[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. f4 Nc6 (3... exf4) 4. Nf3 d5 (
4... exf4 5. Bxf4 d5) 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. fxe5 Bg4 7. Be2 (7. c3 Nxe5 8. Qa4+ Qd7 (
8... Bd7 9. Qe4) 9. Qe4) 7... Bxf3 (7... Bc5) 8. Bxf3 Qh4+ (8... Bc5) 9. Kf1 (
9. g3 Qd4 10. c3 (10. Nc3 Qxe5+) 10... Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 $14) 9...
O-O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Qe1) 10... Bc5 11. Ne4 $2 (11. Qe1) 11... Ne3+ 12. Bxe3 Bxe3
$15 13. Qe1 (13. Qe2 Bb6 14. g3 Qh3+ 15. Bg2 Qf5+ 16. Nf2 Qxe5 (16... Nd4 17.
Bh3) 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 $15) 13... Qh6 $17 14. Ng3 (14. Qg3) 14... Nd4 15. Qb4 (15.
Qd1 Rhe8 16. c3 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Qa6 $19 (17... Rxd3 $19)) 15... c6 (15... Nxf3
16. Qg4+ Kb8 17. gxf3 g6 18. Ne2 Rhe8 $19) (15... Qa6 $1 16. Qc5 b6 17. Qc4
Qxc4 18. dxc4 Nxc2 $17) 16. Qa4 $2 (16. Qc4 Qf4) (16. Rd1 Nxc2 17. Qg4+ Kb8 18.
Nf5 Qe6 $19) (16. c3 $1 Nc2 17. Nf5 Nxb4 18. Nxh6 Bxh6 19. cxb4 Rxd3 $17) 16...
Kb8 17. Rd1 (17. c3) 17... Rhe8 18. h4 Qf4 19. Rh3 b5 20. Nh5 bxa4 21. Nxf4
Bxf4 22. c3 Nxf3 23. Rxf3 Bxe5 24. Rxf7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jasim, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. g3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. d4 b4 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Rf2 Qa5 14. Bd2 Nb6 15.
Nc1 Qa4 16. Nb3 cxd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Bh3 Bd3 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21.
Qxd3 Rc3 22. Qf1 Nc4 23. Rf3 g6 24. g4 Ne3 25. Qe2 Nc2 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Rd1
Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rc8 30. Qd3 Bb6 31. f5 $2 ({A final mistake. More
stubborn was} 31. Rf1 {, although Black has a winning position anyway.}) {
[%tqu "En","An extra pawn does not always guarantee a win, but here Black has
an even more important advantage. Can you see what it is and how to use it?",
"Try to exploit a shaky position of the white rook.","Deflect the white
queen!","c8c3","This efficient blow immediately decides the game!",5]} 31...
Rc3 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rd3,Rh3][%cal Ga4d1,Gc3h3] Gaining decisive material
advantage.} 32. Qf1 (32. Qxc3 {loses after} Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Qg1+ 34. Kf3 Qf2#)
32... Rxh3 $1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 f6 {Der Nachteil dieses Zuges besteht darin, daß das Feld e6 (und
anschlißend d5) wesentlich geschwächt wird.} (9... Rb8 {Eine Alternative
bietet 8...Rb8, mit dem Ziel mittels b7-b5, a7-a5 einen Bauernangriff am
Damenflügel durchzusetzen.}) 10. exf6 (10. Qe2 fxe5 11. fxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Rxf1+
13. Bxf1 cxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 $13) 10... Bxf6 (10... Nxf6 11. d4 $5 Ne4 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxe4 $14) 11. Qe2 {[%csl Re6]} (11. b3 b5 12. Qe2 Re8 13.
Bb2 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf2 a4 18. Nd3 Ba6 19. Qe3 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 h6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schlindwein,R-Naumkin,I/Cappelle op (02) 1994 (45)})
11... Kh8 (11... Re8 12. d3 $14) 12. d3 (12. Qxe6 $2 Bxc3 $17 13. bxc3 $2 Nde5
$19) 12... Nd4 $6 (12... Nb6 13. Nd1 $14) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd1 Re8 (14... Nc5
15. Nf2 b6 16. Ng4 $5 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 15. Nf2 {[%csl Ye5]} e5 $5 {[%csl Yd5]}
(15... b6 16. Ng4 $16) 16. Qf3 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} (16. Bxd5 $6 exf4) (16. Qh5 Nb6
$13) 16... Qc7 $5 {[%csl Yd3,Rc2]} (16... Nb6 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 $1 {
[%csl Yd4]} (18. Qh5 $5) 18... Rf8 $132 (18... Bxf4 19. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Rd4]})
19. Bg5 $5 (19. Bxe5 $6 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Qf8 21. Bg2 Qc5 $15) 19... Qd6 (19...
Rxf3 20. Bxd8 Rf8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rae1 Bf6 23. Bxd5 $16) 20. Qh5 Bf5 21. Rae1
$36) 17. Qxd5 Qxc2 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Qc5 (19. Qf7 Be6 20. Qxb7 Qxd3 21. Nxf6 gxf6
$13) 19... Qxd3 (19... Qxc5 20. Nxc5 $36 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. fxe5 {
[%csl Rf6]} Bf5 $2 {/\22...Be4} (21... Nd7 $1 22. Qd6 (22. Qd5 Rxe5 23. Qf7 Qg6
$17) 22... fxe5 23. Rf7 $5 {[%csl Yd7]} (23. Bh6 Qg6 $15) (23. Bg5 $5 {[%csl
Yf6]} Qg6 24. Bf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Qg7 $13) 23... Qd1+ (23... Qg6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7
25. Qxd7 $16) 24. Bf1 Qh5 25. Bc4 (25. Rxd7 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Bxd7 27. Qxd7 Rad8 $13
) 25... Qd1+ 26. Bf1 $10) 22. exf6 Be4 {[%csl Yg2,Rf1]} 23. Bh6 $1 $18 Nd7 (
23... Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Re2+ 25. Kg1 $18) 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Qd5+ $1 (25. Qd5+ Bxd5
26. Bxd5+ Re6 27. Bxe6#) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 (3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Nd7 8. Bf4 c5 9. Bb5 $1 {N} (9. Bd3 $10) 9... a6 (9... Be7 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.
Qf3 $1 O-O 12. Qxb7 $18) 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qf3 $1 Qe7 (11... Be7 12. Nxf7 $1
$18) 12. Qxb7 Rd8 13. Qxa6 cxd4 14. O-O Qa3 15. Qb7 $1 (15. Qxa3 $2 Bxa3 16.
cxd4 Ba4 $1 $13 {Finnlaugsson}) 15... Qa8 16. Rab1 $18 {Finnlaugsson-Jonsson,M,
corr 1988/89}) 3... Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 $6 6. dxc3 $1 (6. bxc3 d6 7.
cxd6 exd6 $1 8. exd6 Bxd6 $10) 6... d5 (6... d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. exd6 exd6 9. Bf4
$14 {Sveshnikov,E-Hoperia, USSR 1988}) 7. cxd6 exd6 8. Bf4 $1 {N} (8. Bc4 Nc6
$1 $10 (8... Be7 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxe5 $14)) 8... d5 (8... Nc6 {
>=} 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6 12. O-O-O $14) 9. Bd3 Be6 10. Nf3
Be7 11. Nd4 g6 $6 (11... Qd7) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 g5 $8 15. Bg3 Qd7
16. Qc2 $16 Bf8 17. h6 Qf7 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Qa4+ $1 (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bh4 (20.
Rdf1 Ng6 $132) 20... Ng6 21. Bf6 Rg8 $13) 19... c6 20. c4 (20. Qg4 $2 Rg8 21.
Qh5 Nf5 $10) 20... a6 (20... dxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6 $16) 21.
Qa5 Rd8 (21... Nf5 22. cxd5 Nxg3 (22... exd5 23. e6 $16) 23. fxg3 exd5 (23...
cxd5 24. Bb5+ $16) 24. Kb1 $16) 22. Bc2 $1 Nf5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qa4+ Rd7 (
24... Qd7 25. Qg4 $16) 25. Rd3 $1 Nxh6 26. Rc3 Kd8 (26... Qe7 27. Rc8+ $18) 27.
Qa5+ Rc7 28. Qb6 Bg7 29. Rxc7 (29. Kb1 $18 {>=}) 29... Qxc7 30. Qxe6 Qc6 $1 31.
Qh3 Ke7 32. Kb1 Nf7 33. Qg4 Rc8 34. Qe2 {(+)} (34. Bf5 $18) 34... h6 35. Rd1
Qe6 36. Qd2 Bxe5 37. Re1 Kf6 {(+)} 38. Qd3 $2 (38. Bxe5+ Nxe5 39. f4 $18) 38...
Rg8 39. a3 Rg7 40. Qf3+ Ke7 41. Bb3 g4 42. Qd3 Kf6 43. Bxd5 Qd6 44. Qb3 Bxg3 $8
45. Re6+ Qxe6 46. Bxe6 Bxf2 47. Bc8 Rg5 48. Qxb7 a5 49. Qc6+ (49. Bxg4 Rxg4 50.
Qf3+ Kg5 51. Qxf2 $16) 49... Kg7 50. Qc3+ Kf8 51. Bxg4 (51. Qf6 $1 g3 (51...
Be3 52. Be6 Rg7 53. Bxf7 Rxf7 54. Qh8+ Ke7 55. Qe5+ $18) 52. Be6 Rg7 53. Bxf7
Rxf7 54. Qxh6+ Ke8 55. Qh8+ Kd7 56. Qe5 $18) 51... Re5 52. Qf3 Bh4 53. Qc6 Be7
54. Qg6 Rg5 55. Qe4 Bf6 56. Bf5 Kg7 57. Qc2 h5 58. Ka2 h4 59. Kb3 Be5 60. Ka4
Bg3 61. Qe4 Kf8 62. Qe6 Kg7 63. Kxa5 $1 Bc7+ 64. Ka4 Rxg2 65. Qd7 Be5 66. b4
Rf2 67. Be6 Bg3 68. Kb5 Kg6 69. a4 Nd6+ 70. Ka6 Rf8 71. Bd5 Rf6 72. a5 Bf2 73.
Qg4+ (73. b5 $2 Ne4+ {/\ Nc5}) 73... Kh6 74. b5 Ne8+ 75. Bc6 Nc7+ 76. Kb7 Rf7
77. b6 $18 Ne6+ 78. Ka6 Rf6 79. Bf3 Kh7 80. Be4+ Kh6 81. Bf5 Ng5 82. Kb5 h3 83.
b7 Rf8 84. Qf4 Bg3 85. Qxg3 Rxf5+ 86. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Moscow B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seferjan, Narek"]
[Black "Nesterov, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 (4. bxc3 $142 d6 5. f4) 4... d6
5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... Bg4 $5) 6. Bb5 (6. exd6 Qxd6 $10) 6... Bd7 7. Qe2 (7. Bf4 dxe5
8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c6 $15) 7... a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6
9. Bf4 (9. e6 $5) 9... e6 10. O-O-O {<->d,><d6} Be7 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d5 12.
c4 c6 $10) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. h4 {/\->0-0} O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bg5 Bxf3 (14...
Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxg2 $6 16. Rhg1 Bc6 (16... Bd5 17. Qh5 h6 18. Qxh6 Bxa2+ (18...
gxh6 19. Nxe6+ Kh7 20. Nxd8 Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 Rfxd8 $10) 19. Ka1 gxh6 20. Nxe6+
Kh7 21. Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. Kxa2 $10) 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.
Rg1+ Kf6 21. Rg6+ Ke7 22. Rg7+ Kf6 23. Rg6+ $10 (23. Qxh6+ Ke5 24. Qe3+ Kf5 25.
Qh3+ Kf6 26. Qg4 Ke5 27. Qd4+ Kf5 28. Qg4+ $10)) 15. Qxf3 d5 16. Qe3 (16. Bxe7
$142 Qxe7 17. h5 h6 18. Rhe1 $15) 16... Bf6 (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 {/\Qh3 <->h})
17. Qf4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd4 {/\Rg4,Rh3} f5 $1 21. a4 Kg7 22.
Ka2 Kf6 23. Kb3 Rg8 {<->g} 24. g3 Rg4 25. Rhd1 (25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Re1 Rc4 {
-/+/-+ _|_ עb3}) 25... Rc4 $1 {<->4} 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 f4 $19 {_|_} 28. g4
Ke5 29. Rd3 Kd6 30. Ka3 e5 31. b3 Rc5 32. c4 Ke6 33. Kb4 b6 34. cxd5+ Rxd5 35.
Rxd5 $2 (35. Rc3 $8) (35. Kc3 $1 {Hecht}) 35... Kxd5 36. c4+ (36. Kc3 {Hecht}
e4 37. fxe4+ Kxe4 38. Kd2 Kf3 39. g5 h5 40. c4 Kg2 41. b4 f3 $19) 36... Kd4 37.
g5 h5 {/\e4,f3-+} (37... h5 {Hecht} 38. a5 bxa5+ 39. Kxa5 e4 40. Kb6 exf3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gluzman, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 b6
9. cxb6 axb6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. d3 Qe7 12. O-O Qf7 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Na4 Nc6 15.
Bd2 (15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Na4 $8 Nb4 $36) 15... b5 16. Nac3 b4 17. Nd1 Be7 18. b3
O-O 19. Nb2 Bb5 20. Rfc1 Ra3 {<->a,Pa2} 21. Qe3 f4 22. Nxf4 Bg5 23. g3 Qf5 {
><e5} 24. Rxc6 (24. d4 Rfa8) 24... Bxc6 25. Bxb4 d4 26. Qe2 (26. Qxd4 Bxf4 {
/^a8-h1,Qh3 -+}) 26... Raa8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Ng2 {/\Ne1,f4} Bf3 29. Qe1 h5 30.
Qf1 h4 31. Nc4 Qg4 32. Ne1 hxg3 33. Nxf3 (33. hxg3) 33... gxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxf3+
35. Qg2 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 $6 (2. e5 {--> Alekhine}) 2... e5 $10 {--> 1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nf6} 3.
g3 {/^h1-b7} d5 $36 4. Nd2 dxe4 {<->d} 5. dxe4 Bc5 $1 {><f2} 6. h3 (6. Bg2 Ng4
7. Nh3 Bxf2+ 8. Nxf2 Ne3 9. Qf3 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 $19) 6... O-O 7. Ngf3 Qe7 8.
Bg2 Rd8 9. Nh4 $6 Be6 (9... g6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 Ne8 {/\Ng7-e6}) 10. O-O Qd7
11. g4 (11. Kh2 {/^a7-g1}) 11... Nc6 12. c3 {><d3} a5 13. Re1 Qd3 $17 {צa1,
Bc1, עg1} 14. Nf5 (14. Bf1 $4 Qg3+ $19) 14... g6 15. Bf1 Qd7 16. Ng3 h5 $1 17.
gxh5 (17. g5 h4 18. Ne2 (18. Nh1 Nh7) 18... Nh7 $19) 17... Bxh3 18. hxg6 (18.
Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qf3 Ng4 $40) 18... fxg6 19. Qe2 {/\19.Qc4+ 20.Qc5 +-} Ba7 20. Nc4
$2 (20. Nf3 $8 {/\Be3}) 20... Bg4 $1 21. Qc2 Bd1 $1 22. Qd2 Qf7 $19 23. Ne3 (
23. Qh6 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19) (23. Qg5 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nxe4+ $19) 23... Rxd2
0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Begovac, Franja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. d4 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1
Nf6 15. Bg5 Qd5 16. f4 cxd4 17. cxd4 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. c3 Rac8 20. Ng4 Bd8
21. Kh1 Re8 22. c4 Qa5 (22... Qxd4 $4 23. Bh7+ $18) 23. Bb1 {/^b1-h7} Bc7 24.
Ne5 {[+] ><f7} f5 25. d5 Ba4 (25... exd5 26. Bxf5 Rcd8 27. Qh5 Bxe5 28. fxe5
$18) 26. Rc1 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Bd7 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. h3 {<->1} b5 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31.
cxb5 Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 Rec8 34. a4 R1c5 35. Qd6 Kf7 36. Qa6 R8c7 37.
a5 Bc4 38. Bxf5 Rxb5 39. Qd6 Re7 40. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 (3. d4 {--> Alekhine Defence diskette}) 3... Nb6 4.
c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 (5... c6 6. d4 (6. Bc4 d6 (6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 d5 8. cxd6 exd6
9. Nf3 d5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. Be3
Be7 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf5 $16 {Dubinin-Aronin/Moskva/
1947/}) 7. Qb3 (7. exd6 Nxc3 8. dxc3 exd6 9. cxd6 Bxd6 $10) (7. cxd6 exd6 8.
Qb3 dxe5 $10) (7. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 8. Bxd5 e6 $1 9. Bf3 dxe5 10. b4 e4 $1 {/\Qd4,
צa1,Be4}) 7... dxe5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bxd5 e6 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qd5 $1 12.
Qc8+ Ke7 13. Qc7+ Kf6 14. d4 Nc6 15. Nf3 Nxd4 16. Bg5+ Kg6 17. Nxe5+ Kxg5 $13 {
Sveshnikov-Palatnik/Cheliabinsk/1974/} 18. Nxf7+ $2 Kf6 19. Nxh8 $2 (19. Qf4+
Qf5 20. Qxf5+ exf5 21. Nxh8 Nc2+ (21... Bxc5 22. Rc1 Bb6 $19 {_|_}) 22. Ke2
Nxa1 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Rxa1 Bxc5 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Rc6+ Ke7 27. Ng6+ hxg6 28. Rxg6
Bd4 29. b3 Rc8 $19) 19... Qe4+ 20. Kf1 Qd3+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Ng3+ 23. Kg1
Qf1+ 24. Rxf1 Ne2#) (6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. d4 d6 8. cxd6 exd6 9. Nf3 {--> 5.Nc3 e6 6.
Nd5 ed 7.d4 d6 8.cd ed 9.Nf3}) 6... d6 7. cxd6 exd6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bc4 Nc7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 Ne6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. g3 {/\h4-> >>
Sveshnikov-Stavrinovs/Lettland/1994/}) 6. d4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxb6 (8. Qg4
bxc5 $1 (8... h6) 9. Bg5 Be7 $8 (9... f6 $4 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 13. Qh4+ $18) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxg7 Rf8 $17 {ק[+]}) 8... axb6 9.
Nf3 (9. Qg4 $5 {/\׻P}) 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 {/\Nd7->Pe5} 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1
Nd7 13. Bc2 (13. Be4 Bxe4 (13... d5 14. Bc2 O-O $6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17.
g3 {/\h4,h5->>>}) 14. Rxe4 dxe5 (14... d5 15. Re2 {+/=/+/-} (15. Rg4 g6 {/\h5}
16. Bh6 $16 {צh8})) 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bf6 {=/=/+}) 15... Nc5
16. Rd4 (16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {=/+/-/+}) 16... Qc8 17. Bg5 $132) 13... Ra5 $1 14. Nd2
$6 (14. exd6 $10) 14... dxe5 $1 15. Nc4 Ra7 $6 (15... Rd5 $142 16. Be4 exd4 17.
Bxd5 exd5 $17) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Re1 Qa8 19. f3 O-O (19... Rxa2 $4
20. Ba4+ $18) 20. Bf4 $14 g6 (20... Rxa2 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 (21... Kxh7 $4 22. Qb1+
$18) 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Bb1 Qb2 24. Qd3 g6 $8 25. Re2 $14) 21. Bb3 (21. Bxc7 $2
Bxf3 $1 22. gxf3 (22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rxc7 24. Re3 Rxc3 $19) 22... Rxc7 $17)
21... c5 22. dxc5 $1 (22. Be5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 (23. Rxe5 Rd8 {/\cxd4=/+}) 23... b5
$1 24. c4 Rd8 25. Qe2 b4 $15) 22... bxc5 (22... Bxc3 $2 23. cxb6 Ra6 24. Bc7
$16) (22... Rd8 23. Qe2 $1 bxc5 (23... Bxc3 24. cxb6 Ra6 25. Be5 $1 $36) 24.
Be5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Ra5 26. Qf6 $14) 23. Be5 Bg5 (23... Rd8 $2 24. Bxf6 $1 Rxd1
25. Raxd1 c4 (25... Bd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 $1 $18) 26. Bxc4 Ra4 27. Bb3 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Rf4 30. Rxe6 $18) 24. Qe2 Ba6 25. c4 Rd7 26. Rad1 (26.
Bc3 Qb8 {/^c3-e5-h8}) 26... Rfd8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd1 Qd8 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30.
Bc3 f6 31. Bc2 (31. a4 $142) 31... Kf7 32. Kf2 Qd6 33. g3 f5 34. Qd3 Qc7 35. a4
Bf6 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. f4 e5 $1 $10 38. fxe5+ Qxe5 39. a5 Qc7 40. Qc3+ Ke6 $2 (
40... Qe5 41. Qd3 $10) 41. Ba4 {/\->K} Qb7 42. Qe3+ Kf6 43. Qc3+ Ke6 (43... Kf7
44. Qh8 $16) 44. Qe1+ $1 Kd6 (44... Kf6 45. Qa1+ Kf7 46. Bb5 $1 $16) 45. Qd2+
Kc7 (45... Ke6 46. Bb5 Bxb5 47. Qe2+ $1 {/\cxb5 2P<<}) 46. Qf4+ $2 (46. Qd7+
$142 Kb8 47. Qd6+ Ka7 (47... Ka8 $4 48. Bc6 $18) 48. Qxc5+ Kb8 49. Bb5 Qa7 50.
Qxa7+ Kxa7 51. Ke3 $18) 46... Kc8 47. Qd6 (47. Qe5 $142 Qb4 (47... Qc7 $14) 48.
Qe6+ $1 Kb7 49. Bc6+ Kc7 50. Qd7+ Kb8 51. Qd8+ Bc8 52. Qd6+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Bb7
54. Bxb7 Qxb7 55. Qxc5+ Ka6 $16) 47... Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Bb7+ (48... Qc3+ $142 49.
Kg2 Qxa5 50. Bd7+ Kb7 51. Bc6+ Ka7 $10) 49. Kf4 (49. Bc6 $142) 49... Qc1+ 50.
Ke5 Qa1+ 51. Ke6 Qxa4 52. Qf8+ (52. Qf8+ Kc7 53. Qd6+ Kc8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 c6 6. Qe2 Qa5 7. Nf3 Qxc5 8. d4
Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Nxe6 $3 fxe6 16. exd6 Bf6 (16... Bxd6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Rfe1) 17.
Qxe6+ Kd8 (17... Kf8 18. Qc8+ Qd8 19. Qxb7 Nd7 20. Qxc6 $16) 18. Rfe1 Qxd4 19.
Ba5+ b6 20. Re4 Qc5 21. b4 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Rae1 Rf8 24. Bb3 Qa3 25. Bd1
Qa6 26. Bg4 Qb7 27. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Policka"]
[Site "Policka"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Nf3 dxe5 (5... Nc6 $10) 6. Nxe5
Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. d4 b6 $2 9. Bb5 $1 Bd6 (9... Bb7 10. Ne5) 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2
Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. O-O a6 $6 (13... O-O-O 14. a4 {/\ 15.Ba6->}) 14. Bd3 e5 $6
15. Rae1 O-O 16. Nh4 Qf7 (16... g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qg4 $16) 17. Qg4 {/\ 18.Bf5
} e4 (17... Bd5 18. c4 Be6 (18... Bxc4 19. Nf5) 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. f4 $1) 18. Nf5
$1 Qg6 19. Bc4+ $1 (19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 $16)
19... Kh8 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Re3 $1 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. f4 cxd4 6. Nb5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8.
Qd2 Qb6 9. Nbxd4 Nc5 10. Nb3 $6 (10. c3) 10... Bg4 11. Qf2 Qb4+ $6 12. Bd2 Qe4+
13. Be2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qxc2 15. e6 $1 Bxe6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfc1 $2 (17. b4 e6
18. Rfc1) 17... Qxb3 18. Bd1 Qd3 19. b4 e6 20. Be2 Qe4 21. b5 Nb4 22. Rc7 $2 (
22. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Qxe2 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Bxb4+ Kf6 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27. Qg5#
) 22... Bd6 23. Rxb7 Rc8 24. Kh1 Bc5 25. Qf1 d4 $2 (25... f6 $1) 26. Rxd7 Kxd7
27. Ne5+ Ke8 28. Rc1 d3 29. Bf3 Qd4 30. Rc4 Qd8 31. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 32. Bxb4 Rd5
33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Qc1 $1 Qb7 35. Qc4 h5 36. Qxd3 h4 37. h3 Qc8 38. Kh2 Rh5 39.
Qd6 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eggleston, David"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 $6 {Warum nicht? Eine typische Fortsetzung für eine
Erstrundenpartie, in der der Favorit einem theoretischen Kampf sofort aus dem
Wege geht. Dieser Rückzug führt aber bei bestem Spiel zu Vorteil für den
Anziehenden.} 3. d4 {Weiß hat im Prinzip drei Züge ausgeführt und Schwarz
keinen. Allerdings stellt der vorgerückte Bauer auf e5 ein Angriffsziel dar,
so dass Schwarz etwas Zeit zurückgewinnen wird.} d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... dxe5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 {sieht etwas logischer aus aus schwarzer Sicht.} 6. Bd3 Ngf6 {
Grandelius,N (2547)-Fries Nielsen,J (2411) Lund 2011} 7. O-O $1 $14 {Eine
typische Stellung, in der Weiß dank seines leichten Raumvorteils und
Entwicklungsvorsprungs etwas Vorteil besitzt.}) 5. Be2 (5. h3 Bh5 6. e6 $5 fxe6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ng5 $36 {Kotronias,V (2611)-Sandipan,C (2585) Gausdal 2008, ist
eine gute Möglichkeit die schwarze Spielweise ad absurdum zu führen.}) 5...
dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Qxd4 8. Qb5+ $2 ({Nach} 8. Nd2 {ist der
Entwicklungsvorsprung bedrohlich, z.B.} Nf6 9. Ndf3 Qc5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3
Qa5 12. b4 $36) 8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 O-O-O $1 {Das muss Weiß übersehen haben.
Schwarz erhält sein Material zurück und verbleibt mit einem Mehrbauern. Der
Springer auf d7 kann natürlich wegen Matt auf d1 nicht zurückziehen.} 10. Nc3
Rxd7 11. Be3 a6 $1 {Sehr präzise, da es die weiße Dame mit Tempo auf ein
schlechteres Feld lenkt und sich gleichzeitig der Sorge auf a7 entledigt.} (
11... Qg4 12. O-O e6 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nf6 15. Bxa7 $11) 12. Qb3 (12.
Bxd4 axb5 13. Be3 b4 $17) 12... Qg4 13. O-O e6 $17 {Der Rest ist für den
Großmeister einfach.} 14. a3 (14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nf6 $17) 14... Nf6 15.
h3 Qf5 16. a4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. a5 Rhd8 19. Ra4 Rd4 20. Ra3 Rb4 $19 21. Qa2
Rd2 22. Qb1 Rf4 23. Qe1 Rxc2 24. Rb3 Qc4 25. Ra3 Rxb2 26. Ra4 Rb4 27. Ra2 Ne4
28. Ra3 Rb2 29. Nd1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.12.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {WSZ 1925,S.369 [Döry]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6.
exd6 Qxd6 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Qxe5 13. c3 Bc5 14. O-O Rhe8 15. Bc4 Qf5 16. b4 Ne5 17. Be2 Bb6 18. f4 Qg6+
19. Kh1 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 Re6 21. Bh5 Rxd2 22. b5 Rg6+ 23. Bg4+ Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1924/25-05 Premi A-B"]
[Site "Hastings Town Hall"]
[Date "1925.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1925.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The three best players of Premier A and B played the winners off. 1.
Maroczy 2.Tartakower 3.Yates 4.Steiner,E 5.Przepioka 6.Seitz.} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3.
Nc3 e6 4. Nxd5 exd5 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10.
c3 Nd7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1
Rfe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 f6 20. Bc1 g5 21. Nd3 Kf7 22. Kf1
Nf8 23. Ke2 Ne6 24. Bd2 Kg6 25. Bc1 Kh6 26. Kf3 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 {Rozentalis' own pet line: a common enough
psychological ploy.} d6 4. exd6 exd6 {All three recaptures are fine but
Rozentalis perhaps had good reason to select this one - see the note to
White's sixth.} 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. h3 (6. d4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Ne5 c6 10.
Nc3 Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Kh1 f6 14. h3 Nh6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. g4
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Nxg4 20. Rf3 Rae8 21. Bd2 Re4 22. f5
Rfe8 23. f6 gxf6 24. Bh3 Re2 {0-1, was Rozentalis-Adams, Bundesliga 1998.
White has a different idea, but in any event White can hardly hope for
anything with such an opening variation.}) 6... d5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1
c6 10. d3 a5 $11 11. a4 Na6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Ned4 Bd7 17. b3 b6 18. Qd2 Na6 {Black is slightly the more active but
needs to find a plan to make progress; I would have said that the idea of the
text is to take this knight to c7 and go ...c5, but the course of the game
makes me doubt.} 19. Kf1 Nc7 20. Nh4 Nh7 21. Nhf3 Qf6 22. h4 g5 {I don't
understand this move: Black's previous play seems to have led up to} (22... c5
{and indeed this seems quite promising, for example} 23. Ne2 d4 24. Qf4 Nd5 25.
Qxf6 Nhxf6 {when Black seems to me to enjoy a pleasant advantage. Possibly
Rozentalis thought the text was better still but if so it appears that he must
have miscalculated in some way.}) 23. c3 Kg7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26.
Kxe1 c5 {Once White has managed to trade the rooks this has less impact.} 27.
Ne2 Bg4 28. hxg5 {I don't know what happened here. the position is completely
equal and agreeing a draw is quite plausible. I don't suppose Rozentalis
resigned; whether he picked up the wrong piece and lost that way or whether
the result is wrongly recorded I couldn't say.} 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1997.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Fioramonti, Hung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 b6 7. cxb6 axb6 {
[%csl Ga2] Nach diesem Abtausch ist der Pa2 ein entfernter Freibauer, der ein
beträchtlicher Vorteil fürs Endspiel darstellt.} 8. Ne2 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10.
O-O {Weiß verhindert konsequent die Fesselung nach Nc3 bzw. achtet darauf, daß
er nach der Entwicklung des Nb1 nicht mit dem Bauern schlagen muß.} (10. Nbc3
Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 (12. bxc3 O-O $13) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O $11) 10...
Be7 11. Nbc3 c6 12. Nxd5 exd5 (12... cxd5 $5) 13. f4 f5 {Es bleibt dem
Nachziehenden nur kurz zu rochieren nebst den Manövern Na6-Nc7-Ne6 und dann
würde er besser stehen. Darum muß Weiß energisch spielen.} (13... O-O 14. f5 $1
$40) 14. g4 fxg4 {Das Beste!} ({Diese Stellung habe ich schon vor 7 Jahren bei
einem Turnier in der Ukraine auf dem Brett gehabt. Damals hat mein Gegner mit
seinem 14ten Zug schwach gespielt und sehr schnell verloren. Nach der Partie
haben wir analysiert und festgestellt, das Weiß gute Angriffschancen am
Königsflügel hat.} 14... g6 $2 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Ng3 O-O 17. Nxf5 Kh8 18. Nh6
Nb4 19. f5 $18 {und Weiß gewann in ein paar Züge Donev,I-Sergeev,V/Kiev 1990})
15. Ng3 (15. f5 $1 Qc7 (15... Bg5 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bxg5 fxg5 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Nf5
O-O-O 20. Qe2 $1 Kb7 (20... b5 21. a4 $1) (20... Qa7 21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Nf7 $16)
21. Nd6+ Ka7 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Rf7 $18) 16. f6 gxf6 17. exf6 Bd6 18. f7+ Kd8 19.
Bh6 $16) {Nach 15...0-0 16.f5 nebst Qg4 könnte Weiß einen starken Angriff am
Königsflügel bekommen. Darum bereitet IM Fioramonti mit seinem nächsten Zug
die lange Rochade vor.} 15... Qc7 16. Qxg4 O-O-O 17. f5 ({Interessant ist auch
die Annahme des Bauernopfers.} 17. Qxg7 {Ich denke, dass der Nachziehende
genug Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern hat.} Bh4 18. Rf3 h5 $44 (18...
Nb4 19. Be3 Qa7 (19... Nc2 20. Rc1 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Rdg8 22. Qh6 $16) 20. Bf2 $16)
) 17... Rdg8 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Bxe7 (19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bd6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21.
Rxf6 h6 (21... Qxf6 22. Bxf6 Rxg4 23. Bxh8 $18) 22. Rxc6+ Kb7 23. Bxd8 Rxg4 24.
Rxb6+ $18) (20... Bf8 $1 21. Qh5 (21. h4 h6 22. f7 Rg7 $1) 21... Nc7 $13) 21.
Nf5 $14) 19... Qxe7 20. Rac1 Nc7 (20... Nb4 21. a3 Na6 22. Rxc6+ $3 dxc6 23.
f6+ Qd7 24. e6 $1 Qc7 25. f7 $18) 21. Rc2 Kb7 22. a3 g6 {Es ist
selbsverständlich, dass es ein Wunsch des Nachziehenden ist, die Linien für
seine Schwerfiguren am Damenflügel zu öffnen.} 23. f6 $1 Qf7 $1 {Bewerten wir
jetzt kurz die Vor- und Nachteile der entstandenen Bauernformation. In Folge
von 22...g6 23.f6 hat Weiß keine Linien am Königsflügel geöffnet und einen
starken f6 Freibauern bekommen. Als Kompensation hat der Nachziehende das Feld
e6 bekommen, das wunderbar für den schwarzen Springer geeignet ist. Außerdem
sieht der schwarze Bauernsturm am Königsflügel gefährlich aus.} 24. Rg2 Ne6 (
24... h5 25. Qd1 h4 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. Rg4 $14) 25. Qd1 {Es ist nicht einfach die
schwarzen Bauern am Königsflügel in Bewegung zu setzen. Falls 25...g5 - dann
kommt der Springer sehr lästig nach 26. Nf5!} Ra8 (25... h5 26. h4 g5 $2 27.
Nf5 $1 $16) 26. Ne2 g5 $6 {Schwächt das wichtige Feld f5.} (26... Ra5 27. Nf4
Nc7 $14) 27. Ng3 $1 h5 (27... Nf4 $142 28. Nf5 Qe6 29. Nd6+ (29. Rxf4 gxf4 30.
Qg4 $44) 29... Kc7 30. Rg3 $14) 28. Nf5 Kc7 29. Kh1 Qh7 30. Nd6 {Außer einem
leichten positionellen Vorteil habe ich noch einen Trumpf gehabt: Mein Gegner
war schon in starker Zeitnot.} g4 31. Rf5 {Verbrauchte Zeit: Weiß 109 Min.
Schwarz 118 Min.} b5 (31... Qh6 32. Rg3 Rhg8 33. f7 Rg6 34. Ne8+ Kb7 35. Nf6)
32. f7 Ra4 33. Rd2 Rf8 34. Qc1 {/\Nb5 Weiß 115 Min. Schwarz 118 Min.} Kb6 35.
Qc3 h4 36. Rd1 {Weiß bereitet das Qualitätsopfer Rf6-Re6 vor. Der zweite Turm
muß die erste Reihe bewachen, dadurch werden die Aktivitäten der schwarzen
Dame vermieden.} Qg6 {Mir war klar, daß mein Gegner nur noch hin und herziehen
konnte, weil die Fahne der Uhr schon ganz oben war.} 37. Rf6 Qg5 38. Rxe6 $1
$18 {Der Verteidiger des Feld c5 muß vernichtet werden!} dxe6 39. Qc5+ Kc7 $8 {
Die anderen Königsabzüge führen zum Matt.} 40. Nxb5+ Kb7 41. Qxf8 cxb5 42. Qe8
Rxd4 43. Qxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest Krenosz Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1976.07.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ozsvath, Andras"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Filipowicz"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Qh4 (8... b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 $14 {
Markland-Suba,Reggio,1972}) (8... Bxc5 9. Qg4 g5 10. Bxg5 Rg8 11. Bxd8 (11. Nh3
Be7 12. f4 Bxg5 13. fxg5 Nxe5 $15) 11... Rxg4 12. Be2 Rxg2 13. Bxc7 Rxf2 14.
Bd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Rg2 16. Nf3 $11) 9. g3 Qe7 10. Nf3 Qxc5 (10... h6) 11. Qe2 d5
12. Bd3 $44 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. h5 O-O-O 16. b4 Qe8 17. a4 g5 18.
hxg6 fxg6 19. Be3 Kb8 20. a5 a6 21. Rfb1 Na7 22. Bxa7+ Kxa7 23. b5 $14 axb5 24.
Bxb5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Rf8 $2 (25... Ka8) 26. Qb2 $18 Rb8 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qb6+ $3
1-0

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 {I've got to admit that it would be
too dramatic to put a blame for white's defeat on this one, but there is no
doubt that 3.Nc3 is't the best way to meet an Alekhine defence!} e6 4. Nxd5
exd5 5. d4 d6 6. Bf4 dxe5 (6... Bf5 7. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 dxe5 9. Bxe5 c6 10.
Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Re3 f6 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Rae1
Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Starck,I-Seils,G/Cottbus 1983/EXT 2002 (16)}) (6... c5 7. Bb5+
Nc6 8. Qe2 dxe5 9. Bxe5 Be6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. dxc5
$14 {Kauschmann,H-Paulsen,D/Berlin West 1987}) 7. dxe5 c5 (7... Bc5 8. Be2 O-O
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. h3 Ne7 11. c3 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 13. Qc2 c6 $13 {Ko Chi-Chaves,M/
Haifa 1976}) (7... c6 8. Qd2 Qb6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Ne2 Bc5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. O-O-O
Re8 $13 {Kohout,P-Lukes,L/Czechia 2000}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. c3 h6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. h3
$6 {This move is just a waste of time, passing the initiative into black's
hands.} (11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rb1 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4
O-O-O $13) 11... Be7 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 d4 $1 $36 {It's quite obvious that
black had won the opening battle. White has to be very carefull to keep the
balance.} 14. a3 (14. cxd4 $2 c4 $19 {[%cal Ge7b4]}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 O-O-O 16.
O-O c4 (16... g4 $6 17. hxg4 h5 18. g5 h4 19. Bf4 h3 20. g3 c4 21. Be4 d3 22.
Kh2 Bc5 $13) 17. Be4 dxc3 (17... d3 $5 {[%cal Gd8g8,Gh6h4,Gg5g4]}) 18. Qxc3 Nd4
19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. f3 $6 (20. Bc2 Rhd8 21. Kh2 Rd2 22. Rfd1 Qd4 23. Qf3 g4 24.
hxg4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Rc1 b5 $17) 20... Rd3+ 21. Bf2 Rxc3
22. Bxb6 Rb3 23. Bxa7 b6 $17 24. a4 Rd8 {[%cal Ge6d5,Gc8b7]} 25. a5 bxa5 26.
Bf2 Rd2 27. Be1 Rdxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Bxa5 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Bd4 31. Rd1 Rb5 $1
$19 (31... Bxe5 $4 32. Rd8#) 32. Rxd4 Rxa5 33. Kg1 Rxe5 34. Kf2 Kc7 35. Rd2 Kb6
36. Ke3 Kc5 37. Ra2 (37. g4 c3 38. Rd8 Kb4 $19) 37... f5 $6 38. Ra5+ Kd6 39.
Ra6+ Ke7 40. Kd4 Rb5 41. Bc2 $6 (41. Ba8 $1 Rb2 42. g4 Kf6 43. gxf5 Kxf5 44.
Be4+ Kf6 45. Kc3 $17) 41... Rd5+ 42. Kc3 (42. Kxc4 Ra5+ $19) 42... Re5 43. Ra7+
Kf6 44. Rh7 Kg6 45. Re7 Re2 46. g4 Kf6 47. Rh7 fxg4 48. hxg4 Ke5 49. Rxh6 Re3+
50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Bd1 (51. Rg6 c3+ 52. Kd1 Bd5 53. Be4 Bxe4 54. fxe4 Kd3 55. Rd6+
Kxe4 $19) 51... c3+ 52. Kc2 Re1 53. Rf6 Re3 54. Rf8 Bd5 55. Rd8 Kc5 56. Rd7 $6
(56. Rc8+) 56... Kc4 57. Rd8 (57. Rc7+ Kb4 $19 {[%csl Gb7]}) 57... Bxf3 58.
Bxf3 Rxf3 59. Rc8+ Kd4 60. Rg8 Rf2+ 61. Kd1 Kd3 62. Rd8+ Ke3 63. Rc8 c2+ 64.
Kc1 Rg2 65. Rc5 Kf4 66. Rc4+ Kf3 67. Kb2 Kg3 68. Kc1 Kh3 69. Kb2 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 Nf6 2. d3 $5 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 (6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6
8. g3 (8. a3 a5 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Na7 14.
a4 Nxb5 15. axb5 Qc7 $13 {Maljutin,E-Fedorov,A/Moscow 1992}) 8... Be7 9. Bh3 f5
10. O-O h5 11. Rf2 c4 12. Bf1 Na5 13. h3 $14 {Vorogtsov-Semenov,V/Simferopol
1989}) 6... e6 {After this move position is transformed to advanced variation
of french defense. the only difference is the position of black knight on d7
instead of g8. This fact seems to favour black, which easily solves opening
problems.} (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb6 $5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O f5 11. Be2
Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O $15 {Manske,K-Prosch,C/GER 2000}) 7. Be2 f6 (7...
Be7 8. Na3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Qd2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Ncd4 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Ne4 16. Qe1 Qxc6 17. Bd3 Bb7 $132 {Soto Larrea,M-Vazquez,J/
Mexico 1932}) 8. exf6 Qxf6 $6 {Quite promising looked} (8... Nxf6 9. O-O Bd6
10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bh4 Qb6 $13) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 $1 Qf7 11. Bh4 h6 $6 {Ng5 was
hardly a threat so there was no reason to waste time.} (11... O-O 12. Bg3 Bxg3
13. hxg3 b6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 $13) 12. Bg3 Be7 (12... Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. Bb5 a6
15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 $13) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 (13... Bxc5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. b4 Bb6
16. c4 $1 Nf6 (16... Nxb4 17. Bd6 Nc6 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Nb3 $14) 17. Qb3 $14)
14. b4 Nd7 15. b5 Na5 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Bd3 Bf6 (17... Re8 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Ne5
$16) 18. Bd6 e5 $2 {Unjustified echange sacrifice leadin to the position with
much better chances to white, while after correct} (18... Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
c4 Nc5 $132 {the position remains very unclear.}) 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Qa4 b6 21.
Bc2 $16 Bd7 22. Rfe1 Qh5 $6 {The last chance to put up some resistance was} (
22... e4 $5 23. Nd4 a6 24. Qb4 axb5) 23. Nf1 $1 e4 24. Ng3 Qf7 25. Nd4 Rc8 26.
Bb3 $1 Be5 ({Nothing changes} 26... a6 27. Nxe4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Nxb3 29. Nd6 Qf6
30. Nxc8 Nxa1 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxd5 $18) 27. Rad1 Nxb3 28. Qxb3 h5 29. Nc6 $1
$18 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxc6 $8 30. bxc6 Be6 (30... Bxc6) 31. c4 dxc4 32. Qe3 Bg4 33.
Qxe4 {The simplst way to win.} Bxd1 34. Qxe5 $1 Bg4 35. h3 Be6 36. Ne4 Qg6 37.
Ng5 Bf5 38. h4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 $6 {There are many ways to meet the
Alekhine defense,but this one is definitly not the best.} Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 b6 ({Worse is} 7... d6 $6 8. cxd6 cxd6 9. exd6 (9. f4 $5 Nc6 10.
Nf3 d5 11. Bd3 Na5 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng5 $36 {Sveshnikov,E-Bagirov,V/Podolsk
1992 (25)}) 9... Bxd6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
$14 {in both cases with better chanses for white;Cherniaev,A-Forchert,M/
Hastings op9495 1995 (24)}) 8. Qg4 ({Deserves attention} 8. Qf3 $5 Nc6 (8... c6
$6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O b5 13. a4 $14 {Mukhametov,
E-Driamin,D/RUS-Cup2 1996 (28)}) 9. cxb6 cxb6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qg3 $1 Qc7 12.
Ne2 d6 13. Bf4 $14 {Bowden,K-Murshed,N/Lloyds Bank op 1988/1-0 (59)}) (8. cxb6
axb6 9. Bd3 (9. Qg4 $6 c5 $5 10. dxc5 Qc7 $1 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Bxa6 Bxa6 13. Be3
Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 $17 {Lein,A-Zelcic,R/Belgrade GMA 1988/0-1 (60)}) 9... Bb7
10. Nf3 Be7 (10... Nc6 11. Bf4 $6 Ra3 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Qe2 Qa8 $15 {Mejia
Espinal,M-Dantas,C/WchJM U20 1997 (25)}) (10... d6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Nd7 13.
Bc2 Ra5 14. Nd2 dxe5 $13 {Sveshnikov,E-Morozevich,A/Alushta4 1994/1/2-1/2 (52)}
) 11. O-O {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Solozhenkin,E/RUS-ch 1996}) 8... bxc5 9. Bg5
Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Be2 f5 $5 ({White keeps better
prospects after} 13... f6 14. Qg3 d3 15. Bxd3 f5 16. Rb1 Na6 17. Nd4 Nc5 18.
Qf3 $1 c6 19. O-O $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Basagic,Z/Ljubljana op 1997 (60)}) 14. Qh6
(14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nxd4 Bb7 (15... c5 $2 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. Bxa8 $18) 16. f3 Nc6
17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Nxc6+ Bxc6 19. Kf2 $11) 14... Rg8 ({Too dangerous is} 14...
dxc3 $6 15. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Nc6 16. Nxh7 Rf7 17. Bh5 Nxe5 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19.
Bxf7 Nxf7 20. Qg7 $16 {[%cal Gh2h7] and white is much better}) 15. O-O Bb7 (
15... dxc3 $5) 16. cxd4 $14 {The arising position is extremly complicated,but
white chanses seem to be preferable because of unsafe position of black king.}
Bd5 $5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Ne1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Ge1g2,Gg2f4]} Rb8 19. Rab1 Rb6 20. a4
Kd8 (20... Bb3 $5 21. Rdc1 (21. Rd2 Bxa4 22. Ra1 Bb3 23. Bf3 a6 $15) 21... Nxd4
22. Bh5+ Kd8 23. a5 Rb5 24. Qe3 Qh4 25. Nf3 $44) 21. Qd2 Qa3 22. Qh6 Qe7 23.
Rb5 $5 {Deciding to keep on fighting} (23. Qd2 Qa3 $11) 23... Qg7 24. Qh3 Ne7
$6 25. Rdb1 Bc6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. a5 $36 Nd5 28. Bf3 (28. axb6 Nxb6 29. Rb3 Qe7
30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Be4 $13) 28... Qg5 (28... bxa5 $2 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Qh4+
Qg5 31. Qxh7+ Rg7 32. Qh8 $18) 29. g3 Nc3 30. Ra1 Ne4 31. Qxh7 (31. axb6 Nxf2
$1 32. Kxf2 (32. Qxh7 Ne4 33. bxc7+ Kxc7 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg5e3,Ge4g3]})
32... Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Bb5+ 34. Nd3 Bxd3+ 35. Kg1 Be4 $1 $17) 31... bxa5 32. Rb1 $1
$40 (32. Rxa5 Rg7 33. Qh8+ (33. Qh5) 33... Rg8 34. Qh7 Rg7) 32... Kc8 33. Be2
$1 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Bb7 $8 34. Qh3 $4 ({After correct} 34. Nf3 $1 Qg7 $6 (34...
Qd8 35. Bb5 $1 c6 (35... Nc3 $6 36. Bxd7+ (36. Qxd7+ $2 Qxd7 37. Bxd7+ Kxd7 38.
Rxb7 Ra8 $36 {[%cal Ga5a1]}) 36... Kb8 37. Rb2 $16) 36. Bd3 Rh8 37. Qg7 Kc7 38.
Bxe4 $16) 35. Qxg7 Rxg7 36. Rb3 $1 (36. Ra1 Nc3 37. Kf1 a4 38. Ra3 Nxe2 39.
Kxe2 Bc6 $15) 36... a4 37. Ra3 Bc6 38. Bd1 $16 {white had good winning chanses.
}) 34... Nc3 $19 {Now white's position becomes hopeless.} 35. Rxb7 (35. Rb2 Qc1
$1) 35... Nxe2+ 36. Kf1 Kxb7 37. Qg2+ c6 38. Kxe2 Qg4+ 39. Nf3 Qe4+ 40. Kd2 Qd5
41. Qh1 Qa2+ 42. Ke3 Qb3+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kd3 a4 {[%cal Ga4a1] White can't do
nothing against the advance of a-pawn.} 45. Qd1 a3 46. Qc2 Qb5+ 47. Kc3 Ra8 48.
Qa2 Qd5 49. Qb1+ Kc7 50. Nd2 a2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Elista Uralan"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 {Quiet rare continuation and frankly
speaking not without a reason:with this move white hardly can hope to get any
opening advantage.} Nd5 5. Bc4 (5. Nc3 $5) 5... e6 6. d4 b6 7. cxb6 axb6 8. Nc3
c6 {Another possibility promising black good chanses in forthcominh struggle is
} (8... Nxc3 $5 9. bxc3 d5 (9... Bb7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 d6 (12...
Nc6 $5 13. Qe2 $6 Na5 14. Bd3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 Ra3 $132 {Nisula,
T-Pessi,J/Taraus op 1989 (23)}) 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bc2 Nf6 16. Ne5
c5 $13 {Von Herman,B-Barthel,B/BLW9394 1994 (50)}) (9... Ba6 $5 10. Bxa6 (10.
Bb3 $6 Nc6 11. Qg4 d6 12. f4 g6 13. Ne2 d5 $15 {Mandl,R-Miltner,A/Birkenfeld
Elo 1983 (37)}) 10... Rxa6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 d6 14. Bf4 Ra5 {
1/2-1/2 Novak,I-Ambroz,J/CSR-ch 1978}) 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6
13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Nd7 $11 {Hohlfeld,W-Woelk,S/RLNN 1990 (34)}) 9. Nh3 $5 (9.
Nf3 Be7 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd3 Nac7 14. Ne4 f5 $132 {
Jahn,C-Lelchuk,Z/Dresden-W 1990 (22)}) 9... Ba6 $6 {More accurate was} (9...
Nxc3 $5 10. bxc3 Ba6) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O {Missing an opportunity to get
slightly better chanses after} (11. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 (11... exd5 12. O-O d6 13. Bg5
Be7 14. Qc1 $5 $14) 12. O-O d6 13. Bf4 dxe5 (13... Be7 14. Qg4) 14. Bxe5 Nb4
15. Qb3 $14 {and black has some problems with development.}) 11... Nxc3 12.
bxc3 b5 $6 (12... d6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qg3 $5 $14) 13. a4 Nc7 (13...
bxa4 14. Rxa4 d5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Qe2 $14) 14. Bg5 $36 Qc8 15. axb5 cxb5 16.
Qf3 $1 $14 Rb8 17. Bd2 $1 {Defending the pawn on c3.} Be7 18. Qg3 g6 19. Bh6 ({
More dngerous for black was} 19. Bg5 $5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6]} Bxg5 (19... Nd5 20.
Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qh4+ Ke8 22. Ng5 $16) 20. Nxg5 Nd5 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Ra7 $14 {
with pressure.}) 19... Nd5 20. Rfc1 (20. Rac1 $5 Qc6) 20... Ra8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8
22. Nf4 $6 {Without the knights white doesn't have a chanse to breakthrough so
deserved attention} (22. Ng5 $5 f5 (22... Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qc6 24. Qg3 $36 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gc1a1]}) 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. h3 $14 {and black's defensive task is
still not so easy.}) 22... Rg8 23. Nxd5 (23. Nd3 $5) 23... Qxd5 24. Bg5 (24.
Ra1 f6 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Qh3 h5 $132) 24... Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qa2 $1 $11 {Taking
control over the a-file.} 26. h4 h5 27. Re1 Qb2 28. Qe3 {Accepting the fact
that the draw is inevitable.} (28. Re3 $5 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 $6 (30. Qg3
$5 $11) 30... exf5 $1 (30... gxf5 31. Rg3 Rh8 (31... Rg6 $2 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33.
Kg3 Ke7 34. Kf4 $18) 32. Rg5 Ke7 33. d5 exd5 34. Rxf5 Rc8 $132) 31. d5 Ke7 32.
Kg3 Rc8 $15) 28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 {This continuation is not supposed to cause black
any problems in the opening, but to deviate from the theory.} Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5.
Qf3 Nb6 6. Bb3 a5 {I have to admit that bringing rook into play via a5 looks a
bit artificial to me, but it's just a matter of taste.} (6... Nc6 7. Nge2 g6 $6
(7... Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. Qe4 Ng6 11. d4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Qd3 b6
14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11 {Hickl,J-Bischoff,K/Munich 1992}) 8. d3 Bg7 9.
Bf4 Nb4 10. Qg3 N4d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. O-O b6 15.
Bxc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Roos,D-Bischoff,K/Zug 1983}) (6... Bd7 7. Nge2 Bc6 8. Qg3 Qf6
9. d3 Bd6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. O-O-O N8d7 $13 {Klimentov,R-Romanovich,L/
Decin 1996}) (6... c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Be7 9. Qg3 O-O 10. Ne4 Kh8 11. Bg5 Nd5
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd6 $14 {Galego,L-Sariego,W/Cienfuegos 1996}) 7. a3 Nc6 (7...
a4 8. Ba2 Bd7 9. d3 Bc6 10. Ne4 $6 N8d7 11. Ne2 Nc5 12. Qe3 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qh4
14. Ng3 Bd6 $15 {Maximov,D-Khaetsky,R/Dnepropetrovsk 1999}) 8. Nge2 Be7 9. d3
O-O (9... a4 10. Ba2 Ra5 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bd2 Nf5 $13 {
Kotan,L-Kerek,C/Miskolc 1999/EXT 2000}) 10. Be3 a4 11. Ba2 Ra5 (11... Nd7 12.
d4 Nf6 13. Rd1 Ra5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. d5 $2 Ne5 16. Qe2 exd5 17. Nfxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Ng4 $15 {Rosa,J-Borges,L/Americana 1999}) 12. d4 Bd6 $6 {[%csl Rd6]
Bishop is terribly placed on d6, since black has to cope with advance of the
c-pawn.} (12... Rf5 13. Qe4 Bd6 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. g4 Ra5 16. h4 Bd7 17. Rhg1
Bc6 $13) (12... Re8 13. O-O-O Bf8 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. h4 $14) 13. Ne4 {
[%cal Gc2c5] Simple and strong.} Ne7 (13... Re8 14. c4 Bf8 15. O-O-O $36 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 14. c4 $16 Rf5 15. Qh3 e5 {Desperately trying to get
counterplay, but white is well in control of the situation.} 16. g4 $1 exd4 17.
Bxd4 Re5 {The funny thing is black rook made a long way from a8 to be traded
for the white bishop!} 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. c5 Nbd5 ({Nothing changes} 19... Nd7
20. O-O-O $18) 20. O-O-O $18 c6 21. f4 Bb8 22. f5 Qa5 23. N2c3 Be5 24. Bxd5
cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nc6 26. Qd3 h6 27. Nb6 Bd4 28. Qc4 Be3+ 29. Kb1 Ne5 30. Qb4 Qa6
31. Nd6 Nd3 32. Qc3 Bxc5 33. Nbxc8 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 {There is no doubt that white has better ways to
meet Alekhine defense, even though a move in the game also has a full right to
exist.} Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3 d5 6. exd6 (6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2
O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Ba2 f6 $15 {Tomba,I-Al Buai Nain,F/Szeged 1994}) 6... e6 $5
{Intedning to take on d6 with the bishop.} (6... exd6 7. a4 $5 (7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. d4 Rc8 $11 {Becker,T-Biehler,T/Germany 1997})
7... Nc6 8. a5 Nd7 9. a6 Qe7+ 10. Be3 bxa6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Nge2 $16 {Znosko
Borovsky,E-Prokes,L/Budapest 1926}) 7. Qg4 {An attempt to prevent B:d6.} (7.
Nc3 Bxd6 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Bh6 Qf6 10. Ne4 Qxh6 11. Nxd6 Nc6 $11) 7... h5 $5 (7...
Nc6 8. Nc3 Qxd6 9. Nf3 Ne5 10. Qg3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bd7 $13) 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Nf3
Bxd6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 (11. Ne4) 11... Na5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Ng5
$5 (14. O-O Nxb3 15. axb3 Nd5 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Qxe3 b6 $13) 14...
Bc6 $5 15. Bxe6 $5 {Exploiting a poor position of the knight on a5.} (15. O-O)
15... fxe6 16. Bd2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Nc6 ({Deserved attention} 17... Bd5 $5 18. Bxa5
Qxh2 19. O-O-O O-O $13 {with extremly complicated position, but it's not an
easy decision to take!} 20. Nxe6 $140 $2 Rxf2 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19) 18. Rxg2 Nd4
19. Qe4 O-O-O ({Of course not} 19... Nxc2+ $2 20. Kd1 Nxa1 21. Nxe6 {[%csl Re8]
and black seems to be in serious troubles:} c4 22. Qg6+ Kd7 23. Qxg7+ Kc6 24.
Nd4+ Kc5 25. Rg5+ Nd5 26. Bf4 $1 $18) 20. O-O-O Rd7 21. Bc3 $6 ({Missing a
chance to get very promising position after} 21. c3 $5 Nc6 22. Qxe6 Qxd3 23.
Ne4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc5,Rg7]}) 21... Re8 22. Re1 Na4 23. Qg6 $6 (23. Bxd4 cxd4
24. Nxe6 $2 Qb4 $17) (23. Bd2 $5) 23... Ree7 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. b3 Nxc2 $1 $40 {
Offering white to take any knight that he likes, since black's attack is very
dangerous anyway.} 26. bxa4 (26. Rd1 Nb4 $1 27. Rg5 Nxa2+ 28. Kc2 e5 29. bxa4
Nb4+ $1 30. Bxb4 Qa2+ 31. Kc1 cxb4 $19) 26... Nxe1 27. Bxe1 Qxd3 28. Nc3 Qc4
29. Qxh5 (29. Qe4) 29... Qf1 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 {This variation is considered in theory as
leading to equality.The following game however may change this opinion} Nd5 5.
Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bb5 (9. Qa4 $6 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 bxc5
11. Qg4 (11. O-O-O f6 $5 12. Bb5 Nxe5 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bxd7 Qg5+
$15 {Cappello,R-Bagirov,V/Tunis 1979 (32)}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. Qf4 a5 14.
O-O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 $17 {Phillips A-Dive Russell John/It (open), Hastings 
(England) 1995/0-1 (56)}) (9. cxb6 axb6 10. a3 f5 $5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qf7
13. Bd3 Ba6 14. c4 Bd6 $15 {Fogarasi,T-Bagirov,V/Budapest Spring op 1989 (50)})
9... Bb7 10. cxb6 axb6 11. O-O (11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 d6 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qc7 $13 {Kalikova,J-Hallerova,E/CSR-chW Nymburk 1994 
(49)}) 11... Be7 12. Qd3 $5 O-O (12... Na7 $6 13. Ba4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15.
Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Rfd1 Qxe4 18. fxe4 $14) 13. Rfd1 d5 14. exd6 cxd6 (
14... Bxd6 $2 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qe4 $1 Na7 17. Qh4 h5 18. Be2 $16) 15. Qe4 $1 Qc7
(15... d5 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Bg5 $5 (17. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 $13) 17... Ne5
18. Nxe5 Bxg5 19. Nd7 f5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Ne5 $14) 16. Qg4 $1 $36 Rad8 17. Bd3
Ne5 (17... f5 $2 18. Qc4 d5 19. Qb5 $1 $16) (17... d5 $2 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Qh3 $3
$18) 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qc4 $1 $14 {The queen made 4 out of last 7 moves of
white, which is quiet a rare ocasion on such an early stage of the game!
White's advantage is beyond any doubtes.} Qb8 $2 {Simply giving up the pawn,
while after} (19... Qxc4 $5 20. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bb5
$14 {black has very good drawing chanses.}) 20. Bxb6 $16 Rc8 21. Qb3 Qa8 22.
Bf1 {Black's pressure over the diagonal a8-h1 is easily neutralized,while
white's 3 passed pawns on the queenside is a real force.} Bc6 23. a4 h5 24. a5
h4 25. c4 (25. h3 $5) 25... f5 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf8f6,Gf6g6,Ga8g2] The only
chance to create a counterplay.} 26. Qc3 Rf6 27. Qxe5 $1 $18 {Not being afraid
of ghosts!} Rg6 28. g3 Rf8 29. Be3 Qe8 30. Bf4 $6 {Permitting the black to get
some counterplay.} (30. Bg2 $6 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ 32. f3 Qxc4 $16) (30. a6 $1
Bf6 31. Qc5 Bxb2 32. Ra2 Bf6 33. a7 $18) 30... hxg3 31. fxg3 Bf6 32. Qc5 Bxb2
33. Bd6 (33. Rab1 $6 e5 $1 34. Rxb2 exf4 35. Rd3 Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc6g2]
} 36. Rg2 f3 37. Rf2 f4 $132) 33... Bxa1 34. Bxf8 Bf6 35. Bd6 $16 {Inspite of
inaccuracy white still keeps huge advantage.} Rh6 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 36. Be2 $5 (
36. Be5 $6 Qh5 37. Rd2 Bg5 38. Rb2 Be4 (38... Be8) 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+ $1 Kg6
41. Rxh6+ Bxh6 42. Qf2 Qd1 $1 $14) 36... Bg5 37. Rb1 Kh7 38. Be5 (38. Rb8 $1
Qd7 39. a6 Be4 40. a7 Qa4 41. Be5 $1 Qc2 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rxh6+ $18) 38... Be4
39. Rd1 $5 (39. Rb8 $5) 39... Be7 40. Qe3 $6 {From now on white starts to play
quiet strange(not to say bad)chess.} (40. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 40... Qa4 $1
$132 {Suddenly the position became not so simple.Black is threatening to play
Ba8,Qc6 and white has to give up a pawn to prevent it.} 41. Bc3 (41. Ra1 Qc2 $1
42. Re1 (42. a6 $2 Bc5 $1 43. Qxc5 Qxe2 44. Qf2 Qxc4 $17) 42... Bb4 43. Qg5 Rg6
44. Qh5+ Rh6 45. Qg5 $11) 41... Ba8 42. Rf1 Qc6 43. Bf3 Qxc4 44. Kg2 f4 $11 {
Now the position is equal and draw seems to be the most logical result,but the
life is full of suprises!} 45. Qe1 fxg3 46. hxg3 Qa2+ 47. Qd2 Bxf3+ 48. Rxf3
Qa4 49. Qd3+ $2 {Still trying to create problems to himself.} (49. Qd4 $5 Qc2+
50. Rf2 Qg6 51. a6 Bf6 52. Qe3 $1 (52. Rxf6 $2 gxf6 53. Qd7+ Kh8 54. Qc8+ Kg7
55. Qb7+ Qf7 $19) (52. Qc4 Qb1 $1) 52... Qg4 $6 53. Qd3+ Kh8 54. a7 Qh3+ 55.
Kf3 Qh5+ 56. Ke3 $16) (49. Bd4) 49... Kg8 50. Qd4 Qc2+ 51. Rf2 Qh7 $1 $17 52.
Qf4 $6 Rh2+ 53. Kg1 Rh1+ 54. Kg2 Qh3+ 55. Kf3 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Bc5 $1 $19 {Now the
game is over.} 57. Bd4 Qh3+ 58. Kf3 Qh5+ 59. Kg2 Rd1 $1 60. Rf1 Rxf1 61. Kxf1
Qd1+ 62. Kg2 Qxd4 63. Qb8+ Kh7 64. Qb1+ g6 65. Qb7+ Kh6 66. a6 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 6240]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 c6 (5... Nxc3 6.
dxc3) 6. Bc4 (6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. d4 d6 8. cxd6 exd6 $11) 6... d6 7. Qb3 Nd7 $8 8.
Nxd5 (8. d4 $2 dxc5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bxd5 e6 $17) 8... Nxc5 9. Nc7+ (9. Nf6+ $2
exf6 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. exf6+ gxf6 $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 9... Kd7 $1 10. Qe3 Kxc7
$15 {At the moment white definitly has some compensation for a pawn,but
black's position is extremly solid and if black will successfully compleate
development his prospects will be better.} 11. d4 Be6 (11... d5 $5 12. dxc5 (
12. Be2 $6 Ne6 13. f4 g6 14. g4 h5 $17) 12... dxc4 13. Bd2 Kb8 14. O-O-O $44)
12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bd5 14. O-O h6 $6 (14... e6 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. f4 g6 17. Ne4
Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Bd2 $15) 15. b4 $5 $132 {Trying to develop the
initiative on the queenside.} dxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. a3 g5 $6 18. Bb2 a6 {
Intending to play Rc8 and Kb8.} 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Kb8 21. Ne4 $44 {Black's
play during the last couple of moves wasn't very convincing and now black is
the one who faces problems in this position.} Be7 22. Bd4 $5 Rf8 {[%cal Gf7f5]}
23. Rab1 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nc5 {[%csl Re6]} Bd6 (25... Bxc5 $5 26. Bxc5 $5 (
26. bxc5 Ka8 27. Rb2 (27. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 28. Qe2 Rc7 (28... Qa5 $2 29. Rb6 Ka7
30. Rdb1 Qa4 31. Rb7+ Ka8 32. Qb2 $1 $18) 29. Be5 Ra7 30. Rb2 Nd7 31. Bd6 Re8
32. Rdb1 e5 $19) 27... Rc7 28. Be5 Rd7 29. Rdb1 $13) 26... Rf7 27. a4 Ne4 28.
Bb6 Qf6 29. b5 $13) 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Qe7 28. Qxe7 (28. Qxd6+ $6 Qxd6 29.
Ba7+ Kxa7 (29... Kc7 $5 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Bc5+ Ke5 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Bg4+ Kf4
34. Be6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf5 36. Re7 Rd8 $11) 30. Rxd6 Rce8 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. Rxd8
Rxd8 $11) 28... Bxe7 29. Rb3 $14 {In the arising endgame white keeps some
advantage thanks to the pair of bishops.} Rcd8 30. Rbd3 Kc8 31. g3 Rd6 32. Re3
Bd8 33. Kg2 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7d7,Gd6d1]} 34. Bc5 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 Kd7 $6 (35... b6 $5
36. Bd6 $1 (36. Bd4 $5 Rd7 37. Bxf6 Rxd1 38. Bxd8 Kxd8 39. Re6 Kd7 40. Rxh6 $14
) 36... Rd7 37. Re6 Ne4 38. Bg4 $1 Kb7 39. Bf8 Nxf2 40. Bf3 $1 Rd2 41. Re2 $14)
36. Bb3 $16 Nd5 $5 37. Re5 Be7 38. Ba7 $6 {Inaccuracy depriving white wining
chanses.After correct} (38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Rxd5+ Ke6 40. Rd3 Bxc5 41. bxc5 $16 {
black has to work very hard to make a draw.}) 38... Bd6 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Rxd5
Kc6 41. Rd3 (41. Rd4 b5 42. Bb6 h5 43. Bd8 g4 $14) 41... g4 42. Be3 h5 {
Now white's chanses to make progress are slim.} 43. h3 Be5 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. a4
(45. Bd4 $5 Rf3 46. Rd2 Bd6 47. Bb2 Rf5 48. Rd4 Rg5 49. Bc1 Rg6 50. a4 b5 51.
a5 $14) 45... b5 46. axb5+ (46. a5 $5) 46... axb5 47. Bc5 Bc7 48. Rd4 Rg7 49.
Kf1 Rg5 50. Ke2 Re5+ 51. Kd3 Rd5 52. Ke3 Re5+ 53. Re4 Kd5 $1 {Now the draw is
inevitable.} 54. Rxe5+ Kxe5 55. f3 Kf5 56. f4 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. d4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. O-O c5 10. c3 (10. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 11. Qg3 g6 12. Bh6 Nc6 13. Nc3 $6 Nd4 $1
14. Qd3 Nf5 $15 {Kuijf,M-Bagirov,V/OHRA-B 1989 (22)}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Qh4 $5
{The idea behind this move is to exchange the darksquared bishops,but it's
very hard to say in whose favour this exchange turns out to be.} (11... g6 $5)
(11... Qc7 $5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Rac1 c4 15. Bc2 h5 16. Bg5 $14 {
Ploner,F-Posch,W/AUT-chT 1993 (35)}) 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Kh2 Bg5 14. g3 Qh6 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qe2 cxd4 {The other possibility was to keep the pressure in the
center by} (16... Qe7 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Nd2 O-O 19. f4 cxd4 20. cxd4 f5 21. Rac1
$14) 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Nc3 f5 $5 (18... Rac8 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rac1 a6 $14) 19. f4
Qe7 20. a3 g5 $6 {Starting the actions on the kingside,but white is better
prepared for it and very soon black finds himself in troubles.After logical} (
20... a6 21. Rac1 Rac8 $14 {white keeps minimal advantage,but black has very
solid position.}) 21. Qf2 $1 $14 ({Of course not} 21. fxg5 $6 Qxg5 22. Rd3 Kh8
23. Rf1 f4 24. Nb5 (24. Qg4 $2 Qxg4 25. hxg4 fxg3+ {[%csl Rd4]} 26. Kg2 Rxf1
27. Kxf1 Rg8 $17) (24. Qg2 fxg3+ 25. Rxg3 Qxg3+ $1 26. Qxg3 Rxf1 $15) 24... a6
25. gxf4 (25. Nc7 Nxd4 $1 26. Rxd4 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Rg8+ $19) 25...
Rxf4 26. Nd6 (26. Nc7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nxe6 Rd2 $17) 26... Raf8 27. Qe3
Qh4 $36 {and black has an upper hand.}) 21... Kh8 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Ne2 Rg8 (
23... Rae8 $5 24. Rac1 Re7 25. Nf4 Qh6 26. Rd3 Rg8 27. Rdc3 Reg7 28. Bd1 Nc4
29. a4 $14) 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. Rac1 Rg5 26. Rc3 {Defending the pawn on g3,which
is the only weakness in the position of white.} Rag8 27. Rdd3 $1 {[%cal Gb3d1,
Gd1e2,Gh3h4,Gf4h5,Gh5f6] Transfering the bishop to e2.} R5g7 28. Bd1 Re7 ({
Nothing changes} 28... Nd7 29. Be2 Nf8 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Rdc1 $16 {and white is
dominating.}) 29. Be2 Nd8 30. h4 Nc6 (30... Nc4 31. Rc2 Reg7 32. Rdc3 Nf7 33.
Nh5 Rg6 34. Nf6 $16) 31. Rd1 Qf8 32. b4 Nd8 33. Rdc1 Nf7 34. Nh5 Qb8 35. g4 $1
{White has maximally strengthen the position of the pieces and it's just the
right time for this break.} Nh6 36. g5 $16 Nf7 37. Nf6 Rf8 38. Qg3 Nd8 39. b5
Rg7 40. h5 $6 {This move still doesn't spoil anything,but after simple} (40.
Qf3 $1 Nf7 41. Qh5 Nd8 42. Bd3 Nf7 43. Kh1 $18 {black can resign,because he is
totally tied up and any move leads to material losses.}) 40... Nf7 41. g6 Nd6 (
41... h6 42. Rc7 Ng5 43. Qc3 Na4 44. Qc2 $18) 42. Nxh7 $6 ({More convincing was
} 42. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 43. exd6 Rg7 44. Nxh7 f4 (44... Rxh7 45. Qe5+ Rg7 46. h6 Rfg8
47. Rc7 $18) 45. Qg5 Rf5 46. Qh6 Kg8 47. Bd3 $16 {with huge advantage.}) 42...
Ne4 43. Nxf8 $2 {This is mistake which could destroy everything!It was
nessasary to play} (43. Qf4 Rxh7 44. gxh7 Nxc3 45. Rxc3 $16 {keeping very
significient adge.}) 43... Nxg3 44. Rxg3 Qxf8 45. h6 Rh7 $2 {By this move
black rejacts to accept the present from white's hands!After} (45... Rxg6 $1
46. Rxg6 Qxa3 47. Rcg1 Qe3 $1 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. R8g7+ Kh8 $11 {the draw seems
to be the most likely result.}) 46. g7+ Qxg7 47. Rxg7 Rxh6+ 48. Kg3 Kxg7 49.
Rc7+ Kg6 50. Rxb7 {Now white is again on the horse!} Rh7 51. Rb8 Kf7 52. Bd1 $1
$16 {[%cal Ga3a4]} Nc4 (52... Rh1 53. Bf3 Rb1 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxa7 Rxb5 56. a4
Rb3 57. Rb7 $18) 53. a4 Kg6 54. Be2 Rc7 55. Re8 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Nd2 ({Nothing
changes} 55... Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57. Kf4 Na3 58. Re8 Nc2 59. Rxe6+ Kg7 60. Rd6
Nxd4 61. Bd3 $18 {with winning position.}) 56. Kf4 Nb3 57. Rxe6+ Kg7 58. Bh5
Nxd4 59. Rd6 $18 {Black can't protect the pawns on d5 and f5 and the end is
very close.} Rc1 60. Rxd5 Rf1+ 61. Kg3 (61. Ke3 $18) 61... Nc2 62. Rd7+ Kh6 63.
Be2 Re1 64. Bd3 Nb4 65. Kf4 Rd1 66. e6 $1 {Finishing the game in the style!}
Rxd3 (66... Nxd3+ 67. Rxd3 Rxd3 68. e7 $18) 67. e7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.27"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Trisic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Joecks, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 $5 (5. Qf3) 5... e6 6. d4
Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 (8... c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 (10. Ba3 $6 Qa5 11. Bb2
Bd7 12. a4 Rac8 13. Rfb1 Rfd8 $15 {Carton,P-Werner,D/Oberursel 1989}) 10... Qa5
11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bd3 cxd4 $6 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bc4 $14 {Durnik,S-Schuettig,R/
Myslenice 1988}) 9. Qe2 c5 (9... b6 10. Qe4 Rb8 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qe3
Bb7 14. Ng5 Bf8 15. Qh3 $36 {Kasparian,G-Yudovich,M/URS-ch15 1947}) (9... Nf6
10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng4 Qf4 15. Qe4 Qg5
$15 {Sergeant,E-Christoffel,M/Hastings4546 1945}) 10. Rb1 (10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bg5
(11. Be3 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. c3 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 $132 {
Kemna,G-Witzke,O/NRW-II 1989}) 11... Nd5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nf6
15. Bg5 $36 {Rozentalis,E-Begovac,F/Bern op 1992}) (10. Rd1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 $1 Qc7 13. Rd3 g6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Rh3 $40 {Bastian,M-Schmidbauer,F/St.
Ingbert op 1991}) 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. c4 $6 {Extremly strange decision,
which however payed off in the game.After logical} (12. Bg5 $5 Nd5 (12... Bd7
$6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Rxb7 $16) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe4 g6 15. Rb3 b6
16. c4 Nc7 17. c3 $14 {white would keep an advantage.}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6
({Another possibility was} 13... b6 14. Nf3 (14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nb5
$11) 14... Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Bb2 Rd6 $15 {with comfortable advantage.}) 14.
Nf3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Ne5 Rad8 (16... Rfd8 17. Qe3) 17. Qe3 Nd7 $2 {Removing
from the kingside the only piece defending the king!} (17... Bd6 $5) 18. Ng4 $1
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb2g7]} Bf6 $2 {As it oftenly happens one mistake drags the
other.After} (18... e5 $8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd6 21. Qh3 h6 22. Qf5 g6 23.
Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qf4 $14 {nothing would be clear yet.}) (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Bxg7 $1
f5 20. Qh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd3h7]}) 19. Qh3 (19. Qh3 h6 20. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 21.
Qxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EtVas Vantaa GM"]
[Site "Myyrmanni"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nouro, Mikael"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 d6 4. exd6 Qxd6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. O-O (
7. Nbc3 Nxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. d4 Bf5 12. c3 $14 {Paz,
D-Panchenko,A/Albacete op 1995}) 7... O-O (7... Bg4 $5 8. h3 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 c6
10. c3 O-O 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nd2 e6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 a6 $132 {Krustkalns,
K-Iljin,S/Komercni Banka op 1996}) 8. d4 c6 9. c4 Nc7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Nbc3 Nd7
12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 $14 {Nouro,M-Kilpi,T/Jyvaskyla op2 1996}) 6... Bg7 (6...
c6 7. Nf3 Qe6+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bf5 10. c4 Nb4 $13 {Ulfarsson,
M-Halldorsson,G/Hafnarfjordur op 1995}) 7. Ne2 Nc6 (7... Bg4 8. O-O c6 9. c4
Nc7 10. Nbc3 Qd8 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. d5 $1 $36 {Kerek,
K-Majer,D/Budapest FS02 IM 1997}) 8. c4 Nf6 ({Of course not} 8... Qb4+ $2 9.
Bd2 Qxb2 10. cxd5 Qxa1 11. dxc6 $16 {with huge advantage.}) 9. c5 $5 Qd8 10. d5
Ne5 11. f4 (11. Bf4 Nfd7 {[%csl Rc5]} 12. c6 Nc5 13. O-O bxc6 14. dxc6 Ned3 15.
Nbc3 O-O $13) 11... Ned7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbc3 $14 c6 $1 {Fully justified
sacrifice promising black good counterchanses in forthcoming struggle.} (13...
Re8 14. O-O e5 15. c6 $5 Nb6 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd4 Re8 18. d6 $1 $36 {[%cal
Gg2a8]}) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bf3 ({Also after} 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Bxd7
Bxd7 $1 (17... Nxd7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bd4 $1 Bb7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 (
21... f6 $2 22. c6 Rc8 23. Nd4 $18) 22. c6 (22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qb4 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
Qc7 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Qb4 $1 $16) 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Bd4 Bg4 $44 {black has
sufficient counterchanses.}) 16... Rxb2 17. O-O Qc7 18. Qc1 (18. Na4 Rb8 19. c6
Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Nd4 Ba6 $13) 18... Rb4 19. c6 Nb8 (19... Nb6
$2 20. Qa3 Rc4 21. Nb5 $16) 20. Qa3 $6 ({It was correct to play} 20. Nd4 $1 Ba6
21. Rd1 $14 {keeping an advantage due to strong pawn on c6.}) 20... Nxc6 $1 21.
Bxc6 $2 {As Ozzy Osbourne sings in one of his songs:''suicide-solution''!After
reasonable} (21. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Bb7 $1 22. Bc5 a5 $5 23. Nd1 $13 {things
are far from being clear.}) 21... Qxc6 22. Qxb4 Bb7 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb7g2]
Now everything is over:white can do nothing to prevent the lethal threats over
the diagonal h1-a8.} 23. Ne4 (23. Kf2 Ng4+ $19) 23... Nxe4 24. Rfc1 Nc3 $1 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 {White can't fight for advantage with this move,but
it's very typical for Rozentalis' pure positional style} d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. Bg2
Nf6 6. d4 Be7 (6... d5 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qd3 Bg4 11.
Nbc3 h6 $11 {Nisipeanu,L-Grunberg,M/ROM-chT 1994 (16)}) 7... Bb4+ $5 (7... Be7
8. O-O O-O (8... Bf5 $5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 Bc8 12. Nc3 c5 $1 13. dxc5
Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 d4 15. Na4 Be7 16. c3 dxc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Bagirov,V/BL
1994}) 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. f4 $14 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne8 13. Qh5 f5 $2 (13...
f6 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Ne2 Nc7 15. c3 Ne6 16. h4 $36 {Rozentalis,E-Appel,R/
Deutschland 1994 (42)}) 8. c3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 c6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne8
13. Qh5 Nd6 14. b3 g6 $13 {Belikov,V-Bratchenko,A/RUS-chT Moscow 1994 (18)}) 7.
c4 (7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 (8... c6 $5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 d5 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Bf4
Nbd7 $11 {Kveinys,A-Kengis,E/Bonn GSK-3 Bad Godesburg 1996 (15)}) 9. h3 Bf8 10.
c4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Be3 $14 {Ulfarsson,M-Boric,M/Berliner
Sommer 1995 (33)}) 7... d5 8. c5 ({Although} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nge2
O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Bf6 {gives nothing to white}) 8... O-O 9.
Ne2 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. O-O Ne4 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nbc3 c6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. b3 Nd7
(15... Nf5 $1 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Bf1 (18. a3 $2 Rxe2 $1 19. Rxe2 Bxc3
$19) 18... Nd7 {would cause white more serious problems}) 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Rae1
Ng6 18. Bxd6 $6 Bxd6 19. f4 Bf5 20. Nd1 $6 Nf8 (20... Be4 $5 21. f5 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 Nf8 23. f6 $5 gxf6 24. Ne3 Bb4 25. Qxb4 Rxe3 26. Nc3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ne6 $15
) 21. Nec3 Qf6 (21... Qd7 $15) 22. Ne3 Bb4 $1 23. Re2 Qg6 $1 24. Rfe1 Be4 $6 (
24... Bb1 $1 25. a4 (25. a3 Rxa3 26. Nexd5 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 cxd5 28. Nxb1 Rxb3 $19
) (25. Qb2 Bd3 26. Rf2 Qf6 $19) 25... Qd3 $1 $19) 25. Nc4 $1 $11 dxc4 (25...
Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Bxc3 27. Bxe4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 dxe4 $13) 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bf3 cxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kalugin, Sergey V"]
[Black "Hachatrian, Vahagn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 10240]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3 $5 {Definitly not the best
way to play against Alekhin defense,but not that bad either.} d6 (4... g6 5.
Qf3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O-O d5 11. exd6 $13 {
Dutschak,H-Konopka,M/Neckar op 1st 1997}) 5. exd6 exd6 (5... cxd6 6. Bb2 e5 $6
7. d4 Nc6 8. Nf3 $14 {Cueto,J-Riline Orso,A/WchJT U26 1997}) 6. Bb2 Nc6 (6...
d5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O $11 {Theocharides,C-Dyachkov,S/
EU-chJM U20 1996}) 7. Nf3 Bg4 ({Another good possibility was} 7... Bf5 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bf6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Na3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Rad1 Qd7 $132
{with good chanses for black; Carvalho,A-Regan,N/Zone 1.1 (women) 1999}) 8. Be2
d5 9. O-O dxc4 (9... Qd7 10. Na3 O-O-O 11. d3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 f6 $13) 10. bxc4
Qd7 11. Nd4 Bxe2 ({Missing the opportunity to sieze the initiative after} 11...
Nxd4 $1 12. Bxg4 f5 13. Re1+ Kf7 14. Be2 Bc5 $15) 12. Qxe2+ Qe7 13. Qg4 $5 {
Keeping black king in the center} (13. Re1 Qxe2 (13... O-O-O 14. Nxc6 Qxe2 15.
Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Rxe2 Nxc4 17. Nc6+ bxc6 18. Bc3 $14) 14. Rxe2+ Ne7 15. Na3 Na4
$13) 13... Nxd4 (13... Ne5 $6 14. Qg3 Nbxc4 $2 (14... Nexc4 $2 15. Nf5 $1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7]}) 15. Bc3 O-O-O 16. d3 Nd6 17. Re1 Re8 18. f4 $18) 14.
Qxd4 Rd8 15. Qf4 (15. Qg4 $6 Qe6 $15) 15... Kd7 $8 {Trying to find the shelter
on the queenside} (15... Qe2 $2 16. Na3 Qxd2 17. Rfe1+ Be7 18. Qe5 $5 $16) (
15... f6 $6 16. Na3 Qd6 17. Qe3+ Be7 18. d4 $16) 16. c5 $1 Nd5 (16... Qxc5 17.
Rc1 Re8 $1 (17... Qd6 18. Be5 $16) 18. Na3 Qd6 19. Qxf7+ Re7 20. Qf5+ $36) 17.
Qa4+ Kc8 18. Rc1 $6 (18. Qxa7 c6 (18... Qxc5 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20. Qxb7 Bd6 21. Qb3
$16) 19. Qa8+ Kc7 20. Qa5+ Kc8 (20... Kb8 21. Be5+ $1 Nc7 22. Bd6 $1 Qd7 23.
Bf4 $16) 21. d4 $14) 18... Kb8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qd7 21. Qa5 Qc6 $13 22.
Rab1 Be7 $2 {After this move white develops strong initiative and black proves
to be helpless against it.It was necessary to play.} (22... Qxc5 $5 23. Qxc5
Bxc5 24. Bxg7 Rhg8 25. Bf6 Rd6 26. Be7 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 28. Kf3 Rgxg2
$132 {with unclear position.}) 23. d4 Bf6 24. Rb4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc1b1]} Rd5
(24... Ka8 $6 25. Rcb1 Rb8 26. d5 $1 Qa6 (26... Qxd5 $2 27. Qxa7+ $1 Kxa7 28.
Ra4#) 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. Rxb8+ Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. f4 $18) 25.
Rcb1 b6 26. Qa6 Bd8 27. a4 h5 28. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (28. a5 Rh6 29. Ra1 (
29. axb6 cxb6 30. Ra1 Rd7 31. cxb6 Bxb6 32. Rc4 Qb7 $13) 29... Rd7 30. Bd2 $16)
28... g5 29. a5 Rh6 30. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Rg6 31. axb6 cxb6 32. cxb6
Bxb6 33. hxg5 Qb7 (33... Qd6 34. Rxb6+ axb6 35. Ra1 $1 (35. Rxb6+ Qxb6 36. Bf4+
Qd6 $16) 35... Qc6 36. Bf4+ $18) 34. Bf4+ Ka8 35. Rxb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 $5 {An interesting try to fight for the
opening advantage, however white has more than enough promising plans except
of this one, so it's hard to recommend it as a weapon against the Alekhine
defence.} Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 b6 7. Bxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Be7 (8... bxc5 9. dxc5 c6
10. Qd4 a5 11. Be3 Na6 12. Qc3 Qe7 13. Qxa5 Rb8 14. O-O Rb5 $132 {Potkin,
V-Chigladze,I/Batumi 2002}) (8... Ba6 9. Bg5 (9. Nc3 c6 10. b4 Bc4 11. Nd2 Bd3
12. Qf3 Bg6 13. O-O a5 14. Na4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Be7 16. Qh3 $14 {Jakovenko,
D-Piven,I/Dos Hermanas 2004}) 9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 c6 12. b4 O-O 13.
Rb1 $14 {Molander,R-Suominen,A/Espoo 2003}) 9. O-O O-O (9... c6 10. Be3 Na6 11.
Qc2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nc7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Nf1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng3 $14 {
Molander,R-Solozhenkin,E/Jyvaskyla 2003}) 10. Nc3 c6 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 $14 {
White is playing against the lightsquared bishop of black. As long as black is
deprived of the possibility to push d6 white is on top.} Nc7 13. Re1 Ne6 14.
Ne2 (14. Rb1) 14... a5 15. Be3 f6 $1 {Black is trying to bring the bishop back
to life.} 16. exf6 Rxf6 ({Another promising idea was} 16... Bxf6 $5 17. Nf4 d6
18. Nxe6 (18. cxb6 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 axb4 20. axb4 Rb8 21. b5 cxb5 22. Qb3 Rxb6 23.
Qxd5+ Kh8 $13) 18... Bxe6 19. Bf4 Bg4 20. Bxd6 Rf7 21. Qd3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 b5 $44
{with compensation fo the pawn.}) 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Rc1 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20.
bxc5 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Ge6c5]} (20... Nxc5 $2 21. Ng4 Ne6 (21... Rg6 22. Nf4 $18)
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qd2 $16) 21. Nc3 Bxc5 $11 {After the move in the game the
position becomes completely balanced.} (21... d6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Na4 Ra6 $11)
22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Nd3 (23. Nf3 Bb7 24. dxc5 d6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 $11) 23... d6 24.
dxc5 d4 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Bd2 Bb7 27. Re5 Rf6 28. Bb4 Qb6 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. f3 $6
Nf4 $1 {White was playing quite careless chess and black succeeded to build up
some pressure.} (30... Ba6 31. Qa4 Qb8 32. Ra5 Nf4 33. Nxf4 Qxf4 34. Re1 h6 $11
) 31. Rce1 $2 {A blunder based on misculculation.} (31. Nxf4 d3+ 32. Kh1 Rxf4
33. Rce1 Bc6 34. Qe6 Rxf3 35. Bc5 Qb5 36. gxf3 d2 37. Bf2 dxe1=Q+ 38. Rxe1
Bxf3+ 39. Kg1 $15) 31... Rg8 $2 {Refusing to accept a present! After correct} (
31... Nxd3 $1 32. Re8+ (32. Qxd3 Qxb4 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Rb1 Ba6 $19) 32... Rf8
$1 {Appearently this move slipped from Baburin's attention.} 33. Bxf8 Qxb3 34.
Bd6+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Qg8 $19 {winning.}) 32. Nxf4 d3+ 33. Kh1 Rxf4 34. Re8 Rff8
35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Qc3 Rg8 (36... Rc8 $2 37. Qxc8+ Bxc8 38. Re8#) 37. Re7 $36 {
Black should hold this position of course, but he has to be carefull since the
pawn on g7 is a target for the white pieces.} h6 38. h3 Ba8 $6 (38... Ba6) 39.
Rd7 Qc6 40. Qd4 $1 Qg6 41. Bc3 Kh7 42. Rd6 Qf5 43. Kh2 d2 44. Rd7 Qg6 45. Qxd2
Qf5 46. Qd4 Qg6 47. Rd6 Qf5 48. Rd8 Qf7 49. Rd7 Qg6 50. Bb2 (50. Qe5 $5 {
[%cal Gh3h5]}) 50... Kh8 $2 51. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gb2h8]} Qh5 52. Qg4 $1
(52. Qg4 Qxg4 53. Rxh6#) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 $5 {An attempt to avoid theoretical lines.Of course,
white can't fight for the advantage like this and black has few ways to
equalize.} c5 (3... d6 4. exd6 cxd6 (4... Qxd6 5. Bg2 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 $6 11. f4 exf4 12. g4 $1 $36 {Certic,
B-Varga,Z/Budapest FS12 GM 1995}) 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 d5 $11 {Kruglikov,A-Eriksson,J/Helsinki We SKFC 2
op 1997}) 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 (6... d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4 O-O 9. c4
Nb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Schneider,R-Velicka,P/Regensburg op 1996})
7. Nc3 $5 (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 f5 $6 9. c4 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rb8 12. Nb5
$14 {Alvir,A-Konopka,M/Donau op 1995}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 b6 $6 ({More logical
seems} 8... d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. d4 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. a3 $13 {
with complicated struggle with mutual chanses.}) 9. d4 Ba6 $5 {Shabalov is
famous for his sharp style and desire to complicate the matters as soon as
possible,but sometimes this strategy is quiet risky.} 10. Re1 Rc8 11. d5 $1
exd5 12. Qxd5 $14 Na5 (12... O-O {[%csl Rd7]} 13. Bh3 Rc7 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Nd2
Bb7 16. Qd3 $14) 13. Bf4 Bc4 14. Qe4 Be6 15. h4 h6 16. a4 (16. h5 $5 Qc7 (16...
Bg4 $6 17. Rad1 Bxh5 (17... Rc6 18. Rd2 Bxh5 19. Bh3 $16) 18. Bh3 $16 {[%csl
Rd7]}) 17. Nh4 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Nc6 $132) 16... Qc7 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Qd3 $1 $36 {
[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6,Ge4f6] Preventing 18...d6 and intending to transfer the
knight to e4.} g5 19. Be3 c4 (19... Qxe5 20. Bxg5 $16) 20. Qe4 d5 (20... d6 21.
f4) 21. Qf3 $1 Nc6 22. Qh5 {[%csl Rg8]} Kg7 $8 23. hxg5 (23. f4 $5) 23... hxg5
24. Bxg5 Rh8 25. Bf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. Qe2 Rh6 (27... Kg7 28. Qe3 Qe7
29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 $16) 28. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3d4] Now we
may say that the complications are over.White has very comfortable advantage,
and the most important thing-black is deprived of counterplay.} Rch8 29. Nf3
Rh5 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4+ (31. cxd4) 31... Kg6 32. Re3 Qd8 33. Rae1 Qf6 34.
Re5 Rxe5 (34... R8h6 35. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 36. Qg4+ $1 Rg5 37. Rxg5+ Qxg5 38. Qxg5+
Kxg5 39. Re5+ $16) 35. Rxe5 Rh5 36. Re1 $1 (36. Rxh5 $2 Qxd4 37. cxd4 Kxh5 38.
c3 a5 $17 {[%csl Ra4]}) 36... Qxd4 $6 (36... Rh8 37. f4 $5) 37. cxd4 Kf6 38. f4
Rh8 39. Re5 Rd8 40. Bf3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg3g5,Gf4f5]} a6 $2 {The decisive
mistake,and as it oftenly happens is made on 40th move.After correct} (40...
Rd6 $1 41. c3 a5 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Bxd5 (43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Bxd5 Bxa4 45. Bxc4 b5
46. Bd5 b4 47. cxb4 axb4 $14) 43... Bxa4 44. g4 Kg7 $1 45. Bxc4 Rc6 46. Bd5
Rxc3 47. Re7 Bb3 $1 $14 {black should hold.}) 41. g4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. f5
Bc8 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. Bxd5 $18 {The endgame turns to be easily winning for
white.} Ba6 (45... Kg5 $2 46. Bxf7 Bb7 (46... Kxg4 47. Be6 $1 b4 48. Bxc8 b3
49. cxb3 c3 (49... cxb3 50. f6+ Kg5 51. f7 b2 52. Bf5 $1 $18) 50. f6+ Kg5 51.
f7 c2 52. f8=Q c1=Q+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 Qc3+ 55. Qf3 $18) 47. Be6 Bf3 48. d5
Bxg4 49. d6 Kf6 50. d7 Ke7 51. f6+ $18) (45... c3 46. Kf2 b4 47. Ke3 $18 {
[%cal Ge3f4,Gg4g5]}) (45... Kg7 46. Kf2 f6 47. Ke3 Kf8 48. c3 $18) 46. c3 b4
47. cxb4 c3 48. Be4 Kg5 49. Kf2 Kf4 (49... Kxg4 50. Ke3 Kg5 51. Bc6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gb4b7]}) 50. Bc2 f6 51. g5 $1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 $5 5. f4 Nc6 (5... d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Rb1 $5 dxe5 $2 8. Nxe5 $14 {Bilek-Navarovsky/Budapest/1954/}) 6. d4 (6. Nf3 d5
7. d3) 6... d5 $1 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 (8... Qa5 9. O-O $1) (8... Qb6 9. Be3
Qb2 10. O-O) 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Be3 c4 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4
Nb4 14. c3 $1 Qxc3 (14... Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Qxc3 16. Qa4+ $40) 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Bd2
) (12... O-O 13. g4 $1 Bg6 14. dxc5) 13. g4 $5 (13. Ng5 Bxe2 (13... Bg6 $5 14.
Bh5 (14. Bg4 Bxg5 15. fxg5 O-O-O $13) 14... Bxg5 15. fxg5 O-O-O $13) 14. Qxe2
Bxg5 $5 15. fxg5 O-O-O) 13... Bg6 14. Ne1 $1 (14. Nd2 Qa5 $1 15. f5 Qxc3 16.
Rf3 Nxd4) 14... f6 $2 (14... Qa5 15. Bd2 $1) (14... f5 $1 15. exf6 Bxf6 $1 (
15... gxf6 16. f5 $1 Qg3+ (16... Bf7 17. fxe6) (16... exf5 17. gxf5 Bf7 18. Bf4
$36) 17. Ng2 exf5 18. gxf5 Bf7 19. Rf3 Qc7 20. Nf4 $1) 16. Bf3 $36) 15. f5 Bf7
(15... exf5 16. gxf5 Bf7 17. e6 $16) 16. exf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. fxe6 Bxe6
18. Ng2 $36 {/\ Nf4}) 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng2 $1 O-O-O (18... h5 19. gxh5 Bxh3
20. Bg4 $1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rg8 22. Qf3 $16) 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bf3 Qa5 $6 (20... a6
$1) 21. Qd2 Kb8 22. Kh1 Ka8 23. Bf2 $1 Rhe8 (23... Rhg8 24. Rbe1 $1) 24. Bg2 (
24. Bh4 f5) 24... a6 25. Bg3 $1 Rg8 26. Bh2 Rg5 $5 27. Rbe1 Rdg8 (27... f5 28.
Ne6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 {/\ Re7}) 28. Bf3 $1 Ba3 $6 (28... f5 29. Ne6 $1 (29. h4 $5
Rxg4 30. Bxg4 Rxg4 $14 (30... fxg4 31. Bg3)) 29... Bxe6 30. Rxe6 fxg4 31. Bxg4)
29. Ne6 R5g6 (29... Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Bb2 31. Qf4 $1 Bxc3 32. Rxf6 $1 {/\ Rf8+})
30. Bc7 b6 (30... Qa4 31. Bxd5) (30... Qb5 31. Rb1 Bb2 32. Nc5 {/\ a4}) 31. Qg2
$1 Ne7 32. Nd8 $1 Rxd8 (32... Be8 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Bxd5+ Ka7 35. Ba8 $18) 33.
Bxd8 Nc6 34. Bc7 {/\ Rb1} Kb7 35. Bh2 h5 (35... b5 36. Bxd5 $18) 36. Qg3 b5 37.
Qh4 $1 Rg5 (37... hxg4 38. Qh7 $18) 38. gxh5 Ne7 39. Qf4 Qd8 40. Qxf6 (40. Qxf6
Rf5 41. Rxe7+ Qxe7 42. Qxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rostock-07 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1981.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Black "Neckar, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 c6 {Rabar} 6. Nxd5 (6. Bc4) (6.
Nf3) 6... cxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bd2 bxc5 10. dxc5 Rb8 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Bc3
e6 13. Bd3 (13. b4 d4 $1) 13... Bxc5 14. Qg4 g6 15. O-O Bb4 16. Qg5 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 d6 18. Qh6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxh7 e4 22. Bc2 Qe5 23. Ba4+
Bd7 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rab1 Rb6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. Rb1 Kc6 28. h3 Qh8 29. Qxh8
Rxh8 30. Rb3 Ra8 31. a3 f5 32. Kf1 Ra5 33. Ke2 Rb5 34. Rb4 Rxb4 35. cxb4 Kb5
36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Ka4 38. Ke3 Kxa3 39. Kf4 Kxb4 40. Kg5 d4 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. O-O Nd5 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. Ne4 h6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Ng3 Bc6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bd3 N7b6 14. a3 Qd7
15. Qe2 a6 16. Ne4 Bb5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc8 20. Qe4 Nce7 21.
Rfc1 O-O 22. h3 Ng6 23. Qg4 c6 24. R5c2 Qe8 25. Re1 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Bc1
Qf7 28. Rce2 Re8 29. Re4 Rf5 30. Qg3 Nf6 31. R4e3 Nh5 32. Qg4 Nhf4 33. Ne5 Nxe5
34. Rxe5 Nd3 35. Rxf5 exf5 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {Q+B - Q+N aktiver schwarzer N} 37.
Qd1 Qe4 38. Be3 f4 39. Bd2 Qxd4 40. Qf3 Nxb2 41. Bxf4 Nd3 42. Bg3 Qd5 43. Qg4
c5 44. f4 Qe4 45. Qh5 b5 46. f5 Ne1 47. Bxe1 Qxe1+ {Q-Q schwarzer
Mehr-Freibauer am Q-Flügel, Freibauern-Vormarsch unter K-Sicherung, leicht} 48.
Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 c4 50. Qf3 c3 51. Qc6 a5 52. f6 Qxf6 53. Qxb5 Qe6 54. Qxa5 (
54. Qd3 $142 Qc6 55. Qc2 a4 $19) 54... Qc4 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qd1 c2 57. Qc1 Qb3
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 g6 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nbd5 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 Be6 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Bd5 16. a4 e5 17. Nf3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Qe4 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Qd5 22. Rab1 f5 23. Qe2 e4 24. dxe4 Rxe4 25. Qc2 Rae8 26. c4 Qc5 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Rd1 h6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. g3 b6 32. h4 Bf6 33. Qc2 g5 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Kg2 g4 36. Nd2 Re1 37. Rxe1 Qxe1 38. c5 $16 {White will attack
the K and the weak black pawns.} bxc5 39. Nc4 Qe6 40. Nxa5 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Bd4 42.
Qc4 Ke8 43. Qe2+ Kd8 44. Nc4 Qd7 45. Qd2 Qe6 46. Qf4 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qb1 (47...
Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 fxe4 49. Kf1 Kc7 50. Ke2 Kb7 51. Nd6+ Ka6 52. Nxe4 Ka5 53. Nd2
Kb4 54. Nc4 Kxb3 55. a5 $18) 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qe6+ Kd8 50. Nd6 (50. Nd6 Qd3 51.
Qe8+ Kc7 52. Qe7+ Kb6 53. Qb7+ Ka5 54. Nc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelikian, Jefferson"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 (3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qxd2+
7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. O-O-O $11) 3... Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Be2 (5. Bb3 $5) 5... g6 6.
Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. a4 Bf5 $1 11. a5 Nd5 12. a6 $2 Ndb4
$1 13. d3 (13. axb7 Bxc2 14. bxa8=Q Qxa8 15. Nb5 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Qb7 $19) 13...
Nxa6 $17 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Nab4 16. g4 Be6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. d4 b6
20. Bc4 $1 Kh8 (20... bxc5 21. dxe5 (21. dxc5 $2 Be6 $19) 21... Be6 (21... Nd4
$2 22. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bb7 24. Ne6 Qd7 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. e6 $16) 22. exf6
(22. Bxc5 Nxe5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Ra6 Bf7 26. Qf3 Nf4 27. Rd1 $132
) 22... Rxf6 23. Bg5 $132) 21. Ne4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f5 $19 23. gxf5 Bxf5 (23...
gxf5 24. Neg5 Qf6 $19 (24... e4 $5)) 24. Neg5 Qf6 25. Nf7+ $6 Rxf7 26. Bxf7
Qxf7 27. d5 e4 (27... Rd8 $5) 28. dxc6 exf3 29. Qxf3 Qe6 30. Ra4 Bxc2 31. Rf4
g5 32. Qg4 Qxg4+ 33. Rxg4 h6 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. h4 Bf5 37. Rd4 Bc5
38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Kf2 gxh4 40. Kf3 h3 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Kindl, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 {4...Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 /\ Nd4,Na5 ^^.}
5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Bb3 N8c6 7. Nge2 Na5 8. Ba4+ Bd7 9. a3 Nd5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O
Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 d4 15. d3 Rfe8 16. Nh5 Bf8 17. Bf4 Nc6
18. Kf1 Ne7 19. Re4 Ng6 20. Rae1 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 c5 22. Bg3 Qd5 23. b3 b5 24. Nf4
Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Rd8 26. Qc7 a6 27. Re5 Qa8 28. Rf5 f6 29. Qb6 Qc8 30. h4 Re8 31.
Rd5 Qg4 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Re1 34. Be5 Qg4 35. Bg3 Qd1 36. Be5 Qg4 37. Bg3
Qd1 38. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O (7. a4
$5) 7... Na5 $1 8. d3 Be7 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 {^^,=/+;}
e5 13. Ng3 c5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Kh1 Nd5 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. Nf3 b6 18. Qe4 Bf8 19. Qh4
Bb7 20. h3 Qc7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Nh4 Bg7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 g5 26.
Nxg5 Ng6 27. Qf5 Nxh4 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Ne4 f5 30. Qxh4 fxe4 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.
Qh7 Qf6 33. Bc3 Qh6 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36. Bxg7 exd3 37. cxd3 Bxg2+
38. Kxg2 Rg8 39. Rf4 Rxg7+ 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. h4 Ke5 42. Rf3 Rh7 43. Rh3 Kf5 44.
Rh1 Kg4 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Kd2 Rf7 47. Kc3 Rd7 48. Ra1 Kxh4 49. b4 cxb4+ 50. Kxb4
Kg5 51. Kc4 Kf5 52. Re1 Rc7+ 53. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 {2...e5} 3. e5 Ne4 (3... Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 {
-> Französich/ French}) 4. Nce2 (4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. d4 exd3 6. Bxd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd4 $1 10. O-O Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qf6 $10 {Ritov-Karpov/URS/1969/}
) 4... f6 {4...d4} 5. d3 Nc5 (5... Ng5 6. Bxg5 fxg5 7. h4 gxh4 8. Nf4 g6 9.
Rxh4 Bg7 10. d4 c5 11. Bd3 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 cxd4 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. Bxg6+ Kd8 15.
Bxh7 Bxe5 16. Qf3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Qf8+ Kd7 19. Qxa8 Qb5+ 20. Bd3 Qxb2 21.
Nb6+ $16 {Vorotnikov-Kengis 1983.}) 6. d4 $1 (6. b4 Ne6 7. Nf3 c5 8. bxc5 Nc6
9. Bb2 b6 $5 {Filcer-Bronstein,D/Moscow/1959/}) 6... Ne6 $6 (6... Ne4 7. f3 Ng5
8. Bxg5 fxg5 9. Qd3 $16) 7. f4 $14 c5 $2 (7... f5 8. g4 $1 $16) (7... fxe5 $5)
(7... g6 $5) 8. f5 $1 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. e6 $1 g6 11. Nf3 Qa5+ (11... gxf5
12. Nxd4 $18) (11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. O-O $16) 12. Kf2 gxf5 (12... Nc6 13.
Bd3) 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Bb5+ Kd8 (14... Nc6 15. Be3 f4 $2 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Nxc6+
$18) 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 $1 c5 18. Nb3 Qxe6 (18... d4 19. Nxc5 $1
Qxc5 20. Bxd4 {/\ 21.Bxf6+}) 19. c4 $1 Rg8 (19... Bb7 20. Nxc5 Qc6 21. cxd5
Qxd5 $2 22. Nxb7+ $18) 20. cxd5 Qe5 21. g3 Rg4 (21... Qxb2+ 22. Re2 Qa3 23. d6
e6 24. Bxc5 Qa6 25. d7 Bxd7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Nc5 $18) 22. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pelikian, Jefferson"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. Nxd5 Nxe5 5. Ne3 Nec6 (5... e6 6. b3 Nbd7 7.
Bb2 b6 8. f4 Ng6 9. f5 exf5 10. Nxf5 Nde5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qe2 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+
Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O f6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Rde1 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nc8 19. Ng3
Rg8 20. Rhf1 Nf7 21. Nh5 Be7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Nd4 Nd8 25. g4 Nd6
26. Nf3 Be7 27. d4 g6 28. Nf4 f5 29. g5 Ne4 30. Nd5 Nf7 31. h4 Bd8 32. Nb4 Kd7
33. d5 Re8 34. Nc6 a6 35. Nb8+ Kc8 36. Nxa6 Be7 37. a3 Bd6 38. Nb4 h6 39. gxh6
Nxh6 40. Nd3 {Maier,A-Hetey,L/Budapest 1995/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 6. b3 $5 $146
(6. Nf3 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c3 f5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. cxd4 Nf6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. b3 Bb5 19.
Re1 Rfe8 20. Be3 Qa6 {Adinez,A-Kovalev,P/Nizhnij Novgorod 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 
(31)}) (6. Bc4 g6 7. f4 Bh6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2
Schaufelberger,H-Vaganian,R/Groningen 1969/EXT 2000 (10)}) 6... e5 7. Bb2 Bc5
8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qh5 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Qh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 (12. g4 $2 Nxg4) 12...
Ba3 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 a5 16. Nd5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qd6 18. a4 Bd7
$2 (18... Kh8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 19. g4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 $13) 19. g4 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rg8]} Rae8 20. Rhg1 Nd4 21. g5 $18 Bf5 22. Nf6+ $2 (22. Qg2 Bg6 (22... h5
23. Nf6+ $18) 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Nxc7 $18) 22... gxf6 23. gxf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Bh7
25. Qxh6 Nf5 26. Qg5 Qd4+ 27. c3 Qh4 $17 28. Rde1 e4 29. Rg4 Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Nd6
31. Re3 Nxc4+ 32. bxc4 Bg6 33. Rxa5 Re6 34. f3 Rd8 35. Rd5 Rb6+ 36. Ka3 Rxd5
37. cxd5 exf3 38. Rxf3 Be4 39. Rh3+ Kg8 40. c4 Rxf6 41. Rg3+ Kf8 42. Kb4 Rf2
43. d3 Bg6 44. h3 Ke7 45. Kc5 Rd2 46. h4 Rxd3 47. Rxd3 Bxd3 48. Kd4 Be2 49. a5
f6 50. c5 Kd7 51. Ke4 c6 52. d6 Ke6 53. Kf4 Bh5 54. Ke4 Be8 55. Kf4 Bd7 56. Kg4
Kf7+ 57. Kh5 Bc8 58. Kh6 Bg4 59. h5 Be2 60. d7 Ke7 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7][%cal Yd7e6,
Ye6d5,Yd5c5]} 0-1

[Event "Ljubljana op 5th"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Mazi, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Pavasovic,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 (3... d4) (3... Ne4) 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3
Nc6 7. Bg2 a6 $5 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qe2 Re8 12.
Bd2 Bd6 13. h3 h6 14. Rae1 $14 {Balashov-Schmidt, Hale 1976}) 8. a4 Be7 (8...
Qa5 $5 9. O-O b5 $13) 9. O-O Qc7 (9... Qa5 $6 10. d3 b5 11. f5 $16) 10. d3 g6 (
10... b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Bd2 {/\ Rb1, b4+/=}) 11. Ne2 $5 b6 12. d4
$5 (12. c4 $1 d4 (12... dxc4 13. dxc4 Bb7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Qc2 h5 16. Bc3 {
+/=/+/- /\ Nd2,Ne4,Rfd1}) 13. g4 $1 h5 14. gxh5 gxh5 15. Ng3 $16) 12... cxd4 (
12... c4 13. b3) (12... Bb7 13. Be3 O-O-O) 13. Nexd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 h5 15. Be3
Bb7 16. Qe2 Rc8 (16... Nc5 17. c4 $5) 17. c3 (17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h4 21. b4 $2 (21. g4 $1 {/+/=}) 21... Qb7+ 22. Nf3 h3+ $17) 17...
Nc5 18. Nc2 {/\ Bd4,Ne3} a5 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. Nb5 O-O $2 (20... Kf8 $1) 21. g4 $1
(21. Kh1 $2 Nxa4 $1 22. Rxa4 Qd7 23. c4 Rxc4 (23... dxc4 $2 24. Nc3) 24. Rxc4
Qxb5 $17) 21... hxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd8 $6 (22... Qd7 23. h4) 23. f5 exf5 $8 24. Rxf5
Qd7 25. Raf1 Nxa4 $6 {[#]} (25... Ne6 26. Rf6 $1 Nc5 27. Qg5 $16 Bxf6 28. Rxf6)
26. e6 $3 Qxe6 $8 27. Bd4 $3 Rfd8 (27... Bxb5 28. Bxd5 $18) 28. Qh3 f6 $8 29.
Rxf6 $1 Qxh3 $8 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 $8 31. Rg7+ Kh6 $8 32. Bxh3 Bc5 (32... Rg8 33.
Bxc8 $18) 33. Rff7 Bxd4+ (33... Rg8 34. Bxc8 Rxg7+ 35. Rxg7 Bxd4+ 36. Nxd4 Kxg7
37. Bxa6 $18) 34. Nxd4 Bd3 35. Ne6 $3 $138 {+-} Rg8 36. Rf6+ Kh5 37. Bg4+ {
1.59/1.50} 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Madsen, Dag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 {An invitation to steer play into the
French Defence after 4.d4.} 4. e6 {Hector prefers to invest a pawn for the
initiative and keep the game in Alekhine waters. For the sacrifice white gains
a considerable lead in development and some chances against black's fractured
kingside, but a center pawn, as Lasker implied, is worth a lot of suffering.}
fxe6 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 {This looks far more logical than} (6. dxc5 {though that
move is also fairly popular. A recent example:} Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. Qe2
a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. O-O Qb4 13. Be5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxc5 15. Nd3 Qd4
16. Qe3 O-O {and black had a clear advantage, 1/2-1/2 Malbran,G-Casafus,R/2nd
Cleaner Bissell (3) 1995 (35). The game continuation keeps white's remaining
pawn grip on the center.}) 6... Nc6 (6... cxd4 $5 {raises the stakes - black
furthers white's lead in developpment in return for vaporizing the white
center.} 7. Nxd4 Nf6 (7... Qb6 $6 8. Be3 a6 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f4 g6 11. O-O-O {
gave white a dangerous initiative in Yudovich,M-Zamikhovsky,A/ URS-ch07 Moscow
;URS-ch 1931/1-0 (47)}) 8. Bb5+ Kf7 9. O-O a6 10. Ba4 $5 {trying to keep
black's pawn center in check from the b3 square.} Qd6 11. Bg5 (11. Re1 $5)
11... Nbd7 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 e5 15. Ndb5 Qb8 16. Nxd5 axb5 17.
Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nb6 Qb8 19. Qd8 Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Nxc8 Be7 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 {
with balanced chances in Vepkhvishvili,V-Zoltek,T/Pardubice op (07) ;TD 92\11
1992/0-1 (64)}) 7. Bb5 g6 8. Be3 $5 {Hector's pet move.} (8. O-O Bg7 9. Bxc6 {
looks tame and after} bxc6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. dxc5 e5 12. f4 e4 13. Be3 Rb8 14.
Bd4 O-O 15. Be5 Rb7 16. Ne2 h6 {black took control in Lenart,E-Kustar,S/
Harkany op (07) ;EXP 45 1994/0-1 (54)}) (8. h4 $5 {is the most determined move
and led to an overwhelming attack after} Nf6 9. h5 gxh5 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Bg5
Qc7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Qxh5+ Ke7 15. Qf7+ Kd6 16. Nc4+ dxc4 17.
Ne4+ Ke5 18. Qxc7+ Kxe4 19. Qxc6+ Ke5 20. Qxa8 Ba6 21. f4+ {1-0 Kuehnl,
R-Zimmermann,F/OLHessen 9091 (1991) ;GER 02 1991}) 8... Bg7 9. dxc5 O-O (9...
Qa5 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Bd4 Rf5
16. Nh3 Nf7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Na4 e5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. c4 Be6 21. b4 {led to
very complex play in Hector,J-Sergeev,Vl/Berliner Sommer (07) ;EXP 47 1995/1-0
(64)}) 10. O-O Qc7 (10... Qa5 {transposes into Hector-Sergeev.}) (10... a6 $5
11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Bd4 {looks slightly better for white who will
maintain control over the vital central squares e5 and d4.}) 11. Re1 Nde5 12.
Nd4 Bd7 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxd4 Ng4 14. g3 $5 {This attempt to exploit white's
lead in development is the only spirited try, and renders black's aggressive
idea doubtful.} (14. Qxg4 Rf4 15. Qg3 Bxd4 $15 {is too tame for white.}) 14...
Nxf2 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxf2 16. Rf1 (16. Bf1 $5) 16... Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Rxf1 18.
Rxf1 Qd8 $1 (18... Ng5 19. Rf8+ $3 Kxf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Be8#) 19. Qe5 {
and white should win.}) 15. Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 17. Kg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxb5
19. Qd4 {And black's pawn weaknesses prevent him from having full compensation
for the exchange.}) 13. Be2 {Now that black has completed development, the
idea of ...Nxd4 and ...Ng4 was a threat.} Nxd4 (13... Rad8 $5 {creating
possibilities of offering his pawn structure with ...Nc4!? in return for piece
activity deserved consideration. The move would also allow the retreat ...Qb8
in relative comfort.}) 14. Bxd4 Rf4 15. Be3 Rf7 16. f4 {White needs to
reassert some central control.} Nc6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. c3 {Now white has clamped
down on black's center and has the more pleasant position.} a6 19. Nd4 e5 {
Logical, as white threatened to increse his positional pressure with Bg4, and
black of course will not be coerced into capturing on d4 and repairing white's
pawn structure.} 20. fxe5 Bxe5 (20... Nxe5 21. Qb3 {is unpleasant for black
unless he can get the speculative} Ng4 {to work. However it is hard to see
sufficient compensation after} 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Qxd5 Be5 25. h3 (
25. g3 $5) 25... Rd8 26. Qe4 (26. Qb3 $2 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Qg3+)) 21.
Nf3 (21. Qb3 $5 {looks very strong;} Qc7 22. Nf3 e6 (22... Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Bxh2+
24. Kh1 e6 25. Qb6 {and black does not have enough compensation for the
exchange.}) 23. Nxe5 $16) 21... Bf5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd4 Qc7 $2 (23... Nc6 {
is more stubborn though white's central pressure give him a clear advantage.})
24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Bc4 $1 {Hector finds a combination that nets him a winning
ending.} Be4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 (26... Qxe4 27. Qxd5 (27. Bxd5 $2 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 e6)
27... Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Raf8 29. Qd4 $1) 27. Qd4 $1 Qxd4+ 28. cxd4 Kg7 (28... Rd8
29. Rf1 Rdf8 30. Rf4 $1) 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. Re1 {Hecht: ein w Mehrbauer führt
nach schwarzen Aktivitäten zu Raumvorteil sowie zu riesiger K+T-Positionen} Rd8
(30... e5 31. d5 Kf6 32. g4 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34. hxg4 $18) 31. Rxe4 e5 $5 {
A desperate attempt to buy activity.} 32. dxe5 Ke6 (32... Rd2 33. Rb4 Ke6 34.
Rxb7 $18) 33. Kf2 Kd5 (33... Rd2+ 34. Re2 (34. Re2 {Hecht} Rd4 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Yd4c4]} 35. a3 a5)) 34. Re2 Kxc5 35. Ke3 Re8 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Rf2 Re7 38.
Rf6+ Kd7 $138 (38... Kc5 {prolongs resistance, but a check on the c-line will
make quick and decisive progress.}) 39. Kd5 Kc7 40. e6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {The most heavyweight Alekhine encounter on disk and we head
into theoretical sidelines as early as possible.} d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 (
4... e6 $5 {postponing the retreat to b6 is a solid alternative.}) 5. Bb3 Nc6 {
Considered most accurate and certainly safest. Black either gains control over
d4 or hunts down the white bishop on b3.} (5... c5 $6 {"?" Bagirov. Generally
considered too ambitious, white now gains the chance to either get very active
or win the c-pawn.} 6. Qh5 (6. Qh5 e6 (6... c4 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qb5+ {(+-:
Bagirov) Black has some practical compensation for the pawn - the bishop pair
and a slight lead in development, but it should not be sufficient.} Bd7 9. Qxc4
Bc6 10. Qg4 $6 h5 11. Qg3 Na6 12. a3 Rh6 13. f3 Rg6 14. Qf2 e5 $44 {0-1
Johannesson,L-Thorhallsson,T/Reykjavik op ;TD 88\05 1988 (40)}) 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 (9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ne4 b6 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nxe4
$10 {Pavlenko-Bagirov, Baku 1967}) 9... Qxe7 10. Ne4 Nd7 (10... Nd5 11. Ne2 g6
(11... O-O $5) 12. Qh6 Bd7 13. Qg7 Rf8 (13... O-O-O 14. Qxf7 $1 {Khadilkar,
V-Lebel Arias,J/Thessaloniki olw (12)/1-0 (50)}) 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nf6+ Kd8 16.
Nxd5 {Balashov,Y-Mikenas,V/URS-ch38 Riga (13) ;URS-ch 1970/1-0 (50)}) 11. Nf3
$5 (11. Ba4 c4 $5 (11... O-O {/\Nd4,Ne5} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qg5 f6 14. Qe3 e5
15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Nfd2 f5 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. O-O-O $1 {Maljutin,E-Simonenko,A/
URS-chT Azov ;CBM 25 1991/1-0 (50)}) (11... Nd4 12. c3 Nf5 13. g4 g6 14. Qh3
Nh4 15. g5 $16) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxc4 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qxb2 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Qxf7+
Kxd6 17. Rd1+ Kc7 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Nf3 Qxa2 20. O-O Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qc2 $13 {
Hagemann,T-Von Herman,U/BL2-N 8384 (1984) ;/0-1 (48)}) 11... b6 12. O-O-O Bb7
13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Neg5 $40 {Jurkov-Suteev, Moskva 1964. On the whole these
lines are probably a bit better than their reputation for black, but clearly
objectively inferior to the game continuation.})) (5... e5 $6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3
Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 $2 9. Nxe5 $3 Bxd1 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Bg5+ Kd6 12. Ne4+ Kxe5 13.
f4+ Kd4 14. Rxd1 Nb4 15. c3+ $1 Ke3 16. O-O $1 Nxd3 17. Ng3 $1 {
Rosentalis-Mikenas, Vilnius 1981}) 6. Qf3 {makes it slightly inconvenient for
black to adopt a more aggressive development with a bishop on g7.} (6. Nf3 {
does not do much to frighten black:} e6 (6... g6 7. Ng5 (7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Ng5 Nd4 $15 {Videki,S-Palkovi,J/Budapest FS04 GM (02) ;EXP 52
1996/0-1 (65)}) 7... e6 8. d3 Nd4 $10 {Rosentalis-Bagirov, Vilnius 1985}) 7.
O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Ne4 Na5 $10 {Rogoff-Doda, Poljanica Zdroj 1975}) 6... e6
7. Nge2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O (9. Be3 Na5 10. d4 Nbc4 11. Bc1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5
13. Qd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Be3 b6 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19.
h3 f6 20. Nec3 a6 21. Rd2 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Kernazhitsky,L-Varga,Z/Zalakaros op (05)
;EXP 52 1996}) (9. a3 $5) 9... Bd7 (9... Na5 $5) 10. d4 (10. a3 $5 Na5 11. Ba2
c5) 10... Na5 {The standard equalizing manoeuvre in this variation. White gets
the a-line and still has a bit more space to balance the loss of the bishop
pair.} 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Rfd1 Bc6 13. Qg3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qf6 15. Ra5 (15. Bxd6
cxd6 16. Qxd6 Qg6 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf4 Qxc2 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5
$10) 15... Rfd8 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Rd7 18. Nf4 $6 {White livens up the game
-presumably since black is very comfortable if he is allowed to train his
sights on the d-pawn.} Rxd4 19. Nh5 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Qh6 21. Nxg7 Kh8 22. Nh5 f6
$2 (22... Rg8 $1 {begs to be played.} 23. Qc3 {looks like the only dangerous
reply, but the complications appear to favor black.} Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Kg8 $5 (
24... f6 $5 25. Rxe6 Rg6 $5 (25... Nd5 $5) 26. Rxf6 (26. Ng3 Qh3+) (26. Qc5 Rg5
) (26. Qd4 Qxh5) (26. Qb4 Nd5 27. Qh4 Qd2 $19) 26... Bb5+)) 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. Nf4
Qxc2 25. Qd4 (25. Nc3 $5) 25... fxe5 {Conceding perpetual check, which seems
sensible given the suddenly exposed nature of his king. Other tries:} (25...
Nd7 $5 26. Rxe6 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxf6 {with a very messy ending.}) (25...
Nd5 26. Rxd5 $5 Bxd5 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ $10) (
25... Re8 $5 26. Rxe6 (26. Rc5 e5) (26. Nxe6 Qxb3 $1 27. Re3 Rxe6) 26... Rxe6
27. Nxe6 Nd5 $15) 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo m"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} Nf6 {For the first time in his life, as far as I can
tell. Adams had not prepared much for the match, preferring to use it as a
chance to fight his way into shape. This created the rare situation of SA
being the better theoretician...} 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 (3... d4 {Blatny,P} 4.
exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10.
Nf3 O-O-O $10) (3... Nfd7 {Blatny,P} 4. e6 {Spielmann attack}) 4. Qf3 $6 {
Both players already looked quite confused by the opening.} (4. Nxe4 {Blatny,P}
dxe4 {קe5}) (4. Nce2 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} f6 5. d3 Ng5) 4... Nxc3 (4... Nc6 $5 {
Blatny,P Ftacnik} 5. Bb5 (5. Nxe4 Nd4 $1 6. Qd3 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Bf5)) 5. dxc3 (5.
bxc3 $5) (5. Qxc3 {Blatny,P} d4 {=/|^}) (5. bxc3 {Blatny,P} c5 $132) 5... c6 (
5... g6 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3) 6. Bf4 (6.
Bd2 {was more prudent. It inhibits both the Bc8 and the Q from emerging to
their optimal squares.}) 6... Bf5 (6... g6 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
h4 h5 9. Qe3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Bf5 $10) 7. O-O-O e6 8. Qg3 h6 9. h4 Qa5 10. Kb1 b5 $1
{Black's plan is simple. Grip the queenside with b5 and c5, develop the Nb8
and storm forward. The Bf5 is a monster that must be neutralised.} 11. Nf3 c5 (
11... Nd7 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} 12. Nd4 $36) 12. h5 Na6 (12... Nc6 {Blatny,P
Ftacnik}) 13. Nh4 Bh7 $6 {Simen suggested} (13... Be4 {after the game, to try
and elicit f3, when white will lose the option of defen ding the third rank
with Rh3.}) 14. Qg4 $1 {Preparing a clever counterattack. Black's attacking
plan looks simple and effe ctive, but Adams has makes the most of his chances.}
b4 (14... Nc7 {Blatny,P Ftacnik xc7}) 15. Bd2 c4 16. Ng6 $1 {The threat of ...
b3 must stopped. White's 14th move created pressure against e6 and cleared the
third rank for the Rh1. Another benefit will appear soon.} Rb8 (16... fxg6 {
Blatny,P} 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 (17... Be7 18. hxg6 Bg8 19. Qc6+ $18) 18. Bg5+ $1 {
/\Rd5 ->} (18. Bg5+ $1 {Ftacnik} Kc7 19. Qf7+ Kc6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qf3+ Kb6
22. Qxa8 hxg5 23. hxg6 $16)) 17. Rh3 (17. Nxh8 $2 b3 {loses instantly.} (17...
b3 {Blatny,P} 18. axb3 cxb3 $19 {/\#, /^b1-h7})) 17... Be7 $2 (17... Qb6 $1 {
was suggested by SA to me after the game. It is far more useful (guards e6) an
d Rh8 is still tabu due to instant execution by ...b3. It also raises the pos
ibility of capturing the Ng6. It is hard to find a decent reply for white:} 18.
Nxf8 $2 (18. Be3 Bc5 19. cxb4 (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. cxb4 (20. Nxh8 bxc3) 20...
Qxb4 21. b3 cxb3 (21... fxg6 $5) 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 {looks simplest.} (22... bxc2+
23. Kxc2 Rxb4 24. Kc3 a5 25. Nxh8 Ne4+)) (19. Nxh8 bxc3) 19... Bxe3 (19... Qxb4
20. Bc1 $5) 20. Rxe3 (20. Nxh8 Qxb4 21. b3 cxb3 $19) 20... Qxb4 21. b3 cxb3 22.
Qxb4 bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Nxb4+ {and ...fg6.}) (18. Nxh8 b3 19. Ka1 bxc2 20. Bc1 Bf5)
(18. Bc1 {may be best since} fxg6 19. hxg6 Bg8 {leaves black with problems
developing his kingside, but white's position does not inspire.}) 18... b3) (
17... bxc3 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} 18. Bxc3 Bb4 19. Bd4 (19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. b3 Qa3
21. Nxh8 Nb4 $40) (19. Ka1 $2 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxb2 $1 21. Kxb2 Qb4+ 22. Rb3 c3+
$1 $19) 19... Rg8 $13) 18. Bxc4 $3 {This surprise allows white to come roaring
back into the game. Black's king suddenly becomes insecure and the Ng6
potentially mobile.} dxc4 (18... fxg6 $5 19. Qxe6 Qb6 (19... Nc7 $2 20. Qc6+
Kd8 (20... Kf8 21. Rf3+ Kg8 22. Qxc7 $1) 21. Bg5 $1 hxg5 22. Bxd5 {gives white
a winning attack.}) (19... dxc4 $2 20. Qc6+ Kf8 21. Rf3+ Bf6 22. exf6 {wins.})
20. Qxd5 Bg8 21. e6 Nc5 {is unclear. White obviously has compensation but ...
Rd8 is about to coordi nate black's defences.}) 19. Qxc4 Qc5 $6 (19... fxg6 $2
20. Qc6+ Kf7 (20... Kd8 {Blatny,P} 21. Bg5+ Qd5 22. Rxd5+ exd5 23. Qd6+ $18) (
20... Kf8 21. Rf3+ Bf6 22. Rxf6+ Ke7 (22... gxf6 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24. Qxe6#) 23.
Qxe6+ $18) 21. Rf3+ {wins.} (21. Rf3+ Bf6 22. Rxf6+ $1 gxf6 23. Qd7+ Kg8 24.
Qxe6+ Kg7 25. exf6+ Kf8 26. Bxh6#)) (19... Bxg6 $5 {was a better chance to
steer the game into murky complications.} 20. Qc6+ (20. hxg6 $5 $13) 20... Kf8
21. hxg6 Qb5 (21... Nc7 {Blatny,P} 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Bxb4+ Qxb4 24. Rb3 $18)
22. Qf3 Qe8 $5 (22... f5 23. exf6 (23. g4 $5) 23... Bxf6 24. Bxh6 Kg8 $13)) 20.
Qxc5 (20. Qxa6 $2 fxg6 21. Qxe6 Rb6 {is clearly better for black.}) 20... Nxc5
21. Nxh8 Ne4 22. Be1 bxc3 23. b3 (23. Bxc3 $2 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} Nxf2) 23...
Bb4 {A difficult choice. Black can try} (23... Bf5 {but white always has the
option of returning the exchange to secure a safe edge, e.g. even} 24. Rf3 $5 {
is possible here.}) (23... Bc5 24. Rf3 {is awkward for black.}) (23... Bg5 {
Blatny,P Ftacnik} 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Nxf7 $1 Bf5 (25... Kxf7 26. Rf3) 26. Rf3 Bg4
27. Rxf4 Bxd1 28. Rxe4 Kxf7 29. g4 $1 Ke8 30. Bxc3 Rc8 31. Kb2 $16) 24. Rf3
Nd2+ (24... Bf5 25. Nxf7 $1 {will win for white.} (25. Rd4 {Blatny,P})) 25.
Bxd2 Rd8 26. Nxf7 Rxd2 27. Rc1 Ba3 (27... Be4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} 28. Rf4) 28.
Nd6+ Kd7 29. Rxc3 {Forced, but it wins trivially.} Bxc1 30. Kxc1 {_|_} Rxf2 31.
g4 Rg2 32. Rc4 Re2 33. Rc5 Rg2 34. Nb5 Rxg4 (34... a6 35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Rxg7 {
is also hopeless.} (36. Rxg7 {Blatny,P} Rxc2+ 37. Kd1 Bd3 38. Nd4 $18)) 35.
Rc7+ Kd8 36. Rxa7 Rg5 37. Nd4 Kc8 38. Nxe6 Rxh5 39. Rxg7 Be4 40. Rg8+ {Even
the Be4 falls now.} (40. Rg8+ {Blatny,P Ftacnik} Kd7 41. Nc5+ $18) 1-0

