 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 b5 $6 {
Probably this move was based on miscalculation, because after it black has to
be extremly carefull not to lose on the spot.} (12... Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996 (25)}) 13. Bxb5 Qb6
(13... Rb8 14. b4 $5 Qb6 $1 (14... Bxb4 15. Nxd4 (15. Rxd4 Qa5 16. c4 a6 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bc6 $13) 15... Qd5 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nc6 $16) 15. a4 (15. bxc5 Qxb5
16. Nxd4 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 $11) 15... Bxb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd4
$14) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. b4 a6 $6 (15... Rb8 $5 16. bxc5 Qxb5 17. Qd2 Kh7 18.
Nxd4 $14) 16. Bd3 Bd6 (16... Qxb4 $4 17. Rb1 $1 (17. Qe4 $2 f5 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19.
Qxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rb1 Qe7 21. Nxd4 $14) 17... Qa5 18. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Ge4h7,Ge4a8]}
) 17. Be4 $1 Rb8 (17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. c3 $1 e5 20. cxd4 e4 21. Nd2 f5
22. a3 $16) 18. Nxd4 $1 $16 f5 $6 19. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d6,Gc6b8] Winning
an exchange in addition to a pawn!} Qc7 20. Nxb8 fxe4 21. Nxa6 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1
Qe5 23. Nc5 Bf4 24. g3 Bg5 25. f4 1-0

[Event "Solin 8th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2176]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 Bd7 (
6... f6 7. exf6 (7. Ng3 fxe5 (7... f5 8. c3 $1 (8. Nh5 g6 $1) 8... Be7 9. h4 $1
b6 (9... Nxg3 10. fxg3 h5 11. Bg5 b6 12. Be2 a5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ng5 g6 15.
O-O $16 {R.Mainka-Meister/BL 9091/1991 (danach gespielt)}) 10. Ne2 $1 Qd7 $6
11. Nfg1 {/\ f3+-} Qd8 12. g3 O-O 13. f3 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Bxh4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Rxh4
$1 $18 {Mainka,R-Thesing,M/Dortmund-C 1991}) 8. dxe5 Be7 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bb5 O-O
11. Be3 Bd7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 $13 {Ivanovic,
B-Nikolic,Z/JUG-chT2 1993}) 7... Qxf6 8. Ng3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 h6 11.
Bg5 Qf7 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Be2 Rf8 14. Bf4 $16 {Zuse,K-Dirr,U/BL2-S 1994}) (6...
h5 7. h4 Be7 8. g3 f6 9. Nf4 Kf7 10. Bd3 Qg8 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 g5 13. cxd5
Nxf2 14. Kxf2 gxf4 15. gxf4 $16 {Arencibia,W-Contin,D/Andorra op 1995}) 7. c3
f6 8. Ng3 $5 {After this move arises very interesting and original position
which looks quiet unclear.} (8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Be8 12.
O-O Bg6 $132 {Hazai,L-Kindermann,S/Texta 1988}) 8... fxe5 (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3
fxe5 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Bd3 $14) 9. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 {[%csl
Re4]} Bc6 $1 (11... Bc5 $5 12. Bc4 (12. Qe2 $6 Bc6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qd5
15. Qg5 O-O $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 12... O-O 13. O-O Rf5 14. Be3 Rxe5 (14... Bxe3
15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 $14) 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd4 $14) 12. Qb3 {Without
queens white can't hope for advantage} Qd5 (12... Bd5) 13. Bc4 Qxe5 14. Be3 Bc5
({The most logical move in this position looks} 14... Bd5 {, but also in this
case white may get an advantage} 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 (15... exd5 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17.
Qc6+ Kf7 18. Bxa7 $16) 16. Qa4+ c6 (16... Qc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Rd1 Bd6 19.
Rd4 $14) (16... b5 17. Qa6 Qd7 18. Qb7 $14) 17. Rd1 Qf5 18. O-O Be7 19. Rd4 O-O
20. Rd7 $14) 15. Bxe6 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ke7 (16... Qg5 17. Bf7+ Kf8 18. O-O Qxe3+
19. Kh1 $16) 17. Bh3 Qd5 $6 {Careless move after which black is in serious
troubles} (17... Rhf8 18. O-O-O Rad8 19. Qa3+ Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Qxa7 $16)
18. Qb4+ Qd6 19. Qa5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re7]} Rad8 20. O-O h6 $2 21. Rad1 $1 (21.
Rad1 Qxd1 22. Qe5#) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 h6 $6 {As shows the following game 8th move of black is serious
inaccuracy permitting white to get serious opening advantage.} (8... Be7 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c3 O-O (10... Qe7 11. Qe2 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1
Bd7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Qe2 Rad8 $13 {Lutzenberger,R-Huber,S/Weiler 1993}) 11. O-O
Qe7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rad1 c6 15. g3 Bd7 16. h4 Be8 17. Kg2 h5 18. Qc1
Rac8 $13 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc6c5] 1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Lee,G/Morecambe 1981/EXT 99 (18)
}) (8... Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O f5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 c5 14. c3
b6 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rfd8 $11 {Anand,V-Speelman,J/Linares 1991}) (8... c5
$5) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe2 (10. Qd3 $5 c6 11. Ne5 Rb8 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 O-O
14. f4 c5 15. g4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 $14 {Carmel,E-Schwartz,A/ISR 1965}) 10... c6 11.
Ne5 Rb8 (11... Bd7 12. O-O Bd6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. c3 O-O-O 16. b4 $36 {
[%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5] Lindemann,S-Cawi,U/Germany 1982}) 12. f4 $1 {Securing the
position of the knight on e5 and preparing pawn storm on the kingside.} Bb4+ (
12... g6 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h4 $16) (12... Qxf4 $2 13. g3 Qg5 14.
O-O {[%csl Rf7]} f5 15. Bxf5 $1 exf5 16. Ng6+ Kf7 17. Nxh8+ Kg8 18. Qe5 Ra8 19.
Qe8 $18) 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. g4 $16 Kd8 $5 {It's quite
obvious that black can't castle kingside so he brings the king to c7.} (16...
O-O $2 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 $40) 17. c4 Kc7 18. Nd3 $6 {There was nothing
wrong with logical 18.c5} (18. c5 $5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rbd8 20. Rd6 g5 21. h4 gxh4
22. Qh3 $16 {and white has serious edge.}) 18... g5 19. c5 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 gxf4
21. Qa3 $5 {Nothing cpecial promised} (21. Qxf4+ e5 (21... Kc8 $5 22. Rhf1 Be8
$14) 22. Qxe5+ (22. Qg3 Rbe8 $14) 22... Qxe5 23. dxe5 Bxg4 (23... Rhe8 $2 24.
Rhf1 Rxe5 25. Rxf7 Rd8 26. Bf5 Rxc5+ 27. Kb1 Rd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Kc2 Kd6 30.
Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Kd3 $18) 24. Rdf1 Be6 $11) 21... Qh4 22. Qa5+ Kc8
23. Qc3 Rg8 24. Bf3 a6 $6 (24... Qd8 $5) 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Qd3 $6 Qf6 27. Qe4 Kc7
28. h4 Rg8 29. Re2 (29. Qe5+ Qxe5 30. dxe5 f6 31. Rhd1 Rbd8 32. exf6 Rg6 $11)
29... Rbd8 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. dxe5 f6 $1 {Correct move leading to balanced
position.} 32. exf6 Rdf8 33. Rd1 Rxf6 34. Re5 Rg7 (34... Be8 35. Rd6 Bf7 36.
Kd2 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41. a3 $14) 35.
Kc2 Be8 36. Rd6 Bf7 37. Kc3 Bg8 38. b4 Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kd4 Bh7 41. Re2
Ke7 42. Rf2 Rf8 43. Be4 Rd8+ 44. Ke5 Bg8 $2 {Losing move. Black had nothing to
worry about after} (44... Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Rd1 46. Rxf4 (46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Rd5
$1) 46... Rh1 (46... Ra1 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Rxa2 49. g6 Rg2 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51.
Rxb7 Rxg6 52. Ke5 $14) 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Rg1 49. Rh4 Rxg5 50. Rh7+ Kf6 51.
Rxb7 a5 $11 {with a draw.}) 45. Rxf4 $18 Rd1 46. Rf6 Rg1 47. Rg6 Kf7 (47... Bf7
48. Rg7 $1 Kf8 49. Kf6 Rf1+ 50. Bf5 Be8 (50... exf5 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. g5 $18)
51. Rh7 Kg8 52. Re7 $18) 48. Rxe6 Rxg4 49. Rxh6 Kg7 50. Rd6 Rxh4 51. Rd7+ Kf8
52. Rd8+ Kg7 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. a3 Rh5+ 55. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Karatorossian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 18432]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nf6
$6 {Black just mixes two different varitions and the arising ''something'' is
definitly not in black's favour. This game is a good example of an advantage
of ''correct'' chess over the ''incorrect chess''.} (6... Nd7) 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 (
7... Qxf6 $2 8. Bg5 Bxf3 9. Qd2 Bxg2 10. Bxf6 Bxh1 11. Be5 $16 {Gelashvili,
T-Patuzzo,F/6th WUCC 2000}) 8. O-O Qd5 $2 {Two inaccuracies in a row is just
too much and Akopian punishes his opponent in nice style.} (8... Nd7 9. c4 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 c6 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. a3 e5 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. b4 $16 {
Furhoff,J-Mortensen,J/Politiken Cup 1998}) (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. d5 $2 Qxd5
11. Be4 Qd8 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Rfe1 Qb6 $15 {Grondin,J-Morin,Y/
Montreal op 1996}) (8... Bd6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bh6 Qc7 13.
Qh5 $1 $16 {Alarcon,R-Morales,D/PER-chJ U20 1996}) 9. c4 $1 Qh5 10. d5 $1 {
[%csl Re8]} exd5 $6 (10... Bd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Re1 Na6 13. Qc3 Be7 14. Bf4 $16)
11. Re1+ Kd8 (11... Be7 12. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 12. Ng5 $1 $18 {This
spectacular move decides the game in white's favour} Qxd1 13. Nxf7+ Kc8 (13...
Kd7 $2 14. Bf5#) 14. Rxd1 Rg8 15. cxd5 Be8 (15... Bxd5 16. Bf5+ $18 {[%cal
Gd1d5]}) 16. Bf5+ Bd7 (16... Nd7 17. Be6 (17. Bf4 Bxf7 18. Rac1 Kd8 19. Bxc7+
Ke8 20. Re1+ Ne5 21. f4 Bxd5 22. g3 $16) 17... Rg7 18. Nh6 $18) 17. Be6 $1 {
Black is not just a pawn dawn - he is completly tied up without a chance to
counterplay.} Rg7 18. Bf4 Na6 19. Rac1 b6 20. Nh6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Re7 22. Bd6 $1
Bxh6 (22... Re8 23. Nf5 Nc5 24. e7 Bh6 25. Nxh6 cxd6 26. b4 $18) 23. Bxe7 Bxc1
24. Rd8+ $1 Kb7 25. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5
$5 (7... Be7 8. Ne5 $5 (8. Bd3 c6 9. Qe2 Qa5+ $6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12.
Ne5 Bf6 13. f4 $1 b5 14. Rhf1 a6 15. Be4 Ra7 16. Rf3 $14 {Prins,L-Guimard,C/
Dubrovnik ol 1950 (36)}) (8. Qd2 O-O (8... Nd5 9. Bg5 $5) 9. O-O-O b6 10. Ne5
Bb7 11. Bb5 $6 Qc8 $1 $13 12. f3 c6 $1 13. Ba4 $6 c5 $2 (13... Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 b5 $1 16. Bc2 bxc4 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 c5 $15) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Bg5
Rd8 16. Qa5 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Istratescu,A/Budapest zt-plof 1995 (21)}) 8... O-O
9. Bd3 Qd5 10. O-O c5 11. c3 Rd8 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. cxd4 $5 Bd7 $11 {Caminade,
A-Roumegous,E/Paris-ch 1992/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Bd6 (9... Be7
10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bc4 c6 12. h4 a5 $1 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qe4 a4 15. a3 Ra5 16. Ba2
Ra6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel Christian-Teske Henrik/It (open), Dresden (Germany)
1995}) 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. d5 O-O 14. dxe6
Qxe6 15. Qxe6 fxe6 $11) 11... O-O 12. Qe4 $6 {Inaccuracy after which black
gets good chances to equalize position.Deserved attention} (12. h4 Bd7 13. Qe4
$6 (13. h5 $5 Bc6 $6 (13... c5 $5) 14. Ne5 Bxg2 $2 15. Rhg1 Bd5 (15... Bxe5 $8
16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Qh6 g6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 $1 $16) 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Rg1+
Kh8 18. Qh6 $18) 13... g6 14. Qxb7 $2 (14. h5 Bc6 15. Qe3 Bxf3 $11) 14... Bf4+
$1 15. Nd2 (15. Kb1 $6 Rfb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2,Ge7b4]} 16. Qe4 Rxb2+ 17.
Ka1 Rab8 18. Qxf4 Qb4 $1 $19) 15... Rab8 16. Qe4 Qb4 $1 17. b3 Bxd2+ $1 18.
Rxd2 Qc3 19. Rdd1 Bc6 20. Qe5 Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Bf3 $36) 12... g6 13. h4 (13. c3 $5
c5 (13... c6 $6 14. h4 Bd7 15. h5 f5 16. Qe3 $16) 14. Rhe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16.
g3 Rd8 17. f4 Bc5 $132) 13... Bd7 $1 14. h5 (14. Qxb7 $2 {Look at 12.h4}) (14.
Ne5 $5 $14) 14... Bc6 15. Qe3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfd8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Kb1 (18.
Qxb7 $2 Rab8 19. Qf3 (19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb7 Bf4+ 21. Kb1 Rdb8 $19) 19... Rxb2
20. Qh3 (20. Kxb2 $2 Ba3+ 21. Ka1 Qb4 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7
$19) 20... Bf4+ $1 21. Kxb2 Qb4+ $19) 18... Kg7 19. Rh3 c6 20. Rdh1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 (8. Bh4 $5) 8... Bd6 (8... Nd5 $6 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Qd2 Bd6 (9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 c5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. exd4
$11 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/Geneve op 1994 (42)}) 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O $13 {Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1993 (21)})
9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 $14) (8... Be7 9. Qd2 (9.
Qd3 $5 a6 10. Ne5 b6 11. g4 $6 Bb7 12. Rg1 Nd5 13. Bg2 Nb4 $1 14. Qd2 Bxg2 15.
Rxg2 Qd5 $15 {Grabics Monika-Vuksanovic,S/It (w), Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1995/
1-0 (60)}) 9... a6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne5 $1 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Be4 Qc8 14. Qe2
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. g4 $40 {Grabics Monika-Maric Mirjana/It (w)
, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1995/1-0 (83)}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 Bd7 12. Be4 O-O (12... c5 $6 13. O-O-O $6 (13. dxc5 $5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bxc5
15. b4 $1 Bxe3 16. bxa5 Bf4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. a6 $14) 13... Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Qe2 Kb8 $11 {Krakops Maris-Kaminski Marcin/Ch World (cadets) (under 1995 
(42)}) 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 $14) 13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rab8 16. g3
Be8 17. Nc4 {Hernandes-Hergott,Linares,1994,1/2-1/2}) (9. Qd3 b6 (9... O-O 10.
Ne5 $5 Bxe5 (10... b6 11. f4) 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 $14) 10. Ne5
Bb7 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxe5 Bb7 {/\ 0-0-0~~}) 11... Qxd3
12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O) 11. Qb5+ Nd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qb3 (13. Qe2
$1 O-O 14. f4 {/\ Rg1, g4|^}) 13... b5 14. c4 (14. f4 Bd5 15. Qd3 O-O) 14...
O-O 15. f4 $13 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E,1992,1-0}) 9... Bd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O b6
$13) 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Ng4 $5 {Black has successfully solved opening
problems and this move is showing his agressive intentions.} 12. Rhe1 Bc6 $1 {
After immediate} (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O-O 14. e4 c6 15. e5 Bc7 16. Qe3 {
white keeps slightly better chances.}) 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O-O 15. Be4 Qf6
$1 {Important intermediate move preventing the penitration of white knight to
e5:} (15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf6 17. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxf2 19. Rf1 {[%cal
Gf1f7,Gf7c7,Gf7g7]} Qxg2 20. Rxf7 Qg5+ $8 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rxg7 Rxh2 $11) 16.
g3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rd7 $15 {Black has siezed the initiative,but his advantage is
symbolical.} 18. Rd3 Rhd8 19. a3 c6 20. Kb1 Bc7 21. Red1 h5 ({Deserved
attention} 21... Rd5 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd5f5,Gh6h5,Gg7g4] with initiative on
the kingside.}) 22. R1d2 Qf5 $5 23. Qe3 (23. Qxf5 $5 exf5 24. Re2 $1 f4 25. c3
fxg3 26. fxg3 $132) 23... Ba5 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. h4 a6 {There is no clear way to
make progress so black has to wait.} 26. Ng5 Bb6 27. f4 c5 {An attempt to
break through,leading however to almost forced draw.} 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxd7
Rxd7 30. Qe1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 f6 (31... g6 32. Qf3 f6 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Qd3 $11)
32. Nf3 Qe4 33. Ne1 Bf2 $1 34. Nd3 Bxg3 35. Qg1 $1 $132 {The "poente" of
white's defense.} Bxf4 (35... Bxh4 36. Qxg7 {[%csl Rh4]} (36. Qc5+ $2 Kd7 37.
Qxh5 Qh1+ 38. Ka2 Qd5+ $17) 36... Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. b3 $132 Kb8 39. Qg8+
Ka7 $2 40. Qg1+ b6 41. Qh2 $1 $18) 36. Qxg7 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. b3 Qf5 39.
Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qe7+ Kc8 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 h6 (
7... c5 8. Be3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final Russia Cup,
Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) 8... Qc7 (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7
12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3) 9. Bb5+ (9. Ne5 Bd6 $6 (9... a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Bd7
11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2) 11. O-O-O Bd6 (11... Rb8 12. dxc5) (
11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qc4) 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14.
Nxe3 O-O (14... cxd4) 15. d5 b5 (15... Nb6 16. d6 Nxa4 17. dxc7 b5) 16. d6 $14
{Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9 1997 (42)}) 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Bd7 (11...
Bf4 $5) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rhc8 16. Ke2 $14 {
Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/Russian Cup 9th Leg, Novgorod RUS 1997 (37)}) 9... Bd7
10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O (11. d5 $6 e5 12. a4 Bd6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. O-O Rae8 15.
Ng5 Nf6 16. Rae1 h6 $15 {Dvoirys,S-Lobron,E/Open, Leeuwarden NED 1997 (31)})
11... Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 $11) (7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ng5
(9. Bg5) (9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,
K-Ulibin,M/8th Open, Ano Liosia GRE 1997}) 9... Qd5 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 b6
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Belakovskaia,A-Levitina,I/ch-USA (women)
Parsippany 1996}) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 b6 $6 {More acurate was} (9... O-O 10. O-O
(10. Ne5 c5 $1 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nc4 Be7 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gb7b5]} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Bxc5 Qxc5 15. O-O b6 $11) 10... b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Rad1 Qe7 15. Bb5 {[%cal Ge5d7,Ge5c6]} Nd5 16. Bg3 a6 17. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Ra6]
with complicated position.}) 10. Ne5 Bb7 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Nc6 Bb7
13. Nxd8 Bxf3 14. Nxf7 Bxg2 15. Rg1 (15. Nxh6+ $2 Kh8 16. Rg1 Bf3 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 15... Rxf7 16. Rxg2 $14) 11. Bb5+ $14 Kf8 12. O-O g6 13. Re1 Kg7
14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. c4 Rad8 19. Bc3 {Both
sides has maximaly improved the position of the pieces and we can make some
conclusions:white has certain advantage in space and his pieces "look" at
black king so black's difensive task is not so simple.} Bb4 $5 (19... Rhe8 $6
20. d5 (20. Ng4 $5 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Kh7 (21... Bb4 22. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 (22... Bc8 23.
Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Bh7+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Ke7
29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Qf6+ Be6 31. d5 $18) 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Bxb4 Qxb4
26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bg6 $18) 22. d5 (22. h4 f5 23. Qh3 h5 24. Bd2 Qg7 $13 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd6e7,Ge7f6]}) 22... f5 23. Qh3 e5 $13) 20... Bb4 21. Bxb4 (21.
Nxf7 Qxf7 (21... Kxf7 22. Qc2 $1 Bxc3 (22... e5 23. Bxg6+ Kf8 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25.
Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qg6 $18) 23. Rxe6 Qc5 24. Bxg6+ Kg7 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8
27. Qxc3+ $18) 22. Bxb4 exd5 23. Be7 $3 Rc8 (23... dxc4 $2 24. Bxc4 Rxd1 25.
Qxd1 Nd5 26. Bf6+ $1 $16 Kxf6 27. Qd4+ Kg5 28. Re5+ Rxe5 29. Qxe5+ Qf5 30. h4+
$18)) 21... Qxb4 22. Bxg6 exd5 (22... fxg6 $5 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25.
Qxh6+ Qg7 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf4 Bc8 $132) 23. Bxf7 Rxe5 24. Qxe5
Kxf7 25. c5 $3 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ 28. Kg1 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 $16) 20.
Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxg6 $1 (21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Qe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kf8
25. Rxc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 $13) 21... fxg6 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Nxg6 $6 ({Deserved
attention} 23. Qxg6+ $5 Kf8 24. Qg3 Ke8 25. Ng6 Rg8 26. Nxe7 Rxg3 27. hxg3 Kxe7
28. d5 Rd6 29. f3 Kf7 30. dxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Kf2 $16 {with
significient advantage in the ending.}) 23... Qf7 24. Nxh8 Kxh8 25. Re3 Rg8 26.
Rg3 Rxg3 27. fxg3 $14 (27. hxg3 $6 Ng4 $132 {[%cal Gf7h5]}) 27... Ne4 $1 28.
Qe2 Qf6 29. Qe3 Qg5 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. d5 $6 {Losing the advantage;the pawn on d5
becomes a target for the black pieces.} (31. Qxf6+ Nxf6 32. h3 Ne4 33. g4 Kg7
34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke2 $14) 31... exd5 32. cxd5 Qe5 (32... Qe7 $1 33. Qe3 Qc5 34.
Qxc5 bxc5 $1 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Kf6 $13) 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qe6
Qxe6 36. dxe6 Nd6 37. e7 Ne8 38. Rf1 Kg7 39. Rf8 Bc6 40. g4 Nd6 $11 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Gc6e8,Ge8f7,Gg7f6]} 41. b4 Be8 42. Kf2 b5 43. Ke3 Bf7 44. Ra8 Kf6 {
Now the position is completly equal and the draw is not far away.} 45. Rxa6
Kxe7 46. Kf4 Bd5 47. g3 Kf6 48. h4 c6 49. Ra7 Nf7 $1 50. a3 Ne5 51. g5+ hxg5+
52. hxg5+ Ke6 53. Ra8 Ng6+ 54. Kg4 Ne5+ 55. Kf4 (55. Kh5 Bf3+ 56. Kh6 Nf7+ 57.
Kg7 Nxg5 $15) 55... Ng6+ 56. Kg4 Ne5+ 57. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 {For some reason this move isn't very popular, even though it'd one of
the most dangeous weapons that white has against Rubinshtein!} Bd6 9. Bd3 Nd5
10. Qe2 (10. O-O b6 (10... O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 Ba4 17. Rc1 Bc6 18. c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Jeremic,V/
Korinthos 2004}) 11. c4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 c5 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Bc6+ Ke7 15. d5 $16 {
Hart,R-Krstev,A/New Zeeland 2000}) (10. Bd2 Nf4 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2
a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. f4 $14 {Lutz,C-Gurevich,M/Belgium
2002}) 11. Bf1 Nd5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 b6 16. Be4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Bd7 18. O-O-O $36 {Palac,M-Kovacevic,B/Zadar 2001}) 10... Bd7 (10...
Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bd7 12. Be4 O-O (12... c5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qe2 Kb8
16. c3 a6 $13 {Krakops,M-Kaminski,M/Guarapuava 1995}) 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Ne5 Rab8 16. g3 Be8 17. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,G-Hergott,D/Linares 1994})
11. Bd2 $5 Qf6 $6 {Very bad decision. After the move in the game black finds
himself in extremly passive position without a clue for the counterplay.} (
11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 (14. O-O-O Qf6 $132) 14... bxc6 15.
O-O Qc7 16. Qf3 Bd6 17. g3 O-O 18. Rfe1 $14) 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 (13...
Bxf4 14. g3 Bd6 15. c5 Be7 16. Ne5) 14. c5 Be7 15. g3 Qf6 16. Ne5 Rd8 (16...
O-O-O 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. Qe3 Bc8 19. f4 g6 20. Be4 $14) 17. O-O-O g6 18. f4 $16
{[%csl Rd7,Re7] Black bishops obviously don't enjoy the life!} O-O 19. Be4 c6
20. h4 Be8 21. Kb1 Qg7 22. g4 (22. h5 g5 23. Rhf1 Bf6 (23... f6 $2 24. Ng6 Bxg6
25. Bxg6 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (23... f5 24. Bc2 g4 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. Rfe1 Bf8 27.
Qh2 $16) 24. Qe3 b6 25. Qa3 $16) 22... f6 $6 23. Nf3 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Bc2
Bf6 26. h5 (26. Ne5 $5) 26... Bxd4 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. Ng5 $6 ({
Missing the forced win after} 29. Rh3 $142 $1 Bxc5 (29... h5 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31.
Qxh5+ Bxh5 32. Rxh5+ Qh7 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Rxd4 $18) 30. Rdh1 Qf6 31. Rxh6+
Kg7 32. Ne5 $18) 29... Rde8 30. Qh2 Bxc5 31. Rd7 (31. Ne6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Re8 33.
Rd7 Rxe6 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Qxh6+ Kf7 36. Rd1 $18) 31... Re7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33.
Ne6 Qh7 34. Qxh6 $2 {Throwing away the advantage and the chances to win the
game.} (34. Qd2 $5 $40) (34. Nxf8 Bxf8 35. Qd2 Qe7 36. Rg1 Kh7 $16) 34... Rf7 {
[%csl Rh6]} 35. Ng5 (35. Nd8 Rg7 36. Nxb7 Be8 37. Qxh7+ Rxh7 38. Rg1 Rg7 $11)
35... Bxg5 36. fxg5 Rg7 37. Kc1 f4 38. Qh4 Qxh4 39. Rxh4+ Rh7 40. Rxf4 Kg7 41.
Rd4 Bf5 42. Rd8 Kg6 43. Rg8+ Rg7 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Kd2 Kg6 46. Bd1 Kxg5 47. b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 Bd7 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5+ (10... h6 11. Bh4 $5 (11. h4 $1
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. c3 Qa5 $5) 13... Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 e5 $1 (14... Qxa2 $6 15. g4 $16 {->}) 15. a3 (15. Kb1 $6 Be6 16. Nc4 Qa6
$1 $13) 15... Be6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 $8 17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Bb3 $1 $36 {Hector,
J-Hansen,L/Kobenhavn (open) 1995 (40);}) 11... Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd5 13. Qe4 $2 f5 $1
14. Qc4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Be7 17. h4 Qc7 $17 {Pettinger,J-Myalikglijev,
V/WchJM U16 Bratislava 1993 (37)}) 11. c3 Be7 12. O-O-O Bd7 (12... Qxa2 $5 13.
Bb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bh4 Rd8 16. f4 $44) 13. h4 Ba4 $1 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Kb1
Rd5 16. g4 Bc6 $132 {Fedorov,A-Kholmov,R/RUS-Cup5 1997 (30)}) (9... Qc7 10. Bg5
(10. Bd2 $5 Bd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rfe1 Bc6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Rxe5
O-O-O 16. Rae1 $14 {Kaminski Marcin-Luce Sebastien/Ch Paris (open), Paris 
(France) 1996 (36)}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Qf4 13. Bg3 Qxd2+ 14. Qxd2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Rad1 $14 {Nijboer,F-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch 1997/1-0 
(63)}) (9... Qb6 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 h6 $5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. Bf4 b6
15. Bg3 Bb7 $11 {Gullaksen,E-Karlsson,A/Hafnarfjordur open 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10.
Ne5 Bc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfd1 $14 {White has very
comfortable position:bishops pair and better pawn structure make his chances
preferable in forthcoming struggle.} (14. c4 $5 Qa5 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Bf4 Rfd8
17. Rad1 Be7 18. a3 c5 19. Be5 $14 {Lemmers,O-Bohm,H/NLD-chT 1995 (50)}) 14...
Qb6 15. c4 (15. c3 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 $14)
15... a5 $5 {Black carries out quiet interesting plan:pushes the a pawn till
a3 fixing white pawns on the queenside than changes all the major pieces over
the d-file.} 16. h3 a4 17. Bc2 a3 (17... Qxb2 $2 18. Bxh7+) 18. b3 Rfd8 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 {The game entered the ending straight out of
opening.White still keeps some advantage,but his chances to win the game are
quiet problematic.} Qa5 $6 (21... Bc5 $5 22. Qd2 Bb4 (22... Bd4 $6 23. b4 $1 c5
24. b5 h6 25. Be3 $16) 23. Qd3 Bc5 24. Qf3 (24. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 gxf6 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 $11) 24... Bd4 25. Kf1 Qc5 26. Bc1 $14) 22. Bd2 Qe5 (22... Bb4 $2 23.
Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qd8+ Qf8 25. Qc7 $1 $16) 23. b4 $5 $14 Qb2 ({More accurate was
immidiate} 23... Qd4 {with good counterchances.}) 24. Qb1 Qd4 25. Bd3 $1 g6 26.
Be1 e5 $2 (26... Nd7 $1 27. b5 $1 (27. Qb3 $6 Ne5 28. Be2 Qb2 29. Qe3 Nd7 (
29... Qxa2 $2 30. Qxe5 Qb1 31. Bf1 $1 Bf6 32. Qxf6 Qxe1 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qa5
$18) 30. Qd2 Bxb4 $1 31. Qxb4 Qxe2 $17) 27... cxb5 (27... Ne5 28. Be2 Qb2 29.
Qe4 cxb5 30. cxb5 h5 31. Bf1 $14) 28. cxb5 Bc5 29. Qc2 h5 30. Bc3 $14) 27. Qb3
$16 {[%csl Ra3]} e4 28. Bc2 Qa1 29. Bb1 $1 Qd4 30. Kf1 $1 {Very important
intermediate move showing how bad is position of black!} Qe5 31. Qxa3 $18 Kg7
32. Qg3 Qe6 33. Qc3 Bd6 34. a4 {The rest is easy;black is defenseless against
the advance of white pawns on the queenside.} Be5 35. Qb3 Bd4 36. Bc2 Qe5 37.
b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 Nd5 39. Qc4 e3 40. Bb3 e2+ (40... exf2 41. Bxf2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2
Qf6+ 43. Kg1 Qa1+ 44. Qf1 Qd4+ 45. Qf2 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. g3 $18) 41. Qxe2
Qh2 42. Qf3 Nf4 43. g4 f6 44. Bd2 g5 45. Bxf4 gxf4 46. Bc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzhakaev, Dzhakay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 a6 (8... Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2
Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O $13 {Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1992}) (8... Be7 9. Qd2 a6
10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Be4 Qc8 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 $14 {Grabics,M-Maric,M/Belgrade 1995}) (8... Bd6 9. Qd3 b6 10. Ne5 Bxe5
11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Zezulkin,J-Schmidt,W/
Lubniewice 1994/CBM 45 ext (14)}) 9. Bd3 (9. Ne5 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12.
c4 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O $15 {Zhang Zhong-Gurevich,M/
Cap d'Agde 2000}) (9. Be2 Nd5 10. Bd2 c5 11. c4 Nf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O a5
14. Qc2 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Qb3 $14 {Berthelot,
Y-Salaun,Y/Bretagne 1999}) 9... b6 10. Qe2 $1 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qc8 $6 {Queen's
place is definitly not on c8 in this kind of positions.} (11... Bd6 12. Ne5)
12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 $14 {[%cal Gh1f1,Gf4f5]} h5 (13... Nd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. dxc5
Qxc5 16. Rhe1 $36 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 14. Rhf1 Be4 (14... Nd5) 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. g4
$1 {Starting an attack against black king which is left in the center.} hxg4 (
16... Nf6 17. g5 Nd5 18. g6 f6 19. Nf7 $16) 17. Qxg4 Rh7 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qg2 $1
{[%csl Ra8]} exf5 20. Rxf5 Rxh2 (20... Qxf5 $5 21. Qxa8+ Ke7 22. Bg1 $1 $40 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gd1e1]}) 21. Qf3 $1 Rb8 22. Bg5 c5 23. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re8]
Reminding black that his king is in danger.} Bxe5 24. Rfxe5+ Kf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. Qxf6 {[%csl Rh2]} Qd8 (26... Rb7 27. Qd6+ Kg8 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Qxh2+) 27.
Re8+ $1 Qxe8 28. Qd6+ Kg7 29. Rg1+ $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 $5 {
In my opinion this modest move is one of the most dangerous continuations for
black in the line with 4...Nd7} Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 (10. Qc2 Bb7
11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nxh7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,
V-Csarmasz,M/Ajka 1992/TD (15)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 $5 (11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Levitina,I-Alekhina,N/Budapest 1984/EXT 98 (12)}) 11... Qc8 $6 {
Queen is quite awkwardly placed on c8.} (11... a6 12. Rad1 Ra7 13. c4 Re8 14.
Ne5 Qa8 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. g4 $5 $36 {Emms,J-Arkell,K/Scarborough 1999}) (11...
Rc8 12. Ba6 Qd5 13. Rfe1 (13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. b4 Be7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. b5 $14 {McShane,L-Kokov,V/Verdun 1995}) 13... Bd6
14. Be5 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qc6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rfd8 $11 {Kalivoda,
J-Pokorny,P/CZE-chT2 1995}) 12. Be5 $5 (12. Ne5) 12... c5 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bg3
$14 a6 $6 15. Rad1 Qc6 $2 {Missing white's reply.} (15... b5 16. Bc2 Nf6 $14)
16. d5 $1 {[%csl Re7]} Qxd5 (16... exd5 17. Qxe7 $18) 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxd5
Bxd5 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. c4 {Rest is just a matter of technique.} Bc6 $6 (20... Bb7
21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 b5 24. Qa3 $18) 21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Nxe6 $1 {
[%csl Rc6,Re7]} fxe6 23. Qxe6 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h3 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rd2 27.
Qxc6 Rxb2 28. Qe6 Bf8 29. f4 Rd2 (29... Rxa2 30. f5+ Kh7 31. Qf7 $18 {[%csl
Rf8]}) 30. f5+ Kh7 31. Qf7 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Qc7 Rd4 34. Qxb6 Rxc4 35. Qxa6
Rf4 36. a4 c4 37. Qc6 c3 38. a5 Rxf5 39. a6 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 cxd4 (8... Be7 $5 9. Qe2 (9. c4 $5 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 d3 $5 (13... Bc5 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Bxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Ne5 $14 {Zapata Alonso-Hoffman Alejandro/It (open), Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 1996 (38)}) 9... Qb6 (9... Nf6 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 $6 (10... Bxc5
11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. c3 $14) 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12. Qe5 $1 $36
Bf8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Nd4 $16 {Tseshkovsky
Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament, Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)})
10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Be3 $14 {Ebeling,M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT
1989 (31)}) (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 (9... cxd4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 (11... Qb6
12. Rxd4 Qxb2 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5 $44 Bc5 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxd4 16. Qh5 h6 17. Qg4
$18) 12. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 $6 (12... Qc7 $6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 O-O 15. Rfd1 $14)
(12... Bd7 $142 $5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 Nh3+
15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4 $14 {Morozevich-Zakharevich,Russia,1997,1-0}) 10. Bxf6
Qxf6 11. c3 $5 (11. Qd3 $5 $14) 11... Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 (12... Ke7 $5) 13. Qa3
Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09
IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bc5 (10... Be7 $5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3
Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/
Balatonbereny op 1992/1-0 (48)}) 11. c3 (11. Nb3 $1 Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5
f5 14. Bxf5 $2 (14. Bf3 $1 Qc7 15. Rad1 Be5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 $16) 14... exf5
15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Re3 f4 17. Re4 O-O $17 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9
1997 (40)}) 11... h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 {Starting the forced play leading to equal
endgame.} Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 b6 (16... Bc6 17.
Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb7 O-O 19. Qxa7 $16) 17. d5 $5 {Trying to take advantage of
the fact that black king is in the center.} Qe7 $8 18. d6 Qg5 19. Qa3 a5 20.
Bb7 Rc4 $1 (20... Rc5 21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Rb5 23. Qd4 (23. Qa4 $5 O-O (23...
Ra5 24. Qd4 Rc5 25. Rab1 $16) 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Rc7 Ra5 26. Qb4 Rxa2 27. Qxb6
Rd2 $13) 23... O-O 24. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 21. Qb3 Qc5 22. Ba6 Rb4 $6 {
Missing very promising opportunity} (22... Rd4 $1 23. Qg3 O-O 24. Rad1 Rd8 25.
Qe3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Bc6 $15) 23. Qc3 $14 O-O 24. Rfd1 Ra8 25. Bf1
Rc8 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. b3 Rf4 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 $16 {[%csl Rf4] Passed pawn
on d6 and awkward position of black rook on f4 make white's position nearly
wining.} g5 30. g3 Rf5 31. Qc7 Qc5 32. Rd2 Qb4 33. Rc2 $6 {Complicating the
matters,while after} (33. Re2 $1 Qb5 34. Rc2 $18 {black can resign.}) 33... Qe4
$1 34. h3 (34. Rc1 Qd4 35. Qxd7 Rxf2 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Rc4 Qe3 38. Re4 Rxf1+ 39.
Kxf1 Qxe4 $11) 34... Rd5 35. Rc1 Rd2 36. Qxb6 (36. Qxd7 $2 Qd4) 36... Qd4 $1
37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Rc5 a4 39. bxa4 Bxa4 40. Ra5 Kg7 $2 {This natural move
turnes uot to be desicive mistake after which the endgame is hopeless.After
correct} (40... Bc6 41. Ra6 Rxd6 42. a4 (42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Rxc6 Rxf1 44. Kg2 Rd1
45. Rc2 Rd3 $11) 42... Kf8 43. a5 Ke7 44. Rb6 Bd5 45. Rxd6 Kxd6 46. f4 gxf4 47.
gxf4 Kc5 $14 {the draw was not far away.}) 41. Ra6 Bd1 42. f3 $1 Bxf3 43. Bb5
g4 44. h4 Be4 $6 {The last chance was} (44... f5 $5 45. d7 f4 46. gxf4 g3 47.
Ra3 Rd1+ 48. Bf1 g2 49. Rxf3 gxf1=Q+ 50. Rxf1 Rxd7 51. a4 Rd4 52. Ra1 Rxf4 53.
a5 Rf7 54. a6 Ra7 55. Kf2 Kf6 56. Ra5 e5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. h5 $16 {with some
chances to hold this ending,because now white is wright on time!}) 45. d7 e5
46. a4 Bf5 47. Ra7 Kf6 48. a5 Ke7 49. a6 Bd3 50. Bxd3 Rxd3 51. Rb7 $1 $18 Rxg3+
52. Kf2 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 f5 54. a7 Ra3 55. d8=Q+ Kxd8 56. Rb8+ Ke7 57. a8=Q Rxa8
58. Rxa8 f4 59. Rg8 g3 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Rg4 $1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.09.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 2]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 {This move is obviously insufficient to get any
opening advantage, so you shouldn't be distracted by the outcome of the game:
white win had nothing to do with the opening!} Qa5+ (9... a6 10. c3 Qd5 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng4 Qg5 13. h4 Qf4 14. Be2 Be7 15. g3 Qd6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bf3 {
1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Zvjaginsev,V/Moscow 2004}) 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4
$5 {An attempt to improve Karjiakin's play, but black is on guard.} (12. Nc4
Bxd4 13. Nxa5 Bb6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ke7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bf3
Rac8 19. Ne5 Rc7 $11 {Karjakin,S-Milov,V/Dos Hermanas 2004}) 12... Bd6 13. Bg3
O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 $5 {Very simple and strong. Black is forcing white to trade
the queens and transpose into an equal endgame. By the way I see nothing wrong
in 14...Rd8 either, if black prefers to keep the queens for whatever reason.} (
14... Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd7 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. O-O-O $14 {Zontakh,A-Kutuzov,D/Sochi 2004}) (14... Rd8) 15. Nc4 Bxf4 16.
Nxa5 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nc5 18. O-O-O ({Another attempt to get an advantage is also
doomed to failure} 18. Rh5 $5 b6 (18... Ne4 19. Rd1 (19. Bf3 $6 Ng5 20. Bxb7
Bxb7 21. Nxb7 Rab8 $15)) 19. Bf3 Nd3+ (19... Rb8 20. O-O-O $14 g6 $140 $6 21.
Nc6 $16) 20. Kd2 Ba6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc6 Nxf2 $13 {and black has more than
sufficient counterchances.}) 18... b6 $1 19. Bf3 Ba6 $1 $11 {Nive tactical
idea based on the temporary exchange sacrifice.} 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc6 Nd3+ {
[%cal Gd3f2]} 22. Rxd3 Bxd3 23. f3 $5 {[%csl Ge4]} Bb5 24. Nd4 Bd7 {The
position is completely equal, so black could as well win this game as he
managed to lose it.} 25. g4 e5 (25... f6 26. Kc2 Kf7 27. Rd1 g6 $11) 26. Nf5
Be6 27. b3 Rd8 28. c4 f6 29. Ng3 Kf7 30. Ne4 f5 (30... Ke7 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gd8h8,
Gh6h5]}) 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Re1 g5 $6 (32... Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf6 34. Kc2 h5 35.
Kc3 g5 $11) 33. Nc3 Ke6 (33... Re8) 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. g4 Bg6 36. Kd2 h5 $2 (36...
Rh7 $14) 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Rxh5 Bxh5 39. Ne4 {[%csl Rg5]} Bg6 40. Ke3 $1 (40.
Nxg5+ $6 Kf5 41. Nh3 e4 42. fxe4+ Kxe4 $14) 40... Kd7 (40... Kf5 41. b4 Bh7 42.
a4 Bg8 43. b5 Be6 44. c5 bxc5 45. Nxc5 Bc4 46. Ne4 $16) 41. Nxg5 Kc6 42. Ne4 b5
43. cxb5+ Kxb5 44. a3 Bh5 45. Nc3+ Kc5 46. Ne4+ Kb5 47. Ng5 Bg6 48. Kd2 a5 49.
Kc3 Bh5 50. Kd3 Bg6+ 51. Ne4 Bh5 52. Nd2 Bg6+ 53. Kc3 Bh5 54. a4+ Kc5 55. Nc4
Bxf3 56. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Merrillville"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Qe2
Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. O-O (9. Be3 Qc7 (9... O-O 10. c3 (10. O-O-O $5 Qc7 11. h4
Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. dxc5 bxc5 $1 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 $132 {Luther,T-Paehtz,
T/Altensteig 1990 (23)}) 10... Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Kb1 b5 $2 16. dxc5 $1 $16 {Dimitrov,V-Happel,H/Cordoba op 1994 (27)})
10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. h3 $6 b6 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nd5 $15
{Ryan,R-Myers,D/cr 1987 (36)}) (9. c3 Nf6 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O
13. Bf4 Bc6 $5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 $14 {Fedorowicz,J-Lein,A/Estes Park USA
ch 1986/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9... O-O (9... Nf6 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12.
Qe5 Bf8 13. Re1 $36 {Tseshkovsky Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament,
Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)}) 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c3 (11. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5
Nf6 13. Bf3 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5 15. Qd2 e5 16. Rd6 Bf5 $11 {Hector,J-Martin,A/
Festuge op 1991 (70)}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 $1 h6 $6 {Careless move after which
black faces serious difficulties.Better was} (12... Nxe4 $1 13. Qxe4 (13. Bxe7
$2 Nxc3) 13... Bd6 14. Be3 $1 f6 (14... f5 15. Qh4 b6 (15... f4 $6 16. Bc1 (16.
dxc5 $2 $19 Be7) 16... e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qg5 $1 Bf6 19. Bxf4 $16) 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Qc4 $1 Rb8 18. b3 $14) 15. Rd2 $5 (15. Rd3 c4 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Re1 Rae8
$13) (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rd2 Qa5 $1 $11) 15... cxd4 16. Rxd4 e5
17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Rd2 Be7 19. Rad1 $14) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc4 $1 $14 {[%cal
Gc4c7] The idea behind 12th move of white.After forced consequance of moves
arises ending with quiet significient advantage of white.} Be7 15. b4 f5 $8 16.
Bd3 b5 $8 17. Qxb5 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rb8 19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. bxa5 $16 {This position
which looks nearly equal(white has small material advantage,while black has a
bishops pair)turnes out to be very unpleasent for black.} Bf6 (20... Rd8 21.
Ne5 Bb7 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Rab1 $1 $16) 21. Rab1 Bb7 $1
(21... Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rd8 23. Rb8 g5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 (24... Rxd4 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 26.
Rc7+ Kg8 27. Nf7 $1 Rxd3 28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. g4 $16) 25. dxe5 Rxd3 26. Rxc8+ Kf7
27. Kf1 Rd5 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Rxa7 Rxe5 30. Ra8 $16) 22. Bc4 Bd5 $1 ({Another
option was} 22... Bxf3 $5 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. gxf3 g6 $16 {with
chances to save the position with opposite colour bishops.}) 23. Bxd5 exd5 24.
a6 $5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rc8 26. h4 Rc4 $2 {This natural move turns out to be
desicive mistake!Better was} (26... Rc6 $1 27. Rb5 Rxa6 28. Rxd5 Rxa2 29. Rxf5
a5 {with good counterchances.}) 27. Rb7 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. h5 $1 $18 {
Important intermediate move cutting black king.} Ra4 30. Rxa7 Rxa2 {[#] Hecht:
Der a-Freibauer ist von vorn gedeckt und Schwarz verfügt selbst über einen
Freibauern. Die Position sollte remis sein, aber wir bekommen einen "dicken
Hund" zu sehen...!} 31. f4 $1 d4 32. Kf1 d3 33. Ke1 Kf8 (33... Rxg2 34. Rb7 $1
Re2+ 35. Kd1 Ra2 36. a7 Kh7 37. Rd7 $18) 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. a7 Kf7 36. Kd1 g6 {
Hecht: Es liegt anscheinend Zugzwang vor, denn Schwarz wird den d-Bauern
verlieren. Doch er darf ihn fröhlich aufgeben, und die Schwäche f5 wirkt wegen
der günstigen Stellung des Kf7 nicht entscheidend.} (36... Ra1+ {Hecht} 37. Kd2
Ra3 38. Ke3 Ra1 39. Kxd3 Ra6 40. Kd4 Ra1 41. Ke5 Ra5+ 42. Kd4 Ra1 43. Ke3 Ra6
44. Kf2 Ra1 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kg3 Ra3+ 47. Kxg4 Ra1 48. f5 Ra2 49. f6 Ra1 $11 (
49... gxf6 50. Rh8 $18) (49... Kxf6 50. Rf8+ $18)) 37. Rh8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Makharadze, Jambul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bd7 (11... O-O 12. O-O-O Rd8 (12...
Bd7 $2 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxh7+) 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 h6 15. h4 $16) 12. Ne5 $5 (
12. O-O-O Bc6 13. h4 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ka1 Nb6 18.
Bg3 Rd5 19. Nd2 $14 {Osnos,V-Barcza,G/Leningrad 1967}) 12... Bc6 (12... Ng4 $5
13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 15. Qxf2+ Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Kxe7 $14) (12... Rd8
13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 Bc6 $11 {Schlechter,C-Burn,A/Berlin 1897}) 13. O-O-O $5 (
13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... Kxe7 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Be4 Rad8 17. Qf3 g5
18. b4 Qc4 19. Qe3 $14 {Hector,J-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik 1996}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16.
Be4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Qa6 Qc7 19. Bf3 O-O 20. Rd4 $14 {Varga,Z-Borocz,I/
Hungary 1998}) (13. h4 $1 Rd8 (13... Bxg2 $6 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. O-O-O $1 $16) 14.
O-O-O Nd7 15. Nxc6 $5 (15. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be4 $14) 15... Bxg5+
16. hxg5 Qxg5+ $13 {Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1966}) 13... O-O (13... Nd7
14. Bxe7 Qxe5 (14... Kxe7 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. h4 $14) 15. Ba3 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bxg2
17. Rhg1 Be4 18. Rxg7 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Re8]}) 14. Rhe1 {It's not so simple for
black to organize counterplay on the queenside that's why white is not in the
hurry to start an actions on the kingside.} Rad8 (14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16.
Bh6) 15. f4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 $14 Qc5 18. h4 Rc8 19. Kb1 b5 20. h5 h6 $6
{[%csl Rg8] After this careless move black is forced to meet Qe4 with f5.} (
20... b4 21. c4 Nb6 22. h6 g6 23. g4 Rcd8 24. g5 $14) 21. Bc2 a5 22. Qd3 f5 23.
Qd4 Qxd4 $6 (23... Be8 $5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd4 $14) 24. Rxd4 Nf6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6
26. Bd1 {White bishop is much stronger than black knight.} Kf7 27. Re5 Rb8 28.
Bf3 Rcb6 (28... Rc7 29. Rd6 Re7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa5 $16) 29. Rc5 $16 {[%csl
Ra5,Rb5,Re6]} Re8 30. Kc2 Re7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 g5 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Raxa5
$18 Nh5 35. g4 $1 Nxf4 36. gxf5+ exf5 37. Rxf5 Rf6 38. Rxf6+ Kxf6 39. b4 Re3
40. Bg4 Kg6 41. Rf5 Re4 42. Rc5 Re7 43. b5 h5 44. Bc8 h4 45. b6 Re2+ 46. Kb3
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 288]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7.
O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 Bd6 12. Qa4+
Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/
Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 (11...
Qb6 12. Rxd4 Qxb2 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5 $44 Bc5 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxd4 16. Qh5 h6 17.
Qg4 $18) 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (12... Bd7 $142 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13.
Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 $16 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}) 10... Be7 (
10... Bc5 11. Nb3 (11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 $36 {Rublevsky,S-Christiansen,L/WchT 4th 1997}) 11... Bd6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 $4 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,
A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) (10... h6 $6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Bc5 (13...
Be7 14. Nc6 $14) 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Na5 $16) 11. Bf3 $1 {The bishop has to remain
on the diagonal h1-a8 to disturb black on the queenside.} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3
Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/
Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. c3 a6 14. Bh4 $14 Bd6 (14...
Rd8) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 (19. Re4 f5 20.
Rh4 h6 21. Re1 Bd7 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Nb3 Re8 (20... Bd7 $2 21. Qc5 $1 Qb5 22.
c4 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc6 24. Nxb7 Bxb7 25. Bxb7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. Rd7 $1 $18)
21. c4 {White has a huge advantage in development, while black still has to
solve the problem of his queenside.} Qc7 22. Qa5 (22. Nc5 Rb8 23. b4 $2 b6 24.
Ne4 f5 $132) 22... Qxa5 23. Nxa5 Bf8 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5] The only move
preventing white from playing c5 and b4.} (23... Rb8 $2 24. c5 b6 25. Nc6 Rb7
26. Nb4 Rb8 (26... bxc5 27. Bxb7 Bxb7 28. Nc2 $16) 27. c6 $16) 24. Re3 (24.
Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Nxb7 Rab8 26. Rd7 Re7 $1 $11) 24... Rb8 25. Rb3 $1 b6 26. Nc6 Rb7
27. Na5 Rb8 28. Bc6 $1 Re7 29. c5 b5 30. Rbd3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} b4 $8 31. Rd8 Rc7
32. Bd7 $5 {Shirov decides to win an exchange, while deserved attention} (32.
Bf3 $5 Kg7 (32... Rxc5 33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ $1 exf5 36. Bxa8 $18)
33. c6 Be7 34. R8d2 f5 35. Nc4 $14) 32... Rxc5 33. Nc6 Bxd7 34. Nxb8 Bb5 35.
Nd7 Bxd7 36. R1xd7 Kg7 37. Rb8 $2 {Permitting black to create a counterplay
sufficient for a draw. It was nececary to prevent black to put his rook on
secon rank.} (37. Kg2 $14) 37... Rc2 38. Rbb7 Bc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 39. Rxf7+ Kg6
40. Rxh7 Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Rxb2 42. Rh4 Bc5 $132 43. Rc4 Bf8 44. Rc8 (44. Rb8 Be7
45. Re8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rch4 Bd6 $11) 44... Bd6 45. Rc6 Be5 $11 46. Rxa6
Kf5 47. Rbb6 Ke4 48. Rxe6 Rxh2 49. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. c4 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 (10. c4 Rb8 $5 11. Bb2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Nd7 14. Qc2 bxc4 15. Bxc4 $14 {Van Wely,L-Martin,A/Dieren op 1990 (24)})
10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. h4 $5 Qc7 15. Rac1 $14 {
Shirov,A-Huebner,R/Muenchen 57/284 1993 (51)}) 9... O-O 10. b3 (10. a3 $5 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 c5 $1 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 $1 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ $8 Kxh7 16.
Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxc5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 b6 19. Qb4 Be5 $15 {Short,N-Khalifman,A;1992;1/
2-1/2}) (10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. b3
Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Rd7 16. Be5 Rad8 $11 {Ashlanian,L-Arkell,S/Debrecen/1992/0-1 (51)
}) 12. Rad1 Qb6 (12... Re8 13. Bb1 Qb6 (13... Bf8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h3 Bg7 16. a3
a5 17. Ba2 a4 18. Bd2 Qc7 $132 {Chandler,M-Richter,W/BL 9293 (1992) ;BL 90
1993 (28)}) 14. Qc3 Bb4 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Rd3 (16. Rfe1 $142 g6 17. a3 a5 18. Ba2
$14) 16... g6 17. h3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 a6 20. Rb3 (20. a3 Rad8 21. Ba2
Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rfd1 Qd6 $15) 20... Qa7 21. Qd2 b5 $13 {
Solozhenkin-Rustemov,1996,1-0}) 13. Bc1 $1 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 $2 15. Nf5 $1 Qc7
16. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. hxg3 $18 {Ponomaryev-Mahakgyliev,Zagan,1997,
1-0}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c5 (11... c6 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. a3 b5 $5 14. Bc3 Qb6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Qc2 {Velicka,P-McDonald,N;1994;1/2-1/2})
12. Qxb7 (12. Bb2 $5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Rad1 $1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qc7 16. Nh5
Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Qf4 $11 {Czebe,A-Lehmann,Z/Budapest FS05 IM 1993/1-0 (55)}) 12...
cxd4 13. Bb2 Nc5 (13... Ne5 $5 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. Qa6 Bc5 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 $15 {Aranda Marin-Garsia Lopez,1994,1/2-1/2}) 14. Qf3 {The arising
position is very difficult to assese:each side has some pluses and the side
whose pluses will prove to be more significient will sieze initiative.} e5 15.
Rae1 $6 {First step in wrong direction:rook's place is on d1 and there is no
question about it.} (15. Rad1 $5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Bb1 a5 18. Bc1 $36) 15...
Qc7 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Qe2 (17. Nf5 $5 e4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 $1 d3 20. Bd1 Bd8
$13) 17... Bf8 18. Ne4 $6 {Another dubious decision showing that white doesn't
have a clear plan and doesn't fully understand the position.The exchange of
the knights is strategical mistake passing the initiative to black.} Ncxe4 $1 (
18... Nfxe4 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 (19... Rad8 20. Bd5 Bd6 21. Rd1 a5
22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Ba3 $14) 20. Qxe4 Qa5 21. a3 Qa6 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Re2 Re6 24.
Rfe1 $13) 19. Bxe4 Rad8 $15 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Bc1 h6 $1 {Preventing Bg5.} 22. Rd3
Qd7 23. f3 $1 {Inspite of inacuracies in the opeening white has very solid
position aand black has to work very hard to break through!} (23. Rfd1 $6 Nxe4
24. Qxe4 f5 25. Qh4 e4 26. Rg3 Kh7 27. Qh5 Qe6 $15) 23... a5 $5 {Starting the
attack on white's queenside.} 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. Bc1 {White is deprived of active
counterplay and he has to wait for black to weaken something and than to play
against it.} Qd6 26. Kh1 a4 27. Qf2 axb3 28. axb3 Rb8 $1 {Letting white know
that pawn on b3 needs protection.} 29. Rdd1 Bc3 30. Bc2 Nd7 31. Qe2 Nc5 32. Ba3
$1 Bb4 (32... Ra8 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Qe4 g6 35. g4 $1 Ra2 36. f4 (36. h4 $6 Qe7
37. h5 Qh4+ 38. Kg2 f5 39. Qd5+ Kh8 $1 40. Rf2 fxg4 $17) 36... Re6 37. f5 Rb6
38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Rf3 $132) 33. Bxb4 Rxb4 34. f4 $1 e4 35. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2d4,
Gd2b4]} Rxb3 $5 {Fighting till the end!Other capture on b3 would lead to draw:}
(35... Nxb3 36. Bxb3 Rxb3 37. Qxd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 e3 39. Re1 $11) 36. Qxd4 $2 (
36. Bxb3 Nxb3 37. Qb2 Rb8 38. Qc2 d3 $1 (38... f5 $5 39. Rb1 $1 (39. c5 $6 Qd5
(39... Nxc5 $5 40. Qc4+ Ne6 41. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 42. Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Qxf5 Qf2 $1 44.
Rg1 e3 45. h3 e2 46. Qe5 Rd8 47. f5 $15) 40. c6 Rc8 41. c7 Nc5 $1 42. Qb2 Ne6
43. Qb8 Qd7 $17) 39... Nc5 (39... Qb4 $2 40. c5 d3 41. Qd1 Qc4 42. c6 e3 43. c7
$16) 40. Rxb8+ Qxb8 41. Qd2 (41. Qa2 d3 42. Qa5 Qd6 43. Qa8+ Kf7 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gd3d2,Ge4e3]}) 41... Qd6 42. g3 $1 e3 43. Qe2 Qc6+ 44. Kg1 $13) 39. Qc3
Nc5 $1 40. Rfe1 $5 Qxf4 41. Qd4 Rc8 42. Kg1 Kh7 $5 $15) 36... Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Rb2
38. Bd1 $2 (38. Rd2 $8 Reb8 $1 (38... e3 $4 39. Bh7+ $18) (38... Nb3 39. Re2
Rd8 (39... Nd4 $2 40. Rxe4) 40. Rfe1 Nd4 41. Rd1 f5 $15) 39. Re2 Ne6 40. Bd1
Rxe2 41. Bxe2 Rb2 42. Bd1 e3 $17) (38. Bb1 $6 e3 39. Re1 e2 $1 40. Bf5 g6 41.
Rd5 gxf5 42. Rxc5 Rb1 $1 $19) 38... e3 $19 39. Bf3 (39. Rd5 Nb7 40. Re1 e2 41.
Ba4 Rb1 $3) 39... e2 40. Re1 Rb1 $1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd2 (8. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 9. Bc4 c6 10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bd7 12. O-O-O
O-O-O 13. Kb1 h5 14. g3 $14 {Brodsky,M-Pushkov,N/Sochi 1993 (40)}) 8... c5 9.
Bd3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 $5 11. O-O Qxb2 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. Rad1
Qh4 $1 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Bc3 Qh5 $15 {Unzicker,W-Janovsky,S/Moscow7 op 1991 (27)}
) (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nb3 Be7 (13... Bb6
$5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Qa4 16. Bc3 Rfd8 $11 {Furhoff,J-Kortschnoj,V/
Copenhagen PC 1996/0-1 (61)}) 14. O-O-O Qa4 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bc1 Rc4 17. Qf3 Nd5
18. Rhe1 Nb4 $5 $13 {Hellers,F-Speelman,J/Novi Sad olm SVE-ENG 1990 (28)}) 9...
Qb6 (9... a6 $5 10. Qe2 b5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Be5 Qb6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 $14) 10. Qe2 Qxb2 $6 {Extremly risky decision.Better was}
(10... cxd4 $5 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 {[%cal Gg2g5]} Nd5 $13 {
[%cal Gd5c3] with complicated position.}) 11. O-O Qb6 12. Rab1 Qc7 13. c4 $2 (
13. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4d5","",10,"b5d7","",0]} 14. d5 $1 (14.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 (14... Qxd7 $6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Nxd7 Bxf4
19. Nb6+ Ke7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxc5+ Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rb8 23. Rfd1 $18) 15. d5 e5
16. Rfe1 (16. Qb5 $6 O-O-O 17. Rfe1 Bd6 18. Ba5 b6 19. c4 Rde8 $17 {[%cal
Ge5e4]}) 16... Bd6 17. Nxe5 O-O 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14) 14... Nxd5 (14... O-O-O 15.
Ba6 $18) (14... Bxb5 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Rxb7 exd5 18. Ba5 $1 Be7
19. Re1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} f6 20. Nh4 $18) (14... Be7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ne5 $1 $18)
15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (15... Kxd7 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Rxb7+ Kf6 19. c4 $16)
16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qb5+ Kd8 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 f6 20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. Rxg7 $18) 13... Be7 14. Rfe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O $17 16. Nb5 (16. Nf5 $5 Bc5
17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bc3 (18. Qf3 $5) 18... Qf4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Rb5 Nd7 $17) 16...
Qc6 17. Rb3 Rd8 18. Bf4 b6 19. Bb1 Bb7 20. Rg3 Ne4 $1 (20... Kh8 $6 21. Be5 $1
{[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2c2]} (21. Qe3 Nh5 22. Be5 f6 23. Rg6 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Nf6 $19)
21... a6 22. Qc2 Kg8 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27.
Qxg8+ Kd7 28. Rd1+ Kc8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Be4 $18) (20... Kf8 $5 21. Be5 Bb4
$17) 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxh6 Bg6 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4] The arising
ending is extremly unpleasent for white:pawn on c4 needs protection and
black's bishops pair is very strong.} 24. Bf4 Rd7 $1 25. Nc7 Rad8 26. h3 Rd1
27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd3 $1 {Depriving white any counterchanses.} 29. Nb5 a6
30. Rxd3 Bxd3 31. Bd6 Kf8 32. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $19 {[%csl Rc4] The rest is easy
technicl job.} 33. Nc3 Bxc4 34. Kg3 b5 35. a3 Bd5 36. f4 Kd6 37. Kf2 Kc5 38. g4
Kc4 39. Nxd5 Kxd5 {[#] Hecht:  schwarzer Mehrbauer und keine Durchbruchschance
für Weiß am Königsflügel.} 40. h4 Ke4 41. Kg3 a5 42. h5 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. f5
(44. g5 {Hecht} b3 {oder Kf5} 45. h6 gxh6 46. gxh6 b2 47. h7 b1=Q 48. h8=Q Qg1+
{Hecht: ist auch zu langsam}) 44... exf5 (44... e5 $4 {Hecht} 45. f6 gxf6 46.
h6 b3 47. h7 b2 48. h8=Q b1=Q 49. Qh7+ $18) (44... b3 {Hecht} 45. f6 gxf6 46.
h6 b2 47. h7 b1=Q 48. h8=Q Qg1+ $19) 45. g5 (45. g5 {Hecht} b3 (45... f4+ 46.
Kg4 Ke5 47. h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Kf6 49. Kxf4 b3 $19) 46. h6 gxh6 47. gxh6 b2 48.
h7 b1=Q 49. h8=Q Qg1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. c4 Qa5 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 (14.
Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. b5 Qd7 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Bc3 $14 {Hennigan,M-Arkell,K/Swansea 1995}) 14... Rad8 (14... Bd6 15.
Rad1 Qg5 16. Bc2 Nf8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qe7 19. a4 f5 $2 20. Re2 Qg5 21. g3
$16 {Perunovic,M-Radojicic,A/Herceg Novi 1999}) 15. Re2 $6 {White rooks have
nothing to do over an e-file so I don't especially like this move. On the
other hand, it doesn't really spoil much since white can afford himself to
waste a few tempi in this particular line.} (15. Bc2 Bf8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4
Nf6 18. Re5 Qc7 19. Rg5 h6 20. Rg3 Bd6 21. Rh3 $14 {Lawson,E-Auger,B/Laval 2004
}) 15... Nf8 16. h4 Rd7 17. Rae1 Qc7 {[%cal Ge8d8] Protecting the bishop on e7
and preparing Rad8.} 18. Nf1 {White isn't particularily concerned about the
possible exchange sacrifice on d4.} (18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Bb1 Qb6 20. Nf1 Qa5 21.
Bc2 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. g3 $14 {Steingrimsson,H-Lyrberg,P/Gausdal 1994}) (18.
h5) 18... Red8 19. Bb1 (19. b4 a5 20. Bc3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23.
b5 Rxh4 24. bxc6 bxc6 $132) 19... Rxd4 $5 {Black decides to take the risk,
although the consequances of this sacrifice are not perfectly clear.} 20. Bxd4
Rxd4 21. Qe3 $1 {White correctly estimates that black's attack is not that
dangerous.} (21. g3 Bxa3 22. Rd2 Bc5 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 $13) 21... Rxh4 22. Qxa7 Rh5
{[%cal Gh5a5]} 23. b4 Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge7d6,Gf4h4,Gf6g4]} 24. Ng3 $5 (
24. Qxb7 Qh4 25. f3 Bd6 26. Qxc6 Bh2+ (26... Qd4+ 27. Re3 Bf4 28. Be4 Re5 29.
a4 N6d7 $132) 27. Nxh2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf2 Qf4 29. Re4 Nxe4+ 30. Qxe4 Qd2+ 31. Kg1
Qh6 $44) 24... Bd6 25. c5 $2 {This move is just a blunder in a very promising
position. After correct 25.Re3! I didn't manage to find an equality for black,
ven though white's position looks very dangerous.} (25. Rd1 $2 Qh4 26. Rxd6
Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Nxh1 Rxh1#) (25. Re3 $142 $1 Rh6 (25... Ng4 $6 26. Re4
Re5 27. Rxf4 Rxe1+ 28. Nf1 Bxf4 29. g3 $16) 26. Qxb7 Qh4 (26... Qxc4) 27. Qxc6
Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Ng4 30. Rb3 Rf6+ 31. Ke2 Rf2+ 32. Kd1 Rxg2 33. Qf3
$16) 25... Qh4 $19 26. Re3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qd4 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf6d5,Gd4g1]
Now it's all over.} 28. Qb8 (28. Kf1 Ng4 29. Rf3 Qd2 $19) 28... Nd5 29. Qd6 e5
30. g4 Rg5 31. Qd8 Rxg4 32. Bf5 Rg3 33. Kh2 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 704]} 1. e4 {Ernst.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 a6 {'?!' Ernst.} 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3
Qxc5 12. O-O (12. O-O-O h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Rhe1 O-O 17.
Ng6 $1 $14 {Somlai,L-Vulicevic,N/New York Marshall 1993}) 12... b6 (12... Bd7
13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nd5 $2 15. Qh5 g6 16. Nxg6 $1 Nf4 17. Nxf4 Qxg5 18. Qxg5
Bxg5 19. Ne2 $16 {Zakic,S-Marjanov,Z/Nis op 1993}) (12... O-O 13. Rad1 b5 $4
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 {1-0 Van Riemsdijk,H-Lo Presti,R/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors
1997}) 13. Ne5 $5 {White's play is so energetic and strong that it's not clear
where black has made the decisive mistake.} (13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Kh1
Qc8 16. f4 g6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. c4 $14 {Palac,M-Tratar,M/Open 1999}) (13. Qe5 Bb7
14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Be5 b5 $11 {Ivanov,
A-Seirawan,Y/ch-USA prelim B playoffs 1999}) 13... Bb7 (13... O-O $4 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Ge4a8,Ge4h7]}) 14. Rfe1 Qd5 (14... Nd5 $6 15. Qf3 (15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 $13) 15... Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 $16) (14... O-O $6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qc6 (16... Qg5 17. f4 Qxf4 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Be4 $16) 17.
Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qh4 $16) 15. Qf1 Bd6 (
15... O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Bxb7 Bxe5 19. Bxa8 $18) 16. Bf4 (16.
Bxf6 $6 gxf6 17. Nf3 (17. Be4 $4 Qxe5 $19 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge5h2]}) 17... f5
$13) 16... Qc5 (16... O-O $2 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Nd7 $3 Nxd7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20.
Bxh7+ $18) 17. Rad1 Bc7 (17... Nd5 18. Bg3 (18. Be4 Nxf4 19. Bxb7 $16)) 18. b4
$1 {Very strong idea permitting white to win by force.} Qe7 19. Bb5+ $1 axb5
20. Qxb5+ Kf8 21. Nd7+ Nxd7 22. Bxc7 Ke8 $8 23. Bxb6 Rc8 (23... Ba6 24. Qc6 Rc8
25. Qa4 Bb7 26. Bc5 Qd8 27. Rd6 Ra8 28. Qb5 Bc8 29. Qc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re8]
[%cal Gd6e6]}) 24. Bc5 Bc6 25. Qa6 Qd8 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Rdxe6+ $3 {This move
white had to forsee while playing 18.b4!.} fxe6 28. Rxe6+ Kf7 29. Qc4 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gc4f7]} Nxc5 (29... Nf6 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Qf7+ Kf5 32. Rxc7 $18) 30. Rxc6+
Ke8 31. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 32. bxc5 Ke7 33. Qe4+ Kf7 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. g4 g6 36. Qe5+
Kf7 37. Qd5+ Ke7 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 (9. Bxf6 {Finkel,A} gxf6 $5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas
Pastor,M/Manila olm 1992 (49)}) (9. c3 {Finkel,A} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17.
Rhe1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila olm 1992}) (9. Bd3 $5 {Finkel,A} cxd4
10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 $14 {
Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest FS06 IM 1993/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (9. Be2 {Finkel,A} Be7
10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,
V-Zifroni,D/EUchJM-U18 1994 (42)}) (9. dxc5 {Finkel,A} Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10.
Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Ne5 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo
Pons,F-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U18 1995 (42)}) 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 $132 {Stisis,Y-Zifroni,D/Rishon le Zion YM-IM 1995 (52)}) 9... cxd4
10. O-O (10. Qxd4 {Finkel,A} Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5
15. O-O-O Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 10... Bd6
{In sixth round of the tournament Ulibin has tried 10...Be7,but was simply
crushed:} (10... Be7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bb3 Nd7 $6 14. Qe4 $36 {
Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Russian Club Cup 1998 (23)}) (10... Bc5 {Finkel,A} 11.
Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $1 $40 {Kling,
T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996 (25)}) 11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 $2 Bxh2+ $1 12. Kxh2
Qc7+ 13. Bg3 Qxc4 $17) 11... g5 $5 {Transferring the game into ending,which
however seems to be slightly better for white.} 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.
fxg3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf1f7]} (14. hxg3 Ke7 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rhd8 17. Rd2 Be8
$11) 14... Ke7 15. Ne5 Rh7 $1 {Protecting the pawn on f7 and by this letting
possible to move with the knight.} 16. Rae1 Ne8 17. Bd3 Rg7 {[%csl Rg7]} 18. c4
Bd7 19. c5 Bc6 20. Rf2 ({Promising alternative was} 20. Nxc6+ $5 bxc6 21. Rf3
$5 (21. Be4 Nf6 $1 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Bf3 Rxc5 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 g4 26. Ba8
Kd7 $132) 21... Nf6 22. b4 a5 (22... Rgg8 $2 23. Ref1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 23. b5
cxb5 24. Bxb5 Rd8 25. c6 $14 {with better chanses.}) 20... Nc7 21. Ref1 ({
It was still possible to play} 21. Nxc6+ $5 {with slightly better prospects.})
21... Be8 22. Be4 Rb8 23. a3 g4 (23... f5 $1 24. Bc2 g4) 24. b4 ({More
accurate was} 24. Rf6 $5 h5 25. b4 Nb5 26. Rh6 f5 27. Bd3 Rd8 28. Bc4 Nc7 29.
Re1 $36 {with certain pressure.}) 24... f5 25. Bc2 Kf6 $132 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Bb3
Bc6 28. Ba2 (28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rfe2 Re7 30. Ba4 Nb5 31. Bxb5 cxb5 $11) 28...
Rd4 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Nd6 Bxa2 31. Rxa2 b6 32. Rf2 Rg8 33. Rc1 bxc5 34. Nb7 c4
35. Rf4 Rd2 (35... Nb5 $5 36. Rxd4 Nxd4 37. Rxc4 e5 38. a4 Rg7 39. Nc5 Ke7 $13)
36. Rfxc4 Nd5 (36... Nb5 $5 37. a4 Nd4 38. Kf1 e5 39. Na5 $5 (39. b5 $6 Rg5 $1
40. a5 Rh5 $17 {[%csl Rf1]}) 39... Rd8 (39... Rg5 $6 40. Nc6 Rh5 41. Nxd4 exd4
42. Kg1 $14) 40. Nc6 Nxc6 41. Rxc6+ Kg5 $15 {[%cal Gd2a2,Gd8d2]}) 37. R4c2 Rd3
38. Rc6 Re8 $2 {The turning point in the game.After simple} (38... Rxa3 39. Nc5
Re8 40. Re1 Re3 41. Rxe3 Nxe3 42. Rc7 Nd5 43. Rxa7 Nxb4 44. Nd7+ Kg5 $17 {
black would have good winning chanses.}) 39. Ra6 Rd2 40. Re1 $1 Nc3 $2 {
Another mistake with disasterous consequances.} (40... Re7 $5 41. Nc5 (41. Rxa7
$6 Rc2 42. Ra6 Rxb7 43. Rexe6+ Kg7 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Rxh6 Ne3 $17) 41... Nb6 42.
a4 Rd6 43. a5 Nc4 44. Rc1 $14) 41. Nc5 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nd4 43. Rxa7 $16 Kg5 44.
Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rd7 e5 46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. b5 e4 48. b6 $18 e3 49. b7 e2+ 50. Kf2 Rd1
51. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Be3) 9... Be7 $6 {White's opening choice definitly caught
Akopian off-guard. Otherwise it's hard to explain his 9th move, after which
white gets very unpleasent pressure.} (9... cxd4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O-O f6 14. Bh4 O-O-O 15. f4 $14 {Damaso,R-Cubero Ferreiro,R/
Ferrol 2002}) (9... Qd5 $5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Robatsch,K-Geller,E/
Havana 1963/MCD (11)}) (9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 $6 11. Bg3 cxd4 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13.
O-O-O $36 {Murariu,A-Jakab,A/Budapest 2003}) (9... b5 10. Qf3 Qd5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Bxf6 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Bxg7 Bxg2 15. Bxh8 Bxh1 16. f3 Bg2 17. Ke2 $14
{Miron,L-Meier,G/Budva 2003}) 10. dxc5 $1 $14 {After this natural move white
gets very comfortable advantage due to the pressure on the queenside.} Qxd1+ (
10... Qc7 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Rd1 Nxc5 15. Qh4+ f6 16.
Be2 $14) 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Be2 h6 ({No easy life was expecting black after} 
12... Nd5 13. c4 (13. Nd3 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. c5 Rd8
$14) 13... Be7 (13... Ne7 14. Bf3 h6 15. Be3 $16) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. c5 $16 {
[%cal Ge2f3,Ge5c4,Gc4b6]}) 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bf3 $6 (15. Rd8+ $142 $5
Kxd8 16. Nxf7+ Ke7 17. Nxh8 Kf6 (17... Bd7 18. Ng6+ Kf6 19. Ne5 Bxf2+ 20. Bxf2
Kxe5 21. Bd4+ $14) 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. Ng6 $16) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3
Ke7 $2 {The only explanation for this move is that even the very best players
are just human, which means they also make stupid mistakes from time to time!}
(16... Rb8 17. Rd8+ Kxd8 18. Nxf7+ Ke7 19. Nxh8 $18) (16... Bb6 $1 17. b4 (17.
Nc4 Bc7 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Raxc8 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 (21. Bc6 Rxb2 22.
Rd7+ Kf6 {[%csl Rh1]}) 21... Rxb2 22. Bc4 Be5 $11) 17... Bc7 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. a4
b6 $14) 17. Bxb7 $1 $18 Bxb7 18. Rd7+ Kf6 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Kf5 21. Rxf7+
Ke4 22. Rxb7 Rag8 23. Rc7 $1 Be3 (23... Rc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxh6 $18) 24.
Rc4+ Kd5 25. Rh5 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gross, David"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 a6 $6 (8... c5 $5 9. c3 $5 (9. Be3 O-O (9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Nf6
12. Bd3 b6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bg5 $14 {Nunn,J-Fuller,M/BCF-ch 1979/1-0 (62)})
10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Kb1 $14 {Keres,P-Pavey,
M/USA-URS 1954/1-0 (44)}) 9... Nf6 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7 13.
O-O Re8 (13... Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. c4 Bc5 $1 $11 {
Fedorowicz,J-Lein,A/USA-ch 1986 (44)}) 14. Be5 Qb6 15. f4 g6 16. Kh1 Rac8 17.
Bb3 a5 $132 {Pomar Salamanca,A-Guimard,C/Mar del Plata 1949 (37)}) 9. O-O (9.
Be3 $5 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O-O b6 12. Rhg1 $36 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gg1g3,Gg3h3]})
9... Nf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Rd1 {It's always a question where to put the rooks and
in this case it seemed more suitable to place this rook on e1 and the second
one on d1:} (11. Bg5 Bb7 (11... c5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15.
Ne5 $14) 12. Rad1 O-O 13. c4 b5 $1 14. b3 bxc4 15. bxc4 $14) 11... Bb7 12. c4
c5 13. dxc5 (13. Bc2 $5 Qc7 (13... Bxf3 $2 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. Ba4+ Kf8 16. Rxd4
$16) 14. Ba4+ Bc6 15. Bf4 $5 Qb7 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Ne5 Qe4 $1 18. Qxe4 Nxe4
19. d5 $14) 13... Bxc5 14. Bg5 Qe7 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Nd2 $1 $14 Rd8 16. Be4 h6
$6 (16... O-O 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 Be7 (19... Bd4 $2 20. Rxd4 $1
Rxd4 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Qe5 $18) 20. Qf3 Kh8 21. b4 $14) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf3
$6 {Serious inaccuracy letting black to equalize.After} (18. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7 19.
Nf3 (19. Ne4 Be7 (19... Bd4 $6 20. Rd2 $1 f5 21. Rad1 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23.
Rxd4 $16) 20. Qf3 Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Qf4 $16 {white's
advantage is quiet significient}) 19... O-O 20. b3 Qc7 21. Qb2 Kg7 22. b4 Be7
23. Qc3 $14) 18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd4 $11 20. Rd2 f5 21. Ng3 O-O 22. Rad1 Bc5
$15 {Black's prospects seem to be slighty better,but white should easily keep
the balance.} 23. Qf4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Kh7 25. h3 Rd8 26. Nf1 a5 27. b3 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Qf6 29. a4 $6 {Unnessasserily creating to himself weakness on b3.} Qe5 30.
g3 Qe4 31. Kh2 $2 {Simply blundering a pawn!After correct} (31. Ne3 Kg6 32. Qe2
e5 33. g4 $1 {white still has good drawing chanses.}) 31... Qb1 $19 {[%cal
Gb1f1,Gb1b3]} 32. Qe2 Qxb3 33. g4 Qxa4 (33... fxg4 $5 34. hxg4 Qxa4 35. Qe4+
Kg8 $19) 34. gxf5 Qd7 35. fxe6 Qxe6 {The rest is easy:white simply can't stop
the a-pawn.} 36. Qd3+ Qg6 37. Qf3 a4 38. Ng3 a3 39. Ne4 Bd4 $5 (39... a2 40.
Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Qa8 a1=Q $19) 40. h4 a2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13.
Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/Manila olm 1992
(49)}) (9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/
Manila olm 1992}) (9. Bd3 $5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bg3
Bd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 $14 {Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest FS06 IM 1993/1/2-1/2 
(66)}) (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8
$132 {Mirumian,V-Zifroni,D/EUchJM-U18 1994 (42)}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10.
Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Ne5 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo
Pons,F-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U18 1995 (42)}) 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 $132 {Stisis,Y-Zifroni,D/Rishon le Zion YM-IM 1995 (52)}) 9... cxd4
10. O-O (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O
Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5
11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {Kling,
T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996 (25)}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 {Extremly
risky continuation:black starts an active counterplay without finishing the
development.} (12... O-O 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Bd3 $1 (15. Bb3 $6 Rd8
16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) 15... Bd7 (15... Bb7 $2 16. Nxe6 (16. Nf5 Bd8 $1
17. Bg3 Qc6 18. Ne3 Bb6 $132) 16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Bg6 Raf8 (18... Bc5
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ $18) 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. c3
$14) 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. Bg3 Qa5 18. Nd6 $14) 13. Bb3 Nd7 $6 {Another inaccuracy
after which the punishment comes pretty fast;it wasn't to late to play} (13...
Bb7 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf5 $14 {with worse,but
defendable position.}) 14. Qe4 $1 $16 Rb8 (14... Ra7 15. Qxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4a7,
Gd4g7]}) 15. Bg3 Rb6 (15... Bb7 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. Qxg7 Bf6 19. Qg4
h5 20. Qb4 h4 21. Bd6 $16) 16. Qxd4 Bf6 (16... O-O 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Ne5 Rb7 19.
Rd6 $5 {[%csl Ra6]} (19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qxe6 Qf8 21. Bd6 Nb6 22. Qe3 Be7 23.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qf3+ $14) 19... Rc7 20. Nc6 $16) 17. Qe3 Rc6 {After} (17... O-O
18. Ne5 $16 {arise variations,which we have analysed after 16...0-0.}) (17...
Bxb2 $5 18. Bd6 $5 Qf6 19. Bb4 Rc6 20. Qa7 $36) 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qb6 ({
Nothing changes} 19... O-O 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Qf3 Rb6 22. Qc3 $16 {and black
simply can't move.}) 20. Rfd1 Nc5 $6 21. Bd5 $18 Bb7 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. Rd8+
Ke7 24. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kostakiev,D} e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Bg2 e5 (7... c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Ke7 12.
c4 Rd8 13. Bf4 $14 {Vombek,D-Simic,D/SLO-ch 1996 (41)}) (7... Bd6 $5 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O e5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Qxd4 Qxc2 13. Rac1 Qg6 14. Be7 $44 {
Tosic,M-Skembris,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1982 (26)}) 8. Qe2 $1 {Quiet serious
improvment.In previous games white has tried 8.Ne2 and without visible success:
} (8. Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Qxd4 (12. h4 h6 13. Qxd4
{1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Ehlvest,J/Rubinstein mem 1995}) 12... Be5 13. Qd5 (13. Qe3 $5
Nf6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qd3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bd4 17. f5 $36 {Beliavsky,A-Vaganian,R/
Tilburg 1993/1-0 (58)}) 13... Re8 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Re1 c6 17. Qb3
Re7 $11 {Kostic,V-Skembris,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1981 (81)}) (8. Nf3 {Kostakiev,D})
8... Qe7 (8... Be7 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bg5 Qe6 (10... Qd6 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Qxe5
Nxe5 13. Bf4 $14) 11. Qxe6 fxe6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nxd4 $14) (8... Bd6 {
Kostakiev,D} 9. f4 $1 $16) 9. dxe5 Qxe5 (9... Nxe5 $6 10. Bf4 f6 (10... Ng6 11.
Bxc7 $16) 11. O-O-O $36) 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 c6 12. O-O-O $14 {The opening
results are definitly in white's favour:significient advantage in development
is serious trump in forthcoming struggle.} Bc5 13. Nd4 Bxd4 $6 (13... O-O $5
14. Nxc6 $5 (14. Rhe1 Nf6 15. h3 Bb6 $1 (15... Rd8 16. Nxc6 $1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1
Bxh3 18. Bxh3 bxc6 19. Bg2 $14) 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. c3 Bxd4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd4
Be6 $132) 14... bxc6 15. Bxc6 Nb6 16. Bxa8 Nxa8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 $14) 14.
Rxd4 (14. Rhe1+ $5 {Kostakiev,D} Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5+ Be6 17. Bh3 (17.
f4 $1 $16) 17... O-O $8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $14) 14... O-O 15. Rhd1 Nf6 16. h3 Re8
17. Bg5 {^^} Be6 18. Rb4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb7]} Bf5 (18... Rab8 {Kostakiev,D} 19.
Bf4 a5 20. Ra4 Ra8 21. Bd2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxa5 Ra8 25. c4
Rxa5 26. cxd5 cxd5 (26... Rxa2 27. dxc6 Ra1+ 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. c7 $1 $18) 27. a3
$16) (18... Re7 {Kostakiev,D} 19. Rf4 $18) 19. g4 (19. Rxb7 {Kostakiev,D} Re2
20. Bd2 Be4) 19... Be4 20. f3 Bg6 21. b3 (21. Rxb7 $2 Re2 22. Rd2 Re1+ 23. Rd1
Re2 $11) 21... a5 $6 (21... b6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. f4 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2
Rd8+ 26. Kc3 c5 27. Ra4 $16) (21... b5 $1 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. f4 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxd2
25. Kxd2 Rd8+ 26. Kc3 (26. Ke3 Bxc2 27. Bxc6) 26... a5 27. Rd4 b4+ 28. Kc4
Rxd4+ 29. Kxd4 Bxc2 $14) 22. Rxb7 $16 a4 23. Bxf6 axb3 (23... gxf6 {Kostakiev,D
} 24. a3 $1 $18) 24. Rxb3 (24. Bb2 $2 {Kostakiev,D} bxa2 25. Ba1 Re2 {=}) 24...
gxf6 25. a3 {White is a pawn up and for a player of Georgiev's level it's more
than enough to win the game!} c5 26. Bf1 f5 27. Bc4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Kg7 29. Rd5
Rec8 30. Kb2 Rc7 31. Rc3 {[%csl Rc5]} f6 32. Bb5 $18 Rac8 33. a4 Bf7 34. Rd6
Be8 35. Re3 Bxb5 36. axb5 c4 37. Kc3 Ra8 38. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 $6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3
$1 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09
IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Qe2 $5 (10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5
$6 f5 14. Bxf5 $2 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Re3 f4 17. Re4 O-O 18. Rd1 Qc7 $17 {
Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9 1997 (40)}) 10... Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12.
Rxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 O-O $5 {Zakharevich has already tried once to
defend this position and as in the following game-without success.The move in
the game is the novelty,in the previous game he played} (14... Nh3+ $5 15. gxh3
O-O 16. Qe4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Rb8 19. Nf3 $14 {,but didn't managed to
hold;Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997 (58)}) 15. fxg5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Bd8
$6 (16... Be7) (16... Bf6) 17. Qe4 $1 {Preventing the development of the
bishop.} f6 (17... Rb8 18. Ng5 $1 (18. Qe5 $6 Bd7 $1) 18... Bxg5 (18... g6 $2
19. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qf4+ $18 {[%cal Gf4f7,Gf4b8]}) 19. Qe5 Bd7
20. Qxg5 Rbc8 21. Rd1 $14) 18. c4 Rb8 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Bc7 22. c5
Bd7 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Rd1 $16 b5 (25... Rbd8 $5 26. Nb5 $5 (26. b5
$5 e5 27. Nb3 e4 (27... Bxb5 $2 28. Rxd8 Bxc4 29. Rxe8+ Bg8 30. Re7 $18 {
[%cal Ge7b7]}) 28. b6 Bc6 $5 (28... Bb8 29. Na5 e3 30. Nxb7 Bb5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8
32. Qc1 (32. Qxb5 $2 Rd1+ 33. Qf1 e2 $1 $19) 32... Re8 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. cxd6 e2
35. Kf2 $1 e1=Q+ 36. Qxe1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Bc6 38. d7 $18) 29. Rxd8 (29. Re1 Be5
30. Na5 Bd5 31. Qb5) 29... Bxd8 30. Nd4 e3 31. Kf1 $16) 26... Bb8 27. Nd6 Bxd6
28. Rxd6 Bc8 29. b5 Kg8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. c6 $16) 26. Qa2 e5 27. Qf7 $1 Bg4 (
27... Rbd8 28. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxc7 $18) 28. Qxc7 $1 Bxd1 29. Nf5
{[%csl Rg7]} Rg8 30. Nd6 $18 {Total domination of white pieces,black is
helpless against the advance of the c-pawn.} Rgf8 31. c6 e4 32. Qd7 e3 33. c7
Ra8 34. c8=Q Rfxc8 35. Nxc8 h6 36. Qxd1 Rxc8 37. Kf1 Re8 38. Ke2 Re5 39. Qd3 h5
40. Qg6 Kg8 41. g3 Kf8 42. g4 hxg4 43. Qxg4 Kf7 44. h4 Kg8 45. Qg6 Kf8 46. h5
Rg5 47. Qh7 Re5 48. Kf1 $22 e2+ (48... Re6 49. h6 gxh6 50. Qf5 $18 {[%cal
Gf5f6,Gf5b5]}) 49. Ke1 Re6 50. h6 gxh6 51. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 {This variation becomes more and more popular lately.} (9.
Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3
O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. c3 b5 $11 {Fedorov,A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul 2000}) 10. Bd2
Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nh3 $5 (12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5
15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 $132 {Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh op 1998}) 12...
h6 13. Qe1 $6 {[%cal Gd2a5]} (13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11) 13...
a5 $5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 O-O
$132 {Asrian,K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999}) (10... Bb4 11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3
O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {
Nevednichy,V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O $1 b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 $13 {Korneev,
O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16.
Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19. h4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02
1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 {'!' Glek. Glek: /\g2-g4} Nd5 (16... Bd4 17. Nf3
Ba6 $2 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxa6 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rcd8 21. Bc1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23.
Kb1 Rh1 24. Qc2 $16 {Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/Vienna Millenium 1996}) 17. a3 $14 {
Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) (9. Nf3 O-O (9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5
b6 12. Rad1 $5 (12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 (13. Rae1 Rfd8 14. Ng4 $6 Qc6 15. Ne3 Bd4)
13... gxf6 {[#]} 14. Bxh7+ $11 (14. Qh5 $6 f5 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Qxf7+
Kxf7 18. Bc4 Rfe8 19. Nh4 Be4 $15) 14... Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/
Supertorneo Las Palmas 1996}) 12... Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. c3 $14 {Spraggett,K-Nogueiras,J/Canadian Open, Winnipeg
CAN 1997 (41)}) (9... h6 $6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. g4 $5 Nxg4 13. Rhg1
f5 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Bxh6 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxg1 17. Rxg1 $36 {Ulibin,M-Orlov,G/
Minsk 1990 (31)}) 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Rad1 h6 $13 {Rublevsky,S-Anastasian,A/Balatonbereny 1994}) 11. h4 $1 (11. Bxf6
$5 Qxf6 12. O-O-O g6 13. h4 h5 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ng5 $5 e5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxc5
$14 {Hjartarson,J-Kacheishvili,G/Linares op sp 1996/1-0 (67)}) 11... Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18.
Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... O-O
10. O-O-O Qb6 (10... Qd5 $6 11. Bc3 (11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 $40 {
Ivanisevic,I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo 1998}) 11... Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2
$2 14. Qh5 $36 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove 1997}) 11. Nf3 $5 {White is ready to
sacrifice a pawn to get a few tempi for development.} Bd7 (11... Bxf2 12. Rdf1
Bc5 13. Ne5 $44) 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Kb1 {Inviting black to take on f2 or g2} (13.
f4 $5) 13... Rac8 ({Deserved attention} 13... Bxg2 $5 14. Rhg1 Bd5 15. Bh6 g6
16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rd2 $14 {and black has pretty good compensation for the
exchange.}) 14. f4 Bd5 15. Bc3 $5 Be3 $1 {Very good move leading to equality.}
(15... Rfd8 16. Rhf1 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. c4 Bc6 $132) 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxf6
$1 (17. Bxc4 $6 Ne4 18. Be1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bd3 Bd4 $1 $15) 17... gxf6
$2 {Wrong idea! After accurate} (17... Bxa2+ $1 18. Kxa2 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20.
Qh4 (20. Bxh7 $2 Bd4 $1 $15) 20... f5 21. Qf6+ (21. g4 Rg8 $1 $15) 21... Kg8
22. Qg5+ $11 {white has to force a draw unless he wants to continue a struggle
seriously endangering himself.}) 18. Bxc4 $14 Rfd8 19. Bb3 $1 Rxd1+ (19... Bxf4
$2 20. Qg4+ Bg5 21. h4 h5 22. Qxh5 Be3 23. Qf3 $16) 20. Rxd1 f5 (20... Bc5 21.
f5 $1 exf5 22. Qh5 Qc7 23. a3 $16) 21. g4 $1 {Opening diagonal a2-g8 for a
bishop.} Kh8 22. gxf5 exf5 23. a3 $1 Bxf4 24. Rd7 Bh6 (24... Rf8 25. Qe7 Qg1+
26. Ka2 Qg7 27. Rxb7 Bxh2 28. Rxa7 $16) 25. Re7 Qc6 26. Qe5+ Bg7 27. Qxf5 Rf8
28. Rxf7 $5 $18 {Black is tied up after exchange of the rooks so white is
ready to an endgame with opposite colored bishops.} Qd6 (28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7
Qc8 30. Bd5 b6 31. Qxa7 $18) 29. Ka2 b6 30. c3 a5 31. h4 Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Qd8 33.
h5 h6 34. Bd5 Be5 35. Qe6 Bg7 36. Kb3 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rh8][%cal Gb3a4,Ga4b5]}
1-0

[Event "Rijeka Liburnija 1st"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8.
Qe2 (8. Ne2 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 c6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. Bd6 Re8
14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Qd2 Qb6 $11 {Fontaine,R-Vaisser,A/Val d'Isere 2004}) (8. Nf3
exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Qxd8+ (10. Bf4 c6 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rhe1
Bb6 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 $11 {Brenjo,S-Jeremic,V/Budva 2004}) 10... Bxd8 11.
O-O O-O 12. Be3 c6 13. Rfe1 Bb6 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. fxe3
a6 $11 {Van den Doel,E-Van Wely,L/Leeuwarden 2001}) 8... Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qe4 (9...
Bb4+ $2 10. c3 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qa4 12. bxc3 e4 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Bg5 $18 {Rezaei,
R-Oskooei,A/Iran 1994}) (9... Qb6 10. Qxe5+ Qe6 11. O-O Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Be7 13.
Nc6 Bd6 14. Re1+ Kd7 15. Ne5+ Bxe5 16. Rxe5 $14 {Djurhuus,R-Friedman,A/Gausdal
2002}) 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 $6 {[%csl Rc5] Black shouldn't have special
problems after the move in the game, but the knight is a bit vulnerable on c5,
so I believe Black should've preferred 11...Nd6.} (11... Nd6 12. O-O Bf5 13.
Bf4 O-O-O 14. c3 Be7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rhe8 17. Nf3 h6 $11 {Dervishi,
E-Castaldo,F/Bratto 2002}) 12. Be3 f6 {Black is forced to play this move in
order to develop the bishop on d7.} (12... Be6 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15.
Bc6+ Ke7 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. O-O-O $16) 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Rd5 Na4 (
15... b6 16. Rhd1 Bd6 17. Nd4 Rhe8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Be5 $14) 16. Rhd1 Bd6
{Allowing White to complicate the position.} (16... Nb6 17. R5d3 (17. Bxb6 axb6
18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Bh3 Bd6 $11) 17... Bd6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Ne4 Be7 $11) 17. Bxa7
$5 b6 18. Nd4 Rhe8 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. b3 Nc3 $2 {Losing on the spot. It was
necessary to play 20...d5! with unclear consequences.} (20... d5 $1 21. bxa4 (
21. Bxd5 Nc3 $19) 21... Kb7 22. Bxb6 Kxb6 23. a5+ Kxa5 24. Bxd5 Kb6 25. c4 $13)
21. Rd3 $18 Nb5 22. Bxb6 Re1+ 23. Kb2 Rde8 (23... Nxd4 24. Bxd8 $18) 24. Nxb5
Bxb5 25. Rc3+ Kb8 (25... Kd7 26. a4 Rb8 27. Ba7 $18) 26. Bc7+ Ka7 27. Bxd6 R8e6
28. Rc7+ Kb6 (28... Kb8 29. Re7+ Kc8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Bh3 $18) 29. Rb7+ Ka6
30. Bc5 Bc6 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Qe2 {This variation leads to minimal advantage of white and with accurate play
black easily manages to hold the position.} Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11.
c4 Be7 12. Bd2 (12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Qe3 Ba3 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bb2 Ba3 17.
Bc3 Bb4 18. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Karpov,A/Madrid 1992}) 12... O-O 13. Bc3 (13.
b4 Nf6 (13... Bf6 14. Rab1 Re8 15. Be3 g6 16. Ne5 Bg7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. b5 cxb5
19. Rxb5 b6 $11 {Nikolin,Z-Cosma,E/Jugometal W 1997}) 14. Qe2 Re8 15. a4 Nd7
16. c5 Nf6 17. b5 Nd5 $132 {Seirawan,Y-Kortschnoj,V/Monaco rapid 1993}) (13.
Rad1 Re8 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Qe3 h6 17. Rd3 a5 18. Qd2 b5 $11 {
Larsen,O-Pedersen,B/Aalborg op 1995}) 13... Bf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 {
[%csl Rd6] Giving white contol on very important square d6.} (15... Rad8 16.
Ng4 c5 (16... Rfe8 17. Rd3 Bg5 18. f4 f5 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Ne5 $14 {Przedmojski,
R-Moskalik,A/Polanica Zdroj op 1995}) 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qh4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5
20. Bc3 Nd7 21. Rd3 $14 {Brumen,D-Egle,H/Hollabrunn op 1998}) (15... Rae8 16.
Rfe1 g6 17. Qf4 Rc8 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Zamora,
J-Samulevicius,T/WchJM-U16 1995}) 16. dxe5 Rad8 (16... Rfd8 17. Rd6 (17. b3 Nf8
$11) 17... Nc5 18. Qd4 b6 19. Rd1 Nb7 20. h4 $14) 17. b3 $6 ({Why not} 17. Rd6
$5 Nc5 18. Qd4 Na4 19. Rd1 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 $14 {with very comfortable advantage.}
) 17... Nc5 18. Qe3 Rxd1 (18... b6 $5 19. f4 (19. Bb4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rd4
Nb7 $11) 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rd4 Rd7 $14) 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Qd4 Qxd4 (21... Qb6) 22. Bxd4 b6 $6 {After this move black still holds the
position,but now he has to be very carefull.} (22... Nd3 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3][%cal
Gd3c1]} 23. Bxa7 Nc1 24. Kf1 Nxa2 25. Be3 $14) 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. f4 Kf8 (24...
f5 $5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. g4 (26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Kf3 f5 28. a3 a5 $11) 26... Kf7 27.
Kg2 Kg6 28. Kf3 $14) 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5] Making weakness,
which finally coosts black the game} 27. Kf3 f5 (27... g6 $2 28. Kg3 {[%cal
Gg3h4,Gh4f6]} (28. g3 Kd7 29. Ke3 Kc7 30. Kd3 Kb6 31. Kc3 a5 32. a3 Ka6) 28...
Kf8 (28... a5 29. Kh4 Ke8 30. Kg5 Ke7 31. h3 Ke8 32. Kf6 Kf8 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Ke8 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Kxf5 Ke7 38. a3 $18) 29. Kh4 Kg7 30. Kg5
a6 31. h3 a5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kf8 34. Kf6 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 28. exf6+
gxf6 29. Ke4 Kf7 30. g3 Kg6 $4 {Missing white's next move.} (30... Ke7 31. h3
Kf7 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kg6 34. Kf3 (34. a3 a5 35. Kd3 f5 36. g5 e5 37. fxe5
Kxg5 38. Ke3 f4+ 39. Ke4 f3 40. Kxf3 Kf5 $11) 34... Kh6 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Kh4 Kh6
37. g5+ Kg6 38. Kg4 fxg5 39. fxg5 e5 40. a3 a5 41. a4 e4 42. Kf4 e3 43. Kxe3
Kxg5 44. Ke4 Kf6 $11) 31. f5+ $1 $18 exf5+ (31... Kf7 32. fxe6+ Kxe6 33. Kf4 a6
34. a3 a5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Kf5 Kf7 37. h3 $18) 32. Kf4 a6 33. h3 a5 34. h4 Kg7
35. Kxf5 Kf7 36. g4 1-0

[Event "Saint Pierre m"]
[Site "Saint Pierre"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 {This move looks not so natural and black manages to show
quiet simple way to equality.} a6 (9... cxd4 10. O-O Bc5 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Rxd4 Qxb2 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 $13 {Al Modiahki,M-Radjabov,
T/Open 1999}) 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40
{[%cal Gd3g3,Ge2h5] Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996}) 10. O-O (10. Qe2 b5
11. Bd3 g5 12. Bg3 c4 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 $13 {Svidler,
P-Bareev,E/Wydra mem rapidplay 2000}) 10... Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Qe2 cxd4 13.
Rad1 Qb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nxd4 ({Nothing promises} 15. Rxd4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Be8 17.
Qe5 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Rd8 19. a5 Qb4 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Qb8 Qxa5 22. Qxb7 Bb5 $11 {
and the draw is not far away.}) 15... Rfe8 $1 (15... Rad8 $6 16. Nf5 $1 $14 {
[%cal Ge2e7]}) 16. Nf3 Red8 17. Ne5 Be8 {The best place for a bishop in this
kind of positions.} 18. Bd3 Qb4 $1 $11 19. f4 $6 {Too optimistic.It was just a
right time to think about keeping the position balanced.} (19. Bg3 b5 (19...
Nd5 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 b6 22. c4 Nc3 $11) 20. axb5 axb5 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4
Qc5 $13) 19... Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rde1 Nb4 $5 22. Be4 (22. f5 $6 f6 23. Nc4
Nxd3 24. cxd3 e5 $15) 22... Rac8 $15 {[%csl Rc2] White pieces lack
coordination and the pawn on c2 demands protection.} 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Qf3 f6 $1
25. f5 $5 {Trying to survive in tactical complications!} (25. Nc4 b5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ne3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 25... Nxc2 $1 (25... Qxe5 26. Bxb7 (26.
fxe6 Qg5 $19) 26... Qxf5 27. Bxc8 (27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. c3 Nd3 $17)
27... Rxc8 28. Qb7 Qc5 29. Rxe6 $15) 26. fxe6 (26. Bxc2 Qxc2 27. fxe6 fxe5 28.
Qf8+ Kh7 $19) 26... Nxe1 27. Qf5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. e7 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Bf7
$1 30. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Rxe1 b6 32. b4 Rd4 $19 {Two pawns in the ending should
be enough.} 33. a5 Rxb4 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Bd3 Rd6 36. Bf1 a5 37. Kg1 (37. Rxe5
Rd1 38. Kg1 Bc4 $19) 37... a4 38. Rxe5 Rd1 39. Kf2 a3 {[%cal Ga3a1]} 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Be3 $5 {The swedish grandmaster
is famous for his devotion to rare opening lines. Not surprisingly he finds an
interesting opportunity to spice things up a bit in this quiet variation.} Bc6
6. f3 Nd7 (6... Bxe4 7. fxe4 Qh4+ 8. g3 (8. Bf2 Qxe4+ 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Kf1 (10.
Nf3) 10... c6 11. Bf3 Qf5 12. Qe2 h5 13. h4 Bd6 14. Nh3 Nbd7 $15 {Nagy,H-Varga,
B/Miskolc 1999}) 8... Qxe4 9. Qe2 c6 (9... Qxh1 $5 10. Bg2 Qxh2 11. Bc6+ Nxc6
12. Qxh2 O-O-O $132) 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Bg2 Qf5 12. Nh3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Ngf6 14. c4
Be7 15. Nf4 $44 {Krolla,H-Donecker,S/Wiesbaden 1993}) 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Nh3 (8.
Ne2 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. fxe4 Nf6 12. Ng3 Ng4 13. Kb1 Nxe3 14.
Qxe3 $14 {Noriega,H-Jukemura,L/Bogota 2003}) 8... Bxe4 9. fxe4 c5 10. e5 $5 {
This pawn sacrifice is the most ambitious continuation.} (10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 e5 $11) 10... Nd5 11. Bf2
cxd4 12. O-O Nxe5 (12... Qc7) 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Bxd4 Nf6 {Otherwise black might
have some problems with the development of his kingside pieces since a pawn on
g7 is hanging.} (14... Nc7 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. c3 $1 $44 c5 $140 $2 17. Qa4+ Qd7
18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rxf7+ $16) 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qf3 $13 {
White obviously has some compensation for a pawn, but it shouldn't be enough
for more than equality.} Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Be7 19. Nf4 Rd8 $6 {[%csl Re8] Deciding
to keep the king in the center.} (19... O-O-O 20. b4 f5 21. c4 Rd4 {[%cal
Gd4e4,Gh8d8]} 22. c5 Qc7 23. a3 Rhd8 $15) 20. Rae1 c5 $6 {Another dubious
decision after which black finds himself in trouble.} (20... Qxb2 21. Qxc6+ Kf8
$13) 21. b3 $1 (21. Qh5 O-O 22. Re3 Qxb2 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qxh7+ (24. Rh3 $2
Qxc2 25. Nd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 $17) 24... Kxh7 25. Rh3+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ $11)
21... h5 $6 (21... c4 22. Qh5 $5 (22. Nh5) 22... Qc5 23. Nxe6 $1 Qxh5 24. Ng7+
Kf8 25. Nxh5 $16) 22. Nxh5 Qc7 23. h3 Rd2 (23... f5) 24. Rd1 $1 $36 (24. Nxf6+
$2 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxh3+ 26. gxh3 Qh2#) 24... Rxd1 (24... Rxc2 $2 25. Qa8+ Bd8
26. Nxf6+ Ke7 27. Rd7+ $18) 25. Rxd1 Rh6 {[%csl Rh6]} 26. Qa8+ Bd8 27. Ng3 {
[%cal Gg3e4]} (27. Nf4 Rh4 28. Nd3 Rd4 29. c3 Rd7 $14) 27... f5 $1 28. Ne2 Rh4
$1 29. a4 (29. Nc3 Rd4) 29... Rb4 30. Qf3 Qb7 $6 (30... Bf6 {[%cal Ge8f8,Gf8g7]
}) 31. Qg3 Be7 32. Rd2 Re4 $2 {It was necessary to take the squares g7 and g8
under control.} (32... Kf8 $8 {[%csl Gg7,Gg8]}) 33. Nc3 Rd4 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35.
Re2 {[%csl Rf7]} Rh4 $6 36. Qxf7 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 $18 Rh6 38. Rd2+ Kc6 39. Qe8+
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2768]} 1. e4 {Baburin.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 $5 {This
variation is quiet oftenly used by Rustemov and not without success!} 5. Nf3
Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Qe2 ({White has also tried} 9. Re1
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c4 O-O 12. Bg5 (12. Bd2 Re8 13. Bc3 Bf8 14. b4 g6 15. a4
$14 {Nunn,J-Lobron,E/Novi Sad olm 1990 (29)}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Bxf6
$6 Nxf6 15. a3 Qc7 16. Re5 Bd6 $11 {Socko,B-Michalski,O/Polanica Zdroj op 1995
(35)}) 9... O-O (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a5 (12... Qc7 13. c4
Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Bc2 b5 $1 16. c5 Bf8 17. Ne4 Nd5 $132 {Larduet,C-Ramas,L/
CUB-ch 1993 (24)}) 13. a3 Qc7 14. c4 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. h4 $5 Rd7 17. Rac1
Rad8 18. Bb1 $36 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg3e4] Yandemirov,V-Lyrberg,P/Minsk 1994 (31)})
10. Rd1 (10. c4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. d5 Re8 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bc3 g6 $1 15. Rfe1
Bd6 $13 {Ciganikova,A-Sorli,M/EU-chJW 1997 (40)}) (10. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. Rd1 Qc8 13. c4 a5 14. Bc2 a4 15. Bf4 $14 {Bashkov,V-Bus,M/Polanica Zdroj
op 1995 (40)}) 10... Bxf3 (10... Re8 $6 11. Ne5 $1 Nf8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Ng6
14. Ne4 Nd5 15. g3 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7] Mikac,M-Vospernik,A/SLO-chT 1994 (41)})
({Desreves attention} 10... b6 $5 {intending to keep the lightsquared bishop}
11. c4 (11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bg5 a6 13. c4 Qe8 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bf4 c5 $5 16. dxc5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qc6 $1 $132 {De Firmian,N-Speelman,J/Brussels SWIFT rapid 1992/
1-0 (73)}) 11... Bb7 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qc6 18. f3 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Rad8 $11 {Podlesnik,B-Estrada Nieto,J/
Ljubljana op 1994/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c3 $5 {The pawn is better
placed on c3,although after} (12. c4 Bd6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 a5 15. a3 Qc7 16.
Re1 Rad8 17. Rad1 $14 {white also got certain advantage;Reshevsky,S-Pelikan,J/
Mar del Plata 1966 (42)}) 12... Qc7 13. a4 Rfe8 (13... c5 $6 14. Bf4 Qc8 (14...
Qb6 $2 15. a5 Qb3 (15... Qxb2 16. Rdb1 Qxc3 17. Bxh7+ $18) 16. Qe2 $18 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd3c4]}) (14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qc7 (16... Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qxb7 cxd4 19. Bb5 $5 $16) 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc4 $16)
15. Rac1 Re8 16. b4 $5 c4 17. Bc2 $14) 14. Bc2 $14 {The arising position is
slightly better for white due to the pair of bishops and certain advantage in
space,but black's pawn structure is rock-solid and all the black pieces take
flexible defensive positions so white has to be very creative to breakthrough.}
Bd6 15. Be3 a5 16. Kh1 $1 {Now it's not so easy to understand this move and I
think that Rustemov also underestimated the strength of white's plan!} Nd5 17.
Bd2 g6 {Preparing e5.} (17... e5 $5 {[%csl Rf5]} 18. Nf5 exd4 19. Qd3 $1 N7f6
20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd4 $14) 18. Bb3 $1 Bf8 {Baburin: 'This pawn formation
occurs quite often from the Alekhine Defence and is usually regarded as quite
acceptable for Black. Yet, my own experience in such a pawn structure shows
that Black lacks active play and usually has to watch carefully White's plans.
In this game GM Tiviakov shows an interesting approach to such positions.'} 19.
Ne4 b5 (19... e5 $2 20. Ng5 $1 N7b6 21. c4 Nb4 22. dxe5 $16) 20. h4 {'!?'
Baburin. Baburin: 'This move on its own is rather common, but the plan
following this advance of the h-pawn, is quite original.'} h5 $6 21. Rg1 $1 $40
{Now we can understand the purpose of 16th move of white!Black is deprived of
counterplay and white's attack becomes stronger from move to move. '!' Baburin.
} Bg7 22. g4 {'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'This is the point of White's play - he
opens up files on the kingside in order to benefit from his better
communications between the flanks, and he also has the bishop pair.'} hxg4 (
22... N7f6 $2 23. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 24. gxh5 Qe7 25. Bg5 $18) (22... N5f6 23. gxh5
Nxh5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rg5 {[%csl Rb5]} a4 26. Ba2 $1 Rab8 27. Rag1 $16 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5h5]}) 23. Rxg4 N7f6 {'?' Baburin.} (23... f5 $2 24. Rxg6
fxe4 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Qh5#) ({It would be better to use the old
recipe and to meet flank expansion with counter-attack in the centre -} 23...
bxa4 $1 {Baburin} 24. Bxa4 e5 {Even if after the further} 25. h5 {White is
better, this would give Black more chances than the game continuation.}) 24.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rg5 {[%csl Rb5]} Qb6 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Rag1 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]
Black is helpless against the advance of h-pawn. '+-' Baburin. Baburin: 'Now
Black is helpless against the eventual opening of the g-file by h4-h5. Please
note that here White is enjoying a huge advantage in force in the area where
the fight takes place, as neither of Black's rooks can be used in defence.'}
Kf8 28. h5 $1 Ke7 (28... Nxh5 29. Rxg6 Ke7 30. Rxg7 Nxg7 31. Bg5+ Kd6 32. Bf4+
Kd7 33. Rxg7 $18) 29. hxg6 Rh8+ 30. Kg2 Bh6 31. gxf7 $18 Nh7 (31... Kxf7 32.
Kf1 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Qd8 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Qb7+ $18) 32. Rg6 Bxd2 33. Rxe6+ Qxe6
34. Bxe6 Ng5 35. Qe2 Nxe6 36. d5 1-0

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Be7 (9... c5 $5 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 O-O 13.
Rad1 Qb6 14. c3 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 $14 {Emms,J-Arkell,K/Isle of Man op
1996/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 10. O-O (10. Bg5 $5 O-O (10... c6 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. h4 b5
13. Kb1 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Be4 Qd6 $132 {Wahls,M-Richter,W/BL9293 1993}) 11.
O-O-O c5 12. Bc4 $6 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 14. g3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rh4 h6 $13 {
Tischbierek,R-Hickl,J/Baden Baden-B 1992 (42)}) (10. Bd2 O-O 11. c4 (11. O-O-O
$5 c5 12. g4 $5 cxd4 13. g5 Nd5 14. h4 Qc7 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc4 Rfd8 17. Kb1
$36 {Kharlov,A-Foisor,O/Oviedo rapid 1993 (24)}) 11... c6 12. O-O-O b5 13. c5
$5 Qc7 14. g4 Rfe8 15. Rhg1 Nd5 16. h4 e5 $1 $132 {Wells,P-Hoi,C/Copenhagen op
1995 (39)}) 10... O-O 11. c4 $14 (11. c3 c6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 a5 14. c4 a4
15. a3 $14 {Romero Holmes,A-Pons,S/ESP-chT 1994 (20)}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 $5 (
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. b3 Nf8 $5 15. Rfe1 Ng6 $132) 12... Nxc5 13. Bc2
Qc7 14. b3 (14. Bg5 Nh5 $5 15. b4 Na6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a3 $14)
14... Rac8 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Re1 $5 {Interesting
decision,which however doesn't change much in the position,sooner or later
white will have to change the rooks anyway.} Ncd7 19. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]} Bb4 (
19... Bd6 20. g3 h6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rd1 $14) 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 $5 (21...
Be7 22. a3 $5 Qc7 23. b4 b6 24. g3 $14) 22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd3 $5
({Nothing promises} 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qd3 Bc5 27. Qe2 Qa1+ 28.
Bd1 $14 {and despite of the pawn white's advantage is only symbolical.}) 24...
Qa5 $6 {Not fully justified decision:black gives up a pawn intending to make a
draw in the endgame with opposite colored bishops,while after} (24... Qxd3 25.
Bxd3 b6 26. Kf1 Nd7 27. Ke2 g6 $11 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8d6] black may easily keep
the balance.}) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qb8 $5 b6 (28...
Qxa2 $6 29. Qxb7+ Kd8 30. h4 Bc5 31. Qe4 Qa1+ 32. Bb1 Qb2 33. Qc2 $16) 29. Qc7+
Kf8 30. a4 Bc5 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qd1 Qc3 {An active position of
black pieces promises quiet easy life in the endgame!} 33. g3 f5 34. Kg2 a5 35.
h4 Be7 36. Bd3 Bf6 37. Be2 f4 $1 {Creating another weakness on g3.} 38. Bd3
fxg3 39. fxg3 Be5 40. Qg4+ Kf8 {[%cal Gf8b4]} 41. Qd1 Ke7 42. h5 Kd6 43. h6 Kc5
44. h7 Kb4 $132 45. c5 $5 bxc5 $5 {Rejecting the draw!After} (45... Kxc5 46.
Qc2 $11 {it's inevitable.}) 46. Qg4+ Ka3 47. Qc4 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 Bd4 49. Kg4 f5+
50. Kh5 Qh2+ 51. Kg6 Qxg3+ 52. Kf7 Qe5 53. Qc1+ Bb2 (53... Kxb3 54. Qc2+ Ka3
55. Qc1+ Bb2 56. h8=Q Qxh8 57. Qxc5+ Ka2 58. Bc4+ $11) 54. h8=Q $1 $11 Qxh8 55.
Qxc5+ Ka2 56. Kxe6 Qe8+ 57. Kd5 (57. Kxf5 $4 Qh5+ $19) 57... Qd7+ 58. Kc4 Qe6+
59. Qd5 Qb6 60. Bxf5 Qxb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Lautier} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bg5 (9. Qe2 $5 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O-O c5 $6 (11...
Qc8 $5 12. h4 c5 13. h5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Kb1 Rd5 16. Rh3 $36 {
Timoshchenko,G-Kholmov,R/Stary Smokovec 1996 (53)}) 12. dxc5 Qc8 13. cxb6 axb6
14. Kb1 Bd5 15. c4 Qa6 16. a3 Bc6 17. Be5 Qb7 18. Nd4 Be4 19. f3 $16 {Guyot,
P-Ferry,R/FRA-ch 1987}) (9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13.
Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Belakovskaia,A-Levitina,I/USA-chW 1996}) 9... h6 (9... b6 10. Qc2
h6 11. h4 Bb7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Rh3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Bxh6 $1 $36 {Corte,
C-Martinez,J/ARG-ch 1947 (41)}) 10. h4 $5 {Typical move in this kind of
position.} Qd5 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 {Deserved attention} (12... hxg5 $5 13.
hxg5 Ne4 14. Qe3 $5 (14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 Nxg5 17. f4 {[%csl
Rh7]} Bb7 18. fxg5 Bxg2 (18... g6 $2 19. Rh2 {[%cal Gd1h1]} Rfb8 20. Rdh1 Kf8
21. Bxb5 $16) 19. Rh2 Bd5 $11) (14. Qe2 $6 Bxg5+ 15. Kb1 f5 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 17.
Qh5 Ne4 18. Qg6 Qd7 $1 $17) 14... Bxg5 $2 (14... Bb7 15. Rde1 (15. Ne5 $2 Bxg5
16. f4 Bh6 17. g4 f6 18. Ng6 Rfe8 19. Rde1 Nd6 $17) 15... Nxg5 $1 (15... f5 16.
gxf6 $1 (16. g6 c5 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. f4 Bh6) 16... Nxf6 17. Ne5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Ge3h3]} Bd6 18. Qh3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 $16) 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4+ Kg8
$11 {[%cal Ge4h7,Gh7e4]}) 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 (15... Qxg5 16. f4 Qf6 17. Qxe4 $18)
16. f4 Qxa2 17. fxg5 Qa1+ 18. Kc2 Qa4+ 19. Kb1 $18) 13. Ne5 (13. Kb1 $6 hxg5 $1
14. hxg5 Ne4 15. Qf4 Bxg5 16. Qxe4 $1 (16. Nxg5 $6 Qxg5 17. Bxe4 Qxf4 18. Bh7+
Kh8 19. Be4+ Qh6 $19) 16... Qxe4 17. Nxg5 Qxd3+ (17... Qxg2 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19.
Be4+ $11) 18. Rxd3 Bxg2 19. Rh2 Bd5 20. Rdh3 g6 $15) 13... Qxa2 $5 $132 {
Interesting continuation giving black good counterchanses.Still was possible} (
13... hxg5 $5 14. hxg5 Ne4 15. Qe3 $1 (15. Qe2 $6 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Bh6 (16... f6
$2 17. f3 $1 Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 fxe5 19. Bh7+ Kf7 20. Qd3 Bf6 21. Bg6+ Ke7 22. Be4
$36) 17. Rxh6 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Ng5 19. f4 f5 $17) (15. f4 $5) 15... Bxg5 16. f4
Bh6 17. Ng4 $1 (17. g4 $2 f6 18. Ng6 Rfe8 19. Rde1 Nd6 20. Rh5 Qf3 $19) 17...
f5 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Rxh6 $44 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1h1,Ge3h3] with complicated
position.}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Be7 $1 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. f3 $5 Bd5 18. Bb1
Qa1 19. Qc2 Rd8 $1 $44 (19... Bd6 20. Kd2 $8 {[%cal Gd2f2]} Bf4+ 21. Ke2 Qa6
22. Kf2 Qd6 23. Rh3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 20. b4 $6 {Dubious decision causing
white serious problems.Better was 20.Kd2 with mutual chanses.} a5 $5 21. Qb2
Qxb2+ 22. Kxb2 axb4 23. cxb4 Bxb4 $15 {The ending is quiet unpleasent for
white,but he has very good chanses to hold it.} 24. Be4 Bc4 25. Bd3 ({Deserved
attention} 25. g4 $5 Be7 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge7f6,Gc7c5]} 26. g5 $8 hxg5 27.
hxg5 Bxg5 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Bd3 $15) 25... Rxd4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27.
Rc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bd6 $17 {Now black has a three pawns for exchange and white
has to defend extremly carefully.} 29. Kc2 Ke7 30. Rb1 b4 31. Ra1 f5 $1 32. g4
Kf6 33. Kd3 e5 (33... Ke5 $5 34. Rg1 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. gxf5 Kxf5 37. Kc4 Kf4
38. Rg4+ Kxf3 39. Rxg5 e5 $19) 34. Rg1 g6 35. h5 (35. g5+ hxg5 36. hxg5+ Ke6
37. Kc4 e4 $5 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Rf1 Ke5 40. Rf6 e3 41. Kd3 b3 42. Rf1 c5 43.
Kxe3 c4 $19) 35... e4+ 36. fxe4 fxg4 37. hxg6 h5 $1 $19 38. Kd4 Kxg6 39. e5 Be7
40. Ke4 Bg5 41. Rg2 c5 42. Kd5 b3 43. Kxc5 Bc1 44. Rg3 Bf4 $4 {Missing very
simple win after} (44... b2 $142 $1 45. Rb3 h4 46. e6 h3 47. Kd6 (47. e7 Kf7
48. Kd6 Bg5 49. Rxb2 (49. e8=Q+ Kxe8 50. Rxb2 h2 $19) 49... Bxe7+ 50. Kd5 g3
$19) (47. Rb8 {Lautier} Kf6 48. Kd6 Bf4+ $19) 47... Bg5 48. Rxb2 g3 49. e7 (49.
Rb5 g2 50. Rxg5+ Kxg5 51. e7 g1=Q 52. e8=Q Qd4+ 53. Kc7 Qf4+ 54. Kb7 h2 $19)
49... Bxe7+ 50. Kxe7 h2 $19) (44... Kf5 $142 {Lautier} 45. Kd5 (45. Rxb3 Kxe5
$19) 45... Bf4 46. Rxb3 (46. e6 Bxg3 47. e7 b2 48. e8=Q b1=Q $19) 46... Bxe5
$19) 45. Rxb3 Bxe5 46. Kc4 $1 $11 h4 47. Kd3 h3 48. Ke2 Bd4 (48... g3 49. Kf3
g2 (49... Kf5 50. Rb2 $1 $11) 50. Rb1 Kf5 51. Rg1 $11 {[%cal Gg1g2]}) 49. Kf1
Kf5 50. Rb8 Be3 51. Rf8+ Ke4 52. Re8+ Kf3 53. Rh8 Kg3 54. Rg8 Bd4 (54... h2 55.
Rxg4+ $1 $11) 55. Rg6 Kh4 56. Rd6 Be5 57. Rg6 Bd4 58. Rd6 Ba7 59. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 $5 {
On my opinion this is one of the most tricky continuation,which demands an
extremly accurate play from both sides.} c5 8. Be3 (8. Bb5+ {Finkel,A} Bd7 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 $11 {Dvoirys,
S-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup4 1997 (21)}) 8... cxd4 $5 (8... Qc7 {Finkel,A} 9. Ne5 (
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 $11
{1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Morozevich,A/RUS-ch m3-4 1997}) 9... a6 (9... Bd6 $5 10.
Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Bd7 (11... Bf4 $5) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qxd1+
15. Rxd1 Rhc8 16. Ke2 $14 {Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/RUS-Cup9 1997 (37)}) 10. Qa4+
Nd7 11. Bb5 $6 (11. O-O-O $5 {Finkel,A} Bd6 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3
O-O 15. d5 $1 $36 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9 1997 (42)}) 11... cxd4 $1
$11 {Herrera,I-Perez,R/Guillermo Garcia mem Premier 1998 (23)}) 9. Bxd4 Be7 (
9... Bd6 $5 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nd4
O-O-O 15. Be2 Ba4 $5 $11 {Timoshenko,G-Doroshkievich,V/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem
1996 (40)}) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qd2 $5 {With this move white shows his agressive
intensions connected with queenside castle and attack on the kingside.Deserved
attention} (11. O-O $5 Qa5 (11... b6 $2 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rad1 {[%cal Gd4f6,Gd3h7]
} Qc7 14. Be5 Qc5 15. b4 $18) 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qf3 Qd5 14. Qg3 b5 15. Rad1 $36)
11... Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5a2,Gd5h5]} 12. O-O-O $5 {Typical idea for this kind of
positions:white sacrifices a pawn on a2 hoping to use the advantage in
development to create the threats against the black king,} Qxa2 13. Rhe1 Rd8
14. Bb1 Qa1 $1 {It seems that queen is out of play on a1,but from there it
disturbs white the most.} 15. Ne5 a5 {[%cal Ga5a3]} (15... Bc5 $6 16. Qe3 Bxd4
17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5 19. Rd1 $44 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) 16. Qc2 $6 {[%cal
Ge5g4]} g6 $15 {Defending against 17.Ng4} 17. c4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Be8 $1 $17 {
Black has managed to put all his pieces on very comfortable positions and now
his advaqntage is quiet significient.} 19. Qe2 b5 20. Qf3 b4 $1 (20... Rxd1+ $6
21. Rxd1 Rc8 $6 22. Qb7 $1 b4 (22... Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7 25. Qc8
$16) 23. Bxb4 $1 Rxc4+ 24. Nxc4 Bxb4 25. Nd6 $14) 21. Nxg6 $5 {Taking the
chanse!} hxg6 $2 ({Why not} 21... bxc3 $1 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Qxc3 Kxe7 24. Qe5
$5 {[%cal Ge5c5]} Rac8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc5+ Rd6 27. Rd1 Ne4 $1 $19 {[%cal
Ga1c1] easily winning?}) 22. Bxf6 Bc6 $6 (22... Rac8 $5 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Kd2
Bc6 25. Qf4 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 e5 $1 $36) 23. Qf4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 a4 {
Accepting the fact that the game should end up a draw.} 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxd8+
Kg7 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2
Qc7 $11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup4 1997 (21)}) 8... Qc7 (8... cxd4 9.
Bxd4 Bd6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15.
Be2 $14 {Timoshenko,G-Doroshkievich,V/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996 (40)}) 9. Ne5
(9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 $11
{1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Morozevich,A/RUS-ch m3-4 1997}) 9... a6 (9... Bd6 $5 10.
Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Bd7 (11... Bf4 $5) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qxd1+
15. Rxd1 Rhc8 16. Ke2 $14 {Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/RUS-Cup9 1997 (37)}) 10. Qa4+
Nd7 11. Bb5 $6 {This move is the novelty and definitly not a very good one.
Better is} (11. O-O-O $5 Bd6 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. d5 $1
$36 {as was played in Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9 1997 (42)}) 11... cxd4
$1 $11 {After this simple move the position becomes equal.} 12. Bxd7+ (12. cxd4
Rb8 $1 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15) (12. Bxd4 axb5 13. Qxa8
Nxe5 $17) 12... Bxd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 (13... O-O-O $5 14. Bxd4 (14. Qxd4 Rxd7 15.
Qa7 Bd6 16. Qa8+ Qb8 17. Qxb8+ Kxb8 $11) 14... Rxd7 15. O-O-O Qf4+ 16. Rd2 Bd6
$11) 14. Qxd4 {Nothing changes} (14. Qxd7+ $5 Kxd7 15. O-O-O e5 (15... Bd6 $5
16. Bxd4 Ke7 17. h3 Rhd8 $11) 16. cxd4 Rc8+ 17. Kb1 e4 18. d5 Bd6 19. Bd4 f6
20. Rhe1 Rhe8 $13 {and black is o'kay.}) 14... Qxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O f6
17. f4 Bd6 18. g3 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 e5 $5 {Exchanging the last pair of minor
pieces.} 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 fxe5 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 fxe5 23. Ke2 Kd7 24.
Ke3 Ke6 25. Ke4 Rd8 26. Re2 b5 $11) 22. Kc2 Re6 23. c4 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 37th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 (9... a6 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6
14. Rxd4 (14. b3 Bd7 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Red8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Bd3 Qb4 $11 {
Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/Saint Pierre 2000}) 14... Qxb2 15. Rfd1 b5 16. axb5 axb5
17. Bxb5 Bb7 $15 {Nataf,I-Hracek,Z/Istanbul 2000}) 10. O-O (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11.
Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,
M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12.
Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan
olw 1996 (25)}) 11. Qe2 (11. Re1 O-O 12. Bb3 b6 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. c3 Ne4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qg4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qg5 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Re3 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Nd7 21. f3
Nf6 22. Kf2 $14 {Short,N-Huebner,R/Istanbul 2000}) 11... O-O (11... a6 12. Rad1
b5 $6 13. Bb3 Nd7 $6 14. Qe4 $1 $16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998}) 12.
Rad1 Qb6 13. Nxd4 {This move looks more dangerous for black than the others:} (
13. Rxd4 Qxb2 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Qxb5 Bd5 17. Qd3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rac8
$11 {Al Modiahki,M-Radjabov,T/Groningen 1999}) (13. b3 Rd8 14. Qe5 Bd6 15. Qe2
Be7 16. Qe5 Bd6 17. Qe2 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 King,D-Huebner,R/SUI 2000/EXT 2001 
(17)}) 13... Qxb2 $5 14. Nf5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e7]} (14. Rd3) 14... exf5 {It was
too dangerous to retreat with the bishop} (14... Bd8 $6 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Nxg7 $1
Kxg7 17. Qe5 $1 $40 {[%cal Gb1b3,Gb3g3] and black is in troubles.}) 15. Qxe7
Be6 $8 (15... g5 16. Rd8 Rxd8 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxd8+ Kg7 19. Qe7 gxh4 20. Bb3+
Kh8 21. Qf8+ Kh7 22. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 16. Rb1 {More chances to win the
game would leave} (16. Bxe6 fxe6 (16... Rae8 $2 17. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Bxf7+ $1
$18) 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rb1 Qxc2 19. Rxb7 $14 {and it's still not so easy for
black to defend.}) 16... Qe5 {After this move black is out of danger.} 17. Bxe6
(17. Rfe1 Ne4 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. f3 Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Rxb7 Nc5 22. Rbb1 Ne6
$14) 17... Qxe6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxb7 Rfc8 $11 21. Rb2 {Nothing
changed} (21. Rc1 Rab8 22. Rxa7 Rxc2 23. Rf1 Rbb2 24. a4 Ra2 $11 {and a draw
is inevitable.}) 21... Rc7 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. g3 Kg6 25. Rd2 Re4 26.
Rb3 Rec4 27. Ra3 f4 28. Kg2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxa7 fxg3 31. hxg3 f5 32.
Ra4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 {The main idea
behind this move is to transfer the bishop to f3 in order to put a pressure on
black's queenside.} c5 7. O-O (7. Bg5) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 (8... Nxe4 9. Bxe4
Nf6 10. Bf3 (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Rxe7 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qd5 Qxb2 17. Rc1 Be6 $11 {Cheparinov,I-Perez,R/Seville 2004})
10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Qd4 Qc7 13. g3 e5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qa5 b6
16. Qd2 Rd8 $15 {Bakre,T-Nalbandian,T/Alushta 2003}) 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7
13. c4 Bc6 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb6 16. Rad1 a6 $11 {Shirov,A-Anand,V/Moscow
2001}) 9. c3 (9. Nb5 Nc5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc7 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5
14. c3 Be6 15. Qh5 $14 {Sutovsky,E-Reinderman,D/Internet ICC 2002}) (9. Qe2
Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qg4 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Rfd1
Qb6 16. a4 Rfd8 $11 {Smirnov,P-Milov,V/Panormo 2002}) 9... Nxe4 {Sooner or
later this move has to be played.} (9... O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qe5
13. f4 Qb8 14. Nd4 Nc5 $11 {Newerovski,G-Zakharevich,I/Kaluga 2003}) 10. Bxe4
Nf6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 a6 $6 {Black can't afford to waste a time in the
opening. Immediate development of the light-squared bishop should be the top
priority.} (12... Qb6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Nb5 $14 {
Macieja,B-Milov,V/Antalya 2004}) (12... Qc7 $5) 13. Bf4 $1 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd6 $6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc3c4] White's play is very natural and strong.
The advance of the c-pawn will increase the pressure on Black's queenside.} Qd8
(16... Rd8 17. c4 Nf6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22.
Rh8 $16) 17. c4 (17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re5 Be6 19. Qf3 Qb6 20. Rae1 d4 21. Nxd4
Qxb2 22. R5e2 Qb6 $14) 17... Nf6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 Re8 ({It's hardly
better to trade the rooks} 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Na5 Rb8 22. c5 Nd7 23.
Nc4 $1 Ke7 (23... Nxc5 24. Nb6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rc8][%cal Gd1c1]}) 24. b4 b5
25. Nd6 Ne5 26. Nxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bb7 Rb8 28. Bxa6 $16) 20. Na5 $1 {[%csl Rb7]}
Rb8 21. c5 $16 e5 {It doesn't seem that Black has a choice, since after} (21...
b6 22. Nc6 Rb7 23. Ne5 Rb8 24. c6 $16 {he can barely move.}) 22. Nc4 Bg4 23.
Bxg4 Nxg4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 $18 {We are observing the
consequences of black's careless play in the opening. The endgame is won
easily for White.} Kf8 27. Rd6 Rc8 28. b4 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ke7 31. Kf2
Ra8 32. g4 g5 33. Nc4 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Nd7 (34... h5 35. gxh5 Nxh5+ 36. Kg4 Rxh2
37. Rb6 $18) 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Rc2 37. Ne3 Rf2 38. Nd5+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Nxf6
40. Rxf6 Rd2 41. Kg5 Kf8 42. Rb6 Rd7 43. Kf6 h6 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 {In my comments to one of the latest games played in this
line I stated that this move is insufficient to get any opening advantage. The
following game is just another proof that White has to look for opening
advantage somewhere else!} Qa5+ (9... a6 10. c3 Qd5 (10... Be7 $2 11. dxc5 $1
Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Rd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxf7+ Ke7 15. Nxh8 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bd3
$18 {Anand,V-Sulava,N/Bastia 2004}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng4 Qg5 13. h4 Qf4 14.
Be2 Be7 15. g3 Qd6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bf3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Zvjaginsev,V/
Moscow 2004}) 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 {This move is a better try than
the immediate transposition into an endgame after 12.Nc4, but Black faces no
difficulties to keep the balance.} (12. Nc4 Bxd4 13. Nxa5 Bb6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ke7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Rc7 $11 {Karjakin,
S-Milov,V/Dos Hermanas 2004}) 12... Bd6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 {Very simple
and strong. Black is forcing White to trade the queens and transpose into an
equal endgame. By the way, I see nothing wrong in 14...Rd8 either, if Black
prefers to keep the queens for whatever reason.} (14... Bxe5 $6 15. Qxe5 Qxe5
16. Bxe5 Bd7 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O $14 {Zontakh,
A-Kutuzov,D/Sochi 2004}) (14... Rd8) 15. Nc4 Bxf4 16. Nxa5 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 {
Nogueiras is the first one to deviate from the game Volokitin-Korobov. I don't
think that this move is any better than 17...Nc5, but it eventualy proved to
be solid enough.} (17... Nc5 18. O-O-O (18. Rh5 $5 b6 (18... Ne4 19. Rd1 (19.
Bf3 $6 Ng5 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Nxb7 Rab8 $15)) 19. Bf3 Nd3+ (19... Rb8 {Finkel,A}
20. O-O-O $14 g6 $140 $6 21. Nc6 $16) 20. Kd2 Ba6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc6 Nxf2
$13) 18... b6 $1 19. Bf3 Ba6 $1 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc6 Nd3+ {[%cal Gd3f2]} 22.
Rxd3 Bxd3 $11 {Volokitin,A-Korobov,A/Kharkov 2004}) 18. Rh4 {[%csl Ge4] Taking
the square e4 under control and intending to bring the rook to c4 or d4.} (18.
O-O-O Ne4 19. Rd4 f5 (19... Nxf2 $2 20. Rf1 e5 21. Rb4 $18 {[%csl Rf2]}) 20.
Rf1 b6 21. Nc6 Bb7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 $11) 18... Rb8 (18... e5 $5 19. O-O-O b6 20.
Nc6 Re8 $11) 19. O-O-O Bd7 20. Bf3 b6 21. Nc4 ({After} 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6
Rfc8 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. Rhd4 Ke7 $11 {[%cal Gc8c5,Gb8c8] Black has nothing to
worry about in the endgame.}) 21... Rfc8 22. Rhd4 Be8 $11 23. Kc2 Kf8 24. b3
Ke7 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. c4 Bd7 $5 (26... b5 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Kc3 Ke7 29. a3 $14)
27. Kb2 a6 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gd7c6]} 28. a3 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. b4 Rc7 31. Ne4
{Admitting that the draw is inevitable.} (31. Kb3 Rd7 32. f3 Rbd8 (32... h5 $5)
33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Nd5 35. Re1 Rb8+ 36. Kc4 Nf6 37. Nf5+ Kf8 38. Rxd7 Nxd7
39. Nd4 Rc8 $11) 31... Nxe4 32. Rxe4 a5 33. Kb3 axb4 34. Kxb4 (34. axb4 Ra8)
34... Ra8 35. Red4 Rca7 36. Kb5 Rxa3 37. Kxb6 Rb3+ 38. Kc7 Ra7+ 39. Kc6 Ra6+
40. Kc7 Ra7+ 41. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Bxf3 (10... b6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5
14. Bd2 Be7 15. Qg4 $40 {Paramos Dominguez,R-Teran Alvarez,I/ESP-chT 1996}) (
10... Re8 11. Bf4 a5 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. Rad1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. h4 Qb6 16. Re2
$14 {Sokolov,I-Suba,M/Antwerpen op 1996}) 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bf4 {White's play in
the following game is simply perfect and looks very simple and logical.} (12.
Bd2 Re8 13. Rad1 (13. Re2 Nf8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg5 16. Be3 Ng6 17. g3 Qf6
$11 {Pert,N-Waters,C/ch-GBR 2000}) 13... Qb6 14. Bc1 Rad8 15. Bc2 a5 16. Nf1
Qc7 17. Ne3 b5 18. a4 Bd6 19. g3 $14 {Spasov,V-Foisor,C/Open 2000}) (12. Bg5 $5
Qa5 13. h4 $5 Rfe8 14. a4 Rad8 15. Bf4 Qd5 (15... Nd5 $2 {[%csl Ra5]} 16. b4 $1
$18) 16. Qe2 $1 Nf8 17. Bc4 Qd7 18. h5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf8] Zontakh,A-Abatino,M/
Leonardo di Bono mem 1999}) (12. h4 Re8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Ne4 Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Nf8 17. Qg4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Rd5 19. Qg4 Nd7 $11 {Sermek,D-Bukal,V/
CRO-chT 1995}) 12... Re8 (12... Nd5 13. Bd2 (13. Ne4 N7f6 14. Be5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
g6 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Bf4 $14 {Koglin,A-Penndorf,D/Wuerzburg op 1991}
) 13... Re8 14. a3 Nf8 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Rad1 $14 {Di Tomaso,O-Varela,
G/Buenos Aires CAA op 1993}) (12... Qb6 13. a4 a5 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Be5 N7f6 16.
f4 Nd7 $132 {Roisman,F-Belpoliti,E/Panamerican-ch 1996}) 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. a3 $5
Ng6 (14... Nd5 15. Bc1 b5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. g3 N7f6 18. h4 Rc8 $14) 15. Bc1 Qc7
16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rad8 18. g3 Rd7 19. h4 Nf8 20. Bf4 Qd8 (20... Bd6 21. Be3
) 21. b4 $5 {This move is untypical for this kind of positions,but white takes
advantage of the fact that black knight on f8 is out of play and wins space on
the quenside.} Bd6 22. Be3 a6 23. c4 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6] After this move black
remains with perpetual weakness on e6.} (23... Qc7) 24. Bc2 Rf7 25. Bg5 Qb8 26.
Bc1 Qd8 (26... f4 27. g4 Ng6 28. h5 Nh4 29. Qe4 $16) 27. Bg5 $1 Qb8 28. Kg2 h6
29. Bc1 Qd8 30. Rh1 $1 (30. h5 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Nh7 31. Bb2 Ng5) 30... Qf6 31.
Bb2 Bb8 32. Bc3 Kh8 33. Rde1 Nd7 (33... Ba7) 34. Re2 e5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 (35...
Nxe5 36. Qf4 $18 {[%cal Gc3f6]}) 36. Rhe1 Ree7 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 (37... Nxe5 38.
Qc3 Ng6 (38... f4 39. Rxe5 fxg3 40. Qxg3 $18) 39. Qxf6 gxf6 40. Bxf5 $18) 38.
Rxe5 Nxe5 39. Qf4 Ng6 40. Re8+ Kh7 (40... Nf8 41. Re5 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) 41. Qf3
Nf8 42. h5 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg3g4]} g6 43. hxg6+ Nxg6 44. Qe3 Kg7 (44... f4
45. gxf4 Qxf4 46. Qxf4 Rxf4 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Rxb7 $18) 45. Re6 Qg5 (45... Qd8
46. Qc3+ Kh7 47. f4 $5 Qd7 48. Qe3 b6 49. Kh2 $16 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 46. Qd4+ Kh7
47. f4 $1 Qg4 48. Bd1 $18 Nh4+ $8 49. Kf2 Qh3 50. gxh4 Rg7 51. Bf3 Qxh4+ 52.
Ke2 Qh2+ 53. Kd3 Qa2 54. Qd6 Qxa3+ 55. Ke2 (55. Kd4 Qb2+ 56. Kc5 $2 Qf2+ $19)
55... Qa2+ 56. Ke3 Qh2 57. Be2 $1 c5 58. bxc5 a5 59. Qe5 Qh3+ 60. Kd2 a4 61.
Bd3 Rg2+ 62. Kc3 a3 63. Qf6 (63. Re7+ Kg6 64. Kd4 $18) 63... Rg7 64. Kb4 Qxd3
65. Qxh6+ Kg8 66. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Asauskas, Henrikas"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Nf3 Bd7 (5... fxe5 6. Nxe5 (6. dxe5
Bc5 (6... Nh6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. Bh4 Bb4 12. a3
Ba5 13. Qd3 c5 14. O-O $14 {Mauffrey,H-Renaud,O/Avoine 2000}) 7. Bd3 Nge7 8.
Na4 Bb6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Ng6
$13 {Gallagher,J-Thesing,M/Zug 1989}) 6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. h5 Bxe5
10. Bd3 Qf6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rxh8 Qxh8 13. Bxg6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ $36 {Gulko,
B-Panchenko,A/Kischniev 1975}) 6. Bd3 $5 {With this move white shpws that he
is ready to trade this bishop for the black knight on c6.} (6. Be2 Qe7 7. O-O
O-O-O 8. Re1 Qf7 9. Bb5 Nge7 10. Rb1 h6 11. b4 Ng6 12. a3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qd4 $14 {Rudolf,H-Ellers,H/Herborn 1994}) (6. a3 Qe7 7. Nb5 $5
Rc8 8. c4 a6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. dxe5 $16 {Gazik,I-Terreaux,G/Sion
1990}) 6... Nb4 7. O-O Nxd3 8. Qxd3 Ne7 9. Re1 f5 {Closing position in the
center is probably the right plan.} (9... c6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. h4 (
12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Bg7 $13) 12... Be7 (12... e5 $6 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. h5 e4
15. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rh8]}) 13. h5 Nf8 14. Bh6 Kf7 15. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Re6]
}) 10. Bg5 c6 $6 {It was better to determine position of the pawns on the
kingside right away.} (10... h6 11. Bd2 g5 12. Ne2 Ng6 $13) 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bd2
a5 (12... g5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Ng6 15. Nxg4 $14) 13. h4 $14 {Preventing blacks
counterplay on the kingside.} g6 14. Nf4 Kf7 15. b3 b5 16. a4 b4 (16... Qb6 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Bb4 $1 $14) 17. c3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 {[%csl Ra5] Now the pawn on a5
becomes the trget for the white pieces.} Rg8 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 19. Nh3 Nc8 20. Qd2
Kg7 21. Reb1 Be7 22. Qf4 (22. b4 $5 axb4 23. Bxb4 Bxh4 24. a5 $14) 22... Qf8
23. Bd2 Kh7 24. Rc1 Rh8 25. Rc2 Qg7 26. Rac1 Ra6 27. Qe3 Na7 28. Qd3 {White
doesn't want to trade the pawn on b3 for the black one on a5.} (28. Qe1 Rb6 29.
Bxa5 Rxb3 30. Bc7 $14) 28... Bc8 29. Rc5 $5 Bd8 $6 {At some stage black is
forced to take on c5, that's why it was better to do it right away.} (29...
Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Qc7 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. Nf4 $44) 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qe1 Bb6 32. Bxa5
Bxc5 33. dxc5 $16 d4 (33... Bb7 34. Nd4 {[%cal Gb3b5]}) 34. Rc4 Qb7 35. Nxd4
Bd7 36. Bd2 Kg7 37. Qe3 Rh8 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Qd3 ({Very promising looked} 39.
Rb4 $5 Qc7 40. Qd3 Qc8 41. Rb6 Rxb6 42. cxb6 c5 43. Ndxe6 Bxe6 44. bxa7 $16)
39... Nc8 40. Rb4 Qa7 41. Qc4 Re8 42. h5 $5 g5 43. Nxf5 gxf4 44. Bxf4 $6 {
Inaccuracy permitting black to prolong the struggle for 30 more moves.} (44.
Nxh6+ Ke7 45. Bxf4 Rh8 46. Bg5+ Ke8 47. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3g6]}) 44... Rh8 45.
Bxh6 Rg8 46. Nd6+ {Once again white misses his chance to win on the spot.} (46.
Ng7 $1 Rxg7 47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Qg4+ Kh8 49. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Gb4g4]}) 46... Nxd6
47. exd6 Bc8 48. Qf4+ Ke8 49. Rb8 $1 Qd7 (49... Qxb8 50. d7+ $18 {[%csl Rb8]})
50. Qf6 Ra7 51. Bg5 Rb7 52. Ra8 Ra7 53. Rxa7 Qxa7 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qf6+ Ke8 56.
h6 {Black pieces are so badly placed that white pawns prove to be much
stronger than rook!} Qd7 (56... Rf8 57. Qe7+ Qxe7 58. dxe7 Rf7 59. f4 $18 {
[%cal Gg1d4,Gd4e5]}) 57. b4 Rf8 58. Qe7+ Qxe7 59. dxe7 Rh8 60. f4 Ba6 61. Kf2
Kf7 62. Ke3 Rb8 63. Kd2 $1 Bf1 (63... Rxb4 64. e8=Q+ Kxe8 65. h7 $18) 64. g3 $1
Rxb4 65. e8=Q+ Kxe8 66. h7 Rb2+ 67. Kc3 Rh2 68. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6192]} 1. e4 {Sakaev,K. Kortschnoj Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 {'!' Sakaev,K.} Nd5 (7... Be7 $5 8.
Qd2 (8. Bd3 {Ftacnik} b6 (8... c6 9. Qe2 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Ne5
Bf6 13. f4 b5 14. Rhf1 a6 15. Be4 Ra7 16. Rf3 Bd7 17. Rdf1 b4 18. Qc4 a5 19.
Nxd7 Qxd7 20. f5 Qd6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qd3 {1-0 Prins,L-Guimard,C/Dubrovnik
olm 1950/MCD-ol (36)}) 9. Ne5 (9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. c4 Qc8 12. Bg5 Re8
13. Ne5 g6 14. f4 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. Rhe1 Rd6 18. h4 Qc7 19. g4
Red8 20. h5 {Donner,J-Oren,M/Helsinki olm 1952/MCD-ol/1-0 (54)}) 9... Bb7 10.
Bb5+ Kf8 11. Bc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qd5 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. a3 Bd6 16. c4
Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc6 19. f4 {Louma,J-Zita,F/UJCS-17.Kongress 1943/1/
2-1/2 (48)}) (8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Qd5 10. O-O c5 11. c3 Rd8 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. cxd4
Bd7 14. f3 Rac8 15. Qe2 Be8 16. f4 Bd6 17. Rf3 g6 18. Rh3 a6 19. Bc4 Qe4 20.
Rf1 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Rc2 22. Qf3 axb5 {Caminade,A-Roumegous,E/Paris-ch 1992/EXT
92ch/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (8. c3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. h4 c5
13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. Rhe1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Qb7 17. f3 Rxd4 18. Qxg2 Bf8
19. cxd4 Nd5 20. Kb1 {1-0 Anka,E-Nielsen,U/Aarhus int 1996}) 8... O-O (8... Nd5
9. Bg5 $5) (8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Nxc6 Qd5 12. c4 Qxg2 13. Nxe7+
Kxe7 14. Qb4+ Kd8 15. O-O-O Nh5 16. Qd6+ {1-0 Rause,O-Medghoul,S/Maromme op
1994}) 9. O-O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb5 $6 Qc8 $1 $13 {Almasi,Z-Istratescu,A/
Budapest zt-plof 1995 (21)} (11... Qc8 $1 $13 12. f3 c6 $1 13. Ba4 $6 c5 $2 (
13... Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 $1 16. Bc2 bxc4 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 c5 $15)
14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Bg5 Rd8 16. Qa5 $1 $14 h6 17. Bh4 Rd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19.
Re1 $36 Bd8 $8 20. Qd2 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Istratescu,A/Budapest zt-plof 1995/ (21)})
) (7... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Qg4 Nxe3 12. Qxg7
Rf8 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Qf6 Qg4+ 16. Ke1 Qxg2 17. Rf1 Be4 {1/2-1/2
Kudinov,I-Huguet,B/WchS 1996}) 8. Bd2 $5 {Deciding to keep the bishop on the
board.White gained nothing after} (8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Bd6 (9... Be7 10. O-O-O
O-O 11. Bc4 c6 12. h4 a5 $5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qe4 a4 15. a3 Ra5 16. Ba2 Ra6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Gabriel Christian-Teske Henrik/It (open), Dresden (Germany) 1995}) 10.
O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe4 g6 13. h4 Bd7 $1 14. h5 Bc6 15. Qe3 Bxf3 $11 {
Lalic,B-Rowson,J/GM International, London ENG 1997 (19)} (15... Bxf3 {Ftacnik}
16. Qxf3 Rfd8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Kb1 Kg7 19. Rh3 c6 20. Rdh1 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,
B-Rowson,J/London 1997/CBM 62})) 8... c5 (8... Bd6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11.
O-O c5 12. Bc3 $14) (8... Be7 {Ftacnik} 9. c4 Nb6 10. Bc3 $14) 9. Bb5+ {
'!' Sakaev,K.} (9. Ne5 {Sakaev,K} a6 10. Qf3 Qc7) 9... Bd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bxd7+
$6 {Kortschnoj} Qxd7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 (12... O-O-O $13) 13. Qb5+ Ke7 $13
) 10... a6 {'?' Sakaev,K.} (10... cxd4 $5 11. Ne5 $6 (11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne5
Qc7 (12... Qa4 13. Qf3 f6 14. b3 $1 Qb5 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Qf7+ (16. Ng6+ $14)
16... Kd6 (16... Kd8 $2 17. a4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7]}) 17. a4 Qa6 18. Nc4+ Kc5
19. O-O $36 {[%csl Rc5]}) 13. Qb5+ Kd8 14. Nf3 Bc5 15. Rd1 $44) (11. Nxd4 {
Ftacnik} Bc5 $11) 11... Nf6 $15 (11... Nf6 {Sakaev,K} 12. O-O-O $14)) (10...
Bxb5 {Ftacnik} 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. c4 Nb6 14. b3 (14. O-O-O $1 {
Sakaev,K} Nxc4 15. Bc3 $40) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Bc3 $14) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. c4 Nf6 {'?!' Sakaev,K.} (12... Nb4 $6 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxb4 (13. O-O {
Kortschnoj} cxd4 $14) 13... cxb4 14. d5 $16 (14. d5 Bc5 $14)) (12... Nc7 $6 {
Sakaev,K} 13. Bc3 $16) 13. d5 $14 {The opening results are definitly in
white's favour:better pawn structure and certain advantage in development give
white longlasting positional pressure. Ftacnik: White may not get much from
the opening, but the better pawn structure with isolated e6 pawn will give him
winning chances without risk.} Bd6 (13... O-O-O {Ftacnik} 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15.
Qxe6+ fxe6 16. Ba5 $14) 14. Bc3 O-O-O (14... O-O {Ftacnik} 15. dxe6 (15. Bxf6 {
'!?' Sakaev,K.} gxf6 16. O-O-O (16. O-O {Sakaev,K} Rae8 (16... e5 17. Nh4 f5
18. Qh5 $18) 17. Qe4 $16) 16... Rfe8 17. Qc2 Rad8 $13) 15... Qxe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6
17. Ng5 $14) 15. dxe6 Qxe6 $6 {Without the queens it's more difficult to
create counterplay so deserved attention} (15... fxe6 $5 16. O-O (16. Rd1 $14 {
Ftacnik}) 16... Rhe8 17. Rad1 Qf7 18. Rfe1 $14) 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. O-O {
[%csl Re6] '+/-' Sakaev,K.} Rd7 (17... Bf4 {Ftacnik} 18. Rfe1 Rd6 19. g3 Bh6
20. Ne5 $14) 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Re2 Rde7 20. Rae1 $16 {Black simply can't move
and white starts to increase the pressure. Ftacnik: The black position seems
to be very solid, but how should he cope with the long term plan of white's
progress? Sakaev can manouvre his knight and push his kingside pawns forward.}
b6 (20... b5 {Ftacnik} 21. b3 $14) 21. g3 Bc7 (21... a5 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 22.
Kg2 Bd6 23. b3 Bc7 $6 (23... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. f4 $16) 24. Ng5 $1
Kd7 (24... e5 25. f4 (25. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nd7 26. h4 $16) 25... h6 26. Nf3 e4 27.
Nd2 e3 28. Nf1 $18) 25. f4 {'!' Sakaev,K.} Bb8 (25... h6 $5 {Ftacnik} 26. Nf3
$16 (26. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} Bd6 27. Nh4 $16) (26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Ne4 Rf8 28. f5
Be5 $14)) 26. b4 $1 {This advance of the pawn one step forward decides the
game!Black is helpless. '+-!' Sakaev,K.} Bd6 $6 {More persistant was} (26... h6
$8 27. Bxf6 (27. Nf3 $5 $16) 27... gxf6 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. bxc5 f5 $8 30. Nc3 bxc5
31. Nd5 $1 Ree8 32. Nb6+ Kd6 33. Rd1+ $16) (26... cxb4 {Ftacnik} 27. Bxb4 Bd6
$2 28. Rd2 $18) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Ne4 $18 {Ftacnik: Black have missed, that
now c5,d6 and f6 squares can not all be defended at the same time.} Rd8 (28...
Kc6 29. Nxf6 Rf8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 cxb4 32. Ne4 $18) (28... Rf8 {Ftacnik}
29. Rd2 $18) 29. Rd1 Kc6 30. Red2 Red7 31. Nxf6 ({More accurate was} 31. bxc5
$1) 31... cxb4 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. g4 {The rest is easy technical job.} a5 34.
Rd3 a4 35. h4 b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. Rxb3 Rf7 38. Rf1 (38. Rxb6+ {Ftacnik} Kxb6
39. Rxd6+ Kc5 40. Rxe6 Rxf4 41. Kg3 Rxc4 (41... Rf7 {Kortschnoj} 42. Re4 $18)
42. Rh6 $18) 38... Bxf4 39. Rb5 h6 40. Kh3 {'(+)?!' Sakaev,K.} Rf6 41. Kg2 e5
42. Rfb1 Kc7 43. c5 {Ftacnik: Correct decision, white prevents any attempt by
black to build a fortress.} bxc5 (43... Be3 {Ftacnik} 44. Rxb6 Rf2+ 45. Kg3
Bxc5 46. Rxh6 $18) 44. Rb7+ $1 Kd8 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. R1b7+ Kd6 47. Rb6+ Kc7 48.
Rxf6 Kxb8 (48... Kxb8 {Ftacnik} 49. Rxf4 $1 exf4 50. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 {I guess it's just a matter of taste whether to put a bishop
on c4 or on d3. Both moves are possible and both of them have their drawbacks.}
(9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila 1992/TD 
(17)}) (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. O-O Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996 
(25)}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13. Bb3 Nd7 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rd3
Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf5 $14) 14. Qe4 $1 $16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998
}) 10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 16.
Rd3 $14 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990}) (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/
Manila 1992}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Ne5 g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U18 1995 
(42)}) 10. Qd2 (10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 $132 {Stisis,
Y-Zifroni,D/Rishon le Zion YM-IM 1995 (52)}) 10... Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bxc5 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be2 f5 16. Nd6 Rd8 $11 {Toth,A-Borcsok,
L/HUN 1995}) (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4
Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,V-Zifroni,D/EUchJM-U18 1994 (42)}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (
10... Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Kh1
Rd4 17. f4 $14 {Fedorchuk,S-Mirzoev,A/Calicut 1998}) 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13.
Bxe7 (13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bb1 (16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb1 Qc7
18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Rd4 b6 20. Ne5 $14 {Skripchenko Lautier,A-Lomineishvili,M/
Kishinev 1995}) 16... Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rd4 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Rad8
21. Qe3 $14 {Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest 1993}) 13... Qxe7 14. Re1 Qc7 $5 (
14... Rd8 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Rad1 Qc7 $11) 15. a4 $5 Bd7 16. a5 Rad8 17. Qb3 a6 {
It seems very logical to prevent a6 because after} (17... Bc8 18. a6 $5 b6 19.
Qc4 Rd7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Be4 $14 {white keeps better chances to
to the weakness of the pawn on a7.}) 18. Be4 Bc8 19. g3 Nf6 20. Bg2 e5 $6 (
20... Rd6 $5 $11) 21. Nc2 Rd2 22. Ne3 e4 (22... Rfd8 23. Qb4 e4 24. Rad1) 23.
Qb4 $1 {[%cal Ge3c4] Preparing Nc4} (23. Nc4 $2 Be6) 23... Be6 24. Rad1 $5 Rfd8
25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Re4] Arising endgame is
better for white due to the fact that all black pawns are placed on the light
squares.} Bg4 (27... Nd5 28. Qa4 $1) 28. Ne3 Bf3 29. Bh3 $1 g6 $2 {This move
is the decisive mistake. After} (29... h5 $1 30. Qb6 $140 Qxb6 31. axb6 Bg4 $1
32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Bg2 Kf8 34. h3 gxh3 35. Bxh3 Nd5 (35... a5 $2 36. Bc8 Nd5 37.
Bxb7 Nxb6 38. Bxe4 Na4 39. b4 $18) 36. Bc8 Nxb6 37. Bxb7 Na4 $11 {black had
very good chances to hold the position.}) 30. Qb6 $1 $18 Qe5 (30... Qxb6 $2 31.
axb6 Ne8 32. Nc4 Be2 33. Na5 Nd6 34. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc3c5]}) 31. Bc8 h5 32.
Bxb7 Ng4 33. Nxg4 hxg4 34. Bxa6 e3 35. Qxe3 $1 {Now it's all over: white is
just 2 pawns up with no counterchances for black.} (35. fxe3 $5 Qd5 36. Bf1 Qd1
37. a6 Be2 38. Qf6 Qa1 39. b4 $18) 35... Qxa5 36. Bf1 Bb7 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qd7
Bf3 39. b4 Qa2 40. Qd3 f5 41. h3 Qa1 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. b5 Kf7 44. Qc4+ Ke7 45.
Kh2 Qa8 46. Qc5+ Kd7 47. Qd4+ Kc7 48. Qg7+ Kb6 49. Qxg6+ Kc7 50. Qg7+ Kb6 51.
Qf6+ Kc7 52. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7.
Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. c3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Re1
O-O-O $13 {Gomez Esteban,J-Kortschnoj,V/Leon 1994}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be3 (10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 (11... h6 12.
Bh4 Qc7 13. Bg3 $5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Qe2 e5 $1 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 $11 {
Suetin,A-Speelman,J/London Lloyds 1991}) (11... Bd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Kh1 Be5 14.
c3 h6 15. Bd2 Bf4 16. Rad1 O-O $11 {Nielsen,P-Pushkov,N/Azov 1993}) 12. g3 h6
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Qxf6 Be5 16. Qh4 Bxb2 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Be4 Bxe4
19. Qxe4 O-O 20. c4 $13 {Zarnicki,P-Pereyra Arcija,D/ch-ARG, Saenz Pena City
1996}) (10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Be5 Nd7
15. Qc2 h6 16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Payen Arnaud-Dolgener Tobias/It (b) (cat.3),
Budapest (Hungary) 1995}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Re1 Bc6 15.
Re5 (15. Bc2 Qd5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re4 f5 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Qd2 Rh8
$13) 15... Qe7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Qd3 $13 {Arencibia,W-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca
Elite, Havana CUB 1997}) (10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Pushkov,N/RUS-chT
Podolsk 1992}) 10... Qe7 $5 (10... Bb6 11. Bb5+ (11. c3 O-O (11... e5 $5 $146
12. Nc2 (12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nf5 Bxb5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17.
Nxb5 $11) 12... O-O 13. Bg5 (13. Re1 Ng4 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qf3 Rd8 16. Bc4 $14)
13... h6 14. Bh4 Bg4 $11 {Korneev,O-Morozevich,A/RUS-ch m1-2 1997}) 12. Re1 Re8
13. Nb5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qe7 15. Qf3 a6 16. Nd4 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Erevan
olm 1996}) (11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c4 Qe7 16. a3
Rfd8 $11 {Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y/Monaco Amber blind 1994}) 11... Bd7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bc1 Rfe8 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bxd4 18. Bxf6 e5
19. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Nadyrhanov,S-Supatashvili,K/Cherkessk 1997}) 11. c3 O-O 12.
Qf3 (12. Re1 $5 e5 (12... Nd5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 f6 16. Nxe6
Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Qg7 18. Qh4 $14) 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Qc2 h6 $11) 13... Bd6
14. Qc2 Re8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 $14) 12... Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 $11
{The position is equal,but still full of life and white manages to create very
nice example of positional play, of coarse with some help of black.} 15. Rfe1 (
15. Qe4 $5) 15... Bc6 16. Qg4 Rae8 $6 (16... Rfe8 17. Bh6 Qf8 18. Rac1 Rad8 19.
Bg5 Rd7 20. Qe4 g6 $13) 17. Qg3 $5 f5 $6 {There was no need to weaken the
position with f5.} (17... Qf6 18. Re4 $36 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 18. Re5 Qc7 19. Rae1
Qd7 (19... Qb6 20. Bc3 $1) 20. Qh4 Bb5 21. Bc2 $1 {White should keep the
bishops on the board.} Nb6 22. b3 Bc6 (22... Rc8 23. Bb1 Rfe8) 23. Bd3 Nd5 24.
f3 b5 $6 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. Kh1 $6 (26. Bf1 $1) 26... Bd5 $6 (26... Ne4 $1 27.
Bxe4 (27. Qe3 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxd4 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qd7 (30... Rd8 $5) 31.
Re1 Rd8 32. Qc2 $11) 27... fxe4 28. f4 Rf5 29. Rc1 $14) 27. Bb4 Rf7 28. Qe2 Rb8
(28... a6 $2 29. Bxf5 $18 {[%cal Ge5e8,Ge2e6]}) 29. Qd2 h6 (29... Qb7) 30. Bf1
a6 31. Rc1 Qb7 (31... Rc8 32. Ree1 (32. Rc5 Qb7 33. Re1 Rfc7 34. Rec1 Rc6 $14)
32... Qb7 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Bd6 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc1c5,Gd2c3]}) 32. Ree1
Rd8 $6 {Black underestimates the importance of c-file.} (32... Rc7 $1) 33. Ba5
Re8 34. Rc5 Rd7 35. Rec1 $16 e5 $2 {Suicide.} 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qb8 (37...
Qa8 38. dxe5 Rxe5 39. Bc3 Re6 40. Bxf6 Rxf6 41. Rd7 $1 $18) 38. dxe5 Rxe5 39.
Rc5 Qf8 (39... Qe8 40. Bc3 $18) 40. Qd4 $1 Qd6 (40... Qe8 41. Bc3 $18) 41. Bc7
1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Priehoda, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 (10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 a5
14. c3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Bc4 Qc7 $13 {Tseshkovsky,V-Anastasian,A/Moscow 1989
}) (10. c3 b6 11. Bc2 a6 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16.
Bc1 c5 $11 {Larrosa Vila,J-Hoffman,A/Pontevedra 1992}) 10... Bxf3 (10... b6 11.
Qe2 Re8 12. Bg5 (12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Bc3 Qc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17.
Qg4 $14 {Fedorowicz,J-Lein,A/St Martin 1993}) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 c6 14. Bb1 Qc7
15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. a3 a5 18. h4 $14 {Ivanisevic,I-Jacimovic,P/
Cetinje 1992}) 11. Qxf3 c6 (11... c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nf5 Re8 14. cxd5 Nb6 15.
Bb5 Nfd7 16. Bd2 $16 {Arakhamia Grant,K-Rice,C/London 1993}) 12. Bf4 {White's
idea in this variation is to launch an attack on the kingside preventing black
from playing c5.} (12. b3 Qa5 (12... Re8 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bb1 Rad8
16. h4 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 $14 {Perez,R-Garcia Gonzalez,F/Santa Clara
2000}) 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Rxe4 Nf6 $11 {Astrom,G-Lyrberg,P/Stockholm 1992}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. h4
$5 Bd6 $6 {Black played this game without a plan that's why white's win looks
an easy one.} (14... Qb6 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Be3 c5 $6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5
19. Qxb7 $16) 15. Bg5 N8d7 16. Bb1 h6 $6 {[%csl Rh6] it's better not to weaken
a position of the king with h6.} 17. Bd2 a5 {[%cal Gd6b4]} 18. a3 Nf8 (18... a4
19. Bc3 Qc7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 20. Nf1 e5 $5 21. c5 $1 Be7 (21... Bf8 $2 22. dxe5
Nd5 23. Qd3 $18) 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rg8]}) 19. Bc3
Be7 20. Nf1 $1 Qc7 21. Ne3 Red8 22. g3 $16 {[%cal Gg1g2,Ge1h1,Gg3g5] All white
pieces take ideal position for the attack so black tries to get counterchances
on the queenside, but white is ready for this.} b5 $6 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. d5 $1
b4 (24... Nxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Bc5 $8 {[%cal Gc7g3]} 28.
Qxa8 (28. Qe5 $5) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Qg2 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Bxe1 31. Bxe1 $18) 25. axb4
axb4 26. d6 $1 {[%csl Ra8]} Bxd6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rc1 Bc5 (28... Qe7 29. Nd5
$18 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 29. Qxf6 $18 {[%cal Ge3g4,Gg4h6]} Rac8 30. Rxc5 $1 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rodriguez,Amador} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3
Ngf6 {Rodriguez: This quiet french variation is a specialty of GM Jesus
Nogueiras who has been long assisted by IM Rodney Pérez, so do not be
surprised that he plays the same variation often!} 7. Qe2 c5 8. Nxf6+ (8. Nxc5
Bxc5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bc4 Qc7 (10... O-O 11. O-O b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qc7 14.
Ne5 Rad8 15. Ng4 Nd5 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Ne3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Martinovic,S-Marjanovic,M/
JUG-chT 1997}) 11. O-O a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb7 15. Be3 Rc8 $11 {
Fedorowicz,J-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch m 1991 (41)}) 8... Bxf6 (8... Nxf6 9. dxc5 $5
(9. Bg5 cxd4 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Rxd4 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qe8 $11 {
Tseitlin,M-Egger,T/Krumbach op 1991 (30)}) 9... Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Bg5 a6 12.
O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Rad1 $14 {Zakic,S-Marjanov,Z/Nis op 1993/1/2-1/2 (62)})
9. d5 $5 (9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. O-O Nd5 12. Ne5 (12. Qe4 $5 Bd7 13. Ne5
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 15. a4 Bc6 16. Qh4 $14 {Kaiumov,D-Klochko,R/Vladivostok2 op
1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Re1 h5 16. Qd4 $6 (
16. Qg3 $14) 16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vitinik,M-Klochko,
R/Vladivostok2 op 1995}) 9... Nb6 (9... e5 $6 10. h4 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. d6 $1 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Nxe5 $16 {Horvath,T-Cigan,S/AUT-chT2S
1995 (30)}) 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 {Over the years there has been a debate
about this position going on at this tradicional tournament, so you will find
games included from previous versions of it.} 12. O-O (12. a4 $5 a6 13. Bd3 Qc7
14. O-O Re8 15. a5 Nd7 16. Re1 Re7 17. Qe4 $14 {Timman,J-Granda Zuniga,J/
Donner mem 1995 (47)} (17. Qe4 {Rodriguez} c4 18. Bf1 Nc5 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4
Rd7 21. Be3 Rc7 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Bd6+ Kg8 24. Ne5 h5 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bxb2
27. Rad1 $16 {Timman,J-Granda Zuniga,J/Amsterdam 1995})) (12. Bd3 {Rodriguez}
Qc7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd1 Rd8 15. Qe1 Bd5 16. Ng5 Re8 $15 {Boudy,J-Sieiro
Gonzalez,L/Capablanca mem-D 1993}) 12... h6 $5 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gf8g7,Gh8e8]} (
12... Qc7 {Rodriguez} 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Nd5 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Qe4 $1 Qc6 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Nf6 $14 {Herrera,I-Perez,R/Santa Clara 1996}) 13. Bd3 $146 (13.
c3 $5 g6 (13... c4 $6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nd4 $16) 14.
Bf4 Kg7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Be5 $5 $14) (13. Rd1 {Rodriguez} Qc7 14. a4 g5 15. a5
Nd5 $13 {0-1 Huzman,A-Seirawan,Y/Amsterdam 1995/CBM 49}) (13. Ne5 $5 {Rodriguez
} a6 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qd4 16. Ng6+ fxg6 17. Qxe6 Qxf4 18. Qxb6 $16 {de la
Paz,F-Perez,R/Santa Clara 1996}) 13... c4 14. Be4 Qc7 $1 {Taking under control
square f4.} 15. c3 Re8 {Preparing g6 Rodriguez: There were some promising
alternatives for White as can be seen from the games included, but Becerra,
who knew for sure that he would face this line, came up with a non impressive
setup.} (15... g6 $2 16. Bxg6 $16) 16. Qc2 g6 17. Be3 Kg7 $11 {Black has
compleated development and has fully equalized the position.} 18. Rad1 (18.
Rfe1 Bd5 $1 (18... Nd5 $6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 $14) 19. Bxb6 (19. Bxd5 Nxd5
20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 $11) 19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 axb6 21. Rae1 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd8
$11) 18... Rd8 19. Qc1 (19. Bd4 $5) 19... Nd5 20. Nd4 (20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4
Bg4 22. Rd2 Rhe8 23. f3 Bc8 $11) 20... Bg4 21. Nb5 $5 Qa5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23.
Bxd5 Qxb5 24. Be4 b6 {After changing the couple of pieces the situation on the
board didn't change much-it remained balanced till the mistake of white on the
41 move.} 25. h3 Bf5 26. a4 (26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Rd1 h5 28. Bd4 Rd8 $11) 26...
Qxa4 (26... Qa5 $5) 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Bf4 Qe4 (29... b5 30. Qe3 Qe4
31. Ra1 Qxe3 32. Bxe3 b4 33. Rxa7 bxc3 34. bxc3 Bxc3 35. Rc7 $11) 30. Re1 Qd5
31. Rd1 Qe4 32. f3 (32. Re1 $11) (32. Re1 $44 {Rodriguez}) 32... Qe7 33. Rd5
Bg5 (33... Qe6 {Rodriguez}) 34. Rxf5 f6 35. Rd5 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. h4 Bxh4
38. Bxh6+ Kg6 39. Bf4 Qd3 40. Qa1 $6 (40. g3 {Rodriguez} Bg5 41. Bxg5 fxg5 42.
Kf2 $11) 40... Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 41. Qxa7 $4 {Giving up the fight!It was
nessassary to play} (41. g3 $1 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Kxg5 43. Qf1 $1 b5 44. Qf2 $11 {
with equal position.}) (41. Be3 {Rodriguez} Bg3 42. Qc1 Qe2 43. Bf4 $15) 41...
Bf2+ $1 $19 42. Kf1 (42. Kh2 Qf5 $1 43. g3 Qb1 $1 $19) 42... Bc5 43. Bg3 $6 {
Losing on the spot.It was still possible to put up some resistanse after} (43.
Ke1 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Qf1+ 45. Kc2 Qxg2+ 46. Bd2 Qxf3 $19 {,but it probably woudn't
change the outcome of the game.}) 43... Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 {Quite poisonous continuation
promising white a small, but a long lasting edge.} b6 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2
Bb7 8. O-O (8. Nf4 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bxb7 Rxb7 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Be3 Bd6 $13
{Sulskis,S-Rahman,Z/Bled 2002}) 8... Ngf6 9. N2c3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Qg4 g6
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. c4 $14 {Solozhenkin,E-Zakharevich,I/Elista 1996})
7... Bb7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3
e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. c3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11 {Bezgodov,
A-Zakharevich,I/Moscow 2000}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 (11. c4 O-O 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 Qe8 14. Qf3 b5 15. b3 Rb6 16. Be3 $16 {Chandler,M-Pert,N/London 2000})
11... O-O 12. c4 Nd7 $6 {Careless move after which black faces certain
difficulties. Better was} (12... Rc8 13. b3 (13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
c6 16. Qf3 Qc7 $11) 13... Qe8 14. Bb2 c5 15. dxc5 $14) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne5 $14
{Now black is forced to trade the knight otherwise it will penitrate to c6.}
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 $6 {Dreev doesn't feel the danger.
The pin over the d-file proves to be lethal for black. The last chance to
change the course of the game was} (17... h6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Qg4 (19. Qd3 $2
g5 20. Qa3 (20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kh7 $17 {[%cal Gc7c5,Ge7b7]})
20... Qe8 21. Qxa7 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Be3 Nd3 $15) 19... Kh7
20. Qh4 f6 $14 {with worse, but defendable position.}) 18. Qg4 Qe8 $2 (18...
Qf8 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. b4 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Nb7 22. Rd7 Qxb4 23. Bh6 Qf8 24. Rxc7 Na5
$16) 19. Bh6 g6 20. Qf4 $18 f6 $8 21. exf6 e5 22. f7+ $1 Qxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7
24. Rad1 Ke6 25. Bg5 a5 26. a4 Ra8 27. f4 h6 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. fxe5 Ke7 30. g4
Ke6 31. h4 Ke7 32. e6 Kxe6 33. Re2+ Kf7 34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Rd2 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2752]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 (10... Qc7 $5 11. Qe2 b6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 14. Qe4+ Kg7 15. Qg4+ Kh7 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Qg4+ {
1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Pushkov,N/Azov 1993}) 11. Qe2 Bb7 (11... Be7 $4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Qe4 {1-0 Odeh,K-Moloney,N/Lloyds Bank op 1994}) 12. Rad1 Qc7 (12... Qe7 $5
13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Rad8 $13 {Kirnos,K-Pater,E/EU-chJW U16 1993/1/2-1/2 (56)})
13. Ne5 (13. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 14. Be4 Rad8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd2 f5 $5 (16... Be7
17. Ne4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qd3 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Woliston,P/
USA-ch 1940 (45)}) 17. Qh5 Bd4 $1 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. c3 Qe7 $132 {Ferguson,
M-Kacheishvili,G/WchJM-U18 1995 (63)}) (13. c4 $5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Rad8
16. b3 $6 (16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 $11) 16... Bc8 $1 17. Rxd8 Rxd8
18. Rd1 f5 19. Bc2 Bb7 $15 {Borocz,I-Shaked,T/Budapest FS06 GM 1997/0-1 (55)})
13... Rfd8 (13... Nd5 $6 14. c4 Ne3 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxe3
$16 {Herrera,I-Nogueiras,J/CUB-ch 1996 (22)}) 14. Kh1 $6 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qg4+ Kf8 (15... Kh8 $2 16. Qh5 Rxd3 $8 17. Nxf7+ $1 (17. Nxd3 Rg8 18. Ne1 $8
Ba6 19. Qh4 Be7 20. c3 $11 (20. Nd3 Qxc2 21. Qd4 Rd8 22. Nb4 Qc8 $17)) 17...
Kg7 18. Rxd3 Qxf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rd7+ $18) 16. Nc4 Ke7 $36 {[%cal Gd8g8]})
14... h6 15. Bh4 Bd4 $5 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc4 (18. Ng4 $6 f5 (18...
Kg7 19. f5 e5 20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Qg3 $132) 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Qh5 Bf6 $17 {[%csl
Rh6]}) 18... Bc3 19. f5 (19. Qg4+ Kf8 20. Qh5 Ke7 $17 {[%cal Gd8g8]}) 19... Rd4
$5 {Starting the attack on the white king.The strength of black bishops is
huge.} (19... e5 $5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rac8 $17) 20. fxe6 Rh4 21. Nd6 $8 Be5
(21... Qxd6 $2 22. Bh7+ $18 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Nxb7 Rxh2+ 24.
Kg1 Bd4+ $1 25. Rf2 Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 26. Qe8+ $8 (26. Be4 Qh4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gh2h1]}) 26... Rxe8 27. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 28. Bb5+ Kf8 29. Rxd4 Rxg2+ $1 30.
Rxg2 Qe3+ 31. Rf2 Qxd4 $17 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh6h1,Rd4d5] Final move of the
combination started with 19...Rd4. Bad coordination between white pieces gives
black good chances to win the game.} 32. Bc6 $8 h5 33. Kg2 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qh3+
35. Kg1 h4 36. Rf3 Qe6 $19 37. Nd8 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qg3+
41. Kh1 Qd6 {[%csl Rc6,Rd8]} 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.
c3 b6 (7... Nd7 8. Be3 $5 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4
13. Nxd4 $14 {Peek,M-Carlier,B/Oostende op 1991/1-0 (54)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5+ c6
9. Bd3 Ba6 $1 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qe7 $11 {Adorjan,
A-Romanishin,O/Hastings 1976 (25)}) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O (10... h6
11. O-O-O a6 12. Bc2 Bxf3 $6 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. h4 Bxf4+ 15. Qxf4 $14 {Kotsur,
P-Pinjagin,D/RUS-Cup5 1997 (34)}) 11. O-O-O $14 Re8 12. h4 Nf8 $5 13. Kb1 (13.
g4 $6 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f3,Gd5a2]} 14. Rh3 Qxa2 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Be5 $13) 13...
Qe7 14. g4 {[%cal Gb7h1]} (14. Rde1 $5 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qf4 $1 $132) 14... e5 $5 15. dxe5 (15. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Qxe5 18. h5 $14) 15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. Bxe5 $5 $14) 16... Bxh1 17.
Rxh1 f6 {[%cal Ge7e2]} 18. Be4 (18. Bc4+ $5 Kh8 19. Bb5 $1 (19. Nf7+ $2 Qxf7
20. Bxf7 Rxe2 $17) 19... fxe5 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Bg3 $14) 18... fxe5 19. Bxa8
exf4 20. Qc4+ $6 {After this move white hardly can hope to get any advantage.
More logical was} (20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. h5 $1 {[%csl Rh8]} Nd7 23.
Rd1 $14 {with better chanses in the endgame.}) 20... Kh8 21. Bc6 Qe6 $1 22.
Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf3 g5 $1 $132 {Strong move promising black good chanses for
equality.} 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Re1 Re6 27. Rd1 Rd6 28. Re1 Re6 29. Rh1
$6 {Of course this move is not a mistake,but it shows that white overestimates
his chanses in the endgame and everybody knows what may happen if you play for
a win an equal position...} (29. Rd1 $11) 29... Re5 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rd2 $6 Nxg5
32. Bc6 Kf6 33. Kc2 Re6 34. Bb7 Rd6 $6 {Hoping to win some time repeating the
moves,but after the move in the game white could exchange the rooks and to
deprive black any chanse to win.} (34... c6 $1) 35. Re2 (35. Rxd6+ $5 cxd6 36.
Kd3 Ke5 37. b4 $11) 35... Re6 36. Rd2 (36. Rxe6+ $11) 36... Rd6 37. Re2 c6 $1
$36 {The position remains equal,but now black is the one who fights for the
advantage!} 38. Re8 $2 (38. Rd2 $1 Ke5 (38... Re6 $6 39. Bc8 Re1 40. Bf5 $1 Ne4
41. Rd4 Ke5 42. Rd7 $14) 39. Rxd6 Kxd6 40. Kd3 $11) 38... Nf3 $1 {[%csl Rf2,
Rg4] From now on white's position starts to deteriorate very quickly.} 39. Re2
h6 40. Bc8 Kg5 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gd5e5]} 41. b4 Rd5 $1 $17 42. Bf5 $8 Re5 43. Be4
Ng1 44. Re1 Nh3 45. f3 Nf2 46. Re2 $8 {Again the only move to continue the
struggle.} Nxe4 47. Kd3 Nc5+ $1 48. bxc5 Rxe2 $1 $19 {Transfering the game
into pawns ending is quickest way to win.Much worse was} (48... Rxc5 $6 49. Rh2
Kg6 50. Ke4 Rxc3 51. Kxf4 c5 52. Rd2 $1 $15 {with chanses to save the game.})
49. Kxe2 {[#] Hecht:  Schwarz fixiert die weiße Bauernschwäche auf c5 anstatt
sie sofort zu nehmen. Das Nehmen würde nicht nur die eigenen Bauern entwerten,
sondern sogar wegen Zugzwang verlieren. Für die feine Endspielstrategie gibt
es eine "kleine" Medaille.} b5 {[%csl Rc5] The weak pawn on c5 decides the
game into black's favour.} (49... bxc5 $2 {Hecht} 50. Kd3 Kh4 (50... c4+ 51.
Kxc4 Kh4 52. Kd4 Kg3 53. Ke4 a6 54. a3 c5 55. c4 a5 56. a4 $18) 51. Ke4 Kg3 52.
c4 a6 53. a3 $18) 50. Kf2 (50. Kd3 $2 Kh4 51. Ke4 Kg3 {und nun gewinnt Schwarz
durch Zugzwang bzw. mit einem Tempo beim Wettlauf c-Bauer gegen f-Bauer.} 52.
a3 (52. Ke5 {Hecht} Kxf3 53. Kd6 Kxg4 54. Kxc6 f3 55. Kb7 f2 $19) 52... a5 $19)
50... a5 51. Kg2 h5 {Hecht: beseitigt die eigene Bauernschwäche, um sich
anschließend dem Damenflügel zuzuwenden.} 52. gxh5 (52. Kh3 {Hecht} hxg4+ 53.
fxg4 b4 54. cxb4 axb4 $22 $19) 52... Kxh5 53. Kh2 a4 $1 (53... b4 {Hecht} 54.
cxb4 axb4 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. Kh3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Ke5 58. Kg4 Kd4 59. Kxf4 Kc3 60. Ke5
Kb2 61. f4 Kxa2 62. f5 $11) 54. a3 Kg5 55. Kh3 Kf5 56. Kh4 Ke5 57. Kg5 Kd5 58.
Kxf4 Kc4 $1 {Arising queens endgame is totally lost for white.} 59. Kg5 Kxc3
60. f4 b4 61. f5 bxa3 62. f6 a2 63. f7 a1=Q 64. f8=Q Qg1+ 65. Kh6 Qe3+ 66. Kh7
Qe4+ 67. Kh8 a3 68. Qf1 $2 {Hecht: Weiß kann nicht zugleich den Bc5
verteidigen und den a-Bauern aufhalten. Ein besserer Zug an dieser Stelle
hätte wenigstens den sofortigen Damentausch aber auch nicht den Verlust
vermieden.} Qd4+ $1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 {In my opinion this move is far more dangerous for Black than the more
popular 8.B:f6 and 8.Bh4.} Nd5 (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bd7
12. Be4 c5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O $11 {Krakops,M-Kaminski,M/Guarapuava
1995/Juniors}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7
13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. b4 a5 16. a3 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/Germany
1997/GER-chT}) 10... Nb4 11. Bc4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c3
Nd5 16. Ne5 $14 {Lau,R-Backwinkel,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT}) (9. Bd3 Nxe3 (9...
c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 15.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15 {Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/Baku 1997/EXT 2000}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11.
O-O O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 $14 {
Arencibia,W-Rahal,M/Barbera 1996/EXT 97}) 9... Bb4 {I am not sure that black
should enforce c3, but it doesn't seem to be of major importance anyway.} (9...
Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 (11. c4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bc6 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne5 Bd5 15.
Kb1 Bf6 $13 {Lupulescu,C-Jeremic,V/Korinthos 2004}) 11... Qe7 12. Bc4 Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Bc6 14. Qd4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qg5 16. f4 Qxg2 17. Rhg1 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19.
Rxg7 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099 (19)}) (9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 c5 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc2 cxd4
16. exd4 Bd6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 $13 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/Geneve 1994}) 11...
cxd4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. g4 $14
{Mamedyarov,S-Gaprindashvili,V/Kocaeli 2002}) (9... a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Qe7
12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 c5 $6 14. b4 b6 15. Be4 Rb8 $6 16. Bc6+ $14 {Gallagher,
J-Markos,J/Leon 2001}) (9... c5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Ne5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. h4
Bf6 14. Ng4 Be7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. c3 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Bc2 $36 {Arnold,L-Papa,
S/Landau 2002}) 10. c3 Bd6 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. c4 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 c5 15. Qc3 O-O $13 {Shirov,A-Vallejo Pons,F/Monaco 2004}) 11... Qe7 12.
Ne5 ({Nothing promises} 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rhe1 Ba4 14. b3 Bc6 $11) 12... Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Bd7 14. Qd4 {[%cal Ge3d2]} Nxe3 15. Qxe3 $14 {White has a minimal
advantage due to a possibility to transfer the rook on g4, however Black can
be satisfied with the outcome of the opening.} Bc6 16. Rd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Rad8 18.
Rg4 f5 (18... Kh8 19. Rd1 a6 20. Qg3 Rg8) 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. f3 h5 $5 21. Rg6
Qf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Bc2 Rf6 (23... h4 $5 24. Rxe6 h3 25. gxh3 Rxf3 26. Re7
Rd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Be4 Rf2 29. Bxb7 Bf5 $14) 24. h4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rh5]} Rxg6
(24... Kf7 25. Rg5 g6 $14) 25. Bxg6 Be8 26. Bxe8 (26. Be4 b6 27. f4 Kf7 28. Re1
Kf6 $11) 26... Rxe8 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rd8 (29. Rxe7+ $5 Kxe7 30. Kd2
Kd6 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. c4 Kf5 33. b4 $14) 29... e5 (29... Re8 $2 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31.
Kd2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. Ke4 $16 g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ke5 Kh4 36. g4 $18) (
29... Kf6 30. Kd2 g5 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Rb8 gxh4 33. Rxb7 Kf6 34. Ke2 Rg7 35. Kf1
$16) 30. Kd2 e4 $2 (30... Ke6 31. Ke3 Rf7 32. g3 Kf5 $14) 31. f4 $16 {[%csl
Re4]} e3+ (31... Ke6 32. Rf8 Rd7+ 33. Ke3 Rd3+ 34. Kxe4 Rd2 35. f5+ Ke7 36. Rc8
Kd7 37. Rg8 Rxg2 38. f6 $16) 32. Ke2 g6 33. Rd3 Kf6 34. Rxe3 Rd7 35. Re5 Rd6
36. Ra5 $1 a6 37. Rc5 c6 38. Re5 Rd8 (38... b6) 39. a4 Rd7 40. a5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ge2e3,Ge3b6]} Rd8 41. b4 Rd7 42. g3 Rd8 43. Rg5 Rd7 44. Ke3 Rd1 $6 (44...
Rd8 45. Ke4 Rd1 46. f5 Re1+ 47. Kd3 (47. Kd4 gxf5 48. Rxh5 Re4+ 49. Kc5 Rg4 50.
Kb6 Rxg3 51. Kxb7 Rxc3 52. Kxa6 Rc4 $132) 47... gxf5 48. Rxh5 Rg1 49. Rg5 Rh1
50. Kc4 f4 51. g4 Rxh4 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxf4 $18) 45. Ke4 Rd7 46. f5 Re7+ 47.
Kf4 gxf5 48. Rxf5+ Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Re5 Rd7 51. Re6+ Kg7 52. Ke4 Kh7 53.
Rf6 Kg7 54. Rf3 Rd1 55. Rd3 Re1+ 56. Kd4 Kf6 57. Rf3+ Kg6 58. c4 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20512]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. O-O (10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 O-O (11... cxd4
$5 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 $5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. f4 g6 $11 {
Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/Manila izt 1990 (25)}) 12. Ne5 $2 cxd4 13. O-O dxc3 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 Rd8 $17 {Borst,J-Bosboom,M/NLD-ch sf 1995 (26)}) (10. Bb5+
Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O $11 {Wijesurija,
G-Chambule,P/Erevan olm 1996/0-1 (51)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Re1 $5 {
Usefull move also aimed against e5.} (12. c3 e5 $5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 g6 15.
Bc2 Nh5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2Arnold,L-Pachman,L/
BL2-S 1995}) 12... Nd5 13. Bxe7 (13. Bg3 Qb6 $5 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qg4 $5 Nf6 16.
Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 $11) 13... Qxe7 14. c3 b6 $11 {The arising position is
typical not only for French defense,but also for Karo-Kan and for some lines
of Sicilian with 2.c3;but one thing is clear-black has solved all opening
problems.} 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Qf3 {[%cal Gc3c4,Ge4b7]} Qc7 (16... Rac8 $4 17. Bxd5
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 $18) 17. b3 {Preparing to play c4.} Rab8 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7
20. Qxb7 Rxb7 21. Rad1 {The arising endgame is equal,but black has to be
carefull not to get in troubles.} Rd8 ({Another possibility was} 21... Rd7 $5
22. Nc6 (22. Nb5 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 $11) 22... Rc7 23. Ne5 Rfc8 {
with balanced position.}) 22. Nc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc7 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Nd4 Rd7 $5
26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. b4 Kg6 28. f4 e5 (28... Kf6 29. Kf2 e5 30. Nc6 a6 31. Ke3
exf4+ 32. Kxf4 Ke6 $11) 29. Nc6 exf4 $6 (29... Kf5 $142 $5 30. Nxa7 Kxf4 31.
Kf2 Ke4 32. Nc8 Kd3 $13 {[%cal Ge5e2,Ga2a7]}) 30. Nxa7 Kf5 {Despite of
inaccuracy of black on previous move the position remaines drawn.} 31. a4 Ke4 {
The king has to go to the queenside to stop white pawns.} 32. Nb5 $1 {The only
chanse to create something.} Kd3 33. Nd6 $36 Kc3 34. a5 bxa5 (34... Kxb4 $4 35.
a6 b5 36. Nc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga6a8]}) 35. bxa5 Nc5 36. Kf2 Kb4 37. Kf3 Kxa5 38.
Kxf4 Kb4 39. Ke5 $5 (39. Nxf7 Kxc4 40. Kf5 Kd5 $5 (40... Nd3 $5 41. g3 $5 (41.
Ne5+ Nxe5 42. Kxe5 Kd3 43. Kf5 Ke3 44. Kg6 Kf2 45. Kxg7 h5 $1 (45... Kxg2 $2
46. h4 $1 h5 47. Kg6 Kg3 48. Kxh5 $18) 46. h4 Kg3 $1 $11) 41... Kd5 42. Kg6 Ke4
43. Kxg7 Kf3 44. Kxh6 Kg2 45. Kh5 Kxh2 46. Kh4 Nf2 $11) 41. Kg6 Ne6 42. g3 Ke4
43. Nd6+ Kf3 44. Kf7 Nd4 45. Kxg7 Kg2 46. Kxh6 Kxh2 $11) 39... Nd3+ 40. Kd4 $14
{In this position black has overcame the time-limit.White still keeps some
wining chanses,but draw would be the most likely result if the game went on.}
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 {This move is considered to be insufficient for advantage
due to 8...c5, but Vaganian implies another plan, which seems to be good
enough for equality.} (9. Qd2 $5) 9... Be7 (9... c5 $5 10. Bb5+ (10. Ne5 a6 11.
c4 Nf6 12. Bc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Bd3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd7 $11 {
Polgar,J-Kortschnoj,V/Enghien les Bains 2003}) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+
Qd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. c4 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Qd3 $11 {Perunovic,M-Kosic,
D/Herceg Novi 1999}) (9... Bd6 $5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2
Qe7 14. O-O-O b6 15. Bc2 a6 16. Kb1 Bb7 17. Bc3 O-O $132 {Xu Jun-Zvjaginsev,V/
Moscow 2001}) 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 $2 13. c4 Nf4 14.
Bxf4 Qxf4 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bf6 17. Rb1 $16 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/Germany
1997/GER-chT}) 10... Bf6 $5 {Black just wants to bring the bishop to c6, so he
needs to meet Ne5 with ...Bxe5.} (10... Nb4 $6 11. Bc4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1
b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c3 Nd5 16. Ne5 a6 17. a4 $14 {Lau,R-Backwinkel,P/Germany
1996/GER-chT}) 11. c3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. O-O-O Qd6 (13... Nb6 $6 {[%cal Gd8d5]
} 14. Ne5 Bxg2 (14... Bxe5 15. Qxe5 $1 $14) 15. Rhg1 Bd5 16. c4 Bc6 17. d5 $16)
14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc5 16. Qg4 O-O-O {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd8d1]} 17. Bc2 {
This move is called for as the immediate} (17. Qxg7 $6 {would've been met with}
Ba4 $1 18. Rdf1 Nb4 $36 {[%cal Gc5d5]}) 17... Qxf2 ({Not so bad was also} 17...
Rhg8 $5 18. Qg3 $140 f5 $1 $132) 18. Rhf1 Ne3 $1 19. Rxf2 Nxg4 20. Rxf7 g5 21.
Re1 Nxh2 $1 {Correctly assessing that the knight is safe on h2!} (21... Rd5 $6
22. Bb3 Rxe5 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bd5 25. Ree7 Bxf7 26. Rxf7 Rd8 (26... Nxh2
$6 27. Be1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge1g3]} Ng4 28. Bg3 Re8 29. Rxc7+ Kd8 30. Rxb7 Re2
31. Rxa7 $14) 27. h3 Ne5 28. Rh7 Rd6 29. Kc2 $14) 22. Bd1 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} Rd3 {
[%cal Gh8d8]} (22... Rhf8 23. Rf6 $16) 23. Rh1 Rhd8 24. Rf2 g4 25. Bxh6 {
White isn't ready to settle for a draw yet.} (25. Bf4 g3 26. Bxg3 Rxg3 27. Rxh2
Rg5 28. Rxh6 Rxe5 $11) 25... g3 26. Rc2 Rg8 (26... Ba4 27. b3 Bc6 28. Bf4 Be4
29. Re1 Bf5 30. Be2 R3d7 31. Bxg3 Bxc2 32. Kxc2 Rh8 33. Bc4 (33. Rh1 Rg7 $1 $19
) 33... Rg7 34. Bxe6+ Kb8 35. Bf4 Rxg2+ 36. Kd3 Ng4 $13) 27. Bf4 Ng4 {The
knight is finally free!} 28. Be2 Nf2 29. Rg1 Rd7 30. Rd2 Rf7 (30... Bd5 $5) 31.
Bc4 Bd5 $1 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Be3 Re8 $2 {An unfortunate mistake after a
well-played game. After the correct} (33... c6 $1 34. Bxa7 Ne4 35. Rd3 Re7 $15
{White would have to show some defensive skills to escape with a draw.}) 34.
Rxd5 Ng4 $6 {As it usually happens one mistake drags another. More chances for
successful defense would have left} (34... Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Nd3+ 36. Kc2 Nxe5 37.
Rh1 Nc4 38. Bd4 b6 39. b3 Nd6 40. Kd3 $14 {[%csl Rg3]}) 35. Bd4 c6 36. e6 $1
Rxe6 37. Rg5 $16 {Black is losing the pawn on g3.} Rf4 38. Rh1 {[%csl Rc8]} Kd7
39. Rh7+ Re7 40. Rgg7 Rxg7 (40... Rfe4 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Rh3 $16) 41. Rxg7+
Ke6 42. Rxb7 a6 43. Rg7 Kf5 44. Kd2 $18 Re4 45. Rf7+ Kg5 46. Ra7 Re6 47. Rxa6
Nf2 48. Ra5+ Kf4 49. Ra4 Kf5 50. Be3 Ne4+ 51. Ke2 Nd6 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Bc5 Nf5
54. Re4 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bd7 (11... a6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1
Bb7 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Kh1 Qc8 16. f4 $5 $36 {Palac,M-Tratar,M/Open 1999}) 12. O-O
({Nothing promises} 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 $13 {
Hector,J-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik op 1996}) 12... O-O $2 {Blundering a pawn} 13.
Ne5 $2 {Refusing to take a gift!} (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8
16. Qxd7 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Rd3 18. Rad1 $16 {Goldin,R-Shachar,H/Petach Tikva-B 1996}
) 13... Bc6 (13... Be8 14. Rad1 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bc2 f6 17. Nf3 Nf4 18.
Qc4 Ng6 19. Nd4 Bf7 $11 {Skovgaard,T-Moloney,N/Politiken Cup 1998}) 14. Rad1
Rfd8 {Preparing a retreat of the bishop to e8} (14... Rad8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bh4
b5 17. Kh1 Bd5 18. Bb1 Rfe8 $132 {Ghate,S-Guadalpi,C/WchJW U20 1996}) (14... a5
15. Rfe1 a4 16. a3 Rad8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qe4 $16 {Hasangatin,
R-Vadasz,L/Budapest FS03 IM-A 1997}) 15. Rfe1 Be8 $5 16. h3 b5 17. Bh4 a5 18.
Qf3 b4 19. c4 a4 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 Ra6 $4 {[%csl Rd8] Weakening 8th rank,
and now white wins using almost the same idea as on 13th move, when he missed
a chanse to remain with a pawn up!} 22. Bxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Bxh7+
Kxh7 (23... Kf8 24. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 25. Rxd8 $18 {[%cal Gf3f8]}) 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25.
Qd3+ Kg8 26. Qxd8 Qf8 27. Rd1 $18) 23. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qd3+ Kg7
26. Qxd8 fxe5 27. Qxe8 Ra2 (27... Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxe5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1
31. Re3 $18) 28. Re3 {[%cal Ge3g3]} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. b3 {Very solid variation promising white
long-lasting advantage.} (11. Re1 O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Bf4 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15.
Rad1 Rac8 16. Qc3 a6 17. Ne5 $14 {Psakhis,L-Skembris,S/Belgrade GMA 1988})
11... O-O (11... Qa5 12. a3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qh5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1
Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Rd3 $14 {Hausner,I-Melich,J/CZE Tschechien-ch 1994}) 12. Bb2
Qc7 13. Qe2 {Rozentalis himelf, being on white side opted for slightly
different set up:} (13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Re2 c5 15. g3 Nf8 16. d5 Re8 17. dxe6 Rxe6
18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Kelecevic,N/Liechtenstein
op 1995}) 13... Rfe8 (13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. g3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5
17. Nf3 Nf8 18. Bc3 a5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc5 $11 {Landenbergue,C-Kelecevic,
N/Geneve op 1995}) 14... Bxc5 15. a3 a5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nf8 18. Nb5 Qe7
19. g3 Rac8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 h5 $132 {Gallagher,
J-Kelecevic,N/SWZ-chT 1993}) 14. Ne5 {Only this move appears to be a novelty} (
14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. g3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+
20. Qxd1 Qb6 $11 {Lutz,C-Kelecevic,N/Biel op 1995}) 14... Nf8 (14... c5 $5) 15.
h4 ({Deserved attention ambitious and slightly risky} 15. f4 $5 c5 16. dxc5
Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. g4 Bd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. g5 N6d7 21. Rad1 $14 {with
better chanses for white}) 15... c5 16. h5 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. a3
Qc7 19. b4 $14) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 N8d7 18. Nxd7 (18. f4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+
20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Rae1 $13) 18... Nxd7 19. Rad1 Be5 (19... Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Qe4 f5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 $14) 20. Qe4 f5 (20... g6 $5) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22.
Qf4 Qb8 23. c5 $5 (23. Rfe1 Nc6 24. Qxb8 Raxb8 25. Rd7 Red8 $1 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
$1 $11) 23... Nf7 24. Qc4 ({Not so bad was also} 24. Qxb8 Raxb8 25. b4 a5 26.
a3 axb4 27. axb4 Kf8 28. Bb3 $14) 24... Ne5 25. Qc3 (25. Qf4 Nf7) 25... Qc7 26.
b4 Rac8 (26... a5 27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 b6 $14) 27. Bb3 Ng4 28. Qh3 $6 {[%csl
Rh3] Very passive place for a queen permitting black to get strong
counterchanses.} (28. g3 Qf7 29. f3 Nf6 30. Qe5 $14 {[%csl Re6]}) 28... Qf4 29.
a3 Re7 {[%cal Gg8f7]} 30. Rd6 Kf7 $13 31. Bd1 (31. Qh4 $5 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) 31...
Nf6 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 g6 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. Bf3 Rcc7 $5 $132 {[%cal Gf6d7,
Gd7e5] Intending to transfer the knight to e5} 36. Rfd1 (36. c6 bxc6 37. Rxc6
Rxc6 38. Bxc6 Rc7 39. b5 Ke7 $11) 36... Nd7 37. Kf2 Ne5 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Rh1
Red7 40. Rhd1 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Ke7 42. Bb5 $2 {Only this careless move deprives
white a hope to save the game} (42. g3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Rc8 43. Rd4 b6 44. cxb6
axb6 $15) 42... b6 $1 43. Be2 bxc5 44. bxc5 a5 $19 45. Ra6 Rxc5 {Now it's a
matter of technique} 46. a4 g5 47. Rb6 (47. Bb5 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Ng4 49. Rxa5 Nxe3
$19) 47... Rc2 48. Ke1 Nc4 49. Rb3 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Nd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 51. Bf3
g4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bc4 (11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Rhe1
Kb8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nb4 16. Be4 Bc6 $11 {Korneev,O-Glek,I/Bastia 2005})
11... Nb6 $5 {Avoiding the solid, but passive 11...Nxe3, which seems to be
insufficient for equality.} (11... Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7 13. Rhe1 (13. Ne5 O-O-O
14. Rd2 Kb8 15. Rhd1 Bc8 16. f4 Rhf8 17. g3 g5 18. a3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Rg8 20. Kb1
$14 {Horvath,A-Kosic,D/Saint Vincent 2005}) 13... O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qd6
16. d5 $14 {Sokolov,A-Vaisser,A/Chartres 2005}) 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. c4 $6 {The
only chance to pose Black some problems would be} (13. Ne5 $142 O-O-O (13...
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bc6 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Nd5 17. Bd2 $14) 14. c4 Bxe5 (14... c5
$2 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxf7 $18) 15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Qa5 Qh4 17. Qxa7
Bxg2 18. Rhg1 $13) 13... c5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 ({After} 15. Bc2 {[%csl Rd7]}
Rfd8 (15... Rac8 $2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 $18) 16. Qd3 f5 17. f4 cxd4 18. Bxd4
(18. Qxd4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bb5 $17) 18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Ba4 $13 {Black has also
nothing to worry about.}) 15... Nxd7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Qd3 $6 {It was better to
keep Black's pawn on c5 by pushing 17.d5} (17. d5 Nf6 (17... exd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6
19. Qf5) 18. dxe6 Qxe6 $11) 17... Nf6 18. dxc5 Bf4 (18... Bxc5 $4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5
20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ $18) 19. Qe2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rdc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc4]
Now the drawbacks of 13.c4?! become much more obvious. Black has got a target
to play against while White has no counterplay on the other flank.} 21. Rd6 (
21. b4 $5 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 b6 24. Kb2 bxc5 25. b5 $13) 21... b6 22. Rhd1
Rxc5 23. Qd3 Rcc8 24. f4 (24. Kb1 $5 g6 25. Ba4 $1 $132) 24... g6 25. Rd4 Qc5
26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Qe5 b5 $1 {From now on White's position is deteriorating very
quickly.} 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. cxb5 ({No better was} 29. b3 Ng4 $1 (29... bxc4 30.
Rxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Ng4 32. Kd2 Nxh2 33. Kc3 $132) 30. h3 Ne3 31. Be4 Rac8 32.
Re1 Nd5 $17) 29... Rac8 30. R1d2 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e3,Gd5b4]} 31. Re4 Rxb5 32. a3 (
32. Rf2) 32... a5 33. g3 h5 34. Rdd4 h4 35. Rc4 Rh8 $1 36. Re5 $6 (36. g4 Rhb8
37. f5 exf5 38. gxf5 g5 $17) 36... hxg3 37. hxg3 Rh1+ 38. Bd1 Rb3 $1 $19 39. g4
Rd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. f4 Nf5 6. Nf3 h5 7. Ne2 {Intending
to play Ng3 and c3.} (7. Be2 a6 (7... b6 8. a3 Qd7 9. Qd3 a5 10. Nb5 Nce7 11.
a4 c6 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Qd1 Qb7 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qa6 $13 {Vogt,L-Stromer,A/
GER 1991}) 8. a3 Bd7 9. b4 Na7 10. O-O Bb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Qd3 c6 13. Ng5 g6
14. g4 hxg4 15. Bxg4 Nc8 $132 {Alfredsson,O-Krantz,K/Malmo 1966}) (7. Qd2 Be7
8. Nd1 b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe2 $14 {Emden,
H-Hecht,H/Bad Pyrmont 1963}) 7... Be7 (7... h4 8. a3 a5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bb5 Bd7
11. Qd3 b6 12. Nd1 O-O $13 {Wretljung,L-Fant,G/Stockholm 1992}) 8. Ng3 g6 (8...
Bh4 9. Kf2 Bd7 10. c3 Bxg3+ 11. hxg3 Rh6 12. Bd3 $14) 9. Nxf5 {Slightly more
accurate was} (9. c3 $5 Na5 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Be3 $14 {with better
chances.}) 9... exf5 10. b3 Be6 11. c3 Na5 (11... Qd7 12. a4 O-O 13. Be2 f6 14.
O-O $14) 12. a4 b6 13. Ba3 c5 $132 (13... Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qe7 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Be2
c5 17. O-O Rfc8 $14) 14. dxc5 $6 bxc5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 (15... Bd7 16. Qxd5 Bxb5 17.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. axb5 Nxb3 19. Ra2 $14) 16. b4 $6 cxb4 (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4
18. bxc5 Kg7 19. Qxd8 Rhxd8 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Kf2 Be4 $14) 17. Bxb4 Kg7 18. Nd4
Bxb4 (18... Nc4 $2 19. Nc6) 19. cxb4 Nc4 20. Qd3 Qh4+ 21. Qg3 $5 (21. g3 $6 Qe7
{[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]}) 21... Qe7 22. Rb1 Rhc8 23. Qc3 $5 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qd8 25.
O-O Qb6 (25... a6 26. Bc6 Rab8 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 $16) 26. a5 Qb7 27. Qd3 a6
28. Ba4 Qe7 29. h4 Rc7 30. Rf2 Rac8 31. Rb3 $6 Rb7 $6 {Permitting white to
regroup his pieces. Better was} (31... Bd7 $1 $13 {exchanging the bishops.})
32. Qb1 Rbc7 33. Kg2 Rb7 34. Ra2 Qf8 $6 35. Bc6 Rbc7 36. b5 axb5 37. Bxb5 Qc5
38. Qg1 $1 Qe7 (38... Bd7 $14) 39. a6 $1 {[%cal Gb5c6] Now white pawn is
unstopable without serious material losses.} Kh6 40. Bc6 $1 Ra7 (40... Rxc6 41.
Nxc6 Rxc6 42. a7 $18) 41. Bb7 $18 Rc5 42. Nc6 Rxc6 43. Bxc6 d4 44. Qxd4 Na5 45.
Rxa5 Bxb3 46. Qd6 Qe6 47. Qxe6 Bxe6 48. Bb7 Kg7 49. Kf2 Kf8 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Kd4
Kd8 52. Rc5 $1 Bb3 53. Rc8+ Kd7 54. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 Bf6
14. Rf2 b6 15. Raf1 Bb7 16. Kh1 Qd6 $13 {Gdanski,J-Akopian,V/Adelaide 1988}) (
8... Bd6 9. Qd3 b6 $6 10. Ne5 $1 Bb7 11. Qb5+ $1 Nd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qb3 $14 {
Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Hastings 1992}) 9. Bd3 {Giving up a bishop is a typical idea
for this variation. White gets very strong center+semi-open f-file instead.} (
9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4
Qxf4 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bf6 17. Rb1 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/Germany 1997/
GER-chT}) 10... Nb4 11. Bc4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c3 $14 {
Lau,R-Backwinkel,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT}) (9. Qd3 $5) (9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7
11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Bd4 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 $11
{Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1992}) 9... Nxe3 (9... c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 $11 {Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/
Baku 1997}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 $6 {This move seems to be premature.} (11. O-O
O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Nd4 $14 {
Arencibia,W-Rahal,M/Barbera 1996}) 11... e5 $1 {Very good reply. Black is
ready to sacrifice a pawn to break white's center.} 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bc4 (13.
Bb5+ $5 c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 $14)
13... Qe7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O-O c6 16. Rhf1 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 ({Not so
clear was} 18. c3 b4 19. Bc4 a4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Qc2 a3 22. b3 Bg4 23. Kb1 $13
) 18... a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 a3 21. b3 $6 {There is no doubt that black's
initiative is extremly dangerous, that's why white had to accept a draw after}
(21. bxc5 axb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qa7 (22... Rxa2+ 23. Kxa2 Qb7 24. Qa5 Be6+ 25. Ka1 Ra8
26. Rd8+ $18) 23. Bb3 (23. Ra1 $2 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Be6 $19) 23... Qa3+ 24. Kc3
Qxc5+ 25. Kb2 Qa3+ $11) 21... Bxb4 22. c3 Ba5 23. b4 Bc7 $36 {[%csl Rc1][%cal
Ga3a1]} 24. Nd4 (24. Kb1 $5) 24... Qxe5 25. Nxc6 Qe8 26. Nd4 (26. Bd5) 26...
Bg4 27. Rde1 Be5 28. h3 Be6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rf5 (30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kb1 Qc6
32. Re3 Rc8 33. Qf2+ Ke7 $15) 30... Bf6 31. Kb1 Kh8 32. Rf3 Be5 {Black's idea
is to attack white pawn on c3.} 33. Rd1 (33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Bxe6 Qf6 $19 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 33... Qc6 34. Rd3 Rac8 35. c4 Qb6 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 36. c5 (36. Rf3
Rfd8 37. Qe1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qxb4+ $19) 36... Rxc5 37. Rxa3 Rcc8 $19 {Despite
of material balance white's position is helpless.} 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Rb3 Rf2 40.
Qd3 Rxg2 {[%cal Gb6f2,Gc8c2]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rasic, Damir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 (7.
Bd3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Nxc6 (10. Bxc6+ Bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qd5 12. Qf3 Qxf3
13. gxf3 Rc8 14. Nxa7 Rxc2) 10... Qd5 11. c4 Qxg2 12. Ne5+ Kd8 $17) 7... h6 {
Not the most popular reply in this position.} (7... c5 8. Be3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11
{Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) (8. Ne5 Qa5
9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Nc4 Bxd4 12. Nxa5 Nd5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Bg3 Nxc3
$17 {Levy,D-Miyasaki,Y/Skopje 1972}) 8... Qc7 (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 (9... Bd6
10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Bd7 $11 {Timoshenko,
G-Doroshkievich,V/St Petersburg 1996}) 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13.
Qf3 $14) 9. Bb5+ (9. Ne5 Bd6 $6 (9... a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Nc4 Bf4
13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. d5 b5 16. d6 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/
RUS-Cup9 1997 (42)}) 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rhc8 16. Ke2 $14 {Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/Russian Cup 9th
Leg, Novgorod RUS 1997 (37)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O (11. d5 $6 e5 12.
a4 Bd6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. O-O Rae8 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Rae1 h6 $15 {Dvoirys,S-Lobron,
E/Open, Leeuwarden NED 1997 (31)}) 11... Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qe2 $11) (7... Be7 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 b6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. a4 $14 {Walther,E-Hadziotis,C/Tel Aviv 1964}) (8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10.
Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. h4 c5 13. h5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Kb1 $14 {
Timoscenko,G-Kholmov,R/Stary Smokovec 1996}) 8... O-O 9. Ng5 (9. Bg5) (9. O-O
b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Ulibin,M/8th Open,
Ano Liosia GRE 1997}) 9... Qd5 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Belakovskaia,A-Levitina,I/ch-USA (women) Parsippany 1996}) (7... Bd6 $6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 $6 (11... Qd5 $142) 12. O-O-O Nd5
13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Ne5 $14 {Boleslavsky,I-Thomas,G/London 1947}) 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Be3 (9. Qe2 b6 $6 10. Ne5 Bb7 $5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. O-O g6 13. Re1 Kg7
14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rad1 $14 {Adams,M-Nogueiras,J/Luzern 1997}) 9...
Qe7 10. Ne5 $5 {Normally white puts his queen on e2, but there is nothing
wrong in putting it on f3.} O-O 11. Qf3 Rd8 (11... c5 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. dxc5 $1
Bxc5 (13... Bxe5 $6 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qxe5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 $16) 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15.
Rhe1 $14) 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. h4 $5 {It's very difficult for black to get
sufficient counterplay on the queenside, while white is ready to start an
attack against black king.} Nxe3 (13... c5 $5 14. dxc5 $140 $2 Bxe5 15. Qe4 Qc7
16. Qh7+ Kf8 $17) 14. fxe3 Rb8 15. g4 Bxe5 16. Qe4 $1 (16. dxe5 $5 Bd7 17. Qe4
g6 18. Qf4 Bc6 19. Rh2 Kg7 20. g5 h5 21. Rf2 Be8 $14) 16... f5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 18.
Rhg1 $5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 {Black can't keep the material balance and he just has
to decide which pawn to give up!} Kf7 (19... fxg4 $2 20. Bh7+ $18 {[%csl Rd8]})
(19... Kf8 $5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxf5 23. Rf1 g6 24. e4 Ke7
25. exf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 $16) 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bc4+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Rxg7
$16 {Now it's just a matter of technique, but white doesn't manage to convert
his material advnatge into the point after making a few inaccuracies.} Rxd1+
24. Kxd1 c6 25. Ke2 Kxe5 26. Rh7 a5 27. Rxh6 Rg8 28. Kf3 Rd8 29. Rh7 b5 30.
Re7+ Kf6 31. Rc7 Rd6 32. b3 $6 (32. e4 $5 Re6 (32... Ke5 33. Re7+ Kf6 34. e5+
Kxe7 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. h5 Kf6 38. h6 $18) 33. exf5 Kxf5 34. Rg7 $1
$18) 32... Ke5 33. Re7+ Kf6 34. Rh7 Ke5 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rxc3
38. Kd2 Rc5 39. Rxa5 Rd5+ 40. Ke2 Rd8 41. Ra6 Rd6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. a4 bxa4 44.
Ra5+ Kf6 45. Rxa4 c5 46. Rc4 Rd3 47. Rxc5 Rxb3 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. Rh6 Rb1 50. Rh8
Kf6 51. Rf8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kf7 53. Rg2 Rh1 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Rh2 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Kh5
57. Rf2 Rg4 58. Ke2 Kg6 59. h5+ Kg5 60. Rh2 Kh6 61. Kf3 Ra4 62. Rh3 Rb4 63. Kg3
f4+ 64. exf4 Rb3+ 65. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Markos, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 $5 {Very poisonous plan, which is not very fashionable for some reason!}
Nd5 (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bd7 12. Be4 c5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14.
Kb1 O-O-O $11 {Krakops,M-Kaminski,M/Guarapuava 1995/Juniors}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bd2
Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15.
b4 a5 16. a3 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/Germany 1997/GER-chT}) 10... Nb4 11.
Bc4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c3 Nd5 16. Ne5 $14 {Lau,
R-Backwinkel,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT}) (9. Bd3 Nxe3 (9... c5 10. O-O Bd6 11.
Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15 {
Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/Baku 1997/EXT 2000}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3
Qe7 13. Bc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 $14 {Arencibia,W-Rahal,M/
Barbera 1996/EXT 97}) 9... a6 (9... Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7
13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Bd4 g5 $132 {Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1992/
CBM 33}) (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 c5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7
15. Qc2 $14 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/Geneve 1994/TD}) 10. Bd3 Bd6 (10... b6 11. O-O (
11. O-O-O Bb7 12. c4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O $132) 11... Bb7 12. c4 Nxe3
13. fxe3 Bd6 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Bc2 $14) 11. O-O Qe7 12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 c5 $6 {
Too optimistic! Waiting} (13... b6 {would be more apropriate.}) 14. b4 b6 15.
Be4 Rb8 $6 {Black doesn't feel the danger! Better was} (15... Ra7) 16. Bc6+ Bd7
$2 {Falling into trap!} (16... Kf8) 17. dxc5 $6 {Giving black an opportunity
to get counterchanses after 17...B:h2!} (17. Bxd7+ $5) 17... bxc5 (17... Bxh2+
$1 18. Kxh2 Bxc6 19. Ne5 bxc5 20. Rxf7 (20. Nxc6 $2 Qc7+) 20... Qh4+ 21. Kg1
Qe4 22. Nxc6 Kxf7 23. Rf1+ Kg6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 $13) 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Rad1 Rd8
20. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd1d8] After this move it's all over.} Qe7 (
20... cxb4 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. c5 $18) 21. Qxg7 Qf8 22. Qf6 Rg8 (22... cxb4 23.
Ne5 {[%cal Gf6f3]} Rh7 24. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3c6]} Bxe5 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26. Qb7+ Ke8
27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Rd1+ $18) 23. Ne5 Qg7 {#} 24. Qf3 $1 (24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25.
Nxf7 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Kxf7 $16) 24... f6 (24... Bxe5 25. Qc6+ Ke7
26. Qb7+ Ke8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Bd4 29. bxc5 $18) 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26. bxc5
Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rg8+ 29. Ng4 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7.
O-O Nxe4 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bd7
13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19.
Qxc6 bxc6 20. h3 $16 {Yemelin,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995/1-0 (67)}) 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 (8... Be7 $5 9. Qe2 (9. c4 $5 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 d3 $5 (13... Bc5 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Bxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Ne5 $14 {Zapata Alonso-Hoffman Alejandro/It (open), Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 1996 (38)}) 9... Qb6 (9... Nf6 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 $6 (10... Bxc5
11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. c3 $14) 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12. Qe5 $1 $36
Bf8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Nd4 $16 {Tseshkovsky
Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament, Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)})
10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Be3 $14 {Ebeling,M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT
1989 (31)}) 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 $6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 (11. Qd3 $5 $14) 11...
Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 (12... Ke7 $5) 13. Qa3 $1 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16.
Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Qe2 (10.
Nxd4 Bc5 (10... Be7 $5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/Balatonbereny op 1992/1-0 (48)}) 11. Nb3 (
11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4
$14 {Rublevsky,S-Christiansen,L/Luzern 1997/CBM 62}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Qh5 $6 f5 14. Bxf5 $2 (14. Bf3 $1 Qc7 15. Rad1 Be5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 $16)
14... exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Re3 f4 17. Re4 O-O 18. Rd1 Qc7 $17 {Morozevich,
A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9 1997 (40)}) 10... Qb6 {This move appears to be a
novelty, but I'm not sure that so successful one- white managed to develop
very dangerous initiative pretty soon, although black has played inaccurately
in the middlegame and it seems that he missed his chanse there.} (10... Be7 11.
Rad1 Qb6 (11... Bd7 12. Rxd4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16.
Qxg5 $16 {Maiorov,O-Doroshkievich,V/Cherkessk 1997/EXT 99}) (11... Nxe4 12.
Rxd4 Qxd4 (12... Bd7 $142 $5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14.
f4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/Maikop 1998/CBM 66}) 12. Nxd4 (12. Rxd4 Qxb2
13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5 $44) 12... Bd7 (12... Qxb2 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Bf4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Nd5 $5 $36 (18. Rfb1 Qf6 19. Na6 $11)) 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. c3 $14 {Kovacevic,A-Kosic,D/YUG 2000/
EXT 2001}) 11. Rfd1 Bc5 $5 {Quiet risky continuation, but not such a bad one.}
(11... Nxe4 $5 12. Qxe4 f6 (12... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 13. Rab1 Qc3 (13... Qxa2 {
Ftacnik} 14. Qxd4 f6 15. Bxf6 $18) 14. Rxd4 f6 15. Rc4 Qa5 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17.
Qxe6+ $18) 13. Bh4 Be7 (13... Bc5 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Nb3 $14) 14. Nxd4 O-O 15.
Bg3 e5 $13) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 $5 $36 {Ftacnik: 'White's tromph is a
significant advantage in the development of pieces, pawn sacrifice is fuelling
the initiative.'} Qxb4 (13... Bxb4 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. Nxd4 $36 {[%csl Re8]} (15.
Qc4 {Ftacnik} Be7 16. Nxd4 $16)) 14. Rab1 Qa4 (14... Qa5 15. Rb5 Qc7 16. Nxd4)
(14... Qc3 {Ftacnik} 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Nxd4 $14) 15. Qd2 Qd7 (15... e5 {Ftacnik}
16. c3 $1 (16. Qh6 {Ftacnik} Be7 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 Qxc2 19. Rc1) 16... Bg4
17. Qh6 Rg8 18. Bxb7 Rg6 19. Qxh7 Rd8 20. Be4 $16) 16. c3 {'!' Ftacnik.} d3 $2
{This move turns to be mistake after which black is in troubles: after correct
Ftacnik: 'This meak move is a serious mistake, Kacheishvili had a chance to
seriously test opponent's chances with a courageous move 16...dxc3!?'} (16...
dxc3 $5 17. Qxc3 (17. Qh6 Qe7 $17) 17... Qe7 (17... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxf6 Rf8
19. Qd4 $16) 18. Rbc1 (18. Rdc1 {Ftacnik} Bb6 19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bd8 21.
Rxb7 Qa3 22. Bc6+ Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. Rd1 Rd8 $13) 18... Bb6 19. Qxc8+ (19.
a4 O-O 20. a5 Bd8 $17 {[%cal Gf6f5,Ge7f6,Gb7b6]}) 19... Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bd8 21.
Rdxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bxb7 Kc7 $13 {the endgame is far from being
clear}) 17. Qh6 $1 $40 {Now white regains the material balance, while black
keeps on playing without lightsquared bishop and rook a8} Ke7 (17... Qe7 {
Ftacnik} 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. Bxd3 a6 20. Bxh7 $16) 18. Rxd3 Qc7 19. Rbd1 $16 {
[%csl Ra8,Rc8]} a5 (19... f5 $2 20. Qg5+ $18 {[%cal Gd3d8]}) 20. Qg7 Rf8 21.
Bxh7 {Ftacnik: 'The material balance was restored and black has no
compensation for white's dangerous attack.'} Qb6 22. R3d2 {[%csl Rf2]
Defending against the only threat black created during the game!} e5 $6 23. Nh4
$1 $18 Ke8 24. Ng6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Bg4 25. Nxf8 Bxd1 26. Ng6 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 Bd6 (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 c5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc2 $14 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/Geneve 1994/TD}) 10. O-O-O
Bd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O $11 {Polgar,J-Speelman,
J/Hastings 1992/CBM 33}) (9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13.
Qe2 O-O-O 14. c4 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Qd3 $11 {Perunovic,M-Kosic,D/Herzeg
Novi 1999/EXT 2001}) 9... c5 (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13.
Bc4 e5 14. dxe5 $5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Nd4 $14 {Arencibia,
W-Rahal,M/Barbera 1996/EXT 97}) 10. O-O Be7 $6 (10... Bd6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke8 $15 {
Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/Baku 1997/EXT 2000}) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.
Ne5 {Taking advantage of the fact that bishop is not on d6.} Qc7 (13... Qd6 $2
14. c4 Nb6 (14... cxd4 $6 15. Bxd4 Nf4 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Nd7+ Kg8 18. Bc5 $1 $18
) 15. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd4c5]} g6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ $18) 14. c4
Nb6 $8 {[%csl Rb6]} (14... Nxe3 $2 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. fxe3 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]})
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Re1 (16. dxc5 $6 Bxe5 $8 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb3
Qc7 $14) 16... Rd8 (16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxc4 $2 18. Rac1 b5 19. b3 Bc5 20. Qe4
$18) 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Rad1 O-O (18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxc4 20. Qg4 $1 d3 21. Qxg7
Rf8 22. Qxh6 $16 {[%cal Gh2h5]}) 19. Rxd4 f6 $5 (19... Nc8 $5 $14) 20. Nc6 $2 (
{Black has probably counted only on} 20. Ng6 $6 e5 $1 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Re4 Bb4
$1 $132 {with playable position}) 20... e5 $1 {Now black is suddenly winning!}
(20... Bxf4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. c5 $1 Na4 25. Qc4 $1
$18) 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 (21... Qxd8 22. Rdd1 exf4 23. Qe6+ $18) 22. Rd3 exf4 23.
Red1 $5 Qxc4 $4 {After this move white wins on the spot,while after correct} (
23... Nxc4 $1 24. Qe6+ (24. Rc3 b5 25. b3 f3 26. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Rxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 Be5 29. Rc1 (29. Rc2 Qd6 $19) 29... Bf4 $1 30. Qd5+ Qf7 31. Qa8+ Qf8 32.
Qd5+ Kh8 $19) (24. Rc1 $5 b5 25. b3 f3 26. Rxf3 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bf4 28. Rc2 Qe5
29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. bxc4 $17) 24... Kh8 25. Rc1 (25. b3 Nb2 26. Rxd6 Nxd1 $19)
25... b5 26. b3 Ba3 $19 {black seems to be wining in all variations}) 24. b3
$18 f3 25. gxf3 Qb5 (25... Bxh2+ 26. Kg2 $18) 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. Rxd6 Re8 28. Qg4
Re5 29. f4 h5 30. Qf3 Rf5 31. Qe4 Kg6 32. Qg2+ Kh7 33. Qe4 Kg6 34. Kh1 Qc5 35.
Rg1+ Kf7 (35... Kh7 36. Qe7 $18) 36. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ned2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. c3 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 $5 Bb5 (10... b6 $5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Nd7 14. c3 c5 15. Bc2 Qc7 $11 {Kruppa,Y-Rustemov,A/Minsk 1996 (42)}) (
10... Nb6 11. Nfe5 Be8 12. Na5 $6 Qd5 13. Nb3 Bb5 14. Bg5 Bxd3 $11 {Wahls,
M-Chabanon,J/Bad Endbach 1995 (44)}) 11. c3 (11. a4 Ba6 12. c3 c5 13. Bf4 cxd4
14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bf1 $14 {Brodsky,M-Lauridsen,J/Vendrell op 1996 (24)}) 11...
c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bg5 $14 {Gelfand,
B-Godena,M/Moscow olm 1994 (30)}) 9... O-O 10. Re1 b6 {In the following
position black has two different plans: one is to give up the lightsquared
bishop, then to put a pawn on c6 and to start the manouvering with the pieces
and to wait for white to do something; and the other one is to keep the bishop
in the game by playing b6 and then transfering c5. It's very hard to say which
one is better, it depends only on taste: for those who prefer to defend solid,
but slightly passive positions suits the plan with B:f3, for those who prefer
more lively aand open game it's better to play 10...b6.} (10... Re8 11. a4 a6
12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Nc4 a5 15. Qh3 $14 {Forster,R-Hug,W/Winterthur
1996 (21)}) 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b4 {White is getting ready for ...c5. Other
possibilities are} (12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. Nce5 c6 16. Rad1
Bf6 17. h4 Qe7 18. h5 Rac8 19. a3 $14 {Shaw,J-Stevenson,J/Aberdeen 2001}) (12.
a4 c5 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bd6 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bf1 $14 {Prasad,
D-Girinath,P/Raipur 2002}) 12... a5 $5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na5 Bd5 15.
c4 $5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxb4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bb2 a5 19. Bc2 $1 $44 {Nijboer,
F-Bauer,C/Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 13. b5 (13. bxa5 bxa5 14. a4 c5 15. Ba3 Bd5 $11)
13... Rc8 $6 {This move appears to be too slow, however also after immediate} (
13... c5 $5 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nce5 Bb7 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nd4 $36 {
[%cal Gd1h5]}) 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rb1 $14 {white keeps better chances.}) 14. Nce5
(14. Rb1) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 $1 (15. Nxe5 Qd5 16. f3 c5 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6
Qxc6 19. Bd2 Nd5 $13) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} (17.
Qh3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Be4 Nc5 22. Bc6 Red8 23. Rd4
Bg7 24. Qe3 $14) 17... Nxe5 $5 {Admitting that he lost an opening battle. This
queen sacrifice is probably black's best chance in the position.} (17... g6 18.
Qg3 $16 {[%cal Gd3e4]}) 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. Be3 $1 (
21. Bg5 $6 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Rd5 23. Kf1 c6 24. bxc6 Rxc6 $44) 21... Nc4 22. Bd4
Nd6 23. g4 $1 {Taking f5 under control.} Ne8 24. a4 Rd5 25. Qh3 Nf6 26. Kh1 (
26. f4 Nd7) 26... Rcd8 27. Rg1 Ne4 28. Qe3 Nc5 29. g5 g6 30. h4 $6 {Closing up
an h-file is hardly a good idea since white deprives himself a possibility to
break through:} (30. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg3h3]} Bf8 $140 31. Qf4 $16 {
[%cal Gf4f6]}) (30. f4 Bf8 31. Qh3 Bg7 $13) 30... Nd7 31. h5 Nf8 32. Qg3 Bd6
33. Qe3 Be7 34. f4 Rf5 35. h6 Bd6 36. Rg4 Kh7 37. Kg2 Nd7 38. Qd2 Re8 39. Kh3
f6 $1 $132 40. gxf6 Nxf6 41. Rh4 (41. Bxf6 $2 Rxf6 $15 {[%csl Rf4]}) 41... Nd5
42. Be5 Bxe5 43. fxe5 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Ref8 45. Kg1 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Rxc3 $15 47. Rg4
Rcf3 48. Qg5 Rg8 49. Rc4 Rf5 50. Qc1 Rf7 51. Rc6 Re8 52. Qc4 Ree7 53. Kg3 Kxh6
54. Qe2 $6 (54. Qc1+ Kg7 55. Rc4 Rf5 56. Rh4 g5 57. Rh5 Kg6 58. Qh1 $132) 54...
Rf5 $19 55. Qd2+ Kh7 56. Qe2 (56. Rc4) 56... Kg7 57. Qd2 Ref7 {[%csl Rg3]} 58.
Qe2 (58. Rxe6 Rf3+ 59. Kg2 Ne3+ $19) 58... Rg5+ 59. Kh4 (59. Kh2 Rf8 $19) 59...
Nf4 60. Qc4 Rg1 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 61. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bg5 $6 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 (9. Bd2 $5 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Bc3 $6 Qg5+ $5
12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 $13 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/ch-GBR (Playoff), Hove ENG 1997 (35)}
) (9. Nf3 O-O (9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rad1 $5 (12. Ne5 Bb7 13.
Bxf6 (13. Rae1 Rfd8 14. Ng4 $6 Qc6 15. Ne3 Bd4) 13... gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.
Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Supertorneo Las Palmas 1996}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. c3 $14 {Spraggett,
K-Nogueiras,J/Canadian Open, Winnipeg CAN 1997 (41)}) (9... h6 $6 10. Bd2 O-O
11. O-O-O Qb6 12. g4 $5 Nxg4 13. Rhg1 f5 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Bxh6 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3
Bxg1 17. Rxg1 $36 {Ulibin,M-Orlov,G/Minsk 1990 (31)}) 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qa5+
11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 h6 $13 {Rublevsky,S-Anastasian,A/
Balatonbereny 1994 (34)}) 11. h4 $1 (11. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 12. O-O-O g6 13. h4 h5
14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ng5 $5 e5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxc5 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Kacheishvili,
G/Linares op sp 1996/1-0 (67)}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5
15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,
S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10...
Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nh3 $5 (12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2
16. Nxh8 Rxh8 $132 {Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh op 1998}) 12... h6 13. Qe1
$6 {[%cal Gd2a5]} a5 $5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4 $132 {Asrian,
K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) (10... Bb4 11. c3 (11. Bxb4 Qxb4+
12. c3 Qc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Ba6 Rd8 $11 {Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/
Yerevan 1999/CBM 74}) 11... Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6
16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998})
11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Ne5 $2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge1c1]} Bxf2+ $1 13. Kxf2 Qxe5
$17) 12... b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 $5 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17.
g5 $5 $36 {Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/Russian Cup 8th Leg, Smolensk RUS 1997 (39)}
) 14... Nd5 (14... Rfd8 15. Rhf1 (15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $1 $36 {Glek,
I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) 15... Rac8 16. Kb1 Bd4 (16... Nd5 17. a3 $1 Bd6
18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. g4 Rxd3 $1 21. Rxd3 Be4 22. g5 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Ne8
24. Rf3 $14 {Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares (op) 1996 (43)}) 17. Nf3 Ba6 $2 18.
Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxa6 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rcd8 21. Bc1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Kb1 $16 {
Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/Vienna 1996 (37)}) 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17.
g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19. h4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Sretenskij,N/Moscow 1998/CBM 63}) 8...
Qa5+ $1 {Very strong reply forcing white to sacrifice a pawn.} (8... cxd4 9.
O-O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Bc5 13. Nd2 Qc7 $17 {Sulskis,
S-Zakharevich,I/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67}) 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nf3
Be7 12. Ne5 {White is playing for attack, but with accurate play black manages
to neutralize white's initiative, so may be deserved attention} (12. Qe5 Bd7
13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 $11) 12... O-O 13. Bg5 Qc5 (13... h6 $6 14. Bh4 Re8
15. g4 $13 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 14. h4 {Bringing the rook into play.} Rd8 15. Rh3
Bd7 16. Rg3 Be8 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. h5 Kh8 19. Bg5 Nd5 $1 {Great positional
decision. After sacrificing an exchange black gets very good counterchanses.} (
19... Be7 $2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... Bxe5 $4 23. g7+ Bxg7
24. Qxh7#) 23. Nxg6+ $1 Bxg6 24. Rxg6 hxg6 25. Rh1+ Kg8 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 27. Rh8+
$1 Kxh8 28. Qh7#) 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 21. Kb1 (21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe1 Bd6 $17 {
[%cal Gd6g3]}) 21... Bd6 22. Re1 f5 23. h6 g6 24. Rf3 (24. Qd2 Qc7 $17 {
[%cal Gd6b4]}) 24... Nf6 25. Nxg6+ $2 {Unjustified attempt to complicate
matters. White should continue} (25. Nc4 $13 {with unclear position with
mutual chanses.}) 25... Bxg6 26. Qxe6 Ng8 {[%cal Gd8e8]} 27. Qb3 Qb4 $1 $17 {
Forcing white to trade queens.} 28. Qxb4 Bxb4 29. Rh1 Ne7 30. Bc4 (30. a3 Bd2
$1 {[%csl Rh6]} (30... Bd6 31. Re1 Kg8 32. Bc4+ Kf8 $15)) 30... Bd2 $1 {
[%csl Rh6]} 31. Rb3 b6 32. g3 Nc6 33. Rb5 Re8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ge8e1]} 34. a3
Ne5 35. Bb3 f4 {Better was f4, but black needed a draw in order to qualify for
the next round, so his play is fully understandable!} (35... Ng4 $5 36. Rd1 Re1
37. Rxe1 Bxe1 38. Rd5 Nxh6 39. Rxd4 Bxf2 $19) 36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. Rh4 Bg5 38.
Rxd4 Nf3 $6 (38... Bxh6 $5 39. f4 Nf3 40. Rd7 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Be8 42. Rd8 Kg7 $17)
39. Rd7 Bxh6 40. Rxa7 Bf8 41. Ka2 $6 (41. Rxb6 Bc5 42. Rxg6 Bxa7 43. Rf6 Nd2+
44. Ka2 Ne4 $13) 41... Bc5 42. Ba4 Rf8 43. Rxc5 bxc5 44. Rc7 h5 (44... Rf5) 45.
Rxc5 h4 46. Bd7 Nd4 47. a4 Rf3 $5 (47... Rxf2 48. a5 Nxc2 49. Kb3 Na1+ 50. Ka3
Nc2+ 51. Ka4 Rf4+ $17) 48. a5 Nxc2 49. Rc3 Rxf2 50. Kb3 Nd4+ 51. Ka3 Nc2+ 52.
Ka4 Rf4+ 53. Kb5 Rb4+ 54. Kc5 Rxb2 55. Rc4 (55. a6 Ra2 56. Bb5 (56. Kb6 Nb4 $17
)) 55... Bd3 56. Rxh4+ Kg7 57. Rh3 Nb4 58. Bb5 Na6+ 59. Bxa6 Bxa6 60. Kc6 Rb5
61. Ra3 Kf6 62. Ra1 Ke5 63. Rc1 Rxa5 64. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5
$14 {Magem Badals,J-Dizdar,G/Erevan olm 1996}) 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. c3 Qd6 12. Re1 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bf6 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Ne5 $14 {Gligoric,S-Akopian,V Erevan 1989/}) 7... Nxf6 8.
Bxf6 (8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5
Qc6 $1 14. Kb1 Rfd8 $10 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk V Linares m/2 1992 Inf 55/283/}) 8...
Qxf6 9. Bb5+ (9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
c3 c6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 a5 19. b3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Illescas Cordoba,M/Torneo de Pamplona
9th 1998}) (9. Bd3 a6 (9... Bd6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Be4 O-O-O 12. O-O Rhe8 13. c4
c6 14. Rad1 e5 15. c5 Bc7 16. d5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 $14 {Kovalev,A-Dolmatov,S/
BL9293 1993}) 10. Qe2 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Kb1 Bd6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Be4 Bb5 $15
{Maier,C-Legky,N/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 a6 $5 {Shirov used this
continuation against Topalov in advanced chess in Lion and won, so Anand
decides to check it out wether Topalov has come to Dortmund with an
improvement!} (10... Bd6 11. O-O (11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. O-O c5 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11... Bd7 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 Rb8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Be4 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,
I-Hergott,D/North Bay op 1996}) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Qe4 g6 $13 {
Kovalevskaya,E-Edzgveradze,N/Moscow-W 1996}) (10... g6 11. c3 (11. Qe2 Bg7 12.
h4 O-O 13. h5 g5 14. c3 Qe7 15. Qe4 Rd8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Ne5 $40 {Kreiman,
B-Zifroni,D/Graz op 1997}) 11... Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 {
/\Kb1,h4,h5/}) 13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 $16 {Smyslov,
V-Dolmatov,S/Rostov 1993}) 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qe2 $146 {Here comes
Topalov's novelty. In the game with Shirov he played Ftacnik: 'Anand has
chosen Shirov's play as an inspiration in this line, white sensibly admitts
the importance to support the most valuable piece in the center.'} (13. Qa4+
Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7 {Black
managed to survive white's attack and to convert his material advantage into a
point after very sharp battle.} (18... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5 Qc5+
21. Kh1 cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 {0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Leon/2001/ (49)})) 13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 ({After} 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1 {White loses a castling option
but his rook can be brought into play over the h-file.} O-O 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. h4
{[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gh1h3,Gh3f3] with initiative. '|^' Ftacnik.}) 15. O-O ({
After a tempting} 15. Qe4 $5 {black can hold by} Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qf5 $1 {with
slightly worse position.} (16... Qf5 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. Rc1 $14)) 15... Qf4 ({
In case of} 15... Rd8 16. f4 {Black's position is too passive.}) 16. g3 {
'!' Ftacnik.} (16. Rfd1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Bd5 $1 (18... O-O $2 19. Rc4
Qg5 20. Rg4 Qe7 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Qg3 $40 (22. Qg3 {Ftacnik} f5 23. Rd4 (23. exf6
Qxf6 24. Rg6 Qxb2 $13) 23... Bd5 24. b3 $14)) 19. Rc7 O-O $14 {'~~' Ftacnik.})
16... Qxd4 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Qf3 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7] White is regaining a pawn.
Due to unsecure position of the black king Topalov's position is better.} Ke7 {
Ftacnik: 'Black has to be very careful in the defense, despite compact
position the centralized king can easily become indifensible.'} (18... Kc8 {
Ftacnik} 19. Be4 Kb8 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Qxf7 $16) 19. Qxb7+ Kf6 20. Rad1 Qa7 (
20... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxa6 Rhb8 22. Qc6 Be5 23. b3 $16) 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Qg4
g5 (22... Be5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rd2 $14) 23. Bc4 Qb6 24. Rd3 $1 {An excellent
maneuver. This rook has a lot to do on the third rank.} Rad8 (24... Qxb2 25.
Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Qf6 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 28. Rxe6+ Kf8 29. Rxd6 $18)
25. Rf3 $1 {Veselin is aiming at the black king.} ({Not so promising was} 25.
Rb3 Qc6 (25... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 26. Qe2 a5 $14) 26. Qe2 a5) 25... Be5 (25... Qxb2
$4 26. Rxf7+ $1 {with the checkmate in two.}) 26. Re1 f6 ({Extremely risky is} 
26... Rd4 $6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Qf5+ Ke7 (28... Bf6 29. Rxe6) 29. Qxe5 Rf8
30. Bxe6 Qd6 $1 31. Qg7+ Kd8 32. Qxh6 $18 {and white is winning '+/-' Ftacnik.}
) 27. Qh5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e5,Gh5f7] White is threatening with 28.Rxe5.
Black has to defend against tacktical blows on every move.} (27. Qe4 $5 {
Ftacnik} Rd4 28. Qg6 $40) 27... Qb4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black's position
is not bad, but white's attack can not be underestimated.'} (27... Qxb2 28. Rb3
{[%cal Gb3b7]} Qd2 29. Rb7+ Rd7 30. Reb1 Rxb7 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30... Rc8 $5 {
Ftacnik} 31. Rxd7+ (31. Qxh6 Rxc4 32. Qg7+ Ke8 $11) 31... Qxd7 32. Bxa6 $14)
31. Rxb7+ Kd6 32. Qf7 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Bd4 34. Rd7+ Ke5 35. Rxd4
Kxd4 36. Qg7 $3 $40 {'!!' Ftacnik.} (36. Qg7 $3 Ra8 37. Qd7+ Ke5 38. Qc7+ Kf5
39. Qc2+ Ke5 (39... Kg4 40. h3+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kh4 42. Qg6 $18) 40. Qc5+ Ke4 41.
Qc6+ $18)) 28. Rxe5 {'!' Ftacnik.} ({A similar position emerges after} 28. Re4
$5 Qd2 $1 (28... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rb3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 $18) 29. Rxe5 Qc1+ 30. Kg2
Qxc4) 28... Qxc4 29. Re1 ({On} 29. Rc3 {black would have sacrificed the queen}
Qxc3 $1 (29... Qxa2 $2 30. Rc7+ Kd6 31. Rec5 $18) 30. bxc3 fxe5 31. Qe2 Rd6 32.
Qxe5 Rh7 {with good drawing chances. '+/=' Ftacnik.}) 29... Qxa2 {With every
pawn capture Vishy is getting closer to desired draw.} 30. Qg6 Rhf8 31. Qxh6
Qxb2 ({In case} 31... e5 {white could conduct the following combination} 32.
Qg7+ Rf7 33. Rxe5+ $1 fxe5 34. Qxg5+ Ke6 ({after} 34... Ke8 35. Qxe5+ Kd7 {
White closes out the game with an incredible} 36. Rc3 $3 {(total domination!)}
Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ {(there is no other choice)} 38. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 39. Ke3 $3 {
Black is forced to trade the queens '!' Ftacnik.} Qb6+ 40. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 41. Kxd4
{the emerged endgame is hopeless for Black '+-' Ftacnik.}) 35. Rxf7 Rd1+ 36.
Kg2 Kxf7 (36... Qd5+ 37. Rf3) 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Qxd1 Qxb2 {with big advantage
in the queen ending. After the move which was played in the game the same
tactical idea works.} (38... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 39. h4 $16)) 32. Qg7+ Rf7 33. Rxe6+
$1 $16 {'!' Ftacnik.} Kxe6 34. Re3+ Qe5 35. Rxe5+ fxe5 36. Qxg5 Rdf8 37. Qg4+
Kd5 38. Qd1+ Kc5 39. Qc2+ Kb4 $2 {Very stupid mistake Ftacnik: 'Anand is
probably playing serious innaccuracy in the time trouble, chances for
successful defense were promised after the correct 39...Kb6.'} ({After} 39...
Kb6 $1 40. Qb2+ (40. h4 Rxf2 41. Qxf2+ Rxf2 42. Kxf2 a5 $11 (42... a5 43. h5 a4
$11)) 40... Kc6 41. Qa2 (41. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Rxf2 42. Qe6+ Kb7 (42... Kb5 43.
Qd5+ Kb6 44. Qd4+ Kb5 45. Qxf2 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 $18) 43. h4 R2f6 $14) 41... Rxf2
42. Qxa6+ Kd5 $14 {White can't exchange his queen for two black rooks to his
advantage,which means that black is very close to a draw here!} (42... Kd5 43.
Qb7+ (43. Qd3+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 $11) 43... Kd4 $1 44. Qb6+ Kd3 45. Qxf2 Rxf2
46. Kxf2 Kd2 47. Kf3 Kd3 $11)) 40. Qb2+ $18 Kc5 (40... Kc4 41. Qe2+ Kd5 42.
Qd3+ $1 Kc5 43. Qxa6 $18 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Ga6a7,Ga7f2]}) (40... Ka4 41. Qa1+ $1
Kb4 42. Qxa6 $18 {[%cal Ga6b6,Gb6f2]}) 41. Qxe5+ Kb6 42. h4 a5 43. h5 Rd7 44.
Qe6+ Kc7 45. h6 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Qe7 $5 {Very logical move, and as shows the following game black quiet
easily solves all opening problems.} (8... Bxf3 9. Nxf3 (9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O Bd6
11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qh3 h6 $2 13. Rxe6+ $1 $18 {Sermek,D-Foisor,O/Open 1999}) 9...
c5 (9... Be7 10. Bg5 Nd5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. c4 N5f6 13. b4 $14 {Levacic,
P-Suskovic,M/Zagreb 1997}) 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6
14. c3 $14 {Emms,J-Arkell,K/Isle of Man op 1996}) (8... Bd6 9. Bd2 (9. Ne5 O-O
(9... Bxe5 $5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. c3 h6 12. Nf3 N5b6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Nc5 15.
Bc2 Qd5 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Westerinen,H/Open 1999})
10. Bd2 h6 11. Nxc6 (11. h4 Qe7 12. O-O-O Rad8 13. Rh3 $1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15.
c3 $16 {Spangenberg,H-Lalic,S/Hastings op9495}) 11... bxc6 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. b3
Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rfe1 $14 {Filipovic,B-Belan,J/
Bratislava op 1993}) 9... h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 c6 13. O-O-O
Nf6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. c4 Rhf8 17. g3 $14 {Rakovsky,A-Seplak,J/
Moravia-ch op 1994}) (8... Be7 9. Bd2 h6 10. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 11. Bg6+ Kf8 12. O-O
Nb6 13. Rad1 Be8 14. Ne5 Nbd7 $17 {Novotny,J-Stluka,M/CZE-chT2 1995}) 9. O-O h6
10. Ne4 (10. Nh3 g5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Bg7 $132) 10... Nxe4 11.
Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 c6 $1 {Keeping an option to castle kingside.After natural} (
12... O-O-O $6 13. c4 g5 (13... Nf6 14. Qe2 g6 15. Re1 Bg7 16. Bd2 c6 17. Bc3
$14) 14. Re1 Bg7 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qe3 $14 {white seems to keep slight advantage.
}) 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qh4 $6 {[%csl Rh4] Queen has nothing to do on h4.} (14. Qe3
Qc7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 $5 $13) 14... g6 (14... O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rg8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 15. Re1 Bg7 16. Qh3 g5 (16... O-O-O $5) 17. Ne5 $1 O-O-O 18.
Qb3 Nd7 (18... Rxd4 $6 19. Be3 Re4 20. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7
23. Rd1 $40 {[%cal Ga7b6,Gb3a4]}) 19. Be3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxa7 Bd4 22.
Bb6 (22. Qa4 Bxa7 23. Qxa7 Qd6 24. g3 Qb8 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. b4 $13) 22... Bxb6
23. Qxb6 Qc7 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. a4 (25. b4 Qf4 26. Qc3 Rhd8 27. g3 Qd2 $15) 25...
Qf4 $11 {Now it becomes clear that draw is almost inevitable outcome of the
game.} 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Re4 $6 (27. a5 Rhd8 28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 Kb7 30. Raa1
c5 $11) 27... Rhd8 28. Rae1 (28. Rxf4 $4 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 28... Rd4 29. h4
c5 30. b3 Kd7 $1 31. Re5 (31. Rxd4+ cxd4 32. Re4 Ke7 33. Kf1 f5 34. Rxf4 Kf6
35. Rf3 e5 36. b4 d3 37. Ke1 e4 $44) 31... Kd6 32. Kf1 Rd3 33. b4 $8 cxb4 34.
Rb5 Rd7 $6 (34... b3 $1 35. Rb1 f3 36. gxf3 Kc6 37. R1xb3 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rd4 $15
) 35. Rxb4 Kc5 36. Rb5+ Kxc4 37. Rh5 Kb4 38. Rxh6 $11 Kxa4 39. Rf6 b5 40. h5 b4
41. h6 R3d5 42. Ra1+ Kb5 43. Ra8 Rh5 44. Rb8+ Kc5 45. Ke2 (45. Rxf4 Rxh6 46.
Rfxb4 $11) 45... e5 46. Rfb6 Kd5 47. Kf3 Rd6 48. Rb5+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Supatashvili, Khvicha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 $5 {Quiet dangerous plan, which, however, wasn't carried
out properly by white in this game.} (9. Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3 O-O $11 {Fedorov,A-Van Wely,L/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nh3 $5 (12.
f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 $132 {Lastin,
A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh op 1998}) 12... h6 13. Qe1 $6 {[%cal Gd2a5]} (13. Bc3
O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11) 13... a5 $5 14. Bc3 Bb4 $132 {Asrian,
K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) (10... Bb4 11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O
13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {
Nevednichy,V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 $36 {Korneev,
O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP 58}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6
16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 $40 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02 1998})
15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 Nd5 (16... Bd4 17. Nf3 Ba6 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxa6 Qxc2+
20. Ka1 Rcd8 21. Bc1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Kb1 $16 {Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/Vienna
Millenium 1996/CBM 55}) 17. a3 Bd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 $14 {Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/
Linares op 1996/EXP 51}) (9. Nf3 O-O (9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rad1
$5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. c3 $14 {
Spraggett,K-Nogueiras,J/Canadian Open, Winnipeg CAN 1997 (41)}) (9... h6 $6 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. g4 $5 Nxg4 13. Rhg1 f5 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Bxh6 Nxd3+ 16.
Qxd3 Bxg1 17. Rxg1 $36 {Ulibin,M-Orlov,G/Minsk 1990 (31)}) 10. Bg5 h6 (10...
Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bf4 $6 Bd6 $132 {
Rublevsky,S-Anastasian,A/Balatonbereny 1994}) 11. h4 $1 (11. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 12.
O-O-O g6 13. h4 h5 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ng5 $5 e5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxc5 $14 {
Hjartarson,J-Kacheishvili,G/Linares op sp 1996/1-0 (67)}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1
$16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... O-O 10.
O-O-O Qc7 (10... Qd5 $6 11. Bc3 (11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Qxf3 14.
Qxc5 b6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 $44 {Ivanisevic,
I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo 1998/CBM 67}) 11... Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 $14 {
Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove 1997/CBM 61}) 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. f4
Rd4 15. c3 (15. Rhf1 Rad8 16. g4 a5 (16... Be4 17. Bc3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Re4 19.
Qg2 $14) 17. g5 Ne4 18. Be3 R4d6 $132) 15... Rd6 $5 {Black is ready to give up
an exchange in order to complicate the position.} 16. Rhe1 (16. b4 Rxd3 17.
Nxd3 Bd6 18. Kb2 $14) 16... Rad8 17. Bc2 (17. b4 $5) 17... g6 18. b4 $6 {
[%csl Rc3] Permitting black to exchange the rook for dark-squared bishop which
played very important role in the position.} Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bd6 20. c4 $2 {
There was no need to give up a pawn!} (20. Qc4 $5 Nd5 (20... Qb8 $1 21. b5 (21.
Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Nd5 $36 {[%cal Gd8c8]}) 21... Nd5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24.
bxc6 b5 $36 {[%csl Rc3]}) (20... Qe7 $6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Bxf4 23. Rxd8+
Qxd8 24. g3 $14 {[%cal Ge1d1]}) 21. Qxc7 Bxc7 22. Kb2) 20... Bxb4 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe7 $132 23. g4 $6 {After this inaccuracy white finds himself
under sever attack!} (23. Qe3 Bxg2 $15) (23. Rd3 $5 {[%csl Gc3]} Ne4 24. Kb2
Nc5 25. Rd1 Ba3+ $1 26. Ka1 $13) 23... Bc3 $1 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ge7a3]} 24. g5
Qb4+ 25. Bb3 Ne4 26. Nd3 (26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rd7 $2 Bxe5 $19 {[%cal Ge4c3]})
26... Qa5 $17 27. Qc2 Bd4 {[%cal Ge4c3]} 28. Kc1 Nc3 29. Rf1 Be4 30. h4 Qf5 31.
Kd2 Qg4 {[%cal Gg4e2]} 32. Re1 Qg2+ 33. Kc1 Qg3 34. Rxe4 Nxe4 35. Qe2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 (9... Bb4 $5) 10. O-O-O Qe7 {Following the game
Svidler-Gurevich. An only difference is that white pawn is on c2 and not on c3
(Gurevich opted for 9...Bb4 10.c3 Bd6).} (10... Bd7 11. c4 $5 (11. Ne5 Qe7 12.
Bc4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 14. Qd4 Nxe3 $11 15. Qxe3 Qg5 16. f4 Qxg2 17. Rhg1 Qe4
18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxg7 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099 (19)}
) 11... Nxe3 $6 (11... Nf6 $5) 12. fxe3 Bc6 {[%csl Ge4]} 13. c5 $1 Be7 14. Ne5
Bd5 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Bb5+ $1 $14 {Lupulescu,C-Jeremic,V/Korinthos 2004}) (10...
O-O 11. Kb1 Nxe3 (11... Qf6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. c4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qf4 15. Qxf4 Bxf4
16. Be4 f5 $6 17. Bc2 Bc6 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Nd4 $14 {Lopez Martinez,
J-Kalod,R/Badalona 2005}) 12. Qxe3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Rhe1 Bd7 15. Ne5 $36 {
[%cal Gf2f4,Gg2g5] Vehi Bach,V-Malakhatko,V/Salou 2005}) 11. Bc4 $5 {Sokolov
is the first one to deviate. The bishop is well placed on c4, but it's hardly
enough to pose black serious problems.} (11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. Qd4 Nxe3
14. Qxe3 O-O $14) 11... Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7 13. Rhe1 O-O ({Of course not} 13...
Bc6 $2 14. d5 exd5 15. Qc3 $18 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 14. Ne5 (14. d5 Rfe8 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 14... Bxe5 (14... Rad8 15.
f4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe4 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6) 15. Qxe5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Qd6 (
15... Qb4 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. d5 $14) 16. d5 $1 {An only try to play for a win.}
Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Rae8 (17... exd5 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Re7 Bf5 20. Bb3 Rab8 21. Rd6)
18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Rde1 g5 (19... Bd7 20. Re7 Be6 21. Rxc7 Bxc4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8
23. Rxc4 $16) 20. f3 Kg7 ({A bit more accurate was} 20... Bd7 $1 21. Re7 Be6
22. Rxc7 Bxc4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxc4 Re2 25. g4 Rxh2 26. Rc7 Rh3 $11 {with
balanced position.}) 21. Bxe6 Kf6 22. Rf5+ Kg7 23. Rfe5 Kf6 24. Rf5+ Kg7 25.
Ra5 a6 26. Rae5 Kf6 27. Rf5+ Kg7 28. Rfe5 Kf6 29. Rf5+ Kg7 30. Rd5 fxe6 $1 (
30... Rxe6 $143 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rd7+ Rf7 33. Rd8 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Kd2
Ke7 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Ke4 $16) 31. Rd7+ Rf7 32. Red1 Ree7 $2 (32... e5 $5 {
[%cal Ge5e4]}) 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rd8 h5 (34... Kf7) 35. Kd2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37.
Rg8 Kf5 38. Rf8+ Ke5 39. Rg8 Kf5 40. Rf8+ Ke5 41. Rh8 h4 42. Rh5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rh4]} Kf6 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 e5+ (44... Rg7 45. Kf3 Rf7 46. Rxh4 Kg5+
47. Kg3 $16) 45. Ke4 Rd7 (45... Rg7 46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Rxe5+ Kd7 48. Rd5+ Ke6 49.
Rd2 $16) 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. Rf2 Re7 48. b4 c6 49. c4 Re8 50. a4 b5 51. axb5 axb5
52. c5 $18 Rd8 (52... h3) 53. Kxe5 Rd5+ 54. Ke4 Kg5 55. h3 Rd1 56. Rf5+ Kg6 57.
Rf4 Re1+ 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59. Ke5 Rd5+ 60. Ke6 Kg5 61. Rg4+ Kh5 62. Kf6 Rd2 63. Ke7
Rd1 64. Re4 Kg5 65. Rg4+ Kh5 66. Re4 Kg5 67. Re5+ $5 (67. Re6 Rd2 68. Rxc6 Rxg2
69. Rb6 Kf4 70. c6 $18) 67... Kf4 68. Re6 Rd4 69. Rxc6 Rxb4 70. Rf6+ Kg3 71.
Rg6+ Kh2 72. c6 Rc4 73. Kd7 b4 74. c7 b3 75. Rb6 $1 Rd4+ 76. Kc6 Rc4+ 77. Kb7
Rc3 78. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be3 Bb4 5. e5 (5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bf3
O-O 8. Nge2 Nd5 9. O-O Nce7 10. Qd3 c6 11. a3 Ba5 $132 {Spielmann,R-Znosko
Borovsky,E/Nuremberg 1906/HCL}) 5... Nge7 (5... f6 6. Nf3 (6. f4 $2 fxe5 7.
fxe5 Qh4+ 8. Bf2 Qe4+ 9. Be2 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg5 11. Nh3 Qf5 $17 {Escobar,D-Gamez
Cenzano,A/Torrevieja 1997}) 6... Bd7 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3
Nh6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ne5 $14 {Pyhala,A-Kekki,J/FIN 1993/EXT 98}) 6. Bd3 $5 {
Intending ta take black knight when it comes to f5.} (6. f4 Na5 7. Nf3 Nc4 8.
Bc1 c5 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Bc6 14.
Nxc4 $14 {Jakubiec,A-Grabarczyk,B/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97}) (6. Qd2 Nf5 7. Nf3
f6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h4 Be8 $13 {Kurajica,
B-Nikolic,Z/Smederevska Palanka 1982/MCL}) (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf5 8. Qh5 Qh4
9. Qxh4 Nxh4 10. Bg5 Nf5 11. g4 Nfe7 12. h4 h6 13. Bc1 Bd7 $13 {Ghinda,
M-Paehtz,T/Halle 1987/CBM 05}) 6... Nf5 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Qd3 Be6 9. Nf3 (9. a3
Be7 10. Nce2 g5 11. h4 g4 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. N1e2 $14) 9... h6 10. h4 Qd7 11. h5
Be7 (11... O-O-O $5 12. O-O-O Bf8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 13. Ne2 g5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
Qd2 $14) 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Qd2 b6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qd3 $14 {White has very
comfortable advantage and it's not so easy for black to create any counterplay.
} O-O-O 16. Nf4 Kb7 17. Nh4 $1 {White's play is very logical: knight is
heading to g6 after exchange on e6} Rhe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Ng6 Rc8 {The only
chanse for black to create counterplay is connected with ...c5 so black starts
to prepare it.} 20. b4 a5 21. a3 a4 {Otherwise it would be problematic to move
the knight from c6.} 22. Rc1 Na7 23. c4 $1 {It's true that after this move
black gets square d5 for his pieces, but it's not so simple to come from a7 to
d5!} dxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb5 25. O-O Bg5 26. Rfc1 c6 (26... Qd5 $2 27. Rc5 bxc5 28.
Qxb5+ Ka7 29. Qxa4+ Kb8 30. Rxc5 $18) 27. Kh2 Qd5 28. f3 Rc7 29. R1c2 Rd8 $6 {
Permitting white to play R:c6, while after simple 29...Rcc8 it's not so easy
for white to break through.} (29... Rcc8 $5) 30. f4 $5 Be7 31. Rxc6 $1 {
Taking the chanse.} Rxc6 32. Nxe7 Qb3 $8 33. Qxb3 axb3 34. Nxc6 Ra8 (34... Rc8
35. Rb2 Kxc6 36. Rxb3 Kd5 37. a4 Na7 $16) 35. Nd8+ Rxd8 36. Rb2 Nxa3 37. Rxb3
Nc4 $6 (37... Nb5 $5 {[%cal Gb7d5]} 38. Bf2 Kc6 39. Rg3 Rd7 40. d5+ $1 $16) 38.
Bf2 Kc6 39. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Gg3g6]} Rd7 40. d5+ $1 {If black would play Kd5 he
would be out of danger, so this move is th only way leading to win!} exd5 (
40... Kxd5 41. Rd3+ Kc6 42. b5+ Kc7 43. Rc3 $18 {[%cal Gc3c7]}) 41. Rg6+ Kb5
42. e6 Re7 43. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Rg7]} Re8 44. g4 Nd2 {Hoping to push d-pawn till
first rank!} 45. Bxg7 d4 46. gxf5 d3 47. Kg2 $1 $18 {Very calm and strong move:
white is just on time to stop the pawn.} Ne4 48. Kf3 d2 49. Rg1 Nd6 50. f6 (50.
Kg4 $5 $18) 50... Rxe6 51. Rd1 Nc4 52. f7 Re1 53. Rxd2 $1 {[%cal Gf7f8]} Nxd2+
54. Kg4 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 Rxg7 56. f8=Q Rg3 57. Qxh6 Nc4 58. Qe6 Kxb4 59. Qe1+ Rc3
60. h6 Kb3 61. Qxc3+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 $6 {Not a move to play in every game, but it
definitly is good enoough to cause your opponent to think from the very
beginning!} 4. Bd3 (4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bf4 O-O
9. Qd2 Nc6 10. a3 Re8 11. O-O a6 $13 {Skripchenko Lautier,A-Bricard,E/
Montpellier 1998}) (4. Be3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qd2 c6 9. Qf2
Ba6 10. Qg3 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 $14 {Widmer,A-Fischinger,W/
Schwarzach 2000}) (4. Nf3 $5) 4... Bb4 5. exd5 (5. Qg4 dxe4 6. Qxg7 Qf6 7. Qxf6
Nxf6 8. Bc4 Nc6 $13) 5... exd5 6. a3 Be7 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. h3 (8. Qg3 Nh5 9. Qf3
Nf6) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 {Deserved attention an attempt to hold a
pawn by} (10. b4 $5 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 O-O 13. Nge2 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 $14)
10... Bxc5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. O-O-O $14 a6 (12... O-O $6 13. g4 $36 {[%cal Gh1g1,
Gg4g5]}) 13. Bc4 (13. g4 $5 Qe7 14. Ng3 g5 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3
Bxf2 18. Nf5 Qc5 19. Rhf1 $36) 13... d4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf6
17. Bg3 O-O-O 18. Nf4 Rhe8 (18... e5 $2 19. Ng6 Rhe8 20. Bh4 $18) 19. Nd3 {
White is slightly better, but his advantage is minimal and with accurate play
black manages to equalize.} (19. Ng6 $5 d3 20. Rxd3 (20. Bh4 Rd4 21. Bxf6 (21.
Qxc6+ $2 bxc6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. cxd3 Rg8 $19 {[%csl Rg6]}) 21... Rxe4 22. cxd3
Re2 23. Bh4 Bxf2 24. Bxf2 Rxf2 25. Rd2 Rf6 26. Nh4 Nd4 $17) 20... Rxd3 21. Qxd3
Bxa3 $1 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Bh4 $1 Rxd3 23. Bxf6 $16) 22. Qxa3 Qxg6 23. Re1 $14)
19... Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rde1 e5 22. Re2 (22. f4 Rde6 23. f5 R6e7 24. g4 $14
) 22... Rde6 23. Rhe1 R6e7 24. Kb1 g6 25. Qd5 Kc7 26. Re4 g5 $1 {Preventing f4
for good.} 27. g3 (27. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 27... Qd6 28. Qxd6+ Kxd6 29. Kc1
h5 30. Kd2 b5 31. R1e2 a5 32. b3 (32. c3 dxc3+ 33. Kxc3 (33. bxc3) 33... Nd4
34. R2e3 Rc8+ 35. Kd2 Rc4 36. Kd1 Nf5 $11) 32... Re6 33. Ke1 Kd5 34. f3 Nd8 35.
Kf2 Nf7 36. Re1 Nd6 37. R4e2 e4 38. fxe4+ Nxe4+ (38... Rxe4 $5) 39. Kg2 Nc3 40.
Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Kxe6 42. Kf3 Nb1 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Kd5 (44... Nc3 45.
Nc5+ Kd5 46. Nb7 Nxa4 47. Nxa5 $11) 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Nc3 47. Nf4+ Kc4 48.
Nxh5 Nxa4 49. Nf4 Nc5 50. h5 a4 51. h6 a3 52. h7 a2 53. h8=Q a1=Q 54. Qg8+ Kb5
55. Qb8+ Kc4 56. Qg8+ Kb5 57. Qb8+ Kc4 58. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 {This continuation is one
of the safest ways for black to meet 5.g3. White gets minimal advantage which
shouldn't be enough to cause black serious problems.} 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ (7.
Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Qd3 b5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. a3 bxa3
14. b3 $14 {Spangenberg,H-Nogueiras,J/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97}) 7... Bxf6 8. Nf3 (
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O (9. Be3 c6 10. O-O Qe7 11. c4 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rad1 e5 14.
d5 $14 {Sedlak,N-Benkovic,P/Subotica 2001}) 9... Rb8 10. c4 b6 11. Qa4 a6 12.
Rd1 Qe7 13. Be3 c5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Rad1 $14 {Heymann,U-Hausmann,I/
Leipzig 1995}) 8... O-O 9. O-O e5 {The main point behind putting the bishop on
f6.} (9... c5 10. c3 (10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Nb3
a5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Qe2 $14 {Pashikian,A-Nalbandian,T/Batumi 2003}) 10... cxd4
11. Nxd4 Qb6 (11... a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 (13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rad1 Rd8
16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 Nf8 $11 {Livshits,G-Roiz,M/Ramat Aviv 2004})
13... Nb6 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Rad1 e5 16. Bg5 $5 $14 {Fressinet,L-Morozevich,A/
Cannes 2002}) 12. Qb3 $6 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb6 15. Ra5 Rd8 $11 {
Magem Badals,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona 1991}) (9... Rb8 10. Bf4 b5 11.
Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qf3 Rb6 14. Rad1 Qc8 $13 {Svidler,P-Morozevich,A/
Monaco 2004}) 10. Be3 (10. c3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. a4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 c6 14. a5
Nd5 15. a6 bxa6 16. Re1 Qb6 $11 {Tischbierek,R-Blauert,J/Germany 2002}) (10.
Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 c6 16. Qb3
Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 $14 {Shirov,A-Ehlvest,J/Tallinn 1996}) 10... c6 (10... exd4 11.
Bxd4 Nb6 (11... c5 $5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16.
Bxb7 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rab8 $11 {Ivanov,A-Christiansen,L/Chandler 1997}) 12. Bxf6 (
12. a4 a5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. c3 Be6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qd7 $11 {Macieja,B-Conquest,S/Istanbul 2003}) 12... Qxf6 13.
Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 c6 15. a4 Rd8 16. c3 Nd5 17. a5 a6 18. Nb3 $14 {Motwani,
P-Hempson,P/Blackpool 1988}) 11. a4 $5 {Intending to put a pressure on black's
queenside.} (11. Re1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 (12... Nb6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. a4 a5 17. Nb3 Kf8 18. Nc5 $14 {Bezgodov,A-Dokutchaev,A/St
Petersburg 1998}) 13. Qxd4 Nf6 (13... Nb6 $5 14. a4 $6 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 a5 16. Nb3
Rd8 17. Nc5 Kf8 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nd5 $5 $11 {Volokitin,
A-Tratar,M/Ljubljana 2002}) 14. a4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. c3 a5 17. Re5 Nd7 18.
Re7 Kf8 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. h3 Bd7 21. R7e5 Re8 $11 {Hracek,Z-Ehlvest,J/Yerevan
1996}) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 $6 {A bit careless move after which white get
serious pressure.} (12... c5 $142 $5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ne5 Rb8
16. f4 Bf5 17. c3 Be4 $11) 13. a5 a6 {[%csl Rb6]} 14. Re1 $14 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1
Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Qb4 {White keeps better chances after the move in the
game, but deserved attention} (17. Qe5 $5 {[%csl Gc7,Ge7] preventing from the
black queen to come to c7.}) 17... Qc7 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Nb3 ({Nothing promised} 
19. Re7 Re8 20. Nf5 $6 (20. Nb3) 20... Rxe7 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Qc5 Qd8 23. h3
Be6 $11 {[%cal Gf6d5] and black is fine.}) 19... Re8 20. Re7 h5 21. h3 Nd5 (
21... Qd8 $2 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qxb7 Qd1+ 24. Bf1 Qxc2 25. Nd4 Qc1 26. Qxa6 $16
) 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nd4 $6 {After this move black queen comes to e4 depriving
white any hopes to score a full point.} (23. Rxe8+ $142 $1 Bxe8 24. Nd4 (24.
Qc5 Qe5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. h4 Qe4 $11) 24... Bd7 25. Qe7 Qc8 26. h4 $14) 23... Qd8
24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $1 $132 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5]} 25. h4 Qe4 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. c3 Qc7 28.
b4 g6 29. Nc2 (29. Qe3 Qc4 30. Kg2 Bg4 31. Qd2 Bd7 32. f3 $14 {[%cal Gg2f2,
Gf2e1,Ge1d1,Gd1c2,Gc2b2]}) 29... Bc6 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. Ne3 Qe6 32. Kh2 (32. Kf1
Qh3+ 33. Ke1 Qh1+ 34. Kd2 Qb1 $11) 32... f6 33. Ng2 Kf7 34. Nf4 Qe4 35. Kg1 (
35. Qxe4 $2 dxe4 36. Kg1 Bb5 37. Nd5 Ke6 $15) 35... Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Kh2
Qe4 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. Qd3 Kf7 40. Qd4 Qf5 41. Nd3 Qf3 42. Nc5 Ke7 43. Kg1 Kf7 44.
Kh2 Ke7 45. Nb3 (45. Qe3+ Qxe3 46. fxe3 g5 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Kg3
Kf7 50. Kxg4 Kg6 $11) 45... Kf7 46. Nd2 Qe2 47. Kg2 Ke6 48. Nb3 Kf7 49. Nc5 Ke7
50. Nd3 Qe4+ 51. Kg1 Kf7 52. Nc5 Qe2 53. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 a6 {In my opinion this move doesn't promise Black an easy life, so it's
safer to opt for} (8... Nd5 {or}) (8... Bd6) 9. Bd3 (9. Ne5 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11.
Qa4+ Nd7 12. c4 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O $15 {Zhang
Zhong-Gurevich,M/Cap d'Agde 2000}) 9... b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Be7 {This
move appears to be a novelty, but it doesn't change evaluation of the position
- Black is doomed to suffer!} (11... Qc8 $6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 $14 {[%cal
Gh1f1,Gf4f5]} h5 14. Rhf1 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. g4 $1 $40 {Goloshchapov,
A-Dzhakaev,D/Batumi 2002}) (11... Qd5 $5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Qa5 16. Rhg1 Rb8 $5 $13 {Shirov,A-Gurevich,M/Reykjavik 2003}) 12. Kb1 Nd5
$6 {Losing 2 tempi to trade the knight for the bishop, which is not too
important for white as he can proceed with his kingside attack.} 13. Bd2 Nb4 $6
14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Ne5 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gf2f4,Gg2g5]} O-O ({An attempt to hide the
king on the queenside wouldn't work out as after} 15... Bd6 16. f4 Qe7 17. h4
b5 18. Be4 $14 {Black can't opt to castle.}) 16. f4 Bd6 (16... Qd5 17. Rhg1 b5
18. g4 f6 19. Ng6 Rfe8 20. g5 $16) 17. Rhg1 Bxe5 (17... c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. g5
hxg5 20. Rxg5 $40 {[%cal Gd1g1,Ge2h5]}) 18. dxe5 $16 {Black is deprived of any
counterplay, while White is ready to launch a pawn storm on the position of
Black's king.} Qe7 19. g4 Qh4 (19... f6 $16) 20. g5 $1 {Cutting off Black's
queen.} h5 {[%csl Rh4]} (20... Qxf4 21. Rdf1 Qh4 22. Rg4 Qh3 23. gxh6 Qxh6 24.
Rfg1 Rfd8 25. Qf2 $18 {[%cal Gg4h4]}) 21. Qe3 g6 (21... Qxh2 22. Rg3 Rfd8 23.
Rdg1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg3h3]}) 22. Rg3 Rad8 23. Rdg1 {[%cal Gg3h3]} 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 {The idea behind
this move is to bring the bishop to f3!} c5 7. O-O Nxe4 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7
9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qf3
Qb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. h3 $16 {Yemelin,
V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 (8... Be7 $5 9. Qe2 (9. c4 $5
O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d3 $5 14. Bxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Ne5 $14 {Zapata Alonso-Hoffman Alejandro/It (open), Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 1996}) 9... Qb6 (9... Nf6 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 $6 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12.
Qe5 $1 $36 Bf8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Nd4 $16 {Tseshkovsky
Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament, Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)})
10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Be3 $14 {Ebeling,M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT
1989 (31)}) 9. Bg5 {Very popular variation during last couple of years.} cxd4 (
9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995}) 10. Nxd4 (10.
Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 (11... Qb6 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15.
Nb3 Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Qh5 $36 {Kovacevic,A-Kosic,D/YUG 2000/EXT}) 12. Rxd4
Qxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 $16 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}
Nh3+ (14... O-O $5 15. fxg5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Bd8 $6 17. Qe4 $1 $16 {Rublevsky,
S-Zakharevich,I/Maikop 1998/CBM 66}) 15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4 $14 {Morozevich,
A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. c3 (11. Nb3 Bd6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 $4 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,
A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 $36 {Rublevsky,S-Christiansen,L/WchT 4th 1997}) (10... h6 $6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Bc5 (13... Be7 14. Nc6 $14) 14. Nb3 Ba7 15.
Na5 $16) 11. Bf3 {The bishop has to remain on the diagonal h1-a8 to put a
pressure on black's queenside.} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O
(11... a6 12. Re1 O-O 13. c3 Qa5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Nb3
Qb6 18. Rad1 $14 {Buckan,J-Poulsen,M/Kiel 2003}) 12. c4 (12. c3 Qa5 (12... e5
13. Nc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Rb8 $11) 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qb6
16. Rfd1 $14 {Womacka,M-Kuenitz,K/Seefeld 2000}) (12. Re1 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13.
Nb3 (13. Nf5 exf5 14. Rxe7 Ne4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qd5 Qxb2 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Qxe4
Qxa2 19. Qxb7 Rac8 20. Qxa7 Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Perez,R/Seville 2004/
CBM 098 ext (20)}) 13... Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Bb4 16. c3
Bd6 {[%csl Ge5]} 17. c4 $5 a5 $132 {Polgar,J-Van Wely,L/Hoogeveen 2001}) 13. c3
a6 14. Bh4 (14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Nf5 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Ba4 $1 {[%cal
Gd8d1,Ga4d1]} 17. Qf4 Rxd1 $1 18. Bxd1 Qxf4 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 $11 {Aseev,
K-Feoktistov,A/Elista 2001}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Bf8 18.
Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Nb3 $14 {Shirov,A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2001}) 12...
Qc7 (12... a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17. Bc7 Bc5 18.
Nb3 $14 {Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Monaco 2004}) (12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Bd2 a5 16. Qe5 $14 {Antoniewski,R-Meier,G/Deizisau 2004}) 13. Qc1 Bd7 {
Nogueiras doesn't want to push ...e5 which was successfully tried by Pelletier
earlier the same year:} (13... a6 14. Re1 e5 15. Nc2 Qxc4 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Ne3
Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rac8 $11 {Morozevich,A-Pelletier,Y/Biel 2004}) 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
b3 Qb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 ({There was nothing wrong with} 16... e5 17. Nc2 Rad8 18.
Ne3 e4 19. Be2 Be6 $11 {and black pieces are very comfortably placed.}) 17. Be3
{Starting the series of manouvres which don't change much in the position.} Bc5
18. Qc3 a6 19. h3 Bb4 20. Qb2 Qc7 21. a3 Bd6 22. Rd2 Bc8 23. Rad1 Be7 24. Qa2
h6 25. Qb2 Nd7 26. g3 Bf6 27. Bg2 Ne5 28. c5 $6 {Drasticly changing the
character of play! The move by itself is hardly a strong one, but to prove it
black had to calculate accurately a few lines.} Ng6 $2 {Trusting the opponent!
It was much better to take on c5} (28... Qxc5 $1 29. Nxe6 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 (30.
Rxd2 Qe7 31. Nd4 Bxh3 $1 32. Bxh3 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxd2+ 34. Qxd2 Rd8 $17) 30...
Qe7 31. Nf4 (31. Nc5 Bxh3 $1 32. Bxb7 Bg4 $17) 31... Qxa3 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. Qc2
Be6 34. Bc5 $44 {and white's initiative should be enough for a draw, but
hardly for more than that.}) 29. b4 $14 {Now white is well in control of the
game.} Ne7 30. Qc2 Nd5 (30... e5 31. Ne2 Bf5 32. Qa4 Nc6 33. Nc3 $14) 31. Nf5
$1 Nxe3 (31... exf5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 (33. Bxd5 $2 Rxe3 $1 34. fxe3 Qxg3+
35. Qg2 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxa3 $17) 33... Be5 (33... Rxe3 34. fxe3 Qxg3 35. Qf2 Qg6
36. Qf4 $16) 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Qe5 36. Qd2 $16) 32. Nxe3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal
Ge3c4,Gc4b6,Gc4d6]} Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rd8 $6 (33... b6 34. Nc4 bxc5 35. Nd6 Rd8 36.
Qxc5 (36. bxc5 Be7 37. Bf3 e5 38. Kg2 Be6 $11) 36... Qb8 37. Qc6 $14 Be7 $140
$2 38. Nf5 $1 exf5 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Qe8+ $18) 34. Nc4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc4d6]
} Rd4 (34... Bd7 35. Qd1 Bb5 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Nd6 Bc6 38. Nxb7 $16) 35. Nb6
$18 a5 (35... g6 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Qe4 Bb2 38. Nxc8 Qxc8 39. Qxb7 Qxb7 40. Bxb7
$18) 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Qa4 $1 $18 Qxg3 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ellers, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 $5 Be7 (7...
f5 $5 8. Nh5 (8. b3 Be7 9. Nh5 g6 10. Nf4 g5 $6 11. Nh5 Kf7 12. Nd2 Qg8 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. f3 $16 {Fuellgrabe,T-Thesing,M/Berlin 1995}) (8. c3 Be7 9. h4
Nxg3 10. fxg3 h5 11. Bg5 b6 12. Be2 a5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Mainka,R-Meister,P/
Germany 1991}) 8... g6 9. Nf4 $5 Be7 $13) (7... fxe5 8. dxe5 (8. Bb5 exd4 9.
Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxd4 Qd5 11. Nxc6 (11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qd6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qa4 e5
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 c5 $15 {Hector,J-Rozentalis,E/Malmo 1997}) 11... Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 a6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Re1 Bxc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rxe4 $16 {Timman,
J-Thesing,M/NED 2000}) 8... Bd7 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bb5 Qe7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Be8 $15 {Gashimov,V-Heberla,B/Artek 2000}) 8. exf6
Nxf6 (8... Bxf6 9. Bd3 O-O $8 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxd4 12. O-O c6 $1 (12...
e5 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rad1 $16 {Ivanovic,B-Nikolic,S/
Budva 1986}) 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 e5 15. Be3 $14 {Mokry,K-Reefschlaeger,H/
Malmo 1986}) 9. Bb5 $5 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Ng5 $6 {Useless move,
which turns out to be a waste of time.} (12. c3 $5) 12... Re8 13. Nf3 $1 {
It's very important to admit your own errors, so this move deserves an
exclaimation mark.} a6 (13... Ne7 $5 14. Bd3 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. c3
Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nc6 18. Re2 e5 $14) 14... Nf5 15. c3 c5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rxe8+
Qxe8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 $14) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. b3 {Black has to play c5
sooner or later to get some counterplay so white bishop is very well placed on
b2.} (15. Ne5 $5 c5 16. Bg5 cxd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qh4 Be7 $132) 15... c5 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bb2 Bb4 18. c3 Bd6 19. c4 c6 $6 (19... dxc4 20. bxc4 Rb8 21. Qc2
Bc6 22. Nd4 Qd7 $132) 20. Qc2 c5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Ng5 $5 {From now on white
puts enormous pressure on black's position and finally wins a pawn.} Re7 (22...
d4 $2 23. Qc4+ $18) (22... h6 $2 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8#) 23. Qd3 {
[%csl Rd5]} Bb5 (23... d4 24. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} (24. Qc4+ Kf8 $14) 24... Bb5
25. Qf5 $16) 24. Qf3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg3f5]} Bxg3 25. hxg3 Bc6 26. Qc3 $1 $16
{[%csl Rc5]} Ne4 {There is no way to keep the pawn on c5.} (26... Qd6 27. Rxe7
Qxe7 28. Re1 Qa7 29. Ba3 $16) 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rad1 Qe8 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. Qxc5
Rc8 31. Qd4 Qf7 (31... h6 $2 32. Rxh6 gxh6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Qf6+
Kd7 36. Rd1+ $18) 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Re8 34. Qd4 h6 35. Qe3 Bc6 36. Rc1
Qd5 $2 {Blundering a piece in the position which is not so simple to win for
white.} (36... Bb7 $16) 37. Qc3 $18 {[%cal Gc3c6,Gc3g7]} 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2001.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 (
7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3
g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6
20. h3 $16 {Yemelin,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995/1-0 (67)}) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 (
8... Be7 $5 9. Qe2 (9. c4 $5 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d3
$5 (13... Bc5 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Bxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne5 $14
{Zapata Alonso-Hoffman Alejandro/It (open), Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996 (38)}
) 9... Qb6 (9... Nf6 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 $6 (10... Bxc5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rad1
Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. c3 $14) 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12. Qe5 $1 $36 Bf8 13. Re1 Qd6 14.
Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Nd4 $16 {Tseshkovsky Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/
Tournament, Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)}) 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2
Nf8 13. Be3 $14 {Ebeling,M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT 1989 (31)}) 9. Bg5 $5 {Very
popular variation during last couple of years.} cxd4 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
c3 $5 (11. Qd3 $5 $14) 11... Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 (12... Ke7 $5) 13. Qa3 Qe7 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995/
1-0 (50)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 (11... Qb6 12. Rxd4 (12. Nxd4
Qxb2 (12... Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Qh5 $36 {
Kovacevic,A-Kosic,D/YUG 2000/EXT}) 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Bf4 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Qxa2 $13) 12... Qxb2 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5 $44) 12. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 $6 (12...
Bd7 $142 $5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 Nh3+ (14...
O-O $5 15. fxg5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Bd8 $6 17. Qe4 $1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/
Maikop 1998/CBM 66}) 15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4 $14 {Morozevich-Zakharevich,Russia,
1997,1-0} (16. Qe4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Rd8 $6 18. Rd3 $1 Rb8 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Ne5 $16 {
Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/Krasnodar 1997/EXT})) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 (
11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4
$14 {Rublevsky,S-Christiansen,L/Luzern 1997/CBM 62}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Qh5 f5 $13 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60}) (10... h6 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Nc6 $1 $14 {Ciganikova,A-Rakay,K/SVK
1999/EXT 2000}) 11. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3a8] Keeping the bishop on diagonal a8-h1
looks more logical than} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O 12.
Re1 (12. c3 e5 13. Nc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Rb8 $11) 12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Rd8
14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Bb4 {Black must play this move first:} (
15... a5 $6 16. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} Bb4 (16... Bd6 $2 17. Bxa5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6
Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bc3 20. Bxd8 $18) (16... a4 17. Ba5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxa5
$18) 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 $14) 16. c3 Bd6 {[%csl Ge5]} 17. c4 $5
a5 18. Rac1 $5 {Starting extremly interesting complications.} (18. c5 $2 Bxc5
19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 {[%csl Rb2]} 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Bf3 Qxb2 $17) (18. Bc3
Qc7 19. h3 Bc6 $13) 18... a4 19. c5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 $5 ({Not perfectly clear is} 
20. Kxh2 Qc7+ 21. Kg1 (21. Qe5 Qxe5+ 22. Rxe5 axb3 23. axb3 Bc6 $15 {[%cal
Gd8d2]}) 21... axb3 22. axb3 Bc6 23. Bg5 $13) 20... Qc7 21. Na5 (21. Ba5 $2 Qf4
22. Bxd8 Rxd8 $1 (22... Qh6 $2 {[%cal Gh6h1]} 23. Bxf6 Bf4+ 24. Bh5 axb3 25.
Rcd1 Qxf6 26. g3 Bc6+ 27. Kg1 $16) 23. g3 Qh6 24. Qe3 g5 25. Kg2 e5 $19 {
[%cal Gh6h3]}) 21... Bb5 $1 {Great defensive resourse! After this move black
siezes the initiative.} 22. Qxb5 Rxd2 23. Nc4 $8 (23. Qxb7 $2 Rxa5 $19) (23.
Nxb7 Rxf2 24. Nd6 Rb8 $17) 23... Rxf2 24. Qxb7 Rb8 $1 {Another great move from
black's side.} 25. Qxc7 (25. Qc6 $6 Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4h4]} 26. Qd6 $8 Qxc1 $1
27. Qxb8+ Bxb8 28. Rxc1 a3 $1 $15) 25... Bxc7 26. Kg1 Bg3 27. c6 (27. Red1 $5
a3 {[%cal Gf2a2]} 28. b4 $6 g5 $1 (28... Rxa2 $6 29. Na5 g5 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Ra1
$44 {[%csl Ra3]}) 29. Nb6 Rxa2 $19) 27... Ne8 28. Red1 a3 29. bxa3 Rxa2 30. Rd7
g6 $5 31. Rb7 Rd8 32. Rd7 Rc8 33. Rb7 (33. Nb6 $4 Bf2+ $19 {[%cal Gf2g1,Gf2b6]}
) 33... Rd8 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Rf1 Nf6 {Black is a pawn up, but strong passed
pawn on c6 makes black's task extremly difficult.} 36. Rb7 Rc7 (36... Nd5 $5
37. Bd1 Rxc6 38. Bb3 Re2 39. Rbxf7 g5 $15 {[%cal Gd5f4]}) 37. Rd1 Kg7 $6 {
Black keeps winning chanses after the move in the game as well,but better was}
(37... Nd5 $5 38. Bxd5 (38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Rxd5 Bg3 $17) 38...
exd5 39. Rxc7 Bxc7 40. Rxd5 Bg3 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Rc8 (
39... Rxb7 $4 40. cxb7 Rb2 41. Rd8 $18) 40. Rxe6 Rxa3 41. Ree7 Rf8 42. Kf2 Rc3
43. Rb5 Ra8 44. Rbb7 Rf8 45. Rb5 Re8 (45... h5 $5) 46. Rxe8 Nxe8 47. Ke2 Nd6
48. Rb1 Kf6 49. Kd2 Rc5 50. Kd3 Nb5 51. Bg4 Nc7 (51... Ke5 $2 52. Rxb5 $1 Rxb5
53. c7 Rc5 54. c8=Q Rxc8 55. Bxc8 Kf4 56. Ke2 Kg3 $11) 52. Bd7 Ke7 53. Rb8 h5
54. Rc8 Nb5 55. Re8+ Kd6 56. Rf8 Ke7 57. Re8+ Kf6 58. Rb8 Nd6 59. Rb1 Ke7 60.
Rb8 Rg5 61. Rb2 Kd8 62. Kd4 Kc7 63. Ra2 Nb5+ (63... h4 $5) 64. Ke3 Re5+ 65. Kd3
Kd6 66. Kc4 Rc5+ 67. Kd3 Nc7 68. Ke4 Re5+ $6 (68... Nd5 $5 69. Rd2 f5+ 70. Kf3
Ke5 71. Re2+ Kf6 $17) 69. Kf3 g5 70. Rb2 Nb5 71. Kf2 Rd5 72. Be8 Rf5+ 73. Kg3
Ke7 74. Re2+ Kf6 75. Rd2 Ke7 76. Re2+ Kd6 77. Rd2+ Ke7 78. Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 O-O (11... cxd4 $5 12. Nxd4
Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 $5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. f4 g6 $11 {Short,
N-Kortschnoj,V/Manila izt 1990}) 12. Ne5 $2 cxd4 13. O-O dxc3 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Qe4 Rd8 $17 {Borst,J-Bosboom,M/NLD-ch sf 1995}) 9. Bd3 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 $11 {
Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/Manila 1992/TD}) (9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1
{1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila 1992/TD (17)}) (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11.
Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Rd3 $14 {Dutreeuw,
M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7
12. Ne5 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Kaminski,M/
WchJM-U18 1995}) 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bxc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Ne4 Be7 15. Be2 f5 16. Nd6 Rd8 $11 {Toth,A-Borcsok,L/HUN 1995}) (9. Be2 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,
V-Zifroni,D/EUchJM-U18 1994}) 9... cxd4 10. O-O (10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12.
O-O b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Rd4 17. f4 $36 {Fedorchuk,
S-Mirzoev,A/Calicut 1998/CBM 67}) 10... Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. c3 {After the
move in the game blak trades the darksquared bishops reducing white's
potential to fight for the advantage.} (12. Re1 $5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf3 (
14. c3 b6 $11 (14... Qc7 $5 15. a4 $5 Bd7 16. a5 Rad8 17. Qb3 a6 18. Be4 $14 {
Kovacevic,A-Antic,D/Banja Koviljaca 2002}) (14... Rd8 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Rad1 Qc7
$11) 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. b3 Rab8 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxb7 Rxb7
$11 {Spangenberg,H-Gomez Baillo,J/Buenos Aires 1998}) 14... Qb4 15. Nb3 a5 16.
a3 Qb6 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 Rd8 19. Nd2 Rd5 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. Qe2 b6 $11 {Klovans,
J-Haub,T/Germany 1999}) (12. Bg3 Bd7 13. c3 (13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Be5 Bd6 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. c3 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11 {Areshchenko,A-Alexandrova,O/
Alushta 2002}) 13... Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. f4 $5 Qc5 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Kh1 b6 18.
h3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,R-Psakhis,L/Ohrid 2001}) 12... Nd5 (12... e5 $5 13. Nf5
Bxf5 14. Bxf5 g6 15. Bc2 Nh5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2
Arnold,L-Pachman,L/Germany 1995/GER-chT2 (18)}) 13. Bg3 Bd6 $5 14. Qe2 Bxg3 (
14... a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxd6 (16. Bb1 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rd4
Bb7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Qe3 $14 {Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest 1993}) 16... Qxd6
17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Rd4 b6 20. Ne5 $14 {Skripchenko Lautier,
A-Lomineishvili,M/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97}) 15. hxg3 $6 {It's very strange that
such a great attacking player as Sutovsky opts for such a harmless
continuation, since after less obvious} (15. fxg3 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2e4]
it's not easy for black to neutralize white's threats.} Qg5 (15... Re8 $6 16.
Qe4 Nf6 (16... g6 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Be4 $16) 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 (17...
gxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bb5 $1 Bd7 20. Re1 Bxb5 21. Nf5 $1) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rf1
Qg5 20. Bg6 $16) 16. Rae1 Nf6 (16... Bd7 $2 17. Qe4 g6 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Ne5 $40
{[%csl Rg6]}) 17. b4 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd4f3]} Bd7 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Qe3 $36)
15... Qc7 16. f4 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bc2 (18. Bb1 {[%csl Gb2]} g6 19. Qf2 {
[%cal Gg3g4,Gf4f5]} Nf6 20. Qf3 Bc6 $13) 18... g6 {The darksquared bishop's
gone so there is no reason for black to suspect from weakening square f6.} 19.
Qd2 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gd5e7,Ge7f5,Gd7b5]} 20. Bb3 Ne7 21. Kh2 $6 {Emil is
desperately looking for complications hoping to outcalculate his opponent.} (
21. Qe3 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf4f5]} Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Bxc6 24. g4 Rd2 25.
Rf2 Rfd8 $132) 21... Bb5 $1 22. f5 $8 {A signal for an attack.} (22. Rf2 Nf5
23. Rd1 Rd7 $17) 22... Nxf5 $5 {Black doesn't want to take any risks, even
though after more ambitious} (22... Bxf1 $5 23. fxe6 (23. f6 Nf5 24. Rxf1 Kh7
$19) 23... f5 (23... Ba6 $2 24. exf7+ Kh7 25. Rxe7 $16) 24. Rxf1 Kg7 25. Qf4
Qc5 $15 {black is clearly better.}) 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Qxh6 Rxd4 $8 {The knight
has to be eliminated!} (24... Rfe8 $2 25. Ne6 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rxe6 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 $18) 25. cxd4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ ({The last chance to
play on was} 26. Rc1 $5 Bd7 27. Rc5 Be6 28. Re5 Qd6 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Kg1 (30. d5
$2 Kf6 $1 31. dxe6 Qxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kxe5 33. exf7 Rf8 $17) 30... Kf6 $13) 26...
Bxe8 27. Qf4 {[%csl Gd6]} Qf6 $11 {Now the draw is inevitable.} 28. Bd5 (28. d5
Qxb2 29. Qb8 Qh8+ 30. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 28... b6 29. Kg1 g5 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Qe7
32. Qe5 (32. Bf3 Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Ke7 $11) 32... Qxe5 33. dxe5 Ke7 34. Ke3 Bb5
35. Kd4 a5 36. a3 Bd7 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Bb5 39. Bb7 Bf1 40. Bc8 Bxg2 41.
Bxf5 Bb7 42. Be4 Bc8 (42... Bxe4 $4 43. Kxe4 Ke6 44. g4 b5 45. Kd4 $18) 43. Bd5
Bh3 44. Bf3 Bc8 45. Bd1 Bb7 46. Bc2 Bc8 47. Ke4 Be6 48. Bd3 Bc8 49. Bc4 Bh3 50.
Ba6 Be6 51. Bd3 Bc8 52. Kd5 Bb7+ 53. Kd4 Bc8 54. Bc2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Ganor, Dotan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3) (8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7) 8... Nd5 9.
Bd2 (9. Qd2 $5) 9... Bd6 10. Bd3 (10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2
Qe7 14. O-O-O b6 15. Bc2 a6 16. Kb1 Bb7 17. Bc3 O-O $132 {Xu Jun-Zvjaginsev,V/
Moscow 2001}) 10... Nf4 (10... O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O) 11. Bxf4
(11. Bf1 Nd5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 b6 16. Be4 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Bd7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Ne5 $14 {Palac,M-Kovacevic,B/Zadar 2001}) 11... Bxf4
12. Qe2 {The arising position is similiar to the line with 8.Bxf6,however
there is a difference: The black queen is better placed on d8 than on f6, but
the bishop is misplaced on f4. In other words the position should be slightly
better for White, but very close to equality.} Qd5 13. c3 O-O 14. g3 $6 {
At this point I was hoping to launch an attack on the g-file, but it proves to
be an illusion. It was better to play} (14. Be4 Qa5 15. g3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Rd8 17.
f4 $14 {with a comfortable advantage.}) 14... Bd6 15. Rg1 $6 (15. Be4) 15...
Bd7 $1 $11 (15... Be7 16. g4 c5 17. Be4 Qd6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. O-O-O $36 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5]}) 16. Be4 Qb5 (16... Qa5 $5 17. g4 $1 (17. Bxb7 $6 Rab8 18.
Be4 c5 (18... Qb6 $5) 19. Kf1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Rb1 f5 $36 {[%csl Rf1]
[%cal Ge6e5]}) 17... Bf4 18. g5 hxg5 19. Ne5 $40 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 17. Bd3 {
I realised that I can't win a pawn on b7, so I had to switch to an alternative
plan.} (17. Qxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Nd2 Rxb2 22. Bb3
Bd5 $132 23. c4 Bb4 $1) (17. Ne5 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rab8 20. Rgd1
Rfd8 $11 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Gb7b6,Gd7e8]}) 17... Qd5 18. Nd2 (18. Ne5 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Qxe5+ 20. dxe5 Bc6 $11) 18... e5 ({There was an interesting possibility
for Black to complicate the position after} 18... c5 $5 19. Be4 Qg5 20. Bxb7
Rab8 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Qa6 Bb5 23. Qxd6 Qxb7 24. Nxc5 Qf3 25. Qe5 Bc4 $132) 19.
Be4 Qe6 20. d5 Qe7 21. g4 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} Rac8 $6 {By preparing the trade of
the light-squared bishop black is playing into White's hands.} (21... Rab8 22.
O-O-O g6 (22... b5 23. Kb1 b4 24. c4 a5 25. Nf3 a4 26. h4 Rfe8 $132) 23. Nf3
Kh7 24. g5 hxg5 (24... h5 $6 25. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge4c2,Gd2e4]}) 25.
Nxg5+ Kg7 26. h4 Rh8 $13) 22. O-O-O c6 23. Kb1 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bc6 (24... Ba4 $6
25. b3 Bc6 {[%csl Rc3]} 26. Ne4 Rfd8 27. g5 $36) 25. Ne4 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rfd8 27.
h4 $5 {I could've won a pawn on e5, but preferred to keep the pressure hoping
that my attacking chances on the h-file would cost a pawn.} (27. g5 $5 hxg5 28.
Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxe5 Re6 (29... Qd7 30. Rexg5 g6 31. h4 $16) 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31.
Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rxg5 Rf8 33. Rg2 Rf3 34. Kc2 $16) (27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxe5 Qd7 29.
Re7 Qc6 30. g5 $14) 27... Bc7 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Qe6 $6 (30...
Qd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7d3]} 31. Ka1 $1 Qd3 32. Qg4 g6 33. Rh1 $16) 31. a3 Qg6 32. Rh1
$1 {Setting up a nice trap.} Rd2 (32... b5 33. f3 a6 34. Qh2 Kf8 35. Ka1 a5 $14
) 33. Qg4 f5 $2 (33... Rd8) 34. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%cal Gg4c4] Winning by force.}
gxf6 (34... Qxf6 35. Qc4+ Qf7 36. Rh8+ $18) (34... Kf8 35. Qb4+ Kf7 36. Qc4+
$18) 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Qxc7 f4+ 37. Ka1 Qg7 (37... Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Rh8 Rd1+
40. Ka2 Qb1+ 41. Kb3 $18) {From now on we were in the severe time-scramble so
the number of mistakes is quite big even for myself!} 38. Qc8+ $6 (38. Rh8+ $1
Qxh8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. gxf6+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ Kg8 42. f7+ $18) 38... Ke7 39. Qxb7+ (
39. Rh8 Rd7 40. Re8+ Kd6 41. Qc4 Qf7 42. Qb4+ Kc6 43. Rc8+ Rc7 44. Rf8 $18)
39... Rd7 40. Qe4 Ke6 41. Qc6+ (41. g6) 41... Rd6 42. Qe8+ Qe7 43. Qc8+ $6 Qd7
$16 44. Qc4+ $6 (44. Qg8+) 44... Kf5 45. gxf6 Rd1+ 46. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 47. Ka2 Kxf6
48. Qc6+ Kf5 49. f3 Qe2 $6 (49... Qd3 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 50. Qd5 $1 Kg5 51.
c4 Kh4 52. c5 e4 53. c6 $5 (53. fxe4 f3 54. c6 f2 (54... Qc2 55. e5 f2 56. Qf7
Kg3 57. c7 $18) 55. c7 Qc2 56. Qd8+ $18) 53... exf3 54. c7 f2 55. c8=Q f1=Q 56.
Qdd8+ $2 (56. Qh8+ Kg3 57. Qg5+ Kf3 (57... Qg4 58. Qhh4+ $18) 58. Qhh5+ Ke3 59.
Qc5+ Kd2 60. Qc3+ $18) 56... Kg3 57. Qc3+ $6 (57. Qg5+ $1 Kf3 (57... Kh2 58.
Qh8+ Qh3 59. Qxf4+ $18) 58. Qc6+ Qe4 59. Qh5+ Ke3 60. Qhc5+ Kf3 61. Qc3+ $18)
57... Kf2 58. Qh4+ Kg1 59. Qd4+ Qef2 60. Qhxf4 $18 Qxd4 61. Qxd4+ Kg2 62. Qg7+
Kh3 63. Qd7+ Kg3 64. Kb3 a6 65. Qd6+ Kg2 66. Qd5+ Kh2 67. Qe5+ Kg2 68. Qd5+ Kh2
69. a4 (69. Ka4 $5) 69... Qe2 $2 70. Qd6+ Kg1 71. Qc5+ Kh1 72. Qc1+ Kg2 73. Qc2
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Thesing, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. exd5 $6 {It's hard to believe that
white may fight for advantage with such a straightforward play.} (5. e5) 5...
exd5 6. Bb5 Bb4 (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Be7 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 Na5
11. b4 c6 12. Bd3 Nc4 $13 {Blauert,J-Biro,S/Budapest 2003}) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O
a6 11. Ba4 Nb4 12. a3 a5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Kb1 Ne4 $11 {Przedmojski,R-Rozentalis,
E/Ustron 2003}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Qf3 Qd6 {
All this was played before and in none of the games black faced any sort of
troubles. The following game is not an exception.} (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qe8 13.
Nd3 Qa4 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Rfe1 c6 16. Be5 Rfe8 17. Qg4 $16 {Brustman,
A-Radziewicz,I/Suwalki 1999}) 12. Re1 (12. a4 f6 13. Nd3 Qd7 14. Re1 Qf7 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf5 $11 {King,D-Keitlinghaus,L/Germany 1987/
GER-chT}) (12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Rfe1 f6 14. Nc4 Qd7 15. Na5 Ba6 16. c4 Rfe8 (16...
Ng5 17. Bxg5 fxg5 18. Qe3 dxc4 19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Rf6 21. Rae1 $14 {
Gdanski,J-Thesing,M/Antwerp 1992}) 17. c5 Re6 18. Qa3 Rae8 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qc3 {
1/2-1/2 Skrzypnik,M-Heberla,B/Wisla 2000/EXT 2005 (20)}) 12... f6 13. Nc4 Qd7
14. Na5 {[%csl Ra5]} Ba6 15. h3 Rfe8 $11 16. Bf4 Re7 17. c4 Rae8 18. Qb3 (18.
Qa3) 18... g5 $5 {Black spots an opportunity to get some play on the kingside.}
19. Be3 (19. Bg3 Nd2 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qa4 Qe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kh2 Nf1+ $11
) 19... dxc4 $5 (19... f5) 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Qd5 22. Qb4 {[%csl Ge1]
[%cal Gb4e1]} (22. Qa6 f5 23. c4 Qf7 24. Qxa7 (24. Qxc6 f4 25. Bc1 f3 26. Be3
fxg2 27. Kxg2 Rf8 28. Qd5 Re6 $44) 24... f4 25. Bc1 Nxf2 $1 $15 {[%csl Rg1]})
22... Nd6 $5 {[%csl Gc4]} (22... f5 23. c4 Qd7 24. Rad1 f4 25. Bc1 $14) 23. Bd2
Kg7 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. Be3 (25. a4 Nf5) 25... Kg6 26. Rc1 $5 {Elmira is a very
dangerous attacking player, and she finds an interesting chance to complicate
the position just on time.} (26. Qa4 f5 27. Qxa7 f4 28. Bd2 Re2 29. Rd1 Nf5 $36
{[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf5h4]}) 26... Qxa2 27. c4 Qe2 (27... f5) 28. Qb1+ Kg7 29. d5
$1 Nxc4 30. Bc5 Re5 $2 (30... Nd6 31. Bxd6 cxd6 32. dxc6 Rc7 33. Qb8 Qe7 $11) (
30... Re8 31. dxc6 Qb2 32. Qxb2 Nxb2 33. Bxa7 Nd3 $11) 31. Qb8 $40 Nd2 $6 (
31... cxd5 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kf5 34. Qxh7+ Ke6 35. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh7e7]}
) 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Qg8+ (33. Qg8+ Kf5 34. Qxh7+ Kf4 35. g3+ Kf3 36. Rc3+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ned2 Ngf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 $5 {The idea behind this move is to bring the
knight to e5.} (10. c3) 10... Bd5 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5] This move seems to be a
novelty. Black plans to transfer c5 as soon as possible.} (10... Bb5 11. a4 (
11. c3 c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Nf5 $1 Bc5 16. Bg5 $14 {
Gelfand,B-Godena,M/Moscow olm 1994 (30)}) (11. Bg5 c5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7
14. b3 Ba6 15. Nfe5 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Bxd3 18. Nxd7 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nxd7
$17 {Fette,M-Illner,Germany BL, 1993}) 11... Ba6 12. Bg5 (12. c3 c5 13. Bf4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bf1 $14 {Brodsky,M-Lauridsen,J/Vendrell op 1996 (24)})
12... c5 13. Ne3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 $11 {Bertona,F-Herman,D/
Buenos Aires 2000}) (10... b6 11. Nce5 Bb7 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 (12. Nxe5 Bb7
13. c4 c5 $11 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Aagaard,J-Westerinen,H/
Hafnarfjordur ISL 1999 (15)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qg4 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Re8
15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nf8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxc6 Rb8 22. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Chernin,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 40 ext (38)}) 12.
Bb5 Nb8 $6 13. Qe2 a6 $6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. c3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 $16 {
Avrukh,B-Kelecevic,N/Biel 2000}) (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c3 a5 (12... Nd5
13. Qg3 Bf6 14. Nd6 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Ne4 Bh4 17. Qh3 g6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bh6
$18 {Glek,I-Kaiser,S/Bad Wiessee 1999}) 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Qh3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16.
Qg3 Qb8 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Rad1 a4 19. a3 b5 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h4 f5
23. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Ionescu,C/Calimanesti 1999/CBM 70 (23)}) (10...
Nb6 11. Nfe5 (11. Nce5 $142 $14) 11... Be8 12. Na5 $6 Qd5 13. Nb3 Bb5 14. Bg5
Bxd3 $11 {Wahls,M-Chabanon,J/Bad Endbach 1995 (44)}) 11. Nce5 c5 12. c4 Bxf3
13. Nxf3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf3 (15. Nb3 $6 Bb4 16. Re3 Qc7 17. Bf1 Rad8 $15
) 15... Qb6 16. Qc2 $6 {It was better to put a queen on e2 right away.} (16.
Qe2 $5 h6 17. Rb1 a5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Bb2 $14) 16... h6 17. Rb1 (17. Bf4 Rfd8)
17... a5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Bb2 Qd6 20. Rbd1 Qf8 21. Qe2 {Nothing changed} (21.
Be4 $5 Bb4 22. Re2 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Nc5 24. Red4 a4 $11 {and black is ok.}) 21...
Ba3 22. Ba1 Bb4 23. Rf1 Nc5 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Nd4 (26. Bb2 Na6 27.
Bxf6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 gxf6 $11) 26... Na6 {Bringing a bishop to c5 and the
knight c6.} 27. h3 Bc5 28. Nb5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qe7 30. Kf1 (30. a3 $5 Nb8 31.
Qd3 Nc6 32. Bb2 e5 $132) 30... Nb4 31. Bb1 Nc6 32. Bc3 e5 33. Qf3 Bb6 34. Qd3
Bc5 $1 {[%csl Gd6] now the position is absolutely equal.} 35. Qf5 Qd8 36. Qd3
Qe7 37. Qf5 Qd8 38. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O (9... Qc7 10. Bd2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Las Palmas 
(06) 1996}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 Nd5 14. Kb1 f6 15. Nf3
Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rhf1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Nogueiras,J/
Erevan ol (07) 1996}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 {I don't think that with this move
black may fight for the advantage and Speelman easily equalizes the position
after just a couple of moves.} (11. h4 Qa5+ (11... hxg5 $5 12. hxg5 g6 13.
O-O-O $2 Nd7 14. Bxg6 Be7 $17 {Bellia,F-Kacheishvili,G/Ubeda op ;EXP 51 1996})
12. Bd2 Qb6 (12... Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17.
Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov (01) ;CBM
52 1996}) (12... Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 e5 15. a3 Be6 $132 {Hector,
J-Hansen,Lars Bo/Copenhagen Open Copenhagen DEN (10) 1995}) 13. O-O-O (13. O-O
e5 $5 14. Nxe5 Re8 15. Nc4 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,R-Speelman,J/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57
}) 13... Ng4 14. Rdf1 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxf2 16. g4 $44 {Sermek,D-Golubovic,B/
Medulin 1997/EXT 2000}) (11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bh4 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Be4 Nf6 15.
Bd3 Nd5 $11 {Puljek Salai,Z-Svaljek,R/Pula 1999/EXT 2000}) (11. Bd2 b6 12.
O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Qd5 14. Rde1 Qh5 15. Rhg1 Ng4 16. Ref1 Bd6 17. Bc3 Rac8 18.
h3 Nh2 19. Nxh2 {1/2-1/2 Milu,R-Negulescu,A/ROM-ch 1992/EXT 97 (19)}) 11...
Qxf6 12. O-O-O Rd8 $1 {Very simple and strong move: black intends to develop
the bishop to d7.} (12... g6 13. h4 h5 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ng5 e5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17.
Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rhe1 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Kacheishvili,G/Linares 1996/CBM 51}) 13.
Kb1 (13. Ne5 $2 Bd4 $17) (13. Qe4 g6 14. h4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
h5 Rab8 $13) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. f4 (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rhf1 Rab8 17. b3
a5 $15) 15... Rd4 $1 16. Rhf1 $2 {This move just blunders a pawn on f4 without
any compensation. Afer correct} (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. g3 Rb4 (17... Rb8 18. c3
Rdd8 19. Be4 Ba3 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. b3 $13) 18. b3 a5 19. Qe5 $11 {white
manages to keep the position equal.}) 16... Rxf4 17. Rxf4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qe3 $1
$17 19. Qh5 (19. Qxe3 Bxe3 20. Rxf7 Bxg2 $17) 19... Rf8 (19... g6 $2 20. Bxg6
$18) 20. a3 Be8 {Properly defending a pawn on f7!} 21. Nc4 Qg5 22. Qe2 Bc6 23.
g3 (23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 b6 25. Ne5 Bd6 $17) 23... Bd4 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Taking
square e5 under control.} 24. Rf4 Rd8 25. Qe1 g6 (25... b6 $5) 26. Na5 Bg2 27.
h4 $6 Qe5 $19 28. Qd2 (28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Rf2 Bd5 30. c4 Bxg3 $19) 28... Be3 {
[%csl Ra5]} 29. Qxg2 Bxf4 30. Nxb7 Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Rxd3 32. cxd3 Qxg3 33. Qe4 Qe3
(33... Qxh4 $5) 34. Qc4 Be5 35. Nc5 Qd4 36. Qb5 Kh7 37. Ne4 Bg7 38. Kb1 f5 39.
Nc5 Qxh4 40. Qb3 (40. Nxe6 Qe1+ $19) 40... Qh1+ 41. Ka2 Qd5 42. Nxe6 Qxb3+ 43.
Kxb3 Bf6 44. d4 h5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ned2 Ngf6 8.
Nc4 Be7 9. O-O Bd5 10. Nce5 $5 {By playing this move white shows a lack of an
interest in the black lightsquared bishop, going for the direct kingside
attack.} (10. Ne3 Bxf3 (10... O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 c6 14. c3
$14 {Skrobek,R-Rustemov,A/Swidnica 1997}) 11. Qxf3 c6 12. b3 (12. c3 O-O 13.
Qh3 Re8 14. Ng4 Nf8 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bf4 Rad8 $11 {Zelcic,
R-Lputian,S/Gothenburg 2005}) 12... O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. c4 Rad8
16. Bf1 Bf8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc5 21. Qf5 $14 {
Rowson,J-McDonald,N/Torquay 2002}) 10... O-O (10... c5 $5 11. Nxf7 $5 (11. c4
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Rb1 a5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nc2 h6
18. h3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. b3 Rd7 $15 {Beshukov,S-Rustemov,A/
Krasnodar 1997}) 11... Bxf3 12. Nxd8 Bxd1 13. Nxe6 Bg4 14. Nc7+ Kf7 15. f3 Rac8
16. fxg4 Rxc7 17. g5 cxd4 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Bf4 $14 {Stellwagen,D-Werle,J/
Vlissingen 2004}) 11. Ng5 c5 $2 {Inviting white to start an attack. It looks
like after correct} (11... h6 {black has nothing to worry about, as after} 12.
Ngxf7 Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. c4 Bc6 15. Qe2 Nf8 $132 {he seems to be doing
fine.}) 12. c4 Bc6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nexf7 Rxf7 15. Nxe6 Qc8 ({May be it was more
accurate to play} 15... Qb6 {even though white's chances are clearly better
after} 16. d5 $5 (16. Bxg6 cxd4 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qf5 Rg8 $132) 16... Bxd5 (
16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gd3c4]}) 17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. Qe2 $14) 16. Bxg6 $1 Rg7 (16... Nf8 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. d5
Bd7 20. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc2c3,Gb2b3,Gc1b2]}) 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Re1 Bd6
19. dxc5 (19. Bxh7 $5 Nxh7 20. d5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ndf6 22. h3 $16 {[%csl Gg4]})
19... Be5 (19... Nxc5 20. Bf5 Qc7 21. b4 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24.
Bb2 $16) 20. Bf5 Qc7 21. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6] Finally bringing the queen to
attack.} Bxh2+ $6 (21... Nxc5 22. Qh6+ Kh8 $16) 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 (
23... Bxd7 24. Qd4 Rf8 25. Bg5 Kg7 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. Re7+ $18) 24. b4 $18 {
[%cal Gc1b2]} Rg8 25. Bb2+ Be5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Qf4 (27. f4 $2 Rxg2 28. Qxg2
Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Kg8) 27... Bxg2+ (27... Rxg2 28. Bxe5+ Kg8 29. Bxc7 $18) 28. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 $5 Be7 (6... Nd7
7. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Bc4 Bxg2 10. Rg1 Bd5 11. Nxe6 $13 {Hector,
J-Lyrberg,P/Geneve op 1995}) 7. Bd3 Nd7 (7... Nf6 $6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. c3 h6 10. h4
Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 $40 {Hector,J-Comas Fabrego,L/San
Sebastian 1991}) (7... h6 $2 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Kf8 10. Ng6+ Ke8 11. Nxh8 Nf6
12. Bg6+ Kf8 13. Nf7 $18 {Huebner,T-Komenda,E/Germany 1994}) (7... Bxf3 $6 8.
Qxf3 $1 Bxg5 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. Qxb7 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qxa8 c6 13. a4 Nf6 14.
a5 Qc7 15. a6 $18 {Degerman,L-Larsson,A/Sweden 2000}) (7... Bxg5 8. Nxg5 Nf6 9.
O-O h6 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Qg3 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qg4 14. Qc7 $16 {Brendel,
O-Kelecevic,N/Crans Montana 1999}) 8. Qe2 Bxf3 {Black couldn't wait with this
move no longer.} (8... h6 9. Ne4 Ngf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (10... Nxf6 11. c3 Qd6 12.
Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf4 $14 {Filipovic,B-Skembris,S/Banja
Luka 1987}) 11. c3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. O-O-O $36 {Westerinen,H-Nogueiras,J/
Jurmala 1978}) (8... Ngf6 $2 9. Nxf7 $1 Bb4+ $6 (9... Bxf3 $2 10. Qxe6 Bxg2 11.
Rg1 Bd5 12. Nxd8 Kxd8 13. Qh3 Re8 14. Be3 g6 15. O-O-O $18 {Namyslo,H-Rabl,J/
Wuerttemberg-ch 1997}) (9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13.
Ne6+ $16) 10. c3 Bxf3 11. Qxe6+ $1 Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. Nxh8 $16 {Kotronias,
V-Anastasian,A/Yerevan 2000}) 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 c5 {Arising
position is very typial for this line: white's got bishop pair and some
prospects for the kingside attack, while black can comfortably put his pieces
in the center. Black's position is very solid and it's pretty hard for white
to break through.} (11... Re8 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Ne5 c6 14. h4 $14) 12. dxc5 Nxc5
13. Bc2 Qc7 14. a4 a6 {[%csl Rb6] Weakening square b6 is of minor imprtance
since it's very difficult for white to exploite it.} (14... Rfd8 15. a5 Nd5 16.
Rd1 Rac8 17. g3 Bf6 $11) 15. a5 Rac8 16. g3 Nd5 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Bf8 19. h4
h6 20. Rd4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qf3 Rcd8 23. Kg2 f5 {The knight is extremly
strong on d5, so there is nothing wrong with 23...f5.} (23... Bc5 24. Rc4 Qd6
$13) 24. Ba4 Rd6 25. Bb3 Qc6 (25... Qf7) 26. Bd2 Be7 $6 {This move is a sourse
of black's problems. much better was} (26... Qb5 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]} 27.
c4 (27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. c4 Qc5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) 27... Ne3+ $1 28.
Qxe3 $1 (28. Bxe3 Qxb3 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qe2 Rc6 $15) 28... Qc6+ 29. Rd5 exd5
30. cxd5 Qb5 31. Qf3 $13) 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Bf4 $1 Nxf4+ $2 {Giving up a pawn
without a reason.} (28... Bxd4 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. cxd4 Kf7 31. Re5 Qc6 32. h5
$14) 29. Rxf4 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rf5][%cal Gb3g8]} Qxf3+ (29... Kf7 30. Rxf5 $16)
30. Kxf3 Kf8 31. Rxe6 Rd3+ (31... Rd2 32. Rxf5 Rxb2 33. Bd5 Rb5 34. c4 Rxa5 35.
g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} b5 36. g5 bxc4 37. Ke4 hxg5 38. hxg5 Raxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40.
Kxd5 Bxg5 41. Kxc4 a5 42. Ra6 $16) 32. Re3 Rd2 33. Rxf5 Rxb2 34. Bd5 Re8 35. c4
Rxe3+ 36. fxe3 Ke7 37. g4 g6 (37... g5 $2 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. e4 Rb3+ 40. Ke2
Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42. Kc2 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 $18) 38. Rf4 Bxh4 (38... Rb3 $5) 39.
Rf7+ Kd6 40. Ke4 Rg2 41. Kd3 Bd8 $4 (41... Rxg4 42. Rxb7 Bd8 43. Ra7 Kc5 44.
Rxa6 Kb4 45. Ra7 Bxa5 46. Rb7+ Ka4 47. c5 $18) 42. Bxg2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {
This poisonous continuation is becoming more and more popular lately, even
though Black could be satisfied with his achievements. The main moves in this
position are considered to be 7.Bd3 and 7.Bg5.} c5 8. Ne5 {The latest fashion!}
(8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 $6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7
13. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 9... gxf6 $6 (9... Bxf6 $1 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Rd1
Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxd4 Ke7 $15) 10. Qa4+ (10. Qb3 $5 Qc7
11. d5 Bd7 12. Bc4 Qf4 $5 13. O-O Rg8 $132) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7
13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Kc7 $11 {Van den Berg,A-Bohm,H/NLD-chT
1995 (28)}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final Russia Cup,
Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) (8. Be3 $5) 8... a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 {This move
was tried on a couple of occasions, but usualy Black prefers not to give up
the bishop that easy.} (10... Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 (11... Rb8 $2 12. dxc5 Qxe5
13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Bxb8 e5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxe5 $16 {Campora,D-Belezky,S/
Seville 2005}) (11... Bd6 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. d5 $14 {
Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997}) 12. Nxd7 (12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7
14. Qc4 $1 $14) 12... Bxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc6
16. f4 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Be4 Qc7 $11 {Dominguez,L-Dreev,A/Tripoli 2004}) 13.
Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 (14... Bxg2 $5 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Qe5 Qc8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18.
Rhe1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Rde1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Ziatdinov,R-Zakharevich,I/
Vladimir 2004}) 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 h4 19. Qg4 Be4
$132 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monaco 2004}) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7
13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15. f4 Nb8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $14
{Korneev,O-Slobodjan,R/Arco 2003}) 12. Be2 $5 {Preparing the kingside castle.}
(12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. Bc1 Rhd8
$13 {Kobalija,M-Milov,V/Ajaccio 2004}) 12... O-O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qa5 {
The only way to fight for an opening advantage.} (14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16.
fxe3 Bd6 17. h3 Rhe8 $11) 14... Nd5 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn, but getting a very
strong counterplay over the d-file.} 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 16. dxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 f5 (
17... Bxc5 $6 18. Rxf7+ Rd7 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 20. Kf2 Rf8+ 21. Bf3 $16) 18. b4 g6
19. Bc4 (19. Bf3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Rd3 $11) 19... Bg7 20. Rac1 Bh6 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Gd8d2]} 21. Rfe1 e5 22. Kf2 (22. Re2 Rd2 23. Kf2 Rhd8) 22... Rd2+ 23. Re2 Rhd8
24. Rc2 Rd1 25. e4 Rf8 26. Kg3 Bc1 $6 {This move is inaccurate and permits
White serious winning chances.} (26... fxe4 $142 27. Rxe4 Rf4 28. Rce2 Rc1 29.
Kh3 Rxc3+ 30. g3 b6 (30... Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Bg7 32. Bg8 h6 33. Re2 $14) 31. cxb6+
Kxb6 32. Bg8 $14) 27. Kh3 $1 (27. exf5 $6 Rxf5 28. Rf2 Rg5+ 29. Kf3 e4+ 30. Ke2
Rg1 31. g3 Rf5 32. Be6 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rh1 34. Kg2 Rd1 $11) 27... f4 28. Rf2 Be3
29. Rf3 h5 $6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 30. Kh4 Rfd8 31. Bd5 (31. Kg5 R8d2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2
33. Bf1 Rxa2 34. Kxg6 a5 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Kxh5 Rxc5 37. c4 $14) 31... R8xd5 $8
32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Re2 Rd3 34. Kg5 $6 {The idea is correct, but it was
necessary to start with 34.g3 in order to be able to take on f4 after e4 is
pushed by black.} (34. g3 $1 Rxc3 (34... e4 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 e3 (36...
Rxc3 37. Kg5 a5 38. Kxg6 axb4 39. f5 $18) 37. Kg5 Rd2 38. Rxe3 Rxh2 39. Kxg6 h4
40. f5 h3 41. Kf6 $16) 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kg5 a5 37. Kxg6 h4 38. Kg5 axb4 39.
Kxh4 Kc6 40. Kg4 Kxc5 41. h4 $16) 34... e4 35. Rfxe3 (35. Rxf4 $2 Rd5+ $19)
35... Rxe3 36. Rf2 f3 37. gxf3 exf3 38. Kxg6 Re2 $1 $11 39. Rxf3 Rg2+ 40. Kh6
Rxh2 41. a4 h4 42. Kh5 (42. a5 h3 43. Kh5 Rh1 44. Kh4 h2 45. Kh3 Kc8 $11) 42...
a5 43. b5 Ra2 44. Rf7+ Kc8 45. Rf8+ Kd7 46. Rf7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolovs, Andrei"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 (6. Ned2 $5) 6...
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Bxf3 (8... Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 $14) 9. Qxf3 c6 10.
Re1 Be7 11. Nc4 (11. c3 O-O 12. a4 $1 a5 13. Nc4 $14 Re8 (13... Nb6 14. Ne5
Nbd7 15. Qh3 $36 {>>}) 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Bg3 {/\ 15...Ng6 16.h4} g6 16. h3 Nd5
17. Ne5 f6 $6 {><e6} (17... Nf6 $142) 18. Nc4 Kg7 19. Re2 b5 $2 (19... b6 {
/\ Ra7}) 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Ne3 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Kelecevic,N/Lenk 1995 (58)})
11... O-O 12. c3 Nd5 (12... Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 (13... Nxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bc2
Qc7 16. Bf4 $14) 14. g4 $5 Bd6 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Rad1 $36 {Glek Igor V-Lyrberg
Patrik/It (open), Copenhagen (Denmark) 1995 (39)}) 13. Qh3 (13. Bf4 $5 Nxf4 14.
Qxf4 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bc2 $14) 13... g6 {Black's position is
quiet passive,but very solid and difficult to brakthrough.Now black plans to
transfer a bishop to g7,which is the best place in this type of position.} 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. Qg3 Bf8 $6 (15... c5 $5 16. dxc5 (16. Ne3 $5 cxd4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
cxd4 Qb6 $13) 16... Nxc5 17. Bc2 b5 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Rad1 $14) 16. Bxf8 $14 Rxf8
17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qxc7 {The arising endgame is definitly better for white,whose
pieces are more active,but it demands a lot of efforts and unmistakable play
to convert this advantage into something more.} Nxc7 19. Na5 $1 Rab8 20. Be4 {
Trying to fix black pawns on the queenside.} Rfc8 21. c4 Ne8 22. d5 $5 cxd5 23.
cxd5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Nef6 25. Bf3 (25. Re7 $5 Rc5 $1 (25... Nxd5 26. Rxd7 Nf4 27.
g3 Ne6 28. Nxb7 Rc2 29. Rb1 $16) 26. Nb3 $1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd7 Nf6 29.
Rc7 Rd8 30. Kf1 Rd7 $11) 25... Rc2 $1 $11 {Starting the counterplay,which
prooves to be enough for a draw.} 26. g4 g5 $1 27. h4 h6 28. Re7 Nf8 (28...
gxh4 $6 29. Rdxd7 Nxd7 30. Rxd7 Rxb2 31. Nxb7 Rxa2 32. Bd5 $16) 29. hxg5 hxg5
30. Re5 Ne6 31. Rf5 Kg7 32. Nxb7 Rxb2 33. Nc5 R8b5 $1 (33... Nxc5 34. Rxg5+ Kf8
35. Rxc5 Rxa2 36. g5 $14) 34. Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Rc1 Ra5 37. Rc7+ Kg6
38. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 (
7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3
g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6
20. h3 $16 {Yemelin,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995/1-0 (67)}) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 (
8... Be7 $5 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Be3 $14 {Ebeling,
M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT 1989 (31)}) 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 {
[%cal Gd1a4]} Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7
$16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2
Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (12... Qc7 $2 13. Bxe7 Qxe7) (12... Bd7 $142
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 Nh3+ 15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4
$14 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 (
11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 b6
(16... Bc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb7 O-O 19. Qxa7 $16) 17. d5 $5 $14 {Rublevsky,
S-Christiansen,L/WchT 4th 1997/1-0 (61)}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5
14. Bxf5 $4 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Re3 f4 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,A/Cupa
Dinamo 1998}) 11. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3a8] Bishop is perfectly placed on the
diagonal h1-a8.} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1
Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 a6 (
12... Qa5 13. Bh4 (13. Qd2 $5 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Bc1
$14) 13... Rd8 14. c3 e5 $2 15. Qe2 exd4 16. Qxe7 $16) 13. c3 Qc7 14. Qd2 (14.
Qe2 Re8 {[%csl Re7]} 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bh4 Rad8 17. Bg3 Qb6 $13) 14... Rd8 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. Nf5 {[%cal Ge1e7] It's hard to believe, but this move leads to a
draw almost by force, that's why white shoud have prefered} (16. Qf4 $5 $14 {
with better prospects.}) 16... Ba4 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1,Ga4d1]} (16... Bc6 17. Nxe7+
(17. Qf4 $6 Qxf4 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Bxf4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kxe7 $11) 17... Qxe7 18.
Qf4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 b6 20. Rd4 $1 $14) 17. Qf4 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $17) 17... Rxd1 $1
18. Bxd1 Qxf4 19. Nxe7+ (19. Bxf4 Bxd1 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Rxd1 Kxe7 22. c4 $14)
19... Kf8 20. Bxf4 Bxd1 21. Bd6 (21. Rxd1 $5 $14) 21... Bc2 22. Nd5+ Kg8 (22...
Ke8 $2 23. Nc7+ Kd7 24. Nxa8 Kxd6 25. Nb6 Kc5 26. Rc1 $18) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24.
Be7 Kg7 25. Rc1 Ba4 $11 (25... Be4 $5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Bc5 Rc8 28. Be3 Bd5 $11)
26. b3 Re8 $1 (26... Bc6 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Bd8 $1 $14) 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. bxa4
Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Rb1 Rxa2 31. Rxb7 a5 32. Ra7 Rxa4 33. Ke2
Ra2+ 34. Ke3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 Bd6 (8... Nd5 9. Bd3 (9. Bd2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 $6
13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. b4 a5 16. a3 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/BL9798
1997}) 9... c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Bxc5 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke8 $15 {Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/Baku 1997})
9. Bd3 (9. Qd3 b6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O
{1/2-1/2 Zezulkin,J-Schmidt,W/POL-chT 1994}) 9... Qe7 (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11.
O-O O-O 12. c4 c5 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bb1 Ba4 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne5 $14 {Huebner,
R-Nogueiras,J/Elista olm 1998}) 10. Qe2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. c4 Bb7 13.
d5 Rae8 14. h3 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Huebner,R/Mitropa Cup 1999}) 10... Nd5 11. Bd2
{If white wants to give up the bishop anyway why to lose a tempo?} (11. O-O-O
Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7 13. Ne5 O-O-O 14. f4 Kb8 $13) (11. O-O $5 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7
13. Rae1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Re5 Rd8 18. c3 Rd5 19.
Rfe1 $14) 11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qe4 $1 {Preventing castle
and developing of the bishop as well.} c6 (14... Rb8 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Ne5 $14)
15. c4 $1 (15. Rfe1 $5) 15... Bd7 (15... c5 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Bc2
$14) 16. c5 $14 Bc7 17. Rfe1 $6 (17. b4 O-O-O (17... g6 18. a4 O-O 19. Ne5 Rad8
20. f4 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 18. a4 g5 19. b5 Be8 20. Rfb1 $36 {
[%cal Ga4a6]}) 17... g6 18. b4 O-O-O 19. Qe2 $6 (19. a4 $36 {[%cal Ge1b1,Gb4b5]
}) 19... g5 20. Rab1 Be8 21. Qb2 $6 (21. Qe4 $5 $14) 21... g4 22. Nd2 (22. Ne5
Bxe5 (22... h5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 $40) 23. Rxe5
Qd7 24. Re4 f5 25. Rf4 Qc7 26. Qd2 $14) 22... Qf6 $132 23. Re4 Rg8 24. g3 (24.
b5 Rg5 {[%cal Gg5d5]} 25. a4 Rgd5 26. Nb3 h5 $132) 24... Rg5 25. Rbe1 h5 26.
Bf1 h4 (26... Rgd5 27. Nb3) 27. a4 hxg3 28. fxg3 Bd7 29. Bg2 (29. b5 $6 Rxc5 {
[%cal Gf6b2]}) 29... Rh8 $15 30. Nf1 Qg7 31. b5 $6 (31. Qd2 Rd5 32. Rd1 (32.
Qf2 f5 33. Rf4 Bxf4 34. Bxd5 Bxg3 35. Nxg3 cxd5 36. b5 Qh6 $15) 32... Rdh5 33.
Qf2 Qh6 $36 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf7f4]}) 31... Rxc5 $5 32. Rxg4 Qxg4 (32... Rxb5
$5 33. axb5 Qxg4 34. bxc6 Bxc6 35. d5 {[%cal Gb2h8,Gd5c6]} Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Bd4 $1
$17) 33. dxc5 Rh5 $15 {[%csl Rc5]} 34. Be4 Rxc5 $6 (34... Qg5 $5 35. Rc1 Qe5 $1
36. Qxe5 Bxe5 $17 {[%csl Rc5]}) 35. Qh8+ Bd8 36. Qf8 Rg5 37. Nd2 $2 (37. Qxf7
Rg7 (37... Bb6+ 38. Kg2 Re5) 38. Qf8 Rg8 39. Qf7 Be8 40. Qf3 $15) 37... Rd5 $6
(37... f5 $1 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Bxc6 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Bxc6 $19) 38. b6 $1 (38. Bxd5
Qd4+ 39. Kf1 exd5 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5,Rf1][%cal Gd7h3]}) 38... axb6 (38... Rxd2
$4 39. bxa7 $18) (38... Rd4 $5) 39. Nc4 $13 Rd1 (39... Qg5 40. Nxb6+ Kc7 41.
Bxd5 Kxb6 42. Bf3 $14) 40. Nxb6+ Kc7 41. Na8+ Kc8 42. Nb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 $5 {Aiming to deviate from
main lines.} Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.
Qd3 b5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. a3 bxa3 14. b3 $14 {Spangenberg,H-Nogueiras,
J/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97}) 7... Bxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 (9... c5 10. c3 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Qb6 12. Qb3 $6 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb6 $13 {Magem Badals,J-De la
Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona 1991/CBM 28}) 10. Be3 (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12.
Nb5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 c6 16. Qb3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 $14 {
Shirov,A-Ehlvest,J/Tallinn 1996/CBM 50 ext}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 c6 (11... c5
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rab8
$11 {Ivanov,A-Christiansen,L/Chandler 1997/CBM 61}) (11... Nb6 $5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 c6 15. a4 Rd8 16. c3 Nd5 17. a5 $14 {Motwani,P-Hempson,P/
Blackpool 1988/TD}) 12. Re1 Bxd4 (12... Nb6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4
Rd8 16. a4 a5 17. Nb3 $14 {Bezgodov,A-Dokutchaev,A/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99})
13. Qxd4 {White keeps slightly better chances tdue to better position of the
pieces and certain advantage in development, but his advantage is minimal and
black has great chances to keep the balance.} Nb6 $5 (13... Nf6 14. a4 Qxd4 15.
Nxd4 Rd8 16. c3 a5 17. Re5 Nd7 18. Re7 Kf8 19. Rae1 Nc5 (19... Nf6 20. h3 Bd7
21. R7e5 Re8 $11 {Hracek,Z-Ehlvest,J/Yerevan 1996/CBM 53}) 20. Bf1 Bd7 $11 {
[%cal Gd8e8] Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Germany 1997/GER-chT}) 14. a4 $6 (14. Qf4
$5 Nd5 (14... Be6 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Qh4 $14) 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. c4 Nb6 17. b3 Be6
18. Qg5 $5 $14) 14... Qxd4 15. Nxd4 a5 16. Nb3 Rd8 17. Nc5 Kf8 18. Re2 {
It's hard to recommend anything else:} (18. c3 Nc4 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8
21. Re1+ Kd8 $11) 18... Re8 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nd5 $5 ({Another
possibility was} 20... Nd7 21. Ne4 Nb6 22. Nd6 Be6 23. b3 (23. Nxb7 Nxa4 24. b3
Nc3 25. Re3 Nd5 $11 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 23... Rb8 $11 {and black seems to solve
all his problems.}) 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rd2 b6 23. Nd3 (23. Nb3 Bd7 $11 {[%csl
Ra4]}) 23... Be6 24. Nf4 Rc8 25. f3 Ke7 (25... Rc4 $5 26. b3 Rc5 $11) 26. h4 h6
27. h5 Rc4 28. b3 Rc5 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. g4 Kd6 31. Ne2 Rc5 32. Ke3 f5 (32... g5
$5) 33. Kf4 fxg4 34. fxg4 Rc7 35. c4 Rf7+ 36. Kg3 Ke5 37. Nd4 {After37...d:c4
38.N:e6 K:e6 39.b:c4 the draw is inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. b3 Qa5 (10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rfe1 (12. c4 Re8 13.
Rfe1 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Ng6 17. g3 Rad8 18. h4 Nf8 19. Rde1
$14 {Motylev,A-Dokuchaev,A/St.Petersburg op2 1994}) 12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. h4
Qa5 15. a3 Rad8 16. Bc2 b5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Bc1 Be7 $6 (19... e5 20.
Ng5 N7f6 $13) 20. Ng5 $1 $14 {Kveinys,A-Kertesz,A/Bonn GSK 1995}) (10... Bd6
11. Bb2 O-O 12. c4 Re8 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Bc2 Be7 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. h4
$14 {Huebner,R-Kelecevic,N/SWZ-chT9697 1997}) 11. a3 (11. Bb2 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Qxa3
13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Ne4 a5 15. Nd2 Qd6 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Nc4 $14 {Golubev,
M-Kelecevic,N/SWZ-ch op 1994}) 11... Qd5 (11... Bd6 12. Bb2 Qg5 13. Rfe1 O-O
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Bc1 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. c4 g6 19. Bg5 Rfe8 $11
{Loncar,R-Pavlovic,R/CRO-Cup Pula 1994}) (11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfe8
14. Rad1 Bf8 15. c4 Qd8 16. Bb1 g6 17. Ne2 Bg7 18. Nf4 Qc7 19. Nd3 Rad8 20. Re2
$14 {Stankovic,M-Medjedovic,J/JUG-chTW 1997}) 12. Qe3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Qxd4
$1 (14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 (15... Nxc5 $6 16. Bb5+ Ncd7 17. c4 Qd6 18. Rfd1
$36) 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Rad1 Rhd8 $11) 14... Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16.
Bb2 $1 $14 {It's very imortant for white to keep both his bishops on the board,
otherwise black doesn't face any problems.} O-O-O 17. b4 Bb6 (17... Bd6 18.
Rfe1 Rhe8 19. Rad1 g6 20. c4 $14) 18. Rad1 Nb8 19. Be2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nbd7 $6 (
20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bf3 Nc6 23. c4 Bc7 24. Kf1 Be5 25. Bc1 Kc7 $14)
21. c4 Bc7 22. Bd4 a6 $6 {It's hard to call this natural move an inaccuracy,
but in the future this pawn may become weakness.} 23. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 $6 {After
this move black is forced to play 24...e5, which is another achievment for
white.} (23... Rg8 $5) 24. Bxh5 e5 (24... f6 25. Bf7 e5 26. Be3 $14) 25. Bc3 g6
26. Be2 Rd8 27. c5 {[%cal Ge2c4,Gc4e6]} Nb8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bc4 f6 (29...
Ke7 30. Bd5 Nc6 31. f3 $14) 30. f3 b6 31. cxb6 Bxb6+ 32. Kf1 Be3 33. Bb2 $5 (
33. Ke2 Bc1 34. a4 Ke7 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Bg8 h6 37. Bh7 g5 38. Ke4 $16) 33... Kc7
34. Ke2 Bg1 35. h3 Kb6 $6 (35... Kd6) 36. Bg8 h6 37. Bf7 g5 38. Kd3 {[%cal
Gd3g6]} Nc6 39. Ke4 Bd4 $6 {Now the knight has to take the passive position on
e7 in order to prevent penitration of white king vai e4-f5.} (39... Nd4 $1 40.
Bc4 a5 41. Kd5 axb4 42. axb4 Kc7 43. Bd3 $14) 40. Bc1 $1 $16 Ne7 41. g4 Kb5 42.
Kd3 Nc8 43. Bc4+ Kb6 44. Ke4 Ne7 (44... Nd6+ 45. Kd5 Nxc4 46. Kxc4 Kc6 47. a4
Bf2 48. b5+ axb5+ 49. axb5+ Kb6 50. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Ga3e7]}) 45.
Bd2 Kb7 46. a4 Kb6 47. Bf7 Bf2 48. Bc3 Bg1 $6 (48... Kb7 49. Bc4 Kb6 50. a5+
Kb7 51. b5 axb5 52. Bxb5 Bc5 53. Bc4 Ka7 54. Be1 $16) 49. Be1 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gh3h5]} Bd4 50. h4 Kc6 51. h5 Kb6 52. Bc4 Bg1 53. Bc3 Bf2 54. Bb2 $1 {[%cal
Gb2a3,Gb4b5,Ge4g6]} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 $5 {4...Nd7 has become extremly popular during the last
couple of years, but I won't be surprised if after Corus tournament it's
popularity will decrease drusticaly!} (9. Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 $11 {Fedorov,
A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Bb4 11. Bxb4 (11. c3
Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18.
Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... Qxb4+ 12. c3 Qc5 13.
Nf3 b6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Ba6 Rd8 16. O-O Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {
Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/Yerevan 1999}) (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 (12. Nh3
$5 h6 13. Qe1 $6 {[%cal Gd2a5]} (13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11)
13... a5 $5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17.
Qe5 O-O $132 {Asrian,K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) 12... O-O-O 13.
Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Rxh1
$11 {Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh 1998/EXT 99}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13.
Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 18. c4 Bxe5
19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 $14 {Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP 58}) 14...
Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19.
h4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02 1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $14 {
Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 $1 Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18.
Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... O-O
10. O-O-O Qd5 $6 {After 2 games played in this variation in Wijk aan Zee we
may regard this move as dubious: indeed both games lasted 20 moves each and in
each one of the black got crushed severely!} 11. Kb1 (11. Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5
13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 $1 $18 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove
1997/CBM 61}) 11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 $146 {This move is the
novelty, but as shows this game, it doesn't change the evaluaton of the
position- black is in serious danger and it's not perfectly clear wether he
may withstand white's attack.} (13... Qxf3 14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5
17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Rdf1 $40 {Ivanisevic,I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo
1998/CBM 67 ext}) (13... Nd7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bc3
f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 $16 {
Anand,V-Van Wely,L, Monaco,2001}) 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1
{This position looks extremly dangerous for black and it's not so simple to
find satisfactory reply.} Nf4 $6 {This move loses on the spot, but also after
natural} (17... Bf6 18. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5h7]} Bg7 19. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 20. Rg5 f5 21.
Rfg1 Qb6 22. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 23. Qxh5+ $1 $18 {white decides the game in his favor}
) 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5h5]} (20. Rg5 f5 21. Rxg6+ hxg6
22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ Qxc4 25. Rg1+ Kf7 26. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 $11 {Fedorov,A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Bb4 11. Bxb4 (11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O
Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,
V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... Qxb4+ 12. c3 Qc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Bb5+ Ke7
15. Ba6 Rd8 16. O-O Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/
Yerevan 1999}) (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 (12. Nh3 $5 h6 13. Qe1 $6 {
[%cal Gd2a5]} (13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11) 13... a5 $5 (13...
O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 O-O $132 {
Asrian,K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14.
Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 $11 {
Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh 1998/EXT 99}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 18. c4 Bxe5 19.
cxd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 $14 {Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP 58}) 14... Rfd8
(14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19. h4
$36 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02 1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $14 {Glek,
I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 $1 Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1
$16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... O-O 10.
O-O-O Qd5 $6 {Another attempt to prove that black's defensive resaurses in
this position are sufficient. However this attempt also failed...} 11. Kb1 (11.
Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 $1 $18 {
Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove 1997/CBM 61}) 11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Nd7 (13...
Be7 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Qh6 exf4
20. Rg5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM87_03 (20)}) (13... Qxf3
14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Rdf1 $40 {
Ivanisevic,I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext}) 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 ({
Deserved attention wierd} 14... Kh8 $5 15. Qg3 Nf6 $132 {and black's position
is full of life.}) 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 $1 ({Nothing promises} 16. Rhf1 Nf6
17. Qe5 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf6 $11) 16... Be3 17. Bxe3 $146 {Only this move appears
to be a novelty! And it's probably not such a bad one, since the game lasted...
2 more moves!} (17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2
22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 $14 {Anand,V-Van Wely,L, Monaco,2001}) 17... Qxe3 18. Rg3
Qc5 $4 {This move is not so easy to explain even taking into consideration
terrible form of Van Wely during this tournament! However no easy life was
expecting black in other variations:} (18... g6 19. Rxg6+ fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8
21. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} Nf6 22. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 23. Rd8+ $18) (18... Nf6 19. Qh4 Ne4
20. Ng5 Qxg5 21. Rxg5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 $16) (18... Qf4 $5 19. Rdg1 Rd8 20. Nd2 $1
$40 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg3f3]}) 19. Qh6 (19. Qh6 g6 20. Rh3 Qh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22.
Rg1#) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 $5 {This variation doesn't
promise white anything special, but it's not so easy for black to play and
white's results in this line are quiet impressible.} Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2
Be7 (7... Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. b3 Rd8 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2
Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Van de Oudeweetering,A-Akopian,V/Groningen 1990/CBM 22 (13)}) 8.
Nf3 (8. Ne2 c5 (8... O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qf3
$14 {Hracek,Z-Tregubov,P/Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000}) (8... Rb8 9. O-O b5 10. a4
b4 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qf3 c6 15. Be3 $14 {Polzin,
R-Lobron,E/Germany 1999/EXT 2000}) 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 (11...
Nd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc3 Bf6 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rac1 Bd7 18.
Qb3 $14 {Pribyl,J-Pokorny,P/Prague 1986/EXT 97}) 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. a3
Rd8 15. Qc3 Qh5 16. Qe5 $14 {Van der Weide,K-Ferk,M/Triesen 2000/EXT 2001})
8... O-O (8... c5 9. O-O Qb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Bb2 Rd8
14. a3 a5 15. Rab1 O-O 16. b4 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Gonzalez Intelangelo,G/
Mesa 1992}) 9. O-O c5 (9... Rb8 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Lenz,A-Ebner,J/Passau 2000/CBM 76 ext (15)}
) 10. Qe2 $5 (10. c4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nd7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 $14 {Velicka,P-Corriguelas Armillas,F/Sants 2000/EXT
2001}) 10... cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Be8 14. c4 $14)
11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nxd4 Rd8 13. c3 Bc5 $6 {I don't think that black wants to take
on d4 so there was no reason to waste a time for this move. Although also after
} (13... Bd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. a4 $14 {white keeps slightly better
chanses.}) 14. Bg5 Bd7 (14... Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qb6 18.
Be3 $5 Qc7 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Bxa7 $14) 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qb6 18.
Qe3 Qb5 $2 {After this careless move black finds himself in troubles while
after correct} (18... Bc6 $1 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Nd5 $11 {
white's initiative fades away and a draw seems to be the most likely result.})
19. c4 Qh5 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Be3 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}
Nf6 (23... Bf6 $2 24. g4 Bxb2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rb1 $18) 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.
Rd1 {It turns out that black has to give up either pawn on a7 or c6.} Be7 (
25... a5 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nb3 $18) 26. Na5 Rc8 27. Bxa7 c5 28. Rd3 Kf8 (28... Ra8
29. Nc6 Kf8 30. a4 Ke8 31. a5 $18) 29. Rb3 Bd8 30. Rb5 Nd7 31. Nb3 Ke8 (31...
Be7 32. a4 Ke8 33. a5 Ne5 34. Bxc5 Nxc4 35. Bxe7 Kxe7 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. a6 Nxb2
38. a7 Ra8 39. Nd4 Nd3 40. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Gb7b8]}) 32. Nxc5 Ra8 33. Nxd7 Rxa7
34. Ne5 Rxa2 35. Rb8 {[%cal Ge5c6,Ge5f7]} Ra6 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Rxd8 Rb6 38.
Rd2 Rb4 39. Rc2 Ke7 40. Kg2 Rb3 41. c5 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 $5 {This move makes sense since black is going to take on f3 anyway.} (
8... Bd6 9. Re1 Be7 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c5 $2 11. Nf5 $16 {Milos,G-Rivas
Pastor,M/Sevilla 1992}) 10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 O-O 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Bc3
Bf8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 17. Rad1 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Epishin,V/Leningrad
1990/URS-ch (17)}) (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Qa5 14. a3 Rad8 15. Re2 Nf8 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. g3 $14 {Vogt,L-Lang,J/Suhl 1979
}) 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Bf4 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. a3 Qh4 $132) 10... O-O 11.
c3 (11. c4 $5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 $14) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Bc4 $5 {
Probably the best chance to fight for the advantage, because after} (13. Bd2 c5
14. dxc5 Ne5 $1 15. Qe2 (15. Qe4 $2 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 15... Nf4 $1 16.
Bxf4 Nxd3 17. Bd6 Nxe1 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Rxe1 Qxc5 $11 {black is doing great.})
13... Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nb6 $6 {Inaccuracy after which black has to be carefull to
keep the balance.} (14... c5 15. d5 e5 16. Qe4 Nb6 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Bb3 f5 $132
) 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Qf3 c6 17. Ne4 $14 {White has a clear plan to attack on the
kingside while black has to wait for white to open up.} Qc7 (17... Qh4 $5 18.
g3 Qh3 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd3 $14) 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h4 {
[%cal Gg1g2,Gh4h5,Ge1h1]} h6 $5 {Cool decision.} (20... Qe7 21. h5 $14) 21. h5
g5 22. c4 (22. Bc2 $5) 22... Ne7 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Bc2 Ng8 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. Qe4
Rfe8 27. d5 $5 ({May be more chances would leave} 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Re3 Re7 (
28... Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxh6+ Bg7 31. Qxg5 Bxb2 32. h6 $14) 29. Rf3 $36)
27... Kf8 (27... f5 $6 28. Qe2 exd5 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re2 $16 {
[%csl Rf5]}) 28. dxc6 Bxb2 29. Ba4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. cxd7 Kg7
$11 {White can't make any progress here.} 33. Qd3 Bf6 34. Bc2 Kf8 35. Ba4 Kg7
36. Bb5 Bd8 37. Qc3+ Bf6 38. Qd3 Bd8 39. Qc3+ Bf6 40. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nxd4 $5 {A very interesting and brave decision. Even though
Black was severely crushed it seems that the move in the game has full right
to exist.} (9... h6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Rb3 Ba5 12. Ne1 a6 13. Be2 Bb6 14. Bb2 Na5
15. Rg3 g6 16. Qb1 Bc6 $132 {Paehtz,T-Knaak,R/Salzwedel 1982}) 10. Nxd4 Bxd4
11. Bb5+ c6 12. Qxd4 cxb5 13. Ba3 f5 $6 {Black's king is stuck in the centre,
so opening up the position most definitely help White.} (13... Bd7 $142 14. Qg4
Rg8 15. Rb3 h6 {[%cal Gd8g5,Gg5f5]}) 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g7]} Qc7
16. Rfe1 $40 {It's pretty difficult to defend this position with Black as
White's attack is getting stronger from move to move.} b4 $5 ({An attempt to
accomplish development by} 16... Qf7 17. Rxb5 e5 18. Qf3 Rg8 (18... Be6 $2 19.
Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxf6 $18) 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Rd6 $36 {wouldn't solve Black's
problems as the king remaines in the centre.}) 17. Bxb4 h5 18. Qf3 Kf7 19. Bc3
{[%csl Rf6]} Rh6 20. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4f4]} Bd7 $2 {Overlooking White's threat.
After the correct} (20... Kg7 21. Rh4 e5 22. Bd2 Rh7 23. Qxd5 $14 {Black's
position is worse, but defendable.}) 21. Rf4 $18 Qd8 (21... f5 22. Qg3 $18) 22.
Rxf6+ $1 {The decisive blow.} Rxf6 23. Qxh5+ Kf8 (23... Ke7 24. Bb4#) 24. Re3
$1 {Another rook is joining the attack with decisive consequences.} Rf5 (24...
a5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rf3 $18) 25. Bb4+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ Kf6 27. Rg6+ Ke5 28. Qe2+
1-0

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O (10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 (11... Qc7
$5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O b6 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qh6 Kh8 $132 {Fedorov,
A-Doroshkievich,V/St.Petersburg op 1994 (34)}) 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1
h6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg3 Bd7 $11 {Rublevsky,S-Anastasian,A/EUCup Gr5 1993 (34)})
11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Qd5 $5 14. Rde1 Qh5 15. Rhg1 Ng4 $5 $13 {
Milu,R-Negulescu,A/ROM-ch 1992}) (10. Bd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne5
b5 14. Rhe1 b4 15. f4 a5 $132 {Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG-ch 1995 (37)}) 10... b6
(10... h6 11. Bf4 (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bg3 Rfd8
$132 {Himmel,H-Luecke,N/BL9495 1995}) 11... Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. Be5 Be7 16. c4 $14 {Kaiumov,D-Sobhani,F/Asian Teams, Genting
Highlands MAS 1998}) 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 $5 (13. Ne5 $5
Be7 (13... Nd5 $6 14. c4 Ne3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. fxe3
$16 {Slobodjan,R-Teske,H/GER-ch 1995 (29)}) 14. Nd7 Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bg5
Nc5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 $14) 13... gxf6 14. Be4 Bxe4 (14... Rfd8 15. g3 (15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qc4 a5 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. c3 Kh8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Kosanovic,G-Kosic,D/Novi Sad 2000/EXT 2001 (19)}) 15... Rac8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17.
c3 b5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Nb3 Bb6 $11 {Markovic,Z-Kosic,D/Vrsac 2000}) 15. Qxe4 Rfd8
(15... Rad8 $5 16. g3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Kg7 19. Kf1 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6
$11 {Gross,S-Jirovsky,M/CZE-chT 9697 1997}) 16. c3 b5 $5 $13 {Bauer,C-Speelman,
J/Escaldes 1998}) 11... Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc8 $6 {Intending to bring the queen to
c6 in the future, but it turns out not very realistic plan because white
knight is just too strong on e5.} (12... Qe7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. c3 h6 15. Rd2 Nd5
16. Bg3 Qg5 17. Be4 f5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 $14 {Korneev,
O-Hoffman,A/Elgoibar 1996}) 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bg3 (14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nd5) 14...
Nb4 {I guess black missed 20th move of white starting the knight's manouvre.} (
14... Rd8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Ng4 $16) 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4
Rd8 17. a3 Nd5 $6 (17... Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qf3 $14) 18. c4 Nf6
19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7] Suddenly black is incapable of
defending the pawn on f7!} Qf8 (20... Qc8 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Rd1 $18) 21. Nxf7
Bd4 22. Ng5 Re8 23. b4 a5 24. Nf3 $1 Bc3 25. Qxb6 e5 26. Qxa5 e4 27. Ne5 Ra8
28. Qb5 Rxa3 29. c5 h5 30. Qc4+ Kh7 31. Nf7 Kg6 32. Nd6 Qe7 33. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Girinath, PDS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 {
Slightly passive continuation after which black gets very solid position,
however without any counterplay.} 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 (
11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. h3 b5 $5 16. cxb5 (16. b3
$5 $14) 16... cxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Foetsch,D-Buhmann,R/Neumuenster 1999/EXT 2000 
(25)}) (11. b3 O-O (11... Qa5 12. a3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qh5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8
16. Rad1 Nf8 17. g3 $14 {1-0 Hausner,I-Melich,J/Prague 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) 12.
Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 (13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Re2 c5 15. g3 Nf8 16. d5 Re8 17. dxe6 Rxe6
18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Rxe6 fxe6 (19... Rxe6 $6 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxh7
Be5 23. Rd1 $16) (19... Nxe6 $2 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxh7+ $18) 20. Rd1 $14 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E-Kelecevic,N/Liechtenstein 1995/EXT 97/[Donev] (50)}) 13...
Rfe8 (13... c5 14. g3 (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a3 a5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nf8 $132 {
0-1 Gallagher,J-Kelecevic,N/SWZ 1993/TD (37)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16.
Nxd4 Bc5 17. Nf3 Nf8 18. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Landenbergue,C-Kelecevic,N/Geneve
1995/CBM 46 ext (38)}) 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. g3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18.
Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Kelecevic,N/Biel 1995/
CBM 48 ext (29)}) (11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O-O 14. c5 Be7 15. Bg3 Qa5
16. b4 $1 Qxb4 17. Rfb1 Qa5 18. Nd2 $36 {1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Segal,A/
Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (32)}) 11... Qc7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bd2 {The advance of
h-pawn is white's achievment,because now the black king won't feel very safe
on the kingside and if black will play g6 the pawn on h6 will become weakness.}
O-O 14. c5 $5 Be7 (14... Bf4 15. Rfe1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. b4 Nd5 18. a3 $14)
15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. b4 Bf8 $6 ({More in the spirit of the position is} 16... b6
17. cxb6 (17. Qa6 Nd5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Qa3 $14) 17... axb6 18. Qc4 Nd5 19. a3 b5
20. Qd3 $14) 17. Be3 $5 a5 $5 (17... b6) 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 g6 $6 {
Permitting white to regroup the pieces.} (19... b6 20. Qc4 Nd5 21. Bd2 $14) 20.
Qd2 Rxa1 $6 (20... Kh7 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. h4 $14) 21. Rxa1 Kh7 22.
Bf4 Qc8 (22... e5 $5 23. dxe5 (23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe2 (24. Re1 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qd7
26. Be5 Nd5 $44) 24... Rxd4 25. Bxe5 Qe7 $13) 23... Nxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. Qe2
Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qe7 26. Bd6 Qe6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. h4 $14) 24... Rxd2 25. Bxg6+
fxg6 26. Bxc7 $14) 23. h4 Re8 (23... h5 {[%csl Rg5]} 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qd3 Nd5
26. Bd2 N7f6 27. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Qxh5 $16) 24. Bd3
Bg7 25. Bh2 $1 $16 {Very strong move:black is out f usefull moves and whatever
he plays just worsens his position.} Kg8 (25... Nd5 26. h5 $16) (25... h5 26.
Ng5+ Kg8 27. Ra7) 26. Bd6 Nd5 27. Ne5 Nxe5 (27... Qd8 28. g3 (28. Ra7 $2 Nxe5
29. dxe5 Qxh4 30. Rxb7 Ra8 $36) 28... N7f6 29. Ra7 Qc8 30. b5 $16) 28. dxe5 Qd8
29. g3 Ne7 (29... h5 30. Ra7 Qc8 31. b5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rd8 33. c6 $1 $16) 30.
Ra7 Qd7 $2 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Qd3 $5 $18 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 {The right way to treat this variation.} (10...
Bd7 $6) 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 e5 $5 {Basically Black has no
problems after 13...Bc6, but it looks like this natural move is also
sufficient for equality.} (13... Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 (14... Bxg2 15. Bf4 Qd8 16.
Qe5 Qc8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rhe1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Rde1 O-O {1/2-1/2
Ziatdinov,R-Zakharevich,I/Vladimir 2004 (20)}) 15. Qg4 h5 $1 16. Rxd8+ (16. Qg5
$5) 16... Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 (18. Bf4 $6 Qc5 19. Bb3 h4 {[%csl Rf2,Rg2]})
18... h4 19. Qg4 Be4 $1 $13 {[%cal Gd6c6] Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2004}) (
13... Rd8 $6 14. Be2 Qa5 (14... Bc6) 15. Qa7 $1 Qxa2 $6 16. Bb5 $1 $36 {
Vorobiov,E-Zakharevich,I/St Petersburg 2002}) 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 {
It's necessary to trade the annoying bishop on b6.} (15... Bc6 $6 16. Bc4 f6 (
16... Bxg2 17. Rhe1 f6 18. f4 e4 19. Bd5 f5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6+ Kf7 22. Be3
$16) 17. f4 $14) 16. Bd3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Be4 Rc7 {Black has to suffer
for a while, but White's advantage is insufficient for a win if Black defends
accurately.} (18... Bc6 $6 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 19. Rd6 Kd8
$6 ({It was better to play} 19... Ke7 20. Rb6 Rb8 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Kc2 h6 23. b3
f6 24. c4 Bc6 $11 {with equality.}) 20. Bd5 f6 (20... Ke7 $6 21. Rb6 Bc8 (21...
Rb8 22. Re1 f6 23. f4 $16) 22. Re1 f6 23. f4 $16) 21. Rd1 Kc8 22. f3 Re8 (22...
Bc6 23. Be6+ Kb8 24. h4) 23. Be4 Be6 24. Kc2 h6 $2 {After this move Black is
doomed to passive defense with no chance to create counterplay.} 25. h4 $1 Kb8
26. g4 Ree7 27. h5 $16 Bd7 (27... Rcd7 $2 28. Rxe6 $18) 28. b3 Rf7 29. Bg6 Re7
30. a4 $5 Ka7 31. a5 Be8 32. Be4 Red7 (32... Rc5 33. R1d5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Kb8 35.
c4 Kc7 36. Kc3 $16) 33. c4 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bd7 35. Kc3 Kb8 36. b4 Kc8 37. Bf5 $1
$18 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Re7 39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Rd5 Re8 41. Ke4 Rb8 42. c5 Rg8 (42... Kc6
43. Rd6+ Kb5 44. Rb6+ Ka4 45. c6 $18) 43. Rd6 Ra8 44. Kd5 Re8 45. c6 bxc6+ 46.
Rxc6+ Kb7 47. Re6 Rd8+ 48. Rd6 Rb8 49. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 $6 {The latest games prove that this move is
too dangerous for Black.} (10... Nd7 $5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 (12...
Qxd7 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc6 16. f4 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Be4 Qc7
$11 {Dominguez,L-Dreev,A/Tripoli 2004}) 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 h4 19. Qg4 Be4 $132 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monaco 2004
}) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15.
f4 Nb8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $14 {Korneev,O-Slobodjan,R/Arco 2003}
) 12. g3 $1 (12. Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qb3 c4 $2 (14... Nd5 15. Rad1 Nxe3
16. fxe3 Bd6 17. h3 Rhe8 $11) 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Kh1 $1 h5 17. b3 $16 {Roiz,
M-Vaganian,R/Beer Sheva ISR 2005}) 12... O-O-O 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Kb8 {
This move is hardly an improvement comparing to Nogueiras' play.} (14... Nd5
15. Bg5 Rd7 16. O-O cxd4 17. cxd4 Kb8 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Rc4 $14 {
Grischuk,A-Nogueiras,J/Beersheba 2005}) 15. O-O Bd6 16. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} c4 $2
{Following Vaganian's footsteps. Allowing White to open up b-file leads to a
disaster as Black's counterplay on the kingside is too slow.} (16... h5 $142
17. a5 Nd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Ra4 Rd7 $14 21. c4 $140 $6 Ne7 22.
Rb4 Nc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rb6 Qc5 25. Rxa6 Rc8 $11) 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Bd2 h5 19.
b3 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga1a4,Gf1b1,Gc3c4] White doesn't have to do anything special
to break through. Once he manages to transfer c4 Black's story is pretty much
over.} Rd7 (19... h4 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21. a5 Rc8 22. Ra4 Qe2 23. Re1 $16) 20. bxc4
Qxc4 21. a5 Rc8 (21... h4 22. Ra4 Qe2 23. Re1 Qh5 24. c4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nf6 26.
Qb3 $18) 22. Ra4 $18 Qe2 (22... Qb5 23. c4 Rdc7 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Qb3 Nf6 26. Rb1
$18) 23. Re1 Rxc3 {A desperate attempt to complicate matters, which runs into
Bologan's cool response.} (23... Nxc3 24. Qxc3 $18) 24. Qa2 Qxe1+ (24... Qg4
25. Bxd5) 25. Bxe1 Rc1 26. Qd2 Rdc7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Kg2 f6 29. Qe3 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13.
O-O-O Bc5 $1 $13) 11... cxd4 (11... Be7 12. O-O-O (12. O-O cxd4 13. Rad1 O-O
14. Nxd4 Qa4 15. a3 Rfd8 16. c3 Rd5 17. c4 Rdd8 $11 {Lau,R-Vaganian,R/BL9394
1994}) 12... O-O 13. g4 (13. dxc5 Qa4 (13... Qc6 $1 $146 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 Qxc5
$1 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 $44)
14... Rfd8 15. Rhe1 (15. Ne5 Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qe7 18. Qb5 a6 $10 19.
Qxb7 $140 Rdb8 $19) 15... Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rxd1+ $11 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares m
1992}) 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. Rd4 Qa5 16. Ne5 Qxc5 17. Rc4 Qb5 18. a4 $6 Qb6 $15 {
Mainka,R-Chiburdanidze,M/Lippstadt 1995}) 13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Kb1 b5
16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne5 Rad8 $11 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/BL9596 1996}) 12. O-O-O
Bc5 13. Nxd4 $5 {[%cal Gd1d7] Interesting possibility to fight for the
advantage- game goes straight to the endgame where invalid pawn structure of
black may become a decisive factor.} (13. Qe5 Be7 14. Nxd4 Qa4 15. Qb5+ Qxb5
16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Bg3 a6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 b5 {1/2-1/2 Ninov,N-Benkovic,P/
28th It 1999}) 13... Bxd4 (13... Nd5 $6 14. Nf3 $1 Rc8 (14... O-O 15. c4 $16 {
[%cal Gd1d7]}) 15. Kb1 Qc6 16. Ne5 Qa6 (16... Qb6 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Ng6+ Kd7
19. Nxh8) 17. Qg4 $36) 14. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 15. c3 Rc8 (15... Qd5 16. Rxd4 Qxg2 (
16... Qxa2 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. Qxb7 $16) 17. Rhd1 Rg8 18. Rd7 $44 {[%csl Re8]})
16. Kb1 Qc6 17. Rxd4 $14 Rd8 $6 (17... Qxg2) 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Qe3 {[%cal
Ge3h6,Ge3a7]} Ke7 20. Rd1 (20. f3 b6 21. Rd1 Rg8 22. Rd2 Qc4 $14) 20... Rd8 $2
{This move leaves black with no chanses of survival.} (20... b6 $5) 21. Rxd8
Kxd8 22. Qxh6 Qe4+ (22... Qxg2 23. Qxf6+ (23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qxf7+ Kd6 25. Qxf6
Qe4+ 26. Kc1 Qe1+ 27. Kc2 Qe2+ $11) 23... Ke8 24. Qf4 Qf1+ 25. Kc2 Qe2+ 26. Qd2
Qe4+ 27. Qd3 $16) 23. Kc1 Qe1+ 24. Kc2 Qe4+ (24... Qxf2+ 25. Qd2+ Qxd2+ 26.
Kxd2 $18 {[%cal Gh2h7,Gc3c7]}) 25. Kd2 Qd5+ (25... Qxg2 26. Qf8+ Kd7 27. Qxf7+
Kd6 28. Qxf6 $18) 26. Kc1 Ke7 27. Qe3 b6 (27... Qxa2 $6 28. Qc5+ Kd7 29. Qd4+
$1 Ke7 30. Qb4+ Ke8 31. Qxb7 $18) (27... Qxg2 28. Qxa7 e5 $16) 28. Qf4 $1 Qxg2
$6 29. Qc7+ Kf8 30. Qb8+ $1 $18 Ke7 (30... Kg7 31. Qg3+ Qxg3 32. fxg3 $18) 31.
Qxa7+ Kf8 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Ke8 34. Qxb6 f5 35. a4 e5 36. a5 e4 37. a6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 (9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 h6 $5 11. a3 $5 b6 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2
Bb7 14. c4 a5 $5 15. Bc3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Qc7 $10) 9... Qc7 (9... h6
10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. g4 $1 Nxg4 13. Rhg1 f5 14. h3 $40 {Ulibin-Orlov,
Minsk 1990}) (9... O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. O-O
Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Karpov-Speelman, Reykjavik WCUP 1991}) (9... a6 10. Bg5 Qa5+
11. c3 Qc7 12. O-O b6 $13 {Jansa-Fries Nielsen, Rimavska Sobota 1991}) 10. Bg5
(10. O-O O-O (10... Bd7 $6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bg5 $1 $36 Be7 $2 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Nxd7 $18 {Kindermann Stefan-Neyer R/It (open),
Bern (Switzerland) 1995 (40)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Ne5 $5 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rfd8
14. Bg3 Bd6 15. c4 g6 16. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Nogueiras,J/32nd Chess
Olympiad, Yerevan 1996}) (11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. h3 a5 15. Rad1
Rfd8 16. b5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Smirin-Ehlvest/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996})
11... b6 12. Ne5 (12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16.
a3 $14 {Spraggett,K-Nogueiras,J/Canadian Open, Winnipeg CAN 1997 (41)}) 12...
Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ $11) (10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O (11. O-O-O
$5 O-O-O 12. Ne5 Ba4 $5 13. Bc4 Nd5 14. Bb3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Kb8 16. Kb1 $14 {
Borge,N-Sloth,J/5th Nordic GP, Torshavn FAI 1997 (42)}) 11... Bd6 12. Rfe1
O-O-O $6 (12... Bc6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Rxe5 $14) 13. Rad1 Bc6 14.
h3 h6 15. b4 Ba4 16. Rb1 Kb8 17. c4 Qd7 18. Ne5 $14 {Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/
Amsterdam OHRA 1990 (62)}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nd5 $6 {Starting to carry out a
plan,which somehow reminds suicide!Black's position is already worse,but
natural} (11... h6 12. Bh4 Qf4 13. Bg3 Qxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16.
Rad1 O-O-O 17. Kc1 $14 {leaves black good chances for successful defense;
Nijboer,F-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch 1997 (62)}) 12. O-O-O h6 $6 {Another step
in the wrong direction.Better was} (12... Bd7 13. Qe4 Bc6 14. Qh4 h6 $14 {
with complicated position.}) 13. Bh4 Nf4 $2 {The "point" of black's play!} 14.
Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qe5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge5f4,Ge5g7] Nice refutation:it
seems that this move promises nothing special to white,but 19th move of white
makes things perfectly clear!} Ng6 17. Qxg7 Bf8 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd1d7]} 1-0

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c3 (9. c4 $5 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O-O
$6 (13... O-O) 14. c5 Be7 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. b4 $1 Qxb4 17. Rfb1 $36 {Van der
Sterren,P-Segal,A/Thessaloniki olm 1984 (31)}) (9. Bf4 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. c3
$14 O-O 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nd2 c5 $5 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Nbd7 (
16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 $5 $14) 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rad1 $14 {Brunner,L-Campora,
D/Biel 1995/1/2-1/2 (60) ^^}) 9... Bd6 (9... Ngf6 10. Bc2) 10. Bc2 Ngf6 11. Qe2
(11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 $5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 O-O-O $13 {
Brustkern,J-Schuessler,R/Wiesbaden op 1988 (29)}) (11. Re1 Qc7 12. c4 O-O 13.
Bg5 Rad8 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Re2 Bf4 $1 $13 {Eismont,O-Petek,M/Balatonbereny op
1993/0-1 (64)}) 11... Qc7 12. Re1 O-O (12... Bf4 $5 13. Bxf4 $5 (13. Ne5 Bxc1
14. Raxc1 (14. Nxf7 $2 O-O $1 $17) 14... O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qf3 $14) 13...
Qxf4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. a4 O-O-O 17. g3 Qg5 18. Rad1 $14 {Xie
Jun-Ivkov,B/Vienna Walzer 1993 (37)}) (12... O-O-O $6 13. Ne5 $1 Rdf8 14. b4
Nd5 15. Bd2 Bxe5 $2 16. dxe5 c5 17. Bb3 $16 {Bastian,H-Stelting,T/BL 1987 (30)}
) 13. Ne5 c5 (13... Rfe8 14. Bg5 h6 (14... Bf8 15. Rad1 g6 16. Rd3 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd5 18. h4 $36 {Palkovi,J-Herndl,H/Werfen op 1989 (32)}) (14... c5 $6 15.
Ba4 (15. Rad1 $5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Rf1 Qa5 18. Bb3 h6 19. Bh4 $14 {
Chandler,M-Malich,B/BL 1992 (27)}) 15... Rf8 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Rf1
Nxe5 $6 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Qe4 $1 $36 {Vogelmann,P-Kurr,G/NRW-II 1993 (34)}) 15.
Bh4 Nd5 16. Rad1 f5 $5 17. c4 $5 (17. Bg3 $6 f4 18. Bh4 (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bh4
g5) 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 g5 20. Qh5 N7b6 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Qg7 23. Qh5 Rf8
$15) 17... Nf4 $5 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb4 $1 20. Qxf4 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 g5 22.
Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Qg7 24. Qf4 $14 {Kalegin,E-Voloshin,L/Ufa 1993/0-1 (80)})
14. Nxd7 (14. Bf4 $5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qd3 $2 (
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe4 Nf8 20. Qxb7 Qxd4 21. Red1 $14) 18... Bxf4 19. Qxh7+ Kf8
$19 {Parker G-Deketelaere F/It (open), Hastings (England) 1995 (66)}) 14...
Nxd7 15. dxc5 Bxh2+ (15... Nxc5 16. g3 $5 (16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Be5 18. Be3 Rfd8
19. Rad1 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rad1 $14) 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Be3 (17. b4
Rfd8 $1 (17... b6 $6 18. Bb2 Rad8 (18... bxc5 $6 19. Rad1 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Bf4
20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qe4 Rfd8 22. Qxf4 $16) 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Qe4 g6 21. c6 Ne5 22.
b5 $14) 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Be4 $11) 17... g6 $1 {Threatening to
move the bishop and the pawn on c5 will become a target for black pieces.} 18.
Ba4 $8 Bg7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21. Rad1 $5 Qc6 {Safe continuation,
showing pieceful intentions.Serious attention deserved} (21... Qxd1 $5 22. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 23. Kh2 Rad8 24. c6 bxc6 25. Bxa7 R8d2 26. b4 Rd3 {with very complicated
position.}) 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. b4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1
Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/Manila 1992/TD}) (9.
c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3
15. Nxb3 Bd7 $11 {Mackic,Z-Kalevic,S/Nis 1993/EXT 97}) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3
Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila 1992/TD (17)}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... Bc5
11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Rd4 17. f4
$36 {Fedorchuk,S-Mirzoev,A/Calicut 1998/CBM 67}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 {It's
very hard for white to get an opening advantage in this variation of French
defense, so in the following game Ponomariov tries to keep the pressure and to
wait for his opponent to make a mistake.} (12. c3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bb1 (16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Rd4 b6 20. Ne5
$14 {Skripchenko Lautier,A-Lomineishvili,M/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97}) 16... Bxg3
17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rd4 Bb7 20. Rfd1 $14 {Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest
1993/EXT 97}) 12... Bd7 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd6 (14... Bc5 $6 15. Be5 Rfd8 16.
Qf3 $1 $36) 15. f4 $5 {The only way to fight for the advantage is to keep the
darksquared bishops on the board} Qc5 (15... Bc5 $5 16. Bf2 Nd5 17. Qd2 Qc7
$132) 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Kh1 b6 (17... Nh5 $5 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 (19. Qxb7 $6
Rb8 20. Qf3 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3]}) 19... Qd5 $11) 18. h3 $1 Nh5 {Black is
running out of useful moves so he decides to wait and to do nothing, because
it's not so easy for white to develop the initiative.} 19. Bh2 Nf6 20. a3 Qc7
21. Qf3 Qc5 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Bg1 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Qc7 24. Bd3 {'Threatening' to
play Nb5} Qb8 {Defending against this threat!} 25. Ba6 Rcd8 26. Bb5 (26. Nc6 $2
Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Bxf4 $15) 26... Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Bc5 (27... Be7 28. Nd4 Qc7 29. f5
$1 e5 30. Nb5 Qb8 31. Bh2 Nd7 32. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 28. Nd4 Qa8 29.
Qxa8 Rxa8 30. f5 $14 {The ending turns out to be extremly unpleasent for black
and despite of seeming simplicity black's defensive task is far from being
easy.} exf5 31. Nxf5 Bxg1 32. Kxg1 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (33... Rxe8 34. Nxh6+
$16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. Rd6 Kf8 36. Rc6 (36. Nxh6 $2 Ne8 $19 {
[%cal Ge8d6,Gg7h6]}) 36... Ne8 (36... Nd5 37. c4 Ne7 38. Nxe7 Kxe7 39. Rc7+ Ke6
40. b4 $16) 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Ke3 h5 39. c4 g6 40. Nd4 Ke7 41. b4 Kd7 42. c5 Nc7
$2 (42... bxc5 $8 43. Rxc5 (43. bxc5 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Kxc8 45. Ke4 Kc7 $14) 43...
Rc8 44. Ra5 Rc7 45. Nb5 Nd6 $1 46. Nxc7 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nxa5 $14) 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Nxa7 bxc5 47. bxc5 Ne6 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Nb5+ $1 Kb6
50. c7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 (6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 (8... Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Bc1 Bb7 $13 {Losev,D-Shestoperov,A/Voronezh 1999}) 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b6 13. Bc3 $14 {Small,V-Cornford,L/New Zeeland 1985})
6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 {Quite unpretentious move, which was extremly
rarely tried at the top level.} (8. Bg5) 8... c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4
Nd5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O $11) 10... Qa5+ (10... Be7 11. Qe2 Qa5+
12. c3 Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 14. Rae1 Bc6 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 O-O 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18.
Rd1 $14 {Sambuco Salomone,L-Mendez,P/Vicente Lopez 2004}) 11. c3 (11. Qd2 Qxd2+
12. Nxd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nc4 $14) 11... Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 ({It's too early
for} 12... Qh5 $6 {since white can switch to the queenside castle.} 13. O-O-O {
[%csl Rh5]}) 13. O-O Ba4 14. b3 {[%csl Rc3] May be a bit more accurate was} (
14. Qe2 $5 {since an endgame arsing after} Qh5 {is preferable for white.} (
14... Bc6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b4 Qc7 $14) (14... O-O 15. Ne5 (15.
Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $17 {[%csl Rb2]}) 15... Rfe8 16. Rfe1
Bf8 17. b3 $16) 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 O-O 17. Bf3 Rfb8 18. Rfe1 Bd6 19. b3 $14)
14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 ({White could've taken
on h7 right away, but it doesn't seem to make a difference comparing to the
game:} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 Be5 23.
Rc5 f6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Rb5 Rfd8 $14 {[%cal Gd8d2,Ge5d4] and black is pretty
safe despite of being a pawn down.}) 18... Rfd8 19. Rac1 {[%csl Gc3]} ({
An attempt to take an advantage of opening up a diagonal a8-h1 would also lead
to equality} 19. a6 b6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 Qxc3 $11) 19... Qc7
{Black insists on sacrificing a pawn!} (19... h6) 20. Bxf6 $6 {Ponomariov
finaly breaks down and accepts the sacrifice, heading straight for a draw!} (
20. b4 h6 21. Qe2 $14) 20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 Rac8 $1 23. c4 Qxa5 24.
Bxb7 Rc7 25. Bf3 Rd2 $44 26. Qh7 Qc5 27. Rc2 Rcd7 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8e7]} 28.
Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 (9... cxd4 10. O-O (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7
13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990/1/
2-1/2 (75)}) 10... Bc5 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O (11... a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13. Bb3
Nd7 $6 14. Qe4 $1 $16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998/CBM 66}) 12. Rad1 Qb6
13. Rxd4 Qxb2 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 $13 {Al Modiahki,M-Radjabov,T/Open 1999})
11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {[%cal Gd3g3,
Ge2h5] Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996}) 10. O-O (10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 g5
12. Bg3 c4 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 $13 {Svidler,P-Bareev,E/
Wydra mem rapidplay 2000}) 10... cxd4 (10... Be7 11. Bb3 (11. a4 O-O 12. Qe2
cxd4 13. Rad1 Qb6 $13 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/Saint Pierre 2000/CBM 80}) 11...
cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Re1 Bc5 14. c3 Bd7 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Rc2 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 $14
{Luther,T-Gurevich,M/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84}) 11. Nxd4 {A new approuch to the
position: white is ready to trade queens and to fight for opening advantage
without it!} (11. Qe2 $5 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. c3 $14 {
[%cal Gd1d8]}) 11... Bc5 12. Nf3 Qxd1 (12... O-O 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Bb7 $132) 13. Raxd1 b5 $6 {Weakening square c6, which proves to be very
important as the game goes on.} (13... Ke7 $5) 14. Bb3 Nd7 $5 (14... Bb7 15.
Ne5 (15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 g5 17. Bg3 Ke7 18. f4 Rad8 $13) 15... Nd5 (15... g5
16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nxf7 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Nd7 Rfc8 18. Nxc5
Rxc5 19. Bg3 $14) 15. Rfe1 Be7 (15... O-O 16. c3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Rd8]}) 16. Bxe7
Kxe7 17. Nd4 Nc5 $6 {Another inaccuracy permitting white to get serious
advantage.} (17... Kf6 18. c3 (18. Re3 $6 Nc5 19. Rf3+ Kg6 20. Rc3 Nxb3 21.
Nxb3 Bb7 $11 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh8d8]}) 18... Nc5 (18... Nb6) 19. Bc2 Bb7 20. b4
Na4 21. Bxa4 bxa4 22. c4 Rhc8 $132) 18. Bd5 $1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Nc6+ Ke8
$8 (20... Kf6 21. Rd3 Rhf8 22. Rf3+ Kg5 23. Rg3+ Kf6 24. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg7]}) 21. Ne5 $1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rh8]} Ke7 (
23... g5 $2 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxf7+ $18) 24. Kf1 h5 $6 (24... g5 25. Ke2 Re8
26. Ke3 Kf6 27. Nd7+ Kg6 28. Rd6 a5 29. Ra6 $16) 25. Ke2 Kf6 26. Nd7+ Ke7 27.
Nb8 $1 a5 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Ra7 e5 $6 (29... a4 30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxa4 Nb7 32.
Nd7+ Ke7 33. Ne5 $18) 30. Ra8 $1 $18 Rh6 31. Rxa5 Ne6 32. Ke3 Kf5 33. Rxb5 Nd4
34. Rb7 Rd6 35. c3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 32nd"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1997.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. c3 $5 {Quiet rare continuation.Much more popular
is 10.Nb3.Let's see a few examples:} (10. Nb3 $5 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. c3 Bd7 12.
Qc2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 $6 (14... Qc7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Rad1 Bxg3 17. hxg3
Rad8 $11) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg3 $14 {Erhan,R-De Blecourt,S/WchJW U14 Duisburg
1992/1-0 (51)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Qf3 $5 Qc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd4 Be5 $5 14. Nb5 Qb8
15. Re1 a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 $13 {Kuzmin,G-Chernin,A/Irkutsk 1983 (40)}) 11... h6 (
11... Bd7 12. Qe2 (12. a4 $5 Qc7 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. c3 h6 16. Bd2 $14
{Tseshkovsky,V-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993 (42)}) 12... Qc7 13. Kh1 Be5 14.
c3 h6 15. Bd2 Bf4 16. Rad1 O-O $11 {Nielsen,P-Pushkov,N/Azov 1993 (22)}) 12.
Bh4 Qc7 13. Bg3 $5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Qe2 e5 $1 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 $11 {
Suetin,A-Speelman,J/London Lloyds 1991/0-1 (50)}) (10. Be3 $5 Bb6 11. Qd2 (11.
c3 $5 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nb5 $5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qe7 15. Qf3 a6 16. Nd4 $14 {
Beliavsky-Ehlvest/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996/1-0 (78)}) 11... O-O 12.
Nf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c4 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 $11 {Ljubojevic,
L-Seirawan,Y/Monaco Amber blind 1994/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12.
Qe2 Bc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Zaitsev,I-Pushkov,N/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992}) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Bxd4 12.
cxd4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Payen
Arnaud-Dolgener Tobias/It (b) (cat.3), Budapest (Hungary) 1995}) 11... h6 12.
Bh4 Bxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7 {Inspite of seeming simplicity this position is very
complicated and interesting.White has serious attacking chances,while black
has counterplay against isolated pawn on d4.} 14. Re1 Bc6 15. Re5 $1 {Covering
square d5.} (15. Bc2 Qd5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re4 f5 19. Rh4 Kg7 20.
Qd2 Rh8 $13) 15... Qe7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Rae1 (18. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 19.
Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rae1 g5 21. Qd3 Qf4 $15) 18... Rc7 19. h3 g5 $5 20. Rxg5+ $5 ({
After} 20. Bg3 Rcd7 21. Rd1 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nd5 $15 {black's
chances are preferable.}) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Kf8 (21... Rd5 $5 22. Re5 (22.
Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 23. Qg3+ Rg5 $19) 22... Kf8 23. Qe3 Rcd7 24. Qf4 Rxd4 25. Qxf6
Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Rf4 27. Bg5 Rc4 $5 28. Bf6 Rxc2 (28... Rf4 $11) 29. Rh5 Rd1+ 30.
Kh2 Ke8 31. Rh8+ Kd7 32. Rd8+ Kc7 33. Rxd1 Rxf2 $15) 22. Qg3 Rxd4 $5 (22...
Rdc8 $2 23. Qe5 Qb4 24. Bxf6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxc2 26. Qh5 $18) 23. Qe5 Rd5 24.
Bxf6 Rxe5 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxe5 Bxg2 {Very short,but interesting game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 (6... Bxe4 7.
Bxe4 c6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. c4 Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14 {
Spassky-O'Kelly, San Juan 1969}) 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Be2 (9. Bg5 Bxf3)
9... h6 $5 {Possible continuation, which proved itself in the following game.}
(9... Bd6 10. Bg5 (10. b3 O-O 11. c4 Be4 12. Bb2 Qh6 {1/2-1/2 Link,M-Peters,A/
Goch 1993/EXT 98 (12)}) (10. c4 Qf5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2
h6 14. b4 e5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. c5 exd4 17. Qxd4 Be5 18. Qc4 $14 {Malakhov,
V-McDonald,N/Budapest 1995/EXT}) 11. Re1 (11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rad1 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 c6 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 a4 17. Rc1 $14 {Brynell,S-Barkhagen,J/
Lindesberg 1993}) (11. d5 exd5 12. Nd4 Qe5 13. f4 Qf6 14. Nxc6 Bc5+ 15. Kh1
Qxc6 16. cxd5 Qb6 $13 {Kasymov,O-Chebotarev,O/Serpukhov 1999}) 11... O-O 12.
Ng5 $1 $14 {Timman,J-Bukic,E/Bugojno 1978/MCL} (12. Bd3)) 10... Qg6 11. Qd2 h6
12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Ne4 14. Qd3 f5 15. c4 $14 {Howard,E-Bracjunova,V/Herculane
1994}) 10. c4 {[%cal Gd4d5]} b6 11. d5 $5 Bb7 (11... exd5 $6 12. cxd5 Bb7 13.
Bb5 $1 (13. Nd4 Bc5 (13... O-O-O 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Qc4
$13) 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rad8 16. Nb5 Ne5 $44 {[%csl Rd5]}) 13... O-O-O 14.
Qa4 Nc5 15. Qxa7 Bxd5 16. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Rc8]}) 12. Nd4 ({Nothing promises} 12.
dxe6 Qxe6 13. Nd4 Qg6 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Qf3+ c6 17. Bf4 Bc5 $13
{and black is doing o'kay.}) 12... Bc5 $1 (12... exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 14. Nb5
$1 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rd5]}) 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nxc7 (14. dxe6 $2 fxe6 {[%csl Rf2]}
15. Qxd7 $6 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Qg6 17. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 $19) 14... Rad8 15. Nb5 (15. Qb3
$2 Qe5 $19 {[%cal Ge5c7,Ge5e2]}) 15... exd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 $44 {[%csl Rd5] The
advantage in development and weakness of white pawn on d5 compensate black for
the lack of pawn.} 17. Nc3 Bb4 $5 (17... Rfe8 $6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qd6 20.
e4 $16) 18. Qb3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxd5 (19... Bxd5 $5 20. f4 (20. Be3) 20... Qg6
21. Rf2 Nd7 (21... Ng4 $2 22. f5 Qh5 23. h3 $18 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 22. f5 Qf6 23.
Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Bf4 Ne4 25. Rff1 Rfe8 $13) 20. Qg3 $5 Rd6 $6 (20... Rc8 $5 $15 {
[%cal Gc8c2]}) 21. Bxh6 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Qxh6 22. Qxe5 Rg6 $5 23. f3 (23. g3 Qh3
24. f3 Re6 25. Qb5 Rfe8 26. Bc4 Re5 27. Qb3 R8e7 $44) 23... Re6 24. Qb5 Qe3+
25. Rf2 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qc5 (26... Rd2 $2 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Ba6 $1 $16) 27. Qc3 $5
$11 (27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rd6 $44) 27... Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rc6 29. Rc1 Rdc8 30.
Bd1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Rd2 Ba6 33. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 (4... Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Ne5
Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 $13 {Radulov,I-Happel,H/Berlin-West 1988/TD}) 9. Bg5 Nd5 10.
h4 Qd6 11. O-O-O Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 13. Kb1 Qd6 14. c3 $14 {Diaz,J-Hernandez,J/
Cienfuegos 1975/EXT}) 5. Nf3 Nf6 (5... Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Qe2 a6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 $11 {Tresch,
R-Diesterweg,U/Worms 1992/GER}) 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nd7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bd3 a6 (
9... c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne5 b6 14. g4 Bb7 15. g5
Nd5 16. Rhg1 $40 {Keres,P-Petrovs,V/Riga 1939/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 (10. c4 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Rad1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17.
Bc2 $14 {Perunovic,M-Blasko,I/Balatonlelle 2000/CBM 77}) 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7
12. c4 O-O (12... c5 13. Bc3 O-O 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rad8 $132)
13. Bc3 Nd7 $6 {I don't understand the purpose of this move, but one thing is
for sure- this move is the sourse of black's problems. There was no reason not
to play typical c5 with complicated struggle.} (13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rad1
Qc7 $13) 14. Rad1 Qc8 ({Now it's too late for c5:} 14... c5 $6 15. dxc5 (15. d5
exd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Be4 Re8 $13) 15... Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ (16. Ne5 $6 Qg5 $13)
16... Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 $16) 15. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2e7]
} Nc5 16. Bc2 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 17. Qe5 f6 (17... Bf6 $2 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6
Bxc3 20. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 18. Qh5 f5 $8 (18... g6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Ng5 $1 $18) 19. Rfe1 Qe8 $8 20. Qh3 $1 (20. Qxe8 $6 Raxe8 21.
dxe6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bd6 23. Rd5 g6 $13) 20... b5 $5 {An attempt to complicate
the position} 21. Qg3 (21. dxe6 b4 22. Bd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qg3 Bf6 25.
Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Ng5 Rg6 27. Qf4 $18) 21... Bf6 22. Bxf5 $5 (22. Bxf6 $5 Rxf6 23.
Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qxa5 bxc4 25. Qb4 $16) (22. dxe6 $1 $18) 22... Bxc3 23. Bxe6+ $1
Nxe6 24. Rxe6 Qf7 25. bxc3 bxc4 26. Qe5 Qf4 {Hoping to survive in the endgame.}
27. Qxf4 (27. Re7 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rae8 29. Rxc7 Rxe5 30. Rxb7 Re2 31. f3 Rxa2 32.
Re1 $18) 27... Rxf4 28. Re7 Rc8 29. Ng5 $1 Rf5 30. Ne6 Rf7 (30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Bxd5 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Re7 Rb8 34. h4 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Rb2 36. Rc6 Rxa2 37. Rxc4
$18) 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rc7]} Kf6 (32... Bxd5 $2 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34.
Rxd5 $18) 33. Nc5 $1 Ba8 34. f3 Rd8 35. Rxc4 Bxd5 $6 ({More chanses of
survival would leave 35...Rd5:} 35... Rxd5 36. Ne4+ Kg6 37. Rxc7 $6 (37. Rc5 $6
Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rxc7+ Kf6 $16)
37... Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 $16) 36. Rd4 Rd6 37. Ra4 Ke7 38. Rxa5 $18 {Now it's
over and the rest is easy technical job.} Bc4 39. Ne4 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. Rc5
Rxa2+ 42. Ke3 Bf1 43. Rxc7+ Kf8 44. g4 Rxh2 45. Nd6 h5 (45... g5 46. Ke4 Rd2
47. Ke5 Rd3 48. Nf5 Rxf3 49. Ke6 $18 {[%csl Rf3,Rf8][%cal Gc7c8,Gc7f7]}) 46.
Rc8+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5,Gg3f1]} hxg4 49. Nxf1 Rh3 50. Rf8+
Ke5 51. Kf2 gxf3 52. Rxf3 Rh6 53. Rg3 Rc6 54. Nd2 Rc7 55. Rd3 g5 56. c4 Kf4 57.
Rd4+ Kf5 58. Kf3 Rc5 59. Nf1 Ke5 60. Rg4 Rc8 61. Rxg5+ Kd4 62. Ne3 Rf8+ 63. Ke2
Kc3 64. Rg1 Re8 65. Rc1+ Kd4 66. Rd1+ Ke4 67. Kd2 Rf8 68. Kc3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c3 Bg7 $6 {After the move in the game White keeps
a small, but long lasting advantage. It would be intersting to check out
White's intentions after 10...f5 as in none of the latest games White didn't
manage to get an opening advantage.} (10... f5 $5 11. Bc2 (11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne5
Bg7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Be2 c5 16. dxc5 Qc6 $11 {Macieja,B-Luch,M/
Dzwirzyno 2004}) 11... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qd5
15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O Ke7 $11 {Macieja,B-Anastasian,A/Stepanakert
2004}) (10... Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Nc4 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6+
bxc6 16. b4 $14 {Kharlov,A-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1999}) 11. Qe2 c6 12. Nd2 Bd7
13. O-O-O {A possible plan, but in my opinion it would be better to play} (13.
Nc4 $5 Qc7 14. O-O {as White is better prepared for the play with opposite
castles (the bishop has not much to do on g7), while castling kingside would
be met with f4.} (14. Qh5 $5)) 13... O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Nc4 {
White has to prevent e5 at all cost, so it would be wrong to play} (16. g3 $6
f5 17. Bg2 f6 18. Qe2 e5 19. Nc4 Qe6 $13 {[%cal Ge8f7] and Black is doing fine.
}) 16... Qc7 17. g3 f5 18. Bc2 {Intending to transfer the bishop to b3 in
order to press on e6, but keeping the bishop on the diagonal a8-h1 as after
the inevitable ...c5 the bishop could be pretty influencial deserved attention.
} (18. Bg2) 18... f6 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. f4 {Making Black to forget about e5!} (20.
Qxe6 $4 Rhe8 $19) 20... Rhe8 21. Rhe1 Bf8 22. Qf2 (22. Rd3 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gd3e3,Gc2b3,Gc4d2] deserved attention:} c5 $140 $6 23. Ba4 Re7 24. dxc5 Rxd3
25. Qxd3 Qxc5 26. Qd8+ Qc8 27. Qd4 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rg6]}) 22... a6 23. Ne3 Bf7
24. Bb3 Bg6 {[%cal Ge6e5] Insisting on e5.} 25. Ka1 h5 26. Ng2 Bf7 27. Nh4 {
[%csl Rh4]} Rd6 (27... c5 28. d5 $5 {[%csl Rf5]}) 28. Rd2 (28. Nf3) 28... c5
29. dxc5 ({May be it was about time to change the structure by} 29. d5 Red8 30.
Red1 exd5 (30... c4 31. dxe6 Bxe6 32. Bc2 $16) 31. Nxf5 R6d7 32. Qf3 c4 33. Ba4
b5 34. Bc2 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rh5] and White is clearly better.}) 29... Rxd2 30.
Qxd2 Bxc5 31. Rd1 Kc8 $1 {[%cal Ge8d8]} 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. Re1 ({It was probably
better to keep a rook on the d-file.} 33. a3) 33... Re7 34. a3 b5 35. Nf3 Rd7
36. Nd4 Bxd4 37. cxd4 Rd6 (37... Rxd4 $2 38. Bxe6+ Bxe6 39. Qxe6+ Qxe6 40. Rxe6
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Rf5,Rf6]}) 38. Qe3 Kb8 39. Rd1 Qb6 40. Qc3 Qc7 41. Qb4 Qb6 42.
Qc3 Qc7 43. Qe3 (43. Qc5 $5 Kb7 (43... Qxc5 44. dxc5 Rxd1+ 45. Bxd1 e5 46. b4
Kc7 47. Kb2 $14) 44. Rc1 Qxc5 45. dxc5 Rd2 46. Rd1 $14) 43... Qb6 44. Rd3 a5
45. Rd1 Rd7 (45... b4) 46. Qd3 Rd6 47. Rc1 a4 $6 48. Qc3 Qd8 49. Ba2 Be8 $1 50.
Qc5 Bc6 51. Re1 $6 {Missing a chance to get serious winning chances after} (51.
d5 $1 exd5 52. Bb1 d4 53. Bxf5 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8]}) 51... Qd7 52. Qb6+ Ka8 53.
Rc1 Be4 54. Qa5+ Kb7 55. Qc3 Rc6 $11 56. Qe3 Rxc1+ 57. Qxc1 Qxd4 58. Bxe6 Kb6
59. Bf7 Qf2 60. Qd1 Kc5 61. Qc1+ Kb6 62. Qd1 Kc5 63. Qc1+ Kd6 64. Qd1+ Ke7 65.
Bxh5 Qxh2 66. Be2 Bc6 67. Qe1 Kf7 68. Bd3 Bd7 69. Kb1 Qg2 70. Qe3 Qd5 71. Be2
Bc6 72. Kc2 Kg6 73. Qd3 Qc5+ 74. Kd2 Be4 75. Qd8 Qc2+ 76. Ke1 Qc1+ 77. Kf2 Qc5+
78. Kf1 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qc5+ 80. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 (9... cxd4 10. O-O (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7
13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990/1/
2-1/2 (75)}) 10... Bc5 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O (11... a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13. Bb3
Nd7 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf5 $14) 14. Qe4 $1
$16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Finkel,A]}) 12. Rad1 Qb6 13.
Rxd4 Qxb2 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 $13 {Al Modiahki,M-Radjabov,T/Open 1999}) 11.
Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {[%cal Gd3g3,
Ge2h5] Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996}) 10. O-O (10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 g5
12. Bg3 c4 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 $13 {Svidler,P-Bareev,E/
Wydra mem rapidplay 2000}) 10... Be7 11. Bb3 $5 (11. a4 O-O 12. Qe2 cxd4 13.
Rad1 Qb6 14. b3 (14. Rxd4 Qxb2 15. Rfd1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 $15 {
Nataf,I-Hracek,Z/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) 14... Bd7 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 $1 16. Nf3
Red8 17. Ne5 Be8 $11 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/Saint Pierre 2000/CBM 80/[Finkel,A]}
) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Re1 Bc5 (13... Qd6 14. c3 Bd7 15. Qe2 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Gd4f5]} Qf4 16. Bg3 Qg5 17. Rad1 $14) 14. c3 Bd7 15. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Gc1c2,
Gc2d2] Quiet unusual idea! I can't remember any other game in French defense
where white rook from a1 comes to d2 via c2! I must admit that this idea is
not only original, but quiet strong as well- white gets certain opening
advantage.} (15. Qe2 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bc6 17. Rad1 $14) 15... Re8 16. Rc2 Bxd4 {
It's hard to come up with something else.} 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Rd2 $6 (18. Qe3 $1
Nd5 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Qg4 $14) 18... Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Red1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 g5
22. Bg3 e5 23. Rd1 Kg7 (23... Ne4 $5 24. Bd5 Kg7 25. Bxc6 (25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26.
Re1 Bd5 $11) 25... bxc6 26. f3 Nxg3 27. hxg3 e4 $11) 24. f3 e4 25. fxe4 Nxe4
26. Bc7 Nc5 27. Bc4 f6 {[%cal Gc5e6,Ge6f4]} 28. b3 (28. Kf2 Ne4+ 29. Kf1 f5 $11
) 28... Ne6 29. Bd6 Nf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Bd5 (31. Kf2 $5) 31... Re2 32. Bxc6
bxc6 33. Rd6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
O-O Be7 ({In my opinion the most crucial continuation is} 8... Nxe4 $5 {
forcing white to give up the lightsquared bishop.} 9. Qxe4 (9. Bxe4) 9... Nc5
10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qe5 d3 13. Be3 f6 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qg4 $44 {
Mrugala,A-Hage,H/IECG email 2000}) 9. Nxd4 O-O (9... a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c3 O-O
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bh4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Nf6 17. Bb3 b6 18.
Re1 Bb7 $11 {Pokorna,R-Meier,G/Vienna 2005}) 10. Rd1 Ne5 $2 {[%csl Re5] The
knight is just badly placed on e5, so black shouldn't have played this move
under no circumstances.} (10... Qa5 11. c4 $6 a6 12. a3 Qh5 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. b3 Bc6 $11 {Frindt,K-Siroky,J/Slovakia 2002}) 11.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc8]} Qb6 (12... Qc7 13. c3 (13. Bf4 $6 Qc4
14. Qe3 Ng4 15. Qh3 g6 $13) 13... Bd7 14. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4c7]}) 13. c3 Ng6 {
Black has to waste another tempo to retreat with the knight, but the damage
has been already caused and it's pretty hard for him to accomplish development
of the queenside pieces.} 14. Be3 a6 (14... e5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nb4 {[%cal
Gb4d5]} Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Qf3 $16) 15. g3 $1 {
[%cal Gh2h5] Excellent move, preparing an advance of an h-pawn.} Qc7 (15... Bd7
16. h4 Qc7) 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 Ne7 18. h6 e5 $6 {The second mistake in the game,
after which there is no way back for black. It was necessary to sacrifice a a
pawn on b7, getting some counterchances instead:} (18... g6 $142 19. Qf3 Be5
20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bxa6 Rxb2 22. c4 Bc8 23. Bb5 Bb7 24. Qg4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5
26. Qh4 Re2 $132) 19. Nb3 $16 Rad8 (19... g6 20. Qf3 $16) 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Nc5
Bxe4 (21... Qc8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Kg2 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Nd5 26. Bc5
Be7 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 28. Nc5 $16) 22. Nxe4 Qc6 23. Bc5 $1 Rfe8 24. Bd6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge4f6]} Kh8 25. Bxe7 (25. hxg7+ Bxg7 26. Qxf7 Qxe4 27. Bxe7
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Rd7 b5 31. f3 $18) 25... Bxe7 (25... Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rxe7 27. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Rd8+ $18) 26. Qxf7 gxh6 (26...
Qg6 27. hxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qe6 $18) 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Qg6 29.
Qxb7 Rf8 30. Rd6 Qf5 31. Qd5 Bg5 32. Re6 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 18th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 {A quite rare continuation. In most of the recent games
White opts for} (9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3) 9... Bd6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Be4
g5 $6 {I don't really like this move. More in the spirit of the position is 12.
..Rhe8 with the idea to push e5.} (12... Kb8 13. c4 c5 $2 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4
$1 $16 {Smyslov,V-Zagoriansky,E/Moscow 1945}) (12... Rhe8 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 13.
c4 (13. Ne5 $5) 13... c6 14. Rad1 ({Nothing changed} 14. Rfd1 e5 15. c5 Bc7 16.
d5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. b4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc6 21. Qf5+ Qd7 $11)
14... e5 15. c5 Bc7 $11 {Kovalev,A-Dolmatov,S/Germany 1993/GER-chT}) 13. c4 {
May be even better was} (13. b4 $5 g4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. f4 gxf3 17.
Qxf3 $14) 13... g4 {Black doesn't really have a choice as after} (13... c5 $2
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7] White gets a huge advantage.}) 14. Ne5
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. f4 gxf3 17. Rxf3 ({Not so clear was} 17. Qxf3 Qxe5 18.
Bxb7+ Kb8 19. Kh1 Qc5 $132 {[%cal Gc5b6,Gd7c6,Gf7f5] followed by Qb6 and Bc6.})
17... Be8 18. Re3 $1 {Preventing 18...Rd2.} (18. c5 $2 Rd2) 18... h5 19. c5 c6
20. Bf3 Rd4 $6 {A useless move after which Black is in serious troubles. It
was necessary to play} (20... f5 $5 21. exf6 Qxc5 22. Kh1 Bf7 23. Rf1 Qd4 $1
$132 {with counterchances.}) 21. a3 Bd7 22. Re1 f6 23. b4 a6 ({After} 23... f5
$2 24. Qb2 {White gets control over the d-file.} Rf4 25. Rd3 $16 {[%csl Rc8,
Rd7][%cal Ge1d1,Gb4b5]}) 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Re5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rh5] An
excellent move. Black is forced to give up the pawn on e6 as White is
threatening to take on h5 with the rook.} (25. Bxh5 $5) 25... h4 26. Bg4 Kb8
27. Bxe6 Rd8 28. h3 Ka7 29. Bxd7 R8xd7 30. Rf1 Rf4 $6 ({It was better to keep
the rooks on the board by} 30... Qg6 $1) 31. Re4 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qh8 33. Kh2 $6
{In the queen's endgame Black keeps good drawing chances.} ({After} 33. Qe1
$142 $1 {[%csl Rh4] Black would hardly be able to hold the position.}) 33...
Rd4 34. Qf4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qb8+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. a4 Ka8 38. a5 Ka7 39. Kg1 Ka8
40. Kf1 Ka7 41. Ke2 Qg5 42. Kd1 Qg3 43. Kc2 Ka8 44. Kd2 Ka7 45. Qg4 Qb3 46.
Qxh4 Qb2+ 47. Ke3 Qxg2 48. Qg4 Qc2 49. Kf4 Qc4+ $14 (49... Qc4+ 50. Kg5 Qg8+
51. Kf6 Qf8+ 52. Ke5 Qe7+ 53. Kf4 Qf7+ 54. Kg3 Qb3+ 55. Kh4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 $5 {
In my opinion this move is more promising than 7.Nf3.} (7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 c5)
7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 (10... Bxc5 $2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b4
$18) 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Bd7 (13... Rd8 14. Ne5 Rd5 (14... Nd7
15. Qe4 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Rf8 17. Nf3 Ne5 $6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rhe1 $36 {Palac,
M-Jaroka,S/Zuerich 2004}) 15. f4 a5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. c4 Rd8 18. g4 $36 {Polgar,
S-Soos,B/Budapest 1991}) 14. Ne5 Ba4 (14... Bc6 15. Rhg1 (15. f4 Nd5 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. g3 Rac8 18. Rhe1 Ba4 $6 19. Qe4 Rxc3+ 20. Kb1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 $16 {
Leventic,I-Petrov,J/Medulin 1997}) 15... Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 Rac8 18. Kb1
Rfd8 19. f4 $14 {Hagarova,Z-Macak,S/Presov 2001}) 15. Rd2 a6 {[%csl Gb5][%cal
Ga4b5] The way I see it the idea behind this move is not to play ...b5 later
on, but to secure this square for the bishop.} (15... Rfd8 16. Re1 Be8 $13) 16.
Re1 Bc6 $6 {After the move in the game 15...a6 turns out to be a waste of time.
16...Bb5 looking for simplifications deserved attention.} (16... Rfd8 $2 17.
Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Bc4 $18) (16... Bb5 $5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 (17... axb5
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd7 Qa7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. a3 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2d3,
Gd3g3,Ge2h5]}) 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxb5 axb5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd7 Rxa2 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Kc2 $11) 18... Qxe2 19. Rexe2 Bxf6 20. Rd7 $14) 17. f4 {Moro prefers
to keep the pressure, even though White could've definitely tried} (17. Ng6 $5
fxg6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bxg6 Raf8 20. Re5 Qa7 21. g4 $14 {with a very promising
position.}) 17... Nd5 18. Qe4 f5 {[%csl Re6] After the move in the game Black
is left with a weakness on e6 for good.} (18... Nf6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd5
21. Bxe7 (21. Nxc6 $2 Bxh4) 21... Nxe7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 $14) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qc4
$6 {I think it was better to keep the queens by} (20. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Gg2g5]})
20... Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Rf6 (21... Bd5 $5 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bc4 Nxf4
25. g3 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Rc8 27. Bb3 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 Nd5 29. Rxe6 Kf8 $14) 22. Na5 g5
23. Nxc6 bxc6 (23... Nxc6 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. g3 $16) 24. Bf1 gxf4 25.
Rd6 {White's chances are clearly better in the endgame, but Zvjaginsev manages
to hold the position by stubborn defense.} Kf7 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Re5 (27. Rxc6
Ne3 28. g3 Nxc4 29. gxf4 Nxb2 30. Rc7+ Kf8 31. Kxb2 $14) 27... Rc8 28. Rd7+ Ke8
29. Ra7 Rc7 (29... Rd8 30. Be2 $14) 30. Rxa6 Kf7 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Kd2 Rc4 (
32... Rg6 $5) 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Re2 Re4 35. b4 e5 36. b5 Kd8 37. a4 Rg6 38. a5 (
38. Rf2 Kc8 39. Kc2 Kb8 40. Rd7 Rxa4 41. Kb3 Re4 42. Rxd5 Kc7 43. Rfd2 $14)
38... Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. b6 $6 (41. Rb7 $5 Kc8 (41... Rc2 $6
42. a6 Rxc3+ 43. Ke2 Re3+ (43... Kc8 44. Re7 $18) 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. a7 Ra2+ 46.
Ke1 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Kc3 f3 49. Rb8+ Kc7 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51. Rxa8 f2 52. Ra1
e4 53. Rf1 e3 54. Kd3 f4 55. Ke2 $18) 42. a6 Rb3 43. Re7 $16) 41... Kc8 $1 $11
(41... d4 $2 42. Ra8+ Kd7 43. a6 Rxb6 44. a7 Ra6 45. Rh8 $18) 42. Rc7+ Kb8 43.
Rc5 d4 44. cxd4 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 exd4 47. Rxf5 d3 48. Rd5 Ra2 49. h4
h5 50. Rxd3 Rxa5 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Dokutchaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. c3 c5 8. Be3 {Very logical move.White has tried 8.Bg5 and 8.Bb5,but did'nt
reach any opening advantage:} (8. Bg5 {Finkel,A} Be7 9. Bxf6 $6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 9... gxf6 $6 (9...
Bxf6 $1 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Rd1 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.
Nxd4 Ke7 $15) 10. Qa4+ (10. Qb3 $5 Qc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. Bc4 Qf4 $5 13. O-O Rg8
$132) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Kc7 $11 {Van den Berg,A-Bohm,H/NLD-chT 1995 (28)}) (8. Bb5+ {Finkel,A} Bd7
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
$11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) 8...
Qc7 (8... cxd4 {Finkel,A} 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13.
Qf3 $14) 9. Ne5 Bd6 (9... a6 {Finkel,A} 10. Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Bd7 $5 {Finkel,A}
11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2 $14) 11. O-O-O $36 Bd6 (11... Rb8 $2 {
Finkel,A} 12. dxc5 $1 $16) (11... cxd4 {Finkel,A} 12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7
14. Qc4 $1 $14) 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/
RUS-Cup9 Novgorod (2) 1997 (42)}) 10. Bb5+ Ke7 (10... Nd7 $2 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 $16) 11. Nc4 $1 Bd7 $6 {The arising endgame is quiet
unpleasent for black so serious attention deserved} (11... Bf4 $5 12. dxc5 Rd8
(12... Bxe3 13. Qd6+ Qxd6 14. cxd6+ Kd8 15. fxe3 $16) 13. Qf3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7
15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. b4 $14 {with slightly inferior position.}) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13.
Nxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ $8 (14... Nxc5 15. Qxd6+ Kxd6 16. O-O-O+ Kc6 17. Bxc5
Kxc5 18. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Gd7f7,Gd7b7]}) 15. Rxd1 $14 Rhc8 16. Ke2 (16. b4 $6 b6
$1 17. Ke2 bxc5 18. Rd2 $1 cxb4 19. Rhd1 Nf6 20. cxb4 Nd5 $11) 16... Nxc5 17.
Rd4 Rc7 18. Rhd1 f6 19. c4 {There is no doubt that with correct defense black
should hold this position,but in practice it is not so easy because white's
advantage is may be not very big,but longlasting;and it's quiet difficult to
play under pressure,where the value of each move risesvery significiently.}
Rac8 20. b3 Rd7 $5 21. Rxd7+ Nxd7 22. Bxa7 $6 {Making black's defensive task
much easier.Better was} (22. f4 b6 23. Kd2 Rc6 24. Kc3 Rd6 25. Rxd6 Kxd6 26. b4
$14) 22... Ra8 23. Bd4 Rxa2+ 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Kd6 {Now white's advantage
is symbolical and game should end up in a draw.} 26. b4 Kc6 27. b5+ Kd6 28. f4
Nc5 29. Bb2 Kc7 30. Ke3 Nb3 $6 {Inaccuracy,however without any consequences.
Much safer was to put a knight on d7.} 31. Ba3 Kd7 32. Kd3 b6 33. Bb4 $1 {
Covering square a5.} Nc5+ 34. Kd4 $14 (34. Bxc5 $5) 34... Nb3+ 35. Ke4 g6 36.
g4 Nc1 37. Ba3 Ne2 $4 {Incredable blunder which is very difficult to explain.
Black moves his knight to a square from which there is no way out.After normal}
(37... Nb3 $14 {white has to try very hard to make any progress.}) 38. Bb2 $1 {
Now the knight is trapped and the game is over.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wells. Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4
Nbd7 7. O-O (7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. Be3 (9. c3 Nf6 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7
12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Bc6 $5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 $14 {Fedorowicz,J-Lein,A/
Estes Park USA ch 1986/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (9. O-O Nf6 $6 (9... O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11.
Bg5 $5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Bf3 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5 15. Qd2 e5 16. Rd6 Bf5 $11 {
Hector,J-Martin,A/Festuge op 1991 (70)}) 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12. Qe5
Bf8 13. Re1 $36 {Tseshkovsky Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament,
Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)}) 9... Qc7 (9... O-O 10. c3 (10. O-O-O $5 Qc7
11. h4 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. dxc5 bxc5 $1 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 $132 {Luther,
T-Paehtz,T/Altensteig 1990 (23)}) 10... Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Kb1 b5 $2 16. dxc5 $1 $16 {Dimitrov,V-Happel,H/Cordoba op
1994 (27)}) 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. h3 $6 b6 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15.
Ne5 Nd5 $15 {Ryan,R-Myers,D/cr 1987 (36)}) 7... Nxe4 (7... c5 $6 {66/248}) 8.
Bxe4 c5 9. c3 Qc7 (9... O-O 10. Bc2 (10. Be3 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Rad1 Qc7 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Seirawan,Y/Reykjavik WCup
1991}) (10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bf4 g6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Rfe1
Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfd8 $11 {Gorjatchev,V-Haba,P/Ceske Budejovice op 1996}) (10. Be3
{52/274}) 10... cxd4 (10... Nf6 11. Bg5 (11. dxc5 $5) (11. Qd3 b6 12. Bg5 g6
13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 bxc5 $13 {Brady,S-Lupu,M/Haifa 1989/EU-chT}
) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 (12... Qd5 $1 13. f4 (13. Nf3 $5 $14) 13... b6 14.
Bb3 Qd7 15. Re1 Rd8 $132) 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 $14 {
Rodriguez,A-Perez,R/Matanzas 1997/CBM 57}) 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Qg4 e5 13. Qh5 e4
14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Rxd3 a5 18. b5 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,
J-Hodgson,J/France 1999/EXT 2000 (18)}) 10. Bc2 (10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Rd8 (11...
cxd4 12. cxd4 $5 (12. Nxd4 Nf6 (12... Nc5 $6 13. Bc2 b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Qe4 f5
16. Qf3 $36) 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Bg5 $14) 12... Nf6 13. Bg5 (13. Bd3) 13... Bd7 14.
Rac1 Qb6 15. Ne5 $6 Bb5 16. Qf3 Rad8 $132 {Kudrin,S-Christiansen,L/Salt Lake
City 1999/CBM 73}) (11... Nf6 12. Bg5 $1 h6 $6 (12... Nxe4 $1 13. Qxe4 Bd6 14.
Be3 $1 f6 15. Rd2 $5 (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rd2 Qa5 $1 $11) 15...
cxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Rd2 Be7 19. Rad1 $14) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc4
$1 $14 {[%cal Gc4c7]} Be7 15. b4 f5 $8 16. Bd3 b5 $8 17. Qxb5 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rb8
19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. bxa5 $16 {Yermolinsky,A-Seirawan,Y/Hoogovens 1997 .}) 12. Bc2
cxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Bg3 $13 {Emma,
J-Schweber,S/Villa Gesell 1969/EXT 99}) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qd3
Nf8 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Be8 $132 {Psakhis,L-Bertholee,R/OHRA-B
1990}) 11... Nf6 (11... Bxg5 $6 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qf3 $14) 12. dxc5
$6 {Inaccuracy permitting black to equalize.} (12. Qd3 $5 g6 13. Rad1 b6 14.
Rfe1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Qh3 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 12... Rd8 13. Qe2 Qxc5 14.
Ne5 (14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Be8 16. Be3 Qh5 $11) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Nxd7 (
16. Rad1) 16... Rxd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bd6 21.
Bc2 $6 {Queen+knight versus queen+bishop is usually estimated as equal, but
the side which has Q+N has the potential to get an advantage, so better was} (
21. Bxf6 $11) 21... g5 $1 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Kg7 {The position still
remains equal,but combined efforts of queen and knight give black some hop to
sieze the initiative.} 24. a3 b6 {'=/+' Wells. Wells: 'Perhaps!'} 25. Qd3 {
'?!' Wells. Wells: 'By no means a serious error, but perhaps a first sign that
white is a little too optimistic.'} Ng4 26. Qd2 a5 27. b4 {'?!' Wells. Wells:
'This however, simply looks weakening. It is one thing to try and push your
pawn majority, but soon white finds that he has weakened squares which can be
attacked by a knight but not defended by a light-squared bishop. Too purist?
Maybe, but it is also a bad sign when white feels obliged to recapture 'away
from the centre' in a couple of moves time.'} Qe5 28. Kf1 $6 (28. Qd4 $5 Qxd4
29. cxd4 axb4 30. axb4 Nf6 31. Bb3 $11) (28. bxa5 $5) 28... Nf6 $15 29. Qd3
axb4 30. cxb4 {Wells: 'Goes against the grain a little, but the alternative'} (
30. axb4 Nd5 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ Ke7 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]}) 30... Qa1+ 31.
Ke2 Qe5+ 32. Kd2 (32. Qe3 $5) 32... Nd5 33. Qe4 (33. Qh7+ $5 Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Ke7
(34... Ke8 $5) 35. Kd1 (35. Qh5 {Wells} Qd4+ 36. Ke1 $13) 35... Qa1+ 36. Kd2
Qc3+ 37. Kd1 $11) 33... Qb2 34. Qd3 $6 (34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Ke8 36. Qxg5
Qxa3 $36) 34... Kf8 $1 35. f3 $6 {[%csl Rg3]} Ke7 36. g4 Qe5 $1 $17 {[%cal
Ge5g3] '-/+' Wells. Wells: 'and there is no longer much doubt. White has two
weak pawns, and is likely to suffer on the dark squares.'} 37. Bb1 (37. Bb3 Nf4
$17) 37... Qg3 38. Bc2 Qxg2+ 39. Kc1 Qf2 40. Qe4 Ne3 41. Bb3 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+
43. Ka1 Kd6 44. Qb7 Qc3+ (44... Qd4+ $5 45. Ka2 Nd5 46. Qxf7 Nc3+ 47. Kb2 Na4+
48. Kc1 Qb2+ $19) 45. Ka2 Qc7 46. Qe4 Nd5 47. Bxd5 exd5 48. Qf5 Qc4+ {[%cal
Gc4e2,Ge2e6]} 49. Kb2 Qe2+ 50. Kb3 Qe6 51. Qd3 d4+ 52. Kc2 Qa2+ 53. Kd1 Qb2 54.
Qc4 f6 55. a4 Qa1+ 56. Ke2 Qxa4 57. Qxd4+ Kc7 58. Qxf6 (58. Ke3 Qc6 59. Kf2 $17
) 58... Qb5+ 59. Kf2 Qxb4 60. Qg7+ Kc8 61. Qxh6 Qc5+ 62. Kg2 b5 63. Kg3 b4 64.
Kh3 Qd5 $2 65. Kg3 $2 (65. Qf8+ Kd7 66. Qxb4 Qxf3+ 67. Kh2 $11) 65... b3 66.
Qg7 Qd6+ 67. Kh3 Qd3 68. Kg3 Qb5 69. Qf8+ Kb7 70. Qe7+ Kc6 71. Qf6+ Kc5 72.
Qxg5+ Kb4 {Hecht: '[#] Die weißen Bauern sind kein Gewinn-, wohl aber ein
Remispotenzial, denn sie bieten Schutz vor Gegenschachs. '} 73. Qf6 Ka4 74. Qb2
(74. Qa1+ {Hecht} Kb4 $11) 74... Qd5 75. Qc1 Kb4 76. Qe1+ Kb5 77. Qc3 Qc4 78.
Qe5+ Qc5 79. Qf6 Qc2 80. Qe5+ Kb4 81. Qd4+ Qc4 82. Qb6+ Kc3 83. g5 b2 84. g6
Qd4 85. Qc6+ {'?' Hecht.} (85. Qc7+ $2 {Hecht} Kd3 86. Qh7 Qg1+ 87. Kf4 Qc1+
88. Kg4 b1=Q 89. g7+ Kd4 $19) (85. Qa5+ {Hecht} Kc2 86. Qf5+ Qd3 87. Qc5+ Kd1
88. Qg1+ Kd2 89. Qf2+ $11) 85... Kd2 86. Qb5 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin,A Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {Quiet rare continuation,nevertheless not without poison.More
popular moves in this position are 7.Bd3 and 7.Bg5. 7.Ld3} c5 8. Be3 $5 {
Very logical move.White has tried 8.Bg5 and 8.Bb5,but did'nt reach any opening
advantage:} (8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 $6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 9... gxf6 $6 (9... Bxf6 $1 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4
cxd4 12. Rd1 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxd4 Ke7 $15) 10. Qa4+ (10.
Qb3 $5 Qc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. Bc4 Qf4 $5 13. O-O Rg8 $132) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Kc7 $11 {Van den Berg,A-Bohm,
H/NLD-chT 1995 (28)}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final
Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) 8... Qc7 (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Qxd4 $14 {
Kortschnoj}) 9... Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 $14) 9. Ne5
a6 (9... Bd6 $6 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nc4 $1 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 $14 {Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/RUS-Cup9 Novgorod (6) 1997 (37)
}) 10. Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Bd7 $5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 {Kortschnoj} 12. Qxd7+
Nxd7 13. O-O-O $14 {^^}) 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2 $14) 11. O-O-O $36 Bd6 (11...
Rb8 $2 12. dxc5 $1 $16) (11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qc4 $1 $14)
12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 O-O (14... cxd4 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 15. d5 b5
$6 {Missing the chance to equalize the position} (15... Nb6 $1 16. d6 $1 {
Kortschnoj} (16. Qe4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Re5 $11) (
16. Qh4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rh5 h6 20. Bc4 Rfe8 $11) 16... Nxa4
(16... Qxd6 $2 17. Rxd6 Nxa4 18. Kc2 c4 19. Nxc4 $16) 17. dxc7 b5 $13) 16. d6
$1 $14 {Strong intermediate move keeping the initiative in white's hands.} Qb6
(16... bxa4 17. dxc7 Ra7 18. Rd6 Rxc7 (18... Nf6 19. Rc6 $1 Ne8 20. Rxc5 Rxc7
21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. Bg2 $16) 19. Bxa6 Nf6 20. f3 Bd7 21. Rhd1 $14) (16... Qc6 17.
Qh4 Qxh1 18. Bg2 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rb8 20. Qe7 $1 $16) (16... Qxd6 {Kortschnoj}
17. Rxd6 bxa4 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. Nc4 $13) 17. Qh4 Bb7 18. Bd3 g6 (18... h6 $5 {
Kortschnoj} 19. Rhe1 Ne5) 19. Rhe1 Qd8 $1 (19... Rad8 20. Be2 Qa5 (20... Ne5
21. Qf6 $1 Nd7 22. Qe7 Rfe8 23. Qh4 Ne5 24. Qf4 $1 Nd7 25. Ng4 $16) 21. Kb1 f5
22. f4 e5 23. Nd5 $36) 20. Qh6 {Baburin: By occupying the vulnerable h6-square
White prepares a further h2-h4-h5, which would seriously weaken Black's
kingside. Trying to stop that scenario, Black has to seek an exchange of
queens.} Qf6 21. Ng4 Qg7 22. Qf4 h5 23. Ne5 Rfd8 $4 {Painful blunder after
which it's very difficult to save the game,while after correct Baburin:
Careless! It would have been better to put the other rook on that square.} (
23... Rad8 $1 $132 {the position would remain unclear.}) 24. Nxg6 $1 $16 {
[%csl Re6]} Qf6 (24... fxg6 25. Rxe6 {[%csl Rg6]} g5 (25... Rf8 {Kortschnoj}
26. Qg5 Rf6 (26... Nf6 {Baburin,A} 27. Bxg6) 27. Re7 Rf7 28. Bxg6 $18) 26. Qe3
$18) 25. Be4 $1 Qxf4+ (25... Bxe4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 (26... Kg7 {Kortschnoj} 27. Qxe4
$18) 27. Qxe4 $18) 26. Nxf4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 {Baburin: The rest is a routine task
of capitalising on the extra pawn.} h4 28. Nh5 $1 $18 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rac8 30. g4
Rc6 31. g5 Nf8 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Rh4 Nd7 (33... Kg6 34. Rh8 $1 Kxg5 35. Rxf8 $1
$18) 34. Ne4 $1 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Kd2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Rc8 38. f4 Rh8 39. Kf3
Kg6 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Rh3+ 42. Kg4 Ra3 43. Nf6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. Bd3 $6 {This move is insufficient to fight for
advantage. Black's task is more difficult in case of} (10. O-O-O) 10... Bd7 11.
O-O-O (11. O-O Qe7 12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 c5 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Rxf3
O-O 17. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Savchenko,S/Germany 2004 (17)}) (11. c3 Qe7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Kanovsky,
D-Jasim,A/Olomouc 2005}) 11... Qe7 $11 {Black is ready to take on e3 followed
by c5 to solve his opening problems.} 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. c4 (13. Ne5 Bxe5 14.
dxe5 Bc6 15. f3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kb8 $11) 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 (14. fxe3 c5 15. Qa5
Kb8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Be8 $13) 14... c5 15. Be4 Kb8 $6 {Inaccuracy after
which white could've seized an initiative.} (15... f5 $142 $1 16. Bc2 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 g6 18. Rhe1 e5 $11) 16. Qb3 $6 {White doesn't take a chance.} (16. dxc5 $1
Bxc5 17. Qf4+ Kc8 (17... Ka8 $2 {[%csl Ra8]} 18. Ne5 Ba4 19. b3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Be8 21. Qg3 g5 22. Ng6 $1 fxg6 23. Qe5 Rh7 24. Qxc5 $16) 18. Ne5 Ba4 19. b3
Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be8 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gf2f4]}) 16... Bc8 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Ka8 19. f4 Rd4 $5 (19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 $11
22. Nxf7 $140 $6 Qd2 $1 $36) 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rd3 f6 23. Nf3 (23.
Ng6 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23... Bb6 24. Qc3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 g5 (25... Qc5 $1 $15)
26. fxg5 hxg5 27. h3 Qd6 $6 (27... Bc5 $5) 28. c5 $1 $11 Qxc5 (28... Bxc5 $4
29. b4 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 29. Qxf6 Qe3 30. Qc3 Kb8 31. Qe5+ Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Bd4
33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Kc2 Kc7 35. Kd2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Bd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7
13. Ne5 b5 14. Rhe1 b4 15. f4 a5 $132 {Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG-ch 1995 (37)})
10... h6 (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 (11... Qc7 $5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O b6 14.
Qe4 f5 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qh6 Kh8 $132 {Fedorov,A-Doroshkievich,V/St.Petersburg
op 1994 (34)}) 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg3 Bd7 $11
{Rublevsky,S-Anastasian,A/EUCup Gr5 1993 (34)}) 11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13.
Kb1 Qd5 $5 14. Rde1 Qh5 15. Rhg1 Ng4 $5 $13 16. Ref1 Bd6 17. Bc3 Rac8 18. h3
Nh2 19. Nxh2 {1/2-1/2 Milu,R-Negulescu,A/ROM-ch 1992}) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 b6 (
10... h6 11. Bf4 (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bg3 Rfd8
$132 {Himmel,H-Luecke,N/BL9495 1995 (44)}) 11... Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Be5 Be7 16. c4 $14 {Kaiumov,D-Sobhani,F/Asian Teams, Genting
Highlands MAS 1998 (34)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. c3
h6 15. Rd2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Qg5 $13 {Korneev,O-Hoffman,A/Elgoibar 1996 (36)}) 11...
Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 {Qiuet logical,but absolutely harmless continuation;
more ambitious is} (13. Ne5 Rfd8 (13... Be7 14. Nd7 Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bg5
Nc5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 $14) (13... Nd5 $6 14. c4 Ne3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+
Kg8 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 $16 {Slobodjan,R-Teske,H/GER-ch 1995 (29)}) 14. Kh1
h6 15. Bh4 Bd4 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc4 $44 {Ginzburg,M-Hoffman,A/
ch-ARG, Buenos Aires ARG 1998}) (13. c4 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Rad8 16. b3
Bc8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 f5 19. Bc2 Bb7 $15 {Borocz,I-Shaked,T/Budapest FS06
GM 1997}) 13... gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 (14... Rad8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd2 f5 (16...
Be7 17. Ne4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qd3 Be7 $11 {Reshevsky,
S-Woliston,P/USA-ch 1940}) 17. Qh5 Bd4 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. c3 Qe7 $132 {Ferguson,
M-Kacheishvili,G/WchJM-U18 1995}) (14... Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rfd8 (15... Rad8 $5 16.
g3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Kg7 19. Kf1 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6 $11 {Gross,
S-Jirovsky,M/CZE-chT 9697}) 16. c3 $13 {Bauer,C-Speelman,J/Escaldes zt 1998})
15. c3 Kh8 (15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. g4 $5 $14)
16. g3 Bf8 $6 {Starting very strange plan:for some reason black transfers a
bishop to f6 via g7!} (16... Be7 $5) 17. a3 Bg7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rd3 f5 20.
Rfd1 $14 Rxd3 ({Black faces serious problems also after} 20... Qc7 21. Ng5 $5
Rxd3 (21... h6 $4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxf7+ $18) (21... Bf6 22.
Qh5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rxd3 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd3 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 22. Rxd3 Rf8 23.
Qh5 h6 24. Nh3 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gh2h3,Gg3g4]}) 21. Rxd3 Bf6 {[%csl Rg5]} 22.
Qd1 (22. Qd2 $5) 22... Rc8 $6 23. Ne1 $6 {Missing simple winning continuation}
(23. Rd7 $1 Rc7 24. Qd6 $1 $18) 23... b5 $6 (23... Qc7 $5) 24. Ng2 $6 {Once
againg not paying attention to this possibility.} (24. Rd7 $1 $16) 24... Qb6 {
Finally moving the queen.} 25. Nf4 Rd8 26. Nh5 $16 {Knight finished his trip
to h5 and black looks helpless against numerous threats.} Be7 (26... Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Qd8 (27... Be7 $6 28. Qd7 Qd8 29. Qxb5 Bxa3 30. bxa3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxh5 32.
Qb8+ $18) 28. Qe2 (28. Qxb5 $2 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxh5 $19) 28... a6 29. Nxf6 Qxf6
30. a4 $1 $16) 27. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd2h6] Setting little trap.} Rxd3 $2
(27... e5 28. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 (28... a5 29. Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 29. Qxd7 Qd8
30. Qxf5 $18) 28. Qh6 $1 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 (8... Qb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Nf3 (12. Be3 Bc5 13.
b4 $5 Qxb4 14. Rb1 Qxc4 15. Rc1 Qb4 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxc5 Rxd1
19. Rxd1 $44 {Cuijpers,F-Van der Weide,K/Den Bosch op 1992}) 12... Bc6 13. Qe2
Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. a3 Ba4 18. Rdc1 b6 19. b4 $14 {
Schula,M-Votruba,P/CZE-chT 1994}) (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 Be7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be3
Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd4 Rd8 14. Qc2 $14 {Wahls,M-Teske,H/Berliner Sommer 1995})
9. Qxd4 Qxd4 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qa6 11. c4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qc3 Bd6 14. Nxd7
Rxd7 15. O-O $14 {Bologan,V-Vila,S/Oviedo rapid45 1992}) 10. Nxd4 Bc5 (10... a6
11. Bf4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Nd7 14. Rad1 g5 15. Bc7 Ra7 16. Ba5 Re8 17. Rd2
$14 {Waldmann,H-Fleischer,P/OLNO 1993}) 11. Nb3 Bd6 $6 {Dubious decision
permitting white to develop the initiative on the queenside.} (11... Bb6 12.
Ke2 $6 e5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nd2 Ng4 15. Ne4 Be6 $132 {Hertneck,G-Luther,T/Bad
Lauterberg 1991}) 12. O-O Ke7 ({Also after} 12... O-O 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Na5 $6
Rb8 14. Be3 Bc7 15. Nb3 b6 $14) 13... Rd8 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1
Bb6 17. c4 $16 {white has extremly unpleasent pressure.}) 13. Na5 $1 {[%csl
Rb7][%cal Gc1e3]} Rb8 (13... Nd5 $6 14. c4 Bc7 15. Bd2 Bxa5 16. Bxa5 Nb6 17.
Bb4+ Kf6 18. b3 $16) 14. Be3 Bc7 $2 {There was no reason to give up a pawn.Of
course} (14... a6 $6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Bc5+ Ke8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Ra8 19.
Rad1 $16 {is not a solution,but}) (14... Nd7 $1 15. Rad1 Bc7 16. Nb3 a6 17. Rd2
Rd8 18. Rfd1 f6 $14 {would give black a chanse to keep fighting.}) 15. Bxa7 $16
Ra8 16. Bc5+ Bd6 17. Bxd6+ Kxd6 18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. b4 Ra7 20. c4 Bd7 $6 (20...
b6 21. Nc6 Ra3 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Rad1 $16) 21. c5 $18 {White is not
just a pawn up he is in full control over the situation.} Bc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23.
Rd6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 (24... cxd5 25. b5 Ra3 26. b6+ Kb8 27. c6 Rc8 28. Rc1 $18
) 25. Re1 Rxa2 26. Re7+ Kb8 27. Rxc6 Rd8 28. Rb6+ Ka8 29. Rd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 $5 {It's not uncommon thing in the french defense that white gives up
his darksquared bishop for he black knight. In this particular position white
bishop on e4 is "key figure", so white doesn't need to think twice to give up
another one.} (8. Bd3) 8... Qd6 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+
$10) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 (10. Qd2 Qxd2+ (10... Qxb2 11. O-O Qb4 12. c3
Qd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rab1 b6 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Rfe1 $36 {Miednikova,
S-Bystryakova,E/St Petersburg 2002}) 11. Nxd2 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Nf3 Bd7 14.
Nxd4 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Lampe,D-Fette,M/Germany 2002/CBM 88 ext (14)}) 10... Qxb2
11. O-O Qa3 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Be3 Be7 14. c4 c5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qd3 g6 $13 {
Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Kopavogur 2000}) 9... gxf6 10. O-O (10. Qe2 Bd7 (10... Bg7
11. O-O-O f5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 $11 {Colovic,
A-Benkovic,P/Lazarevac 1999}) 11. O-O (11. Bxb7 $2 Qb4+ $19) 11... O-O-O 12.
Rad1 Bg7 13. Qe3 f5 14. Bd3 Bc6 $15) (10. Qd2 $5 f5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O
13. Ne5 $16) (10. c3 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Nc4 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15.
Qxc6+ bxc6 16. b4 $14 {Kharlov,A-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1999}) 10... Bd7 $5 {
Slightly damaged pawn structure shouldn't bother black, so he may consider
castling both kingside and queenside.} (10... f5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13.
Rad1 c5 14. c3 b6 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rfd8 $11 {Anand,V-Speelman,J/Linares
1991}) 11. c4 O-O-O {Black shows no fear.} (11... c5 12. Qb3 Qc7 (12... cxd4
13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Qxa7 Rxc4 15. b3 Rb4 16. a3 Rxb3 17. Nxd4 Qb8 18. Qa5 $16) 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qc3 Be7 $13) 12. Qb3 Qb4 ({Nothing changes} 12... Qb6 13. Qc3 Qb4
(13... Bb4 $2 14. c5 Qb5 15. Qc2 $18) 14. Qc2 {transferring to the position
which occured in the game}) 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd3 Bc6 (14... c5 15. a3 Qb6 16.
dxc5 (16. b4 $2 cxd4 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nxd4 Bg7 $17 {[%cal Gg7a1]}) 16... Qxc5 17.
b4 Qc7 18. c5 Bc6 $132) 15. d5 $1 {White has no other choice.} exd5 16. Ne5 Be8
17. Bxf5+ Kb8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Bxe5 {This move is good enough to keep the
balance, but deserved some attention} (19... c6 $5 {[%cal Gb4b6,Gd5c4]}) 20.
Rxe5 Ba4 21. b3 Bc6 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Rexd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 c6 {
It's hard to believe that black will lose this endgame in just 15 moves, but
that's exactly what happened in the game!} (25... Re8 26. f3 $16) 26. Re2 a5
27. f3 Kc7 $2 {Waste of time. After correct} (27... h6 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Re7 c5
30. h4 b5 31. g4 c4 $132 {black is out of danger.}) 28. Re7+ Kb6 {[%csl Rb6]}
29. Be4 Be6 (29... Bxe4 30. fxe4 f6 31. Kf2 $16) 30. f4 $16 a4 31. bxa4 Ra8 32.
Bc2 Bxa2 33. Kf2 h6 34. g4 Bd5 35. h4 Kc5 36. Rxb7 Kd4 37. h5 c5 (37... f6 38.
Rh7 Be4 39. Bxe4 Kxe4 40. Kg3 Rxa4 41. Rxh6 $18) 38. Rd7 Rb8 39. Bd1 Rb2+ 40.
Kg3 Kc4 (40... Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. g5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Ke5 44. h6 $18) 41. Bf3
Be6 42. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Nice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bg5 Qa5+ $5
{Interesting move forcing white to give up his bishop to fight for the
advantage.} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nec5 12.
Bd6 a6 13. Qg4 g6 14. b4 Qxb4 15. Qh4 {1-0 Rocha,S-Supatashvili,K/Parnaiba 1995
}) (7... Qb6 $6 8. dxc5 Qxb2 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. Bb5 {[%cal Ge4f6,
Ge4d6]} Qa5+ 12. c3 Bxc5 13. Nxf6+ Ke7 14. Nxd7 $18 {Bensch,P-Heyne,M/Bayern
1998}) 8. c3 {Nothing promised} (8. Bd2 Qb6 9. dxc5 {and black may choose a
way for equality} Nxc5 (9... Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc3 Bd7 (11... Nxd3+ $6 12.
Qxd3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Qc6 14. O-O $36) 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Bb5 $11) (9... Qxb2 10.
Nd6+ Bxd6 11. cxd6 Qa3 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 $13) 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bc3 Be7 $132
) 8... cxd4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 {I'm not sure black should trade the knights.
Deserved attention} (9... gxf6 $5 10. Nxd4 f5 11. Qh5 $6 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qg7 $13 {
with very good counterchances.}) 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Nxd4 Qe5+ $6 ({More
accurate was} 11... Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O {and black queen may come to g5 after b4.
}) 12. Be2 (12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O $11) 12... Bc5 13. O-O Bd7
(13... O-O $5) 14. b4 Bb6 15. Re1 O-O-O $6 (15... Bxd4 $5 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Bf3
O-O-O 18. Rc1+ Kb8 19. a3 $14) (15... Qg5 $6 16. a4 O-O-O 17. a5 Bc7 (17...
Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rhg8 21. g3 $14) 18. a6 b6 19. Bf3 e5
20. Qe2 $1 exd4 21. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4b7]} Bf5 22. Qb7+ Kd7 23. Rad1 d3 24. Bc6+
Kd6 25. Bb5 $18) 16. a4 $6 {Not taking his chance. After the correct} (16. Bh5
$1 Qf4 17. Bxf7 e5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bg4 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 e4 22. h3
$16 {white has very good chances to collect the whole point.}) 16... Qd6 17.
Qc2 Bxd4 18. cxd4+ Kb8 19. Qc5 Bc6 $1 $132 {After this move black is doing
fine.} (19... Qxc5 20. dxc5 Bc6 21. b5 Bd5 22. a5 $14) 20. b5 Be4 21. Rac1 b6 (
{Not falling into a trap} 21... Qxd4 $4 22. Qc7+ Ka8 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Qc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8#) 22. Qc3 Rhg8 23. g3 Rc8 24. Qe3 Bb7 {[%cal Gd6d5]
} 25. Bf3 {A pawn sacrifice aiming to get some initiative.} (25. a5 Qd5 (25...
bxa5 26. Ra1 f5 27. Rxa5 f4 28. Qe5 $14) 26. f3 Qg5 27. Qa3 Qd2 28. axb6 Qxd4+
29. Kf1 Qxb6 30. Qe7 $13) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxd4 28. Rd1 $44 (
28. Qc6 Qd8 29. Qf3 Rg5 $13) 28... Qg4 29. Qd3 {Black's king is too exposed to
leave black chances to play for a win.} (29. Rd8+ $6 Kc7 30. Qxg4 Rxg4 31. Rf8
Rxa4 32. Rxf7+ Kd6 $17) 29... Rc8 30. Qd6+ Kb7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Qa6+ Kb8 33. Rd7
Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ 36. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 13th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2003.12.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7 {
This variation has become very popular recently, but in most of the cases
black played 7...c5. The move in the game is less ambitious, but it seems that
black has good chances to equalize after it.} (7... c5) 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6
10. Bg5 Bb7 11. O-O-O (11. O-O h6 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 $11 {\Johnsen,S-Guindy,E/Nykobing 1991}) (11... c5 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bh4 Rd5 16. Bg3 Rad8 $11 {Hracek,
Z-Rahman,Z/Bled 2002}) 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16.
Qe2 c5 $11 {Asrian,K-Minasian,A/Batumi 2002}) (11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bg3
Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 $11 {Eingorn,V-Legky,N/Metz 2002})
11... Qd5 (11... Nd7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Bb5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Bc5 17. Qg3 c6 18. Bd3 $16 {Lima,D-Teixeira,R/Rio de Janeiro 2003}) 12. Kb1
Rad8 {This move appears to be a new one, at least according to my database.} (
12... h6 13. h4 Rfd8 14. Ne5 c5 15. f3 cxd4 16. Bc4 Qd6 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Nxf7
Qxf4 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Qxe6+ Qf7 $132 {Velimirovic,D-Kosic,D/Belgrade 1999})
13. Rhe1 Qa5 {Black's plan is to push c5 that's why the queen has to be
removed from the d-file.} 14. Ne5 h6 (14... c5 15. Nc4 (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2
h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd7 $2 Rxd7 $1 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxd7 Bd5 {[%csl Rb1,Rh7]}
21. a3 Rb8 22. Kc1 Bb3 23. Qe4 Bxc3 $19) 15... Qa4 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b3 Qe8 18.
f4 Nd5 $132) 15. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5]} c5 16. c4 Qa4 17. dxc5 (17. Ng6 $6 fxg6 18.
Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bxg6 Rdf8 $15) 17... bxc5 $6 {Dubious decision, which is the
source of black's problems. There was nothing wrong with the natural 17...Bxc5
initiating multiple changes over the d-file.} (17... Bxc5 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Bc3
Qe7 20. f4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 18. Bc2 Qa6 19. Bc3 Rfe8 $6 (19... Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rd8 21. Re1 (21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Ng4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nf6 $11)) 20. f4 Qb6 (
20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Qd3 Nf6 (22... Nxc3+ 23. bxc3 $1 f5 24. Qd7 Kf8
25. Ba4 $18) 23. Qe3 $14) 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 $40 {[%cal Gg4g5] White's
attack is extremly dangerous.} Nd7 23. g5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. Qxe5 $142 $1 f6
25. Qe2 hxg5 26. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 27. Qxe6+ $18) 24... hxg5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Rg1 f6
$2 {Black's position is pretty tough anyway'but it was still possible to
defend after the correct} (26... Bh6 $8 27. Qh5 (27. Qg4 Rd7 28. Bxg7 $140 $4
f5 $19) 27... Kf8 28. Qg4 Ke7 29. Bxg7 Be3 $14) 27. Qh5 $1 $18 {Now it's all
over.} Qa5 (27... fxe5 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Rxg5 Rg8 30. Bg6+ Kf8 31. Rg1 Qd8 32.
Rf1+ Ke7 33. Rf7+ $18) 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. Rxg5 (29. Rxg5 fxg5 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31.
Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxg7+ Kd6 33. Be5+ Kc6 34. Qxc7#) 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 13th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2003.12.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7.
O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. c4 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13.
Rfe1 Nf8 14. h4 $5 Qc7 15. Rac1 $14 {Shirov,A-Huebner,R/Muenchen 1993}) 9...
O-O 10. Bf4 Bxf3 {White was ready to put the knight on e5 so black prefers to
prevent it by giving up his lightsquared bishop.} (10... Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Nd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Qh4 {
1/2-1/2 Natter,S-Kranewitter,N/Wattens 1993/EXT 2000 (17)}) 11. Qxf3 c6 (11...
c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Qd4 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Qb2 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. Be5 Qa3
18. Bc3 Ncd7 19. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Palamidas,E-Delithanasis,D/Ano Liosia 1992/EXT
2003 (19)}) 12. Rad1 Re8 (12... Qb6 13. Bc1 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 $2 15. Nf5 Qc7
16. Qg3 $18 {Ponomariov,R-Malikgulyew,V/Zagan 1997}) 13. h4 {The main problem
of black in this line is the lack of active counterplay, so white can afford
himself to start actions on the kingside.} (13. Bb1 Bf8 (13... Qb6 $146 14. Qc3
Bb4 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Rd3 g6 17. h3 c5 $5 18. d5 $14 {Solozhenkin,E-Rustemov,A/
Elista 1996}) 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h3 Bg7 16. a3 a5 17. Ba2 $14 {Chandler,M-Richter,
W/Germany 1992/GER-chT}) 13... Qa5 14. a3 e5 15. b4 Qc7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5
Qxe5 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Nf5 Rad8 ({Another alternative was hardly better.} 19...
Bf8 20. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 21. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rh7]} Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Bc2
Qd7 (23... Rd6 24. c5 Rd5 25. Re8 $1 $18) 24. Rd1 Qxf5 25. Rxd8 $1 $18) 20. g4
$1 Bf8 21. g5 Rxe1+ (21... Nd7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7
25. Qxf7+ Bg7 26. g6+ Kh8 27. Qxe8+ Nf8 28. Rd8 $16) 22. Rxe1 Ne8 23. c5 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]} Qd7 (23... g6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25. gxh6 Qd7 26. h5 Nc7 27. Bc4 $16)
24. Bc4 Nc7 25. Kg2 (25. h5 Ne6 26. g6 Kh8 27. gxf7 Ng5 28. Qg4 Nxf7 29. Kg2
$16 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 25... Ne6 26. Re4 Re8 27. Qg4 Qd8 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 (28... fxe6
29. Nd4 Qd5 30. Nxe6 g6 31. Kg1 $16) 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nd4 {[%csl Re6] White's
knight is far stronger than the bishop, so black's defensive task is far from
being simple.} Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Qe3 Kf7 34. Nf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3e5]} Qf5 $1 (34... g6 $2 35. Ne5+ Ke8 36. Qf4 $18) 35. Ne5+ Kg8 36. Kg2 Be7
$6 {Too passive. It was necessary to play} (36... g6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf8g7]
trying to activate the bishop.} 37. Qd4 Bg7 38. Qd8+ Bf8 (38... Qf8 39. Qd7 $1
$16) 39. Qb8 (39. Qf6 Qxf6 40. gxf6 Bh6 41. Nc4 Kf7 42. Nd6+ Kxf6 43. Nxb7 Ke5
44. b5 Kd5 45. b6 axb6 46. cxb6 c5 $13) 39... Qf4 40. Qc7 $14) 37. Qd4 Bf8 38.
Kg3 Be7 39. f4 Qb1 40. Nf3 $1 $18 {Depriving black his last chance to fight
for a draw.} Bf8 41. Qc4 Qf5 42. Ne5 a6 43. a4 Be7 44. a5 h6 45. Qd4 hxg5 46.
hxg5 Qb1 47. Nf3 Qb3 48. Qd7 Bf8 49. g6 e5 50. fxe5 Qd5 51. e6 {Great play by
the Russian grandmaster!} 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 12th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. c4 a5 $5 {Usually black prefers to play this move only after the
castle, but slight change in the move order doesn't really matter.} (9... O-O
10. b3 b6 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c6 (11... c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nf3
Re8 15. Ng5 Qb6 16. Nxh7 Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd7 Kg8 19. Qd3 $16 {Yagupov,
I-Itkis,B/Alushta 2000}) 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. a3 b5 $2 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 {
[#]} 16. d5 $16 {Watson,W-Teske,H/Porz 1993}) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1
Bf8 (13... c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ng5 Qc7 16. f4 Rad8 17. Ndf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 g6
$13 {De Firmian,N-Holst,A/Copenhagen 2003}) 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Ndf3 h6 16. Rfe1
Rad8 17. Bb1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 g6 19. h3 Bg7 $132 {Iordachescu,V-Burmakin,V/Berlin
1997}) 10. b3 a4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 $6 {This continuation isn't very
dangerous for black. More appealing is 12.Bc3 followed by 13.N:b3, which was
tried by De Firmian:} (12. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Milu,R-Ionescu,C/Bucharest 1998/CBM 64
(12)}) (12. Bc3 axb3 13. Nxb3 $5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17.
g3 Bf8 18. h4 h5 19. Re2 $14 {De Firmian,N-Christiansen,L/Seattle 2002}) 12...
h6 13. Rad1 axb3 (13... Qb8) 14. axb3 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Rb3] Showing a deep
understanding of the position. White pawn on b3 is about an only weakness in
his camp, so black is preparing to attack it.} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17.
Be4 (17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Nc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6) (17. Ra1 Nc5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Ra1
Qd8 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. g3 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Ne4 24. Rd1 Ng5 $11) 17... Nc5
18. Bxc6 bxc6 $13 19. Bc3 $6 {Appearently white either overestimates his
chances or doesn't feel the danger.} (19. Bd4 Rd8 20. Qc3 Ra3 21. Rb1 Qb7 22.
Rfd1 $11) 19... Rd8 20. Rb1 Ra3 21. b4 Na4 22. Ba1 (22. Ne4 $6 Nxc3 23. Nxc3
Bxb4 24. Ne4 Ra5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 22... c5 23. b5 Qa8 $1 {[%csl Ra1]} 24.
Ne4 (24. Rfd1 Nb6 25. Bb2 Rad3 $15) 24... Nb6 25. Qe2 Ra4 26. Rbc1 Nxc4 $1 27.
Rfe1 Nb6 28. Bc3 Bg5 $6 29. Nxg5 (29. Rc2) 29... hxg5 30. h3 $6 (30. Qe3 Nd5
31. Qxg5 (31. Qxc5 $2 Nf4 32. Qc6 Nd3 $19) 31... Rb8 32. Bd2 Rxb5 33. h4 Qf8
34. h5 Rb2 $15) 30... Nd5 31. Qh5 g4 32. Bd2 gxh3 33. Qxh3 Rb8 34. Rxc5 Rd4 35.
Bg5 $2 (35. Bc3 Nf4 36. Qf3 (36. Qg3 Re4 $1 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3
Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxb5 42. Rxc7 Rxe5 $17) 36... Qxf3 37. gxf3 Rd5 38.
Rxc7 Rdxb5 39. Kh2 $11) 35... Qa4 $1 36. Rcc1 Qxb5 37. Qg3 Qd3 38. f3 Qg6 $19
39. Re2 Rb1 40. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 41. Re1 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Kh2 Qc2 44. Bf6 Qh7+
45. Kg1 c5 46. Bh4 Qb1+ 47. Qe1 Qxe1+ 48. Bxe1 Kf8 49. Kf2 Ke7 50. g3 Kd7 51.
f4 Kc6 52. Kf3 c4 53. Ke4 Kc5 54. f5 c3 55. fxe6 fxe6 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. g4 Kb4
58. Kd4 g5 59. Kd3 Kb3 60. Kd4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Jeremic, Veljko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 {Quite dangerous plan, which, however, wasn't carried out
properly by white in this game.} O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 {After the tournament in
Wijk an Zee in 2002, in which 10...Qd5?! was unsuccessfully tested by black 3
times, a move in the game appears to be an only alternative.} (10... Qd5 $6 11.
Kb1 (11. Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 $14 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove 1997/CBM 61})
11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Qxf3 (13... Be7 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16.
Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/
Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 $44
{Ivanisevic,I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo 1998/CBM 67}) 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13.
Rhe1 (13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. f4 Rd4 15. Rhf1 (15. c3 Rd6 $5 16. b4 Rxd3 17. Nxd3 Bd6
18. Kb2 $14) 15... Rad8 16. g4 a5 (16... Be4 17. Bc3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Re4 19. Qg2
$14) 17. g5 Ne4 18. Be3 R4d6 $132) (13. Rhg1 Rfd8 14. g4 Rac8 15. g5 Nd5 16.
Rg3 Bd4 17. f4 Ba6 18. c3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bxd3 $132 {Ris,R-Meier,G/Pulvermuehle
2003}) (13. f4 Rac8 14. Rhf1 Rfd8 15. Kb1 Bd4 16. g4 Ba6 17. c3 Bxd3+ 18. Nxd3
Bc5 $13 {Korbut,E-Bystryakova,E/Elista 2003}) 13... Rac8 14. Kb1 Rfd8 15. f4
Rd6 16. c3 {[%csl Rd3] I don't like this move, weakening crucial d3 square,
although even after 16.c3 white seems to have good chances to fight for the
advantage.} (16. g4 $5 Nd5 17. g5 Rcd8 18. h4 b5 19. h5 $14) 16... Rcd8 17. Bc1
(17. Bc2 g6 18. b4 {[%csl Rc3]} Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bd6 20. c4 $2 Bxb4 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8
22. Rd1 Qe7 $132 {Nedev,T-Supatashvili,K/Leon 2001}) (17. b4 $5) 17... Ne4 $1 {
[%cal Ge4f2] Black is looking for a way to simplify the position.} 18. Bc2 Rxd1
(18... b5 $5 19. Rxd6 Nxd6 20. g4 Bd5 21. Qd3 g6 22. f5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24.
Qh3 $13) 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Nf6 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. g4 g6 23. h4 {May be more
challenging for black was} (23. g5 $5 Nh5 (23... Nd7 $2 24. Qd3 $18) 24. Ng4
Qd5 25. c4 Qd6 26. f5 $36) 23... Qd5 24. g5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 (25. Ng4 $5) 25...
Qxd7 26. Be3 $6 {Giving up an idea to fight for a win.} (26. h5 Qd5 27. h6 $14)
26... Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qd5 $11 28. b4 Qh1+ 29. Kb2 Qxh4 30. Qe5 Bd5 31. Qb8+ Kg7
32. Qc7 Qf2 33. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3) (9. Bd2 $5 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Bc3 $6 Qg5+ $5
12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 14. Qh5 f5 $6 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 $3 $36 {Sadler,
M-Miles,A/ch-GBR (Playoff), Hove ENG 1997 (35)}) (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4
$1 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17.
Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}
) 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 (10... Qc7 11. Nf3 O-O (11... Bd7 $5) 12. O-O-O $1 b6
13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 $13 {Korneev,
O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16.
Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19. h4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02
1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $1 $36 {Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) (
10... Bb4 11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4
17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11. O-O-O
Bd7 12. Nh3 $5 (12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8
$132 {Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh op 1998}) 12... h6 13. Qe1 $6 {[%cal
Gd2a5] Dubious decision:white prevents black from castling queenside,but
working very hard in this direction finds himself in troubles.} (13. Bc3 O-O-O
14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11) 13... a5 $5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4
15. a3 ({After} 15. Bxb4 $6 axb4 16. Bc4 O-O 17. f4 Qc5 18. Bb3 Ba4 $36 {
white is in danger.}) 15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 O-O $132 18. f3 $6 Ba4 $1
{[%csl Rc2]} 19. Rd2 Rfd8 $1 {Black pieces are perfectly placed,while white
ones seriously lack coordination.} (19... Rc5 $5 20. Qf4 Bb5 21. Rhd1 Bxd3 22.
Rxd3 Nd5 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. c3 Qb3 25. Qc2 Qa2 $36) 20. Qe2 Nd5 $17 {[%cal Gb6b3]
Preparing Qb3.} (20... Qb3 $6 21. Kb1) 21. Qe4 Qb3 22. Rdd1 (22. Qh7+ $2 Kf8
23. Rdd1 (23. Qh8+ $4 Ke7 24. Qxg7 Qa2 25. b3 Nc3 $1 $19) 23... Qa2 $17) 22...
Ne3 $2 {Missing nice possibility to reach a decisive advantage after} (22...
Nf6 $1 23. Kb1 $8 Nxe4 24. cxb3 Bxb3 $1 (24... Nc5 25. bxa4 Nxd3 26. Rd2 Nc5
$15) 25. fxe4 Rxd3 $1 $19) 23. Qh7+ {Now white manages to hold on.} Kf8 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 26. Bc4+ Nxd1 27. Rxd1+ Ke7 28. Bxb3 Bxb3 29. Rd2
$15 {Black still keeps some prssure,but the worst is behind.} g5 $5 30. Nf2 {
[%cal Gf2d1,Gd1c3]} f5 31. Nd1 h5 (31... Bd5 $5 32. Ne3 Bc6 33. Kd1 h5 34. Ke2
f4 $15) 32. Nc3 Bc4 33. Kd1 h4 34. Ke1 b5 35. Nd1 Bd5 36. Kf2 h3 37. g3 Bb7 38.
Ne3 f4 $6 {Black tries to hard playing for a win} 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Ng4 e5 $6 (
40... Rg8) 41. c3 $6 ({Why not} 41. Nxe5 Rg8 42. Rd7+ (42. Ng4 Bc8 43. Ke2 Rg5
44. b3 $14) 42... Ke6 43. Rxb7 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 Kxe5 45. Re7+ Kd5 46. Re2 $14 {
with a pawn up?}) 41... b4 $6 (41... Ke6) 42. axb4 axb4 43. cxb4 Rc1 44. Nxe5 (
44. Re2 $5) 44... Kf6 {The rest of thegame is quiet funny so I suppose that
there was a mistake in the scoresheet!} (44... Rh1 $5 45. Rd7+ (45. Ng4 Ba6 46.
Re2+ Bxe2 47. Kxe2 Rb1 $17) (45. Ng6+ Kf6 46. Nxf4 Rxh2+ 47. Ke3 Rxd2 48. Kxd2
h2 49. Nh5+ Kg5 50. Ng3 Kf4 51. Nh1 Bxf3 $19) 45... Ke6 46. Rxb7 Rxh2+ 47. Kg1
Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Kxe5 49. Re7+ Kf6 $11) 45. Ng4+ Kf5 (45... Ke6 46. Re2+ Kf5 47.
Re5+ Kg6 48. b5 Rc2+ 49. Re2 Rc5 $16) (45... Kg5 46. Re2 Bd5 47. Re5+ Kh4 48.
Rxd5 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Re1+ 51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Kd3 Rd2+ 53. Ke4 $18) 46.
Re2 Bd5 (46... Kg5 47. Re5+ Kg6) 47. Re5+ Kg6 48. Re1 Rc2+ 49. Re2 Rc1 50. Re1
Rc2+ 51. Re2 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 $6 {I can just say about this move "Don't try it
at home"!} 4. Nf3 ({In my opinion} 4. a3 $5 {[%csl Gb4] would be highly
unpleasent for black.}) 4... Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 (5... Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8.
Be3 Nb4 9. Be2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 $13 {Barskij,A-Sebald,R/Dortmund 1999}) (5... c5
6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 $132 {
Ries,W-Sefeloge,M/Reil 2000}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O $5 {White is playing in very
agressive fashion. However, it worth to mention, that after} (7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Qe2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 $13 {the position
is not very clear.}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 a5 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11.
Rb3 Nc6 $13) 10. Rb3 Bb4 11. c4 b6 {For some reason black insists not to take
on c4, even though it was called for.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. a3 Be7 14.
Qe2 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nd5 $13) 12. Qc2 Be7 $6 {Missing the second chance to take on
c4 with playable position.} (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb7) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5+
Kf8 $8 (14... Bd7 $143 $6 15. e6 Bxb5 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne5+ Kg8 18. Rxb5 $36
{[%csl Rd5,Rg8]}) 15. Be3 (15. Bf4) 15... Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. e6 Qc6 $1 (
17... Qxe6 18. Qxc7 Nd7 19. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) 18. Rc3 Qxe6 19. Rxc7 Na6
20. Rc6 Nb4 21. Rxe6 Nxc2 22. Rxb6 $16 {The endgame is very tough for black
due to extremly passive position of the rook on h8.} Kg8 (22... Nb4 23. a3 Nc2
24. Rc1 Nxa3 25. Ra6 Rd8 26. Ne5 $14) 23. Rc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Kh7 25. Rb7 Rhe8
26. Rcc7 Bf8 27. Ne5 (27. Kf2 $5 f6 28. Ne1 $1 Rab8 29. Nd3 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Rc8
31. Nf4 $16) 27... Rac8 28. Rxf7 Rc2 29. Nd7 (29. a4 $5 Ra2 30. h4 Rxa4 31. h5
Ra1+ 32. Kh2) 29... Be7 30. Ne5 Bf8 31. h4 Rxa2 32. h5 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kh2)
33... Kg8 34. Ng6 $5 (34. Rfd7 a4 35. Rxd5 a3 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. Kf3 $18) 34...
Rb1 $5 35. Ra7 $6 (35. Rxg7+ Bxg7 36. Rxb1 $18) 35... Rb6 36. Rfd7 Rf6+ 37. Ke2
Rfe6 38. Nxf8 (38. Ne5) 38... Rxe3+ 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40. Kg1 Kxf8 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42.
Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rag7+ $6 (44. Rxh6) 44... Kf8 45. Rd7 R2e7 46. Rdxe7
(46. Rhxe7 Rxe7 47. Rxd5 Ra7 $11) 46... Rxe7 47. Rxh6 Ra7 48. Rd6 a4 49. Rxd5
a3 50. Rf5+ Kg7 51. Rf1 Kh6 52. Ra1 Kxh5 (52... Rd7 $2 53. Rxa3 Rxd4 54. Ra5
Rh4 55. Kf2 Rh1 (55... Rxh5 $2 56. Rxh5+ Kxh5 57. Kf3 $18) 56. Kf3 Rb1 57. g4
$18) 53. Kf2 Kg4 54. Ke3 a2 55. Ke4 Kg3 56. d5 Re7+ 57. Kf5 Re2 58. d6 Rd2 59.
Ke6 Re2+ 60. Kf7 Rd2 61. Ke7 Re2+ 62. Kd8 Rd2 63. d7 Kg4 (63... Kxg2 $4 64. Ke7
Re2+ 65. Kf6 Rd2 66. Rxa2 $18) 64. Ke7 Re2+ 65. Kf6 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 $5 {White shows very agressive approach to the opening. After
a move in the game black finds himself under dangerous pressure, however his
defensive resourses are quite significant.} Qxd4 (9... Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11.
Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Bd6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nc4 $14 {Nataf,I-Kosic,D/
Budva 2002}) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nd7 11. Qe2 $1 Qxh4 12. g3 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qa5 14.
O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rd7] Boersma,J-Span,P/Amsterdam 2002}) 11. Nxd7 $5 ({Deserves
attention an attempt to develop an initiative in the endgame arising after} 11.
Qxd4 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O-O Bc5 14. b4 Bb6 15. c4 a6 16. Ba4 e5 17. Rhe1
f6 18. c5 Bc7 19. Rxd4 $14) 11... Nxd7 12. c3 (12. Qxd4) 12... Qe5+ 13. Kf1 Qc7
14. Qa4 Be7 15. Bg3 e5 16. Rd1 (16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxd7+ Kf8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Bf5
g6 $11) 16... O-O-O 17. Qxa7 (17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Qxd7+ Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20.
Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 $15) 17... Nb8 18. Ke2 h5 19. h4 $6 {Till this moment white
played very decent chess, but from now on he is making mistake after mistake
finding himself in losing position after less than 10 moves.} (19. f3 h4 20.
Bf2 h3 21. g3 f5 22. Rhe1 $14) 19... f5 20. Bc4 $6 (20. f3) 20... Qc6 21. f3 f4
22. Bf2 e4 $17 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Qg6 $1 25. Kf1 Nc6 26. Qa4 Rd2 27. Rd1 $6
(27. Be2 $142 exf3 (27... e3 $2 28. Qxf4 Rxe2 29. Bg3 Rf2+ (29... Bd6 30. Qxd6
Rf2+ 31. Kg1 $13) 30. Kg1 Bd8 31. Bxf2 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 $132) 28. gxf3 (28. Bxf3
$2 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 Rxf2 30. Bxc6 Rxb2 $19) 28... Qe6 29. Qe4 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Rxb2 $17
) 27... Rxb2 28. Qa3 {[%csl Ra3]} Rxf2+ $19 29. Kxf2 exf3 30. gxf3 Qg3+ 31. Ke2
Qg2+ 32. Kd3 (32. Ke1 Bxh4#) 32... Ne5+ 33. Ke4 Nxc4 34. Qa8+ Kc7 35. Rd7+ Kxd7
36. Qxb7+ Ke8 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qd5+ Kg6 39. Qxc4 Qc2+ 40. Kxf4 Qh2+ 41. Ke3
Qxh4 42. Qg8 c4 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. f4 Bc5+ 45. Ke2 Qe7+ 46. Qxe7 Bxe7 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nge2 {Harmless continuation promising white no
opening advantage.} dxe4 (4... Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nf4 (6. Ng3 b6 7. h4 Bb7 8. Qg4
h6 9. a3 Qe7 10. Be3 $14 {Misailovic,N-Nikolic,Z/Belgrade op 1989}) 6... Ne7 7.
Bd3 c5 $5 8. Nb5 Ng6 9. Qg4 $5 {[%csl Re6]} Nxf4 10. Bxf4 c4 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12.
Nc3 $14 {Misailovic,N-Nikolic,Z/JUG-Cup qual 1991}) 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (
6... gxf6 $6 7. c3 b6 8. Nf4 e5 $6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nh5 $16 {Zelcic,R-Soln,P/
Bled op 1993}) 7. Be3 b6 $5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. O-O-O h6 10. c3 ({White gets
absolutely nothing also after} 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Be2 Nb4 (11... Bb4) 12. a3 Nd5
13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Qxc3 Bd6 $11) 10... O-O-O $132 11. Qc2 e5 (
11... Ne7 12. Ng3 Nd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Be4 Bg7 $11) 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nf5 14. Ng3
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5 (15... Bc5 $5) 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. Rd3 Rhf8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. g4 g6
20. Bh3 ({Worse is} 20. Qf6 $6 Qxf6 21. Nxf6 Be7 22. Ne4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24.
Bh3 Kb8 25. Ng3 f4 26. Ne4 b5 $1 $15 {and black has some pressure.}) 20... f6
$5 (20... Kb8 21. Rf1 Bc8 22. Nf6 $5 $13) 21. Rf1 (21. g5+ $6 f5 22. gxh6 Rh8
23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc3 Rxh6 25. Qg3 Qd6 $15) 21... Kb8 22. Qc2 ({Of course not} 
22. Nxf6 $2 g5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} (22... Rd6 $2 23. g5 $1 {[%csl Gd7]} hxg5 24.
Nd7+ Rxd7 25. Qxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bxd7 $18) 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Qf5 Rf7
$17 {and white is in troubles.}) 22... Bc8 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc3 $2 ({It was
correct to play} 24. e4 $1 $13 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4,Gc4c5] regaining the
coordination between the pieces.}) 24... h5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gc8h3] Now black has
an unpleasent pressure.} 25. Qg2 (25. Qxg6 hxg4 26. Bg2 f5 27. h3 Rg8 28. Qf6
Rde8 $15) 25... hxg4 26. Bxg4 f5 27. Be2 Rh8 28. Qg5 (28. Qxg6 Rxh2 29. Bd1
Rdh8 $36) 28... Rd7 29. h4 Rdh7 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Rg1 $6 ({Good chanses of
survival would promise} 31. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 32. e4 Reh7 (32... f4 33. c5 Reh7 34.
cxb6 axb6 35. Rc6 Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Rxh4 37. Rxg6 Rh2 38. Bd1 $132) 33. exf5 Bxf5
34. Re3 e4 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rh4 $15 {and despite the lack of pawn white seems
to hold the position.}) 31... Qxg5 32. Rxg5 Rxh4 33. Rxg6 Rh1+ 34. Kd2 R1h2 $17
{[%csl Rc3,Re2][%cal Gh2d2,Gf5f3]} 35. Rc1 (35. Rg7 f4 36. exf4 exf4 37. Re7
Bg4 $19 {[%cal Gf4f3]}) 35... f4 36. Rf1 (36. exf4 exf4 37. Rf1 Re8 $19) 36...
Bh3 37. Rf3 Bf5 $1 $19 38. Rg5 Be4 39. Rf1 f3 40. Rxe5 fxe2 41. Re1 Bf3 42. Rf5
Rf2 0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-B 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Perdomo, Carlos Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8224]} 1. e4 {Baburin.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6
6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. c3 {This variation despite seeming simplicity is
quiet dangerous for black.} (8. Qd2 O-O (8... Nd5 9. Bg5 $5) 9. O-O-O b6 10.
Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb5 $6 Qc8 $1 $13 12. f3 c6 $1 13. Ba4 $6 c5 $2 (13... Nd5 14. c4
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 $1 16. Bc2 bxc4 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 c5 $15) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5
15. Bg5 Rd8 16. Qa5 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Istratescu,A/Budapest zt-plof 1995}) (8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qf2 Qc7
$36 {[%cal Gc5c3] Doering,S-Kruck,M/GER-ch U15 1997}) 8... O-O 9. Ne5 {I think
that more ambitious is} (9. Bd3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O-O (11. Ne5 c5 12. f3 $6
h6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qf2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. O-O Bxd4 $11 {Ostojic,A-Trtanj,T/
CRO-chW 1996}) 11... Qc8 12. h4 c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. Rhe1 Bxg2 $6
16. Rg1 $40 {[%cal Gg1g7] Anka,E-Nielsen,U/Aarhus int 1996}) 9... c5 10. Bd3
cxd4 (10... Qc7 $5) (10... Nd5 11. Qf3 Bf6 (11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 cxd4 13. exd4
$14) 12. Qe4 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. O-O b6
13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Qh3 (14. Qe3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Rfe1 Rd5 $11)
14... Be4 $11 {Black has managed to neutralize white's threats and the
position becomes equal,but some tactical ideas are in the air and black has to
be careful.} 15. Rad1 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Bc5 17. Qg3 {[%csl Ge5]} Bxd4 ({Bad is} 
17... Rad8 $2 18. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Qxg3 (18... Ne8 $2 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+
$1 Nxg7 21. Qxc7 $18) 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 $8 20. fxg3 gxf6 (20... Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 gxf6
22. Rxf6) 21. Rxf6 Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Kg7 23. Rf4 $16 {and white is just a pawn up.
}) 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nd5 ({Once again this move is
impossible:} 20... Rd8 $2 21. Nd7 $1 (21. Nxf7 $2 Rxd4 {[%csl Rg1]} 22. Qxc7
Rd1#) (21. Nc6 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxg3 23. hxg3 $11) 21... Ne8 (21... Rxd7 22. Qxc7
Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Ne8 24. Rxe8#) 22. Nf6+ $1 $18) (20... Rc8 $5) 21. c4 Rc8 (21...
b5 22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 (23. Rxc4 Qa5 $17 {[%cal Ga5a2,Ga5e1]}) 23... Rc8 (
23... f6 24. Nd3 Rb8 25. h3 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Ne3 27. c5 $13) 24. Rd1 Nf6 $11) 22.
h3 Nf6 (22... f6 23. cxd5 fxe5 24. Rd1 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qxb2 27. Rd7
e4 28. Rxa7 $14) 23. b4 {Baburin: 'White enjoys a small but lasting advantage
due to his control over the d-file and queenside pawn majority.'} Rd8 $4 {
Black finally puts his rook on this ''cursed'' square and game suddenly ends...
Baburin: 'This natural-looking move is in fact a horrible blunder.'} (23... h6
$11) 24. Nd7 $1 (24. Nc6 $1 $18 {Baburin}) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 g6 (10... Bd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qe4 cxd4 $2 13.
Qxb7 Rd8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Bb5 $16 {Zaitsev,I-Dokuchaev,A/Moscow1 1995}) (10...
Bd6 11. Qe2 b6 (11... a5 12. O-O-O a4 13. a3 O-O 14. Kb1 Ra5 15. Rhe1 c5 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 $13 {Leko,P-Akopian,V/Koop Tjuchem 1996}) 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ba6 Bxa6
14. Qxa6 O-O 15. c3 c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Rac8 $11 {Dolmatov,S-Hickl,J/
Rubinstein mem 1993}) 11. O-O (11. Qe2 Bg7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O Bd7 13. c3 O-O-O
14. h4 Kb8 15. Kb1 Bc8 16. Qe5+ Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rhf8 {1/2-1/2 Suetin,A-Speelman,
J/Hastings 1991}) (12. c3 Bd7 13. a4 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Be4 Be8
17. a5 Qe7 $11 {Baklan,V-Kreiman,B/Open, Bad Zwesten GER 1998}) 12... O-O 13.
c3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Be4 Be8 16. Qe3 Qe7 $132 {Ionov,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/
Benasque op 1997}) 11... Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qd8 14. Be4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 b6 (
15... Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Be8 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 $14) 16. Rad1 $6 {
The main idea of white is to prevent black from playing c5 so better was} (16.
Qc4 $5 Bb7 17. b4 $1 $14 {with preferable position.}) 16... Bb7 17. Qc4 (17.
Ne5 Rfd8 $5 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rd6 $14) 18. Nd3 Rd6 $11)
17... c5 $1 $132 18. dxc5 (18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. dxc5 bxc5 $6 {[%csl Rc5]} (19...
Rac8 $1 20. b4 (20. Qe4 $5 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxc5 (21... bxc5) 22. Rd7 a5 23. Nd2
Rfc8 24. Kf1 R8c7 $11) 20... bxc5 21. b5 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Qd5 $132)
20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Red1 $14) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 bxc5 (19... Rac8 $5 20. Qa4 $5 (
20. c6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd7 a5 23. Re3 Rfc8 24. Red3 $14) 20... Qxc5 21.
Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qd7 Rxa2 23. Rb4 $13) 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23.
g3 $5 (23. Rxd8+ $6 Qxd8 24. g3 (24. Qxc5 $4 Qd1+) 24... Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26.
Kf1 f5 $15) 23... Rd6 24. Kf1 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Ke2 Qb6 $11
{With accurate play black has fully equalized the position.} 27. b4 (27. b3 $6
Qa5 28. b4 cxb4 29. cxb4 Qa4 $15) 27... cxb4 28. cxb4 a6 29. h4 Bf8 30. a3 a5
31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. a4 Bc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 33. Ne1 Bb6 34. Qb5 Qa7 {[%csl Ga5,Rf2]}
35. Nd3 h5 36. Qc4 Kg7 37. Qc3+ $6 {Inaccuracy,permitting black to transfer e5.
} (37. Qb5 Kf8) 37... Bd4 38. Qc4 e5 39. f3 Qb6 40. Qb5 Qc7 41. Qb3 e4 $1 {
[%csl Rg3]} 42. Nf4 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 Qc6+ 44. Qd5 $1 ({It was not to late to get
into troubles:} 44. Nd5 $6 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 45. Qc4 Qg4+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ $17)
44... Qxa4 45. Ne2 Bf6 46. Qe4 Qxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Degremont GP"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2004.03.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.03.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 a6 $5 {Not a move you will find very often at the top level!} 2. e4 e6 3.
Bd3 d5 4. Nc3 (4. e5 $5) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. Nge2 Nb4 6. O-O Be7 7. Ng3 Nxd3 8.
cxd3 Nf6 9. e5 Ng8 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Be3 $14 {Herbrechtsmeier,C-Legky,N/France
2002}) 5... Nb4 {After the slightly weird first move of black the game took
transposition into a well-known variation of the French defence.} (5... Nf6 6.
e5 (6. a3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Ne2 f6 $13 {Michalek,J-Trapl,J/Czechia
2001}) 6... Nd7 7. a3 Be7 8. Ne2 Nf8 9. h4 Bd7 10. h5 Na7 11. Be3 $14 {Bologan,
V-Moskalenko,V/Moscow 1991}) 6. Be2 (6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 (7... Nxd3 8. cxd3
Ng8 9. Bf4 Be7 10. b4 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qb8 12. Qc2 $14 {Acher,M-Legky,N/Cannes 1999}
) 8. Ne2 Be7 9. Nf4 c5 10. c3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 b6 12. Be3 a5 13. Rfe1 $36 {
Hauchard,A-Moracchini,F/France 2003}) 6... Nf6 7. exd5 (7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O (8. a3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Ne1 c5 12. f4 g6 13. Nf3 $14 {Pieri,F-Legky,N/
Milan 1992}) 8... Nc6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.
Ng5 Nxc2 13. Nxf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8 Nxa1 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 $16 {Lutz,C-Legky,N/
France 2002}) 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Nd2 Na5 12. f4 Bd7 $132 {Kindermann,
S-Prie,E/Uzes 1990}) (7. Bg5 Be7 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qg6
11. axb4 Qxe4 12. c3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Qf4 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne5 $14 {
Odeev,H-Yu Shaoteng/Jodhpur 2003}) 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2
e3 12. fxe3 Nd5 13. Kf2 Qg5 14. Nf1 $14 {Romero Holmes,A-Prie,E/Leon 1991})
7... Nbxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bd6 (9... Be7 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Be3 h6 12. c3 O-O
13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rae1 Bd6 $11 {Dubois,J-Prie,E/France 1991}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4
O-O 12. Ne5 Be7 $6 {A bit passive, but good enough to keep the balance.} (12...
Re8 13. f4 (13. Ng4 Be7 14. Ne3 c6 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. c3 Qd6 $11)
13... Be7 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. c4 c6 $13) 13. Re1 Be6 (13... Bf5) 14.
Bd3 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gd1f3]} Nd7 15. Bg3 Bf6 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Qf3
Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd6 19. c3 Rae8 20. Rae1 c6 21. Bc2 $14) 16. f4 (16. Qf3 $5)
16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 (17. fxe5 $5 $14) 17... f5 18. Bf2 c5 19. c3 b6 20. Qc2 Qe7
21. Rad1 b5 (21... a5) 22. h3 Rac8 23. a4 c4 24. Be2 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 25.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh2 b4 $1 {It's important not to open the a-file for white's
pieces.} (26... bxa4 27. Bf3 Rb8 28. Qxa4 Rb6 29. Re2 Rfb8 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. Red2
Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Qxa6 Rb6 34. Qa8 Rb3 $14) 27. Bf3 Rcd8 (27... Rfd8) 28.
Qd2 a5 29. Qd4 Qc6 (29... Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rf7 31. Red1 Rfd7 32. g4 g6 33. Kg3 $14
) 30. b3 cxb3 (30... bxc3 31. Qxc3 Qb6 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rb1 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4
35. Rb5 Rxf4 36. Rxa5 c3 37. Ra6 Bb3 38. a5 $16 {[%cal Ga5a8,Ga6c6]}) 31. cxb4
Qxa4 32. Qb6 Rfe8 33. Qxa5 Qxa5 (33... Ra8 34. Qc5 (34. Qxa4 Rxa4 35. Bxd5 Bxd5
36. Rxd5 Rxb4 $15) 34... Rab8 35. Rd4 Kh8 36. Rb1 Rec8 37. Qe7 Re8 38. Qd6 Rbd8
$13) 34. bxa5 Ra8 (34... g5 35. Rd4 Rd7 36. Rb4 Ra8 37. Ra1 Rda7 $11) 35. Ra1
Reb8 36. Reb1 Rb4 37. Ra3 b2 38. Ra2 d4 39. Raxb2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Rxa5 41. Rb8+
Kh7 $2 {Very unfortunate mistake in an equal position.} (41... Kf7 $11) 42. Rd8
Ra4 $6 (42... g5 43. Rd6 Bb3 44. Kg3 $16) 43. Rd6 $18 Bf7 44. e6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 Be7 (6... Nd7 7.
Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Bc4 Bxg2 10. Rg1 Bd5 11. Nxe6 $13 {Hector,
J-Lyrberg,P/Geneve op 1995}) 7. Bd3 Nd7 (7... h6 $2 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Kf8
10. Ng6+ Ke8 11. Nxh8 $16 {Huebner,T-Komenda,E/Hessenliga 1994}) (7... Nf6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Nxe6 Bxf3 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. gxf3 Kxg7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 $13 {
Kartmann,J-Czech,L/Bruchkoebel MVT 1993}) 8. Qe2 Ngf6 $6 {It's simply
incredible that such a strong player as Anastasian doesn't know that this
variation leads to almost lost position right after the opening!This idea is
typical in this kind of positions and we can oftenly meet it in different
variations of Caro-Kan defense.} (8... Bxf3 $14) 9. Nxf7 $1 (9. Bd2 h6 10. Nxe6
fxe6 11. Bg6+ Kf8 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rad1 Be8 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Kg8 $15 {
Novotny,J-Stluka,M/CZE-chT2 1995}) 9... Bb4+ $6 (9... Bxf3 $2 10. Qxe6 Bxg2 11.
Rg1 Bd5 12. Nxd8 Kxd8 13. Qh3 Re8 14. Be3 g6 15. O-O-O $18 {Namyslo,H-Rabl,J/
Wuerttemberg-ch 1997}) (9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13.
Ne6+ $16) 10. c3 Bxf3 11. Qxe6+ $1 Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 (12... Kxe7 13. Nxh8 Bxg2
14. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rg2]}) 13. Nxh8 $16 {White already has a rook and two
pawns for the pair of minor pieces and if he wins one more he will have the
material advantage,but the main problem of black is of the other kind:he
simply cant win back the piece!} Bd5 14. O-O Bg8 (14... O-O-O 15. Re1 Bf8 16.
c4 Bg8 17. Bg5 g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nxg6 $18) 15. Re1 Kf8 16. h3 Bd6 17. Bg5
Nb6 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bxa2 21. Bxh7 $1 $18) 18. b3
Nbd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bf5 Rd8 21. d5 a5 22. Re3 $1 {Prearing the attack against
black king.White pawns restrict all black pieces and white in couple of moves
creates strong threats on the kingside.} b6 23. g4 Na6 24. Rf3 $1 Nc5 25. Bd2
$1 {[%cal Gg4g5]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 (8... gxf6 $5 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. O-O Qh5 13.
Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 d5 {= Schaefer,M-Dobosz,H/Cuxhaven op 1993 (50)}) 9. O-O (9.
Ne5 $5 Be4 $2 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Qxb7 Be7 13. Nc6 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8
15. Nxa7 {+- Krebs,J-Engler,M/WchS 1993 (36)}) (9. Bf4 $5 Bd6 10. Be5 O-O 11.
Qe2 Nd5 12. O-O-O a5 13. h4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 15. Kb1 Qd5 $132 {Holm,
T-Kazmierska,M/Copenhagen OBRO 1993}) (9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Bd2 {= 1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-McDonald,N/Maidstone
Menchik op 1994}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Bd6 $5 10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bg5 Be7
13. Rfe1 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 {= Van de Velden,E-Beals,D/Soest op 1996 (29)}) 10.
Qxf3 Qd5 11. Qe2 (11. Qg3 $6 Bd6 12. Qh4 (12. Qxg7 $4 Rg8 {-+}) 12... Qh5 13.
Qxh5 Nxh5 14. g3 O-O-O {=}) 11... Be7 {Serious attention deserved} (11... Qh5
$5 {practically forcing white to exchange the queens} 12. Qxh5 ({after} 12. Qc2
$6 Bd6 13. h3 O-O-O {black is the one who fights for opening advantage!}) 12...
Nxh5 13. g3 Nf6 14. a4 Bd6 15. a5 {+= and white's advantage is symbolical.})
12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 c6 14. a4 {+= This type of position is quiet well-known in
modern chess:it arises from different variations of Karo-Kan defense and out
of some variations of french defense.The plans of the both sides are clear:
white,who has some advantage in space and the pair of bishops,will try to
create the attack on the black king,while black,who has the rocksolid,but
passive position,will try to find his chanses in the counterattack or with
some break in the center.} Rfd8 15. Bc7 $5 ({Nothing promises immedeate} 15. a5
c5 $5 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Be5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bb5 (19. Bxf6 Qxd3 {=}) 19...
Rdd8 $132 {and black is o'kay.}) 15... Re8 ({Worse is} 15... Rd7 $6 16. Be5 {
and black queen is in danger.}) 16. Be5 a5 $5 (16... c5 $6 17. Bc4 Qd8 18. Rad1
$1 cxd4 19. Bb5 $1 Rf8 20. Bxd4 {+/-}) 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Qd8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20.
h4 $5 Ng4 $6 {This logical move proves to be serious inaccuracy:the knight
plays very important part in the defense of the kingside and without it
white's attack pretty soon becomes decisive.Btter was} (20... h5 21. g3 Ng4 22.
Bf4 Bf8 23. Be4 Bg7 24. Bf3 Nf6 {with solid position.}) 21. h5 Nxe5 22. dxe5
Qc8 {Sad nessasaty.} (22... Qc7 $2 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8
26. Rd7 Qc8 27. Red1) 23. Re3 Bg5 24. Rh3 Qc7 25. Re1 Rad8 ({Doesn't work} 
25... Bf4 26. Qc2 Bxe5 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qh5 Bc7
(30... Bf4 31. Rh4 {+-}) 31. Rh4 (31. Re4 Rad8 $1) 31... Kf8 32. Rg4 Qf6 33.
Rg6 {+- and white is winning.}) 26. Qc2 {Threatening to take on g6.} Re7 27.
Re4 $1 {Bringing the last piece to the attack.} Red7 28. Rg3 Bh6 29. hxg6 hxg6
30. Rh4 $1 Bg7 31. f4 {+/- White's play is very simple,logical and at the same
time lethal!Now the situation in the center is stable and white may prepare
for the decisive blow.} Kf8 32. Kh2 $1 Rd5 33. Rh7 R8d7 34. Bxg6 $1 {All the
white pieces take the ideal positions and it's time to decide the game with
this sacrifice.} fxg6 35. Qxg6 Rf7 36. Qh5 $1 Bxe5 (36... Rxf4 37. Rgxg7 Qxg7
38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Qg5+ {+-}) (36... Rd2 37. Rhxg7 $1 Rxg7 38. Qh8+ {+-}) 37.
Qh6+ Rg7 ({Nothing changes} 37... Ke7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qh7+ Kf6 40. fxe5+
Qxe5 41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg6+ Kf4 43. Qg4#) 38. fxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 (10. Nc4 $5 Bb5 (10... b6 $5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Qe2
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. c3 c5 15. Bc2 Qc7 $11 {Kruppa,Y-Rustemov,A/Minsk 1996 
(42)}) (10... Nb6 11. Nfe5 Be8 12. Na5 $6 Qd5 13. Nb3 Bb5 14. Bg5 Bxd3 $11 {
Wahls,M-Chabanon,J/Bad Endbach 1995 (44)}) 11. c3 (11. a4 Ba6 12. c3 c5 13. Bf4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bf1 $14 {Brodsky,M-Lauridsen,J/Vendrell op 1996 (24)})
11... c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bg5 $14 {
Gelfand,B-Godena,M/Moscow olm 1994 (30)}) 10... b6 $5 {In the following
position black has two different plans:one is to give up the lightsquared
bishop,then to put a pawn on c6 and to start the manouvering with the pieces
and to wait for white to do something;and the other one is to keep the bishop
in the game by playing b6 and then transfering c5.It's very hard to say which
one is better,it depends only on taste:for those who prefer to defend solid,
but slightly passive positions suits the plan with B:f3,for those who prefer
more lively aand open game it's better to play 10...b6.} (10... Re8 11. a4 a6
12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Nc4 a5 15. Qh3 $14 {Forster,R-Hug,W/Winterthur
1996 (21)}) 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b4 $5 {Agressive approuch:white wants to start the
battle without to many preparations.Another possibility is} (12. Qe2 c5 13. Bf4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Be4 $5 (15... Qd5 16. Ne3 Qh5 17. Nef5 $1 {[%cal
Ge2e7]} exf5 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qc7 Nd5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qd6 $14) 16. Rad1
Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd5 18. b3 Qb7 $132) 12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na5 Bd5 15. c4 $5
{Responsible,but justified decision.} (15. a3 Rc8 $5 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Bf4 Rb6
18. Bf1 Qc8 19. Rc1 Rd8 $13) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxb4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bb2 a5
19. Bc2 $1 $44 Rc8 (19... Nb6 20. Qd3 $1 g6 (20... Nbd7) 21. Qf3 Nfd7 22. Rad1
Nxc4 23. Ba1 a4 24. Qf4 $1 $40) 20. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Rxc6 $6 ({Stronger was
} 20... Nb6 $5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. g5 Nfd7 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh6 f6 {and white has
to work hard to prove that he has sufficient compensation.}) 21. Qxc6 Nxg4 22.
Rad1 Nc5 23. Qg2 (23. Qf3 $5) 23... f5 24. Bd4 Qf7 ({Also after} 24... g6 $5
25. h3 Nf6 (25... Nh6 $6 26. Re5 Qc8 27. Rde1 Re8 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Ba4 Re7 30.
Qc6 $1 $16) 26. Bxf5 $1 exf5 27. Bxc5 Ne4 28. Bd4 $14 {white keeps better
chanses.}) 25. Re2 a4 $6 {Another inaccuracy after which black is in serious
troubles.Nothing changes} (25... g6 26. Qc6 $1 $16) ({,but after correct} 25...
Rc8 $1 {the position remains double-edged.}) 26. h3 $1 Nf6 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28.
Qc6 b3 $5 29. axb3 axb3 30. Bd3 $5 (30. Bxb3 $2 Qh5 31. Rb2 Ne4 32. Qxe6+ Kh8
33. Rd3 Qg5+ $19) 30... Ba7 $5 (30... Bd4 $5) 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 (31... g6 32. Qxf7+
Kxf7 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Reb2 $18) 32. Rxe6 Rd8 33. Ree1 $16 {Black can't protect
the pawn on f5.} g6 (33... Bd4 34. Bxf5 b2 35. c5 $18 {[%cal Gc5c7]}) 34. Bxf5
Rxd1 35. Be6+ Kf8 36. Rxd1 Ne4 37. Rd8+ $1 ({Nothing gives} 37. Rb1 Bxf2+ 38.
Kg2 Nd2 $1 39. Rb2 Be3 $1 40. c5 Ke7 41. Bxb3 Nxb3 42. Rxb3 Bxc5 $11 {with
theoretical draw.}) 37... Ke7 38. Rd7+ Kxe6 39. Rxa7 Nc5 $2 ({After correct} 
39... Ke5 $1 {black has chanses to save the game:} 40. Rxh7 (40. Rd7 $2 Nd6 $1)
40... Kd4 41. Rg7 b2 (41... Kxc4 42. Rxg6 b2 43. Rb6 Kc3 44. h4 $18) (41... g5
42. Kg2 Kxc4 43. Rb7 $16) 42. Rb7 Kc3 43. Kg2 Nd2 (43... Nd6 44. Rxb2 Kxb2 45.
c5 Nc8 46. Kf3 Kc3 47. Kf4 Kd4 48. Kg5) 44. Rxb2 Kxb2 45. c5 $16) 40. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 {
Very solid,but passive continuation.By this move black shows his peacefull
intentions;more ambitious is 7...Ngf6.} 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c3 (9. Re1 Ngf6 10. Bd3
Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {Mueller,H-Liemann,M/Baden
Wuerttemberg-ch 1988 (23)}) 9... Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 (10... g6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Bd6 (13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bf4 $14 {
Renet,O-Dienavorian,M/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (32)}) 13... Re8 14. Ne5 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f4 Qb6 17. b4 $14 {Schlosser,M-Dizdarevic,E/EUCup Gr2 1994 (36)})
11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bg5 $5 {Interesting decision:white doesn't want to exchange
the darksquared bishop,which gives black good chanses to equalize:} (12. Qe2
Bf4 (12... O-O 13. Ne5 $5 c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. dxc5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 $13 {
Hansen,C-Rozentalis,E/Skolernes Skakklub 1997 (23)}) 13. Ne5 (13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. a4 O-O-O 17. g3 Qg5 $11 {Xie Jun-Ivkov,B/Vienna
Walzer 1993 (37)}) 13... Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. a4 g6 17. Qf3 Qe7
18. Re4 Rd8 $11 {Zetocha,C-Lazar,D/ROM-chT 1993 (43)}) 12... O-O ({Still
deserved attention} 12... Bf4 13. Bh4 $5 O-O 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. g3 $5 Bd6 16. Ng5
$5 $36) 13. Qd3 $14 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. a3 $5 {[%cal Gc2b1,Gb1a2] White's
positional advantage is not so significient,but what is the most important,the
fact that black is deprived an active counterplay and this puts on him an
additional pressure,while white may slowly improve the position.} b5 (15... c5
$6 16. Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ga4e8,Gg5d8]} cxd4 $6 (16... Be7 17. Qe2 a6 18. d5 $1 exd5
(18... Nxd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Bxe7 Rc8 21. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 19. Bxf6 $1
Nxf6 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Qd3 $14) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qh4 $16) 16. Bb1
a6 17. Bh4 g6 $6 {Same passive strategy.Deserved attention} (17... c5 $5) 18.
Qe2 Be7 ({It was still possible to play} 18... c5 19. Ne5 Be7 20. Bg3 (20. Ba2
$6 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 20... Bd6 21. h3 $14) 19. Bg3 Qb7 20.
h3 $5 {Keeping the bishop.} (20. Ba2 Nh5) 20... Nd5 21. Ba2 Bf8 22. c4 $5 {
Changing the character of the game.} bxc4 $6 {[%csl Ra6]} (22... N5b6 $5 23. c5
Nd5 (23... Na8 $5) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rc8 27. Rd3 $36 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh3h5,Gd3h3]}) 23. Bxc4 $36 {Black pawns on the queenside
become the target for the white pieces.} a5 (23... Ra8 24. Rc1 N5b6 25. Bd3 $14
{[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) 24. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc1c2,Ge1c1,Gc4a6]} Bg7 25. Rc2
Qb6 $2 {A blunder,which loses on the spot,but black already faces quiet
serious problems.For example:} (25... c5 $6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Bb5 Nd7 28. Ne5
Bxe5 29. Bxe5 $16) (25... N7b6 26. Ba6 Qa8 27. Ne5 Ne7 28. Rec1 Bh6 29. Rd1 $16
) 26. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (26... cxd5 27. Bc7 $18) 27. Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ (28. Rxe8+
Bf8 (28... Nf8 29. Rc8 h6 30. R8xc6 $18) 29. Ne5 Qxd4 (29... Nb8 30. Rxc6 $1
Nxc6 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Rxf7+ $18) 30. Nxd7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxc2 32. Be5 f6 33.
Rxf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 $6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13.
Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest
FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2 Be7 (10... Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Rfd1 Bg7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qh5 $36 {Shirov,
A-Gelfand,B/Monaco 2002}) 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (12... Bd7 $142 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 $16 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,
I/RUS-Cup6 1997} (14. h4 e5 15. Qxe5 Ne6 16. Nf5 f6 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7
19. f4 $36 {Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 2001})) 10... h6 $6 {I must admit
that it's very difficult for me to explain Bareev's last move: Svidler's
opening choice was hardly a surprise for black since he already played this
line about a year ago. Wasting a tempo in the position in which none of black
pieces is developed looks just too brave.} (10... Be7 11. Bf3 $1 (11. Bd3 O-O
12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/
Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. c3 a6 14. Bh4 $14 {Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2001}) (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 (11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6
13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 Bc6 $1 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb7
O-O 19. Qxa7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 c5 21. dxc5 Qxb2 22. h3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Izoria,Z/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (22)}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 $4 exf5
15. Rfe1+ Be7 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (
11... gxf6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. c3 Be7 14. a4 $16) 12. Qd3 {[%csl Re8] Threatening
to play Qb5+ on the next move.} a6 (12... Qd8) 13. Rad1 Be7 (13... Bc5 14. Nb3
Ba7 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Qd7+ $18) 14. Nc6 $1 {May be this move was overlooked by
Bareev while playing 11...h6.} e5 (14... O-O 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rfe1 e5) 15.
Nxe7 {I guess this move is even more dangerous for black than} (15. Qc3 $5 $16
{winning a pawn on e5.}) 15... Qxe7 16. f4 exf4 $4 {This move proves once
again that even the very best players are still human!} (16... O-O 17. Qe3 Re8
18. f5 Qf6 19. c4 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 17. Bxb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 (
7... Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Bf4 $14 {Welten,
H-Sinke,W/HZ Open 1999}) 8. Ne5 $5 {Interesting continuation drustically
changing the character of the game:from now on interesting tactical struggle
arises,which eventually leads to a quick,but extremly interesting draw.} (8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 (10. b3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14.
Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Rfd8 $11 {Vouldis,A-Pandavos,E/
GRE-ch 1993}) (10. c4 O-O 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15.
Qf3 Rac8 16. Rad1 $14 {Collas,D-Lalic,S/Zaragoza op-A 1995}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1
Re8 12. c4 Qc8 13. Bh3 Be4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bg2 h6 $11 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/
Amber-rapid6th 1997}) 8... Qd5 (8... Bb7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Qf3 (10. Nxc6 $2 Qd5 {
[%cal Gd5b5,Gd5h1]} 11. Nxa7+ Kd8 $19) 10... Rc8 11. Bxc6+ (11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. d5
) 11... Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Ne5 Qxc2 $15) 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. Bg2 {Another
possibility was} Ne4 $5 (10... Qa5+ $5 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Bf1 (12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13.
Qe2 Qd5 14. c3 Bd6 $11) 12... Qa4 13. c3 (13. Bc3 Bb4) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 $11
) 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Ke2 $6 f6 13. Nd3 O-O-O 14. Be3 c5 $36) 12... Rd8 (
12... Bd6 $2 13. Qe2 f5 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 Nf6 16. Qh3 $1 $18) 13. Bg5 $5 {
Keeping on to play in the same advanturous way.} (13. Be3 Bd6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Qg4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 $11) 13... f6 (13... Rd6) 14. Qg4 $5 {[%csl Re6]}
(14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 $2 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 fxg5 17. Nxh8 Bg7 18. Re1 Rxd4 $19)
14... Nxg5 (14... Rxd4 $2 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Kf8 18. Be3 Nd2+
19. Bxd2 $1 Qxd2 20. Bd5 $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc6e6]}) 15. Bxb7 fxe5 16. Qxg5
Rxd4 17. Bd5 ({Nothing promises} 17. Bc6+ $5 Kf7 18. Bd5 Rxd5 (18... exd5 19.
Qf5+ Ke8 20. Qxe5+ Be7 21. Qxd4 $18) 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Re1 Bd6 $13 {and the
position remains unclear.}) 17... Bc5 18. Bc6+ Kf7 19. Qxe5 Rf8 20. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 c6 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O Be7 (11... Qc7 12. c4 Bd6
13. Rac1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Rad8 $132 {Alvarez Peon,R-Alberto,A/ESP 1997
}) 12. c4 O-O 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. g3 g6 $13 {Jansa,
V-Karlsson,L/Esbjerg 1981}) (10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 c5 14. c3
Rad8 $15 {Mason,D-Dunworth,C/Nottingham 1996}) 11. O-O-O (11. c4 Bd6 12. O-O-O
Bf4 13. Kb1 Bxd2 14. Rxd2 O-O-O 15. Rhd1 Kb8 16. Bc2 h6 17. Ne5 $14 {Martinez,
C-Cuartas,C/Cartagena de Indias 2001}) 11... Bd6 12. g3 {Not a bad move, but
more flexible looks 12.Kb1 keeping an option to play g4 without losing a tempo.
} (12. Kb1 O-O $6 13. g4 $1 Rfe8 14. g5 Nd5 15. Qe4 Nf8 16. c4 Nf4 17. c5 Nxd3
18. cxd6 Nxf2 19. Qe2 {1-0 Brinck Claussen,B-Rasmussen,P/Copenhagen 1996/EXT
99 (19)}) 12... O-O (12... O-O-O 13. Rhe1 c5 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 Nb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5
16. Bf4 Nbd5 17. Ng6 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Kb8 $11 {Rudd,J-Arkell,K/Scarborough 2001})
14... Nb6 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Ba5 b6 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. Nd4
$1 $14 {Wiesner,R-Hutter,O/Bayern 1998}) 15. c4 $16 {Kalesis,N-Kosic,D/Athens
1993}) 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 (13... c5) 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bc3 Bf8 {Taking
on d4 is premature since the ending arising after} (16... cxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7
18. Qe4+ Kg8 19. Qxd4 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7]} Be5 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxc3 22. bxc3
$14 {is better for white.}) 17. d5 {[%cal Ge2g4]} c4 18. d6 $1 {Nice
intermediate move keeping an initiative in white's hands.} (18. Bxc4 exd5 19.
Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8 Qxc4 $19) 18... Bxd6 (18... cxd3 19. dxc7 dxe2 20. Rxd7 Re7
21. Rd8 Re8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Rd2 Rxc7 25. Rd8 f6 26. Bb4 $16) 19.
Bxc4 (19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 $11) 19... Rad8
20. Bb5 {Having in mind to trade queens.} (20. f4 a6 21. Qg4 Bf8 $13) 20... a6
21. Qg4 Bf8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Bc5 24. f4 Nf6 25. a4 ({May be more chances
to fight for a win would leave} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f5 exf5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bd3
Rd5 29. Kd2 $14 {and black is still facing a few problems to solve.}) 25... Ng4
{[%csl Rg3,Rh2]} 26. Be2 $1 Ne3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. a5 Nd5 29. Bd2 f5 30. Bf3 Kf7
31. c3 (31. c4 Nb4 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Bxa5 35. Bxb7 e5 $11)
31... Rd7 32. b4 Be7 33. Kc2 h6 34. h4 Nf6 35. Rd1 (35. c4 $2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2
Bxb4+ 37. Ke2 Bxe1 38. Kxe1 Ne4 $19) 35... Ne4 36. Be1 (36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Re1
Rd3 38. g4 Rg3 39. g5 Rh3 $15) 36... Rxd1 37. Kxd1 e5 38. Ke2 exf4 39. gxf4 g5
40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h5 (41. hxg5 Bxg5 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Bxe4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Kd6 $11
) 41... Kg7 42. Kd3 Kh6 43. Bd2 Bd8 44. Be3 Bc7 45. c4 (45. Bxe4 fxe4+ 46. Kxe4
Kxh5 47. Kd5 g4 48. Ke6 g3 49. Kd7 Be5 50. c4 Bc3 $17) 45... Bg3 46. Kd4 Be1
47. Ke5 Nd2 48. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Bd7 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bc6 6. Bd3
Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ng3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 ({Sofortiges} 9. Ne5 $2 {(Mueller,Karsten)
wäre ein typischer Fehler:} Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qd5 11. f3 Qxe5 $17) 9... O-O $6 {
A dubious continuation passing the initiative into white's hands getting
nothing in return.} (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {Mueller,Karsten} c6 {ist eine
prinzipielle Alternative.}) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qd5 (11... Nd7 12. Rd1 Qc8
13. c4 a5 14. Bc2 a4 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. h4 (16. Ne4 $14 {(Mueller,Karsten) 1-0
Kovacs,L-Merlini,D/corr 1998/MegaCorr2 (28)}) 16... Nf8 17. h5 $14 {Bashkov,
V-Bus,M/Polanica Zdroj 1995}) 12. f4 {'!?' Mueller,Karsten.} (12. f3 $6 Nd7 13.
f4 Nc5 {'=' Mueller,Karsten. Mueller,Karsten: '1-0 Fernandes,J-Cardoso,C/BRA
1999/EXT 2003 (49). (49)'} 14. Bc4 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Be3 Rad8
$11 {Fernandes,J-Cardoso,C/BRA 1999}) 12... Nd7 (12... Ng4 13. Kh1 Nh6 14. Bd2
Rad8 15. Bc3 a6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Ne4 $14 {Berndt,S-Bonacic,N/Germany 1990}) 13.
Rd1 Qa5 14. c3 Ba4 $6 {Another dubious decision after which white's attack on
the kingisde is too strong to handle.} 15. Re1 (15. b3 $5 Bxb3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7
17. Rxd7 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Ba4 (18... Bd5) 19. Ne4 Bxd7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Rfc8
22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. f5 $18)
15... Rfd8 16. Kh1 {The king has to come to h1 sooner or later in order not to
think about intermediate checks on c5 or b6 so white is improving positions of
his pieces before making decisive break.} Nf8 17. Be3 c5 18. Be4 Qc7 19. f5 $1
{Signal for attack.} (19. Qg4 $5 {(Mueller,Karsten) mit der Idee} Ng6 20. Bxg6
hxg6 21. f5 $36) 19... Bc6 $6 {'?' Mueller,Karsten. Mueller,Karsten: 'danach
ist die weiße Initiative am Königsflügel kaum noch zu stoppen.'} (19... Qxe5 {
Mueller,Karsten: 'war vonnöten, z.B.'} 20. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} (20. Bxb7 $6 {
Mueller,Karsten} Rab8 21. Bf3 exf5 $132) 20... Qc7 {'+/=' Mueller,Karsten.} 21.
Bh6 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxa4 $16) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 (
20... Qxc6 21. Qg4) 21. Qg4 $16 Nd7 {'?!' Mueller,Karsten.} (21... exf5 22.
Nxf5 Ng6 23. Nxe7+ (23. e6 $16 {Mueller,Karsten}) 23... Nxe7 (23... Qxe7 24.
Bg5 Nxe5 25. Bxe7 Nxg4 26. Bxd8 $18) 24. Bxc5 $16) 22. Bf4 (22. f6 {Mueller,
Karsten} Bf8 23. fxg7 Be7 24. Bg5 $18) 22... Kh8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Nb6 25.
Qg4 Nd5 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Bg3 Qc8 28. e6 g6 29. Be5+ Kg8 30. c4 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O h6 (10... b6 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7
13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. c3 h6 15. Rd2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Qg5 $13 {Korneev,O-Hoffman,A/
Elgoibar 1996 (36)}) 11... Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 $5 (13. Ne5 $5 Be7 (13...
Nd5 $6 14. c4 Ne3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 $16 {
Slobodjan,R-Teske,H/GER-ch 1995 (29)}) 14. Nd7 Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bg5 Nc5
17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 $14) 13... gxf6 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rfd8 {Another
equaly good continuation is} (15... Rad8 $5 16. g3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rd3
Kg7 19. Kf1 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6 $11 {with balanced position;Gross,S-Jirovsky,M/
CZE-chT 9697 1997 (64)}) 16. c3 b5 $5 (16... Rxd1 {Finkel,A} 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. g3 f5 20. Qe2 a5 $11) 17. g3 a5 $13 {Bauer,C-Speelman,J/
Escaldes zt 1998 (74)}) 11. b3 (11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1
Qb6 15. Be5 Be7 16. c4 $14 {Kaiumov,D-Sobhani,F/Asian Teams, Genting Highlands
MAS 1998 (34)}) (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bg3 Rfd8
$132 {Himmel,H-Luecke,N/BL9495 1995 (44)}) 11... b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe7
14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rd5 16. Bc4 (16. c4 $5) 16... Ne4 $5 {Let the battle
begin!With his last move black started sharp tactical battle with unclear
consequances.} 17. Ng4 ({Of course not} 17. Bxd5 $6 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 exd5 19. Qh5
(19. Rf1 f6 (19... Qh4) 20. c4 fxe5 21. cxd5 Rf4 $1 $19) (19. Nf3 Bxe1 20. Qxe1
$17) 19... Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Qc5 21. Nd3 (21. Nd7 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Qg1+ $1
24. Rxg1 Nf2#) 21... Qxc2 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qe6+ Kh8 $19 {and black has decisive
advantage in all varioations.}) (17. Nd3 $2 Rxd3 $1) 17... Nxf2 $5 {Brave
decision.Nothing promises} (17... Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qg5 19. Bd4 (19. Bc1 $5) 19...
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc3 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 $11 {and the position is about equal.})
(17... Rg5 $5) 18. Nxf2 Rg5 19. g4 $8 (19. g3 Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} 20. Kf1 (20.
Be5 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2]} 21. Bd5 exd5 $17) 20... Rf5 21. Bd4 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2]} 22.
Qe3 Qg2+ 23. Ke2 Bf3+ 24. Kd3 Rd8) (19. Bd4 Rxg2+ 20. Kf1 Qg5 21. Qe5 Bxd4 22.
Qxd4 Rxh2 $17) 19... Qc7 20. Bd4 Qc6 21. Ne4 Re5 22. Bxc5 $5 ({Very serious
attention deserved} 22. b4 $5 Qc7 $1 23. Qf2 $1 (23. bxc5 $2 Rxe4 24. Be3 Rxc4
$1 25. Qxc4 Qc6 $19) 23... Bxb4 $8 (23... Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxb4 25. Be5 Qc5 26.
Qxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Red4 $18) 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nd2 Qg5 $1 $13 {and the arising
position is probably better for white,but to play it in the game demands very
strong nerves!}) 22... bxc5 23. c3 (23. Bd3 $5 c4 $6 (23... f5 24. gxf5 exf5
25. Qh5 Kh8 (25... Rfe8 26. Bb5 $1 Qxb5 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+
Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ $11 (32. Rxe5 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rg2+ 34. Ke1
Qb4+ $19) 32... Kh8) 26. Rf1 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 $36) 24. Bxc4 (24. bxc4 f5 $15)
24... Qb6+ 25. Qf2 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxe4 28. c3 $14) 23... Rb8 $5
24. Qc2 $2 {Giving up a piece an entering the endgame with very small chanses
of survival.Why not} (24. Bd3 $1 c4 $5 (24... f5 $6 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qh5 Rxe4
(26... Qe8 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Qxe8+ Rbxe8 29. Bf7 $16) 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. c4 $16)
25. Bxc4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Kf2 $14) 24... Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4
26. Rxe4 Bxe4 $17 27. Kf2 (27. Rd7 Rb7 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rc8 Bb1 30. a3 Ba2 31.
Rxc5 Bxb3 $17) 27... Kf8 28. Ke3 Bc6 29. Rd6 Be8 (29... Rb6 $5) 30. Ra6 Rb7 31.
h4 g5 $1 {[%csl Rg4] Strong move,fixing the pawn on g4.} 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. a3
Rc7 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Ra5 f5 {Black has consolidated the position and now is the
time for some active moves!} (35... Ke7 36. b4 f5 37. bxc5 f4+ 38. Kd2 Bc6 $17)
36. b4 (36. gxf5 exf5 37. b4 Ke7 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. bxc5 Kf6 40. Kd4 Bc6 $19)
36... f4+ 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. bxc5 Bc6 $1 39. a4 Kf6 40. Ra6 Bf3 $19 {[%csl Rc5,
Rg4] All white's pawns are weak and one by one they fall the preys of black
pieces.} 41. Be2 (41. Bf5 Rc6 42. Rxc6 Bxc6 43. Bd3 Bf3 $19) 41... Bxe2 42.
Kxe2 Rxc5 43. Rxa7 Rxc3 44. a5 Ra3 (44... Rg3 $5 45. a6 Rxg4 46. Ra8 Rg2+ 47.
Kf3 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Ra3 $19) 45. a6 Ke5 46. Rg7 Rxa6 47. Rxg5+ Ke4 48. Rg6 Ra2+
49. Ke1 e5 50. Rg5 f3 0-1

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ady, Jonathan James"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 $5 {Rare continuation promising white nothing
special.} (10. Qe2 h6 (10... b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne5 (13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Be4 Rad8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd2 f5 $11 {Ferguson,M-Kacheishvili,G/WchJM-U18
1995}) 13... Rfd8 (13... Nd5 $6 14. c4 Ne3 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17.
Bxe3 $16 {Herrera,I-Nogueiras,J/CUB-ch 1996 (22)}) 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. c3 Be7 16.
Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg3 g6 $11 {De la Riva,O-Legky,N/IBM op 1997}) (10... Qc7 11. Ne5
b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bg3 Qc8 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Rfe1 Qc5 17. c4 $14 {
Herrera,I-Supatashvili,K/Erevan olm 1996 (29)}) 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rad1
Qe7 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. c4 Rd6 16. Bb1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. h3 Qd6
{1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Negulescu,A/ROM-ch 1994}) (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12.
Rad1 Rd8 13. c4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Bc3 Be8 16. Qc2 $14 {Maroczy,G-Rubinstein,
A/Karlsbad 1907 (40)}) 10... a5 11. Ne5 b6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 (13. Qxa8 $2 Bb7
14. Qxf8+ Kxf8 15. Bf4 (15. Nc4 Qc6 $19) 15... Bd6 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. g3 g5 $19)
13... Bb7 (13... Nd5 $5) 14. Qh3 Bd6 $2 {Painfull blunder,which could cost
black a game!After simple} (14... Rfd8 $5 15. Rfe1 Rd5 16. Rad1 Rad8 $132 {
black easily solves remaining opening problems.}) 15. Ng4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh7]}
Ne4 $8 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nf6+ $1 $16 {Another nice blow,winning an exchange.}
gxf6 18. Qg3+ {[%cal Gg3g8,Gg3d6]} Bg6 19. Bxd6 Qxc2 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. b3 $5 (
21. b4 $5) 21... Rc8 22. Qe3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga1c1]} (22. h3 b5 $1 (
22... Rc3 $2 23. Qb8+ Kg7 24. Qxb6 Rxb3 25. Qxa5 $18) 23. Rac1 $5 (23. Kh2 $5
Rc3 24. Qf4 Kg7 $132) (23. Rad1 $5) 23... Qxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2 {[%csl
Ra5,Rb5]} Kg7 26. Qb8 Ra1 $14) 22... Rc3 23. Qxb6 Be4 $5 {The last trap!} 24.
b4 $6 {And white falls into it!Not so convincing is} (24. f3 Bd3 25. Rfe1 (25.
Rf2 Qc1+ $1 26. Rf1 Qc2) 25... Rxb3 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 a4 28. Re3 Rb2+ 29.
Kg3 $16 {,but after correct}) (24. Rfe1 $1 Rxb3 25. Qxa5 Rb2 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27.
Qd4 $18 {black iss totally lost.}) 24... Bxg2 $1 {Of course!} 25. Kxg2 $2 {
Accepting the draw,but even now white kept good winning chanses:} (25. Qb8+ $6
Kg7 26. Kxg2 Qg6+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ 28. f3 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31. Kg2
Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Qf5+ $11) (25. Rfc1 $1 Qb2 (25... Qg6 $2 26. Qb8+ $1 Kg7 27. Rxc3
Bf3+ 28. Qg3 $18) (25... Qd2 26. Rxc3) 26. Rcb1 $1 Qe2 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Kxg2
Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Qg3 Rxg3+ 32. hxg3 axb4 33. Rxb4 $16) 25...
Qg6+ $11 26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27. f3 Rxf3 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31.
Kg2 {White king can't escape the chacks without losing a rook on a1 so...} Qe4+
32. Kh3 Qf5+ 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 14384]} 1. d4 {Hecht.} e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6
6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O (10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qa5+
11. c3 Be7 (11... Qc7 $5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O b6 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qh4 Be7 16.
Qh6 Kh8 $132 {Fedorov,A-Doroshkievich,V/St.Petersburg op 1994 (34)}) 12. Ne5
Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg3 Bd7 $11 {Rublevsky,
S-Anastasian,A/EUCup Gr5 1993 (34)}) 11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Qd5 $5
14. Rde1 Qh5 15. Rhg1 Ng4 $5 $13 16. Ref1 Bd6 17. Bc3 Rac8 18. h3 Nh2 19. Nxh2
{1/2-1/2 Milu,R-Negulescu,A/ROM-ch 1992}) (10. Bd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7
13. Ne5 b5 14. Rhe1 b4 15. f4 a5 $132 {Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG-ch 1995 (37)})
10... b6 (10... h6 11. Bf4 (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15.
Bg3 Rfd8 $132 {Himmel,H-Luecke,N/BL9495 1995 (44)}) 11... Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Be5 Be7 16. c4 $14 {Kaiumov,D-Sobhani,F/Asian Teams,
Genting Highlands MAS 1998 (34)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ne5
Rfd8 14. c3 h6 15. Rd2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Qg5 $13 {Korneev,O-Hoffman,A/Elgoibar 1996 
(36)}) 11... Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 $5 {Qiuet logical,but absolutely
harmless continuation;more ambitious is} (13. Ne5 $5 Be7 (13... Nd5 $6 14. c4
Ne3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 $16 {Slobodjan,R-Teske,
H/GER-ch 1995 (29)}) 14. Nd7 Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18.
Bxc6 $14) 13... gxf6 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rfd8 {Another equaly good
continuation is} (15... Rad8 $5 16. g3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Kg7 19. Kf1
Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6 $11 {with balanced position;Gross,S-Jirovsky,M/CZE-chT 9697
1997 (64)}) 16. c3 b5 $5 {Black decides to play for a win,that is why he
deviates from exchanging the rooks over the c-file.} (16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8
18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. g3 f5 20. Qe2 a5 $11) 17. g3 a5 18. Kg2 b4 19. Rc1 Qb6 20.
c4 a4 21. Rcd1 b3 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. a3 Qc7 $5 (23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 (24...
Bxf2 $2 25. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4a8,Ge4h7]} Rb8 (25... Rc8 26. Qxh7 Ke7 27. Ne5 $1
Qb7+ (27... fxe5 $2 28. Qh4+ f6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rd7 $18) 28. Kxf2 fxe5 29.
Qh4+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxe5 $16) 26. Qxh7 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Ke7 27. Nh4 Bd4 28.
Ng6+ Kd6 29. Qxf7 $16) 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe4 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge4h7,Ge4c6]}
Kg7 27. Qc6 Qa5 $132 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ga5a7]}) 24. Qe4 Kg8 25. Rfe1 Rac8 26.
Qh4 Qe7 27. Qh6 Kh8 (27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Re1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge1e4,
Ge4g4]} Kh8 30. Re4 Rg8 31. Rh4 Rg7 32. Qd2 $14) 28. Re4 Rg8 29. Nh4 (29. Rh4
$5) 29... Qf8 30. Qxf6+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $44 {[%csl Rb2]} 32. Nf3 Rgd8 33.
Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Kf1 Be7 35. Re1 (35. Ne5 $2 Rd2 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Bxa3 $1 {
[%cal Gb3b2]} 38. Nd3 Bxb2 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga4a1]}) 35... Bf6 36. Rb1 Rc8 37. Nd2
Bd4 38. Ke2 e5 39. g4 Kg6 40. Kf3 f5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. h3 h5 43. Ne4 Ke6 44.
c5 Rc7 45. Ke2 Kd5 46. Nf6+ Ke6 47. Ne4 Kd5 48. Nf6+ Kc6 49. Ne4 Rf7 50. f3 Rg7
51. Kd3 Rg2 52. Nc3 Bxc3 $6 (52... Rg3 53. Nxa4 Kb5 $1 (53... Rxf3+ 54. Kc4
Rxh3 55. Rf1 Bxc5 56. Nxc5 Rh4+ 57. Kxb3 Kxc5 58. Re1 $13) 54. Nc3+ Bxc3 55.
bxc3 (55. Kxc3 Rxf3+ 56. Kd2 Kxc5 $17 {[%cal Gc5d4,Ge5e3]}) 55... Rxf3+ 56. Kd2
Kc4 (56... Kxc5 57. Rxb3 Rxh3 58. a4 $11) 57. c6 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Rd6 59. c7 Rc6
$17) 53. Kxc3 Kxc5 54. Re1 Rc2+ (54... Kd5 $5) 55. Kd3 Kd5 (55... Rxb2 56.
Rxe5+ Kd6 57. Ra5 Rf2 58. Ke3 b2 59. Rb5 Rg2 60. h4 Kc6 61. Rb4 $11) 56. Re2
Rc4 $4 {Incredible blunder! Hecht: '[#] Dieser Fehler kostet Speelman Kopf und
Kragen; möglicherweise hat er den xx.f4 übersehen oder sich verzählt.'} (56...
Rxe2 $11 {Hecht}) 57. Rxe5+ Kxe5 58. Kxc4 h4 59. Kb4 (59. Kd3 $2 {Hecht} Kf4
60. Ke2 Kg3 61. Ke3 Kxh3 62. Kf2 Kh2 63. f4 h3 64. f5 Kh1 65. f6 h2 66. f7 {
patt}) 59... Kf4 60. Kxa4 Kg3 61. f4 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'Behält verbundene
Freibauern und ist jedenfalls praktischer als:'} (61. Kxb3 {Hecht} Kxh3 62. a4
Kg3 63. a5 h3 64. a6 h2 65. a7 h1=Q 66. a8=Q Qd1+ 67. Ka2 $18) 61... Kxh3 62.
f5 Kg4 63. f6 h3 64. f7 h2 65. f8=Q h1=Q 66. Qg8+ Kf5 67. Qf7+ Ke5 68. Kxb3 {
Hecht: 'Der Rest ist Sacher der Technik.'} Kd6 69. Qc4 Kd7 70. a4 Qe1 71. Qd4+
Ke6 72. Ka2 Qe2 73. a5 Ke7 74. Ka3 Ke8 75. a6 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. a3
(8. Bd3 Qb4 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. O-O Bd7 11. a4 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. h5 b6
$13 {Pavlovic,Z-Praznik,N/SLO-chJM U18 1996}) 9. O-O (9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. a3 Qxb2
11. Nxe4 Qb5 12. Qd2 b6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Qc3 Qc4 15. Qb2 Qb5 16. Qc3 Qc4 17.
Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Votava,J-Lipka,J/Komercni Banka op 1996}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3
11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Ng5 g6 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qg4 b6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Rfc1
h6 $15 {Castaner Halster,X-Moreno Ruiz,J/Vilanova op 1993}) 8... Bd7 (8... Nxc3
9. bxc3 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 (10... O-O 11. h4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Qe3 b6
15. O-O Bd7 $13 {Micic,S-Maksimovic,S/JUG-chW2 1996}) 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nd2 f5
13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1 c4 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Bf5 Qd6 17. Bh3 Kc7 18. Qh6 $14 {
Sevtsenko,R-Neff,S/EST-chT 1996}) (8... O-O 9. Qd3 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O-O
Bd7 12. Be2 Rab8 13. Rhf1 b5 14. Nb1 b4 $132 {Stripunsky,A-Kengis,E/Katowice
op 1993}) 9. Bd3 (9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. c4 Rhf8 13. Bd3
fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qf6 $11 {Westerinen,H-Bany,J/Porz
Citroen-Cup 1990}) 9... Ng5 $5 {Once again we see Morozevich taking the risk
to play the positions that the modern theory considers to be dubious and
proving that it's possible not only to play them on the highest level,but to
win against the world top players.} (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5
Rc8 13. Nd4 Rxc5 14. f4 g6 15. Qe1 O-O 16. g4 $36 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Gamez
Cenzano,A/ESP-chT 1994}) 10. Be2 ({May be better was} 10. Ng1 $5 f6 (10... Nxd4
11. h4 f6 12. hxg5 fxe5 13. Qd2 $18) 11. f4 Nf7 12. Nf3 g5 13. g3 (13. exf6 $6
Qxf6 14. fxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 $15) 13... gxf4 14. gxf4 fxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O
16. Qd2 $14 {,but also in this case black gets sufficient counterchanses.})
10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 f6 $132 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. O-O h5 $1 {
Black is not satisfied with equality after} (14... e5 15. dxe5 (15. Bxd5 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 exd4 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Nc3 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qf7 19. c4
Nxc4 20. Qg4+ $11 {and seeks for more.}) 15. c3 g5 16. Nc1 g4 17. Be2 e5 $15
18. Nb3 (18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd3 Ng6 20. Re1 Rdf8 $15) 18... Kb8 19. Bb5 $6 {
Permitting black to play e4,which proves to extremly dangerous for white.} (19.
dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd4 (20. Nd4 c5 21. Nc2 Bc6 22. b4 d4 $1 23. cxd4 Nf3+ $1 24. Kh1
cxd4 $17) 20... Qg5 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Kh1 h4 $15) 19... e4 $1 $15 20. Nc5 Bc8 21.
Qa4 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gg4g3]} 22. Rae1 h4 23. Re3 Rhd8 $5 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5]
} (23... Ne7 24. Bd7 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 $15) 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. b4 Qg5 26. Rfe1
Rh6 27. c4 g3 $1 $17 {The decisive breakthrough} 28. cxd5 (28. fxg3 hxg3 29.
Rxg3 Qh4 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 28... gxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Qg3+ $1 $19 31. Kh1
(31. fxg3 hxg3#) 31... Qxf2 32. Rc3 h3 33. g3 h2 34. Rgc1 Rxg3 35. Rxg3 Qxg3
36. Rf1 Rg6 37. Nd7+ Ka8 0-1

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. b3 a5 {This variation leads to long positional struggle and
demandss from both players a lot of patience while carrying out their
plans-espacially this patience is demanded from black becuase he has much less
space for manouvering and oftenly just has to stand on the place and whait for
white to do something.} (9... O-O 10. Bb2 b6 (10... a5 11. c4 a4 12. Qc2 h6 13.
Rad1 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Stoica,V-Foisor,O/ROM-chT 1997}) (10... Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12.
c4 g6 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 c6 15. Bf1 $14 {Franzoni,G-Costa,J/SWZ-chT 1995}) (
10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Qh3 Nf8 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. c4
Nf6 17. f4 $36 {Jusic,Z-Pavlovic,R/CRO-chT 1994}) 11. Nc4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13.
Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qh3 $14 {Ptacnikova,L-Klimes,M/Plzen opJ 1995}) (9...
Bxf3 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. c4 c6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bb1 $14
{Rogers,I-Hug,W/Biel izt 1993}) 10. a3 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c6
14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qc2 (17. Bb1 Bg7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Nd7 20. h4 Rad8 21. Bc2 Bf8 22. h5 Bc5 23. Rd3 $14 {Jansa,V-Voloshin,L/Ceske
Budejovice op 1993}) (17. h4 $5 Bg7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Kg2 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bc2 $14) 17... Bg7 18. Bf1 Re7 19. g3 Ree8 20. Bg2 Ra7 21. Qd2 (21. h4 $5 Raa8
(21... b5 $2 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5) 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Rde1 $14) 21... Rd8 22. d5
$6 {This breakthrough in the center leads to equality that's why white should
have waited with it.} cxd5 23. cxd5 exd5 (23... Nxd5 $2 {[%csl Ra7]} 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Qd4+ N7f6 26. Qxa7 $18) 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Nd4 Raa8 26. Nb5 Qb6 (26...
Qf8 $5 27. Nc7 (27. Rc7 $6 Nc5 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Bxd5 Ne6 30. Rxb7 Nd4 $1 31.
Rxf7 (31. Bxf7+ $2 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Rxd2 $19) 31... Nf3+ 32. Bxf3
Rxd2 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $11) 27... Rac8 28. Nxd5 Rxc1 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. Qxc1 $14)
27. Nc7 (27. a4 $6 Nc5 28. Bd4 Nfe4 $1 29. Qe3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rac8 $15) 27...
Rac8 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qxd5 (31. Bxd5 $5 Nf6 32.
Bc4 Qc5 33. a4 Rc7 $11) 31... Rc2 32. Rf1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 {Harmless variation not promising white any
opening advantage.} (10. c3 $5 O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Rc1
Bc6 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Payen Arnaud-Dolgener Tobias/It (b)
(cat.3), Budapest (Hungary) 1995}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7 14.
Re1 Bc6 15. Re5 $1 (15. Bc2 Qd5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re4 f5 19. Rh4
Kg7 20. Qd2 Rh8 $13) 15... Qe7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Qd3 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Arencibia,W-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca Elite 1997}) (10. Nb3 $5 Bd6 (10... Be7 11.
c3 Bd7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 $6 (14... Qc7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Rad1
Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rad8 $11) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg3 $14 {Erhan,R-De Blecourt,S/WchJW
U14 Duisburg 1992/1-0 (51)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Qf3 $5 Qc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd4 Be5 $5
14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Re1 a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 $13 {Kuzmin,G-Chernin,A/Irkutsk 1983 (40)})
11... h6 (11... Bd7 12. Qe2 (12. a4 $5 Qc7 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. c3 h6
16. Bd2 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993 (42)}) 12... Qc7 13.
Kh1 Be5 14. c3 h6 15. Bd2 Bf4 16. Rad1 O-O $11 {Nielsen,P-Pushkov,N/Azov 1993 
(22)}) 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bg3 $5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Qe2 e5 $1 16. Nd2 Bg4 17.
f3 Bd7 $11 {Suetin,A-Speelman,J/London Lloyds 1991/0-1 (50)}) (10. Be3 $5 Bb6
11. Qd2 (11. c3 $5 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nb5 $5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qe7 15. Qf3 a6 16.
Nd4 $14 {Beliavsky-Ehlvest/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996/1-0 (78)}) 11...
O-O 12. Nf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c4 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 $11 {
Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y/Monaco Amber blind 1994/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (10. Nb5 a6 11.
Nc3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Pushkov,N/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992}) 10... O-O 11. b3 ({Also
after} 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 (14... Nd5 $6 15. c4
Ne3 $2 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Bxe3 $16 {Holzhaeuer,M-Gerber,R/
Bodensee Cup 1996 (30)}) 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 Qf4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19.
Qxe4 Qg5 20. Qf3 $11 {black easily keeps the balance;1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,
J-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch 1997}) (11. Qe2 b6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Qe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrushin,A-Pushkov,N/Azov 1993}) 11... b6
12. Bb2 (12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Ng4 $6 Nd5 $15) 12... Bb7 13.
c4 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rd6 16. Bc3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} ({It's to dangerous
for white to play} 16. Ng5 $6 h6 $5 (16... Rfd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (17... Qxf6
18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Be4 $8 Qxg5 (19... Qxf2+ $5 20. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Bxb7 Rd2+ 24. Ke3 Rxa2 $132) 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxb7 Rd2 $15) 18.
Qh5 $1) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 (18. Nf3 $5 Rfd8 19. Bc2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 $15) 16... a5 $5 17. Bc2 $5 Rxd1 ({It was
possible to play} 17... Rfd8 {,but it wouldn't change the character of the
game.}) 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Ne5 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd6 (20... Bd6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22.
Qxg4 f5 $11) 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. f3 $5 {Preventing Be4 and restricting black
knight.} Kf8 23. Kf2 Bc5+ 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Nd3 (25. g3 $6 Bg1 26. h4 Nh5 27. g4
Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Be3 $15 {[%csl Rf3]}) 25... Bd6 26. Bd4 Bc7 ({Deserved attention} 
26... Nd7 $5 27. Bxg7 Bxh2 28. Bd4 Bd6 29. Nf2 h5 $11 {with equal chanses}) 27.
g3 $6 ({The only chanse to create something was} 27. c5 $1 bxc5 28. Bxc5+ Ke8 (
28... Bd6 29. Bb6 a4 $5 30. bxa4 Bxh2 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. a5 $14) 29. g3 Bc6 30.
Bd4 Bb5 31. Kf2 $14 {with symbolical advantage.}) 27... g6 28. Nb2 (28. c5 $5
Nd7 $11) 28... Nd7 $11 29. Na4 Bc6 30. Nc3 f5 $1 31. f4 e5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 $5 (
32... Bxe5 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Ne2 $11) 33. Nb5 Nf3 $5 (33... Bxb5 $5 34. cxb5 Nd7
$5 35. Bd3 Bd6 (35... Be5 36. Be3 h5 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Bc4 $11) 36. a4 Bc5 37.
Bc3 $11) 34. Be3 Bxb5 35. Kxf3 Bc6+ 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 512]} 1. e4 e6 (1... c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3
Qd8 7. Nc4 Nc6 8. Nce5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Be7 (9... Nd7 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. O-O (11. Qg4
O-O 12. Bh6 Qf6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxd7 Rad8 16. Ba4 h6 $13 {
Jeric,S-Podlesnik,B/SLO 1991}) 11... a6 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qh5 $16) (9... a6
10. Be3 cxd4 (10... Qc7 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. g3 $14 {Notkin,M-Mironov,I/Minsk 2001}) 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
b4 Nd5 14. Be2 f6 15. Nd3 Bb7 16. f4 $14 {Hort,V-Dydyshko,V/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT}) (9... Qa5 $6 10. Qb3 a6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qb6 Qb8 13. Bg5 $16 {Doring,
R-Grabliauskas,V/Litomysl 1996}) 10. Bb5+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Maciejewski,A-Doda,Z/
Polanica Zdroj 1976/MCL (10)}) 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5 (8. Be3 Qc7 (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Ne5 (10. Bd3
O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 g6
$11 {Sadvakasov,D-Mirzoev,A/Dubai 1999}) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13.
Qf3 $14) 9. Ne5 a6 (9... Bd6 $6 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nc4 $1 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13.
Nxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 $14 {Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/RUS-Cup9
Novgorod (6) 1997 (37)}) 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 $5 (12. Bxd4 Bd6
$11) 12... Qxd7 (12... Bxd7 $5 13. Qxd4 Bc6 $13 {/\Rd8=}) 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 h6 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. h4 Kb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. h5 Kb7 27.
Kc2 f5 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qe2 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Linares/2002/} g6 $5 $11 {/+/=}) (
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 $6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+
Kxd7 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Kc7 $11 {Van den Berg,A-Bohm,H/NLD-chT 1995 (28)})
(8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O (12. Ne5 Qd5 13.
O-O O-O 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qf4 $11 {Stojanovic,D-Boskovic,D/
Subotica 2000}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,
I/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) (8. Bd3 b6 $6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qf3
Bd7 11. Be4 Rc8 12. Bb7 Rc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bf4 $16 {Abuin Boullon,M-Perez,S/
Lalin 2000}) 8... a6 (8... Qa5 9. Be3 (9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Nc4 Bxd4
12. Nxa5 Nd5 $13 {Levy,D-Miyasaki,Y/Skopje 1972}) (9. Qb3 $5 $36) 9... cxd4 (
9... Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. O-O h6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Rad1 b6 15. Bf4
cxd4 16. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Henrichs,T-Kiseleva,N/Essen 2002/CBM 88 ext (16)}) 10.
Bxd4 Nd7 11. Nc4 Qd5 $6 12. Qe2 $1 Qg5 13. h4 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Schreuder,R/
Lisbon 2001}) (8... cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Ba4 (12. Be2
$5 $14) 12... b5 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Qg4 $14 {Mazenko,S-Bychkov,A/Orsk
2002}) (8... Nd7 $2 9. Bb5 Bd6 $8 (9... a6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6
13. Bxd7+ $18) (9... Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14.
Bh6 $18) (9... cxd4 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Nxd7 Qxf3 (11... Bxd7 12. Bxd7+ {1-0 Melia,
S-Nikoladze,S/Batumi 2002/EXT 2003 (12)}) 12. Ne5+ $5 Qc6 13. Nxc6 a6 14. Nxd4+
$16) 10. Qg4 Kf8 $8 (10... g6 $6 11. Qf3 $40 (11. Bh6 $40) (11. Bf4 $40)) (
10... O-O $2 11. Bxd7 $1 Bxe5 (11... Bxd7 12. Bh6 $18) 12. Bxc8 cxd4 13. cxd4
Bxd4 14. Bxb7 $16) 11. O-O $5 (11. Bxd7 $142 Bxd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Nxd7+ Qxd7 14.
O-O-O $1 $32 {|^}) (11. Bf4 $36) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 $132 {Kasparov,
G-Ponomariov,R;Linares 2002}) (8... Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 O-O-O
12. O-O Nf6 (12... Bd6 $5 13. g3 h5 14. Qf3 Nf6) 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 Kb8 15.
Rfd1 Nd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxe3 $2 17. cxd6 Qc5 18. fxe3 Qxb5 19. Qxf7 $18)
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bf1 $14 {Topalov,V-Milov,V;2002}) 9. Qa4+ (9. Be3 Qc7 10.
Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxd4 f6
$11) (9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O-O f6 14. Bh4
{Damaso,R-Cubero Ferreiro,R/Ferrol 2002}) 9... Bd7 {Black is willing to enter
slightly worse endgame. However it's worth mntioning tht it's extremly
difficult for white to turn his symbolical advantage into somehing real.} (9...
Nd7 10. Be3 $32 (10. Bf4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qe4 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb6 14. O-O-O
O-O $13 {Hansen,S-Degerman,L/Helsingborg 2002})) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 (13. Be2 Rhd8 14. a4 (14. Bf3 Kc7 15. Ke2 e5 $5 $132)
14... a5 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bg3
Bd6 21. Bxd6+ {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Dorfman,J/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (21)})
13... Ke7 14. f3 $6 {In my opiion it's better to keep the pawn on f2} (14. Ke2
Rad8 (14... Ng4 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 $14) 15. Bc2 Rd7 16.
Bf4 Rhd8 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bc1 Nd5 19. g3 $14 {and white has more optionts to
play on the kingside comparing to the game.}) 14... Rad8 15. Ke2 Rd7 16. Bf4
Bd6 17. Bg5 {An only chance for white to fight for advantage is to keep the
bishops on the board.} (17. Bxd6+ Rxd6 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Bc2 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nd5
21. g3 $13) 17... h6 18. Bh4 Rc8 19. Rad1 g5 20. Be1 Nd5 21. g3 Nb6 22. Bd2 Be5
23. Bc1 Nc4 24. f4 $6 {Pushing the wrong pawn.} (24. h4 Bf6 (24... gxh4 25.
Rxh4 b5 26. Rxh6 Bxg3 27. Bg5+ $18) 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Be4 Rcd8 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7
28. Rh5 $14) 24... gxf4 25. gxf4 Bf6 26. Rhg1 b5 27. Rg3 (27. f5 Rc5 28. fxe6
fxe6 29. b3 Re5+ 30. Kf3 Red5 31. Ke2 $11) 27... h5 28. Rdg1 Rdd8 29. Rd1 a5
30. f5 Rd5 (30... b4 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. cxb4 axb4 $11) 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Bc2 h4
33. Rf3 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Rg8 (34... b4) 35. b3 Nd6 36. c4 Rg2+ (36... bxc4 37.
bxc4 Nxc4 38. Bb3 Ne5 $15) 37. Rf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 bxc4 39. bxc4 Nxc4 40. Bb3
Nb6 41. Be3 Nd5 42. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 (6. Ned2 $5) 6...
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Bxf3 (8... Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 $14) 9. Qxf3 $5 {
Much more popular is to 9.N:f3, but a move in the game definitly has his
advantages over the standard N:f3. One of the most important advantages of the
move in the game is an active position of the queen on the kingside. In this
particular game the position of the queen on the kingisde proved to be the
decisive factor.} c6 10. c3 (10. Re1 Be7 11. Nc4 (11. Qg3 Nb6 12. Nf3 g6 13.
Bh6 Bf8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. a4 $14 {Adla,D-Pulido Sanchez,A/Mallorca 2000}) 11...
O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 $14 {Sokolovs,
A-Aagaard,J/Copenhagen 1997}) (10. a4 Qa5 11. c3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nc4 Nb6
14. Ne5 $14 {Biti,O-Troselj,T/Pula 1999}) 10... Bd6 $6 $146 {[%cal Gd6c7] An
attempt to prevent an invasion of white knight to e5, however the main
drawback of this move is tht black king gets too exposed.} (10... Be7 11. Re1
O-O 12. a4 (12. Nc4 Qc7 (12... Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 (13... Nxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Bc2 Qc7 16. Bf4 $14) 14. g4 $5 Bd6 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Rad1 $36 {Glek Igor
V-Lyrberg Patrik/It (open), Copenhagen (Denmark) 1995 (39)}) (12... Nd5 13. Bf4
$5 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bc2 $14) 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Qh3
Re8 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Qh5 $14 {Kaps,D-Rozic,V/Kranj 2000
}) 12... a5 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Bg3 g6 16. h3 Nd5 17. Ne5 $14 {
Gavrikov,V-Kelecevic,N/Lenk 1995}) 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Re1 Qb8 {[%csl Ge5]} 13. Qh3
Bf4 (13... O-O 14. Qh4 $1 c5 15. Re3 cxd4 16. Bxh7+ (16. Rh3 h5 17. cxd4 $16)
16... Nxh7 17. Rh3 Ndf6 18. Bg5 Rd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 $16) 14. Ne5 $1
{Nice tactical blow winning a pawn by force.} Bxc1 (14... g5 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16.
Qh6 $18) 15. Nxf7 $1 O-O (15... Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Qe7+ Kg8 18. Bc4+ Nd5
19. Qxd7 Bh6 20. Re7 $18) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16... Bh6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxe6+ Kh8
19. Qxd7 $18) 17. dxe5 Bh6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qe4 $16 Qg8 21. g3
Rd8 22. Re2 Rfd6 23. Bc2 Bg5 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. Qa4 $1 a6 (25... Ra8 26. Qb4 Rd7
27. Bf5 Rc7 28. Qf4 Qd8 29. Re8+ $18) 26. Qb4 b5 (26... R6d7 27. Bf5 Rc7 28.
Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Rf7 29. Be6 $18) 27. Qa3 $18 {[%csl Ra6]} Rd2 28. Bb3 Rxe2
29. Rxe2 Qf8 30. Qxa6 Re8 31. Bd1 Rd8 32. Bc2 Re8 33. Re4 $1 Rc8 34. Re6 b4 35.
Qb7 $1 Qg8 (35... bxc3 36. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rh7]}) 36. Bb3 Rb8 37. Qxc6
bxc3 38. bxc3 Rc8 39. Qe4 Qf8 (39... Bxc3 40. Rh6) 40. c4 Rd8 41. Qf5 Bd4 42.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 43. Re2 g5 44. Kg2 g4 45. Ba4 Kg7 46. Be8 Kf6 47. Bh5 Rc8 48. Bxg4
Rxc4 49. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Jeremic, Veljko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grodzisk"]
[BlackTeam "Glasinac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b6
13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Rd4 17. f4 $14 {Fedorchuk,
S-Mirzoev,A/Calicut 1998}) 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Qc7 $5
15. a4 $5 Bd7 $13 {Kovacevic,A-Antic,D/Banja Koviljaca 2002/CBM 89}) (9. c3
cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.
Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila 1992/TD (17)}
) (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3
Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Rd3 $14 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990}) 10... Be7 (
10... Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {
Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996 (25)}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13. Bb3
Nd7 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf5 $14) 14. Qe4 $1
$16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998}) (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/
Manila 1992}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Ne5 g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U18 1995 
(42)}) 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bxc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Be2 f5 16. Nd6 Rd8 $11 {Toth,A-Borcsok,L/HUN 1995}) (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11.
c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,V-Zifroni,D/
EUchJM-U18 1994 (42)}) 9... a6 (9... Qxd4 10. Bb5+ Nd7 $2 (10... Bd7 11. Nxd7
Nxd7 12. c3 Qe5+ 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Qa4 Be7 15. Bg3 e5 $13 {Erdogdu,M-Spasov,V/
Istanbul 2003}) 11. Qe2 Qxh4 12. g3 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Rxd7 $1
$18 {Boersma,J-Span,P/Amsterdam 2002}) (9... Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12.
Qf4 Bd6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nc4 $14 {Nataf,I-Kosic,D/Budva 2002}) 10.
dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Qe2 {Black proves to be better prepared for the play
with opposite castles, however it's hard to recommend white somthing better.
Pono' game against Bareev is quite impressive, but it's hard to believe that
white may get an opening advantage with the moves like 12.Bg3.} (12. Bg3 $5 Bd6
13. Ng4 $5 Bxg3 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Rh4 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,
R-Bareev,E/Cap d'Agde 2003}) 12... Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 b5 15. Kb1 (15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe4 Ra7 17. Bd3 g6 18. h4 Rc7 19. h5 Bb7 20. Qe2 g5 $15) 15...
Bb7 16. Bf2 $6 {WHite is pushing too hard. The position was calling for} (16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qf5+ 18. Qc2 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bd3 $11 {
with probable draw.}) 16... Qc7 17. Rg1 Rad8 $15 {Now black is just better.}
18. Rc1 (18. Bd4 Bc5 $17) 18... Bc5 19. g3 Ne4 (19... Bxf2 20. Qxf2 Ne4 21. Qe3
Nd2+ 22. Ka1 Qa5 23. Re1 Bd5 (23... b4 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nb3+
27. Kb1 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Nc5 $11) 24. a3 Nxf1 25. Rgxf1 Qa4 $17) 20. Bd4 $6 Qb6 (
20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qa5 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. a3 b4 24. Qxa6 Qc7 $17) 21. Bg2 Bxd4
22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Rgd1 Bd5 (23... Rfd8 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19) 24. Nd7 Qa5 25. b3
Nc3+ $6 {This move should be also sufficient for a win, but more convincing
looked} (25... Nd2+ $1 26. Kb2 Nxb3 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} (26... Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxd7
$19) 27. axb3 Bxb3 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rxd4 Bc4+ $19) 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Rxd4 Qxd4
28. Nxf8 Qg1+ (28... Kxf8) 29. Kc2 Bxg2 30. Nxe6 Bf1 $2 {Letting white to
escape.} (30... Bh3 $1 31. Nd8 Bf5+ 32. Kc3 Qc5+ 33. Kb2 Qd4+ $19) 31. Qe5
Qxh2+ 32. Kc1 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Nxe4 {An attempt
to deviate from the main lines, arising after} (6... c5) 7. Bxe4 c5 8. d5 (8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. O-O Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bc5 $2 12. Qe5 Bf8 13. Rxd4 Qb6 14.
Be3 $16 {Csapo,Z-Marodi,M/Budapest 2002}) 8... exd5 (8... e5 9. f4 Bd6 10. Nf3
(10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qh5 f5 15. Bf3 Bd7 16.
Qh4 h6 17. Re1 g5 $15 {Rodin,M-Dokutchaev,A/Azov 1996}) 10... O-O 11. f5 c4 12.
Qxc4 Nc5 13. O-O b5 14. Qe2 f6 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 $14 {Winsnes,
R-Arnason,T/Gausdal 1991}) 9. Bxd5+ Be7 {No easy life expects black after 9...
Qe7:} (9... Qe7 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 h6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14.
O-O-O Rb8 15. Rhe1 Bf6 16. f4 Re8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Halasz,C-Szogi,
G/Hungary 1994/TD (18)}) 10... g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qxe2 13. Nxe2 O-O 14.
Bd6 Re8 15. Rhe1 Nb6 16. Nf4 $16 {Borge,N-Borchgrevink,H/Gausdal 1999}) 10. Bg5
h6 {Very serious attention deserves} (10... f6 {with interesting complications:
} 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bxc5 Nxd5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rxd5 Qf7 16. Qd3
Be6 $44 {Techen,J-De Wit,G/Vlissingen 2002}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13.
Nxe2 Nf6 14. Rhe1 $14 O-O 15. Nf4 $1 (15. Bc4 Re8 16. Nf4 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Kf8 18.
Nd3 b6 19. Ne5 Bb7 $11) 15... Kh7 $6 {Serious inaccuracy after which black
finds himself in serious troubles. It was necessary to play} (15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Be6 17. Nc7 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxe6 Re8 20. Re5 b6 $1 $14 {with good
chances to hold on.}) 16. Bc4 Ng8 {[%csl Ge7]} 17. Nd5 ({Another promising
possibility was} 17. Nd3 b6 18. Bd5 Bg4 (18... Rb8 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bxf7 $16)
19. Bxa8 Bxd1 20. Be4+ f5 21. Kxd1 fxe4 22. Rxe4 $16) 17... b6 18. Ne7 Bb7 (
18... Nxe7 19. Rxe7 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. f3 Rfe8 22. Rdd7 $16) 19. Nxg8 Kxg8
20. f3 Bc6 (20... Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re7 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxa7 Rg5 25.
g4 $16) 21. Re7 b5 22. Bd5 Rfc8 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.
Rxc5 Re2 26. Rxb5 Rxg2 27. Ra5 Rxh2 28. Rxa7 Rh1+ 29. Kd2 $18) 23. Bxf7+ Kf8
24. Rde1 a5 25. Bg6 $1 $18 Bd5 26. a3 b4 27. R7e5 Bc4 28. b3 Ba6 (28... Bf7 29.
Rf5 Ra7 30. axb4 (30. a4 Rc6 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Ree5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5+ Ke7 34. Kd2
$16) 30... axb4 31. Ree5 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Re4
$18) 29. a4 c4 (29... Kg8 $5) 30. Rxa5 cxb3 31. Rf5+ Kg8 32. Bf7+ Kh8 33. Bxb3
Bd3 34. Rf4 Bxc2 35. Bxc2 b3 36. Re2 Rab8 37. a5 Rc5 38. Rb4 $1 Rxc2+ 39. Rxc2
Rxb4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Kb2 Ra4 42. Rc5 Ra2+ 43. Kxb3 Rxg2 44. a6 Rf2 45. a7
Rxf3+ 46. Kb4 Rf8 47. Ra5 Ra8 48. Kb5 g5 49. Ra6 $1 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2004.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 {It's not an uncommon thing in the French defense that white gives up
his darksquared bishop for he black knight.} (8. Bd3) 8... Qd6 {It appears
that black has very good chances to equalize after this one.} (8... Be7 9. Bxf6
(9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ $10) 9... Bxf6 10. Qe2 $14) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bd3
Qb4+ 10. Bd2 (10. Qd2 Qxd2+ (10... Qxb2 11. O-O Qb4 12. c3 Qd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Rab1 b6 15. Be4 $36 {Miednikova,S-Bystryakova,E/St Petersburg 2002}) 11.
Bxd2 c5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 a6 15. f4 Bc8 16. a4 $14 {
Rublevsky,S-Kosic,D/Budva 2002}) 10... Qxb2 11. O-O Qa3 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Be3 Be7
14. c4 c5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qd3 $44 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Kopavogur 2000}) 9...
gxf6 10. c3 (10. O-O f5 (10... Bd7 $5 {The slightly damaged pawn structure
shouldn't bother black, so he may consider castling both kingside and
queenside.} 11. c4 O-O-O (11... c5 12. Qb3 Qc7 (12... cxd4 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14.
Qxa7 Rxc4 15. b3 Rb4 16. a3 Rxb3 17. Nxd4 Qb8 18. Qa5 $16) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Qc3 Be7 $13) 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd3 Bc6 $132 {Alekseev,E-Spasov,V/
Istanbul 2003}) (10... Bg7 11. c3 $1 O-O 12. Qe2 f5 13. Bc2 b6 14. Ne5 $1 c5
15. f4 $1 $14 {Macieja,B-Spasov,V/Kallithea Chalkidiki 2003}) 11. Bd3 Bg7 12.
Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 c5 14. c3 b6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ba6 $14 {Macieja,B-Managadze,N/
Kallithea Chalkidiki 2003}) (10. Qe2 Bg7 11. O-O-O f5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O
14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 $11 {Colovic,A-Benkovic,P/Lazarevac 1999}) 10... f5
(10... Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Nc4 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16.
b4 $16 {Kharlov,A-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1999}) 11. Bc2 Bd7 $1 {Important
improvment comparing to the game Rublevski-Sulava. Black's idea is just to
give up his dark squared bishop for the knight on e5.} (11... Bg7 $6 12. Qe2
Bd7 $2 13. Bxf5 O-O-O 14. Bc2 h5 15. O-O-O $16 {Rublevsky,S-Sulava,N/Bled 2002}
) 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. f4 (13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qh5 O-O-O 15. O-O-O c6 16. Kb1 Qc7 17.
h3 $14) 13... Bxe5 14. fxe5 (14. dxe5 $2 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4]} 15. Qd2 Qxb2
16. O-O Bc6 $17) 14... Qd5 15. Qf3 (15. Rg1 O-O-O 16. Qe2 (16. Qd2 c5 17. Bb3
Qe4+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bc6 $11) 16... h5 17. Bb3 Qa5 18.
O-O-O h4 $13) 15... Bc6 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 17. O-O (17. Kf2 Ke7 18. Rhg1 Rag8
19. Rae1 h5 $11) 17... Ke7 18. Bb3 Be4 19. Bd1 Rag8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rg4
22. Re1 Rhg8 23. Re2 h5 24. h3 (24. Kf1 h4 (24... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gb7b6]})
25. h3 Rg3 26. Rf4 Rh8 $11) 24... R4g5 25. Kh2 c6 26. a4 a5 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Rg3
Rxg3 29. Kxg3 f6 30. Re2 fxe5 31. dxe5 $6 (31. Rxe5 b6 32. Kf4 Kf6 $11) 31...
Kf7 32. Kh4 Kg6 33. Re3 Rd2 34. Rg3+ Kh6 35. Rg5 Rxb2 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Rg5+
Kf7 38. Kh5 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Kh6 f4 (40... a4 41. Rg7+ Ke8 42. g4 Rh2 43.
Kg5 Rxh3 44. Kf6 fxg4 45. Kxe6 Kf8 46. Rxg4 Rxc3 47. Rb4 $11) 41. Rg7+ Ke8 42.
g4 fxg3 43. Rxg3 a4 44. Rg7 Rh2 (44... Re2 45. h4 Rxe5 46. h5 Rc5 47. Kg6 Rxc3
48. h6 b4 49. h7 Rh3 50. Ra7 $1 (50. Rg8+ Ke7 51. h8=Q Rxh8 52. Rxh8 b3 53. Rb8
Kd6 $19) 50... a3 51. Ra4 $11) 45. Rb7 Rxh3+ 46. Kg5 Rxc3 47. Rxb5 Kd7 (47...
Rf3 48. Ra5 a3 49. Kg4 Rb3 50. Kg5 $11) 48. Ra5 Rg3+ 49. Kf4 Ra3 50. Kg5 Rg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7.
O-O (7. Qe2 {Finkel,A} Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. Be3 (9. c3 {Finkel,A} Nf6 10. Bc2
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Bc6 $5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 $14 {
Fedorowicz,J-Lein,A/Estes Park USA ch 1986/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (9. O-O {Finkel,A}
Nf6 $6 (9... O-O {Finkel,A} 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Bf3
cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5 15. Qd2 e5 16. Rd6 Bf5 $11 {Hector,J-Martin,A/Festuge op
1991 (70)}) 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12. Qe5 Bf8 13. Re1 $36 {
Tseshkovsky Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament, Novorossijsk (Russia)
1995 (38)}) 9... Qc7 (9... O-O 10. c3 (10. O-O-O $5 Qc7 11. h4 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6
13. dxc5 bxc5 $1 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 $132 {Luther,T-Paehtz,T/Altensteig
1990 (23)}) 10... Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Kb1
b5 $2 16. dxc5 $1 $16 {Dimitrov,V-Happel,H/Cordoba op 1994 (27)}) 10. O-O-O Nf6
11. Bd3 O-O 12. h3 $6 b6 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nd5 $15 {Ryan,
R-Myers,D/cr 1987 (36)}) 7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 (10. Bc2 {
Finkel,A} cxd4 (10... Qc7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qd3 Nf8 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Be8 $132 {Psakhis,L-Bertholee,R/OHRA-B 1990}) 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Qg4 e5 13.
Qh5 e4 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Rxd3 a5 18. b5 {1/2-1/2 Magem
Badals,J-Hodgson,J/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) (10. Be3 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Rad1 Qc7 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Seirawan,Y/Reykjavik WCup
1991}) (10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bf4 g6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Rfe1
Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfd8 $11 {Gorjatchev,V-Haba,P/Ceske Budejovice op 1996}) 10... Qc7
11. Rd1 cxd4 (11... Nf6 {Finkel,A} 12. Bg5 $1 h6 $6 (12... Nxe4 $1 {Finkel,A}
13. Qxe4 (13. Bxe7 $2 Nxc3) 13... Bd6 14. Be3 $1 f6 (14... f5 15. Qh4 b6 (15...
f4 $6 16. Bc1 (16. dxc5 $2 $19 Be7) 16... e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qg5 $1 Bf6 19.
Bxf4 $16) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qc4 $1 Rb8 18. b3 $14) 15. Rd2 $5 (15. Rd3 c4 16.
Rd2 Bd7 17. Re1 Rae8 $13) (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rd2 Qa5 $1 $11)
15... cxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Rd2 Be7 19. Rad1 $14) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Qc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc4c7]} Be7 15. b4 f5 $8 16. Bd3 b5 $8 17. Qxb5 cxb4 18. cxb4
Rb8 19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. bxa5 $16 {Yermolinsky,A-Seirawan,Y/Hoogovens 1997 .}) 12.
cxd4 $5 {Interesting idea,but also after natural} (12. Nxd4 Nf6 (12... Nc5 $6
13. Bc2 b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qf3 $36) 13. Bc2 (13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Bg5 Ng4
15. Bxg4 Bxg5 $11) 13... Rd8 14. Bg5 $14 {white seems to have some pressure.})
12... Nf6 13. Bg5 (13. Bd3) 13... Bd7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Ne5 $6 ({Typical
breakthrough} 15. d5 $1 $36 {would be just in place.}) 15... Bb5 16. Qf3 Rad8
$132 {Now black has sufficient counterchanses.} 17. Ng4 ({Nothing gives} 17.
Bxb7 Rxd4 18. Be3 (18. Bc6 Rfd8 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 $13) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc7 20.
Bf4 Qc2 $132) 17... Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxb7 $4 {Falling into very simple
trap and losing a piece.} Rb8 $1 $19 ({White probably expected} 19... Rxd4 20.
Ne3 {with equal position.}) 20. Be4 f5 21. Bc2 fxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd6 23. Re1 Bd7 $1
(23... Nf5 $6 24. d5 $1 Bd7 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Rcd1 Qb6 $17) 24. Qe4 Ng6 25. Bb3
Kh8 $1 {The rest is a matter of technique and slowly black converts his
material advantage into the point in the table.} 26. g3 a5 27. Re2 Rb4 28. Bc4
a4 29. b3 Rb6 30. Rce1 Rf6 31. Qa8+ Rb8 32. Qa7 Rc8 33. Bd3 axb3 34. axb3 Ne7
35. Be4 h6 36. Rd1 Nd5 37. Rc2 Nc3 38. Re1 Nxe4 39. Rxc8+ Bxc8 40. Rxe4 Qc6 41.
d5 exd5 42. Re7 0-1

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 $6 {This move may hardly be recommended for use on
the permanent basis, but it most definitly can be a deadly weapon for one game!
} 4. Nf3 (4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6
10. a3 Re8 11. O-O $14 {Skripchenko Lautier,A-Bricard,E/Montpellier 1998}) 4...
Nf6 (4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 $2 9. Bxb7 $1
$16 {Panajotov,J-Ivanov,V/Pamporovo 2001}) 5. e5 (5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5
Nd7 8. Be3 (8. a3 $5 $14) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 $13 {Barskij,A-Sebald,
R/Dortmund 1999}) 5... Ne4 6. Bd3 (6. Qd3 $5 Bb4 (6... Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Nd7 8. Be3
$14) 7. a3 (7. Nd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bf8 9. Qg3 c5 $13) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 9. Qe3
Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 $14) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10.
dxc5 {White is trying to open yp the position in order to make use of his
advantage in development.} (10. Qd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2 12. Bxd2 Nb4 13. Bxb4
Bxb4 14. Rab1 Be7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 $13) 10... Qxc3 11. Nd4 (11. Rb1 a6 $1 {
[%csl Gb5]}) 11... a6 (11... Bd7 $6 12. Nb5 Qxe5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qf6 15.
Bd6 $36) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qg4 $5 (13. Qf3 Qxe5 14. c4 Be7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Rab1 O-O 17. Rfd1 $44) 13... Qxe5 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Bd4 $1 Bd7 16. Rae1 $44 (16.
c4 Be7 17. Rae1 (17. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 18. Bc3 Qf4 $1 $17)) 16... a5 17. Kh1 Rg8 (
17... Qf4 18. g3 Qf3+ 19. Kg1) 18. c4 Be7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Be5 ({Another
promising alternative was} 20. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qd4 Bc6 23. Qxf6
Qe7 24. Qd4 $16 {with significant advantage for white.}) 20... Bxe5 21. fxe5
Rb8 22. Qd1 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 24. Qc2 Rf8 25. a3 Rb8 26. Qh7 $16 (26. Qc3 $5)
26... Qa7 27. Rc1 $6 {Keeping in mind the following "combination".} (27. Qxg7
Qxc5 28. Be2 $16) 27... Qxc5 28. Bxe6 $4 fxe6 $19 {[%csl Rh1]} 29. Qxg7 (29.
Qg6+ Kd8 30. Qxg7 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Kc7 $19) 29... Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Kd8 31. h3 Qd5
32. Qxh6 Kc7 33. Qe3 c5 34. Qe2 Rg8 35. Rf7 c4 36. Qf2 Kc8 37. Rf3 Bc6 38. Qb6
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Neg5 {
Harmless continuation,permitting black to eequalize very easily.} (7. Qe2 $5
Nxe4 8. Qxe4 c5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qb4 Qb6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. Qa4 a6 14.
Bd3 O-O $11 {Hector,J-Haba,P/Berliner Sommer 1996}) (7. O-O O-O 8. c3 b6 9. Qe2
Bb7 10. Ng3 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Rfd8 $132 {Hidalgo,A-Sanchez,M/
Sitges op 1997}) (7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Qe2 b6 9. Be4 Rb8 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O-O O-O
12. h4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. Qc6 $1 $16 {Shaw,J-Rowson,J/SCO-ch 1998}) 7... h6
8. Nh3 (8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Be3
Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. a4 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 $11 {Cao Sang-Haba,P/Erevan olm 1996})
8... c5 (8... b6 9. Ne5 $2 Bb7 10. O-O Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qd5 {[%cal Gd5e5,Gd5g2]}
12. Nf4 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nh5 O-O-O $17 {Nagy,J-Kiss,J/Balatonbereny op 1994
}) 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 ({Also after} 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qe2 Bxb5 13.
Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 15. O-O $11 {white is the one who has to keep the
balance.}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 b6 13. O-O-O $6 (13. O-O Bb7 14.
Qe2 (14. Ne5 O-O (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd5 16. f4 $11) 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Be4 N7f6
17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Nf4 $11) 14... O-O 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rfe1 $11) 13...
Bb7 14. Kb1 Nd5 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Bb5 $6 {Decision,which is very difficult to
explain.After this move black has much better chanses.} (16. Nf4 N7f6) 16...
Rc8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 $17 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bd5 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. b3 Qa3 22. Ne5
$2 {Losing due to very simple tactical blow.} (22. Qd2) 22... Bxb3 $1 23. axb3
Qxb3+ 24. Ka1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb3+ 26. Ka1 Rc3 27. Re2 f6 {Choosing this one out
of few wining continuation.} (27... g5) (27... Qa3+ $5 28. Kb1 Rb3+ 29. Kc2 g5
$1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2]}) 28. Ng6 Qa3+ 29. Kb1 Rb3+ 30. Kc2 Rc8+ 31. Kd1 Rd3+
0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 $5 {This continuation is starting to gain popularity lately. White's
idea is to exploit an advnatage in development.} Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6
11. Qe2 (11. O-O Bd7 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 Rb8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7
16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qe3 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Hergott,D/North Bay
1996}) 12. Qe2 O-O (12... O-O-O 13. c4 g5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Velimirovic,
D-Kosic,D/Niksic 1997}) 13. Ne5 Rad8 (13... Rfd8 14. Qe4 g6 15. Rfe1 Be8 16.
Qe3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. c3 Rac8 $11 {Kovalevskaya,E-Edzgveradze,N/Moscow 1996}
) 14. f4 $5 g6 15. Rf3 $6 (15. Qe3 $5 b6 16. Qh3 Qg7 17. c3 $14) 15... c5 $1
16. Raf1 (16. c3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bc6 18. Be4 (18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qe4 Bc7 $17 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd4]}) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc7 $15 {[%cal Gc7b6]}) 16... cxd4 $17 {
Sutovsky,E-Akopian,V/Moscow 2002}) 11... O-O (11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O
a6 14. Rd2 Bd6 15. g3 Bc7 16. Be4 Qe7 17. h4 $14 {Zaitsev,I-Janovsky,S/Moscow
1991}) (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 O-O 15. c3 c5 $11 {Dolmatov,
S-Hickl,J/Polanica Zdroj 1993}) (11... Bd7 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. O-O c5 14. c3 (14.
Nc4 Bc7 15. dxc5 Bc6 16. b4 Rd4 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qg5 19. f3 Rxb4 20. Qf2
$14 {Moltchanov,R-Tetenkina,I/Agneaux St Lo 2002}) 14... Kb8 15. Qe3 Bc8 16.
Rfd1 Bc7 17. Be2 Rd5 18. Ng4 Qg5 $15 {Hracek,Z-Lobron,E/Bad Wiessee 1999}) 12.
O-O-O c5 (12... a5 13. Kb1 a4 14. a3 Ra5 15. Rhe1 c5 16. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Rd2
g6 18. Ne5 Bd4 19. Ng4 Qg7 20. c3 Bb6 21. f4 Rd8 22. Bc2 $14 {Leko,P-Akopian,V/
Groningen 1996}) (12... b6 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Qe4 g6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rhe1 Rab8
17. Qg4 Qg5 18. Qh3 $40 {Plasman,H-Van Lommel,P/Dieren 2002}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
h4 (14. Qe4 Rd8 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bb5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 g5 18. Ne5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+
Ke7 20. Qg8 $44 {Grosar,A-Bellini,F/Montecatini Terme 1997}) 14... e5 15. Kb1
Be6 16. Qe4 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 (17. h5 $1 {More accurate was to start with h5
preventing black from playing g6 later on.} Rad8 (17... Rac8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19.
Rhe1 Bxf2 20. Rxe5 Bd4 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Bxb2 23. Rf1 Ke7 24. Qb4+ $18) 18.
Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rhe1 Bg4 $14) 17... g6 18. h5 Bf5 19. Qc4 (19. Qd5 Bxf2 20. Rf1
Rad8 21. Qb3 Qb6 $17) 19... Bxf2 20. Re2 Rac8 21. Qa4 e4 (21... Bb6 22. hxg6
fxg6 23. Rde1) 22. Rxf2 exd3 23. cxd3 Re3 {[%csl Rd3] After this move it
becomes clear that black won opening battle.} 24. Rfd2 Rd8 25. hxg6 Qxg6 26.
Ka1 (26. Ne1 Qg3 27. Qa5 Bxd3+ 28. Nxd3 Rdxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Rc1 Qxg2 $17)
26... Rexd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Re1 (28. Rc1) 28... Bd7 (28... Qd6 $1 $17) 29.
Qxa7 Qd6 30. Rc1 (30. b3 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Qf6+ 32. Kb1 Bf5+ 33. Re4 Bxe4+ 34. fxe4
Qf1+ 35. Kb2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Qxe4 $17) 30... Rd1 31. Qe3 Bf5 $1 $17 32. a3 (32.
Qc3 Qd3 $19) 32... Qd5 33. b4 Be6 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 {Eine der Hauptvarianten in dieser Stellung. Auch sehr
populär sind Züge wie 9.Bb5+, 9.Bc4, 9.c3.} Qa5+ (9... cxd4 {ist die
Hauptvariante. Der von mir gespielte Zug ist selten, aber nicht schlecht.}) 10.
c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O Bd6 {Ich hatte eine Schnellschachpartie gegen GM
Kulaots mit 12...Be7 gehabt. Den Zug in der Partie finde ich besser. Der
Läufer steht aktiver auf d6. Schwarz muss auch keine Angst vor Bxf6 gxf6 haben.
Die Struktur ist ganz gut für Schwarz.} 13. Qf3 {Nach diesem Zug kann Schwarz
ein bequemes Endspiel erzwingen. Weiß muss etwas anderes versuchen, z.B. 13.
a4!? oder Re1!?} Qh5 $1 14. Bg3 (14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. f3 Nf4 $11 {Nepomniachtchi
- Morozevich, 2011}) (14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qa6 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 17. Kg1 O-O $15
) 14... Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ke7 17. Ne5 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 (18. Be2 Ba4 19.
b3 Be8 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rfd1 $11) (18. Nxd7 $2 Rxd7 19. Rfd1 Rad8
20. Bc2 Rd2 $19) 18... Ba4 {Schwarz hat bequemen Ausgleich erziehlt. ...Ba4
schwächt die weiße Struktur.} 19. b3 (19. Rd2 Ne4 20. Re2 Nc5 $15) 19... Be8
20. c4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. g4 (22. Be4 {würde zu einem interessanten
Endspiel führen, das objektiv remis ist, aber wo nur Schwarz praktische
Chancen besitzt:} Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Kf1 c5 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1
{Wenn Weiß einen Turm auf dem Brett behält, sollte es ohne große
Schwierigkeiten zu halten sein.} (27. Rd1 $6 {Das Bauernendspiel ist für Weiß
nicht einfach.} Rxd1 28. Kxd1 f5 29. f3 (29. Ke2 e5 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. a3 h5 32.
a4 g5) 29... e5 30. Kd2 h5 31. Kd3 g5)) 22... Bc6 23. f3 Rd4 24. Kf2 Rad8 25.
Ke3 $6 {Eine Ungenauigkeit, die es Schwarz erlaubt Raum zu gewinnen.} (25. Be2
Rd2 26. Ke3 Rb2 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Rd2 $11) (25. Ke2 Kd6 26. Bc2
Kc5 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. a3 a5 29. Ke3 e5 30. Bd3 $11) 25... f5 $1 26. gxf5 exf5
27. Bc2 (27. g3 $2 Bxf3 $19) 27... f4+ 28. Ke2 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 (29. Rxd1 $2 {
Fast jedes Läuferendspiel ist hier für Weiß verloren.} Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Kf6 31.
Kd3 Ke5 32. b4 b6 $19 {Weiß kriegt nicht genug Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.} 33.
b5 Bb7 34. a4 g5 35. a5 h5 36. a6 Ba8 (36... Bc8 $2 37. c5 bxc5 38. Kd2 Kd6 39.
b6 axb6 40. a7 Bb7 41. Bc2 $11) 37. Be2 (37. Bc2 Kd6 38. Kd4 g4 39. Be4 h4 40.
fxg4 f3 $19) 37... h4 38. Bf1 h3 39. gxh3 Bxf3 40. Kc3 Be4 41. Be2 Bg2 42. Bg4
f3 $19) 29... Kd6 30. b4 $6 {Das sieht aktiv aus, weil es die Struktur
"verbessert", aber im Endeffekt gibt es Schwarz mehr Angriffsobjekte.} (30. Kd3
Ke5+ 31. Kc3 g5 32. Bc2 h5 33. b4 b6 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Be4 $11) 30... Ke5 (30...
a5 $5 31. a3 Ra8) 31. Bb3 $6 {Visuell ein sehr logischer Zug. Der Läufer ist
verteidigt und unterstützt die Bauern. Man macht so einen Zug in Zeitnot fast
automatisch. Der Läufer steht hier aber falsch. Er gehört auf die Diagonale
f1-a6. Von dort kann er beide Flügel kontrollieren.} (31. Bc2 $142 Rd4 32. Bd3
Be8 33. a3 g5 34. Rc1 $11) 31... Rd4 32. Re1 (32. Rh1 Be8 33. Re1 Bf7 (33...
Kf6 34. Rc1 g5 35. Rc3 h5 36. a4 g4 37. b5 a6 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Bd1 Bf7 $15)
34. Kf1+ Kf6 35. Rc1 h5 36. Rc3 g5 37. b5 Be8 38. a4 a6 39. Ke1 g4 40. fxg4
hxg4 41. Bd1 Kg5 42. Be2 Bd7 43. c5 Rxa4 44. c6 Ra1+ $15) 32... Kf6 (32... Bd7)
33. Kf1 $2 $138 {Wahrscheinlich der entscheindende Fehler. Noch konnte Weiß
den Läufer rechtzeitig nach e2 bringen.} (33. Rc1 $1 Be8 34. Rc3 Ke5 35. Ke1 g5
36. Bd1 h5 $15) 33... Bd7 34. Kg1 (34. Rc1 g5 35. Rc3 h5 36. Ke1 g4 37. fxg4
hxg4 38. Bd1 f3 39. gxf3 g3 40. f4 g2 41. Rg3 Bc6 42. b5 Be4 43. Be2 Kf5 $19)
34... g5 35. c5 {Die Initiative für den geopferten Bauern ist nicht
ausreichend.} Rxb4 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Rd6 (37. Re1+ Kd8 38. Rd1 Kc7 39. Rd6 Rb5 (
39... Ba4 40. Bg8 b6 $17) 40. Rxh6 Rxc5 41. Rh7 Kd6 42. Rh6+ Ke5 {und es ist
die gleiche Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 37... Rb5 (37... h5 $5 38. Rd5 g4 39.
Rxh5 g3 40. Kf1 Bb5+ $15) (37... b6 38. Rxh6 bxc5 39. Rh7+ Kd6 40. Rh6+ Ke5 41.
Rh7 Bc6 42. Rxa7 c4 43. Bc2 Rb2 44. Bh7 g4 $19) 38. Rxh6 Rxc5 39. Rh7+ Kd6 40.
Rh6+ Ke5 41. Kf2 (41. Rg6 Kf5 42. Rg8 a5 43. Ra8 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke2 Bb5+
46. Kf2 Bc6 $19) 41... Bc6 42. g3 $2 (42. Ke2 {Weiß muss passiv abwarten, aber
die Stellung ist sehr schwierig.} a5 $17) 42... Rc3 43. Re6+ (43. Bd1 Rd3 44.
gxf4+ gxf4 45. Be2 Ra3 $19) 43... Kd4 (43... Kf5 $4 {Wenn man nicht aufpasst...
} 44. g4# {kann einiges passieren!}) 44. Bd1 fxg3+ 45. Kxg3 g4 $1 0-1

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 {The super solid Caro-Kann is
very difficult to break, so White will often try the positional fianchetto
development of the bishop to the g2-square.} Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Nc3
O-O 8. Nf3 Nd5 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. a3 e5 14.
axb4 exd4 15. Nb5 Bf6 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. g4 a6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Bxc2 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2821)-Pelletier,Y (2590)/Biel 2011 (42)}) 7... Bxf6 8.
Ne2 {The knight move to e2 seems to be less natural than Nf3, but from the
point of the impact of Bg2 it is a sheer blessing. One of the reasons for
experimenting are the problems with obtaining an advantage.} (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O
Rb8 (9... e5 10. Re1 (10. Be3 c6 (10... exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rab8 $11 {Ivanov,
A-Christiansen,L/Chandler 1997/}) 11. Re1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 (12... Nb6 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. a4 a5 17. Nb3 $14 {Bezgodov,
A-Dokutchaev,A/St Petersburg 1998/}) 13. Qxd4 Nf6 14. a4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16.
c3 a5 17. Re5 Nd7 18. Re7 Kf8 $11 {Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Germany 1997/
GER-chT} 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. h3 Bd7 21. R7e5 Re8 22. f4 Rac8 23. Kf2 b6 24. g4 h6
25. Kg3 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Ne8 27. h4 g6 28. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z (2650)-Ehlvest,J
(2660)/Yerevan 1996}) (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Storchak,V-Lavrov,A/
Prokojevsk 1997/ (11)}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bf4
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 c6 16. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2690)-Ehlvest,J (2660)/Tallinn
1996 (42)}) (9... c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 (11... Qb6 12. Qb3 Bxd4 13. cxd4
Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb6 15. Ra5 Rd8 $14 {Magem Badals,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/
Pamplona 1991/}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Rad1 e5 16. Bg5 (16.
Ng5 Nc4 17. Ne4 Be7 $13) 16... Nd7 17. Rfe1 h6 $2 18. Be3 $6 (18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6
(18... Nxf6 19. Nxe5 Ng4 20. Qc4 $1 $18) 19. Nd2 $16) 18... Nf8 19. Nd2 Be6 $14
{1-0 Fressinet,L (2591)-Morozevich,A (2742)/Cannes 2002 (43)}) 10. Bf4 b5 11.
Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qf3 Rb6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Rd3 Ra6 16. Rb3 c6 17. Rd1
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Be3 Ra4 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P (2747)-Morozevich,A (2732)/Monte Carlo 2004 (25)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O
Rb8 {The unaspicious move of the rook is preparing some form of fianchetto for
the bishop on c8. The real problems with equalising are felt by the defender
in the event of an immediate pawn attack against the centre.} (9... e5 10. d5 (
10. c3 Re8 11. Be3 c6 12. Re1 Nb6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 {1/2-1/2
Vojinovic,G (2451)-Kosic,D (2521)/Jahorina 2000}) (10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 c6 12.
h3 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N (2556)-Kosic,D (2466)/Tivat 2011}) 10... Be7 11. c4 (
11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd4 axb3 17.
axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qd6 19. Re1 c5 20. Qd3 Bd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,D (2492)
-Kovacevic,B (2468)/Djakovo 2006 (41)}) 11... a5 12. Be3 Nc5 13. f4 exf4 14.
Nxf4 Bf5 15. Bd4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Bg6 17. h4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. Bh3 Qd8 20. Rad1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2663)-Dambacher,M (2466)/Hilversum 2007 (26)}) (9...
c5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. c3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Rb8
16. Nb3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qc7 18. Nc5 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 $14 {1-0 Godena,M 
(2500)-Bellini,F (2435)/Switzerland 1998 (44)}) 10. Nc3 (10. c4 b6 11. Qa4 a6
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Be3 c5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc4 18.
Qxc4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Heymann,U (2105)
-Hausmann,I (2090)/Leipzig 1995 (68)}) 10... b5 {Just one round later
Pelletier has surprised his great opponent with a different solution for the
problems. He simply transfered the knight to d5 and exchanged it for the Be3.}
(10... b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qf3 Qc8 14. Rad1 c5 (14... c6 15. Ne4
$16) 15. Ne4 Be7 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Nf6 $14) (10... Nb6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Ne4
Nxe3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Qd3 b6 16. a4 c5 17. a5 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7
19. axb6 axb6 20. Qe4 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2714)-Pelletier,Y (2590)/Biel
2011 (30)}) 11. Qd3 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. a4 b4 $14) 11... a6 $6 (11... b4 12. Ne4
Rb6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Bf4 $14) 12. a4 $6 {White was enjoying some advantage
after any continuation, but the overly modest approach of the defender was
promising even more. Unfortunately even Vachier Lagrave has been lured into
the play with the a-pawn.} (12. Ne4 $1 Be7 (12... Bb7 13. a4 $16) 13. a4 Bb7
14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra7 $16) 12... b4 13. Ne4 a5 (13... Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Qxa6 $16) 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg5 Bb7 (15... h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Rfe1 (17. Qc4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfe1 $14) 17... Rd8 18. Qc4 (18. Rad1 c5
19. Qc4 cxd4 20. Qc7 Bd7 21. Qxa5 Be8 $11) 18... Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Ba6 20. Qxa5 Rd6
$14) 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rfe1 c6 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Rd8 20. Bf4 $16
) 18. Re5 {The black position is very solid, but White is an extraordinary
chessplayer and thus he tries for small miracles.} (18. Re4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Rae1 $14) (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Re5 Rd7 20. Qc4 Rd5 21. Rae1 Qd8 $14) 18...
Rd7 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Qxc3 Rxd4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxa5 Rd3 23. Qb4 Rd4
24. Qe1 Qb6 $11) 20... Rd5 21. Rae1 h6 (21... Qb6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. R5e4 $14) (
21... Qd6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. R5e4 f5 (23... Rd8 24. Rh4 $16) 24. Rh4 Rd8 25. Qe3
Qf8 26. Rh5 $16) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 {Pelletier had the feeling, that he did not
want to run away from the centre with the queen and would rather live with a
somewhat damaged pawn structure on the kingside. He has missed the fact that
this solution was in fact forbidden.} (22... Qxf6 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Rxd5 exd5 25.
Qc5 $14) 23. Rxe6 $1 (23. R5e4 $5 c5 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Qd2 Rg5 26. Rh4 Kg7 27.
Rb1 $16) 23... fxe6 (23... c5 24. R6e4 cxd4 25. c4 $18) 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+
Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Re4 f5 28. Qh6+ (28. Rh4+ $2 Qxh4 29. gxh4 Rg8 $19) 28...
Kg8 29. Rxe6 {By force the players have reached the position, in which the
defender is barely avoiding the disaster.} Rd7 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Rxc6 $2 {
[%mdl 1024] Vachier Lagrave had surely felt from afar, that the combination
should be winning. It is a bit tragic that when he came much closer to the
solution he simply failed to find the last step!} (31. Rg7+ Ke8 32. Qe6+ Re7
33. Qxc6+ Qd7 34. Qa8+ $11) (31. Qh5 $1 Qf6 (31... Rh8 32. Rh6+) (31... Ke8 32.
Re6#) (31... Rd5 32. Rd6+ $18) (31... Ke7 32. Qe2+ $1 Kf7 33. Qe6#) 32. Rh6+
Ke7 (32... Kg7 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rxd7 $18) 33. Qe2+ Kd8 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Qe5
$18) 31... Ke8 (31... Rg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Rc5 Rgg7 $14) 32. d5 (32. Qg6+ Rff7
(32... Rdf7 $2 33. Re6+ Kd7 34. Rd6+ $18) 33. Re6+ Rde7 34. Qg8+ Rf8 (34... Kd7
35. Rd6+ $18) 35. Qg6+ Rff7 $11) 32... Re7 (32... Rdf7 $2 33. Re6+ Re7 34. d6
$18) (32... Rxd5 $2 33. Qe6+ Qe7 34. Qxd5 $18) 33. c4 {White has not taken
advantage of his golden winning chance, but despite the missing rook he is not
in danger. At this moment he enjoys the compensation of an attack and 4 pawns.}
(33. Qg6+ Rff7 34. c4 f4 $11) 33... f4 34. Qh5+ (34. Qg6+ Rff7 35. Re6 (35. Qg4
f3 (35... Re1+ 36. Kg2 f3+ 37. Kh3 Rh7+) 36. h4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qd7 38. Re6+)
35... f3 36. Qg8+ Rf8 37. Qg6+ Kd7 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. Rc6+ Kb8 40. Rb6+ Rb7)
34... Rff7 35. Kg2 (35. Kf1 Qd7 36. Ra6 Qb7 37. Qh8+ Rf8 38. Qh5+ $11) 35...
f3+ (35... Qd7 36. g4 Kd8 $11) (35... fxg3 $5 36. hxg3 Qd7 37. g4 Kd8 38. Qh4
Rg7 39. g5 Qf5 40. Qh8+ Re8 41. Qxg7 Qg4+ $11) 36. Kh3 Qd7+ 37. g4 Kd8 38. Qg5
{The defensive task was not without problems for Black, as one bigger mistake
could put him into a critical situation.} (38. Kg3 Re1 $11) 38... Rg7 (38...
Rh7+ 39. Kg3 Rhg7 40. Qf4 Qb7 (40... Rxg4+ 41. Qxg4 Rg7 42. Rg6 $18) 41. c5 $18
) (38... Qe8 $1 39. Kg3 Kd7 $1 40. Ra6 Re1 41. Qh5 Qe5+ $11) 39. Qf4 Ke8 $2 {
Time trouble belongs to the mightest enemies in chess. The number of positions
that have been spoiled under the pressure of the clock can not be counted.} (
39... Re8 $1 40. Kg3 (40. Ra6 Kc8 41. Kg3 Qe7 42. h4 (42. Re6 Qd8 43. Rd6 Rd7 (
43... Qe7 44. Qf5+ Kc7 45. Re6 $18) 44. Rf6 Kb7 $11) 42... Qe1 43. Ra8+ Kb7 44.
Rxe8 Qg1+ 45. Kxf3 Qd1+ 46. Re2 Qh1+ 47. Ke3 Qc1+ 48. Rd2 Qc3+ 49. Ke2 Re7+ 50.
Kd1 Qa1+ $11) 40... Reg8 41. h3 Rg6 42. Qb8+ (42. Rc5 Qa7 43. Rb5 Qc7 44. c5
Qxf4+ 45. Kxf4) 42... Ke7 43. Qe5+ Kd8 44. Rxg6 Rxg6 45. c5 Qc7 $11) 40. Kg3 $1
(40. Rd6 $2 Rxg4 $1 41. Qxg4 Qxd6 $19) (40. Rb6 Rh7+ 41. Kg3 Qc7 42. Qxc7 Rxc7
43. d6 Rb7 44. Rc6 Rhg7 $11) 40... Qb7 (40... Qd8 41. Qf6 Rgf7 42. Qh8+ Rf8 43.
Qh6 Rff7 44. c5 Rh7 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. h4 $16) 41. Qf5 $1 {White
has significantly improved the coordination of his forces, on the contrary
Black has lost control of his defence.} Rc7 (41... Qb8+ 42. d6 Rd7 43. h4 $18)
(41... Kd8 42. c5 Rgf7 (42... Qb8+ 43. d6 Ref7 44. Qe6 Qb7 45. Rb6 Qc8 46.
Qxc8+ Kxc8 47. c6 Rf8 48. d7+ Kc7 49. Rb7+ Kxc6 50. d8=N+ Rxd8 51. Rxg7 $18)
43. Qg5 Ke8 44. Qg8+ Rf8 45. Qg6+ Rff7 46. Rb6 Qxd5 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Rd6+ $18)
42. Rh6 Rh7 (42... Rg8 43. c5 Rf7 44. Re6+ Kf8 (44... Kd8 45. Rd6+ $18) 45. Qe5
Re7 46. Rf6+ Kg7 47. Qf4 Kh8 48. c6 $18) 43. Re6+ {The great triumph of the
spirit over physical numbers, but even so the winner must surely have
regretted his missed opportunity from move 31.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhg1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 (13...
Bxc5 14. Be3 (14. Ne5 Qd5 15. Kb1 Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Qxe5 17. Bc3 Ng4 $17) 14... Qc7
15. g4 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne5 $13) 14. Ne5 Qd4 15. Nc4 (15. g4 Ne4 16. Bxe4
Qxe4 $11) 15... Nd5 $2 {The centralization of the piece doesn't have to be
always ideal. Black should have had more chances to oppose the prepared attak
of his opponent.} (15... Qh4 $5 16. g4 Qxh2 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rad8 19. Rg3
$13) 16. g3 $1 Rab8 17. c3 Qf6 18. Ne5 Nb6 $1 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Ng4 $1 $18)
19. Bf4 (19. Ng4 Qf3 $11) 19... Bd6 20. Bb1 Bd5 (20... Nd5 $5 21. Qd3 Qf5 22.
Qxf5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Rfe8 24. Nd3 $14) 21. Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 128] The typical attack
along the b1-h7 diagonal works for white in an ideal form.} Rfd8 (21... g6 22.
Nxg6 $1 Rfd8 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Nf4 $16) (21... Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Nd7 Bxf4+
24. gxf4 Bf3 25. Nxb8 Bxd1 26. Na6 Bg4 27. Nxc5 $16) 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ng6+ $1
fxg6 (23... Ke8 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Qg8+ $18) 24. Bxd6+ Rxd6 (24... Kf7 25. Bxb8
Rxb8 26. Rge1 $18) 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxb8 Qxf2 (26... Rd7 27. Qg8 $18) 27. Bxg6
Qe3+ 28. Kb1 {White king is not really in danger so black can claim no
compensation for the exchange.} Rd7 (28... Be4+ 29. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Ka1 Rxd1+
31. Rxd1 Qe2 32. Qxa7+ Ke8 33. Rb1 $18) 29. Rge1 Qf3 (29... Be4+ 30. Bxe4 Rxd1+
31. Rxd1 Qxe4+ 32. Ka1 $18) 30. Qe8+ Kd6 (30... Kf6 31. Bc2 $18) 31. Qxe6+ Kc7
32. Qe5+ Kb7 33. Rxd5 $1 (33. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 34. Be4 Qf7 35. Rd1 Kc6 36. c4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires/La Plata International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1947.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1947.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 $1 Bd7 (9... Qb6 $6 10. O-O $36 Qxb2) 10. O-O Bc6 (10...
Qc7 $142 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Ne5 $14 Be8) 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bh4 Qd5 13. Rad1 Qh5 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Rd3 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Qd2 $16 b5
20. c3 e5 {Preventing 21Nd4} 21. Kh1 Bb6 $2 (21... e4 $2 22. Rd5 $16) (21...
Kh7 $142) 22. g4 $1 Qg6 (22... Qxg4 23. Rg1 $18) (22... Qh3 23. Nxe5 $18) 23.
Nh4 Qg5 24. Nf5 {/\Nh6,Ne7+} h5 (24... Kf8 $2 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Rxd8#) 25. Ne7+ $18 Kf8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxg5 fxg5 28. gxh5 Kg7 29. Rf3 e4 30.
Rf5 b4 31. Rd7 Kh6 32. Rdxf7 Kxh5 33. Rg7 bxc3 34. Rfxg5+ Kh6 35. R5g6+ Kh5 36.
Rg3 Kh6 37. bxc3 Bxf2 38. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Bc4 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Qe2 Qa5+ (10... cxd4 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rxd4 $14) 11. c3
a6 $6 (11... cxd4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nxd4 Rhd8 $10)
12. d5 $5 Nxd5 (12... exd5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxd5 $16) (12... b5 13. dxe6 (13.
Bb3 c4 14. dxe6 cxb3 15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Ne5 Bf5) 13... bxc4 14. exf7+ Kf8 15.
Ne5 Bf5 $17) 13. Bxd5 Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qd8 15. Nf5 $1 Qxd5 16. Nxg7+ Ke7 (16...
Kf8 17. Nh5 Qxg2 18. O-O-O $40) 17. f4 Rd8 18. O-O Bd7 (18... Kf8 19. Rad1 $18)
19. Rad1 Bb5 20. Qg4 Bd3 21. f5 $1 c4 (21... exf5 22. Nxf5+ Bxf5 23. Qh4+ $18)
22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 $1 $18 Rg8 (23... Qxe6 24. Qg7+ Kd6 25. Rf6 $18) 24.
Qh4+ Kxe6 25. Rde1+ Kd7 26. Qe7+ Kc8 (26... Kc6 27. Rf6+ Kb5 28. Qb4#) 27. Rf8+
Rxf8 28. Qxf8+ Kc7 (28... Qd8 29. Re8 $18) 29. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 h6 {Pelletier is not finding courage to test his dangerous
opponent after the double blow on the sqaures b2 and f2. White would have been
forced to sacrifice two pawns for the attacking chances.} (9... Qb6 $5 10. O-O
Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Ne5 Qd5 (13... Rd8 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. Bxf6+
gxf6 16. Nc6+ Kd6 17. Rfd1+ Qd5 18. Qh6 Kc7 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 a6 21. Bd3
Bd7 22. Qf4+ Bd6 23. Rxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qxd6 {1-0 Degraeve,J (2525)-Kalevic,S 
(2310)/Ubeda 1998/}) 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. f4 $44) 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Qd2 {Former
praxis was favouring other moves, but White has a clear concept about the
centralization of his own forces.} (11. Qe2 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd5 13. O-O (13. Qd2
Be7 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. c4 Qa4 18. b3 Qa3 19. O-O Nf6 20.
Qe2 a5 {1/2 Anagnostopoulos,D (2475)-Yagupov,I (2450)/Ubeda 1998/ (32)}) 13...
Nf4 14. Qe4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. b4 Bb6 18. c4 f6 19. c5 Bc7 20.
Nd4 e5 {0-1 Balcerak,J (2250)-Christiansen,L (2550)/Germany 1997/ (36)}) (11.
O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Kh1 Rd4 16. f4 Re8 17. b4 Bxb4
18. Bh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxd4 Bd6 20. Rfd1 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nf8 22. Rc4 Qb8 23. Rg4 {
1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2415)-Mirzoev,A (2445)/Calicut 1998/ (40)}) 11... b6 12. O-O-O
Bb7 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Ne5 Nd5 {Black is trying to minimise the probability of
the kingside problems with the help of an exchange of bishops.} (14... Qc7 15.
f4 Rad8 $11) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a3 Rad8 {White had the same position on the
board also later in the rapid open Mainz 2006.} (16... Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18.
Be4 Rac8 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Rd2 f6 21. Nf3 Kf7 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nb5 a5 24. b3 a4 25.
b4 Rc4 26. Kb2 Ke6 27. f3 Bc6 28. Nc7+ {1-0 Morozevich,A (2731)-Meier,G (2450)/
Mainz 2006/}) 17. f4 Nf6 18. c4 Qc7 (18... Be4 19. Qe2 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd4 $11) 19. b4 $5 {White truly needs a lion heart to choose
the plan with opening the position in front of his own king.} Nd7 (19... a5 20.
Kb2 axb4 21. axb4 Qe7 22. Kb3 $11) 20. Kb2 (20. Nxd7 $2 Rxd7 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22.
Qxd7 Qxc4+ 23. Kb2 Bd5 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Kh8 $2 {The swiss grandmaster
is thinking only about the doubling of the rooks and the king's retreat has to
exclude the possibility of the Bh7+ move. Much more logival impression have
made 21...a5! with serious questions for the white king.} (21... a5 $1 22. b5 (
22. Qe3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 $17) 22... Rfe8 23. Re2 $13) 22. Qe3 Rd7 (22... f5
23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kg8 26. g3 $14) 23. g4 $1 Rfd8 $2 {The
defender has reached his goal, but his position has managed to collapse in the
meantime! It was necessary to return with the king to the square g8 in order
to prevent opening of the kingside files.} (23... Kg8 24. g5 h5 (24... hxg5 25.
Rg1 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rxg5 $16) 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qg3 g5 27. Qxg5 Rf2+ $13)
24. g5 hxg5 (24... h5 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qg3 g5 27. Re3 Kg8 28. Qh3 (28. Qxg5 Be4
29. Rxe4 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxh5 Qd7 $13) 28... Rd4 29. Qxh5 Rh4 30. Qxg5
Rxh2+ 31. Kb3 Rf8 32. Qg4 $40) 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 128]
An excellent patient attacking move, the black king is unable to escape and
the rook on the third rank is fullfilling lots of functions.} g4 (27... Rd4 28.
Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 g4 30. h3 $1 Be4 31. Rf1 Bf5 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. e6 $18) (27...
g6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Rh3 Rd4 31. Bc2 Rh4 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Ba4+
$18) 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Bf3 30. Bg6 $1 {The final blow against the exposed
enemy's king.} Rf8 (30... Rd2+ 31. Kc3 Rc2+ $1 32. Kxc2 Bxd1+ 33. Kc3 Ke8 34.
Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc8 36. Qxe6+ $18) 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7 32. Rd3 Qc8 33. Qf6+ Ke8
34. Rd6 {The defense is finally falling apart around the square e6.} (34. Rd6
fxg6 35. Rxe6+ Qxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kd8 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7.
O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. c4 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13.
Rfe1 Nf8 14. h4 $5 Qc7 15. Rac1 Ng6 $1 (15... Rad8 $6 16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. cxd5
Qd7 18. d6 $1 Qxd6 (18... Bxd6 $2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 Be5 (20... Be7 21. Red1
$18) 21. Rxe5 $18) 19. Bb5 N8d7 20. Red1 $1 (20. Qxb7 $14) 20... Qb6 21. Bxf6
Qxb5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rc7 $1 $16) 16. h5 Nh4 17. Qe3 Bd6 $1 18. Ne4 Bf4 $1 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qe4 $1 f5 21. Qe2 {פh4} Bxc1 22. Rxc1 f6 $1 23. g3 $16 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Huebner,R/Muenchen 57/284 1993 (51)} (23. Qe3 Qg7 $13)) 9... O-O
10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. b3 Rfd8 15.
Rfe1 Rd7 16. Be5 Rad8 17. Bc3 Nd3 18. Re2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. h3 Rd2 21. a3
Qb6 22. a4 Bc5 23. Rf1 a5 24. h4 $15 {Ashlanian,L-Arkell,S/Debrecen/1992/0-1 
(51)}) 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bb1 Qb6 $146 (13... Bf8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h3 Bg7 16. a3
a5 17. Ba2 a4 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Rd2 b5 21. c5 Nd5 22. Ne4 N7f6 23.
Nd6 Re7 24. Rdd1 Red7 25. Bd2 h6 26. Re2 Re7 27. h4 Ne8 28. Bxd5 exd5 $2 (28...
cxd5 $142 29. Nxb5 Qc6 30. Nc3 $16) 29. Ba5 {1-0 Chandler,M-Richter,W/BL 9293 
(1992) ;BL 90 1993}) 14. Qc3 Bb4 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Rd3 (16. Rfe1 $142 g6 17. a3
a5 18. Ba2 $14) 16... g6 17. h3 c5 $5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 a6 20. Rb3 (20. a3
Rad8 21. Ba2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rfd1 Qd6 $15) 20... Qa7 21. Qd2 b5 22. Bh6
Re5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qh6 c4 (24... Nxd5 $2 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. Bxf5 $16) 25. Rf3
Qc5 26. Nf5 $1 $8 Ne8 (26... Nh5 27. d6 $40 {[%cal Gf5e7,Gb1g6]}) 27. Ne3 Nd6
28. Rd1 $36 Rfe8 29. Qf4 Nb6 30. Ng4 $1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 Nxd5 (32...
Rxb1 $2 33. Nf6+ (33. Qf6 Nxd5 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qg8+ Kxh6 37. Qf8+
Kg5 38. Rxf7 Nxf7 $8 39. Qxc5 Rd1 40. f4+ Kf6 41. Qc6+ Ke7 42. Qxa6 $13) 33...
Kg7 (33... Kf8 34. Ne4 Qc7 35. Nxd6 $16) 34. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gf6e4]} Kf8 $8
35. Nxh7+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Re3 $1 Qc7 (37... Nf5 38. Nd7+ $1 $18 {[%cal
Ge5h8]}) 38. Qf4 $1 Kg7 39. Re8 $1 $18) 33. Qg5 Re6 34. h4 Qd4 35. h5 Ne7 (
35... f6 36. Qh4 {[%cal Gg4h6]} Qxb2 $8 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Bxg6 Kf8 39. Rh3 $1
Ke7 40. Qh7+ Kd8 41. Bf7 $1 $18) 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nh5+ Kf8 39.
Qh6+ Kg8 40. Nf4 Rf6 41. Qg5 Ne8 (41... Ndf5 $142 42. g4 Nh4 43. Qxh4 Rxf4 44.
Re3 Qd6 45. Kg2 $44) 42. b3 Qd6 43. g3 Nc7 44. Be4 Ne8 45. bxc4 bxc4 46. Kg2
Ng7 47. Re3 Nef5 48. Re2 $1 {Although black's knights are doing a pretty good
job in defending the king they have to little space for manoeuvring, and
that's the reason why white shouldn't capture on f5.} Qd4 49. Bd5 Rd6 50. Re4
Qb2 51. g4 Qc2 52. Re5 (52. gxf5 $4 Rxd5 $19 {[%csl Ge4]}) 52... Qc3 53. Re2
Nd4 $2 (53... Qd4 $142 54. gxf5 Rxd5 55. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 56. f3 Nxf5 $10) 54. Re3
Qd2 (54... Qb4 55. Nxg6 Nde6 56. Ne7+ Kf8 57. Qf6 $36) 55. Nxg6 $4 (55. Bxf7+
$142 Kxf7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qxd6 $18) 55... Nde6 56. Bxe6 Nxe6 57. Ne7+ Kf8 58.
Qf6 Ke8 $4 (58... Qd4 59. Ng6+ Kg8 60. Ne7+ $10) 59. Nf5 $18 Qd5+ 60. Kg3 Kd7
61. Qxf7+ Kc6 62. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 (
7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3
g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6
20. h3 $16 {Yemelin,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995/1-0 (67)}) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 (
8... Be7 9. Qe2 (9. c4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d3 14.
Bxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qf3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Be4 Be8 20. Bb1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Hoffman,A/Najdorf op, Buenos Aires ARG 1996 (38)}) 9...
Qb6 (9... Nf6 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12. Qe5 Bf8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Qb5+ Qd7
15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Nd4 Bd6 17. Nf5 Be5 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Bf4 f6 20. Bxe5 fxg5 21.
Bxc7 exf5 22. Bd6+ Kf7 23. Re7+ Kf6 24. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Doroshkievich,V/Novorossysk 1995 (38)}) 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2 Nf8
13. Be3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Bf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19.
Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ebeling,M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT 1989 (31)}) 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16.
Bxb7 Rb8 17. Be4 O-O 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Qb2 axb4 21. cxb4 Qa7 22. Rad1
Rfd8 23. Nf3 Ba4 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Qe3 Qb8 28. a3 $16
{Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1
Nxe4 (11... Qb6 12. Rxd4 (12. Nxd4 Qxb2 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Bf4 Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Nd5 $5 (18. Rfb1 Qf6 19. Na6 $11) 18... exd5 19.
Qxe7 Ra8 20. Rxa7 $1 Bf5 21. Rxb7 (21. Re1 $5 Be6 22. Be5 Qxc2 23. Rxb7 Qd2 24.
Reb1 $44) 21... Qxc2 22. Bd6 Be6 23. Qg5 Rfe8 24. Be5 Qg6 $17) 12... Qxb2 13.
Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5 $44 Bc5 $2 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Qxe4 $18) (14... h6
15. Bh4 $13 {[%cal Ge5g4]}) 15. Bxf6 Bxd4 (15... gxf6 16. Bxh7+ $18) 16. Qh5 h6
17. Qg4 $18) 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (12... Qc7 $2 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 (13... Nc3 14. Qd3
Kxe7 15. Rc4 $16)) (12... Bd7 $142 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4
Nxg5 14. f4 Nh3+ (14... e5 {Black probably counted on this move when played 12.
..Qd4} 15. Qxe5 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 (16... Bxe6 17. f5 $18) 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Qxh7
{And black is unable to stop white pawns.}) 15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4 {White's plan
now is: 1.To exchange one pair of rooks;2.Place the knight on best position 
(possibly e5 ) and make black trade one of his bishops for it 3.Create a
passed pawn on the queen's side. Black on the other hand,should try to create
some counterplay using his two bishops and exploiting the open position of
white king (which means exchanging as few pieces as he can).} Bf6 17. Rd1 Rd8
$6 (17... Kh8 $142 $5 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg7g5] Black shouldn't exchange the rooks
and should try to open up the game (although it may turn out as critical
weakening of his own king) because the alternative is not better since with
every piece gone off the board black's chances of creating any danger to white
king reduce. Black probably hopes to hold this position relying on his two
bishops and does not want to make any serious weaknesses.We'll see, however,
that it's easier said than done.} 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Kf1 f6 20. Ke2 Rb8 21. Nd4
Bc5 $132 {White is still better of course but black has a legitimit countergame
}) 18. Rd3 $1 Rb8 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rxd8 {Phases 1 and 2 completed.
With only one rook left on the board, and with white pieces placed actively
black struggles to create any serious danger to white king.} Bxd8 22. Kf1 Bb6
23. Qb4 f6 $6 {[%csl Ge6]} (23... Rd8 24. Qe7 Rc8 25. c3 $18) 24. Nc4 Bc7 25.
Qe7 Bxf4 26. Nd6 Bg6 (26... Bxd6 27. Qxe6+ Bf7 28. Qxd6 Re8 29. b3 $18 {
[%cal Gc2c8]}) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. c4 {Now white does not trade the knight for a
bishop since the knight is so dangerousely placed that black is the one who
should think about exchanging it.} (28. Nf7+ $143 Bxf7 29. Qxf7 Bxh2 $16) 28...
b6 29. Qd7 h6 30. Nc8 ({Also possible:} 30. b4) 30... Be5 31. b4 a5 32. Ne7 Bf7
33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Rb2 35. c6 Bc4+ (35... Rc2 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ $18) 36.
Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ (37... Rf1+ 38. Kg2) 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39. Ng6+ (39. c7 Bxc7
40. Qxc7 $18) 39... Kh7 40. Nxe5 fxe5 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qxe5 (42. c7 Ra3+ 43.
Kf2 Ba6 44. c8=Q+ Bxc8 45. Qxc8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qxe5 Rxh3 48. Qxa5 {
And black rook is unable to get to f6.}) 42... Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Bf1 44. Qb2 Ra4+
45. Ke5 Bxh3 46. Qb3 Rh4 47. c7 {/\ Qh3} Rh5+ 48. Kd6 Kh7 49. Qd3+ (49. Qxh3 $2
Rxh3 50. c8=Q Rxh2 {[%cal Gh2f2,Gf2f6]}) 49... Bf5 50. Qd5 Rg5 51. Ke7 Bh3 52.
Qd3+ Bf5 53. Qf1 Bc8 54. h4 Re5+ 55. Kd8 Bf5 56. Qf4 Rd5+ 57. Ke7 Rc5 (57...
Kh8 58. Qxf5 Rxf5 59. c8=Q+ $18) 58. Kd6 Rb5 59. Kc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 (5. Nf3 {Leads to the main
lines in this variation.} Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. dxc5 Qa5+
10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 O-O (11... Bd7 $5 12. Ne5 $1 Bc6 13. h4 $1 Rd8 (13... Bxg2
$6 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. O-O-O $1 $16) 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Bxe7 $1 (15. Nxc6 $5 Bxg5+
16. hxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kc2 bxc6 18. Rh5 $6 Qf4 19. Be4 Qc7 $1 20. Qc4 c5 21. Qb5 g6
$1 22. Rh4 O-O 23. Qc6 $5 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Ne5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bb5 $1 {1/2-1/2
Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Wch26-Moscow 1966}) 15... Qxe7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be4 $14)
12. O-O-O h6 (12... Rd8 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 {e.g.} h6 15. h4 $16) 13. h4 Nd5 14.
Qe4 f5 15. Bxe7 Qxf2 16. Qe5 Nxe7 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. Qf4 Kh8 19. Rd6 b5 20. Bxb5
Ne7 21. Rf1 Qc5 22. Qe5 $16 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Pandavos,P/Athens op 1989 (27)})
5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Qe2 Nxe4 (6... c5 7. Nf3 (7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
Bg5 $5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O $5 $36) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O $1
b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Rfd8 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $1 {/\g2-g4} Nd5 (16... Bd4
17. Nf3 Ba6 $6 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxa6 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rcd8 21. Bc1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1
Rxd1 23. Kb1 Rh1 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. a3 Ne3 26. Qe2 Nf5 27. g4 Nd4 28. Qc4 h5 29.
Qc7 Rf8 30. Qc3 Rd8 31. gxh5 Nf5 32. Bd3 $18 {1-0 Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/It,
Vienna AUT 1996 (37)}) 17. a3 Bd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. g4 Rxd3 $1 21.
Rxd3 Be4 22. g5 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Ne8 (23... Rd8 $142 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Ng4 $5 $36)
24. Rf3 $1 {/\Rf3-h3} f5 (24... Rd8 25. Qe2 $1 {/\Rf3-h3, Qh5 ->}) (24... Nd6
25. Rh3 Nf5 26. Qe2 $40) 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Rf1 $1 Qb7 27. Re1 $1 $16 {[%csl
Ge6] 1-0 Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Be3 Nxe4
10. Bxe4 Qb6 11. c3 e5 12. Nf5 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf6 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Bf5 Qe7 16.
Bxc8 Rxc8 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 $16 {Varavin,V-Pushkov,N/RUS-ch
Elista 1994/1-0 (49)}) 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ Nd7 10. Qxb7 Bd6 11.
Nf3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1
Qe7 18. b3 Qa3 19. Qc6 $16 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Huber,A/Marbach 1994 (30)}) 6... Nxf6
7. Bg5 $146 h6 (7... Be7 8. Nf3 {-Main line}) 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 {
Sacrifisinig a pawn.A more solid alternative would've been: 10.c3} (10. Nf3 Qb6
11. Qc1 Nd5 12. O-O O-O $11) (10. c3 O-O 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qc7
14. Ne5 $14) 10... Qd4 11. Nf3 Qxb2 12. O-O (12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxf6 Qxb5 (13...
Bb4+ 14. Kf1 gxf6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. Qb5 Rab8 $15) 14. Qxb5 Bxb5
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. g3 Rd8 $17) 12... Qb6 13. Rab1 (13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Rfd1+ Ke7 $15) 13... Qc7
14. Ne5 a6 15. c4 {Gives black the time to consolidate the position.} (15. Rfe1
$142 $5 Nd5 16. Qf3 $5 $44 {It seems like it should be a solid position for
black, however, he must play very carefully here in order to survive.} (16. Qg4
O-O 17. c4 f5 18. Qg3 Nb4 $17) 16... O-O (16... Bd6 17. Ng6 $1 fxg6 18. Bxg6+
Kd7 19. Rxe6 $1 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Kxe6 21. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6]}) 17. c4 $1 Ne7
$8 (17... Nb4 {Leads to some beautiful variations (from white's standpoint,of
course).} 18. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 19. Bf6 $3 Bxe1 (19... gxf6 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Ng6+
fxg6 22. Qxc7 f5 23. Rd1 $18) (19... Be7 20. Qe4 g6 21. Nxg6 Bxf6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7
23. Qh7#) (19... Re8 20. Qg4 Bf8 (20... g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23.
Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qh8#) 21. Qe4 g6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Qxe8+ $18) 20.
Qe4 g6 21. Nxg6 $18) 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Rbd1 $44) 15... Be7 16. Rb3 O-O 17. Bb1
Rd8 18. Rg3 Kf8 19. f4 {Releasing the queen from defending the knight.} Bd7 20.
Kh1 (20. Qb2 Bc6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Rxg4 Bxh4 23. Qxg7+ Ke7 24. Bg6 Qb6+ 25. Kh1
Be8 26. Rxh4 Qf2 $1 $19) 20... Ba4 21. f5 (21. h3) 21... exf5 22. Bxf5 Rd1 $1 {
Exploiting white's two major problems: 1-the unprotected position of the
knight on e5; 2- the weakness of the first rank.} 23. Nd7+ (23. Rxd1 Bxd1 24.
Qxd1 Qxe5 $17 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 23... Rxd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd3 Qg4 26. Qf2 Bc6
{[%csl Gg2][%cal Gc6g2,Gc5f2,Gf6e4] From here it's just a matter of time
untill white resigns.} 27. Bg3 Qxc4 28. Rd4 Qb5 29. Re1 Bc5 30. Bd6+ Bxd6 31.
Rxd6 Re8 32. Rdd1 (32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $19) 32... Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Kg8 34. h3 Qf5 35.
Qe3 Qe4 36. Qg3 Nh5 37. Qf2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Bd3 Nxe4 7.
Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. c3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Re1
O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. h3 Qa5 16. a4 Qd5 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. c4 Qh5 19. Qc2 Qe5 20.
g3 Be8 21. Nb5 Qh5 22. Bxa7 Bc6 23. Bxb8 Kxb8 24. Qe2 Qxh3 25. Qe5+ Ka8 26.
Nc7+ Ka7 27. Nb5+ Ka8 28. Nc7+ Ka7 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Esteban,J-Kortschnoj,V/Leon
1994}) 6... Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be3 (10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5
Qc7 12. g3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Qxf6 Be5 16. Qh4 Bxb2 17. Rad1 Bc6
18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. c4 $13 {Zarnicki,P-Pereyra Arcija,D/ch-ARG,
Saenz Pena City 1996/1-0 (47)}) (10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bxd4 13. cxd4
Bd7 14. Re1 Bc6 15. Re5 Qe7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. h3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca Elite, Havana CUB 1997 (26)}) 10...
Bb6 11. c3 (11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c4 Qe7 16. a3
Rfd8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 a5 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Bf1 Kf8
23. f3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 axb4 25. axb4 Ke7 26. Rd4 Ra4 27. b5 $14 {[%csl Gh7]
Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y/Monaco Amber blind 1994/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 11... e5 $5 $146
{Black attacks the knight before white manages to protect the bishop, this
makes the knight retreat to a less active position.} (11... O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13.
Nb5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qe7 15. Qf3 a6 16. Nd4 g6 17. Rae1 Rd8 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Qf4
Bd7 20. g4 $40 {Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Erevan olm 1996/1-0 (78); Black's
kingside is very weak.}) 12. Nc2 (12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nf5 Bxb5 (13... O-O $6 14.
Bxb6 axb6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. Qg4 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 16. Qxd7 Nxd7
17. Rfd1 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gb7]}) 14. Bxb6 (14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. Nxb5)
14... Qxb6 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb5 $11) (12. Nf5 {Maybe this would
have been slightly better, since Nf5 exploits the weakest point in black's
last move - it weakens white squares a bit.} O-O (12... Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Bxe3 15. fxe3 $14) 13. Qc2 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Rf3 $36)
12... O-O 13. Bg5 {Leads almost forced to an equal endgame.} (13. Re1 Ng4 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qf3 Rd8 (15... Qxb2 $140 $4 16. Reb1) 16. Bc4 $14) 13... h6 14.
Bh4 Bg4 15. Bxf6 (15. Qd2 e4 16. Bxf6 Qxd3 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Nb4 Qe2 19. Qg3 Qg4
$11) 15... Bxd1 16. Bxd8 Bxc2 17. Bxc2 Raxd8 {There are no real chances to win
this position by either side.} 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 (20. Bxf5 $2
Rd2 $15) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Kf8 22. Bb3 Bd8 23. Be6 g6 24. f3 Bg5 25. Kf2 Bc1
26. b3 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lido Estensi op 3rd"]
[Site "Lido Estensi"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Nb6 (8... Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Na5) 9. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 $36
Nbd5 12. c4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Qg4 (13... Rd8 $142 14. a3 Nd3 15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Qxc6+
Qd7 17. Qa6 c5 (17... c6 18. Nf3 $14) 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rd7 20. Rad1 $14 (20.
Bc3 $14)) 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qc3 $1 $16 (16. axb4 $5 axb3 17. Rxa8+ Ke7
$13 (17... Kd7 18. Nf3 $1)) 16... Na6 17. Qa5 Bd6 18. Qxa4 O-O 19. Qxc6 Nc5 20.
Bc2 Rfb8 21. Rb1 Ra6 (21... Nd5 22. h3 (22. cxd5 $5 Ra6 23. b4 Rxc6 24. dxc6
$16) 22... Qh4 (22... Qf4 23. g3 Qd4 24. b4 $18) 23. b4 $18) 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23.
Nxf3 Nb3 24. Be3 c5 25. Rfd1 e5 $2 (25... Ng4 $142) 26. Bxb3 Rxb3 27. Nxe5 $18
h6 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Rbc1 Rc6 30. Rc2 Ne5 31. Nc1 Rb7 32. h3 Ng6 33. Nd3 Nf8 34.
b4 cxb4 35. axb4 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 03rd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Nf3) 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O $5
$36) 11. Nf3 O-O (11... Bd7 $5) 12. O-O-O $1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Rfd8 15. Kb1
Rac8 16. Rhf1 $1 {/\g2-g4} Nd5 17. a3 Bd6 (17... b5 $5 18. Bxb5 Bxa3 $1 $13)
18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. g4 Rxd3 $1 21. Rxd3 (21. Nxd3 Qxc4 $44) 21... Be4
22. g5 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Ne8 (23... Rd8 $142 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Ng4 $5 $36) 24. Rf3
$1 {/\Rf3-h3} f5 (24... Rd8 25. Qe2 $1 {/\Rf3-h3, Qh5 ->}) (24... Nd6 25. Rh3
Nf5 26. Qe2 $40) 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Rf1 $1 Qb7 27. Re1 $1 $16 {>< e6} Re8 28.
Nf3 Qd7 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Ng5 Qg6+ 31. Qc2 (31. Ka2 $16) 31... Nh5 32. Qxg6 hxg6
33. Rxe6 Rc8 34. Be5 $1 $18 Rxc4 35. Re8 Nf6 36. Ra8 $1 Nd7 37. Rxa7 (37. Ne6
$18) 37... Nxe5 38. fxe5 Rc5 39. Nf3 Rc4 (39... g5 40. h3 $18) 40. h4 Re4 41.
Rb7 Re3 42. Ng5 Rxe5 43. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7 (
7... c5 8. Ne5 $36) 8. Bd3 c5 (8... O-O 9. Qc2 (9. Qe2) 9... c5 10. Be3 {
/\0-0-0|^}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bc6 12. O-O $14 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7
14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Bc2 (16. c4) 16... Bxe5 (16... b5 $2 17. Nxc6 Qxc6
18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qe2) (16... h6 17. Rd4 $36) 17.
Bxe5 Qe7 18. c4 b6 19. h3 Rac8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Bd6 Qg5 22. f4 Qf6 23. Rd2 Re8 (
23... e5 24. Rad1 (24. Rf1 e4 25. b4 Ba8) 24... e4 (24... exf4 25. Be7 f3 26.
Qd3) (24... Qxf4 25. Be7 Re8 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Rxc4 28. Bb4 $16) 25. b4
$16) 24. Re1 Nf8 25. b4 Qh6 26. Rd4 Ng6 27. b5 (27. f5 Nf8 28. Bf4 Qf6 (28...
Qh4 29. Be5 Qh6 30. f6 $1 (30. Rg4 exf5 31. Bxf5 Ng6 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Bxc8
Rxc8) (30. Qf2 exf5 31. Rh4 Qg5 32. Bxf5 Ng6 33. Rg4 Qh5) 30... Nd7 (30... gxf6
31. Rg4+ Ng6 32. Bxf6)) 29. Be5 Qe7 30. f6 $1 gxf6) 27... Ba8 28. f5 Nf8 29.
Bf4 Qf6 30. Be5 Qe7 (30... Qh6 31. f6 gxf6 32. Rg4+ Ng6 33. Bxf6 $16) 31. f6 $1
Qc5 (31... gxf6 32. Bd6 Qd8 33. Qf2 (33. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (33... Kxh7 34. Qh5+ Kg7
35. Rh4) 34. Qh5 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Qxd6 36. Rg4+ Kh8 37. Qxf7 Qf8 38. Qxa7) 33...
Ng6 34. Bb4 Qc7 35. Qxf6 $16) 32. Qf2 Rcd8 33. fxg7 Ng6 34. Bxg6 fxg6 (34...
hxg6 35. Qh4 f5 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. g8=Q+ Rxg8 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Qxd8+) 35. Rf1 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. g3 (7. Be3 $5 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O (8... Nd5 9. Bg5 $5 {Almasi,Z}) 9. O-O-O b6 10.
Ne5 $36 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Istratescu,A/Budapest 1995/CBM 48/[Tompa] (22)}) 7... c5
{Finkel,A: 'Possible continuation, but less flexible than 7...b6.'} (7... b6 8.
Bg2 (8. Ne5 $5 {Interesting continuation drustically changing the character of
the game:from now on interesting tactical struggle arises,which eventually
leads to a quick,but extremly interesting draw.} Qd5 (8... Bb7 9. Bb5+ c6 10.
Qf3 (10. Nxc6 $2 Qd5 {[%cal Gd5b5,Gd5h1]} 11. Nxa7+ Kd8 $19) 10... Rc8 11.
Bxc6+ (11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. d5) 11... Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Ne5 Qxc2 $15) 9. Rg1
Bb7 10. Bg2 {Another possibility was} Ne4 $5 (10... Qa5+ $5 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Bf1
(12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qe2 Qd5 14. c3 Bd6 $11) 12... Qa4 13. c3 (13. Bc3 Bb4) 13...
Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 $11) 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rd8 (12... Bd6 $2 13. Qe2 f5 14. Qh5+
g6 15. Nxg6 Nf6 16. Qh3 $1 $18) 13. Bg5 $5 {Keeping on to play in the same
advanturous way.} f6 (13... Rd6) 14. Qg4 $5 {[%csl Re6]} (14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6
$2 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 fxg5 17. Nxh8 Bg7 18. Re1 Rxd4 $19) 14... Nxg5 (14... Rxd4 $2
15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Kf8 18. Be3 Nd2+ 19. Bxd2 $1 Qxd2 20. Bd5
$16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc6e6]}) 15. Bxb7 fxe5 16. Qxg5 Rxd4 17. Bd5 ({Nothing
promises} 17. Bc6+ $5 Kf7 18. Bd5 Rxd5 (18... exd5 19. Qf5+ Ke8 20. Qxe5+ Be7
21. Qxd4 $18) 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Re1 Bd6 $13 {and the position remains unclear.}
) 17... Bc5 18. Bc6+ Kf7 19. Qxe5 Rf8 20. Rg2 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A-Polovodin,I/
St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76/[Finkel,A] (20)}) (8. Be3 {Finkel,A} Be7 9. Ne5 Bb7
10. Bb5+ c6 11. Qf3 cxb5 12. Qxb7 Qd5 13. Qc6+ Qxc6 14. Nxc6 Bd6 15. a4 $14 {
Milov,L-Botvinnik,I/Minsk 1996}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 (10. b3 O-O 11.
Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17.
Kxf3 Rfd8 $11 {Vouldis,A-Pandavos,E/GRE-ch 1993}) (10. c4 O-O 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rad1 $14 {Collas,D-Lalic,S/
Zaragoza op-A 1995}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. c4 Qc8 13. Bh3 Be4 14. Ng5 Bf5
15. Bg2 h6 16. Nf3 Be4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57
ext (49)}) (7... Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Bf4 $14 {
Welten,H-Sinke,W/HZ Open 1999}) 8. Bg2 cxd4 (8... Qb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qxb2 (12... Bc5) 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 $44 {1-0
Voitsekhovsky,S-Yagupov,I/Tula 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) (8... Nd5 {Finkel,A} 9. O-O
Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Ke7 15. c5 $16 {
Schramm,C-Hausmann,I/Dresden 1993}) (8... Be7 {Finkel,A} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6
{1/2-1/2 Botschek,M-Brugger,H/Stetten 1988/EXT 97 (10)}) 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 $6 {
Finkel,A: 'Helping white to develop an initiative.' By this unaccuracy black
allows white to enter the knight f3 to the game as weel as it opens white
bishop; After correct 9...Be7, white would have slight advantage only;} (9...
Qc7 10. Bf4 $5 (10. Be3 $6 Nd5 11. O-O-O Nxe3 $5 (11... Be7 $6 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13.
Qg4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Tarasov,I-Kuzenkov,A/Kaluga 1997/EXT 2002 (65)}) 12. Qxe3 Bd7
$132) 10... Qxc2 11. Rc1 Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd4 Nf6 14. Nb5 Bb4+ 15. Ke2
$36) (9... Be7 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vanderwaeren,S-De Wolf,J/BEL 1997/EXT 98 (21)} a6 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Be3 Be6 16.
b3 b6 $11 {Vanderwaeren,S-De Wolf,J/BEL 1997}) 10. Nxd4 Bc5 {'?!' Finkel,A.
Finkel,A: 'Another inaccuracy after which it's very difficult for black to get
counterplay.'} (10... Be7 {Finkel,A} 11. O-O (11. Nb5 {Finkel,A} O-O 12. Be3
Ng4 13. Bxa7 Bd7 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Bc5 16. Ra4 Bxf2+ 17. Ke2 Rxa7 18. Rxg4
$13) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. c3 Nd5 $11) 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Be3 Nd5 (12... Ke7
13. O-O-O) 13. Bd4 f6 $2 {Finkel,A: 'After this one nothing can save black
from the loss!' This move just weakens black position and decreases black
chances to escape;} (13... O-O $5 14. Rd1 b5 15. Bc5 Rd8 (15... Bxc5 {Finkel,A}
16. Nxc5 Rd8 17. O-O $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 16. O-O Be5 $14) 14. O-O-O $16 Bd7 (
14... Ke7 15. Rhe1 $36) 15. Rhe1 $18 {This centralizing move of white makes
black hopeless;} Kf7 16. Bc5 $1 {Another strong move; First of all, white
cleares d-file for the rook, and also white gets the knight in after the
forced trade of bishops;} Bf8 17. Bxf8 Raxf8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nxe6 Nc3 (19...
Bxe6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Rd7+ $18) 20.
Nxf8 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxf8 22. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 {Jobava is one of the most interesting and unique talents in the chess
world today. He is always going his own way in the opening and comes up with a
new take on the Fort Knox opening - an immediate fianchetto on the kingside.
In fact a good friend of mine Keith Arkell plays the Fort Knox a lot - it's
almost as tough as the Berlin Defence to break down. Except in his games Keith
normally spends many hours delicately manouevring the bishop around to the
long diagonal - here Jobava does it instantly!} 9. c4 ({This is not the first
time that Jobava has adopted this approach and in another game his opponent
tried to prevent castling by another method;} 9. b3 $5 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O {Black has been obliged to castle queenside,
which is a minor success for White. On the kingside the Black king is more or
less impregnable in the Fort Knox which is not the case here, as White has the
obvious plan of mounting a pawn assault on the queenside, while I don't think
that without the two bishops it's so easy for Black to counterattack on the
other wing.  However Solak rather drifts through the following moves and
allows Jobava to escape to an ending.} 14. Rad1 (14. Bb2 $1 {with an unclear
game in prospect. White can try to probe at the queenside by means of the
lever a4-a5-a6, for example.} Kb8 15. a4 h5 $1 16. a5 h4 17. Ne2 h3 18. g3 a6
19. b4 {with attacking chances on the queenside for White.}) 14... h5 15. Bc1
$6 Ng4 16. Bc2 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Rc1 Nc5 22. b4 Rhf8 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5+ Kb8 {with a fairly
equal ending in Solak,D (2632)-Jobava,B (2713) Tromso 2014.}) 9... Bg7 10. d5
$5 {The only way to really put the question to Black. However this entails a
great deal of risk for both sides - a pawn is a pawn! I wonder if Kasparov was
still playing that Jobava would dare to try this line against him - after all
Gazza used to refute such risky conceptions in his lunchbreak. But are the
present day generation of grandmasters up to the job?} (10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1
Bxf3 $1 {The main idea of the Fort Knox - White was ready to play Ne5} 12. Qxf3
c6 {and Black has hunkered down for the long run. In fact in general I have a
poor record against the Fort Knox and find it about as easy to break down as
beating Hikaru Nakamura in an 100 game bullet match (or in my case, even
winning one game.) I think that's because there's nothing for White to really
bite on - you have to do all these delicate strategic manouevres to get
anywhere, when I'm a tactical player who needs a clear target.}) 10... exd5 11.
Re1+ Kf8 12. cxd5 {Kasim clearly defines the battlefield - he is confident
that he'll be able to work up some initiative with his lead in development,
before Black is able to unwind and start to get to work with the extra pawn.
But chess like in life, things never turn out like you want them to. In fact
Karpov used to (and still does) use this kind of strategy to win game after
game with Black - win a pawn, play riskily with his king in the centre but win
in the endgame when the opponent's initiative dissipates. It's the classic
chess battle of initiative vs material/structure.} ({Jobava also had to face} 
12. Nd4 {against Karjakin. However he was unable to prove anything either.} Kg8
13. Qc2 ({If I were Black here, I'd be concerned about speculative tries like} 
13. Ndf5 $6 {just to open lines while Black is still lagging in development;}
gxf5 14. Nxf5 {but one possible refutation is} dxc4 (14... h6 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16.
b3 Qxe7 $1 17. Rxe7 Kxe7 {also looks good for Black, who has too much booty
for the queen}) 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 h5 {and there's not enough play for the
piece.}) (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Nc5 $1) 13... Nf8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qd6 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Be3 c5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Qc6 Re8 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5
Ne6 {where White also got no advantage in Karjakin,S (2772)-Jobava,B (2706)
Loo 2014} {for example} 23. Bxa7 {is met by} Ra8 24. Be3 Ng4 $1) ({May I
suggest the idea} 12. b3 $5 Kg8 13. Ba3 Bf8 (13... h5 14. Be7 Qc8 15. Nd4 h4
16. Ngf5 $1 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Rh6 18. Rc1 {While probably still unclear, visually
it looks rather scary for Black - all the White forces are operating at full
capacity while half of the Black pieces are out of action on the queenside} Qb8
19. Bh3 Nf8 20. Nf5 Rg6 21. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. Qd4 $40) 14. Bb2 $1 {with some
initiative for White? In general such a position is extremely difficult to
assess.}) 12... Bxd5 13. Qc2 ({What is Black's plan? I think eventually he
will unravel by means of ...Kg8, ...h6, Kh7... and ...Re8 when he will simply
be a pawn up for very little and we can all go home. Chess is all about
putting little obstacles in your opponent's path. To that end I would like to
try} 13. h4 $5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Kg8 (14... h5 15. Bg5 $1) 15. h5 {and it's not so
clear how Black should complete his development.}) 13... c6 ({Black is not
tempted by} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 {although this was a reasonable
alternative, he perhaps felt that in such a precarious situation giving White
the advantage of the two bishops was too optimistic.}) 14. Ng5 Kg8 15. Bf4 Nf8
$1 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. a3 $6 {Rather slow. It seems to me that this isn't a Kasim
sort of position - he struggles to come up with any ideas of how to crack
Black's carapace. By contrast Tal would have been in his element here,
constantly seeking for ways to stoke the fire of the White initiative.} ({
The more active} 17. N3e4 $1 {was more in the spirit of the position, but
Kasim must have feared leaving the a2-pawn unguarded - after all his opponent
has already displayed a gleeful prospensity for grabbing pawns!} Nxe4 (17...
Qxa2 $6 {is bold, but probably too adventurous;} 18. Nc3 $1 Qa5 19. Re7 h6 $2
20. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Bc4+ {and Black is swept aside.}) 18. Bxe4
$1 {when the natural reply} Rd8 {can be met by the tactical shot} 19. Bc7 $1
Qxc7 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Ne6+ Nxe6 23. Bxe6 {when a draw seems
highly likely - this would be a logical result of the game.}) 17... Rd8 18. Bd2
Qb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. h3 $6 {Again quiet moves, when something more weighty was
needed.} ({There was still a chance with} 20. Bd4 $1 h6 21. N5e4 (21. Nh3 Be6
$1 22. Be5 Qb6 23. b4 Bg4 {and White is starting to run out of ideas}) 21...
Bxe4 (21... Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxe4 Qa5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 {and White
is probably active enough to secure something from the game}) 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23.
Bxg7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxf2 25. Ne4 $1 {Only with this shot is White able to
maintain the balance.} (25. Qxf2 $6 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Re1 Rh7 28. Qxa7 f5
29. Qc5 Kg8 30. Re8 Rf7 {leaves White highly vulnerable to the "Carlsen grind"}
) 25... Ne6 26. Qxf2 Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qc3 h5 29. Nf6+ Kh6 30. Ng4+ Kh7 $11
) 20... h6 21. N5e4 Ne6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17 {Now I really don't see any ideas
for White. Jobava with precise play has beaten off the initiative, and is
slowly unravelling. The rest of the game went downhill quickly for Kasim.} 23.
Be4 Kg7 24. Bxa7 $2 {Kasim desperately decides to restore material equality,
but this just accelerates his demise.} b6 25. Bxd5 Nd4 $1 {Kasim must have
missed this rejoinder when he took on a7. Now the game is over.} 26. Qa4 Rxd5
27. Qa6 Qd7 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxb6 c5 30. Ba5 Bxb2 31. Qc4 Bd4 32. Bc3 Ra8 33.
Re3 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tiendas UPI"]
[BlackTeam "La Caja de Canarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 (10... g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qb3
Qd8 14. Be4 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. f4 Rd6 19. Nc4 Rd7
20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Nc4 Rd7 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Sakaev,K/Halkidiki GRE
2002/The Week in Chess 412 (22)}) (10... Bd6 {-86/282}) 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qe2 (
12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Rd8 15. c3 O-O 16. b4 Bb6 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. Rac1
g5 19. Bb1 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Kf8 21. Re2 Rd5 22. c4 Rf5 23. c5 Bc7 24. Nd2 Rd5 25.
Ne4 Qd4 26. a3 {1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Baklan,V/Istanbul TUR 2003/The Week in
Chess (26)}) (12. c3 O-O-O 13. Re1 c5 14. Be4 Kb8 15. Qb3 Bc8 16. a4 Rd7 17. a5
a6 18. Qb6 Qe7 $13 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Van Wely,L/Amsterdam NED 2001/The Week
in Chess 354 (30)}) 12... c5 $5 {TN} 13. Rad1 (13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Rad1 (15. Qc4 Bxb5 16. Qxc5+ (16. Qxb5 Rd5 17. Qc4 Kb8 $15) 16... Bc6 17. Rad1
(17. Ne5 $2 Rd5 18. Qxa7 Qxe5 19. Qa8+ Qb8 $19) (17. Qxa7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxf3
$15) 17... Qg6 $5 {(/\18...Kb8)}) 15... Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qf5 $132) 13... O-O-O 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be4 Kb8 $5 {[/\16...Bc8<=>]} (15... Kb8 {[#]}) 16. Bxb7 $5 Kxb7
17. Rxd7+ Rxd7 18. Qb5+ Kc7 (18... Kc8 19. Qc6+ Kd8 20. Qa8+ Ke7 21. Qxh8 Qxb2
22. Qh7 $36) 19. Qxc5+ Kb8 (19... Kd8 20. Qb5 $40) 20. Ne5 $44 Rc7 (20... Rb7
21. Nc6+ Ka8 22. Na5 Rb6 (22... Rxb2 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. Qd6+ $11) 23. Nc4 $11)
21. Nc6+ $6 (21. Qd6 $1 Kb7 22. Nd7 $5 {(/\23.b4,24.Nc5|^)} Qxb2 (22... Qg5 23.
Rd1 Rhc8 (23... Rxc2 24. Qb4+ $36) 24. b4 $40) 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. Qa6+ Kb8 25.
Qd6 Kc8 $11) (21. Qb4+ Ka8 22. Qe4+ Rb7 23. Nc4 {(н/\24.Na5,24.Nd6)} Qd8 $8 $15
) 21... Ka8 22. b4 {[/\23.b5]} Qg5 $1 {[xb5;} (22... Qf5 $6 23. Qd6 Kb7 (23...
Rhc8 24. Ne7 $16) 24. Na5+ Kc8 25. c4 $40) 23. Qc4 (23. Qd6 Rhc8) 23... Qd5 $1
$17 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. b5 Re8 26. Rd1 a6 $1 (26... Re2 27. c4 $13 dxc4 $4 28.
Rd8+ Kb7 29. Rb8#) 27. a4 Re4 28. Kf1 Rxa4 29. c4 Rxc4 30. Rxd5 (30. Ra1 $142
R7xc6 31. bxc6 Rxc6) 30... Rc1+ (30... axb5 31. Rd8+ Kb7 32. Na5+ Kb6 33. Nxc4+
$17) 31. Ke2 axb5 32. Nb4 R1c5 (32... R1c5 33. Na6 Re7+) 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King,D} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 {The evaluation of this
typical french/Caro-Kann type of postion has changed over the years. At least
the way I see it. It is now considered =/+/=. Whites attacking chances used to
be considered a much more important aspect of the position} 12. Rad1 Qc7 13.
Bxf6 (13. Ne5 {The attacking-move} Rfd8 (13... Be7 $2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7
Rfd8 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rfe1 $16 {Vogt,Lothar-Dietze,Wolfgang/
Schwerin (02) 1969 (41)}) (13... Nd5 14. c4 Ne3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17.
Bxe3 $16 {Herrera,I-Nogueiras,J/CUB-ch Las Tunas (09) ;EXT 96ch2 1996 (23)+
Slobodjan-Teske/GER-ch/1995}) 14. Rfe1 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kf8 16. Nf3 Ke7
$13 {Eliskases-Rattmann/corresp. 1931 (23)}) 14... h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ng4 Qf4
17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg5 19. Qf3 {0,5/Van der Wiel,J-Cifuentes,P/NLD-ch/1997})
13... gxf6 {King: A common structure arising from many variations of the
French defence and the Caro-Kann. Black should be alright but Tiviakov's
persistence pays off in the end.} 14. Be4 {The positional way to play Step one:
exchange off the bishop pair.} Rfd8 ({King:A few rounds earlier Speelman had
played} 14... Bxe4 {King,D} 15. Qxe4 Rfd8 16. c3 Rac8 17. g3 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Oll,
L-Speelman,J/ST Lee Cup 4th 1997. The position is almost identical to this
game, the only difference being that Oll couldn't be bothered to try for the
win.}) ({Reshevsky's technique is worth watching, though Black did not defend
very well:} 14... Rad8 {King,D} 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Ne4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1
Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qd3 Be7 21. h3 Qc7 22. Qg3+ Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Kf8 24. Kf1
Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 (26... f5 $1 $14) 27. Ne2 Bc5 28. f4 b5 29. g4 a6
30. Ke4 Bf8 31. Nd4+ Kd6 32. Nb3 Be7 33. Nd2 Bf8 34. c4 Kc5 35. cxb5 axb5 36.
Nb3+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Kc5 38. f5 e5 39. Nf3 h6 40. h4 Be7 41. h5 Bd6 42. a3 b4 43.
a4 b3 44. Nd2 Kb4 45. a5 Kxa5 46. Nc4+ {1-0 Reshevsky,S-Woliston,P/USA-ch New
York 1940/HCL 43}) 15. g3 Bxe4 (15... Rac8 16. c3 Kg7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd4 Qd5
19. Nb3 Qe5 20. Qg4+ Qg5 $11 {Balashov,Y-Petrosian,T/URS ;Inf 29 1980 (38)})
16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe2 Be7 $1 18. c3 Bf6 {Whites P-majority on the Q-side is more
useful than blacks on the K-side. Because of the double-pawn in the f-line.
However Blacks bishop should be stronger than the N in the endgame so even if
white can achieve the most optimal exchanges and get for instance R+N against
R+B or N against B black should not be worse} 19. Rxd8+ {King: Step two:
exchange off the rooks (rooks combine well with bishops).} Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 Qc4 22. a3 b5 23. Ne1 a5 24. Nd3 {[%cal Yd3f4] King: Preventing
Black's pawn break, and perhaps anticipating moving to f4 and h5 roaming
closer to Black's king. Queen and knight are potentially a deadly attacking
force.} {The threat of the knight manoeuvre stings Black into action:} e5 {
This is a critical moment: will the pawn constellation turn out to be weak or
strong now that f5 has been weakened?} 25. Qd2 Qd5 (25... e4 $6 {King,D} 26.
Nf4 {King: and the pawns have been blocked.}) 26. Qe2 {King: Dinky
manoeuvering by White. The queen slides out of the way of its opposite number
and takes up a slightly more active position.} Kg7 27. g4 {A tricky move,
breaking up Black's pawn front.} Bg5 $2 {After this tactical mistake black
loses a P Typically, Speelman prefers active to passive defence. Some
alternatives:} (27... Kf8 $1 $132 {/\} 28. gxf5 (28. g5 Bg7) 28... e4) (27...
Qe6 $5 {King,D} 28. g5 (28. h3 $1 $14) 28... Bxg5 29. Qxe5+ Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Kf6
31. Nd3 Ke6 $132 {[%cal Re6b3]}) (27... fxg4 $2 {King,D} 28. Qxg4+ Kf8 29. Qf5
{would be unpleasant for Black.}) (27... f4 {King,D} 28. g5 $5 (28. f3 $16)
28... Bxg5 29. Qxe5+ Qxe5 30. Nxe5 f3 31. Nxf3 Bc1 32. Nd4 Bxb2 33. Nxb5 Kf6 (
33... a4 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke2 Bc1 36. Kd3 $16) 34. a4 Ke5 35. c4 Ke4 36. Kf1 Kd3
37. c5 $18) 28. Nxe5 f6 29. Nf3 fxg4 30. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Re2g4,Re2b5] King:
Black has two problems: How to defend his pawns on the queenside while
safe-guarding his exposed king. It's all too much.} f5 31. Nxb5 Bf6 32. b4 axb4
33. axb4 h5 34. c4 Qa8 35. Nd6 f4 36. Qd1 Be5 37. c5 Qa2 38. b5 f3 39. Nf5+ Kf6
40. Ng3 h4 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Qf7 44. Qxe5 hxg3 45. hxg3 Qb3
46. Qf4+ Ke7 47. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 $5 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 (6... Bxe4
7. Bxe4 c6) 7. O-O Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. Bf4 (9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bc2) 9... Ngf6 10.
Bd3 Be7 11. c3 $14 O-O 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nd2 c5 $5 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5
16. Ne4 Nbd7 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 $5 $14) 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rad1 $14 {^^}
Rfd8 19. Bc2 Kf8 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Kf1 h6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ke2 (23. Rd1 $5)
23... Nd5 24. Bc1 Ke7 25. g3 b5 $1 26. Rd1 b4 $5 27. cxb4 (27. c4 $6 Nb6 $10 {
>< c5}) 27... Bxb4 28. Be4 $1 Bc5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bd2 Rb8 31. b3 $14 Ke6 32.
Rc1 Bb6 33. b4 Kd7 34. a4 a6 35. Kd3 f6 $1 36. f3 h5 37. h3 f5 $6 {>< e5} 38.
Bf4 Rb7 39. Re1 (39. h4 $5 $14) 39... h4 $5 40. gxh4 (40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Bf2
{/\ Bg3<=>}) 40... Bf2 41. Rb1 Bxh4 42. Be5 (42. Kd4 $5 Kc6 $13) 42... Ke6 43.
Bd4 Bd8 44. Bc5 Bf6 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 $14 (46. Rxb5 Rxb5 47. axb5 g6 $1 $10
(47... Kd7 $2 48. Bd4 $1 $18)) 46... Rc7 47. Bd4 $6 Bxd4 48. Kxd4 Rc4+ 49. Kd3
Kd7 50. b6 Kc8 51. Rb5 Rh4 $1 52. Rxd5 g6 $1 53. Rd6 Rxh3 54. Ke2 g5 $10 55.
Rf6 g4 56. f4 Kb7 57. Rxf5 Kxb6 58. Rg5 Kc6 59. Rxg4 Kd5 60. Rg8 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Qh3 Nbd5
15. a3 b5 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Qb8 20. Bg6+ Kd7 21.
Nc5+ Kc7 22. Na6+ Kb7 23. Nxb8 hxg6 24. Qd3 Rxb8 25. Qxg6 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
g3 Ra1 28. Qc2 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Kg2 Kc6 31. h3 Ra7 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Nb6
34. Qe6+ Kb5 35. Be3 Nbd5 36. Bxc5 Kxc5 {[#] Studienmaterial. Weiß verliert
ohne Not alle seine Bauern und kämpft dann gegen Windmühlenflügel.} 37. Qc8+
Rc7 38. Qa6 Nd7 39. Qa3+ Kd4 40. h4 N7b6 41. Qf3 Re7 42. h5 Ke5 43. Qg4 Rf7 44.
Qg6 Re7 45. Kh3 Nd7 46. Kh4 N7f6 47. Qd3 Ke6 48. g4 Kf7 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qf5
Re4 51. f3 Rb4 52. Qe5 Kg8 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Qe2 Nf4 55. Qc2 N6d5 56. b3 Kg8 57.
Kh4 Kf7 58. Kg3 Kg8 59. Kf2 Nh3+ 60. Ke1 Nhf4 61. g5 Rb8 62. Kf2 Nxh5 63. Qf5
Nhf4 64. Kg1 $2 (64. g6 $1 $11) 64... g6 $1 $17 65. Qc2 Kf7 66. Qc4 Ke6 67.
Qa6+ Kf5 68. Qc4 Kxg5 69. Qc2 Rb6 70. Kf2 Kf6 71. Qb2+ Ke6 72. Kg3 Kd6 73. Kg4
Rb4 74. Kg5 Kc5 75. Qc1+ Kd6 76. Qa3 Kc5 77. Qa7+ Rb6 78. Qa3+ Kd4 79. Qa4+ Ke3
80. Qe4+ Kf2 81. Qc2+ Kxf3 82. Qd1+ Ke4 83. Qc2+ Kd4 84. Qc4+ Ke5 85. Qa4 Rb4
86. Qe8+ Kd4 87. Qh8+ Kd3 88. Qb2 Rb6 89. Qb1+ Kc3 90. Qc1+ Kxb3 91. Qb1+ Kc3
92. Qc1+ Kd4 93. Qa1+ Kc5 94. Qa3+ Kc6 95. Qa8+ Kd7 96. Qa7+ Ke6 97. Qa8 Ke5
98. Qa1+ Kd6 99. Qa3+ Rb4 100. Qa6+ Kd7 101. Qa7+ Nc7 102. Kf6 Rb6+ 103. Kg5
Ra6 104. Qb7 Ra4 105. Qb3 Nce6+ 106. Kf6 Ra5 107. Qb7+ Nc7 108. Qb1 Ne8+ 109.
Kf7 Rf5+ 110. Kg8 Ne6 111. Qd3+ Nd6 112. Qa3 g5 113. Kh7 Rf7+ 114. Kh6 Ke7 115.
Qa7+ Kf6 116. Qa1+ Kf5 117. Qa5+ Kf4 118. Qd2+ Ke5 119. Qc3+ Kf5 120. Qa5+ Kg4
121. Qa4+ Rf4 122. Qd1+ Kf5 123. Kh7 Rh4+ 124. Kg8 Ne4 125. Qd5+ Kf6 126. Qa5
Rf4 127. Qa1+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final play-off"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1976.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen SG"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Gulko gelingt es nicht, mit der Rubinsteinvariante in der französischen
Verteidigung Ausgleich zu erzielen. Als man die Partie eingedenk der
schlechten Stellung an Brett 3 und der wenig aussichtsreichen Position an
Brett 6 remis gibt, dürfte Kavalek mittels Te3 und starkem Königsangriff
bereits auf Gewinn gestanden haben. Die drei Remisen in den genannten Partien
sicherten jedenfalls beiden Teams Gleistand bei 3:3.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. Be3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qa5+ 10.
c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bh4 Rd8 16. O-O Bd7
17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Qh3 Be8 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Manninen, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Be7 15. Na5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rd4 Nd6 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Rb4 $2 Nc4 $1
20. Rxb7+ Kf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 Nxa5 23. Rxa7 {R+2P<->RN nach taktischem
Witz im 20.Zug Motive: 3 verbundene Frei-B vs. Bauernmajorität im Zentrum kein
Ersatz für die Figur} Nc6 24. Rc7 Nb4 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rc4 Ke5 27. g3 f5 28. Ke2
Kd6 29. a4 Ra8 30. b3 e5 31. Kd2 g5 32. h4 g4 33. Ke2 h5 34. Kd2 f4 35. Ke2 Rb8
36. Kd2 Ra8 37. Ke2 fxg3 38. fxg3 e4 39. a5 Rxa5 40. Rc8 Rc5 41. Rxc5 Kxc5 42.
c4 Ne7 43. Ke3 Nf5+ 44. Kxe4 Nxg3+ 45. Kf4 Ne2+ 46. Ke3 Nd4 47. b4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. O-O Qf7 8. Qe2
O-O-O 9. Re1 Nge7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 d4 14. Ne4 fxe5
15. Bg3 Nf5 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd5 20. Nd3 h5 21.
Nb4 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxg2 23. Bxh8 Qg6 24. Bf6 Ne3 25. fxe3 Bh3+ 26. Bg5 Qxg5+ 27.
Kh1 c5 28. Qf2 cxb4 29. e4 Qg4 30. Re1 a5 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. b3 Bg4 33. Kg1 Qb6
34. Qf2 Kb8 35. Kh1 Qc5 36. Rf1 Ka7 37. Qd2 Ka8 38. Rf4 Qc3 39. Qxc3 bxc3 40.
Rf8+ $18 Ka7 41. Rd8 Bf3+ 42. Kg1 Bxe4 43. Rxd4 Bxc2 44. Rc4 Bb1 45. a3 c2 46.
Kf2 b6 47. Ke3 Ba2 48. Rxc2 Bxb3 49. Rb2 Bd1 50. Kd4 Kb7 51. Rb1 Bf3 52. Rb5 h4
53. Rf5 Bg2 54. Kc4 h3 55. Rf7+ Ka6 56. Rf6 Bh1 57. Rh6 Bg2 58. Rh7 Bf1+ 59.
Kd5 Kb5 60. Rh4 Bg2+ 61. Kd6 Ka6 62. Rh5 Bf1 63. Kc7 b5 64. Rh6+ Ka7 65. Rb6 b4
66. a4 Bc4 67. Kc6 Bb3 68. Kb5 Bxa4+ 69. Kxa5 Bd1 70. Rxb4 Bf3 {Positionen mit
am gegenüber liegenden Rand abgedrängtem K sind gewonnen: z.B. wKf5,Tg6,
Ba2-sKh5,Lb2,Ba3 Anzug beliebig. Weiß gewinnt bei uns mit Ka5-a4-a3- b2 usw.
Bitte nachlesen! Ziel: K-g4 samt Txh3 mit sK auf der a-Linie.} 71. Rb6 (71. Ka4
$142 $18 Ka6 (71... Bb7 72. Ka3 Kb8 73. Rb3 $18) 72. Kb3 Be2 73. Kc3 Bb5 (73...
Bf1 74. Kd4 Ka5 75. Kc5 Bg2 76. Rb1 Ka4 77. Kc4 Ka3 78. Rb6 Ka2 79. Rb4 Ka3 80.
Kc3 Ka2 81. Ra4+ Kb1 82. Ra3 Be4 83. Kd2 $1 Bf5 (83... Bg2 84. Ke1 Kc2 85. Rg3
Kb2 86. Kf2 Kc2 87. Rxg2 hxg2 88. h4 $18) 84. Ke1 Kb2 85. Re3 Kc2 86. Kf2 Kd2
87. Rf3 Bg4 88. Ra3 Be6 89. Kg3 Ke2 90. Ra6 Bd7 91. Ra7 Bc8 92. Rc7 Bf5 93. Kf4
$18 {So etwa sieht das klassische Gewinnverfahren aus. Bei begrenzter
Bedenkzeit muß man dieses Verfahren wissen. Am Brett kann man es kaum finden.})
74. Kd4 Kb6 75. Rb3 $18) 71... Be2 72. Rb4 Bf1 73. Rb1 Bg2 74. Rb6 Bf1 75. Rd6
Kb7 76. Kb4 Kc7 77. Kc5 Bg2 78. Rd3 Bf1 79. Rf3 Bg2 80. Rf7+ Kd8 81. Kd6 Kc8
82. Rh7 Kb8 83. Rc7 Bf3 84. Rc3 Bg2 85. Rb3+ Kc8 86. Rb4 Bf3 87. Rh4 Bg2 88.
Rh7 Kb8 89. Rd7 Kc8 90. Rg7 Kb8 91. Rc7 Bf3 92. Kd7 Bg2 93. Kd8 Bf3 94. Rc3 Bg2
95. Rb3+ Ka7 96. Kc7 Ka6 97. Kd6 Ka5 98. Kc5 Ka6 99. Rb6+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 a5 12. O-O-O a4 13. a3 O-O 14. Kb1
Ra5 15. Rhe1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rd2 g6 18. Ne5 Bd4 19. Ng4 Qg7 20. c3 Bb6 21.
f4 Rd8 22. Bc2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd5 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Nxg6 Bd8 27. Ne5
Qf6 28. g3 b5 29. Ng4 Qg7 30. Ne3 Rc5 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Nf5 Qf8 33. Nd6 Bc6 34.
Qe3 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Nxb5 Qc8 37. Qd3 Qb7 38. Nd6 Qa7 39. c4 Bc6 40. c5
Kf8 41. Nxf7 Qxc5 42. Qd6+ Qxd6 43. Nxd6 Bd4 44. Be4 Bd7 45. Nc4 Bg1 46. Ne5
Be8 47. Nf3 Be3 48. Kc2 Ke7 49. Kd3 Bc1 50. Kc3 Be3 51. Bc2 Kd6 52. Nd2 Kd5 53.
Be4+ Kc5 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. Nf3 Bh5 56. Ne5 Be8 57. Nf3 Bh5 58. Nd2 Be8 59. b4+
axb3 60. Nxb3+ Kd6 61. Ke2 Bg1 62. Kf3 Ke7 63. h3 Ba4 64. Bc2 Kf6 65. Na1 Bd7
66. Be4 e5 67. f5 Bxf5 68. Bxf5 Kxf5 {[#] 2-1 Freibauern bei geringem
Bauernmaterial. Ablenken des schwarzen Königs durch Vorgehen des a-Bauern;
danach Opfer des Springers für verbundene Freibauern. Technik + Taktik.} 69.
Nc2 (69. g4+ $5 Kg5 70. Kg3 h5 (70... e4 71. h4+ Kf6 72. Kf4 Bc5 73. a4 e3 74.
Nc2 e2 75. Kf3 Ke5 76. a5 $16) 71. h4+ Kg6 72. g5 Kf5 73. Nc2 e4 74. a4 Bb6 75.
Nb4 $16 {[%cal Rb4c6,Ra4a8]}) 69... e4+ 70. Ke2 Bb6 71. Ne3+ Ke6 72. g4 Bc7 73.
Nf5 Bf4 (73... h5 $2 74. Ng7+) 74. a4 Kd5 75. a5 Kc5 76. h4 Kb5 77. Nxh6 $1
Bxh6 78. g5 Bf8 79. Ke3 Kxa5 80. Kxe4 Ba3 81. Kf5 Kb5 82. g6 Bb2 83. h5 Bg7 84.
Kg5 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furhoff, Johan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Qa4 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc1 f5 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. c3
Qxa2 21. Qh5 Qc4 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Rde1 Rd5 24. Qxh6 Rxe5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+
Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kd7 28. Qa4+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxe5 32. Qxa7
Qb5 33. Qa3+ Kf7 34. Qd6 Qc5+ 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 {[#] Freibauern auf 2 Flügeln vs
zentralen Bauernklotz; planloses w Spiel vs aktives s Spiel mit T+K im Zentrum;
Taktik} 36. Rd1 Rb5 37. b4 f4 38. Rd7+ (38. Kf2 e5 39. g3 fxg3+ 40. hxg3 $15)
38... Kg6 39. Kf2 e5 40. Re7 (40. g3 Kf5 $17) 40... Rb6 41. Rc7 e4 42. Re7 f5
43. Rc7 (43. g4 $5) 43... Ra6 44. Rxb7 e3+ 45. Kf3 Ra1 $1 (45... Ra2 $2 46.
Kxf4) 46. g3 (46. b5 Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rxg2 49. Re7 Rb2 50. c4 Kg5 51.
c5 $13 {Analyse!}) 46... Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 f3 49. Re7 f4 50. gxf4 Re2+
51. Kf1 Kf5 52. b5 Kxf4 53. Rf7+ Ke4 54. Re7+ Kd3 55. Rd7+ Kc2 56. Rf7 Rxh2 $1
57. Rxf3 Kd2 58. Kg1 Rh8 59. Rf7 Rg8+ 60. Kh2 Re8 $1 61. Rd7+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 f6 9. a3 Be7 10. exf6 {TN} (10. h4 fxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe8
13. O-O-O Qh5 $10 {Chandler,M-Rosentalis/GER/1991/}) 10... Bxf6 11. Bb5 O-O $5
(11... Bd7 12. O-O (12. Bxc6 {Knaak} Bxc6 13. O-O (13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 O-O
$10) 13... O-O 14. Rae1 Qd6 15. Ne5 Be8 $10) 12... O-O 13. Rfe1 $14) 12. Bxc6
bxc6 13. Na4 Qd6 (13... Ba6 $6 {Knaak} 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. O-O-O $16) 14. O-O (14.
Qe3 $5 $14) 14... e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. c3 (17. Rfe1 Qf4 $6 (17...
Qd6 $142) 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. b3 $1 $14) 17... a5 $1 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. b4 axb4 20.
axb4 Qg6 $10 21. Qe3 h5 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Qe3 h4 24. Nc5 (24. h3 {Knaak >=})
24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 h3 26. g3 (26. gxh3 Qh4 27. Qg3 Qh5) 26... Bg4 27. Re1 Ra8
$6 (27... Rf7 $1 28. Qe8+ (28. Nb3 $2 Re7 29. Qxe7 Qf3 30. Qd8+ $8 Kh7 31. Qh4+
Kg6 32. Qxg4+ $8 Qxg4 33. Nd4 Kh7 $15) 28... Kh7 29. Qe3 Re7 30. Qd3+ Bf5 31.
Qd2 $10) 28. Nb3 Ra2 29. Nd4 Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Qe3 Bh5 32. Rc1 Bf7 33. Rc2
Ra1+ 34. Rc1 Ra2 35. Rc2 Ra1+ 36. Rc1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch playoff"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 18. c4 Bxe5 19.
cxd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bc3 Qc5 22. Re3 Qxd5 23. Qa4 Qxg5 24. Qd4 Rxc3 25. Qxc3
Bxh2 26. Bc2 Rc8 27. Qa3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 {Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8
1997/EXP 58/1-0 (40)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 Nd5 (16... Bd4 17. Nf3
Ba6 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxa6 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rcd8 21. Bc1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23.
Kb1 Rh1 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. a3 Ne3 26. Qe2 Nf5 27. g4 Nd4 28. Qc4 h5 29. Qc7 Rf8
30. Qc3 Rd8 31. gxh5 Nf5 32. Bd3 Ne3 33. Be2 Nd5 34. Qf3 Rxh2 35. f5 e5 36. h6
Nf4 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. hxg7 {1-0 Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/Vienna Millenium 1996/CBM 55
}) 17. a3 Bd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. g4 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Be4 22. g5 Bxd3+ 23.
Qxd3 Ne8 {Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996/EXP 51/[Glek]/1-0 (43)}) 9... O-O
10. O-O-O Qd5 $6 {Dopelangriff,verliert aber viel Zeit.10...-Qc7 ist besser.}
11. Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 {Oft auch der "g2" ist giftig!} (13...
Qe7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 (16... f6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rd3
$16) 17. Qg4+ Kf6 $2 (17... Kh6 $1 18. Rd3 Qg5) 18. Nf3 e5 19. Qg5+ Ke6 20.
Qxe5+ Kd7 21. Qxd5+ Bd6 22. Rhe1 Qf6 23. Re3 $18) 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16.
Rhg1 Qxh5 (16... Nf4 17. Qh4 Ng2 18. Rxg2 Qxg2 19. Rg1 $18) 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18.
Rg5+ (18. Rdg1 $1 {Fritz! with mate} Nf6 19. Bxf6 $18) 18... Nf6 19. Rxh5 Bxf2
20. Rd2 (20. Bc4 $1) 20... Be3 21. Rg2 Bd7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Rgxg5 Rf7 24. Rh6
Raf8 25. b3 (25. Rgg6 Rg7 26. Rxf6 $4 Rg1+ $19) 25... Bc6 (25... Rg7 26. Rxf6
$18 (26. Bxf6 $2 Rxf6)) 26. Bc4 Bd7 27. a4 a6 28. a5 Bc8 29. Kb2 Bd7 30. Rgg6
Bc8 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Kg7 34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Bxe6 f4 36. Bd5
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 $1 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 14.
Rxd4 (14. b3 $142 Bd7 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1) 14... Qxb2 15. Rfd1 b5 $1 $15 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Ra4 (18. Ne5 Ra1 19. Rxa1 Qxd4 20. Ra4 Qd5 21. f3
$15) 18... Rxa4 19. Bxa4 Ra8 20. Bb3 $2 (20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Bxb5 Ra2 $15) 20...
Ne4 $1 $17 21. Qb5 $6 (21. Re1 Bxh4 22. Nxh4 Nc5 $17) 21... Bd5 $6 (21... Bxh4
$142 $1 22. Qxb7 (22. Nxh4 Nc3 23. Qxb7 Ra1 $19) 22... Ra1 (22... Bxf2+ $2 23.
Kf1 $18) 23. Qd7 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. Qc8+ (25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27.
Ke2 Qc3) 25... Kh7 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Ke2 Nc3+ 28. Kd3 Bf6 $19) 22. Qf1 Bxh4
23. Nxh4 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Qxb3 $6 (24... Ra2 $142 25. Nf3 (25. Rb1 Qd4 26. Nf3 Qb6
$19) (25. f3 Nc3 26. Re1 g5 $19) 25... Qxb3 $19) 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Nd2 27.
Kh1 $2 (27. h3 $142 g5 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qd5 $17) 27... Qd5
$6 (27... g5 $142 28. Nf3 Nxf3 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. gxf3 Qd5 31. Qa3 g4 32. Kg2 Kg6
33. Kg3 Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 gxf3 35. Kxf3 Kf5 $19) 28. Qc3 (28. Qc1 $1 Qd3 $1 (28...
Ne4 29. Kg1) (28... g5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kh7 31. Qc7 $1 e5 32. Nf5 Ne4 $17)
29. g3 Qe2 30. Kg1 (30. f4 g5 31. Ng2 Nf3 $19) 30... g5 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qc3+
e5 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Ne3 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke2 Nxc3+ 37. Kd3 Nb5 38. Ke4
f6 39. g4 Nc7 $19) 28... Ne4 $19 29. Qe1 Qd1 30. Qxd1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Nxd1 32.
Nf3 g5 0-1

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3
f5 (14... Bd7 15. Bb1 Rad8 16. Rd2 f5 17. Rfd1 Ba4 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qh5 Be4 20.
Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qe2 Bh6 22. Rb2 f5 23. Rbb1 Rd5 24. Nc2 Qc5 25. c4 Rdd8 26. b4
Qe5 27. c5 Bg7 28. Ne3 f4 29. Nc4 Qf6 30. Nd6 Qg6 31. Qc4 f3 32. g3 e3 33. fxe3
Kh8 34. Kf2 b6 35. Rbc1 bxc5 36. bxc5 Rb8 37. Rd2 a5 38. a3 Qh5 39. h4 Be5 40.
Qxe6 Rf6 41. Qh3 Rg8 42. Ne4 Rc6 43. Rd7 Rcg6 44. c6 Bxg3+ 45. Nxg3 Qe5 46. Rg1
Qb2+ 47. Kxf3 Rf8+ 48. Nf5 Rxg1 49. c7 Qf6 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. Ke2 Rc2+ 52. Rd2 Qc3
53. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 54. Ke1 Rxf5 55. Qg3 Qc1+ 56. Ke2 Qf1+ {0-1 Huschenbeth,N (2459)
-Levin,E (2495)/Rosenheim 2010/CBM 138 Extra}) 15. Bb1 Rd8 16. Rd3 Bd7 17. Rg3
Kf8 $6 {[#]} (17... Kh8 18. Qh5 Rf8 19. Rd1 Qxb2 20. Nf3 h6 21. Ne5 Be8 22. h4
Qb5 23. f4 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qe7 25. Rdd3 Rd8 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Rg3+ Kh7 28. Ng4 {
1-0 Saric,I (2575)-Saric,A (2471)/Zadar 2009/CBM 133 Extra}) 18. Re1 $1 {
Durch diesen kleinen unscheinbaren Zug kann Weiß den Druck aufrecht erhalten.
Schwarz muss nun besonders den Punkt f5 aufpassen.} Bxd4 (18... Re8 19. Qd2 h6
20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Nf4 e5 22. Nh5) (18... h6 $2 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21.
Qe5 $18) (18... Qc5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nxe6+) 19. cxd4 f4 20. Rh3 Qxd4 21. Rxh7 Be8
22. Qh5 Ke7 23. Qg5+ Qf6 24. Qc5+ Rd6 25. Rh3 $2 {Es schien mir logisch, den
Turm, der auf h7 nicht mehr viel macht, wieder ins Spiel zu bringen.
Allerdings lässt der Druck jetzt kurz nach und Schwarz kann sich befreien.} (
25. Be4 Rad8 26. Bxb7 $16) (25. Bf5 b6 26. Qc7+ Bd7 {und Schwarz steht solide.}
) 25... Qd4 (25... Qxb2 26. Rb3 Qd2 27. Rxb7+ Kf8 28. Qe5 Rd7 29. Rb2 $14) (
25... Bc6 $1 {Schwarz bringt einfach seinen Läufer nach d5 und kann dann
seinen Turm entfesseln.} 26. Rd3 Rad8 27. Red1 Bd5 $11) 26. Qa3 $2 Rc8 $2 {
Mein Glück, dass mein Gegner in Zeitnot war, sonst hätte er Dd2 sicherlich
gesehen.} (26... Qd2 27. Qc3 (27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Qc5 Bxf1 $17) 27... Rc8 28. Qxd2
Rxd2 $17) 27. Rb3 b6 28. h4 Rc7 29. h5 Qd2 30. Rf1 Rc1 $4 (30... Kf6 $1 31. Bd3
Rc5 32. h6 $13) 31. Rd3 $1 {und es ist aus.} Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bb5 33. Qxd6+ Kf6
34. Qd4+ Kg5 (34... e5 35. Qd6+ Kf5 36. Qd7+ $18) 35. Qe5+ f5 36. Qxb5 Qc1+ 37.
Ke2 Qxb1 38. Qb3 a5 39. Rd1 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. c3 $5 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd1a4]} c5 8. Be3 Qc7 $6 (8... cxd4 $142) 9. Ne5 $1 {
[%csl Ye8][%cal Gf1b5,Gd1a4]} a6 (9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Nc4
$16 {[%csl Rd6]}) (9... Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. d5 $5 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1]}) 10.
Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1]}) 11. O-O-O $32
Rb8 $6 $146 {[%cal Yb7b5][%mdl 8200]} (11... Bd6 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14.
Nxe3 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod (open) 1997(Inf 70/275)}) 12. dxc5
$1 Qxe5 $8 13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Bxb8 b5 (14... Qxf2 15. Bg3 $16) 15. Qa5 (15. Qf4
$16) 15... Qxf2 16. Qc7 (16. Bg3 $16) 16... Qc5 17. Be2 Be7 18. Qxc5 (18. Bf3
Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Qf5+ 20. Ka1 O-O $132) 18... Bxc5 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ke7 21.
Rhd1 Ne5 22. a4 (22. Rb6 $142 {[%csl Rc8]} h5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Bd7 25. Bb5
$18) 22... Bb7 {[%csl Gb7]} 23. Bf3 $5 (23. g3) 23... Bxf3 (23... Nxf3 24. Rd7+
Kf6 25. Rxb7 $18) 24. gxf3 Ra8 (24... g5 $142 25. Rxa6 bxa4 26. Ra7+ Kf6 27.
Rxa4 Kf5 28. Rf1 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3]}) 25. f4 Nc4 (25... Ng6 $142 $16) 26. Rd7+
Kf6 (26... Ke8 27. Rb7 $18) 27. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 (27... Ra7 28. R1d7 $18) 28. Rxd8
$18 bxa4 29. Rd4 Nb6 30. c4 a3 31. bxa3 Na4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After I lost in the first game of the match I had to win this one, in order
to stay in the tournament.} 1. e4 e6 {David plays a lot of openings, so I did
not really know what to expect.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {But this was a real
surprise. I think that David played this move for the first time.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 {After some thinking I decided to play this
line.} Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 {There were
not so many games in this line, so I am sure that there is room for
improvements.} Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kf8
18. Nd3 {A novelty. I did not really analyse this move, but I thought that
with the king on f8 White will always have chances for an advantage.} a6 19.
O-O (19. b5 {was perhaps more energetic, but I wanted to finish my development
first.}) 19... Rd8 {Here I was thinking a lot and decided to promote my pawns.}
20. Qb3 h5 {Typical. Black wants to develop his rook via h5.} 21. a4 h4 22. h3
Rh5 23. b5 {Till here Black was playing well, but now David decided to fix a
draw by calculating lines, but this was a mistake, and he should have just
play 23...axb5.} Bg5 $2 ({During the game I did not see anything for White
after} 23... axb5 24. axb5 Nf6 {with the idea Rhd5 and if} 25. Be3 {then} Nd5 {
.}) 24. b6 $1 {Now Black is in trouble.} Qb8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. c6 {White does
not allow Ne7.} bxc6 27. Rc5 $1 {The only move and the most difficult move in
the game!} ({First I was planning to play} 27. a5 {but I was in time to find}
Ne3 $3 28. fxe3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg3+ $11) 27... e5 (27... Rg6 28. Rb1 $16) 28.
a5 $16 {Now White has a very strong passed pawn on b6, and if Black does not
create anything, White is strategically winning.} Qd6 29. Rfc1 (29. Qc4 {
was also very strong.}) 29... Ne7 (29... e4 30. Rxc6 Qd7 31. Ne1 $16) 30. Ne1 {
I wanted my knight to defend the king.} Rf5 31. Qc4 Rf4 32. Qxa6 Rxf2 {The
last chance, but the position was already lost!} 33. Qd3 $1 {Precise!} ({
It would be a mistake to play} 33. Kxf2 $2 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Nf5 35. R5c3 Ng3+ 36.
Rxg3 hxg3 37. Rc2 Qf4+ 38. Nf3 e4 39. Qe2 exf3 40. gxf3 g2+ 41. Kxg2 Qg5+ 42.
Kh2 Qxa5 {and Black is still in the game!}) 33... Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Ra2 35. Nxe5 (
35. Rb1 $18 {was easily winning, but I had calculated the variation in the
game and decided to play it.}) 35... Rdd2 36. R5c2 Rdxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. b7
Rb2 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nb6 {Black resigned!} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen K41"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. O-O
h5 9. c3 c5 10. a3 c4 11. Bg5 Nb8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 Nbc6 14. Qg5 Ng6 15.
Nf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O-O {It is hard to imagine that Black's K is about to fall
prey to a violent attack, but play on.} 17. a4 $1 Rdf8 18. Qe3 h4 19. h3 f5 20.
Nd2 f4 21. Qf3 Na5 22. Rfb1 g5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Nxb3 Nc6 25. a5 Kc7 26. axb6+
axb6 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Qg4 {Very nice. White combines threats on both sides of
the board.} Qe7 29. Nf3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Rg8 31. Nxh4 Kb7 32. Nf3 Qf7 33. Nh2 Qf5
34. Qe2 Qe4 35. Qb5 Kc7 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Nf3 Qf5 38. Rc1 Na5 39. Nd2 Rc8 40. c4
Kb7 41. c5 Rc6 42. Ra1 Qc2 43. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 $5 Bd6 (8... Nd5 9. Qd3 $5) 9. Qd3 b6 $6 10. Ne5 $1 Bb7 11. Qb5+ $1 Nd7
12. O-O-O a6 13. Qb3 b5 $6 (13... Qe7 14. f4 $14) 14. c4 $1 O-O 15. f4 Be4 {
/\ 16...bxc4 (b<->)} 16. c5 $1 Be7 17. Bd3 $1 Bxg2 (17... Bd5 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19.
dxe5 $16) 18. Rhg1 Bd5 19. Qc2 f5 {/\ 20...Ne5} (19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 $40) 20.
Ng6 $1 Re8 $2 (20... Rf6 $1 {Nunn,J} 21. Rg3 (21. c6 Rxg6 22. Rxg6 Nf8 23. Rg3
Bf6 $10) 21... Rxg6 22. Rxg6 Nf8 23. Rg3 Bf6 {/\ Qd8-d7. ><d5 <-> ><d4 ><f4})
21. c6 $1 $16 Nf8 22. Ne5 Bh4 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. Qh5 Red8 $2 (24... Re7 25. Ng6 $6
(25. Be2 $1 $16) 25... Nxg6 26. Rxg6 Bf3 27. Qxh6 Bxd1 28. Kxd1 Rf7 29. Rxf6
gxh6 30. Rxe6 $13) 25. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 (25... Qxg7 26. Rg1 Bg2 27. Qxh4 $18) 26.
Rg1+ Kh8 (26... Kh7 27. Ng4 {Die schwarze Dame ist überlastet. Sie muß die
Deckung von h6 oder h4 aufgeben.}) 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Nxh6 (28. Nxh6 Qxh6 29.
Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-C"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Thesing, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 f5 8. c3 $1
{N} (8. Nh5 g6 $1) 8... Be7 9. h4 $1 b6 (9... Nxg3 10. fxg3 h5 11. Bg5 b6 12.
Be2 a5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ng5 g6 15. O-O $16 {R.Mainka-Meister/BL 9091/1991 
(danach gespielt)}) 10. Ne2 $1 Qd7 $6 11. Nfg1 {/\ f3+-} Qd8 12. g3 O-O 13. f3
Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Bxh4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Rxh4 $1 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Qg5 18. N3e2 Ne7 19.
Nh3 Qh6 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. Kf2 Rg8 23. Bg2 Rg7 24. Rh1 Ba6 25. Bf1
Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rag8 27. Ne2 a5 28. Rh2 a4 29. Qe3 a3 30. b3 c5 31. Kf2 Nh4 32.
Ng5 Rxg5 33. Rfxh4 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Qg6 35. Rxh7+ Qxh7 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. dxc5 Rh2
38. cxb6 Rh1+ 39. Ng1 Rh2 40. b7 Rxa2 41. b8=Q Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Rgxg1 43. Qea7+ Rg7
44. Qa4 d4 45. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Neg5 {ECO empfiehlt 8.Nf6+/-, aber die Theorie dieser Variante besteht nur aus
2 Partien ohne Analysen.} Bd6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nh3 Bxf3 {Die frühzeitige Aufgabe
des Läuferpaares sieht man auch in der Partie 498. Offenbar ist es für Weiß
nicht leicht die fast schwächenlose schwarze Position zu knacken.} 11. Qxf3 c6
12. Nf4 O-O 13. Nh5 Re8 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Qh3 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Nf6 18.
Qh3 a4 19. c3 Ra5 20. Bc2 a3 21. b4 Rh5 22. Qd3 Bd6 23. f4 b5 24. Qf3 Qb6 25.
g4 Rh4 26. h3 h5 27. g5 Nd5 28. Re4 f5 29. gxf6 Qd8 30. f7+ Kxf7 31. f5 e5 32.
f6 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Nxf6 34. Bxc6 Re6 35. Bd5 e4 36. Qf5 $2 (36. Bxe6+ $1 $18)
36... Bh2+ $1 37. Kxh2 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Nxd5 39. Kg3 Rf6 40. Re1 Rf3+ 41. Kg2 Rd3
42. Re2 e3 43. Be1 Rd1 44. Kf3 Rb1 45. h4 Kf6 46. Bg3 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 Rc1 48. Kf3
Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rc1 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Be5 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 Rb1 53. Kf3 Rb2 54. Bxg7 Rxe2
55. Kxe2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Be3 (7. Bxe7 $1
Qxe7 8. Bd3 (8. a3 $5 {Strikovic-Skembris/Prokuplje/1987/i44/339}) 8... Qb4 9.
O-O $1 (9. Bxe4 {Empfiehlt ECO} Qxb2 $5 {N} 10. O-O Qxc3 11. Bd3 $17 {Und
Schwarz hatte ein Tempo gewonnen in Bernard-Prie/FRA-ch/1989} Bd7 12. Rb1 Nxd4)
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rb3 h6 14. Rc1 $1 {/\ 15.
c4.} O-O 15. c4 Nd8 16. Bb1 $16 {J.Brueggemann-M.Bus/Erfurt/1989/1-0}) 7... Bb4
8. Qd3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd7 12. Qd3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Bxc3
14. Qxc3 Nxe5 15. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Bg5 $5 (6. e5) 6... h6 $6
(6... dxe4 7. Bxe4 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12.
Rfe1 Bd6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 b5 17. b3 $13 {
Wedberg-Kengis/Haninge/1992}) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 $14
b6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Qd2 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 (13... Rd8 $5) 14. Rb5 $1 $16 Ba6 15.
Rh5 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rbd8 17. Rg4 $18 Kh8 18. Ne5 $1 Ne7 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7
20. Rxh6+ gxh6 21. Qxh6#) (18... Nb8 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Ng6+ $18)
19. Rf4 Nf5 20. g4 g6 21. Rfxf5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 h6 $5 11. b3 (11. a3 $5 {/\} b6 12. b4 Be7 13.
Bb2 Bb7 14. c4 $16 {Rogers}) 11... b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. c4 (14. Ne5
Nd5 $10 ({RR} 14... Rad8 15. c4 Rd6 16. Bb1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8
19. h3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Negulescu,A/Bucharest 1994/EXT 97 (19)})) 14...
Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rd6 16. Bc2 Rad8 $6 (16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 $10 {Rogers}) 17. Nd3
$1 Bd4 $5 (17... Ne4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 $1 $16 {^^ Rogers}) 18. Ba3 Ne4 $1
19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qh5 $1 Qf6 $1 21. a3 $2 (21. Kh1 $142 $1 e5 (21... Bxf2 22.
Nxf2 Nxf2+ 23. Kg1 $18 Rxd1 24. Bxd1) 22. f3 $1 Ng5 23. Nb4 $16 {Rogers}) 21...
e5 22. Kh1 $1 g6 $1 $10 23. Qxh6 Qf5 $1 24. f3 g5 25. fxe4 Qxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxh6
27. Nb4 Bc5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Bxa3 30. g3 a5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. h3 Bc5 33. Bf5
Rf6 34. Be4 Rh6 35. Rf5 f6 36. Rf1 Kf7 37. Bf5 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Kg4 b5 40.
cxb5 Kxd5 41. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 $1 $14 b6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. a3 a5 7. h4 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Rxa6 9. h5 (9. a4 $1) 9... h6 $6 (9... a4) 10. a4 Ra8 $6 (10... Bb4 $14)
11. Ne2 $16 Nge7 12. c3 Kd8 13. Qd3 Kc8 14. Nh4 Kb7 15. Qf3 g5 16. hxg6 fxg6
17. Qd3 Qe8 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Nf4 Qf7 20. Be3 Nf5 21. O-O-O Rhd8 22. g4 Nfe7 23.
Rh3 g5 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Ne1 Ng8 26. f4 gxf4 27. Nxf4 Qe7 28. Qb5 Re8 29. Nf3 Qh7
30. Rdh1 Na7 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. g5 hxg5 33. Nxg5 Re7 34. Rh7 Bh6 35. Nfxe6 Rxh7
36. Nc5+ Kc8 37. Nxd7 Bxg5 38. Rxh7 Bxe3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bc4 c5 10. dxc5 (10. Qe2 $1) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 $10 12. Qe2
O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paneque, Pedro"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 $1 f6 5. Nf3 $6 (5. Bb5 $1) 5... fxe5 6.
dxe5 $6 (6. Nxe5) 6... Nh6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Bb5 Qg7 10. O-O Bd7 11.
Re1 O-O-O 12. Bf1 Bc5 13. Na4 Be7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb4 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qe2
Qg6 18. Red1 Rdf8 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rf4 21. Ne1 Bc5 22. Nd1 Re4 23. Ne3 Bb5
24. Qc2 Rxe5 25. Rc1 Rg8 26. g3 Bb6 27. Rc3 Qxc2 28. N1xc2 Rc5 29. Na3 Rxc3 30.
Rxc3 Bc6 31. Nac4 Bd4 32. Rd3 Rd8 33. Kf1 b5 34. Na5 Be4 35. Rd2 Be5 36. Rxd8+
Kxd8 37. Nd1 Bf3 38. Nc3 b4 0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 {
Das Zwischenschalten dieses Zuges kann sich bezahlt machen. Siehe Anmerkung
zum 12.Zug.} 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5 (12.
O-O-O Qa4 13. Kb1 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. Ne5 cxd4 $13) 12... O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Qf3 f5 19. Qc3+ Kh7 20. Ne5
Rac8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxf7 24. Re1 Rd6 25. Re5 Qg7 26. Rc5
Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Kg6 29. Rc7 b5 30. b4 Kf6 31. Rxa7 Rxc2 32. Ra5 e5
33. Rxb5 f4+ 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. g4+ Ke6 36. a4 Ra2 37. a5 Rc2 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf3
Re3+ 40. Kf2 Ra3 41. Rb6+ Kd5 42. Rxh6 e4 43. Rf6 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 e3
46. Rf5+ Ke4 47. Rf8 f3+ 48. Rxf3 e2 49. Rf8 e1=Q 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. Rxe1 Rxe1
52. Kf2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 {Zu 8.Neg5 siehe Partie 351. 8.Nf6 muß erprobt werden.} Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10.
Re1 Re8 (10... Bxf3 $5 11. Qxf3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 a5 {
Cseshkovsky-Anastasian/Moskva GMA-op/1989/0-1}) 11. Bd2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13.
Qxb7 (13. Bc3 cxd4 (13... Nd5 $13 {Suba}) 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Red1 $14 {
Balashov-Suba/Moskva/1977/i23/224}) 13... cxd4 14. b4 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Bxb4 16.
Bxb4 Rxb4 17. a3 Rb6 18. a4 Qa8 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Ne2 Nd5 (21... e5
22. f4) 22. Nxd4 Nc3 23. Nb3 (23. a5 $5 $13) 23... N5xa4 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxa4
Nxa4 26. Ra1 Rb4 27. Kf1 g5 28. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vejle"]
[Site "Vejle"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. c4 $5 (5. d5 {Donev} exd5
(5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d6 $1 cxd6 8. Nxd6+ $14) 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4
(8. O-O-O h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc5 Nf6 $1 $10) 8... Be6 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxe6
fxe6 11. Rd1 (11. Bxe7 $5 Ngxe7 12. c3 Ne5 13. Ke2 $14) 11... Rxd1+ 12. Kxd1
Nf6 $13) 5... Bc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 (7. Nge2 $5 Be7 8. Nf4 O-O 9. Be2 Bd6 10.
O-O e5 11. Nfd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Bf3 $14 {
Glek,I-Budnikov,A/Douai/1993/i57/279/}) (7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Ne4 $10 {Karpov})
7... Bxf3 (7... Bb4 8. Be2 $16 {Karpov}) 8. Qxf3 Nc6 (8... c6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10.
Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 $13 {Nunn,J-Karpov,An/Wijk aan Zee/1993/
i56/299/}) 9. d5 (9. Be3 Nxd4 (9... Bb4 10. Rd1 O-O $10) 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 11. Qxb7
Rd8 12. Qb5+ (12. Rd1 {Donev} Qe5+ 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Qxa7 O-O $44) 12... Rd7 13.
Rd1 Qb6 $10 {Karpov}) 9... exd5 $1 (9... Nd4 10. Qd3 c5 $132 {Karpov}) 10. cxd5
Qe7+ $1 (10... Nd4 {Donev} 11. Qd3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bg5 $10) 11. Be3 (11.
Qe3 $5 Nb4 12. Bb5+ $1 c6 (12... Kd8 13. O-O $36) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ba4 $13)
11... Nd4 12. Qh3 $2 (12. Qd1 Nf5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 $13) 12... Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14.
Bb5+ c6 $1 (14... Kd8 15. Rxa1 $44) 15. dxc6 Qd6+ 16. Kc1 $5 (16. Ke2 bxc6 17.
Ba4 Rb8 $17) 16... bxc6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Re1 cxb5 $1 (19... Be7 20.
Bc5 cxb5 (20... O-O {Donev} 21. Rxe7 Qxh2 $17) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23.
Qb7+ $13) 20. Bf4+ Qe7 21. Rxe7+ Bxe7 22. Qb7 O-O $1 $17 23. Qxe7 Rfe8 24. Qb7
Rc4 $1 (24... b4 25. Qxb4 Re1+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Bd6 $13 Re6) 25. Be3 (25. Bg5
b4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qb5 Rcc8 {/\} 28. Qxb4 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Kxe1 Nc2+ $19
) 25... b4 26. Kb1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Ne4 $1 28. Kxa1 (28. Bd4 {Donev} Nxc3+ 29.
Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Kxa1 Rc2 $17) 28... Nxc3 29. Kb2 (29. Qxa7 $2 Rb4 $19) (29. Bxa7
$2 Re1+ 30. Kb2 Rb1+ $19) (29. Qb3 $5 {Donev}) 29... a5 30. a3 (30. Qa6 Nd1+
31. Kb3 Rc3+ 32. Ka4 Re4+ 33. Kb5 Re5+ $19) (30. Bb6 $142 {Donev}) 30... Nd1+
31. Kb3 (31. Kb1 Nxe3 32. fxe3 a4 $19) 31... Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rec8 33. Kb2 a4 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 f6 9. a3 (9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 (10... O-O $2 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bd6
13. Na4 Qg6 $6 14. Qc3 $16 {Enders-Roeder/Balatonbereny op/1988}) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. O-O O-O $10) (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. a3 Bxc3 (11... Be7 $5) 12. Qxc3
Qe7 13. exf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Be8 16. Nh4 $14 {Lau-Klinger/Munich
zt/1987}) 9... Be7 $1 10. Ne2 (10. h4 fxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. O-O-O
Qh5 14. Rde1 Bd7 15. Rh3 Rf4 16. Kb1 Raf8 17. Nd1 Kh8 18. c3 a6 $15 {
Chandler-Rozentalis/BL 9192/1991}) 10... fxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. h4 Rxf3 $1 13.
gxf3 Nxe5 14. Qe3 {N} (14. O-O-O Qf8 15. f4 Ng4 16. Ng1 $13 {Kuzmin,
G-Rozentalis/URS-ch/1990/CBM21-VC}) 14... Bd6 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. f4 Nxd3+ 17.
Qxd3 Bd7 18. h5 Rf8 19. h6 g6 20. Kb1 b5 21. Rhg1 c5 22. Nc3 Bxf4 23. Ne4 Qe7
24. Nxc5 Bxh6 (24... Qxc5 $2 25. Rxg6+ Kf7 (25... Kh8 26. Rg7 Rf5 27. Rxd7 $18)
26. Rg7+ Ke8 27. Qxh7 Qd6 28. Qg6+ Kd8 29. h7 $18) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 $15 26. Qh3
Bf4 27. Rge1 Rf5 28. Re2 h5 29. Rde1 $2 e5 $17 30. Rd1 Kh7 31. Qd3 Kh6 $3 {
/\ _|_ -+} 32. c3 h4 33. Ree1 Rh5 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 h3 $19 36. Kc2 h2 37.
Rh1 Rg5 38. Rd8 Rg2 39. Kd3 Rxf2 40. Ke4 Kg5 {/\ Kg4-g3-g2} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 (7. O-O $6
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 h6 $1 $15) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 f6 (8... Bd7 9. a3 Bxc3 (
9... Be7 $5) 10. Qxc3 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O $14) (8... Be7 $5 {/\ 9...Nb4
(Haszai)}) 9. a3 (9. exf6 $1 Qxf6 10. Bb5) (9. Bb5 $5) 9... Be7 {N} 10. Ne2 O-O
11. h4 fxe5 $5 (11... Bd7) 12. dxe5 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 $44 14. O-O-O $1 Qf8 (
14... Nxf3 15. Bxh7+ $1) 15. f4 Ng4 16. Ng1 Bd6 $6 (16... c5 $5) (16... e5 $5)
17. Nh3 Bd7 18. Kb1 Re8 19. Rhg1 Nf6 20. Ng5 $16 {->>>} Re7 21. Rde1 Kh8 22. c3
h6 23. Bg6 c6 24. Ka1 a6 25. Nf3 Be8 26. Bc2 Nh5 $6 27. Qd3 g6 28. Qd4+ Kh7 29.
Ne5 Nxf4 30. Rg4 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rf7 32. h5 Rf6 33. Reg1 b5 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35.
hxg6+ Kg8 36. g7 1-0

[Event "Eksjo m 80 Jubilee"]
[Site "Eksjo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Neg5 $1 Bxf3 (8... h6 $6 9. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. Re1 $40 {(Dreev)}) (
8... Be7 $6 9. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Nxe6 $40 {(Dreev)}) (8... Bd6 9.
Re1 h6 (9... O-O 10. Ne5 $16 {(Dreev)}) 10. Nh3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Nf4 O-O
13. Nh5 Re8 14. Bd2 e5 $2 (14... Nxh5 $14) 15. Nxg7 $1 $40 {Dreev,A-Kortschnoj,
V/Brno/1992/}) 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c3 $14 Nf8 (11... O-O 12. Qh3 g6 (
12... h6 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qxe7 $18) 13. Bc4 $5) 12. Qh3 Qc7
13. g3 (13. Bd2 Bd6 14. b4 O-O-O 15. c4 Ng6 16. g3 Rhe8 17. Bc3 Kb8 18. Nf3 $16
e5 $2 19. Bxg6 exd4 20. Bxd4 hxg6 21. c5 Bf8 22. Be5 $18 {Topalov,V-Lozano,C/
Oviedo 45'/1992/}) 13... Bd6 14. c4 Qd7 15. Be3 h6 16. Rad1 N8h7 17. Nxh7 Nxh7
18. d5 $16 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 (19... Nf8 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Bf5 $18) 20. Bf5 Qe7 21.
f4 e4 (21... Bb4 22. Bd2 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd5+ 24. Be4 $18) 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Bb1
O-O 24. g4 Rfe8 25. g5 Bc5 26. Kh1 Bxe3 27. gxf6 Qc5 (27... gxf6 28. Rg1+ $18)
28. Qg3 g5 29. Qh3 Bd4 30. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Black "Skalkotas, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c5 $2 5. Nc3 $5 (5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7
7. Nc3 Bxb5 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nxb5 Na6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Rhe1 Nxf2
13. Bd6 Ne4 14. dxc5 Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. Rxd5 $18 {Maliutin-Komarov/
Kramatorsk/1989}) 5... cxd4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Nxd5 Bc6 9. Nxe7 Nxe7
10. Bd3 $16 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 (11... O-O 12. Bxh7+ (12. Rd1 $1) 12... Kxh7 13.
Ng5+ Kg6 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qg3 f4 16. Bxf4 Nf5 17. Qg4 Nh6) 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Kf7 17. Re4 Nc6 18. Rae1 Rhd8 19. h4 Qd5
20. Bf4 Qb5 21. a4 Qb4 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Qf8
26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Bd6 Qd8 28. b4 h6 29. b5 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxh4 32.
Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qxb7 Qf6 34. a5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qc7 $146 (11... Be7 12. Ne5 h6 13.
Bh4 Rd8 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rad1 b6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Karpow-Speelman/Reykjavik/1991/})
12. Bxf6 (12. O-O-O $13 {(Karpov)}) 12... gxf6 13. O-O-O b6 14. Qe4 (14. Bxh7+
Kxh7 15. Qe4+ (15. Ng5+ Kg7 $1) 15... f5 $1 (15... Kg8 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Ng5 $1
fxg5 (17... Rg8 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rd8+ Ke7 21. Qxf7+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+
$18) 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qxg5+ Kh7 20. Rd3 e5 21. Rg3 $18) 16. Qh4+ (16. Qxa8 $2
Bb7 17. Qxa7 Ra8 $19) 16... Kg7 17. Qg5+ Kh7 18. Rd3 Ba6 $10) (14. Qd2 $5 Kg7
$1) 14... f5 15. Qh4 (15. Qxa8 $2 Bb7 16. Qxa7 b5 $1 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 $17) 15...
Be7 $1 16. Qh6 (16. Ng5 $2 h6 $1 17. Qxh6 Qf4+ $19) 16... Kh8 17. g4 Rg8 18.
gxf5 exf5 19. Kb1 Rg6 20. Qh5 (20. Qe3 $5) 20... Qf4 21. Nd4 Be6 22. Rhe1 Rd8
23. Re3 Bc5 24. Rf3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Bc2 Rh5 27. h3 f4 28. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 29.
Bxd1 fxe6 30. b4 Bd6 31. Rd3 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. a3 a5 34. Ka2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 {Finkel,A:
'Possible continuation, however without grave danger for black.'} Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 $6 {This move represents a real challenge - white is ready to
meet a skirmish on the queen side. Stronger is 7...e5.} 8. Nf3 Qb6 {A.novelty.
8...cd had been played before.} 9. O-O Bd7 {'!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'It's
important to develop this bishop first otherwise black finds himself in
troubles.'} (9... Be7 $6 {Finkel,A} 10. dxc5 $1 (10. a4 a5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Ne5
Rd8 13. dxc5 Qxb2 14. Nd3 Qc3 15. Qc1 $13 {Todorovic,J-Kosic,D/JUG Cup 1998})
10... Bxc5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. c3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a5] Ivanchuk,
V-Ljubojevic,L/Amber Rapidplay 2000}) 10. a4 $1 {'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A:
'Interesting attempt to fight for the advantage which succeeded only after a
number of inaccuracies of black.' Logical and strong. Any pawn move by black,
a7-a6 or a7-a5, would help white to proceed with his attack on the queen side.}
(10. c4 {Finkel,A} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qc8 $11 {Schula,M-Votruba,P/CZE-chT 1994}) (10. dxc5 {Finkel,A} Bxc5 11.
Ne5 Rd8 12. Qf3 Bc8 13. c3 Qc7 14. Re1 O-O 15. h4 Bd6 16. Nd3 $14 {Waitzkin,
J-Shamkovich,L/Marshall CC Winter Int. 1998}) 10... Bc6 (10... cxd4 {Finkel,A}
11. a5 Qc5 (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Ne5 $14) 12.
Nxd4 Rd8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qe2 $14) 11. a5 Qc7 12. a6 Rd8 (12... Be7 {Finkel,A}
13. Bf4 Qc8 14. c3 O-O $11) 13. c3 b5 {'?!' Finkel,A.} ({After} 13... Bb5 {
would} 14. axb7 {very strong.}) ({And} 13... b6 {then} 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Qa4+ {
would be rather annoying.}) (13... cxd4 {Finkel,A} 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6
16. Nxd4 O-O $11) 14. Qe2 {Ne5 is a threat.} c4 (14... Bd6 {Finkel,A} 15. Bg5
O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. Qe3 $14) 15. b3 $1 Bd5 (15... cxb3 16. Ne5
Bxg2 17. Qxb5+ $16 (17. Qxb5+ {Finkel,A} Nd7 18. Kxg2 Rb8 (18... Qxc3 19. Bg5
f6 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Rac1 $18) 19. Qc6 (19. Qxd7+ Qxd7 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 $15) 19...
Bd6 $1 (19... Qxc6+ $6 20. Nxc6 b2 21. Bxb2 Rxb2 22. Nxa7 {[%cal Ga7c8,Ga6a8]}
Rb8 (22... Bd6) 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. Rfb1 $14))) 16. Ne5 Be7 (16... Bxg2 {Finkel,A}
17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. bxc4 Nxc3 19. Qf3 Rxd4 20. Bf4 Bb4 21. Ng6 Rxf4 22. Nxf4 $16)
17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf4 Qc8 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (18... Bd6 {was a bit stronger.}) (
18... Bxg2 {Finkel,A} 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rc8 21. Rfb1 Nb6 $132) 19. Rfb1 O-O
{'?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Missing next move of white which actually decides
the game.'} (19... Bxg2 {Finkel,A} 20. Kxg2 Nd5 21. Qf3 (21. Rb7 Nxc3 22. Qf3
Nd5 23. Rxa7 O-O 24. Rb1 c3 $132) 21... O-O 22. Rb7 $14) 20. Rb7 {'+-!' Finkel,
A.} Bd6 (20... Bxg2 21. Rxe7 Ba8 22. Rxa7 Qb8 23. Rxf7 $1) 21. Rxa7 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 Nd5 23. Qxc4 $18 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rc8 (25... Nxf4+ 26. Kf3 Nd5
27. Ra3 Rc8 28. Nd6 Rxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Rxf7 Ra8 31. Rb7 $1 $18) 26. Ne3
Nxc3 (26... Nxf4+ 27. Kf3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Ra3 $18) 27. Rd7 Ra8 28. a7 f6
29. Nc4 Nd5 30. f5 Rfc8 31. fxe6 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Nxe6 33. Nb6 Rc3+ 34. Kg2 Rxa7
35. Rdxa7 h5 36. Nd5 Rd3 37. Re7 Nxd4 38. Nxf6+ Kf8 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O {
7.De2 was a good alternative: if 7...Sgf6 8.Sf6 Df6? 9.Lg5 Lf3 10.De3,trapping
the queen.} Ngf6 8. Neg5 $1 {Not 8.Sf6 Df6! and black solves all his problems.}
Bd6 $1 {The most active.After 8...h6 9.Se6! fe 10.Lg6 white would have had a
winning attack,or 8...Le7 9.De2 O-O (9...h6!?) 10.Se5 with big advantage for
white.} 9. Re1 h6 10. Nh3 {10.Te6 looks promising: 10...fe 11.Se6 De7? 12.Lg6,
but 10...Kf8! refutes the sacrifice.} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Nf4 O-O $2 {Correct
was 12...Dc7 or 12...Da5,followed by O-O-O,with about equal chances.} 13. Nh5
Re8 14. Bd2 e5 $2 {Losing move.Black had to play 14...Sh5 15.Dh5 Sf6,gradually
preparing e6-e5 or c6-c5.} 15. Nxg7 $1 e4 (15... Kxg7 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Bxh6 Nh5
18. Qh3 Ndf6 19. Bg5 Kg7 20. g4 e4 21. gxh5 exd3 22. Qf5 $1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 d2
24. h6+ Kf8 25. Bxd2 Be7 26. Bg5 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. h7 Kg7 29. Bxe7 Re8 30.
Bb4 $18) 16. Qh3 $6 (16. Rxe4 $1 $18 Nxe4 (16... Rxe4 17. Nf5 Re6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6
$2 19. Qg3+ $18) 17. Nxe8 Nxd2 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Nxd6 $18) 16... Kxg7 17. Qxh6+
Kg8 18. Bc4 Re7 {Or 18...Sf8 19.Te3 Sg4 20.Dh5.} 19. Qg6+ $2 {White is missing
a win:19.Lb4!! Lb4 2O.Te3,or 19...c5 20.dc Le5 21.Tad1! and black is helpless.}
Kf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {1890 - Albin. Statistic says: Black
has very small chances to win the game.(18%) and a lot of chances (40%) to
make a draw.} 5. Nf3 (5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,
P-Gelfand,B/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (20)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6.
Bd3 c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {0-1 Meitner,P-Albin,A/Vienna 1890/
EXT 99 (41)}) 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (32)}) (6. Ng3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5
9. Nb3 Be7 {0-1 Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/USA/CAN 1894/MainBase (76)}) 6... Nxf6 7.
Bd3 (7. Bc4 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (43)}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O {
'?!' Rogers.} (9... Qc7 {(Rogers) is known to be safer.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 Qa5+
11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 h6 {1-0 Karpov,A-Speelman,J/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26/[Rogers] 
(52)} ({This was Speelman's idea - an improvement on the game Tal -Rogers, San
Francisco 1991, which had continued} 12... b6 $6 {Rogers} 13. Bb5 $1)) 10... e5
$146 (10... b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne5 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG
1995/CBM 49 (37)}) 11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Bc3 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Bxf2 15. Kb1 $14) 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. a3 Nxe4 (14... Qa2 15. Bc3 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Bxf2 17. Re2 Bb6 18. Qd5 $14) 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 (15... Qa2 16. Bc3) 16. Re2 (
16. Ng5 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14) 16... Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 Be6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Re7
Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. Rde1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 {Acording to Capablanca this P's
structure (PPP:PP on both sides!) the chaces to win are for the B's sides.
Here the draw for the N's side is promising the more active White's K and R .}
Kf8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Kd2 f6 25. c4 Rc8 26. Kd3 Kf7 27. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {Die Rubinstein-Variante ist die Spezialität des
deutschen Großmeisters Georg Meier. Die Tabellensituation sah zu diesem
Zeitpunkt so aus, dass mein Gegner das Turnier mit einem Punkt Vorsprung
anführte und dazu noch die zweite Partie infolge mit Schwarz spielte, also
reichte ihm ein Remis aus, um einen Bärenschritt in Richtung des Turniersiegs
zu machen.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {Meiner Meinung nach
ist das die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung. Alternativen sind:} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 (
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14.
Rhe1 Bc8 $11 {Schwarz steht etwas passiv, hat aber keine einzige Schwäche, die
Weiß effektiv angreifen könnte.}) 8... Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. f4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bc6 $11 {und wieder erreicht Schwarz
völligen Ausgleich.}) (7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd5 $132) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. c3 {Weiß hat einen symbolischen Vorteil,
den er jedoch konkret nicht umsetzen kann.} Qc7 17. g3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {
Anand - Gelfand (Monte Carlo, 2007)}) (7. g3 $6 {macht keinen Sinn, weil
Schwarz seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer ebenfalls fianchettieren kann.} b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 $11 {und Schwarz hatte nichts
zu befürchten in Shirov - Anand (Mainz, 2004)}) 7... c5 (7... Be7 $6 {ist zu
langsam, weil Schwarz nicht mehr so gut zum Befreiungsvorstoß c5 kommen kann.}
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 {Und nun muss Schwarz mit
dem Bauern nehmen, weil ansonsten seine Dame keine guten Felder hat.} bxc5 (
12... Bxc5 13. Rfd1 $16 Qe7 $4 14. b4 $18) 13. Rfd1 $14 {Efimenko - Roiz 
(Sochi, 2006). Der Vorteil von Weiß basiert auf der schlechten Bauerstruktur
von Schwarz am Damenflügel.}) 8. Ne5 ({Nach} 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 {geht die
Stellung zu der Partievariante über.}) 8... a6 {Man muss das Schach von b5
verhindern.} ({Sehr schlecht ist} 8... Be7 $2 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11.
dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O $16 {Weiß hat die bessere Entwicklung plus das Läuferpaar.})
9. Be3 Qc7 (9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 (12... Qxe5+ 13.
Be3 Nd5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {Motylev - Lysyj (Tomsk, 2006).
Weiß hat einen kleinen aber stabilen Vorteil dank seinem Läuferpaar.}) 13. Qe2
b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Rhg1 Ke7 16. f4 $16 {Die weiße Initiative führte zum
eindrucksvollen Sieg in Efimenko - Vaganian (Bremen, 2005)}) 10. Qa4+ Nd7 ({
Eine durchaus spielbare Alternative ist} 10... Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7
12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15. Bd3 $14) {Aber auch hier hat
Weiß nach} 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Qb3 $1 {bessere Chancen in allen
Abspielen:} Nd5 (14... Kb8 15. O-O Bd6 16. a4 c4 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Bd2 h5 19. b3
$14 {Bologan - Al Modiahki (Moscow, 2006)}) 15. Bg5 Be7 (15... Rd7 16. O-O cxd4
17. cxd4 Kb8 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Rc4 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Kxc8 22. Qc2+ Kb8
23. Qxh7 $16) 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. O-O cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rc3 Rhd8 22. Qc2 R8d6 23. Qxh7 $16 {Svidler - Vaisser (Asnieres sur
Seine, 2006)}) 11. Bb5 ({Wenig bringt die Fortsetzung} 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7
Bxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. Qc2 $14) 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+
Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 $11 {Anand - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2004)}) 11... cxd4 (11...
Bd6 $2 {verliert den Bauern.} 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15.
dxc5 $18) 12. Bxd7+ (12. Nxd7 $6 Bxd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxd4 f6
16. O-O-O Kc6 $11 {Schwarz hat sehr leicht ausgeglichen.}) 12... Bxd7 13. Qxd4
Bb5 ({Ein anderes Endspiel, das jedoch auch schlechter für Schwarz ist,
entsteht nach} 13... f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O-O+ Kc7 (16... Kc6
17. Rd4 b5 (17... Bc5 18. Rc4 b6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 (19... b5 20. Re4 $18) 20. b4
$18) 18. Rhd1 Be7 19. Rd7 Rhe8 20. b3 $16 {Dominguez Perez - Nogueiras
Santiago (Havana, 2008). Schwarz steht viel zu passiv.}) 17. a4 (17. Rd4 Rd8
18. Rc4+ Kb8 19. Bb6 Rd5 20. Re1 e5 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bd6 $11) 17... a5
18. Rd4 Ra6 19. Rhd1 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Bb6+ Kc6 22. Bxa5 Ra8 23. b4 $14 {
Almasi - Meier (Mainz, 2007)}) 14. a4 Bd6 15. Nxf7 ({Keinen Vorteil bringt} 15.
axb5 Bxe5 16. Qa4 {weil Weiß nach} O-O 17. b6 Qe7 18. O-O Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1
20. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Korneev - Meier (Chalons en Champagne, 2009). keinen Vorteil
aus seinem weit vorgerückten Bauern b6 ziehen kann.}) 15... Kxf7 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ke2 {Wir sind zwar schon im 17. Zug, aber hier fängt erst die Theorie der
Variante an! Keine Besonderheit für das moderne Schach.} Rhd8 (17... b4 $6 {
Mastrovasilis - Akobian (Dresden, 2008)} 18. cxb4 $1 {Den Bauer bekommt
Schwarz in naher Zukunft nicht zurück.} Qc2+ 19. Bd2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd8 21. Rc1
$14) (17... Qc6 18. Rhd1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Rd1 (20. cxb4 Qb5+ $11) 20... Rd8
21. Qh4 Be7 22. Qf4+ Kg8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qxb4 Qxg2 25. Qb5 $14 {Dominguez
Perez - Meier (Havana, 2009)}) 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Ra6 (19... Be7 $5 {
Nun muss Weiß sehr genau spielen, um den kleinen Vorteil zu bewahren.} 20. Qe4
$1 Ra2 21. Qb1 $1 (21. Rd2 Qxh2 22. Qf3+ Kg8 23. Qxb7 Qh5+ 24. f3 Bf8 $11)
21... Qc4+ 22. Kf3 Ra4 23. h3 $14 {Die weißen Chancen sind etwas besser, aber
mit korrektem Spiel wird Schwarz das Remis halten können.}) 20. Qe4 $1 $146 {
Eine sehr unangenehme Neuerung. Die weiße Dame steht im Zentrum am besten,
weil sie gleichzeitig h7, e6 und b7 angreift. Schwarz ist gezwungen, den
Damentausch zu unternehmen.} (20. b3 Be7 21. Qg4 Qxc3 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qxh7
Qxb3 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Rd8+ Bxd8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Vachier
Lagrave - Grachev (Dagomys, 2009)}) 20... Qc4+ 21. Kf3 Qxe4+ 22. Kxe4 $14 {
Nun hat sich der weiße König aktiviert. Mit dem besseren Bauernstruktur und
aktiveren Figuren steht Weiß deutlich besser.} Rc6 23. h3 $6 {Der Zug selbst
ist nicht schlecht, allerdings weist er darauf hin, dass Weiß den richtigen
Plan noch nicht entdeckt hat.} ({Viel stärker wäre} 23. Rd3 $1 {mit der Idee
b3 zu spielen, dann den Läufer nach d4 zu stellen, und anzufangen, die Bauern
am Königsflügel aufzurollen.} Rc4+ (23... Kf6 24. f4 Rc4+ 25. Bd4+ e5 $2 26.
fxe5+ Bxe5 27. b3 $18) 24. Bd4 h6 (24... b4 $2 25. b3 Rc6 26. c4 $16) (24... e5
$2 25. b3 $16) (24... Be7 25. b3 Rc6 26. Rh3 h6 27. Rh5 $16) 25. b3 Rc6 26. f4
$14) 23... Rc4+ 24. Rd4 ({Wiederum wäre} 24. Bd4 {die bessere Wahl gewesen.} {
Falls Schwarz nun} e5 $6 {spielen würde, so käme Weiß zum Vorteil nach} 25. b3
Rc8 (25... Rc6 26. Ba7 Ke6 27. Rd5 Rxc3 28. Rxb5 $16) 26. Ba7 Ke6 27. Rd5 Rxc3
28. Rxb5 $16) 24... h5 $4 {Wir sind am kritischen Moment der Partie angekommen.
} ({Das Endspiel nach} 24... Rxd4+ 25. cxd4 $16 {ist sehr schwer zu halten.}) (
{Schwarz sollte den Turm zurückziehen. Weiß steht klar besser und verfügt über
gute Gewinnchancen.} 24... Rc6 25. Rd3 $14) 25. Kd3 $4 {Mit dem letzten Zug
hat Grachev die Partie und sehr gut möglich den Turniersieg aeigestellt, doch
habe ich das leider erst nach der Partie gesehen. Weiß gewann leicht nach 25.
Rxc4!} (25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Bb6 $1 $18 {Schwarz ist gegen den Manöver 27.
Kd4-Kxc4 hilflos und das entstehende Läuferendspiel mit dem entfernten
Freibauer, der gleichzeitig ein Mehrbauer ist, war natürlich verloren. Schade!}
) 25... Rc6 26. Re4 {Weiß will den Läufer nach d4 stellen, doch er kommt zu
spät, seine Figuren haben die Harmonie verloren.} e5 $1 $11 {Die Stellung ist
ausgeglichen. Schwarz hat einen Raumvorteil bekommen und dadurch die Schwäche
seiner Bauernstruktur kompensiert.} 27. g4 (27. f3 Kf6 28. Bf2 Ra6 29. Bg3 Ra1
$11) 27... g6 28. Bg5 hxg4 29. Rxg4 Rc8 $1 (29... Ke6 $6 30. Bd8 $1 Kd7 31. Bh4
$14) 30. Rh4 Ke6 31. Rh7 Kf5 32. Be3 Rc7 33. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {Die Rubinstein-Variante ist eine sehr solide
Verteidigung gegen 1.e4.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 $5 {stellt
Schwarz eine Falle.} c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 $2 8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ $18) 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O {Diese Stellung galt lange Zeit
als sehr gut für Weiß, bis Schwarz auf die Idee kam, seinen Zentrumsbauern zu
opfern:} e5 $1 11. Nf3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. Kb1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2
16. Re2 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd8 $15 {Baramidze - Schlosser (Austria, 2006). Schwarz
steht sogar besser.}) ({Nichts bringt auch die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die
lange Diagonale:} 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Qe2 (8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9.
Kxd1 Ng4 $15) 8... Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 (9... Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 12. Be3
f6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Na5 O-O-O $11 {Svidler - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 10.
O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16.
Rxe4+ Kd7 $11 {Svidler - Anand (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Bd3
c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c3 $14 {Dank dem
Entwicklungsvorsprung und der besseren Bauernstruktur steht Weiß doch etwas
besser.}) 7. O-O cxd4 (7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Re1 (12. c4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17.
Bc7 Bc5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bb6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 a5 $11 {
Svidler - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2004)}) 12... a6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bh4 (14. g3 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc7 $11 {
Zhigalko - Drozdovskij (Warsaw, 2006)}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17.
Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qb6 (19... Bd7 20. Nf5 $3 Bc6 (20... exf5 21. Re7
$18) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re4 $16) 20. Nb3 Re8 21. c4
Qc7 22. Qa5 $1 $14 {Shirov - Anand (Wijk aan Zee, 2001)}) 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 (8...
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. Qf3 $1 (11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ngf3 Qc7 14.
Ne5 Bd6 15. Qe2 b5 16. h3 Bb7 $11 {Alekseev - Tratar (Crete, 2007). Das größte
Problem von Schwarz im Rubinstein ist die Entwicklung des Läufers c8. Wenn der
Läufer rauskommt, steht Schwarz zumindest nicht schlechter.}) 11... Nd5 12. Qg3
Qc7 13. Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Ncd5 17. c4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Nf6 19. Bf3 $14 {Kritz - Tratar (Plovdiv, 2008). Der weiße Vorteil ist sehr
klein, man muss solche Stellungen sehr dynamisch und energisch spielen, um den
vollen Punkt zu erzielen.}) 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Bb6 12.
c4 e5 13. Nb5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ke7 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. c5 Rd8 18. Rac1
$1 $14 (18. b4 b6 19. Nb5 bxc5 20. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 21. bxc5 e4 22. c6 Ra8 23. c7
Re8 24. c8=Q Bxc8 25. Nc6+ Kf8 26. Be2 Ra3 $15 {Shirov - Bareev (Monaco, 2002)}
)) 11. Bf4 $14 {Alekseev - Mamedyarov (Moskau, 2008)}) (6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7.
Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qc4 Bd6 13. Qxd4
O-O 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 $11 {Polgar - Bareev (Enghien les
Bains, 2003). Weiß hat eine symbolische Initiative, kann allerdings nicht
richtig was angreifen.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Be3 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6
11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhe1 Bc8 $11 {Schwarz steht etwas
passiv, hat aber keine einzige Schwäche, die Weiß effektiv angreifen könnte.})
8... Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7 $132 {Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten.} 12. f4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bc6 $11 {und wieder
erreicht Schwarz völligen Ausgleich.}) 6... Nxf6 7. Bd3 (7. c3 {Meiner Meinung
nach ist das die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.}) 7... c5 8. Be3 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
O-O (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd5 $132) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 b6
11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 $11 {Zwar hat Weiß die
etwas bessere Bauernstruktur, es ist trotzdem zu wenig, um einen spürbaren
Vorteil zu erreichen.} 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. c3 {Weiß hat einen symbolischen
Vorteil, den er jedoch konkret nicht umsetzen kann.} Qc7 17. g3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1
Rd8 $11 {Anand - Gelfand (Monte Carlo, 2007)}) 8... Nd5 {Sehr mutig, aber
vielleicht doch spielbar. Sicherere Fortsetzungen sind:} (8... Qc7 9. O-O c4
10. Be2 Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. h3 c3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 $11 {
Volokitin - Akopian (Beer Sheva, 2005)}) (8... Bd7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. b4 b6 11. c4
bxc5 12. b5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Rad8 $132 {Anand - Milov (Bastia, 2005)})
9. Ne5 (9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 {Weiß hat viel Zeit
verloren und nichts erreicht:} 13. h4 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. c3 Qf4+ $11 {
Leko - Van Wely (Monte Carlo, 2007)}) 9... Nxe3 $146 (9... Bd6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11.
Bb5+ Kf8 {Mit dem König im Zentrum hat Schwarz wenig Freude an dieser Stellung.
} 12. O-O-O $16 {Kamsky - Akobian (Saint Louis, 2009)}) (9... a6 $6 {Das sieht
doch sehr langsam aus.} 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nf4 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14.
Rad1 $36 {Istratescu - Vernay (Caleta, 2010)}) 10. fxe3 (10. Bb5+ $2 Ke7 $1 11.
Qh5 (11. fxe3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxb5 13. Qf3 f6 $19) 11... Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxg2+ 13. Kd2
Qxb5 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 $19) 10... Qa5+ (10... Bd6 11. O-O Bxe5 (11... O-O 12. Bxh7+
Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Nxf7 $18) 12. dxe5 O-O 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qc7 15. Qg5 $16
) 11. c3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qh5 h6 ({Schlecht ist} 14... Bd7 15.
O-O {weil Schwarz nun zu ...g6 gezwungen wird.} g6 $8 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qh6
$16) 15. O-O {Weiß behält den Vorteil, doch er konnte mehr erreichen.} (15.
Qb5+ $1 Bd7 16. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. O-O $16 {Ein gesunder Mehrbauer,
Schwarz hat keine Kompensation.}) 15... O-O 16. Nxd6 ({Die gleiche Idee wie in
der Partie, nur ohne den Abtausch funktioniert überhaupt nicht:} 16. Rae1 Bd7
17. Rf6 $2 Bxh2+ $1 18. Kh1 (18. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 gxf6 $19) 18... Bf4 $19)
16... Qxd6 17. Rae1 Bd7 {Statisch gesehen, hat Weiß überhaupt nicht viel, er
muss also dynamisch agieren. Wie man leicht sehen kann, basiert sein Spiel auf
dem Angriff gegen den schwarzen König.} 18. Rf6 $3 {Der Turm ist tabu.} Qe7 (
18... gxf6 19. Qxh6 f5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Re3 $18) 19. Ref1 ({Das sofortige
Opfer bringt nur Zugwiederholung.} 19. Rxh6 gxh6 20. Re3 f5 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22.
Qxh6+ Qh7 23. Qe3 Qe7 $11 {Mit der Idee Rf7-Rh7, Weiß muss also remisieren.})
19... e5 {Um zu verstehen, warum Schwarz diesen Zug spielt, muss man sich
fragen, ob es eine Drohung gibt. Tatsaechlich, es gibt eine.} (19... gxf6 $2
20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rf3 $18) (19... Bc6 20. R1f4 $1 {und nun hilft nichts mehr.}
Rad8 $2 (20... e5 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Rg4+ $18) (20... Qxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22.
Qxh6 f5 23. g4 $1 $18) 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Qxh6#) 20. dxe5 $2 {
Obwohl die weiße Stellung gewonnen bleibt, war 20.Bc4 stärker.} (20. Bc4 Be6 (
20... gxf6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Rf3 Bg4 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4 $18)
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qxe5 $18 {Das Endspiel ist
technisch gewonnen, ziemlich leicht sogar, weil die weiße Bauernstruktur viel
besser ist und der schwarze König ebenfalls schwach ist.}) 20... Rae8 21. Rd6 (
{Nun funktioniert es nicht mehr:} 21. Bc4 $4 Qc5+ $19) 21... Be6 22. Rf4 Rc8 (
22... Bxa2 $2 23. Rxh6 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 $18) 23. Qf3 Rfd8 (23... Bxa2 24. Qe4 g6
25. c4 $1 $18 {Mit dem Läufer im Abseits und mit allen weißen Figuren gegen
den König gerichtet hat Schwarz keine Chance.}) 24. Rfd4 Re8 (24... Bxa2 $2 25.
Qxb7 $1 Re8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ra4 $18) 25. Qe4 g6 {
Die schwarze Stellung ist chancenlos.} 26. Bb5 Bf5 (26... Red8 27. Qf4 h5 28.
a4 $18) 27. Qf4 Rf8 (27... Qxe5 28. Bxe8 $18) 28. Bd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Qe6 {
Soweit hat Weiß super stark gespielt und alle besten Zuege gemacht. Jetzt wäre
es Zeit, um den Punkt einfach, ohne Komplikationen nach Hause zu bringen. Am
einfachsten wäre 30.Rxb7. Stattdessen fängt Weiß ein Abenteuer an, das sich am
Ende nicht auszahlt.} 30. R4d6 $2 (30. Rxb7 Qxa2 31. h4 h5 32. Rdd7 $18) 30...
Qxa2 31. e6 (31. Rxb7 Rb8 32. Rdd7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 a5 $16 {Weiß
steht immer noch besser, doch es ist nicht mehr so einfach.}) 31... Qb1+ 32.
Rd1 Qxb2 33. Kh1 {Irgendwo muss Caruana sich verrechnet haben, denn solche
Züge kommen nicht vom guten Leben.} (33. exf7+ Kh7 34. h4 Qxc3 $13 {Es ist
nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß forciert durchbrechen kann.}) (33. Rxf7 $2 Qb6+ 34.
Kh1 Qxe6 $17) 33... Qe2 $1 {Am wichtigsten ist, dass Weiß nicht mit dem Turm
auf f7 nimmt.} 34. exf7+ Kh7 $11 {Diese Stellung ist schon überhaupt nicht
besser - der schwarze König fühlt sich sehr sicher hinter dem f7-Bauern.} 35.
Qd6 Qc4 36. Rxb7 (36. Qe7 Qxc3 37. Rxb7 a5 $11) 36... Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {
Dem Remis ist nicht mehr auszuweichen. Im schlimmsten Fall kann Schwarz
einfach Rc7 spielen - Weiß wird keine einzige Drohung haben.} 38. Qe5 Qg7 39.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 Rxc3 42. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {Die Rubinstein-Variante ist eine
sehr solide Verteidigung. Das Maximum, was Weiß erreichen kann, ist ein etwas
besseres Endspiel, das sehr schwer zu gewinnen sein wird.} 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Ngf6
6. Qe2 $5 {Dies stellt Schwarz eine Falle.} c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 $2 8.
Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ $18) 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O {
Diese Stellung galt lange Zeit als sehr gut für Weiß, bis Schwarz auf die Idee
kam, seinen Zentrumsbauern zu opfern:} e5 $1 11. Nf3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1
Qe6 14. Kb1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 16. Re2 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd8 $15 {Baramidze -
Schlosser (Austria, 2006). Schwarz steht sogar besser.}) ({Nichts bringt auch
die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die lange Diagonale:} 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bg2 e5 8. Qe2 (8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 $15) 8... Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 (9... Qe4
10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Na5 O-O-O $11 {Svidler -
Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4
14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kd7 $11 {Svidler - Anand (Monte Carlo,
2005)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Bd3 {Meiner Meinung nach die prinzipiellste Variante.} (6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1
Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 $11 {Zwar hat Weiß die etwas bessere
Bauernstruktur, es ist trotzdem zu wenig, um einen spürbaren Vorteil zu
erreichen.}) (6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3
cxd4 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qc4 Bd6 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
a6 $11 {Polgar - Bareev (Enghien les Bains, 2003). Weiß hat eine symbolische
Initiative, kann allerdings nicht richtig was angreifen.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5
9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7 $132 {Schwarz hat keine Schwierigkeiten.})
6... c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c3 $14 {Dank dem
Entwicklungsvorsprung und der besseren Bauernstruktur steht Weiß doch etwas
besser.}) 7. O-O cxd4 (7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Re1 (12. c4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17.
Bc7 Bc5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bb6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 a5 $11 {
Svidler - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2004)}) 12... a6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bh4 (14. g3 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc7 $11 {
Zhigalko - Drozdovskij (Warsaw, 2006)}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17.
Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qb6 (19... Bd7 20. Nf5 $3 Bc6 (20... exf5 21. Re7
$18) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re4 $16) 20. Nb3 Re8 21. c4
Qc7 22. Qa5 $1 $14 {Shirov - Anand (Wijk aan Zee, 2001)}) 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 (8...
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. Qf3 $1 (11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ngf3 Qc7 14.
Ne5 Bd6 15. Qe2 b5 16. h3 Bb7 $11 {Alekseev - Tratar (Crete, 2007). Das größte
Problem von Schwarz im Rubinstein ist die Entwicklung des Läufers c8. Wenn der
Läufer rauskommt, steht Schwarz zumindest nicht schlechter.}) 11... Nd5 12. Qg3
Qc7 13. Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Ncd5 17. c4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Nf6 19. Bf3 $14 {Kritz - Tratar (Plovdiv, 2008). Der weiße Vorteil ist sehr
klein, man muss solche Stellungen sehr dynamisch und energisch spielen, um den
Punkt zu erzielen.}) 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Bb6 12. c4 e5
13. Nb5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ke7 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. c5 Rd8 18. Rac1 $1 $14
(18. b4 b6 19. Nb5 bxc5 20. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 21. bxc5 e4 22. c6 Ra8 23. c7 Re8 24.
c8=Q Bxc8 25. Nc6+ Kf8 26. Be2 Ra3 $15 {Shirov - Bareev (Monaco, 2002)})) 11.
Bf4 $5 $146 {Es ist komisch, dass dieser Zug nicht früher gespielt wurde, er
sieht sehr logisch aus. Die weißen Läufer üben sehr unangenehmen Druck auf die
schwarze Stellung aus.} (11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. c4 Bc6 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qb6 16. Rad1 a6 $11 {Shirov - Anand (Moscow, 2001)}) (11. Re1 O-O 12. c3
Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Nb5 $14 {Macieja -
Milov (Antalya, 2004)}) 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Bc5 15. Qe2 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. Nc4
Nd5 18. Ne5 (18. Bxd5 $6 exd5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nf3 Bg4 $36) 18... f6 19. Nd3 Bd6
20. g3 Bd7 $11 {Korneev - Mirzoev (Elgoibar, 2006)}) 11... O-O 12. c3 a6 $6 {
Schwarz bringt sich ins Gefahr.} (12... Nd5 13. Be5 Bd6 (13... Qb6 14. Qb3 f6
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Bf4 Qxb2 18. Rae1 $16) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qb3
Nf4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Rad1 e5 $1 $132) 13. Re1 {Weiß folgt der richtigen
Strategie - er entwickelt seine Figuren und gleichzeitig passt er auf, dass
Schwarz sich am Damenflügel nicht entfesselt und den Läufer c8 in die Freiheit
bringt.} Ra7 $6 {Die schwarze Lage ist nicht einfach, dieser Zug sieht aber
nun wirklich sehr gekünstelt aus.} (13... Nd5 14. Be5 $1 Bc5 (14... Bd6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxd5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 $16) (14... Bf6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. c4 Qxc4 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 $18) 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. c4 $16) (13... Qb6 14.
Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Rd8 16. c4 $14) 14. a4 {Weiß erhöht langsam den Druck.} Bd7
15. Qb3 Qc8 (15... Bc5 16. Bxb7 Nh5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bf3 $16) 16. a5 $16 {
Schwarz kann sich kaum noch bewegen.} Bc5 17. Rad1 (17. Be5 $5 Rd8 (17... Bxd4
$2 18. Bxd4 Ra8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxb7 Qb8 21. Qb6 Ra7 22. Bxa6 $18) 18. Rad1
$16) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Qb6 $6 (19. c4 $5 {wäre vielleicht etwas
genauer gewesen.} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Re8 21. h3 Qc5 22. Qc3 Raa8 23. Be5 $16) 19...
Ra8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. c4 $1 {Es ist wichtig, dem schwarzen
Springer das Feld d5 zu nehmen.} Rfd8 23. Red1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 (
25... h6 26. Be5 Ke7 $14 {Weiß steht besser, aber es ist nicht so einfach, die
schwarze Verteidigungslinie zu knacken.}) 26. g5 Ng8 27. Be5 f6 28. gxf6 gxf6 (
28... Nxf6 29. Rd6 $18) 29. Bc7 Ne7 $2 (29... Rc8 $1 30. Bb6 c5 31. Rh4 (31.
Rd6 Ke7 32. Rd3 f5 $11) 31... h6 32. Kg2 Kf7 $11) 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Bb6 (31. Kf1
{ist ebenfalls stark, um den König näher zum Zentrum zu bringen. Mit 29....Ne7
hat sich Schwarz dast in eine Pattstellung gebracht.} Rc8 32. Bb6 e5 33. Rd7
Ke6 34. Ra7 $16) 31... e5 32. Bc5 Ng6 33. Rxc6 $18 {Der Rest ist die Sache der
Technik.} Nf4 34. Be3 Nd3 35. b3 f5 36. Rd6 e4 37. f4 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rg4 {
Anscheinend hat Schwarz hier die Zeit überschritten. Die Stellung war aber
sowieso verloren - Weiß sollte am besten mit 39.Rxa6 fortfahren und danach
seinen a-Bauern nach vorne bewegen.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 $6 {Von den beiden Alternativen 4.Bg5 und
4.e5 ist das eindeutig die schlechtere Wahl. Schwarz gleicht sehr leicht aus,
wenn er in die Rubinstein-Variante reinkommt, wie es in der Partie geschah.} (
4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 $14 {führt zu komplexem Spiel mit
Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 4... dxe4 $1 {Die beste Fortsetzung aus
theoretischer Sicht. Schwarz gleicht problemlos aus. Andere Alternativen
führen zu kompliziertem Spiel mit besseren Chancen für Weiß.} (4... Be7 5. e5
Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O-O $14 {
Eine typische französische Stellung, in der Weiß einen stabilen Vorteil hat,
weil der schwarze Läufer c8 schlecht ist.}) (4... Bb4 {ist die aggressivste
Fortsetzung.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 (6. exf6 $2 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. Qh5 Qf6 $15) 6...
Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $36) 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 ({
Schlechter ist} 5... Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3
Bb7 11. h4 $14 {Weiß hat bessere Aussichten am Königsflügel als Schwarz hat am
Damenflügel.}) 6. Nxf6+ (6. Nf3 {ist Zugumstellung:} h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {-> 6.
Nxf6}) 6... Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 ({Zu gleichem Spiel führt} 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2
Rhd8 15. Rhd1+ Kc6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Sulskis - Vaganian (Gothenburg, 2005)})
11... cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 $11 {Anand - M.
Gurevich (Bastia, 2004)}) ({Auch nichts bringt} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 (9...
Bd7 $5 {vielleicht kann Schwarz so auch ausgleichen} 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Ne5+
Kc8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qe2 c6 $11) 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5
Rad8 14. f4 g6 15. Rf3 c5 $132 {Sutovsky - Akopian (Moscow, 2002)}) 8... Nd5 9.
Qd2 (9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8
15. Bc4 Ke7 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares, 2007). und Schwarz konnte das
Endspiel trotz des Minusbauern leicht halten.}) 9... Bd7 ({Schwarz kann auch} 
9... Bd6 {spielen} 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bd3 (13. Bxb7 $2
Rb8 14. Ba6 Ba3 $19) 13... Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c5 16. Be4 O-O-O $11 {
Nakamura - Akobian (Miami, 2007)}) 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Qe7 {-> 9....
Bd6}) 11... Qe7 12. c4 (12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 12... Nxe3
13. Qxe3 ({Ebenfalls keinen Vorteil bekommt Weiß nach dem Nehmen mit dem
Bauern:} 13. fxe3 c5 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 O-O 17. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Almasi - Savchenko (Neukoelln, 2005)}) 13... c5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 $6 {
Weiß spielt sehr langsam. Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, und damit im langen
Spiel einen positionellen Vorteil. Daher sollte Weiß das Geschehen auf dem
Brett forcieren.} (15. Bc2 $5 Bc6 (15... O-O $2 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe4 g6 18.
Qxb7 $16) 16. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (17... Qxd8 $4 18. Qxc5 $18) 18. Nd4
e5 (18... Bxd4 $4 19. Qxd4+ Kc7 20. Qxg7 $18) (18... Kc7 $2 19. Qe5+ Bd6 20.
Qxg7 $18) (18... Kc8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3 $14) 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Rd1+ Kc7 $11
{Schwarz hat eine etwas schlechtere Bauernstruktur, da er jedoch im nächsten
Zug Rd8 spielt und die Türme tauscht, wird das Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen
Läufern nicht zu gewinnen sein.}) 15... b6 $1 {Schwarz bereitet die kurze
Rochade vor.} (15... O-O 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 $14) 16. Qe4 cxd4 (
16... g6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf4 $14 {Schwarz hat immer noch Schwierigkeiten zu
rochieren.}) 17. Nxd4 {Es droht Nc6} Qf6 18. Nf5 (18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Ke7
$11 {Schwarz hat nichts zu befürchten.}) 18... Bc5 19. Re2 {Verteidigt das
Feld f2.} g6 20. Ne3 O-O {Schwarz hat sein größtes Problem gelöst und steht
damit zumindest nicht schlechter.} 21. Ng4 Qg5 22. Ne5 Bc8 23. h4 $2 (23. g3 {
führt zu gleichem Spiel.}) 23... Qf6 $6 (23... Qh5 $1 {wäre viel stärker
gewesen - alle weißen Figuren stehen unter Druck.} 24. Nf3 (24. Red2 Rd4 $19)
24... Qf5 $1 25. Ree1 Rd6 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Be2 Rfd8 $17) 24. Nf3 $2 {Beide
Gegner machen sehr viele Fehler, wahrscheinlich kam die Zeitnot näher.} (24. b4
$1 {wäre die beste Chance.} Bxb4 25. h5 Bc5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qxg6 28.
Nxg6 Rf6 29. Ne5 $132) 24... Rfe8 (24... Qf5 $5 $15 {-> 23....Qh5}) (24... Rd7
$1 {führt zu sehr großem Vorteil - Schwarz hat gleich zwei Ideen: Bb7 und Rfd8.
}) 25. a3 $2 {Jeder Zug ein Fehler! Besser war 25.h5, wobei auch dann Schwarz
besser steht.} (25. h5 e5 $1 26. hxg6 Bf5 $1 27. Qxf5 (27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf5
Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxd1+ $17) 27... Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Rxd1+ $17) 25... a5 $2 (25... e5
$1 {und Schwarz gewinnt! Es gibt keine Verteidigung gegen Bf5.} 26. g4 Rd7 $19
{/\Bb7}) 26. g4 Qe7 27. Red2 e5 $1 {Endlich! Schwarz aktiviert seinen
weißfeldrigen Läufer und gewinnt sehr schnell.} 28. Bc2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 (29. Nxd2
Qxh4 $19) 29... Bb7 30. Rd5 (30. Qe2 e4 31. Nd4 e3 32. fxe3 Qxh4 $19) 30... Qf6
$19 {Schwarz hat genug Zeit, er muss das Qualität nicht gleich nehmen. Der
Rest ist Sache der Technik.} 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kf8 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Bxb4
35. Nxe5 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Bxd5 38. Nd7+ Kg8 39. Qxd5 Qg5+ 40. Kf3 Bc5
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Heutzutage wird dieser Zug zumindest genauso oft
gespielt wie 3...Bb4.} 4. Bg5 {Wenn sich das auch überraschend anhört, aber
dieser Zug führt zu Vereinfachungen und problemlosen Ausgleich für Schwarz.} (
4. e5 $1 {Wenn man als Weißspieler die Hauptvariante spielt, dann muss man 4.
e5 ziehen.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6
10. O-O b5 11. a3 $14 {mit interessantem Spiel, aber die Chancen von Weiß sind
doch etwas besser.}) (7... Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 $14 {und wieder hat Weiß Vorteil.}) (7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 $14) 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 $14 {
Die Stellung von Weiß ist etwas angenehmer.}) 4... dxe4 $1 {Das ist der Grund,
warum 4.Bg5 zu nichts führt. Wenn Schwarz im 3. Zug genommen hätte, dann hätte
Weiß später nicht Bg5 spielen müssen.} (4... Be7 $6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß die bessere Stellung, weil
Schwarz seinen guten Läufer abgetauscht und den schlechten Läufer c8 behalten
hat.}) (4... Bb4 $5 {Das ist immer eine interessante Fortsetzung, wenn man auf
Konter spielen möchte.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2
10. Kxd2 $14 {Und trotz dass der weiße König im Zentrum steckt, hat Weiß
soliden Vorteil, weil Schwarz unterentwickelt ist, einen schlechten Läufer hat
und sein Königsflügel kompromittiert ist.}) 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 {Richtige Variante
gewählt. Nicht so toll sieht 5...Be7 aus.} (5... Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 $14) 6. Nf3 h6 {Das ist eine bekannte Variante.} 7.
Nxf6+ (7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 c5 $11 {Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 $5 {Das ist eine Betrachtung wert.
Doch auch hier kann Schwarz ohne Mühe ausgleichen.} Nd5 9. Bd3 (9. Bd2 c5 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5
Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. f4 g6 20. O-O Kg7 $11 {Shirov - Wang Hao 
(Moscow, 2010)}) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 $11 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares 2007)}) 8... c5 $1
{Schwarz muss so schnell wie möglich zu ...c5 kommen, so dass Weiß keine Zeit
hat, seine Initiative zu entwickeln.} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5
Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. O-O-O $14 {Hier hat Schwarz viel Zeit verloren, und Weiß
steht etwas besser.}) 9. Bc4 {Auch nichts bringt 9.Bb5.} (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. Bxf6 (11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 14. Ne5 Qxc5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ $11 {Es ist zu riskant für den
König nach d2 zu gehen:} 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 20. Ke1 Qxa2 21. c3 Qa5 $44 {Schwarz
gewinnt den dritten Bauer und faengt an, seine Bauern a und b nach vorne zu
bewegen.}) 11... gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Ke7 $11 {Weiß hat
sicherlich keinen Vorteil.}) 9... cxd4 10. O-O {Üblicherweise will Weiß nicht
auf d4 nehmen, sondern erst rochieren und dann Rd1-Rxd4 spielen.} (10. Nxd4 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {
Ponomariov - Bareev (Moscow, 2001)}) (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 $11 {Es ist
klar, dass Schwarz in so einem Endspiel nichts zu befürchten hat.}) 10... Be7
11. Qe2 Nd7 $5 {Interessante Neuerung. In der Hauptvariante hatte Schwarz
zuletzt Schwiriegkeiten gehabt.} (11... O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nxd4 Qxb2 14. Nf5
exf5 15. Qxe7 $44 {Weiß hat offensichtlich gute Kompensation.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Rad1 {Das macht offensichtlich Sinn, Weiß will die Türme auf der d-Linie
verdoppeln.} (13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 $11 {Wenn der Läufer
draußen ist, dann ist der Ausgleich da.}) 13... O-O 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Rfd1 (15.
Ne5 b6 16. Rfd1 {führt nur zu Zugumstellung.}) 15... b6 16. Ne5 Qc7 {Schwarz
muss noch Zeit verlieren, trotzdem kann Weiss nicht viel machen.} (16... Bb7
17. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Qc5 19. Rxb7 $18) 17. h3 {Das ist zu langsam. Man
darf dem Gegner in so einer Stellung keine Sekunde Zeit schenken. Aber auch
wenn Weiß aktiver gespielt hätte, würde er zu keinem Vorteil kommen.} (17. Bb5
$5 Bb7 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc8 $11 {Es sieht alles wunderbar aus, doch die
Frage ist, was will Weiß jetzt machen? Im nächsten Zug spielt Schwarz ...a6,
und danach ...Bc6, und Weiß wird im Endeffekt nichts haben.}) 17... Bb7 $11 {
Noch ein Zug und Schwarz spielt einfach Bd5.} 18. Rd7 $1 {Die beste Chance für
Weiß!} Qc8 $1 {Sehr kaltblütig und auch richtig.} (18... Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc8 20.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Qg4 Qxd7 22. Nxd7 $16 {Dame und Springer sind sehr stark,
wenn sie zusammen arbeiten.}) 19. Nxf7 (19. Re7 Bd5 $1 20. Bxd5 exd5 $1 $11 {
Das einfachste. Nun spielt Schwarz ...Qc5, ...Re8 und gleicht die Stellung aus.
}) 19... Nxd7 20. Nxh6+ (20. Qxe6 Nf6 21. Nd6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Nxb7 Rae8
$13 {Dieses Endspiel ist sehr unklar.}) (20. Nd6 Qc6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Nxb7
Rae8 $1 $13 {Die Stellung ist wieder zweischneidig.}) 20... Kh7 21. Qh5 Nf6 (
21... Nf6 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[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 Nf6 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2
Qxc5 {allows} 14. O-O-O {although after} Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O {the black K
follows his counterpart.} 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bd4 Bc6 $11 {Emms-Velicka, Maidstone
Menchik op 1994}) 13. O-O (13. Bd2 {/\ 0-0-0 is White's main idea.} O-O (13...
Qb6 14. O-O-O {White is not afraid of sacrificing the f P for a big lead of
development.} (14. O-O {is less dangerous.} a5 {against b2-b4} 15. Ne5 O-O 16.
Qf3 Qc7 17. Rae1 Bd6 18. Nc4 $1 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Bxh6 Bc6 21. Qh3 Bf4 22.
Bxf4 Qxf4 $11 {Balinov-Schroll, Vienna Waehring op-A 1998}) 14... Bd7 15. Ne5
Bc6 16. Kb1 Bd5 17. Bc3 Rc8 $6 18. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Nxd7 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21.
Ba4 f6 22. Bb3 $14 {Benjamin-Orlov, USA-ch 1994}) 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. g4 {
The signal for the -> against the black K.} e5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 e4 18. Bxe4
Re8 19. Bxf6 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 Qxf6 21. Qh5 Bd4 22. c3 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Qf4+ 24. Rd2 $1
{is the improvement!} (24. Nd2 Bg4 25. Qd5 Bxd1 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. cxd4 Bg4 28.
Ne4 {1/2:1/2 Smirin-Kharitonov, SU-FL Sverdlovsk 1987}) 24... Qxe4 25. Rxd4
Qxh1+ 26. Kc2 Bg4 (26... Bf5+ 27. Qxf5 Qxh2 28. Rd7) 27. Rxg4 $16) 13... O-O
14. c4 (14. Bf4) (14. h3 {cannot be a serious alternative.} b6 15. Re1 Bb7 16.
Be3 Qc7 17. c3 Rad8 $11 {Marjanovic-Ivanovic, YUG-ch Tivat 1994}) 14... b6 15.
b3 (15. Rd1 Qc7 16. h3 {is again very modest.} Bb7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bf4 Rd4 $1
19. Bh2 Rfd8 20. Bc2 Qc8 $15 {Mari Arul-Ravi, IND-ch Kasaragod 1996}) (15. Bf4
Bb7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Ne5 Rfd8 $11) 15... Bb7 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Ne5
{[%mdl 8192] In this type of positions Black usually equalizes.} Kf8 $4 {
[#] This is a horrible blunder from a calibre of Yudasin!} (18... a6 $11) 19.
Bg6 $1 Qc7 {This loses outright.} (19... Bxg2 $1 {was the best chance for a
fight.} 20. Kxg2 (20. Bxf7 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qd6) (20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Kxg2 Qb7+)
20... Qb7+ 21. f3 fxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kf7 23. Nf4 $16) 20. Bxf7 $18 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxe6 Qe8 24. Bf5 Kg8 25. Bg6 Qa8 26. Nd7 Ne4 27. Bxe4
Bxe4 28. Qg4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 {An interesting idea, chosen in
the past by several strong players, including Fischer, Timman, Anand, Ivanchuk,
Leko, Svidler. It can be played with or without the inclusion of h6-Bh4.} cxd4
({Another main possibility for Black is} 11... Be7 12. O-O-O (12. dxc5 O-O 13.
O-O (13. Ne5 Qd4 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17.
Rad1 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Rd8 $11) 12... O-O 13. dxc5 (13. Kb1 Qc7 $1 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qe7 18. Qb5 a6 19. Nxf6+ (19. Qxb7 $4 Rdb8
$19) 19... Qxf6 20. Qb6 (20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxb7 Qxf2 $13) 20... Qe7 $11) 13...
Qa4 $1 (13... Qc6 14. Ne5 Qxc5 (14... Qxg2 15. Nd7 Nxd7 (15... Rfd8 $4 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 gxf6 19. Rg1 $18) 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Rhg1 Qc6
18. Bd6 $14) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qg5+ (16... Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+
19. Kd2 Rfc8 (19... Qb4+ $2 20. c3 Qb2+ 21. Ke3 $18) 20. c4 Qxa2+ 21. Ke3 Qxe2+
(21... Qxc4 $4 22. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 23. Rd8+ $18) 22. Kxe2 Rxc4 $14) 17. Kb1 Rfd8
18. Rhf1 $1 $14) 14. Kb1 Rac8 $1 15. Rd4 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5
Qb5 $11) 15... Qc6 16. Rhd1 Qxc5 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11
) 12. O-O-O Bc5 (12... Be7 $6 13. Rxd4 $14) 13. Qe5 {This is more agressive
than} (13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc6 17. Rxd4 Ke7 18. Rhd1
Rhd8 19. Qd2 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 a5 $1 $11) 13... Be7 {The most solid move, though
not the only possibility.} (13... Qe7 $6 {is too passive} 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1
Rfd8 16. f4 $14 Rd5 $4 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. Nf5 $18) ({However, an
interesting option is} 13... Rc8 $5 {White has to be careful, as after the
careless} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Nxd4 Qa4 $1 17. Kb1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4
19. Rxd4 Rxg2 {Black is already better.}) 14. Nxd4 Qa4 (14... Rc8 {seems to be
playable as well, for instance} 15. Kb1 Rc5 $1 16. Qb8+ Rc8 17. Qg3 (17. Qxa7
Bc5 18. Qa5 Bxd4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. bxc3
$11) 17... g5 18. Qb3 $1 (18. Nf5 $2 Qa4 $1 19. Nxe7 gxh4 20. Qd6 Ne4 21. Nxc8
Nxd6 22. Nxd6+ Ke7 $17) 18... Qd5 $1 (18... gxh4 19. Nb5 Qc6 (19... Nd5 20. c4
$16 a6 $140 21. Nc3 $1) 20. Nxa7 Qc4 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Qxh4 $14)
19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bg3 O-O $11) 15. Qc7 $5 {The only attempt to fight for an
advantage and a very tricky move.} (15. Kb1 O-O 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 a6 $11)
15... Rd8 $4 (15... Qxa2 $4 16. Nc6 $1 $18) (15... Qd7 $4 16. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 17.
Rhe1 $18) ({It is possible not to lose immediately after} 15... Qa6 16. Rhe1
Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 $14) ({However, the real solution is} 15... Nd5 $1 16.
Qxb7 O-O 17. Bxe7 Rab8 18. Qc6 Qxa2 19. Ba3 Rfc8 20. Qa6 Rc4 21. Qd6 Rbc8 $1 (
21... Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Rxd4+ 23. Ke2 Nf4+ 24. Kf3 Rxd6 25. Rxa1 $16) 22. Qe5 Nb6 $3
23. Kd2 (23. Qe4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc4 25. c3 Nxa3 26. bxa3 Rb8 27. Qb4 Rxb4 28.
axb4 a5 $17) 23... Rxc2+ 24. Ke1 Rc1 (24... Nc4 25. Qe4 Nxa3 26. Nxc2 Nxc2+ 27.
Kf1 Qxb2 28. g3 $11) 25. Ke2 R8c3 $5 (25... R1c3 26. Ke1 Rc1 $11) 26. Rd3 $1
Rxd3 27. Rxc1 Rxa3 28. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 29. Rc7 Nd7 30. Rc8+ $1 (30. Rxd7 Qc4+)
30... Kf7 31. Qf4+ Kg6 (31... Nf6 $4 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Qc2+ Kf7 34. bxa3 $18)
32. Qg4+ (32. Qe4+ $4 Kh5 $1 $19) 32... Kf7 (32... Kh7 $4 33. Qe4+ g6 34. Qd4
$18) 33. Qf4+ $11) 16. Nf5 $1 {It is worthy to add, that otherwise Black would
be already better!} Rd7 (16... exf5 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Re1+ $18) 17. Qc8+ Rd8
18. Nxg7+ 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 32nd"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2003.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {The first surprise. Usually Spasov plays Sicilian or Pirc Defense} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 ({
The main move is} 8... Be7 {, which leads after} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 {to a slightly
better for white position due to a very passive Bc8.}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Bg7
({A few weeks earlier in European Championship in Istanbul Spasov played
against a young Russian grandmaster Alekseev} 10... Bd7 {and got a good
position, though eventually he lost that game. I believe Spasov thought I had
prepared an improvement for white, so chose with me another plan.}) 11. c3 $1 {
Black has a pair of bishops, but both of them are passive. In the future he
will be forced to play f5, trying to open Bg7 and in that moment white will
have to play Ne5 followed by f4 if he wants to fight for an advantage. In this
case a bishop will be better placed on c2 than d3, because it will not disturb
rooks in taking control over d file.} O-O 12. Qe2 {In these kind of positions
it is always the best square for a queen.} f5 13. Bc2 b6 (13... c5 $5 {
deserved attention, not to let white put a knight on e5.}) 14. Ne5 $1 c5 15. f4
$1 {Now Bg7 is strongly limited by white's knight and it will never be
possible to change pieces on e5, due to a very weak position of black's king.}
Bb7 (15... cxd4 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Rxd4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bb7 {would lead to the same
position as in the game.}) 16. Rad1 cxd4 ({Rather forced as after} 16... Rad8 {
very unpleasant was} 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Bxf5 $16) 17. Rxd4 Qc5 18. Rfd1 Rad8
19. Kf1 $1 ({My original plan was to play} 19. Qf2 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 {, but then
black would be able to change not only queens, but also rooks:} (20. Rxd4 $2
Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5) 20... Rd8 $1 21. Qxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 bxc5 {with drawn
endgame.}) 19... Qc8 $5 {Spasov is trying to fight for the only open file. If
he lose this battle, white's attack starting with g4 will be unstoppable.} (
19... Rxd4 20. Rxd4 {would lead to the position from the game.}) 20. Qh5 $1 {
Now black cannot change both rooks and he has to give d file.} Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Qc5 {With the idea of Bxe5 or Qb5+.} 22. Qe2 $1 {There is n o reason to hurry.
This prophilactic move makes black's position difficult. White can slowly
prepare g4 by going with his king to queen's side and also by playing h3.} Qc8
{An interesting decision. Spasov understood very well, that he couldn't waste
time and had to change rooks as soon as possible. Additionally his last move
created a possible threat of Ba6.} 23. g4 $3 ({Obviously} 23. Qh5 {would lead
to repetition of moves after} Qc5 {, but a draw was not what I wanted to gain
in that game. An attack on black's king has started!}) 23... Rd8 {Played after
a long thought. Spasov decided to give a pawn for a possibility of reducing
material and stopping in this way white's attack.} 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. gxf5 Qh4
({After} 25... Qd5 {I was going to play} 26. Ke1 $1 $16 {and if} (26. fxe6 $2
Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ $11) 26... Qxa2 {then} 27. f6 $3 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Bxf6 29. Bxh7+
$1 Kf8 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Nxf6 Qxb2+ 32. Bc2 Kxf6 33. Qe5+ Ke7 34. Qc7+ $18) 26.
Qf2 $1 {I had an impression that Spasov had underestimated that move. Probably
he calculated} (26. Qg4 Ba6+ $1 ({Possible was also} 26... Qxg4 27. Nxg4 exf5
28. Bxf5 h5 $1 29. Nf2 Bh6 {with excellent draw chances, for instance} 30. Nd3
Ba6 $11) 27. Kg2 Bb7+ $11) 26... Qh3+ {Now the previously mentioned line
doesn't work, as after} (26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 exf5 28. Bxf5 Bh6 {white can
defend f4 pawn with a king} 29. Ke3 $18) 27. Ke1 exf5 28. Qg3 $1 Qh6 ({
Probably the only practical chance, as the endgame appearing after} 28... Qxg3+
29. hxg3 {would be very tough.}) 29. Bb3 $1 {Another excellent move. f7 pawn
is much more important than f5 one.} Kf8 30. Nxf7 $18 {Now black's position is
completely lost, but...both players don't have much time left on a clock.} Qh5
(30... Qf6 31. Ng5 $18) 31. Ng5 (31. Nd8 $2 Bc8) 31... Bf6 32. Kd2 ({The
safest, but not the fastest. It was possible to win in 2 moves:} 32. Ne6+ Ke7 (
32... Ke8 33. Qg8+ $18) 33. Qd3 $1 $18) 32... Ba6 33. Bd1 (33. Kc1 $18) 33...
Qg6 34. Qg2 Be7 35. Kc2 (35. Bb3 Qd6+ 36. Ke1 $18) 35... Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37.
Ng5+ (37. Qd5 $3 Qxe6 38. Bh5+ Kf6 39. Qd4+ $18) 37... Kg7 38. h4 Qd6 $5 (38...
h6 39. h5 Qd6 40. Ne6+ $18) 39. Ne4+ Qg6 40. Ng5 Qd6 41. Qg3 Qd5 42. b3 h6 43.
Nf3+ Kf8 44. Ne5 Qe4+ 45. Kb2 Qh1 46. Bh5 (46. Qg6 {was finishing the game
immediately due to mate threats 47.Qf7 and 47.Nd7.}) 46... Bd6 47. Qf2 $2 ({Now
} 47. Qg6 $4 {doesn't work due to} Qh2+ 48. Kb1 Qh1+ 49. Kc2 Qh2+ (49... Qe4+
$4 50. Kb2 $18) 50. Kd1 Qh1+ 51. Kd2 Qh2+ $11) 47... Qf1 {White's position is
still easily won, but in a pernament 30-seconds circle every wonder can happen.
} 48. Qd2 (48. Qc2 $5 Ke7 49. Qxf5 Qf2+ 50. Qc2 Qxc2+ 51. Kxc2 Bxe5 52. fxe5
Ke6 53. Kd2 Kxe5 54. Ke3 $18) 48... Ke7 49. Bd1 $4 (49. Bf3 $1 Bxe5 50. Qe3 $18
) 49... Bxe5 50. fxe5 Qd3 $1 {The position is already drawn, as white is
unable to keep queens on a board!} 51. Qe1 $1 ({The last try. If} 51. Qxd3 Bxd3
52. c4 Ke6 53. Kc3 {then} Bb1 54. Kd4 Bxa2 $11) 51... Ke6 $4 (51... Qf1 $1 52.
Qd2 Qd3 53. Qc1 Qf1 $1 $11 {, for instance} 54. c4 Qe1 $1) 52. Bc2 (52. Qg1 $1
Qd2+ 53. Bc2 Bd3 54. Qg8+ Kxe5 55. Qh8+ $18) 52... Qe2 53. Qg3 Qg4 (53... Qxe5
54. Qg8+ $18) 54. Qe1 (54. Qe3 $1 Qxh4 55. Qf3 $1 $18) 54... Qe2 55. Qc1 $4 (
55. Qg3 Qxe5 (55... Qg4 56. Qe3 $1 $18) 56. Qg8+ $18) 55... Kxe5 56. Qxh6 Bd3
57. Qg7+ (57. Qh8+ Kf4 58. Qd4+ Be4 $11) 57... Kf4 ({Even easier a draw could
be achieved after} 57... Ke6 58. Qg6+ Ke7 59. Qg5+ Ke6 $11 {and if white tries
to play for a win} 60. Qc1 {, then after} f4 $1 61. Qd1 Qxc2+ 62. Qxc2 Bxc2 63.
Kxc2 Kf5 {he will have to change his mind.}) 58. Qg5+ Kf3 $8 (58... Ke5 $4 59.
Qg3+ $18) (58... Ke4 $4 59. Qe7+ Kf3 (59... Kf4 60. Qd6+ $18) 60. Qxe2+ $18)
59. Qh5+ Kf4 60. Qg5+ Kf3 61. Qh5+ Kf4 62. Qxe2 Bxe2 63. c4 Kg4 64. h5 (64. Kc3
$2 f4) 64... Kxh5 65. Bxf5 Kg5 $11 66. Bb1 Kf6 67. Kc3 Ke5 68. Kb4 Kd6 69. Kb5
Kc7 70. Bc2 Bf3 71. b4 Kb7 72. Ka4 Kc7 73. Kb3 Kd6 74. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Qd6 $5 {A rather risky way to step aside from the usual paths.} (8...
Be7 {is the normal continuation.}) 9. Bd3 {The most principled answer.
Enjoying the better development, White should not care too much about the
b2-pawn.} (9. Bxf6 gxf6 {does not pose Black big problems, for instance} 10.
Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. c3 f5 13. Bd3 Bg7 {Zhou Jianchao (2623)-Ni Hua (2692)
/JinZhou 2009/CBM 133 (1/2, 29)}) 9... Qb4+ 10. Bd2 {Again the most principled
reaction.} (10. Qd2 {is playable, though.} Qxd2+ ({Since Qd1-d2 is by far more
constructive than Bg5-d2, taking the pawn now is close to suicide.} 10... Qxb2
11. O-O Be7 12. Qf4 Qb6 13. Qg3 c5 14. Rab1 Qd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18. Ne5 h6 19. Rd7 $1 Bxd7 20. Bxf6 $1 $18 {Alekseev,E (2716)
-Ismagambetov,A (2479) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (1-0, 25)}) 11. Bxd2 c5 12. O-O-O
Bd7 {with acceptable play for Black, Rublevsky,S (2655)-Kosic,D (2540) Budva
2002 (1-0, 26)}) 10... Qxb2 11. O-O Be7 {Now and on the next move, Black tries
to catch up in development, without moving with his queen. Soon, he will have
to do that, too.} (11... Qa3 12. Ne5 (12. Qe2 Qd6 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 Be7 15. d5
$36 {Kosintseva,N (2560)-Zatonskih,A (2522)/Hangzhou 2011/CBM 144 (1-0, 44)})
12... Qd6 13. Be3 Be7 14. c4 c5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rad1 $44 {Kasparov,
G (2851)-Anand,V (2769)/Kopavogur 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 37)}) 12. c4 O-O $146 (
12... c5 13. d5 O-O 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. d6 $36 {Volokitin,A (2671)
-Levin,E (2456)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130 (1-0, 28)}) 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bc3 Qd6 15.
Ne5 {White is well ahead in development and enjoys the prospect of a massive
piece attack against the enemy king.} b5 $6 {Not the best solution, but it is
not simple to suggest a safe continuation.} (15... b6 $6 16. Qf3 $1 Bd7 17. g4
$5 $36 {Quite an unpleasant move with the d7-square unavailable.} Ba4 $2 {
Does not solve the problem:} 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nxf7 $1 Qa3 20. Bxh7+ $1 {mating.})
(15... c5 {helps White clear the long diagonal and get just another tempo for
his attack:} 16. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 17. Re3 $5) 16. c5 $1 (16. cxb5 a6 $5 {offers
Black enough play.}) 16... Qd5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. f3 Qd8 {Black has got the
d5-square for his pieces and made some progress in development. However, his
bishops are quite passive and there is no clear way to develop the queen and
connect the rooks.} 19. Nc6 $2 {This lets the advantage slip away completely.}
(19. Ba5 $16) (19. Rb1 $16) 19... Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nd5 $132 {Suddenly, Black has
no problems of coordination at all, mainly because he has got rid of one of
the pieces competing for the d5-square.} 21. Qd3 $6 (21. Bd2 Bf6) (21. Bb2 Rb8)
(21. Ba5 $5) 21... Rb8 22. Qc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Qc4 Bg7 26. d5
$6 {But this is too much already. After opening the central files, Black will
be able to take advantage of the fact that the white king is more expsoed 
(f2-f3).} (26. Re2 {would have maintained equality, since Black does not have
enough space to put up sufficient pressure on d4.}) 26... exd5 27. Qxd5 Qf6 $15
28. Ba4 Rb2 29. Bb3 Qh4 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. f4 $5 {Rather than defending passively,
Karjakin gives up a pawn and provokes some major piece exchanges.} Qxf4 32. Rf1
Rf2 33. Qc4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 h5 36. g3 Be5 37. Re1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rb8
39. a4 f6 40. Rd1 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Kg2 {Of course, White's position is not
funny at all, but he is helped by the fact that there is no easy way to
activate the black rook.} a6 $1 {Except this one.} (42... Kg5 $6 43. Rh7 $1 {
/\h4 brings the game close to a draw.}) 43. Bxa6 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rc2 45. Bf1 Rxc5
46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bb5 c5 49. Kf3 Kg5 (49... Bd4 $5) 50. Rd5 Ra3+ 51.
Ke2 h4 52. Rxc5 hxg3 53. hxg3 Kg4 54. a5 $1 Kxg3 55. a6 Ra5 56. Rd5 g5 57. Bc4
Ra4 ({If} 57... Rxd5 58. Bxd5 {, Black does not have the time to stop the
a-pawn and set his own pawn in motion at the same time:} Bb8 59. Be6 $1 $11)
58. Bb5 Ra5 59. Bc4 Ra4 60. Bb5 Ra2+ 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Bc4 f5 {Things remain
dangerous for White, but the next move is a surprising blunder.} 63. Rd5 $4 {
We have practically the same position as in the previous line, but the f-pawn
has advanced already!} Rxd5 64. Bxd5 Bb8 $19 65. Be6 f4 66. Kd3 $5 {The last
hope.} (66. Bd5 g4 67. Kf1 f3 68. Bb7 Kf4 69. Bc6 g3 $19) 66... g4 67. Ke4 f3
68. Kf5 Ba7 $2 {Careless.} (68... Kh3 $2 69. Kg5 $11) (68... Kh4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4g3]} 69. Bd5 (69. a7 Bxa7 70. Kf4 Bb8+ 71. Ke3 Kg3 72. Bd7 f2 73. Bb5 Kg2
$19) 69... Kh3 $19) 69. Kg5 $11 f2 70. Bc4 Kf3 71. Bd5+ Ke3 72. Bg2 g3 73. Kg4
Bb8 74. a7 Bxa7 75. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 $5 {
A relatively rare continuation, aiming to get some Catalan type move against
the enemy queenside.} (7. Bd3 {and}) (7. Bg5 {are more in the spirit of the 1.
e4 lines, but also heavily analysed.}) 7... b6 {Black reacts in the spirit of
the Queen's Indian Defence preparing to neutralise the pressure along the long
diagonal.} (7... c5 {allows White to prove the rightness of his general idea:}
8. Bg2 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bd4 $16 {
Gofshtein,L (2519)-Finkel,A (2485) Tel Aviv 2002 CBM 093 [Gofshtein,L] (1-0,
22)}) 8. Bb5+ $5 {Switching to different play. Both bishops will now develop
on other diagonals than initially intended.} (8. Ne5 {Bezgodov,A (2576)
-Polovodin,I (2434) St Petersburg 2000 CBM 076 [Finkel,A] (1/2-1/2, 20)}) (8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O {leads to peaceful play.} Bd6 ({More active than} 9... Be7 10.
c4 O-O {Shirov,A (2725)-Anand,V (2782) Mainz 2004 CBM 103 [Finkel,A] (1/2-1/2,
41)}) 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 h6 12. c4 Qe7 {Harikrishna,P (2698)-Giri,A (2720)
Wijk aan Zee 2013 CBM 153 (1-0, 59) [Sumets,A], This is the point: Black can
develop his queen comfortably,}) 8... Bd7 9. a4 (9. Bxd7+ {simplifies Black's
play.} Nxd7 ({Probably more accurate than} 9... Qxd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12.
Bg5 c4 13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. Rfe1 $36 {Vallejo Pons,F (2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2753)
Havana 2014 CBM 161 (1/2-1/2, 28) [RR]}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc8 {The start of
a long queen manoeuvre,} 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bc1 Qb7 16.
Rd3 Rad8 17. Red1 Qa6 18. a3 Qb5 19. b3 Qh5 {Finaly the queen has reached an
active position.} 20. Bb2 b5 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb8 {Bruzon Batista,L (2664)
-Meier,G (2646) Tromsoe 2014 (½-½, 32), with enough counterplay.}) ({Meier
had successfully defended Black's point of view after} 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6
11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 {Vachier Lagrave,
M (2718)-Meier,G (2653) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 (½-½, 67), but the ending
surely offers White chances due to his space advantage and two bishops. Black
mainly relies on the absence of weaknesses and stablity on the light squares.})
9... a6 10. Be2 Bc6 {It is not entirely clear whether the insertion of the
pawn moves favours White. The a6-pawn is hanging in some lines, but Black
might get the b4-square for his minor pieces.} 11. O-O Be7 $146 {A new way of
developing the bishop, not only for this concrete line, but also for it
without the insertion of the pawn moves!} ({Possibly, Meier was not satisfied
with his position against Vachier so he did not wish to give away the bishop
pair again.} 11... Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a5 {This is
a moment when in principle the pawn moves favour White. But in the game below
it was not enough to prove anything concrete.} b5 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Rfd1 (17.
c4 {looks tempting but Black can use the b5-square for building up a reliable
fortress.} bxc4 18. Bxc4 Kb7 19. Rfc1 Bb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. a6+ Kb6 22. Ba5+
Ka7 23. Rc5 (23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. Bd6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Kxa6 $11) (23. Rc6 Rd7) (23.
Be1 g5 24. f3 Rc8 25. Bf2+ Ka8) 23... Rc8 24. Rxb5 Rb8 25. Rc5 (25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Ra2 Rb3 27. Kf1 c5 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 28. Be1 Rb6 $11) 25... Rhc8 26. Ra2 c6 {
and Black does not seem in danger.}) 17... Rd7 18. f3 Rhd8 19. Kf2 Ne7 20. Bg5
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Ng6 23. f4 h6 24. Bh4 Nxh4 25. gxh4 f5 {Quite a
brave decision. Black starts placing all his pawns on light squares, as there
will be no way for the white king to break through.} 26. Ke3 Be8 27. Kd4 c6 $1
({The key move as otherwise Black will be gradually pushed against the wall.} 
27... h5 $2 28. Kc5 g6 29. Bf3 Kb8 30. Bc6 Bf7 31. c4 bxc4 32. Kxc4 Ka7 33. Kc5
Kb8 34. b4 Ka7 35. b5 axb5 36. Kxb5 Kb8 37. a6 Ka7 38. Bd7 Kb8 39. Kc6 $18) 28.
Kc5 Kc7 29. Bf3 h5 30. c4 g6 31. b4 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2694)-Pelletier,Y 
(2590) Biel 2011}) 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. c4 {Somehow this does not fit so well
optically with a2-a4, but there doesn't seem to be anything better.} (13. a5 b5
{offers Black stability on the light squares.}) 13... Nd7 {Immediately
starting to undermine White's outpost.} ({Delaying this action is at least
risky:} 13... O-O $6 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Bc6 Bd6 16. Qf3 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 $16) 14. Bf3
{The only way to keep some pressure.} (14. Nf3 c5 $11) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5
16. dxe5 O-O 17. Rd1 Qe8 {Keeping the c6-square defended. In principle this is
the kind of position where Black should draw with accurate play, which
actually is the main aim of most of these 3...dxe4 lines. But when the
position is just slightly unpleasant for a very long time, there is a risk of
going wrong. Just once is enough, as later happened in the game.} (17... Qc8
18. Qc6 Rd8 19. Be3 $14 {offers White some pressure.}) 18. Be3 (18. Qb7 Rd8 19.
Rxd8 (19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxa4 $11) 19... Qxd8 20. Be3 a5 $11) 18... Bb4 {
Probably the best. Black prepares to complete his development with ...Qe7.} (
18... Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. a5 $14) (18... a5 19. Qb7 Rc8 (19... Qc8 20. Qc6
$14) 20. c5 $14) 19. h4 h6 (19... Qe7 20. Qc6 Rad8 21. Bg5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc5
23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd8 f6 $1 (24... c6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Rb8 27. b4 Be7 28.
Rd7 Kf8 29. c5 $16) 25. exf6 (25. Bxc7 fxe5 26. Rd2 Bd4 {looks holdable for
Black.}) 25... Rf7 26. Be7 Bxe7 27. fxe7 Rxe7 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Kg2 Re8 {
Black cannot tolerate the enemy rook in his territory but over the board it is
not easy going to such a pawn ending. In fact, it may be just lost:} 30. Rxe8
Kxe8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Ke4 h5 (32... Kd6 33. h5 Kd7 34. Ke5 a5 35. f3 Ke7 36. g4
c6 37. f4 c5 38. b3 Kd7 (38... h6 39. g5 $18) 39. h6 $18) 33. Ke5 a5 34. f3 c6
35. Ke4 (35. g4 g5 $1) 35... Kd6 36. g4 Kc5 37. Ke5 Kxc4 38. gxh5 c5 39. Kxe6
Kb3 40. Kf7 c4 41. Kxg7 Kxb2 42. h6 c3 43. h7 c2 44. h8=Q c1=Q 45. Qd8 {
with every chance to win.}) 20. Rd4 Bc5 {Simplifying looks tempting, but it
weakens Black's stability on the dark squares.} (20... Qe7 $5 21. Rg4 $6 Kh8
$11) 21. Rg4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kh8 23. c5 {Finally White has got something more
concrete. Black will face permanent queenside troubles, even though not big
ones for the moment.} Qc6 ({Actually it is hard to say why Meier rejected} 
23... b5 $5 {keeping his structural integrity.}) 24. cxb6 Qxb6 $6 {Again a
curious decision.} ({After the normal} 24... cxb6 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rd4 Rac8 {
Black gets the control of one of the open files and even though his pawns are
still vulnerable he should count on reaching a draw.}) 25. Qc3 Rfd8 {Black
keeps playing passively.} (25... c5 {would have soon provoked a moment of
crisis but not solved Black's problems.} 26. Rc4 Rab8 27. Rb1 Rfc8 28. b4 Qc7 {
The mutual pin has complex implications but in principle White has more
possibilities of regrouping.} 29. Kh2 (29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 Rb7
32. Qa5 Rbc7 33. Qxa6 Rxc5 $11 {with a probable draw.}) 29... cxb4 ({Better
than the passive} 29... Kg8 30. a5 Qc6 31. Qc2 Rb5 32. Rc1 $16 {winning the
pawn soon.}) 30. Rbxb4 Qd8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. a5 $14 {with
unpleasant domination.}) 26. Rc4 Rd7 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. b4 $14 {White has
stabilised the position which has turned one-sided.} Kg8 (28... h5 $6 29. Qf3
g6 30. g4 $40) (28... Qb7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Rxb4 32. Rxf7
$16) 29. h5 Qb7 30. Kh2 Qd5 31. Qe3 Qd2 {There was no need to go to the ending.
} (31... Rbd8 {looks better, when White will not find it easy to exchange
queens, for instance} 32. Qe4 $6 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rd4 $11) 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. Rf4
Rb7 34. Kg2 Rd5 35. Rc6 ({White has no time to defend the e5-pawn as this
would allow the black king to approach} 35. Re4 Kf8 36. Rc6 Ra7 37. f4 Ke7 $11)
35... Rxe5 {Black grabs material, which should be good enough.} ({But} 35...
Ra7 {also looks entirely satisfactory.} 36. Rfc4 Rxe5 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7
Re4 39. Rb7 a5 40. Kf3 f5 41. bxa5 Rxa4 42. Ra7 e5 43. a6 Ra2 44. Ke3 Kh7 $11 {
with a probable draw.}) 36. Rxa6 Rxh5 37. b5 $44 {White has obvious
compensation for the pawn. His queenside majority is threatening and his rooks
are better coordinated. Black's pawn chain is not too mobile for the time
being.} g6 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Re8 {[%cal Ge8e7]} c6 $1 {A well-timed move.} (
39... Rf5 40. Rc4 $18 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 40. bxc6 Rc7 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. Ra8 Ke7 43.
a5 Kd6 44. Rd8+ Ke7 45. Ra8 Kd6 46. Ra4 Kxc6 47. a6 {The a-pawn is quite
threatening even though the enemy king is close.} Kb6 48. Rb4+ Kc6 49. a7 Ra5
50. Rc4+ Kb7 51. Rxc7+ Kxa8 52. Rxf7 $14 {Play has calmed down and Black's
position remains unpleasant.} h5 (52... Rxa7 $2 {loses:} 53. Rxa7+ Kxa7 54. Kf3
Kb6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Ke5 Kd7 57. Kf6 g5 58. Kg6 $18) 53. Rh7 ({Another attempt
is} 53. Kh3 g5 54. Rh7 h4 $1 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Kxh4 {The position remains
relatively dangerous, but Black draws with some accuracy.} Rf5 57. Kg3 Rg5+ 58.
Kf3 Rf5+ 59. Ke3 Re5+ 60. Kf4 Rf5+ 61. Ke3 Re5+ 62. Kf3 Rf5+ 63. Ke2 Re5+ 64.
Kf1 Ra5 $1 ({The automatic} 64... Rf5 $4 {keeping the defensive "system" is
wrong:} 65. Re7 $18 Re5 66. f3 $1 $18 {and the king starts approaching. One
important problem is that Black does not have reserve tempi with his king,
creating the danger of zugzwang.}) 65. Ke2 Rxa7 $11) 53... Rxa7 $1 {The extra
tempo ...h5 saves Black in the pawn ending.} 54. Rh8+ (54. Rxa7+ $6 Kxa7 55.
Kf3 g5 56. Ke4 Kb7 57. f4 {The only move which does not lose!} g4 58. f5 exf5+
59. Kxf5 h4 60. Kxg4 hxg3 61. Kxg3 {:)}) 54... Kb7 55. Rh6 Kc6 ({A simpler way
to a draw was} 55... g5 56. Rxh5 g4 57. Re5 Kc6 58. Rxe6+ Kd5 59. Rg6 Ra4 $11)
56. Rxg6 Kd6 57. Kh3 Ra1 58. Rh6 Ke7 59. Rxh5 {The endgame is a theoretical
draw, but Black needs to defend during another long sequence. Eventually
Meier's nerves will crack.} Kf6 60. Rh6+ Kf7 61. Kh4 Re1 62. Kg4 Kg7 63. Rh5
Kg6 64. f4 Rg1 65. Re5 Kf6 66. Kf3 Rf1+ 67. Kg2 Ra1 68. g4 Ra3 69. Kf2 Ra1 70.
Re3 Rb1 71. Kf3 Rb5 72. Kg3 Ra5 73. Rb3 Ra1 74. g5+ Kf5 75. Rb5+ Kg6 76. Re5
Kf7 77. Re3 Ra4 78. Kf3 Rb4 79. Ra3 Rc4 $2 {Just one real mistake in the whole
game. But it is just enough.} (79... Rb1 $11) (79... Kg6 80. Ra6 Kf5 $11) 80.
Ra7+ Kf8 ({Or if} 80... Kg6 81. Re7 Rc6 82. Kg4 Rb6 83. Rxe6+ $1 Rxe6 84. f5+
Kf7 85. fxe6+ Kxe6 86. Kh5 $18) 81. g6 Rc1 82. Kg4 Rg1+ 83. Kh5 Kg8 84. Kh6
Rh1+ 85. Kg5 Rf1 86. Re7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{It sometimes happens that I try examining the initial position with a
beginner's eyes, after locking up all the experience and knowledge accumulated
over the years in a drawer in the back in my mind. "It is absolutely
symmetrical" is one of the first things I remark, generating the natural
question: "Would it be just dead equal?" But then the drawer opens little by
little and I remember that keeping the symmetry for more than 2-3 moves is
almost impossible for Black if White does not cooperate a bit. And then I
think of so many symmetrical variations which are not drawish at all, not in
practical games, at least. I would gladly skip the next step, when I remember
that in almost all the games when I chose a symmetrical variation with White I
fatally ended up struggling despite my initial extra tempo, or as if White
actually was in zugzwang. This game ended in a draw and it must be more than a
coincidence that the perfect symmetry lasted for quite long. However, White
missed a promising continuation at the critical moment.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nc6 $5 {Over the past few years, Jobava has played this rare variation
mainly in rapid and blitz games. Recently, he has used it in two games at the
classical time rate, too.} 4. Nf3 {Dominguez seemed nevertheless surprised by
his opponent's choice, since he invested nearly a quarter of an hour on this
move. It is worth mentioning that most of Jobava's previous games with this
line led to hair-rising complications, but against a technical player like
Leinier the fight will run very smoothly.} ({Since ...c7-c5 is not a threat
anymore,} 4. e5 {is quite logical.} Nge7 5. Nf3 Nf5 6. h4 {To me, this looks
like the most troublesome variation from all those Jobava has faced so far.} (
6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Re1 f6 $1 {offers Black easy play. The
trick is that} 10. g4 {allows} Nfxd4 $1 11. Nxd4 fxe5 $44 {With a compact pawn
mass and white weaknesses along the f-file and the whole kingside.} 12. Nxc6 $6
{This only activates the black bishop. The knight should have retreated to b3.}
Bxc6 13. Bf3 Bc5 14. Be3 Rxf3 $1 15. Qxf3 d4 16. Qg3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 $17 {
Hovhannisyan,R (2597)-Jobava,B (2705) Al Ain 2013 (0-1, 20)}) 6... h5 7. Bg5
Be7 8. Qd2 b6 (8... f6 9. Bf4 {[%csl Ge8]}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g3 Qd7 11. Bh3 g6
{Black must have underestimated his strategic problems after the exchange on
f5.} (11... Nh6 12. Ne2 $14) (11... Bxg5 $5 12. hxg5 Nfe7 {[%cal Ge8c8] looks
safer.}) 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Na5 16. b3 Kb7 17. Bf6
Bxf6 18. exf6 {This pawn is not so easy to get.} Rdf8 19. Ne5 Qd8 20. Qe3 Kc8
$2 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd8f6] Saric,I (2637)-Jobava,B (2710) Wijk aan Zee 2014 (1/
2-1/2, 50)} 21. c4 $1 $40 dxc4 22. b4 Nb7 23. Qa3 $18) 4... Nf6 5. exd5 {
Without special preparation, this is the most natural reaction to Black's
knight's pressure in the centre.} (5. Bg5 {does not seem to be too troubling.}
Be7 6. Bxf6 (6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 {(0-1, 37) Leko,P (2725)-Morozevich,A 
(2748) Frankfurt 2000 CBM 078 [Finkel,A]}) 6... Bxf6 7. e5 Be7 8. Bb5 Bd7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 {A perfect French, is it not?} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Qd2 Nc6 14. Qf4 f6 15. Qh4 h6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 $15 {Bologan,V (2681)
-Jobava,B (2711) Beijing (blitz) 2012 (0-1, 30)}) (5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Bg5 dxe4 ({
Deviating from his earlier game:} 6... Ne7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. O-O c6 9. Ne2 Ng6
10. c4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Be7 {This is some sort of typical French Hedgehog if I am
allowed to call it so. Black has two bishops and chances for counterplay in
the long run. The next move is not too threatening.} 12. d5 {Fressinet,L (2700)
-Jobava,B (2711) Beijing (blitz) 2012 (1-0, 31)} f5 $5 13. Bc2 O-O $5) 7. Bxe4
Ne7 8. Bd3 Ned5 9. O-O $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. Rb3 Bxd4
14. Bc4 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bg3 $44 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6,Ge7]}) 14... Bb6 15. Rd3 Qe7
{White's compensation for two pawns is not that obvious, Caruana,F (2791)
-Jobava,B (2713) Dubai (rapid) 2014 (1-0, 26)}) (5. e5 Ne4 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxe4
dxe4 8. Ng5 Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+
Bxf6 $11 {Kamsky,G (2762)-Jobava,B (2711) Beijing (blitz) 2012 (1/2-1/2, 41)})
5... exd5 {This is the first moment of perfect symmetry. It bears some
similarity with the Petroff Defence structure. The main question in such cases
is for how long can Black maintain this situation and whether it is really
safe to imitate White's moves endlessly.} 6. Bb5 (6. Bd3 {is inoffensive.} Bg4
7. Be3 Bh5 8. Ne2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qd7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qc2 g6 $11 {Frolyanov,D 
(2563)-Jobava,B (2702) Moscow (rapid) 2013 (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 6... Bb4 {Black
needs to create the same kind of queenside threat as White.} ({In a famous old
game, the last from the 1971 Candidates' Final, Black got himself only
troubles with the passive:} 6... Bg4 $6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Be7 9. Bg5 a6 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gc7] Fischer,R (2760)
-Petrosian,T (2640) Buenos Aires 1971 (1-0, 46)}) 7. O-O {Leinier castled
after 25 minutes of thought.} ({He might have been tempted to break the
symmetry with} 7. Ne5 {, when White's extra move would allow him to deliver
the first check if Black kept playing the corresponding moves. He might have
concluded, though, that Black would get enough compensation for the pawn after}
O-O 8. O-O (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Ba6 10. Bxa8 Qe7+ 11. Be3 Rxa8 $36) 8... Nxe5
9. dxe5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 $11 {Miles,A (2560)-Darga,K (2470) Germany 1985 (1/
2-1/2, 32)}) 7... O-O 8. Bxc6 (8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 {allowed Black to
double White's pawns while keeping his own structural integrity. White's
initiative in the next phase will be temporary, leading to a better ending for
Black.} 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Re1 b6 14. Qf3 f6 15. Nd3
Ba6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Re6 Qd7 18. h4 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 $15 {Leko,P (2732)
-Jobava,B (2711) Beijing (blitz) 2012 (1-0, 71)}) 8... bxc6 9. Ne5 Bxc3 {
The first debatable moment.} (9... c5 $5 {looks like a better chance not only
for equality, but also for adequate counterplay. This has been played in a few
games, most of them between lower rated players, the most significant being:}
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 {Jeitz,C (2235)-Stupak,K (2502) Plovdiv 2010 (0-1, 21)}
Be6 $5 $11 {The position is typical for... the Scotch Defence!}) 10. bxc3 Ne4
$6 {Five more moves have passed and White has not managed to rid himself of
the increasingly irritating symmetry. But maybe this was a good time for Black
to step away from it!} (10... Ba6 $5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nxc6 (12. f3 Re6 $11 {
[%cal Gf6d7]} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6 {[%cal Gf6d7]} 15. Bg3 Rae8 16. Qd2 Qa3
$11) (12. Qf3 h6 13. Ba3 Re6) 12... Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 14. Ne5 Qa4 15. f3 Re8
16. Qf2 Nd7 $44) 11. f3 {Not even this forcing move was able to stop Black
from his policy of imitation.} f6 $5 $146 (11... Nxc3 {would be equivalent
with releasing the tension, allowing White to take over the initiative.} 12.
Qd3 Na4 13. Qa3 Nb6 14. Nxc6 Qd6 (14... Qe8 15. Qc5 {leaves White with a
dominating position.}) 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Bf4 {Kosintseva,N (2493)-Zhukova,N 
(2457) Ningbo 2009 (1-0, 46). Black loses one of the doubled pawns, although
the opposite-coloured bishops allow him to hope for a draw.}) 12. Ba3 $1 {
Finally a move that cannot be imitated!} (12. fxe4 fxe5 {would be dead equal.})
12... Nd6 (12... Ba6 $2 {loses material since after} 13. fxe4 {the f6-pawn is
pinned. For instance:} Bxf1 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Qxf1) 13. Nxc6 {
White wins a pawn, but Black probably relied on the same applying as on 11...
Nxc3 examined above. The knight gets on to an unfavourable path and Black gets
some time for developing, with satisfactory compensation.} Qd7 ({With
hindsight, it is easy to recommend} 13... Qe8 $5 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nb4 Be6 16.
Re1 Qc8 {followed by ...Re8, ...Qc7, ...Bf7, etc. White's extra pawn is not
very safe and does not have much meaning yet. And the bishop surely stands
better on f7 than on b7.}) 14. Bxd6 cxd6 $5 {David Bronstein wrote that he
enjoyed playing with doubled pawns because this meant having more open files
for his rooks! By opening the c-file Jobava more or less ensures retrieving
the c3-pawn.} 15. Nb4 Bb7 {Believe it or not, this "bad bishop" will end up
dominating a white rook!} 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfe1 (17. Nd3 $1 {would have caused
Black problems retrieving the pawn. If} Qc7 18. Rae1 Qxc3 $2 19. Re8+ Kf7 20.
Qe3 $3 {Not an easy move to find in advance, I admit.} Rxe8 21. Ne5+ {[%cal
Ge3c3]}) 17... Qc7 18. Rab1 {A subtle move, developing the last piece with no
obvious beneffit so far.} (18. Re3 {doesn't save the pawn due to} a5 19. Nd3
Qxc3) 18... Qxc3 19. Re8+ $6 {This spectacular move does not win material
because the a8-rook is defended. In the ensuing endgame Black will have little
trouble maintaining equality.} ({The critical continuation was the simple} 19.
Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Re7 a5 ({Suddenly, the rook's presence on b1 makes itself felt
by preventing} 20... Rb8 $2 {due to} 21. Nxd5 {or 21.Na6.}) 21. Rxb7 axb4 22.
R1xb4 {And now the rook becomes active along the b-file. White threatens the
unpleasant rook doubling along the c-file, for instance} Rxc2 23. Rd7 h5 24.
Rbb7 g5 25. a4 {Pawns are equal, but Black's position is at least unpleasant.})
19... Kf7 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Rb3 Rc4 23. c3 a5 24. Nc2 Bc6 25. Ra3
{[#]} a4 $1 {The simplest. With his rook caged on a3, White cannot win even if
he wins the exchange.} ({But Black could also defend with} 25... Ra4 26. Rxa4
Bxa4 27. Ne3 Ke6 {when White would have no way to break open the fortress.})
26. Nb4 (26. Ne3 {is similar to the game after, say,} g5) 26... Be8 ({Actually,
Black would be out of danger even after} 26... g5 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxa4 Rxc3)
27. Nxd5 Ke6 28. Nf4+ ({Or else} 28. Nb6 d5) 28... Kd7 29. Nd5 Kc6 $1 {The
king hurries forward in order to consolidate the fortress on the light squares.
} 30. Ne3 Kb5 31. Nxc4 Kxc4 {The rest of the game was played by pure inertia.}
32. Kf2 d5 33. Ke3 Bd7 34. h4 g6 35. Kd2 h6 36. Ke3 Be8 37. g3 Bd7 38. Ke2 Be8
39. Kd2 Bc6 40. Ke3 Bd7 41. f4 f5 42. Kd2 h5 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 $5 ({More natural looks} 8. Bh4) 8... Nd5 9. Bd3 $5 ({Very provocative.
White allows the dark squares in his camp to be weakened for the sake of rapid
development. The main alternatives are} 9. Qd2) ({and} 9. Bd2) 9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3
Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Bb6 {White's extra-pawn has no real significance. In
fact, both central pawns are weak. It is hard to understand what Leko was
counting on when heading for this position. Could he have been tempted by the
fact that Fritz prefers White?!} 19. Rhf1 Rhf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22.
Rd1 Bc7 23. Ke3 g6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Kf4 c5 27. h3 Bc7 28. h4 f6 29.
c4 Bxe5+ 30. Nxe5 g5+ {The position is dead drawn, but with his last move
Black makes it clear that, if anything, only he can be better.} 31. Ke3 Kxe5
32. h5 a6 33. b3 Kd6 34. Kd3 b6 35. a3 Kc6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Ke3 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 ({For a few years Jobava has frequently played
another original (or rather less investigated) line,} 3... Nc6 {- Giri,A (2776)
-Jobava,B (2699) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Marin,M] (1-0, 25)   I have
noticed a gradual implementing of this system in his repertoire: he first
tried it in rapid and blitz games, then used it in classical tournaments, too.}
) 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {This is hardly a rare or unusual variation, but Jobava will
turn it into such a few moves later.} 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O (7. Qe2 {
Svidler,P (2734)-Jobava,B (2699) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Pavlovic,M] 
(1-0, 66)}) ({Shortly after the Europeans, Jobava faced two other
continuations during the Eurasian blitz cup in Almaty, where he came in third:
} 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 ({The approved continuation is} 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c5 {
for instance} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bd6 {Short,N 
(2698)-Nguyen,N (2639) Istanbul 2012 (1/2-1/2, 31), with normal play for Black.
}) 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c5 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. g4 $16 {0-1 (64) Mamedov,R (2655)-Jobava,B (2669) Almaty 2016}) (
7. Neg5 Qe7 $5 {A daring pawn sacrifice which eventually turned out well in a
blitz game.} (7... Ngf6) (7... h6) 8. Nxh7 O-O-O 9. Nxf8 Nxf8 10. Qe2 f6 11.
Bd2 g5 {Grischuk,A (2747)-Jobava,B (2669) Almaty 2016 (1/2-1/2, 39); Black's
compensation does not look too threatening but the game ended in a draw.}) 7...
Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 $5 {As usual, Baadur tries taking the game out of the known
paths as soon as possible. There is not much theory yet after the last move.} (
{The main continuations are:} 8... Be7 {Adams,M (2723)-Kortschnoj,V (2632)
Enghien les Bains 2003 CBM 096 [Finkel,A] (1-0, 30)}) ({and} 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3
c6 {- Bluvshtein,M (2462)-Rozentalis,E (2619) Montreal 2004 CBM 103 [Finkel,A]
(0-1, 33)}) 9. c4 (9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 {looks like a critical continuation,
preventing Black from castling.} Bf8 11. Bb2 (11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. c4 Kg7 13. Qe2
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf3
Rad8 20. Qb2 Rd7 $11 {Nikitenko,M (2377)-Kabanov,N (2489) Kazan 2015 (1/2-1/2,
41), looks like a comfy Caro-Kann.}) 11... Bg7 12. c4 {Of course, White is not
interested in a move repetition at this early stage. The bishops' moving
around has resulted in the gain of one tempo but the white bishop is not
supposed to be so well placed on b2. The opposition along the long diagonal
may favour Black for two reasons. First of all, the g7-bishop will be defended
by the king (while its rival may be hanging at several moments). Secondly,
there may come a pin along the diagonal. This abstract situation is similar to
that in the fianchetto Queen's Indian.} O-O 13. Qe2 b6 (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
15. Rfe1 Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bc1 e5 20. Bg5 Re8 21. d5
$16 {1-0 (45) Navara,D (2735)-Kunin,V (2595) Gjakova 2016}) 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. f4 Re8 17. h4 c5 18. h5 Qc7 {Navara,D (2727)-Jakubiec,A (2528)
Czechia 2015 (½-½, 51), with reasonable play for Black.}) 9... Bg7 10. d5 $5
{A double-edged gambit.} ({One year earlier Jobava met} 10. b4 {with the
original} Nb6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb6a4]} 11. Be3 (11. Bb2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 $140 Na4
13. Ba3 Qxd4) 11... Ng4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. b5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 15. Be2 e5 16. dxe5
Qh4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f4 19. Qe4 Rae8 $36 {Belyakov,B (2482)-Jobava,B (2699)
Sochi 2015 (0-1, 28)}) 10... exd5 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. b3 $146 {Jobava has already
had some experience in this line:} (12. cxd5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2706)-Jobava,B 
(2717) Tashkent 2014 CBM 163 [Gormally,D] (0-1, 33)}) ({In the comments to the
game above Gormally also examines} 12. Nd4 {Karjakin,S (2772)-Jobava,B (2706)
Loo 2014 (1/2-1/2, 69)}) 12... Kg8 13. Ba3 Nb6 {Clearing some space for the
queen.} (13... dxc4 14. Be7 Qc8 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nxc4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18.
bxc4 h5 19. Qf3 $36 {offers White a strong initiative in an open position.
Black's extra (double) pawn does not matter much.}) 14. Be7 {The most active
continuation.} (14. Ne5 Be8) ({and} 14. c5 Nbd7 15. b4 a6 {don't seem to
bother Black.}) 14... Qd7 15. Bxf6 $6 {This not only leaves Black with a
strong dark-squared bishop, but also helps him with clearing the g7-square for
the king.} (15. Ne5 $5 {leads to interesting complications.} Qxe7 16. Nxc6 {
The position is hard to exhaust analytically but I will investigate only what
I consider the most natural answer.} Qd6 ({On first thoughts, the engines also
give other moves as entirely viable:} 16... Qc5) (16... Qd7) 17. Ne7+ Kf8 18.
c5 {Gaining a tempo for the rook's activation.} Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Ngf5 $1
gxf5 (20... Qd8 {does not spare Black problems:} 21. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2b4]} a5 22.
Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Nf5+ gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Re3 Qd6 27. Rg3+ Ng4 28.
Qxd6 cxd6 29. Bxf5 h5 30. h3 $14) 21. Nxf5 Qd8 ({Black fails to control b4 for
a long time after} 21... Qf4 22. g3 Qg4 23. Qd2 Ne8 24. h3 $1 Qxh3 25. Qb4+ Kg8
26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxd5+ Kg8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Bb5 $40 {[%cal Gb5e8]}) 22. Qd2 {
[%cal Gd2b4,Gd2g5,Gf5g7]} Ne8 (22... a5 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8
26. Re3 $18) 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qb4+ c5 (24... Kg8 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Rxc7 $40)
25. Qxc5+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxd5+ Kg8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 {White plays with a draw
in his pocket. He could try} 29. Re1 {when Black would be walk on a tightrope}
Nd7 $8 30. Qd6 Ne5 $8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 {and maybe White should take a draw already
as after} 32. Nxe5 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Bc4 Re8 {his compensation should not
reach for more than a draw anyway.}) ({White's last move was obviously aimed
at preparing c4-c5, since} 15. c5 {is met with} Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxe7 17. Nd6 {
[%csl Gc5]} Qf6 $17) 15... Bxf6 16. c5 Nc8 17. Ne5 Qd8 $1 (17... Bxe5 $6 {
weakens the king's defence offering White a strong initiative:} 18. Rxe5 Kg7
19. Bf5 $1 Qd8 (19... gxf5 20. Qd4 $18 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gg3h5]}) 20. Qd4 f6 21. Re3
$36 {[%cal Ga1e1,Gf5e6]}) 18. Qg4 Bg7 (18... h5 $5 19. Qf4 Kg7 {looks simpler.}
) 19. h4 h5 20. Qh3 $6 {too passive.} (20. Qf4 Qf6 $1) (20. Qd4 $5 {still
offers compensation since Black is underdeveloped yet. But in principle it is
far from obvious how to fight for the initiative with White.}) 20... Ne7 21.
Re3 Bxe5 (21... d4 $36) 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Qh2 {Poor white queen!} Nc6 24. Rg5 (
24. Rxd5 Nb4 25. Rd4 Qf6 26. Rxd7 Qxa1+ 27. Bf1 Re8 $17) 24... Qf6 $17 {
Black is simply a pawn up and has managed to regroup his minor pieces with
gain of time.} 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nf1 Qd4 28. Be2 Nd8 29. Qxc7 Ne6
30. Qe5 Qxh4 31. Rg3 Bc6 {An even more harmonious regrouping.} 32. Bd3 Qf4 33.
Qb2 {The queen does not have a fortunate fate in this game.} ({But the
aggressive} 33. Rxg6+ {doesn't help much either.} fxg6 34. Qxe6+ Qf7 $17) 33...
h4 34. Rf3 Qg5 35. Qb1 Nxc5 $19 {With two pawns down and a passive position
White decided to call it a day.} (35... d4 $19) (35... Nf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:00] In the past this was
famously used by Petrosian in the last game of his Candidates' final with
Fischer, which turned to be the fourth defeat of the former World Champion and
sealed Fischer's advance to the match with Spassky. Nowadays, it has clearly
become "the Jobava Variation".} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} ({I have given an
overview of Jobava's ideas in my comments to Dominguez Perez,L (2760)-Jobava,B
(2713) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 43), continuing with} 4. Nf3)
4... Bd7 $5 {[%emt 0:02:45] A rare move.} ({Previously, Jobava had tried} 4...
Nge7 5. Nf3 Nf5 {, as examined in the notes to the aforementioned game.}) 5.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} a6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:38] And this is almost a novelty,
having been played only once before. Black prepares ...f7-f6 by preventing
Bf1-b5.} ({Two rounds earlier, Jobava tried} 5... Nge7 6. Ne2 Nf5 7. Ng3 Nh4 8.
c3 g6 9. Bf4 f6 (9... f5 $5) 10. Nxh4 (10. Nh5 $1 $14 gxh5 $2 11. Nxh4 $18 {
[%cal Gd1h5]}) 10... fxe5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. dxe5 Qh4 13. Ne2 O-O-O {Karjakin,S
(2753)-Jobava,B (2699) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (1/2-1/2, 32)}) (5... f6 {is a bit
premature due to} 6. Bb5 {when Black would not be able to threaten ...fxe5 for
a long time.} a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. h4 Qd7 9. h5 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Qd2 h6 12.
a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. b3 Ne7 15. a4 Kb8 16. Bc1 $1 {The start of an elegant
double regrouping of the minor pieces in accordance with the strategic demands
of the psotiion.} Rdg8 17. Ng1 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Bd2 h5 21.
O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rc6,Gf4,Rh5] Karjakin,S (2772)-Andreikin,D (2716) Tromsoe
2013 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 6. a3 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:01:57] White answers with a
similar method. His main idea is preparing Bd3 followed by Ne2 without fearing
...Nb4.} (6. Ne2 {as tried in Stock,A-Bednarski,J (2360) St Ingbert 1989 (0-1,
66) is too passive, allowing} f6 {under favourable circumstances.}) (6. Be2
Nge7 {leaves White with problems re-locating his c3-knight.}) (6. Bd3 Nb4 7.
Be2 c5 $132) 6... f6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} fxe5 $6 {[%emt 0:
04:21]} ({With hindsight, Black should probably have maintained the tension
with, say} 7... Qe7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. Qd2 Qf7) 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} ({
Of course,} 8. Nxe5 $6 {would clear space for Black's pieces:} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qh4
10. O-O Nh6 $11) 8... Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nge7 $6 {
[%emt 0:03:57] Quite dangerous.} ({True, Black's position would also be on the
edge after} 9... Qe7 10. b4 Ba7 (10... Bb6 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bg5 Qf8 13. Be3 $14)
11. Rb1 Nh6 12. b5 (12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. b5 Nd4 14. bxa6 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 bxa6 {
[%csl Ga7] is not entirely clear.}) 12... Nd4 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxh6 Bxc3 (15... gxh6 16. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4f6]} dxe4 17. Bxe4 {[%csl Ga8,Gd4]}
Rd8 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Qe3 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 {[%cal Ge4c6]} O-O 21. Qxh6 $14) 16. Rb3
Bd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. e4 d4 20. Qf3 Qxe5 21. Qf7+ Kd8 {The king is
facing some dangers, but being a pawn up Black is alive and kicking, too.}) 10.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:17:26] Slightly too slow.} (10. Ng5 $1 g6 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxh7 Rf8
12. Nge4 $36 dxe4 $6 13. Qh5+ $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]}) 11. Qf3 Rf8 12. Qg3 $16)
10... O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:12:53] A loss
of time.} ({Ng5 should have been prevented with the active} 11... Nf5 $1 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nfd4 14. Ng5 Qe7 $13) 12. c4 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} 13. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:06:08]} (14. Qg4 $1 Bxe5 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Bxe6 18.
Qxe5 $14 {The bishop pair in an open position offer White the better chances.})
14... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 16.
Bc2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 17. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:07:46]} (17... Bxe3 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. fxe3 $16) 18. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:10:02] This tempting move should
not have produced too much effect.} ({Stabilising the positon with} 19. Bd3 $5
{was worth trying.} Rae8 (19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Qe2 (20. f4
{weakens the e3-square, which becomes relevant after} Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22.
Rxb7 Bb5 $1 23. Bxb5 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 axb5 {and Black's positon is already more
pleasant.}) 20... g5 21. Rae1 $14 {Due to his better structure and the safer
king's position, White has some advantage, although it is not easy to make
progress.}) 19... Rf5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:06] Jobava lets himself be carried away
by some tactical mirage.} (19... Bf5 $1 20. Qb3 (20. Qd2 Qxb2 $17) (20. Qd1
Rac8 $36) 20... Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Rad8 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Kf7 $11) 20. f4 {
[%emt 0:02:52]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:18:58]} 21. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} d3+ {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 22. Rf2 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bxd3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:38]
The strongest, but not the only good continuation.} ({After} 23. Qh3 dxc2 24.
Qc3 Ba4 25. f5 {the main point is that} Rxf5 $2 {loses to} 26. Qc8+ {,
something Jobava must have overlooked, together with Katjakin's continuation.})
23... Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01] White has a material
advantage and a dangerous kingside majority.} Qe3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:25] Just
losing another pawn.} 25. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} (25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Ng5 $6 {
Die Hauptidee dieses Zuges besteht darin die Pfade der Theorie zu verlassen.
Der Zug selbst ist einfach schlecht...} (7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 $11
) 7... O-O 8. Ne2 Nd5 $1 (8... e5 $2 {Käme Weiß entgegen, da nun eine
Entwicklung des Läufers c8 nicht möglich ist, ohne den weißen Springern ideale
Felder zu überlassen.} 9. O-O c6 10. c3 h6 11. Nf3 exd4 12. Nexd4 Nc5 13. Ne5
$14) 9. Nf3 b5 $1 {Sichert das Feld d5 und gewinnt Raum am Damenflügel.} 10.
O-O Bb7 11. c3 a6 ({Nichts spricht auch gegen sofortiges} 11... c5) 12. Re1 c5
13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ned4 Qb6 $15 {Schwarz verfügt über die bessere
Bauernstruktur sowie Raumvorteil und Weiß kein gutes Feld für den Lc1.} 15. Qc2
Rac8 (15... b4 16. c4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 $132) 16. Nb3
Be7 $6 {Ungenau, denn jetzt gewinnt Weiß Zeit, durch die Drohung den Läufer c1
abzutauschen.} (16... Bd6 $142 $1 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Nbd4 N5f6 20.
Bc1 Bd5 $15) 17. Bg5 N7f6 $5 {Der Abtausch der Läufer würde Weiß entlasten, da
er damit seine Problem-Figur los wird. Ich wollte zumindest den Abtausch gg.
eine schlechtere Leichtfigur provozieren.} (17... Bd6 {nebst h6 kam auch in
Frage} 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bc1) 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng4 Be7
22. Nd4 Nf6 (22... Nxc3 $2 23. bxc3 Bxg2 24. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 26.
Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ $11) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qe2 $2 {Das erlaubt die Zerschlagung
des weißen Damenflügels.} (24. Ne5 Bc5 $15 (24... b4 $2 25. c4)) 24... Nxg4 25.
Qxg4 b4 $1 $17 {Auf einen Schlag erhält Weiß nun 2 schwache Bauern. Weiß
sollte darum bemüht sein, diesem Vorstoß entweder mit c3-c4 begegnen zu können
oder wenigstens auf b4 schlagen zu können. Eine andere Idee in dieser Struktur
besteht darin, a3-a5 einzuschieben, um nach evtl. b5-b4 eine potentielle
Schwäche (den a-Bauern) abtauschen zu können.} 26. Rd3 (26. cxb4 $2 Qxb4 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 26... bxc3 27. bxc3 Bf6 28. Red1 Qd5 29. Qe2 Qc4 30. Nb3 Rd5 $6 (
30... Rxd3 $142 31. Rxd3 g5 $17 (31... Bxc3 $4 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ g6 34. Nd2
Bxd2 35. Rxc8 $18)) 31. Qf3 Rcd8 (31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Bxc3 33. Rd7 $15) 32.
Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 $2 (33. Rxd5 $142 {Den Turm zu tauschen ist naheliegend, da
Läufer und Turm bekanntlich gut harmonieren und die schwarze Bauernstruktur
wird auch verschlechtert. Allerdings haben wir beide 34.Qe3! übersehen, was
das nötige Gegenspiel einleitet.} exd5 34. Qe3 $1 {/\ Qe8xf7} g6 (34... g5 {
schwächt den König zu sehr.} 35. Nd4 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Qxa2 37. Qe8+ $132) 35. Qxh6
Qxc3 36. Qd2 Qc4 $15) 33... Bxc3 (33... Qxc3 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 $17) (33... a5 34.
Re3 a4 35. Re4 $1 (35. Nc1 Rd2 $19)) 34. Rc1 Rd3 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qb7 f5 (36...
e5 37. Na5 Qb4 38. Qc8) 37. Qb6 f4 $4 $138 {[%csl Re4,Rh7][%cal Rb1h7] Eine
impulsive Entscheidung in Zeitnot, die meinen König und die weißen Felder
empfindlich schwächt. Das weiße Gegenspiel (39.Qb1 usw.) habe ich natürlich
völlig übersehen. Die mögliche Bestrafung ist sehr instruktiv.} ({Schwarz
konnte seine Stellung einfach mit dem Vormarsch des e-Bauern verstärken und
leicht gewinnen.} 37... e5 $19) 38. Nc5 Rd2 $2 (38... Rf3 39. Qb1+ Kg8 40. Qb8+
Kh7 41. Qb1+ Kg8 42. Ne4 fxg3 43. hxg3 Qd4 44. Rd1 Qb4 $11) 39. Nxe6 $4 {
Obwohl er noch über 20 Minuten zur Verfügung hatte, geht Igor an seiner Chance
vorbei. Er hatte nicht bemerkt, dass Db1 mehr als nur Dauerschach bringt und
dachte wohl, dass ich mit den mir verbleibenden Sekunden keine vernünftigen
Züge mehr finden würde.} (39. Qb1+ Kg8 40. Ne4 Rd3 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qxf4 $18)
39... f3 {Merkwürdig, was nun passiert... Glek verliert völlig die Kontrolle.}
40. Nf4 $2 Qe4 41. Qxa6 $2 Bd4 42. Nh3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,72,19,38,30,45,36,23,42,45,59,55,54,37,43,33,40,40,14,2,6,-5,5,5,22,
-61,-24,-69,33,-116,17,13,24,27,27,35,37,32,45,45,62,72,36,0,5,4,4,-3,-3,-7,
-22,-22,-25,0,0,0,84,-28,0,-12,-81,-78,-70,-20,-20,-82,-82,-67,-65,-58,-74,-99,
-116,-418,-424]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {For the third time
I was able to defend the Rubinstein Variation against Anand. Each occasion has
seen an interesting struggle and in fact I was the one who twice missed a
possible win.   Bereits zum dritten Mal konnte ich die Rubinstein-Variante
gegen Anand verteidigen. Jedes Mal entsteht ein interessantes Gefecht und in
der Tat war ich derjenige der bereits 2 Mal einen möglichen Sieg ausgelassen
hatte.} 5. Nf3 (5. g3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 $5 {at that time practically an
innovation damals praktisch eine Neuerung} Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Rb8 $1 9. Bg2 b5 10.
O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 $11 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4 Bd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ra6
c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Rda1 h5 25. Ra7 c4 26. Rd7 b4 27. Bd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29.
Rxd5 $5 exd5 30. Kf4 Rbb8 31. Kg5 Ra8 32. Re1 Rc6 33. f4 Ra2 34. h3 Rd2 {
missing a hidden way to win: verpasste einen versteckten Gewinnweg:} (34...
Rg6+ 35. Kh4 Rg2 36. Re3 f6 $3 37. exf6 gxf6 38. f5 Rg4+ $1 39. hxg4 Rh2#) 35.
f5 Rd3 36. Kf4 h4 37. e6 Kf8 38. gxh4 fxe6 39. Ra1 exf5 40. Kxf5 Rxh3 41. Ra8+
Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ke5 Rxh4 44. Kxd5 Rg6 45. Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 (45) Anand,V 
(2776)-Meier,G (2648) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Be3 {One of the best moves at this point. White bolsters his position against
c7-c5. Einer der besten Züge an dieser Stelle. Weiss stemmt sich gegen c7-c5.}
Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 (11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5
$5 {was Anand's first - extremely original - attempt. war Anand's erster -
äußerst origineller - Versuch.} h6 14. Nh7 Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8
17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Kb1 Be4+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. b3 Qc6 23.
Bc3 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Ba5
$16 Rf7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rcf8 33. R1d6 Kg6 34. Bd2 e5 35. Rxf7
Rxf7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Ra5 Rd7 40. Bxc5 Rd1 41. Ra6 Bc8 42.
Rxa7 Rh1 43. Rc7 Bf5 44. h3 Rh2 45. a4 Rxg2 46. a5 g4 47. hxg4 Bxg4 {Here too
I missed a study-like win: auch hier ging ich an einem studienhaften Sieg
vorbei:} (47... Rxg4 $1 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Be4 50. Rd7 Rh4 $1 51. f3 Bxf3 ({
not nicht} 51... h2 52. fxe4 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rh2+ 54. Rd2 Rxd2+ 55. Kc3 {and
White only just saves his skin und Weiss rettet sich haarscharf}) 52. Bg1 h2
53. Bxh2 Rxh2+ 54. Kc3 Rh7 $1 $19) 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Bf3 50. Rd7 h2 51. Rd5 Bxd5
52. cxd5 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rg1 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ {½-½ (56)
Anand,V (2780)-Meier,G (2640) Baden-Baden 2013 CBM 153 [CB]}) 11... c5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 {The type of position which has arisen is full of tension,
since there are numerous plausible coontinuations for White.  Ein
spannungsgeladener Stellungstyp ist entstanden, indem es viele plausible
Fortsetzungen fuer Weiss gibt.} 14. Rhe1 {At first glance the most natural
move. Black no longer has a "simple" move with which to advance the
mobilisation of his pieces. So the following transformation cannot be backed
up by evidence and the playability of this variation depends on how it turns
out.  Der auf den ersten Blick natuerlichste Zug. Schwarz hat keinen
"einfachen" Zug mehr um seinerseits die Mobilisierung der Kraefte
voranzutreiben. Die folgende Transformation ist daher unausweislich, und an
ihrem Ausgang haengt die Spielbarkeit dieser Variante.} (14. c3 {was Caruana's
choice against me. At first I reacted correctly with war Caruana's Wahl gegen
mich. Ich reagierte zunaechst richtig mit} Be7 15. Bg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc5 17.
Rhe1 Qc8 {1-0 (35) Caruana,F (2817)-Meier,G (2621) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017
CBM 178 [Moradiabadi,E]  but then bit by bit I strayed from the correct path.
As so often, I needed to learn some lessons before penetrating more deeply
into the secrets of positions of this type. kam dann aber sukzessive vom
rechten Weg ab. Wie so oft, musste ich einige Lektionen lernen, bis ich tiefer
in die Geheimnisse dieses Stellungstyps eindrang.}) (14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Bg3 Rd5
16. c4 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Be4 {has also been seen already - Black holds his own.
wurde auch schon gesehen - Schwarz behauptet sich.}) 14... Bxf3 $1 15. Qxf3 (
15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Ba6 Rc5) 15... c4 16. Be4 g5 $1 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 (18.
Qxg3 Qc7) 18... Kg7 {It is difficult to gnaw away at Black's king position,
since the white pawn structure has become less flexible and thus line opening
is difficult to realise.  Es ist schwierig die schwarze Königsstellung
anzuknabbern, da die weisse Bauernstruktur an Flexibilität eingebüßt hat
und Linienöffnung dadurch nicht ohne Weiteres realisierbar ist.} 19. c3 (19.
d5 Nxe4 (19... exd5 20. Bxd5 $14) (19... c3 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. Bd5) 20. Qxe4 exd5
21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Rxd8 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxd8 24. Kc1 Rd5 25. Rxc4 Rf5 $132) (19. h4
g4 {and the door remains shut. und der Laden bleibt geschlossen.}) 19... b5 20.
g4 $6 {Played after a long period of thought. I have always found Anand to be
a very straightforward player who looks to take the initiative. A situation
has arisen here in which he does not feel at home: Although all his pieces are
centralised he cannot develop an attack.  Nach langem Nachdenken gespielt. Ich
habe Anand stets als sehr geradlinigen Spieler empfunden der die Initiative
sucht. Hier ist eine Situation entstanden in der er sich nicht wohlfühlt:
Obwohl alle seine Figuren zentralisiert sind, kann er keinen Angriff entfachen.
} ({A more prudent move would be Umsichtiger wäre} 20. Rf1 {since Black
cannot now relieve the pressure on f6 without allowing the position to peter
out. denn Schwarz kann sich nun nicht vom Druck auf f6 lösen ohne die
Stellung verflachen zu lassen.} Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 $11) (20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5
Qb6 $15) 20... Qd6 21. Rf1 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxh2 23. d5 $2 {striving in vain for
the initiative strebt vergebens nach Initiative} (23. Qf3 Qf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25.
Rxf4) 23... Qd6 24. Qd4+ e5 25. Qxa7 Rc5 $5 {The key moment in the game! The
white queen is cut off after which the black e-pawn advaces to centre stage.
With its lack of coordination the white position is very difficult to play.
Der Schlüsselmoment der Partie! Die weisse Dame wird abgeschnitten wonach der
schwarze e-Bauer zum Hauptakteur avanciert. Mangels Koordination ist die
weisse Stellung sehr schwer zu spielen.} ({It was clear to me that Mir war
klar, dass} 25... b4 {brings Black an advantage, but the position after
Schwarz Vorteil bringt, aber die Stellung nach} 26. Qe3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 {
appeared to me to be difficult to control. In fact the computer continuation
with erschien mir schwer zu kontrollieren. In der Tat ist die
Computerfortsetzung mit} Rc5 28. Qf3 c3 {is very abstract. From the computer's
point of view the text move is a mistake. But from a human point of view I
still believe that 25...Rc5 was a very good practical decision. sehr abstrakt.
Aus Sicht des Computers ist der Textzug ein Fehler. Aber aus menschlicher
Sicht glaube ich nach wie vor, dass 25...Tc5 eine sehr gute praktische
Entscheidung war.}) 26. Qb7 e4 27. Rf5 e3 28. Kc1 $1 {directed against e3-e2.
gegen e3-e2 gerichtet.} (28. Rdf1 $4 Rc7 29. Qxb5 e2 30. Re1 Qg3 31. Rxe2 Qd3+
32. Rc2 Re7 $19 {was the concrete basis for my decision to play 25...Rc5. war
die konkrete Grundlage für meine Entscheidung 25...Rc5 zu spielen.}) 28... b4
29. Qxb4 $2 {An understandable mistake. Presumably Anand believed he could
still save the draw in the ensuing rook ending. At the same time a saving line
was extremely hard to find in the variations after 29.Rdf1!, since intuitively
the variations look so dangerous for White that it is easy to stop calculating
too soon. Ein verständlicher Fehler. Vermutlich glaubte Anand, er könne sich
im entstehenden Turmendspiel noch ins Remis retten. Gleichzeitig war die
Rettung in den Varianten nach 29.Tdf1! extrem schwer zu finden, da die
Varianten intuitiv so gefährlich für Weiss aussehen, dass man die Berechnung
leicht zu früh abbricht.} (29. Rdf1 $1 Rc7 30. Qxb4 Qa6 (30... Qg3 $4 {
in calculating this out in advance it is very difficult to refute this move,
since one would like to stop here. But there is a winning, quiet move: ist in
der Vorausberechnung nur schwer zu widerlegen, denn man möchte hier schon
abbrechen. Doch es gibt einen gewinnbringenden stillen Zug:} 31. Qb6 $1 e2 32.
Rxg5+ $1 hxg5 33. Qf6+ {followed by disaster on the h-file. nebst Desaster auf
der h-Linie.}) 31. a3 Rfc8 {At first sifght White has no defence against Rb7
trapping the queen, but the extraordinary resource Auf den ersten Blick hat
Weiss keine Verteidigung gegen Tb7 mit Damenfang, doch die aussergewöhnliche
Ressource} 32. Re5 $1 Rb7 33. Re7 $1 $11 Rxb4 34. Rfxf7+ {saves White with a
perpetual check. rettet Weiß ins Dauerschach.}) 29... Rb8 30. Qa4 Rcb5 {
Now Black's attack breaks through.  Jetzt schlägt der schwarze Angriff durch.}
31. Qa7 R8b7 32. Qxe3 Rxb2 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxg2 35. Rd4 $2 ({After Nach
} 35. d6 Rxa2 36. Rdd5 Rd7 37. Re4 Ra6 38. Red4 f6 {the d6-pawn is finally
encircled. wird der Bauer d6 schließlich eingekreist.}) 35... Rg1+ 36. Kc2
Rgb1 $1 (36... Rgb1 {Anand had overlooked that after Anand hatte uebersehen,
dass er nach} 37. Rxc4 {he loses a rook. einen Turm verliert:} R7b2+ 38. Kd3
Rd1+ 39. Ke3 Re1+ 40. Kd4 Rd2+) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 {This move is very rarely met. Dieser Zug ist sehr selten
anzutreffen.} ({Almost exclusively Es wird fast ausschließlich zu} 9. Bd3 {
is played. gegriffen.} Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Bb6 $1 $11 {The fine
prophylactic move is the last word in this line. Der feine prophylaktische Zug
ist das letzte Wort in dieser Variante.} (18... Rad8 $6 19. Ne1 $1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J (2551)-Meier,G (2484)/Remagen GER 2006/The Week in Chess
631 (40)} Kxe5 $140 $4 20. Nd3+ Kd6 21. e5+ Kd5 22. c4+ Kd4 23. Rhf1 $18) 19.
Rhf1 Rhf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1 Bc7 23. Ke3 g6 24. g4 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Ivanchuk,V (2750)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2007/The Week
in Chess 643 (38)}) 9... c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qe2 {doesn't pose any
problems. stellt keine Probleme} Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. c4 Nf6
15. Ne5+ Ke8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Ke2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Rad1 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2559)-Radjabov,T (2533)/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 083 (27)}) 11...
Qxd7 12. c4 {From here on I was out of book. I had forgotten the game
Polgar-Radjabov! Ab hier war ich "out of book". Ich hatte die Partie
Polgar-Radjabov vergessen!} Nb6 {Not a nice square for the knight, but the
queen sortie to a4 must be prevented. Kein schönes Feld für den Springer, aber
der Damenausfall nach a4 muss verhindert werden.} (12... Nf6 $2 13. Ne5 Qxd4
14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Bc3 Qe4+ 16. Kf1 $16) 13. Rc1 Be7 $5 $146 {Intuitively I felt
that my opponent's preparation would have finished here since the liquidation
which follows looks very strong at first glance. Intuitiv spürte ich, dass ich
damit die Vorbereitung des Gegners verlassen würde, denn auf den ersten Blick
sieht die folgende Abwicklung stark aus.} (13... Rc8 14. dxc5 {was the
improvement which had been prepared. war wohl die vorbereitete Verbesserung.} (
14. O-O cxd4 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Bf4 O-O 19. b3 Rfd8 20.
Rcd1 Bb8 21. Bg3 Nd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2686)-Radjabov,T (2558)/Buenos
Aires 2001/CBM 085 (66)}) 14... Rxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5
Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nc4 {Compared to the game, the rook is worse here on c8
since there is no protection for a7. Im Vergleich zur Partie steht der Turm
hier schlechter auf c8, da a7 die Deckung fehlt.}) 15. b3 $14 {Black's pieces
are all clumsily placed. Above all the Nb3 is ineffectual. This advantage is
not easy to exploit however, since the black pawn structure has no weaknesses.
Die schwarzen Figuren stehen hier allesamt ungeschickt. Vor allem der Nb6 ist
wirkungslos. Dieser Vorteil ist allerdings nicht leicht auszunutzen, da die
schwarze Bauernstruktur keine Schwächen aufweist.}) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7
16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 {Black will immediately achieve
coordination with g6 and Kg7 and the knight on d5 holds the black position
together. With so few minor pieces on the board White's advantage in space is
not so important.  Schwarz stellt die Koordination mit g6-Kg7 sofort her und
der Springer d5 zementiert die schwarze Stellung. Bei so wenigen Leichtfiguren
auf dem Brett fällt der weiße Raumvorteil nicht zu sehr ins Gewicht.} 19. Nc4
g6 20. O-O Kg7 21. Qb3 Rhd8 (21... b6 22. Ne3 Rhd8 23. c6 b5 24. g3 $14) (21...
b5 $5 22. Ne3 Nf4 {is worth considering. kommt in Betracht}) 22. Rfe1 Rac8 (
22... b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Ne5 Qb7 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. b5 $14) 23. g3 b6 $6 (23...
h5 $142 24. h4 {Without the tactical weakness on h6, White can no longere
proceed as he did in the game. Ohne die taktische Schwäche auf h6 kann Weiß
nun nicht mehr analog zur Partie fortfahren.} b6 $11 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Ne5 Qd6
27. b5 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Qb4 $15) 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Ne5 Qb7 26. b5 {There is now
no doubt that White is better, since the knight on c6 will tie up the black
position but a breakthrough is not possible unless Black cooperates. Weiß
steht nun zweifellos besser, da der Springer auf c6 die schwarze Stellung
einschnüren wird, aber ein Durchkommen ist ohne freundliche Unterstützung des
Schwarzen nicht möglich.} (26. Bxh6+ $142 $1 Kxh6 27. Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Nxd8 Bxd8
29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Re4 $14 {Black not only has weak pawns by a vulnerable king,
meaning he iwould be in for lengthy torture. Schwarz hat nicht nur schwache
Bauern, sondern auch einen anfälligen König, so dass ihm eine lange Tortur
bervorstünde.}) 26... Rxc1 27. Bxc1 {A waste of time. Zeitverlust} (27. Rxc1
$142) 27... Ra8 (27... Rc8 $142 28. Nc6 $140 Bf6 29. Bd2 Ne7 $11) 28. a4 h5 29.
Nc6 Bf6 30. Bd2 Qc7 (30... h4 $5 31. g4 g5 32. Re4 $13) ({After Mit} 30... Rc8
31. Re4 Qd7 (31... Ne7 32. Rc4) 32. Rc4 Rc7 33. h4 Kh7 34. Bg5 Bg7 {Black
should take up the correct defensive posture. sollte Schwarz die richtige
Verteidigungsstellung einnehmen.}) 31. h4 Qd6 32. Rc1 Kh7 {Things might almost
go wrong! The queen should control b7 to prevent a breakthrough by a5. Das
wäre fast ins Auge gegangen! Die Dame sollte b7 kontrollieren um einem
Durchbruch mit a5 vorzubeugen.} (32... Qd7) 33. Rc4 ({After Nach} 33. a5 bxa5
34. b6 a4 35. b7 axb3 36. bxa8=Q Nc7 {Black can just save himself like this.
rettet sich Schwarz gerade noch so.}) 33... Qd7 34. Qd3 Kg7 (34... Kg8 35. Bg5
Bg7 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Rf4 f5 38. Rc4 $14) 35. Qf3 Rc8 36. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 37. hxg5
Rc7 $2 (37... Qd6 $142) 38. Qe4 $2 (38. Qa3 $1 {prevents the activation of the
black queen. verhindert die Aktivierung der schwarzen Dame:} Kg8 39. g4 $5 (39.
a5 bxa5 40. Qxa5 Qe8 41. Qa3 Rb7) 39... hxg4 40. Qg3 {/\ Qe5, Rxg4-h4}) 38...
Qd6 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40. Qb2 Qf8 41. Qe5 Qa3 42. Kg2 Qa2 43. Rd4 (43. Rh4 $5 Rd7
44. Qd4 Kg8 45. g4 Qe2 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Ne5 Rc7 48. Re4 Qc2 49. Nc6 $14) 43...
Rc8 44. Qe4 Qb2 45. Rxd5 {The tournament situation now forced White to sharpen
the game because a victory would mean qualification for the tiebreaks. But
since Iordachescu was also running short of time he burns his fingers... Die
Turniersituation zwang Weiß nun dazu, das Spiel zu verschärfen, denn ein Sieg
sollte die Qualifikation für die Tiebreaks bedeuten. Da Iordachescus Zeit aber
auch knapp wurde, verbrennt er sich dabei die Finger...} exd5 46. Qxd5 Kg7 47.
Ne5 Rc7 48. Nc4 $2 (48. Qd6 Qc2 49. Nd7 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 Rc8 51. Qxb6 h4 $132)
48... Qc3 49. Nxb6 Rc5 50. Qf3 Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Rxg5 {Here only Black still has
winning chances, because White's passed pawns are easy to stop. Hier hat nur
noch Schwarz Gewinnchancen, denn die weißen Freibauern sind leicht zu stoppen.}
52. Ke4 Kf6 53. f4 $4 (53. Nc4 Ke6 54. b6 Rc5 55. Kd4 Rd5+ 56. Ke3 Kd7 57. a5
Kc6 $15) 53... Rxg3 54. Nd5+ Ke6 55. b6 h4 56. f5+ gxf5+ 57. Kd4 h3 58. Kc5 h2
59. b7 Rb3 60. Nb6 h1=Q 61. b8=Q Qc1+ 62. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Dies war erst meine zweite Partie gg Daniel. Umso verblüffender, wie sie sich
vom Verlauf her ähnelten: Er wählte beide Male seltene und unerwartete
Varianten gegen mein Rubinstein-Französisch. Beide Male hatte ich allerdings
eine neue Idee parat und glich aus. Danach überspannt er den Bogen, gibt mir
großen Vorteil und sobald ich technische Fehler begehe, wird er sehr zäh in
der Verteidigung und rettet den halben Punkt. Außerdem spielten wir beide
Partien in der 7. Runde der U20 WMs in Yerevan!! Offenbar haben wir beide im
letzten Jahr nichts dazu gelernt...;-)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 (7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2
O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. c4 Re8 13. Bh3 Nd7 $146 14. Be3 Bd6 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5
Qd8 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Nd4 Be5 22. d6 c5 23.
Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf5 Qf3 25. Nh4 Qe4 (25... Qh5 $17) 26. b4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 cxb4 28.
Rxb4 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Ra4 Bb8 31. Nf5 Nd5 32. Rd4 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 g6 34.
Rd7 Kg7 35. Rb7 Rd8 36. Kg2 h5 37. h3 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D (2576)-Meier,G
(2484)/Yerevan ARM 2006}) 7... Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qc7 $1 (10...
O-O 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. h4 Rd8
17. Ng5 g6 18. Qf3 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxh7 Rd7 21. Rdh1 Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7
23. R1h7 Kd6 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxf7 e5 26. Rh7 {1-0 Fressinet,L (2626)-Vaisser,
A (2568)/Besancon BRA 2006/The Week in Chess 617}) 11. Qe2 Bd7 $1 $146 {
Schön, wenn man eine Neuerung gleich 2 mal in 10 Tagen anbringen kann! So
hatte ich bei der direkt nach meiner Rückreise anstehenden BL-Runde keine Mühe.
..} (11... O-O) 12. O-O-O {Nach rechts oder links... Es spielt keine Rolle,
Schwarz gleicht leicht aus.} (12. O-O Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. g3 Qc7 15. Ne5 Bc6
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be4 Be7 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Rd3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Guliyev,N (2560)-Meier,G (2558)/Hamburg GER 2007/The Week in Chess 676 (44)})
12... Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 14. Rd2 O-O-O 15. Be4 Kb8 $1 {Hier musste ich die
Pointe im 20. Zug vorraussehen. Dass dieser logische Zug so schön funktioniert,
gab mir endgültig Vertrauen in meine Stellung.} 16. g3 Qc7 17. Rhd1 Bc8 {
Daniel kann dem Bauernraub nicht wiederstehen. Er hätte hier schon auf
Ausgleichssicherung umschalten müssen.} 18. Rxd8 $6 (18. Nd4) 18... Rxd8 19.
Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxh7 f6 $1 {Wegen der Drohung Qb6 muss Weiss nun auf f2 oder h2
den Bauern zurückgeben.} 21. Ne1 ({Der Computer findet} 21. c3 Qb6 22. Nd2 Bxf2
23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Qxf2 Qxc4 25. Qf4+ {das reicht aber nicht ganz zum Ausgleich.}
Qc7 $1 $15) 21... Qh8 22. Be4 (22. Nd3 $5 Bxf2 23. Qxf2 Qxh7) 22... Qxh2 23.
Nd3 Bb6 $15 24. b4 $2 {Schwächt die schwarzen Felder und den a-Bauern. Daniel
sagte, er hat Bd4 übersehen... merkwürdig.} Bd4 25. Kd2 f5 26. Bf3 Qh6+ 27. Kd1
Bc3 (27... Qf6 28. g4 g6 29. Qd2 $1 (29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Qd2 Bc3 31. Qe3 e5 $19)
29... Bc3 30. Qh6) (27... g5 28. g4) 28. a3 Qf6 29. g4 g6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Qe3
{Die Stellung bietet Schwarz vorzügliche Gewinnchancen, aber ich schaffte es,
e5 im einzig falschen Moment zu spielen.} Bd4 $6 (31... e5 32. Bd5 Qa6 $17) 32.
Qd2 Qg7 33. Ke2 e5 $4 (33... Bc3 34. Qe3 e5 35. Bd5 e4 $17 36. Nf4 (36. Nc5 b6
$19) 36... Be5) 34. c3 {Wenn der Läufer seine dominierende Stellung verlassen
muss, hat Weiß das Gröbste überstanden. Mein bester Tag war das sicher nicht.}
Bb6 35. Bd5 Qe7 36. f3 Qg7 ({Der Computer will} 36... f4 {sehen, aber hier ist
schon nichts mehr zu holen.} 37. Kd1 Be3 38. Qa2 Bf5 39. Qc4 Qh7 40. Kc2 Qc7
41. Qxc7+ Kxc7 42. Be4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Qa4+ Nd7 $5 (9... Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {gibt Weiß ein
kleines Plus ohne Risiko. Etwas aus dem Läuferpaar zu machen, ist hier jedoch
eine anspruchsvolle Aufgabe.} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be2 Rhd8 14. a4 a5 15. Bf4 Ke7
16. Bf3 Rd7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Bxd6+ {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Dorfman,J (2602)/Germany 2002/EXT 2003}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Bf4 Ra7 $146 {Eine unangenehme Überraschung für meinen Gegner. Er
verbrauchte für seine nächsten Züge über eine Stunde und stets kam die Antwort
a Tempo. Psychologisch schon so etwas wie eine Vorentscheidung. Der logische
Turmzug ermöglicht b7-b5 und löst damit das Entwicklungsproblem des Bc8.} (
11... O-O 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2550)-Perez,R (2458)
/Coria del Rio 2004/CBM 098 ext (27)}) 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O $5) 12... b5 13. Qe4
Bb7 14. Qe2 Ba8 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. Nd3 h5 $1 {Schwarz hat komfortabel
ausgeglichen und strebt bereits nach der Initiative.} 17. Qh3 $6 {Ein
schlechtes Feld für die Dame.} (17. Qg3 h4 18. Qg4 Bb6 (18... Be7 19. h3 O-O
20. Be2 Rc8 21. Be3 Rac7 22. O-O $11) (18... h3 $6 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5
21. Nxc5 hxg2 22. Bxg2 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Rxh2 24. Ke2) 19. h3 e5 (19... O-O 20. Bg5
Qf5 21. Qxf5 exf5 22. Bxh4) 20. Bg5 Qe6 $5 (20... Qc6 21. Nb4 Qe4+ 22. Qxe4
Bxe4 23. f3 Rh5 24. fxe4 Rxg5 25. Rd6 $132)) 17... Bxf2+ $1 18. Kxf2 g5 {
Schwarz hat zwar die bessere Bauernstruktur, allerdings fehlt ein sicherer
Platz für den König und die Entwcklung ist auch noch nicht beendet, so dass
Schwarz noch um seinen Vorteil kämpfen muss.} 19. Qg3 $2 {Der Damentausch
spielt Schwarz in die Hände.} (19. Be2 gxf4 20. Bf3 b4 $1 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Nxb4 Ne5 23. Rhe1 Kf8 $15) (19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Rg1 (20. Be2 $2 e5)) 19... gxf4 $15
20. Qxf4 Rg8 (20... Nc5 $5 21. Qxf6 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Nxf6 $15) 21. Rg1 Rg5 22. Qxf6
Nxf6 23. Be2 h4 (23... Rf5+) 24. h3 $2 {[%csl Rg2,Gg3,Rh3] Ein grober
strategischer Fehler. Weiß gibt jegliche Besitzansprüche am Königsflügel ab
und macht seine Bauern zur Zielscheibe. Die schwarze Stellung ist technisch
fast schon gewonnen.} (24. Bf3 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 $15) 24... Ne4+ 25. Ke1 Ke7 {
Gegen Bf3 gerichtet und in der Annahme, dass Weiß keine Züge mehr hat, aber
das ist natürlich falsch. Ich komme zwar vom rechten Weg ab, aber Kaplan war
angesichts seiner beginnenden Zeitnot nicht mehr in der Lage Widerstand zu
leisten.} (25... Rd7 $142 26. Nf4 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 (27. Kxd1 Ke7 28. Ke1 e5 29.
Nd3 Kd6 $19) 27... Nc5 $17) 26. Nb4 (26. Bf3 $2 Nxc3) 26... Re5 27. Nd3 Rg5 28.
Nb4 a5 (28... f5) 29. Nd3 $2 $138 {Es rächte sich die bereits in der Eröffnung
vergeblich verbratene Stunde.} (29. Nc2) 29... e5 (29... Rd7 $142) 30. Nf2 b4
31. Nxe4 (31. c4 $142) 31... Bxe4 32. Kf2 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rc7 34. c4 Rg3 35. Rd2
Rc6 36. Bf1 Rf6+ 37. Ke1 Rb6 {Weiß könnte hier genauso gut aufgeben, er ist
völlig paralysiert} 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Re2 {[%csl Rf1,Rg1] Dank 24.h3 ist der
weiße Königsflügel in den Startlöchern stecken geblieben...} f5 40. Rd2 a4 41.
c5 a3 42. Bc4 Rb2 43. Re2 Kd7 44. Ba6 Kc6 45. Bc4 Kxc5 46. Ba6 Kb4 47. Kf1 Ka5
48. Bc4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Qxd5 (4... exd5) 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 b6 7.
O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. c4 Qh5 {[%cal Gb7f3]} (9... Qd6 10. a4 c5 11. Re1 cxd4
12. Ba3 Qf4 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Bd6 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qh4 16. c5 O-O-O 17. h3 Rxd6 18.
cxd6 Qf4 19. Re1 a5 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Ba6 Rxd6 22. Ra3 Rc6 23. Rg3 Nd5 24. Rxg7
Nb4 25. Bd3 Rc5 26. Bxh7 Kb8 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. Qg3+ Ka7 29. Rg8 e5 30. h4 Nxc2
31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. Rxe5 Rc3 33. Qg5 Qc6 34. Re7 Rc5 35. Qf4 d3 36. Rxf7 Rd5 37.
Rgg7 d2 38. Rxb7+ Qxb7 39. Rxb7+ {Matlakov,M (2673)-Pridorozhni,A (2541)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2012 1/2-1/2}) 10. d5 $146 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf1e1,Ge1e8] Une
nouveauté intéressante} (10. Be2 h6 {Rozentalis,E (2605)-Westerinen,H (2378)
Gausdal Byggern Masters 2006 (2) 1-0}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 (11. Be2 exd5 12. Ng5
$44 {[%csl Rh5]}) 11... Nbd7 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 {La paire de B
des Blancs compense la mauvaise structure} Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Kf7 16. Nb5 Rec8 17.
Re3 a6 18. Nd4 Re8 (18... e5 $143 19. Nf3 e4 20. Ng5+) 19. Rde1 $14 e5 20. Nf3
e4 21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4+ Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 {Les
Blancs ont gagné un P mais la mauvaise structure de l'aile-dame donne des
chances réduites de gain} Nf6 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Kf1 c5 28. Rd6 Re4 29. Rxb6 Rxc4
30. Bb2 (30. Rb2 $2 {[%csl Rb2]}) 30... Rxc2 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxa6 {Les
Blancs ont progressé en liquidant l'aile-dame mais le P passé "c" est trés
rapide} c4 33. Rc6 (33. a4 Ra2 34. a5 c3 35. Rc6 c2 36. Ke1) 33... Rxa2 34.
Rxc4 h5 35. g3 (35. h4 {[%csl Rh5]}) 35... Rb2 36. Kg2 Ra2 37. h4 Rb2 38. Rf4 (
38. Ra4 Rc2 39. Ra8) 38... Ra2 39. Re4 Rb2 40. Kf3 Ra2 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. Ra4 Rc2
43. f3 Rc1 44. Kf4 $16 Rb1 45. g4 {[%csl Gh4]} hxg4 46. fxg4 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Rg1+
48. Kf2 (48. Kh2 Rb1) 48... Rh1 $132 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Kg3 Rg1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.03.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Markgraf, Alexander"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{SORGFALT UND GEDULD (Fragen zur Endspiel-Technik)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {Die solide, etwas passive Rubinstein-Variante, Meiers
Hauptwaffe gegen diese Behandlung der Französischen Verteidigung, mit der er
große praktische Erfahrungen gesammelt hat. Was mag Markgraf dagegen
vorbereitet haben?} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 ({Mit Abstand am beliebtesten ist nach
wie vor} 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {mit diversen Optionen, z.B.} 7. c3 (7. Bd3) (7. Bg5) (
7. Be3) (7. g3) 7... Be7 (7... c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O
cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg5 Rd5 17. Rxd5
Bxd5 18. Rd1 g6 19. Qf6 Rh7 20. Bf3 Be7 21. Qd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h4 23. Bf4 Qc6 {
und Weiß hatte nichts erreicht} 24. Qe5 Qc8 25. Qe4 Qc6 26. Qe5 Qc8 27. Qe4
Qc6 {- remis, Kasimdzhanov,R (2699) - Meier,G (2648), Sestao 2010}) 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Rd2 (14. Ne5
$142 $14) 14... Rad8 15. Rfd1 Qc6 16. Bb5 Qc8 17. Ne5 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Qa8 19. f3
Nd5 20. Bg3 Rd8 21. c4 Nb6 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Bxd7 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Rxd2 25. Qxd2
Qxc6 $11 {- remis/47, Smerdon,D (2513) - Meier,G (2646), Tromso 2014}) 6... c5
7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 ({Natürlicher, wenngleich nicht
sonderlich attraktiv wirkt} 10. Nxd4 {, z.B.} Be7 11. Bd3 (11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1
Qb6 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bg5 Ng4 18.
Bxg4 Bxg5 $15 {- remis/62, Ganguly,S (2652) - Meier,G (2654), Berlin 2015})
15... Bb4 16. c3 Bd6 17. c4 a5 18. Red1 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bc3 a4 21. Nd4 {
- remis, Sjugirov,S (2588) - Drozdovski,Y (2603), Dagomys 2009}) 11... O-O 12.
c3 Qd5 13. Bxf6 $6 (13. Bh4 $142 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
Qc2 g6 18. Be2 Nd5 19. Bg3 $14 {/=}) 13... Bxf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Be4 Qc4 16. Rfd1
a6 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Nb3 Rd8 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Kf8 $15 {- remis/49, Kongsee,
U (2285) - Meier,G (2654), Baku 2016}) 10... Qb6 $5 11. Rfd1 $6 ({Ohne rechtes
Konzept gerät IM Markgraf danach schon früh auf Abwege. Mit dem Textzug
trennt er sich ersatzlos vom Läuferpaar und vertraut seinem
Entwicklungsvorsprung. Dabei verfügte er mit} 11. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 12. Rad1 {
über eine gefällige Alternative, z.B.} Bg7 (12... Bc5 13. Rd3 Bd7 (13... e5
$6 14. Rb3 Qc7 15. Nh4) 14. Rb3 Qd6 15. Rxb7 Rb8 16. Rxb8+ Qxb8 17. b3 Ke7 $13)
13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3 f5 (14... Bd7 15. Bc2 (15. g4 $5) 15... Rfd8 16. Qh5 f5 $2
(16... h6 $142 $13) 17. g4 $1 fxg4 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Rfe1 $16 {- 1:0/65,
Simakhin,A (2436) - Balabanov,V, ICCF email 2009}) 15. Bb1 Rd8 16. Rd3 Bd7 17.
Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rg3 $14 Rd5 (18... Kh8 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe5+ Kg8 21. Rd3 Rxd4 22.
Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Kg7 (23... Kf8) 24. f3 $14 {- remis/46, Bocanegra Moreno,R 
(2271) - Majer,D (2217), LSS email 2010}) 19. Rdd3 (19. Qh5 Qd8 20. Bd3 Qf6 $11
) 19... Qc7 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. c4 Re5 $2 (21... Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ e5
24. Qh4 Qd6 25. Bd3 e4 26. Rh3 Qg6 27. Bf1 $14) 22. f4 $4 (22. Nxc6 Bh6 23. Qd1
bxc6 24. Kf1 Qe7 25. Rd7 $16) 22... Re4 $2 (22... Bh6 $1 $17 23. Ne2 Rxe2 24.
Qxe2 Bxf4 25. Rh3 Rg8 26. g3 b5) 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg3+ Kf6 $13 {/= - remis/54,
Saric,I (2463) - Meier,G (2506), Szeged 2007}) 11... Nxe4 12. Qxe4 f6 ({
Gefällt mir besser als} 12... Bc5 {, z.B.} 13. Rab1 $2 (13. Nxd4 $142 O-O 14.
Be3 Bd7 (14... Qxb2 $2 15. Rdb1) 15. Rab1 $13 {/=}) 13... a5 $2 (13... f6 $142
$1 14. Bf4 (14. b4 Be7) 14... O-O 15. b4 Be7 16. Nxd4 e5) 14. Nxd4 O-O $13 {
/= - remis/31, Blomqvist,E (2322) - Langrock,H, (2398), Olomouc 2008}) 13. Bh4
$6 {Hier ist der Läufer deplatziert und erst einmal abgemeldet.} (13. Bc1 $142
e5 (13... Bc5 14. Nxd4 e5 {ist Zugumstellung}) 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Be3 (15. c3
$143 O-O 16. b4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Rd8 18. Be3 Qxb4) 15... O-O 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Nf5
Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qxb2 (18... Be6 $143 19. Qd6 Rfd8 20. Qe7) 19. Qd6 $44 {und
Weiß hat vermutlich gerade ausreichend Kompensation für den geopferten
Bauern, etwa nach dem weiteren} Re8 20. a4 b6 21. Nd5 (21. a5) 21... Bg4 22.
Nxf6 $1 Bxd1 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxd1 e4 25. a5 bxa5 26. c4 Qc3 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Rb8 29. Kf1 a4 30. c5 a3 31. c6 {- remis, Calleri,S (2297) - Jonasson,J 
(2337), ICCF email 2008. Weiter könnte folgen:} a2 32. c7 Rc8 33. Ra1 Rxc7 34.
Rxa2 Kg8 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Re7 37. Ra6 Ke8 38. Rd6 Rf7 39. h3 Rd7 (39... Ke7
40. Rd4) 40. Ra6 Re7 41. Rd6 $11) 13... Be7 14. Qxd4 $146 {Eine wahrscheinlich
neue, leider sehr unbefriedigende Fortsetzung.} ({Allerdings hat Weiß auch
nach} 14. Nxd4 O-O {seine "liebe Not". Man sehe:} 15. f4 ({Nach} 15. Nb3 $4 f5
16. Qc4 g5 17. Bg3 f4 $19 {käme der Läufer abhanden}) (15. h3 Rf7 $5 16. f4
Qxb2 $5 17. Bf2 (17. Nxe6 $2 f5 $1 18. Bxe7 Qxa1 19. Qd3 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxe6
$17) 17... Bc5 18. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bxe6 20. Qxe6 Qxc2+ $17) 15... Bc5 16.
Kh1 Bxd4 $2 ({Konsequent war} 16... Qxb2 $142 $1 {, z.B.} 17. Nxe6 Re8 18. f5
Bxe6 19. fxe6 Qb6 $5 $17 {und Weiß kämpft mit dem Rücken an der Wand}) 17.
Qxd4 Qc6 (17... Qxd4 18. Rxd4 b6 $11) 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Re8 20. c4 b6 21.
Rad1 Kf7 22. Bg3 Bb7 $11 {, dennoch 1:0/66, Vocaturo,D (2489) - Bellini,F 
(2493), Arvier 2010}) 14... e5 15. Qxb6 axb6 $17 {Das weiße
Eröffnungskonzept ist nach diversen ungünstigen Tauschoperationen gründlich
gescheitert. Schwarz hat mit leichter Hand ziemlich schnell ein bequemes und
vorteilhaftes Endspiel erreicht. Die weiße Bauernmajorität am Damenflügel
ist kaum zu mobilisieren, während der schwarzen auf der anderen Brettseite
einige Dynamik innewohnt. Überdies verfügt der Nachziehende noch über das
Läuferpaar. Es ist nun interessant zu beobachten, mit welcher Endspieltechnik
die Kontrahenten ihre jeweiligen Ziele zu verfolgen suchen.} 16. Nd2 b5 $5 ({
Die raumgreifende Aufstellung am anderen Flügel mittels} 16... g5 $5 17. Bg3
Be6 18. a3 Kf7 {kam auch in Betracht.}) 17. Ne4 {Nutzt als Einfallstor die
d-Linie, um ggf. mittels Nd6(+) das feindliche Läuferpaar zu kappen.} Bd7 $6 (
{Warum nicht} 17... Ra6 $142 {, um den gegnerischen Plan zu durchkreuzen?} 18.
f3 Be6 (18... Kf7 19. a3 Be6) 19. Nc3 Rc6 $17 {mit schwarzem Vorteil}) 18. Nd6+
Bxd6 19. Rxd6 {Dieses Tauschgeschäft wiederum hat Weiß begünstigt, der bald
über die dunklen Felder Aktivitäten entfalten kann.} Bc6 ({Oder auch} 19...
Ke7 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. a3 Rhc8 (21... b4) 22. f3 b4 $15) 20. f3 Kf7 21. a3 (21.
Be1 Rhe8 22. Bb4 e4 23. f4) 21... g5 ({Offenbar möchte Schwarz weitere
Vereinfachungen vermeiden, etwa nach dem Muster} 21... b4 22. Be1 bxa3 23. Rxa3
Rxa3 24. bxa3 e4 $15 {/=} 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Rd7+ Kg6 27. Bb4 Rc8 28. c3) 22.
Be1 $13 {/=} Rhg8 23. Bc3 Ra4 24. h3 h5 25. Kf2 $6 (25. Bb4 $142 {hätte den
Ra4 ausgesperrt.}) 25... Rf4 26. Bd2 Rc4 27. Rc1 Ra4 $6 ({Das druckvolle
Vorgehen} 27... g4 $142 $1 {bot sich eher an, z.B.} 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. b3 g3+
30. Ke3 Rh4 31. Bc3 (31. Rg1 f5) 31... Rh2 32. Rg1 Re8 $17 {mit dem Plan f5})
28. Bb4 $13 {/= Worauf Schwarz einen neuen Anlauf nehmen muß.} Raa8 29. Bc3
Rae8 30. Rcd1 Re6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 h4 33. g3 $2 ({Anstatt eine stabile
Auffangstellung einzunehmen, fügt sich Weiß ohne jegliche Not leichtfertig
eine (verhängnisvolle) Schwächung zu. Eine ganz andere, passable
Möglichkeit bestand darin, den Läufer nach e3 zu wechseln und einfach
abzuwarten, etwa so:} 33. Bd2 $142 Kg6 (33... e4 $6 34. f4 e3+ 35. Bxe3 Bxg2
36. fxg5 Bxh3 37. Rd4) 34. Be3 $15 {/=}) 33... hxg3+ $6 ({Interessanter war
schon} 33... e4 $142 $5 34. fxe4 (34. gxh4 exf3 35. hxg5 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Rxc2 $15)
34... hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rxe4 $15 {, während das Spiel nach dem Textzug
eigentlich verflachen sollte.}) 34. Kxg3 Kg6 35. Bd2 $2 ({Mit einem weiteren
Fehler bringt Weiß sich erneut in die Bredouille. Nach} 35. Rg8+ $142 {
wäre eigentlich wenig los gewesen, z.B.} Kf5 36. Rh8 Rd6 37. h4 {Die
Beseitigung dieser Schwäche ist gravierend.} gxh4+ (37... Rd1 38. hxg5 Kxg5
39. Kf2) 38. Rxh4 Rd1 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. Ke3 Rf1 (40... Rxc2 41. f4 $11) 41. Rh5+
Kg6 42. Rh3 $15 {/=}) 35... Re7 $6 ({Auch GM Meiers Technik läßt an diesem
Tag zu wünschen übrig.} 35... e4 $142 $1 $17 36. fxe4 (36. f4 e3) 36... Rxe4)
36. Rd6 $6 ({An} 36. Rg8+ $142 Kf5 (36... Kf7 37. Rh8) 37. Rf8 Rh7 (37... Rd7
38. Ba5 Rd1 39. Bd8 Rd6 40. Ba5 $15) 38. Ba5 $15 {könnte sich Schwarz "die
Zähne ausbeißen".}) 36... Rh7 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Ba5 Rh4 39. Bd2 Rc4 40. c3 (40.
Bc3 Rf4 41. Rd3 e4 42. fxe4 Bxe4 $17) 40... Ke7 41. Rd3 Rh4 42. Be3 Bd7 $17 {
Nach uninspirierter, zögerlicher Verteidigung und langem feindlichem Stochern
geht der Bauer h3 endlich verloren.} 43. Bc5+ Ke8 44. Rd6 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Rh6 46.
Kg3 Rg6 ({Schwarz versucht im Folgenden, die Bauernphalanx e5/f5/g5 zu
realisieren, um danach ein siegverheißendes Freibauernduo bilden zu können.
Zu diesem Plan erscheint eine Zugfolge wie etwa} 46... Bc6 47. Re6+ (47. Bb6
Ke7 48. Bc5 Kf7 49. Bb6 Rh4 50. Be3 {ist Zugumstellung zum Text}) 47... Kf7 48.
Rd6 Rh4 {effektiver, z.B.} 49. Be3 Kg6 50. Kg2 e4 51. fxe4 Bxe4+ 52. Kg3 Kf7 {
/\f5} 53. Rd7+ Ke6 54. Rg7 Kf5 55. Re7 Rg4+ 56. Kf2 Rg2+ 57. Ke1 Rxb2 {und mit
der nötigen Geduld und Sorgfalt sicherlich -+}) 47. Kf2 Bc6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49.
Re7+ Kg8 50. Re6 ({Falls} 50. Kg3 {, so kann und muß Schwarz ggf. die Türme
tauschen und in ein Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern abwickeln:} Rg7 $8
51. Rxg7+ (51. Re6 Kf7 52. Re7+ Kg6 53. Re6 Kf5 54. Rd6 g4 $19) 51... Kxg7 52.
Bd6 Kg6 53. b3 Kf5 54. c4 bxc4 55. bxc4 Ba4 56. Be7 Bb3 57. c5 Bd1 58. Bd8 g4
$1 59. fxg4+ Bxg4 $19) 50... Rh6 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Rd6 Rh4 53. Be3 Rh1 54. Bb6
Rf1 $6 ({Den Vorzug verdiente} 54... Rh4 $142 55. Be3 Kg6 {etc. mit einer
thematischen Stellung wie vorher behandelt.}) 55. Bf2 $2 ({Spielt dem Gegner
einmal mehr in die Hände. Erheblich längeren und härteren Widerstand hätte
} 55. Kg2 $142 $5 {geleistet, z.B.} Rb1 56. Kg3 Rh1 (56... Rxb2 $2 57. Kg4 $1
$132) (56... Rf1 57. Kg2 Rc1 58. Kg3 Rh1 {führt zum Text}) 57. Bd8 Rh6 58. Kf2
Rg6 59. b3 (59. Ke3 $143 f5 $19) 59... f5 (59... e4 60. fxe4 Bxe4 61. Rd7+ Ke6
62. Re7+ Kf5 {/\g4 ist ebenfalls mühselig, mag aber auch gut sein.}) 60. Rxg6
(60. Rd1 g4 61. fxg4 Rxg4) 60... Kxg6 61. Bc7 e4 62. f4 $5 g4 {und auch in
diesem Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern wird Weiß sich zu böser Letzt
nicht retten können:} 63. c4 bxc4 64. bxc4 e3+ 65. Kg3 (65. Kxe3 g3 66. Bb6
Kh5 67. Kd4 Kg4 68. Ke5 Be4 $19) 65... Be4 66. Bb6 e2 67. Ba5 Kf6 68. Kf2 Bd3
69. Ke3 (69. c5 Ke6 70. Ke3 Bb5 71. a4 Bc4 72. Bb4 Kd5 73. a5 Kc6 74. Kf2 Kb5
75. Be1 Kxc5 76. Ke3 Ba6 77. Bd2 Bc4 78. Be1 Kc6 79. Kd4 Kb5 80. Ke3 Ka4 81.
Kf2 Kb3 82. Bd2 Kc2 83. Be1 Kd1 84. Bb4 Bd3 85. Bc3 Be4 86. Bb4 g3+ 87. Kxg3
e1=Q+ 88. Bxe1 Kxe1 $19) 69... Bxc4 70. Be1 Ke6 71. Kd4 Ba6 72. Bg3 Kd6 73. Be1
Kc6 74. Ke5 (74. a4 b6) 74... Bd3 75. Kd4 Be4 76. Ke3 Bf3 77. Kd4 Kb5 78. Kc3
Ka4 79. Kb2 Be4 80. Bh4 b5 81. Be1 Bd3 82. Bh4 (82. Ka2 Bc2 83. Kb2 Bb3 84. Bh4
b4 85. axb4 Kxb4 $19 {/\Kc4 etc. -+}) 82... b4 83. axb4 Kxb4 84. Bf2 Kc4 {
/\Kd5-e4 etc. -+}) 55... f5 $1 $19 {Weiß gab auf.} (55... f5 56. Rd2 (56. Kg2
Rb1 57. Kg3 Rxb2 58. Bb6 Rb3) 56... Kg6 (56... g4) 57. Kg2 Rb1 58. Rd6+ Kh5 59.
Rf6 f4) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405 playoff"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD/Efimenko"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2] EFIMENKO'S BIG POINT} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {Zwar zählt
Französisch zu Vaganian's bevorzugten Verteidigungen, aber diese
Rubinstein-Variante hat er nur selten und mit wenig Erfolg praktiziert.} 4.
Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {Dieser Zug hat neben den
altbewährten 7.Bd3 und 7.Bg5 an Beliebtheit gewonnen.} c5 8. Ne5 {In
Verbindung mit den Ideen Bb5(+) und/oder Qa4+ ist diese aggressive Fortsetzung
vermutlich am gefährlichsten für Schwarz.} a6 {Nach den letzten Erfahrungen
scheint diese Prophylaxe gegen Bb5(+) angeraten.} ({I} 8... cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Be2 $5 $14 {^^, und aufgrund des Läuferpaares
hat Weiß in dieser offenen Stellung mindestens ein leichtes Plus.} (12. Ba4 b5
13. Bc2 Nf6 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Qg4 $14 {S. Mazenko - A. Bychkov, Orsk 2002})) ({II
} 8... Nd7 $2 9. Bb5 Bd6 $8 (9... a6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Bxd7+ $18) (9... Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Bh6
$18) (9... cxd4 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Nxd7 Qxf3 (11... Bxd7 12. Bxd7+ {1-0 S. Melia
- S. Nikoladze, Batumi 2002}) 12. Ne5+ $5 Qc6 13. Nxc6 a6 14. Nxd4+ $16) 10.
Qg4 $1 $36 Kf8 $8 (10... g6 $6 11. Qf3 $40 (11. Bh6 $40) (11. Bf4 $40)) (10...
O-O $2 11. Bxd7 $1 Bxe5 (11... Bxd7 12. Bh6 $18) 12. Bxc8 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4
14. Bxb7 $16) 11. Bxd7 (11. O-O $5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 $132 {G. Kasparov - R.
Ponomariov, Linares 2002}) 11... Bxd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Nxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O-O $1
$32 {|^}) ({III} 8... Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. O-O Nf6 (
12... Bd6 $5 13. g3 h5 14. Qf3 Nf6) 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxe3 $2 17. cxd6 Qc5 18. fxe3 Qxb5 19. Qxf7 $18) 17. Bxc5 Qxc5
18. Bf1 $14 {V. Topalov - V. Milov, Prag 2002}) 9. Be3 {Beachtliche
Alternativen:} ({I} 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... Be7 $6 10. dxc5 $1 $14 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1
Bxc5 12. Be2) (9... Qd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc4 cxd4 12. Nb6 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Rb8 14.
O-O dxc3 15. bxc3 Bc5 16. Rb1 Qc6 $2 (16... O-O) 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19.
Qa5 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Bxh2+ $2 (20... Kf8 21. Qh5 $16) 21. Kh1 Be5 $4 (21... Rd8 22.
g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3 24. Qh5) 22. Nd5+ {1:0, G. Vescovi - A. Karpov, Sao
Paulo 2004}) (9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 $6 11. Bg3 cxd4 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. O-O-O $36 {
A. Murariu - A. Jakab, Budapest 2003}) (9... b5 10. Qf3 Qd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12.
Bxf6 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Bxg7 Bxg2 15. Bxh8 Bxh1 16. f3 Bg2 17. Ke2 $14 {
L. Miron - G. Meier, Budva 2003}) 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxd4 $14) ({II} 9. Qa4+ Bd7
(9... Nd7 $6 10. Be3 {mit Entwicklungsvorteil}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Ke7 14. Ke2 $14 {/=}) 9... cxd4 (9... Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 ({
Ambitionierter als} 10... Bd7 {, womit Schwarz sein Läuferpaar abgibt:} 11.
Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O cxd4 (13... O-O-O 14. g3 $14 {M. Notkin - I.
Mironov, Minsk 2001}) 14. Bxd4 $14 {O. Korneev - R. Slobodjan, Arco 2003}) 11.
O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16.
Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 h6 18. Rd1 $14 {M. Adams - V. Anand, Linares 2002}) 13. Qxd4 Bc6
14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 h4 19. Qg4 Be4 20. Rd1
Qc6 21. Bb3 Bf5 22. Qf3 Be4 23. Qf2 Rh5 24. g4 hxg3 25. hxg3 {remis, V. Anand
- E. Bareev, Monaco 2004}) 10. Bxd4 ({Nur den Hauch eines Vorteils erhält Weiß
in dem Endspiel nach} 10. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 {, z.B.} b5 (11... Nd7 12.
O-O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe5 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Bh5 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18.
Bxf8 Rxg1 19. Rxg1 Kxf8 $11) 12. b4 Nd5 13. a4 (13. Be2 f6 14. Nd3 e5 $5 (14...
Bb7 15. f4 $13 {V. Hort - V. Dydyshko, Debrecen 1992})) 13... bxa4 14. Rxa4 f6
15. Nc4 e5 16. Nb6 exd4 17. Nxd5 Bd7 18. Ra1 $14 (18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Bc6
20. c4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bxb4+ 22. Ke2 Kd7 $11)) 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 $5 {N
Wahrscheinlich eine interessante Neuerung, die einiges an Spannung
aufrechterhält. Andere Möglichkeiten:} ({I} 11. Be2 {mit dem Plan Bf3, 0-0,
Re1 wird im Ansatz durch} Nd7 $5 {behindert}) ({II} 11. Qa4+ Nd7 {(drohend b5)}
12. O-O-O (12. Nf3 $5) 12... Bd6 {"=", Stohl/CBM} (12... f6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14.
Qb3 $14 {/= (14.Qc4, 14.Qc2), F. Vallejo Pons - E. Bareev, Monaco 2004}) 13.
Nxd7 (13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bd3 b5 15. Qc2 f5) 13... Bxd7 14. Qb3 (14. Qc4) 14... O-O
15. Bb6 Qc6 16. Kb1 Bc7 17. Be3 Qa4 18. Qxa4 {remis, S. Dvoirys - I.
Zakharevich, St. Petersburg 1998}) 11... Bc5 $5 {Diese Unterminierung der
weißen Zentralposten erscheint stärker als folgende Versuche:} ({I} 11... Bd6
12. Nc4 $5 (12. Ng4)) ({II} 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qf3 $14) ({III} 11... Nd7
$2 12. Qe2 $16 Bc5 13. O-O (13. Qh5 $5) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4) 12. Bxc5 $5 {
Am flexibelsten und giftigsten, während die Alternativen nur wenig versprechen:
} ({I} 12. O-O Bxd4 13. Qa4+ b5 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. a4 $14) ({II} 12. Qa4+ Nd7 (
12... Bd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 (13... Nxd7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. O-O $14 b5 $6 16. Qe4 Rd8
17. a4) 14. Bb5 Qxb5 15. Qxb5+ axb5 16. Bxc5 $14) 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Bxd4 (
14... Bd6 $6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rad1 $16) 15. Qxd4 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rd8
17. Qe3 $14 (17. Bxh7+ $2)) 12... Qxc5 ({Die Abwicklung ins Endspiel nach} 
12... Qxe5+ 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {^^ war
durchaus zu erwägen, obwohl sie Weiß immer noch ein leichtes Plus einräumt:}
Nf4 (16... f6 17. O-O-O) 17. Be4) 13. Qe2 b6 $6 {Womöglich zu zaghaft.
Alternativen:} ({I} 13... b5 $5 14. O-O-O $5 (14. a4 b4 15. O-O bxc3 (15... O-O
16. cxb4 Qxb4 17. Rfc1 Bb7 {ist Zugumstellung zu b)}) 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rxc3 Qd5
) (14. O-O Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 (16. c4 a5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. b3) 16... Qxb4
17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Rc4 $14) 14... Bb7 {erscheint genauer als die
Partiefortsetzung, aber dennoch dürfte Weiß die etwas besseren Chancen haben:}
15. Rhe1 b4 (15... O-O $6 16. g4 Rad8 $2 17. g5 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh5+
Kg8 20. Rd4 Nxc3 (20... Nf6 21. gxf6 Rxd4 22. fxg7 $18) 21. Rh4 $18) 16. c4 $14
) ({II} 13... Nd7 $5 {düfte auch keinen vollen Ausgleich erzielen:} 14. Nf3 O-O
15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe5 $5 $14 {(} b6 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Ne5 {)}) 14. O-O-O $1 Bb7
15. Rhg1 $5 ({In Betracht kam auch} 15. Rhe1 $5 {, z.B.} O-O 16. g4 Rad8 (16...
Rfd8 $4 17. g5 Nd5 18. Bxh7+) 17. g5 Nd5 18. Qc2 $5 (18. Qh5 $6 g6 19. Nxg6 $2
fxg6 20. Bxg6 Rd7) (18. Bxh7+ $2 {scheitert hier merkwürdigerweise im
Gegensatz zur Analyse von 13...b5, da Schwarz im kritischen Moment (nach dem
Springeropfer auf c3) nicht über den Damenschwenk nach a5 verfügt!} Kxh7 19.
Qh5+ Kg8 20. g6 (20. Rd4 $2 Nxc3 $8 {!} 21. Rh4 (21. Rxd8 Ne4+ 22. Kb1 Qxe5 $19
) 21... Ne4+ $1 22. Kb1 Nd2+ 23. Ka1 Nb3+ $8 {!} 24. axb3 (24. Kb1 Be4+ 25.
Rhxe4 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Nxe4 $19) 24... Qa5+ 25. Kb1 Qxe1+ 26. Ka2 Qa5+ 27. Kb1 Rd1+
28. Qxd1 Qxe5 $19 {(} 29. Qh5 Be4+ {)}) 20... fxg6 21. Nxg6 Nf4 22. Rxd8 Nxg6 (
22... Nxh5 $2 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (23... Kh7 24. Rg1 $1) 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Rxe6) 23.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Qh4 Bd5 $17) 18... g6 (18... f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Re3 $14) 19.
Be4 $14 Ba8 (19... Qe7 20. h4 f6 21. Nf3) 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 (20... Rxd5 $6 21. Nd7
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxg5+ 23. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2) 21. h4 b5 22. Kb1 a5 23. h5)
15... Ke7 $6 {Nach langem Überlegen folgt - wie so oft - eine zwar
verblüffende, aber eher fragwürdige Entscheidung. Schwarz möchte seine Türme
verbinden, aber nicht gleich in den drohenden Angriff auf der kurzen
Rochadeseite hineinrochieren. Konsequent und wahrscheinlich auch besser war
dennoch} (15... O-O $5 {, z.B.} 16. g4 Rad8 17. g5 (17. Rg3 Nd5 18. Rh3 f5)
17... Nd5 18. Rg4 (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. g6+ (19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rd4 (20. g6 fxg6
21. Rxg6 Qxf2 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ $11) 20... Nxc3 21. Rh4
Nxa2+ 22. Kb1 Nc3+ 23. bxc3 Be4+ 24. Rxe4 Rd2 25. Nc4 Qb5+ 26. Kc1 Ra2 27. Rh4
Ra1+ 28. Kc2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Ra1+ $11) 19... fxg6 20. Qg4 Rf6 (20... Qc7 21. Qh3+
Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Qxg6+ Kg8 24. Qe6+ Kh7 (24... Rf7 $4 25. c4 $1 $18) 25.
Qh3+ (25. Rd4 $2 Nf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Rg3 Bg2 $1 28. Rxg2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6)
25... Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh7 $11) 21. Nxg6 Kg8 22. Qh3 Rdf8 (22... Qc7 $4 {/Rc8??}
23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Ne5+) 23. Qh8+ (23. Rd4 Rxg6 (23... Nxc3 {ist auch spielbar})
24. Rxg6 Nf4 25. Rd7 Nxg6 (25... Rf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rd7 Rf7 28. Rd8+ $11) 26.
Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qh3+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ $11) 23... Kf7 24. Qh5 (24. Nxf8 $2 Qxf8) 24...
Ne7 (24... Rf5 $2 25. Ne5+ Ke7 (25... Kg8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+
Kg8 29. Rg1+ Rg5 30. Rxg5#) 26. Rxg7+ Kd8 (26... Kd6 27. Rd7+ Kxe5 28. Re1+ Ne3
29. Qg6 $3 Rxf2 30. Rd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4+ Kxd4 32. Qg7+ R8f6 33. Qxb7 $16 {/+-})
27. Qh7 $18 Bc8 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ R8f7 30. Qxe6+) (24... Kg8 25. Qh8+ Kf7
26. Qh5 $11) 25. Ne5+ Kg8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Ng6 28. Rxg6+ Rxg6 29. Qxg6+
Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qg6+ $11) 18... Nxc3 $5 {(in diesem
Stellungstyp stets ein kritischer Gegenschlag)} 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1 Rd5 21.
Rh4 (21. f4 Rd4 (21... g6 $2 22. Qb2) 22. f5 (22. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 23. Rxd4 Qxd4
24. g6+ fxg6 25. f5 Qc5) 22... Rxg4 23. Nxg4 exf5 24. Bxf5 Bf3 25. Rd3 Qb4+ 26.
Qb2 Qe1+ 27. Qc1 Qb4+ 28. Qb2 (28. Rb3 $2 Be4+) 28... Qe1+ $11) (21. Bxh7+ $4
Kxh7 22. Rh4+ Kg8 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qh5 Qe1+ $19) 21... h6 (21... Rxe5 $4 22.
Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bc2+ Kg8 24. Rh8+ Kxh8 25. Qh5+ {nebst Matt}) (21... g6 $6 22.
Ng4 Rxg5 23. Rc1 Qb4+ (23... Qg7 $2 24. Rc7) 24. Ka1 Qd4+ 25. Qb2 Qxb2+ 26.
Kxb2 h5 27. Ne3) 22. Re4 Rc8 23. gxh6 (23. Re3 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf3 {= usw. wie
im Text}) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf3 25. Qxf3 Qb4+ 26. Ka1 Qc3+ 27. Kb1 Qb4+ $11 {
Nach diesen Erkenntnissen hätte sich Schwarz mit 15...0-0!? behaupten können.})
16. f4 Rhd8 17. Rde1 $6 {Ähnlich wie ...Ke7?! ein gekünstelter Zug. Laut
Efimenko wählte er diesen Turm, um den anderen beizeiten auf der halboffenen
f-Linie einsetzen zu können. Man beachte jedoch, daß es gar nicht dazu kommt
und der Rg1 nun lange Zeit eine passive Rolle spielen wird. Wie Partie und
Analyse zeigen, wäre Weiß mit} (17. Rge1 $1 {besser gefahren, z.B.} Bd5 $5 {
(vielleicht am zähesten)} (17... b5 18. f5 b4 19. fxe6 fxe6 (19... bxc3 20.
exf7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bd5 22. Nc6+ Kxf7 (22... Kf8 $2 23. Nxd8 Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2
b1=Q+ 25. Rxb1 Qa5+ 26. Kb2 Rb8+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Rxd8 29. Qe3 $18) 23.
Nxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxb2 $16) 20. c4 Rac8 21. Bxh7 $1 {und nun z.B.} Rxd1+ (21...
Be4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe4 Qxe5 24. Bb7 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 $18) 22. Qxd1 {und Weiß
kann sich allmählich den diversen Schwachpunkten am Königsflügel (u.a. e6 + g7)
zuwenden:} Bxg2 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Bd3 {usw.}) (17... Rac8 18. Kb1 $5 b5 (18...
Bd5 19. g4 Nd7 20. c4 $16) 19. g4 Nd7 20. Nxf7 $3 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. g5 $1
Bd5 (22... Rc6 23. Qe4 $1 g6 24. Bc2 $1 Rb6 25. Qe2 {mit der Kardinaldrohung
Rxd7+-}) (22... g6 23. Bc2 $1 Bc6 (23... Rc6 24. Qh3 $18) 24. b4 Qxc3 25. Bb3
$18) 23. Qf5+ Bf7 24. Qxh7 $40 {+/-/+-, z.B.} Bg8 (24... Nb6 25. Re5 Rxd3 26.
Rxd3 Qg1+ 27. Kc2 Qg2+ 28. Rd2 Qg4 29. h3 Qh5 30. Qxh5 Bxh5 31. b3 $18) (24...
b4 25. Qh8+ Bg8 26. Bh7 Qc4 27. b3 Qf7 28. Rd6 {(/\g6)} Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.
Qxg8+ Qxg8 31. Bxg8 $18) 25. Qh3 Qd5 (25... b4 26. cxb4 Qd5 27. b3) 26. c4 bxc4
27. Bf5 Qa5 28. Bxd7 $18) (17... Kf8 18. Bxh7 $1 g6 (18... Nxh7 $2 19. Rd7 $1
$18) (18... Bd5 19. Bc2 $16) (18... b5 19. Bc2 $16) (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 g6
20. Bxg6 (20. g4) 20... fxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22. Ne5 $16) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nxf7
$1 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. Qe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxe7+ Kh6 24. Rxb7 Rd6 25. g4 $16) 18.
Kb1 {(/\g4!)} h5 $5 {(Schwarz hat seiner Stellung mehr Festigkeit verliehen
und hat nun Zeit zur Turmverdopplung.)} 19. g3 (19. h3 $6 h4 $5) (19. f5 $6 Be4
20. Bxe4 Qxe5 21. Bxa8 (21. Rxd8) 21... Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 23. Kc2 $13 {/=}) (
19. c4 $6 Bb7 20. g3 (20. f5 Be4) 20... Rd4) 19... Rd6 20. Bc4 $5 $14 {Fazit:
Nach 17.Rge1!? Bd5! ist die schwarze Stellung keinesfalls im Hurrastil zu
nehmen, und Weiß scheint am Ende gut beraten, sich mit einem kleinen Plus
zufrieden zu geben.}) 17... b5 $5 ({I} 17... Kf8 $6 18. Bxh7 $5 Rd6 (18... g6
$6 19. Nxf7 $1) (18... Rac8 19. Bc2) (18... b5 19. Bc2) 19. Bc2 Rad8 20. Qc4 $1
$16) ({II} 17... Rd6 $6 18. f5 Kf8 {/Bd5} 19. g4 $40) 18. f5 $5 (18. Bxh7 $5
Bd5 $1 (18... Nxh7 $2 19. Qh5 $18) (18... Rd6 $6 19. Bc2) (18... b4 $2 19. c4
$16 Rd4 20. Bc2 Kf8 $2 (20... Rxf4 21. Nd3 Qxc4 22. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 $16) (
20... Be4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Kb1 $16) 21. g4 Rad8 22. g5 Nd7 23.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. Rg3 $18) 19. Bc2 (19. Bb1 Rac8 $44) 19... Rac8
$44 (19... Bxa2 $13)) 18... b4 19. fxe6 ({Nun gab es kein Zurück mehr; falls} 
19. c4 $2 {so} Rd4 $1 $36 {/\Rad8, Be4, und Schwarz nimmt das Heft in die Hand}
) 19... bxc3 $2 ({Gießt Öl ins Feuer, während} 19... fxe6 $1 20. c4 (20. Bxh7
$6 bxc3 21. Ng6+ Kd6 22. Qxe6+ Kc7 23. Qe7+ Kb6 (23... Qxe7 24. Rxe7+ Rd7 25.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Ne5+ Ke6 27. Nd3 cxb2+ 28. Kb1 Rb8) 24. Re6+ Bc6 25. Qxc5+ Kxc5
26. b4+ Kb5 27. a4+ Kxa4 28. Rxc6 Nxh7 {mündet jeweils in ein etwa
ausgeglichenes Endspiel}) 20... Rac8 $132 (20... Rd4 $132) 21. Kb1 (21. Bxh7 $6
Rd4 $1) 21... Be4 22. Bxe4 Qxe5 $132 {die Wogen etwas geglättet und Gegenspiel
gegeben hätte.}) 20. exf7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bd5 $3 ({Am Höhepunkt des Kampfes
findet der alte Fuchs die äußerst kaltblütige, aber auch einzige Parade. Rasch
verliert} 21... Kf8 $2 {wegen} 22. Bxh7 $1 $18 Nxh7 (22... Be4+ 23. Bxe4 Qxe5
24. Bxa8 $18) (22... g5 23. Ng6+ (23. Rgf1) 23... Kg7 24. f8=Q+ Rxf8 25. Nxf8
Rxf8 26. Qe7+ {usw. +-}) (22... Bd5 23. Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Qe7+ Qxe7 25. Rxe7#) 23.
Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Qe6#) 22. Qxb2 $4 ({Viel zu optimistisch. Wie bereits vor Ort
bei der Live-Kommentierung vermutet, liegt hier der Hase im Pfeffer, und Weiß
konnte seinen Vorteil mit dem konsequenten} 22. Nc6+ $1 {festhalten. Nun zur
Analyse der haarsträubenden, am Turnierbrett zu komplizierten, verwirrenden
Turbulenzen, in deren Mittelpunkt das Opfer auf a2 nebst der
Königsauswanderung steht:} Kf8 (22... Kxf7 $2 {erleichtert das Prozedere
merklich:} 23. Nxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxb2 $16) 23. Nxd8 Bxa2+ $5 (23... Rxd8 24. Qc2
$1 $16 {, z.B.} Qd4 (24... Qb4 25. Qxb2 Qa4 26. a3 Bxf7 27. Bc2) 25. Rgf1 Bxf7
26. Rd1) 24. Kxa2 (24. Kxb2 $4 Rb8+ $19) 24... Qa5+ 25. Kb1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa4+
27. Kd2 $1 Qb4+ 28. Ke3 $1 (28. Kc2 $6 Qa4+ (28... Rxd8 $2 29. Kb1 $1 Qa3 30.
Bc4 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa4+ 32. Bb3 $18) (28... Rc8+ $2 29. Kb1) 29. Kd2 Qb4+ 30. Kc2
$2 Qa4+ 31. Kd2 {und} Qb4+ {ergäbe Remis durch dreimalige Stellungwiederholung}
) 28... Rxd8 {Diagramm [#] (Analyse-Diagramm)} 29. g3 $3 (29. h3 $2 b1=Q (29...
Qd4+ 30. Kf3 Qxd3+ 31. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 32. Re3 $16) 30. Bxb1 (30. Rxb1 $2 Nd5+ $1
31. Kf2 (31. Kf3 $4 Qf4# {was in der 29.g3-Variante nicht möglich ist}) 31...
Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Qf3 Nxb1 34. Bxb1 Qb2 35. Bd3 Qa1+ 36. Kf2 Qd4+ 37. Qe3
Qxd3 $17) 30... Qc3+ 31. Bd3 Rxd3+ 32. Qxd3 Nd5+ 33. Ke4 Nf6+ 34. Ke3 Nd5+ $11)
(29. Qf3 $6 Ng4+ 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Qe4 Qc3 $5 $132 (31... Nxd3 $2)) (29. Qc2 $2
b1=Q 30. Rxb1 Ng4+ 31. Kf3 (31. Ke2 $4 Qd4) 31... Nxh2+ 32. Ke2 (32. Kf2 $4
Qd4+ 33. Kg3 Qe5+ 34. Kh3 (34. Kh4 Qf6+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 Qe3+
38. Kxg4 Rd4+) (34. Kf2 Ng4+) 34... Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+ $1 (35... Qg4+ $2 36. Kf2
$11) 36. Kf2 Ng4+ {usw. wie gehabt}) (32. Ke3 $4 Qd4+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kd2 Qf2+)
33... Ng4 $1) (32. Kg3 $4 Qg4+ $1 33. Kf2 Qd4+) 32... Qg4+ 33. Ke1 Qg3+ 34. Ke2
Qg4+ 35. Kd2 Qf4+ 36. Ke2 (36. Kd1 $4 Qe3) 36... Qg4+ $11) (29. g4 $2 Qd4+ 30.
Kf3 (30. Kd2 $4 Ne4+ 31. Qxe4 b1=N+ $1 $19 32. Ke2 Nc3+) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Qxd3
Rxd3+ 32. Re3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 34. Kf3 Nxh2+ 35. Kg3 a5 36. Rb1 Nf1+ 37.
Kf4 Nd2 38. Rxb2 Nc4 {usw. =}) 29... Qd4+ 30. Kf3 Qxd3+ 31. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 32. Re3
$16) 22... Kd6 $4 ({Dadurch verlor Vaganian aber völlig die Bodenhaftung - und
gerieten die zahlreichen Kiebitze aus dem Häuschen. Erforderlich war} 22... Kf8
$8 {!, und nach} 23. Rc1 (23. Ka1 $4 Rab8) (23. Bxh7 Nxh7 $19) 23... Qa5 $1 {
(Die Kraft von 22...Kf8! nebst 23...Qa5! wurde von Efimenko kraß unterschätzt.)
} 24. Ka1 (24. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rab8 26. Bb3 Ne4 $19) 24... Bxa2 $1 {
hätte sich das Blatt plötzlich gewendet:} (24... Rab8 $6 {ist ein
verführerischer Kandidat:} 25. Qf2 $1 (25. Qc2 $2 Rbc8 $1 (25... Be4 $6 26. Nc4
Qf5 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rgf1 Qe6 $13) 26. Qb2 Bxa2 27. Nd7+ Nxd7 28. Qxa2 Qb4 $1
29. Bxa6 (29. Bc4 Ne5 30. Bb3 Nd3 31. Rcd1 Rb8 $19) 29... Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Ra8
31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Bxc8 Qc3+ 33. Qb2 Qxc8 $19) (25. Qe2 $2 Qb6 26. Qc2 Bxa2 27.
Qc5+ Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxf7 $17) 25... Rdc8 (25... Be4 26. Nc4 Qd5 27. Rgd1 Bxd3
28. Rxd3 Qxf7 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Nd6 {/\Qc4(+)=/~~})) 25. Qc3 (25. Nc6 Qa4 26.
Qxa2 Qxa2+ 27. Kxa2 Rxd3 $17) 25... Qxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Bxf7 $17) 23. Nc4+ $1 $18 {
Schockschwerenot! Dieses hochgiftige Springerschach hatte Schwarz überhaupt
nicht auf der Rechnung, und nun droht seinem Wanderkönig tatsächlich auf
offenem Feld ein trauriges Schicksal.} Kc6 (23... Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 (24...
Rab8 25. Bb3 $40 {+-}) 25. Qe5+ Kd7 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Rc1 $18) 24. Ka1 ({
Genauer war} 24. Rc1 $1 {, z.B.} Rab8 25. Nb6 Rxb6 26. Rxc5+ Kb7 27. Bb5 $18)
24... Rab8 25. Qc3 Bxc4 (25... Rb5 26. Rc1 (26. Rgf1)) 26. Qxc4 (26. Bxc4)
26... Rd5 {(?)} (26... Qxc4 27. Bxc4 $18 {mit technischer Gewinnstellung
wollte sich Vaganian nicht zeigen lassen:} a5 28. Re6+ Kc5 29. Bb3 {usw.}) 27.
Qxa6+ Kd7 28. Qa4+ $138 {(?) In beiderseitiger Zeitnot verpaßt der Anziehende
diverse stärkere Fortsetzungen:} ({I} 28. Bb5+ $1 Rxb5 29. Qe6+ Kd8 (29... Kc7
30. Rc1) 30. Qe8+ Nxe8 31. fxe8=Q+ Kc7 32. Re7+ (32. Rc1)) ({II} 28. Bf5+ $1
Kd8 (28... Rxf5 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30. Qe8+ Kc7 (30... Nxe8 31. fxe8=Q+ Kc7 32. Re7+)
31. Re7+) 29. f8=Q+ Qxf8 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 $18) ({III} 28. Qe6+ Kd8 29.
Qe8+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Qxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kd6 32. Rb7 Rf8 33. Bb5 $18) 28... Kd6 29.
Qf4+ Re5 30. Bc4 (30. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 31. Rxe5 Kxe5 32. Re1+ Kd4 33. Rd1 $18) 30...
Nd7 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Rge1 $6 ({Endlich kommt der Turm zum Einsatz, aber dabei
verpaßt Weiß die letzte Gelegenheit zu einer eleganten, schnellen Entscheidung:
} 32. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8 (32... Nxf8 33. Qf7#) 33. Qg4 Nf6 34. Qxg7+ Ke8 35. Bb5+ $1
Qxb5 36. Rb1 $18) 32... Kf8 33. Rxe5 $6 (33. Qd2 $1 {war auch nicht von Pappe:}
Qe7 (33... Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Ne5 (34... Qxc4 $2 35. Qd6+ Kxf7 36. Qxd7+ $18) 35.
Bb3 $18) (33... Qxc4 $2 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. Qd6+ $18) (33... Qc7 34. Rxe5 Qxe5+ (
34... Nxe5 35. Bb3 $18) 35. Qd4 $18) 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. Bb3 $18) 33... Nxe5 34.
Qd4 $1 {Mit lediglich 20 Sekunden auf der Uhr (Vaganian 1.30 Minuten) behält
Efimenko die Nerven und wickelt (wenigstens) zu einem gewinnverheißenden
Endspiel ab.} Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Nxc4 36. Rxc4 $18 Kxf7 37. Re4 $6 (37. a4 $1 {
gewinnt relativ einfach, z.B.} Ke6 38. Ka2 Rb7 39. Ka3 Kd5 40. Rc2 Ra7 (40...
h5 41. a5) 41. Kb4 Rb7+ 42. Kc3 ({oder auch} 42. Ka5 Rb8 43. Rc7) 42... Rc7+ (
42... Ra7 43. Ra2) 43. Kd3 Ra7 (43... Rxc2 44. Kxc2 Kc4 45. a5 Kb5 46. Kc3 Kxa5
47. Kc4 $18) 44. Ra2 {, und der Turm gelangt idealerweise hinter den
Freibauern:} Kc5 45. Kc3 Re7 46. a5 Kb5 47. a6 {usw. +-}) 37... Kf6 $6 (37...
Rd8 $1 38. Re2 (38. a4 $2 Rd1+ 39. Kb2 Rd2+ 40. Kb3 Rxg2 41. Rh4 Ke6 $1 42.
Rxh7 Kd6) 38... Ra8 $1 {hätte die Gewinnführung zwar mühselig gestaltet, da
der Turm nur schwerlich hinter seinen Freibauern kommt, aber zu halten war die
schwarze Stellung auf Dauer sowieso nicht. Wahrscheinlich gibt es hier mehrere
Wege, z.B.} 39. g3 Kf6 40. Re4 Kf5 41. Rh4 h6 42. Kb2 (42. a4) 42... Ke5 43.
Kb3 Kd5 44. a4 Kc5 45. Rc4+ Kb6 46. Kb4 Rf8 (46... Ra7 47. h4 Ra8 48. Rg4) (
46... Re8 47. a5+ Kb7 48. Kb5) (46... g5 47. Re4) (46... Rb8 47. h4 Ka6+ 48.
Kc5 h5 49. Kd5 Rb3 50. g4 hxg4 51. Rxg4 Rb7 52. Ke6) 47. a5+ Kb7 48. Rf4 Rb8
49. Ka4 Ka6 (49... Kc6 50. Rc4+ Kd5 51. Rc7) 50. Rg4 Rb7 (50... g5 51. Rb4) 51.
Rg6+ Ka7 52. h4 Re7 53. Kb5 {nebst Marsch zum Königsflügel}) 38. Re2 $6 (38. a4
$1 Rd8 39. a5 Rd1+ 40. Kb2 Rd2+ 41. Kb3 Rxg2 42. a6 Rd2 43. Ra4 Rd8 44. a7 Ra8
45. Kb4 $18) 38... h5 $6 (38... Ra8 $1) 39. a3 (39. a4 Ra8 40. Ra2) 39... g5
40. Ka2 h4 (40... Ra8 41. Kb3 Rb8+ 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Kb5 Rb8+ 44. Kc6 Rc8+ 45.
Kb7 Rc4 46. Ra2 Ra4 47. Kb6 {usw.}) 41. a4 {Die Endspielphase bis hierher
wurde von dem jungen Ukrainer а tempo gespielt. Nun konnte er sich in aller
Ruhe vergewissern, daß der Rest kinderleicht ist.} Kf5 42. Ka3 Kg4 (42... Ra8
43. Kb4 Rb8+ 44. Kc5 Ra8 45. Kb5 Rb8+ 46. Kc6 Ra8 47. Ra2) 43. a5 h3 44. g3 Kf3
45. Ra2 Ke4 46. a6 Kd5 47. a7 Ra8 48. Kb4 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 ({For some strange
reasons players have stopped using the sharp Morozevich line} 5... Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6) 6. Nf3 h6 ({A modern continuation, which is replacing the classical} 6...
Be7) 7. Nxf6+ ({The bishop retreat on the same diagonal does not promise
anything special:} 7. Bh4 Be7 ({Even more interesting is the direct central
attack} 7... c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd4 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7
13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bg3 Nce4 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Nxg3
19. hxg3 Kg7 20. Rd6 Rhc8 {1/2 Jobava,B -Sturua,Z ,Dubai 2004}) 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6
9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 Qd5 11. Qe5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Bb5 O-O 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Rhe1 a5 18. Qe2 a4 19. a3 Rab8 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ne5
Qb6 22. c3 c5 23. Red1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. f4 {with a slightly
more centralised position in Gashimov,V -Gurevich,M, Odessa 2010.}) (7. Bxf6
Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 (8... c5 9. Qe2 Qa5+ 10. c3 a6 11. dxc5 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxc5 13.
O-O g6 14. Bc2 Bg7 15. Ba4+ Kf8 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Kg7 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. Ng4
Be7 20. Bc2 f5 21. Qf3 b6 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Nd3 {with a rather strong white
initiative in Cao,S-Barsov,A, Guangzhou 2010.}) 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qa4+
Qd7 12. Qc4 Bd6 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. c4 Bg5
18. Rhe1 Be7 19. f4 Rd8 20. Nf3 a5 21. Ne5 a4 22. c5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f6 24. Nd7
Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxc5 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bc8 e5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rxa7 Bxa7 30. Kc2
e4 31. Bd7 a3 32. b4 Bd4 33. Kb3 Bb2 34. b5 Kf8 35. b6 Ke7 36. Bc6 e3 37. b7
Be5 38. Bf3 Bxh2 {1/2 Polgar,J (2715)-Bareev,E (2734)/Enghien les Bains FRA
2003/The Week in Chess 449}) 7... Nxf6 8. Be3 (8. Bh4 c5 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 c5
10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16.
Rad1 Rd6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Rdd8 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. a3 a5 21. Red1 Rac8 {with a
very promising black position, Fressinet,L-Degraeve,J, Val d'Isere 2004.}) 9.
Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Ne5 Qd4 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Qf3 b6 18. c3 Qh4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Rad1 f5 21. Ne1 Bc5
22. Nc2 {Almasi,Z-Meier,G, Paks 2009. White keeps some advantage after b2-b4
and placing the knight on d4.}) 8... Bd6 ({A completely different strategy
with the exchange of the bishop on e3 is also possible:} 8... Nd5 9. Bd3 (9.
Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. d5 Bd6
15. O-O O-O 16. Bc3 exd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Qf5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qxe8+
Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Re2 Qxd5 23. Rd2 Qc6 24. Rad1 Bf4 25. Rd5 c4 {Hou
Yifan-Lu Shanglei, Xinghua 2010. gave Black a rather strong trump - the pawn
on c4.}) 11... Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nd3 (19. f4 g6 20. O-O Kg7 21. Qb3 $146 Rhd8 22.
Rce1 Bf6 23. Ng4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 h5 25. Ne5 b6 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. b5 Bxe5 28. fxe5
a6 $15 29. a4 axb5 30. axb5 Rab8 31. Rb1 Qd4 32. Qb2 Qa4 33. h3 Rdc8 {Shirov,
A-Wang Hao, Moscow 2010. and the knight d5 makes Black's position very solid.})
19... Bg5 (19... g6 20. b5 Kg7 21. O-O Bf6 22. g3 Rhc8 23. Qb3 a6 24. a4 axb5
25. axb5 Qe7 26. Rfe1 Qf8 27. Re4 Ra7 28. b6 Ra6 29. Nb4 Nxb4 30. Qxb4 Rc6 31.
Ree1 Qe7 32. h4 Ra2 33. Be3 g5 34. h5 Ra8 35. Red1 Rd8 36. Qe4 {with clear
advantage, Wang Hao -Hou Yifan ,Danzhou 2010}) 20. Rc2 Rd8 21. O-O Ne7 22. Qa3
Nf5 {Petrosian,T-Ni Hua, Plovdiv 2010. Black will easily overcome some
development problems.}) {Possible is the direct exchange} 9... Nxe3 ({in some
other game in Antakya} 9... Bd6 {was tried:} 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Qe7 12. O-O
Bd7 13. Ne5 O-O-O 14. c4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rad1 g5 18. a3 a5 19.
b4 $1 axb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. c5 (21. Rb1 {was stronger.}) 21... Bxc5 22. Rb1 f6
$2 ({It was necessary to try to evacuate the king to the other side:} 22... Rd4
23. Be4 Qd6 24. Bxb7+ Kd8) 23. Qa2 Kb8 24. Be4 fxe5 25. Rxb7+ Qxb7 26. Bxb7
Kxb7 27. Rb1+ Kc6 28. Qa6+ Kd5 29. Rd1+ {1-0 Ruan Lufei -Zhang Xiaowen ,
Antakya 2010}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 c5 (11... e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Rd1 Rhd8 19. Ke2 Bb6 20.
Rd3 Rxd3 21. cxd3 Rd8 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. a5 a6 24. Rc4 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Kxe5 26. Ke3
g6 27. Rb4 Rd7 {Naiditsch,A-Akobian,V, Moscow 2009. and Black is left with a
slightly worse rook endgame.}) 12. e5 Be7 13. Qe2 (13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15.
Qg4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ 17. Ke2 Bd7 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Rhf1 Qd5 20. b3 Rd8 21.
Qxg7 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Rf2 Rg8 25. Rc7 Rg7 26. Ke3 Kg8 27.
Be2 Bc6 28. Rf6 a5 29. Rxh6 f5 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe6 f4+ 32. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 33.
Kg5 Rd2 34. Bg4 Rxa2 35. h3 Kf8 36. Rh6 Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kf8 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. h4
Rg2 40. Re6+ Kf7 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42. h5 Bd7 43. Rf4 Bxg4 44. Rxg4 Rh2 45. h6 b5
46. Rh4 Rg2+ 47. Kh5 Kf7 48. Rf4+ {1-0 Acs,P (2538)-Baklan,V (2655)/Graz AUT
2010/The Week in Chess 793}) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Bxd7+
Rxd7 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qxc5 19. Rd3 Kb8 20. Qe4 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Qh7 Qf8 23. Qe4 Bc7 24. c3 a6 25. Qd4 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 {Smeets,J-Caruana,F,
Novi Sad 2009. The endgame is level.}) (8... Ng4 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bc3 Bd7 11. Qe2
Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. h3 Nf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be5 Qa5 16. a3 Bc6 17. Nd2 Qa4
18. f3 Rd5 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. Qc3+ Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Bxc6
24. Bc4 Be3+ 25. Kb1 Nd7 {Black has no real problems.}) (8... a6 9. Bd3 (9. Ne5
) 9... b6 (9... b5) 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qd5 $5 $146 (11... Qc8) 12. Kb1 (12.
c4 Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 $5 $132) 12... b5 (12... Bd6 13. c4 Qa5 14. d5 $36) 13. Ne5
Bd6 14. c4 (14. f4 $5) 14... bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Rhg1 {(/\ g4-g5)} Rb8 $5 17.
Ka1 Bxe5 $2 {Shirov,A-Gurevich,M ,Reykjavik 2003} ({But according to M.
Gurevich, Black could obtain serious counterplay after} 17... Bd5 $5 18. Bxd5 (
{a)} 18. g4 Qa4 $5 19. g5 $140 hxg5 20. Rxg5 Bxe5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxe5 (22.
dxe5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxh2 $19) 22... Qb5 $17) 18... Nxd5 19. Nc6 Qb5 $15)) 9. Bd3
O-O (9... b6 10. Ne5 O-O ({The sharp game Svidler-M.Gurevich, Gibraltar 2009,
eventually won by White, continued} 10... Bb7 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bd3
c5 14. O-O-O $146 b5 15. c4 Qc7 16. f4 Ke7 17. f5) 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Bd2 $1 ({
Premature is} 12. g4 $6 Bb7 {Acs-Meier, Paks 2009}) ({After} 12. c4 {Black can
capture either on e3 or on e5}) 12... Qh4 ({Attacking the d4-pawn. After} 12...
Bb7 {White could have played} 13. O-O-O $5 (13. Qe4 f5 $8 14. Qe2 {hardly
promises him much})) 13. g4 $1 ({After} 13. Be4 Bb7 $13 {Black is threatening
14...f5}) 13... Bb7 14. O-O-O {Svidler,P -Timofeev,A ,Moscow 2009. with
attacking chances.}) 10. Qd2 (10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qf6
14. Ne5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. g3 Qf6 17. Rhe1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qf3 19. Qf1 Qg2 20.
Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Red4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6
26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Kc1 Ke7 {Baklan,V-Meier,G, Lublin 2010. Equalising slowly.})
10... Nd5 11. O-O-O b6 12. Kb1 ({An immediate attack in the centre with} 12. c4
{was not particularly promising:} Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bb7 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16.
Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 {and the white king can have some problems.}) 12... Qe7 {
It is necessary move in any case, and safer than to provoke White to sacrifice
the bishop on h6:} (12... Bb7 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 f5 15. Qxe6+ $6 ({White
has to be to be satisfied with the perpetual} 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17.
Qg6+) 15... Kg7 16. Rde1 Qf6 {and White's three pawns are not a sufficient
compensation for the sacrificed bishop.}) 13. Rhe1 (13. c4 {would be
strategically too risky:} Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Rhf1 Ba6 {with a
developing initiative for Black, as White has no clear plan.}) 13... Bb7 ({
A bit slower but possible was} 13... Rd8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. c3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc7) 14. Ne5 ({It was possible to regroup the pieces:} 14.
c3 Rad8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bc1 a5 {but it did not promise White anything clear.})
14... Bxe5 ({It was possible to take the other bishop:} 14... Nb4 15. Bf4 c5
16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Rad8 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Bf4 Qh4 {with a very
comfortable position for Black.}) 15. dxe5 Nxe3 $6 ({It was much more logical
to play similarly to the previous variation} 15... Nb4 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Be4
18. Rc1 Bh7) 16. Qxe3 ({It would not be very realistic to try to transfer the
rook to the kingside:} 16. Rxe3 Rad8 17. Rg3 Kh8) 16... Rfd8 ({A more
agressive try was} 16... Qh4 {with the idea to attack the opponent's pawns.})
17. f4 ({Immediate exchanges could not promise anything serious for White} 17.
Be4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. b3 Qd2 {and the queen
endgame is completely equal.}) 17... Rd7 ({The much more aggressive} 17... Qh4
{was preferable:} 18. g3 Qxh2 19. Rd2 Qh3 20. Bf1 Qh5 21. Be2 {with a constant
attack on the black queen.}) ({Or activation on the other side:} 17... c5 18.
Rd2 Rac8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Red1 b5) 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Red1 Kf8 $6 {A very soft
move.} ({It was clear, that it is necessary to demonstrate activity:} 19... c5
20. g4 Bc6 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 g6 23. h4 Kg7) 20. g3 ({In principle it was
possible to start some sort of pseudo-attack on the opponent's kingside:} 20.
g4) 20... Qc5 $6 {A very risky decision to move into an endgame with doubled
pawns.} ({Much more logical would be} 20... c5 {planning a6 and b5.}) 21. Qxc5+
bxc5 22. Kc1 Bf3 $2 {Why force the exchange - White will have to think about
it anyhow.} ({It was necessary to try to create even some slight counterplay:} 
22... Ke7 23. Bb5 Rd5 24. b3 g5) 23. Be2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Bd5 {
Of course, pawn endgames with the doubled pawns are always dangerous, as at
some moment it will come down to a shortage of pawn moves. With bishops it is
also very difficult to defend as some black pawns are placed on white squares
in addition to the doubled pawns.} 26. Kc3 Ke7 27. Bc4 Bc6 ({Another option
was to keep the bishop on d5, but soon it would be a problem to find useful
moves.} 27... f6 28. a3 g5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. b3 Kf7 31. Bd3 Ke7 32. b4 cxb4+
33. axb4 Kf7 34. Kd4 {and the white king starts to penetrate Black's position.}
) 28. Bb3 Bb5 ({There is not much time just for waiting} 28... Bd5 29. Bxd5
exd5 30. f5 Kd7 31. g4 a5 32. Kb3 c4+ 33. Kc3 c5 34. b3 cxb3 35. Kxb3 Kc6 36.
Ka4 c4 37. Kxa5 Kc5 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Kd6 40. Kb5 Kxe6 41. Kc5 {winning, as
the a2-pawn will go like a rocket.}) 29. Bc4 Bc6 30. Kb3 Kd7 (30... Be4 31. Ka4
Bxc2+ 32. Kb5 Be4 33. Ka6 {would still be a very difficult defence for Black.})
31. Bd3 Bd5+ 32. Ka4 Kc6 ({Or} 32... c4 33. Be2 Kc6 34. Kb4 a5+ 35. Kc3 $1 (35.
Kxa5 c3 $13) 35... Kc5 36. h4 {and Black comes into zugzwang.}) {But now
things become even worse} 33. c4 Bf3 34. Ka5 Kb7 ({There is no way to stop
White's king coming to b5 and capturing the c5-pawn.} 34... f5 35. Bc2 Be2 36.
Ba4+ Kb7 37. Kb5 $18) 35. Kb5 g6 36. Kxc5 {After White wins the c5-pawn the
game is over.} h5 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. b4 a6 39. a3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Nc4 $146 (12. Qf4 Be7 13.
Bg3 (13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O-O $36)
13... O-O 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Bd3 Rac8 $11)
12... Bxd4 13. Nxa5 Bb6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ke7 17. Be2 Bd7 18.
Bf3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Rc7 $11 20. Rh4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Be8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 Ke7 (
23... Nd7 24. Nc4 Ke7 25. Na5 Nc5 $11) 24. a4 b6 25. b3 (25. b3 Nd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 $5 {An interesting choice by Tan Zhongyi. She is definitely up to for
something off-beat, since Anna has won every single White game of hers in this
tournament.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {known as the "Rubinstein" system. Tan
decides to go for a technical line. This is a rather rare opening at the top
level. The only person I know who employs this opening on a regular basis is
the strong GM George Meier. At the very top, Jobava managed to successfully
employ it on a couple of rare occasions!} 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {even less common than
the usual Nd7} (4... Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 ({Or} 6... h6)) 5. Nf3 Bc6 6.
Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 $1 {This is considered the best square for the
knight! The dark-squared bishop heads to b2.} Be7 (8... g6 $6 {is a risky and
unreliable way of playing this line.} 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Qe2
Bf8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Be4 Nc5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nf3 Qd3 18. Rfe1
Red8 19. Kf1 Qxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Nd3 21. Bc3 a5 22. Rd1 Nb4 23. Red2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2
a4 25. a3 Na6 26. b4 Rc8 27. Ng5 Be7 28. Ne4 Kf8 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Ke8 31. f4
Nb8 32. Bd4 Nd7 33. Be3 Nb6 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Kc3 Rb8 36. Bc5 Bd8 37. Be3 Be7
38. Rd3 Bd8 39. h3 Be7 40. Rd2 Rd8 41. Rxd8+ Kxd8 42. Bc5 Kd7 43. Kd4 Bd8 44.
Nc3 g5 45. Bxb6 cxb6 46. Nxa4 Kc7 47. Nc3 h4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Ne4 Kd7 50. a4
Be7 51. c5 Kc7 52. Nd6 f6 53. Ne8+ Kd8 54. Nxf6 bxc5+ 55. bxc5 Kc7 56. Ng4 Bd8
57. Ne3 Kd7 58. Nc4 Kc7 59. Ke4 Kd7 60. f5 Bg5 61. f6 Bh6 62. a5 Kc7 63. a6 Kb8
64. Na5 Ka7 65. Nxc6+ Kxa6 66. Nd4 {1-0 (66) Inarkiev,E (2709)-Melkumyan,H 
(2633) Doha 2016}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 {All is
according to the latest theory. So far, so good!} 13. Rfe1 $6 {This does not
make enough sense to me. d5 may be a threat but it could easily be parried. In
my opinion, it is more natural to put the rook on d1.} (13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Qc7 15. N2f3 {and despite the fact that Black is ok, she still needs to solve
a couple of problems.}) 13... Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne4 $6 {This is like a
practical 'draw offer' to me but what else to do?} (15. Ne5 {is not better
either.} cxd4 $1 16. Nxf7 {the classical sacrifice does not work here.} Kxf7
17. Qxe6+ Kf8) 15... Nxe4 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 {is the 'fighting' way of
playing it according to Komodo, Houdini, and colleagues!}) 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 Bd6 19. Qe2 Rad8 $1 {This equalises with ease. Tan Zhongyi
shows a good understanding of the position. The black king won't be weak after
Bxf6.} 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. g3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Kg2 Rxd1 25.
Qxd1 Qc6 26. Qd3 f5 {From here till end of the game, Anna tries different
forms of mating patterns which all lead to nothing but perpetual checks!} 27.
Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. h4 Qe4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd2 a5 32. h5 h6 33. Qc3+ Kg8
34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Qb2 Qg4 36. Ne5 Qxh5 37. Nd7 Qg5 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Ne8+ Kg8 40.
Nf6+ Kh8 41. Ne8+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ {A comfortable draw for Tan Zhongyi. Let us see
what Anna is going to do with her black pieces. She has had some luck against
Kosteniuk and Kashilinskaya but the final is a different matter!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02] George Meier is the
world's leading expert in this line.} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11] My knowledge of this opening is a
bit rusty but my recollection tells me that this is the sharpest line in this
variation with players castling on opposite sides most of the time.} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:25] Meier goes for the most principled continuation.} 8. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:32]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:02]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Caruana deviates from Meier's game earlier this year where he lost to
Estonian GM Kaido Kulaots. He does not want to test Meier's improvement over
his game and he is already sure h4 is not going to work in this game.} (13. h4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qxg6
Qc7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rd7 {1-0 (24)
Kulaots,K (2564)-Meier,G (2648) Sweden 2017}) 13... Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. c3
{[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:00] Meier spends some time while Caruana is
still blitzing his moves. It seems that c3 may not have been part of Meier's
preparation.} 15. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:25:12]} 16. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rc5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:15] Played quickly and accurately! Meier is not
only an opening expert but he has a deep understanding of the position. The
queen will move and the other rook will occupy the d-file.} 17. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 18. Be5 {[%emt 0:07:22] Fabiano's moves are all
good according to the engines!} Nd7 {[%emt 0:32:55] The position is hard and
it is not easy to find a move for Black. Meier's play is good but he has to
spend a lot of time to check on many things. He is caught in a balanced yet
unclear position. A feat for Fabiano and not exactly what Meier had in mind.}
19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:39:50] Now g4-g5
is a threat.} Rd8 {[%emt 0:11:54]} 21. Be5 {[%emt 0:07:45]} (21. g4 $2 Nd5 22.
Bg3 Rxc3 {with a great position for Black.}) 21... h5 $1 {[%emt 0:15:02]
Another excellent stopping move.} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Bd6 $2 {[%emt 0:04:
17] With time pressure coming, Meier makes a bad mistake by letting his king
be exposed.} (22... Nd7 {was again a choice.} 23. Bg3 Nf6 {Meier might have
missed} 24. Nf5 $6 exf5 25. Qxe7 Nd5 26. Qg5 f4 $17 {with devastating
horizontal effect!}) 23. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:13:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 25. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:39] Great play now .
..Rg8 is forced.} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} (26... Bf8 {is ugly but at least covers Black's king.}) 27. Bb3 $5 {
[%emt 0:08:39] Fabiano targets e6} f5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Nxe6+ $1 {[%emt 0:
00:00] And he sees that his attack is crushing! Now Black's king is exposed
and White's pieces are all going to swarm over Black's.} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
29. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 30. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Be4+ {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 31. Ka1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Qf6 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34.
Ree8 {[%emt 0:01:23] Fabiano misses a mate but his move is good enough for a
win!} (34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ Rxg8 (36... Kh8 37. Bf7+ Kh7 38.
Bg6+ Rxg6 39. Rh8#) 37. Re7+ Rg7 38. Qxg7#) 34... Qf1+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} 35. Bd1
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne5
Bc6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. b4 Qe7 18. a3 b6 19. Rd2 Ba8 20. c4 Rfd8 21.
Red1 Qc7 22. f4 h6 23. h3 Kf8 24. Be2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Kg8 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Kh2 Qc7
28. Bd3 Kf8 29. Bc2 Bc6 30. Rd2 Be8 31. Kg1 Qe7 32. g4 Ng8 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Bb3
Ne7 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Nc6 37. Nxc6 Bxc6+ 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Rd2 g5 40. fxg5
hxg5 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. Bc2 Rh6 43. Re2 Rf6 44. Be4 Bxe4 45. Rxe4 Rf1 46. c5 Ra1
47. Re3 bxc5 48. bxc5 Rc1 49. Rb3 Kf6 50. Rb7 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Rxa3 52. c6 Rc3 53.
c7 a5 54. Ra7 a4 55. Rxa4 Rxc7 56. h4 $2 {Weiß musste stehenbleiben und
abwarten.} gxh4 $2 {Was für eine Sorglosigkeit!} (56... Rc2+ {gewann leicht:}
57. Kg3 Rc3+ 58. Kh2 gxh4 $19) 57. Kh3 $11 {Weiß verteidigt sich im Folgenden
vorbildlich:} Kg5 58. Ra5+ f5 59. gxf5 Rc3+ 60. Kg2 exf5 61. Ra4 Rg3+ 62. Kh2
Re3 63. Kg2 $1 (63. Rb4 $2 f4 64. Rb8 Kg4 65. Rg8+ Kf3 66. Rf8 Re4 67. Kh3 Kf2
$19) 63... Re4 64. Ra8 Re2+ 65. Kf3 Re6 66. Rg8+ Rg6 67. Rh8 Rh6 68. Rg8+ Kf6 (
68... Kh5 69. Kf4 h3 70. Kg3 Rg6+ 71. Rxg6 Kxg6 72. Kxh3 Kf6 73. Kg3 Ke5 74.
Kf3 $11) 69. Rf8+ Kg6 70. Kg2 h3+ 71. Kh2 Kg5 72. Rg8+ Kf4 73. Ra8 Kg4 74. Rg8+
Kf3 75. Ra8 f4 76. Ra3+ Kg4 77. Ra8 Rf6 (77... f3 78. Ra4+ Kf5 79. Ra5+ $11)
78. Rg8+ Kf3 79. Ra8 Re6 80. Ra7 Kf2 81. Kxh3 $1 f3 82. Ra2+ Re2 83. Ra1 Ke3
84. Ra3+ Kf4 85. Ra4+ Re4 86. Ra8 Rd4 (86... Re1 87. Ra4+ Ke3 88. Ra3+ Kf2 89.
Ra2+ Re2 (89... Kf1 90. Kg3 Re3 91. Rf2+ $11) 90. Ra1 $11) 87. Rf8+ Ke3 88. Kg3
$1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Haznedaroglu, Kivanc"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 "Istanbul"]
[BlackTeam "Podgorica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Qe5 Be7 14.
Nxd4 Qa4 15. Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Rhe1 a6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nd5 20.
Rd7 b5 21. Bg3 Rfc8 22. Kb1 Rc6 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Rd2 Rc4 25. f3 R4c6 26. a3 Ne3
27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Rd2 g5 30. Re2 Nd5 31. Be1 Kg6 32. b3 h5 33.
Kb2 f6 34. Bd2 g4 35. Re1 Kf5 36. Re4 e5 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. bxc4
gxf3 40. gxf3 Ne7 41. Kc3 Nc6 42. Kd3 Nd4 43. f4 Nf3 44. fxe5 Nxe5+ 45. Kc3 Nf3
46. h3 Nxd2 47. Kxd2 Ke4 48. c5 Kd5 49. Ke3 Kxc5 50. Ke4 a5 51. Kf5 a4 {
[%tqu "De","Kann Weiß die drohende Niederlage noch abwenden?","","","h3h4","",
3]} 52. h4 $1 (52. Kxf6 $2 Kc4 53. Kg5 Kb3 54. Kxh5 Kxa3 55. h4 Kb3 56. Kg6 a3
57. h5 a2 58. h6 a1=Q $19) (52. Kg6 $2 Kd4 53. h4 (53. Kxh5 f5 54. Kg5 Ke4 55.
h4 f4 56. h5 f3 57. h6 f2 58. h7 f1=Q 59. h8=Q Qg1+ 60. Kh6 Qh2+ 61. Kg7 Qxh8+
62. Kxh8 Kd4 $19) (53. Kxf6 Kc3 $19) 53... Ke4 54. Kxf6 Kf4 $19) 52... Kc4 {
[%tqu "De","Wie lautet Ihre Pointe?","","","f5g6","",5]} 53. Kg6 $1 Kb3 (53...
f5 54. Kxh5 Kd3 55. Kg5 Ke4 56. h5 f4 $11) 54. Kxh5 Kxa3 55. Kg6 f5 56. h5 f4 (
56... f4 57. h6 f3 58. h7 f2 59. h8=Q f1=Q 60. Qc3+ Ka2 61. Qc2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Telljohann, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7.
O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 (10... b5 11. c4 bxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8
13. Rb1 Re8 (13... Rb6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Elizart Cardenas,H/CUB-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (42)}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S-Rustemov,A/
Minsk 1996/CBM 54 (50)}) (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Rfe1 (12. c4 Qa5 13. a3
Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. b4 Qg5 17. Re1 Ng6 18. h3 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,
T-Lyrberg,P/Stockholm 1995/EXP 49 (18)}) 12... Re8 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. c4 Rad8 15.
Rad1 $14 {1-0 Videki,S-Gastgofer,V/Harkany op 1993/EXT 93op (59)}) (10... a5
11. a3 (11. c4 a4 12. Ne5 $14 {0-1 Bologan,V-Kramnik,V/Chalkidiki 1992/CBM 32 
(40)}) 11... b5 12. Re1 b4 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nc4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 $14
{1-0 Adams,M-Dreev,A/Manila 1992/TD 92\02 (60)}) (10... b6 11. c4 (11. Qe2 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. c3 $14 {Polgar,
S-Lyrberg,P/Kecskemet2 1992/1/2-1/2 (77)}) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rad1 Qc7
14. Bb1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmaltz,R-Gaerths,R/GER-chJ U20 1992/EXT
92ch (45)}) 11. c4 Bf8 {'!?' Finkel,A.} (11... b6 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c5 14.
Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kapengut,A-Kholmov,R/URS-ch sf Daugavpils 1978/MCD-ch (40)})
(11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Huebner,R/Muenchen 1993/Inf
57/[Shirov,A] (51)}) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qc2 (14. Qh5 $5 g6 15. Qe2
Qh4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Bg7 18. f4 $14) 14... Qh4 $5 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Bf1 a5
17. a3 $1 {mit der Idee b3-b4-b5, was den schwarzen Figuren die Felder c5 und
c6 streitig macht, wodurch vor allem der Springer Probleme bekommt.} b6 18. b4
axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 (19... Na4 $2 20. b5 Nxb2 21. bxc6 Rxa1 (21... Ba3 22. Re3
Qe7 23. Ne4 $18) 22. Rxa1 Qd4 23. Ne2 Qxe5 24. Ra2 $18) 20. Bxa1 (20. Rxa1 Nd7
21. Ra7 Bxb4 22. Rxc7 Nb8 $14) 20... Nd7 (20... Na6 $2 {Finkel,A} 21. b5 Nb4
22. Qb3 Bb7 23. Bc3 c5 24. bxc6 Nxc6 25. Qxb6 $16) 21. Bc3 f6 $6 {schafft zwar
dem Springer Felder, schwächt aber die Bauernstruktur beträchtlich.} (21... Ra8
22. Rd1 Ba4 23. Qa2 Bc6 24. Qb1 $14) (21... Bb7 $6 {Finkel,A} 22. Qa4 $1 (22.
Rd1 $6 Rd8 23. Qa4 Nb8 $1 (23... Bc8 $6 24. Qa7 $1 c5 25. b5 Be7 26. Qc7 $1 $16
) 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qa7 Qc8 $11) 22... c6 23. Qa7 Bc8 24. Ne4 c5 25. b5 $16)
22. b5 Bb7 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 (24. Bd3 $6 Ng4 25. h3 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Bc5 27.
Re3 {gefiel mir wegen der vielen Abhängigkeiten im weißen Lager nicht. Es
scheint aber spielbar zu sein, z.B.} Rd8 (27... Rf8 $6 28. Qe1 Qf4 29. Bd2 Rd8
30. Kh2 Qd6 $6 31. Rxe6 Qxd3 32. Re8+ Bf8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Bb4 $18) 28. Ne4
Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxd3 30. Nxc5 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 bxc5 $14) 24... Qxf6 {'?!' Finkel,A.
} (24... gxf6 $5 25. Bd3 (25. Nf5 Qh5 26. Nd4 Bd6 27. g3 Be5 28. Be2 Qh3 29.
Bf3 Bxd4 30. Bxb7 Bc5 $11) 25... Bd6 26. Be4 (26. Bf5) 26... Bc8 $14 (26...
Bxe4 {Finkel,A} 27. Rxe4 Qg5 $132) (26... Bxg3 $6 27. hxg3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Qg5
29. Qd1 Qc5 30. Rd4 $36)) 25. Bd3 g6 26. Be4 Bxe4 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (26... Bc8
$1 $132 {Finkel,A}) 27. Nxe4 {'+/=' Finkel,A.} Qe5 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. g3 Ra1 30.
Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kg2 Qd4 32. Qe2 Be7 33. Qg4 Qe5 (33... Qxc4 $4 34. Nf6+ $18) 34.
h4 {Weiß versucht Drohungen gegen den König zu schaffen, damit die Stärken von
Dame und Springer gegenüber Dame+Läufer besser zur Geltung kommen.} Kg7 35. Qe2
(35. h5 $6 Qf5 {ist nicht im Sinne von Weiß.}) 35... h5 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,
A: 'It would be better to put a pawn to h6 and to cover square g5 in case if
bishop moves from e7.'} (35... h6 $1 {Finkel,A} 36. Qd3 Bd6 37. f3 Qb2+ 38. Kh3
Qe5 $11) 36. Qd3 Bd6 $6 $138 (36... Kf7 $142) 37. Ng5 Kf6 (37... Be7 $2 38. Qd7
Qd6 39. Qxc7 Qxc7 40. Nxe6+ Kf6 41. Nxc7 $18) (37... Qf5 38. Qd4+ (38. Qd1 {
Finkel,A} Kf6 39. Qa1+ Qe5 40. Qa8 Ke7 41. Qg8 Qf5 $14) 38... Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7
40. Qa8 $14) 38. Qf3+ Qf5 39. Qa8 Kg7 $2 (39... Ke7 40. Ne4 Qe5 41. Qc6 Qd4 $14
) 40. Qe8 {'+/-!' Finkel,A.} e5 (40... Kf6 $2 41. Qf7+ Ke5 42. Qg7+ Qf6 43.
Nf7+ (43. Nf3+ {Finkel,A} Kf5 44. Nd4+ Ke5 45. f4+) 43... Kf5 44. Nh6+ Ke5 45.
f4+ $18) 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Ng5 Kg7 43. Qc6 Kf8 {'?!' Finkel,A.} {[%tqu "De",
"Wie kann die schwarze Verteidigung ausgehoben werden ?","Der Läufer steht
etwas wackelig auf d6","Es ist ein Bauernzug","g5e4","",0,"c4c5","",7]} 44. Ne4
$2 {Finkel,A: 'White has made all the preparations for the 44.c5,but for some
reason didn't play it,although it was winning immideatly: '} (44. c5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096]} Be7 (44... bxc5 45. b6 cxb6 (45... Ke7 46. Ne4 $1 $18) 46. Qxd6+
$18) (44... Bxc5 45. Ne6+ Kg8 (45... Ke7 46. Nxc5 bxc5 47. Qxc7+ $18) (45...
Kf7 46. Nxc5 bxc5 47. Qxc7+ Kg8 48. Qxc5 $18) 46. Qe8+ Bf8 (46... Kh7 47. Qd7+
$1 $18) 47. Nxf8 Qxf8 48. Qxg6+ Qg7 49. Qxg7+ {'+-' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'with
easily winning endgame.'} (49. Qxh5 $18 {(Finkel,A) with easily winning
endgame.}) 49... Kxg7 50. g4 hxg4 51. Kg3 $18) 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Qxb6 Bxg5 47.
hxg5 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 $18) 44... Be7 {Finkel,A: 'Now the fight is still not over.'}
45. f3 Bd8 46. Kf2 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (46. Qd5 $5 {Finkel,A}) 46... Ke7 47. Ke2
$6 (47. Ke3 $142 $5) 47... Qe6 {'=!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Now the position is
almost equal,but the game is stil full of surprises!'} 48. Ng5 {'!?' Finkel,A.}
Qxc6 49. bxc6 Kf6 50. Kd3 Kf5 51. Ne4 Be7 (51... g5 {Finkel,A} 52. hxg5 Bxg5
53. Nd6+ Ke6 54. Nb5 h4 55. gxh4 Bxh4 56. Ke4 Bd8 $11) 52. Kc3 g5 {'!?' Finkel,
A.} 53. hxg5 Bxg5 54. Nd6+ ({Das Bauernendspiel nach} 54. Nxg5 {ist remis:}
Kxg5 55. Kb4 h4 56. gxh4+ Kxh4 57. Kb5 Kg3 58. Ka6 Kxf3 59. Kb7 e4 60. Kxc7 e3
61. Kxb6 e2 62. c7 e1=Q 63. c8=Q Qb4+ $8 64. Ka7 Qa5+ 65. Kb8 Ke4 $11) 54...
Ke6 55. Nb5 h4 56. gxh4 Bxh4 57. Kd3 Bg3 {'!?' Finkel,A.} (57... Bg5 {Finkel,A}
58. Nxc7+ Kd6 59. Nd5 Kxc6 60. Ke4 b5 $11) 58. Ke4 Bh2 59. Kd3 Bg3 60. Nc3 $11
{time und Sven Telljohann war wegen der nach Kd6 möglichen Gabel so perplex,
daß er die letzten 4 Sekunden ablaufen ließ und die Zeit überschritt.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. f4 g6 20. O-O Kg7
21. Qb3 Rhd8 22. Rce1 Bf6 23. Ng4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 h5 25. Ne5 b6 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27.
b5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 a6 29. a4 axb5 30. axb5 Rab8 31. Rb1 Qd4 32. Qb2 Qa4 33. h3
Rdc8 34. Bg5 Rb7 35. Qb3 Qe4 36. Bf6+ Kh7 37. Rfe1 Qd4 38. Red1 Qb6 39. Bh4 Rc3
40. Qa2 Qc7 41. Bf2 Rc2 42. Rb2 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Nc3 44. Rc1 Nxa2 45. Rxc7 Rxc7
46. Rxa2 Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Rb1 {Die Absperrung Turmendspiele haben zwar eine hohe
Remisbreite, aber in aller Regel sollte der Verteidiger aktiv agieren:} 48. h4
$2 {Für diesen Sicherungszug hat Weiß keine Zeit. Shirov musste seinen Turm
unverzüglich mit} (48. Ra7 {aktivieren. Dann sollte er sich behaupten können,
z.B.} Rxb5 (48... Kg7 49. Rb7 Re1 50. b6 Rxe5 51. Rc7 Rb5 52. b7 h4 (52... Kf6
53. g4 $11) 53. g4 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 g5 55. Kf1 Kg6 56. Re7 e5 57. Rxe5 Rxb7 58. Ra5
$11) 49. Rxf7+ Kh6 50. h4 Rxe5 51. Kg3 $11) 48... Rxb5 49. Re2 Rb1 $1 {[%cal
Gb1f1,Gf1f5] Man vergleiche zum folgenden Gewinnverfahren auch das Endspiel
Ponomariov-Carlsen, Amberturnier 2010.} 50. Kg3 Rf1 51. Re3 Kh6 (51... Kh6 52.
Kh3 (52. Rf3 $6 Rxf3+ 53. gxf3 g5 54. Kh3 Kg6 55. hxg5 Kxg5 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. f4
h4+ $19) 52... Rf5 {[%cal Gh6f8,Gf8e7,Ge7d7,Gd7c6,Gc6e4]} 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Kh3
Kf8 55. Kg3 Ke7 56. Re1 Kd7 57. Rd1+ Kc6 58. Rd6+ Kc7 59. Ra6 Kd7 60. Ra5 (60.
Ra7+ Kc6 61. Ra5 Kb6 62. Ra1 Rxe5 $19) 60... Kc6 61. Ra7 Kd5 62. Ra5+ Ke4 $19)
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Be3 {I had very good memories with this line, from the last European
Championship I had played, because there I scored a crucial win against Milov
with it.} Nd5 9. Bd3 ({Probably the more popular} 9. Qd2 {is better, but I
decided against it in this game, because I wanted to play without too much
theory on this occasion.}) 9... Nxe3 $1 (9... Bd6 10. Qe2 {was the idea of my
previous move, since the queen is much better on e2 than d2.}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11.
Qe2 (11. e4 {as in Leko-Ivanchuk is a better try to fight for an opening
advantage.} e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ (13. Qe2 $5 O-O 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Kb1 a5
16. c3 {offers maybe more chances.}) 13... c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 $14)
11... Qe7 12. O-O-O Bd7 ({I was more concerned about the straightforward} 12...
e5 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Rhf1 exd4 $11) 13. Kb1 $1 {A tricky move, which looks
completely harmless.} (13. Rhf1 Rf8 $1 (13... O-O-O 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Bc5 (
15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf2 Kb8 18. Qxf7 $16) 16. Bc4 $16 {looks a lot
like the game continuation}) 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qe3 Qg5
$11) 13... O-O-O {Right into the trap!} (13... Rf8 $1 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5
16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf2 Be6 {followed by f6, Kf7-g8 with equality, was the
correct continuation.}) 14. e4 $1 e5 (14... c5 $142 15. Qe3 $1 (15. e5 Bc7 16.
Be4 Kb8 17. c3 f5 $11) 15... Bc6 (15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 Kb8 17. Qxg7 Rdg8 18. Qc3
Bb4 19. Qb3 $16) 16. e5 Bc7 17. dxc5 Rd5 18. b4 Rhd8 $44) 15. dxe5 {Only after
this seemingly antipositional move did my opponent feel that something was
wrong. He then sank into deep thought. But now Black has a very diffcult
choice of which pawn-down position to play.} Bc5 {Probably played because of
the analogy to the Leko-Ivanchuk game.} (15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf2 Kb8
18. Qxf7 Be6 19. Qf2 Rhf8 {seemed like a better choice to me during the game,
because all endgames present decent drawing chances for Black.}) 16. h3 Be6 (
16... g5 17. Rhf1 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bc4 $16) 17. Bc4 $16 {Here I considered
my position technically winning, the only thing concerning me beeing my slight
time trouble.} c6 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rd3 Bb6 (19... Rxd3 20. cxd3 Rd8 21. Rd1
Bd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qf2 Qd7 {was more stubborn, but should also lose in the
long run.}) 20. Rhd1 Bc7 21. Qf2 Kb8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qg3 $18
g6 25. Nd4 Qe7 (25... Qc4 26. e6+ Kc8 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. cxd3 $18) 26. e6+ Bc7
27. Qe3 c5 (27... fxe6 28. Qxh6 Qf6 29. Nf3 $18) 28. Nf3 $6 (28. Qxh6 cxd4 29.
exf7 Bd6 30. Qxg6 $18) 28... Qxe6 29. Qxc5 a6 30. Qd5 Qxd5 $6 {After this
Black has no chance at all} (30... Qb6 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. e5 {is also losing for
Black, but the presence of the queens offers some chances to confuse matters.})
31. exd5 b5 32. c4 bxc4 33. Kc2 Kc8 34. Kc3 Kd7 35. Kxc4 Kd6 36. b4 a5 37. Nd4
Bb6 38. bxa5 Bxa5 39. a4 f5 40. Nc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O (10. Qe2 $5 Qc7 (10... O-O 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. c3
Be7 (12... Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O b6 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Qh6 Kh8
18. g4 Rg8 $13 {Fedorov,A-Doroshkievich,V/St-Peterburg(Petrov-mem)/1994/0,5/34/
}) 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bh4 Rd8 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 $2 18. Nxf7 $1
$16 {Karpov,A-Speelman,J/Reykjavik/1991/1:0/54/}) 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. O-O Bd6 13.
Rfe1 O-O-O $6 (13... Bc6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 $14 {Nunn/}) 14.
Rad1 Bc6 15. h3 h6 $6 (15... Kb8 $5) 16. b4 $1 $16 {Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/
Amsterdam/1990/0,5/63/}) 10... Qc7 (10... O-O 11. Qe2 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7
13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Ne5 b6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Vogt,L-Luecke,N/BRD/1994/})
11... h6 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Rd6 $10 {
Rogers,I-Vaganian,R/Manila(izt)/1990/0,5/41/}) 11. Bg5 b6 (11... Bd7 $5 {
/\0-0-0}) 12. Qe2 O-O (12... Bb7 13. Bb5+ Bc6 14. Ne5 $16) 13. Ne5 (13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $10) 13... Nd7 $2 (
13... Bb7 14. Bxf6 (14. Rad1 $14) 14... gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 f5 $10) 14.
Bf4 Bb7 (14... Bd6 15. Nxd7 Bxf4 (15... Bxd7 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ $18) 16.
Nxf8 Kxf8 $16) (14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qe7 (15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe4 $18)
16. b4 $1 Bxb4 17. Qe4 $18) 15. Bxh7+ $1 (15. Ng6 $2 Qc6) 15... Kxh7 16. Ng6 $1
{/\17.Qh5 Kg8 18.Qh8#} Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qc5 18. Be3 Qa5 19. b4 $1 (19. b4 Qd5 20.
c4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Jobava is
trying to avoid the heavily analysed lines and he is looking for less analysed
but interesting lines.} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} Be7 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 8. Neg5 $5 {[%emt 0:14:16] An unusual
move at this moment.} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:18:02] Black could have played the logical
...h6, let us see...} (8... h6 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bg6+ (10. Qxe6 Nf8 11.
Bg6+ Nxg6 12. Qxg6+ Kf8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Qf5+ Nf6 {Black is ok}) 10... Kf8 11.
O-O Bd6 {looks specualtive for White}) 9... Ngf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12.
Bf4 Re8 13. O-O-O {by provoking ...h6 White created a target so I guess this
was Svidler's idea. I will add an old game, that could have insipred Svidler
to play in this manner.} Bd5 14. h4 (14. Bc2 $5 c5 $1) 14... c5 15. g4 g5 $6 (
15... cxd4 $17) 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Be5 (17. Bd6 $1 cxd4 18. Bh7+ Kg7 19. Qf1 $1
$18) 17... cxd4 $13 {0-1 (39) Westerinen,H (2450)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2385)
Jurmala 1978}) 9. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:29]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:21]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 12.
Qxe5 {[%emt 0:11:42]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:45]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:05:01] A rather optimistic approach.} (13... Qxe5 14. dxe5 Ne7 15. O-O
b6 16. Rfd1 {White has a slightly better endgame but Black is definitely very
solid and in my opinion this was the best way for Black to handle this game.})
14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:17:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g5 {
[%emt 0:04:38]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:02:58] This looks to me like a slight
advantage for White.} b6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:02:34]} 18. d5 {[%emt 0:06:39]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
01:40]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 21.
g4 {[%emt 0:14:06]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} h5 {[%emt 0:
01:25]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 24. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
Kb8 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 25. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:41] The white pressure has increased
and now it is much more pleasant to be White.} Bc8 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 26. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:06:21]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:
12:39]} 28. dxe6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Bxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31.
Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qg6 {
[%emt 0:07:21]} 33. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04] In this case
the endgame is hardly a substitute for having previously has a slightly
difficult middlegame for Black.} 34. Rd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:04:
36]} 35. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Kb2 {
[%emt 0:02:57]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Ka3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 40. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:37] A
clear pawn up.} Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 42. Re5 $6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} (42. Rf7 Kc8
43. Re7 Rxf3 44. Be5 $1 {that's why not Re5 like in the game!} Nc5 45. Rxc7+
Kd8 46. Rg7 {White is close to winning this.}) 42... Nf4 $6 {[%emt 0:07:17]
Black missed a clear chance to secure a draw:} (42... Rxf3 $1 43. Rxe6 Rxc3 44.
Rg6 Rc2 45. Rxg5 Kb7 46. Rg6 Rg2 47. g5 Kc8 $1 48. Rg8+ Kb7 49. g6 Kc6 {
and White can't make progress here. It is a draw.}) 43. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:01:33]}
Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kb2 {[%emt 0:23:27]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:10:57]} 45. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Nb4+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 46. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} axb4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 47. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 49. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 51. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:05:
34]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 53. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ra1 $6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} (53... Rd2 $1 54. Rb5 Rd4 {definitely the last chance
to make a draw} 55. c5 bxc5 56. Rxc5 Rb4 57. Rxc7 Kf5 $1 58. Rc3 Kxg5 59. Ke3
Kf6 60. Kd3 Ke5 61. Kc2 Kd5 {draw.}) 54. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:07:
22]} 55. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 56. b4 {[%emt 0:02:25] Now
it is rather difficult for Black to hold.} Re1+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} 57. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 59. c5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} 60. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Re6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 62. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 63. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 64. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 65. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Kd6 (66. Ke4) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris Chess 15"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 ({Am GM-Turnier in Biel 2004 hatte
Etienne gegen mich} 11. dxc5 {gespielt. Da er in diesem Endspiel keinen
Vorteil geholt hatte, versucht er es diesmal im Mittelspiel.}) 11... O-O 12.
Qe2 cxd4 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 {Diese Variante wird öfter ohne
Einschaltung der Züge a4-a6 gespielt. Etienne fand aber den kleinen Vorteil,
dass der Bauer a2 manchmal nicht hängt (siehe später).} 15. Nf5 (15. Rd3 Qb4 {
genügt nicht.}) 15... exf5 ({Die Alternativen scheitern:} 15... Bd8 16. Rb1 $1
(16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Rd3 Bc7) 16... Qa3 17. Rb3 Qc5 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Rg3+ Kh8
20. Qd2) (15... Qb4 16. Rd4 exf5 17. Bxf6 $1 Qb6 $1 18. Qxe7 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6
20. Rb1 $36) 16. Qxe7 Nh7 $1 ({Ein sehr guter Verteidigungszug. Im Vergleich
zur Linie ohne a4-a6 ist nun} 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Qxf5 {
schlechter, da die schwarze Dame auf a2 nicht schlagen kann.}) 17. Rd8 Be6 18.
Rxa8 Bxc4 $1 ({Unangenehm ist natürlich} 18... Rxa8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8
21. Qxf5 Qb4 22. Bg3 Qxa4 $14) 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 20. Re1 (20. Rd1 Ng6 (20... Qxc2
$4 21. Qxf8+)) 20... Ng6 (20... Qxc2 21. Bg3) (20... g5 $2 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22.
Qxg5+ Ng6 23. Qxf5 $16) 21. Qe8+ Kh7 22. Bg3 Qxc2 {Schwarz besitzt 2 Bauern
für die Qualität und eine feste Stellung. Die Chancen sind verteilt.} 23. f3
Be6 (23... b5 24. axb5 axb5 $11) 24. Qb8 Qxa4 25. Qxb7 a5 26. Qa7 Qa3 (26...
Qb4 27. Ra1) 27. h4 (27. Qd4 Qb4) 27... Qb4 28. Ra1 (28. h5 Nf4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Qc7 10. Bb5+ {Diese Neuerung spielte Anand einpaar Wochen
zuvor gegen mich. In der Zwischenzeit geland es mir, eine Verstärkung zu
finden.} Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qb5 (12... Qd5 {geht schlecht wegen} 13.
Qa4+ b5 14. Qa6 Bd6 (14... Qe4+ 15. Kf1) 15. O-O-O $1 {und der weisse Druck
ist schrecklich.}) 13. a4 Qd5 14. Qe2 a6 ({Am Europa-Cup in Kemer spielte ich
gegen Anand} 14... Qe4 {, aber dieser sofortige Übergang ins Endspiel erwies
sich als unausreichend. Weiss stand nach} 15. a5 a6 16. f3 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 {
bequemer.}) 15. O-O Be7 16. Rfd1 ({Nach} 16. Rad1 {verfügt Schwarz auch noch
über} Qb3) 16... Qe4 {Der weisse König steht nicht mehr im Zentrum, das
Endspiel ist daher für den Nachziehenden besser im Vergleich zur Anand-Partie.}
17. Qxe4 (17. Qc4 O-O 18. Qc7 {bringt nichts ein. Schwarz kann mittels} Nd5 19.
Qxb7 Rfb8 $11 {die gegnerische Dame ewig verfolgen.}) 17... Nxe4 18. Nc4 ({
Stärker als} 18. f3 Nc5 $11) 18... Rg8 ({Vorzuziehen ist} 18... O-O 19. Bb6 (
19. f3 Nc5) 19... Nf6 $1 20. Na5 Nd5 21. Bd4 Rfc8 22. c4 Nb4 {, wonach Schwarz
kaum Probleme haben sollte.}) 19. Nb6 ({Stärker sieht} 19. Bb6 $5 {aus, um den
Bauern b7 zu fixieren und die d-Linie zu kontrollieren. Ich finde bereits
keinen klaren Ausgleich für Schwarz. Man sehe} Rc8 (19... Nf6 20. Nd6+ (20. Na5
Nd5 21. Bd4 O-O-O $11) 20... Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rd4 $1 (22. Bc5 $2 Ne4) (22.
Rad1 Rac8) 22... Rgc8 23. Ba5 $36) 20. Rd4 (20. Na5 Bc5) 20... Nc5 21. Nd6+
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rad1 Nxa4 24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. Bd4+ e5 (25... Kg6 26. Rxb7
Rgd8 27. Ra1 $16) 26. Be3 Kg6 27. Rxb7 Rb8 28. Rdd7 Nxb2 29. Rxf7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7
$14 {[%csl Ge3]}) 19... Rd8 20. a5 f5 {Schwarz unterstützt seine stärkste
Figur und gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel.} (20... f6 21. Re1 f5 22. f3 Nc5 23.
Rad1 Kf7 24. Nc4 $36) (20... Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxc5 23. Nc8 Be7 24.
b4 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Re8 (27... Ke7 $2 28. Rb6 Rb8 29. b5
$18) 28. c4 $14) 21. Kf1 (21. f3 Nc5 $11) (21. Nc4 Nd6 22. Ne5 Bf6 $11) 21...
g5 (21... Bf6 {wäre auch möglich:} 22. f3 Bxd4 23. cxd4 (23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4
Nd2+) 23... Nf6 24. Rac1 Nd5 $11) 22. f3 (22. Nc4 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5b3]}) 22... Nf6
23. Be5 Kf7 24. Bc7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 g4 {Das Schwarze Spiel am Königsflügel
kompensiert die weisse Kontrolle der d-Linie. Palac überlegte ziemlich lange,
fand aber keinen Plan, um seine Mehrheit am Damenflügel zur Geltung zu bringen.
} 26. b4 ({Oder} 26. f4 h5 27. Ke2 h4 28. c4 Ne4 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rd1 Ne4 {
und Weiss kommt nicht weiter}) 26... h5 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Nc4 ({
Nach} 29. Nc8 Ne8 (29... Be7 $6 30. Bd6) 30. Be5 Bf6 {steht der Nc8 plötzlich
unglücklich.}) 29... Be7 30. Ke2 Nd5 31. Be5 Ke8 {Es war sicher genauer, auf
f3 zu schlagen. Während der Partie zögerte ich plötzlich, wie ich auf 32.fxg4
reagieren müsste. Mein Gegner spielte aber} 32. Kd3 {und bot Remis an.} ({Nach
} 32. fxg4 $5 {hätte ich vermutlich} fxg4 {gespielt, denn} (32... hxg4 {
erlaubt es dem Anziehenden, einen entfernten Freibauern mittels} 33. h3 gxh3
34. gxh3 {zu bilden. Trotzdem sollte Schwarz dank seiner Übermacht im Zentrum
das Gleichgewicht halten können, z.B:} Kd7 35. Kd3 Bh4 36. Nd2 Ne7 $1 (36...
Kc6 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Nxf6 39. c4 $16) 37. Nf3 Ng6 $11) 33. Kd3 Kd7 $11 {
Der Zug fxg4 schenkt leider dem weissen König das Feld e4. Aber wie der
Anziehende dann weiterkommt, ist mir unklar.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Be3 {Mit diesem System hat David Navara auch als Nachziehender Erfahrung.}
Bd6 (8... Nd5 {ist üblicher.}) 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. O-O-O ({
Die Fesselung kann Weiß mittels} 12. c4 {nicht ausnützen:} Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe3)
({In der Begegnung Acs-Meier (Paks 2009), geschah} 12. g4 Bb7 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14.
Qxe3 (14. Qxb7 Nd5) 14... Qh4 15. O-O-O c5 {, was sich für Weiß als ungünstig
erwies.}) 12... Bb7 13. Bd2 $1 Qh4 $6 {Ich dachte über diesen Zug lange nach,
unterschätzte aber schließlich die Gefahren.} (13... c5 {gefiel mir nicht wegen
} 14. Nc4 {[%cal Gf3e4]} (14. Ng4 f5 $1 $13) {, da ich mich vom Läuferpaar
trennen muss. Trotzdem war es die richtige Wahl:} 14... Rb8 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16.
dxc5 bxc5 (16... Qxc5 17. Qg3 $36) 17. Qg4 {Weiß hat bessere Perspektiven,
aber Schwarz kann am Damenflügel sein Spiel ebenfalls entwickeln.}) 14. Rhe1
Rad8 15. g3 $6 ({Auf} 15. Re4 $1 {wollte ich mit} Qf6 $6 {reagieren. Leider
entging mir, dass nach} 16. Qh3 $141 $16 {der Zug} Nb4 $141 $2 {wegen} 17. Ng4
Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 $18 {unmöglich ist. Weiß schlägt am Königsflügel nämlich zu.
Relativ vorsichtiger ist 15...Qe7, auch wenn Weiß einen gefährlichen Angriff
mittels 16.Qg3 behält.}) ({Es sei noch angemerkt, dass Schwarz nach} 15. Be4 $6
f5 $5 16. Ng6 fxe4 17. Qxf8+ Rxf8 18. Nxh4 Rxf2 {sogar besser steht!}) 15...
Qxd4 {Ich war nach h4 nicht ausgeflogen, um jetzt zurückzukommen ...} 16. Re4 (
16. Bg5 $6 {scheitert auf} Nc3 $1 $17) ({Nach} 16. Bxh6 {muss sich Schwarz von
seiner Dame trennen, erhält aber reichhaltiges Spiel:} Bxe5 17. Bh7+ Kxh7 18.
Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Bg5 f6 $1 (19... Bf6 $2 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Re4 $36) 20. Bd2 Kg8
$17) 16... Qc5 17. Bxh6 $2 {Diese Opferserie wird kaltblütig widerlegt.} ({
Der Angriff musste noch mit} 17. Ng4 {vorbereitet werden (17.Rc4?! Nb4!).
Schwarz muss jetzt} f5 {ziehen} (17... h5 $2 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Bxh6 f5 20. Qxh5
Rf6 21. Rh4 $18) {, es folgt aber} 18. Nxh6+ $1 (18. Rc4 fxg4 19. Qe4 {sieht
sehr gut aus, aber nach} Qxf2 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Rxg4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd1f1]}
Ke8 22. Rxg7 Ne7 {sollte sich Weiß mit einem überraschenden Dauerschach
begnügen:} 23. Bg5 $5 hxg5 24. Rxe7+ Bxe7 25. Bg6+ Rf7 26. Qg8+ Bf8 27. Bxf7+
Ke7 28. Qxg5+ Kxf7 29. Rxd8 Bc6 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 18... gxh6 19.
Rc4 Nf4 $1 (19... Nb4 $6 20. Qh5 Qe5 21. Bxb4 $36) 20. Qxb7 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 Qxf2
22. Bxh6 Rf7 $13 {Die Stellung bleibt kompliziert, sieht aber für Schwarz
nicht schlechter aus.}) 17... Nb4 ({Den Computerzug} 17... Nc3 $5 {übersah ich
selbstverständlich!}) ({Wichtig war aber, die folgende Falle zu vermeiden:} 
17... Nf6 $2 18. Qxf6 $1 gxf6 $2 (18... Qxe5 $1 {ist noch halbwegs spielbar})
19. Rg4+ Kh8 20. Bg7+ Kg8 21. Bxf6#) 18. Bxg7 ({Die Alternativen sind kaum
besser:} 18. Qf4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Bxe4 $19) ({oder} 18. Qg4 Bxe5 19. Rxb4 f5 $19)
(18. Qf6 {geschieht jetzt in der Leere und scheitert an} Bxe5 19. Rxe5 gxf6 $19
) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Bxe4 Bxe5 20. Bxf8 Nxa2+ 21. Kb1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qb5
$1 $19) 19... f5 20. Qf4 (20. Qh4 Bxe5 {ändert nichts.}) 20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Rxd3 (21... Nxd3+ $2 {erlaubt Weiß eine schöne Rettung:} 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qg5+
Kf7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. b4 $1 $13) 22. Qg5+ Kf7 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24.
Qxe6+ Kd8 25. Bf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kc8 27. Qe6+ Kb7 28. Qe2 Nxa2+ 29. Kb1 Rxd1+
(29... Ra3 $5 $19) 30. Qxd1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 (6... Bxe4 7.
Bxe4 c6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc2 Qa5 13. Qd3 Qh5
$6 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 $14 {Arachamia,K.-Hansen,L.-B. ,Biel 1991.
}) 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Ng3 (8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. c3 $14) 8... Be7 9. Bd2 Bxf3 (9... O-O
10. Ne5 (10. O-O-O $14) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Bf4 Qe8 14.
Nh5 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Be5 $14 {Sherzer,A.-Hodgson,J.,
Philadelphia 1990.}) 10. Qxf3 c5 11. dxc5 O-O (11... Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Nfd7 13. b4
a6 14. Be2 Na4 15. Qxb7 $16) (11... Bxc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bc3 $40) 12. b4 (12.
O-O-O $2 Ne5) 12... a5 13. bxa5 Nxc5 14. O-O Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qd7 16. Rab1 Nd5 17.
a4 Qxa4 (17... Rfc8 $5 18. Rb5 Rc2 19. Be1 $14) 18. Rxb7 Bd8 (18... Qc2 $5) 19.
Nh5 Bxa5 (19... g6 20. Bh6 Qc6 21. Rfb1) 20. Bh6 $1 Bc3 21. Qg3 g6 (21... Qa1
$2 22. h3 $18) 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rb8 Qa7 $6 (23... Bb4 $1 24. d4 Rxb8 25. Qxb8+
Bf8 26. Ng3 Qxd4 $14) 24. Rfb1 h6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Qb8+ Qxb8 28.
Rxb8+ Kh7 29. Ng3 g5 30. Ne2 Be5 31. Re8 Kg6 32. h3 Nf6 33. Rc8 Nd5 34. Kf1 Kf5
35. Rf8 (35. g4+ $5 $16) 35... Kg6 36. Ke1 $6 (36. g4) 36... h5 37. Kd2 g4 38.
h4 Nf4 39. d4 Bc7 40. Nxf4+ Bxf4+ 41. Kd3 Bd6 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rg5 Kh6 44. g3
Be7 45. Rb5 Kg6 46. Ke4 Bf6 47. Rb6 Kg7 {Now the winning plan is:48.Rd6 Kg6 49.
Rd7 Kg7 50.d5 ed5 51.Rd5 Kg6 52.Rd6 Kg7 53.Kf5 Be7 54.Rd5 Bf6 55.Rd7 zugzwang.
Or 49.Rc6 Kg7 50.d5 ed5 51.Kd5 Ba1 52. Ke4 Bb2 53.Kf5 Bd4 54.Kg5 Bf2 55.Rc3
wins too.} 48. d5 exd5+ 49. Kxd5 Bc3 50. Ke4 Be1 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 (
7... c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ $6 (8... Qa5+ $142) 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. O-O h6
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Rhc8 $2 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 $1 $16 {Yakovenko -
Dolmatov, St.Petersburg 2000}) 8. Bh4 c5 9. Be2 $5 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. c3 f5
17. Ne1 e5 $11 {Yudasin - Korchnoi, St.Petersburg 1997}) (9. Bd3 $5 cxd4 10.
Nxd4) 9... cxd4 (9... Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 $2 (10... Be7 $5) (10... cxd4) 11. Ne5 $1
cxd4 12. Bxf6 $2 {Rozentalis - Vaganian, Budapest 1996} (12. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 13.
Qxh5 g6 14. Nxg6 $18)) (9... Be7 $142 10. c3 (10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. O-O
O-O $13) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5
Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 $14) 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 $14 Bc5 (
11... Bd7 12. Nb5 $1 Rc8 (12... Nd5 13. O-O-O a6 14. Rxd5 axb5 15. Bxb5 $18)
13. O-O-O $16) 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Ke7 14. Bg3 $1 (14. c4 $6 Bb4+ $1 15. Ke2 $2
g5 16. Bg3 g4 $19) (14. O-O-O g5 $1 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Be2 Bd7 18.
Na5 b6 19. Nc4 Bb5 $11) 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 (15... Rb8 $5 16. Na5 Rd8 17.
Rh4 Rd6 18. Rb4 (18. Rd1 $142 $5 $14) 18... Rb6 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Nc4 b5 21.
Nb6 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Rd4 Ne8 $1 $132 {Ponomariov-Korchnoi,
Kramatorsk (blitz) 2001}) 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Rhe1 (17. Rh4 $5 b6 (17... Bd7 18.
Nc5 $14) 18. Rc4 Bd7 19. Nd4 $36) 17... Bd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re3 {/\ Rb3 xPb7} a4
(19... b5 20. Bc6 b4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc6+) 20. Rc3 Rc8 $8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22.
Nb5 Ra6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Nc3 (24. Nc7 $5 Rb6 25. Na8 Rb5 26. Rxa4 e5 $44 {פa8})
24... b5 25. a3 $6 (25. Be2 $142 Rb6 26. a3 $1 $16 (26. Rb4 Nd5 27. Nxd5+ exd5
$14) 26... Ne8 $140 $2 27. Rb4 Nd6 28. Nxa4 $18) 25... Ne8 $1 26. Be2 Nd6 27.
Rb4 Ra5 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ke3 e5 $1 $132 {צb4} 31. f4 Ke6 (31... Nf5+
$6 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. fxe5 Nxc2 34. Rf4 $16) 32. Kf2 Kf6 $6 (32... f5 $142 $1 $11)
33. Be2 Ke6 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. g4 $1 hxg4 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxg4 Bd7 $6 $138 (
37... Ra8 $142 38. Rg5+ $140 Nf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. g4 Bd7 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42.
Nxb5 Kf6 43. Rg3 Bxc2 $11) 38. Rg3 Ra7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Nd5+ Kg5 41. Re5+ $1 (
41. Re7 Rb7 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Rxb7 Bxb7 44. Kd4 f5 45. Kc5 Nc4 $1 46. Bxc4 bxc4
47. Kxc4 f4) 41... f5 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Nf4 Ra8 $8 44. Nxg6 Kf6 $5 (44... Kxg6
45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Rxd6 Bxg2 47. Bxb5 f4+ 48. Kd2 $16 Rb8 $140 49. c4 f3 50. Ke3
Rb7 51. Kf2 $18) 45. Rc5 $2 (45. Kd4 $1 Rd8 46. Nf4 $1 Nc4+ 47. Nd5+ $18) (45.
Kf4 Rg8 46. Rc5 Bb7 $1 47. Ne5 Rxg2 $132) 45... Bxg2 46. Nh4 $6 (46. Ne5 $5 $14
) (46. Nf4 $5 $14) 46... Be4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Ng6+ Kd5 $6 (49...
Ke6 50. Nf4+ Kd7 51. Rc5 Re8 (51... Nc4+ 52. Kxe4 Nxb2 53. Rxb5 Nc4 54. Rd5+
Kc6 55. Rd3 $14) 52. Nd5 Rh8 $11) 50. Ne7+ Ke6 $2 (50... Ke5 $8 51. Rc5+ Ke6
52. Nd5 Rb8 53. Nc3 b4 54. Nxe4 Nxe4 55. Kxe4 bxa3 56. bxa3 Kd6 $11) 51. Nf5
Kxf5 52. Rxd6 Re8 $8 53. Rh6 Kg5 $8 54. Rh2 Re7 55. Rf2 Re5 $1 56. Rf4 $6 (56.
Rf1 $1 Rc5 (56... Re8 57. Rf4 Re5 (57... Rc8 58. Rxe4 Rxc2 (58... Kf5 59. Rb4
Rc5 60. Kd4 $18) 59. Re5+ Kf6 60. Rxb5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Rh2 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Rb4 Rh3+
64. Kc4 $18) 58. Rxe4 Kf5 59. Rxe5+ Kxe5 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. b4 axb3 62. cxb3 $18)
(56... Kg6 57. Rf4 Rc5 58. c3 Re5 59. Kd4 $1 Rh5 60. Rf2 Rh4 61. Ke3 $18) 57.
Kxe4 Rxc2 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rxb5 Kf6 60. Kd3 Rh2 61. Kc3 $18) 56... Rc5 57. c3
$2 (57. Rf2 Re5 58. Rf1 $1 $18) 57... Re5 $1 58. Rf8 Re7 59. Rb8 Re5 60. Rb6
Kf5 61. Rd6 Re8 62. Rh6 Kg5 63. Rh1 Re7 64. Rf1 Re8 65. Rf4 Re5 66. Rxe4 Kf5
67. Rxe5+ Kxe5 $11 68. Kd2 Kd6 69. Kc2 Kc6 70. b4 axb3+ 71. Kxb3 Kb7 72. a4
bxa4+ 73. Kxa4 Kc6 74. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 75th"]
[Site "Poltava"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {Recently this opening got a
reputation of a very reliable weapon against white's aggressive 3.Nc3. In vast
amount of games Black managed to equalize without any difficulties.} 5. Bd3 ({
More common line is:} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 {keeping several
options of developing the Bf1.}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. Nf3 ({Brings no advantage for White:} 9. Qe2 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. c3 Bd6 12.
Nf3 Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 14. h3 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2668)
-Huebner,R (2615)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 9... O-O $6 {Probably, not the
most accurate order of moves.} ({On the next day, in the play-off match
between the same opponents Yuri Drozdovskij improved his play:} 9... h6 10. Bh4
O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Ne5 Qc7 (14... Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. a3 Rad8 17. f4 Nf6 18. c4 Qc7 19. b4 Nd7 20. Kb2 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Kh8 22. Qe3
Rd7 23. g4 $36 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2731)-Pelletier,Y (2583)/Biel SUI 2006/The
Week in Chess 613 (34)}) 15. Bg3 (15. Nd7 $5 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
$11) 15... Qc5 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. f3 Bd6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. f4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxe5
21. fxe5 Qe7 $15 {White has too many pawn weaknesses... 0-1 Lahno,K (2459)
-Drozdovskij,Y (2561)/Poltava UKR 2006/The Week in Chess 629 (47)}) 10. Qd2 {
The plan connected with the castling to queenside is the only way for White to
fight for an initiative.} Be7 ({Does not solve black's problems:} 10... b6 11.
O-O-O Bb7 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qxh6 {looks frightening
for black's king.}) 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... b6 $2 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. Qf4 {
[%cal Gf4e4,Ge4a8,Ge4h7,Gd3h7]} Bd7 14. Bb5 {winning the queen.}) 12. Rhe1 b6
13. Ne5 {White's play must be tempting in order to make use of his temporary
advantage in development.} Nd5 $2 {This move leads to considerable loss of
tempoes for Black.} (13... Rd8 14. Qe3 (14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+
Kf8 17. Bc4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bc5 19. Bxf6 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxf6 21. Qg8+ Ke7 22. Re1+
Kd7 {and black's king escapes.}) 14... Nd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qe4+ Kg8 (16...
f5 17. Qh4+ Kg8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Ng6 Kf7 21. Ne5+ Kg8 $11) 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc6 Qg5+ 19. f4 Qf6 20. c4 (20. Nxd8 $6 Qxd8 21. c4 Qc7 $17)
20... Rd7 21. cxd5 Bb7 $132 {These lines probably could be improved for White,
but it's clear that 13...Rd8 was the critical line.}) ({Bad is:} 13... Bb7 $2
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 $1 {and Black has to give up the exchange to avoid the
worst.}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. c4 Nf6 16. g4 $1 {White is far ahead in both space
and development. The forthcoming g4-g5 advance is very annoying, black's
knight has no satisfactory square to retreat.} Bb7 (16... Nd7 17. Nc6 $1 (17.
Nxd7 $2 Bxd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd7 Qg5+ 20. Qd2 Qxg4 $11) 17... Qh4 18. Be4
Nc5 (18... Kh8 $2 19. Qd6 Qxf2 20. Ne7 Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Qxd7 Rxc4+ 23.
Kb1 $18) 19. Ne7+ Qxe7 20. Bxa8 Ba6 21. Bf3 Bxc4 22. Kb1 $16) 17. g5 Nh5 (17...
Ne8 18. Nd7 $1 Bf3 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Be4 $18) 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Qe3 g6 (19... f6
20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxh5 fxe5 22. Qxe5 $18) 20. Bxh5 gxh5 {Black's pawn
structure is now permanently damaged, and his king will always be a target.
Objectively speaking, White is winning. On the other hand, it's not easy to
make the decisive assault yet, since a lot of pieces are exchanged.} 21. Qf4
Qc7 22. Kb1 Ba6 23. Qf6 ({The "Fritz" suggestion} 23. Rc1 {with the simple
idea Qh4-Qxh5 is rather concrete and unhuman. I doubt if any human player
would give the "d" file so freely...}) 23... Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf4 Bb7 26.
Kc2 {The king helps to set a control over the "d" file.} Bc6 27. Rd1 Qc7 28.
Kb1 Rc8 $4 {Black's position is obviously not something to be proud of, but
there was no reason to commit such a blunder.} (28... b5 {could keep the
resistance going.}) {[%tqu "En","White can win on the spot. How?","","","d1d7",
"That's it!",5]} 29. Rd7 $1 {That's it! Black has to part with his queen.} Qxd7
(29... Bxd7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. g6 {with mate on the next move.}) 30. Nxd7 Bxd7
31. Qd4 Bc6 32. h4 Be8 33. Kc2 Rc5 34. b4 {All White needs is just to create a
passed pawn.} Rf5 35. Kd2 Bc6 36. Ke2 b5 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7 Bf3+ 39. Ke3 bxc4
40. Qxa7 e5 41. b5 {It's rather typical for tournaments with KO system to
delay resignation until the very end...} Bd5 42. Qc5 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Rd3+ 44. Kc2
Kg6 45. b6 Be4 46. Qxe5 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rd3+ 48. Kc1 {Nice game from Katya Lahno!}
1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 {This is a
somewhat unusual square for the bishop. Normally, 6.Bd3 follows automatically.}
Ngf6 {Nigel must be familiar with the position, as once he was on the white
side, even though the game ended in a quick draw.} 7. Nxf6+ (7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Be3 c5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nb6 13. Be2 {1/2-1/2
Short,N (2615)-Spassky,B (2620)/Solingen 1986/TD}) 7... Nxf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5
{This move is directed to preventing the fianchetto by b7-b6, followed by
Bc8-b7.} (9. Qe2 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rad1 Nd5 {has appeared in practice
numerous times. Black has very little to worry about.}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1
$6 {I don't think Black should give up the fight over the d-file.} (10... Bxc5
{Here White can avoid the exchange of queens, but it shouldn't be a source of
worry for Black.} 11. Qe2 Nd5 $1 (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 $36) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bxd5
exd5 14. Rxd5 Be6 15. Rd1 Rae8 $44) 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Be2 $1 $14 {The bishop
will be ready to go to f3, pressing on Black's queenside.} Ne4 {[%csl Rf2]} 13.
Nd3 Be7 14. Be3 h6 $2 {Under normal circumstances this would be a useful move,
but here it's a loss of a vital tempi. In fact, this is already the last
critical moment in the game.} (14... Bd7 $2 15. Bf3 f5 (15... Bc6 $2 16. Ne5 f5
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rd4 $18) 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxd7
$16) (14... f6 $2 15. a4 e5 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. a5 a6 18. Ra4 Nd6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20.
c4 $16) (14... b6 $1 {was called for.} 15. Ne5 (15. a4 Bb7 16. a5 Rfc8 17. axb6
axb6 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 $14) 15... Bd6 16. Nc4 (16. Bf3 Bxe5 17. Bxe4 Rb8 {is not
much for White.}) 16... Bc7 17. Na3 (17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Rd7 Rac8 $11) 17... Be5
18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Bb7 20. Rad1 $14 {After 14...b6 in all lines Black's
position is slightly worse, but with accurate defence he should be able to
hold.}) 15. a4 $1 {From now on Black won't be able to complete his development
without losing material.} a5 (15... b6 16. a5 {is no longer satisfactory for
Black.}) 16. g3 {A somewhat surprising quiet move, which doesn't spoil
anything, though. Black doesn't have a useful move.} (16. Ne5 {was far more
obvious with the same idea which Magnus realised one move later.}) 16... Rd8
17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Nc4 Rxd1+ (18... Nd5 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 {and Black is
paralysed.}) 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Nb6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 {The elimination of the
bishop didn't make Black's life easier. His queenside pieces are still stuck.}
22. Kf2 e5 ({The alternatives lead to a very similar position:} 22... f6 23.
Rd4 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gd4c4]} e5 24. Rd5) (22... g6 23. Rd4 e5 24. Rd5) 23. Rd5
Be6 24. Rxa5 $18 Rd8 25. Bd3 {Black had to give up the important pawn in order
to complete his development. Now the game enters into the technical phase,
where White's pawn majority on the queenside, three against one, decides
matters.} Bf6 26. e4 $1 {Killing Black's hopes of opening some diagonals.} Rd4
27. Rb5 (27. Ra7 Rb4 28. Rxb7 Rxb2 29. a5 {was even easier.}) 27... g6 28. a5
Kg7 29. Ke2 Bg4+ 30. Kf2 Be6 31. Kf3 h5 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. b4 {Slowly, but surely,
White's pawns march forward.} Bc8 34. Ke2 Bg4+ 35. Ke1 f5 36. Rxb7+ Kh6 37. Ne3
Bf3 38. a6 fxe4 39. Be2 Bg5 40. a7 1-0

[Event "Match Alapin-Tarrasch +4-1=0"]
[Site "Marseille "]
[Date "1903.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1902.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6] Diese Variante war
Mode in den 90er Jahren, aber sie wird immer noch häufig gespielt, obwohl sie
als zu passiv gilt.  Cette ligne était à la mode dans les années 90 mais
elle est maintenant beaucoup moins jouée car considérée comme trop passive.}
5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 $16 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und ein gutes Leichtfigurenspiel
im Zentrum.  Les blancs ont l'avantage d'espace et un bon jeu de pièces
mineures au centre.} Nf6 $6 (6... Nd7 $142 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 $1 {Weiß ist
daran interessiert, den Abtausch der Figuren zu vermeiden, um den Raumvorteil
zu bewahren. les blancs ont intérêt à éviter les échanges de pièces pour
garder l'avantage d'espace} (8. Ned2 $5 Be7 (8... Bxf3 $6 9. Nxf3 c6 {Die
Variante Bd7-c6 verfolgt die Idee, auf f3 zu schlagen, denn Schwarz erwartet
eine Bauernstruktur wie in der Caro-Kann-Verteidigung und tauscht seinen
schlechten Läufer um genügend Spiel zu haben, aber Weiß behält einen
leichten Raumvorteil.  l'idée de la variante Bd7c6 suivi de la prise en f3
car les noirs espèrent que la structure de Caro-Kann et l'échange du mauvais
B va donner assez de jeu mais les blancs gardent un net avantage d'espace.} 10.
Qe2 (10. Re1 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Bf4 $16))) (8. Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4
Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 {Erneut dieses Thema des Abtausches der Leichtfiguren in
Erwartung der Caro-Kann-Bauernstruktur. Aber die weißen Figuren stehen
allesamt besser, denn Schwarz hat Mühe haben einen Hebel anzusetzen, um das
weiße Zentrum herauszufordern.  A nouveau ce thème d'échange de pièces
mineures suivi de la structure de Caro-Kann mais les blancs sont toujours
mieux car les noirs ont du mal à faire un levier central pour contester le
centre blanc.} 11. c4 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]})) 7. Ng3 (7. Nxf6+ gxf6 (7... Qxf6
$6 8. Bg5 Bxf3 9. Qd2 $1 $40) 8. O-O) 7... h5 $5 8. Qe2 h4 9. Ne4 h3 10. g3 Qd5
(10... Bxe4 $142 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qd5 (12... c6 {[%cal Gd8d5]})) 11. c4
Qh5 $2 (11... Bb4+ $142 12. Kf1) 12. d5 $1 $40 {[%cal Ge2e8]} Bd7 $2 (12...
Bb4+ $142 {[%cal Ge8f8]}) 13. g4 $3 Nxg4 (13... Qxg4 14. Rg1) 14. Ng3 {[%csl
Rh5]} Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Nxh2+ 16. Rxh2 Qg4 17. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Match Alapin-Tarrasch +4-1=0"]
[Site "Marseille "]
[Date "1902.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1902.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 $5 {ALAPIN a été un des premiers а utiliser cette
ligne moderne imaginée par l'irlandais MASON.  Il était considéré comme un des
meilleurs théoriciens du début du 20ème siècle.} (3... Nf6 {A l'époque,
c'était la ligne principale.}) 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5 (6. Bg5 h6) 6... Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Nxd4 $1 {Peut-être pas totalement correct mais le
sacrifice donne beaucoup de compensations aux noirs.} 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Ndb5 O-O
11. a3 (11. O-O d4) 11... Ba5 12. b4 $1 cxb4 13. Ne2 bxa3 (13... b3 14. c3) 14.
c3 a6 15. Nbd4 (15. Nxa3 f6 $1 $32 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Re1]}) 15... f6 $1 {Pour
exploiter l'avance de développement, les noirs doivent ouvrir le jeu.} 16. exf6
$2 (16. Nf3 $142 $1 Bc7 17. Qc2 (17. Qe3 Qe7 (17... Bd7 18. Rxa3) (17... Bb6
18. Ned4) 18. O-O {Les blancs ont moins de problème que dans la partie
notamment parce que la Q noire est moins active.}) 17... fxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 $40
{[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge5e4]}) 16... Qxf6 17. O-O (17. f4 $6 e5 $1 $36 {[%csl Re1]})
17... e5 (17... Bc7 $5 {[%csl Rh2]}) 18. Nb3 (18. Nc2 $142 e4 19. Bc4 $1 dxc4
20. Qd5+ Be6 21. Qxa5 $16) 18... Bb6 {[%csl Gb6] la paire de B est trés forte
et les noirs ont des compensations largement suffisantes.} 19. Ng3 $6 Be6 (
19... h5 $1 20. Nxh5 Qh4 21. Ng3 (21. Bg6 $142 Be6 22. Rae1) 21... Rf6 $40 {
[%cal Gf6h6]}) 20. Rxa3 {les pièces blanches sont mal coordonnées} Rac8 21. Nc1
Bc5 22. Rb3 (22. Ra4 Bd7 23. Ra1) 22... b5 {[%csl Rc3]} 23. Rb2 $6 Bb6 24. Na2
$6 e4 $1 25. Bb1 Qe5 $36 {[%cal Gb6c7,Ge5h2,Gh7h5,Gh5h4] les pièces blanches
ont déserté l'aile-roi et ALAPIN va commencer l'attaque du roque adverse} 26.
Kh1 h5 $1 27. f4 Qf6 (27... exf3 28. Rxf3 h4) 28. Ne2 h4 29. Nd4 Bxd4 $5 30.
Qxd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 h3 32. Nc1 g5 $6 (32... Rxf4 $142 $5 {Plus simple} 33. Re1
Rcf8 $19) 33. Nb3 Rc4 34. gxh3 $1 {[%cal Gb2g2]} (34. g3) 34... gxf4 35. Rg2+
Kh8 36. Rfg1 Rc7 37. Rg6 Bxh3 38. Nc5 f3 $1 {malgré le matériel supplémentaire,
les blancs sont impuissants face au centre noir} 39. R6g3 $2 {Une gaffe mais
la position blanche était déjà trés difficile а sauver.} (39. Ne6 Bxe6 40. Rxe6
f2 41. Rf1 Rc1 $1) 39... Rh7 40. Rxh3 Rxh3 41. Nd7 Rf4 42. Rc1 f2 43. Kg2 f1=Q+
44. Rxf1 Rxf1 45. Kxf1 Rxh2 46. Kg1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Syre Memorial op 32nd"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Song, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 {Le choix de la variante GUIMARD face а un fort
GMI est un peu douteux car le jeune MF a peu d'expérience avec cette nouvelle
ligne. Au surplus, GULIYEV avait déjà été confronté а cette variante la veille
а la 1ère ronde contre LEFRANC !} (3... Nf6 {Kramo,S (2029)-Song,J (2318) Syre
mem op 32th 2009 (1.15) 0-1}) 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 (5. e5 Nd7) (5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5
Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Nxd4 $5 {Tarrasch,S-Alapin,S Tarrasch-Alapin Match
1902 0-1}) 5... Be7 6. Bxf6 ({RR} 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Nxf2 9. Bxd8
Nxd1 10. Bxc7 Nxb2 11. Be2 Na4 12. Kd2 Kd7 13. Bg3 Ke7 14. c4 Rd8 15. Ke3 Nb6
16. Rhc1 f6 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. Bc7 Re8 19. Nd2 e5 20. d5 Nd4 {Nataf,I (2526)
-Short,N (2677)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080/1-0 (94)}) ({la ligne
principale visant а échanger le bon B des noirs.} 6. e5 Ne4 (6... Nd7 7. h4) 7.
Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nd2 $6 {Sochacki,C (2250)-Song,J (2318) FRA-ch U16 Aix les Bains
2009 (5) 1-0}) 6... Bxf6 7. Bb5 {Continuant а suivre la même ligne que dans la
1ère ronde} dxe4 $6 {Le manque d'expérience se fait ressentir et il vallait
mieux suivre la grande ligne ligne comme le spécialiste de la variante E.PRIE}
(7... O-O $142 8. O-O Nb8 $5 {[%cal Ga7a6];Koch,J (2460)-Prie,E (2460) FRA-ch
Strasbourg 1992 (10) 0-1}) (7... a6 $6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O $14 {Guliyev,N 
(2534)-Lefranc,B (2089) Syre mem op 32th 2009 (1.2) 1-0}) 8. Nxe4 Qd5 $2 $146 {
Un coup pseudo actif et après Qe2, les blancs auront l'occasion de gagner un
tempo sur la Qd5 avec "c4"} ({RR} 8... Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Ba4 Na5 11. c3 Nc4 12.
Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bb3 Nd6 14. Re1 Qe7 15. c4 O-O-O 16. Qc2 Qf8 17. c5 Nf5 18. d5
exd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Be4 f5 21. Bd3 Rg8 22. Ne5 Qg7 23. g3 {Lau,R (2485)-Bany,
J (2430)/Dortmund 1991/CBM 023/1-0 (38)}) 9. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Be7 (9...
O-O 10. c4 $14) 10. c4 $36 Qf5 11. Ne5 $1 Bb4+ $2 (11... O-O $142 12. Bxc6 (12.
Nxc6 $6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8) 12... bxc6 13. Nxc6 Bf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. O-O $16)
12. Kf1 $18 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc6 $2 (14. g4 $1 {La nouveauté Qd5 n'était
vraiment pas bonne car les blancs gagnent encore un tempo!} Qf4 15. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd3b4,Gd3f4]}) 14... a5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ng3 $14 {Tout est а refaire pour
le GMI qui reste mieux mais la paire de B des noirs dans une position ouverte
peut donner du contre-jeu au MF} Qf4 17. Nh5 Qh4 $2 (17... Qf5 $142 18. axb4
Bxc6 19. b5) 18. Qe5 $36 f6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nxg7 $1 Bd6 (20... Kxg7 21. axb4
axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g3 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gh1e1]}) 21. Nf5 Qg4 $6 (21... Qf4
$142) 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. d5 Rae8 25. Qxd6 Qc2 26. Kg1 $18 {[%cal
Gg1h2]} Qxc4 27. Nxa5 Qb5 28. Nxb7 Qxb2 29. Rd1 Qxb7 30. Kh2 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Sieciechowicz, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 (6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
c3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxd4
Bb5) 6... c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qe2 h6 12.
Bh4 Be7 13. Rad1 Nd5 (13... Qb6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b3
Rfd8 18. Bb1 a5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qc3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Ng4 22. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qf4
24. Bd6 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxd1 26. Bxf4 Nxc3 27. Bc2 Nxa2 28. Be4 Nb4 29. c5 a4 30.
bxa4 Rxa4 31. Bd2 Nd5 {0-1 (32) Pogonina,N (2382)-Glek,I (2571) playchess.com
INT 2004}) 14. Qe4 f5 15. Bxe7 fxe4 16. Bxd8 exd3 $11 17. Rxd3 Rxd8 18. c4 b6
19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. cxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne1 Rc8 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. b3 a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4,
Gd5a2]} 24. f3 b5 25. Kf2 b4 26. Ke2 a4 27. Rd4 axb3 28. axb3 Bxb3 29. Rxb4 Bd5
30. Kd2 Ra8 31. Nd3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Ne5 a6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Ke7 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Qh5
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rd8 16. h4 b5 17. Rh3 Bb7 18. Rg3 Rg8 19. Bd3 g5 20. O-O-O Nf4
21. Qxh6 Qxe5 22. hxg5 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxg2 $2 (23... Rh8 24. Rd7+ Ke8 $16) 24.
Be3 $18 Ke8 25. Qh4 $2 (25. Rd7 Rh8 26. g6 $1 $18) 25... Rh8 $16 26. Qg4 Be4
27. Bf4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Rd6 c4 30. Be5 Rh3 31. Bf6 Bd3 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. f3
Kg8 34. Rd7 Rf8 35. Ke3 Kh7 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. Rxa6 Rb8 38. b4 Rb7 39. Ra5 Rh2 $6
(39... e5 40. Bxe5 Kxg5 $16) 40. Rd2 $2 (40. Kf4 Rb8 41. Be5 $18) 40... Rh3 41.
Rg2 Rh4 $2 (41... Kf5 42. a4 Be4 $16) 42. a3 Rh3 43. Rg4 Rh2 44. Ra8 e5 45.
Bxe5 Re7 46. Rg8+ $2 (46. Kf4 Rxe5 47. Kxe5 $18) 46... Kf5 $15 47. Kd4 Rd7+ 48.
Kc5 Kxe5 49. Kxb5 Rc2 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. Kc6 Ra7 52. b5 Rxc3 53. b6 Ra6 54. Rf8
Kg6 55. Kb5 $2 (55. Rd8 Rb3 56. Rd6+) 55... Rcxa3 56. b7 c3+ 57. Kc5 c2 58. Rg1
R6a5+ $2 (58... Bf1 59. Rxf1 Ra1 $19) 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bg5 c4 (12... Be7 $142) 13.
Ne5 Qxd4 (13... Qd5 $5) 14. Rfe1 $1 Qc5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bxf6 $6 (16. Nxf7 $1
O-O (16... Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kg6 18. h4 $1 Rc6 19. Qxe7 $18) 17. Ne5 $16) 16...
Bxf6 17. Nxf7 $11 (17. Nd7 $5 Qf5 18. c3 $13) 17... Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kg6 19. Rd5
Qc6 20. Qf5+ Kf7 21. Rd7+ Kg8 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc8+ Bd8 24. Re8+ Kf7 25. Rxh8
Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Ng4 (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2
Qh4 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Qe4 Qf5 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Qe4 Qf5 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. Be4 c5 20.
dxc5 bxc5 21. c4 Rfe8 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. b3 Bf4 24. Rc1 a5 25. g3 Bxd2 26. Qxd2
Nc3+ 27. Qxc3 Bxe4+ {0-1 (27) Hansen,E (2584)-Meier,G (2632) Dubai 2014}) 9.
Bd2 c5 10. c3 Bd7 11. h3 $146 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Nf5
Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 Bc6 16. h3 {1-0 (16) Li,C (2590)-Zhou,W (2556) Manila 2008})
11... Nf6 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Qb3 Bc5 (13... dxc3 $143 14. Bxc3 Bc6 15. Bb5 $32)
14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qc6 Rxb2 $15 17. Bb5 O-O $3 {[%csl Rd2,Re1]
Profite de l'avance de développement} 18. Bc1 (18. Qxd7 $2 Qf6 {[%csl Rd2,Gf4]
}) 18... dxc3 19. O-O (19. Bxb2 $2 cxb2 20. Rb1 Qa5+) 19... Bd4 20. Qxd7 Qxd7
21. Bxd7 Rb7 22. Bc6 Rc7 $1 {[%csl Gc3] Gagne un tempo important sur le B pour
soutenir le P passé} 23. Ba4 c2 $1 {[%csl Ra1]} 24. Bf4 e5 25. Rac1 exf4 26.
Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Bxc2 Re8 (27... f3 $5 28. gxf3 Re8 29. Rd1 Bb6 30. Bb3 Re2 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 28. Rd1 Bb6 29. Kf1 g5 30. Rd7 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc2b3]} Ba5 31. f3
Re1+ 32. Kf2 Re5 33. Be4 (33. Bb3 Bb6+ 34. Kf1 Rf5 {[%csl Rf5]}) 33... Kf8 34.
Ke2 Bb6 35. Rd5 Re8 36. Kd3 Re7 37. a4 Rc7 38. Rd6 Kg7 39. Bd5 Re7 40. Be4 Rc7
41. Bd5 h5 42. Be4 Rc1 43. Rd5 Rd1+ 44. Kc4 Rxd5 45. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1997.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O Nxe4 (
7... c5 $6 {66/248}) 8. Bxe4 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 (10. Be3 {52/274}) 10... Nf6
11. Bg5 (11. dxc5 $5) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 (12... Qd5 $1 13. f4 (13. Nf3 $5
$14) 13... b6 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Re1 Rd8 $132) 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8
16. Qd2 Qc7 (16... Qb6 17. Bb3 Bc6 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Rxe6 $40) 17. Bb3 Bd6 (
17... Bc6 $142 18. Rad1 Bf6 $14) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Re4 (19... Qc4 $5) 20.
Rxe4 dxe4 21. Qd4 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qxe4 Bc6 24. Qc4 (24. Qd3 $1 Rd8 (24...
Bxf3 25. Qxf3 $16) 25. Nd4 $16) 24... Qb6 25. Qb3 Bxf3 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. gxf3
Rd8 28. c4 Rd2 29. b3 Kg7 30. Kf1 h5 (30... Kf6 $2 31. Ke1 Rb2 32. Rd1 $1 $16)
31. Ke1 Rb2 32. f4 Kf8 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rd1
b5 38. cxb5 Rxa2 39. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O $6 {Already a significant inaccuracy, allowing White
an optimum attacking setup.} ({Black should play} 9... Qc7) 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3
Be7 12. Ne5 b6 $6 {An incredibly risky attempt to solve the problem of
developing Black's Bc8.} 13. Bb5 $1 ({Both} 13. Nc6 Qxg5) ({and} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Nc4 Qg5 15. Qe4 Qf5 $1 16. Qxa8 $2 Qxd3 {are fine for Black, so Tal sets
his sights on trapping the Black queen.}) 13... a6 14. Bc6 Ra7 15. b4 Qa3 16.
Qc2 Nd5 $1 ({"And wins," continued Tal's analysis (when playing 13.Bb5), e.g.} 
16... b5 17. Nc4 $1 bxc4 18. Bc1 {etc. However Black has another way to save
his queen.}) 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bc1 Bf5 $1 {The point behind Black's play. I
was beginning to feel confident for the first time in the game but Tal hadn't
finished with the tactical tricks.} 19. Bxa3 $1 Bxc2 20. Nc6 Bf6 $1 ({White
was now anticipating} 20... Rc7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7+ 22. Kd2 Be4 23. b5 {1-0.
However White's underdeveloped army and king in the centre gives Black a
chance to confuse matters with a rook sacrifice.}) 21. Nxa7 {Played
reluctantly after great thought.} ({It is too late to bail out with} 21. Kd2 {
since} Rc7 {is good for Black, e.g.} 22. b5 Ra8 $3 23. Kxc2 axb5) 21... Bxc3+
22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kf3 Re6 $2 ({When considering 21.Nxa7 Tal was very worried by
} 23... d4 $1 {keeping alive options such as ...Be4+ and ...Ra8. Post-game
analysis tended to give White an edge after} 24. Rac1 Be4+ 25. Kg3 Ra8 26. Rhe1
$1 {but in any case, 23...d4 was the only consistent way to play since after
Tal's reply to 23...Re6? the game is essentially over.}) 24. Rhc1 $1 Be4+ 25.
Ke2 $1 d4 26. f3 ({After} 26. f3 Bf5+ 27. Kf2 Re3 $5 28. Rab1 $1 {wins
comfortably enough.}) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O $6 (9... Qc7 {is known to be safer.}) 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11.
c3 Be7 12. Ne5 h6 {This was Speelman's idea.} ({An improvement on the game Tal
-Rogers, San Francisco 1991, which had continued} 12... b6 $6 13. Bb5 $1 a6 14.
Bc6 Ra7 15. b4 Qa3 16. Qc2 Nd5 $1 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bc1 Bf5 $1 19. Bxa3 $1 Bxc2
20. Nc6 $1 {and Black resigned six moves later. (1-0 (28) Tal,M (2570)-Rogers,
I (2545) San Francisco 1991 CBM 023 [Rogers,I])}) 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. O-O ({
Tal was planning to answer ...Rd8 with} 14. O-O-O $5 {but, true to style,
Karpov prefers a less risky attacking build-up.}) 14... Qc7 15. Rad1 b6 16.
Rfe1 $1 Bb7 $5 {Speelman provokes the ensuing complications since he is
without another reasonable developing move.} 17. Nxf7 $3 Qc6 $1 ({Of course} 
17... Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Bg6 {is fatal for Black but now e6 is protected.
Has Karpov overreached?}) 18. Be4 $1 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxd1 $1 {This wins three
pieces for the Black queen but the complications have not yet subsided.} (19...
Bxe4 20. Nxd8 {loses.}) 20. Nxh6+ $1 Kf8 21. Qxe6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 gxh6 23. Bxf6
Bxf6 24. Qe6 Bg7 25. Qd6+ Ke8 ({If} 25... Kg8 26. Qd7 Be4 27. f3 Bb1 28. Qd5+ {
wins. Materially Black has sufficient compensation for the queen but his king
is exposed and his pieces do not work well together.}) 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qd6+
Ke8 28. Qc7 Rd8 29. f3 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke3 Rd7
34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxa7 Re7+ 36. Kf2 Bxf3 37. Qxb6 Bd5 38. Qa5 Re5 39. g3 Bf6 40.
h4 Be6 {Speelman has reached the first time control but it now is only a
matter of time before Karpov mobilises his queenside pawns to decisive effect.}
41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. a4 Bg4 43. Qc4 h5 44. Qa6 Rf5+ 45. Ke1 Rd5 46. Qb7 Rd7 47. Qb5
Bd8 48. a5 Bc7 49. Kf2 Rf7+ 50. Ke3 Re7+ 51. Kd2 Bxg3 $2 52. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 (1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. c3 {Not the most popular move on the high level. Tiviakov himself
played here 8.dxc5.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 {Compare this position to the one from the
game after move 10.}) 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3 {
Tiviakov's pet line lately. White reduces the risk of losing to minimum, since
in opposite to other main variations, here White rarely gets an IQP.} (6. Be3 {
is the main continuation, after which Black can choose between} cxd4 7. cxd4
Nc6 ({or} 7... Bb4+ {which is popular lately and offers Black reasonable play.}
) 8. Nc3 Qd6) 6... Qd8 (6... Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Bd4 f6 12. Bc4 e5 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. O-O Be6 16. Qh5+ (16.
Re1 $5 $44) 16... g6 17. Nxg6 Nf6 18. Qe2 hxg6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Bxe6 Kd8 21.
g3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2678)-Smeets,J (2537)/Leeuwarden 2005.}) 7. Nc2 (7. Nc4
Nc6 $11 (7... Be7 $11)) (7. Bf4 Nc6 8. dxc5 Nd5 $11) (7. Be2 Nc6 $11) 7... Nc6
{This time Van Wely goes for the main plan. Half a year prior to the present
game Loek played differently against the same opponent.} (7... Qc7 8. g3 (8.
Bd3 Nbd7 $14 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8b7] /=}) (8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O $11) 8... b6 9.
dxc5 (9. Bf4 Bd6 $11) 9... Bxc5 10. Bf4 Qc6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Ncd4 Bxd4 (12...
Qc8 $5) 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2678)-Van Wely,L
(2655)/Leeuwarden 2005 (46)}) 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ncxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 {Now we have
a transposition to the French Defence. The theory considers it to be close to
equal.} Bc5 (10... Be7 11. O-O $14 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Be5 Rac8 $2 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 (18... Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8
20. Qxd7) 19. Be4 b6 20. Nd4 g6 21. Bc2 Qa5 22. Qf3 $16 {/+- 1-0 Pavasovic,D 
(2505)-Justin,M (2395)/Ljubljana 1998 (55)}) 11. O-O Bxd4 (11... O-O $5) 12.
Qa4+ Ke7 $6 $146 {This ambitious novelty is very dubious.} (12... Bd7 13. Qxd4
Bc6 14. Be3 O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M (2515)-Mirzoev,A (2430)/Swidnica 1997 
(33)}) 13. cxd4 Qd6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qa5 b6 16. Qe5 $6 {A strange decision. With
the queens on the board Black's task would have been much more difficult.} (16.
Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gc1a3]}) 16... Bc6 17. Rd1 (17. a4 Qxe5 18.
dxe5 Nd5 19. Ba3+ Kd7 20. Ba6 $16) 17... h6 (17... Rhd8 $142 18. Bg5 $140 h6
19. Bxf6+ gxf6) 18. h3 Rhd8 19. a4 Qd5 (19... Qxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Ba3+ $14 {
/+/-}) 20. Ba3+ Ke8 21. Bf1 {Again White neglects the possibility to keep
queens on.} (21. Qg3 Qg5) (21. Qh2 $5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd3c4]}) 21... Qxe5 22.
dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 {Now Black consolidated. White's bishop pair gives him
only formal advantage, since Black has no visible weaknesses.} 24. Rd3 a6 25.
Rg3 (25. Rg3 g6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 {
In my opinion this move is hardly dangerous for Black, as campared to the 7.
Bg5 h6 8.Be3 system, Black's king-side is not compromised.} Bd6 $5 {A flexible
way of development - Black prepares a king-side castle, followed by b7-b6 and
Bc8-b7.} ({A few time ago Nigel Short has scored a convincing victory in this
line after:} 7... a6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. c4 Be7 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5
13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 $6 19.
Bg3 Bb8 20. f4 $40 {1-0 Short,N-Korchnoi,V/Gibraltar ENG 2006 (34)}) 8. Bd3 ({
Maybe more promising would be:} 8. Qd2 $5 {preparing queen-side castling,
although after} O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 $132 {Black's position is very
solid.}) 8... b6 {I wasn't worried too much about 9.Bb5+.} 9. O-O $146 {
A harmless continuation - now Black easily solves all his problems.} (9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Qe2 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 $11) ({The last attempt to fight for an opening
advantage would be:} 9. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 ({during the game I was concerned on:} 9...
Bb7 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O c5 $132) 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Qg4 Nxe3 12. Qxg7 (12. fxe3
$5) 12... Rf8 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 Bb7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Kudinov,I-Huguet,B/Bad
Liebenzell 1996/EXT 98 (17)}) 9... Bb7 10. h3 {Pointless - the threat of 10...
Ng4 wasn't too scary. On the other hand, this weakening may be significant.} ({
More accurate was:} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Qe7 $11) 10... O-O 11. c4 $2 {[%mdl
16384] A serious strategical mistake - now Black gets a clear advantage due to
his control of the dark squares!} ({Still, after} 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rad1 c5 13.
c3 $11 {White is not worse.}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 ({After} 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd4 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qc5 $15 {White's
position also would be quite unpleasant: the Nf6 is obviously stronger than
the Bd3 here.}) 12... Bxc5 13. Bg5 $6 {Avoiding the bishop's exchange, but now
the Bc5 is much stronger than it's collegue.} ({I would prefer:} 13. Bxc5 bxc5
14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 {although White is under pressure here.}) 13... Qc7
14. Re1 (14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 (16. Qe5 Nxh3+ $1 17. gxh3 Qc6 18.
Be2 f6 $19) 16... Qxf4 $17) (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qe2 Qf4 $17) 14... Rfd8 ({After
} 14... Qg3 15. Bh4 (15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qf4 $15) 15... Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxf3
17. Bxg3 Bxd1 18. Bxf2 $15 {White would have excellent drawish chances due to
his pair of bishops.}) 15. Bxf6 {The exchange is practically forced.} ({
Worse would be:} 15. Qe2 $2 Qg3 16. Bh4 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rxd3 $17
{and Black is close to win.}) 15... gxf6 16. Qe2 f5 $1 {Preventing White from
swapping the bishops.} 17. Rad1 Qf4 18. Bc2 {White should exchange the rooks,
since his monarch may find himself under strong pressure along the 'g' file.}
Kg7 19. b3 Kf6 $1 {The king is located well here - a rare example in the
middlegame!} 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Bxf3 $2 {This exchange leads to a
completely drawn endgame with bishops of opposite colors.} ({It was necessary
to keep rooks on the board. In this case White couldn't take advantage of
controlling the 'd' file:} 21... Rg8 22. Kf1 Bc6 23. Bb1 a5 24. Qb2+ (24. Qd2
Qxd2 25. Rxd2 e5 $17) 24... e5 $17 {Black's position is closed to winning from
a strategical point of view: white's pieces are totally passive, while Black
may advance his central pawns little by little!}) 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd1+
({Nothing changed:} 23... Rg8+ 24. Kf1 {and Black has no squares for
penetration.}) 24. Bxd1 Ke5 25. Kf1 Kf4 ({After} 25... Kd4 26. f4 $1 {[%cal
Gd1h5]} Kc3 27. Bh5 a5 28. Bxf7 Kb2 29. Be8 Kxa2 30. Ba4 $11 {Black may win
the Pf4, but this gives him nothing.}) 26. Ke2 a5 27. Bc2 h6 28. Bd1 Be7 29.
Bc2 Ke5 30. c5 {This sacriifce wasn't necessary, but White wants to activate
his bishop.} Bxc5 31. a4 $1 {The alst accuracy - now White is able to protect
all the rest pawns.} Kf4 32. Bd3 e5 33. Bc4 f6 34. Be6 e4 35. Bd7 Ke5 (35...
exf3+ 36. Kf1 {gives nothing, as black's material advantage is symbolic here!})
36. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {GM Rafael Vaganian has a rich
experience in various French lines. This time he chooses a somewhat passive,
but very solid setup.} 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Be7 (6... Nd7 {is much more popular.
Possibly, in this case Peter would follow his play from the following game:} 7.
O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 $14
{Leko,P - Seirawan,Y Istanbul TUR 2000}) 7. Neg5 {This ambitious continuation
temporarily takes the game into almost unexplored territory.} ({After} 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Ng3 Nbd7 {the players would enter into a well-known theoretical
position, which was mentioned before.} (8... O-O 9. Ne5 $14)) 7... Nd7 8. Qe2 (
{A simpler way of maintaining a small, but long-lasting advantage seems to be} 
8. O-O Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10. c4 c6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14 {Saric,I -
Stavrianakis,I Achaea GRE 2017}) 8... Bxf3 {In his turn, GM Vaganian
unnecessarily gives up his powerful bishop.} ({It looks like Black could have
solved his problems by means of:} 8... Bxg5 $1 9. Nxg5 h6 10. Nf3 (10. Ne4 Ndf6
11. c3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 $11) 10... Qf6 $1 11. Be4 (11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Qh4 13. O-O Ne7 $11) 11... Bxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O-O $11) 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10.
O-O O-O 11. c4 {Peter feels free to expose the d4-spot, since the c7-c5
advance would open the position.} Re8 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd2 a5 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Bc3 $14 {Fedorov,A - Mateuta,G Mamaia ROU 2013}) 12.
b3 c5 $146 {This natural novelty doesn't change the character of play -
Black's position is solid, but slightly worse.} (12... c6 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. g3
Bf8 15. Kg2 $14 {Wei Yi - Fang,Y China CHN 2017}) 13. Bb2 Qb6 (13... cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Rad1 e5 16. Nf5 $14) 14. Bc2 {Correctly unlocking the d-file for
the rook.} Rad8 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 e5 18. Nb5 $36)
15. a3 $1 {GM Leko finds an excellent positional idea - since the b3-b4
advance is extremely annoying for Black, who is provoked into exposing the
b5-spot.} a5 16. Rfb1 {There was no reason for such an awkward move.} ({
More to the point was:} 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb8 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bc3 $14)
16... Ra8 $2 {Rafael is playing too passively and allowing White to extend the
initiative.} ({The correct move was} 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 $1 18. Nb5 Nb8 19.
Bc3 Nc6 $132 {, claiming the drawback of White's last move.}) 17. Bc3 Bf8 18.
dxc5 Qxc5 ({Hardly better was} 18... Bxc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
$16 {, and} Bxb4 $140 $2 {runs into} 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxb6 Nxb6 24. Qe3 Ba5 25.
Qc5 Ra8 26. Qb5 $18) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc7 21. Nd4 b6 $2 {An unsuccessful
decision - in this situation Black cannot afford to expose the light squares.}
(21... Rxa1 $142 22. Bxa1 Nb6 23. Bd3 e5 24. Nb5 Qc8 25. Qc2 e4 26. Bf1 $16)
22. Nb5 {Now White's position seems winning from a strategic point of view,
but enrgetic play is required.} Qb7 23. Qd3 ({Everything was ready for a
decisive break:} 23. g4 $1 h6 24. h4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qb8 (25... g6 26. Ra7 Qc8
27. Rc7 Qd8 28. Qd2 $18) 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nh7 28. Qh5 $18) 23... Rxa1 ({
Possibly, a more accurate move was} 23... e5 $5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rd1 h6 $16)
24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rd1 $1 {Any exchange might help Black.} Be7 26. g3 Qc6 27. Qe2
Kf8 $6 {Another inaccurate move - the king is more exposed now.} (27... Rc8 {
was better,} {even though Black has to be ready to lose material:} 28. Bxf6
Nxf6 29. Na7 Qxc4 30. Bd3 Qc3 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 $16) 28. Re1 ({Once again, GM Leko
is deviating from the most energetic} 28. g4 $1 h6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31.
Qe3 $1 Qxc4 32. Qh3 Qxg4+ 33. Qxg4 Nxg4 34. Rxd7 $18) 28... Qb7 29. Bd1 {
Missing one more opportunity of attacking the opponent's king.} (29. Bf5 $1 Rd8
30. Nd4 Re8 31. Bh3 Kg8 32. Bg2 Qc8 33. Nc6 $18) 29... Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Bb3
Rd8 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Bd1 {Somehow Peter fails to find a proper way of improving
the position.} ({As earlier, White's initiative should last on the k-side:} 33.
Qe2 $1 Nb8 34. g4 Ne8 35. Qe3 Bf6 36. g5 Bxd4 37. Bxd4 $18) 33... Nb8 34. Qe3
Rc8 35. Be2 Na6 $2 {This move is a blunder, but the refutation wasn't trivial.}
(35... Qe4 $142 36. Qd2 Qb7 37. Bf3 Qd7 $16) 36. Rb1 $2 {Returning the favour.}
({Both players missed} 36. Ra1 $1 Nxb4 (36... Bxb4 37. Bf3 $18) 37. Qd2 Ne4 38.
Bf3 Nxd2 39. Bxb7 Rd8 40. Bxd2 Rxd4 41. Ra8+ {, winning the piece.}) 36... Qe4
$1 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Be1 Nb8 $14 {Liquidating into the endgame is Black's
undisputable achievement. The vulnerablity of Pb4 makes it hard for White to
proceed.} 39. f3 Nd6 40. Rc1 Nc6 (40... Nd7 $5 41. Nb3 g6 $14) 41. Nxc6 Rxc6
42. Bf2 Nc8 43. Rb1 Rc7 {White is still better, but the recent simplifications
made Black's position defendable.} 44. Kf1 Ke8 45. Bd3 g6 46. Ke2 Ra7 47. Rb2
Kd8 ({There was nothing wrong with a more active way of handling the position:
} 47... Bf6 $5 48. Rc2 Ra4 49. b5 Be7 50. Rb2 Bf6 51. Rb1 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Kd7 $11)
48. f4 ({After} 48. c5 bxc5 49. bxc5 Bf6 50. Rd2 Bc3 51. Rd1 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Ra1
53. Rxa1 Bxa1 54. Bb5 Na7 55. Ba4 Kc7 {Black manages to set up a blockade and
hold the position.}) 48... Kc7 49. Bd4 Ra4 50. Bc3 Na7 (50... Nd6 {was simpler:
} 51. Be5 Kc6 $11) 51. Be5+ Bd6 52. b5 Nc8 53. Rd2 f5 54. Ke3 Bxe5 $6 {Black
managed to equalise, but this is the first step in a wrong direction.} ({After
} 54... Kd7 $1 55. Be2 Ke7 $11 {White would be unable to make any progress.})
55. fxe5 Ne7 (55... h6 56. Be2 g5 57. g4 f4+ 58. Kf2 $14) 56. Be2 {It turns
out, that opening-up the d-file causes Black definite problems now.} Ra3+ 57.
Kf2 Nc8 58. Bf3 Ra7 $2 {Eventually GM Vaganian doesn't withstand the pressure.
This is a decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary to play:} 58... Ra4 $1 59. Bc6
Na7 $1 60. Be8 (60. Bd7 Rxc4 61. Bxe6 Rc5 62. Rd7+ Kb8 63. Bd5 Rc7 $14) 60...
Rxc4 61. Rd7+ Kb8 62. Rxh7 Rb4 63. Bxg6 Nxb5 64. Bf7 Re4 65. Bxe6 Rxe5 $14 {
The limited material balance offers Black excellent drawing chances.}) 59. Bc6
Kb8 60. Rd7 $18 {Now Black is paralysed.} Rc7 61. Rd8 Re7 62. Bd7 Kc7 63. Rxc8+
Kb7 (63... Kxd7 64. Rc6 $18) 64. Re8 Rxd7 65. Ke3 ({Black resigned in view of} 
65. Ke3 Rd1 66. Re7+ Kc8 67. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2014.05.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.05.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {I used to play this solid system
from time to time.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 ({In most of his previous
games, Ivanchuk's choice was} 7. Bg5) 7... c5 {This was a part of my
preparation, but Vasily finds a way to surprise me quite early.} ({My previous
game in this line saw} 7... Be7) 8. g3 {This move is actually a novelty, but
the game comes back to known paths.} ({White's most popular alternatives here
are:} 8. Ne5) (8. Bg5) ({and} 8. Be3) 8... Be7 $6 {After my unsuccessful
reaction White gets strong pressure along the h1-a8 diagonal.} ({I had no
reason to reject the most natural:} 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 9...
Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O e5 15.
Nd2 $14) 11. Bg2 O-O-O $11) 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 {Now it is difficult to
solve the problem of the Bc8.} (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 a6
13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rfe1 $14) 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd6
14. Bg5 $14) ({Still, I prefer the most solid} 10... Bd7 11. dxc5 $1 (11. Ne5
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bb5 13. Qxd8 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. Ng4 Rxd4 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Bf4 b6 $11) 13... Raxd8 14. c4 Ba6 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11) 11... Bxc5 12. Ne5 Bb5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qf3 $14) 11. dxc5
(11. a4 $5 Rd8 12. Qe2 $14) (11. Qe2 Bd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. c4 $14)
11... Bxc5 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qe2 {It is quite surprising, that this rare
position was seen in one of Ivanchuk's preceding games!} (13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Re1
h6 15. a4 Rb8 16. a5 $14) 13... a5 $146 {This natural novelty doesn't solve
the problems, but securing the Bc5 looks quite critical.} (13... Bd7 14. b4 Be7
(14... Bd6 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 $14) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17.
c4 $14) ({Vasily achieved a nice victory after:} 13... h6 14. b4 Be7 15. Nc4
Qb5 (15... Qa6 $2 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 $1 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxa1 19. Qc2 {and the
queen is trapped}) 16. a4 $1 Qe8 17. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2709)-Ljubojevic,
L (2559)/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 076/[Finkel,A] (36)}) 14. b3 {This unusual move
was played rapidly. This move keeps the edge as well, but now Black gets some
time for completing development.} ({In my opinion, the most principled way to
develop the initiative is:} 14. Bg5 h6 (14... Be7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 $14) 15. Nc4 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kf8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qh5
Kg7 19. Rad1) 15... Qc7 (15... Qa6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19.
b3 $36) 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Rfd1 $14 {with stable pressure.}) (14. Be3 $5 {also
deserves serious attention:} Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxb2 $140 16. Rad1 Rf8 17. Rd2 $36)
14... Bd7 15. Bb2 $6 {The bishop is not so useful there.} ({Still, White's
advantage is rather unpleasant in the event of:} 15. Bg5 Bb5 16. c4 Be8 17.
Rad1 $14) ({Or} 15. Qf3 Bb5 16. c4 Be8 17. Bg5 $14) 15... Be8 {A very
comfortable and safe spot for the bishop. My next task was to remove the pawn
from b7.} 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. c4 Qc7 $6 {Too slow! Now White gets time for
regrouping the pieces.} ({I should have put some pressure on his pawn too:} 
17... a4 18. Bc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 axb3 20. Rb1 b2 21. Rxb2 Qa7 22. Ng4 Nd7 23. Rd2
Be7 $11) 18. Rd3 {Fighting for control over the open file.} ({Another plan was
connected with a transfer of Bb2:} 18. Nd3 Bd4 (18... Be7 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qg5
h6 21. Qe3 $14) 19. Bc1 $1 (19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Kf8 23. Rd6 b6 $11) 19... Ra8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Ne5 a4 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Rb1 $14)
18... b6 {I have completed the ideal setup, but the position remains rather
passive.} 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Nxd3 $1 {Vasily manages to pose some concrete
problems.} (20. Qxd3 Be7 21. Qe3 Bc5 (21... Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bd4 $14) 22.
Qd3 Be7 $11) 20... Be7 21. Be5 ({Deviating for a slighty better endgame after} 
21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 (22. Bxe5 Rc8 23. Bb7 Rd8 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. Bd4 Nc5 $11)
22... Rc8 $14) 21... Bd6 22. Bd4 (22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Kf8 $11)
22... Rd8 23. Qe3 Nd7 ({Correctly avoiding} 23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Bf3 Rc8
26. Qe5 $14 {and Black is suffering from the weak Pc5.}) 24. h4 $6 {Only after
this loss of time was I able to consolidate my position.} ({The prophylactic} 
24. Bf3 {protecting the rook was called for:} Nc5 25. Qg5 Bf8 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27.
Bc3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 $14) 24... Nc5 25. Bc3 (25. Rd2 $5 {led to a more complex
fight:} Bf8 26. h5 h6 27. Ne5 f6 28. Ng6 e5 29. Bc3 Bf7 $11) 25... Bf8 $11 {
Finally I have completely equalised.} 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 ({Only not} 
27... Bc5 $2 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qe5 Bf8 30. Bd4 $16) 28. Qxd3 Bc5 29. Kf1 Qd7
30. Qf3 {Vassily is trying to keep the queens on the board, but it doesn't
change anything.} Bd4 (30... f6 $5) 31. Bd2 Bc5 32. Ke2 Kf8 (32... Qd4 {
was also good enough:} 33. Bc3 Bc6 $11) 33. Qf4 Qd6 {I had limited time left,
so there was no reason to avoid the simplifications.} (33... Qd4 $11) 34. Qxd6+
Bxd6 35. Be3 Bc5 {Now neither side can avoid a draw.} 36. a3 Ke7 37. b4 axb4
38. axb4 Bxb4 ({Or} 38... Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Kd6 40. f4 e5 $11) 39. Bxb6 Kd6 40. f4
Bc5 41. Ba5 h5 42. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {This rare system is a pet weapon of
the Russian GM Alexander Rustemov. At the same time, my opponent also has
solid experience with this system.} 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Neg5
$5 {This aggressive move was successfully tried twice by Viorel Bologan (a
great expert in the French).} ({The alternatives are:} 8. Ng3) ({and} 8. Ned2)
8... Bd6 ({Of course, not} 8... h6 $2 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bg6+ {and White has
almost a winning attack.}) 9. Re1 h6 10. Nh3 {[%cal Gf3e5] Now White is
threatening Nf3-d5, so Black is practically forced to exchange his bishop. At
the same time, 4...Bd7 players shouldn't be worried by that.} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6
12. Nf4 {Ofcourse, the knight has nothing to do on h3.} Qa5 {In my opinion,
this is the best plan - Black should castle queenside.} ({After} 12... O-O 13.
Nh5 {White has a pleasant advantage.}) 13. c3 (13. Be3 O-O-O) 13... O-O-O (
13... O-O 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. Qh3 e5 16. Ne2 Bf8 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rad1 exd4 19.
Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V-Foisor,O/Bastia 1998/CBM 067 ext (25)}) 14. Bc2 $146 {
My idea was to put the knight on d3, where it could control the important
''e5'' square.} (14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Rde8 $17) ({A very
sharp position could arise after} 14. b4 Qc7 15. b5 c5 16. g3 Kb8 17. Be3 Rhe8
$132 {1-0 Kolev,A-Lalic,S/Andorra 1993/TD (40)}) 14... Rhe8 {This move is not
bad.} ({But I didn't like} 14... Qc7 $5 15. Kh1 (15. g3 g5 16. Ng2 g4 17. Qe2
$132) 15... e5 (15... g5 16. Nd3 g4 17. Qe2 h5 18. Ne5 $14) 16. Ne2 exd4 17.
Nxd4 Ne5 18. Qf5+ Kb8 $11) 15. Nd3 Re7 {Black has a super solid position, as
each single move doesn't change much, but still I don't like the position of
Black's rook there.} 16. g3 (16. b4 Qd5 $11) 16... Rde8 {Probably Mihajlo
wanted to push e6-e5 at the most comfortable moment.} 17. Bb3 $5 {This move is
slighty unpleasant for Black, since now it's not easy to get prepared for
e6-e5, so Black's position remains a bit passive.} Qh5 {This was the right
decision - the queen had no good prospects anyway.} 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Bd2 ({
I didn't see the point in} 19. Ne5 Nhf6) 19... Nhf6 20. Rad1 c5 ({I believe
Black is able to hold the ending after} 20... e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5
$14 {but it's not a very pleasant task.}) 21. Be3 b6 {The first inaccuracy -
there was no need for such a serious weakness of the light squares.} ({A much
more natural move looks to be the strongest} 21... cxd4 $1 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Be3
e4 24. Nf4 Bc5 $11 {and Black has sufficient activity.}) 22. Bc4 (22. f4 cxd4
23. Bxd4 Nc5 $11) (22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bc5 $11) 22... Kb7 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] And this is already a big mistake which leads to immediate
troubles.} ({Probably the same method was still the best:} 22... cxd4 23. cxd4
(23. Bxd4 e5 24. Be3 e4 25. Nf4 Ne5 26. Be2 Bc5 $11) 23... Kb7 $14 {and Black
has good chances of equalizing.}) 23. dxc5 Nxc5 ({The other capture led to
great suffering:} 23... Bxc5 24. Nxc5+ Nxc5 $16) (23... bxc5 $16) 24. Nb4 $1 {
This is the point! White gets a great chance to exploit the weakness of the
light squares in Black's camp.} Bb8 {The move looks somewhat ugly.} ({Maybe
better was} 24... Nce4 25. Ba6+ (25. Bb5 Bxb4 26. Bxe8 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxe8 $14)
25... Kc7 26. Bb5 Bxb4 27. Bxe8 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rxe8 29. f3 Nd6 30. Bd4 $16 {
and White has some technical problems in this endgame.}) 25. Bb5 Rc8 $8 26. Bf1
$1 {The bishop gets the key diagonal.} a5 $2 {This is already the decisive
mistake - Black cannot afford such a loss of time.} (26... Rf8 27. Bg2+ Kc8 28.
Nc6 Rd7 $16) (26... e5 27. Bg2+ e4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 $16) 27. Bg2+ Nce4 $8
28. Bd4 $1 {This simple combination allows White to win a pawn.} axb4 29. Bxf6
gxf6 30. Rxe4 Ka7 31. Rxb4 $18 {[%cal Gb4a4] Threatening mate in one!} Rc5 $8
32. Rh4 {Winning the second pawn, while Black's pieces are still passive and
his king is compromised. The rest is simple.} b5 33. a4 ({Or} 33. Rxh6 b4 34.
cxb4 Rc2 35. h4 Rxb2 36. h5 $18) 33... bxa4 34. Rdd4 {I liked my rooks on the
4th rank.} Kb6 {The final blunder, but Black's position was completely
hopeless anyway.} (34... Rb5 35. Rxa4+ Kb6 36. b4 $18) (34... Ra5 35. Rxa4 Rxa4
36. Rxa4+ Kb6 37. Rb4+ Ka7 38. Rh4 Rd7 39. Rxh6 f5 40. Rh7 Kb6 41. h4 Kb5 42.
h5 Ba7 43. h6 $18) 35. Rb4+ {Winning the bishop, so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {A solid, but somewhat passive
system.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 $6 {GM Akobian is
deviating from the main theoretical lines. Alas, this exchange turns out to be
a serious concession.} (8... Qc7 {is much more popular.}) 9. Bxd4 {The bishop
is perfectly located now, so White gets excellent attacking prospects.} Be7 ({
Another natural continuation -} 9... Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qe2 $5 Be7
12. Bd3 {also looks quite promising for White.}) 11... Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qb5 13. a4
Qd5 14. Qe2 Qe4 15. a5 $14 {Anand,V (2801)-Pelletier,Y (2609) Kemer 2007, led
to a somewhat inferior position. However, it still looks like a safer way of
handling the position!}) 10. Bd3 O-O {Black cannot really benefit from keeping
the king in the centre for a while.} ({After} 10... Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be5 Qb6
13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 a5 15. Rad1 $36 {Salgado Lopez,I (2624)-Cheparinov,I (2672)
Camarinas 2013, Black was suffering from a lack of development.}) 11. Qc2 $1 {
Attacking the Ph7 makes White's development advantage more significant.} h6 12.
O-O-O {The most ambitious choice - Black's k-side pawn structure is somewhat
exposed, so White has a clear plan of advancing the pawns on this side of the
board.} Qa5 {The most natural move - the pressure along the d-file is very
annoying.} ({Removing the knight from the k-side seems dubious:} 12... Nd5 13.
Kb1 Bf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Qe2 $16 {Ehlvest,J (2605)-Muzychuk,M 
(2471) Caleta 2013, and White was clearly better.}) ({The more modest} 12...
Qc7 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Rhg1 $40 {also offers White a direct attack.}) 13. Kb1 {
Wasting a tempo for this prophylactic move wasn't necessary.} ({Indeed, after} 
13. g4 $5 Qxa2 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rhg1 $40 {the extra pawn doesn't really change
anything - the Kg8 is under strong pressure!}) 13... Rd8 $6 {Alas, Varuzhan
fails to take advantage of somewhat slow play by his pponent.} ({More in the
spirit of position was} 13... b5 {, and then after} 14. Ne5 (14. h4 Bb7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rad8 19. g4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $11
) 14... Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. g4 Rxd4 $1 17. cxd4 Nd5 $14 {Black would obtain
definite compensation for an exchange.}) 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qe2 $146 {White's
setup is most harmonious now.} ({The previously played} 15. g4 {also looks
very dangrous for Black. For isntance, after} Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 {1-0 (47)
Karpatchev,A (2460)-Muller,A (2179) St Chely d'Aubrac 2008. White had missed:}
17. g5 $1 hxg5 18. h4 g4 19. h5 {with a decisive attack.}) 15... Bc6 16. Rhe1 {
All the pieces are in play now. Black has to deal with various tactical ideas.}
Bd5 {Desperately trying to develop any counterplay on the q-side.} ({The
exchange sac would be premature:} 16... Rxd4 $2 17. cxd4 Bxg2 18. f3 Bh3 19. f4
Qd5 20. Qe3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qh3 $18) 17. c4 Bxg2 {Of course, GM Akobian
wasn't happy with opening-up of the g-file, but there was no choice!} 18. Bc3
Qb6 ({Possibly, a better practical chance would be} 18... Bb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20.
Rg1 Bc6 21. Qe3 {, though here Black is forced to give up material:} Rxd3 (
21... Kf8 $2 22. Qg3 Ne8 23. Qf4 Nf6 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ $18) 22. Nxd3 Qxc4
23. Qxh6 Ne8 $16) 19. Rg1 Bc6 $2 {A decisive mistake - Black couldn't afford
to lose one more tempo in this position!} ({It was necessary to release the
tension by means of:} 19... Bh3 20. Qd2 Rxd3 21. Nxd3 Kf8 22. Ka1 Bf5 $16) ({Or
} 19... Rxd3 20. Nxd3 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qe4+ 22. Qc2 Rd8 $16) 20. Nxf7 $1 {Now the
attack is unstoppable.} Kxf7 ({The most stubborn try was} 20... Rxd3 21. Nxh6+
Kf8 22. Rxd3 Be4 (22... gxh6 23. Rdg3 $18 {is completly hopeless.}) 23. Ng4 Rd8
24. Ne5 $18 {, though converting the extra pawn into the full point doesn't
seem a difficult task here.}) 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qxe6 $18 Qxf2 ({Or} 22...
Re8 23. Qf5 Kf8 24. Bd2 Qc5 25. Qg6 $18) 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ {The final
touch. This game can be called ''an opening disaster''!} ({There was also
nothing wrong with prosaic} 24. Bxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tiendas"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 ({
The main alternatives are:} 7. Bd3) (7. Bc4) ({and} 7. Bg5) 7... c5 ({A solid
alternative is:} 7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O (8... a6 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O-O
O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Re8 14. Rh3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd5 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Re1 $14 {
1-0 Cheparinov,I-Spasov,V/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 97 ext (23)}) 9. Qe2 (9. Bg5 b6 10.
Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 c5 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. h4 h6 15. c4 Qd6 16. Be3 cxd4
17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Rhd1 e5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bc1 e4 22. Nd2 e3
23. fxe3 Qg3 $44 {0-1 Shirov,A-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess
490 (65)}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7
15. Ng4 Bc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Kovalevskaya,
E-Alexandrova,O/Elista RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 499 (64)}) 8. Ne5 {That
agressive move has become very popular since Kasparov-Ponomariov/Linares 2002.
White is not hurrying with Bc1-e3,leaving the opportunity of putting the
bishop on g5.} a6 (8... Qc7 {-->1-0 Topalov,V-Milov,V/Prague 2002/CBM 89/
[Finkel,A] (62)}) (8... Nd7 $2 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qg4 $1 $36 {
-->Kasparov-Ponomariov, Linares 2002}) 9. Qa4+ ({More ambitious is:} 9. Bg5 $5
Qd5 (9... Be7 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4
15. Bf3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $16 {1-0 Adams,M-Akopian,V/Moscow RUS 2004 (25)}) 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc4 cxd4 12. Nb6 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Rb8 14. O-O dxc3 15. bxc3 $44 {
1-0 Vescovi,G-Karpov,A/Sao Paulo BRA 2004/The Week in Chess 511 (22)}) (9. Be3
Qc7 {-->8.Be3 Qc7 9.Ne5 a6.} 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 (11... Bd6 12. Bb5 (
12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 $14 O-O 15. d5 b5 $6 16. d6 $1 $14 {Dvoirys,
S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60}) 12... axb5 13. Qxa8 cxd4 14. Nxd7 dxe3
15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Qxb7 Qd2+ 18. Kb1 Qd3+ 19. Ka1 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+
Kxd7 21. Rd1+ $16 {Yakovich,Y-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99}) 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc6 (15... Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 h6
18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Anand,V/Linares 2002/CBM 88/
[Finkel,A] (44)}) 16. f4 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Kb1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Qg3 h6 25. Re1 g6 26. Qf2 {1/2-1/2
Dominguez,L-Dreev,A/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 503 (26)}) 9... Bd7 ({
Dangerously looks:} 9... Nd7 {,as white gets a serious development advantage:}
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 (13. Qe4 $5 Nd5 14. Bc4) 13...
Nd7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Perez,R/Coria
del Rio ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 485 (27)}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.
dxc5 ({Nothing promises:} 12. Be3 Nd5 13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3 Kc7 15. Bc4 Be7
16. Rhf1 Rhf8 $11) 12... Bxc5 13. Be2 Rad8 {'N!?' It's not easy to decide
which placement of the rooks is the most optimal in this position, but I kept
my mind on plan of advancing my ''e'' pawn-that's why I choosed the text move.}
({Another opportunity is:} 13... Rhd8 14. a4 (14. Bf3 $5 Kc7 15. Bf4+ Bd6 16.
Be3 $14) 14... a5 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. h4 Nd5
20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Bxd6+ {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Dorfman,J/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 
(21)}) 14. Bf3 Kc8 (14... Kc7 15. Bf4+ Bd6 16. Be3 $14) 15. Ke2 ({More
accurate was:} 15. O-O Rd7 16. Bf4 Rhd8 17. Rfe1 $11 {[%csl Gd7,Gd8][%cal
Gd8d1] although black is controlling the only open file,so he shouldn't face
any problems.}) (15. g3 Rhe8 16. Bg2 h6 $11) 15... e5 16. g3 {'?!' White is
playing too passively!} ({Better was to exchenge the passive Bc1:} 16. Be3 $142
Bxe3 17. Kxe3 Nd5+ $11 (17... e4 $5 18. Be2 Nd5+ 19. Kxe4 Rhe8+ 20. Kf3 Nf4 21.
Rhe1 Nxe2 22. Rxe2 Rd3+ 23. Re3 Rexe3+ 24. fxe3 Rd2 25. Rb1 f5 $11)) 16... e4
17. Bg2 Ng4 {'!' It's important to play very energetically in order to prevent
white from consolidating.} 18. Bh3 (18. h3 $2 Nxf2 19. Rf1 e3 20. Bxe3 Rhe8 $17
) 18... h5 19. Bf4 f5 ({Comes to consideration also:} 19... Rd3 $5 20. Rad1 f5
$1 (20... Rhd8 $143 21. Bxg4+ hxg4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. fxe3 $11) 21.
Bxg4 hxg4 $15 {[%csl Rh2]}) 20. Raf1 {That move is not a serious mistake yet,
but it's connected with a completely wrong idea!} (20. Rad1 g6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
$15) (20. f3 exf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rhe8 22. Rae1 g6 $15) 20... Rd7 21. Bg2 {'?' White
is trying to neutalize black's pressure on Pf2 by pushing the knight from g4,
but that's plan is very slowly!} ({It was necessary to swap at least one pair
of the rooks:} 21. Rd1 $142 g6 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 $15 {and black has only a slight
advantage.}) 21... Rhd8 {Now all black's pieces are placed ideally and
prepared for a decisive attack.} 22. h3 {'?' Missing black's answer.} (22. Bh3
e3 $1 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. fxe3 (25. Kxe3 Re7+ 26. Kf4 Rd5 27. h4 g6
$19 {[%cal Gd5f5]}) 25... Rd2+ 26. Ke1 Rxb2 $19) ({The only way to continue
the fight was:} 22. Bg5 $142 Be7 23. Bc1 Ne5 $17 {but white's position is
still very passive and hard.}) 22... e3 {'-+' That's the point! White is
unable to avoid a decisive penetration of black's rook. That is quite a rare
example of such a strong attack in the endgame!} 23. fxe3 {That leads to a
forced mate!} ({Hopeless is also:} 23. Bxb7+ Rxb7 24. hxg4 Rxb2+ 25. Kf3 hxg4+
26. Kg2 Rdd2 $19) ({or} 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rd2+ 25. Kf3 g5 $19) 23... Rd2+
24. Kf3 R8d3 25. b4 Bxe3 (25... Nxe3 26. bxc5 Nxg2+ 27. Be3 Rxe3#) 26. Bxe3 g5
{The final ''quiet move''. White cannot avoid a mate on the next move.} 27.
hxg4 hxg4# 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%mdl 32896]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 {I have also expected 3...c5 4.
exd5 exd5, since Rafael is a great expert of this variation.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5.
Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {This move gains a lot of popularity nowadays.} c5
(7... Be7 {is also playable.}) 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 {I don't like
this move. In my opinion, white gets a risk-free advantage due to the pair of
bishops.} (10... Nd7 {--> is a more principal continuation.}) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12.
Be2 {That is Anand's idea - white prefers a king-side castle.} ({Another way
to fight for the advantage is:} 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Kb1
Be7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. Bc1 $14 {0-1 Kobalija,M-Milov,V/Ajaccio FRA 2004/The Week
in Chess 521 (49)}) ({deserves attention also} 12. g3 $5 {which was played by
Alexander Grischuk in this round!}) 12... O-O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qb3 $146 {
I wanted to keep the queens on board.} ({The mentioned game saw} 14. Qa5 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Savchenko,S/Germany 2005/CBM 107/[Finkel,A] (46) but after 14..
.Nd5 15.Qxc7+ Kxc7 black has an acceptable endgame.}) 14... c4 $2 {A very
risky move, since now white has a clear plan of breakthrough by b2-b3.} ({
Much better would be:} 14... Nd5 $142 $5 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bd6 17. h3 Rhe8
{and black is close to equality.}) 15. Qc2 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Bd6 16. Kh1 $1 {
There is no necessity for weakening moves!} (16. g3 $6 h5 $132) (16. h3 $5 Nd5
17. Bd2 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 16... h5 ({Hardly better would be also:} 16... Nd5 17.
Bd2 Bf4 18. b3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 cxb3 20. axb3 $16 {with a great advantage of
white.}) ({or} 16... Kb8 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rab1 $40) 17. b3 $1 Bxh2 $2 {This
optimistic tackle gives white a decisive attack for free!} ({Actually, black
is already in a serious troubles, but he could provide much more resistance by:
} 17... cxb3 18. Qxb3 (18. axb3 $5 Bxh2 19. b4 (19. g3 h4 20. Bf4 Qc6+ 21. Kxh2
hxg3+ 22. Kxg3 f6 $13) 19... Bd6 (19... Bf4 20. b5 $40) 20. b5 $40) 18... Nd5 (
18... Bxh2 19. c4 $40) 19. c4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bxh2 21. c5 $40) 18. bxc4 {[%csl
Rb6,Gc4,Gd4,Rh2][%cal Ga1b1]} Bf4 ({An attempt of getting some couterplay
fails to:} 18... h4 19. Rab1 $1 h3 20. g3 Qc6+ 21. f3 Bxg3 22. d5 Nxd5 23. cxd5
Rxd5 24. Rb6 Qc7 25. Rfb1 $18) 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rab1 $18 Na8 {It is funny,
but black's knight had no other square for retreat!} (20... Kc7 21. Qb3 $18) (
20... Nd7 21. Bf3 $18) (20... Qc7 21. Qb3 Na8 22. Bf3 Rd7 23. c5 $18) 21. Bf3 {
White's moves are very natural and strong.} Rd7 22. c5 ({There was nothing
wrong with} 22. Qb3 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qe7 24. c5 $18) 22... h4 {That looks like a
desperation, but black had no defensible idea anyway} 23. Qb3 ({Of course, the
position after} 23. c6 bxc6 (23... h3 24. cxd7+ Kd8 25. Rfe1 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 $18
) 24. Bxc6 Ra7 {is also completely winning, but I wanted to win the Pb7.})
23... Kd8 24. c4 {[%cal Yb3f3] Protecting the Bf3 and advancing the central
pawns.} (24. Bxb7 Ke7 25. Qc4 h3 26. g3 $18) 24... Ke7 25. d5 e5 26. Qe3 {
Exchanging black's most active piece.} ({The endgame after} 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27.
d6+ Kf8 28. fxe3 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7] is completely hopeless, so black resigns.}
) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Frankly speaking, this move came as a little surprise - in recent years
Gata's repertoire has been based on the closed openings.} e6 {Perhaps, my
reply was also unexpected - my opponent's next move was played after
10-minutes of thinking!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {White has a large
choice of various setups here.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ (7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O {is another fashionable line,
where White maintains the slight pressure, but Black is very solid.}) 7... Nxf6
8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O {GM Kamsky is deviating from the main theoretical lines, but
Black still has some practical problems to solve.} ({The more aggressive plan
is connected with} 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Nd5 {I had a memorable
game in this line vs GM Andrei Volokitin:} 12. Bd4 Nf4 13. Qe4 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3
f6 15. Rhd1 e5 16. Be3 ({Most probably, Black has nothing to worry about after
} 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 $132 {Volokitin,A (2645)-Lysyj,I 
(2576) Moscow 2007}) 16... Be6 17. R3d2 Qc8 18. h3 b6 19. c6 {Volokitin,A 
(2666)-Roiz,M (2600) Beersheba 2005 [Roiz,M]. A draw was agreed in this
extremely complicated position.}) 9... c4 {Releasing the tension in the centre
is a double-edged decision, but I guess forcing the bishop to leave the
excellent attacking spot cannot be too bad.} ({Another solid way of handling
the position is} 9... Be7 $5 10. Ne5 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qe2 O-O {
looks about equal.}) (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5 O-O $11
{Narva,M (2121)-Mikadze,M (2233) Mamaia ROU 2016}) 10... O-O 11. c3 Nd5 {
with long strategic battle.}) 10. Be2 Bd6 11. c3 $146 {A natural novelty -
White's pawn structure is getting more flexible, whereas the c4-pawn is
somewhat vulnerable.} ({In the preceding high-level game White didn't get much:
} 11. Ne5 O-O 12. h3 c3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Bf3 Rd8 $11
{Volokitin,A (2666)-Akopian,V (2707) Beersheba 2005}) 11... Bd7 $6 {A serious
inaccuracy, which allows White to acquire the bishop pair in a comfortable
situation.} ({A much better move was} 11... a6 12. a4 ({There is no need to
fear} 12. Ne5 b5 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. bxc4 bxc4 $11) 12... b6 (12... O-O
$5 {deserves some attention too, though allowing} 13. a5 {doesn't look like an
attractive decision for a human eye. Still, Black's position after} Bd7 14. Ne5
Bb5 {also seems very solid.}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Nd5 16. Bd2
Bf4 $132 {with double-edged play. Compared to the game, White's monarch is not
completely safe here.}) 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 {Perhaps, this move isn't the most
precise.} ({I was mainly expecting} 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 {, when} 14. Bd2 (14. Bxc4 $5
Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bc7 16. Qh5 $14) 14... O-O {could have transposed to the text.})
13... O-O $6 ({For some reason, I rapidly rejected} 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15.
Re1 {, assuming the bishops would become very powerful at some point. However,
it looks like after} b5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bf1 Ne7 $1 {, followed by 18...Bc6
Black should be able to hold this position.}) 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxc4 {Gata is
aiming to make the play more unbalanced.} ({In the event of} 15. a4 $5 Qc7 16.
g3 Rfc8 $14 {White would maintain a stable advantage, but it wouldn't be easy
to make progress.}) 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 {Even though there are fewer defenders
around White's king, Black cannot create any serious threats, whereas White's
central pawns can be supported by the bishops. Therefore, White is firmly in
control here.} Bc7 17. Qf3 b5 18. Bb3 (18. Bd3 $5 {looks somewhat more natural,
when} Rab8 19. g3 f5 20. Rfe1 Rf6 21. Kg2 $14 {leads to a position, where
Black would be doomed to a passive defence till the end.}) 18... Rab8 {Black
is trying to set up a blockade, making use of powerful Nd5.} (18... Rac8 19. a4
b4 20. c4 $36 {is something which I was worried about - the centre is becoming
mobile.}) 19. a3 {This move doesn't spoil the advantage, but the prophylactic
approach wasn't necessary.} ({In my opinion,} 19. g3 $5 {was better:} a5 20.
Kg2 a4 21. Bc2 f5 22. Rfe1 $14) 19... a5 20. g3 a4 21. Bc2 Nb6 {As a result,
Black was able to consolidate the situation on one side of the board...Still,
the problems are not solved!} 22. Rad1 Nc4 23. Bc1 f5 {The light-squared
bishop is too dangerous, so Black can hardly do withough this loosening move.}
24. Kg2 Qd5 $6 {Honestly, I was relying on this natural move, but...Black
isn't ready for any change of structure!} ({More to the point was} 24... Rf6
25. Rfe1 h6 26. Bd3 Kh8 $14) 25. Rfe1 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({We both
missed the following nice manoeuvre:} 25. Qxd5 $1 exd5 26. Rde1 g6 27. Bd1 $1
Kf7 28. g4 $1 $16 {and Black's position might collapse soon.}) 25... g6 26. Re2
Rfe8 27. Rde1 Qxf3+ {A sad necessity.} ({Alas,} 27... Kf7 $2 {loses on the
spot:} 28. Be4 $18) 28. Kxf3 Kf7 29. b3 $6 {Luckily for GM Kamsky, Black was
short on time and didn't manage to exploit this inaccuracy.} ({The correct
move was} 29. g4 $1 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. b3 axb3 33. Bxb3 $14 {
, keeping the advantage.}) 29... axb3 30. Bxb3 Ra8 $2 {Unfortunately, I've
committed the decisive mistake without any thinking...} ({At the same time,
had Black played} 30... Ba5 $1 31. Bf4 (31. Rc2 Rec8 $11) 31... Rbc8 32. Rh1 h5
33. a4 bxa4 34. Bxa4 Re7 $11 {everything would be under control!}) 31. a4 Rxa4
{Of course, my previous move was connected only with a sacrifice.} 32. Bxa4
bxa4 {Visually Black's position looks OK, but there is no time for protecting
the Nc4.} 33. Ra2 Ra8 34. Ke2 $18 {That's the point! The king is coming to d3,
so the game ends. The rest is an agony.} e5 (34... a3 35. Kd3 Ra4 36. Kc2 $18)
35. Kd3 Nb6 36. dxe5 Ke6 37. Be3 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 $5 {An interesting fresh idea. Andrei has already tried it against
Akopian in this tournament.} Qc7 9. Qe2 {[%cal Ge1c1] This move is much more
ambitious than 9.0-0, since white is ready for queen-side castling.} ({In the
mentioned game black has solved his main problems after} 9. O-O c4) 9... Be7 $1
$146 {This natural developing move is a novelty.} (9... a6) (9... Bd6) 10. dxc5
O-O 11. O-O-O Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f4] This move was underestimated by my
tallented opponent. Now black exchanges one of white's bishops.} ({Dubious
would be:} 11... Bxc5 $6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 b6 14. g4 Bb7 15. g5 $36 {
and white has a strong attack for free.}) 12. Bd4 ({The following alternatives
doesn't promise white any advantage:} 12. Ng5 Nxe3 (12... h6 $5 13. Ne4 b6) 13.
Qxe3 h6 (13... Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxh7 Rd8 (15... Re8 16. Bb5 Re7 17. Ng5
$16) 16. Ng5 $16) 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nd6 Rb8 16. Qe4 g6 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Ba6 Qc6
$1 $11) (12. Bg5 Nf4 13. Qe4 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Bd7 $11
) 12... Nf4 $1 {It's very important to exchange the Bd3 which puts a strong
pressure on black's monarch.} (12... Bxc5 $2 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Qe4 $16) 13. Qe4 (
{The endgame which arise after:} 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. Bxe5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3
Bxc5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 f6 $11) 14... f6 15. Nc4 (15. Nf3 e5 16. Be3 Nxg2
$15) 15... e5 16. Be3 Nxg2 17. Nd6 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $132 {is very complicated,
but black shouldn't be worse.}) 13... Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 f6 {Restriciting the
mobility of white's minor pieces.} 15. Rhd1 e5 $6 {This natural move is
inaccurate and allows white to get a risk-free advantage.} ({It was the right
moment for a prophylactic move:} 15... Kh8 $142 $1 16. Be3 e5 $132 {and it's
not easy to find a good plan for white.}) 16. Be3 $6 {Andrei made this move
very quickly.} ({At the same time, white could maintain some advantage by:} 16.
Qd5+ $1 Kh8 17. Nxe5 {(I was worried about that sacrifice, while Andrei hasn't
considered it seriously)} fxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxc5 (18... Qc6 $2 19. Rg3 Bf6 20. Qxc6
bxc6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rd6 Bf5 23. Rxc6 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. b4 $16) 19. Rg3
Qxd5 20. Bxg7+ Kg8 21. Rxd5 Rf5 (21... Rf7 $2 22. Bh6+ Kh8 23. Re3 $1 Bf5 24.
Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxf5 $18) 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Bf6+ Kf7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Rg7+ Kf6
26. Rxb7 Be4 27. Rc7 Bxg2 28. Rxh7 $14 {although I belive black should hold
this endgame without special difficulties.}) 16... Be6 {[%csl Ge6] Now black
has full compensation for the pawn. It looks like white should be even more
careful here.} (16... Kh8 17. Rb3 Rb8) 17. R3d2 ({An attempt to activate the
knight at cost of exchange is dubious:} 17. Nd4 $6 Bc4 18. Nf5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 g6
$15) 17... Qc8 {This move looks a bit strange, as it cuts the connection
between the rooks. However, I wanted to avoid an unpleasant Nf3-d4.} ({Now} 
17... Kh8 {leads to a forced draw after:} 18. Nd4 exd4 19. Qxe6 dxe3 20. Rd7
Qxc5 21. Qxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 exf2 23. Re2 $11) ({An interesting attempt to
seize the initiative would be:} 17... Bxc5 $5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxb7 {(white
has to take the pawn-otherwise he is just worse)} Rab8 20. Qa6 (20. Qe4 $2 Rxb2
$1 21. Kxb2 Rb8+ $19) 20... Bc4 (20... Bf7 $5 $44) 21. Qa4 Rfc8 $44 {In this
position all black's pieces are very active, so he has an obvious compensation
for the pawn.}) 18. h3 {Intending to advance the king-side pawns.} ({Maybe} 18.
Kb1 $5 {would be more accurate.}) 18... b6 $5 {[%cal Oe7c5,Cc5b6,Gc8a6]} ({
After} 18... Rb8 19. g4 Bxc5 20. g5 $132 {white has enough time to organize
some counterplay on the king-side.}) ({But} 18... Bxc5 $5 {deserved attention
again.}) 19. c6 {Here Andrei offered a draw which was accepted after a long
thought.} ({It would be too optimistic to take the pawn:} 19. cxb6 $2 axb6 20.
a3 b5 $40 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gb5b4]}) ({The final position after} 19. c6 {
is very complicated, but as the analyze shows, black's chances were already
better.} {For example,} Qa6 20. Rd7 (20. a4 b5 $1 21. Rd7 Rfe8 $1 $17 (21...
Bxd7 $2 22. Rxd7 Rfe8 23. Qd5+ Kf8 24. Qxb5 $16)) (20. a3 $2 Bxa3 21. c3 Be7
$17) 20... Bxd7 $1 ({After} 20... Rfe8 $6 21. a3 $36 {black's pieces are
misplaced.}) ({less clear is also:} 20... Rf7 21. a4 $1 ({Now after} 21. a3 $6
{black can accept the sacrifice:} Bxd7 22. cxd7 Rd8 23. Qc6 {and after} Bxa3 $1
24. bxa3 Qxa3+ 25. Kb1 Qe7 $15 {white has some problems.}) 21... b5 ({In this
position} 21... Bxd7 $6 {leads to an inferior position after} 22. cxd7 Rd8 23.
Qc6 $36) 22. Rb7 bxa4 23. c7 $132) 21. Qd5+ (21. Rxd7 Rad8 22. Qd5+ Kh8 $17)
21... Rf7 22. cxd7 Rd8 $15 {and white has no sufficient compensation for the
exchange}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 10th"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "1978.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Romanishin,O"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1978.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zenit"]
[BlackTeam "Avangard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 cxd4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. dxe6 Qxe6+ 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. O-O Qd7 $2 (12... Nc6
$142 {Inf25}) 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Qd3 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Nc6 16. Qe4+ Qe7 17. Rad1 h6
18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Nf3 Rhd8 20. a3 Bb6 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Kf6 23. g3 Na5 24.
b3 d3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxc2 27. Nfd4 Rb2 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rc3 Rb1+ 30. Kg2
Re1 31. Kf3 Rd1 32. Ke4 Rd2 33. Ke3 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Bxd4 35. Rc7 Be5 36. Rd7 Ke6
37. Rd3 Bf6 38. Ke3 Be7 39. h3 f5 40. g4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Be2 {Die Idee:nach 9...cd4 10.Qd4 Qd4 11.Nd4 nebst aktivieren der
L�ufer auf die Diagonale h1-a8.} Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Bxf6 $2 {
Dieser Zug scheint logischer (der schwarze K�nig bleibt im Zentrum),aber
leider ist nicht das Beste.Wie der GM Goldin mich nach der Partie gezeigt hat,
k�nnte ich sofort entscheidente Vorteil bekommen.} (12. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 13. Qxh5
g6 14. Nxg6 $18) 12... gxf6 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. c3 Rd8 15. Qa4+ Kc7 16. cxd4 Kb8
(16... Qxd4 $2 17. Rac1+ Kb8 18. Rfd1 $18) 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rxd4 19. Rxd4
Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Rd7 {Es scheint das wei� gewinnen soll, aber der
Nachziehende hat sich mit gro�e Fantasie Verteidigt.} Bc5 $1 22. Bf3 Rc8 $1
23. g3 (23. Rxb7+ $2 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rc1+ 26. Qf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1
Kxb7 $19) 23... Rc7 24. Rd8+ Rc8 25. Rd3 $2 {Ich sollte die Z�ge widerholen
25.Rd8 Rc8 26.Rd7 mit remis, aber ich habe meine Stellung �bersch�tz.} Qc7
$1 26. Rc3 Qd6 27. Kg2 Rc7 28. Qh7 Qf8 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qe5 Bd6 31. Qb5 a6 32.
Qb3 Bc5 33. Qd1 Qh8 34. a4 Qe5 35. Qd2 Qf6 36. Rc4 e5 $6 {Diese Zeitnotfehler
erlaubt der Anziehende zu aktivieren.} 37. Qd5 Qe7 38. Bh5 Bd4 39. Rxc7 Qxc7
40. b3 Ka7 41. Bxf7 Qb6 42. f3 {Es droth 44...Qc2 45.Kh3 Bg1} Qc7 43. Qc4 Qxc4
44. Bxc4 Kb8 45. Bd3 Kc7 46. Bxf5 a5 47. Kf1 Kd6 48. Ke2 Ke7 49. Kd3 Kf6 50.
Bc8 b6 51. Kc4 Bg1 52. Kb5 Bf2 53. Kc6 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20 Girls 33rd"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Fataliyeva, Ulviyya Hasil Qizi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. c3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
g6 15. Qh4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Nf3 e5 18. b4 {[#]} Ba4 $2 {Schwarz möchte den
weißfeldrigen Läufer tauschen. Doch der ist gar nicht mehr das größte
Problem.} (18... Ne6 $11) 19. Ng5 {Es droht Matt.} h6 $2 (19... h5 20. Bxg6
fxg6 21. bxc5 $16) 20. Bxa4 Nxa4 21. Ne4 {Droht wieder Matt , beginnend mit
Sf6.} Be7 22. Qxh6 Nxc3 23. Ng5 Bf6 $2 ({Bitter, aber wahr: Nötig war} 23...
Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Nd5 25. Rad1 f6 26. Rxd5 fxg5 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qf5 $18) 24. Qh7+
Kf8 25. Be3 {c5 lockt.} Na4 26. Rac1 Qe7 27. Ne4 Rec8 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Kd7
30. Red1+ {Es reicht.} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 (9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 {White is slightly better, Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/It Vienna AUT 1996})
9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Ne5 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe4 (13. b4 Bd6 (
13... Bxb4 $4 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qxb4)) 13... f5 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxf8+ (15. Qxa7
b5) 15... Kxf8 $17) 12... Bb7 13. Bxf6 (13. Rae1 Rfd8 14. Ng4 $6 Qc6 15. Ne3
Bd4) 13... gxf6 {[#]} 14. Bxh7+ {The simpliest way to draw The simpliest way
to draw here.} (14. Qh5 f5 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bc4 Rfe8
19. Nh4 Be4) 14... Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {Perpetual} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 {Vaiser} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O
Ngf6 8. Ng3 (8. Neg5) 8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 $6 (10... b5) (10... a5)
11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 (13... Nf8 14. h4 $1 $14 {Shirov,A-Huebner,
R/Muenchen/1993/}) 14. Rad1 Qa5 (14... g6 15. d5 $1 (15. h4 Bg7 16. h5 Qa5 $10)
15... cxd5 (15... exd5 $6 16. Rxe8 Nxe8 17. cxd5) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Bg7 (
17... N7b6 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 (19... exd5 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Qf6 $18)
20. Qf6 e5 21. Rxe5 Qc6 22. Re6 $1 Qc1+ 23. Bxc1 Rxe6 24. Qc3 $18) 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 $16) 15. Bb1 g6 16. h4 $1 (16. d5 $2 {Vaiser} exd5
17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bxf6 (18. Bc3 Qd8) 18... Nxf6 19. Qxf6 Re1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxe1+
21. Nf1 Qxb1 $19) 16... Bg7 (16... h5 17. Bc3 $1 (17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bg7)
17... Bb4 (17... Qc7 18. d5 $1) 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Ne4 $1 $16) 17. Bc3 $1 Qc7
18. h5 b5 {?! Vaiser} (18... Rad8 $5 {Vaiser} 19. h6 $6 Bxh6 20. d5 Bg7 $15)
19. h6 $2 (19. Bd2 $1 bxc4 20. bxc4 e5 21. h6 Bh8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 Re6 24.
Re2 Rae8 25. Rde1 $16) 19... Bxh6 $1 (19... Bh8 $142 {Vaiser}) 20. d5 cxd5 21.
Bxf6 bxc4 $2 (21... Nxf6 22. Qxf6 bxc4 (22... Bg7 {Vaiser} 23. Qh4 bxc4 24.
bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 $16) 23. Qh4 Bf4 $1 24. Ne2 (24. bxc4 Bxg3 25. fxg3
dxc4 $10) 24... Be5 25. bxc4 dxc4 $10) 22. Bb2 $1 cxb3 $6 (22... Bg7 $2 {Vaiser
} 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. bxc4 Rac8 26. Rd4 $16 {with strong attack})
23. Nh5 $3 f5 (23... gxh5 24. Qxh5 Qf4 25. Bc1 (25. Rd4 $18 {Vaiser}) 25... Nf6
26. Qh3) (23... bxa2 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Qxf6 e5 26. Rxe5 $18) (23... Bg5 24. Qg4
Qd8 25. axb3 $18) 24. Rxd5 $1 (24. Rxe6 $2 {Vaiser} Rxe6 25. Qxd5 Qc6 26. Qxd7
(26. Qd4 Ne5) 26... Qxd7 27. Rxd7 gxh5 28. Bxf5 Re1+ 29. Kh2 bxa2 $19) 24...
gxh5 (24... exd5 $2 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. Ba3+ $18) 25. Rxf5 $1 {!! Vaiser} Nf8 (
25... exf5 26. Qd5+ Kf8 27. Qxf5+ $18) 26. Rxh5 bxa2 27. Bxa2 Bg7 28. Qg4 $1 (
28. Rg5 Ng6 29. Rxe6 Kh8 $16) 28... Kh8 (28... Re7 {Vaiser} 29. Ba3 Ree8 (29...
Qc3 30. Re3) 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxe6 $1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33. f4 $1 Kh8 (33...
Qxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Re8#) 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Re7+) 29. Bxg7+
Qxg7 30. Rg5 Ng6 (30... Qf7 {Vaiser} 31. Re3 Ng6 32. Bb1 Rg8 33. Rh3 Nf8 34.
Qd4+ Rg7 35. Rhg3 Ng6 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Rxg6 $18) 31. Bb1 $1 Qc3 32. Rd1 Qf6 $6
(32... Rg8 33. Qh5 (33. Rxg6 $5 Rxg6 (33... hxg6 $2 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Rd7+) 34.
Bxg6 Rg8 35. Qxe6 hxg6 36. g4 $5 $16) (33. Bxg6 $2 Qf6 $13) 33... Nf8 34. Rd7
$3 {Ribli} Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. Rxh7+ $18) 33. Rd7 $1 (33. Bxg6
$2 {Vaiser} Rg8 $1) 33... Re7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 (34... Nxe7 {Vaiser} 35. Qe4) 35.
Bxg6 Rg8 36. Qd4+ Rg7 (36... Qg7 37. Bf7 $1 (37. Rh5 $1)) 37. Rh5 e5 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 (10... a5 11. c4 a4 12. Ne5 $14) 11. Qxf3 c6 12.
c4 Re8 13. Rfe1 (13. Rad1) 13... Nf8 (13... Qc7 14. Rac1 $5 {/\ d5}) 14. h4 $5
(14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Ne4) 14... Qc7 15. Rac1 Ng6 $5 (15... Rad8 16. d5 cxd5 17.
cxd5 Qd7 18. d6 $1 Qxd6 (18... Bxd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 Be5 (20... Be7 21.
Red1 $18) 21. Rxe5 $18) 19. Bb5 N8d7 20. Red1 (20. Qxb7 $14) 20... Qb6 (20...
Nd5 $2 21. Nf5 $1) 21. Bxf6 Qxb5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rc7 $1 $16) 16. h5 (16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Rac8 $14) 16... Nh4 17. Qe3 Bd6 $1 (17... h6 $2 18.
d5 $1 exd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. cxd5 $18) 18. Ne4 Bf4 (18... Bh2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kf1
Bf4 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qh3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 (22. Bxc1 Nf5) 22... Qf4) 19... Bf4
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Bxc1 23. Bxc1 $1 (23. Rxc1 Qf4 24. g3 $2 Qf3+
) 23... Rad8 24. Bg5 Rxd4 25. g3 $16) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qe2 Bxc1
22. Rxc1 (22. Bxc1 Rad8 $1 23. Bg5 Rxd4 24. g3 Red8 $1 25. Bb1 Rd2 26. Qe3 $1 (
26. Bxd2 $2 Rxd2 27. Qe3 f4 $1 $13) 26... f4 $1 27. Bxf4 Qa5 $1 28. gxh4 Rd1
29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qxh5 31. Bc2 Qxh4 32. Qe4 $16) 22... f6 $1 (22... Qf4
23. g3 Qg5 24. Kf1) 23. g3 (23. Qe3 Qg7) 23... Kf7 $1 24. gxh4 Qf4 25. Re1 Rg8+
$1 (25... Qxh4 $2 26. Qf3 $16) 26. Kf1 Rae8 27. Qe3 Qxh4 28. Ke2 $1 (28. Qf3 $6
Rg4 $40) 28... Qxh5+ 29. Kd2 Rg2 $1 30. Re2 Qg5 31. f4 Rxe2+ (31... Qg3 $5 32.
Qxg3 Rxg3 33. Rh2 Kg6 $13) 32. Bxe2 Qg2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 (33... Rg8 34. Qh5+ Qg6 (
34... Kg7 35. Qh4 $1 $40) 35. Qh3 $1 $16) 34. Bxf3 $14 Kg6 $6 (34... Ke7 35.
Ke3 Kd6 $14) 35. Ke3 Rd8 $6 (35... h5 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Kg3 Kh6+ 38. Kh4 $16 {
/\ d5}) 36. Bc3 Kf7 37. a4 Ke7 38. a5 $16 Kd7 $6 (38... a6 39. b4 $1 {/\ b5}) (
38... Kd6 $5 39. d5 e5 $16) 39. d5 $1 exd5 40. cxd5 cxd5 (40... Rf8 41. dxc6+
bxc6 42. Kd4 Rb8 43. Kc4 $18) 41. Bxf6 Rf8 42. Bh4 $1 $18 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kb5 44.
Bxd5 Kxa5 45. Bxb7 Rb8 46. Bd5 h5 47. Be6 Ka6 48. Bc4+ Kb6 49. Ke5 a5 50. Kxf5
Kc5 51. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Gran Canaria op"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 $5 Be7 9. Re1 (9. Nc4) 9... O-O 10. Nc4 $146 (10. c4) 10... b6 (10... Bxf3
$142 11. Qxf3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bf1 $14) 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Ng5 $1
cxd4 $2 (13... Qe8 $8 14. c3 h6 15. Ngf3 $14 {|^}) 14. Nexf7 $1 Qe8 (14... Rxf7
15. Qxe6 $1 (15. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Bc4 Qe8 {/\ Nc5}) 15... Qe8 (
15... Bd5 16. Nxf7 Bxe6 17. Nxd8) 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. Qxe7 Re8 18. Qb4 $18) 15.
Qxe6 Bb4 $2 (15... Rxf7 $18 {- 14...Rf7}) 16. Bxh7+ $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Fritz} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O (9... Qc7 10. Bd2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12.
Ne5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Las
Palmas (06) 1996}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 Nd5 14. Kb1 f6 15.
Nf3 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rhf1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Nogueiras,J/
Erevan ol (07) 1996}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 Qa5+ (11... hxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. O-O-O
Nd7 14. Bxg6 Be7 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. g6 Rf6 17. Ne5 Rf5 18. f4 Bf6 19. g4 Rxe5
20. fxe5 Bg7 21. Rh5 Qe8 22. Qe4 Nf8 23. Rf1 Nxg6 24. Rf6 Nf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qh7 Bd7 27. Rh6 Qf7 {0-1 Bellia,F-Kacheishvili,G/Ubeda op ;EXP 51 1996})
12. Bd2 Qb6 $1 (12... Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+
17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. g5 b5 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. gxh6 Nc4 23.
hxg7 Rd8 24. Qh5 Na3+ 25. Kc1 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg
Petrov (01) ;CBM 52 1996}) (12... Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 e5 15. a3 Be6
16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Bb3 e4 19. g4 Rfd8 20. f4 Qc7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Rf1 Nd7 23. g5 Nc5 24. Ba2 Rd6 25. Kb1 Qd7 26. Rc1 b6 27. f5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Qxf5
29. Qh2 Qd7 30. Qh5 g6 31. Qh6 Ne6 32. Qh4 Rd1 33. Qxe4 Qd2 34. Bxe6 Rxc1+ 35.
Ka2 Qxg5 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7 Qf6 38. Bb3 Qf1 39. Bd5 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qb5+ {
0-1 Hector,J-Hansen,Lars Bo/Copenhagen Open Copenhagen DEN (10) 1995}) 13. O-O
(13. O-O-O Ng4 $1 14. Bh7+ (14. Ng5 Nxf2 15. Bh7+ Kh8) (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5
Bd4 16. Qb5 Bxf2 (16... Qxb5 $2 17. Bxb5 Bxf2 18. Bb4) 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Ba5 Qxb5
19. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxh4 21. Bd8 Bd7 $17) 14... Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qxg4
f5) 13... e5 $5 (13... Qxb2 $5) 14. Nxe5 (14. b4 Bd6 (14... Bxb4 15. Rab1 a5
16. a3 e4 17. Bxe4 Qe6 (17... Re8 18. axb4 (18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Ne4 20. axb4
Qg6) 18... Rxe4 19. Be3 axb4) 18. axb4 Nxe4 19. bxa5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 $10 {eg} Qf5
21. Ra1 Ra6) 15. c4 e4 16. Bxe4 Re8 17. c5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc7) 14... Re8 15. Nc4
$1 (15. Bc4 Be6 (15... Bg4 $2 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Bc4 $3 Bxe2 (17... g5 18. Qxg4
Nxg4 19. Nd7+) 18. Ng6#) 16. Bc3 Bd4 17. Rae1 (17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rfe1 Qxh4)
17... Bxc3 18. bxc3) 15... Qd8 (15... Rxe2 16. Nxb6 Rxf2 (16... Rxd2 17. Nxa8
Ng4 18. Rae1 $1) 17. Rxf2 axb6 18. Kf1 Bxf2 19. Kxf2 $16) 16. Qf3 Bg4 (16...
Ng4 17. g3 $1 $8 Bd7 $36 18. Bc3 (18. b4 b5 19. bxc5 bxc4 20. Be4 $16) 18... b5
19. Bf5 Nxf2) (16... b5 $6 17. Qxa8 bxc4 18. Qc6 cxd3 19. Qxc5 Ne4 20. Qe3 Nc3
21. Qxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxc3 dxc2) 17. Qxb7 $5 (17. Qg3 b5 18. Ne5 (18. Ne3 Bd6 19.
f4 Bc5 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 h5) 18... Be2 {was my intention but after} 19.
Bxe2 Qxd2 {so as to play ...Ne4 next but this is trivially prevented by either}
20. Bd3 {or} (20. Bf3)) 17... Rb8 18. Qa6 Ne4 (18... Be2 $5 19. Bxe2 Rxe2 20.
Be3 (20. Bf4 $2 Ng4 21. Ne3 $2 (21. Bg3 Nxf2 22. Bxf2 Rxf2 (22... Bxf2+ 23.
Rxf2 Qd4 24. Raf1 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Re8 26. Nd2 $18) 23. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxh4+)
21... Rxe3 22. Rad1 Qxh4 23. Bxb8 Re8 $19) 20... Ng4 $1 21. Bxc5 Qxh4 22. Qd6 {
I stopped here but after} Rc8 $1 {Black can fight hard though it turns out
that White should win:} 23. b4 $1 (23. Rae1 Rxc2 (23... Re5 $1 24. Qxe5 Nxe5
25. Nxe5 Rxc5) (23... Rxc5 $2 24. Rxe2 Rh5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 27. Qh3 {
with the rook on f1, f2 is defended}) 24. Re4 Rxc5 25. Ne3 $2 (25. Rxg4 Qxg4
26. Qxc5 Qxc4 $10) 25... Rh5) (23. Ne3 $2 Nxf2) (23. Rfe1 Rxc2 $2 (23... Rxc5
$1 24. Rxe2 Rh5 $19 25. Re8+ Kh7)) 23... Rxc5 (23... Rxc2 24. f3 $1 (24. Rac1
$2 Rxc5 $1 (24... Rxc1 $2 25. Rxc1 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxc1
29. Qc8+) 25. bxc5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ $10) 24...
Rxc5 25. bxc5 Nf2 26. Nd2 $3 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxd2 29. Rg1 $18) (
23... Re5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 $18) (23... a5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 axb4 26.
Rf4) 24. bxc5 Nxf2 25. Qh2 Qxc4 (25... Qd4 $2 26. c3 Qxc5 (26... Qxc4 27. Qb8+
Kh7 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 30. Ke2) 27. Qd6 Nh3+ 28. Kh2 Qh5 29. Qd8+ Kh7
30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Qxh3) 26. Rae1 $3 (26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Kxf2 Qxc5+
$1 29. Kg3 Qc3+ 30. Kh2 Qxa1 31. Qxa7 Qe5+ $10) 26... Rxe1 (26... Ng4 27. Qb8+
Kh7 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Qf4 h5 $18) 27. Rxe1 Ne4 $5 (27... Qxc5 28. Qe5 Qb6 29.
Qe3) (27... Ng4 28. Qd6 Qxc2 (28... f5 29. Qe6+) (28... g5 29. c6 Qc3 (29...
Kg7 30. c7 Qc3 31. Rf1) 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qf8+ Kg6 32. Qg8+ Kh5 33. Qxf7+ Kh4
34. Re4 $1 Qxc6 35. Qb3 $1 {Fritz}) 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1 $1 $18) 28. Qb8+ $1 (
28. Qe5 Nxc5 $10 (28... Nf6)) 28... Kh7 29. Qb3 $1 Qxc5+ 30. Qe3 $18) (18...
Nd5 19. Qa5) (18... Nd7) (18... Bc8 19. Qa5 Qd4 20. Bc3 Qxh4 21. Bxf6) 19. Be3
(19. Qa5 Nxd2 (19... Qxh4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxc5 Be2 22. Ne3) (19... Nxf2 20.
Qxc5 $1) 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Nxd2 Be2 22. Bxe2 Rxd2 23. Bd3 Rxb2 24. g3) 19...
Bf3 $1 (19... Qxh4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 (20... Bc8 $1 {Fritz} 21. Qc6 Rxe4 22. Bxc5
Rxc4) 21. Bxc5 Bf3 22. Qd6 Rc8 23. Ne3) (19... Bf8 20. Qxa7) 20. gxf3 (20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. Bxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5 $1 {Fritz} (22... Rg4+ 23. Kf3 Qd5+ (23... h5
24. Ne3) 24. Kxg4 Qg2+ 25. Kf4 Re8 26. Ne5 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 $18) 23. Kg3 (23. f3
Rg4+ (23... Rxc4 24. b4) 24. Kh3 Rxc4 25. b4 Rxc2 (25... Qf5+ 26. Kg2 Rxh4 27.
Rh1 Qg5+ 28. Kf2) (25... Rxh4+ 26. Kxh4 Qg5+ {the queen goes back to e2}) (
25... Rb6 $1 26. Bxb6 (26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxb6 axb6) 26... Qf5+ 27. Kg2 Qg6+ 28.
Kf2 Qxc2+ 29. Kg3 Qg6+ $10 30. Kh3 Qf5+ {and not now} 31. Kh2 $4 Rxh4+ 32. Kg3
Qg5+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ 34. Ke1 Qd2#) 26. Qd6 Qf5+ 27. Kg3) 23... Rxc4 24. Bxa7 Rbb4
$36) (20. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 (20... Qxh4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. Ne3 Re5 23. f3
) 22. Qd6 (22. Ne3 Re5) 22... Rd8 (22... Rg4 23. Qxb8+ Kh7 24. Ne3) (22... Bxg2
23. Qxb8+ Kh7 24. Kxg2 (24. Qh2 Bf3 25. Ne3 Rg4+ 26. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Qg3 Qh5 28.
Qxf3 Qxf3)) 23. Qh2 (23. Qg3 Rg4 (23... Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rxc4 25. Bxa7) 24. Qxf3
$1) 23... Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxc4 25. Be7 Rd7 26. Rfe1) 21. Qd6 Nxd3 22. Qxd8 Rexd8
23. cxd3 (23. gxf3 Nxb2) 23... Be2 24. Rfc1 Bxd3 $16) 20... Qxh4 21. Bxe4 (21.
Kg2 Bxe3 $1 (21... Rb6 22. Rh1 $1 (22. Nxb6 $5 Bxe3 23. Qb5 $1)) (21... Re6 22.
Rh1) 22. Nxe3 Qg5+ (22... Rb6 23. Qxb6 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 $16 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Ng3 26.
Kg2 Nh5 27. Qd6 Nf4+ 28. Qxf4 Qxf4) 23. Ng4 Nf6 (23... h5 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 (24...
hxg4 25. f4) 25. Qd6 Reb4 26. b3 R8b6 (26... hxg4 27. f4 Qf5 (27... Qxf4 28.
Qxf4 Rxf4 29. c4 $16) 28. c4 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 R4b6 30. Rfe1 Qf3 31. Qd5 Rh6) 27.
Qd7 Rf4 28. Rh1 Re6) 24. Kh3 Nxg4 (24... Rb4 25. Qc6 $1 (25. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 26.
Be4 Rbxe4 (26... Qh5+ $10) 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Kh2 Rh4+ 30. Qh3) (
25. Rfe1 Qh5+ 26. Kg2 Rxg4+ $10) 25... Rxg4 (25... h5 $2 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Be4) 26. fxg4 (26. Qxe8+) 26... Qxg4+ 27. Kh2 Re5 28. Qa8+ Ne8
29. Qg2 Qf4+ 30. Qg3 Rh5+ 31. Kg2 Rg5 32. Rae1 Nf6 $14) (24... Nd5 25. Rae1)
25. fxg4 Rb4 26. Rg1 $1 (26. f3 Rxg4 $1 $19) (26. c4 Re3+ $1) 26... h5 27. Qc6
$16) 21... Rxe4 $10 22. fxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 (23. Kh2 Rb6 24. Nxb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {Although giving up the centre may be regarded
as a minor concession, White usually does have a space advantage also in other
French lines, as fighting for an opening plus is connected with the e5 advance.
Caruana was especially merciless against the otherwise solid defence in the
recent US-championship:} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 ({The French
is Meier's main opening and he varies his lines. Four years ago against
Caruana he went} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11.
Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6 (21... Rfc8 22. f5 Qc6 23.
Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Bb5 25. Qe3 Ra3 26. f6 Kh8 27. h4 gxf6 28. Qf3 Kg8 29. exf6
Qa6 30. Qe3 Kh8 {Vavulin,M (2393)-Karpenko,A (2107) Kolomna 2014} 31. Rc1 $1
Ra8 32. Rcc2 $16) 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 (24... Qa6 25. Qe3 Rfc8
26. f6 Rc7 27. h4 $36) 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 (27... Ra6 $142 $5
28. f6 Qc7 $132 {[%cal Ya6c6]}) 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1
Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 $40 {Caruana,F (2789)-Meier,G (2632)
Dortmund 2014}) 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 b6 ({A new, but risky idea. The standard
continuation is} 8... O-O) 9. Bb5 Qc7 (9... Bb7 $142 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. f5 O-O {is possibly better, but even here the danger is obvious.}) 10.
O-O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. f5 c4 13. f6 $1 gxf6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rhf1 b5 ({
This will be too slow, but White has a strong initiative also after} 15... Be7
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Rf6][%cal Yd1e1] /\Rde1}) 16. Qf2 b4 17. Ne2
(17. Ne4 $5 dxe4 18. Ne5 $40 {is even more energetic}) 17... b3 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5
19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. dxe5 bxa2 21. Kd2 {[%cal Re2d4]} Rf8 22. Qxh7 $18 {[%csl Gd2,
Rd8] Caruana,F (2804)-Akobian,V (2647) Saint Louis 2018}) (3... Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 ({The main move is} 6... Ne7 {, but the text has lately
gained some popularity.}) 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 $5 ({Black has recently
done well after} 9. Qd1 b6) ({In CBM 175 Papp recommends} 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. h3 $5
{[%cal Yd4c5]}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qxc2 {deserves attention:} 10. Rh3 Qe4+ $13) 10.
h5 h6 11. Qd1 cxd4 $2 ({Opening the position borders on suicide.} 11... b6 $142
{leads to complex play.}) 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rh1h4]} g5 14.
hxg6 Qe4+ 15. Be2 Qxg6 16. Qd2 Nge7 17. Bd3 $1 Qxg2 (17... Qg7 $142 {is more
tenacious}) 18. Ke2 Qg4 19. Rh4 Qg7 20. Rg1 Ng6 21. Rf4 $1 Nce7 22. Bb4 $18 a5
23. Rxg6 $1 {Caruana,F (2804)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 4. Nxe4 Nd7
({Both players have had recent experience with the alternative} 4... Bd7 5. Nf3
Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 {and now:} 7. O-O (7. Qe2 Be7 (7... Ngf6 8. Neg5 {[%cal Rg5f7]
is similar, as Black here usually takes on f3. The provocative} h6 9. Nxe6 fxe6
10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O $44 {-> is extremely dangerous.}) 8. Neg5 Bd5 9. c4 Bxf3
10. Nxf3 Ngf6 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16.
Rfe1 Rad8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Kg2 g6 19. h4 Bg7 20. Bc1 Ng4 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. h5 e5
23. hxg6 hxg6 24. dxe5 Ndxe5 25. Bf4 Qb6 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bc2 $36 {Dominguez
Perez,L (2739)-Meier,G (2628) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 ({
A newer idea, which has replaced} 8... Be7 {and}) (8... Bxf3) 9. b3 $5 Bg7 10.
Ba3 Bf8 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. Rad1 Kb8 15. Bc1
Ka8 16. b4 h5 17. c5 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. b5 g5 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne4 Rg6 22.
Rb1 Rg7 23. Qd1 Nd5 24. Bb5 Qc7 25. Qb3 N7f6 26. Nd6 $40 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2729)-Jobava,B (2690) Riadh rpd 2017}) 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. c4 O-O 13. b4 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 c6 15. a4 Qc7 16. a5 a6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Bb1
Nf8 21. Qf3 Ne8 22. Ne4 Red7 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Nb3 Ndf6 26. Bc1 Red7
27. g3 Bf8 28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Bd2 Bg7 30. Bc3 $14 {/+/-,() Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)
-Duda,J (2706) Heraklio 2017 White gradually increased his advantage and broke
through, see the notes to this game in CBM 182 by Fernandez.}) 5. Nf3 {In the
Rubinstein White has a long-term score of over 60%, this indicates the system
requires a patient defender, who doesn't mind gradually neutralising White's
initial pressure. Even stronger players than Meier take on e4 from time to
time:} ({A rather soft way is} 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 (6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Rb8 9. Bg2 b5 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4 Bd5
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ra6 c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 $11 {Anand,V (2776)-Meier,G (2648)
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 6... Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe4
e5 $1 10. Qd3 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. f3 c6 15. Rad1 Be6
16. b3 a5 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bc7 Re8 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bb6 Be7 22. Bf2
Bc5 $11 {Aronian,L (2764)-So,W (2778) Leuven blitz 2018}) 7... Bxf6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O e5 $1 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Be3 $5 $146 (12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. c3 g6 17. Rfe1 Kg7 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Be6
20. a3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd3 Nb6 23. Rf3 Rf8 24. Rd1 f6 25. Nd7 Rbd8 $11 {
Kovacevic,A (2488)-Meier,G (2634) Lemgo 2018}) 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Nd2
Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Nxd4 Rb8 18. c4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qa4 a6
21. Qa3 Qc5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. Rb1 b5 24. Qb2 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11
{Aronian,L (2764)-So,W (2778) Paris rpd 2018}) (5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 {prepares
queenside castling, but Black has an effective antidote in} c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O e5 $1 $132 {and now:} 11. Bc3 (11. Qxe5 Bd4 12.
Qa5 Qxa5 13. Bxa5 Bxf2 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Rhf1 Be3+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Bd5 18.
Ne5 Rfe8 19. Re2 Re6 20. c4 Rae8 21. Rf5 {½, Petrovic,D (2591)-Neven,K (2361)
email 2008} Bc6 22. Nxc6 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxa7 Rxg2 $132) 11... Qb6 12.
Qxe5 Bxf2 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf4 Be3 16. Qa4 Bh5 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18.
Ba5 Qc5 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Bc3 Qb6 21. Ba5 Qc5 22. Bb4 Qc7 23. Bc3 Qb6 {½, Stany,
G (2476)-Meier,G (2657) Biel 2016}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 $5 {An
important theoretical position, here we will check more alternatives in an
attempt to explain White's choice:} ({A deeply analysed branch is} 7. c3 c5 {
and now:} 8. Ne5 (8. Be3 Qc7 {is an independent line after} 9. Bb5+ (9. Ne5 a6
{is another way to reach the main line.}) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. d5 exd5
12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qc4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qe7+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Re1 Qd8 17. g3 h6 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Re4 Qf5 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. g4 Bf8 24. Rde5
g6 $11 {Kramnik,V (2792)-Meier,G (2628) Dortmund 2018 Black held the balance
with careful defence.}) 8... a6 (8... Nd7 $2 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. O-O
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qh5 g6
18. Qh6+ Kf7 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Ponomariov,R (2727) Linares 2002} 19. Rd2 a6
20. Bd3 $16 {For details see the notes to this game in CBM 088, which already
give 8...a6 as Black's best move.}) 9. Be3 (9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Be3 {is again only
a transposition after} Qc7 (10... cxd4 $143 11. Bxd4 f6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. O-O-O
Qc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Kd8 19. Rd6 Kc7
20. Re6 a5 21. Re7 a4 22. Nd2 $16 {Wang,H (2709)-Le,Q (2737) Riadh rpd 2017}))
9... Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 (11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 (12. Bxd4 Bd6 $11) 12...
Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg5 Rd5 17. Rxd5 Bxd5 18. Rd1 g6
19. Qf6 Rh7 20. Bf3 Be7 21. Qd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h4 23. Bf4 Qc6 {and White didn't
find anything better than repetition after} 24. Qe5 Qc8 25. Qe4 Qc6 26. Qe5 Qc8
27. Qe4 Qc6 {½, Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)-Meier,G (2648) Sestao 2010}) 11... cxd4
12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxd4 {and now:} {Black is close to full equality also after}
Bb5 $5 (13... f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ (15. Qg4 e5 (15... Kf7 $5 16. O-O Qc6
$132) 16. Qe4 Rd8 $5 17. O-O Be7 18. Bb6 Rc8 19. Rad1 Qc6 $11) 15... Kxd7 16.
O-O-O+ Kc7 $142 (16... Kc6 17. Rd4 b5 18. Rhd1 Be7 19. Rd7 Rhe8 20. b3 $5 (20.
g4 e5 21. h4 g6 22. Kc2 h5 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. b4 a5 25. Kb3 axb4 26. cxb4 Red8
$11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2647)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2556) Santa Clara 2006})
20... h5 21. h3 e5 22. Kc2 a5 $6 23. a4 {[%csl Ra5]} bxa4 24. bxa4 Bf8 25. g4
hxg4 26. hxg4 Reb8 27. Rf7 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Kxb7 29. Rb1+ Kc6 30. Rb6+ Kd7 31. Kd3
$14 {/+/-, Dominguez Perez,L (2695)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2559) Havana 2008
White has stablised his advantage and went on to convert it.}) 17. a4 a5 $5 (
17... Bd6 18. a5 $14) 18. Rd4 (18. Kc2 Ra6 19. h4 h5 20. Rd3 Bd6 21. b3 Be7 22.
Rhd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 $11 {Nekhaev,A (2514)-Belka,W (2494) email 2016}) 18...
Ra6 19. Rhd1 Rd6 ({Also playable is} 19... Bd6 20. Rg4 g6 21. Rh4 Rc6 22. Bd4
e5 23. Be3 h5 24. Rd5 f5 $5 $132 {Morovic Fernandez,I (2550)-Yandemirov,V 
(2356) Moscow 2017}) 20. Rxd6 (20. Rc4+ Rc6 21. Rxc6+ bxc6 22. Kc2 Be7 23. Rd2
Rb8 24. Kd3 Rd8+ 25. Kc4 Rd5 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 Kb7 $14 {/=, Zhang,Z (2582)
-Pelletier,Y (2592) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Black managed to draw the slightly
inferior endgame.}) 20... Bxd6 21. Bb6+ Kc6 22. Bxa5 Ra8 23. b4 Be5 24. f4
Bxf4+ 25. Kb2 b6 26. b5+ Kc7 27. Bb4 {Almasi,Z (2682)-Meier,G (2546) Mainz rpd
2007} Bxh2 28. Rh1 Be5 29. Rxh7 f5 $11) 14. a4 Bd6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ke2 Qc6 18. Rhd1 (18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Qf4+ Bf6 21. g4 Ra4 22. Qf3
Ra2 23. Rd2 b4 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. cxb4 Rxb2 $11 {½, Istratescu,A (2631)-Meier,
G (2659) Antwerp 2010}) 18... Be7 $5 (18... Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Rd1 Rd8 21.
Qh4 (21. Qb6 Qc4+ 22. Ke1 Bc7 23. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 bxc3 25. b3 Qd5+ 26. Qxd5
exd5 27. Bd4 Bxh2 28. g3 Bg1 29. Ke2 c2 30. Be3 Ke6 31. Kf1 Bh2 32. Kg2 Ke5 33.
Kxh2 Ke4 34. b4 d4 35. Bc1 Kd3 36. b5 Ke2 37. b6 d3 38. b7 d2 39. Bxd2 Kxd2 40.
b8=Q c1=Q $11 {Guseinov,G (2602)-Meier,G (2638) Marrakesh 2010}) 21... Be7 22.
Qf4+ Kg8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qxb4 Qxg2 25. Qb5 Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. b4 ({
A similar line is} 27. Kd3 Kf7 28. Ke4 Bc7 29. h3 Bd6 30. b4 Ke8 31. Bd2 Kd7
32. c4 Be7 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 Bd6 35. Bc3 g6 36. Be5 Bc5 37. Bg3 Bb6 38. Kd3
Bc5 $11 {Alsina Leal,D (2523)-Meier,G (2653) Pamplona 2009}) 27... Kf7 {
This endgame is better for White, but Black is still able to hold it - after
losing with Dominguez, Meier was willing to play it later on.} 28. Kf3 (28. Kd3
Be7 29. Kc4 Ke8 30. Bc5 Bf6 31. Bd4 e5 32. Be3 e4 33. Bd4 Bh4 34. b5 Kd7 35. b6
g6 36. Kb4 Kc8 37. c4 Be7+ 38. c5 g5 39. h3 h5 40. Kc4 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Be5
Bh4 43. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Socko,B (2644)-Meier,G (2638) Lublin 2010}) 28... Bf6 29.
c4 g6 30. Ke4 Bg7 31. b5 cxb5 32. cxb5 Ke7 33. Bd4 Bh6 34. Be3 Bg7 35. Bd4 Bh6
36. Be5 Kd7 37. Kd4 Bf8 38. Bg3 Bb4 39. Kc4 Be7 40. Kd4 Bb4 41. h4 Ba3 42. b6
Kc6 43. Ke5 Bc5 44. Kf6 Bd4+ 45. Kf7 Bxb6 46. Kg7 e5 47. f3 {Dominguez Perez,L
(2721)-Meier,G (2641) Havana 2009} Be3 48. Kxh7 (48. Bxe5 Kd5 49. Bg3 Ke6 50.
Kxh7 Kf5 $11) 48... g5 49. h5 Kd5 50. h6 e4 $11) 19. Qf4+ Bf6 {has proven
itself in email practice:} 20. Qf3 Rhd8 (20... Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Kg6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8
23. Rd7 Ra2 24. Bc1 Ra1 25. Bd2 Ra2 26. b4 Rc2 27. Be1 Rc1 28. Bd2 Rc2 29. Be1
Rc1 30. Ke2 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxb7 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Rxb5 Rb2 $14 {
/=, Mauro,L (2299)-Owens,J (2113) email 2016}) 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7+ Rxd7 23.
Rxa8 b4 24. cxb4 Bxb2 25. Rc8 Rb7 26. Bc5 Bc3 27. Rf8+ Kg6 28. Rf3 Be5 29. Kd3
Rd7+ 30. Ke4 Rd5 31. g3 Bd6 $11 {Dronov,A (2675)-Van Oosterom,J (2732) email
2009}) (7. Be3 {is directed against c5, after} Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 {White wins the tempo back by attacking the Nd5 with} 11. c4 Nb6 12.
Rc1 f6 (12... cxd4 13. c5 Nd5 14. Ne5 $36) 13. O-O $5 (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O
Rc8 {is soft, the initiative already passed to Black after} 15. Qe2 O-O 16.
Rfd1 e5 17. Bb4 Qe7 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. h4 Qc6 21. c5 Nd5 22. g3 Ne7
23. Ne4 Nf5 $15 {Muzychuk,A (2564)-Meier,G (2628) Jerusalem 2018}) 13... cxd4
14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Kf7 (15... Be7 16. c5 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe6+ Kd8 19.
Re1 Qd5 20. Qd3 Nd7 $6 (20... Kc8 $142 $1 21. Bf4 Bd6 $132) 21. b4 Bb6 22. a4
a6 $2 (22... Re8 $142) 23. a5 Ba7 24. Bf4 $16 {Caruana,F (2757)-Meier,G (2640)
Baden-Baden 2013 Black is practically paralysed, for details see the notes to
this game in CBM 153 by Caruana.}) 16. Qd3 Kg8 17. b4 e5 18. c5 (18. Nh4 Qe6
19. c5 Nd7 20. f4 Qd5 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Kf7 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nxe5+ Nxe5
25. Rxe5 Be7 26. Rd5 Rhd8 $11 {Oomen,A (2118)-Schubert,W (2155) email 2014})
18... Nd5 19. Nxd4 $5 exd4 20. Rc4 Rd8 21. Rxd4 Kf7 22. Qc4 b5 23. cxb6 axb6
24. Rd1 b5 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Be3 Qc3 27. Rxd5 Qxb3 28. axb3 Be7 29. f4 g6 30. g4
Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rb8 32. Bc5 Rd8 $1 $11 {Frendzas,P (2397)-Bergmann,P (2043)
email 2013}) (7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 (9. a4 a6 10. Be2 Bc6 11. O-O Be7 12.
Ne5 Bb7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Be3
Bb4 19. h4 h6 20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Rg4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kh8 23. c5 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2733)-Meier,G (2655) Heraklio 2017} b5 $5 $11 {The previous encounter of our
protagonists is annotated in CBM 182 by Marin.}) (9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $5 (9... Qxd7
10. O-O c5 (10... Bd6 {is safer}) 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bg5 c4 $6 13. Ne5 $1 $32 Qxd4
14. Rfe1 Qc5 15. Rad1 Be7 {Vallejo Pons,F (2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2753) Havana 2014}
16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kg6 18. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e5,Re6e7]}) 10. O-O Bd6
11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bc1 Qb7 16. Rd3 Rad8 17.
Red1 Qa6 18. a3 Qb5 19. b3 Qh5 20. Bb2 b5 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb8 23. Ba1 c6
24. Kg2 Qa5 $11 {Bruzon Batista,L (2664)-Meier,G (2646) Tromsoe olm 2014}) 9...
Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 (12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. f4 O-O-O
15. Be3 Nb8 $14 {/=, Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Meier,G (2653) Khanty-Mansiysk
rpd 2009 This was played in two rapid games between MVL and Meier, Black held
his fortress in both cases,}) 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 $5 (15. Bd2
Ne7 16. c4 Be4 17. Bc3 {½, Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Meier,G (2653)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 15... Rd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. c5 h6 19. Bd2 Nc2
20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Bxh6 $5 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 gxh6 24. Rxd7 Nxe5 25. Rd4
bxc5 26. Rh4 c6 $13 {Svidler,P (2753)-Meier,G (2628) Jerusalem rpd 2018
Although the position has become more complex, Black is still holding his own.}
) ({Overall the most often played move is} 7. Bd3 {, but nowadays it has lost
most of its appeal:} c5 {Meier has also faced} 8. dxc5 (8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6
10. O-O b6 11. c4 Be7 (11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bc5 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. Rad1
Bd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Bc2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 b5 21. Bb3
Qe5 22. cxb5 axb5 $11 {Wei,Y (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias rpd 2017}) 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Qe3
Rac8 19. a3 a5 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. h4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Be4 23. Nd7+ Nxd7 24. Bxe4 Nf6
$11 {Karjakin,S (2783)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Bxc5 9. O-O (9.
Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 e5 11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. Bc3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Bxf2 16. Re2 Bb6 17. b3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Be6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Re5 f6 21. Rd5 Bg4
22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Nb5 a6 $15 {Dvoirys,S (2552)-Meier,G (2644) Jerusalem 2017})
9... O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4
Rfd8 16. g3 Rac8 17. Kg2 f5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1
Kg7 22. Qd3 Qe4 $132 {Zherebukh,Y (2621)-Meier,G (2651) Saint Louis 2017}) 7...
Bd6 ({We can find the most games with} 7... Be7 {, but this is not ideal,
mainly because later on Black will have to lose a tempo to recapture with the
B on c5. Also after} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Re1 Qxc5 12. Qf3 {
White has unpleasant pressure:} Nd7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qc6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7
16. Rh5+ Kg8 17. Qh3 f6 18. Rh8+ Kf7 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qh7+ Ke8 21. Qxg6+ Kd8 22.
Rd1+ Bd7 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ Kd8 {1-0, Gufeld,E (2480)
-Srivastava,Y (2250) Kolkata 1993} 26. Qf7 $18) ({Black can target the Ne5
also with} 7... Nd7 8. Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 {and now:} Bd7 $5 {deserves attention:}
(9... f6 10. Bg3 (10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Bc4 e5 14. Bd2
Ke7 15. Ke2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. h4 h5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Rhd8 20. f3 b5 $1
$11 {/=/+, Karjakin,S (2783)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017 The endgame is
already pleasant for Black.}) 10... c5 11. Bc4 $1 cxd4 12. O-O Bd6 13. Re1 Bxg3
14. hxg3 O-O 15. Re4 Kh8 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Bb3 e5 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Qf3 Bg6 20.
Rad1 Rad8 21. Kh2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 $14 {Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Meier,G (2628)
chess.com INT 2018 Meier didn't like this position and deviated later in the
match - see the following note.}) 10. Bd3 Bc6 11. O-O (11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 Qd7
13. O-O-O O-O-O $11 14. Kb1 f6 15. Bf4 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bc6 17. h4 Bd6 18. Bxd6
cxd6 19. f4 Kb8 20. Rg3 $44 {/=, Timofeev,A (2681)-Ding,L (2530) Sochi blitz
2009}) 11... Qg5 12. f3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qf4 15. Rab1 O-O-O 16. b4 b6
17. a4 h5 18. a5 h4 $132 {Timofeev,A (2563)-Geivondian,A (2380) Moscow 2018}) (
7... c5 8. Be3 $5 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxb5 11. Nxf8 O-O-O $1 $13)
8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 $14 ({or even} 9. Qxd4 $5 {is more pleasant for White.})) 8.
Bg5 {Ian was still following his preparation.} (8. Qf3 {Black would probably
continue} O-O {, he got sufficient counterplay after} (8... c5 $6 9. Bb5+ Ke7
10. O-O cxd4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Meier,G (2628)
chess.com INT 2018} {is too risky and gives White a wider choice of promising
continuations:} 13. h4 $5 $16 (13. Nc4 $36) (13. Rad1 h4 14. Nd7 $1 $16) {/\}
13... gxh4 $2 14. Bxh4 Bxe5 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 17. Bxf6+ Qxf6 18.
Qa3+ $18 {An unforced, but pretty line illustrates the dangers the Ke7 has to
face.}) 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Nf3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Bd3 c5 17. f3 Bd7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Be3+ 20. Kb1
Kg7 21. Rd1 Re5 22. c3 Rae8 $132 {Lamson,D-Owens,J (1300) email 2011}) ({After
} 8. Bd3 {the simplest seems to be} c5 $5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5
$11) 8... h6 9. Bh4 O-O {Here we are already in almost uncharted waters.} (9...
c5 $2 {is premature:} 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Ng4 e5 14.
Nxe5 $1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bg3 a6 17. Bd3 $16 {Rogers,I (2575)-Gerber,R 
(2395) Biel 1996}) 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qe2 $5 $146 {[%cal Ye1c1][%mdl 8] An
aggressive novelty, obviously intending 0-0-0.} (11. Ng4 $2 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxg4
13. Qxg4 f5 14. Qg6 cxd4 $17 {Mueller,C (1976)-Sappok,J (1934) Bayern 2004}) (
11. Nc4 Be7 (11... g5 $6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 {Fuss,J (1688)-Pieczka,R (1922) Germany
2012} 13. Bg3 Qxd4 14. Qe2 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg3e5]}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12...
Qd5 $11) (12... Nd5 $5) 13. O-O (13. Qf3 Qd5 $11) (13. Qe2 Qd4 14. Bg3 Bb4+
$132) 13... b6 {leads to a position, typical for the whole line - Black has
good chances to gradually equalise.}) 11... Qa5+ ({Black avoids} 11... cxd4 12.
O-O-O $44 {Although he has problems with deploying his Bc8 and White's
attacking chances are undeniable, the position remains rather unclear after}
Be7 $13 {or} (12... Qc7 $5)) 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nc4 Qc5 $6 {This will cost Black
precious time.} ({The engine prefers} 13... Qd5 $142 $5 14. Bxf6 (14. O-O-O $6
Be7) 14... gxf6 15. Be4 (15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Be4 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bf8 $132 {[%cal
Yf8g7]}) 15... Qc5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O-O Qe5 20.
Rxd4 Qg5+ 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. g3 $14 {/= White has a slight endgame plus, but
after} e5 ({or} 22... f5 {it shouldn't be enough to win.})) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qg4+ ({A tempting alternative is} 15. b4 Qc6 $8 (15... Qc7 $2 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17.
Qe4 f5 18. Qxd4+ $18) 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxd4 Be7 (17... Be5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19.
Qxe5+ f6 20. Qh5 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 $16) {, but after the initally optimistic
evaluation the computer promises only a small edge with} 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. O-O
$14) 15... Kh8 16. cxd4 (16. Qh4 Kg7 17. cxd4 Qb4+ (17... Qd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19.
O-O $14 {/+/- is no fun either}) 18. Ke2 $1 $36 {is also promising.}) 16...
Qb4+ 17. Kf1 $6 {Makes life easier for the defence.} (17. Ke2 $142 $1 {in the
spirit of the previous note. White's R remain connected, especially Rh1 can be
activated faster and he is on top after} Bc7 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Rac1 $36) 17...
Bc7 ({If Meier was worried about the oncoming complications, Black also has} 
17... Rg8 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. Qxf7 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 $44 {[%csl Gc8,Ge7] The
bishops give him reasonable compensation and he should hold the endgame.}) 18.
Qe4 (18. Rc1 Bd7 ({or even} 18... Rd8 $5 {is at best unclear. The Q can return
to f8 and White has nothing concrete in sight.})) 18... f5 19. Qh4 Kg7 $2 {
[%mdl 8256] A serious tactical mistake in a sharp position - now Black's K
will be too exposed and this is enough to lose the game.} ({He had to play} 
19... Kh7 $1 {[]} 20. g4 b5 $5 (20... Rg8 $143 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Qf6 Be6 23.
Bxf5+ Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Rg6 25. Rc1 $5 $14) 21. g5 (21. gxf5 bxc4 22. f6+ cxd3 {
is only a draw after} 23. Qe4+ Kh8 24. Qe3 Kh7 $11) 21... Bf4 $1 (21... Rh8 22.
Rg1 $1 h5 23. g6+ $1 fxg6 24. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5] /\Bh5} Bd8 25. Qg3 g5 26. Ne5
$40 {[%cal Rg3f3,Re5f7]}) 22. Qxf4 bxc4 23. Qh4 Qd2 $1 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Be2 (
25. Bxc4 Bb7 {and White should already force a perpetual with} 26. Bxe6 $11 (
26. Rg1 $2 Rac8 $19 {/\} 27. b3 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Qd3+ 29. Ke1 Bf3)) 25... Rb8 26.
Rg1 (26. Rd1 Qf4 27. Rg1 Rxb2 28. Qh5 Kg7 29. g6 c3 $1 $132) 26... c3 $1 (26...
Rxb2 $2 27. Qh5 $1 {and here the threat g6 will cost Black an exchange after}
Kg7 28. g6 Qxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 $16) 27. Rd1 (27. bxc3 Rb2 28. Qh5 Ba6
$1 $15) 27... Qf4 28. bxc3 Rb2 $44 {[%cal Yc8a6] <=>}) 20. g4 f4 ({Contrary to
the above note, Black has no time for} 20... b5 21. gxf5 bxc4 22. f6+ $18) (
20... Bd8 21. Qh5 Qe7 (21... f4 22. Rg1 Rh8 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. h4 $40 {[%cal
Rg4g5]}) 22. h4 $1 $16 {prevents both Qg5 and Qh4 - White has a powerful
attack.}) 21. Rg1 Bd7 (21... b5 22. g5 h5 23. g6 f5 (23... bxc4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7
25. Bg6+ Kg7 26. Be8+ {or}) (23... f6 24. Qxh5 Rh8 25. Qxh8+ $1 {mates quickly.
}) 24. a3 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) (21... Rh8 22. Qh5 Bd8 23. Ne5 Qe7 {gives White
the forcing solution} 24. g5 $1 hxg5 25. Rxg5+ $1 Qxg5 26. Qxf7+ Kh6 27. h3 Qh5
28. Ng4+ Kg5 29. Qg7+ Kh4 30. Ne5 $18 {[%cal Re5g6,Rd3e2]}) 22. Qh5 $1 {
[%cal Rg4g5] The last accurate move, after which the opening of the <->g is
unavoidable.} (22. g5 $2 h5 {is premature and White must alerady fight for
equality, as the pawn is taboo -} 23. Qxh5 $6 Rh8) 22... Rh8 23. g5 hxg5 (23...
Kf8 {gives White a choice, both} 24. gxh6 $18 {and} (24. g6 $18 {are winning.})
) 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Qf6 $1 Rxh2 (25... Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Qh6 $18 (27. Ke2
$18)) 26. Rg7 Be8 (26... Qe7 27. Rg8+ $18) 27. Bh7 $1 (27. Bh7 Qxc4+ (27...
Rh1+ 28. Kg2 Bc6+ 29. f3) 28. Kg1 $18 {In both cases the effective checks are
quickly over.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. e4 e6 {Ponomariov has never played the French before, but
preparing against it for his last round game with Anand he decided to give the
Rubinstein a try with Black.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {By far the
most popular move. About a decade ago even elite players (Karpov, Kramnik,
Andersson) tested} (4... Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 {but
Black's position remains rather passive. White controls more space and
counterplay with c5 is difficult to implement effectively.} (8. Neg5 $5)) 5.
Nf3 {The most natural continuation, but not the only move.} (5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2
c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O $5 (10. Nf3 e5 $1 11. O-O-O
e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. a3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 16. Re2 Qxe4 17. Rxe4
Be6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Re7 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. Rde1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Kf8 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 10... Qd5 11. Kb1 (11. Bc3 $5 Qxa2 {
hasn't been tested so far, but is perhaps playable for Black. After} (11...
Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 Qxh5 17. Rxg7+
Kh8 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/BCF-ch Hove/1997/} 18. Rdg1 $1 $18 {mates quickly.}) 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 Qa1+ 14. Kd2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 f5 16. g4 Kh8 $5 $132 {the
position remains tense.}) 11... e5 $142 $1 $132 {/\} ({Extremely risky is} 
11... Qxg2 $6 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 (13... Nd7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8
16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bxe3 (17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1
Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 Nf8 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh4 e5
28. Nd2 g5 29. Qh6 Bd8 30. Ne4 {1-0,Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo/2001/})
17... Qxe3 18. Rg3 Qc5 $2 19. Qh6 {1-0,Morozevich,A-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee/
2002/}) 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1 $44 Nf4 $2 18. Bxf4 e5 19.
Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h5] /\Rh5,1-0,Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee/
2002/}) 12. Bc3 e4 13. Bxf6 exd3 14. Rxd3 Qc6 $44 {/\Bf5|^}) ({Rather tame is} 
5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 $1 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8
11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 c6 13. Rfe1 Bb6 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17.
fxe3 a6 18. Ra4 Kf8 19. Nd4 Ke7 20. Nb3 Kd6 21. Rd4+ Kc7 22. Nc5 Nd7 $11 {
Van den Doel,E-Van Wely,L/Leeuwarden/2001/ All this indicates once Black gets
in e5 unharmed, he should be doing fine.}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ {The most
flexible.} (6. Bg5 {leads to a position more often arising after 3...Nf6 4.Bg5
de4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7, Black can now choose between:} {But Black can also fight for
the important e5-square with} Be7 (6... h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 $5 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 cxd4 15.
O-O Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Be4 O-O 19. Bxc6 {1/2,Topalov,V-Bareev,
E/Cannes/2002/}) 8... c5 $14 {/=} (8... c5 $14 {/= The position bears the
typical characteristics of a Caro-Cann, Black has reasonable <=> and good
chances for full equality.} 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12.
Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Re2 Ne7 18. Rd2 Bd7
19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Nf5 $11 {Ponomariov,R-Bareev,E/FIDE WCh
Moscow/2001/}) (9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. O-O-O a6
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Rd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ke7 19. Bf3 Rc7 20.
a4 e5 21. Rb4 a5 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Bxa4 24. g4 {1/2,Galkin,A-Bareev,E/
RUS-chT Tomsk/2001/}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. c3 Qb6
14. Qe2 Bd6 15. f4 $5 {Ponomariov,R-Psakhis,L/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/} Bc5 16. Bf2
Nd5 $132)) 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O
e5 13. Qd5 $5 Re8 14. Rhe1 Re6 15. Bb5 Qa5 $1 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Bb3 Nc5 18. Bxf6
Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Rxf6 20. Qxe5 (20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Qxd4 Bxb3 22. Rc5 Rc6 $11 {
/=/+,Glek,I-Gurevich,M/Zwolle/2002/}) 20... Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Bg4 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 23.
gxf3 Rxf3 $132) (6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 $1 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7
11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 $1 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 {and Black is ready ro
finish his development and equalize. Only to trouble leads the radical} 15. Bd2
Bb4 16. c3 Bd6 17. c4 $6 a5 18. Rac1 a4 $1 19. c5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Na5 Bb5
$1 22. Qxb5 Rxd2 $36 {Polgar,J-Van Wely,L/Hoogeveen/2001/}) 6... Nxf6 7. c3 c5
8. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Rf1b5] /\Bb5 A less known, but aggressive move, which
according to Dokhoian Kasparov analysed for a while before Linares.} (8. Be3
Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 $5 (12. Bxd4 Bd6 $11) 12...
Qxd7 (12... Bxd7 $5 13. Qxd4 Bc6 $13 {/\Rd8=}) 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 h6 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. h4 Kb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. h5 Kb7 27. Kc2 f5
28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qe2 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Linares/2002/} g6 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 8... Nd7
$2 {This gives White a raging initiative, nearly always a mistake against
Kasparov.} ({Black can't solve his problems with} 8... Qa5 $6 9. Be3 $32 {|^} (
9. Qb3 $5 $36)) ({Thus Black should parry Bb5 with the radical} 8... a6 $142 9.
Qa4+ ({White can transpose into the above note with} 9. Be3) 9... Bd7 (9... Nd7
10. Be3 $32) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be2 Rhd8 14. a4 (
14. Bf3 Kc7 15. Ke2 e5 $5 $132) 14... a5 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. O-O Rad8
18. Rfe1 h6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Bxd6+ {1/2,Kasimdzhanov,R-Dorfman,J/
Bundesliga 0102/2002/ Here Black's centralized forces enable him to fight
effectively against White's ^^.}) (8... cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qxd4
a6 12. Be2 $5 $14 {/+/- also isn't ideal, the ^^ in an open position gives
White a permanent advantage.}) (8... Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3
O-O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Bg2 $36 {Topalov,V-Milov,V/Eurotel Prague/2002/
}) 9. Bb5 Bd6 $8 (9... a6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxd7+ $18) (
9... Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Bh6 $18) (9...
cxd4 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Nxd7 Qxf3 12. Ne5+ $5 Qc6 13. Nxc6 a6 14. Nxd4+ $16) 10.
Qg4 Kf8 $8 (10... g6 $6 11. Qf3 $40 (11. Bh6 $40) (11. Bf4 $40)) (10... O-O $2
11. Bxd7 $1 Bxe5 (11... Bxd7 12. Bh6 $18) 12. Bxc8 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxb7
$16) 11. O-O $5 {[%mdl 512] Kasparov sacrifices a pawn to get maximum out of
the position.} ({Fritz recommends} 11. Qh5 {but after} Nxe5 (11... Bxe5 $2 12.
dxe5 {doesn't cost a tempo, but the gaping dark-square holes are worth more.})
12. dxe5 Be7 13. O-O h6 $5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 a6 $14 {Black has chances to
consolidate.} (15... g6 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Rd6 $1 $36)) (11. Bxd7 $142 Bxd7 12.
Bg5 f6 13. Nxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O-O $1 $32 {|^}) (11. Bf4 $36) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5
Bxe5 {Black must meet the challenge, after} (12... Be7 13. Rd1 $16 {he is a
few tempi down compared to the line above.}) 13. Bg5 {White first develops his
B with tempo, d1 is the square for the Ra1.} Bf6 $5 {Exchanges help the
defence, but here the Be5 is an important piece, which controls squares on the
d-file. Nevertheless Black's move is probably the best, as} (13... f6 14. Rad1
{is even more dangerous:} Qc7 $142 $5 (14... Qb6 $6 15. Be3 $40 {[%csl Rc5]
><c5,/\} Kf7 16. Bd7 Rd8 $2 {viazne na} 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Be8 $1 g6 19. Bf7+ $1
Kxf7 20. Qxh7+ Ke8 21. Qg8+ Ke7 22. Bxc5+ Qxc5 23. Rxd8 $18) (14... Qe7 15. Be3
{[%cal Re3c5] /\Bc5} (15. Rfe1 $5) 15... Kf7 (15... a6 $2 16. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 17.
Rd8+ Kf7 18. Rxh8 Qxb5 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8] /\Rdd8+-}) 16. Bc4 {
/\f4-f5->}) 15. Be3 $142 $1 (15. Qh5 {forces the weakening} g6 {but isn't too
convincing after} 16. Qh6+ (16. Bh6+ Kf7 17. Qh4 a6 $13) 16... Kf7 17. Be3 a6
18. Be2 Bd7 $5 $132 {/\} 19. Bxc5 Ba4) 15... a6 (15... Kf7 16. Bc4 b5 (16...
Bd7 17. Rxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rd7+ $18) (16... g5 17. f4
$16) 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. Bc4 Rxb2 19. f4 Bxc3 20. f5 $16 {->}) 16. Bc4 (16. Bxc5+
$2 Kf7 $19) 16... f5 17. Qh5 $1 b5 (17... g6 18. Qh4 Kf7 19. Bg5 b5 (19... Bd7)
20. Bd8 Qa7 21. Be2 $36) 18. Bxc5+ $5 Qxc5 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 $44) (13...
Qc7 14. Rad1 f6 {-13...f6} (14... g6 $2 15. Qh4 h5 16. Bd8 $18)) 14. Rad1 Qc7 (
14... Qe7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Qg3 g6 (16... Qe7 17. Rd6 $16) 17. Qc7
$16) 16. Qh4 (16. Qh5 h6 17. Rd3 $44 {/\} a6 $2 18. Rfd1 $1 axb5 19. Rd8+ Kg7
20. Rxh8 Kxh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Rd3 $18) 16... h5 17. Rd3 (17. Be2 $5 $36)
17... e5 18. Rfd1 $40) 15. Qh4 $1 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh4 Ke7 {suits Black,
although he will probably lose the Ph7, his K is safer and he will manage to
connect his R faster.}) 15... Bxg5 {[%csl Rh8] Now the Rh8 remains passive,
but after} (15... Ke7 {Kasparov intended the powerful} 16. f4 a6 17. f5 $1 e5 (
17... axb5 18. fxe6 Qe5 19. Bxf6+ gxf6 20. Rde1 Ra4 21. Qh6 Qg5 22. exf7+ Be6
23. Rxe6+ Kxe6 24. f8=Q Rxf8 25. Qxf8 $18) 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd5 Ra7 20. Bxf6+
gxf6 21. Qh5 $36) 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qh5 g6 (17... Qe7 18. Rd2 $40 (18. Rfe1 $5
$40)) (17... Ke7 18. Rfe1 $16 {/\} a6 19. Bc4 b5 $2 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6+
Kxe6 22. Qd5+ Ke7 23. Re1+ $18) 18. Qh6+ Kf7 $8 (18... Qg7 $2 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20.
Be8+ $1 $18) 19. Rd3 $6 {Now Black gets a chance to relieve the pressure, as
d3 will for one move be inacessible to the B.} (19. Rd2 $142 a6 20. Bd3 f5 (
20... Bd7 21. Rfd1 Bc6 (21... Rad8 22. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 23. Qxh8 Rxh8 24. Rxd7+
$18) 22. Be4 $1 $16) 21. Rfd1 $36) 19... a6 20. Rh3 $8 {The only move to keep
the initiative alive.} Qe7 ({Invests more time, but a sensible alternative was
} 20... Bd7 21. Be2 (21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxh7+ Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Ke8 $11 24. Rh8+
Ke7 25. Rxa8 $6 Qd2 $36 {/=/+}) 21... Qe5 (21... Rag8 $5 {[%cal Yg8g7,Yh8f8,
Yf8d8] /\Rg7,Rd8,Rf8 White has some compensation, but nothing too concrete.}))
(20... axb5 $2 21. Qxh7+ $18) (20... Qb6 $2 21. Be8+ $1 Kxe8 22. Qg7 Rf8 23.
Rxh7 Qd6 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rf1d1] /\Rd1+-}) 21. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3g6]
/\Bg6} f5 $8 (21... Bd7 $2 22. Qxh7+ Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Bxg6
$18) 22. g4 $1 {White plays on, spurning the drawish} (22. Qxh7+ $11) 22... Qf6
(22... Bd7 $5 23. Rd1 $44 {~~} (23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Re1 Rg8+ $11 {
only activates the passive R.})) ({Risky is} 22... fxg4 23. Rh4 Bd7 24. f3 $5 (
24. Rxg4 e5 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. f4 $14) 24... Rag8 (24... gxf3 $2 25. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6
26. Rxf3+ $18) (24... Raf8 $2 25. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 26. fxg4+ Ke8 27. Qxh8 $18) 25.
fxg4+ Ke8 26. Bxg6+ $1 (26. g5 $6 e5 $132) 26... Kd8 (26... hxg6 $2 27. Qxh8 $1
$18) 27. Be4 $14) 23. Rd1 b5 $5 (23... fxg4 24. Re3 $13 {[%cal Yf2f3] /\f3} (
24. Rg3 e5 25. Bc4+ $44)) ({A safe continuation was} 23... g5 24. Qh5+ (24.
gxf5 Qxh6 25. Rxh6 Kg7 $11 {is similar.}) 24... Qg6 (24... Kg7 $5) 25. gxf5
Qxh5 26. Rxh5 exf5 27. Rxg5 Be6 $1 $11 {Was Ponomariov with more time on the
clock already getting ambitious?}) 24. Be2 e5 (24... Ra7 $143 25. Qxh7+ $5 Rxh7
26. Rxh7+ Qg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. g5 $14 {/+/-}) (24... g5 $5 25. gxf5 Qxh6 26.
Rxh6 Kg7 27. Rh5 h6 (27... exf5 28. Rxg5+ Kf6 29. Rh5 Be6 $132) 28. h4 exf5 $11
{leads to a drawish _|_.} (28... gxh4 $11)) (24... fxg4 $6 25. Bxg4 $40 {
[%cal Rh3f3] /\Rf3}) 25. Rhd3 Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 128] Now Kasparov finally gets a
chance to pursue his -> with increased vigor.} (25... Be6 26. gxf5 (26. Rd6 $5
e4 27. Rb6 $16) 26... Bxf5 27. Rd6 Qe7 28. a4 {->}) ({The last chance to save
the game was} 25... fxg4 $142 $1 {So White should play the modest} 26. Rd6 (26.
f3 {M.Pein} c4 $1 (26... Qf4 27. Qh4 $1 Ra7 (27... g3 $2 28. Rd7+ $1 Bxd7 29.
Rxd7+ Kg8 30. Qe7 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2+ 32. Kh3 Qxh2+ 33. Kg4 $18) 28. fxg4 (28.
Rd8 $2 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 gxf3 $1 $17) 28... e4 29. Rh3 $1 (29. Rd8 $2 Qe3+ 30. Kf1
Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Kg7 $1 $19 {->}) 29... Qe5 30. Rd8 $16 {[%csl Rf7] עf7}) (26...
Be6 27. fxg4 e4 28. Re3 (28. Rf1 exd3 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kf7
32. Qc7+ Kf6 $11) 28... Qe5 29. Rf1+ $40 {/\} Ke7 30. Bf3 Bd5 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32.
Rfe1 $18) 27. Rd6 Qf4 $15 {/\} 28. Qh4 $2 gxf3 29. Rd7+ Bxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kg8 31.
Qe7 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Qg2+ 33. Ke3 Qxe2#) 26... Qf4 27. Rxg6 (27. Rd7+ $2 Bxd7 28.
Rxd7+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Qf8 $19) (27. Qh4 g3 $11) 27... Qxh6 28. Rxh6 Bf5 29. Rd5 Kg7
30. Rhd6 c4 31. Rxe5 Rhe8 $11) 26. Rd6 Qg7 {Misplaces the Q, but hardly any
better was} (26... Be6 27. Rc6 (27. a4 $5) 27... g5 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Rdd6 Re7
30. h4 $1 $16 {/+-}) (26... Qe7 $6 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Qxh8 Be6 29. Rd8 {[%cal
Rd8g8] /\Rg8+-}) 27. Qe3 Rc7 28. a4 $1 {Once White gains c4 for his B the
defence collapses.} e4 (28... c4 29. Qb6 $18) (28... f4 29. Qe4 $18) 29. axb5
axb5 30. Bxb5 $18 Qe5 31. Qg5 Qe7 (31... Kg7 $2 32. R1d5 Qe7 33. Rd7 $1 $18) (
31... c4 32. Bxc4+ $1 {/\} Rxc4 $2 33. Rd7+ $18) 32. Qh6 Be6 (32... fxg4 33.
Bc4+ Ke8 34. Qf4 $18 {e.g.} Bf5 35. Rd8+ Qxd8 36. Qe5+ Qe7 37. Qxh8+ Qf8 38.
Rd8+ $1) (32... c4 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. Qxh8 fxg4 35. Be8+ $5 $18) 33. Qf4 $138 (
33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Be2 $18) 33... Bc8 (33... Rb8 34. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 35. gxf5+ Kf7
(35... gxf5 36. Bc4+ $18) (35... Kf6 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. Bc4+ $18) 36. Bc4+ Kg7
37. f6+ $1 $18) (33... c4 34. Bc6 $5 $18 {[%cal Rd6e6,Rc6e4] /\Re6,Be4}) (33...
Ra7 34. Qe5 Rf8 35. Bc6 $18) 34. Qh6 Be6 35. gxf5 gxf5 (35... Bxf5 36. Bc4+ Ke8
37. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6d8,Rc4b5] /\Rd8,Bb5}) 36. Be2 $1 Qf6 (36... Rg8+ 37.
Kh1 Rg6 38. Qxh7+ Kf6 39. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Rxe6+ (38. Rxe6+ Kxe6
(38... Qxe6 39. Qg7+ $18) 39. Rd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 $6 {Sometimes you can play such
lines but probably you shouldn't play them twice.} 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 ({Another
attempt to search your own way is} 5... Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be3 (7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Rb1 $16 {1-0 (51) Gharamian,T 
(2614)-Shirazi,K (2433) France 2009 1-0 (51)}) 7... Nd7 8. Qd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6
10. Be4 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bh7+ Kh8 17. b4 Na6 18. c5 (18. a3 f5 19. Bg6 Bb7 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Bh5 e5 $15)
18... bxc5 19. bxc5 Bc7 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {Cornette,M (2578)
-Feller,S (2576) Nimes 2009 0-1 (30)}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 {This move is not a novelty,
but it has never been played by GMs.} (6... b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Bf4 Bd6
10. Bg3 Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Ba6 h5 14. a4 $16) 12...
O-O-O 13. a4 a5 14. c3 Nf8 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Bf1 h5 17. Nh4 Rg8 18. Nf5 Qd7 19.
Ne3 Kb8 20. Rad1 $6 (20. Nc4 $5 Ka7 21. Qa3 $16) 20... f5 21. Nc4 Ka7 $13 {
Ivanov,A (2587)-Nakamura,H (2640) Philadelphia 2006 0-1 (29)}) 7. Bf4 {The
most popular reply, however is it the strongest move? Let's see other options}
(7. g3 e5 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. c3 Qd7 12. Be3 h5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+
14. Rxd1 fxe5 15. Nh4 $14 {Kasparov,G (2849)-Gazet Van Antwerpen sim ACE
Deurne 2000 1-0 (25)}) (7. Be3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. c4 Bc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O
12. d5 $1 exd5 13. Bc5 (13. Qc2 $1 h6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bc5 $16) 13... Re8 14.
Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd5 $14 {Delgado
Ramirez,N (2594)-Dolezal,C (2392) Asuncion 2011 1-0 (26)}) (7. c3 {My Houdini
votes for this move} Qd5 8. Qb3 Qe4+ 9. Be3 b6 10. Nd2 Qf5 11. Qc4 (11. Bb5 $5
Bd7 12. Qc4 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 $14) 11... Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Kd8
14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O-O $14 {Antoniewski,R (2559)-Gerasimenyk,M (2225) Warsaw
2011 1-0 (29)}) 7... e5 $5 $146 8. Be3 (8. dxe5 $6 Qe7 $1 9. Nd4 (9. Qe2 $2
Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. exf6+ Be6 $17) 9... Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Bg7 12. Be3
fxe5 13. Qg4 O-O 14. O-O-O f5 $11) 8... Bg4 $5 {Richard Rapport considers 9.d5
as not dangerous.} (8... Be6 9. Bb5 Qd6 (9... Qd5 $6 10. c4 Qe4 11. d5 O-O-O
12. Qe2 Nb4 13. dxe6 Nc2+ 14. Kf1 Nxa1 15. Bd7+ Rxd7 (15... Kb8 $4 16. Bxa7+
$18) 16. exd7+ Kd8 (16... Kxd7 17. Qd1+ Bd6 18. Qxa1 Qxc4+ 19. Kg1 $16) 17. Ne1
Rg8 18. b3 $16) 10. c4 a6 (10... exd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Bxc4 $1 12. Bxc4 Qb4+ 13. Qd2
Nxd4 $1 (13... Qxc4 $6 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe2 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxe2+ 18.
Kxe2 $16) 14. O-O Qxd2 15. Bxd2 $44 {White has enough compensation for the
pawn, but nothing more}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b3 $14) 9. Bb5 ({Let's check} 9. d5
Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 $1 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 (11... Nxd5 $2 12. O-O-O c6 13. c4
$18) 12. Qxf6 Rg8 13. Rd1 Qe4 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. c3 $14 Rxg2 $2 16. Bd3 Rg6 (
16... Qa4 17. Bf5 $18) 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxe4 $16) 11. Qd2 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6
13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bc4 Ke8 15. O-O-O $13 {A position with mutual chances.})
9... Qd6 ({I would recommend} 9... Qd5 $1 10. c4 Qe4 11. h3 (11. d5 $2 O-O-O
12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 bxc6 $17) 11... Bh5 12. dxe5 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bb4+
14. Kf1 fxe5 15. a3 Be7 16. Re1 $13 {It seems that Fabiano Caruana, who was
faced with a rare line, didn't manage to find the best way.}) 10. c3 e4 $6 {
A premature activity.} (10... a6 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Bd6 $11) 11. h3 ({More convincing is} 11. d5 $1 exf3 12.
dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 b6 14. g3 Bd6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rd4 $14) 11... exf3 $6 {
A mistake, he should have played} (11... Be6 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qa4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
(14. Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 15. Qxa7 Bd6 $44) (14. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 f4 16. Bc1 Bh6)
14... a6 ({Of course he can't play} 14... f4 $2 15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Nf6 Qf5 18. d5 $1 $18) 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Kc2 Rg8 18. g3 Be7 $11 {
The pair of bishops and space superiority compensate for the defects in the
pawn structure.}) 12. hxg4 fxg2 13. Rg1 a6 (13... Qh2 14. Kd2 $1 O-O-O 15. Qf3
Qd6 16. Kc2 $16 {White's king is in a safe place and Black has no argument to
offset his weaknesses.}) 14. Bd3 $16 Ne7 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rxg2 Nd5 17. Be4 $1
Kb8 18. Bd2 {Black's position is unpleasant and it is not easy to give him
worthwhile advice.} Nb6 $6 {This is a sort of a bluff. At the cost of his
pawns Richard creates some threats.} (18... h5 19. gxh5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21.
O-O-O Nf4 22. Rg4 $16 {doesn't look very attractive.}) 19. Bxb7 Nc4 20. Bf4 Qb6
21. Be4 Re8 (21... h5 22. gxh5 Re8 23. Kf1 Qb5 24. Kg1 Qxh5 25. Qxh5 Rxh5 26.
Bc6 $18) 22. Kf1 $18 {A bit funny, that it is the only move which provides him
a decisive advantage.} h5 23. gxh5 Bh6 24. b3 $1 Nd2+ (24... Bxf4 25. bxc4 $18
(25. Qxf4 $4 Rxe4 $19)) 25. Bxd2 Bxd2 26. Rd1 Bg5 27. Bc6 Re6 28. d5 Re5 29.
Rg4 a5 30. Ra4 Qc5 31. Rdd4 Rg8 32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {This line is a bit passive but a
very reliable weapon for Black.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 {Recently,
strong players have stopped looking for a direct refutation of Black's
strategy. Usually after 7.g3 White will not fight for a big advantage, but he
has a small initiative in the middlegame and a slightly better endgame.} b6 8.
Bg2 (8. Ne5 {This move doesn't promise any advantage for White:} Bb7 (8... Qd5
$5 9. Rg1 (9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb7 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 $11) 9... Bb7 10. Bg2 (
10. c3 $5 a6 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. Qe2 $14) 10... Ne4 $6 (10... Qa5+ $1 11. Bd2 (11.
Kf1 $5 Qa6+ 12. c4 $13) 11... Qa6 12. Bf1 Qa4 13. c3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 $11 {
Finkel A}) 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rd8 13. Bg5 (13. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 14. Qh5 $1 Bd3+ (
14... g6 $2 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. Qf6) (14... Bg6 15. Qf3 Be7 16. h4 (16. Nc6 $6 Qa6
17. Nxd8 Qxc4+ 18. Kg2 Bxd8 $44) 16... Bf6 17. Bg5 $16) 15. Kg2 Be4+ 16. f3 Bg6
17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Nc6+ Kd7 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Bd2 $14) 13... f6 14.
Qg4 $6 (14. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 $1 $16) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxb7 fxe5
16. Qxg5 Rxd4 17. Bd5 Bc5 18. Bc6+ Kf7 19. Qxe5 Rf8 20. Rg2 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,
A-Polovodin,I St Petersburg 2000}) 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Qf3 $6 (10. Be2 $11) (10.
Nxc6 $2 Qd5 11. Nxa7+ Kd8 $19) 10... Rc8 11. Bxc6+ $2 (11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Ne5 (
12. d5 $2 a6 13. Be2 Rxc6 $19) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nxf3 Rxc2 $15)
11... Bxc6 $2 (11... Rxc6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 $19) 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qxd4 $15 {
Balogh,C-Borgo,G Pula 2003 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (8. Bb5+ {I believe that this check
is White's best chance to fight for an openning advantage} Bd7 9. Be2 (9. a4 $5
a6 10. Be2 Bc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a5 b5
16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. f3 Ne7 19. Bb4 Rhd8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Kf2 $14 {
Zhigalko,S-Stupak,K Minsk BLR 2012 1/2-1/2 (52)}) 9... Bc6 (9... c5 $6 10. Ne5
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. O-O $14 {Sjugirov,
S-Timofeev,A Irkutsk 2010 0-1 (81)}) 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Nb8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Be4 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. c3 Nc6 20. h4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Meier,G Khanty-Mansiysk
2009 1/2-1/2 (67)}) 11. Ne5 a6 12. c4 Bd6 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Bc6+ Bxc6 15. Nxc6
O-O 16. Qf3 $14 {Timofeev,A-Riazantsev,A Ulan Ude 2009 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 8... Bb7
9. O-O Bd6 {A rare, but logical move. Comparing it with 9...Be7 Black controls
better the important square e5. At the moment we don't have enough games to
make a conclusion about 9...Bd6.} (9... Be7 {I believe that after 9...Be7
Black has nothing to worry about. For example} 10. Qe2 (10. c4 O-O 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 a4 13. Qe2 Ra6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Be1 axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 Bf6 $11 {Shirov,A-Anand,V Mainz 2004 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. c4 Re8 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18.
Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rec8 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B Moscow 2001})
10. Qe2 (10. c4 O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 (11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 13. Bxc5 bxc5)
12. Bg5 $6 Be7 $6 (12... Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 Qxg5 14. Bxg4 Rad8 $15 {Sooner or
later, White will have to push d5, then Back's bishop is very well located on
c5.}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Rd6 19. b4 $14 {Pinter,E-Michalik,P Slovakia Ch Banska Stiavnica 2006 0-1
(40)}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 h6 $146 {A logical novelty.} (11... Qc8 $6 12. Bg5 Ne4
13. Be3 Nf6 14. a4 (14. c4 $5 h6 15. Rac1 $14) 14... a5 15. c3 $6 (15. c4 $14)
15... h6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. h3 Be4 18. Bf1 Qb7 $11 {Nakamura,H-Grachev,B Moscow
2010 Blitz 0 -1 (39)}) 12. c4 Qe7 13. Ne5 (13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Ne5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxe5 $11) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 ({Black also would
be OK if White decided to change the pawn structure by} 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bd2
Rfd8 17. Bc3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Be3
Rad8 $11 {Black has managed to reach an equal game. If he could put a knight
on the square c6 or f5 he would get an advantage.} 18. Qf3 Ne8 {Black is
prepared to play 19...Nd6 20.b3 Nf5.} 19. b3 $1 Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:19] I don't
like this move.} ({I would recommend} 19... Qf6 $5 20. Qxf6 (20. Qe2 Nd6 21. d5
exd5 22. cxd5 (22. Rxd5 $4 Qxa1) 22... Qf5 $17) 20... Nxf6 $11) 20. d5 $1 {
Just in time.} Nf5 21. Re1 Qf6 22. dxe6 fxe6 (22... Qxe6 $6 23. Bg5 Nd4 24.
Rxe6 Nxf3 25. Bxd8 fxe6 26. Bxc7 Nh4+ 27. gxh4 Rxc7 28. Rd1 $16) 23. Bf4 Nh4+
24. gxh4 Rf8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 $6 {This is not the best solution. Black has got
some problems to make a draw.} (25... Rdf7 $1 26. Rd2 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28.
Rxe6 R8f7 $1 (28... Rxh4 $6 29. Re7 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 $16) 29. h5 R4f5 $11) 26. Rxd1
Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Kg3 Rf5 (28... e5 29. Rd8+) 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (29... Rf8 30.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. h5 Ke7 {probably White could win the pawn endgame. For example}
32. Kf4 Kf6 33. Ke4 Ke7 34. b4 Kd6 35. f4 a6 36. a4 Kd7 37. Ke5 Ke7 38. f5 exf5
39. Kxf5 Kf7 40. Ke5 Ke7 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. h3 $18) 30. Rd7 Rc5 31. Re7 $1 {
White wins the e-pawn but he still has doubled h-pawns. That's why I believe
that the position is rather drawish.} Kg6 (31... e5 32. Kf3 a5 33. Ke4) 32.
Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Re4 a5 34. Kg4 Kf6 35. f4 c6 36. h5 b5 $1 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4
Rf5 39. Rd4 Rc5 40. h3 Ke6 41. Re4+ Kf6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Re8 Rc5 44. Ra8 Ke6 45.
Ra6 Kf6 $6 (45... Kf7 $1 {I don't see how White could win the game} 46. Kg3 Kf6
47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 $11 (48... Kf6 $6 49. Kg4)) 46. Ra7 $1 {Black is
forced to destroy his own fortress.} g6 (46... Rxc4 47. Rxa5 Rc1 48. Ra6 {
It is hard to say whether Black could draw here or not.}) 47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. Ra8
Kf6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (48... h5+ $8 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Kd4
Rf5 52. Ke4 Rc5 {It is still unclear how White wins.}) 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Re8+
Kf6 51. Re5 $1 Rxc4 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxa5 Kf6 54. Ra8 $18 c5 55. a5 Ra4 56. a6
c4 57. a7 Kg7 58. Kf3 c3 59. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:11:30]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 7. Ng3 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 $146 {[%emt 0:01:59] A novelty by Jobava.} (8...
f5 9. Nh5 (9. Ng5 $5) 9... Qe7 10. g3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qf7 12. h4 Be7 {1/2
Riff-Rusev, Mulhouse 2010}) 9. Bf4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} f6 $5 {[%emt 0:08:05] A
very nice and brave decision by Jobava! Nevertheless he can find himself
facing a dangerous attack.} 10. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:05:20]} ({The engine suggests
the brilliant} 10. Nh5 $5 fxe5 (10... gxh5 $2 {is losing after} 11. Nxh4 $18 {
followed by Qxh5.}) 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Ng7+ Kf8 13. Bh6 Kg8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qg4
Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Qf3 Re8+ 18. Kd2 $36 {and White has some initiative.})
10... fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 11. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12.
dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:15:16] A logical
move, White frees the g3 square for the B, because he needs to protect the
e5-P.} (13. Qd2 {could have been met by} Be7 {followed by ...g5.}) 13... O-O-O
{[%emt 0:03:11]} ({In the event of} 13... g5 14. Bg3 Qe4 (14... Qh7 15. Nd4 $14
) 15. f3 Qe3 16. Qd2 Bc5 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:10:
53]} (14. Bg3 {was also possible,} Qh7 15. Nd4 Kb8 16. h3 Bc5 17. Nf3 $14 {
and White looks slightly better.}) 14... Rh5 $5 {[%emt 0:15:06] A very
ambitious reaction. Black prepares for an exchange sacrifice.} (14... Bh6 {
was more solid,} 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. g3 Qe4 $1 $132 {with a double-edged
middlegame.}) 15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:28] Of course this
was the point of Black's previous move.} 16. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Qe3 {[%emt 0:14:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:52] Black
is an exchange down, but has nice counterplay for it.} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:45]}
a6 $1 {[%emt 0:13:02] The start of an interesting way.} 21. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} ({In the event of} 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. h3 {Prepares for Qg4 to exchange the
Qs.} (22. O-O e4 ({The tempting} 22... Bb5 $2 {is not so good, because of} 23.
Qxe5 Bxf1 24. Nxf1 $16 {and White is better.}) 23. Rfe1 Bf4 24. h3 $14 {
and probably White is slightly better.}) 22... Kb8 23. O-O Bf4 24. Rfe1 $14 {
and Black has some compensation, however only White can be better.}) 21... Ne7
$1 {[%emt 0:00:04] The correct reply.} ({Black can't accept the piece, because
of} 21... bxa6 $2 22. Qxa6+ Kb8 23. Rxd5 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 22. Bb5
{[%emt 0:09:15]} (22. Bd3 $5) 22... c6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 23. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
09] Somehow White has to give up a piece, but there are a couple of ways to do
it.} (23. Bd3 e4 (23... Bf4 $5) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Bf4 26. Rd4 Re8 27. O-O
$14 {and White's position is nice.}) 23... Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (23... cxb5
$142 {was more natural,} 24. Rd4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. O-O Bf6 27. Rd2 Be6 {
with a balanced position.}) 24. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} (24. Qd4 $142 {was more
accurate} cxb5 25. Ne2 Bg5 26. O-O Qxd4 27. Nxd4 {and this is also not too
much for White, but a slightly better version of the game.}) 24... Bxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 28. Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:26] Black's pieces are active
and powerful, so he has enough play to hold his position.} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:
39]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rd1
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19] What an
interesting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 (1... c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2
Nc6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ncxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. O-O Bxd4 $6 (11... O-O 12. Nb3
$14) 12. Qa4+ $1 Ke7 13. cxd4 $16 {^^|^} Qd6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qa5 b6 16. Qe5 Bc6
17. Rd1 h6 18. h3 Rhd8 19. a4 Qd5 20. Ba3+ Ke8 21. Bf1 Qxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23.
Rxd1 Nd5 24. Rd3 a6 25. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2006})
2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 (8.
Bd3 $5 cxd4 $140 9. Nxd4 $14 {- B22, Tiviakov - van Wely,Wijk aan Zee 2006})
8... Qc7 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $11 11. d5 e5 {/\Bd6}) 9... Bd6
(9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 {/\Qf3}) 10. O-O O-O $146 (10... Bd7 11. Qe2 (11.
dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne5 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Bruzón,
L/Cuba 2005/CT-1653 (88)}) 11... O-O 12. Rad1 $14 (12. Rfe1)) 11. Qe2 b6 $6 (
11... Bd7) (11... h6 $5 {/\b6}) 12. Bg5 $1 Bb7 $6 (12... Be7 $142 13. dxc5 (13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd2 $14 (15. Qe4 g6 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18.
Qxa8+ Bxa8 $44)) 13... bxc5 $8 (13... Qxc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 $18) (13...
Bxc5 $5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qh4 $40 {>>}) 14. Ne5 $14 {><a7, c5}) (
12... cxd4 $5 13. Nxd4 $36 (13. cxd4 $5 Bb7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Be4)
) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 $16 Rfd8 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 $5 {/\Rad1-d3, |^[+]>>} (
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1 $16)) (14... Kh8 15. Rad1 $16) (14... Rad8 15. Rad1 $5 (
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1)) (14... f5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1) 15. Rad1 Bf8 16.
Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rd3 Bg7 (17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 Kh8 19. Rfd1 $16) 18. Rfd1 f5 (18...
cxd4 19. Nxd4 $16) 19. d5 $1 Rxd5 (19... c4 $5 20. R3d2 Bh6 21. Rd4 Bg7 22. d6
$1 (22. Rxc4 Rxd5 $11) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 $16 {~/= o^d6, /\Ne5, עg8, ><c4}) (
19... exd5 20. Nh4) 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Nh4 (21. Qd3 $16) 21... Qd7 22. Qd3 (22.
Qf3 $16) (22. Qh5 $6 Re8 23. Nxf5 Re5 $14) 22... Re8 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. h3 $5 Rd8
25. Kf1 Bf8 26. Re1 Qc6 (26... Qf6 $142 $16) 27. Re7 $1 $18 Qf6 28. Rxa7 Kh8
29. Qf3 d4 (29... Qe6 $142) 30. Ra8 dxc3 (30... Rxa8 31. Qxa8 Kg8 32. Qf3 dxc3
33. Qg3+ Qg6 34. bxc3 $18) 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxc3+ Kg8 33. Qf3 Qd2 $138 (33...
b5 $142) 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tompa,J"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 $5
Be7 8. Qd2 O-O (8... Nd5 9. Bg5 $5 {Almasi,Z}) 9. O-O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb5
$6 Qc8 $1 $13 12. f3 c6 $1 13. Ba4 $6 c5 $2 (13... Nd5 14. c4 (14. Bf2 b5 15.
Bb3 a5 16. a4 Rd8 $15) 14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 $1 16. Bc2 bxc4 17. Qe4 f5 (17...
g6 18. h4 c5 19. Qg4 f5 $1 {Istratescu}) 18. Qe2 c5 $15) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15.
Bg5 Rd8 16. Qa5 $1 $14 h6 17. Bh4 Rd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Re1 $36 Bd8 $8 20. Qd2
(20. Qb5 $5) 20... Ne4 $4 (20... Qc7 $8 21. Bg3 (21. c4 dxc4 $1 $8 {/\ Ne4<=>})
21... Qa5 22. Qxa5 Bxa5 23. Rd1 Bc7 $132) 21. Qf4 $1 $18 Nf6 (21... Bxh4 22.
Qxf7+ Kh7 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Bd7 $18) (21... Bg5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. h4 $18) 22.
Be8 $1 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Kertesz, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. h4 Qa5
15. a3 Rad8 16. Bc2 b5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Bc1 Be7 $6 (19... e5 20. Ng5
N7f6 $13) 20. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 21. hxg5 $6 {der weiße Angriffsplan (g2-g3, Kg1-g2,
Te1-h1 h-Linie ) erweist sich wegen der weißen Unterentwicklung als zu langsam}
(21. Bxg5 $1 N7f6 22. h5 $1 $16 h6 23. Bd2 {mit der Idee, g4-g5 folgen zu
lassen.}) 21... Nf8 22. g3 e5 $1 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26.
Re1 Qd4 (26... Qb2 $2 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf7 Qxd2 29. Rxe6 Qxg5 (29... Kh8 30.
Re4) 30. Re4 $1 $18) 27. Bc1 {[#]} (27. Ba5 Rf8 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7
30. Qxf8 $13) 27... Qxc5 28. Qe4 Nf8 29. Bb2 Nc3 $6 (29... Ng6 30. b4 Qe7) 30.
Qf4 Nd5 31. Qe5 f6 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Qf5 Qd6 34. Re4 Rd7 35. Re8 Rg7 36. Bc1
Re7 37. Rc8 Nb6 38. Bf4 Qe6 39. Rb8 Qxf5 40. Bxf5 Kf7 41. Bd6 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Nfd7
43. Rb7 (43. Rh8 $1 Rd1 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Bb4) 43... Ke8 44. Rxa7 Ra1 45. a4 (
45. Bxh7 Nc8 46. Bg6+ Kd8 47. Bc7+ Ke7 48. Ra8 Nd6 49. a4 $18) 45... bxa4 46.
bxa4 Rd1 47. Bf4 Nc5 48. a5 Nd5 49. Bh6 Ra1 50. Bg7 Ra2 51. Bb1 Ra4 52. Bxh7
Ne6 53. Bh6 c5 54. Bc2 Ra3 55. Bc1 Ra1 56. Bb3 Nec7 57. Bb2 Rb1 58. Bxd5 Nxd5
59. Rb7 Nc7 60. Rxc7 Rxb2 61. a6 Ra2 62. a7 Kd8 63. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 $5 {Weiß darf es aufgrund der dabei entstehenden Verflachung nicht
zulassen,daß ihm wie z.B. nach 8.De2?! zu viele Leichtfiguren vom Brett
genommen werden.Populärer,jedoch kaum besser als der Partiezug sind das
unternehmungslustige 8.Neg5 und das ruhigere 8.Ng3.} Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 $5
{Häufiger wird hier 10.c4 mit der Folge b3 und Bb2 gespielt.Gelfands Zug nimmt
das neuralgische Feld e5 in Augenschein,Was der Stellung ein eigenes Gepräge
verleiht.} Bb5 (10... b6 11. Nce5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qg4 Re8 15.
Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nf8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6
Rb8 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. Rd3 b5 24. Red1 Ng6 25. Qd4 h6 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Rh3 Qf8
28. Be4 a6 29. Rg3 Kg7 30. Rdd3 Rc8 31. Rdf3 Qd8 32. Qc5 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd7 34.
Qc6 Re8 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qe4 g5 37. Rf6 Rg8 38. Rh3 {1-0 Smirin,I-Chernin,A/
Moscow PCA-op 25' (05) ;EXP 40 1994}) 11. c3 (11. Bg5 c5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rad1
Qc7 14. b3 Ba6 15. Nfe5 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Bxd3 18. Nxd7 Bxe2 19. Rxe2
Nxd7 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bb4 e5 22. f4 f6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Kf1 Ng4 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Rxd4 Ne3+ 27. Kf2 Nxc2 28. Rc4 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 b6 30. Rc4 Re7 31. b4 Kf7
32. a4 Ke6 33. Kf3 Kd5 34. Rc8 Kd6 35. Rg8 Rc7 {Fette,M-Illner,A/BL 9293 (1992)
;BL 1993/0-1 (56)}) 11... c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Nf5 $1
$14 (15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re3 Qc7 (17... Bxh2+ $2 18. Kxh2 Qc7+ 19.
Rg3 Qxc4 20. Qf3 $36)) 15... Bc5 16. Bg5 e4 (16... Qb6) 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Bb3
Nbd5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Ng3 e3 21. fxe3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Nf5 Qe5
25. Re2 Rad8 26. Rf1 Kh7 27. Qxb7 Ng4 28. g3 Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qc5
31. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 84th"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Lee, Graham D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Wall,G"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6
8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Bxc5 13. Ng5 h6
$140 $2 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nh7) 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Qc6 15. Qe5 $1 Rfd8 (15...
Bd6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxd6) 16. Qg3 h6 17. Rfe1 a5 $6 (17... Rac8 $142 {Qc7})
18. Ne5 Qc7 $2 19. Bc1 Nh5 20. Qh3 Nf6 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Qg3+ Ng4 23. Qxg4+
Kf8 24. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24576] This is in every way a terrible game. Since it threatens to
discredit me and my opponent for a long time, I have to offer some guiding
comments. First of all it's a 15 minutes game plus 10 seconds extra per move.
Secondly Danielsen just neded a draw to win the match. Thirdly it was played
as the fourth game between us that day.} 1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O (8. Ne5 $1 O-O 9. O-O h6
10. Ngf3 Be4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c4 Re8 14. Bd2 c6 15. Bc3 $14 {
1-0 Sobjerg,E-Lauritzen,J/DEN-chB 1992/TD 92\08 (61)}) 8... h6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10.
Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Nf4 (12. Bf4 $5) 12... Qa5 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Ne2 $6 (
14. b4 Qc7 15. b5 $13 {1-0 Kolev,A-Lalic,S/Andorra 1993/TD 93\07 (41)}) 14...
Qc7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Kb8 17. Bc4 e5 18. Ne2 (18. Nh5 $5) 18... exd4 19.
cxd4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Nbd5 21. Nc3 Rd7 {Black has a super-solid position - and a
couple of minutes better time. But White must win.} 22. Na4 $6 Re7 $2 (22...
Nb6 $11) 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qg3+ Ka8 25. Qxg7 $1 Rg8 26. Qxh6 Qe4 {Here I got
the feeling I was lost. It will be mate in a couple of moves, so I decided to
just postpone it for some moves and then resign.} 27. Bxd5 $4 (27. f3 $1 Qxd4+
(27... Qxf3 $2 28. Qf8+ $1 {I missed that one.} Rxf8 29. gxf3 $16) 28. Kh1 Qf2
29. Rg1 $14) 27... Nxd5 28. f3 Qxd4+ (28... Qxf3 $2 29. Qf8+ {still hadn't
seen it} Rxf8 30. gxf3 $16) 29. Kh1 Qxa4 {I was very happy that he had only
taken my N.} 30. Qh7 Rf8 31. Qg7 Qb4 32. a3 Qe7 33. Rg1 f5 $2 {With Q:s on
Black wins easily, since White cannot advance the P:s on the K-side.} 34. Qxe7
Nxe7 {Hecht: 'Daß Schwarz das Endspiel verliert, erscheint eher
unwahrscheinlich. Der Grund: ungenaues Spiel bei Schwarz, das keinen klaren
Plan erkennen läßt. '} 35. Re1 Nd5 36. g3 Kb8 37. Kg2 Kc7 38. h4 f4 $2 {
'?!' Hecht. Hecht: 'Spielt Weiß in die Hände'} (38... Kd7 $142 {Hecht} 39. g4
Re8 40. Rxe8 {sonst gewinnen die schwarzen Figuren erheblich an Aktivität.}
Kxe8 41. g5 (41. h5 Kf7 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kh4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Nf4 45. g5+ Kf5 $19)
(41. gxf5 Kf7 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kg4 Ne3+ 44. Kf4 Nc4 45. h5 Nxb2 46. h6 Nd3+ 47.
Ke4 Ne5 48. h7 Nf7 $19) 41... Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Nh5 44. Kd4 Kd6 {
und Schwarz spielt praktisch ein Bauernendspiel, das gewonnen sein muß.}) 39.
g4 Ne3+ 40. Kh3 {At this point White is playing seriously again. Black might
be winning, but the passed P:s are really dangerous now.} Kd6 {Hecht: 'Wie
schwierig die Situation angesichts der verbundenen weißen Freibauern ist, soll
die folgende beispielhafte Variante verdeutlichen. Sie basiert auf dem
sofortigen Vorgehen der schwarzen Damenflügelmehrheit und führt wenigstens zum
Remis. Wer findet einen überzeugenden Gewinnweg für Schwarz?'} (40... c5 {Hecht
} 41. h5 b5 42. Re2 c4 43. h6 Rh8 44. g5 a5 45. Kh4 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Kh5 c3
48. bxc3 bxc3 49. g6 Nf5 50. Kg5 Nxh6 51. g7 Rh7 52. Kg6 Rxg7+ 53. Kxg7 Nf5+
54. Kf6 Nd4 55. Ra2 Kd6 56. Kg5 $11) 41. Re2 c5 42. h5 Ke5 43. Kh4 Rg8 44. Rd2
Ke6 45. h6 b5 $2 (45... Nc4 $1 46. Re2+ Ne5 47. Kh5 Kf6 48. Rxe5 Kxe5 49. h7
Rh8 50. Kg6 Rd8 51. Kg7 $11) 46. Kh5 Nd5 47. Re2+ $1 Kf7 48. g5 Ne3 (48... Ne7
49. h7 Rh8 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Kh6 $18) 49. Rd2 {Hecht: '[#] Im Vergleich zu
der von mir angegebenen Variante hat Schwarz hier noch nicht einmal halbe
Arbeit geleistet. Dafür verlorene Königs- und Springerzüge'} Nf5 (49... Rb8
$142 {Hecht} 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. Rxa7 b4 52. axb4 cxb4 53. g6 Rb5+ 54. Kh4 Nf5+
55. Kg5 Ne7+ 56. Kf6 Rb6+ 57. Kxe7 Rxg6 {Schwarz kämpft um das Überleben.}) 50.
Rd7+ Kf8 (50... Ke6 51. h7 Rh8 (51... Ng3+ {Hecht} 52. Kg4 {und der Springer
ist weg vom Fenster}) 52. Rxa7 $18) 51. h7 Rh8 52. g6 a5 53. Kg5 Ng7 54. Rf7+
1-0

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Zlotnik/Kmoch"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.62} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5.
Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd3 b6 $5 {[%mdl 12]} (8... h6 9. Bh4 c5
10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 (11. c3) 11... Qxc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7
Kxe7 $1 15. Bxe4 Rad8 16. Qf3 b6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Qg3 Kf6 $1 $11 {
(Chandler-Bareev,Hastings 1990/91)}) 9. Ne5 $6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 $11) (9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Be4 Rb8 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ $11) (9. Qe2 $1 $14) 9... Bb7 10. Bb5+
c6 11. Bxc6+ $6 (11. Qf3 Qd5 $1 12. Qxd5 (12. Nxc6 $2 Qxb5) (12. Bxc6+ Bxc6 13.
Nxc6 Qxg5) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxe7 cxb5 14. Bh4 (14. Bd6 Rd8) 14... Nf4 $17) (11.
Be2 $11) 11... Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qd5 $1 13. Ne5 Qxg2 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Rc8 $15
16. O-O-O $2 {Das vergrößert den Nachteil. Weiß ist auf dem Königsflügel
schlechter, dafür aber auf dem Damenflügel besser gestellt.} ({Er muß sich
daher darauf einrichten, auf dem Damenflügel anzugreifen.} 16. c3 {mit der
Absicht a2-a4-a5 war angezeigt.}) 16... Nd5 $1 {Sehr richtig. Rubinstein will
nicht rochieren, denn sein König wird in der Mitte besser mitwirken.} 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. Rhg1 g6 20. Ne5 Nb4 $5 (20... f6 $1 21. Nf3 Nf4 {
(Razuvaev)}) 21. c3 Nc6 22. Nxc6+ $2 {Schlechter denkt offenbar an keine
Gefahr, während Rubinstein gerade im reinen Turmendspiel seinen Vorteil
zuverwerten hofft. Das geht schon aus dem vorangegangenem Springermanöver
hervor.} (22. f4 $142) (22. Ng4 $142 Z0 23. Ne3) 22... Rxc6 23. Rd3 (23. Rg5
$142 $1) 23... Rd5 {Nun werden die Umrisse des Rubinsteinschen Planes sichtbar:
Die schwarzen Türme drohen über die 5.Reihe zum Angriff gegen den weißen
Königsflügel überzugehen. Das läßt sich schwer verhindern.} 24. Rh3 {Um den
Angriff Rh5 auszuschalten.} h5 25. Rf3 {Verschieden Bearbeiter haben diesen
Zugt als Fehler bezeichnet} ({und} 25. Re1) ({bzw.} 25. Re3 {empfohlen, damit
e5 verhindert werde.Diese Ansicht ist nicht überzeugend, denn sie geht über
die tatsache hinweg, daß die Hauptdrohung von Schwarz in} Rf5 $1 {bestand.} 26.
Re2 Rd6 27. Rd1 {/\c4} Rf4 $1 28. Red2 Rd5 29. c4 Rdf5 {mit wohl siegreichem
Spiel.}) 25... e5 $1 $17 26. dxe5 (26. Rg5 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. f4 (28. Rxe5
Rxe5 29. dxe5+ Kxe5 $19) 28... exf4 $3 29. Rxd5 f3 $19 {(I.Zaitsev)}) 26...
Rxe5 27. Re3 $6 (27. Rc1 $5 {/\c4} g5 $17) 27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 {Jetzt ist die
weiße Bauernverteilung noch ungünstiger geworden.} Re6 29. Re1 Rf6 30. Re2 Ke6
$19 31. Kc2 Ke5 32. c4 {Nun kommt das weiße Gegenspiel auf der Damenseite viel
zu spät.} Ke4 33. b4 g5 34. Kc3 g4 35. c5 h4 36. Rg2 Rg6 37. Kc4 g3 38. hxg3
hxg3 39. Kb5 bxc5 40. bxc5 Kf3 41. Rg1 a6+ 0-1

